Not Bush’s Lap Dog

Wes Messamore on “conservative” groups that were not behind Bush.

Then, in the comments section, he nails it:

Boy meets GOP. Boy falls in love. Boy becomes man. Man becomes disillusioned. Man becomes libertarian.

Partying With the Conservatives

Aspiring DC  journalists Shanley Knox and Coco Jones chronicle their weekend adventure at the ultimate CPAC party, “ReaganPalooza.” Check it out!

Wonkette has nothing on these girls.

4 Tips on how to party with conservatives:

Tip #1: When partying with conservatives, understand that the appropriate clubbing attire looks a lot like a casting call for “The Office.”

Tip #2: When partying with Conservatives – don’t hit the dance floor right away. Instead? Stand stagnant on the dance floor, and make political conversation over drinks.

Tip #3: Honkey-tonk music can take a dead room and turn it into an instant party.

Tip #4: Forget stilettos and your favorite eye-liner, you don’t need to be beauty pageant material to win a partner, you just have to love Sarah Palin, or, perhaps, look like a hockey mom.

As for me,  I strolled over there Saturday night just as they started playing ‘Cotton Eyed Joe.’ Poked my head in, and a guy with a huge Reagan pin told me to pay a $5 cover.

Immediately, walked out and went to U-Street to party with the libs instead.

Why Give When the Gov’t Takes?

A little harsh honesty, from liberal commentator, Nicholas Kristof:

This holiday season is a time to examine who’s been naughty and who’s been nice, but I’m unhappy with my findings. The problem is this: We liberals are personally stingy. Liberals show tremendous compassion in pushing for generous government spending to help the neediest people at home and abroad. Yet when it comes to individual contributions to charitable causes, liberals are cheapskates.” When you’re spending other people’s money, it’s not compassion — it’s compulsion.

Arthur Brooks, the author of a book on donors to charity, “Who Really Cares,” cites data that households headed by conservatives give 30 percent more to charity than households headed by liberals. A study by Google found an even greater disproportion: average annual contributions reported by conservatives were almost double those of liberals.

I have long held that just because you think it’s good that the government forces people to give to charity, it doesn’t mean you care more for humanity than someone who would rather give privately. Sometimes people forget that government is not the only group in this country helping people. It just has the biggest PR machine.

Que the liberal knee-jerk reaction:

When liberals see the data on giving, they tend to protest that conservatives look good only because they shower dollars on churches — that a fair amount of that money isn’t helping the poor, but simply constructing lavish spires.

Just like all the money you are forced to give to the government goes straight into the pockets of the poor. We all know how well the government spends cash, and how successful government programs are at actually helping people.

Kristof continues:

Conservatives also appear to be more generous than liberals in nonfinancial ways. People in red states are considerably more likely to volunteer for good causes, and conservatives give blood more often. If liberals and moderates gave blood as often as conservatives, Mr. Brooks said, the American blood supply would increase by 45 percent.

Facts are stubborn things, aren’t they?