My Video At Heart of Controversy in Florida House Race

December 12, 2011 | Filed Under Anti-Semitism, Congress, Democrats/Leftists, DNC, Elections, Florida, Foreign Policy, GOP, Hamas, House of Representatives, Islamofascism, Israel, Liberals, Republicans, Society/Culture, Terrorism, War on Terror, Warner Todd Huston, Western Civilization | 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

Apparently, a video I made in Denver is at the heart of a controversy in a race for the House of Representatives in Florida.

While at Blogcon 2011 I had the opportunity to interview Karen Harrington, a Republican candidate for the 20th District House seat now held by Debbie Wasserman Schultz — who is also the Chairman of the Democrat National Committee. I made a video of that short interview as I have so many other candidates.

In our interview Harrington, recently endorsed by GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, went through some of the points she’s been campaigning on and since the 20th District has a large and active Jewish community, the issue of Israel naturally came up. It was during that segment of our little video that she said a few things that the media are attacking her over.

What got Harrington some special focus was her reply to my question about Israel:

Debbie’s latest thing as well as her lack of support for Israel — is ’cause she has to stand by this president — she also has blamed the Republicans for the creation of Hamas — that’s been her latest thing. This president asked them to stop building in the settlements, asked them to return to the ’67 borders and just the other day was caught with (French President Nicolas) Sarkozy saying negative things about Israel. This is a country and a nation that needs to stand by Israel as our history has shown us to. And Debbie supports this president and his policies, and you are right — Israel has become more endangered over there because of our approach and lack of strong support of Israel.

The St. Petersburg Times took issue with various parts of Harrington’s statement but the paper’s main problem was with the claim that Wasserman Schultz has blamed Republicans for the creation of Hamas. Of that they rated Harrington’s claim “false.”
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Harrington Looking to Topple Debbie Wasserman Schultz

November 15, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Congress, Democrats/Leftists, DNC, Elections, Florida, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Jobs, Liberals, Republicans, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

I was able to take a few minutes to interview Karen Harrington, a candidate for a Florida House seat. Oh, she’s not running for just any House seat. She’s running to topple the odious Debbie Wasserman-Schultz — mouth of the Democrat National Committee.

Harrington ran against Wasserman Schultz in the 20th District in 2010 and lost pretty handily. But her 40 percent vote total was one of the strongest showings of a Republican in a long time in that heavily Democrat leaning district. According to her polling she is doing even better this time now that the Obama economy has hurt so many.

Harrington also has a large dose of support from the Jewish community due to the failure of the Obama administration’s policy on Israel.

I found Harrington to be engaging, serious, and well informed. Let’s hope she can topple one of the worst Representatives in Congress in 2012.

Harrington’s website can be found at: www.karenforcongress.com. On Twitter she is: karen4congress.

Or, if you’d rather, you can connect with the Harrington campaign by going to www.firedebbie.com
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Chigo Tea Party: Tea Party Presidential Debate‏

August 27, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Conservatives, Economy/Finances, Florida, GOP, Government, Illinois, President, Republicans, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From the Chicago Tea Party…

Chicago Tea Party Patriots Co-Sponsor first Tea Party Presidential Debate

The Tea Party Express is partnering with CNN for the first ever Tea Party Presidential debate. We’re honored to have been selected as a co-sponsor of the debate. This is a huge victory for the movement because before last year’s mid-term election victories no news network would have partnered with any tea party group to do anything like this. Two years ago, Kathy Barkulis challenged CNN reporter Susan Roesgen at the first Chicago Tax Day Tea Party and now CNN is partnering with the tea party. This shows how far the movement has come. The debate will be held on September 12, 2011 in Tampa, FL, the location of the 2012 Republican convention.
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Sen. Marco Rubio: ‘The President’s Plan is a Blank Sheet of Paper’

July 31, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Congress, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Florida, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, Marco Rubio, President, Republicans, Senate, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

“With No Budget In 822 Days, Dem Leaders Try To Force Last-Minute Debt Vote.”

“This has been the plan all along, by the way. The plan all along was not to take a position, to let the days count down until we got to this point with 72 hours to go, and then force a vote on something that they wanted… You want to know why people all across America get grossed out by politics? It’s by watching this kind of stuff happen.”

