Category Archives: politics

Okey Dokey (2)

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Seattle Post Intelligencer: Ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, speaking by phone Wednesday to Faith Coalition supporters, described same-sex marriage as an example of “the rise of paganism” in America.

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“A Gift in a Very Broken Way”

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via Think Progress (I know, I know), here’s Rick Santorum explaining why a woman left pregnant should be compelled to give birth: Well, you can make the argument that if she doesn’t have this baby, if she kills her child, … Continue reading →

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Against Self-Government

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

The Council of Europe is, in theory, meant to be some sort of bulwark for the citizens of its member countries against the power of the overreaching state. That’s the theory. But here’s how it really works. The Daily Mail … Continue reading →

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Re: 72% of Egypt’s parliament is Islamist

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Inspired by Razib’s earlier post, I put this up on the Corner: Via the New York Times: CAIRO — Egyptian authorities confirmed Saturday that a political coalition dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, the 84-year-old group that virtually invented political Islam, … Continue reading →

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Somebody Up There Loves Obama

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

After Gingrich’s disastrously strong win in South Carolina, I can only repeat what I wrote over on NRO as one of my predictions for 2012: Let’s start with a prediction that will make me as miserable as it might make … Continue reading →

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The S-Word

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

In the in-tray today an apocalyptic, adjective-crammed appeal to support the Gingrich campaign. It began as follows: Dear Conservative: In 1964, Ronald Reagan told conservatives that this was a time for choosing. Faced with a radical, progressive President who would … Continue reading →

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Rick Santorum & Opus Dei

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

I touched the other day on the fact that Rick Santorum had included Opus Dei in the list of organizations he chose to praise for the “new evangelization” (he also included Regnum Christi, a group of which I had never … Continue reading →

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Rick Santorum on Romney & Religion

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Here’s Rick Santorum writing on Romney and religion back in 2007. The whole piece is worth a look, both for what it does say and what it does not. In the following extract Santorum makes the (reasonable) point that a … Continue reading →

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Foot, Mouth, Gingrich

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Most politicians talk themselves poor in the course of an election campaign, but it needs a little more subtlety than Newt Gingrich appears to be able to muster. Mother Jones (yup) reports: When Gingrich was campaigning in Laconia on Wednesday, … Continue reading →

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God, Secretive Pundit

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Also via the Huffington Post: Christian conservative leader Pat Robertson says he has a secret straight from God: He knows who the next president of the United States will be. “I think He showed me about the next president, but … Continue reading →

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