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Media bias
The president has admitted to drug use. Why didn’t the media pursue the story? Why didn’t they track down his friends from his high school and college years to learn more about this man who is transforming the value system of our nation from the top-down? The young Barack Obama’s life is largely a mystery. On the other hand, they are digging deep into Mitt Romney’s past, not out of journalistic integrity, but out of a desire to find dirt …
Read More“Planned Parenthood is all about profits”
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland scolded Iowa Republicans for lacking compassion. Why? Because they want to strip taxpayer funding from Planned Parenthood …
Read MoreThe power of religion in American politics
The ascension of the religious Right gets all the press. But the faithful abound in the middle, too. Moderate social justice voters, so many of whom are Catholic, swing elections. These voters care about the pre-born and traditional marriage. They believe in religious freedom. Democrats are losing these people. Republicans can win them by presenting an agenda that balances intelligence and responsible public policy with compassion and justice …
Read MoreDishonest Iowa Democrats smear a good woman
Iowa Democrats resorted to a smear campaign to provide cover in refusing to confirm Coleen Pasnik to the Iowa Board of Medicine. What was the beef against Ms. Pasnik? According to Senator Hatch: “She was accompanied by people who were…arrested and convicted of crimes and bombing of abortion clinics.” Mr. Hatch refers to a public hearing at the Iowa Board of Medicine in 2010, a meeting at which I was in attendance. Mr. Hatch was not truthful in his indictment of Ms. Pasnik …
Read MoreBubba Watson for President?
Bubba Watson turned the world of golf upside down yesterday with his stunning, come-from-behind victory in the Masters Golf Tournament. It got me thinking. Should Republicans consider drafting him as their nominee? I know what you’re saying. He’s only thirty-three, he’s not old enough to be president according to the Constitution. On the other hand, he’s got an authentic U.S. birth certificate. That counts for something, doesn’t it! …
Read MoreNewt Gingrich for Secretary of Health and Human Services
Newt Gingrich would approach the mammoth task of reforming HHS as a collaborative effort with the states as opposed to the top down, cram-it-down-your-throat approach preferred by current Secretary of HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, and President Obama. Liberals think that conservatives hate government. I don’t think that is quite correct. Conservatives believe government functions most efficiently the closer it gets to the people it is serving. Mr. Gingrich shares that view …
Read MoreScenes from the Polk County Republican Convention
I just attended my first Polk County Republican Convention. The contrast between the Republican’s platform and the Democrat’s is profound. The Republican’s preamble could have been written by Thomas Jefferson, founder of the Democratic Party. He wouldn’t have recognized the Democrat’s platform which has swung so far left as to be unrecognizable by historic American values and tradition.
Read MoreStrong Republican debate tonight
By Tom Quiner Tonight’s debate was strong on substance. All four candidates made the Republican case and exposed the weakness of President Obama’s policies. I think every single candidate came across well. Rick Santorum was in the crosshairs and had Mitt Romney and Ron Paul ganging up on him. Mr. Santorum kept his cool. He…
Read MoreWhy Republicans should double-down on social issues
By Tom Quiner “Republicans need to focus on economic issues and downplay social ones.” This is the sentiment of many Republicans. A former candidate for Governor here in Iowa said as much last year. Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana, said as much. Evidence suggests they are wrong. Evidence, in fact, supports the contention that social…
Read MoreNomination through character assassination
By Tom Quiner Mitt Romney and the Republican Establishment (RE) are doing grave damage to the Grand Old Party. Mr. Romney has spent $17 million in Florida alone with a single thrust: to smear Newt Gingrich. Gingrich has spent about $5 million to defend himself and counterpunch against the Romney assault, an assault joined by…
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