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Hot Air exclusive: Marco Rubio

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2010/06/04/hot-air-exclusive-marco-rubio/

Posted: June 4, 2010

Rubio didn't go that far, but said that Turkey needed to decide whether to continue sliding towards Islamism or recover the secular nature of its government -- and quit supporting terrorist-linked organizations. … American innovation will eventually generate breakthroughs in renewable, mass-production energy, but in the meantime we need to use our resources rather than stuff the pockets of regimes hostile to the US. … On Greer, Rubio noted that the arrest of the former party chair was a personal tragedy for Greer's family, but that Greer did a tremendous amount of damage to the party -- and that Charlie Crist has to be held accountable for his role in securing and defending Greer's position…

Hot Air exclusive: Patricia Heaton

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2008/10/31/hot-air-exclusive-patricia-heaton/

Posted: October 31, 2008

Heaton belongs to Feminists for Life, and we discussed the basic principle of the right to life, and how the sanctity of life informs all of the social-justice positions of the Catholic Church and how the right to life cannot be separated from them. … She came to Minnesota to help build morale with McCain volunteers, and Heaton spend over twenty minutes speaking with me on matters of faith, values, and politics … Heaton starred in "Everybody Loves Raymond", one of the most popular sitcoms in TV history, and most recently co-starred with fellow conservative Kelsey Grammer in "Back to You"…

Sue Lowden: Hot Air exclusive interview

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2009/10/30/sue-lowden-hot-air-exclusive-interview/

Posted: October 30, 2009

By the way, be sure to get all the way through to the end of the interview to hear why she may be uniquely qualified to knock out the Senate Majority Leader. … Instead of going on the attack, though, Sue explains that she wants to focus on her political accomplishments and philosophy to allow Nevadans to become acquainted with her -- as they increasingly grow disenchanted with Reid … Earlier this morning, I had an exclusive interview with Sue Lowden, a Republican legislator from Nevada who wants a chance to run against Harry Reid in the 2010 midterms…

Hot Air exclusive: Senator John Ensign

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2009/04/13/hot-air-exclusive-senator-john-ensign/

Posted: April 13, 2009

Cap-and-trade may not come up in Congress this year, but Ensign worries that Obama will get most of what he wants through EPA regulation. … The unions may opt for incrementalism on Card Check in order to get around the lack of support at the moment in the Senate, but they're not going to give up on Card Check. … We began with a focus on Card Check but then moved to cap-and-trade and the status of the Drill Here Drill Now push on Capitol Hill…

Inhofe blasts Obama on Libya, “in shock” over lack of consultation

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2011/03/2...obama-on-libya-in-shock-over-lack-of-consultation/

Posted: March 28, 2011

" Inhofe objects to the fact that he wasn't consulted as a member of the two committees with oversight in this situation, but "even his own Democrat leadership was not consulted," and says that Obama will have a hard time explaining that in his speech tonight. … "I don't think it's good policy" to keep Congress out of the decision process on military intervention, Inhofe told me, noting that George W. Bush came to Congress first before beginning offensive military action in Afghanistan and Iraq. … Inhofe, the second-ranking member of the Armed Services Committee and also a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, says he was never consulted by the White House on the action, and after checking with both Democrats and Republicans on those committees, isn't sure anyone was consulted…

Video: Hot Air exclusive interview with Gov. Rick Perry

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Posted: August 29, 2014

Later, I will post a higher-quality rendition of this interview, but the size of that file is keeping it from uploading properly over the shared Internet connection, which is actually rather good at this conference. … When you stand up in front of the international -- the global press," he continued," and talk about a photojournalist who's been beheaded by an absolutely brutal terrorist organization like ISIS, and thirty minutes later be on the golf course -- you're disengaged with what's going on in the world. … The governor started off by promising to rib Florida governor Rick Scott about hosting the largest-ever AFP event, which led into a discussion of Texas economics and state competition for workers and entrepreneurs…

Hot Air Exclusive*: Reince Priebus on polling, the election, and the Benghazi attack

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2012/09/2...s-on-polling-the-election-and-the-benghazi-attack/

