Laura Unleashed

To the old Bushies trying to claim "true conservatism"

2013-05-24T20:36:00Z

Posted By: Laura

All the old George W. Bush advisers are coming out of the woodwork now, eager to jump on the "immigration reform" bandwagon that ran into a ditch in 2007. They were furious when conservatives rose up to kill the Bush amnesty, and are hopeful this time will be different. Many of these people--some are friends--still somehow believe in Bush's "American greatness conservatism" or "compassionate conservatism," despite the party having lost the House, Senate & Presidency during their experiment. They mostly looked down on the tea party, the grassroots people who grew fed up with big spending at home and abroad. Now in Commentary, former George W. Bush speechwriter & Mitt Romney adviser Pete Wehner queries "What is true conservatism?" He writes:

"What is required of statesmen is wisdom and good judgment, sobriety, foresight and prudence."

Fair enough. Could you give us examples of that from the GOP Establishment?

Looking back, was it "wisdom and good judgment" to launch two wars with no coherent plans for victory or payment?

Was it "sobriety" to allow millions of illegal immigrants into the country?

Was it "foresight" to ignore signs that a housing bubble was in the offing, or to run up huge deficits all through the Bush years?

Was it "prudence" to put people like Alberto Gonzalez and Mike Brown into positions of authority?

Is it "wisdom and good judgment" to let Barack Obama and Chuck Schumer re-write the nation's immigration laws in a manner that favors the left?

Pete Wehner is missing the whole point of why the Tea Party is so furious with the GOP Establishment. Yes, we think that they are a bunch of squishes, hacks and sell-outs. That is true. But we also think despite all their advanced degrees, they're stupid. We think that their ideas on immigration are crazier than anything they claim Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachmann ever dreamed up. We think their economic policies make Herman Cain look like J.P. Morgan. And we think their political judgment is childish, and that they are always, always being rolled by the Democrats. We certainly don't think they are showing Wisdom, Good Judgment, Sobriety, Foresight, or Prudence. When they start showing those fine qualities, we will take them more seriously.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/To-the-old-Bushies-trying-to-claim-true-conservatism/-592152194754878722.html

Flashback: BRILLIANT Milton Friedman v. WSJ on immigration (& Iraq)

2013-05-24T18:47:00Z

Posted By: Laura

BRIMELOW Where does the Wall Street Journal's editorial page campaign for fixed exchange rates fit into this?

FRIEDMAN You got me! I think that's just an aberration. My God, how the hell can they stick with that? They've just got an idée fixe about it. Like they've got on immigration. It's just obvious that you can't have free immigration and a welfare state.

The debate about floating exchange rates has been won by the floaters, other than [Columbia University economist Robert] Mundell, who is a nonfloater among major American economists.

BRIMELOW [Wall Street Journal editor Robert] Bartley says he thinks the nation-state is dead, that we're moving to a world driven by markets, free movement of labor and capital. I'm not sure what he thinks the political institutions will be. Your view?

FRIEDMAN No, I don't think the nation-state is dead. And all attempts to depart from the nation-state in the direction of the United Nations and a United States of Europe have so far been complete disasters. It's kind of hard, I think, to get the American public to go that direction very far. They're not very happy with the United Nations. There are beginning to be some rumbles about opposition to the IMF [International Monetary Fund].

BRIMELOW A lot of opposition to NAFTA came from fear of loss of sovereignty . . .

FRIEDMAN I thought NAFTA was a terrible treaty--except that it was better than nothing! [Laughs.] I'd rather have unilateral free trade in the United States.

Other examples [of failed supranational institutions] are the IMF and the World Bank. We would never do with our own money what the IMF and the World Bank have done.

Look what's happening now with Iraq. The United States wants to hide behind the United Nations. Our Iraq policy has been stupid from the beginning. We ought to declare defeat. Give up. Say we're not going to be a policeman for the Europeans. Call it isolationist if you will, but I don't see any other way out.

Memo to the House GOP on Immigration

2013-05-23T21:42:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Does this Thursday statement from the House leadership make you nervous?

"While we applaud the progress made by our Senate colleagues, there are numerous ways in which the House will approach the issue differently. The House remains committed to fixing our broken immigration system, but we will not simply take up and accept the bill that is emerging in the Senate if it passes. Rather, through regular order, the House will work its will and produce its own legislation."

Excuse me if I'm not bowled over by the wishy-washy language. Here are a few thoughts for our GOP Republicans trying to decide how to handle the immigration issue:

1. It doesn't really matter what the House will do on its own--what matters is what comes out of any House/Senate conference. Will you promise, for example, that you will never bring a bill to the floor that includes a path to citizenship? Will you promise that you will never bring a bill to the floor that allows illegals to get state and local welfare? One that doesn't provide for biometric entry-exit tracking of visa-holders? One that doesn't allow for the consideration of "country of origin" in determining admissibility? Will they promise not to bring up any bill at all in a lame-duck session after the 2014 elections? (This would guard against a bunch of folks who have already lost their seats voting to change our immigration system.)

If the House/Senate conference is likely to produce a bill we don't like, then we don't want any bill to pass the House at all. We don't want hearings. We don't want discussion. We would rather have them drop the issue altogether and worry about issues that are actually important to the overwhelming majority of Americans.

2. We distrust any language about how the border system is "broken." That's straight out of the Rubio-Schumer-McCain-Durbin talking points, and we flatly reject their approach. The system is "broken" only because George W. Bush and Obama refused to enforce the law. It seems nuts to reward that type of bad behavior by giving Obama a law that he wants.

3. We are very skeptical of the notion that our economy is hurting because we don't have enough immigrants. In the first place, we already have at least 11 million immigrants who shouldn't be here. In the second place, we don't have nearly enough jobs for the people who are already here. When there is a shortage of labor, we will see wages increase significantly. Until we see that happen, it is ludicrous to act as though we don't have enough workers.

4. No immigration reform will "restore faith in our immigration system." After years and years of lies and efforts to undermine border enforcement, we do not believe that either the Democrats or the GOP Establishment ever intends to enforce the borders. There is nothing Congress can do to change our minds on this point -- we have been burned too many times by laws that were never enforced. The only way we will be satisfied is when we see that every single law currently on the books is being enforced as written.

5. We will not be distracted. No matter how often John McCain and Eric Cantor criticize the Obama Administration over the IRS scandal or Benghazi, or how many times Paul Ryan calls for serious entitlement reform, or how many filibusters are led by Mitch McConnell. If they want our support in 2014, then they have to come through for us on immigration -- period. Immigration is the Obama Administration's top priority, and if handled badly by Republicans, it will give the Democrats a permanent working majority. If the Republicans can't get this right, then there is little reason for conservatives to keep voting Republican.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Memo-to-the-House-GOP-on-Immigration/-936830394397635353.html

'Conservative' economists claim amnesty will boost economy (they're wrong)

2013-05-23T18:28:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Expect a lot of fanfare from the release of a document signed by 100+ economists who claim that immigration amnesty will be a major boon to the economy. American Action Forum, headed up by former McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin claims, contends that legalizing the millions of illegal aliens currently here will lead to "positive impact on population growth, labor force growth, housing, and other markets will lead to more rapid economic growth." Unconcerned by the billions in additional federal spending just on Obamacare alone, the economists see “a positive impact on the federal budget."

It seems as though what they are saying is that we will let in a whole lot of new people, and that those people will buy things, including housing, and that this will cause the economy to grow. That seems like a pretty simplistic analysis. What if all the new people vote in such a manner that the Democrats develop a permanent and overwhelming majority, as has happened in California? What would be the impact of all those liberal tax and spend programs on the economy? What about the impact of a world in which the EPA's powers are virtually unlimited? Or the impact of a world in which liberals on the Supreme Court are free to go after business in every possible way? Or the impact of a world in which liberals are the ones negotiating all of our trade agreements with other countries? Have they taken any of this into account?

Remember: passing this bill means that you support the California option -- you support changing the country so that conservatives will never again have the chance to govern. I don't see how anyone who believes in the free market will think that's good for the economy.

Now they also cite some CBO figures, which seem almost trivial to me. If the best the CBO can do is say that immigration reform will lower the deficit by $300 billion over 10 years -- that would only be $30 billion per year, which is a rounding error in our federal budget. Those effects are so small that they could easily be overwhelmed by other developments -- such as massive new taxes imposed with the votes of illegal aliens.

In short, this all seems like the same-old fantasy stuff the GOP Establishment is always selling to itself -- only look on the bright side of any idea you have, and never consider what could go wrong. It may be idealistic, and it may even be a pleasant way to live -- but it is not conservative.

Additionally, it is worth noting that many of the most prominent of the economists signing on to immigration reform have gotten major issues wrong before. Former Bush and Romney adviser Glenn Hubbard, for example, recently argued that the well-to-do should pay more in taxes through the elimination of deductions. As the Heritage Foundation noted: "The flaw in Hubbard’s argument is that he presumes that somebody must pay more tax before Congress and the President can agree to the spending cuts Hubbard prefers. Hubbard’s is ultimately not a budgetary judgment, because nothing about the budget compels higher taxes." At the 2005 Council on Foreign Relations event, Hubbard also downplayed concerns about the growing federal deficit. "[W]e’ve had now a decade of people saying we will have a necessary collapse. The truth is as an economics profession we don’t know what the critical threshold for a country like the United States is for current account deficit relative to GDP."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Conservative-economists-claim-amnesty-will-boost-economy-theyre-wrong/-782457299478050861.html

Chasing Latinos at the expense of first principles

2013-05-22T22:37:00Z

Posted By: Staff

What happened to the GOP brand among Hispanics after the last amnesty passed with Republican support? It cratered. Yes, George W. Bush did 44 percent at his best, but he was the exception. By 2004, even his numbers fell. Open-borders libertarians in California have gotten nowhere electorally, as the party there is an after-thought. The state is now a seemingly impenetrable liberal stronghold, with a fast-growing Latino population. To think that somehow supporting amnesty is suddenly going to make otherwise skeptical Hispanic voters see the wisdom of smaller government is fanciful. This bill is a monument to big government. It will empower the DHS bureaucracy, ensure state and local welfare benefits accrue to aliens, and increase the number of individuals who are dependent upon the government while stealing jobs from middle class Americans. Those who make the argument that the GOP will gain anything from this immigration bill except a decrease in those who hold true conservative values are either ignorant or utterly naive. This current flawed immigration bill must be stopped and it is imperative we all make our voices heard.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Chasing-Latinos-at-the-expense-of-first-principles/-956638201858140138.html

Oklahoma City Tornado: How You Can Help

2013-05-21T04:06:00Z

Posted By: Laura

We sent an Ingraham Show donation to help the good people of Oklahoma. We hope you will too. Prayers for the victims who died, those who grieve their loss, and those who need to rebuild.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Oklahoma-City-Tornado:-How-You-Can-Help/417815234254382956.html

GOP turns on its base

2013-05-21T03:06:00Z

Posted By: Laura

If you're a spokesman for the Republican party, and you tell the press that the Republican party is hindered by an "old boy network" that undervalues women with public ambitions, you should lose your job.

But they can't help themselves. They get in the habit of complaining about the base with all their buddies here in DC, and then they end up making the same complaints to the press.

Can you really blame Republicans who say, "I want a new party"?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GOP-turns-on-its-base/-964877417926639322.html

Immigration elites in GOP helping Dems hit pay dirt

2013-05-20T17:13:00Z

Posted By: Laura

From The Hill: "With efforts to tighten gun control having run aground, Democratic hopes are vested heavily in the precarious prospect that broad immigration reform will be enacted."

The White House desperately wants this bill to pass, Democrats in Congress are salivating. Why are people like Rubio and Ryan so anxious to help the Democrats pass this bill?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-elites-in-GOP-helping-Dems-hit-pay-dirt/-197283132548882118.html

Tales from across the pond...and us

2013-05-20T12:04:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Here are three interesting pieces of news from the UK:

1. By the year 2031, foreigners will outnumber Brits. The elites in the UK urged her citizens to accept EU membership and all that this entailed vis a vis a liberal immigration policy. Conservatives throughout the country were deeply resistant--and for good reason. Recently on the show British journalist Peter Hitchens said Britain to a large extent no longer "feels like home," as people stream in from Eastern Europe and beyond with little or no connection to the culture and traditions of his homeland.

2. An unnamed senior member of Cameron's inner circle, defending Cameron's EU policy, described British conservatives who are skeptical about the EU as "mad, swivel-eyed loons."

3. Following the lead of the French government, Cameron is now hoping that the Labour party will help him pass a gay marriage bill opposed by many British conservatives.

Meanwhile, our leadership is working with Chuck Schumer and Barack Obama to implement a new open-borders policy that would have a devastating effect on GOP voters. I am increasingly convinced that our biggest problem is not the left, but the folks who claim to be on our side, but who despise us too much to ever really do what we want.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tales-from-across-the-pond...and-us/794577274086376318.html

Washington press already declaring scandals over

2013-05-16T21:02:00Z

Posted By: Laura

There are signs that the newspaper that exposed the Watergate scandal four decades ago, is ready to declare President Obama's recent scandal troubles over. Consider the story that one of its prominent writers Ezra Klein just filed:

"On Tuesday, it looked like we had three possible political scandals brewing. Two days later, with much more evidence available, it doesn’t look like any of them will pan out. There’ll be more hearings, and more bad press for the Obama administration, and more demands for documents. But — and this is a key qualification — absent more revelations, the scandals that could reach high don’t seem to include any real wrongdoing, whereas the ones that include real wrongdoing don’t reach high enough."

But Klein is missing the whole point here. The point behind these scandals isn't that Obama was running a criminal conspiracy out of the White House, or that he was deliberately running massive cover-ups. The point is that the government is incompetent (Benghazi), dismissive of concerns about basic civil rights (the AP documents), and corrupt (the IRS). The fact that there were not any obvious "bad apples" to be blamed for any of these events doesn't make things better for the Democrats – it makes things worse. Because if the Democrats are right – and no high-ranking people did anything wrong – then what we have is a government that doesn't work properly even when it's doing its best. And if it's the case that the State Department simply doesn't know how to protect its people in Libya, or that the Attorney General doesn't know how to manage the DOJ, or that IRS Agents simply feel free to indulge their political biases, then why would we give any of those agencies – or any other government agency – any more power, much less the sweeping powers that the Democrats want them to have?

It is critical that Republicans approach these scandals with the right tone and emphasis. Trying to impeach Obama or get Holder fired is a big waste of resources. We should keep emphasizing that government doesn't work properly even when the Democrats are doing their best – and that the only answer is a smaller and less intrusive government. When we can't trust the IRS, State Department, White House or DOJ to do the right thing without regard to ideology, how on earth can we trust them to get tough on the border as the Gang of 8 promises in "comprehensive immigration reform" bill? Answer: we can't. This is why sustained and verifiable enforcement of the border before considering what to do with illegal immigrants is the only sensible course. (We should also remind some of our friends on the right that this is why "Big Government Conservatism" or "Compassionate Conservatism" was a huge mistake.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Washington-press-already-declaring-scandals-over/993635219873424658.html

Why Arthur Brooks is wrong: The amnesty folly

2013-05-16T19:44:00Z

Posted By: Laura

In the Wall Street Journal, Arthur Brooks, president of the conservative think-tank American Enterprise Institute, argues that the GOP is missing a huge opportunity to woo Hispanic and Asian voters if it doesn't sign on to comprehensive immigration reform. Republicans are too pessimistic about what the future will look like, he argues, when millions of formerly illegal immigrants given legal status and eventually voting rights:

"In some apocalyptic visions, Republicans become a permanent minority through demographic change and the inability to appeal to a population that is inevitably hostile to conservative ideology. Do the math, the warning goes, and even places like Texas start to turn blue. This will only be accelerated by regularizing the status and citizenship of millions of Hispanics in the coming years. As the old saying goes, when you're in a hole, stop digging. So hit the brakes now on immigration reform."

He then contends people like Sen. Jeff Sessions, former Sen. Jim DeMint, and myself make two false assumptions.

First, he says that "it is not true that an increasing Hispanic population means an increasing vote share for Democrats."

Second, he says that "it is not true that a conservative message will fail to appeal to Hispanics."

Brooks then goes on to make his own assumption: that there is a huge group of Hispanic voters out there who are politically conservative, but who do not vote because of "the inability or unwillingness of most conservative politicians to address the issue of primary importance to all groups of Hispanic voters: care for the poor." This is based on evidence that Hispanics are more than a third likelier than non-Hispanics to say that the government should do more to improve standards of living for the needy, and that they are 12 percentage points more likely than non-Hispanics to say the government gives "too little assistance to the poor." He then concludes that because Republicans have nothing to say about helping the poor, "the silent conservative Hispanic base" stays home on election day. Thus, "[t]he solution is to make a serious conservative bid to help the poor and vulnerable."

OK, let's look at this in some detail:

1. In the first place, it seems clear that the Hispanics already know how they want to help the poor and vulnerable – they want more government spending. According to his own article, 74 percent of Hispanics think that the government should be doing more. In other words, only 26 percent of Hispanics don't think that the government should be doing more. There's no evidence that a huge number of Hispanics are looking for a party that wants to shrink the size of government.

2. He seems to think that non-voting Hispanics, who are more likely to agree that "hard work" is more important than "lucky breaks or help from other people" would be open to proposals that didn't involve more government expenditures. But there's no reason to believe so. It seems obvious that many Hispanics believe both that "hard work" is important and that the government should be doing more. This is not surprising. In the Great Depression, I'm sure that many Americans who voted for FDR and the New Deal (including my grandparents) also believed in the importance of hard work.

3. To the extent he thinks we have a communications problem with Hispanic voters – he says we should "make it clear that the safety net for the indigent and needy is not the source of our fiscal problems" – we could work on that problem without rewarding illegal immigrants, or by making it easier for Big Business to use illegal immigration to drive down wages. By all means, let's preach the gospel of fiscal conservatism to Hispanics. Let's go into their neighborhoods. Let's run political ads. Let's do everything we can to persuade them – short of adopting a disastrous amnesty proposal that will make a joke of our national sovereignty.

4. He also proposes that we "put education reform in poor communities front and center," and that "{c}onservatives must be the warriors for pro-child, pro-parent, pro-innovation and pro-choice education reforms." Actually, conservatives have been fighting for these issues since at least the 1960's, and it's a slander to imply that they have not. Of course conservative should keep fighting this battle, but to pretend that we aren't already doing this is absurd.

5. He also proposes that conservatives "should fight every day to get the government out of the way of a healthy culture for vulnerable American families." Again, WE ARE ALREADY DOING THIS, and have done so for decades. Of course, we should keep up the good fight – but it is foolishly naïve to think that we are losing Hispanic votes because conservatives aren't fighting hard enough in the culture wars.

6. He concludes by saying that "{i}f they commit to a long-term agenda to help the vulnerable – whether they are Hispanic or from any other group – conservatives have nothing to fear in the changing face of America." This is an insult to all conservatives, because it implies that up to this point, we didn't care what happened to the vulnerable. For over 40 years, conservatives have fought hard to convince Americans – ALL AMERICANS – that our path is the best path for everyone, including the poor. And we will continue to do so. But to agree to a massive overhaul of the immigration laws, in the hope that somehow those efforts will finally start to pay off, is ludicrous.

7. So now let's go back to his two claims. First, he said that "it is not true that an increasing Hispanic population means an increasing vote share for Democrats." The only evidence that he has put forward in support of this claim is that there are significant numbers of Hispanics who don't vote, and that those Hispanics are more likely than the others to call themselves "political conservatives" and to "express conservative attitudes." But the same polling data show that as a whole (including the Hispanics who don't vote), Hispanics are more supportive of big-government programs to help the poor than non-Hispanics. Thus, it seems clear that unless very large numbers of Hispanic voters change their minds – or the GOP starts endorsing Big Government spending programs – an increasing Hispanic population will, in fact, mean an increasing vote share for Democrats.

