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Holy Freaking Crap: Time Magazine’s GOP 2012 Chart Omits Herman Cain!

Posted on | May 15, 2011 | 43 Comments

Da Tech Guy points out that Time magazine’s resident political “expert” Mark Halperin has a chart giving odds on candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, a chart that completely omits the hands-down winner of the first debate in South Carolina.

Halperin also omits Rick Santorum and gives thousand-to-one odds against Michelle Bachmann — and Bachmann, whatever the odds, is (a) much beloved by Tea Party activists, (b) a Midwesterner, which certainly can’t hurt in Iowa, and (c) about thirty-zillion times more likely to win the nomination than Barack Obama’s Favorite Republican™ Jon Huntsman, whom Halperin rates at 20-to-1.

S.P. Gordon at Cain’s Corner asks a relevant question:

If Herman Cain is such a long shot for the election, why are ALL the major broadcast media running in fear from him?

Don’t outsource your political thinking to a bunch of know-it-all pundits. To quote Da Tech Guy’s favorite Yankee general: “Ride right through them, They’re demoralized as hell!”

UPDATE: Linked by Little Miss Attila and If You Seek Peace — thanks! — and welcome, Instapundit readers!


Category: Da Tech Guy, Election 2012, Herman Cain, Media Bias

How Much Longer Until Levi Johnston’s Fifteen Minutes of Fame Expire?

Posted on | May 15, 2011 | 6 Comments

Gabriella Hoffman whacks that punk upside the head:

Levi Johnston recently unveiled the cover of his book, Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin’s Crosshairs, slated for release on September 27th, 2011. This tell-all tripe details how the opportunist was “exploited” by the Palin family. . . .
The narcissist impregnated Bristol Palin, later became a father to their child Tripp, and left her to raise the boy alone. After his failed relationship with Bristol Palin, Johnston went on an anti-Palin bashing spree, hung out with crass comedian Kathy Griffin, and shamelessly posed nude for PlayGirl magazine. Now, he is living off of his notorious “achievements”. Not exactly the venerable route for an American male. . . .

Notice that Levi’s victimhood pose is the entire selling point of his book. I guess the publishers rejected Dude, I Banged the Governor’s Daughter and Cashed in for Undeserved Notoriety as a title.

BTW, you should follow Gabriella on Twitter. She’s also got herself a blog, and describes herself thus:

She is one of the foremost conservative activists at UC-San Diego, having interned with Young America’s Foundation at the Reagan Ranch Center in Summer 2010. Additionally, she works on The Rick Amato Show in San Diego (KCBQ 1170AM) as the Executive Assistant and is the Director of College Outreach for Eagle Forum of San Diego.

She’s obviously destined for New Media stardom.

Category: Alaska, Books, Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin

HUCKABEE WON’T RUN IN 2012

Posted on | May 14, 2011 | 29 Comments

BREAKING . . .

UPDATE: Whew! That was scary! Allahpundit had an open thread at Hot Air. If you watched it live on Fox, you know how Huck started talking about polls and his supporters and how he was praying and — for a minute there, I admit it — I was feelin’ the doom. And then he said, “no,” and I was like, “YES!”

Because you know who this helps the most, don’t ya?

UPDATE II: Linked by Fire Andrea Mitchell, who wonders about that weird post-announcement appearance on Fox by Donald Trump.

UPDATE III: Video via Tommy Christopher at Mediaite:

UPDATE IV: Via Drudge, the story at Fox News:

Mike Huckabee said Saturday there would be no sequel to his surprisingly strong 2008 White House bid, in which he won the Iowa Republican caucus and finished second in the primaries to Sen. John McCain.
“All the factors say go, but my heart says no,” Huckabee, who was considered the GOP frontrunner in several national polls, said on his Fox News Channel show.

UPDATE V: Washington Post:

Huckabee noted that while all of the “external” factors pointed toward him running, he only found an “inexplicable inner peace” when he decided not to enter the race.

Linked by Don Surber — thanks! — and I owe a hat-tip to RightKlik for his Twitter tip about the Nate Silver 538 chart showing that Herman Cain stands to benefit most from Huckabee’s 2012 no-go.

Let’s face it: Cain has gone from “second-tier” to “damn near front-runner” in the span of two weeks.

UPDATE VI: Linked by Marfdrat — thanks — and now a Memeorandum thread.

UPDATE VII: Erick Erickson at Red State looks at the “cui bono?” question:

Tim Pawlenty. He becomes the evangelical governor in the race.
Herman Cain. He remains the Huckabee of 2012.
Sarah Palin. She and Huckabee would largely be fighting for the same crowd.