Posted: September 26, 2012

He added: "Yet, in every single one of these surveys, there is a higher percentage -- which explains, by the way, how it is that the Governor Romney, could be tied or leading with independents in those polls and yet losing the net poll to President Obama. … "We can do everything we need to do," Priebus says, and promises a large GOTV ground effort with plenty of funding -- a big change from 2010, when the RNC was largely irrelevant to turnout efforts due to poor fundraising and fiscal management. … " Priebus also slammed Obama for "shooting first and aiming later" on the first official narrative of the Benghazi attack, only to be caught fumbling when the claim that the attack was a spontaneous protest that spun out of control later proved false…

Hot Air exclusive: Perry raises $17.1 million in Q3

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2011/10/0...hot-air-exclusive-perry-raises-17-1-million-in-q3/

Posted: October 5, 2011

The message that Perry's campaign wants this report to send is that Perry isn't going away -- and that he can out-raise and out-organize the rest of the field. … In the 42 days prior to the Orlando debate, their rate was $323K per day; in the eight days following the Orlando debate, that escalated to $478K per day. … That number would put Perry somewhere between $4-6 million ahead of Mitt Romney's rumored total for Q3, according to this report last week from the Boston Globe…

Hot Air exclusive: Rubio speaks out against abuse of eminent domain

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2015/10/0...rubio-speaks-out-against-abuse-of-eminent-domain/

Posted: October 8, 2015

Compromise after compromise from elected officials in both parties has resulted in a government that believes it has the power to seize your property and sell it to rent-seeking private interests. … As the first Continental Congress declared, "[The colonists] are entitled to life, liberty and property: and they have never ceded to any foreign power ... a right to dispose of either without their consent." … One of my proudest accomplishments as a public servant was leading the effort in Florida to pass both a law and a constitutional amendment to keep private developers from using eminent domain to take property away from private owners…

Hot Air exclusive: Walker pledges to end federal public-employee unions

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2015/09/1...ker-pledges-to-end-federal-public-employee-unions/

Posted: September 14, 2015

The situation is even worse at the Department of Veterans Affairs, where in fiscal year 2013, more than 250 employees – including medical professionals – collected taxpayer-funded salaries to work for union bosses instead of veterans. … Case in point is union opposition to a commonsense congressional proposal that would simply give the scandal-plagued Department of Veterans Affairs the ability to "remove or demote a VA employee based on performance or misconduct. … Not to be outdone, the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents employees across more than 30 federal agencies and departments, gave more than 95 percent of its $550,050 in candidate contributions to Democrats…

Hot Air exclusive: Scott Walker speaks out on cop murders and American leadership

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Posted: September 2, 2015

We need to change the tone in America from chants and rallies that fixate on racial division and instead follow the example of the families of the victims of the Charleston shooting, who showed us the best path forward is through unity. … In Wisconsin we acted to protect both police officers and citizens through a first-in-the-nation law that requires an independent investigation when a suspect dies in police custody. … " This inflammatory and disgusting rhetoric has real consequences for the safety of officers who put their lives on the line for us and hampers their ability to serve the communities that need their help…

Hot Air Exclusive: Fred Thompson on Obama’s Boumediene Folly Update: More at PJM

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2008/06/2...xclusive-fred-thompson-on-obamas-boumediene-folly/

Posted: June 22, 2008

The right to require the Department of Defense (DOD) to conduct a yearly review of the status of each prisoner including the right to have the Secretary of Defense review any new evidence that may become available relating to the enemy combatant status of a detainee. … The military tribunal process which the Supreme Court threw out last week provided more "due process" to enemy unlawful combatants than any which preceded it -- and certainly more than Obama's oft-cited Nuremberg trials, which provided neither habeas corpus nor any appeals whatsoever. … Afterwards, the Obama campaign dug up a quote from Senator Thompson in which he said that Osama bin Laden should get "due process" as a defense for Obama's support of Boumediene -- which shows that Obama doesn't understand the decision or due process…

Hot Air exclusive: Rubio warns GOP to stop the return of the ObamaCare bailout

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2015/12/0...s-gop-to-stop-the-return-of-the-obamacare-bailout/

