MASON CONSERVATIVE

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If you don't think I'm seeing this, your crazy.  

Why The Skins Suck

Cause this idiot is in charge.

I've been a Pats fan since I was 7 so I really don't have a dog in this race, but I root for the Redskins to do well because it means so much to this area.  And to see such a proud franchise circling the drain with this guy's hand on the spigot?  Unbelievable.

He says you don't draft on need, but if thats the case wouldn't you have already filled in your receiver quota after the Thomas pick?  The best drafts are the ones where teams get good players that are spread out across the offense and defense.  

Oh, and Larry Michael has to be the absolute worst play-by-play guy in the league.  He's just a Danny-Vinny apologist stooge and his radio show is just unlistenable.  All he cares about is pass blocking for the bosses.  

Michael Steele On Ethics

Great post on Michael Steele outlining his ethics reforms for the GOP over at RedState:

In addition to losing credibility as the reliable representatives of conservative principles, we Republicans are increasingly seen as challenged on issues of ethics and morality.

The conduct of our leaders should always be beyond reproach. As Party Chairman, I will stand up against those who abuse their public trust. I will assure the RNC leads by example. (Steele’s emphasis)

HERE is the pdf of it, too.  One more reason why I support Michael Steele for RNC Chair.

Who Throws A Shoe?

The minute I saw the video of Bush getting a shoe tossed at his grill, and after I realized he was fine, my mind went racing back to this classic scene from this classic movie:

Mr. Muldoon's Glass House

Patrick Muldoon seems to be the dictionary of conservatism, the sole person in Virginia who gets to define what a "real conservative" is.  If you listen to him, his supporters, and even his website Mr. Muldoon seems to think that Bill Bolling is a liberal-apologist despite an entire career that says otherwise.  Yet while Bill Bolling's record is what it is, and something conservatives can rally around - what about that of Muldoon?

Brian Kirwin did some digging and found that perhaps Muldoon's "conservative values" include working for a law firm that does work for organized gaming and gambling.  His law firm also does work for Barr Laboratories, who makes a morning-after pill.  

Muldoon is obviously gunning for the conservatives in the state that backed candidates like Bob Marshall and Ken Cuccinelli, but this is a disturbing trend.  And for me, it has nothing to do with gaming or the morning-after pill as issues on their own.  I actually would like to see gaming in Virginia, controlled by the state a form of generating serious revenue without taxing anybody.  But as it is, as Brian points out, its the sheer hypocrisy of a man that claims to be the most conservative candidate in speech but then in action does very little else.  

Bolling '09

Rahm, The Bus Is Coming

And your about to be thrown under it.

That is, if its true that the feds have shady Chicago/Clinton pol Emmanuel on the phone with shady Chicago pol Balgo.  This just seems to be a continuation of what we saw in the campaign . . . the media has so much riding on Obama, he will get every benefit of the doubt where Bush never ever did.  He was able to last through his reelection but just couldn't overcome the none-stop hostility of the fourth estate, especially after Katrina.  As for Obama, the media's love affair with him will ensure that Obama will get a pass on every story and every action or deed of staff and supporters.

But the question comes to mind, if Emmanuel was talking with Blagojevich about this Senate seat how could Obama not know about it?  If he's telling the truth, then we see that he is allowing his chief of staff to go rouge on him to protect him from sensative dealings, or he's out and out lying.  I find it very hard to believe that as good as a politician Obama is that he never had anything to do with Blago regarding his Senate seat.  Why is it so hard to just say "yeah, I talked with the guy who has the sole power to name my replacement, and I'm president now so i want to make sure its a supporter of mine."  Seriously.  Where's the transparency.

Remember, they always get you with the cover-up.  

RNC Video

An Early Christmas Present

I am an afficianado of eighties cartoon shows, and when I saw this I couldn't help myself.  If I could reitre and watch nothing but GI Joe, Transformers, He-Man, ThunderCats, Voltron, and more until my last breath, it would be a happy day.  

So imagine my delight when shopping at the Best Buy in the Reston Town Center for XMas gifts for my family when I saw THIS:

This Is What I'm Talking About

and why I like Eric Cantor so much.  The DCPost did a profile of the new House minority whip, showing Cantor gets what I've been talking about for the last month

He talks about creating a new kind of Republican conservative, one less concerned with ideology and more focused on practical solutions, more tech-savvy and less reflexively combative with Democrats, intolerant of ethical lapses and tolerant of new ideas. And especially one who communicates better to the middle class.

"Our message, of late, has been somewhat muddled," he says.

Conservatives, especially the young ones in the House, bunch behind him, following his lead, in part, because he is "a comer." The Capitol loves comers. But the 45-year-old Cantor rises to prominence at a difficult time for Republicans, making his search all the more challenging and urgent.

One thing I've learned over the past few years that, more than not, House conservatives are usually right.  Cantor now leads a band of merry troublemakers like Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan, and Erik Paulson among many others.  Its clear to me that Boehner is the Bob Michel of our generation and the sooner was pass the torch to younger leadership the sooner we will be back on our way.

At home, all of us in Democrat districts need to find candidates like this - young, conservative, and with a bent towards party building and expanding our electorate.

www.friendsofblago.com

The Illinois GOP has a clever website up.

Its really hard to argue with idea that given the the extensive corruption in all aspects of state government thanks to the govenror, Illinois's senate seat really should be decided in a special election.  

Who wants to bet that the last name on that list will be none other than Barack Obama?