Why Planned Parenthood should be defunded
Planned Parenthood’s “abortion prevention” claim is a sham. Here in Iowa, Planned Parenthood has expanded abortion locations from seven to 16 in the past four years and now aborts an average of 13 Iowans a day …
Read MoreAmerican voters deserve answers before November 6th
Dramatic early vote poll results
By Tom Quiner Conventional political wisdom states that Democrats get out the early vote much better than Republicans. If that’s the case, Obama is in trouble. The Gallup Poll conducted a very large survey using a sample size of 3312 registered voters. Keep in mind, a lot of surveys you read about have sample sizes…
Read MoreThe political danger to America
“John Boehner is nothing but a country club Republican.” This sentiment was expressed by Barack Obama in regard to the Speaker of the House. It encapsulates the risk we face should Mr. Obama win re-election. We will find ourselves mired in more political polarization while America rots.
Read MoreIt could be Bush’s fault, you know
“He was black when I voted for him”
“He failed as president because he is incompetent, dishonest and not interested in the actual work of governing. His statist policies helped consign millions of Americans to a lower standard of living and his odious class warfare further divided the nation. He had no intention of uniting the country — it was his Big Lie.”
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How to handle people who steal your Romney yard sign
By Tom Quiner Everyone’s buzzing at church at the Des Moines Register’s endorsement of Mitt Romney. One of my conservative friends told me his Romney sign was taken and replaced with a sign for a liberal candidate for the Iowa House. I got home and found my Romney sign gone, too. My neighbor across the…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS! The Des Moines Register endorses Mitt Romney!
By Tom Quiner Iowa offers a paltry 6 electoral votes this election. Iowa is a swing state. But our six votes are so critical that we’ve seen each campaign make repeated trips to Iowa. That’s why tonight’s dramatic announcement that the Des Moines Register is endorsing Mitt Romney is so important. The Register’s editorials are…
Read MoreThe devastating failure of trickle-down-government
The administration is touting 13 consecutive quarters of GDP growth as proof that the economy is on a roll. In politics, you spin what you’ve got. And if you don’t have anything to spin, you make it up. Here’s the sad story. Team Obama promised us that economic growth would be at 4.3% at this point of the economic after passing its budget-busting stimulus bill in 2009.
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