Telling Us Who They Fear: Left-Wing Journo Attacks Rep. Allen West

April 27, 2011 | Filed Under Allen West, Congress, Democrats/Leftists, Ethics, Florida, GOP, Government, House of Representatives, Liberals, Media, Media Bias, Newspapers, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

Brandon K. Thorp, a gay activist from the alternative weekly Broward-Palm Beach New Times newspaper, is only the latest left-winger to launch into a verbal assault on Lt. Col. Allen West, now a Representative from Florida’s 22nd District. Like Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman, Rep. West is one of the many conservatives that leftists fear the most. We know this because the left’s constant, fevered, overwrought attacks tell us so.

This time Thorp, who also has worked for CNN, is all hot-n-bothered by West’s April 19 use of an historical reference to rally conservative and Republican women to the cause. In an address to a *Women Impacting the Nation meeting in Boca, West urged conservative women to raise strong men by relating to them the example of the Spartan women of ancient Greece.

“When you understood what made the Spartan men strong it was the Spartan women,” West told those gathered. Thorp thought this whole meme was not only “ungraceful,” but proved West is “hateful and stupid.” Further Thorp’s poison pen informs us that he thinks West is “not nearly smart enough to give coherent extemporaneous speeches.”

Thorp’s first offbase criticism is over whether West should have been addressing his comments to mothers or fathers.
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Obama’s BIG Loses in Battleground State Florida

April 8, 2011 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Florida, Government, Liberals, President, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

Democrats in general and President Obama in particular should be worried about 2012 if the newest Quinnipiac poll is any indication because the findings show some major loses in confidence of the voters in the Sunshine State.

Quinnipiac’s headline is pretty alarming for Democrats: “Obama Hits Losing Trifecta In Florida.” The poll finds that Obama is losing support in three key areas….

Read the rest at RightPundits.com

The Arrogance and Hate From Congressional Democrats

March 13, 2011 | Filed Under Christianity, Democrats/Leftists, Florida, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Islam, KKK, Liberals, PCism, Race, Religion, Security/Safety, Society/Culture, Taliban, Terrorism, Texas, Warner Todd Huston | 2 Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

My friend Kerry Picket of the Washington times was involved in a little tête-à-tête with a foul-tempered, arrogant Democrat member of congress that is just so typical of how these hatemongers on the left attempt to shut down debate, call conservatives racists, and act like petulant children in general that it must be highlighted.

Picket interviewed Democrat Al Green of Texas after a recent Homeland Security committee meeting last week. At that meeting, Green absurdly claimed that the KKK was just as dangerous at al Qaeda and insisted that all this worrying over radical Islam was misplaced.

Picket tried to engage this distempered fool on the subject after the meeting and his hectoring, overbearing, dissociative reply was something to behold.
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Truth in Accounting Issues: Florida’s ‘Financial State of the State’ – True Tax Burden $23. Billion

January 28, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Florida, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, Taxes, Truth in Accounting, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

From the Institute for Truth in Accounting…

Chicago (November 29, 2010) Today, the Institute for Truth in Accounting released Florida’s “Financial State of the State.” After an intensive review of the State’s 2009 audited financial report the Institute determined the State is in a precarious financial position because it does not have the funds available to pay more than $23.4 billion of the State’s commitments as they come due. Each taxpayer’s share of this financial burden equals $4,100.

Florida state law requires a balanced budget. “If governors and legislatures had truly balanced the state’s budget, no taxpayer’s financial burden would exist,” said Sheila Weinberg, founder and CEO of the Institute for Truth in Accounting (IFTA). She continued, “A state budget is not balanced if past costs, including those for employees’ retirement benefits, are pushed into the future.”
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Citizen, Class Warrior, Florida School Board Gunman…and Good Humanist

December 28, 2010 | Filed Under Crime, Florida, Selwyn Duke | Comments Off

-By Selwyn Duke

In the film “The Devil’s Advocate,” Satan poses as a powerful attorney bent on undermining man through the law. When he finally reveals himself to the main character toward the movie’s end, he delivers a self-adulatory monologue during which he proudly states, “I’m a fan of man. I’m a humanist. Maybe the last humanist.”