8. Second, he said that "it is not true that a conservative message will fail to appeal to Hispanics." Well, we all hope and trust that this is the case, but he certainly hasn't proven that it will work. Instead, he shows that despite decades of conservative speeches, books, radio shows, and other efforts to get out their message, Hispanics overwhelmingly believe that the government should be doing more to help the poor. I would also note that we had a GOP President – George W. Bush – who did support big government programs, who supported amnesty for illegal immigrants, and who made a massive effort to reach out to Hispanic voters. In 2004, he was crushed among Hispanic voters by John Kerry. Bush supporters claim he got 44 percent of this Hispanic vote in 2004 – which would still be a blowout loss. But that figure is based on exit poll data. Other, more detailed estimates indicate that Bush likely received 41 percent of the Hispanic vote. You can see that figure here.

If that's correct, then Kerry beat Bush among Hispanics by 59-41 percent – basically the same percentage by which Reagan beat Mondale in 1984. That's a devastating defeat.

So, is it possible that someday conservatives will be able to reach more Hispanic voters? Of course it is. But it's also the case that in recent years, no one – not even the Bushes – have been able to figure out how to get most of the Hispanic vote.

Many conservative supporters of amnesty have noble motives – they want to help folks from other countries, they want to help illegal immigrants who are already here, they want to ease tensions between conservatives and Hispanics. I sympathize with those goals. But too often in recent years, conservatives have gotten themselves in trouble because they placed their faith in overly optimistic predictions that proved not to be wildly accurate in the real world. Instead of spending so much time spinning scenarios about how amnesty could be good for Republicans, conservatives should face the stark truth that under most realistic assumptions, moving toward an open-borders system will be a huge boon for the Democrats, and an utter disaster for the right.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Why-Arthur-Brooks-is-wrong:-The-amnesty-folly/338339389863631922.html

Come to the Step Forward for Orphans March

2013-05-15T15:28:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Starting time will be 1 PM, on Friday, May 17, beginning at the Washington Monument (at the NE corner of 15th St. NW and Constitution Ave. NW) and finishing at Upper Senate Park. Special Guest Speaker: Laura Ingraham. Click here for more information.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Come-to-the-Step-Forward-for-Orphans-March/596531407230413509.html

Trust nothing they say at this point

2013-05-15T12:40:00Z

Posted By: Laura

AG Eric Holder asks us to trust him when he claims he knew nothing about the specifics of the broad subpoena issued for records of the Associated Press. Sorry, Eric, you have not earned our trust. From the very beginning of his tenure at Justice, it was obvious he was going to be trouble. Remember his famous "we are a nation of cowards when it comes to issues of race" comments? Then his department ran a botched surveillance operation that allowed thousands of guns to be walked across our border into Mexico, then used to kill federal agent Brian Terry. Oh, and let's not forget his decision not to pursue the default judgment entered against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation in Philadelphia, or his legal harassment of states trying to cope with an explosion of illegal immigration. Holder is one of the most politically motivated Attorney Generals the nation has ever endured. He is a loyal foot soldier of the president above all else. No one should trust anything he says at this point, including this: "I’m not familiar with all that went into the formulation of the subpoena. I was recused from that matter. But I’m confident that the people who are involved in this investigation … followed all of the appropriate Justice Department regulations and did things according to DOJ rules.” Rules? You didn't know that the "rules" weren't followed in Fast & Furious. So why should we think the rules were followed this time Don't let the door knob hit you.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Trust-nothing-they-say-at-this-point/-747997805581331311.html

Dems kill another immig enforcement amendment, Rubio "disappointed"

2013-05-14T19:15:00Z

Posted By: Laura

If you had any doubts about whether the Gang of 8's "comprehensive immigration reform" bill was a raw deal for conservatives, consider this description of how things went during today's Judiciary Committee mark-up,
from The Hill:

The panel rejected a Republican amendment to require a biometric entry and exit system at ports of entry before granting permanent legal status to 11 million illegal immigrants. “Immigration reform must include the best exit system possible because persons who overstay their authorized stay are a big reason we now have so many illegal immigrants,” said Alex Conant, a spokesman for Rubio. “We wanted the Judiciary Committee to strengthen the legislation by adding biometrics to the new exit system, and we were disappointed by this morning’s vote.”

This commonsense amendment sponsored by Sen. Jeff Sessions was defeated after all Democrats and two Republicans voted to kill it. This is sadly another example of how Sen. Marco Rubio was rolled in negotiations over the original bill. He should have insisted that this provision be in the legislation before he put his name on it. What should he have said? "I will not support this bill, much less go on talk radio to defend the bill, unless it has every provision that I want." The time to shape the bill was before the amendment process. A seasoned legislator would have known that during markup, a senator from the minority party has limited leverage. Is Rubio still blissfully unaware of the fact that Schumer used him to brand the bill "a bipartisan effort." Or that McCain used Rubio as a human shield to protect against the conservative forces that stopped the Bush 2007 amnesty. What did Rubio get in return? A lousy bill, written mostly by Schumer staffers, which gives government bureaucrats huge discretion to waive critical provisions. In the end, this law, if passed, will grow both the size of government, and dependency on government. One thing is will not do--it will not seal the border or, in the case of student visas, track their entry or exit. If Sen. Rubio is going to be rolled this easily in the Senate, if he's going to be out-negotiated this badly on an issue this important, it doesn't portend well for his ability to take on the Democrat machine in 2016.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dems-kill-another-immig-enforcement-amendment,-Rubio-disappointed/223655471320525786.html

Obama's ongoing ode to Alinsky

2013-05-14T12:07:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Spare us the phony outrage, Mr. President. His press conference on Monday addressing the IRS and Benghazi scandals was a pathetic display. Not only did he "tolerate" the targeting of political foes, he laid the groundwork for it. How? President Obama--no one else--set the tone early on in his administration. People who disagreed with his agenda were to be explicitly or implicitly demonized and intimidated. From his suing states that enforce federal immigration law, to his AG calling the nation "a bunch of cowards," to his phoning Sandra Fluke to cement the "war on women" narrative, to his henchmen implicitly threatening the insurance co's that didn't line up to support Obamacare--and let's not forget his using the "punish your enemies" line to stoke anger among Latino voters. So do any of these revelations about wiretapping reporters, using the IRS to harass conservative groups, sending out Susan Rice to repeat a lie really surprise me? Not in the slightest. This is classic Alinsky-style politics that Barack Obama learned during his community organizing and from his pal Bill Ayers. Excuse me for not shedding tears for AP reporters who refused to believe in the concerns raised by many on the right. Do they believe now?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-ongoing-ode-to-Alinsky/-554079414223646002.html

British "Conservative" Party's cautionary tale for the GOP

2013-05-13T20:30:00Z

Posted By: Laura

In honor of the visit of Britain's beleaguered PM David Cameron, here are the latest poll numbers in the United Kingdom for its top political parties:

Labour: 34 percent
Tories: 28 percent
UK Independence Party: 18 percent
Liberal Democrats: 11 percent

Not long ago, the affable but elitist Cameron was looking down his nose at the UKIP--but no longer. Not after recent parliamentary elections when the UKIP picked up far more support than the elites there ever dreamed. The Republican Establishment needs to understand that if they split the GOP by cutting unpopular deals with liberals (immigration reform!), and send even 10 percent of current registered voters out the door, they cannot win – period.

Listen to Brit journalist Peter Hitchens' spot-on analysis of the the parallels between the UK's flailing Conservative Party and today's drifting GOP.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/British-Conservative-Partys-cautionary-tale-for-the-GOP/532234274783582438.html

Join the Anti-Amnesty Surge on Washington

2013-05-10T13:39:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Join the Anti-Amnesty Surge on Washington: Call the Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and tell them to shut down this current flawed immigration reform bill!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Join-the-Anti-Amnesty-Surge-on-Washington/-955257582618003852.html

Join Me at the March for Orphans, May 17 in Washington!

2013-05-09T22:07:00Z

Posted By: Laura

I hope you will consider joining me on Friday, May 17, on the National Mall to urge our political leaders to take a step forward for the abandoned children of the world. As you know, I have three adopted children, who are the lights of my life. For the past few years, I have joined other adoptive families and a politicians from both parties to break the current logjam in adoptions worldwide. With your support and help, we can expand and streamline domestic and international adoption for loving, qualified families so that children of all ages here and abroad have a real chance for a "forever" family. Please learn more about our efforts and help us turn out a great crowd.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Join-Me-at-the-March-for-Orphans,-May-17-in-Washington!/981245731913989854.html

Obama CNO is vigilant, not worried by Chinese naval buildup

2013-05-08T11:46:00Z

Posted By: Laura

A few of President Obama's pronouncements stick in my mind, such as "We don't seek to contain China." Well, I don't think the Administration has to worry about that anymore. Today China is investing big in its military, and using its economic might to extend its influence beyond Asia not South America, Africa and, of course, right here in the USA. For many years, we've been told that China didn't have the innovative skills necessary to build the high tech weaponry needed to match us, let alone eclipse us. But now, after decades of lawful (and unlawful) tech transfers to China, we should ask not if but when we will lose our our technical advantage over the Communist powerhouse. A joint-manufacturing agreement between Boeing and China may seem smart today, but what happens when the Chinese tells the Seattle airline maker "thanks, for the help but we don't need you here any longer"? At some point, China won't need Boeing. But Boeing will still need China. Read more from the Washington Free Beacon.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-CNO-is-vigilant,-not-worried-by-Chinese-naval-buildup/-984896393195185486.html

Islamist militia linked to Benghazi attack operates freely

2013-05-07T11:53:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Remember when President Obama vowed "justice" for those responsible for killing our Libyan ambassador and three other Americans last September 11? Remember when the Administration hailed the promise of the post-Ghaddafi Arab spring? Both propositions seem laughable today. There are few signs our government was ever serious about finding the perpetrators. One person who was there that night was arrested in Morocco but later released. Our federal investigators took weeks to arrive at the scene of the attack. As for that "spring" of democracy in the Arab world, it looks more like freedom's fall as religious minorities are tormented or killed, and Islamism is on the rise. The reporting by Bill Gertz of The Washington Free Beacon sadly reinforces just how ill-suited our Commander-in-chief is for the job. The terrorists behind the attack apparently are so unconcerned about U.S. reprisals, they still freely operate within Libya. Fact is, a presidential campaign needed winning last fall, so our president helped obfuscate the truth, and run out the clock. He hoped Benghazi would be eclipsed by other events. That's leadership?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Islamist-militia-linked-to-Benghazi-attack-operates-freely/-875349401593630895.html

Independence Party here they come?

2013-05-07T01:07:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Tea Partiers over here really need to start paying attention to what the UK Independence Party is doing. Like the British, we need a nationalist/populist movement that stands apart from, and in opposition to, the entire "political class," (as they call it in Britain).

As you will see, the Tories used to make fun of UKIP. They're not making fun any more.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Independence-Party-here-they-come/-191281596375002177.html

Can Mass. "Republican" Gomez win?

2013-05-03T16:39:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Gabriel Gomez is a former Navy SEAL who is a Republican running for John Kerry's old Senate seat. Sounds great so far. One problem though: he donated to Barack Obama. How hopeful are you that he can beat liberal dinosaur Rep. Ed Markey? We are redefining "moderate" if to be "moderate" means a Republican who actually supports left-wing politicians. Gomez is an attractive, well-spoken man who served his country proudly--but he's obviously not a tea party Republican. Let's take the conversation to twitter and Facebook.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Can-Mass.-Republican-Gomez-win/468804469492664650.html

Immigration bill empowers Napolitano

2013-05-03T12:30:00Z

Posted By: Laura

If you dislike Obamacare in part because it gives massive discretion and authority to unelected bureaucrats in Washington, then you will despise the McRubio immigration reform bill. The 844 page monstrosity delegates even more authority to Obama officials who have no interest in sealing the borders. And if you trust Janet Napolitano with carrying out strict border enforcement, then you are too uninformed to understand the Daily Caller's analysis of the legislation.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-bill-empowers-Napolitano/582331523478026159.html

The Daily Fix for Thursday, May 2nd

2013-05-02T18:35:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Immigration Reform Update: Rubio back-tracking

Laura points to the contradictory stance Sen. Rubio took last night on Hannity when he revealed - to no one's surprise - that his bill has major problems with border enforcement. "Two weeks ago, it was the toughest border enforcement, but now it has some real problems when it comes to enforcement? Do you see why people following immigration reform take issue," Laura implores. Sen. Rubio sees his bill's passage slipping away because people have legitimate concerns that are not solved in the 844 page bill. "Is this bill going to strip out all discretion given to Janet Napolitano? I don't think so," Laura scoffs. "Napolitano can do away with requirements for admissibility for due cause if she thinks it's economically beneficial or too burdensome to keep someone out...she can do whatever she wants in this bill. That is a fact."

Vicki Toensing speaks on Benghazi Whistleblowers

Vicki Teonsing wants to speak for the Benghazi whistleblowers, and is representing a Benghazi witness at the upcoming Congressional Hearings. Toensing has served as Reagan's Deputy Assistant Attorney General and currently has a Top Secret Security clearance, which should remove any opposition to her representing her client. Toensing reveals just how irresponsible the Obama Administration's handling of the Benghazi whistleblowers has been: "whistleblowers are supposed to have legal protection but when the State Department is intervening and not allowing this... they are obstructing the witness." Toensing speculates on Obama's motivations for making testifying difficult for Benghazi survivors-he does not want a "Benghazi-gate" on his hands. Laura quips, "that wouldn't look good in his Presidential library... which I'm sure he is already planning."
(Listen Free)

Chris Stirewalt on Obamacare's Failure

Stirewalt thinks Obama has run out of gas and is already a lame-duck president. "In Obama's press conference Tuesday it seemed he believes that Obamacare is as good as it's ever going to get!" Obama acknowledged the "glitches" in Obamacare's roll out but he still appears to be oblivious to the havoc he has created in the medical field. Obama had the audacity to say "for the 85 to 90 percent of Americans who already have health insurance, they're already experiencing most of the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, even if they don't know it." "Benefits?" scoffs Laura. "If benefits are long lines and plan-B for 15-year-old girls then maybe he's correct." Stirewalt believes that the Democrats are "panicked" over Obamacare's affect on the 2014 midterm elections. He acknowledges the losses they suffered in the midterm elections after Obamacare's passage in 2010, and predicts Democrats will continue to distance themselves from Obamacare-even Sen. Baucus, who was a key player in crafting the bill, has already dubbed it a "train wreck!"
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Thursday,-May-2nd/462371006264575842.html

"Peaceful" Immigration Protests? Not in Seattle.

2013-05-02T17:03:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Police are reviewing surveillance video tape in the aftermath of a "May Day" march for "reforma de imigracion" (immigration reform) that turned violent. Several police officers were injured, 17 marchers arrested. Many of the marchers, shouting through bullhorns, were screaming in Spanish "Shame on you," ostensibly comments directed at members of Congress who won't give into their demands for immediate amnesty. The march was attended by union members, illegal aliens, and a few wearing scary ski masks. Police officials recounted how the crowd continued to surge around the officers and would not disperse when asked to do so, which is when the pepper spray was used. Video shows that the mood of the protest became menacing and violent. Others attended simply to voice their demands. In an interview with the Seattle Times during the march, Karen Calvo, 21, wearing a graduation cap on her head, said, "We just want the government....to be able to support us with any type of scholarship or loans." Sad when "to dream" about America is less about the values of freedom and personal responsibility and more about government benefits. Once again, for decades our bloated government helped nurture this entitlement mentality, and now we are paying the steep price.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Peaceful-Immigration-Protests--Not-in-Seattle./-702898417978567796.html

Diva Alert! Beyonce, new toilet seats...and Michelle?

2013-05-02T12:06:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Is it really news worthy that Beyonce is a mega-Diva when she is on tour? Walls that must be painted off-white, $900 titanium drinking straws, new toilet seats...in today's entitlement culture, why should any of us be surprised? It is fun, in this context, to think of how close the First Lady is to Mrs. Jay-Z. Mrs. Obama increasingly appeals to her "audience" as a celebrity--"Is she wearing Jason Wu again?!" "Wow, there'a a new Michelle fashion app!" "When is she next on with Jimmy Fallon?" I have said for three years that if she doesn't run for office herself in the future, Michelle will seek to replace Oprah as a trend-setting media superstar. In this endeavor, she could get a big lift from her famous friends, including Beyonce. The mutual admiration society between the First Lady of Music and Mrs. Obama is something to behold. "I love her to death," Michelle said of Beyonce last year (praising her work to end obesity). And who can forget, Beyonce's love letter to Michelle during last year's presidential campaign? "No matter the pressure and the stress of being under the microscope, she's humble, loving and sincere," penned the singing sensation of her White House BFF. And who better than Beyonce to gauge another's humility?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Diva-Alert!-Beyonce,-new-toilet-seats...and-Michelle/358809098325062171.html

Left bashes Paul Ryan while Ryan is trying to help Gang of 8

2013-05-01T20:15:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This is a good example of how the left will always move the goal posts on immigration, so that even open-borders Republicans like Paul Ryan will always be accused of bashing Hispanics:

http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/05/01/1945601/paul-ryan-anchor-babies/

It's just incredible to me how naïve people like Ryan and Marco Rubio are being. They're helping the Democrats by supporting this bill, and yet they are still going to be bashed from the left.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Left-bashes-Paul-Ryan-while-Ryan-is-trying-to-help-Gang-of-8/882519167939142078.html

"Heaven is for Real" Director Randall Wallace on his faith, films...and human suffering

2013-05-01T13:25:00Z

Posted By: Laura

When acclaimed Hollywood screenwriter and director Randall Wallace stopped by our Los Angeles studio to chat about his new film project "Heaven is for Real," I knew a couple of radio segments weren't going to be adequate for all the catching up we had to do. Listen to a special LauraEXTRA conversation about his desire to "make it matter" in every film production, a feeling amplified after a year where he has endured grueling health struggles and the death of his mother. As I would have expected, Wallace turns his own personal challenges into an opportunity to forge a deeper commitment to Christ in every aspect of his life. I hope you enjoy this discussion as much as I did.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Heaven-is-for-Real-Director-Randall-Wallace-on-his-faith,-films...and-human-suffering/326549953484127010.html

Reuters fawns over female priest, Obama calls gay NBA player

2013-04-30T21:24:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Of course the "dinosaur" media will love her--she slaps tradition in the face. They loved Sandra Fluke not just because she clamored for free birth control but because she attended a "Catholic University." The press prominently features stories involving students who refuse to recite (or even stand for) the Pledge of Allegiance due to some "principled" stance against this or that long-standing American policy. And after telling us for decades that there should be a zone of privacy around what people do in their own bedrooms, the left-wing media and political establishment rush to embrace covering every sexual revelation. The president finds time in his schedule to call an NBA player who publicly declares his homosexuality. Michelle tweeted "we've got your back." (Do all gay people get such encouragement or only famous ones?) As for the rest of you who scratch your heads at all this, if you are waiting for validation from today's culture, you'll wait a long time.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Reuters-fawns-over-female-priest,-Obama-calls-gay-NBA-player/-499389123641930094.html

The Change 'Millennials' Don't Believe Anymore

2013-04-30T20:53:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The change you asked for isn’t getting you very far, is it? Millennials, one of the driving forces behind President Obama’s election in 2008, are becoming increasingly disenchanted with “Obama’s America.” They feel their degrees aren’t getting them anywhere, they are increasingly more cynical towards politicians in Washington, and generally they are “more discouraged” than before our current POTUS was elected. Is the rhetoric not enough anymore? Are the fun and games, the schmoozing with Hollywood celebrities, and the golf outings with Tiger Woods not providing them with the ‘change’ they were promised? The recent Rasmussen polls show that almost as many voters (46%) disapprove of Obama’s policies as approve (51%), and according to the New York Times “only 39 percent of young voters trust the president to do the right thing, as opposed to 44 percent in 2010.” The only change I see is President Bush’s approval ratings skyrocketing as our current president’s continue to tumble. But don't worry Mr. President, you can always quit your day job, you already shoot 2-22 from the foul line.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Change-Millennials-Dont-Believe-Anymore/-592468159109815136.html

The "diversity" president flops...

