Goodbye, St. Paul-Minneapolis!

Oh Twin Cities, how we’ll miss you. We don’t know what we’ll do without your awkward sibling rivalry, the abundance of tanning salons and your haard ehs. We’ll also miss your river boats, your hyper-vigilant police presence and the Nordic good looks of your people. Most of all, we’ll miss your [...]

The Palin Effect, In Song

If you’re still wondering how effectively Sarah Palin jolted the GOP from its depression-induced lethargy, we turn your attention to this little ditty. Literally, it’s a little ditty, written and performed by Liz Berney. Liz is a Republican Congressional candidate from Queens, New York. If you’ve ever been to Queens, you’ll understand why a women [...]

Texas Delegates: Hat Waving is a “Natural Function”

Among the the speeches, the balloons and the anarchy-loving protesters, one of our most indelible memories from the RNC will be the mass of waving, hooting, hollering, cowboy hat-wearing members of the Texas delegation. Not only could you find the Texans at all times, their hats served as a barometer for the impact of [...]

John McCain: “I won’t let you down.”

We understand some of you may have been wrapping up your NFL Watch parties while John McCain gave his RNC acceptance speech last night. But why don’t you take a minute on this Friday at the office to pretend like you’re doing something important and watch this instead (it actually IS important!)
Things [...]

Great speeches! But were they true?

George Washington could not tell a lie, but we wondered if we could say the same about Barack Obama or Sarah Palin. They gave two of the most memorable, powerful speeches we’ve ever seen, but how faithful to the truth were they as they rallied their faithful?
Luckily, the fact-checking whiz kids at PolitiFact [...]

Palin Speaks

With the media calling it her “make or break moment,” Sarah Palin stepped up to the microphone in St. Paul last night and left the RNC convention-goers very pleased with John McCain’s choice. A one Republican woman told CJP, “The Republicans owe John McCain a finder’s fee.”:

Republican Women Call Out “Outrageous Smear Campaign”

At a news conference in St. Paul today, a group of Republican women gathered to protest the “outrageous smear campaign” that they see being conducted against Gov. Sarah Palin. Carly Fiorina, who once took a rough ride in the press herself, stated, “The Republican Party will not stand by while Gov. Palin is [...]

RNC Rewind: Fred Thompson

THE speech of last night’s program came from an unlikely source, former senator Fred Thompson. We say “unlikely” based on the memories of watching the senator fully sedate a group of 20 South Carolinians during the 2008 primary there. As he spoke in the back room of a Ryan’s Steak House, we [...]