Archive for the ‘RINO Alert’ Category
RNC Rebuffs Boehner
Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns at Politico relay the attempt by Speaker Boehner to influence the RNC Chair election. Boehner worked hard to get longtime operative Maria Cino, a veteran campaign hand who held senior offices at the RNC and the National Republican Congressional Committee the RNC Chair position; when Michael Steele dropped out after [...]
January 15, 2011
Tags: John Boehner, Michael Steele, RNC Chair Posted in: National, RINO Alert 
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Tea Party and House Speaker Race
Texas just went through in a BIG WAY a similar situation to what SC Tea Parties went through in the Fall … making a concerted effort, for the first time for most folks, to impact the vote for Speaker of the House. In both states, the incumbent speaker survived, but lots of lessons learned and [...]
January 13, 2011
Tags: primary, Texas speaker Posted in: RINO Alert, State No Comments
With the RNC Chair Debate on Monday at 1 PM …
… it is time to begin schooling ourselves on the candidates. Yes, this is yet another area of thought that I *NEVER* thought I’d care anything about, much less know anything about the candidates… but like many of us in the past 2 years, we have become well versed in things like GOP Chairmen, Precinct [...]
January 2, 2011
Tags: Michael Steele, Reince Priebus, RNC Chair Posted in: National, RINO Alert No Comments
If Reid Ate The GOP’s Lunch, Graham And Company Packed It For Him
Dan Riehl nails it… (copied in cause it’s short) What nerve given the behavior of these same Republicans, including Graham, during the Tea Party insurgence during 2010. Graham was one of the movement’s chief critics. Suddenly, Graham has woken up to the fact that the GOP lacks a spine? Where was he and where were [...]
December 21, 2010
Tags: Lindsey Graham, RINO Posted in: RINO Alert No Comments
RINO ALERT … Graham begins his backpedal
subtitled “There isn’t a road long enough for you to walk it all back now, RINO” Michael O’Brien at TheHill.com reports that Senator Lindsey Graham NOW … in a very timely fashion … just as conservatism in a sense returns to DC … and after millions and millions of voters have spoken … has seen [...]
December 2, 2010
Tags: GITMO, Lindsey Graham, RINO Posted in: National, RINO Alert No Comments
THIS alone should disqualify Thune from Prez nomination
dhorowtiz3 from Redstate pens a blog naming the six Republican senators who betrayed our conservative, free market principles by writing a letter to Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell demanding that the ethanol subsidies be renewed before the end of this congress. Even Al Gore recently admitted that whole job killing, taxpayer crunching ethanol effort was [...]
December 2, 2010
Tags: ethanol subsidies, John Thune Posted in: National, RINO Alert, Tax/Budget/Spending One Comment
SC GOP wants to fluff Lindsey’s pillow with a gimme
So the SC GOP is asking on Facebook this question: Do you support Senator Lindsey Graham in his effort to try terrorists in military courts? Here is my comment on the Facebook page: oh brilliant. wait until Graham falls on the right side of an issue and THEN ask if we support him. Who can’t [...]
November 30, 2010
Tags: Lindsey Graham, SCGOP Posted in: RINO Alert, State No Comments
*ACTION ITEM* STOP FRED UPTON!
Adam Bitely at NetRight Daily tells us: This week is when the Steering Committee will make their decision on Upton’s future. They will decide if they want to promote a bailout loving, free market hating, light bulb regulating, career politician to serve as Chairman of the very important House Energy & Commerce Committee. You’ve read [...]
November 29, 2010
Tags: Fred Upton, incandescent light bulb, Steering Committee Posted in: National, RINO Alert, Tax/Budget/Spending No Comments
More on Texas Speaker Race
SC Tea Party if you thought we were the only state who elevated the vote for Speaker of the House to public conversation … you’d be wrong. And Texas has quite a story about their upcoming vote for Speaker which I’ve been posting now and then. It is getting some national attention, lots of attention [...]
November 23, 2010
Tags: Brian Hughes, Joe Straus, Ken Paxton, Raz Shafer Posted in: RINO Alert, State No Comments
Down with Upton
Tabitha Hale at Redstate gives us the scoop on, to me, one of the things we just watch most closely right now to determine if “they” listened … who is picked for the Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Tabitha tells us and includes links: * He was one of only 38 House Republicans [...]
November 22, 2010
Tags: Energy and Commerce Committee, Fred Upton Posted in: National, RINO Alert No Comments
