Are You Ready for Tonight’s ‘CainCast’?

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Press release from the Herman Cain campaign:

“CainCast,” a weekly Internet radio show offering an inside look at Herman Cain’s presidential campaign, will premiere at 7:30 p.m. EDT on Sunday, August 7, 2011.
“CainCast” will be hosted by Friends of Herman Cain Communications Director Ellen Carmichael and Director of New Media Michael Johnson. The hosts will be joined by special guests, and the program will run for 30 minutes. Listeners can submit questions through the “chat-room” function.
“Our aim is to be an extension of Mr. Cain using a dynamic platform that engages supporters and press,” Johnson said. “This is yet another fun and innovative approach to utilizing new media in our campaign.”
This week’s “CainCast” will broadcast live from Sioux City, Iowa, as the Herman Cain campaign prepares to embark on its “Common Sense Solutions” bus tour throughout the state, leading up to the FOX News debate and straw poll in Ames. Listeners can tune in Sunday evening by visiting http://www.blogtalkradio.com/caincast

OK, so that’s 7:30 p.m. ET — something new and different and I’ll be interested to see how it works. The call-in number is 714-816-4675, although I think they’re mainly expecting listen input via their online chatroom. Me? I’ll be here in my cheap motel room pounding away on deadline, so readers should go check it out tonight and then tell me how you think it went.

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Liberal Head-Explosion Warning VIDEO: Michele Bachmann Testifies for Jesus

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa
Friday at the rain-soaked Midwest Spirit Christian Music Festival in West Des Moines, I recorded this eight-minute video, but didn’t upload it immediately because the WiFi connection was so crappy at my hotel in Des Moines. But now I’m on a good WiFi link and it’s Sunday, so it seems appropriate to post this video that is guaranteed to make liberals run screaming from the room:

People who weren’t raised in the evangelical culture are necessarily unfamiliar with the phenomenon of testimony, wherein the speaker recounts how it was that he or she came to faith in Jesus Christ, a narrative usually accompanied by declarations of what awesome — indeed, miraculous — signs and wonders have attested the power and love of the Savior.

What’s strange is that liberals find this type of narrative perfectly acceptable when what is being testified to is some appropriately secular conversion: “Why I became a lesbian feminist” or “When I learned the undenjiable scientific truth of global warming” or “How I discovered that my Republican parents are closet Nazis.” It is only the conversion narrative of Bible-believing Christians that liberals find obnoxiously repellant. And the idea that a Bible-believing Christian might think themselves called to high public office . . .

Well, liberals just can’t handle that — at least when the self-identified Christian is a pro-life conservative Republican. It was OK for John F. Kennedy to be Catholic, it was OK for Jimmy Carter to be a Baptist, and it was OK for Barack Obama to be whatever it is you want to call devotees of what Rev. Jeremiah Wright preaches. But let a conservative Republican speak in public about his or her Christian faith, and liberals immediately start screaming about “theocracy.”

It’s like Ann Coulter says in Godless: Liberalism is a religion and abortion is its sacrament. Any Republican testifying to the gospel truth of Jesus Christ obviously isn’t a member of the Church of Liberalism, and so Michele Bachmann’s unapologetic expression of her faith is anathema to the liberal brain.

Of course, as Coulter elsewhere observed: If Democrats Had Any Brains, They’d Be Republicans

‘The Lunatic Derby’

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa
“Bikers Welcome,” says the marquee in front of the Ramada Inn where I’m staying here. Certainly it would be interesting to have three or four dozen Hell’s Angels come roaring into town, terrorizing the locals, but I didn’t see any Harleys in the parking lot, so we’ll probably be spared that entertainment despite the gesture of hospitality from Ramada Inn management.

There’s a Walgreen’s pharmacy and a Perkins restaurant within walking distance of the motel, so I went to grab a newspaper and breakfast this morning. (A Sunday copy of the Sioux City Journal was $2 and breakfast was $13.02, so hit the tip jar.) Breakfast was two eggs over medium, corned beef hash, wheat toast, large orange juice and coffee.

The Sioux City Journal was kind of a disappointment: No news at all of the GOP primary campaign. Why? Perhaps this reflects the attitude expressed by a guy I talked to while waiting in line at Walgreen’s. When he learned I was a reporter in town to cover the campaign, he said: “The Ames straw poll? I call it, The Lunatic Derby.” Then he made some snotty remark about Michele Bachmann believing in UFOs.

A liberal, obviously. His disdain of the Ames Straw Poll is evidently shared by the local newspaper’s editors, whose lead editorial today begins:

In just six days, the political world – including some 700 members of the media — will descend on Ames, Iowa, for the officially insignificant but terribly critical Iowa Straw Poll. Someone will win, someone will lose, but they won’t necessarily be the actual winner or loser.