2013-04-29T12:12:00Z

Posted By: Laura

...but will the GOP take advantage of the opportunity he leaves behind? This story from Politico points out a humiliating and revealing fact for Democrats--under the leadership of America's first black president, the Dems are less "diverse" than the GOP. Not that Republicans get any credit for that--remember, many liberals think conservative blacks and Latinos don't really count. (The truth is that there is nothing more frightening to a liberal pol than a courageous, smart conservative minority candidate.) In the end, ideas still matter. Republicans who choose to preach the gospel of individual enterprise, smaller government, the rule of law, and strong families can win converts in unlikely places. Pandering to minorities on issues like amnesty or creating new government programs will never work. Democrats can always outbid that hand--and will. Once you stray from first principles, it becomes hard to right your course because you lose credibility with supporters and opponents. We'll know a lot more about what Republicans have learned by this time next year.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-diversity-president-flops.../390257857989157054.html

President Obama ♥ Planned Parenthood

2013-04-27T14:01:00Z

Posted By: Laura

A few weeks ago, when he was pushing for gun control measures after the Newtown massacre, President Obama said "if there’s even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there’s even one life that can be saved, then we’ve got an obligation to try." So how ironic and revealing that on Friday he became the first sitting president to address Planned Parenthood the organization responsible for more death and destruction of innocent life in America than any other. At a breakfast speech, the president actually praised the abortion factory: “Lives you saved, women you’ve empowered, families that you have strengthened.” The millions of infants who have had their lives brutally ended in the clinics of abortuaries nationwide are apparently irrelevant to the man. Obama proclaimed that Planned Parenthood "is here to stay" and ended his remarks with "God bless you." To that, one can only say, "God help us." President Obama was right, he does have an "obligation to try" to "reduce this violence"--there are millions of lives waiting to be saved.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/President-Obama-9829;-Planned-Parenthood/787300703412380606.html

Our obsession with "The President's Club"

2013-04-27T13:53:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Much has been made of the "president's club" this week, when all five living presidents of the United States gathered in Dallas for the unveiling of the George W. Bush Presidential Center. The back-slapping among the members of "the most exclusive club in the world" (Obama's words) is supposed to reassure Americans about the state of things. Out of work? Don't worry, Obama really likes Bush. Under-employed? Don't stress out, Clinton had late night calls with Bush 43 during his second term. Anxious about your family's future? Chill out, Bush is now more popular than Obama. Excuse us, if we are not impressed. Much of the country is in dire shape. Citizens are being asked to "sacrifice" more, work harder while they are being paid less--as millions of non-citizens are catered to and fretted over. You're either a club person or you're not. Elites are reassured in the club atmosphere, insulated by the hoi-polloi. Most hard-working people in this country just want to believe that things are going to improve for themselves and their families. Yes, the Bushes are nice people. Yes, they are a lovely family. Yes, GWB and GHWB are patriots. Yes, they did some good things. But let's not let the gauzy days of late April in Dallas obscure the fact that without the last Bush, we wouldn't have Obamacare, a $16.5T debt, several failed stimulus packages, and a federal judiciary lurching to the left.

While Bush 43's personal popularity is higher than when he left office (how could it not be?), his policies remain supremely unpopular nationwide. Much of what the last Bush did was not only not conservative, it was downright liberal: prescription drug entitlement we could not afford, a massive increase in education spending that accomplished little, unqualified cabinet members like Alberto Gonzales, and a Supreme Court pick such as Harriet Miers, and numerous other stops along the road of "compassionate conservatism." Until Republicans come to terms with with his disastrous "decisions points," they can look forward to seeing the president's club membership turn as blue as California.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Our-obsession-with-The-Presidents-Club/934097632402375908.html

The Daily Fix for Friday, April 26th

2013-04-26T17:36:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Laura is not impressed by the glorification of the "President's Club"

Laura is not impressed by the "President's Club" and sees it as elitist. Laura says, "our club is the US of A and they work for us." Similarly, the White House Correspondents Dinner is this weekend and it has been "celebritized," according to Laura. Originally the Dinner was intended to honor great reporting and now it is just another party with celebrities.

Speaker Gingrich wants a different kind of Washington

Speaker Gingrich says that this President's Club is not about ideas, it is about personality. He is equally unimpressed with the elitism it encourages and says, "there are moments where people with big ideas change many things, and then there are many periods where the insiders...lead to decay." Speaker Gingrich spoke out against the proposed immigration bill, warning Americans of the hidden dangers. He says, "I don't want to give any single bureaucrat the level of power that they routinely write into these bills."
(Listen Free)

Mark McKinnon says Bush's legacy will improve

McKinnon supports Bush and dismisses any errors he made; "you can look at any president and you can say that about any president." He says that Bush's presidency, in light of the Boston bombings, changed people's perspectives and their opinion of Bush. He says, "the recent events in Boston made us remember what it was like right after 9/11 and at the time we thought that that was what was going to be happening every week." Bush showed tremendous strength and leadership.
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day: Fran from Long Island says Laura is a wonderful role model for young women. (Listen Here)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Friday,-April-26th/532090301520507046.html

Rubio running out of wriggle room

2013-04-23T23:00:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Politico reported today something that many of us have known for some time: the "comprehensive" immigration bill written by the Gang of 8 and supported by the White House is a huge gift to the Democrats:

"If these [11 million] people had been on the voting rolls in 2012 and voted along the same lines as other Hispanic voters did last fall, President Barack Obama's relatively narrow victory last fall would have been considerably wider. Key swing states that Obama fought tooth and nail to win - like Florida, Colorado and Nevada - would have been comfortably in his column. And the president would have come very close to winning Arizona."

Seeing the potential fallout from this analysis, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's office jumped into rapid response mode. His office issued a statement attempting to debunk the claim that the "Gang's" pathway to citizenship portends GOP electoral ruin, citing the words of none other than George W. Bush consigliere Karl Rove: "Not all 11 million illegal immigrants here today will qualify to become citizens, and not all of the 11 million illegal immigrants are Hispanic. Historically, many green card holders choose not to become citizens. And, unfortunately, not all eligible voters - regardless of their backgrounds - turn out to vote."

So let me get this straight, conservatives shouldn't worry because "not all" of the "Dreamers" and their parents will want to be citizens or vote? Totally unpersuasive. It seems to me that the Obama campaign did a pretty good job of turning out voters that the Romney people didn't think would turn out, so I'm not going to rely on likely voter models pushed by folks like Karl Rove. Imagine the campaign commercial Democrats will now be able to produce in 2014 and 2016: "Republicans like Marco Rubio and Karl Rove don't think you'll vote. Prove them wrong! Si se puede!"

Plus, who in the Obama DHS is going to deny someone with provisional status citizenship because he or she is missing some document or can't pay a fine? Please. All these "requirements" will be waived and exceptions will be made, certainly under a Democrat president. And is Rubio really so naive as to believe that Democrats will leave immigration alone even if this bill is passed? Nothing stops them from coming back in 2014 and promising to eliminate some of the "burdens" and "waiting periods" that mean-spirited Republicans insisted on. Then what does Rubio & Co. do?

Finally, we should note that the Washington Post did its own examination of the trends and basically agreed with Politico: "[We] looked at the potential fallout of immigration reform earlier this year, and concluded that - with all the caveats that Rubio mentioned - Democrats would likely benefit." So even the pro-amnesty Washington Post doesn't believe Rubio (or Rove).

The longer this debate goes on, the more Marco Rubio boxes himself into a corner and the worse he'll look to conservatives. Either he is too naive to understand the consequences of the legislation as drafted and the intentions of those who would implement it. Or he is all in with the fanatical open-borders agenda being pushed by the Obama Administration and his fellow gang members. Memo to Marco: Run, don't walk, to the nearest exit.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rubio-running-out-of-wriggle-room/126578239739348557.html

The Daily Fix for Tuesday, April 23rd

2013-04-23T19:38:00Z

Posted By: Staff

We could trust Sen. Rubio with securing the border but not the Democrats

"If Sen. Marco Rubio were securing the border himself I would have no problem with it," Laura says. "He would do a great job because he wants the border enforced. The problem is that we are unable to trust the people who are actually responsible for securing the border. It is not in their best interest to enforce anything besides a pathway to citizenship."

Sen. Paul: Congress requires more time to debate immigration reform

In the wake of the Boston terror attacks, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) thinks that a discussion of our national security needs to be at the forefront of the immigration debate. "I think our national security needs to be examined with regard to people coming in and out of the country." Paul also says that in order for an immigration bill to pass both chambers more debate is essential in order to provide conservatives with concrete answers on border enforcement. "I think we do need a full and open debate and I think there is a much better chance of actually passing something if we do because conservatives in the House are not going to let something through that does not secure the border," Sen. Paul explains.
(Listen Free)

Naomi Schaefer Riley: Interfaith marriages can be problematic

Naomi Schaefer Riley, author of 'Til Faith Do Us Part, says, "people in interfaith marriages are statistically not as happy as people married with the same faith." The reason, according to Riley, is that couples tend to marry in their late twenties and thirties when religion diminishes in importance. They then return to faith as they grow older, raise children, suffer the loss of a parent, or experience some other major life obstacle. In fact, "more than half of interfaith couples never discuss how they envision raising their children before they get married," says Riley. Riley concludes that for interfaith marriages to be strong, all religious and cultural aspects need to be discussed in depth before the wedding.
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day: Greg says Sen. Rand Paul should have said no to immigration reform. (Listen Here)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Tuesday,-April-23rd/418534602892455279.html

Trusting Janet

2013-04-23T12:18:00Z

Posted By: Laura

If you love the monster law Obamacare, you will be head over heels for "comprehensive immigration reform." The bill, touted by President Obama and the GOP triumvirate of McGrahubio (shorthand for McCain, Graham and Rubio), gives enormous latitude to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano regarding the implementation of the supposed "strictest border enforcement" ever. That alone should terrify anyone who has followed the enforcement farce of the past two decades. Recall the same wide berth was granted to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in her administration of the 2700-page healthcare law. Promises of affordability and simplicity fade away with absurd rules such as the contraception mandate and with Sebelius defining critical terms in the unwieldy law. National Review has a terrific take:

The 844-page bill contains 129 instances of what the DHS secretary “shall” do to implement its myriad provisions, 102 mentions of what she “may” do, and 35 cases in which implementation will be based on what the secretary “determines.” On five occasions, the bill affirms the DHS secretary’s “unreviewable discretion” to waive or alter certain provisions as she sees fit.

In many cases, Napolitano would be able to decide how strictly to enforce many of the bill’s major provisions, which some conservatives charge could result in millions of additional immigrants’ being eligible for legal status. After all, she is the same DHS secretary who said border security was “better now than it ever has been.” And given the Obama administration’s apparent reluctance to enforce current immigration law, critics fear that many of the bill’s enforcement measures are likely to be (at the secretary’s discretion) watered down, if not ignored entirely.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Trusting-Janet/779409486272212439.html

The Daily Fix for Monday, April 22nd

2013-04-22T19:49:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Gang of Eight proposal will fail to ensure enforcement of the border

"The burden shouldn't be on us, the public, to read through all of the democratic staffer written verbiage in this immigration bill," Laura blasts. "The burden should be on the drafters to prove that this bill would be different. I have not seen any indication that this proposal would do any more than the useless amnesty granting proposals of the past," says Laura.

Pat Buchanan: A blanket pardon for illegal immigrants is madness

Pat Buchanan does not favor granting illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, "The idea that we are considering a blanket pardon is an act of madness," he exclaims. Buchanan points to the recent Boston attacks as an example of why people should be more skeptical of immigration reform. "In the wake of what happened in Boston, let's hold back on the amnesty portion of this bill because it would make it easier for people like these bombers to be granted asylum," Buchanan points out.
(Listen Free)

Roger Cressey discusses the Boston bombers and immigration reform

Former Director for the Transnational Threats branch of the National Security Council, Roger Cressey, disagrees with Laura over limiting access to visas and asylum for Muslims hailing from countries that have strong fundamentalist tendencies. "Anybody that is using violence to further a particular agenda is by definition an extremist," says Cressey, indicating that Muslims alone should not be singled out.
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Monday,-April-22nd/133591752785045813.html

The Daily Fix for Thursday, April 18th

2013-04-18T21:20:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Laura: Democrats doomed the Toomey-Manchin gun bill

"Obama could not get Democrats to vote along party lines. He could not keep Sen. Max Baucus in line. He could not keep Sen. Harry Reid in line. And yet Republicans are to blame for this? Maybe the Democrats are more divided than President Obama wants to acknowledge," Laura charges.

Sen. Vitter is not swayed by Sen. Rubio's immigration rhetoric

Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) believes the Democrats did not shift to Sen. Rubio's (R-FL) position as Rubio suggested on the show yesterday. According to Sen. Vitter, there was never much disagreement between Rubio and Democrats on immigration in the first place. He asserts, "they started at more or less the same place, which is the same old combination of immediate amnesty with promises of enforcement!" Vitter suspects that more exposure and debate on the immigration reform bill will prevent its passage as a comprehensive bill. "The good news is that when the American people really start to pay attention I think the debate will change for the better," says Vitter.
(Listen Free)

Judy Miller: increased surveillance is inevitable after the Boston attacks

Judy Miller, a terrorism and national security expert at the Manhattan Institute, says that in the wake of the Boston Marathon attacks an increase in cameras in public places and other surveillance is inevitable. "This is the way of the future and this is coming whether people like it or not," says Miller. A major driver of this reliance on technology is budget concerns with law enforcement on the local levels. Miller explains that, "with pressures on local police to reduce costs and reduce manpower, they are going to rely more and more on surveillance."
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day:
Wayne says we need ignorance control, not gun control. (Listen here)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Thursday,-April-18th/305711730767803335.html

Top 10 Errors In The Gang of Eight's Immigration Bill

2013-04-18T14:27:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The immigration reform bill landed yesterday and Sen. Rubio (R-FL) has been at the forefront defending the bill from any and all criticism. The comprehensive bill is a breezy 844 pages in length - for now - but no matter what myth-busting information is released by the Gang of 8, numerous failures have already become apparent in the bill. The enforcement triggers in the bill are ineffectual, the bill is rampant with special treatment for illegal immigrants, and "family members can piggyback" on those with their new R.P.I. status, just to name a few. Conservatives demonstrated yesterday, by not passing the Toomey-Manchin background check bill, that their voice is strong and effective. The immigration bill is DOA but now it is up to Conservatives to voice their displeasure and end this debate.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Top-10-Errors-In-The-Gang-of-Eights-Immigration-Bill/482053912660555715.html

The Daily Fix for Wednesday, April 17th

2013-04-17T20:00:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Top level White House Officials absent at Thatcher funeral

"The fact that this administration sent no one to this funeral is an insult considering all Margaret Thatcher did for the world and for this country," Laura affirms. "Considering all the time the Obamas hang out with people, go on vacation, and golf with Tiger Woods, it is absurd that not a single high profile administration official could go to the funeral," Laura exclaims.

Laura presses Sen. Rubio on deficiencies in the Immigration Bill

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) says that his immigration proposal shows liberals moving more to the right rather than him shifting to the left. "The fact of the matter is that this bill reflects principles that I laid out in January that are different from the President's principles," says Rubio. Laura expresses concern over the stipulation that immigrants had to be here by December 31, 2011 and that the burden of proof is on them. She presses, "will there be an affidavit written by them and two friends?" Rubio responds that it would have to be documentation such as utility bills, doctor records, or bank statements, but Laura remains skeptical.
(Listen Free)

Sen. Johnson: immigration reform should occur one issue at a time

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) is against a comprehensive immigration bill. "I hate the word comprehensive. We should take these components on a step-by-step basis and pass them in the House," he explains. The length of the proposal particularly worries Johnson. "I'm sick of these thousand page bills...these are not laws, they are frameworks to create more regulation."
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day:
Mark says that the Democrats are fooling Rubio (Listen here)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Wednesday,-April-17th/824300265204673620.html

Immigration reformers' sleight of hand

2013-04-17T12:23:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Of all that has been written about the immigration debate, I think the great Tom Sowell captures the frustration of middle-class Americans best. They have few champions in the debate over legalizing 11 million people, but from the campus of Stanford University, one of the brightest economic minds in the country, speaks for them:

"Impressive feats of sophistry have become the norm in discussions of illegal immigration. For example, we are told that there is no way that the government can find all the people who are in the country illegally and deport them. Does anyone imagine that the government can find all the embezzlers, drunk drivers or bank robbers in the country? And does anyone think that this is a reason why the government should stop trying to enforce laws against embezzlement, drunk driving or bank robbery? Or let embezzlers, drunk drivers and bank robbers "come out of the shadows" and "normalize" their lives?

...Why are there immigration laws in the first place? For the benefit of the American people -- not for the benefit of people in other countries who want to come here.

But political and media elites treat the American people as if they are the problem -- a problem to be circumvented with sophistry and pious promises about border security that have not been kept in all these years since the last amnesty, decades ago."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-reformers-sleight-of-hand/300316074084548645.html

Gang of 8 bill opens door to bigger amnesty

2013-04-17T12:07:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Marco Rubio will be joining us to respond to this and convince Ingraham Show listeners that that Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin and this Administration will really enforce our borders this time.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gang-of-8-bill-opens-door-to-bigger-amnesty/328043443683111388.html

The Daily Fix for Tuesday, April 16th

2013-04-16T19:03:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Outdated tracking of student visas could allow for a terrorist threat

"How do we stop attacks like this?" Laura questions. With the speculation of the Boston bomber being a student-visa holder, Laura suggests, "maybe we should watch who comes into the country and for how long." In response to a caller suggesting everyone randomly be inspected for their legal documents, Laura explains, "free legal Americans shouldn't have their freedoms eroded for illegals."

Rep. Mike McCaul warns against politicizing the Boston attacks

Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) slams pundits who have politicized the Boston Marathon attacks. "To politicize this, that early on when we're cleaning blood off the streets is one of the most offensive things to do," says Rep. McCaul in response to commentary by Chris Matthews. "While this is clearly an act of terrorism, and it has all the hallmarks of that...I've been very clear to say it is important not to jump to conclusions, that we don't know the perpetrator and it could be foreign or domestic," declares McCaul. McCaul, Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, says he was briefed earlier and there was no chatter in intelligence circles regarding this attack.
(Listen Free)

Mark Helprin on Boston, Benghazi, and the vulnerable state of America today

Mark Helprin, Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, says the US is in decline as evidenced by our inability to expediently intervene in the Benghazi attack on our embassy and our feeble quest for answers after the attack. Helprin goes on to relate the US's decline to the attacks in Boston, "We can't remove all the trash cans in the world and we can't inspect everybody, but we can do a better job than we've been doing. The key to stopping this kind of thing...if you want to actually shut down this kind of attack [is to demonstrate and utilize the power of the United States]". FDR, he says, never would have experienced this kind of behavior because the world knew the strength of the United States and that we would not tolerate attacks, "but we are not the strongest nation in the world anymore," he explains.
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day:
John is angry that we can't track student visa holders, but that the left is attempting to track gun owners. (Listen here)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Tuesday,-April-16th/-240752119039397069.html

Guest workers & the Gang of 8

2013-04-16T16:42:00Z

Posted By: Laura

From Reuters, after initial reports that the immigration unveil would be delayed, the Gang of 8 is releasing it after all. May the debate begin and the bill not be rushed through. One sentence popped out of the story: "For all the bill's emphasis on border control and visas, the "pathway to citizenship" remained at its heart, even though the phrase was not used in the outline made available to reporters."

A new guest worker apparatus in the bill is already the center of huge controversy. My simple question: why should conservatives be excited about guest worker programs? That just means more folks who are likely to overstay their visas. We already have lost track of hundreds of thousands here on temporary visas.

Another key part of the bill:

"Within six months from enactment, during which time the Department of Homeland Security would set forth its border security plan, the threat of deportation could end for most illegal immigrants, who would allowed to work legally in the United States after they pay an initial $500 penalty, back taxes and demonstrate that they have not been convicted of serious crime in the United States."