Posted: December 2, 2015

And as president, I will fight to ensure that one day we will remember ObamaCare the way it deserves to be remembered: as a brief and shameful chapter in the history of American health care. … The former Obama Administration official who led the rollout of ObamaCare's exchanges and now runs the health insurance lobby is working with her White House allies to secure this new bailout by providing more funding for the law's risk corridor program. … In 2013, when few were talking about this issue, I saw that ObamaCare was on a crash course and predicted that bailouts would be the preferred big government solution once the law failed…

Hot Air Exclusive Video: Paul Ryan pushes back on president’s repeated calls for tax hikes

https://hotair.com/archives/tina-korbe/2011/10/12/...s-back-on-presidents-repeated-calls-for-tax-hikes/

Posted: October 12, 2011

Update: This post originally incorrectly stated the president's proposals would cause 60 percent of all businesses to be taxed at 50 percent. … " At a time when America's competitors are lowering their corporate tax rates, the president proposes to tax 35 percent of business income at 50 percent within the next 14 months. … Yet, to hear President Obama talk, we can solve the nation's debt and jobs crisis just by asking "the rich" to "pay their fair share…

Hot Air exclusive: Guess who’s visiting the troops at Bagram Air Base? Updated

https://hotair.com/archives/bryan/2007/11/18/hot-a...guess-whos-visiting-the-troops-at-bagram-air-base/

Posted: November 18, 2007

"It's not an exaggeration to say he personally met over 1,200 people in less than 48 hours," said Katzfey who coordinated many of the events. … The 31-year old native of Plymouth, Wisconson coordinates media visits to Afghanistan including the "big names" like Diane Sawyer, but nothing compared to O'Reilly's visit. … Former Marine, war correspondent for World Net Daily and embedded blogger Matt Sanchez spotted Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly arriving and getting ready to spend some time with the troops…

Hot Air exclusive: Michelle Malkin’s 10-Step Action Plan from Open Borders, Inc: Who’s Funding America’s Destruction?

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2019/09/1...pen-borders-inc-whos-funding-americas-destruction/

Posted: September 10, 2019

No more campaign contributions to politicians in either party who support deportation protection and deferral; work permits, driver's licenses, and tuition discounts for illegal aliens; immigration enforcement obstruction, or amnesty in any shape or form. … How can we sit in movie theaters, lining the pockets of celebrities who live behind high walls, while our fellow Americans on the border remain under siege—and hypocritical Hollywood stars incite hatred of our Border Patrol and ICE officials? … Because of everything I have uncovered about the Vatican, its border-bashing bishops, and sprawling open-borders network, I can no longer trust that donations I make to the Catholic Church will be used in a lawful manner that protects our freedom and posterity……

Video: American Legion gets apology from Napolitano

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2009/04/2...ideo-american-legion-gets-apology-from-napolitano/

Posted: April 24, 2009

I also asked him whether the Obama administration appears to have learned from this and the previous controversy over medical coverage of service-related injuries and illnesses, and he graciously acknowledged that they do seem to be learning -- and to want to learn. … Rehbein says that Napolitano offered a much more complete apology for the accusation in the DHS report on right-wing extremism that came out earlier this month. … I just completed an exclusive interview with Commander David Rehbein of the American Legion, who had just come out of a meeting with Janet Napolitano. Cmdr…

Thursday TEMS: Duane Patterson, Ann McIlhenny, James Pethokoukis, John Coleman

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2014/05/0...s-duane-patterson-ann-mcilhenny-james-pethokoukis/

Posted: May 8, 2014

James Pethokoukis looks at the issues of transportation infrastructure and the gas tax, and weighs in on the Brookings Institution study showing the decline of entrepreneurialism. … Ann McIlhenny discusses the final few days of the Gosnell Movie push, and her latest video (shown here in a Hot Air exclusive first look). … Duane "Generalissimo" Patterson brings us up to date on the week's top stories and gives us a preview of tonight's Hugh Hewitt show -- and sticks around for two segments!…

Scenes from the floor: Don King on the need for Trump; Update: Video truncated, King interview lost

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2016/07/1...nes-from-the-floor-don-king-on-the-need-for-trump/

