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Newt Helped Formulate Christmas
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2011/12/21/newt_helped_formulate_christmas
– Newly active right-wingers would do well to spend a little more time quietly reading up on Newt's political career, and a little less … Before angry rebels foist another Sharron Angle on the national party and turn a likely win into a landslide defeat, consider that … The good news, right-wingers, is that if you read up on Gingrich's history pre-November 2011 -- even just as far back as a couple of…
North Korea mourns, Christians pray
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2011/12/20/north_korea_mourns_christians_pray
– Kim died Dec. 17 of a heart attack while riding a train, according to North Korea's official KCNA news agency. … A period of national mourning has been declared through Dec. 29; the funeral is slated Dec. 28, according to KCNA. … Among the ways to pray for North Korea: -- for peace and stability within North Korea and the region during the transition of political
Obama Administration Endangered Lives to Justify Gun Control
https://townhall.com/columnists/chriswcox/2011/12/20/obama_administration_endangered_lives_to_justify_gun_control
– In all of my years fighting on behalf of the National Rifle Association to defend the Second Amendment, I never thought I would see … And now, according to new documents obtained by CBS News, we are faced with the fact that the Obama administration helped transfer … The National Rifle Association is currently funding lawsuits to end this unconstitutional edict.…
House Republicans to Reject Payroll Tax Compromise?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/12/19/are_house…icans_preparing_to_reject_the_senates_payroll_tax_compromise
– Far-reaching repercussions for both political parties also loom.  … “We’re neutral and we’d be happy to do the work,” Isberg told ABC News.  … The ABC News story quoted above seems like a pretty darn good reason to me. …
Who's the Fairest GOP Candidate in the Land?
https://townhall.com/columnists/crystalwright/2011/12/19/whos_the_fairest_gop_candidate_in_the_land
– This seems to be the daily battle being fought in the news media. … Clean Mitt looks a lot like a rich guy, who thinks he’s owed the job of president because he comes from a political family and failed … Many from the news media to Republican Party leaders love to wax on about Romney’s seemingly calm demeanor and moderate political position…
Obama Preoccupied with Occupiers
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2011/12/19/obama_preoccupied_with_occupiers
– the U.S. military budget in half and number two he [Obama] dismantle the U.S. military empire,” Occupier Jessica Reznicek told ABC News … While there was some talk in 2008 of a Recreate ’68 movement embarrassing Obama during the Democrat National Convention in Denver with … "What we are doing here is trying to win back our bought-and-sold political empire.…
Huckabee Dismisses Draft But Remains a Force in Florida
https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2011/12/19/huckabee_dismisses_draft_but_remains_a_force_in_iowa
– Iowa, he hopped a plane at the last minute to fly to Des Moines for the event, and then turned around and headed back for the Fox News … straight to the hottest spotlight in America, and I think he had just not prepared himself for what it is to be a candidate on the national … (Byron York is chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner.)…
Do We Need Big Government?
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaeltanner/2011/12/17/do_we_need_big_government
– Sander Levin (D., Mich.) told Fox News that he was encouraged by progress on the bills because “we’re dealing with the lives of people … And it certainly is something that might be worth thinking about the next time a political candidate says that he or she has a great … Tanner, Cato Institute This article appeared in National Review (Online) on December 14, 2011…
Violent Rioters and Media Goons
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2011/12/17/violent_rioters_and_media_goons
– On Monday night, hooligans identified with the national religious camp staged three unlawful, and in at least one case violent, protests … Violent riots of this sort are virtually unheard of in the national religious sector. … In the case of the rioters from the national religious camp on Monday night, given the political views of the majority of the media…
Democrats Are Terrified of Voter ID
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2012/01/04/democrats_are_terrified_of_voter_id
– South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson rejected Perez’s math and explained on Fox News why the law is necessary. … However, citing the National Labor Relations Board’s orders to invalidate the voter-approved union card check amendment and to stop … The panel recommended a national photo ID system and a campaign to register voters. In a 2008 column, Mssrs.…
Beyond the Beltway: An Up-Ticket Electoral Effect in 2012
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianandgarrettfahy/2012/01/04/beyond_the_beltway_an_upticket_electoral_effect_in_2012
– Nebraska senator Ben Nelson’s recent announcement that he is retiring is further bad news for Democrats. … Pennsylvania), and the increasing extent to which voters associate local Democrats with national failings, the political conditions … This is the up-ticket effect, or trickle-up political momentum.…
Santorum's Experiment in Truth-Telling
https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2012/01/04/creators_oped
– On Fox News the night before the Iowa caucuses, however, Krauthammer indulged in a false appeal to common knowledge -- before casually … "This is the most critical time in our country's history, economically, morally, culturally, national security," he said. … It's all this political chess game, instead of trying to be honest with the American public."…
Is Israeli Society Unraveling?