Speaking of devilish actions, by now most Americans have heard of Clay Duke (no relation!), the gunman who opened fire at a Panama City, Florida school board meeting. We know that he was upset about his wife’s dismissal from a district job and that he wanted to exact revenge on those he deemed responsible. We also know that no innocents were harmed and the only fatality was Duke himself, who, after being wounded by a brave security guard, died by his own hand.

What few know, however, is Duke revealed that he had the philosophical foundation of what we today call “leftism”: On his Facebook page, he listed his religion as “Humanism.”
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The 11 Republicans on the Powerful House Ways and Means Committee

December 17, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Congress, Conservatives, Economy/Finances, Florida, Georgia, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Peter Roskam, Republicans, Taxes, Tennessee, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

Veteran fiscal conservative Congressman Peter Roskam (R, IL) has announced the names of the 10 Republicans that are joining him on the House Ways and Means Committee, the powerful committee that has jurisdiction over taxes, trade, and programs such as Social Security and Medicare.

Peter Roskam is the Representative for the 6th Illinois Congressional District which is situated just west of Chicago. He is about to begin his third term in Congress and will advance to the position of Chief Deputy Whip in the 112th Congress. Roskam ranks fourth in the House GOP leadership. His American Conservative Union (ACU) ranking is 97.33 percent.

Two freshmen Representatives will be taking their place on this powerful committee.
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Politico Says Florida’s Allen West Will Become the Alan Grayson of the Right?

November 11, 2010 | Filed Under Allen West, Anti-Americanism, Congress, Conservatives, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Florida, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Journalism, Liberals, Media, Media Bias, Politico, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

Lt. Col. Allen West is one of the most stand up guys you’ll ever meet. He first came to the public eye when his interrogation of an Iraqi yielded lifesaving results even as it was a bit unorthodox. His professional handling of that incident put him on a track to run for Florida’s 22nd District House seat, a race he won handily despite the left’s unhinged attacks upon him.

West ran a clean campaign in Florida’s 22nd. He avoided over-the-top attacks on his opponent and did not indulge fits of name-calling. This is not to say that he soft-pedaled his opinions on just how wrong the Democrats were as he sought to delineate the policy differences between himself and the left he was battling. But West did campaign with a serious tone and an even-tempered demeanor. He was not an arm waver, he did not indulge flights of fantastic conspiracies, nor did he employ vile attack ads in his race. Pointed rhetoric? Yes. Obscene, wild-eyed, foaming at the mouth attacks? Not at all.

With that said, why does Politico seem to think that Allen West is on track to become the right’s version of the despicable Alan Grayson, also a Floridian?
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After Saying He’s Crazy, Anthony Weiner Now Supports Alan Grayson?

October 24, 2010 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Congress, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Florida, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Liberals, New York, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

In the crooks and liars… and crazies… department.

Thieves Make Boobs of Victoria Secrets, No Bust Yet

October 2, 2010 | Filed Under Crime, Florida, Humor, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

A cup-le of thieves made boobs of the security at Victoria Secrets in Ocala, Florida last week. Early in the week 101 tank tops were stolen and later bras worth $2,000 were lifted and separated from the store chain.

Apparently the thefts were bracing enough to get the ogling of the media as the Star Banner sent top drawer reporter Austin Miller to cover the points.

It appears that a pair of boosters distracted the store clerks while a third manhandled the bras and made off with them.

Store workers were upset at the ta tas waved to their merchandise but thieves were not too busted up over the prospect.

I’ll try to keep abreast of story details as they develop.
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Charlie Crist VIDEO: ‘I’m Not Gonna Change My Stripes’

September 26, 2010 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Florida, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

Despite some fool with his car alarm blaring in the background, in this video it is quite clear that Charlie “Fliparoo” Crist is claiming that the voters can trust him because he’s not going to “change my stripes.” Of course, he said this not long before he “changed” his Senate run from Republican to a sudden “independent,” too… but, hey, consistency is overrated anyway, right?