Posted: July 19, 2016

Fortunately, we managed to capture this glimpse of King's message, but you can bet he'll be making that case publicly outside of the boundaries of the convention. … If this was a taste of what he would have offered from the convention podium, it would no doubt have been both controversial and wildly popular on the floor. … Townhall's Matt Vespa and I were doing a wrap-up of our observations from the floor when King walked through the passage where we had started our Facebook Live show…

Exclusive interview: Ambassador Said Jawad

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2008/08/05/exclusive-interview-ambassador-said-jawad/

Posted: August 5, 2008

On the commitment of the Gilani civilian government in Pakistan to fight terrorism: "The civilian government understands the danger of the Talibanization of Pakistan, which is coupled with another serious threat I call the Pakistanization of al-Qaeda ... Do they have the necessary capability? … While some of our international friends didn't agree with [our decision] to take a stronger stand against Pakistan over the last six years for political reasons, we were very clear to point to the real origin and the real source of terrorism in the region." … On the shortage of Afghan security forces: "The fact is that Afghanistan is larger than Iraq, with terrain that is more difficult and more complicated ... The forces only just got increased to 85,000 .... and this is not enough to defend the country against terrorism."…

Guest Post: Thaddeus McCotter on “unpopular presidents”

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2008/08/0...st-post-thaddeus-mccotter-on-unpopular-presidents/

Posted: August 5, 2008

Regardless, we will continue our "Speak-In" on the adjourned House floor to protest Speaker Pelosi's refusal to vote on lowering gas prices and furthering American energy security and independence. … Today, in his final term, the wildly unpopular President George W. Bush boarded Air Force One bound for the Beijing Olympics and a meeting with his chum Hu Jintao, the dapper ruler of a nuclear armed, communist dictatorship. … Facing an "impossible" re-election, on July 26, 1948, the wildly unpopular and doggedly anti-communist President Harry S. Truman accepted his Democratic nomination and boldly confronted the GOP's "Do Nothing" 80th Congress…

Jason Mattera responds to Think Progress

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2009/07/14/jason-mattera-responds-to-think-progress/

Posted: July 14, 2009

' Now, the Washington Independent's Dave Weigel reports that Jason Mattera, the spokesman for Young America's Foundation, has posted a blatantly offensive message about Sotomayor on his Facebook page." … Putting aside the question of why TP and the WI spends its time trolling Jason's Facebook account, Jason responds today in a Hot Air exclusive about why he posted the message, and what it meant -- and how his own similar personal biography means absolutely nothing about his ability to uphold the Constitution, and nothing about Sotomayor's ability, either. … Yesterday, our friend Jason Mattera drew the ire of Think Progress and the Washington Independent for posting a "blatantly offensive message" about Sonia Sotomayor on his Facebook page…

Exclusive first-look video: Issa slams WH over tour cancellations

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2013/03/2...look-video-issa-slams-wh-over-tour-cancellations/

Posted: March 20, 2013

The potential savings associated with those open and unimplemented recommendations increased even more dramatically, from $26 billion when Chairman Waxman released his findings in 2009 to more than $67 billion in 2012. … The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released "No Leadership, No Responsibility, No Tours," a new video highlighting the White House's political gamesmanship, choosing to close the White House to school groups and visitors while responsible spending reforms, like those from non-partisan Inspectors General outlined in Oversight's March 5 Committee report, have not been implemented. … In a new video and statement given to Hot Air exclusively for a first look, the House Oversight chair blasts Barack Obama and Jay Carney for not taking responsibility for Obama's own decision -- and for not using the opportunity to cut $67 billion in waste identified by Obama's own Inspector General corps…

Exclusive: Fred Thompson on health-care reform

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2009/08/18/exclusive-fred-thompson-on-health-care-reform/

Posted: August 18, 2009

With the defeat of the Obama-Pelosi legislative road map and vote schedule, people had the opportunity to examine the bill and surprise, surprise found provisions in it, such as a provision for end of life counseling that would actually add costs for Medicare patients, and had nothing to do with the stated purpose of the bill. … As the Obama Administration and Democrats in Congress grow weary of the voices of opposition that arose from what citizens saw as radical and unnecessary changes to the American healthcare system, it appears some Democrats are looking to hit that "reset" button President Obama seems to want to push every time reality hits him in the face. … Thompson helped to tee up the "end of life counseling" issue several weeks ago, and since then been addressing the various mischaracterizations, which the left has attempted to use to do to citizens' concerns about the health care issue what "end of life counseling" would do for some Americans…