That is amnesty. Period. And it will attract millions of more illegal immigrants to this country – especially since we are not likely to have a President, of either party, willing to enforce the borders.

From Mark L., in Bristol, CT: "Either Rubio doesn't really care about the concerns of conservatives regarding illegal immigration, or he has been fooled big time. I don't know which of those explanations is more depressing."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Guest-workers--the-Gang-of-8/-623891650710015066.html

In Boston, two brothers, each lose a leg

2013-04-16T11:57:00Z

Posted By: Laura

There are no words. There is only prayer. Lord please fine the victims and their families comfort. Read this story and hug your families a little tighter today.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/In-Boston,-two-brothers,-each-lose-a-leg/722401919858717290.html

Calif. Dems incumbency protection plan

2013-04-15T12:08:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Are Republicans doing anything to counter a massive effort across the country--including the electoral treasure trove of California--to solidify Democrat turnout at the polls? Democrats have brilliantly worked to fight all reasonable voter identification laws nationwide but aren't stopping there. Now always seeking supermajority status, Democrats want to broaden "voter access" and "voter registration efforts." Check out this account from the Sacramento Bee:

"'We have work to do,' House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told delegates at the state party's convention over the weekend in Sacramento. 'We just got started.'

Some of the efforts are meant to build on the success Democrats had with using the state's new online registration system, which launched about two months ahead of the November election. The new voters who signed up online were more Democratic and turned out at higher levels than the voting population as a whole, according to an analysis by the California Civic Engagement Project at the University of California, Davis.

Democrats highlighted those numbers at their weekend convention, making the system the subject of workshops, general session speeches and at least one party."

Read more here.

Words to remember from Pelosi: "We just got started." I take her at her word.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Calif.-Dems-incumbency-protection-plan/-79847108851147346.html

When Big Labor & Big Business agree....

2013-04-15T11:53:00Z

Posted By: Laura

What happens when Big Labor & Big Business agree? Back on February 21, 2013, Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka shocked the naive among us on the issue of immigration reform. They put out a “Joint Statement of Shared Principles," a Kumbaya moment. “We have found common ground in several important areas, and have committed to continue to work together and with Members of Congress to enact legislation that will solve our current problems in a lasting manner,” they wrote. Hmm...why would these two groups, usually arch enemies agree on this issue? Big Labor perhaps knows that the enforcement "triggers" in this bill are unworkable and will maintain the current flow of cheap, illegal labor into the U.S. Big Labor desperately needs to grow its ranks and knows that to do so would likely grow the number of its political allies in the Democrat party. A marriage of convenience.

As we are seeing with the current debate over immigration "reform," the little people (i.e., the middle class) are left out in the cold. Why isn't the president railing against the big money being poured into this issue? Remember Team Obama's old attacks on the Chamber of Commerce, when his press secretary Robert Gibbs was demanding to see its donor list?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/When-Big-Labor--Big-Business-agree..../456174470249821238.html

The Daily Fix for Friday, April 12th

2013-04-12T18:38:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Laura is unimpressed by the upcoming immigration reform bill

Laura is extremely critical of the Gang of Eight's desire to push immigration reform through in a lengthy 1,500-page bill reminiscent of Obamacare. "It's going to be a sour note for the middle class in this country. Anytime big business and big labor join together it means bad news for the majority of us," Laura affirms.

Gov. Rick Perry says freedom is the special sauce of Texas

Texas Governor Rick Perry unveils the primary factor for Texas' continuously strong economic growth; "One of the reasons we are outpacing every other state is because we believe in freedom," declares a proud Perry. The Texas governor also explains that arts and cultural projects have benefited in particular from the free environment in Texas. "Freedom from over-taxation and over-regulation has allowed for an explosion in cultural arts in Texas. Government would not have done any of that, in fact, it would have been a hurdle to private investment in the arts."
(Listen Free)

Chris Godfrey on Life Athletes

Former New York Giants right guard and Super Bowl Champion Chris Godfrey founded Life Athletes, an organization in which Professional and Olympic athletes teach youth to live a life of virtue. Godfrey says he was inspired to first talk to kids about sex and healthy relationships when he was invited to speak to youth groups. Godfrey explains, "I started to realize that a lot of young people were getting hurt by choices they made in relationships." Occasionally, Godfrey is barred from public schools because of his pro-life views. This happened at a Wisconsin school and Godfrey light-heartedly says that the "pro-life groups in the area said this was the greatest thing to happen to them because there was so much public outrage over how [he] was treated." Godfrey's shunning from the school ultimately raised more community awareness for the pro-life cause.
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day:
John says women are born with an innate sense of modesty. (Listen here)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Friday,-April-12th/-577516031715265586.html

Girl, 16, critically wounded in Grand Crossing shooting

2013-04-12T11:59:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Another tragic Chicago shooting occurred not long after Michelle Obama wrapped up her emotional appeal to end the violence, more "resources," to help communities. This has been a problem for years in Chicago and will continue to be after any new state or federal gun control legislation passes. More than anything, we have a spiritual and family problem in America which no amount of taxpayer money will cure.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Girl,-16,-critically-wounded-in-Grand-Crossing-shooting/756473575263326382.html

The Daily Fix for Wednesday, April 10th

2013-04-10T21:00:00Z

Posted By: Staff

American views on taxes show an opening for conservatives

"A clear majority of Americans have a negative view of the federal income tax system. This information is gold for the GOP! You need a strong spokesperson for the conservative movement to push this issue," says Laura.

Laura challenges Rubio on immigration stance

I hope Marco Rubio is as tough on the illegal immigrants as he is on Jay-Z and Beyonce for traveling to Cuba!

Ted Cruz defends his filibuster on gun control

Sen. Ted Cruz (R, TX) joined us on air today to blast back at critics of this week's filibuster that he and 13 other senators are waging. In response to John McCain and other critics who have argued that those filibustering are not allowing a debate, Sen. Cruz countered, "...the criticism has been silly...we are having a debate, and we are going to have a vote. We are going to have a vote on cloture tomorrow, and we are debating it." Senator Cruz says that he continues to oppose any form of universal background checks including the new "compromise" bill by Senators Pat Toomey (R, PA) and Joe Manchin (D, WV). "The biggest problem is that the Justice Department has explained the only way to enforce universal background checks is for the federal government to maintain a gun registry. In my view, maintaining a federal gun registry raises very serious constitutional concerns. It is not consistent with the 2nd Amendment, and it has historically been the predicate for gun taxation, gun regulation, and ultimately gun confiscation."
(Listen Free)

Mark Mazzetti explains how the CIA has shifted from spying to target killings

Mark Mazzetti, author of the book, The Way of the Knife, describes how the CIA has departed from its original mandate to collect foreign intelligence. "It has changed this spying and espionage service into more of a man-hunting and killing service," says Mazzetti. The CIA has become more active and aggressive in whom it pursues, even if innocent lives are caught in the crosshairs. "We also see the bar has been lowered in terms of who they are going after," states Mazzetti, referencing that drone use is no longer solely play for high-stake targets.
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Wednesday,-April-10th/-272683968361915978.html

Who likes taxes? Democrats, and no one else.

2013-04-10T12:56:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Another reason the GOP should be growing its ranks--the conservative view on taxes is the majority view.

From the Washington Post:

"A clear majority of Americans have an unfavorable view of the federal income tax system, according to new Washington Post-ABC News polling. But, in a somewhat remarkable finding, a majority of Democrats view the tax system in a positive light while Republicans and Independents carry the exact opposite view.

Fifty-three percent of self-identified Democrats in the Post-ABC survey view the income tax system favorably while 43 percent see it unfavorably. That’s a stark contrast to the 66 percent of Republicans and 62 percent of independents who have an unfavorable opinion of the tax system."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Who-likes-taxes-Democrats,-and-no-one-else./479536822899499200.html

The Daily Fix for Tuesday, April 9th

2013-04-10T04:26:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Left wants to destroy American Society

"Those on the left today that seek the transformation of American society have worked tirelessly to get American society where it is today. They were stopped in their tracks by the likes of Reagan and Thatcher. Reagan came along and revealed the left's agenda."

Jim DeMint is skeptical of immigration reform

The new president of the Heritage Foundation, former Sen. Jim DeMint, believes there is no way that Democrats are serious about border enforcement. "Absolutely not. I have been in meetings with Ted Kennedy (and others) and the only thing they want is citizens and voters and union workers," says DeMint. DeMint recalls the last grand bargain proposal on immigration during the Bush administration, "What we found last time was that the enforcement was not there. There were loopholes everywhere in the system." (Listen Free)

Dr. Hallowell: ADHD is frequently over-diagnosed and over-medicated

ADHD expert Dr. Edward Hallowell says that ADHD is consistently diagnosed in error because of lack of knowledge about ADHD amongst doctors and because kids that don't actually have ADHD are overexposed to electronic technology. When overwhelmed by exposure to cell phones and other forms of media, kids often exhibit symptoms similar to those of ADHD. Dr. Hallowell says, "A lot of these kids are over connected electronically and under connected personally. We are deadening our kids' minds and allowing them to put themselves in an electronic trance."
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day:
Helen, a legal immigrant, is disgusted with Marco Rubio's push for immigration reform. (Listen here)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Tuesday,-April-9th/-10772655954567154.html

Obama's America: poverty skyrockets, yet press yawns

2013-04-09T12:43:00Z

Posted By: Laura

During the Reagan years, the media accused conservatives of not caring for the poor, lacking compassion for the less fortunate. Fast forward 3+ decades as the ranks of the poor balloon under Obama's leadership, as joblessness ravages the young and minority communities hardest. The blame is never squarely placed on his shoulders. It is always someone else's fault--Boehner, McConnell, or Fox News. This is an appalling lack of accountability for a man whose idea of sacrifice is a 5 percent pay cut as he spends millions to golf with Tiger Woods. And we the people are paying dearly.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-America:-poverty-skyrockets,-yet-press-yawns/-232250291676480241.html

Thatcher's victories

2013-04-09T11:45:00Z

Posted By: Laura

If you read anything on Lady Thatcher this week, please read her former advisor John O'Sullivan's insightful tribute. It will make all the hateful, venomous commentary in the British press dissolve into the background. She was a strong, forceful, courageous woman who felt that a government grown too large crushes the people's spirit, as well as their pocketbooks. She demanded accountability from those who preferred to coast on the taxpayers' shilling. She understood that there was no moral equivalency between the West and the Soviet Union. So of course both the "Grandees" (our elites) as she liked to call them were usually in a state of apoplexy around the woman. She represented the opposite of their world view--for a time at least, she slowed their domestic agenda, and helped Ronald Reagan knock off the Soviets without a single shot fired. We will never see another one like her. Godspeed.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Thatchers-victories/954213876459981915.html

Hill holds Obama's legacy in its hands

2013-04-08T11:58:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This obsession with Pres. Obama's legacy has got to stop--at least until the last 6 months of 2016. Who CARES about his legacy when we have a dismal jobs picture and a nuclear foe making moves? The glaringly obvious point is that this Administration has failed to achieve every improvement in our country that the president promised in 2009. Yes, he was reelected, yes the GOP still hasn't gotten its act together, but the record is abysmal. So there's your legacy update.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hill-holds-Obamas-legacy-in-its-hands/698363117317989790.html

Post-script on the dust-up...

2013-04-05T20:19:00Z

Posted By: Laura

My recent appearance on "The O'Reilly Factor" sparked quite a bit of conversation about the ongoing debate on marriage. One of the points (that I tried repeatedly to get across) is that there should be an honest debate, where people of good conscience are allowed to express themselves without being demeaned or marginalized. Everyone should be able to speak without retribution: gay Americans, Christian conservatives, libertarians, traditionalists who are not religious, and social liberals. Political correctness shouldn't be used to stifle debate. Sensitivities are running high, and with so much at stake, more, not fewer voices should be part of the dialog.

Like millions of other Americans, I don't have a "traditional" family. I am single with three children--not exactly "Leave it to Beaver" stuff. Like millions of other Americans, I have family members and close friends who are gay, and whom I love, respect and admire in many ways. For many years, I have supported state decisions to provide domestic partnership benefits and protections. But I am also wary of unelected judges upending thousands of years of societal experience. I suspect a whole lot of people in this country hold a similar view. They go to work, pay taxes, follow the rule of law, volunteer in their communities. Some are Christian. Others nominally religious. Still others not religious at all. Today these people routinely hear that they are "standing against the tide of history," are or called "intolerant" or "anti-gay."

In a short period of time, the pro-gay marriage forces marshaled an impressive array of supporters, and with vast resources, launched a sophisticated brand of "marriage equality." The dynamic was brilliantly framed as a "civil rights issue" with the help of the entertainment industry and a sympathetic news media. They also seized on the disturbing divorce rate among hetero couples. (The argument: so who are they to dictate the terms of an institution they screwed up?) Those favoring traditional marriage were caught off guard—and were blindsided when numerous Republicans (who have long promoted themselves as the traditional values party) lined up to support gay marriage. For the most part, supporters of traditional marriage aren't single issue people, and don't have huge advocacy groups supporting their views. For many, a Biblically-based understanding of marriage is sufficient. O'Reilly rightly argues that you have to go beyond the Bible to convince the non-believers. (Again, his using the "thump the Bible" phraseology wasn't helpful and sounded like something one might hear from the Left.) On the other hand, in the current media frenzy for gay marriage, it is extremely difficult for "traditionalists," (as O'Reilly calls them) to get a fair hearing--no matter what arguments they use or how "smart" they fight.

Many have noted that the social science on marriage this question is spotty--certainly not enough to overcome thousands of years of experience and understanding--about what is the best path to foster societal harmony and raise children. By the way, who bears the burden of proof on marriage? Those who seek to maintain what has been the status quo for millennia? Or those who seek to redefine its meaning? What would that "proof" look like? What would be the objective metrics? Would it involve a long-term, unbiased study of children raised by two same sex parents as compared to two heterosexual parents? Will "marriage" be further defined by courts or legislatures to include other associations or groupings? Finally, can it really be the case that the only sitting president in our history who was properly enlightened on this aspect of social policy is Barack Obama? Were Lincoln, Adams, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Truman, JFK, Carter, Reagan--and until recently Bill Clinton--all misinformed or bigoted or close-minded in their thinking about marriage?

Let's continue talking about this and the larger culture. I'll be back on the air Monday.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Post-script-on-the-dust-up.../114817698801368939.html

Obama's 'look at me!' sacrifice

2013-04-05T14:01:00Z

Posted By: Laura

President Obama has always been about the "razzle dazzle"--the big show over real solutions. But the latest stunt--his announcement that he would give back $20,000 of his $400,000 salary--marks a new low. Showy tokenism is not what the country needs now--we need serious leadership. When liberals are calling him out on this, you know it's bad. Read Dana Milbank's devastating take in the Washington Post.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-look-at-me!-sacrifice/-391124493977062514.html

The Daily Fix for Thursday, April 4th

2013-04-04T17:58:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Nina Shea aghast over the untold persecution of Christians

Nina Shea, author of the book Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians, discusses the largely untold story of Christian persecution throughout the world. "We are seeing religious cleansing going on right now in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East. If Christians are caught with a bible, they are executed," says Shea. In North Korea it is even worse. Shea says, "Generations of people are sent to North Korean concentration camps if a single family member is caught praying. "
(Listen Here)

John Stossel on the tyranny of the EPA

John Stossel, Fox Business News Host and author of the new book, No, They Can't, says that the EPA is a serious threat to the American economy. "They spend so much to accomplish very little," says Stossel. He went on to criticize the EPA over its assurances to work with landowners on environmental projects (such as the protecting of a species) that the EPA deems essential, claiming the support is actually a 300 page manual! "Their idea of working with you is slowing you down until you can't build any more," concludes Stossel. (Listen Here)

Call of the Day:

Bill, a police officer, was embarrassed by Obama's use of police officers as props in his Denver, Colorado gun speech. (Listen here)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Thursday,-April-4th/58650003021621583.html

Amidst North Korea's threats new jobless fears, Obama works to...help Pelosi

2013-04-04T14:18:00Z

Posted By: Laura

As the North Korea nuclear threat heats up, President Obama stayed focused on what matters most to him--winning the House in 2014. During a California fundraising swing, he called Rep. Nancy Pelosi a "visionary" leader who "never lets ideology cloud her judgment." Her hometown crowd of San Francisco ate it up. Raising millions to get Nancy her gavel back, the President told the swooning Left Coast attendees: "Realistically, I could get a whole lot more done if Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House." Read: carbon tax, wealth tax, more EPA regulations, beefed up healthcare penalties, etc. As the president collects gobs of cash during this chapter of his perpetual campaign, we are left with Joe Biden minding the store. And the North Korean crisis isn't the only problem brewing, we now face renewed headwinds on the economic front as well. Jobless claims spiked to a 4-month high, to 385,000 last week. CNBC reports that this is the third straight week of increase in unemployment claims: "Coming on the heels of data on Wednesday showing private employers added the fewest jobs in five months in March, the [Labor Dept. report] implied some weakening in job growth." The fundamental responsibilities of his office--economic stewardship, foreign policy threats--hardly seem to be top priorities for President Obama. His passion is devoted to achieving the liberal social utopia: immigration amnesty, gun control, and climate change regulations. He needs a majority in both Houses of Congress to get there. I imagine Obama thinking: Hagel can handle that little North Korea matter. And Carney can wave off any concerns about a stalled recovery. And when the Republicans give us trouble, I'll just remind them that the election is over. Hah.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amidst-North-Koreas-threats-new-jobless-fears,-Obama-works-to...help-Pelosi/479260405558988354.html

The Daily Fix for Wednesday, April 3rd

2013-04-03T22:40:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Conservatives need to make stronger arguments in line with their beliefs

Laura says, "You will get more votes when you make a cogent argument that appeals to the majority of people. You appear to be principled when you make that argument."

State Representative Cafero explains why he supports the Connecticut gun control legislation

Connecticut House Minority Leader Larry Cafero explains why he supports the stringent gun control legislation that is up for vote Wednesday. He says that the proposed bill is the lesser of evils. "[Connecticut House Democrats] have proposed retroactive banning and confiscation of any weapon you can imagine. That is how we started." Cafero points out that he had limited influence because Republicans are a minority in Connecticut, which ultimately convinced him to advocate for the less onerous restrictions when crafting the bipartisan legislation.
(Listen free)

Kirk Wiebe concerned about the government storing and tracking your private communications

Kirk Wiebe worked for the National Security Administration but left after discovering that the program he co-created to track potential foreign threats is being used on US citizens. Most concerning to Wiebe is the recording and monitoring of American citizens' communications under the guise of thwarting terrorist attacks. Safeguards that he had recommended to protect citizens' identities were not put in place, which he calls irresponsible and reckless; "If you need to connect dots between people you don't know and a criminal, you don't need to know detailed information on those people to connect the dot."
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day: Jason is proud to be called a "Bible-Thumper!" (Listen here)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Wednesday,-April-3rd/-786956586009245637.html

The party never ends for the Obamas

2013-04-03T11:43:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Will Justin Timberlake sing "Suit & Tie" for the Obama ladies? As the The First Couple welcomes yet another round of celebs to the White House for a taxpayer funded soirée, we should recall the President's repeated statements urging national "sacrifice" during theses still challenging economic times. As for all the tourists who are still barred from the White House supposedly because of sequestration? Let them eat cake! (Of the fat-free, low-sodium, low-sugar, gluten-free variety, so as not to upset Michelle.)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-party-never-ends-for-the-Obamas/603970787699797370.html

The Daily Fix for Tuesday, April 2nd

2013-04-02T19:49:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Obamacare is a bureaucratic nightmare

Previous attempts at making healthcare more affordable in Florida through bureaucratic government run initiatives failed miserably. "These big fat government bureaucracies never work. We have examples in the states where this has not worked. Obamacare is crumbling. It's raising premiums and making healthcare less affordable for low income workers. Republicans have to ride this to victory in 2016," Laura exclaims.