Well, if Palin wants in for 2012, now would be the time to do it. I dislike the “Huckabee of 2012” label for Cain, whatever that is supposed to mean. And as for Tim Pawlenzzzzzzzz . . .

Sorry, nodded off there for second.

UPDATE VIII: “Now that he’s officially not a candidate, maybe I’ll start watching his show.”

UPDATE IX: Steve Foley at Citizens for Cain:

It couldn’t have been easy for former governor Mike Huckabee to reach the decision not to run for president of the United States of America in 2012, seeing your beloved county heading down the wrong path naturally forces men of character to act, and we here at Citizens 4 Cain salute the Governor for his courageous decision and wish him all the best in every future endeavor. . . . Although supporters will be a bit disappointed in Huck’s decision and may need some time to process – Citizens 4 Cain would like to cordially extend an invitation to any and all Mike Huckabee supporters to join our Grassroots Army for Herman Cain here at Citizens 4 Cain.

Katrina Trinko at National Review has official statements from Tim Pawlenty, Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump.


Category: Election 2012, Fox News, Mike Huckabee

FMJRA 2.0: Poor Lost Soul

Posted on | May 14, 2011 | 2 Comments

VIDEO: Michael Moore Tells Americans How to Be Good Americans — Like Him!

Moms, ‘Myths’ and Cultural Marxism

‘Start the War From Right Here’

VIDEO: Gingrich Fatigue?

Herman Cain: Viva Las Vegas!

Sex + Coffee = DEATH?

Happy Mothers Day From Charlie Sheen

Egyptian Muslims Attack Christian Church, at Least 12 Reported Dead

Large Crowd of Unattractive Women Attend ‘Slutwalk’ Parade in Boston

The End-Game of Kellerism

VIDEO: Chomsky vs. Israel

“LIVE AT FIVE – 05.09.11“

Housing Market Plummets Unexpectedly?

Herman Cain Now the Hot Ticket

Congratulations, Ed Schultz!

Rule 5 Monday

Passenger With a Yemeni Passport Charges Cockpit Yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’

BREAKING: Arnold Schwarzenegger Dumps Liberal Wife Maria Shriver

Pakistan: Friend or Foe?

You Saw This Coming, Right?

NY-26 Special Election: Stealth Democrat Crazy Jack Davis Plays ‘Tea Party’ Spoiler

You Know What America Needs?

Obama’s Predictable Immigration Lies

‘It Was the Pronouns! They Were Overwhelmingly Masculine Gendered.’

How Not to Fix Your Economy

Obama’s Private $35,000 Fundraiser

U.S. Government Program Providing Global Opportunities for Women

NY-26 Update: New TV Ad; NRCC Gets Involved; Whither David Ballavia? UPDATE: Holy Freaking Crap! Donald Trump Now Blaming Paul Ryan?

Of Straw Men, Politics and Policy

Another Bad Liberal Idea That Failed

NY-26 Update: Fake ‘Tea Party’ Candidate Davis Skips Debate, Attacks Cameraman

“LIVE AT FIVE – 05.13.11“

Kiss and Tell at the Revolving Door

Obama Lies About Unemployment

Osama bin Laden’s Porn Stash?

Where Have I Been?

Eyes of Texas on Herman Cain

Whatever Happened To AuH2O?

Newt? No Problem.

Sen. Barbara Boxer Uses Bin Laden’s Death To Promote Afghan Pullout

Top linkers this week include some surprising names:

  1. Lonely Conservative (10)
  2. Don Surber (8)(!)
  3. Instapundit (6)(!!)

Thanks to all for the linky-love! Want to be listed in next week’s FMJRA? Sad that because you have a Blogspot blog, WordPress hates you? No worries – e-mail me at Wombat-socho by Friday, May 20 with [FMJRA] or [Shameless Blogwhoring] in the subject line and you, too, will get the linkup.

Category: FMJRA Award

Dan Collins Loves Kirstie Alley and Generous Tip-Jar Contributions …

Posted on | May 14, 2011 | 10 Comments

. . . but yeah, mainly it’s the generous tip-jar contributions Dan needs now. His Piece of Work in Progress co-blogger Enoch Root explains how serious the situation has become.

I’ll explain a bit more of the background — and also explain the Kirstie Alley reference — but first go hit Dan’s tip jar. I did. Read more

Category: Piece of Work in Progress

Sen. Barbara Boxer Uses Bin Laden’s Death to Promote Afghanistan Pullout

Posted on | May 14, 2011 | 12 Comments

The U.S. special-operations mission that killed Osama bin Laden signals that it is time to end U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan, Sen. Barbara Boxer said in an e-mail to liberal activists Saturday.

