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Hillary Clinton Messed Up in Democrat Debate

Hillary Clinton, the Democrat candidate of inevitability, was a mess last night when it came to illegal immigration. Here's one really smart conservative guy who doesn't think that she won that debate.

 

UPDATE: Be sure to read Ed Morrissey's post, where he describes just how bad Hillary's answer was to this illegal immigration problem, just what a bureaucratic nightmare multiple drivers licenses will be for the state of New York.

UPDATE II: Hugh Hewitt's got more:

We now know something that we did not know before: When Hillary Clinton has a bad night, she really has a bad night.

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Conservative Principles, Today, 40 Years Ago, 13 Years Ago

With the Republican presidential candidates each claiming to be the true conservative, it's good to revisit the core conservative principles. Redstate has a great post that demonstrates how conservative principles have held steady through the decades:

1. First and foremost, he needs to understand that, by the tens of millions, true conservatives do exist in our country. That their unbending beliefs make them -- not only the backbone of this nation -- but the hope for a better future. That they unashamedly love their country and have reached the point of no return with regard to political correctness and pandering politicians who place themselves above the welfare of our Republic.
2. He needs to understand that they have a deep and abiding belief in God. A belief that is under a daily, escalating and obscene assault from those on the left who only use the word “Christian” as an insult, a punch line, or as an identifier to be added to a blacklist to deny employment at most schools, colleges, newspapers, and television networks. He needs to understand that this is a belief that must be acknowledged, respected, and defended. He needs to understand that all life is sacred and that it begins at conception.
3. He needs to understand that true conservatives believe we live in a sovereign nation with clearly defined borders that must be protected. Period. He must understand that the invasion of illegal aliens is not only a threat to that sovereignty, but widens the pathway for terrorists to infiltrate our nation. A scenario that the House Committee on Homeland Security has already documented as becoming a reality. He needs to accept that there are those in our country who would turn the United States of America into part of a “North American Union.” A suicidal strategy that was recently pushed and admitted to by former Mexican President Vicente Fox.
4. He needs to understand that we are engaged in a world-wide war against Jihadists and extremists who mean to wipe our nation off the face of the Earth. For that reason and more, it is imperative that we retain a national defense that is second to none. He needs to understand that true conservatives believe that the young men and women who serve in our military represent the very best of our nation and must be given every consideration. That without their heroic service, we will be vanquished.
5. He needs to understand that true conservatives do believe that large segments of the entertainment industry are purposefully and systematically exposing our children to the vilest forms of smut. That they do so first, to make money, and second, to indoctrinate as they continue their quest to subvert the morals, ethics, and character of our nation.
6. He needs to understand that true conservatives actually do believe in lower taxes and fiscal responsibility. That if you proclaim yourself to be a “Conservative” and turn your back on these tenets, then you are worse than those on the left who believe in neither. He needs to understand that true conservatives understand the value of limited government and expect their leaders to be just as enlightened.
7. He needs to understand that true conservatives believe in strict enforcement of the rule of law. That aside from the terrorists from without, our nation is at war with hundreds of thousands of violent gang members from within. That in many cases, these gangs are aligning themselves with drug cartels, terrorist groups and foreign nations. That if we don’t acknowledge this war and win it, then many of our cities and much of our border, will spiral into lawlessness and unchecked murder as these gangs prevail.
8. He needs to understand that the appointment of judges is an overriding issue for true conservatives. That they believe in having a strict-constructionist Supreme Court. That there can be no compromise in this area.
9. He needs to understand that if he panders to them now to win the nomination and then stabs them in the back to try and win the general election, he has lost them forever.
10. And finally, he has to understand that true conservatives will never vote for the “lesser of two evils” come November of 2008. That to do so, would be to betray all that they hold sacred. Faith, family values, and conviction can never be compromised.

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Democrats = Tax Increases

The Wall Street Journal today, Rep. Charlie Rangel's new tax increase plan is explained. (And if Rangel's behind this, we know that it's really Hillary Clinton's tax increase plan.) Tax cuts increase revenue to the US treasury and reduce the deficit. Plus tax cuts result are good for the economy because tax cuts fuel economic growth. That's what President Bush's tax cuts have done.