Tucker Carlson is resisting a pathway to citizenship

Tucker Carlson, Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Caller, believes that immigration reform benefits democrats, "The democrats have every incentive to increase rather than curtail immigration," because it's 12 million new voters! Carlson argues that amnesty will harm the American taxpayer and create an enormous group of people dependent on entitlements. "We bring a ton of low skilled workers with no education into the country who become mired in welfare programs, and taxpayers pay the tab for it in the end. It is subsidized labor. Taxpayers pay for it in Social Security, Medicaid and food stamps."
(Listen free)

Nicholas Carr warns about overexposure to technology

Technology expert and author Nicholas Carr is concerned that constant exposure to social networks, news, and our smart phones is causing our brains to deteriorate. "When you enter this world of constant stimulus and instant information checking one's phone becomes a compulsion. You constantly have to know what is going on and who is contacting you. But what you lose is the ability to think deeply about anything or focus on tasks long enough to reach any substantive ideas or conclusions," Carr explains.
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day: Kenneth says parents should be to blame for their children's addictions to technology. (Listen here)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Tuesday,-April-2nd/682286150143208081.html

Border security doubts could kill immigration plan

2013-04-02T12:01:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The elites in both parties have never been serious about enforcing the border. The flow of cheap labor keeps wages down, business profits up, and a lot of American lawns looking really well-manicured. From the outset of this immigration farce, the GOP allowed itself to be sucked in by Schumer, Durbin and Menendez, who last time I checked are irretrievably left-wing on 97 percent of all political issues. (I was going to say 99 percent but am feeling charitable.) Republicans shouldn't have had any discussions about "legalization", but instead should have exposed the horrors of inadequate border maintenance and enforcement--it is a job and wage killer for the middle class, including Latinos living here legally.

Once the border is locked down as much as humanly possible, once enforcement and tracking of visitors overstaying visas has occurred, once all the amnesties by executive order have been rescinded, then an honest conversation about the 15 million here illegally. Instead, the GOP sermes to give its imprimatur to the moronic Gang of 8 idea, and so if it goes down in flames, President Obama will use this to slam Republicans in the 2014 midterms. To our moderate GOP pals--well done!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Border-security-doubts-could-kill-immigration-plan/214327293617122468.html

GOP licking its chops over gov's poll slide

2013-04-01T11:45:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Republicans should stop writing off what they think are impossibly blue states like New York and California. Until the GOP establishes itself as nationally competitive again, it will keep losing presidential elections. This is good news in New York--a vulnerable liberal governor means an opening for common sense conservatism. Perhaps Andrew Cuomo will end up as his dad did when George Pataki pulled out the surprise win.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GOP-licking-its-chops-over-govs-poll-slide/-378938649022350487.html

Should the GOP dump social issues?

2013-04-01T03:06:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Recently reporter Thomas Edsall - who has spent most of the last 30 years covering politics for the Washington Post and the New Republic - had some advice for the GOP. He draws upon some recent polling data to argue that "the Republican Party can afford to marginalize . . . Christian right leaders because evangelical social conservatives . . . are not going to vote Democratic." Thus, he reasons that Republicans can, as he puts it, "concede defeat in the culture war" in the hopes of picking up more socially liberal voters.

Mr. Edsall might want to check with Governor Mike Huckabee, who knows a thing or two about evangelical voters. Huckabee suggested that evangelicals will "take a walk" from the GOP if the party supports gay marriage. He might also want to consider the 1996 Presidential election, when Bill Clinton carried red states such as Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Missouri, and Louisiana.

President Clinton's wife is the likely Democratic nominee in 2016, and it's safe to say that the Clintons - with their deep roots in Arkansas - know how to reach evangelical voters, especially if the GOP acts like it doesn't want them. I would also note that in both 2008 and 2012, the GOP did nominate Presidential candidates who were not popular with social conservatives - and those candidates fared poorly in the fall campaign. Next time around, conservative voters might just stay home, or throw their support to a democrat who they see as more sympathetic to the middle class. But, of course, the question of what sort of culture our children are going to inherit is a lot more important than the results of any one election.

The social issues are not merely a political football to be used by grasping politicians seeking to win power. They establish the framework for many aspects of American life, from our schools to our churches to our families. These are very serious matters, and they should be taken seriously.

Instead of worrying so much about political tactics, Republicans should focus on what they truly believe, and what type of country they want to have. The time has come for a serious debate within the GOP over all of the social issues, with all sides making the best case for what they think is right. Only then can the GOP reach a new consensus, and move forward in a united effort to reach the rest of America. And by the way, back to Tom Edsall... interestingly, just before the 2006 elections, he wrote a book arguing that the GOP "will continue to maintain, over the long run, a thin but durable margin of victory."

And the GOP should take political advice from this guy?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Should-the-GOP-dump-social-issues/347433135821294512.html

The Daily Fix for Friday, March 29th

2013-03-29T18:19:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Should We Cut Military Funerals or Presidential Spring Breaks?

"Isn't everyone who serves critical to the mission? Should we not honor those who served in the military but did not partake in combat? It is outrageous to focus on cutting military funerals considering all the money that is wasted in Medicare fraud and green energy boondoggles. Why are we worried about bugler costs for veterans while the Obama daughters are flown from the Caribbean to Sun Valley, Idaho?"

Matthew Boyle on the Obamas' Vacation

Matthew Boyle, investigative reporter for Breitbart, has been catching some heat for publishing articles on the Obama daughter's spring break in the Bahamas. He points out that the expense of these trips, at a time when Obama is also telling Americans to cut back, "is a real look into the worldview of the Obama family." Boyle goes on to reference Malia Obama's trip to Mexico last year, "Malia's trip to Mexico cost $115,000 in tax payer money, that would be two to six weeks of White House tours for kids that President Obama jeopardized and cancelled so that his kids could go to the Bahamas."
(Listen free)

People of Faith Must Stand Together

Fr. Gerald Murray of the Holy Family Church of New York and Timothy George, Dean of the Beeson Divinity School at Samford University, discuss the need for Christians and other people of faith to stand up to government encroachment on religious freedom. Fr. Murray says, "This country is built on religious freedom, it is not built on the government telling us what is tolerable." Dr. George says, "This is an opportunity for people of all faiths to come together. If we don't do it, we place in jeopardy the freedom to worship."
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Friday,-March-29th/85300958058711630.html

The Obamas unending summer vacation

2013-03-29T12:04:00Z

Posted By: Laura

News outlets and conservative websites are reporting on the Obamas' vacation fetish like it's a new story. Almost three years ago, I released "The Obama Diaries," which went on to become a #1 New York Times bestseller. In it I exposed Obama's non-stop vacationing for what it was--a cavalier and self-entitled abuse of taxpayer money at a time when the president lectured the rest of us about the need to "sacrifice." The opportunities abound for more hilarious skewering of their free-spending ways, but their imperial attitude is nothing new.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Obamas-unending-summer-vacation/-751339675589215600.html

Obamacare's "Comprehensive" Sex-Ed: Sexualizing Our Youth

2013-03-28T18:33:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Strange how sequester did nothing to halt Planned Parenthood from getting 487.4 million in tax-payer money or the 75 million spent annually on Obama’s Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP). The Obama administration views the “comprehensive” sex education provided by PREP as invaluable. Gone are the days of no sex or even safe sex! Obamacare’s “comprehensive” education includes puppet genitalia performances, genitalia cartoon comics, and sex-position diagrams for all sexualities. If anyone was to show a kid such “information” in public, he or she would be arrested! However, in a classroom, this pornography is passing for education. “Comprehensive” education is sexualizing our children with the intention of ensuring future Planned Parenthood customers for contraceptives, STD testing, and abortion.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamacares-Comprehensive-Sex-Ed:-Sexualizing-Our-Youth/-863074739894386052.html

He spoke, she listened: The power of prayer

2013-03-27T11:53:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This is a wonderful story from Britain about a woman who felt powerless to change her life. A fallen away Catholic, she had essentially given up hope that she would ever overcome her lifelong, dangerous smoking habit. Then she heard a voice, a calming presence that she knew was God. She hasn't had a desire to pick up a cigarette since. She told her story earlier this year (as He asked), and the response was overwhelming. Please share your own prayer story on our Facebook and on Twitter. We'll discuss this on air on Holy Thursday.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/He-spoke,-she-listened:-The-power-of-prayer/-654756608875747338.html

The censorious White House: US Magazine on Obama vacay removed?

2013-03-27T11:49:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Remember when the White House told the press corps last year that they were not allowed to report on the vacation of Malia Obama in Mexico with classmates? After initially running a story about Michelle and the girls in the Bahamas, US magazine seems to have pulled the story from the internet. The calls for a zone of privacy for the children are appropriate. However, when the White House decides to shut the White House to public tours to demonstrate the onerous effects of the sequester, it is more than reasonable for the press to question the president's decision to send the Secret Service to the Atlantis Resort to trail around after his family. Is this luxury essential? Does it set the right tone at a time when the president has intoned that "everybody has to take a haircut, everybody has to sacrifice." As the Weekly Standard noted in its reporting yesterday--the Obamas have taken a vacation each month since December. The president pays for his own vacation, but not for the considerable cost of security and travel for himself of his family. On her Mexican spring break last year, Malia Obama was guarded by no fewer than 25 Secret Service agents. The President could set the example of sacrifice at the top by having the fam do low-key trips after their jaunts to Hawaii and Aspen this year. Wouldn't that be refreshing?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-censorious-White-House:-US-Magazine-on-Obama-vacay-removed/-185672637838118586.html

Have you had the 'tech talk' with kids?

2013-03-25T22:08:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Parents of tweens and teens, I feel for you. It's a wild and woolly world out there in tech-land. (I'll be entering it a few years from now as my own children get older and more curious. For now, I'm more focused on Teddy Grahams than Instagram.) Kids always seem to be one step ahead of kids on the tech front and sometimes the long-term consequences can be damaging to reputations and school records. In the worst cases, students find themselves facing criminal charges for something they thought was funny or cool. Having the "tech talk" with your kids is important, but it really is just a new iteration of the gradual talk we have to have with our children from an early age. For many like our family, a God-centered, faith-based morality is at the core of our interaction with each other. At meals, on phone calls with elderly relatives, in the playground, at the beginning of each school day, we acknowledge God's presence in our lives and express our gratitude for blessings big and small. I encourage my children to talk to God and to listen closely for his guidance throughout the day. I am hoping that by the time they reach their puberty years, the strong foundation will be there. Technology can be a conduit to what is good and beneficial, or one that feeds our worst instincts.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Have-you-had-the-tech-talk-with-kids/809898173460824152.html

The Ingraham "improv" recipe--"Stuffed Red (State) Peppers."

2013-03-25T20:29:00Z

Posted By: Laura

My mom (God rest her soul) was a terrific cook, and I pictured her laughing in heaven, watching me try to assemble my peppers last night. At first I consulted a few random recipes, then I turned off the computer and just improvised. Isn't that more fun anyway? Truth be told, I'm not much of a cook, but I am persistent. So I scribbled my steps down as best I could. At least I came up with a good name for the dish.

Stuffed red "state" peppers

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups yellow basmati rice

1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (approx)

Black ground pepper

1/3 cup fresh parsley

1 medium yellow onion

Pinch of Rosemary

2 tbsps olive oil

4 red medium bell peppers

1 medium green pepper

14 ounces lean ground turkey

1/2 cup organic chicken stock

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese

3 cloves garlic, minced

Red pepper flakes

For the "special" red sauce:

1 15-ounce can tomato puree

1/2 can tomato paste (3 oz)

pinch of oregano

Stick of cinamon

1/4 cup red wine

1 small white onion

1 1/2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

1 clove garlic, crushed

Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper

Directions

Combine 3 cups water, 1/2 cup chicken stock, with rice and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low; cover and simmer until the water is absorbed, about 45 minutes. Let stand, covered, 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork, then transfer to a large bowl to cool, about 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Finely chop the onion, green pepper and parsley. Toss a pinch of rosemary on top.

Brown garlic in hot skillet with olive oil/ drain oil.

Slice each bell pepper lengthwise. Cut away the light membranes and scoop out seeds. In a large bowl add turkey, 1 cup mozzarella, 1/4 cup feta, the rice mixture, chopped onion, herbs (save a pinch for garnish), browned garlic, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper 2 shakes red pepper flakes. Mash it up with your hands. Stuff the peppers!

Make the sauce: 2 1/2 cups water, the tomato puree, salt, cinamon, etc in a medium saucepan, high heat then at boil, cover and allow to simmer for 15 mins.

In a large rectangular glass baking dish, arrange the peppers, pour an inch of sauce to surround the peppers (don't drown them!). Ladle remaining sauce neatly on top of each pepper. Cooking time: 50 to 60 minutes. If time, baste regularly with sauce at bottom of dish. Toward end of cooking, sprinkle remaining mixed cheeses on top of peppers, broil until melted. Sprinkle herbs on top at end.

Let sit for 5 mins then serve.

Wine recommendation: Pinot Noir. Number of bottles: Depends on how dish comes out.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Ingraham-improv-recipe--Stuffed-Red-State-Peppers./85567224000876757.html

The Daily Fix for Monday, March 25th

2013-03-25T19:30:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The left continues to demonize traditional marriage

"Liberals don't want to debate gay marriage because there is no social science supporting them on this issue. Instead, the left resorts to demonization tactics. If Americans actually want gay marriage, then the states will approve gay marriage on their own."

Dr. John Eastman to conservative Americans: stand tall on marriage

Dr. John Eastman, chairman of the National Organization for Marriage, explains that homosexual couples do not warrant equal marriage protection under the law because they cannot perform one of the primary functions of marriage - bearing children. "Homosexual and heterosexual couples are not similarly situated because homosexual couples cannot procreate." Eastman hopes conservatives continue fighting for the protection of traditional marriage; "This will be over if people stand by and watch, but if people demonstrate courage and stand up to the fact that kids are better off with a mom and a dad, then ultimately we'll be victorious on this issue."
(Listen free)

Dr. Ryan Neuhofel offers inexpensive medical care without insurance

Dr. Ryan Neuhofel operates a clinic in Lawrence, Kansas that works directly with patients. Neuhofel does not accept insurance and instead operates with a simple and inexpensive pay scheme that he outlines for patients before they start treatment. "I don't have to worry about all that complex coding and insuring," Neuhofel explains, making procedures dramatically cheaper. He is offering what Obamacare promises, affordable services for both insured and uninsured Americans, but he is doing it without government intrusion. "I'm doing it right now. I don't need Obamacare to help my patients and quite frankly, I wasn't willing to wait for things to get better."
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Monday,-March-25th/-351480609897308442.html

Obamacare benefits for illegals--the Senate vote splits "Gang of 8"

2013-03-25T11:58:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This is why "comprehensive immigration reform" as applied to the 11-20 million illegal aliens in the U.S. today is about so much more than a "path to legalization." The goal for most in the amnesty crowd is to bestow both eventual voting rights on the immigration law-breakers and immediate access to all federal benefits on them. This, of course, means access to the new federal guarantees under Obamacare. Democrats, especially, believe that this will seal the deal with illegal immigrants for good. Why else would they fight so hard for this? Allowing folks to stay here and work (de facto amnesty, minus voting rights) is a perfectly "moral" solution to this problem. I hate "Gang of ----" nomenclature. Republicans should lose the terminology. We the people feel ganged up on enough on a variety of issues that the elites are determined to decide for us.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamacare-benefits-for-illegals--the-Senate-vote-splits-Gang-of-8/374999673458602227.html

Little progress made on jobs for people with disabilities

2013-03-24T18:39:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Do we ever hear the liberals say we need more Americans with disabilities hired as they do women, minorities, illegal aliens? It's gotten worse under Obama.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Little-progress-made-on-jobs-for-people-with-disabilities/188001359072831611.html

The Daily Fix for Friday, March 22nd

2013-03-22T18:06:00Z

Posted By: Staff

We're all caught on candid camera every day

"I don't like the fact that people are constantly filming and recording us...I was filmed by fourteen cameras on my way to work today. This is Soviet style surveillance. I'm sorry but I don't like it." Laura explains.

Rep. Paul Broun: I don't support a pathway to citizenship

Representative Paul Broun (R-GA) believes that since illegal immigrants have broken the law they should be prosecuted or deported, "These illegal aliens are criminals and we need to treat them as such." Broun respectfully disagrees with Sen. Rand Paul's recently revealed views on immigration, "I've spoken with Rand Paul and I just disagree with him. If people break our laws they need to pay the penalty...these are not immigrants, they are aliens. They are lawbreakers and if they are caught they should be deported," Broun asserts.
(Listen free)

Jami Valentine opened her home to an injured Afghan girl

Jami Valentine and her sister Staci cared for Arefa, an Afghan girl who suffered severe burns on her scalp after her tent was burned from an IED. The two sisters took the girl in and helped her get the medical attention and surgery she needed. When it was clear that Arefa needed to stay much longer than previously thought, Jami turned down an offer to send Arefa to another family. "I felt she had already lost so much in her life and I did not want to be another source of pain, change, and adjustment in her life," Jami says. (Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day:
Saga says she is not offended by the word "Easter" (Listen Here)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Friday,-March-22nd/-982568039578439054.html

Should Congress require cell phone firms to retain billions of private emails & texts?

2013-03-22T11:53:00Z

Posted By: Laura

We are always being monitored by someone when we are in public. But of course too much personal information in the hands of wrong people can be dangerous. Just for fun, do I what I am doing today. From the moment I leave the house, I am counting cameras--store cameras, red-light cameras, intersection cameras, elevator cameras, and building lobby cameras. Liberals wail about the "right to privacy" to justify 42 million abortions, but how many prominent liberals are rallying the public against our "surveillance culture"? It is stunning how quickly and easily people in our country have ceded their right to be left alone, away from the prying eyes of government snoops. Now law enforcement agencies are pushing for increased monitoring capabilities through the use of domestic drones, and of email and text messages. "Experts" think cell phone companies should retain our text messages for longer periods of time.

A House Judiciary SubCommittee hearing was held to discuss potential new updates to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986. Suggestions included requiring all cell phone companies to retain email and text messages for long periods of time as well as expedited federal access to this information. I say this is absurd and without probable cause that a crime has been committed, no one's emails should be banked or stored under federal edict. Join me on Facebook and Twitter to discuss the implications.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Should-Congress-require-cell-phone-firms-to-retain-billions-of-private-emails--texts/-174430785946166919.html

U.S. Senate signals willingness to repeal medical device tax

2013-03-22T02:20:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This story should convince Republicans NOT to abandon their efforts to chip away (and completely repeal) the abomination known as Obamacare. Democrats, despite having devoted millions of dollars and 3 years to trying to convince Americans to love the "Affordable Care Act," have failed miserably in this endeavor. As a nation we remain opposed to Obamacare and fretful over what the effects of the law will be on insurance costs and availability of quality care. Employers are dropping health insurance, and doctors' practices are being gobbled up by impersonal hulking hospital bureaucracies. Thousands of healthcare professionals are deciding to bag it altogether and are retire early. Republicans may now win the issue of repealing the medical device tax, which has cost jobs and added obscenely to the costs of everything from braces to bedpans. Lesson: Do what Mitt Romney couldn't really credibly do--argue the nightmarish effects of America under Obamacare. If they do this with specificity, personal testimony of doctors and patients (sound familiar?), they could very pick up more seats in both the House and Senate.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/U.S.-Senate-signals-willingness-to-repeal-medical-device-tax/-6022572191488550.html

The Daily Fix for Thursday, March 21st

2013-03-21T19:50:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Sen. David Vitter offers amendment to challenge birthright citizenship

Senator David Vitter (R-LA) believes that despite the criticisms and liberal assault on the GOP over birthright citizenship, the facts support reconsideration of the fourteenth amendment. "Even though Democrats resort to the same old name calling, when you get to the actual facts, what is so wrong with requiring that at least one parent be a U.S. Citizen?" Sen. Vitter questions. (Listen free)

Dr. Ben Carson has advice for Pres. Obama

When Laura inquires of Dr. Ben Carson, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, what he would say to Obama if he had the opportunity to meet with him, Carson replies, "I would tell the President that he has the chance to engineer one of the best presidencies ever if he stops the war on America." When Laura asks whether the President understands economics and free market capitalism, Carson replies, "I don't think he believes it [capitalism]...I think he has more of an interest in redistributing wealth, but everyone who has tried to do that has failed."
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day Jeff wonders how granting amnesty to illegal immigrants would help him or the GOP. (Listen here)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Thursday,-March-21st/787669285771357016.html

Senate to take up internet tax

2013-03-21T11:54:00Z

Posted By: Laura

We knew this was coming. Internet commerce has boomed in large part because it is free from government over reach and excess regulation. But Dems aren't happy until they're taxing something that's alive or dead. Republicans should make a huge deal out of this issue--what a great way to woo young voters away from the tax and spend donkey party.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Senate-to-take-up-internet-tax/-165004589009756563.html

The Daily Fix for Wednesday, March 20th

2013-03-20T22:16:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Obama should work for ESPN

"If only he were this conversant in economic principles. The man is incredibly knowledgeable about basketball. In fact, I think Obama has found his calling. He is fantastic at discussing sports. What he is extremely poor at is running our economy," Laura explains.

