You are not entirely correct here. The popularity of Perot was directly responsible for Newt Gingrich formulating the Contract With America (CWA). Almost every plank in the CWA was part of the Reform Party platform.

The Contract With America was part of the campaign in 1994. The Reform party was founded in 1995.

right2bright on April 14, 2009 at 11:29 AM

You are not entirely correct here. The popularity of Perot was directly responsible for Newt Gingrich formulating the Contract With America (CWA). Almost every plank in the CWA was part of the Reform Party platform. The Republicans managed to recover some of their popularity and retake both houses of Congress and the Presidency precisely because Perot showed them the way.

What we seem to have lost is that Americans have not really changed. We see a lot of platitudes from the MSM that try to convince us otherwise. We hear a lot from the RINOs and moderates that attempt to convince us otherwise. But the real evidence shows that conservative values are as strong as ever and the real problem with the Republicans is the infiltration of the party by the namby pamby wing.

*Your choice of web domain.

Unashamed, unabashedly, lefty… no more spin, no more facade, no more bull, all the Palin bashing, the Kirsten P. ooogling that the law allows.

Have a permanent picture of Palins hacked email (blur out illegal privacy stuff of course) as the masthead.

Gold I tell you, PURE gold.

Run Jack Daniels sponsored banners all day long…

Gold I tell you, pure gold.

Featured quote of the day would Keith Olbermann’s “Worst Person In The World”.

Gold I tell you, pure gold.

Have a permanent foot note picture of (Obama being in touch with the people), poking the air around his nose with his middle finger.

Gold I tell you, pure gold.

Make it happen.

You will never regret it because you will become rich and the kingpin of the blogosphere.

Gold I tell you, pure gold.

hawkdriver on April 15, 2009 at 7:03 AM

So profound that it needed to be repeated.

For obvious reasons.

For obvious reasons.

Call it: Allahpundit.com

It would attract a LOT of lefty trolls, that their nemesis could then enjoy throwing flame wars at each other all day and night, at which point, the air in here would go from cool, to warm, to eventually sorta lukewarm hot and then ultimately it would be hot as blazes…

….. to the point that the sane would have to leave in droves in order to save their lives….

Oh wait.

It’s already been done….

My bad….

I apologize.

Do it. Name it Dead Air.

Grafted on April 14, 2009 at 2:47 PM

This is a great name! I about fell out of my chair laughing like mad. :)

Of those you listed, AP, at least ernesto has valid points and can think for himself sometimes (but still pisses me off sometimes =p ). The rest of those people could be banned and wouldn’t be missed…except by each other.

Kelligan on April 14, 2009 at 12:16 PM

The thing is, not so long ago ernesto was no different…then he learned the difference between a liberal and a “classic” democrat.
A “classic” democrat has ideas, they do have a purpose, people like Tammy Bruce is an example, I may disagree, but there is common ground.
A liberal, which most of the democrats have become, is ideologically opposed to everything conservative. They are anarchists at heart, but want to suck on the teet of the gov. They have few values, so they point out “hypocrites”, because they have no values, they are never in conflict with values.
ernesto is a democrat, he has started to “wean” his way from the liberal rants and talking points.
So will the others as they absorb our logical way of approaching problems.

But the PC side of me says that you should wait until the federal government passes a law to guide you on what is acceptable via the fairness doctrine or whatever they are calling it these days. Lets face it when it comes to fairness, our Dem controlled legislature is soooooo qualified to instruct us all on what is correct.

The blog that breaks through is a winner, I think.

Its a great idea as long as the lefties are thoughtful.

Ars Moriendi on April 14, 2009 at 11:23 AM

I haaaate those things! My warranty doesn’t expire for 3 years!

ROFLMAO! I love people who do not understand how the voting system works and tries to intimidate others into voting only for one of the two parties. This is why nothing ever changes in this country and government keeps growing bigger.

Poptech on April 14, 2009 at 10:24 AM

What’s more important? How the “voting” system works, or how the electoral system works? The Electoral College picks the President, not you, schlub.