Monday open thread
Rodney King, who beacame famous in 1992 after being arrested and beaten by Los Angeles police officers, was found dead at his home after apparently drowning. He was 47 years old. King published a book...
View ArticleCalculator in Chief
Please enjoy this guest post sent to PoliticalDerby.com from an anonymous retired colonel. As I listen to the news of the Fast and Furious hearings and the Administration’s responses, I am awed by the...
View ArticleIf it quacks
The Supreme Court ruled and Obamacare prevailed 5-4, with Justice Roberts delivering the surprise swing vote. It was a clear, convincing triumph for the President, since a reversal had been widely...
View ArticleProtesting in the Hamptons
Protests in the general vicinity of presidential campaigns are nothing new. Some are genuine – made up of people with a legitimate beef with the candidate. Many are ginned up by the opposing camp in...
View ArticleMonday open thread
Today we will ask for your thoughts on President Obama’s recent campaign speech in Roanoke, Virginia. Look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your...
View ArticleThursday open thread
John Stossel discusses minimum wage and its unintended consequences. It might remind you of Milton Friedman’s well know statements on the issue or the 50 years of Congressional research on the impact...
View ArticleMitt Romney to pick Paul Ryan as VP
The Associated Press and National Review are reporting that the selection will be announced Saturday, August 11 at 9:00 am in Norfolk, Virgina at the USS Wisconsin and The Weekly Standard is reporting...
View ArticleRyan’s hope
Last week, The Weekly Standard magazine implored Romney to “Go for the gold” with either Ryan or Rubio as his running mate, not the safer but far less personally interesting choices of Rob Portman, Tim...
View ArticleWeekend open thread
Forbes analyzes the current state of General Motors and expects it to need another bailout as its market share is steadily declining and stock price is plummeting. If the US sold the shares it owns in...
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The impact of Obama’s economic policies on employment
You may remember that the Obama administration produced a chart by in January 2009 to demonstrate their view that unemployment would never rise about 8% if his stimulus package were passed. However, we...
View ArticleSinister implication or joke?
Mitt Romney was campaigning in his birth state of Michigan today when he made a birth certificate reference.
View ArticleDemocrat convention open thread
This is the last night of the Democrat convention, which has thus far been marked with controversy over “God” being taken out of the platform (which has already being been turned into a Republican ad)...
View ArticleWeekend open thread
President Obama gave the keynote address to conclude the Democrat convention last night and there are several less than stellar reviews. How do you think the President did? Additionally, did former...
View ArticleStern show interviews Obama supporters
Obviously this is done to be funny and the clips are cherry picked, but if these people are actually voting, it’s no wonder we keep electing buffoons from both parties.
View ArticleAnd there’s this….
That first video is reminiscent of these people standing in line of “Obama Money” from “his stash” back in 2009: It also reminds of this Obama supporter from 2008 who was voting for him because he was...
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Is being told to: ‘Vote like your lady parts depend on it’ sexist?
The image below was posted today on the “Obama 2012 campaign’s official home on Tumblr”. Following an immediate backlash, the campaign took down the image. This leads us to pose a question to women,...
View Article5 takeaways from Denver debate
1. Romney won. Seems like the most obvious take away imaginable, right? Consider this: presidential debates are usually “draws” with pundits and talking heads suggesting, at best, that one candidate...
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