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2012/01/03/is_israeli_society_unraveling
– Not content to limit themselves to national religious communities in Judea and Samaria, more and more young national religious families … The media have trumpeted this poll as the first harbinger of spring for Israel's political Left. … And certainly it provides some reason for celebration among leftist political forces.…
Obama Gives Gambling a Christmas Present
https://townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/2012/01/03/phyllis_schlafly
– Just before sneaking off to Hawaii, where he barred news photos on the golf course, President Obama overturned a longstanding U.S. … The gambling industry has become a major contributor to political candidates and parties. … the man who invented the instant scratch-off lottery ticket is funding the campaign to replace our Electoral College with his "national
The Long-Awaited Dan Mitchell Predictions for 2012
https://townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2012/01/02/the_longawaited_dan_mitchell_predications_for_2012
– A front-door bailout of Europe by the United States – The bad news is that there have been bailouts of Greece, Ireland, and Portugal … The good news is that the bailouts haven’t been as big or extensive as I originally feared. 3. … So here are some policy and political predictions for 2012. 1.…
The Real Ron Paul Stands Up
https://townhall.com/columnists/katiekieffer/2012/01/02/the_real_ron_paul_stands_up
– consultant from 1967–1973, concurs with Paul: ‘The suicidal assassins of September 11, 2001, did not “attack America,” as our political … leaders and the news media like to maintain; they attacked American foreign policy.’ … its political and economic developments with great interest.”…
Obama's Foreign Policy Spin
https://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2011/12/30/obamas_foreign_policy_spin
– Obama's foreign policies in country after country and region after region indicates that his policies have been more damaging to US national … The purpose of these negotiations is to reach a political agreement that would set the conditions for the Taliban to return to power … He could not influence CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite's decision to end every broadcast by reminding viewers how many days…
The Political Winners of 2011
https://townhall.com/columnists/mattmackowiak/2011/12/30/the_political_winners_of_2011
– The intensity of the news cycle has produced more news coverage but less analysis of trends. … Cuomo made national news when he passed landmark same-sex marriage legislation in June, causing the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza … Have national television ads run against him claiming he would push grandmothers over a cliff.…
Mormon Romney struggles to win over evangelical Christians
https://townhall.com/columnists/townhallcomstaff/2011/12/29/mormon_romney_struggles_to_win_over_evangelical_christians
– In a discussion this month sponsored by The Iowa Republican news website, political activist Craig Berman said "a thousand pastors" … political science professor at Clemson University. … So bringing it up, from a political point of view, is a difficult thing to do."…
Conservative Establishment Divided Against Itself
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2011/12/28/conservative_establishment_divided_against_itself
– In 2008, Romney was the conservative alternative to John McCain, earning endorsements not just from National Review magazine but from … Fox News, Karl Rove, Charles Krauthammer, George Will and even pro-Romney columnist Ann Coulter are routinely denounced as part of … The political corpses of RINOs litter the roadside of this great migration.…
Good News From the UN
https://townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/2011/12/27/good_news_from_the_un
– Sometimes we get good news from the U.N. … Environmental extremists produced a visual aid to show the delegates how gas emissions can be reduced 25-40 percent below 1990 levels and national … The rest of the world is unwilling to imitate our model of political freedom, property rights and free markets.…
Drill Here. Drill Now. Drill ANWR.
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauldriessen/2008/06/28/drill_here_drill_now_drill_anwr
– Conversely, news that supplies are tightening – because of sabotage in Nigeria’s delta region, or more congressional bans on leasing … One of our best prospects is Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which geologists say contains billions of barrels of recoverable … These alternatives would take decades to implement, and all face political, legal, technological, economic and environmental hurdles…
Why Liberals Lie About What They Believe
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2008/06/27/why_liberals_lie_about_what_they_believe
– Additionally, liberals go to bizarre lengths to tilt the political playing field in their favor. … They move into the mainstream media so that they can tip what are supposed to be "objective" news stories in their favor. … Still, even though this is a center-right country, we do have political cycles and there are times when those cycles favor the Left…
Political Gimmicks
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/2008/06/26/political_gimmicks
– Perhaps the best news: the food, beer and entertainment, on Capitol Hill at least, are all free. … Potential White House first lady Michelle Obama will be keynote speaker, while Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, … The ladies are in town for the third annual Network of enlightened Women (NeW) National Conference at the Heritage Foundation.…
Planned Parenthood: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?
https://townhall.com/columnists/harryrjacksonjr/2008/06/23/planned_parenthood_a_wolf_in_sheep’s_clothing
– Their political opinions are highly regarded by cable news pundits and producers. They are seen as important reformers. … This week I am working with several other black pastors in concert with national anti-abortion organizations. … Secondly, we will ask both political parties to refuse or return Planned Parenthood campaign contributions.…
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