The OMB-CBO throwdown

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2009/07/26/the-omb-cbo-throwdown/

Posted: July 26, 2009

And Peter Orszag, a former director of the Congressional Budget Office who now leads the Office of Management and Budget, has jumped in to an unprecedented degree, pressing his old CBO colleagues to change past practices and even attending a special meeting of the scorekeepers called on short notice two weeks ago. … Obama called Elmendorf to the White House after the CBO director testified that the present House bill would add $239 billion to the deficit over the next ten years, creating a rift between moderate and liberal Democrats in the House and abruptly halting the effort in the Senate. … The White House went to war with the Congressional Budget Office after Friday's announcement that the proposed changes to Barack Obama's health-care plan to realize big cost savings would only recover $2 billion over 10 years, at best -- about 0…

HA exclusive: ATR, AWF demand probe of SEIU’s Stern for illegal lobbying

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2009/11/1...demand-probe-of-seius-stern-for-illegal-lobbying/

Posted: November 16, 2009

Accordingly, a "lobbyist" is someone whose job includes talking with or writing to two or more "covered" officials in Congress or the White House and who spends more than 20% of his or her time in any given calendar quarter on such communications as well as on efforts to prepare for such communications and to coordinate with other individuals who are engaged in their own lobbying activities. … Most neutral observers would probably rate Mr. Stern as the most visible power-player in Washington this year – personally advancing his legislative agenda on health care, labor law changes and a host of other issues in meetings with a huge number of top officials in the Administration and Congress. … Nevertheless, the limited public record that is available indicates that Mr. Stern appears to have met the LDA definition of being a lobbyist by spending at least 16 days during the second calendar quarter lobbying dozens of officials and being the White House's most frequent visitor…

Exclusive Hot Air interview: Inhofe to release report blasting IPCC on Climategate

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2010/02/2...fe-to-release-report-blasting-ipcc-on-climategate/

Posted: February 23, 2010

Meanwhile, here is my exclusive interview with one of the men who have warned for years -- since at least 2005, according to numerous quotes provided by Inhofe's office -- that the IPCC was promulgating a religious belief more than a science. … Martin Vermeer of the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland and Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany published a study in December that projected a rise of 0. … Last night, I got an exclusive interview with Senator James Inhofe in his Senate office to discuss a new report his office will release today, ahead of an appearance by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson at an Energy and Public Works Committee hearing…

Exclusive premiere: VFF ad goes after Murtha

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2008/10/28/exclusive-premiere-vff-ad-goes-after-murtha/

Posted: October 28, 2008

"Duty and honor should always come before politics," one veteran states, and the ad notes that Murtha used to understand that -- as a former Marine himself. … Rather than wait for an investigation and a court-martial to determine what happened, Murtha pronounced the accused Marines of war crimes, as the clip shows. Why? … Vets for Freedom has a new ad out attacking John Murtha, which will go live on their website tomorrow and into Pennsylvania homes this evening…

MAD Exclusive: Obama’s lame-duck bucket list

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2015/02/21/mad-exclusive-obamas-lame-duck-bucket-list/

Posted: February 21, 2015

President Obama's highly unproductive time in the White House will soon be over, though there's still much he can accomplish .... on a personal level, he might check off a thing or two on President Obama's Bucket List. … "President Obama's Bucket List" in issue #532, "A Sneak Peek at the New Star Wars," which also includes satires of Two Broke Girls and House of Cards, which might keep the Beltway a-dither next week. … Almost three months ago, we got an exclusive look at MAD Magazine's satirical jab at White House security in their December 2014 issue #531, "The 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2014…

Video: Michael Barone’s analysis of Palin speech

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2008/09/04/video-michael-barones-analysis-of-palin-speech/

