“Robert Laurie” on The Daily Caller

Twitter moves far faster than any person can read. Thousands of new tweets appear every second, so most of what is posted just goes by in a blur. Hash tags come and go on a daily basis, rarely lasting more than a few hours before people move on. Most of what’s written on Twitter you will never see, and much of what you do see will be forgotten in a few hours. So it’s no wonder that liberals like Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are at a loss to explain the staying power enjoyed by tags like #ObamaEatsDogs, #ObamaDogRecipes and #PrayForBo. (more)

It’s easy for political junkies to forget that the majority of Americans don’t think the way they do. The average man on the street doesn’t spend his day obsessing over constitutional issues or arguments about the effect the Federal Reserve is having on housing prices. They don’t while away their hours dissecting foreign affairs, breaking down polling data or bickering about the Founding Fathers. It’s unfortunate, but most people are simply too busy living their lives to get involved with the day-to-day nuts and bolts of their government. (more)

To conservatives, she’s public enemy number 2. Only President Obama himself elicits more anger and outrage from those on the right. While she’s constantly decried as a monstrous villain, she’s been unfortunately effective for the left, particularly in ramming the unpopular Obamacare through Congress. Republicans have been woefully ineffective at minimizing her power and even though she’s no longer the speaker of the House, she’s remained the most visible Democrat other than the commander in chief. So, when Nancy Pelosi claims to “know something” about Newt Gingrich, it’s easy for nervous Republicans to joke that they’re surprised to learn she knows anything at all. (more)

Granting amnesty to the 12 million illegal immigrants currently living in the United States would create a massive new Democratic voting bloc. At least, that’s clearly what the Democrats believe. Obviously, they’d never publicly admit such a thing. They claim that their desire for amnesty stems from their deep, abiding compassion. Night after night, they toss and turn, unable to sleep for fear that evil Republicans will break up families in their never-ending quest to send honest “undocumented laborers” back to their home countries. Perhaps, in darkened back rooms, behind closed doors, Democrats admit the truth to each other. But for fear of exposing their true intent, they dare not speak it in the light of day. (more)

From the moment of Obamacare’s passage, the political spectrum was well aware that the president’s signature legislation would be heading for a Supreme Court showdown. Within short order, everyone, from the lowliest pundit to the president himself, had acknowledged that the law’s ultimate fate would be decided by nine justices. So, it came as no surprise when, two weeks ago, the court announced that it would hear the case early next year. (more)

All the ingredients are here. We have a potentially powerful politician, a hopelessly flimsy accusation of sexual misconduct and a predictable media, desperate to fill broadcast hours. Was there really ever any doubt that alleged civil rights attorney Gloria Allred would get involved? (more)

In the old days, common sense reigned supreme. If you spent your days hanging around with that kid who smoked, it was a safe bet you were smoking too. “Birds of a feather,” we were told, “flock together.” These days, that kind of thinking will earn you a one-way ticket to the politically incorrect doghouse. Thanks to the holier-than-thou left, the great sin of our time is the willingness to lump people together based on behavior or ideology. Liberal Democrats have worked long and hard to villainize the very idea that there may be such a thing as “birds of a feather.” Take a quick look at the Occupy Wall Street movement, and it’s easy to see why. (more)

The Chris Christie “will he or won’t he” game has been running for months, but in the last week it’s reached a fever pitch. Pundits from every end of the conservative spectrum have been falling all over each other, trying desperately to decide if the New Jersey governor will make a White House bid. Dems are wondering if he can beat Obama, while the GOP has decided that he would be an instant frontrunner for the nomination. Sadly, no one seems to be asking why we’re supposed to be excited for a Christie presidency. (more)

A couple years ago, the world’s major auto makers seemed obsessed with a certain kind of car commercial.  The spots featured classic Cadillacs, Mercedes, or Fords, side-by-side with their supposedly superior modern counterparts, charging down a deserted highway.  For a while, the ads were everywhere, then, almost overnight, they were pulled.  It seemed an odd move. After all, who doesn’t like seeing those old cars?  Then it hit me. Those classics looked a heck of a lot better than the new models.  Who wants a plastic coated 2010 Caddy, when you’ve just seen it sitting next to its stately chrome and steel 1940 grandfather? (more)

Tuesday night, when Christine O’Donnell managed to demolish Mike Castle’s senatorial hopes, the hand-wringing was to be anticipated.  After all, Democrats have spent the last month chomping desperately at the bit, praying for an O’Donnell victory.  The word on the street is that “she’s unelectable.”  It’s a phrase that was plunged into the heart of the O’Donnell campaign by one of the GOP’s own, Karl Rove.  A pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro-cap-and-trade Republican-in-name-only like Castle was obviously the better way to go.  According to people like Rove, if they’d only been willing to ignore outdated platitudes like “states’ rights” and “the 2nd Amendment,” Delaware’s voters could have guaranteed a Republican victory and strengthened the party’s power. (more)

