In one of the best political developments of the last 10 years, Republican fiscal "moderates" in Pennsylvania had their asses handed to them in the primary elections yesterday. You can read about it here, but the moral of the story is – conservatives will come out and defeat big spending Republicansin primaries. And as I have penned before, this is exactly what must happen to drive change in the GOP. With the immigration disaster looming, and federal spending at an all time high, conservatives sent moderates a big message last night – everyone needs to get their act together orits over. All you guys that voted for those big bonds ought to take notice too. As long as we keep spending literally all of the surplus and failing to deal with structural State deficits, you are all vulnerable too.… Read More

Francine Busby’s 2006 campaign for Congress is a totally different creature than her bid in 2004. Then, she was a longshot liberal running against a popular incumbent. Now, she’s the Democrat poster child for ethics reform and moderation.

But while Busby (pictured to the right) needs to tell voters she’s a moderate in order to win a congressional district that President Bush carried by 11 points in 2004, moderation is hardly a Busby trait. Her public persona is a long record of radical leftism that the mainstream media is loathe to report. Busby has established ties not only to the fringe left of the Democrat party, but to groups and organizations whose positions on moral equivalence between terrorism and war would make even the dedicated liberals in her own party wrap themselves in the flag.

On her 2004 campaign website biography, Busby lists two groups with which she "actively participated," that are mysteriously missing… Read More

I read the Los Angeles Times article about Michelle Steel working at as Claude Parrish’s chief deputy at the Board of Equalization for only three months — and then quitting as soon it was certain she could list "Equalization Boardmember’s Deputy."

Yawn.

With all due respect to the respected publisher of this respected publication, I’m more outrraged that Marcus Frishman is making $111,768 a year as Parrish’s deputy.

Like many conservatives, I find myself in an odd situation vis-a-vis the BOA 3rd District race. The choice is between two excellent conservatives: Michelle Steel and Assemblyman Ray Haynes. Ray has long been an inspiring and tireless conservative voice in the California wilderness. I have been friends with Shawn and Michelle Steel for many years, and know Michelle to be as relentless in her conservatism as Shawn.

Naturally, Ray is… Read More

Francine Busby’s 2006 campaign for Congress is a totally different creature than her bid in 2004. Then, she was a longshot liberal running against a popular incumbent. Now, she’s the Democrat poster child for ethics reform and moderation.

But while Busby (pictured to the right) needs to tell voters she’s a moderate in order to win a congressional district that President Bush carried by 11 points in 2004, moderation is hardly a Busby trait. Her public persona is a long record of radical leftism that the mainstream media is loathe to report. Busby has established ties not only to the fringe left of the Democrat party, but to groups and organizations whose positions on moral equivalence between terrorism and war would make even the dedicated liberals in her own party wrap themselves in the flag.

On her 2004 campaign website biography, Busby lists two groups with which she "actively participated," that are mysteriously missing… Read More

The good news: Mike Wallace finally retiring from Sunday night’s propaganda laced ’60 Minutes’. The bad news: Helen Thomas is taking his place, and Ed Bradley got official permission from the network (as part of his contract negotiations) to wear a different ostentatious outfit every 20 seconds he is on camera, as opposed to his current 30 second deal.… Read More

Let me give a hearty shout-out to the OC Blog for alerting me to this great column, penned by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, that appears on the Orange County GOP website. When I read it, I thought to myself, perhaps if this column were read here on the FlashReport by our readers, it would resonate with many, and make it clear to many others that Congressman Rohrabacher speaks for many, many of us who are outraged at the idea that millions of people who snuck/crept/smuggled/lied their way into America would be legitimized through amnesty*.

The Congressman’s article is entitled Turn Off the Faucet First, and begins like this:

If a bathtub is overflowing and water is spilling onto the floor, the first thing most rational people would do is turn off the faucet, remove the sink stopper and let the water drain. Then the clean up… Read More

For those of you who got a chuckle at Chuck DeVore’s ribbing of bill by Democratic Assemblyman Laird of Santa Cruz to mandate what kind of toilets private property owners install in their own homes, here’s a more serious afternote — five REPUBLICAN legislators voted FOR the bill.

I would invite "on the record" comment from Assemblymembers Sam Blakeslee, Lynn Daucher, Bill Emmerson, Tom Harman, and Shirley Horton.

Perhaps we can direct these folks to Republican Party’s platform that is pretty clear about where the GOP stands on private property rights. A state government mandate about the kind of toilet someone can put in their home may sound like a minor issue, but if government has a right to tell you the kind of toilet you use to force you to conserve water, then why not a law limiting the size of a home, to save on power bills? Or a law limiting the use of sharp knives in a home to limit potential injuries?

Water conservation is important. But there… Read More

Last fall, I wrote a posting for this website wondering if the Schwarzenegger campaign had put Democratic Assemblyman Paul Koretz on their payroll. Koretz had not only proposed a moratorium in the death penalty on California, but offered an explanation that was mind-boggling in its avoidance of the realities of public safety, politics and governance. His reasoning? ” “There are people who are pure as the driven snow who are on death row. ” http://www.flashreport.org/blog0a.php?postID=3D2005121413581818&post_offs etP=3D15&authID=3D2005091915380734

Schwarzenegger’s political situation has improved considerably in the last six months, and Koretz’ efforts to shore up support for the governor among GOP faithful has since been joined by the Alameda Superior Court judge who threw out the state’s high school exit exam last week. But as we all know, Republican efforts to maintain a majority in Congress have suffered some setbacks recently, as disillusioned conservatives watch federal government spending continue to spiral out of control. Added to concerns relating to illegal immigration, Iraq, gasoline prices,… Read More