You’re going to hear quite a bit from the left over ‘the death of conservatism’ over the next few weeks. But they’ve got it wrong. I say, what we’ve got is the death of compromised conservatism as espoused by George W Bush, his father, GHW Bush, and by more recently, John McCain.
This morning, we see a post from Helen Valois at Renew America, who calls this ‘conservative conservatism’. I can quibble with the name she chooses, but not her meaning…
What is conservative conservatism? It is a commitment to playing a good defense (or rather — except for the one, brief, shining moment of Governor Palin’s acceptance speech — a pretty flawed defense) when your opponents have gone decisively on the offensive. It is that which John McCain quintessentially represents — the recalcitrant[...]
By Bithead. Posted Friday, Oct 10, 2008 at 7:54 pm Filed Under: 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Featured
Sen. Barack Obama designated a personal aide as his direct contact for the 2007 Kenyan presidential campaign of Raila Odinga, who later was appointed prime minister after his election loss was followed by widespread, deadly violence that destroyed or damaged 800 Christian churches, according to e-mails obtained by WND senior staff writer Jerry Corsi during a trip to Kenya.
That’s only the beginning of a startling report from World Net Daily, and it’s the very beginning of the tale of why Jerome Corsi was arrested and deported by Kenyan officials. It amounts to the idea that Corsi was uncovering rather a lot of facts that will expose[...]
By Art Smith. Posted Saturday, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:45 pm Filed Under: Floods of 2008, Iowa
Traveling across eastern Iowa and Illinois this past week we got a look at some of the areas that were affected by the flooding. I-80 looks good… the section that had been flooded looks normal… I didn’t realize what it was until I had driven over it. Some corn crops, which have probably been replanted [...]
By Art Smith. Posted Sunday, Jun 15, 2008 at 4:42 pm Filed Under: Floods of 2008, Iowa, Super-Sticky, Weather
*** This Post will remain as a sticky until midday Saturday June 21. ***
We decided to put a fresh post up. The prior running post should be just below. Useful flood-related links can be found in the sidebar.
The Floods Of 2008 - Other Postings
> High School Video of Receding Flood Waters
> What’s a Federal Government [...]
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