Peter Ferrara, The American Spectator: Calculated Deception. That is the central theme of the Obama campaign. Calculated Deception is the term I use for Obama’s rhetorical practice of trying to take advantage of what he calculates the average person does not know, and his party-controlled, so-called mainstream media won’t report. And that can be seen over and over in the Obama campaign. […] In Monday’s Wall Street Journal, Edward Lazear,

Let that be a lesson to you: health care is never free. — Unless you are an illegal, of course. Or you need some rubbers or pills and there’s a war being waged on you and your vagina by misogynistic right wingers and religious nutjobs. Then it’s free. And a fundamental, universal, moral right. For those keeping score at home. (h/t Drudge via Twitter)

Ed Morrissey: I know that the term “Senate ethics” is often an oxymoron, but doesn’t accusing a political opponent from the Senate floor of a felony without offering a shred of proof violate some kind of ethics rule?  “The word’s out” refers only to Harry Reid and Harry Reid alone.  Not only is this despicable and grossly irresponsible, it should be actionable in court. One problem with dullards like Harry

Bill Quick, reacting to a story that Ted Cruz served Chick-fil-a at his victory party, lapses into the kind of kneejerk libertarian hysteria that has become all too common among certain materialists on the right over the years. Writes Bill, in a post titled “Big Tent For Bigots”: I guess the Tea Parties are now all about social conservatism. I mean, after all, when Rick Santelli sounded the first battle

That’s my prophecy. For what it’s worth. Discuss.

Won’t somebody on CNN or ABC or NBC or CBS please hire this needy, bug-eyed freak away from FOX already? I mean, hasn’t he done enough to prove to you guys that he’s on the side of goodness and righteousness — that, unlike those other guys at FOX, he’s very appropriately intolerant of intolerance? — And by that, I of course mean he’ll tow whatever PC line needs towing, so

Christ, is this joint packed. Proving once and for all my long-standing assertion that the vast majority of filthy intolerant homophobes really like them a tasty chicken sandwich and some waffle fries, bomb threats or no. — Which, you know what to do, Mayor Bloomberg. For the children.

So bye-bye, this American pride Took our Chevy now you levy anti-freedom broadsides. Some good ol’ boys are putting whiskey aside Singing this will be the day that we died.

Well, there’s no absolute answer to that question, but a pretty good indicator would be that when the organized Left caterwauls about the outrageousness of your stated opinion and speaks of it as if you’ve damaged your brand by uttering it, there’s a pretty good chance it’s not only not a gaffe, but is instead the unvarnished and candid truth. Kind of like when “progressives” speak of fairness, tolerance, and

On this, the day of delicious, non-sexualized chicken sandwiches cooked to juicy perfection, Glenn Reynolds sums up the left’s ginned up Chick-fil-a “controversy” quite nicely. To which I’ll add but one further observation:  Rahm Emanuel worked for Barack Obama when Barack Obama’s stated views on same sex marriage matched precisely those of Mr Cathy. And yet we heard nary a peep about the President’s values not comporting with the politically