Ryan: My plan reduces the deficit in less than ten years

Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) believes his budget plan will actually achieve a balanced budget before the date predicted by the Congressional Budget Office. "Since we are forced to use the numbers calculated by the Congressional Budget Office, we can't count the pro-growth policies of the plan. I am confident we will balance far sooner if we put our pro-growth policies in place." Ryan also trumpeted the fact that his plan will dramatically decrease relative government expenditures, "Our budget brings down the size of government below what it was during World War II," Ryan asserts.
(Listen Free)

Wayne LaPierre on the failure of background checks

Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President and CEO of the National Rifle Association, says that background checks will only serve to hassle law abiding gun owners "who simply want the government to leave them alone...The government should focus on its job of enforcing current gun laws and effectively prosecuting criminals." For LaPierre, the background check is a product of fantasy, "This whole thing is an imaginary reality. It has no impact in the real world when it comes to cutting crime," he explains.
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Wednesday,-March-20th/-871491157360129153.html

Tales of the lovesick: A bolder Michelle Obama steps out...

2013-03-20T12:34:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This could be one of the most moronic, sycophantic and absurd things I have ever read about our beautiful First Lady. She's just now coming out of the "shadows" in the second term? As if she were a cloistered nun in the first? The First Lady injected herself into major domestic policy issues almost from day one--as the force behind the Child Nutrition law ($5 billion to guarantee that our children throw away their school lunches) and as a passionate advocate for the "Affordable" Care Act. In fairness, she also did some terrific events for our military families with Jill Biden. But back to this journalistic homage--hardly a homebody for her first four years in Washington, Michelle traveled the world from Aspen to Botswana, from London to Malibu, with the American taxpayers footing the hefty bill. She has the largest staff of any First Lady in history, and she mixes effortlessly amongst the glitterati, entertaining celebrities from Beyonce to Brad Pitt. She appeared what seemed to be an endless loop of popular TV shows from Jimmy Fallon to Ellen, from The View to Leno. She even got slimed at the Nickelodeon Kids Awards. But not as bad as we were slimed by this pointless piece of faux journalism.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tales-of-the-lovesick:-A-bolder-Michelle-Obama-steps-out.../741466611807192136.html

On Rand Paul's support for "path to citizenship....

2013-03-19T12:58:00Z

Posted By: Laura

As long as both parties are chasing the vote of hyphenated Americans, neither party will pay any attention to folks struggling to make ends meet, who don't hang the moon on their ethnicity, gender, etc. Conservatives need to make the GOP understand that if it continues to ignore us, a lot of red states could go for Hillary in 2016. Everyone recall how red states like Kentucky and Tennessee voted for Bill Clinton in 1996? If the GOP loses those states, the 2016 election could be a blowout. Rand Paul fell into an enticing immigration trap--it will ensnare him and perhaps be the undoing of his party.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/On-Rand-Pauls-support-for-path-to-citizenship..../625165787872483927.html

Brogoglio: Resist government "paternalism" of the poor

2013-03-18T12:06:00Z

Posted By: Laura

For those who believe that the new Pope will aggressively push for redistributionist government economic policies, consider this quote from the Holy Father, from his earlier writings:

"We cannot truly respond to the challenge of eradicating exclusion and poverty if the poor continue to be objects, as targets of actions by the state and other organizations in a paternalistic and aid based sense, instead of subjects in an environment where the state and society create social conditions that promote and safeguard their rights and allow them to build their own destiny."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Brogoglio:-Resist-government-paternalism-of-the-poor/-246063933882477283.html

Behind the campaign to smear the Pope

2013-03-18T11:57:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Yes, the Pope haters with their relentless agenda of secular progressivism are predictably out there beating their (usually concave) chests about how the new pontiff has to be more like them on social issues. (See the Read it or Weep column by M. O'Grady, "The Smear Campaign against Pope Francis"). But I love so much of what I am seeing and reading about this new Pope. Consider the reaction from his fellow Argentinans:

"Lucas Fagandini, 24, had travelled from Cordoba, Argentina, with 20 friends, all newly qualified engineers, to see the Pope. He said: "It feels like he's different, the way he talks, it is making people go back to church." Vincent Mesiano, from Rome, said: "We are really happy with Papa Francesco. He was friendly and simple, nearer to the people." Francis will be officially installed as Pope at a special Mass on Tuesday, with heads of state and royalty expected to attend from around the world."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Behind-the-campaign-to-smear-the-Pope/-304836098464836588.html

Gee thanks: Boehner, Ryan say "no immediate debt crisis"

2013-03-18T02:50:00Z

Posted By: Laura

On their respective Sunday show appearances, House Speaker John Boehner and budget brainiac Rep. Paul Ryan both gave President Obama a nice little St. Patrick's Day gift. Both said that they didn't think our current deft level--$16.7 trillion--isn't an "immediate crisis." This is the precise thing President Obama told ABC's George Stephanopoulos five days earlier to the guffaws of many. As a purely technical matter, it may be true that we are currently not in total crisis mode. But most Americans with a basic understanding of math, can appreciate how dire the current situation is. This debt means higher taxes. Every 30 seconds, the U.S. borrows more than $1 million. This year, we’ll pay over $250 billion in interest on our debt; with that figure rising above $700 billion in the next ten years. The monthly payments on our debt will grow much larger, and we’ll need much more in the way of "revenues" to make those payments. The list of horrors if this we don't act fast and act smartly is long: piling up debt means higher interest rates, erosion of our savings, and also means our families will be less secure. Given how both parties for so long have punted on the debt question, we have a crisis in leadership that compounds our financial crisis. When the president is pressed to tackle entitlement reform in a meaningful way, he may now cite Boehner and Ryan's statements that we are not in an immediate crisis. Thus, he will argue, such "draconian reform measures" suggested by the GOP should not be taken. The GOP is just terrible at seizing the rhetorical advantage. President Obama had lost it over the scare-quester and closing the White House tours, why give him an out?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gee-thanks:-Boehner,-Ryan-say-no-immediate-debt-crisis/-584502925281208058.html

The Daily Fix for Friday, March 15th

2013-03-15T18:34:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Is Marco Rubio establishment, or anti-establishment?

"Rubio seeks to cast himself as the anti-Romney. Some people think we have to change. He said America doesn't have to change. America works. Rubio wants to walk this line without being completely anti-establishment. The Republican Party needs conservatism but people are saying Marco is still a little too close to the establishment."

Steve Pearce's advice to GOP on Hispanics

Rep Steve Pearce (R-NM) is a conservative Republicans who does not support pathway to citizenship and yet has been successfully elected and reelected in a predominantly Latino district. He says, "I think if we as conservatives just pass immigration reform and expect them to like us we are mistaken. They want to hear what your values are. They won't like us until they know us."
(Listen Free)

Chip Flaherty on the importance of family friendly TV

Chip Flaherty, Vice President of Walden Media, discusses why his company is producing Walden Family Theater, a television program that will present family friendly movies on the Hallmark Channel. ""Its just a natural progression of what we have been trying to do. Give families the opportunity to watch a movie together. There are not a lot of family friendly shows out there," says Flaherty. The people at Walden are very sensitive to the importance of storytelling for people. Flaherty points out, "Story meets people where they are in life. And this shows the great responsibility and power that we have as storytellers."
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day:
Carmen says she cut out cable 15 years ago

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Friday,-March-15th/983735504139363417.html

Will GOP's new vision be shaped by Paul or Rubio?

2013-03-15T12:04:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Let's discuss this on Facebook and Twitter. Watch Sen. Rand Paul and Sen. Marco Rubio at CPAC, then share your impression. Who is better suited to lead the Republican Party leading up to the 2016? Do you agree that a Republican who distances himself from the policies of George W. Bush (a good, patriotic man), will have a better chance at beating the Democrats? Mitt Romney chose not to do this. John McCain was largely an extension of Bush 43. The GOP in 2006 chose not to do this. We have to come to terms with what happened to conservatism during the Bush years if we are ever to rebuild this movement. It's not about recriminations or blame for blame's sake. It's about being honest about where, how and why we lost before we are told once again, another Bush is the only candidate who is "electable" in 2016.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Will-GOPs-new-vision-be-shaped-by-Paul-or-Rubio/844117237525212853.html

The Daily Fix for Thursday, March 14th

2013-03-14T18:33:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Laura celebrates the election of Pope Francis

Laura extols the virtues of the newly elected pontiff, Pope Francis. "This man spends his free time washing the feet of AIDS patients. We don't know what sort of example he will leave behind, but we do know the life he has led, and it is one of simplicity and humility that stands in sharp contrast to the life of frivolity and depravity that modern secular society has unfortunately given us."

Sen. Jim Inhofe: troops should be a higher priority than Pres. Obama's green energy initiatives

Senator Inhofe (R-OK) introduced an amendment Wednesday to restore the tuition assistance program for active military personnel. "Sixty percent of people that join the military do so to eventually pursue a degree," Inhofe says. He goes on to explain that the troops should be more important than the President's failing green energy initiatives. He objects to taking away a privilege that was promised to soldiers when they volunteered to serve their country. "It's not the money. The whole cost is only 250 million dollars...his [President Obama's] green programs far exceed the amount that all of these kids were taking advantage of in this program."
(Listen Free)

Joe Ashman discusses the high demand for guns and questions the suspicious shortage of ammo

Joe Ashman, owner of Pioneer Market Guns, comments on the increase in demand for guns. "It's unbelievable how many people are looking to buy guns and ammo," Ashman states. Ashman, however, does believe it is strange that consumers have encountered such a massive shortage of ammo. Very little attention has been paid to the 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition that Homeland Security is currently buying up. Ashman, like so many other storeowners, is also a federally licensed gun dealer who attends gun shows and thus must perform background checks at the show. "Ninety percent of the dealers at gun shows in the West are federally licensed so they have to do background checks," Ashman explains, contradicting the howling criticisms of many Democrats who cite gun shows as venues for criminals to acquire murder weapons.
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Thursday,-March-14th/457602456620922690.html

A new pope to 'rebuild the church'

2013-03-14T12:22:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Pope Francis I had barely been introduced to the world before the usual progressive secularists were demanding that the Catholic Church "evolve" if it is to become relevant. Hilarious, I thought, to myself: if the Church is so irrelevant with its antiquated views on life and marriage, why are so many non-Catholics or fallen-away Catholics obsessed with covering, following and denouncing its every move?

From a dear friend exasperated by the dumbed-down, predictable media coverage of the conclave: "One of the cables last night featured a poll saying that the Church is "out of touch" with the "needs" or ordinary Catholics. And might those "needs" be? Women priests, married priests, and contraception. Well, recognizing those needs would certainly make everything all better for everyone! The media lobbies at every perceived opportunity for "change" on these three hobby horse issues, not realizing that Francis can't change them. Bulletin to media: pope still Catholic." That's the thing about freedom--if you don't want to be a Catholic, no one will force you to become one.

The humility and simplicity of this new shepherd, this pilgrim for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics stands in stark and refreshing contrast to today's culture. We all hope this pope leads by example. Then, perhaps, the narcissistic, shallow celebutainment complex that currently dominates our culture and "educates" our children will look a little less fulfilling to those searching for meaning in a confused, messy world.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-new-pope-to-rebuild-the-church/-841052771844461451.html

The Daily Fix for Wednesday, March 13th

2013-03-13T20:26:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars have undermined the GOP with voters

"The American people solidly believe the Iraq War was not worth it. We now have 2049 casualties from Afghanistan and the American people are scratching their heads," Laura says. "What has the effect of the party's neoconservative bent been on the party? In 2004, polled voters said they trusted Bush over Kerry to handle terrorism by 18 points. By 2007 this gap shrank with the GOP leading by 3 points and the Gallop poll showing them behind 47-42. The war has hurt the GOP and it's time to bring our soldiers home," Laura asserts.

Suzan Harjo believes the Redskins' name is offensive

Native American activist and President of the Morning Star Institute, Suzan Harjo, believes the Redskins' name is offensive to her Native American heritage. "The name of the Washington team is the worst thing we can be referred to in the English language. It harkens back to a time when our scalps and skin and body parts were commodified and used as proof of Indian kills. They should change the name to something that doesn't offend anyone," she explains.
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Frank Morano is glad the New York Soda Ban was overturned

Owner of Prince Street Pizza in New York City, Frank Morano says Nanny Bloomberg's soda ban would have forced prices to climb, "If the law is mandated, Coca-Cola is not going to change its prices. They are going to charge the same amount for a 12 oz soda that we were charging for a 20 oz. How can I charge that?" Morano questions. For Morano, the ban also would not have achieved the goals set forward by liberals. "The solution is in the home. You cannot tell people, 'It's my way or the highway.' Ninety-five percent of the time a child is a product of their environment," Morano says.
(Listen Free)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Wednesday,-March-13th/-986100079469243775.html

President's approval & trust drops on the economy

2013-03-13T11:54:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The Obama honeymoon is over. We knew it would end when the euphoria of electing our first African-American president subsided. Is it that people are finally tiring of the perpetual campaign? Do they finally see the president as unserious about the nitty-gritty of governance? Are they just weary of the whole crowd in Washington? Who knows, but Republicans should also not forget the depressing fact that while Pres. Obama may be slipping, they would kill for his approval numbers. The slow climb back from the cellar has begun.

Much has been made of the president's charm offensive. Wow! He is actually talking to people! And a meal was involved! If Team Obama thinks it's unfair that folks are skeptical about his new wine and dine approach to governance, they have no one but themselves to blame. For four years the president has been content to lead from behind on the budget and most every other issue. The skepticism is justified. I will credit conservatives--and yes, tea party types--for keeping the pressure on the GOP not to cave on taxes and entitlement reform. Republicans outside of Washington routinely complain about the leadership of Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, but both have done an admirable job of standing up to the man in the bully pulpit sticking to principles. There hasn't been any massive revolt among tea party Republicans.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Presidents-approval--trust-drops-on-the-economy/705048294204600436.html

The Daily Fix for Tuesday March 12th

2013-03-12T19:20:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Nanny Bloomberg's NYC soda ban is ridiculous

"I only occasionally drink soda. I don't like how soda makes me feel. But I also don't like the government telling us what we can drink," Laura explains. "We have to mitigate society's problems, but if we constantly talk about over-sexualization and teens having sex out of wedlock we shouldn't do that because we are judging people."

Larry Keane: Mark Kelly is a hypocrite for purchasing an AR-15

Senior Vice President of the National Shooting Sport Foundation, Larry Keane, reacts to news that Gabby Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly, purchased an AR-15 to "find out how easy it was for a normal person to buy one." Keane emphasizes that "Mark Kelly has admitted to buying firearms before so he already knows the process. It doesn't even pass the laugh test." Even the sales clerk, who Keane talked to does not think Kelly's story is true. "The sales clerk believed that this was indeed a legitimate purchase for personal use" Keane asserts.
(Listen Free)

Fred Thompson: there are conditions to Obama reaching out to the GOP

Former senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) tells Laura that the President would come forward with a substantive deal on the budget, "only if Obama's numbers keep plummeting. Otherwise there is no way." Thompson believes that Democrats are not considering the country's future, "We've got a 17 trillion dollar debt and a couple years from now we are going to fall off a real cliff. Some people are more concerned with what they can get today," Thompson declares.
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day:
David says he held firm when he disapproved of his daughter's admirer. (Listen Here)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Tuesday-March-12th/193932847011731688.html

The Daily Fix for Monday March 11th

2013-03-11T23:52:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Pakistan receives billions in aid but veterans are denied tuition assistance

Laura vents on the cuts to veteran tuition assistance. "We continue to give billions of dollars in aid to countries that seem to hate us. We just sent 250 million dollars to Egypt as we cut tuition assistance to soldiers returning home. This is a country that puts people in prison or kills them if they say that Muhammad is not who the Muslims say he is, and we send them 250 million a year!"

Ted Cruz: we must defund Obamacare

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) explains the reasoning behind his proposed amendment to halt funding for Obamacare as part of the continuing resolution bill. "The purpose of this amendment is that we should not implement Obamacare while the economy is gasping for breath," Cruz explains. Sen. Cruz hopes to challenge Obama even if it risks bringing about a government shutdown. "You have to take the risk that the president will make the decision to shut down the government. I hope republicans will stand strong."
(Listen Free)

Andy McCarthy: terrorists should not be tried in civilian courts

Columnist for the National Review Andy McCarthy says, "There is something perverse in taking people who killed 3,000 Americans, putting them in a civilian court, and giving them the same rights as Americans." McCarthy goes on to say that because the left "demagogues Gitmo so much" that the administration is limited in how it can deal with terrorist targets. "We kill people when we could capture them" McCarthy asserts.
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day:
Terry is upset that even as an army reservist the government is cutting veteran tuition assistance. (Listen Free)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Monday-March-11th/-566322309242514296.html

Obama slams new media, favors elite media types

2013-03-11T11:55:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Should this surprise anyone? The new media is more independent, filled with true mavericks who aren't intimidated by the establishment voices in either party. If nothing else, this Administration has been about control. The president is notoriously thin-skinned, and undoubtedly it bugs him to know that not everyone thinks he walks on water. The new media leaders aren't as likely to be swayed by choreographed moves such as the Obama "charm offensive." The new media leaders don't get the White House invites or the exclusive sit-downs, but so what? Access doesn't always buy credibility or get results. Look at the ratings, viewership and readership of the old media dinosaurs. They are all down.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-slams-new-media,-favors-elite-media-types/-958134979468570322.html

High tax consequences: more US profits parked abroad

2013-03-11T11:48:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The Wall Street Journal reports on something we predicted years ago. The more Washington penalizes profits, the more businesses will choose to move (or leave) their profits in lower-tax countries abroad. Liberals might call this "unpatriotic," but corporations must seek the highest return for shareholders. Of course if Democrats manage to capture the House in '14, Speaker Pelosi and pals will demand that all corporate profits, including those parked overseas, be subject to U.S. tax laws. Such a revenue grab will simply lead to fewer jobs at home. Conservatives should favor a repatriation of U.S. corporate profits not through onerous taxation but through tax incentives to businesses that reinvest foreign profits here at home. If Team Romney made it to the White House, it might have advocated for such pro-growth policies. Now is the time for Republicans to educate the American voters on the perverse effects of Keynesian rules of the road that stunt growth, hiring and long-term capital investment.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/High-tax-consequences:-more-US-profits-parked-abroad/-466748296246259383.html

Watch Laura on the 'FOX News Sunday' panel

2013-03-10T20:39:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Click here to watch.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Watch-Laura-on-the-FOX-News-Sunday-panel/-355503957092553999.html

'King of Pain' update: Military tuition assistance on chopping block

2013-03-08T20:24:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Pentagon has announced that both the Army and Marine Corps are 'suspending' their tuition assistance program, which serves 200,000 servicemen and -women. Lt. Col. Tom Alexander, spokesman for the Army’s personnel chief, explained that “Soldiers who are in courses now can complete those courses, but they will not be allowed to enroll in new courses.” We ask our military to sacrifice for little pay, put their lives on the line in multiple deployments and we repay them with this? Here are some programs that could be cut before we think about touching programs for our veterans: $250 million in aid to Egypt, $2.2 billion to provide Obama-phones to low-income Americans, $12.5 billion for a slush fund for jungle gyms, $500 million to Solyndra, $300 thousand for “Mapping Radioactive Rabbit Feces,” and $1.4 billion to fund the White House for a year. Many of these programs are ridiculous and they are allowed to exist at the expense of our nation’s bravest men and women. The Obama administration should use the sequester to cut REAL waste, not punish our men and women in uniform to try to make the Republicans look bad.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/King-of-Pain-update:-Military-tuition-assistance-on-chopping-block/320087474420068883.html

The Daily Fix for Friday March 8th

2013-03-08T19:35:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Cutting tuition assistance for our soldiers is disgraceful

"They are not curtailing Michelle Obama's tour but they are cutting assistance to the men and women who have sacrificed for us again and again and again," Laura declares. "200,000 soldiers are currently using tuition assistance. It's unfair and unjust."

