2010 CPAC blogger of the year, Ed Morrissey, spoke to several thousand Americans gathered at the steps of the state capitol building in St. Paul to express their disapproval of Obamacare.
Best part of his speech IMHO:
They’re not listening, but they should. How angry will we be if Pelosi, Reid, and Obama try to jam this bill through Congress through chicanery and manipulation? Poll after poll shows just how unpopular this ObamaCare effort has gotten:
• Last week, an AP poll showed that 68% of Americans oppose the use of “reconciliation” to pass health-care reform
• Two weeks ago, a CNN poll showed that 73% wanted Congress to start over from scratch or just forget about health care reform altogether in this session – and that matched the 72% who wanted the same in November
• In fact, in nine national polls taken in the month of February, all nine showed opposition to ObamaCare ranging from nine points to 20 points
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Wow, when Dan Riehl wants to get your attention, he goes right for the jugular.
The left are going bonkers over his post, Tommy Christopher is reduced to threatening Dan’s livelihood. Republicans are holding their collective noses and staying silent. Conservative bloggers are making the uncomfortable comparisons between what Dems have stated and what Dan is saying about healthcare.
A rainy Saturday opens up a great opportunity to get some work done at home. I’m knee deep in the process of remodeling a master bedroom and bath. It seemed like a relatively easy project at the start, then reality set in. Since home life must trump blogging this weekend, I’ve left a great list of reading material in this post, feel free to post your thoughts in the comment section.
A Kos diarist who goes by the nom de plume of Meteor Blades has erroneously identified MidnightBlue as a liberal blog.
Last time I checked MidnightBlue had a distinct conservative flavor. Perhaps all that cognitive dissonance got in the way of Meteor Blades fact checking his/her post. I would advise the author to remove the link to this website from his/her list.
This interesting linkage is the basis of my latest poll. I want to know how my readers perceive the political slant of MidnightBlue. Don’t be shy, take a moment to share your idea of the material presented in this blog:
I’m glad to see most view the contents of this blog as leaning conservative. I’m still puzzled by the two votes for Liberal…is someone trying to be funny?
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Stayed up to watch Avatar get dissed by the Academy and was not disappointed. When Kathryn Bigelow praised the troops in her acceptance speeches, my jaw dropped. Well isn’t this a change. Since a Dem occupies the White House it’s now cool to praise our troops in Hollywood? Was it just a few years back when actresses wore black to the Academy Awards to protest this same war? FU Hollywood – you can stick Oscar where the sun don’t shine.
Apparently I wasn’t the only one who came to this conclusion. My blogging buddy, Jonn Lilyea of This Ain’t Hell, had this to say about Hollywood new found respect for our troops:
….They couldn’t give an award to a war movie during the Bush years, but they could see their way clear to do it while a Democrat is President. I haven’t seen “Hurt Locker” so I’m not going to judge the movie. What I am going to judge are the nincompoops who gave out the award.
My inbox filled up last night with people from the Right praising Hollywood for their “brave” “support” of the troops. What they did last night had nothing to do with bravery, or support for the troops. They voted to give the award to each other – for the same reasons they WOULDN’T give the award during the Bush years. Their own stupid vision of themselves, and the perception that they think the public has of them.
To give Hollywood an iota of credit for “supporting the troops” last night is to forget the shit they dished us over the last decade. No. Screw Hollywood. They didn’t do anyone but themselves a favor last night. If we, on the right side of this war against terror, ignored them and their idiot opinions for the last nine years, why are we thanking them and praising them for their opinion last night? They’re just as stupid today as they were yesterday morning.
Jonn nails the hypocrisy of the left in Hollywood. Brilliant his is!
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There are appear to be no reports in MSM (or anywhere) that General Menard allowed a crucial bridge to be attacked only 10 minutes from one of the biggest bases in Afghanistan. The damage continues to greatly hinder our operations. Have people at home seen anything on the tube/headlines/airways about this?
Outside of blogposts, I can’t find articles to answer Michael. What about you, my dear readers?
This is but one example of the type of coverage by Michael Yon which leads me to consider his opinion on Afghanistan to be gospel.
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After a day of bipartisan no confidence statements, and shortly after Congressional Black Caucus member Artur Davis (D-AL) asked for his resignation, Charlie Rangle (D-NY) announces he will give up his chairmanship of the Ways & Means committee. It is still too early to say who will fill the void in chairmanship with Rangel’s departure.
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A week later and I finally find time to post my thoughts on the recent gathering of conservatives and the GOP in Washington DC – CPAC 2010. Besides, I like having the last word on this conference.
Before I jump into my review of CPAC 2010, there are a few people that I need to profusely thank for taking this conference to a higher level.
I have to send much love to Kevin Mckeever, Bank of Kev, who generously sponsored myself and several other talented up and coming bloggers at this year’s convention. I will always be grateful for the opportunity to speak on a panel at CPAC. Love, love, love you, Kevin!
Erick Erickson, thank you for organizing a fabulous Red State blogger lounge, and for credentialing my good blog. This was the first time I had official CPAC blogger status and I loved every minute of it! So, same time next year?
Many kudos to Lisa De Pasquale and the American Conservative Union for organizing this event – over 10,000 registrants for this conference, amazing! The move to the Marriott was a definite plus with far more room and a more logical layout of conference space. The Omni Shoreham is a labyrinth compared to the Marriott.
It’s not all work and no play for the credentialed bloggers at CPAC. It is important to find time to unwind from saving the world from incompetent main stream media types.
Every once and a while CPAC bloggers feel the need to break out their inner Karoke star to ‘Eye of The Tiger’. This is the reason I’m never without a video recording device. Yes, it is one of those blogger things.
Patrick is a retired Army Colonel with 24 years of active duty service. His platform focuses on education, sensible healthcare reform, sound economic and security issues. I love that he actually posted an ethics code on his campaign website. Not something that most politicians adhere to during a campaign, and it is a refreshing change from politics as usual. If you live in VA-8, take a good look at Patrick Murray, candidate for Congress.
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