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Swallowing Camels/Straining at Gnats
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2013/04/08/swallowing-camelsstraining-at-gnats-n1560760
– HSLDA is asking us to sign a petition to the Obama White House to stop the cruel and unjust persecution of the Romeikes. … Even Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan voted to reject the extreme secularist views of the Obama administration. … Therefore, we all need to rally to the Romeikes. Our own religious freedom depends upon it.…
Sanford and Other Toxic Republicans Need to Step Aside for Electable Republicans
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/04/08/s…licans-need-to-step-aside-for-electable-republicans-n1560248
– A whisper campaign was started within the GOP to pressure her to drop out of the race. … In contrast, there appears to have been no effort to convince Sanford not to run for Congress. … How much money is the Republican National Committee going to have to throw into the general election – money that would have gone to
March Madness Budget Busting Picks
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2013/04/08/march-madness-budget-busting-picks-n1558973
– better to me. … "OK, on to our budget busting brackets. … And, now, to reach a TRUE SPENDING CUT, Americans have overwhelming voted online to cut your vacation budget by $1."…
Why Are Young Americans Supportive of Obama When His Policies Are So Bad for Them?
https://townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2013/04/07/w…tive-of-obama-when-his-policies-are-so-bad-for-them-n1560228
– Young people voted for Obama in overwhelming numbers, but the question is why? … …starting at the bottom is a recipe for being underpaid for a long time to come. … They’re buried in debt, thanks to government programs that have caused a third-party payer crisis.…
Small Cities in Small Counties
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2013/04/05/small-cities-in-small-counties-n1558981
– You don't have to have a PhD in political science to understand that an event that will attract 50 guests at $1,000 per will raise … appointment to a national Commission. … Nancy Hollister, the woman who took my Council seat when we moved to DC went on to become the Lt. Governor of Ohio.…
Stuart Stevens’ Quiet Moments
https://townhall.com/columnists/charlottehays/2013/04/05/stuart-stevens-quiet-moments-n1558978
– When confronted with a fierce opponent, willing to do anything to win, the Romney campaign seemed unwilling to revise its strategy. … , they will want to join. … It is essential to reach out and make the GOP case for people who have never voted Republican, but it is also just as important to
Obama's Legacy! Now with 32 Percent Higher Costs!
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2013/04/05/obamas-legacy-now-with-32-percent-highher-costs-n1558631
– The Senate, still controlled by Obama’s party, symbolically voted to repeal a key piece of the legislation- the medical device tax- … One key feature of Obamcare is a subsidy promised to middle class families to make insurance more affordable. … Give people money and then force them to give it back. Yes, Obamacare does that too. Prepare to be amazed.…
Will Senate Democrats Really Cut the Death Tax?
https://townhall.com/columnists/philkerpen/2013/04/05/will-senate-democrats-really-cut-the-death-tax-n1558530
– Zero Republicans and just 19 Democrats voted no. So the Senate has voted overwhelmingly to at least reduce the death tax. Good. … Which brings us back to that lopsided 80 to 19 Senate vote for "repeal or reduction." … Do the 35 Democrats who voted for the amendment have any sincere desire to reduce the hated tax, or do they only want to inoculate…
Why Black Conservatives Are Liberals’ Worst Nightmare
https://townhall.com/columnists/crystalwright/2013/04/05/why-black-conservatives-are-liberals-worst-nightmare-n1558299
– When was the last time anyone demanded to know why a white person voted Democrat or Republican? … Black conservatives threaten to chip away at Democrats’ loyal “Uncle Tom” voter base—the over 90% of blacks who voted for Obama twice … times more likely as whites to be homicide victims and seven times more likely as whites to kill.”…
Infanticide OK, Planned Parenthood rep says
https://townhall.com/columnists/baptistpress/2013/04/04/infanticide-ok-planned-parenthood-rep-says-n1558390
– "If a baby is born on a table as a result of a botched abortion, what would Planned Parenthood want to have happen to that child that … I really don't know how to answer that." … equipment, meds, and personnel trained to provide emergency care to preemies, which I happen to know is no easy task," she wrote April…
Gay Activists’ Double Standard
https://townhall.com/columnists/ashleyherzog/2013/04/02/gay-activists-double-standard-n1554685
– “As we strive as a nation to form a more perfect union, I believe all of our sons and daughters ought to have the same opportunity … to experience the joy and stability of marriage.” … Gay activists had little to say about it. Why the double standard? “Dr.…
Immigration Fight Stirs Debate Over Federal Benefits
https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2013/04/01/immigration-fight-stirs-debate-over-federal-benefits-n1555013
– The vote was almost entirely along party lines; Democrats voted against the amendment, and Republicans voted for it. … "The Senate Democrat majority voted to extend free and subsidized health care -- specifically, Medicaid and Obamacare -- to illegal … That remains to be seen.…
University Compares Pro-Life Students to White Supremacists
https://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2013/04/01/unive…ity-compares-prolife-students-to-white-supremacists-n1554389
– The SGA at Johns Hopkins voted March 12 to deny Voice for Life the right to become an official student club. … According to emails obtained by Fox News, members of the SGA compared the pro-life students to white supremacists. … Why should people have to defend their beliefs on their way to class?”…