Posted: September 4, 2008

This will surprise no one who knows the independent-minded Scully (who left the Bush team to write a book on the responsibility human beings have to animals) and a woman who was described, by Fred Thompson on Tuesday night, as the only major-party nominee, with the possible exception of Theodore Roosevelt, who knew how to field-dress a moose. … But once Palin was the choice, she and Scully reportedly worked together and produced a draft that was brilliantly designed to promote the McCain-Palin ticket, and not to look backwards and justify the Bush administration. … While the Obama campaign has attempted to disparage it by saying that it was written by a former George W. Bush speechwriter, Matthew Scully—and thus link it to the McCain=Bush meme that was one of the chief ideas thrust forward in their convention in Denver last week—it cannot be dismissed as such…

Exclusive: Ed Koch endorsing George Phillips in NY-22 race

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2010/10/1...e-ed-koch-endorsing-george-phillips-in-ny-22-race/

Posted: October 12, 2010

This not only gives Phillips high-profile bipartisan support for his challenge to Hinchey, it also gives Phillips the kind of policy heft that most challengers usually lack in Congressional races. … Hinchey also "voted against the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism act, designed to promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority," and refused to sign either the Poe-Peters or Hoyer-Cantor letters which supported Israel's right to control access to Gaza to prevent armaments to flow into the Hamas-controlled territory. … Today, Republican challenger George Phillips trumps Hinchey with a surprise endorsement from former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, a Democrat who has a track record of backing common-sense Republicans…

GOP news bulletin: Budget has been … canceled?

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2010/06/28/gop-news-bulletin-budget-has-been-canceled/

Posted: June 28, 2010

" If Democrats, who control the White House and both chambers of Congress, can't pass a budget or even contemplate one with their enormous majorities, shouldn't voters put Republicans in charge in 2011? … "No leadership, period," the "reporter" reminds viewers while the crawl reminds us that "FISCAL DISCIPLINE IS NEEDED TO CREATE JOBS" and that Democratic House whip James Clyburn (D-SC) admitted that the economy was the Democrats' "baby. … The House Republican Conference issues this two-minute breaking news bulletin in the style of cable news networks, complete with chyron crawl at the bottom of the screen…

Video: Say, where are those ObamaCare premium price cuts?

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2013/02/1...say-where-are-those-obamacare-premium-price-cuts/

Posted: February 11, 2013

"Every industrialized country in the world takes care of its people," McDermott replied, which doesn't actually answer Jason's original question but does address his follow-up. … Jim McDermott (D-WA) attempting to walk away from a good question -- whatever happened to those health-care premiums price cuts Barack Obama and Democrats promised when they passed ObamaCare three years ago? … Jason, the senior investigative reporter for Talk Radio Network and a New York Times best-selling author, gave Hot Air an exclusive first look at his latest video produced for the Andrea Tantaros Show, which features Rep…

In the mail: American Heroes

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2009/06/17/in-the-mail-american-heroes/

Posted: June 17, 2009

As they raced for the LZZ to meet an inbound casualty-evacuation helicopter, Edwards looked up at the man who was checking his pulse and said, 'take care of my babies, Doc.' … The man they called "Doc" Anderson immediately applied tourniquets to Edwards' shattered limbs and started an IV to ward off shock. … Oliver North has a new book out just in time for Father's Day, but I suspect that more than just dads will want to read the stories of heroism in the global war on terror that haven't made headlines here in the US. North collects them in American Heroes, and has given Hot Air an exclusive look at one of the many heroes North profiles…

Ed Morrissey joins Hot Air; comment registration open; Update: comments closed

https://hotair.com/archives/michelle/2008/02/25/ed...morrissey-joins-hot-air-comment-registration-open/

Posted: February 25, 2008

What unites Allah, Ed, and me: Hot Air's company goal of informing, entertaining, and keeping you plugged in with piping hot blog commentary, headlines, political analysis, original reporting, video and other multimedia offerings all day, every day. … His pioneering citizen journalism helped expose government corruption in Canada and brought down a rotten Canadian Liberal Party administration. … During the past five years, his work has been published in the Washington Post, New York Post, New York Times, Weekly Standard, and other national publications…

Exclusive: When Jason Met Barney

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2010/04/14/exclusive-when-jason-met-barney/

