Light My Fire, Or,
My Political Funeral Pyre

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by Smitty

You know that it would be untrue,
You know that I would be a liar,
If I was to say to you,
I’ve only got 218 blatantly un-American pieces of work that I desperately need to retire. . .

That last line seems to be just a bit short.
Meanwhile, the OCTOPUS (Ol’ Cousin TO President, United States), seems dissatisfied with the representation some citizens are receiving. The dissatisfaction has bubbled up into a full-on site, filled with great information for use in a peaceful, ballot-box revolution in a district near you:

Related:
As for the Death Panels funded through ObamaCare, they are rumored to be planning on some shockingly classical policy:

OK, Now That Stupak’s Gone, Who Wants to Beat Another Blue Dog Democrat?

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His name is Rep. John Barrow, and he’s from Georgia’s 12th District. Say hello to his Republican challenger, Ray McKinney, a nuclear power project manager from Emanuel County, Ga.:

Peach Pundit blogged about Ray’s campaign earlier this week, and I reported that — happy! happy! joy! joy! — MoveOn.org is preparing to attack Barrow from the left, where he faces a Democratic primary challenge from former state Sen. Regina Thomas. In 2006, Barrow won by a 1% margin and the word here at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans is that GA12 is being added to the NRCC’s target list.

UPDATE 9 a.m. CT, Saturday: Ray’s campaign Web site is a work in progress. In fact, the site didn’t go live until last night during the SRLC Blogger Bash, which was Tweeted by Melissa Clouthier:

Also, thanks to @RayMcKinney Campaign, @FreedomWorks for sponsoring and honoring bloggers at #blogbash at #srlc Great party!

Yeah, Ray’s on Twitter. Because he’s cool like that.

VIDEO: Live from New Orleans, It’s the Andrew Breitbart Experience!

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The dude was on fire today at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, and the MSM couldn’t get enough:

Dave Weigel was asking Breitbart about criticism of the O’Keefe-Giles ACORN sting videos. And then a guy from CBS News asked some more questions:

Right now, I’m blogging this upstairs while a Blogger Bash is going on downstairs. Breitbart is supposed to be here in a little while. We’ve got jamabalaya, sausage, red beans and rice, and there’s a cold keg on tap. Already on-site: Tabitha Hale, Ed Morrissey, Anita Montcrief, Rick Moran, Melisa Clouthier and others to be named and photographed later in scandalous conditions of drunkenness and debauchery. Watch for updates . . .

Sarah Palin’s Speech In New Orleans

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by Smitty (h/t Gateway Pundit)

Sarah’s speech is a point-for-point flogging of the Administration. The folksy delivery will cause lefty heads near you to ‘splode, to keep the volume low. President Sleeveheart has already publicly whined about her by name on the nuclear topic. If you follow that link, BHO claims the JCS ‘is comfortable’ with his nuclear policies. Sure.

On the topic of criticism of the Lefty agenda, your attention is drawn to The Valley of the Shadow. VotS has an interesting historical sketch of the Democratic non-command of international policy, going back to LBJ. Well worth your time.

Update: Tabitha Hale has a roundup of the New Orleans conference, including Rick Perry video.

Gov. Gary Johnson and Other Popular Super-Cool Guys at SRLC

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NEW ORLEANS –It’s pretty neat to get to spend time with a cool guy like the governor of New Mexico, who reminds us that Republicans need to focus on fiscal discipline:

The governor’s also promoting the Our America Initiative, and you should check that out. People ask me, what’s the secret to getting to hang out at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference with cool people like Gary Johnson? Step One: Get to know Ali Akbar . . .

Tabitha Hale of FreedomWorks and New Media activist Lyndsey Fifield at the Blogger Bash that Ali put together through his consulting firm Republic Modern. And a few minutes later . . .

Dr. Melissa Clouthier and Rep. Joseph Cao (R-La.) with Ali — a completely random meeting in the hallway of the Hilton.

A slightly less random meeting in Hilton hallway, as Newt Gingrich is introduced to Carl Cameron’s producer. Also not completely random . . . 

Gov. Sarah Palin poses with a cardboard cutout of her favorite blogger.

Pro-Lifer: Bart Stupak Retirement Is ‘Just the Beginning of the Fallout’

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Woke up this morning to the shocking news that Bart Stupak will retire from Congress — confirmation of the effectiveness of the Tea Party movement and of the pro-life movement:

“Bart Stupak entered into a sham political deal that couldn’t be defended with a straight face.  He put politics over principle and now even the politics are catching up to him.  This is just the beginning of the fallout over pro-abortion health care reform.  Ramming federal funding for abortion through against the will of the American people was a radioactive vote.”
— Charmain Yoest, President & CEO, Americans United for Life Action

Michelle Malkin has more reaction. Stupak apparently figured out something that a lot of other people are going to figure out soon enough: The Blue Dogs will be an endangered species this fall. That Dog Won’t Hunt.