Rand Paul reacts to detractors on the right

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) says that Republicans like Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) are "on the wrong side of history" as far as the United States drone program goes. Paul is concerned that expanding the battlefield and the rules of war to include U.S. citizens on U.S. soil will be detrimental to liberty, "They sort of miss that if you are named an enemy combatant you can be in America at a café and be attacked. Who gets to define 'enemy combatant?'" Sen. Paul questions.
(Listen Free)

Raymond Arroyo gives an update on the Conclave from Rome

Raymond explains what is happening with the upcoming election of the new pope. "The real work of the conclave, the building of coalitions and vetting candidates is happening now." Raymond believes the fact that the process is happening slowly is a positive sign particularly for those outside of Italy. "It means more voices will be heard. The less time, the more the Italians will be heard and that is not a good thing."gress funded you to detain."
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Friday-March-8th/959968290089753034.html

Filibuster envy: Media & Obama BFFs flail post-filibuster

2013-03-08T12:52:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Anyone in politics or the media who mocks Rand Paul for filibustering the John Brennan nomination is either: 1.) in favor of using drones on US soil; or 2.) just jealous he or she didn't think of it first. Both explanations are bad. On Thursday I predicted MSNBC's snarky reaction. (If it were Bush, MSNBC would have been doing on air tributes.) As for the pols, Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain rarely fail to disappoint. They are the go-to Republicans for the dinosaur media for a reason: they can usually be counted on to criticize conservative ideas and fellow Republicans. This happened Thursday when both men did their own drone strike against Rand Paul, publicly slamming the junior senator for his decision to filibuster. Of course over the course of 13 hours of Rand's stand (and in the hours they weren't dining with their new BFF), they could have had the moxie to debate their colleague face to face on the issue. But no, instead they chose the equivalent of a late hit against the QB. One problem, the GOP's star player Rand Paul stepped aside and both fell flat on their faces.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Filibuster-envy:-Media--Obama-BFFs-flail-post-filibuster/-610550902249401138.html

The Daily Fix for Thursday March 7th

2013-03-08T01:44:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Laura applauds filibuster Randpage

Laura slams the Obama administration for failing to acknowledge Rand Paul's filibuster and condemn the use of drones on US soil. "You've abused the constitution by even entertaining the idea that American Citizens can be killed on American soil by the executive branch. How have we arrived at this place in our nation's history?" Laura questions. "Hugo Chavez would have been for the drone program. He took out people. He took out lots of people with no trial, no hearing, no cross-examination, nothing. He just took them out. So now we want to give that authority to the President of the United States on our soil? I don't think so. Stand with Rand!"

Sen. McConnell skeptical Obama will talk seriously with Republicans

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) doesn't think the President Obama's meetings with republicans will be very fruitful. "If he is willing to talk about the type of entitlement reform that is necessary we will be happy to listen to him. But put me down as skeptical that the President is willing to do the things that can save this country," McConnell explains. McConnell does not think Obama is reaching out to Republicans without an ulterior motive either. "The scare tactics didn't work and the best evidence of that is his declining approval rating. He has pretty much conceded that the sequester will happen."
(Listen Free)

Rep. Goodlatte: releasing illegal immigrants over sequester is outrageous

Representative John Goodlatte (R-VA), voices his outrage over the Obama administration releasing illegal immigrants because of the sequester. "It is clear this was a scare tactic... It is also clear that this is one of the most venal actions you can take...We found the documentation where they clearly set forth that not only were they going to do this but that they would do this in conjunction with the sequester," Goodlatte asserts. Goodlatte also mentions that the release was completely unnecessary, "We have shown that there are 3 or 4 different ways that they could meet the sequestration requirements without even doing this. You don't need to cut this program when you already have 10% less people detained than congress funded you to detain."
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the day:
Chris from Kentucky says he loves Rand Paul and he did Kentucky proud. (Listen Free)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Thursday-March-7th/-918604744557014390.html

Rand's stand: principle and persuasion gives GOP reason for hope

2013-03-07T13:14:00Z

Posted By: Laura

As a gaggle of GOP senators were returning from a cozy dinner with President Obama Wednesday night, the junior senator from Kentucky was in the midst of a marathon filibuster giving CSPAN2 what must have been its best ratings ever. I couldn't turn it off, and scanning twitter, I saw it was clear that neither could legions of Americans transfixed by something that we hadn't seen in some time in our nation's capital--courage and conviction. By now we know that Paul was holding up the nomination of Obama's CIA director John Brennan because of unanswered questions about the use of drones on domestic soil. Although Paul eventually gave up his filibuster (because nature called), he won an important moral and PR victory that his party desperately needed. Targeted, sanctioned US government assassinations on US soil of people who are not enemy combatants is an unconstitutional use of Executive Power and should never be permitted. The Attorney General's failure to categorically rule out such Executive kill lists is unconscionable. It is the duty of the legislative branch to check and challenge such blatant and dangerous over reach by any president, regardless of party. Yet few Democrats who call themselves civil libertarians showed up to offer any support for the filibuster. We are only to conclude one thing from their absence: their primary allegiance is to Obama, not the Constitution.

Rand Paul didn't eat for much of the day himself, but with his filibuster he fed an electorate hungry to hear from a politician of principle. For almost 13 hours, Paul put the Constitution in the front seat, and his own convenience and comfort in the way back. Let the record reflect the names of those who stood with him in the early hours of his effort--Senators Mike Lee, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. In other words, the tea party spirit is alive and well. "The times they are a changin'...."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rands-stand:-principle-and-persuasion-gives-GOP-reason-for-hope/-924622578139543129.html

Judge strikes down Idaho 'fetal pain' abortion law

2013-03-07T13:00:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This week I bemoaned the lack of serious, sustained GOP discussion about the destructive effect of runaway judges in our country. Appearing on the show Wednesday, Berkeley law professor and former Bush Justice Department official John Yoo agreed that presidential candidate Mitt Romney missed an opportunity to do just that during the campaign. Every day presents a new opportunity to educate the electorate about liberal judges' undermining of the democratic process. Citing cases, the costs of frivolous lawsuits, and faulty legal reasoning are necessary steps in carrying this out. By the end of his second term, President Obama will have fundamentally reshaped the federal judicial bench in an activist mold. Yet the fact is, most young voters don't think much about courts or judicial nominations, which is largely the fault of Republicans who don't bother to do the heavy lifting required in the court of public opinion. Which brings us to the current "fetal pain" case where a judge rejected an abortion challenge. Next time I suggest the jurist claim try having a third party violently suction his own vital organs first to see how it feels.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Judge-strikes-down-Idaho-fetal-pain-abortion-law/-942218154493198740.html

The Daily Fix for Wednesday March 6th

2013-03-06T21:15:00Z

Posted By: Staff

It's bizarre how liberals admire dictators like Chavez

Commenting on the numerous positive eulogies given on the eve of authoritarian President, Hugo Chavez's death, Laura says, "You don't really need to hear from the advisors of Chavez, you can just look at what Hollywood says about him. Why is it that liberals always have a soft spot for dictators?"

Gingrich cautious about another Bush presidential run

Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich says that if Jeb Bush runs, "it invites a re-litigation of the 8 years of his brother's presidency." While indicating that he respects Bush and believes he is a great politician, Gingrich thinks Bush will have a hard time living down his flip-flop on immigration reform. "You can't run around on a major issue, one that you have written about and talked about, and then zigzag in 23 hours," Gingrich explains.
(Listen Free)

John Yoo: "Obama is ruining the Federal Bench"

John Yoo, law professor at University of California at Berkley, believes that "Obama is ruining the federal bench." Yoo criticizes the President for seeming to make judicial appointments based on race and gender rather than their ability to interpret the Constitution. "He's filling the bench with people of certain races and genders...he's saying, 'I don't care about your views on the Constitution," Yoo asserts.
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Wednesday-March-6th/-152275086777344186.html

Obama's dictator fixation

2013-03-06T13:54:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Reading some of the weepy left-wing commentary about the death of Venezuelan thug Hugo Chavez, I wonder why liberals have such soft spots for some of the world's worst dictators. Democrat New York Rep. Jose Serrano tweeted his glowing praise of Chavez: "a leader that (sic) understood the needs of the poor...empowering the powerless." Forget the little problems of state theft of private property, persecution of political opponents, obliteration of an independent press--Hugo was a modern day Robin Hood...and he liked dancing, kittens, and walking barefoot on the beach.

The president had his own brush with the dictator back in April of 2009, when Chavez handed him a copy the book "The Open Veins of Latin America" at a global economic conference. Speaking of Obama and dictators, the WSJ's James Taranto wrote a nice piece on our fearless leader's fantasy of having absolute power. Taranto recalls Obama's Friday comments in response to reporter Jessica Yellen, who asked why he doesn't lock the Republicans in a room and hammer out a deal.

"I'm not a dictator. I'm the President. So, ultimately, if Mitch McConnell or John Boehner say, we need to go to catch a plane, I can't have Secret Service block the doorway, right?"

When we first heard Obama's "I am not a dictator,"...it reminded us of Nixon's "I am not a crook." But on further reflection, Clinton's "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" is a more apt comparison. Of course Obama is not attempting to cover up wrongful behavior, but he did answer Yellin's question in a weirdly literal way that was both a deflection and a revelation.

It's true, of course, that Obama isn't a dictator. He also seems to point that out a lot, as National Review's Andrew Stiles observes. Last month, for example, he noted that "I'm the president of the United States, I'm not the emperor of the United States" and called this a "problem" that he has "struggled with throughout my presidency."

It seems Obama wishes he had dictatorial powers. He probably enjoyed that little fantasy of having the Secret Service take his adversaries prisoner. In itself, that's no big deal: We wouldn't be surprised if other presidents occasionally entertain similar flights of fancy.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-dictator-fixation/-823564409373092523.html

Rep. Gohmert: No Prez golf until WH tours resume

2013-03-06T12:56:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Rep. Gohmert moves to defund Presidential golf outings during the sequester's fall-out. Now this may seem petty but it also is a rare example of the GOP moving on the offensive, starting to frame the message, by turning the tables on the White House. There is a certain amount of selfishness that compels Mr. Obama and the First Lady to protect their own entertainment expenditures, while administration staff announces suspension of White House tours that hurt regular folks. The only thing missing from the recorded message on the White House website announcing that tours would be halted was: "This inconvenience brought to you by the evil Republicans." The King of Pain strikes again. Do you like the Gohmert move on the continuing resolution to defund Obama's golf outings? Join us on Facebook & twitter to discuss.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rep.-Gohmert:-No-Prez-golf-until-WH-tours-resume/-701891619699397051.html

The White House Closes Its Doors

2013-03-05T20:51:00Z

Posted By: Staff

President Obama has just indefinitely cancelled all White House tours, effective Saturday, due to sequester cuts. This is just petty. He couldn’t have thought of anything else to cut? Perhaps a golf weekend with Tiger Woods that reportedly cost taxpayers over a million dollars? This is peculiar especially after 400 new jobs were posted by federal agencies on Monday—the first full day with sequestration in effect.

White House tours did not need to go. This is a cheap attempt to portray sequestration as drastic to the American public. In reality, sequestration promotes gradual cut back; just one-quarter of 1 percent of GDP reduction in the first fiscal year.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-White-House-Closes-Its-Doors/-102990124912539603.html

The Daily Fix for Tuesday March 5th

2013-03-05T20:09:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Laura slams Jeb Bush's flip-flop on immigration

"The fact that he flip-flops in a 23 hour period on immigration is stunning to me," Laura says. "How do you not have your position staked out when you have written a book and go on TV about it? I don't know what that says but it can't be good."

Byron York questions the impact Hispanics had on the election

Byron York, columnist for the Washington Examiner comments on the Hispanic vote for Romney, "In Wisconsin, Romney would have lost if he got 100% of the Hispanic vote. In Ohio, if he got 78% he would still not have won. In Virginia, if he got 65% of the Hispanic vote he still could not carry the state. Obviously the Hispanic vote is important in some parts of the country, but in other parts it simply is not important for the campaign."
(Listen Free)

Gary Burtless and Dan Mitchell debate on the minimum wage

Gary Burtless, senior fellow at Brookings, cites a poll of elite economists and says "62% of economists agreed that on the aggregate low skilled workers would see more earnings." He continues, "Yes there may be some employment losses but they will be small compared to the gains that people earning the minimum wage or near the minimum wage will receive as a result of the minimum wage going up." Dan Mitchell, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, replies, "I think that is a very strange form of utilitarianism. What they are saying is that we are going to throw some low skilled people off work, and their lives are going to be much worse off...but we are going to justify that because some teenagers in the suburbs working at McDonalds will get higher income," he retorts.
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

Call of the Day: Jorge says that while passion or lust may not go away for human beings, we can still make the decision to control and channel those feelings into our relationships.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Tuesday-March-5th/-233340262306948439.html

Regarding all this Jeb coverage....

2013-03-05T17:52:00Z

Posted By: Laura

After observing all the Jeb Bush media interviews over the past few days, I think It is worth noting that no other Republican presidential candidate (except maybe Chris Christie) is going to get this type of glowing support from the mainstream press. If Wisconsin governor Scott Walker wrote a book, he certainly wouldn't be garnering the fawning coverage from Matt Lauer and Morning Joe. Conservatives should be wary of any presidential candidate who gets this type of favorable treatment from the press. (Of course, we should also remember that once Jeb is nominated, and is running against a Democrat, the press will turn on him just as they turned on McCain and Romney. But until that happens, they will do what they can to help him.)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Regarding-all-this-Jeb-coverage..../461411920224084688.html

Gov. Perry: ICE must stop "federally sponsored jail break"

2013-03-04T23:14:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The blowback from the Obama Administration's premature and unnecessary release of thousands of illegal aliens continues. In a scathing letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton, Texas governor Rick Perry contends: “The release of criminal aliens into our communities by ICE is unconscionable." He calls on the Obama Administration to provide relevant information to state and local law enforcement. “This action far surpasses the grandstanding Americans have come to associate with sequestration talks," Perry notes, branding this a “federally sponsored jailbreak." Perry also slams the administration’s ongoing failure to secure the nation’s southern border.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gov.-Perry:-ICE-must-stop-federally-sponsored-jail-break/-369069220769594824.html

The Daily Fix for Monday March 4th

2013-03-04T20:37:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Schools won't let boys be boys

In response to news that a boy was suspended for unintentionally molding a pastry into what a teacher thought was the shape of a gun, Laura says, "They have a zero-tolerance policy on boys. They jump on these kids for anything. These schools make boys scared to do anything. Boys can't be boys in school anymore."

Tucker Carlson: The media is finally calling the President out

Carlson, editor-in-chief of the Daily Caller, says,"I think Obama for the first time in five years has overreached so much that he is getting some backlash from the press. Tucker repudiates the Obama administration's fear-mongering over sequestration. "The idea that every single federal employee is essential to the federal government and western civilization will fall if they let go is the stupidest thing."
(Listen Free)

New app lets women rate men like Yelp

The founders of the new app Lulu say they have taken steps to make sure their site is not used to get petty revenge on men. "We have checks and balances in place...If you see only one negative review on a guy you use your own judgment, If you see 10 reviews on a guy you use your own judgment." When asked about why guys would possibly think their site was a good thing, they reply, "They would rather be talked about then not talked about."
(Laura 365 Exclusive)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Monday-March-4th/138089489106450271.html

Si se puede--Bush is back

2013-03-04T18:53:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Jeb Bush unveiled his new book on immigration Monday and quickly dominated the news cycle. First, the good news: the former Florida governor now says he is against a path to citizenship for anyone currently here illegally. That seems to be a course correction for the younger Bush, who has been known for his strong belief in immigration reform (a.k.a. "amnesty"). Instead of voting rights, the illegal aliens would be given permanent resident status after paying a fine and back taxes, he told Matt Lauer on the Today Show. Now for the bad news: he wouldn't object if "revenues" (raise your hand if you hate that word) were part of the final budget deal. Translation: if Jeb were in charge, tax increases would be agreed to, presumably in the form of the elimination of special tax considerations certain businesses and individuals get in the tax code. Refusing to rule out a presidential run, Bush said he wanted to be part of the conversation in "changing the tone" of the Republican Party. So, is this good news for the party? Jeb Bush is supremely well-connected with big donors and with politicians in both parties. He is considered an innovator in education, and generally well-liked. So if the previous Bush presided over the GOP losing both houses of Congress and the presidency, could another Bush swoop down and save it from ruin? Join me for conversations on Facebook and Twitter. We'll also discuss on Tuesday's show.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Si-se-puede--Bush-is-back/9722647308155372.html

FLOTUS First "Let's Move" Google+ Fireside Hangout

2013-03-04T12:41:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Note the First Lady and the President continue to reward their campaign donors at Google by giving them free promotional consideration in these "fireside" chats. (The president and vice-president have already done their Google chats.) Again, the election may be over, but the campaign never ends. You don't just get access to this White House for your money, you may get a free commercial broadcast featuring Barack or Michelle, beamed out to the world. What's next? The Dreamworks Facebook Easter Egg Roll?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/FLOTUS-First-Lets-Move-Google+-Fireside-Hangout/932569025106578804.html

George Will: 'I will not take seriously' Mr. Jay Carney

2013-03-01T20:08:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, The Washington Post’s George Will slammed White House press secretary Jay Carney, claiming he would never take Carney seriously. Will also took President Barack Obama to task for his kneejerk demands for additional revenue.

Will came up with an interesting analogy to illustrate President Obama’s nonstop demand for tax increases. “If you went to the International House of Pancakes with the President, you both have in front of you a big stack of pancakes, and you say, ‘Mr. President, could you please pass the syrup?’ he’d say, ‘No, I think we ought to have a balanced approach to passing the syrup… you should pay me in revenues to get the syrup.’”

“This is an absolute verbal tic of his,” Will said, “a reflex, and it’s built-in, hardwired into his system.”

Laura went on to challenge Will on his insistence that concerns over sequestration were overwrought. Jay Carney yesterday said the effects of the sequester would be severe and it would go right to middle class families. ‘There are people working today who would lose their jobs.‘”

But Will dismissed Carney’s claim, saying, “I will do many things for my country and my profession. I will not take seriously Mr. [Jay] Carney.”

Listen to it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/George-Will:-I-will-not-take-seriously-Mr.-Jay-Carney/587350752337107336.html

The Daily Fix for Friday March 1st

2013-03-01T18:59:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The White House should attend its own anti-bullying clinics

“For people who are so against bullying with their big plan to fund anti-bullying programs, the White House has no problem bullying reporters. Who is the real bully now? Maybe they need to enroll in their own workshops,” Laura declares.

George Will on Obama’s doomsday rants over the sequester

Syndicated columnist George Will believes the president has overdone his case on sequestration to the point where people really don’t care anymore. “Whatever size the government is at the moment, it’s the bare minimum standing between us and chaos and misery…Obama has gone so far over the top with his rhetoric here that he has even lost some of the media,” Will says. “I’ll do many things for my profession and my country, but I will not take Jay Carney seriously.”