Being in Favor of Markets Is Not the Same of Being in Favor of Business
https://townhall.com/columnists/danieljmitchell/2013/04/01/b…rkets-is-not-the-same-of-being-in-favor-of-business-n1554139
To be sure, many of these same politicians voted for TARP, so I’m not under any illusions that they’ve become committed supporters … He voted against the Wall Street rescue package in the fall of 2008 and supported measures to ease the importation of prescription … Hensarling’s committee acts to extend it.…
Planned Parenthood Confirms its Baby-Killer Status
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2013/04/01/planned-parenthood-confirms-its-babykiller-status-n1554041
– care to an infant who survives an abortion,” similar to the Born Alive Protection Act that Barack Obama voted against four times before … I really don’t know how to answer that. I would be glad to have some more conversations with you about this.” … According to the article, “newborn babies are not ‘actual persons’ and do not have a ‘moral right to life’.…
Winning After Losing on Gay Marriage
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2013/04/01/winning-after-losing-on-gay-marriage-n1552754
– We need to play the hand we’re dealt to the hilt. It’s fair to ask why I assess this fight as lost. … to a happy life.” … What’s key is not to whine, to not give up, not to be like the pouty libertarians who refused to show up last November and ensured…
Fireworks: Republican Congressman vs. MSNBC on Immigration
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/07/10/fireworks-republican-congressman-vs-msnbc-on-immigration-n1637951
– He demonstrated how to disagree without being disagreeable, how to reject false premises, and how to turn the tables against critics … Despite being outnumbered four-to-one, a fairly typical liberal-to-conservative ratio on the non-news network, Labrador thrived (the … As House Republicans huddle to chart a path forward on this issue, they'd be wise to make Labrador -- a former immigration attorney…
Abortionist Kermit Gosnell: Convicted Murderer - Now Drug Dealer?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2013/07/10/abort…kermit-gosnell-convicted-murderer--now-drug-dealer-n1637891
– Clinic ledgers show Gosnell took in as much as $3,000 a night in cash from his pill mill operation, according to Assistant U.S. … The guideline sentence for the abortionist’s drug dealing is 24 to 30 years, but, given his life sentence for killing newborns, his … These are the kind of procedures legislators just voted to ban in Texas.…
Dem Senator on Obamacare: "This Was the Law. How Can They Change the Law?"
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2013/07/10/this-was-the-law-how-can-they-change-the-law-n1637309
– Welcome to the program, Senator Harkin.   … , to amend, or to repeal statutes."  … it's unfair to work within the law to resist Obamacare.…
Sarah Palin: Yes, I've "Considered" Running For Senate in 2014
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2013/07/10/report-sarah-palin-mulls-senate-run-in-2014-n1637355
– It seems to me she’s not dying to hold elected office again either, and would only declare herself a candidate if -- and only if -- … And that, of course, would be fun to watch. … Perhaps the best way to stop GOP politicians in Washington from abandoning conservative principles is for voters to send her there…
Texas Passes Legislation Banning Late-Term Abortions
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/07/10/texas-passes-legislation-banning-lateterm-abortions-n1637618
– More from Life News: After a full day of debate and pro-life votes to defeat almost two dozen pro-abortion amendments to weaken … Five pro-life Democrats voted for HB2 including Guillen, Herrero, Martinez, Munoz, and Pickett while one Republican voted against it … the abortion-inducing drugs to the patient.…
Is it Alright to Abort a Lesbian Baby?
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2013/07/10/is-it-alright-to-abort-a-lesbian-baby-n1636769
– Would the flaming liberals who so fiercely cling to a woman’s “right to choose” affirm her “right” to abort a gay fetus? … After all, in May, Democrats voted against a House bill “that sought to impose fines and prison terms on doctors who perform abortions … decide what is a good or a bad reason for somebody to decide to terminate a pregnancy.”…
The Middle Class
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2013/07/29/the-middle-class-n1651516
– Although House Republicans have voted to repeal it 731 times, it is still in effect except for the part Obama delayed for one year … have to get coverage or pay a penalty. … be by finding a way to help those at the lowest levels of our economy to climb into the middle class.…
James Madison Saw This Abusive Government Thing Coming
https://townhall.com/columnists/austinhill/2013/07/28/james-madison-saw-this-abusive-government-thing-coming-n1650634
– Americans voted twice for a big-government President, and now we’re beginning to experience the impact of big government. … to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. … Certainly, we are still “free enough” – at least for now, anyway - to speak out, to allow our voices to be heard, and to freely exchange…
The 7 Most Notorious Twists In The Anthony Weiner Scandals
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2013/07/27/the-7…ost-notorious-twists-in-the-anthony-weiner-scandals-n1650344
– ....I'm proud to be married to him." … When you lie to the public in order to enable your husband's affairs and gain prestige for yourself, you start to edge over the line … from victim to co-conspirator. 7) July 25, 2013: After admitting to cheating on Huma with Sydney, Weiner is now admitting to
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