September 6, 2012

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — This week's Democratic National Convention has trotted out several speakers capable to providing an object lesson in what a second term for Barack Obama in the White House has in store... (more)

September 6, 2012

ALAN KEYES — America's founders saw the symbiotic relationship between mob rule and the establishment of tyranny, whether by Oliver Cromwell or the absolute monarchs of Europe in their day. As friends of democratic self-government, they wanted to make sure that the American people would not mistakenly forget that such mob action is more often than not a precursor of tyranny... (more)

September 6, 2012

FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST — In 1980, I wrote a twenty-page paper in which I predicted the collapse of liberal humanism. A year or two earlier, I predicted the gradual decline and collapse of the Soviet Empire. One out of two is not bad. Now I am predicting the crack-up of postmodern liberalism... (more)

September 6, 2012

REAL CLEAR POLITICS — Delegates and members of the Democratic party booed after former Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH) discussed God and moved to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Convention chairman Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles, had to ask for the Yea and Nay vote several times before declaring the motion passed... (more)

September 6, 2012

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Obama campaign has disavowed a Democratic National Convention video that said, "Government is the only thing we all belong to." It's odd President Obama would try to distance himself from that idea since in his heart he knows it's right. Of course, in our guts, we know it's nuts... (more)

September 6, 2012

JOSEPH FARAH — Do you belong to the government? If you want to understand why the Democratic Party represents the gravest threat to America's freedom, all you really need to know is that the convention planners in Charlotte didn't see anything wrong with a video shown there Tuesday night... (more)

September 6, 2012

BLOOMBERG — Arizona can require police officers to check the immigration status of people they stop or detain, a federal judge said, denying a request to temporarily block enforcement of a provision in the state's immigration law left standing by the U.S. Supreme Court... (more)

September 6, 2012

MICHELLE MALKIN — Cue "Fanfare for the Common Man" and rev up the Government Motors engines. Wednesday is Great American Auto Bailout Day at the Democratic National Convention. Party propagandists have prepared a prime-time-ready film touting the "rescue's" benefits for American workers. UAW President Bob King will sing the savior-in-chief's praises... (more)

September 6, 2012

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Many conservative leaders are swallowing their concerns about Rep. Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" flub to rally around the Missouri Senate candidate just to slap down the GOP establishment's efforts to bully him out of the race and starve his race of money... (more)

September 6, 2012

SMOKING GUN — Federal prosecutors want Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the Barack Obama "Hope" poster, to serve time in prison following his misdemeanor conviction for destroying and fabricating documents in connection with a civil lawsuit over the iconic campaign image... (more)

September 6, 2012

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — "This is my last election. After my election I'll have more flexibility." That is an exact quote from the mouth of President Obama, unaware that the confidence (infamously shared with then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev) was picked up by microphones and transmitted into America's living rooms, where millions of Americans heard the president's hushed tones... (more)

September 5, 2012

JOSEPH FARAH — I don't know how Democrats will lie and misrepresent their own history and the history of their political opponents this week in North Carolina. But you can be sure it will be a major part of the Democratic convention. I got to thinking about this after listening to Vice President Joe Biden insinuate to a mostly black audience last month that Republicans sought to enslave them, again... (more)

September 5, 2012

TIMOTHY P. CARNEY — Women dressed as vaginas milled about the parking lot of the NASCAR Hall of Fame where the old and young alike grabbed up the free Planned Parenthood condoms while an emcee dressed as a birth-control dispenser led the crowd in chants... (more)

September 5, 2012

WASHINGTON TIMES — A new poll by the Hill found that 52 percent of respondents think President Obama does not deserve a second term, while 40 percent think he does. With economic growth stalled, unemployment climbing and record numbers of Americans on food stamps, the question is not why the re-elect number is so low but why Mr. Obama's support is so high... (more)

September 5, 2012

PHILIP KLEIN — It's still too early to say for sure whether the Republican National Convention rejuvenated Mitt Romney's campaign, but at least according to Gallup numbers so far, it hasn't moved the polls much. Romney currently trails President Obama by an insignificant one-point margin, 47 percent to 46 percent... (more)

September 5, 2012

ROBERT COSTA — In 1984, Walter Mondale famously asked, "Where's the beef?" This year, Mitt Romney may be wondering, "Where's the bounce?" A week after the Republican National Convention, Romney still hasn't seen a significant bump in the polls... (more)

September 3, 2012

STEPHEN STONE, RA PRESIDENT — One valid definition of "demagoguery" is the intentional use of emotion to sway people's thinking. Suppose a speaker wants to convince an unsympathetic audience that he is right in what he says -- so much so that he is not willing to trust his listeners to make up their own minds from the evidence he presents, but insists instead on bending their will so they will uncritically accept his words... (more)

September 3, 2012

Conservative agenda: 1, elect Romney; 2, hold his feet to the fire (internally now/publicly later)

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Some polls indicate Mitt Romney got a 5-point "bounce" from his convention. So far, so good, but such post-convention boosts are usually ephemeral. The Romney success story indeed inspired many who watched the convention in Tampa... (more)

September 3, 2012

ALAN KEYES — "You have no choice." It is the mantra with which the GOP wing of the elitist faction seeks to herd the party's conservative base into voting for Mitt Romney. He is a politician whose whole career shows his commitment to the elitist faction's agenda for the overthrow of America's Declaration principles and the democratic, constitutional republic founded upon them... (more)

September 3, 2012

ALAN KEYES — If people who believe in American liberty are ever to see it reclaimed, I implore them to gather at RenewAmerica.com. Here, they will be participating in a media project whose purposes are so vital, so foundational that without success here, I do not see how our liberty is renewed and restored... (more)