Sneering at the GOP campaign in an editorial is probably much easier than, y’know, assigning some reporters to cover it.

But what do I know about running a newspaper? Or politics, for that matter.

Anyway, the whole point of the Sioux City Journal‘s Sunday editorial is — I’m not making this up — John Thune for president.

Seriously. Continue reading ‘The Lunatic Derby’ →

The Santorum Family’s Iowa ‘Vacation’

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum brought his entire family — his wife, Karen, and seven kids ages 3 to 20 — to Iowa for his three-week tour leading up to the Aug. 13 Ames Straw Poll. After yesterday’s “barn party” in Roland, I caught Santorum for a minute just before he left, running late for his next event:

Clark Griswold, eat your heart out!

You can check out the rest of Santorum’s Iowa schedule here.

God Grant Joe Nocera A Moment Of Lucidity

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by Smitty

Via Memeorandum, this column in the Gray, Room-Temperature Lady is just a thing of beauty, if you find beauty staring down a port-a-john. Crescendo reached here:

Then came the financial crisis. I like to joke that there’s nothing like a good financial crisis to turn you into a liberal. But it’s not really a joke. The more I learned the back story that led to the crisis, the more horrified I became. The lack of regulation and oversight of Wall Street and the big subprime companies like Countrywide, driven by the ideology of deregulation, was thoughtless and irresponsible. The refusal of bank regulators to stop subprime abuses bordered on the criminally negligent. The unwillingness of the Obama Justice Department, even now, to hold anyone to account for their role in the crisis has been disheartening.

Lack of regulation? Isn’t over-regulation the reason that capital is fleeing to England? Or is the anti-business tax climate of the U.S. just another form of patriotism?

Lord, grant this man some grasp of Economics.

“refusal of bank regulators to stop subprime abuses” is gorgeous. The Community Reinvestment Act is a standing 10th Amendment violation, and has been further used as graft machine. Fannie and Freddie created the moral hazard that drove the financial crisis.

Lord, grant this man some grasp of human nature and limited government.

“The unwillingness of the Obama Justice Department, even now, to hold anyone to account. . .” The Obama Department of Justice is a standing oxymoron. If Holder and his clown car load had any notion of Justice, they’d resign en masse.

Lord, grant the suffering people justice with a side of mercy.

You can read the whole thing, and judge whether a slightly liturgical response was better than the napalm shower that initially came to mind.

FMJRA 2.0: Boys Go Crazy

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— compiled by Wombat-socho

“That Evil Hour …”

I … See … Crazy People

Congress Expected to Vote on Debt Deal Today; Left, Right Spin It in Blame Game

VIDEO: The Man With No Plan Accuses House Republicans of Irresponsibility

How to Prevent Economic Growth

Are You Freaking Serious?

The Fort Hood Bomber

Already Getting Pushed Around

My Son-in-Law’s Law School in the News

I Blame Dan Collins …

A. Single Moms

Go For The Trifecta

What’s Bigger Than the Cato Institute, Americans for Tax Reform and AEI?

FMJRA 2.0: This Is Your Life…

VIDEO: Harry Reid Exposed; Democrats Filibuster Their Own Debt-Ceiling Bill! UPDATE: Republicans Reportedly Reach Compromise Deal With White House

VIDEO: ‘You’re Gonna Pay’

Even Peggy Has Him Pegged. Finally.

McConnell Says ‘Very Close’ to Deal on Debt-Ceiling Agreement With Obama UPDATE: Reid’s Bill Fails Senate Vote

When in Doubt, Hot Chicks on Video

Because Democrats Are Liars, That’s Why

July 2011: Best. Month. EVAH!

Lubricating the Debt-Ceiling Deal

Yeah, It’s Time For The Circle Jerks

LIVE AT FIVE – 08.01.11

Krugman, STFU!

An Obama Lexicon

Democrats? Cynical? You Don’t Say!

Pelosi to Dems: ‘Vote Your Conscience’

Rule 5 Monday

Give An Over-Reaching Government A Sales Tax: What Could Go Wrong?

House Passes Debt Deal 269-161

LIVE AT FIVE – 08.02.11

Who’s Getting Rich in California?

Let’s Celebrate the Debt Deal!

