Rush Limbaugh and The Spook Who Sat by the Door
I am right 99.5 % of the time.
–Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh is a media phenomenon whom I’ve known about virtually from his genesis. In Aug. 1988 when his radio show became nationally syndicated I was beginning my graduate studies in history and law at Harvard, ironically during the same time when Barack Obama entered law school [...]
Former Bush/Rumsfeld speechwriter Matt Latimer on communicating conservatism
Matt Latimer discusses communications strategies for advancing conservatism with me on today’s episode.
He agrees with my philosophy of aggressively advancing conservatism. Now is not the time to be timid or obsessing over avoiding a sound bite.
Matt also shares my belief that many current Republican operatives and consultants present one of the greatest obstacles to getting [...]
Former Bush and Rumsfeld speechwriter Matt Latimer on communicating conservatism: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadGeithner dismisses danger of lower U.S. credit rating; Obama’s terrorism czar can’t take criticism; and Ellis Washington on the state of conservatism in the black community
Today’s podcast links:
Geithner: U.S. will never lose Aaa debt rating
Terrorism czar: Stop criticizing anti-terror effort
Black conservatism on the march?
Black conservatism on the march?
No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.
Do what you can with what you have and never be satisfied.
–Booker T. Washington
Prologue
This column analyzes the state of black [...]
Congratulations, Sen. Brown
Editor’s note: Ellis Washington’s new radio program, “The Washington Report,” airs Thursdays at 11 a.m. Eastern on 1620 AM in Atlanta, Ga. It can be heard online at the Radio Sandy Springs website.
It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the [...]
Scott Brown’s Massachusetts Senate victory proves that conservatives can win anywhere
Last night, a conservative–a true conservative–won a Senate seat from Massachusetts, a state with the following electoral breakdown:
Registered Democrats: 37%
Registered Republicans: 12%
Registered Independents: 51%
Scott Brown won victory from a state that repeatedly elected Ted Kennedy and still elects John Kerry. He won in a state that overwhelming voted for Barack Obama. This is a state, [...]
RNC ignoring conservatives, tea partiers
Recently, I wrote a post, Retaking the GOP: Decisions are made by those who show up, arguing that if conservatives and tea partiers want to retake the Republican Party we are going to have to do it from the ground up. We have to infiltrate the lower levels of the GOP–precinct captains, county-,district- and state-level [...]
Many of the “most influential conservatives” aren’t, you know, conservative
All this week, the Telegraph has been publishing its second annual list of the top 100 most influential U.S. conservatives. If you are wondering why conservatism lacks leaders in this country just look at who is on this list.
Pseudo-conservatives like these are on the list:
David Brooks
Olympia Snowe
Steve Schmidt
Joe Lieberman
David Frum
Dick Morris
Lindsey Graham
Arnold Schwarzenegger
They aren’t conservative. [...]
Retaking the Republican Party: Decisions are made by those who show up
I have been somewhat skeptical of the tea party movement because I felt like it didn’t go far enough. Local demonstrations are nice and they can be used effectively to get attention, but protests alone aren’t going to get the job done. Voicing our displeasure with the Republican Party isn’t going to get it done [...]
Conservatives finish 2009 as the no. 1 ideological group
According to a year-end report released today by Gallup, conservatives finished 2009 as the top ideological group in American politics, beating out “moderates” and liberals.
Here’s the trend analysis for Gallup’s polls from 1992-2009:
The report also shows that the increase in the number of Americans identifying themselves as conservative can largely be attributed to more independents [...]
Pseudo-conservatives like these are on the list:
Olympia Snowe
Steve Schmidt
Joe Lieberman
David Frum
Dick Morris
Lindsey Graham
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Here’s the trend analysis for Gallup’s polls from 1992-2009:
