GOP War on Conservatives Continues

Stubbornly refusing to learn from the disastrous losses and even more disastrous victories of its "moderate" and Conservative-In-Name-Only candidates, the Republican Party continues to give conservatives the cold shoulder while wooing liberals into its left-listing big tent. The most recent example comes from Lake County, Illinois, where Paul Mitchell, conservative challenger to an establishment Republican State Representative, reports that he was unceremoniously booted from the Party's booth at the county fair, on the grounds that only incumbents, not candidates, were allowed to display materials and communicate with voters. I guess that's one way of keeping conservatives from reclaiming the GOP.

You Spend Two Trillion Bucks. What Do You Get?

Health Administration Bureau

Obama vs Obama on the Stimulus

United Breaks Guitars

This video provides a great example showing why freedom of speech is so important to the efficiency of the market economy--and it's really funny too.

GOP's Woes Nothing New

Sorting through some old boxes this morning, I ran across the March 14, 1993, "Orange County Voices" page of the Los Angeles Times (sorry, no link because I couldn't find it in the paper's archives).

Under the banner headline, "GOP Must Define Its Basic Essence, Offer Clear Vision of Future", the paper offerred "a representative sample" of readers' letters "on the future of the GOP and what its themes, appeals and programs should be".

And what were folks thinking 16 years ago?

Party Needs Goals Such as Reagan Had, George Bush Didn't

Party Must Address Pocketbook Issues Vital to Middle Class

GOP's 'Conservatism, Pro-Life Stance Didn't Cost It White House'

GOP Should 'Emulate (Reagan's) Philosophy of Less Government'

'Republican Party Didn't Lose[;] Bush and Bushonomics Lost'

Should Anyone Care 'What's Next for Republican Party?'

If only the party leadership had listened.

Washington, D.C., Tea Party

Event organizer Lisa Miller has posted part of my speech to the Independence Day Tea Party on Capitol Hill. I hope you enjoy it.

Tea Parties

The Washington, D.C., Tea Party today was a fabulous success! I'd say there were around 2,000 passionate patriots there. Unfortunately, something went wrong with my video, so I can't post my speech. However, I also sent a video message to the Birmingham Tea Party, since I couldn't accept their kind invitation to speak live. I hope you enjoy it.