This from the SharkTank…

I stumbled across a classic clip of then Republican Charlie Crist, standing firm on his position of supporting Roe v. Wade at the Christian Family Coalition breakfast earlier this year in Miami. Crist goes on to defend his position by stating,

“… this is about trust, we are asking them(voters) for their vote, and by doing that we are asking people to trust us- and place that trust in us.”

Governor Crist also goes on to say that, “I’m not gonna change my stripes.” This of course was said before the Governor supported Abortion Rights Activists by vetoing a bill that would have required a woman seeking an abortion during the first trimester to pay for an ultrasound

Since this Miami event, Governor Crist has left the Republican Party and is running the U.S. Senate as an Independent-current polls show Crist lagging behind Rubio by double-digits.
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Pastor Jones: Won’t Burn A Quran, ‘Not Today, Not Ever.’

September 11, 2010 | Filed Under 9/11, Florida, History, Islam, Islamofascism, Journalism, Liberals, Media, Media Bias, New York, Religion, Terrorism, War on Terror, Warner Todd Huston, Western Civilization | 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

The on again, off again, on again Koran burning in Florida is off again, this time for good says infamous pastor Terry Jones. It seems that Pastor Jones finally decided that the burning would not have been the best course of action.
“We will definitely not burn the Quran, no,” he said. “Not today, not ever.”
Jones said that his goal was achieved without the burning. He said that he wanted “to expose that there is an element of Islam that is very dangerous and very radical.” He felt it was a success. “We have definitely accomplished that mission,” he said.

Jones was in New York to appear on the Today Show and said that he hoped he could arrange a meeting with Ground Zero Mosque pusher Imam Faisal Rauf but that no meeting had been arranged at this time.

This story is all puffery, of course. Without the willing assistance of the Old Media it never would have gotten any notice at all. Yet, Pastor Jones has about worn out his welcome with the Old Media, too. Several recent stories in the media have lamented that they bothered to give Jones any coverage at all… which is easy to say now that they’ve done so and the story has run its course.
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A Candid Talk with Allen West

September 8, 2010 | Filed Under Conservatives, Elections, Florida, GOP, Government, James Simpson, Republicans | Comments Off

-By James Simpson

Freelance writing doesn’t pay much, but a compensating benefit is the opportunity one finds to meet and speak with really interesting people. Congressional candidate Lt. Col. Allen West (USA, Ret.) is one such person, and I interviewed him for this article recently.

Col. West is one of the most promising candidates on the GOP horizon for this election. He is a genuine conservative, unafraid to speak his mind and more importantly, take action to demonstrate his commitment.

His candidacy has gone national on the strength of his inspiring speeches like this one, this one, this great Tea Party speech here, or his challenge to Democrats here. But many forget, or are not aware of the controversy that first put him in the national spotlight.

Weekly GOP Address: Florida’s Marco Rubio… ‘We Must Repeal Obamacare!’

August 28, 2010 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Florida, Government, Government, Corruption, Health, Liberals, President, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment

Marco Rubio is running for Senate in Florida. He is a former speaker of the Florida House of Reps and is currently leading in the polls in the Sunshine State.

Some have been wondering if the national GOP was going to actually run on repealing Obamacare. Well, this is the official GOP address, Party approved, so I guess we have our answer. They certainly DO intend to run on repealing Obamacare.

Lt. Col. Allen West Tells Florida Dems ‘Come and Get it!’

August 11, 2010 | Filed Under Constitution, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Florida, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

While Obama plans to grovel at the feet of Iran’s lunatic “president”, we see a stark contrast in Florida’s 22nd District Congressional race where Lt.Col. Allen West is taking the fight to America’s enemies. Come on, Florida 22nd voters…. THIS is the kind of American we need in Congress.

http://allenwestforcongress.com/

Lt. Col. Allen West: Now THIS is a Real American

August 3, 2010 | Filed Under Congress, Elections, Florida, GOP, Government, House of Representatives, Republicans, Video, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

Lt. Col. Allen West (Army, retired) is running for Congress in Florida’s Second Congressional District.

