Category: Awards

"In my opinion, pretty much everything the Democrats have done or propose to do will hurt the economy. We will see unprecedented budget deficits, more wasteful spending than ever, higher taxes, inflation, and a stagnant stock market. I haven’t gone back to re-check the numbers, but I’m pretty sure that Jimmy Carter was more popular at this stage of his administration than Obama is now, and I don’t think the Carter administration did anything as directly damaging to the economy as what we’re seeing now from the Obama administration," – John Hinderaker.

"This stimulus bill is huge, so disastrous, and so harmful to our country that even though Obama has been in office for less than a month, I think it’s already fair to label him as one of the worst Presidents in American history," – Right-Wing News, "knee-capping Barack Obama at every opportunity".

(Hat tip: Ian Faerstein)

"I encourage you to speak to Legionary leadership, and even in the form of petition letters, demand nothing less than full transparency regarding the case of Fr. Maciel. Demand that Fr. Alvaro seek an independent third party investigation (perhaps in the form of a temporary review board or Visitation team from the holy see) into uncovering any Legionaries who may have been accomplices to Maciel. Demand that a similar body guide Legionary leadership in introducing any needed reforms into the internal culture, methods and religious discipline of the Legion," – Fr. Thomas Berg, Legionary of Christ priest.

"I don’t really think it would be good to run in 2010 with a party that is actively associating itself with the Taliban," – Joe Scarborough explaining his problems with being a Republican today.

"What do Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have in common? They both oppose provisions in the economic recovery package that would ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent on products that are made in America-to the maximum extent possible. The Buy America provision survived the recent Senate debate, despite attempts to kill it by someone who consistently wraps himself in the American flag: Sen. John McCain," – Tula Connell, AFL-CIO.

"We are in the early stages of the Reid/Obama/Pelosi recession and nothing they are even talking about doing will help," – Grover Norquist. A reader adds:

The best thing about this is that the line was a joke last night on 30 Rock, Jack pointing to a group of out-of-work young financial officers and saying, "They’re victims of the recession caused by Nancy Pelosi."

And the massive debt caused by eight years of a Democratic president and Democratic Congress! Just ask John McCain.

"Insurgency, we understand perhaps a little bit more because of the Taliban. And that is that they went about systematically understanding how to disrupt and change a person’s entire processes. And these Taliban — I’m not trying to say the Republican Party is the Taliban. No, that’s not what we’re saying. I’m saying an example of how you go about [sic] is to change a person from their messaging to their operations to their frontline message. And we need to understand that insurgency may be required when the other side, the House leadership, does not follow the same commands, which we entered the game with," –  Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

This is how they interpreted the results of the last election: a mandate to mount an immediate Taliban-inspired insurgency against the victors. This is not a political party; it is a permanent war.

"If the Legionaries of Christ and the Regnum Christi movement are going to emerge from this crucible in one piece and remain in existence for the long haul, they cannot lapse into robot mode, they cannot don a happy-face mask and attempt to deny that this is a very serious problem for them. At this precise juncture, denial and dismissal of the clear and present danger that this situation poses to the Legion, will, I believe, sooner or later, prove fatal to its efforts at sustaining itself," – Orthodox Catholic blogger Patrick Madrid.

"We are quite literally after two weeks teetering on an Obama implosion—and with no Dick Morris to bail him out—brought on by messianic delusions of grandeur, hubris, and a strange naivete that soaring rhetoric and a multiracial profile can add requisite cover to good old-fashioned Chicago politicking," – Victor Davis Hanson.

"If I never again had to read or write a word about homosexuals, I would be very happy. I really don’t want to know what other people do in their bedrooms. But these days they really, really want us all to know. And, more important, they insist that we approve. No longer are we allowed to keep our thoughts to ourselves, while being polite and kind," – Peter Hitchens.

I’m not well-versed in the details of the case Hitchens cites. And it may well be that the family he refers to – grandparents who were passed over by the state in favor of a gay couple in taking care of their drug-abusing daughter’s child – were poorly treated. But the fact that this occasions a blizzard of homophobia says much more about Hitchens than it does about p.c. government. Sometimes, you realize: oh, yes; they do despise us, and keep it under wraps because they want to be "kind".