No one’s entirely sure how many people showed up this weekend for Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally.  Beck has suggested the number is around 400,000.  The official unofficial number provided by Washington, D.C.’s Park Services is 325,000.  CBS low-balled the event, claiming that no more than 85,000 attended, only to have their assertion countered by NBC’s estimate of 500,000.  Regardless of the numbers, Democrats are desperate to dismiss the event. They do so at their own peril.  There’s a lot they could learn from it. (more)

Thursday morning, Barack Obama decided to face the hard hitting, hyper critical, no-spin firing squad that is The View. (more)

It’s been a big week for racism.  In the last seven days, it’s been made clear that Tea Party members are racist, state’s rights advocates are racist, Republicans are racist, and Black Panthers who want to kill white babies are, somehow, not all that racist.  Perhaps the biggest news in racism, however, came after bombs tore through a Ugandan World Cup celebration.  The blast killed 64 people. Fearlessly, President Obama leapt into action condemning the organization’s obvious bigotry. (more)

Do a quick Google search for the terms “Superman” and “illegal,” and you’ll get hundreds of hits. Almost all of them lead to the same argument. Superman, the symbol of truth, justice and the American way, is an illegal immigrant. As such, he’s breaking the same law as the millions of illegal Mexicans that “evil racist conservatives” allegedly despise. (more)

During his Thursday press conference, President Obama once again assured the American people that, when it came to the oil spill, he’d been involved “since day one.” Unfortunately, simply being involved isn’t enough. The Gulf situation has been screaming for leadership and Obama has failed to deliver. Receiving daily briefings, which Obama cited as his sole example of day one involvement, is not leadership. Placing your “boot on the neck” of the people who are in a position to solve the problem is, likewise, not leadership. Screaming “Plug the damn hole” at those trying to implement the solution? You get the point. In crisis, leadership is required – not just “involvement.” Sadly, it’s something sorely lacking in the current administration and Thursday’s Q&A put a spotlight on the shortcoming. (more)

Wednesday, President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon stood side by side on the White House lawn, smiled, and attacked an American state.  It was a display grotesque and bizarre, laden with the stink of lies and ripe with hypocrisy.  For a half hour or so, the two men hammed it up for the assembled international press, reveling in themselves as they mischaracterized a law that, most likely, neither of them managed to read.  Calderon later addressed Congress.  Again, he targeted the U.S., focusing on Arizona’s immigration law and its nonexistent human rights abuses.  As he did so, he received a standing ovation from those who populate the left side of the aisle. (more)

In the 1980s, the radical left presented the nation with a new conspiracy theory: Ronald Reagan, the CIA, and congressional conservatives were conspiring with South American drug dealers to flood our cities with crack cocaine. Their alleged goal was the eradication of an increasingly influential demographic made up of inner city youth. Legends about midnight dope shipments, unmarked planes, and mysterious government airstrips were, by the end of the decade, commonplace. There was never any evidence to support the speculation, but that never stopped race baiters like Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan from repeating it. In reality, it was simply another lie, propped up by Democrats who sought to exploit the destructive effects of addiction for political gain. These days, drugs are flooding in from Mexico at a catastrophic rate and if liberals want to hold someone responsible, they need look no further than their own Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. (more)

Sadly, by now we’re all used to it. A white Christian male in his mid 40s, fueled by talk radio and a summer spent wandering aimlessly through a morass of tea parties, fills his SUV with explosives and tragedy ensues. What has led him to this point? Is it his inherent, unavoidable, racism? Could it be that this simpleton’s inability to understand the Republican Party’s wise move to the center has left him so blinded with rage that violence seems to be his only recourse? It’s impossible to say—largely because conservative terrorist attacks have – (more)

During the Bush administration, if you were watching MSNBC or CNN, you were bombarded with stories about an irresponsible president who spent most of his time golfing. In reality, our previous commander in chief suspended his golf outings in 2003, claiming that golf during wartime was unseemly. Recently, CBS radio made waves by reporting that the sitting president has hit the links 32 times during his first year in office, while George Bush managed just 24 rounds in his entire eight-year tenure. “I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,” Bush once told Politico.com, “I feel I owe it to the families to be as—to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.” (more)

When lawmakers tried to pass a federal ban on same-sex marriage, the activist left was there to shout: “You can’t legislate morality.” When they tried to alter or overturn Roe v. Wade, the National Organization for Women started screaming: “You can’t legislate morality.” When they tried to pass a law saying 13-year-olds shouldn’t have government funded access to contraception, organizations like Planned Parenthood and the ACLU were there to remind us: “You can’t legislate morality.” (more)