Tag Archives: Rand Paul

LinkSwarm for March 17, 2017

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Insert your own Irish-related drinking joke here. President Trump’s approval ratings rise. Did Obama use a British intelligence agency to spy on Trump? (Maybe not.) Did the Obama Administration use Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac as … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 8, 2016

I emptied the link bucket on Friday, but lo and behold, a whole new torrent of news has come rushing down the pipes: You know all that “Ted Cruz is too unpopular to win” talk? Cruz is killing it with … Continue reading →

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More Analysis of the Iowa Caucuses

Here are a few of the more interesting pieces pieces of Iowa analysis, along with a dollop of general Presidential Race news): How Ted Cruz won Iowa. Texas Monthly‘s Erica Grieder offers up a field guide to Ted Cruz for … Continue reading →

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Winners, Losers, and Observations from Iowa

Now that was an interesting Iowa caucus! On the Republican side, Ted Cruz came in first (8 delegates), Donald Trump second (7 delegates), with Marco Rubio nipping at his heels for third (7 delegates). On the Democratic side, it appears … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for October 23, 2015

Another Friday, another LinkSwarm, heavy on Benghazi and Presidential race news: Seven revelations from the Benghazi hearing. You know who wasn’t happy about Hillary Clinton’s latest Benghazi testimony? The families of the Benghazi victims. Funny how that “absolute moral authority” … Continue reading →

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Stop Hillary PAC is Another Dan Backer Scam PAC (And American Action News is a Sham Newsletter)

Recently I received a solicitation email from a “Stop Hillary PAC.” Well guess what? It’s another Dan Backer scam PAC. Like “Conservative Action Fund” or “Patriots for Economic Freedom” or any of a number of scam PACs run by Backer … Continue reading →

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Jeb Bush Losing To, Well, Pretty Much Everyone in Iowa

A new Quinnipiac poll of Iowa is out, and it shows Jeb Bush losing to, well, pretty much everyone: Only 5% of likely Iowa GOP caucus-goers told Quinnipiac University pollsters that they planned to vote for Bush, placing him No. … Continue reading →

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Baltimore is the Natural Fruit of the Democratic Welfare State

Despite the best effort of the far-left to spin it as such, the riots in Baltimore were not an “uprising” against “oppression.” (What oppression, the tyranny of CVS stores selling goods people want and the racism of fire hoses?) Instead, … Continue reading →

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Rand Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll. Front-Runner? Not So Much.

Rand Paul won the 2015 CPAC Presidential Straw Poll with Paul came in first with 25.7%, while Scott Walker came in second with 21.4% of the vote, and Ted Cruz came in third with 11.5% of the vote, just edging … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for January 17, 2014

Welcome to your complimentary Friday LinkSwarm. I steal collect these from all over, including Ace of Spades HQ, Instapundit, Twitter, Facebook, and a dozen other places Really, is there any book that screams “love story” like George Orwell’s 1984? Reminder: … Continue reading →

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