Yes, I’m on time today. There are actually two reasons for the song today:
– Tonight is the July Drinking Right over at Papa’s Social Club (7718 W Burleigh in Milwaukee, at 7 pm). Be there.
– While I won’t be in the Twin Cities at the beginning of September, I figure between Sean Hackbarth (he’s still jobless, so get him some cash so he can be there), Owen Robinson, Todd Lohenry and gopfolk, they’ll have a DR-Twin Cities during the GOP Convention.
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- John Hawkins sums up why the GOP is in trouble. If the RNC doesn’t think that what happened to the Whigs and Federalists can happen to them as a result of their leftward swing at the explicit shunning of the right, I’ve got 50 reasons why that’s fatally-flawed thinking in the poll on the left sidebar (which taken by itself is a plurality).
- On the flip side, Stephan Tawney dips into the history to give John McCain a bit of a boost; it seems that in 6 of the last 9 hotly-contested elections (defined by Gallup as either a July lead or a November victory of 6 or fewer percentage points), the July leader lost the popular vote. Barack Obama currently leads McCain by 6 points according to Gallup. That’ll give a lot of comfort to the 109 people who told me that they believe McCain will win the election (which I note is a majority of those who answered the NRE poll as of early this morning).
- Matt Lewis is running a Veepstakes. My money’s on list #1, specifically the estrogen portion.
- Emperor Misha I is definitely part of the nihilist crowd, especially after the RNC’s ad for McCain endorsing his statist, acolyte answer for Gorebal “Warming”.
- Speaking of Gorebal “Warming”, Ace found yet another thing that causes it – cement. No, not the fact that it makes it easier to drive cars on; the mere fact that it is made. I wonder if the Gorebal “Warming” acolytes considered that going back to the 16th Century (or the 8th Century the Islamokazis want to take us to; there really is little difference in the tech) is simply unsustainable on a 6-billion-people planet.
- JammieWearingFool doesn’t want to hear the Obamas whine about their kids not having any privacy after they pimped them out to a tabloid TV show.
- Jim Hoft found yet another set of Obama’s words past its expiration date; his prediction that the surge failed.
- The Vintage One found another set of words just waiting for the curdling to begin; his use of the past tense to describe his ongoing time in the Senate. Where did I put the garbage can? I think I’m going to be sick.
- Kathryn Jean Lopez wonders about the possibility of a pair of odd-couple tickets. For the record, I don’t think Obama will go with a “bitter Bible-thumping gun-clinger”.
- Plebian reveals the ‘Rat Goodie Bag that was supposed to be handed out in Denver.
- Good Lt. deems the ‘Rat Congress as an Epic FAIL. When those who have a either a great deal of or quite a lot of confidence in Congress is less than those who have a great deal of confidence in the Presidency, and the latter is deemed incredibly low, that’s an Epic FAIL with a capital L. Gee, I wonder why this isn’t gleefully reported by the presstitutes.
- In the Know has just one of the reasons why there is no confidence in Congress – they’re about to pass a bill that will spend $50 million a year on federal inspections for bed bugs.
- Gopfolk has another reason why there’s no confidence in government; the dead are getting the
tax rebatewelfare stimulus checks. - Mark Pribonic explodes the myth of fixed income. Who here working in the private, non-union sector has had over the last 3 years the 10% increase in wages that Social Security recipients had?
- Dad29 notes that Detroit is just a little bit worse than Milwaukee; instead of a two-bit Alderthug trying to shake down the entire city for cash, they have the Common Council president and wife of a senior ‘Rat Congresscritter doing it.
- Kat says that Heller was just the first salvo, as DC is trying to ban all semi-automatic handguns. They either believe that by the time Round 2 gets to the Supreme Court, Kennedy will have “grown” some more into a full-fledged Lawgiver-In-Black or one of the conservatives will have been replaced by a L-I-B.
- Lance Burri calls Epic Health Systems an Epic FAIL for trying to put the squeeze on supporters of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce because they defended their interests in the recent state Supreme Court race. Why am I not the least bit surprised that the CEO of Epic FAIL donated $24,000 to One Wisconsin Now, which didn’t exactly sit idly by, but tried to prop up soon-to-be-ex Lawgiver-In-Black Loophole Louis Butler?
