en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/641626 Comments by surfcitysocal http://biggovernment.com/publius/2012/01/10/new-hampshire-primary-open-thread/#IDComment261139324 Be dismissive if it makes you feel better, Doctor Demento. I don't expect to persuade anyone to do what I do, but I have to do what's right for me in my heart and soul. I'd call that "the proper state of humanity," wouldn't you? Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:23:59 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2012/01/10/new-hampshire-primary-open-thread/#IDComment261139324 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2012/01/10/new-hampshire-primary-open-thread/#IDComment260944411 Just 299 days until Romney gets his butt kicked by Obama, folks. What's more telling than NH, is IA--not Santorum, who came in second, but rather, Romney, who wasn't supposed to do anything in Iowa at all, but won it. This tells me that "too evangelical, too rural" Iowa has become far more moderate than it was just four years ago when Huckabee won the state--and may be an indicator of how the country is going as a whole. Not only that, Romney is leading in SC and FL as well. Too bad. As a Bachmann supporter, my support isn't coalescing behind any of the remaining candidates. As Steve Deace said in a recent Townhall article, we "debated who could win instead of who should win." I'm voting for and writing in the one who should win: Bachmann. All of the remaining candidates are just more of the same old thing the Republicans always put up for us to vote for--and Obama will be sure to point that out at every opportunity. Go ahead, tell me I'm throwing away my vote, but the election is already lost and at least I'll be able to sleep at night--until the brownshirts come to my door. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:54:44 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2012/01/10/new-hampshire-primary-open-thread/#IDComment260944411 http://biggovernment.com/lkudlow/2011/11/10/winners-losers-and-misses-breaking-down-the-cnbc-debate/#IDComment220115758 Bachmann: A+, real, informed, articulate, measured and presidential. Gingrich: A, informed, articulate, but didn't really have a moment this debate. Santorum: B, well-spoken when given the opportunity, but definitely got the short shrift. Paul: D, got points for some good answers on domestic policy, but had to duck and cover when he started talking about opting out of Obamacare. Romney: C, carefully scripted focus group answers solidified his standing as the candidate who best tells you what he thinks you want to hear. Cain: C, too many answers appeared thin on substance. Huntsman: D, he showed up. Perry: F, for falling off the cliff. Too bad, that answer started out so strong. The audience: A, for booing the moderators' inappropriate behavior. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:43:58 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/lkudlow/2011/11/10/winners-losers-and-misses-breaking-down-the-cnbc-debate/#IDComment220115758 http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/28/new-poll-shows-obamacare-less-popular-by-the-day/#IDComment214907257 Yippee! Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:02:28 +0000 http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/28/new-poll-shows-obamacare-less-popular-by-the-day/#IDComment214907257 http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/31/morning-bell-uncle-sam-is-no-venture-capitalist/#IDComment214906702 Government has never done anything efficiently or thriftily. Government needs to shut up, get out of the way...and preferably, go part-time. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:01:05 +0000 http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/31/morning-bell-uncle-sam-is-no-venture-capitalist/#IDComment214906702 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/10/18/wall-street-to-dems-you-cant-have-it-both-ways/#IDComment209345942 "President Barack Obama and other top Democrats are parroting the anti-corporate rhetoric running through the Occupy Wall Street protests..." Funny, fromthe very beginning, fromthe things the protestors were saying as reported by various news outlets, I thought it seemed like it was the protestors who were parroting Obama's anti-business/class warfare/redistributionist nonsense. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:49:11 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/10/18/wall-street-to-dems-you-cant-have-it-both-ways/#IDComment209345942 http://tv.breitbart.com/bolton-obama-calls-on-restraint-from-egyptian-christians-as-theyre-being-killed/#IDComment205670729 Gee, Kelly seems so concerned with the plight of the Coptic Christians, I almost believe she is. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:27:58 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/bolton-obama-calls-on-restraint-from-egyptian-christians-as-theyre-being-killed/#IDComment205670729 http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/05/in-pictures-debt-by-president-obama-leads-the-pack/#IDComment203535448 You're right, and it also doesn't show the tax rates as well, and how they relate to the debt and revenue stream. This chart, unfortunately, makes Clinton look like an angel. Wed, 5 Oct 2011 19:17:21 +0000 http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/05/in-pictures-debt-by-president-obama-leads-the-pack/#IDComment203535448 http://tv.breitbart.com/fox-news-jesse-watters-uncovers-the-brains-behind-the-wall-st-protests/#IDComment202672724 Isn't it great seeing total and complete nincompoops exercising their right to free idiotic speech? Mon, 3 Oct 2011 19:38:20 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/fox-news-jesse-watters-uncovers-the-brains-behind-the-wall-st-protests/#IDComment202672724 http://tv.breitbart.com/cain-blacks-brainwashed-into-supporting-dems/#IDComment200935130 Just as blacks have been viewed as a solid voting block by Democrats, so have anti-tax and social conservatives been viewed as a reliable voting block for Republicans--giving us just enough to keep us voting for them, but when it comes down to the tough decisions, they cave every time. Maybe Herman Cain is the one who can not only talk tough, but make the tough decisions as well. Like Lincoln, this could make him a great president. