Morning Briefing
For July 22, 2013
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1. Conservatives, Beware the Hatch Effect
In 2014,
several prominent Republicans in the House and Senate are going to be
challenged by people more conservative than the incumbents in area where
a more conservative person can still win. Leading up to these
challenges, conservatives must beware of the Hatch Effect.
In
2012, many conservatives in print, radio, and television came out
quickly and endorsed Orrin Hatch against Dan Liljenquist. Hatch had been
a conservative warrior for a long time, he sounded conservative, and
we’d need him in the fight against amnesty. He made the rounds on
television, radio, and had references in various op-ed columns. Outside
groups went to work for Orrin Hatch.
Those
who fretted that Hatch might return to the ways of Ted Kennedy’s best
friend on the right were drowned out by a near unified conservative
front — one that did not include RedState.
In a debate against Dan Liljenquist, Hatch hit all the right notes on immigration.
"[W]e
won’t be able to solve these problems until we secure the borders, and
we have to do that. Every other large nation in the world knows how to
secure their borders, why can’t we secure ours? And second, we can no
longer grant amnesty. I fought against the 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli bill
because they granted amnesty to 3 million people. They should have to
get in line like anybody else if they want to come into this country and
do it legally."
Orrin
Hatch got re-elected and became an integral part to helping the Gang of
8 shape its immigration plans and run interference against
conservatives. The shift back to what too few were warning about
happened quickly.
Let
Orrin Hatch be a lesson to you, conservatives. This year, some long
time Republican Senators are going to get primary challengers. There
will be large megaphones declaring just how conservative those Senators
are. There will be people trotted out to remind you that for decades
these have been the men we relied on to save us from big government. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. WaPo reluctantly reports Terry McAuliffe’s bald-faced debate lie.
It’s bad when the Washington Post can’t come up with a way to excuse a Virginia Democrat . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Mary Landrieu: Party Girl
Mary
Landrieu is taken to task in this recent op-ed by James Varney of the
New Orleans Times-Picayune. Ah, the challenges of being a Blue Senator,
the only statewide elected Democrat, in what has become a very Red
State. The 2014 elections loom just around the corner. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. The Double Standard On The Zimmerman-Martin Case
While
outrage peddlers try to inflame racial tension over George Zimmerman’s
acquittal (a nice favor to the administration who’d like to forget its
numerous scandals) these same peddlers are silent this case. The case of
Roderick Scott and 16-year-old Chris Cervini is almost identical to
Zimmerman-Martin.
Scott claims he shot Cervini in self defense. He was eventually acquitted, a verdict with which I also agree. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. Great Achievements in Central Planning: The Renewable Fuel Standard
In 2005, Congress, in its infinite wisdom, imposed the Renewable Fuel Standard on America. The
RFS mandates yearly increases in the amount of ethanol that must be
used in motor fuel, on an ever-increasing schedule, through 2022.
Problem
is, nobody anticipated a crummy economy, high gasoline prices and
shrinking consumption of motor fuel. But the RFS marches on.* As
depicted in the video above (from our friends** at
smarterfuelfuture.org), the numbers are starting to look wacky and
detached from reality. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
6. Helen Thomas Attends Eighth Circle Gala
It
is a tradition at RedState that we acknowledge the passing of
particularly odious personages with a short obituary to set the record
straight on their accomplishments. This tradition is a rather short one,
the blog is only 9 years old, and began with this memorial on the death
of Robert Drinan titled Is Hell Exothermic or Endothermic.
Helen
Thomas, no-talent “journalist”, partisan hack, raving anti-semite, and
the living embodiment of Rush Limbaugh’s theory that feminism was
developed to give ugly women an entree into society, died yesterday at
age 92.
Helen
Thomas, contrary to what you will read, was not some sort of reporter
on steroids. She was equal parts stupid and evil. Her writing was
pedestrian. Her opinions banal but ever predictable. Her employment as a
reporter, not coincidentally, has led to the decline of journalism in
the United States. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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Erick Erickson
Editor-in-Chief, RedState
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