Posted: April 14, 2010

He didn't duck into an elevator or have staffers push Jason away, although Frank may well have wondered where the hell his staffers were at that moment. … Unfortunately, Jason can't even make the sale on a fist bump at the end, which the Clare Booth Luce Institute's Alyssa Cordova captures on video … Barney Frank (D-MA) in what may be the crowning achievement of Jason's performance art in support of his new book, Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation…

Beginnings: RNC, Xcel launch convention buildout

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2008/07/21/beginnings-rnc-xcel-launch-convention-buildout/

Posted: July 21, 2008

In fact, I'm attending two events this morning, the other being a press conference with a Medal of Honor recipient in the Twin Cities who is announcing his support for John McCain. … During the day today, I'll be putting together the extensive video I took, the interviews I got, and publishing it at Hot Air -- most of it exclusive to the blogosphere. … The RNC will occupy the entire campus of the River Center for the next nine weeks, spending six weeks building the set, a week holding the convention, and a little over two weeks tearing it down…

Video: The banality of evil, Gosnell edition

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2014/05/08/video-the-banality-of-evil-gosnell-edition/

Posted: May 8, 2014

In case anyone has forgotten the powerful indictment from the grand jury not just of Gosnell, but of public officials who willingly turned a blind eye to murder, filmmaker Ann McIlhenny gives Hot Air an exclusive first look at her dramatic reading of that part of the report. … According to the grand jury report that advanced Gosnell's murder conviction, he "regularly and illegally delivered live, viable babies in the third trimester of pregnancy — and then murdered these newborns by severing their spinal cords with scissors," as did his employees. … Yet for 31 years, the public's guardians — regulators, politicians and health care providers — averted their eyes and abandoned their duties, allowing a virtual Mengele to openly and profitably operate an unsanitary, Auschwitz-like health facility in Philadelphia where countless women suffered maiming, infection or worse…

New Perry ad stays on topic

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2011/10/28/new-perry-ad-stays-on-topic/

Posted: October 28, 2011

This is a good start, but we'll have to wait until November 9th to see whether this will get translated into a more confident and effective debate performance. … His overall plan has enough boldness for the media to take notice of it, not just in his alliance with Steve Forbes on tax reform but also on his endorsement of a balanced-budget amendment with a spending cap at 18 percent of GDP. … In releasing his new, comprehensive economic plan, Rick Perry hopes to reboot his campaign and recapture some momentum as we wind through the final two months of the prologue to the primaries…

Dewhurst: I’ll pass the late-term abortion ban — and “take action against” those who incited demonstration

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2013/06/2...ke-action-against-those-who-incited-demonstration/

Posted: June 28, 2013

Likewise, a pro-abortion flame-fanner choosing to wear #standwithWendy pink — "rouge red" — sneakers reminds us that she proceeds through the red blood and shredded pink tissue, sucked out brains, collapsed skulls and snipped necks of those who will never be — human beings who have been slain, and are being slain, martyrs for the sake of…well…not Christ? … "We have reports, and I have my staff taking a look at the video," Dewhurst explained, "and if I find, as I've been told, examples of the media waving and trying to inflame the crowd, incite them in the direction of a riot, I'm going to take action against them. … In an exclusive* Hot Air interview, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst of Texas insists that the attempt to hijack the legislative process by pro-abortion activists this week will not stop the state from passing a limitation on late-term abortions and requirements for clinics to meet the same standards as other ambulatory surgical centers…

Exclusive: CBO predicts Social Security cash deficits in 2010-11; Update: Too much sunny optimism at CBO?

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2009/09/2...predicts-social-security-cash-deficits-in-2010-11/

Posted: September 22, 2009

Update II: Steve at No Runny Eggs, who has been keeping a very close eye on SSA, says that the CBO numbers project some eye-popping payroll-revenue growth numbers to get back to surpluses (briefly) by 2012. … Douglas Elmendorf has had to right the ship at CBO while Orszag continues to blow his predictions at OMB, most notably in overall deficit projections, which Orszag had to admit were off by more than 40% and $2. … Hot Air has exclusively obtained the summer 2009 CBO report sent to legislators on Capitol Hill but not yet made public, which shows that outgo will exceed income for the first time since the 1983 fix on an annual basis in 2010…

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