Texas GOP Vote

I wanted to say more about Glenn Beck, whose CPAC speech I previously remarked on. But, it seemed that I should say something about the Fox News Sunday appearance of Mitt Romney, whom I had wanted to say something about before but am glad I didn’t. I tried to distill and kill two birds with one stone, but I couldn’t.  Read more »

Lou Dobbs was on The O'Reilly Factor last night to discuss illegal immigration and the Senate's proposed national identification card. The major points include:  Read more »

Obama still does not have the numbers to pass the health care reform bill in the House. The president has decided to shift his strategy, and instead of focusing on running against Republicans, he is running against the insurance companies themselves. He is trying to isolate insurance companies by telling people who are content with their current insurance plan that their premium will go up.  Read more »

Governor Rick Perry has released his personal tax returns along with the state financial disclosure statements; however, while Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bill White has released the city of Houston financial disclosure forms, he will not release his personal income tax retruns as Perry has.  Read more »

The following letter was sent in from TexasGOPVote fan, Brad Boney, regarding China Radio International broadcasting in Texas:

Recently, owners of KGBC (1540am) in Galveston, TX leased the station’s airtime to one of China’s state-owned media companies, China Radio International (CRI). CRI is the overseas broadcasting arm of the People’s Republic of China and one of the three central medial organizations in China. KGBC began broadcasting from Galveston in 1947, but financial strain caused by low ad revenue in a weak economy and FM dominated music caused the owner, SIGA broadcasting to entertain the lease.

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(The late Richard Nadler was a close friend and mentor to me and others including John Berlau of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review. His death last summer left a void in the conservative movement but many of his ideas are valid and form a road to a conservative resurgence.)

Since the 1950s, American conservatism based its ideals upon the holy trinity of libertarian economics, aggressive anti-communism and social conservatism into a fusionist vision overseen by William F. Buckley, the pope of the conservative movement.   Read more »