“Three days after 9/11, my Senate colleagues and I voted unanimously to authorize the president to use all necessary and appropriate force against those who attacked us,” the California Democrat said in a message sent to members of the group Democracy for America. “Now, after delivering justice to Osama bin Laden, it’s time to bring that mission to a close.”

In the e-mail (see the full text below) urging DFA members to support her “Safe and Responsible Redeployment of U.S. Combat Forces from Afghanistan Act,” Boxer argued that U.S. troops in Afghanistan make no contribution to anti-terrorism efforts. Read more

Category: Aghanistan, California, Military, Pakistan, Terrorism

Kathy Shaidle Smacks Kirsten Powers

Posted on | May 14, 2011 | 3 Comments

Strangely enough, Kathy smacks Kirsten for a silly quote in that rarity: A Kirsten Powers column I actually agree with.

Of course, My Favorite Canadian’s larger complaint is that she doesn’t have her own newspaper column. There is no justice in the world.

(Thanks to Mike in Ardmore for the e-mail tip.)

Category: Feminism, Kathy Shaidle

Newt? No Problem.

Posted on | May 14, 2011 | 13 Comments

While I usually quote Time magazine’s David von Drehle only to mock him, he’s inarguably right when he says:

The main problem Newt Gingrich faces in his campaign for President is not going to be the number of liberals who don’t like him. It’s going to be the number of conservatives who don’t like him.

Von Drehle quotes John Podhoretz among others, as Gingrich’s rightward opponents. His problem is perhaps not so much that conservatives don’t like Newt — who is now, as always, an extremely articulate critic of liberalism — but that they don’t trust him. He is a distinctly slippery politician, whose ideological commitments are not entirely solid and sound. His 2008 global-warming ad with Nancy Pelosi is a case in point:

If Gingrich could be forgiven for that stunning lapse of judgment, there are yet other lapses to explain:

Callista Bisek’s friends from rural Wisconsin were stunned when, well over a decade ago, she confided that she was secretly dating an older, married man: Newt Gingrich.
Still in her 20s when they met, Ms. Bisek had been raised in a town of 1,500, the only child of a meat packer and a secretary. A churchgoing Roman Catholic, she had attended a Lutheran college where she practiced piano five hours a day. “Is this the wisest course for you to be taking?” Karen Olson, her best friend, recalled asking.
Today, Ms. Bisek is Mrs. Gingrich, married for 11 years, but perhaps best remembered for the six-year affair that contributed to her husband’s political downfall. His critics cast Mr. Gingrich, the former House speaker, as a hypocrite who sought to impeach a president over infidelity while engaging in it himself with Ms. Bisek, who was a Congressional aide. . . .

Set aside your moral outrage over adultery, and focus instead on this Capitol Hill rule: Members don’t date staffers. Period.

Congressional staffers are hired at taxpayer expense to conduct the people’s business, not to serve as “comfort women” to lonely politicians. In the hierarchy of D.C. sins, dating a Hill staffer is not as bad as shagging an intern — interns are absolutely off-limits — but it is still a breach of trust, in part because of its demoralizing influence on other staffers. Granted, the future Mrs. Gingrich worked for Rep. Steve Gunderson, so Newt wasn’t her boss, but still: It simply isn’t done.

Despite all that, however, I feel no need to mount an anti-Gingrich campaign, for the simple reason that I don’t think Gingrich has a realistic chance at winning the nomination. He will be an important voice in the 2012 debate, but I don’t see him sparking a grassroots brushfire of enthusiasm. In fact, at the Georgia state GOP convention, Gingrich was at risk of being overshadowed by another 2012 candidate:

MACON, Ga. — It had all the trappings of a homecoming. Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker who helped Republicans rise to power in this once-solid Democratic state, returned Friday deliver his first speech as a presidential candidate before thousands of state GOP delegates.
But ahead of Gingrich’s scheduled address Friday evening, party activists were buzzing about another favorite son — Herman Cain.
“He doesn’t talk political,” said Jeanette Bean, a Gwinnett County delegate who was passing out Draft Cain stickers. “He talks straight. He doesn’t mince his words and says it how it is. It’s so refreshing,”
Plenty of other attendees seemed to agree. Kicking off the two-day convention, Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss gave a shout out to both Georgia natives. “We’ve got Newt Gingrich,” he said, which earned a whistle of approval from one member of the audience.
When Chambliss added, “We’ve got Herman Cain,” loud whoops, cheers and applause were heard.

Read the whole thing.

UPDATE: “Georgia Republicans to Newt Gingrich: Sorry, but you’re no Herman Cain.” I believe the word is, “Heh.”


Category: Election 2012, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Republicans
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