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:25:54 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/cain-blacks-brainwashed-into-supporting-dems/#IDComment200935130 http://tv.breitbart.com/cain-blacks-brainwashed-into-supporting-dems/#IDComment200933791 Only he could say this. Anyone else and they'd be labeled racist. He's going to be skewered by the uberliberals for saying it, but bravo that he's willing to tell the tough truth. I'm liking this guy more and more. But just as blacks have been viewed as a solid voting block by Democrats, so have anti-tax and social conservatives been viewed as a reliable voting block for Republicans--giving us just enough to keep us voting for them, but when it comes down to the tough decisions, they cave every time. Maybe Herman Cain is the one who can not only talk tough, but make the tough decisions as well. Like Lincoln, this could make him a great president. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:22:01 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/cain-blacks-brainwashed-into-supporting-dems/#IDComment200933791 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9Q13KA82&show_article=1#IDComment200523552 Instead of Hope and Change, it's Negativity and Status Quo. Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:04:37 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9Q13KA82&show_article=1#IDComment200523552 http://biggovernment.com/lkudlow/2011/09/19/it-is-class-warfare-obamas-bizarre-tax-attack/#IDComment195626703 And so, it is no surprise why Obama finally "gave in" during the much ballyhooed budget fight on taxing the rich and risked irritating the uberliberals--because he fully intended to get 'em in the next round. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:26:42 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/lkudlow/2011/09/19/it-is-class-warfare-obamas-bizarre-tax-attack/#IDComment195626703 http://tv.breitbart.com/carney-obama-not-briefed-on-solyndra/#IDComment194183524 Solyndra is a great, big fat gift to Obama. Couldn't have come along at a better time. I have no doubt after yesterday's "Biden...Biden...Biden...Biden's emails...Biden...Biden," that the Veep will be the fall guy. And let me go out on a limb here, that after they dump him, they'll offer Hillary the moon to come on board as VP to prevent a challenge from her...which will make his ticket virtually unbeatable and Clinton the assured Democrat nominee for 2016. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:34:50 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/carney-obama-not-briefed-on-solyndra/#IDComment194183524 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/09/14/schakowsky-americans-dont-deserve-to-keep-all-their-money/#IDComment193448023 If this doesn't scare the bejeezus out of the electorate, nothing will. We don't know what's best for ourselves, Schakowsky, do we? The political class does, doesn't it? Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:52:42 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/09/14/schakowsky-americans-dont-deserve-to-keep-all-their-money/#IDComment193448023 http://biggovernment.com/cstreet/2011/09/13/support-for-big-government-jobs-programs-has-evaporated/#IDComment193037004 I have no doubt the Republicans will cave and give Obama everything he wants, just like they have every time before. Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:45:11 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/cstreet/2011/09/13/support-for-big-government-jobs-programs-has-evaporated/#IDComment193037004 http://tv.breitbart.com/west-obama-shredding-constitution/#IDComment188731057 I love Rep. West's no-nonsense approach to everything. He has a great future ahead of him in politics, but I'm still having difficulty reconciling the fact that he voted for "Satan's Sandwich". He's right that you can't get everything, but it was a worthless piece of legislation that revealed itself in that regard with the downgrade. Thu, 1 Sep 2011 15:19:20 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/west-obama-shredding-constitution/#IDComment188731057 http://tv.breitbart.com/speechgate-controversy-over-obamas-jobs-speech-scheduling-stunt/#IDComment188729298 Krauthammer is 100% correct. The Republicans should have let Obama win this one and moved the date of the debate. Now that Obama has agreed to move the date of his address, he looks like the bullied victim of obstructionists, instead of the other way around. And if you don't think the MSM isn't going to spin it that way, just wait. Thu, 1 Sep 2011 15:10:25 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/speechgate-controversy-over-obamas-jobs-speech-scheduling-stunt/#IDComment188729298 http://biggovernment.com/jloudon/2011/08/29/immigration-reform-yielding-results-in-alabama/#IDComment188162600 Yes, you're right. And the current Administration, in addition to suing states trying to enforce immigration laws, will do everything possible to do an end-run around immigration laws, going so far as to send out memos basically telling immigration officers to overlook what's going on and let things slide. As someone (I don't remember who) tweeted on Twitter recently: "They aren't illegal aliens, they're just unregistered Democrats!" As long as this Administration is in control, this will continue because they view this as a guaranteed voting block in their corner. But the people who sacrificed to come to this country legally are the ones who, I think, will end up suffering the most as they see illegals cheating, breaking the law and cutting in line in front of them and getting all the goodies without suffering any of the consequences of their actions. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:06:15 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jloudon/2011/08/29/immigration-reform-yielding-results-in-alabama/#IDComment188162600 http://blog.heritage.org/2011/08/30/obamacare-presidents-disregard-consent-of-the-governed/#IDComment188153883 Passing the bill that-they-had-to-pass-to-see-what's-in-it at midnight on a Saturday night/Sunday morning when our elected officials were isolated from their constituency's fury only served to put fuel on the fire of the "disregard for consent of the governed", IMHO. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:41:51 +0000 http://blog.heritage.org/2011/08/30/obamacare-presidents-disregard-consent-of-the-governed/#IDComment188153883