The Conservative Revolution

It has been a painful evening, but I am listening to the C-Span radio replay of the Democrat presidential debate on CNN.

The best question so far was “Do you send your kids to private or public school?” The Dems pulled out some ridiculous answers for that one. OF COURSE the rich, elitist Democrats send their kids to the private schools. But they don’t want YOUR kids to be able to go to private schools.

UPDATE: Anderson Cooper just asked how many of the candidates took a private or chartered jet to South Carolina. Ha! Another moment of hypocrisy.

UDATE: Hillary said she is “agnostic” on nuclear power but wants to raise taxes on oil companies.

UPDATE: The candidates are waging their normal race and class warfare, making sure to pander to all politically correct minority groups. Is it still the fifties or something? I thought we were making progress. Guess not.

UPDATE: John Edwards wants a $9.50 minimum wage law. Why not $20 an hour, John? Oh, because that will be too costly for small businesses… so John wants people to lose their jobs…

UPDATE: Bill Richardson and Chris Dodd would have their socialized medicine programs cover criminal aliens. And who pays? You, me and Dupree.

I recently spoke with a political insider in Tennessee who said that Senator Fred Thompson will enter the race for President after his Law and Order contract expires during the third week of May. This is apparently what he is waiting for, as there is some clause that might prevent him from doing what he needs to do to run.

The source is a Republican elected official in the state house in Nashville who I consider to be very credible. Otherwise, I would not post this on my blog. I guess we will know for sure in a few weeks. With Thompson running third in recent polls, he could really shake up the race.

Drudge is reporting that Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) has concluded that the Iraq war is lost, and that the surge isn’t working. Call me crazy, but based on his previous comments, I think Sen. Reid is hoping that the war is lost so the Democrats can benefit politically. Their pursuit at power will stop at nothing, not even if it breaks the morale of our troops in the field. Pathetic.

Al Jazeera is reporting this story on their website. I called Reid’s office and notified them of this. The staffer said he couldn’t visit al Jazeera. Funny, shouldn’t Reid allow his staff to read news sources that quote him? I told the person who answered that Sen. Reid might want to choose his words more carefully next time. The phone number for those of you who want to call Reid is 202-224-3542.

Senator Hillary Clinton is in Iowa today at a town hall meeting in Des Moines. She just started her speech and is already bashing the current President, complaining that CEO’s get paid a lot of money and setting up the argument for Hillary Care, part two.

Clinton is scary. Not just because of her rhetoric (she hasn’t laid out any policy proposals yet) but because of her organizational skills and the way her staff is controlling the message. They are very good. The questions at the town hall seem to be planted. I wouldn’t expect anything less from the Clintons.

I am still waiting for someone to ask her about the war in Iraq, the entitlement crisis and immigration. Something tells me she will not address any of the really serious issues facing America.

Here is media coverage of her speech.

UPDATE: Hillary just called for universal health care. And just got a question about the war.

It’s now official. Hillary is going to run for President in 2008.

Anyone interested in finding out more about her background should check out Amanda Carpenter’s book “The Vast Right-Wing’s Dossier on Hillary Clinton.”

The battle for the future of our country begins…

Who is the conservative candidate for 2008? Some say it is Gov. Mitt Romney from Massachusetts.
Red State has a great video from 1994 that exposes Romney’s liberal past. He came out in support of abortion and other liberal social issues. This raises serious doubts about Romney’s conservative credentials for the 2008 Presidential election.
Here it is.

The actions of Venezuelan socialist strongman Hugo Chavez should remind freedom-lovers everywhere of the danger of authoritarianism around the world.

His comments are frightening in their disregard for freedom, free enterprise and free trade. He is dismantling the right of the press to say what it wants, and the right of people to own and keep what they earn.

Here is the story. Excerpts from the story are below.

– “We’re heading toward socialism, and nothing and no one can prevent it.” — Hugo Chavez
– Last week, Chávez decided to not renew the broadcast license of RCTV, a Caracas television station long critical of his administration. That move prompted swift condemnation from press freedom groups.

– “I move forward with my request for a revolutionary enabling law,” he said. “We already have the document prepared. We are making the final revisions, and we solicit special powers.”

The terrorists believe that they won when the Republicans lost.

Here is the story.

And I thought U.S. politicians had a monopoly on stupidity and childishness!

Watch this.

The Washington Post has a good article on the transfer of power.