Making news on Bloggers Row
posted at 7:56 am on February 28, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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Late yesterday, as I jumped into the swirl of soirees at CPAC*, my friend Sean Hackbarth pointed out that one of my interviews yesterday got picked up by the mainstream media. The Hill reported on Senator Jim DeMint’s comments to Hot Air readers regarding his colleagues in the Senate Republican Caucus, as well as his evaluation of moderate Democrats in the upper chamber:
Speaking to conservative blogger Ed Morrissey after his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday, DeMint said that centrist Democrats such as Arkansas Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D) and Mark Pryor (D), as well as Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) could be picked off on some votes from the Democratic majority in the Senate.
“We can’t count on 100 percent of Republicans all the time,” DeMint said, “but there are enough Democrats in the senate who understand we’re going in the wrong direction.”
“They’re more afraid of the labor unions than their own constituents,” the conservative South Carolina senator said. “They know what we’re doing is hurting jobs back home, but they’re just afraid of the big money in the Democrat Party.”
DeMint also said that the conservatives in the Senate needed to more aggressively “go after” centrist Republicans such as Sens. Arlen Specter (Pa.), Susan Collins (Maine) and Olympia Snowe (Maine) who joined Democrats to support the stimulus package.
Watch the entire interview here. Senator DeMint always speaks his mind, which makes him such a compelling figure for interviews — and a reliable man in an unreliable business. He makes news, and fortunately we were there to catch it when he did.
Kudos, by the way, to The Hill and Michael O’Brien for giving credit and a link to the source of the material. We’ve seen a couple of outlets go out of their way to avoid doing so, and wind up looking petty and unprofessional. I won’t name names, but let’s say it’s a factor in determining my evening viewing habits.
* – Figment of my imagination, of course. We’re still not that popular.
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Congratulations on HA getting mentioned in the Hill!!
Ed were you able to make it to the Geert Wilders event yesterday in the Blue room?
It was great. Robert spencer, pamela geller and Wilders all spoke. Very touching tributes to liberty. That and it was an open bar!!!
:D
People were throwing their drinks in the air yelling “Hear hear!!”
blatantblue on February 28, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Oh no. CPAC is in very big trouble now. Charles “chuckles” Johnson, the Andrew Sullivan of the right blogosphere, will be very upset. Robert Spencer and Pam Geller were at an event at CPAC. This must mean that CPAC supports Vlams Belang and is secretly fascist. The only joke is “chuckles”. He stopped being relevant with is constant talk of ID and Vlams Belang. He talks about them more than their so-called supporters.
Ceroth on February 28, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Johnson seriously needs to get some help. His obsession with creationism is bordering on the pathological.
Jim DeMint for President!
AZCoyote on February 28, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Thanks for helping to bring CPAC to the masses ED!
It’s so refreshing and encouraging to see that not everyone has been drinking the leftist kool-aid.
Right as Rain on February 28, 2009 at 8:56 AM
I see we have very similar habits Ed. I no longer watch that person since our Michelle was mistreated by that gossip columnist and that person chose not to defend her as any decent person would.
Zorro on February 28, 2009 at 8:57 AM
Yep – the “black helicopter” obsession finally led me to drop his RSS feed a few weeks back. Just became painful to read…
Diogenes Online on February 28, 2009 at 9:27 AM
Heck, Ed, Rush reports on your comments often. What higher honor in these times than that?
DeMint continues to impress. One of our best.
petefrt on February 28, 2009 at 9:30 AM
“They’re more afraid of the labor unions than their own constituents,” the conservative South Carolina senator said. “They know what we’re doing is hurting jobs back home, but they’re just afraid of the big money in the Democrat Party.”
At the same time he has created a way to eliminate charitable contributions but claims that his budget allows the government to give to charity. HMMMM I think that means that ACORN will get fed money and that’s proper since Obama is their past attorney and comrade. I do believe that Germany had its community organizers at one point also.
Well pardonme but the attached shows that Obama wants to bring in more hungry mouths to feed but then he may be counting on extra foot soldiers; does anyone else seeing a pattern here?
http://www.whitehouse..gov/the_press_office/Unexpected_Urgent_Refugee_Migration_Needs_Gaza/ will show you what is below..
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related to Gaza
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
SUBJECT: Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related to Gaza
By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the “Act”), as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Act, that it is important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the Act in an amount not to exceed $20.3 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund for the purpose of meeting unexpected and urgent refugee and migration needs, including by contributions to international, governmental, and nongovernmental organizations and payment of administrative expenses of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State, related to humanitarian needs of Palestinian refugees and conflict victims in Gaza.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
BARACK OBAMA
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 27, 2009
Pardonme on February 28, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Pardonme on February 28, 2009 at 9:37 AM
You are looking at him like he is crazy Ed.
And you are right but he is not as crazy as Bunning:
Bunning Threatens To Resign To Hurt His Party
KY has a dem guv.
getalife on February 28, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Landrieu is a “centrist”?! When did the bar move farther Left?
Lourdes on February 28, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Congrats, Ed! Your interviews so far have been very interesting. The big question is what to do when MSNBC calls…laugh in their faces, spit in their faces, or both?
MadisonConservative on February 28, 2009 at 10:37 AM
The seeds of the next 9/11 have been sown.
MrScribbler on February 28, 2009 at 11:19 AM
O’Reilly’s a putz, and has no (none, zero) common sense when it comes to market driven economics. The fact that he feels compelled to steal material from the blogosphere without acknowledging/crediting the authors comes at no surprise from the king of bloviators.
While the Factor may kill MSNBC in the ratings war, the content is worthless most of the time, and TV-Land re-runs are more intertaining.
Rovin on February 28, 2009 at 11:56 AM
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