Now that the ethically dubious publication of some of his private emails has derailed Dave Weigel’s tenure at The Washington Post by raising questions about his ability to report effectively on the conservative movement, we thought it would be a good time to highlight just how effective Weigel can be. More…
For a while, I’ve been calling and emailing the organizers of the National Tea Party Convention with some basic logistical questions, to no avail. Kevin Diaz explains why: the convention, held in Nashville next month, will be closed to all but “selected” members of the press.
Organizers say
One of the lower-key workshops at the How to Take Back America conference was “How to Deal With Vote Fraud, the Census, and ACORN,” where Republican pols Kris Kobach and Ed Martin talked about the threat groups like ACORN posed to elections. (Kobach is running for Secretary of State in More…
Yesterday, TWI’s David Weigel appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” to talk about his reporting on this past weekend’s “How to Take Back America” conference in St. Louis. In case you missed it, you can watch the video after the jump.
Joan Lowy talks to a spokeswoman for Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) about his comment that President Obama’s support for legal abortion made him an “enemy of humanity.”
Bethany Haley, spokeswoman for Franks, said the congressman was referring to “unborn humanity” and should have clarified his statement. She also said
At the How to Take Back America conference this past weekend in St. Louis, I heard Rev. Rick Scarborough, a conservative pastor and author who endorsed Mike Huckabee’s 2008 presidential campaign, express outrage at a video of New Jersey schoolchildren singing a song praising President Obama. After his speech, More…
On Saturday, I mentioned that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) had warned the How to Take Back America crowd of one-world currency in her luncheon speech. The crack team at TWI has uploaded a short video of Bachmann’s remarks (after the jump).
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People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch publishes one of the stirring moments in Rep. Trent Franks’ (R-Ariz.) speech to the How to Take Back America conference this past weekend in St. Louis: His accusation that President Obama’s pro-choice policies make him an “enemy of humanity.”
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I caught up with Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) at the How to Take Back America Conference to follow up on an issue that had come up there: “defunding the Left.” After ACORN, what was the next natural target for Republicans? King said it would be the Service Employees International More…
Here are some photos from the two-day conservative conference.
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