Well, maybe among the GOP. Certainly not among the American public as a whole. CNN's poll of Limbaugh's nationwide popularity in Sept. 2006, soon after his seriously nauseating attack on Michael J. Fox, showed him 65-27 negative, which means there's a good chance that his attack on Fox personally swung the very close Missouri Senate race -- and, with it, control of the Senate -- to the Dems. Keep up the good work, Rush!

As for "Ronald Reagan's brand of conservatism", let's not forget George Will's crack at the time that it "consists of giving the average American $1.25 worth of government for $1 worth of taxes, with the rest being borrowed." In that respect, Dubya is much more the proper heir of Ron than a lot of Republicans now like to think. (Nor, really, do I remember Reagan ever uttering a peep of dismay about illegal immigration from Mexico either during his 8 years as President or his 8 years as governor of California. But then, the GOP -- on this issue as on many others -- has always been frantically trying to please both sides at once; its major financiers certainly don't want to give up all that obligingly cheap labor.)

I was reading up on Ken Schram's commentaries and I ran across two he did about Manuel Jesus Cordova. In them, he detailed the story of this guys deportation and how the conservatives were essentially cold hearted bastards.

While his c...

I won't be posting again until after January 2nd. In the meantime, don't forget about Fred Thompson's goal to play his latest ad across Iowa. He's trying to raise $248,846 by 6pm tonight. As of 6am today, $145,414 has been raised. The ad ......

Well, I guess it is time for a very overdue wrap up of the rather unusual 2007 tropical season. I have been holding out waiting for one last storm to sprout up before the end of the year....

Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been murdered. Despite her faults, the fact that she was trying to bring some democracy to Pakistan makes her a martyr infinitely more so than the animals that killed her and at least 20 others ......

God Loves You So Much, He Won’t Let You Off The Hook When You Sin
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A little Christmas humor from Jeff Dunham and Achmed the Dead Terrorist.
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Mike Huckabee has of late tried to sound tough on illegal immigration. This is hardly surprising considering how important the issue is to Iowa voters and the upcoming Iowa caucus. Huckabee has been criticized for his ......

I received the following email from the Fred Thompson campaign......

Mike Huckabee has been running as the Christian leader, he's a former Baptist preacher and has been speaking to churches while on the campaign trail ......

Christmas is a time of hope, of expectation. We mark the birth of a child whose tragic fate we know, and yet we exult because of the glorious triumph that grows out of that seeming ignominious death and the possibility......