Jonah Goldberg, in Fine Form

The Refreshing Daniel Hannan

Dow Drops 266 Points, Both Sides Race to Claim Defeat in Debt-Deal Compromise

Preshizzle Brings The Double Dizzle

Higher Education Bubble, IYKWIMAITYD

Your Tax Dollars at Work

This Song Is for @AmandaMarcotte

Another Song for @AmandaMarcotte

LIVE AT FIVE – 08.03.11

Forget Analyzing The Left: Focus On Exceptionalism

En Route to Des Moines

Patrick Henry Paraphrase Of The Day

‘Neo-Confederate Sex Panic’ Becomes the Biggest Political Punchline of the Year?

LIVE AT FIVE – 08.04.11

Three Big Advantages To Emailing Pictures Of Your Junk

Again, Zappa

Michele Bachmann Touts ‘No’ Vote on Debt Ceiling Deal in Latest Iowa TV Ad

Pamela Geller Denounced by Notorious Sock Puppeteer Glenn Greenwald

Why I’m A Gay Spiderman Fan

Balanced Budget Amendment Is A Pyle Of S. . .urprise

Fear and Loathing on Highway 193; Pawlenty Aiming at Bachmann?

Cain, Corn and … the Phantom Menace

LIVE AT FIVE – 08.05.11

Long Knives in Iowa

Fear and Loathing at the Quality Inn

Obama: “You Mean The Economy Isn’t Like Batteries, And AA Is Bigger?”

Top linkers this week:

  1. That Mr. G Guy (16)
  2. The Pro From Poca (15)
  3. Lonely Conservative (13)
  4. Da Tech Guy (12)
  5. Rhetorican (8)
  6. (tied) Conservative Commune and The Camp Of The Saints (7)

Honorable mention: The POH Diaries (5)

Hm, bit of a dropoff this week from the non-Wordpress bloggers. Well, that’s okay; makes this compilation business a bit easier/faster. Thanks to all for their linkagery, regardless. To be included in next week’s roundup (if WordPress hates you, as it does all those who use Blogger, LiveJournal, etc.) send your links to me at Wombat-socho by August 12 with “FMJRA” or “Shameless Blogwhoring” in the subject line.

As The Details Worsen, ‘Fast and Furious’ Becomes Dem. Party’s Trip To Jonestown

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by Smitty


Doug Ross offers an excellent summary of the whole fandango. I still maintain that, as this scandal is rolled out, either it or the threat of it running its course will be the real reason for Obama to resign.

The Dems, especially Invertebrate Harry in the Senate, have got to see BHO as a liability. The question becomes at what point the cost/benefit analysis is such that it’s easier to eat the impeachment than drink the fatal political kool-aid of hanging on to him. wanted the onion article from our dum century but cannot find online

One likely damage control course of action is to highlight the thuggery of Fast and Furious, and tie that to BHO personally, instead of the Dems as a whole. Or not. Maybe the Progressive cult goes full political suicide pact.
This clip is NSFW, but captures the idiocy of both the Dems and, later, Ben Bernanke rather well:
Obama: Debt Ceiling Deal A Prime Example Of Democrats And Democrats Sacrificing For The Greater Good

Rick Santorum’s Iowa Barn Party

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ROLAND, Iowa
Rick Santorum just finished doing a “barn party” here at the home of Scott and Susan Hurd. While I have no firm estimate of how many eligible voters were in attendance, I can state officially that the number of kids was ginormous. Lots of big home-schooling families showed up — families with seven, eight, nine kids. Santorum is traveling with his own family of seven kids, so the super-size families certainly seem simpatico with the former Pennsylvania senator.

Also in attendance was local Republican Rep. Steve King, who introduced Santorum. The candidate spoke for nearly a half-hour and then took questions. I’ve got video, audio and notes, but that will take time to process, and I’m blogging this from a McDonald’s beside the I-35 exit and just want to get up a quick post with a few photos. Santorum noted that he has visited some 51 different cities in Iowa, with more than 100 stops. He spoke about the need to repeal ObamaCare and – in response to a question about foreign policy – gave a splendid account of Obama’s failures, going into some detail about Honduras. (How many candidates have you heard talk about Honduras? How many of people even know how Obama screwed over Honduras?) He was quite impressive, and I very much agree with Santorum’s complaint that the media has unfairly ignored his candidacy.

Santorum and his wife Karen talk with supporters. You can see Rep. King in the background.

Santorum talks on the phone with Lisa Graas, his No. 1 Twitter supporter, who was positively ecstatic about the chance to talk to her hero — on my cell phone.

Karen Santorum with her two oldest daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth. Right after I took this photo, Santorum’s press aide told me that the family are “off limits” to the media. But, of course, I’m just a friend of Lisa Graas, right? It’s not fair to treat me as “media.”

OK, so that’s it for now. I’ll have more later, but I’ve got to hit the road to Sioux City tonight. And you’ve got to hit the tip jar.