But as surely as the sun rises and sets, after the Democrats won majorities in both the US House and Senate, the Democrats are looking to raise our taxes:

Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, last week introduced an estimated $3.5 trillion tax increase that would raise the capital gains tax rate from to 19.6% from 15% and places a surtax of as much as 4.6% on people making more than $150,000 a year. Mr. Rangel applies it not to current taxable income but to adjusted gross income, thus phasing down itemized deductions such as charitable contributions, home mortgage deductions, and state and local tax deductions. Together with the end of the Bush tax cuts, Mr. Rangel's plan would increase the top income tax rate to 44% from 35% for individuals, small-business owners and farmers, who make up about three-fourths of taxpayers in the highest bracket.

Now there, is an economic nightmare. All you Republicans who sat out the 2006 elections-how stupid are you now??

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Iraq Improving, Afghanistan Not So Much

Good news: our Iraqi allies managed to rescue anti al-Qaeda sheiks because the locals gave up the bad guys by informing on them.

But Michael Yon thinks that we could lose Afghanistan.

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Global Warming Flip Flopping

First they said that there would be a catastrophically huge number of hurricanes this year, then they took it back. Now they say that there will be unbelievable bunches of wildfires caused by global warming. Now they're saying that global warming is causing too many cyclones.

Besides, global warming has meant fresh cauliflower is available in Greenland.

Senator Inhofe gave a historic speech last week on the floor of the Senate, that spoke truth to global warming believing environmentalist wackos:

In conclusion, I would simply point out that climate alarmism has become a cottage industry in this country and many others, but a growing number of scientists and the general public are coming around to the idea that climate change is natural and that there is no reason for alarm. It is time to stop pretending that the world around us is headed for certain doom and that Kyoto-style policies will save us - when in fact, the biggest danger lies in these policies themselves. As I have noted, new studies continue to pile up debunking alarm and debunking the very foundation for so called "solutions" to warming.

I know this was a long, long speech, but I just want the real people, not the money driven liberals and the Hollywood elitists, but the real people who are out there raising their families and working hard to know that help is on its way and that all the UN and media driven hype to sell American down the river will fail.

And that truth, as Winston Churchill said, "is incontrovertible, ignorance can deride it, panic may resent it, malice may destroy it, but there it is."

But, the narrative has been decided by the MSM, who are (as Ace says), The Deciders.

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About the Bobby Jindal-R Win in Louisiana

Bobby Jindal is a second generation Indian-American, and he won the election in Louisiana to become governor of that state. The MSM/media has constructed a narrative that the Republican party has pursued a "Southern strategy" to change the once Democrat south to the now Republican south. Plus, Governor-Elect Jindal is not only a Republican, he is a movement conservative:

Bobby Jindal, a second generation Indian-American, is going to be the new Republican Governor of Louisiana.  Although governors who are black have been elected in Virginia and Massachusetts, this election marks the first time the support of white Southern voters has propelled a non-white governor into office.  Jindal's election is evidence that the much-reviled Republican "Southern Strategy" has actually produced one of the greatest advances for civil rights in the history of the United States.

Here's is Michael Barone's analysis of the Jindal win.

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The USS Cole Bombing, Badawi and the Yemeni's

As I noted last week, it had been reported that Jamal al-Badawi, had been released from prison in Aden, Yemen. Badawi is a suspect in the USS Cole Bombing, an al-Qaeda terrorist attack on our country.

The State Department now says that Badawi is now in prison in Aden, Yemen.

More excellent information is here and here.

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Hillary Stayed Married to Bill to Advance Her Political Career

How much humiliation can one woman take? A whole lot, if Hillary is the standard of comparison. She suffered humiliation on a world-wide scale through Bill's Monica Lewinsky affair/impeachment. Why didn't Hillary leave Bill Clinton? Because furthering her own political ambitions is more important to her than her dignity.

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Mac Has a New Operating System and Lileks is Psyched

For all you Macintosh fans out there.

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S-CHIP, Defeated Again

President Bush tells Democrats in Congress that Recycling the same old S-CHIP expansion legislation is wasting his time. (HT: Michelle Malkin) Ed Morrissey criticizes, and asks, how come the Democrats can't accomplish anything after winning both houses of Congress in 2006.

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