This video speaks for itself, but I just have to say that THIS man is a perfect example America’s best and brightest…

www.allenwestforcongress.com

Colonel West’s YouTube Channel

On FaceBook

On Twitter

Florida’s Lt. Col. Allen West’s Independence Day Address

July 5, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Business, Capitalism, Congress, Economy/Finances, Elections, Florida, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Republicans, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

Lt. Col. Allen West is running for Florida’s 22nd Congressional District. This man is the real deal, Florida. We need men like Col. West in Washington D.C.

http://allenwestforcongress.com/

Terrorists at Fla. Atlantic U Are O.K., Young Americans for Freedom VERBOTEN

March 8, 2010 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Children, Education, Florida, House of Representatives, Islam, Islamofascism, Liberals, Religion, War on Terror, Warner Todd Huston, Western Civilization | 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

We send our young adults to university to be educated in the ways of the world, we all know. Following that well-worn path, young James Schackleford decided on the publicly funded Florida Atlantic University for his edification and boy did he learn a lesson about modern education last week. Mr. Schackleford learned that the FAU administration prefers on its campus Islamic terrorist supporters over representatives of the conservative Young Americans for Freedom organization. He also learned that it’s open season on all conservatives at our American universities.

At the Boca Raton campus Mr. Schackleford determined that his school needed a chapter of YAF, a 40-year-old conservative student organization, and so gathered a few like-minded students to meet with YAF State Director Daniel P. Diaz to discuss how they should proceed on organizing a chapter in the school.

As the few gathered were meeting, university administrator *David Blank burst into the room and demanded that they cease their meeting and vacate the room. According to the YAF press release, Mr. Diaz asked for an additional 15 minutes to finish and Blank acquiesced to the request. But the 15-minute grant was short lived.

Upon hearing Diaz address the liberal bias on the FAU campus, Blank stopped the meeting again and boorishly ordered the students to vacate the meeting room. Blank the shut off the room lights, tore down the group’s promotional posters, and called the campus police.

It didn’t end there. According to YAF, the campus police arrived and began to harass the students and Mr. Diaz outside as they were in the process of leaving the campus. The police demanded to see student IDs and then menacingly followed YAF rep. Diaz to his car.
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Photojournalist Mad at RightWeb’s Use of His Photo

February 18, 2010 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Democrats/Leftists, Florida, Foreign Policy, Government, Government, Corruption, Japan, Newspapers, Saudi Arabia, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

A photojournalist from the St. Petersburg Times in Florida is very upset at you people. He wants you all to know that you should be ashamed of yourselves for misusing his photo.

Ed Fountain is the photog that took the famous picture that the right-o-sphere guffawed at a few weeks ago showing President Obama strangely bowing to Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio.

In light of the many times Obama has bowed to the floor in supplication before several of the world’s leaders — making himself look like a weakling to the world — conservatives made light of this photo saying that it shows that this weakling president will bow to anyone. After all, why the heck would anyone supplicate themselves before the Mayor of Tampa, Florida? He’s the president, fer cripes sakes!
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Time: Conflating Big Spending With ‘Moderate’

January 10, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Congress, Conservatives, Economy/Finances, Elections, Florida, GOP, Government, Corruption, Journalism, Liberals, Media Bias, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off

-By Warner Todd Huston

One of the tricks that the Old Media consistently uses to paint conservatives as walking on the dark side is to call Republicans who lean left “moderates,” while those who lean to the right are “right wing” or “hardcore” Republicans. This media-speak reserves the harsher words for conservatives and makes anyone on the right seem like an extremist, yet paints the center-left as being on the side of the angels.

It’s a subtle flavoring of rhetoric that leads the reader to a prearranged conclusion as opposed to a reporting of the facts. A recent Time Magazine article by Tim Padgett on the Republican primary Senate campaign between Florida’s Charlie Crist and former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio is a perfect example of this.

To Time the primary fight between Rubio and Crist is apparently one of light versus dark, the evil extremist “right wing” siding with Rubio against the nice, “inclusive” moderates supporting Crist. But with this characterization, Time is misrepresenting the political battle between Rubio and Crist. Unfortunately for Time’s agenda, the argument in Florida between Rubio and Crist has little to do with moderates, inclusion, or big tent politics but has everything to do with economics. Rubio is a fiscal conservative while Crist, the incumbent governor, has been a profligate spender.
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