(Listen free)

John Lott: statistics don’t line up in the crosshairs for gun control

Economist, commentator, and author John Lott asserts that the facts simply deny the arguments of gun control advocates. “You can’t find a place around the world where murder rates have gone down after gun control. In fact, they have gone up,” Lott explains. Lott argues that gun free zones are actually a contributing factor to gun violence. “I feel something has to be done too. You have to look at common factors that exist in all of these shootings. They keep taking place where guns are banned,” he says.

(Laura 365 Exclusive Audio)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Daily-Fix-for-Friday-March-1st/-157207611203145924.html

Chicago to start sex education in kindergarten

2013-03-01T12:42:00Z

Posted By: Laura

As a mother of three young children, I see these stories and want to cry. How did we get to this point? Our children are not allowed innocence even at 5 years of age? Being told about "private parts"--as in, "no one sees or touches your private parts except mommy & a doctor"--is all a small child can or wants to handle when it comes to sex education. But today little kids are forced to deal with complicated issues of sexuality that they are totally unequipped emotionally or intellectually to process. We see cases of children, who at 6 years old, declare their gender "wrong," and schools are scrambling to accommodate them. The rest of the children are left confused and dare not complain when Johnny walks into the girls bathroom, lest you be branded a "bully." None of these issues are easy, but children need us to care for them, which means to protect their innocence so that they may have childhoods. The serious issues will rain down on them soon enough. Your thoughts? Share them on Facebook & Twitter. Are we introducing sexual topics to our kids too early?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Chicago-to-start-sex-education-in-kindergarten/-887034288939753133.html

STUCK - The Documentary

2013-02-28T15:53:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Click here to see what the documentary is all about and view the trailer.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/STUCK---The-Documentary/-75212833062951671.html

2016 Watch: Scott Walker's tax cut spreads the wealth

2013-02-27T12:44:00Z

Posted By: Laura

While pundits watch every move and speech made by Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, I am keeping my eye on Wisconsin's governor Scott Walker. The man who successfully took on his state's unions is not flashy, not a firebrand, but he is doing a lot of the right things quietly and confidently. He is pro-business, pro-life, against Medicaid expansion and a tax cutter. His plans to roll back the government money grab stands in stark contrast to what the president is proposing on a national level vis a vis "revenues." (Yes, he also recently pledged support for a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, but no one's perfect.) What do YOU think of Governor Walker so far? Hit me on twitter & Facebook. Keep the conversation going.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/2016-Watch:-Scott-Walkers-tax-cut-spreads-the-wealth/313813370822843082.html

Your money: FLOTUS begins "Let's Move" anniv tour

2013-02-27T12:40:00Z

Posted By: Laura

At a time when her husband is threatening and scare mongering on sequester cuts, Michelle Obama is preparing to once again blow a lot of our money to celebrate her vanity project? There are plenty of overweight people in fat cat Washington. Stay put, unless you are spending your own money to cover the costs of government flights, security, and other staffing. (Is she doing "audience giveaways" a la Oprah and Ellen, too?) Remember, as Michelle told Jimmy Fallon, watch out Jay Leno.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Your-money:-FLOTUS-begins-Lets-Move-anniv-tour/701663831089715752.html

Even liberals wince at Michelle's Oscar turn

2013-02-26T13:33:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Let's say it simply and clearly: Mrs. Obama embarrassed herself with her starlet appearance at the Academy Awards. There is something deeply odd about one of the most recognized women in the world publicly injecting herself into an arena in which she has no expertise or accomplishment. Her ubiquity makes me almost expect her to show up in my medicine cabinet mirror in the mornings. The words desperate and narcissistic come to mind. Then again, for the Obamas, it's always been like Hollywood on the Potomac, with high-profile celebrities making themselves comfy in the Situation Room and Lincoln Bedroom. Plus, the Obama White House does have its own--wardrobe department (remember the white coats passed out to doctors in the Rose Garden?); casting director (Valerie Jarrett); marketing department (MSNBC); and of course they always can count on help from real producers and directors like Weinstein and Speilberg.

The Obama presidency reminds me of the Twilight movies: popular without any lasting value.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Even-liberals-wince-at-Michelles-Oscar-turn/584365012669451131.html

Traveling reporters get bill, but little news, when Obama travels

2013-02-25T13:18:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Here's an idea: inform the White House you will only report on actual news, not the lousy scraps or cotton candy themes tossed to the wags on the plane. Imagine if we had a consistently aggressive class of journalists interested more in the truth than their political agendas.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Traveling-reporters-get-bill,-but-little-news,-when-Obama-travels/940526413725616811.html

NEWSFLASH! Obama attends youngest daughter's dance recital

2013-02-25T12:43:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The press should really be ashamed of itself. This story made the "political" section of the Associated Press. This is what passes as news today: Michelle reads the Best Picture winner live at the Oscars; her husband plays golf with Tiger Woods; Michelle returns to Jason Wu for the SOTU address. In between managing those national priorities the president campaigns for more social transformation, while he and his team demonize the GOP. Of course there's no time or inclination to do what the nation really needs: lead. We need the kind of leadership from our president that will compel him to sit in a room with GOP and Democrat leaders and not emerge until we right this country's economic direction. But don't hold your breath, "change agent" has important business to do: his bracket picks for the NCAA tournament will be due soon!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NEWSFLASH!-Obama-attends-youngest-daughters-dance-recital/105471039874473958.html

The true story behind the 2008 financial crisis

2013-02-22T14:00:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Peter Wallison's new book Bad History, Worse Policy: How a False Narrative About the Financial Crisis Led to the Dodd-Frank Act lays out the real reason for the 2008 financial calamity from which we have never robustly recovered. The lies sold in the Obama-friendly media about why things collapsed are easily debunked. The problems began with Jimmy Carter's 1978 "Community Reinvestment Act" and were exacerbated in the Clinton years. Do-gooders in government decided that more Americans needed to be homeowners and attempted to create a government apparatus to ensure they reached their goal. This ultimately helped created the housing bubble. Easy money, easy credit, no standards. Wallison spoke recently at an AEI conference. Washington Free Beacon captures the essence:

"The government created Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy home mortgages from banks in order to free up capital at those banks and permit more loans. And according to a 1992 piece of legislation, 30 percent of the home mortgages that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bought had to be from individuals at or below the area’s median income level.

The 1992 legislation also gave the Department of Housing and Urban Development the power to raise the requirement. By 2005, 55 percent of all mortgages bought by the two government-owned mortgage-backing institutions were for low-income individuals .

While Fannie and Freddie could meet the initial 30 percent requirement without too much trouble, the steadily increasing requirement forced the two institutions to lower their underwriting standards for mortgages. They reduced the minimum FICO credit score and began accepting mortgages with no down payment—two of the most important indicators for the quality of a mortgage."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-true-story-behind-the-2008-financial-crisis/-913646585126708258.html

All is forbidden

2013-02-22T12:43:00Z

Posted By: Laura

I said this week that the GOP needs to rebrand itself the Fun & Freedom Party. Yes, you read that right. The people who believe in true freedom today aren't Democrats. The word "liberal" has been a misnomer for decades. Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Mike Bloomberg (the ultimate RHINO) are control freaks--the opposite of liberal. The modern left-wing mindset equates freedom with sexual expression, marijuana use, pornography and abortion. A real pathway to independence and self-fulfillment! In the end, on most other matters big and small, the left wants to limit or dictate your choices from the types of cars we drive, the food we eat, to where our thermostat is set. Read this hilarious piece by Cindy Adams in the New York Post that touches on our increasingly less fun daily lives. (Note, of course she doesn't connect the dots that most of the fearmongering on food etc is fueld by liberals...Bloomberg!)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/All-is-forbidden/601426579896483238.html

Pecking at news crumbs as Obama feeds anchors

2013-02-21T14:30:00Z

Posted By: Laura

A low point for American journalism (and there have been many) was Sunday's pathetic chorus of "Did you beat Tiger?" shout-outs to the President. For days the hungry members of the White House press corps were left scrounging for any random tidbit tossed out by the president or his press aides. For years the Administration that used its chosen media flaks to drive voter turnout, demonize Republicans, and promote its successes, suddenly put up a wall around the president's schedule. Why? Now a few journalists are catching on. They feel used. One problem: for five years they willingly allowed themselves to be used.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pecking-at-news-crumbs-as-Obama-feeds-anchors/305891241421632348.html

Feds propose rule to protect 'threatened' wolverine from climate change

2013-02-21T12:49:00Z

Posted By: Laura

What about a rule to protect threatened babies from Planned Parenthood? Prepare to feel the effect of all manner of costly over-the-top federal rules and regulations already raining down on us in this Obama second term. As usual, businesses will pay the price and pass on added costs to consumers. But don't worry: all this mischief is done to "benefit society."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Feds-propose-rule-to-protect-threatened-wolverine-from-climate-change/375394206720800502.html

Isolation generation: Calif. gunman was loner, 'gamer'

2013-02-20T23:58:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Another young person isolated, alone for hours, glued to a screen, with no prior arrests turns to deadly violence. We as a society haven't begun to fully comprehend how young Americans are becoming more detached, less connected to family, friends and neighbors, in part because technology gives a false sense of power and connectedness. Today more Americans of all ages are "cocooning" themselves in a world we find increasingly uncertain and unstable. But we cannot withdraw or recoil--we must engage and reach out and fix what ails us. Gun control is not going to solve this. Involved citizens, active, stable families are were we can find solutions.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Isolation-generation:-Calif.-gunman-was-loner,-gamer/887851345016590511.html

O.C. shooting suspect identified as college student with no record

2013-02-20T12:46:00Z

Posted By: Laura

So much for those background checks....Once again we see the rush to regulate may make legislators feel good, but one of the most popular measures (universal background checks) wouldn't have stopped another shooting.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/O.C.-shooting-suspect-identified-as-college-student-with-no-record/528609917195880319.html

Sen. Mike Lee: WH drone policy unconstitutional

2013-02-19T16:16:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) had harsh words for President Barack Obama’s drone policy, saying that there was no legal justification for strikes on U.S. citizens and that the program had the potential for corruption.

Laura asked Lee: “Are you okay then with the US government executing Americans overseas in drone strikes…?”

“Well, I really don’t like the legal justification, because it’s not a legal justification at all.” Lee responded, “There’s no legal analysis. “

When asked whether the program was constitutional, Lee answered, “No, I think it’s fraught with constitutional problems.”

“You use the term execution,” Lee noted, “if what you’re doing is executing American citizen and you’re purporting to justify it just because the person is outside the United States, that’s a problem.”

Lee said it was problematic to allow the executive branch to order the death of citizens without oversight. “One can imagine all kinds of opportunities for corruption in a situation in which you give the President discretion to just say, ‘Take out so-and-so.’”

Listen to it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sen.-Mike-Lee:-WH-drone-policy-unconstitutional/-54058245072433381.html

U.S. Struggles to Nab Visitors Who Overstay

2013-02-19T12:41:00Z

Posted By: Laura

I love this title. The U.S. government "struggles" to ensure that people who are supposed to leave actually leave. We have the most sophisticated technological minds in the world here--if we wanted to enforce our immigration laws, we would be doing just that. The U.S. military just spent $3 million to begin developing facial recognition software that allows anyone with a cell phone to identify individuals 50 yards away. This invariably will help stop suicide bombers, "insider" attacks, and other deadly assaults on our servicemen. Where there is a will there is a way and the fact is, enforcing ICE laws has never been a priority of either party when it had the White House. Other less advanced countries take their sovereignty far more seriously than our own. Once again, we find ourselves with a dynamic of the elites who were happy to keep the cheap influx of cheap labor versus the people who understand where all this leads. Now the same people who allowed millions of illegal immigrants to come and remain here insist the answer to decades of government malfeasance is a pathway to voting rights? How convenient--for them.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/U.S.-Struggles-to-Nab-Visitors-Who-Overstay/-809497239145690875.html

Learning the hard way--schools overreact to kids' imagination

2013-02-18T13:36:00Z

Posted By: Laura

You have heard about the post- Newtown stories--a 5 year old arrested for bringing a squirt gun to school, another questioned by police for making a gun motion with his little hand. I'm for disciplining unruly kids but what message are we really sending them if we wildly overreact to what children naturally do--imagine. Join the conversation on my Facebook page and Twitter about how whether the examples in this article represent disproportional punishment or needed early interventions.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Learning-the-hard-way--schools-overreact-to-kids-imagination/452939201311196878.html

China on the move...

2013-02-16T02:31:00Z

Posted By: Laura

As we heard in his State of the Union speech, President Obama maintains that our recovery is on track. "We're moving in the right direction, etc." Yet this claim is patently absurd on many levels. Consider this: our economic standing vis a vis China continues to deteriorate. Recent data indicate that in 2012, total U.S. GDP was $15.4 trillion, while total China GDP was $8.2 trillion. But these figures do not accurately calculate what each country can buy with its money. For example, Americans would be more likely to buy bread, while Chinese would be more likely to buy rice. Since rice is cheaper than bread, China's money can go further than ours. To account for differences like this, economists have developed the concept of "purchasing power parity" ("PPP"). By looking at things on a PPP basis, we can take into account relative costs and inflation rates of the countries we are comparing. On a PPP basis, our GDP in 2012 was $15.7 trillion, while China's was $12.4 trillion.

As the Korea Herald reports, Price Waterhouse believes that China will overtake us on a PPP basis by 2017 -- and, as you can see, they have almost caught us on this basis already.

The National Intelligence Council thinks that China will overtake the U.S. on a PPP basis by 2022, and that China will overtake the U.S. using market exchange rates sometime near 2030. The Council believes that "PPP-based measures probably provide better insight into fundamental economic strength." Check out at footnote "a" on page 15 of the attached report.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/China-on-the-move.../-6568387942287480.html

Obama attempting to change face of the judiciary

2013-02-15T15:21:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This is another issue--the courts--that the GOP better be prepared to discuss in the coming elections. By the end of his second term, Obama could remake a significant portion of the judiciary from the district court to the Supreme Court. Mitt Romney for some reason largely steered clear of discussing the huge consequences of this. How many times did we hear the GOP discuss the Supreme Court, or any federal courts for that matter? This must change. We must educate the voting public on the key cases, costs, and constitutional aftershocks of activist judges.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-attempting-to-change-face-of-the-judiciary/-461869839579594515.html

Obummer Economy Update: Obama "recovery" destroying middle class

2013-02-14T16:02:00Z

Posted By: Laura

"For the middle class today, [the Obama] recovery isn't translating into higher paying jobs," reports the Washington Post. This is a devastating families and entire communities across the U.S. today. Neither party really has answer about how to remedy the problem of our ever-debilitated middle class. Yes, Republicans, tax cuts will help some and budget reform will improve the overall economic outlook, too. But something far deeper must be addressed to begin to rebuild our middle class wages and standard of living. No, Mr. President, spending more government money to create more government jobs won't do it either. In the end, Pat Buchanan was smarter than most libertarians thought. The trade-offs for so-called "free trade" weren't pretty for most Americans. Globalization has its benefits, but the middle class of our country aren't seeing them. Even the Post acknowledged that "globalization...enabled companies to lay off highly paid workers in the U.S. during recessions and replace them with lower-paid ones overseas during recoveries." The current landscape is bleak: "Today, nearly four years after the Great Recession, 12 million Americans are actively looking for work but can’t find a job; 11 million others are stuck working part time when they would like to be full time, or they would like to work but are too discouraged to job-hunt. Meanwhile, workers’ median wages were lower at the end of 2012, after adjustments for inflation, than they were at the end of 2003. Real household income was lower in 2011 than it was in 1989." Yes, you can--earn less than the decade before.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obummer-Economy-Update:-Obama-recovery-destroying-middle-class/-639160602116632092.html

Happy VD-tines Day!

2013-02-14T14:19:00Z

Posted By: Laura

What a shock! After 40+ years of popular culture, schools, and even politicians promoting sexual experimentation and discovery to our children, we are seeing an "ongoing, severe epidemic" of STDs. One of the biggest lies ever told is that there is such a thing as "safe sex" for teens, or anyone for that matter out of wedlock. When kids are not discouraged from promiscuity, they naturally gravitate toward risky behavior that they are not equipped to handle with maturity and seriousness. Their attitudes morphed from: "sex outside marriage is sinful" to "kids are going to have sex, so might as well give them access to 'protection,'" to "all kids are having sex so we must make available abortifacient drugs at school without mom or dad knowing." We as a society stood by and allowed this to happen, our girls become targets for date-rape, pedophiles scour the internet for their next conquests, and now we discover that they our most precious resource, our young people, are more prone to enter college riddled with disease as well.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Happy-VD-tines-Day!/389357735833371986.html

McConnell: Obama speech "pedestrian," Rubio "best communicator since Ronald Reagan"

2013-02-13T16:57:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reacted to both President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and Senator Marco Rubio’s Republican response.

McConnell panned Obama’s speech, saying, “It was a not a fun evening, I have to admit. I had to listen to a pedestrian, liberal President talk about gun control, cap and trade, tax increases, spending programs… he talked about energy and didn’t mention the Keystone pipeline… It was a straight liberal orthodoxy, one line after another.”

On the other hand, when Laura asked for his reaction to Rubio’s speech, McConnell gave him a glowing review. “I thought it was terrific. Upbeat, optimistic, reminding everyone what made America great. I think Marco is the best communicator we’ve had since Ronald Reagan.”

McConnell laughed off the amount of attention given to Rubio’s awkward grab for a bottle of water. “It was no big deal. Marco sips water! He did when he made his great speech down at the [Republican National] Convention.”

He accused liberals of trying to distract from the substantive points Rubio made in the speech. “If the left is making something out of it, it’s simply because they want to divert attention away from his core message, which was inspiring.”

McConnell admitted that he hadn’t managed to watch fellow Republican Senator from Kentucky Rand Paul’s Tea Party response, but promised to read the transcript later. “We’re proud of him in Kentucky, and I think he’s making a positive difference for our state and the nation.”

Listen to it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/McConnell:-Obama-speech-pedestrian,-Rubio-best-communicator-since-Ronald-Reagan/-593179511415090987.html

The Laundry List for the Left

2013-02-13T16:33:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Our friends at the Washington Free Beacon have it exactly right. The president's State of the Union speech was a colossal snore. More liberal prescriptions for what ails us. None of it works as we see from the fact that we had 604,000 more manufacturing jobs when Obama took office than we have now, stagnating wages, and $4 trillion in additional debt. So the only things that Obama offers are the same ideas that didn't work the first go-round: taxing and spending. This is going to be a long four years.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Laundry-List-for-the-Left/-488456065109992819.html

Rand Paul says less Robin Hood, more Adam Smith

2013-02-13T13:16:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The philosophy Kentucky Senator Rand Paul laid out in the "Tea Party" response to the SOTU was solid, his solutions based in a clear-eyed application of free market principles. But after reviewing our show email and tweets late Tuesday night, I think many of you out there are hoping that the junior senator finds some of the same fire in his belly that his dad had. Delivery and style matter--let's face it, it's a large part of the reason we are looking at four more years of Barack Obama.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rand-Paul-says-less-Robin-Hood,-more-Adam-Smith/424330858979942889.html

Obama uses shooting of Chicago girl to push gun control at SOTU

2013-02-12T12:59:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The scourge of Chicago gun violence has been a heart wrenching fact of the Windy City's story for a few years, yet Pres. Obama is just acknowledging the problem now? This is the rankest type of political opportunism and typical of this White House. Like the mayor of Chi-town Rahm Emanuel famously said, "never let a crisis go to waste." The poor girl who died at the hands of gang-bangers is victimized once again--this time by a political machine in Washington that didn't bother even mentioning the crisis until it was expedient to do so. Five hundred others are dead in his hometown, who didn't attend the inauguration. Most were casualties of the vicious gang culture borne out of broken families, failed liberal social policies, and an ineffective criminal justice system overwhelmed by the chaos.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-uses-shooting-of-Chicago-girl-to-push-gun-control-at-SOTU/45819750536539634.html

Rising Voice of Gun Ownership Is Female

2013-02-11T12:38:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The great equalizer. Yes, a firearm in the hand of a woman levels the playing field against a violent attacker of superior strength. Liberals claim to be for "grrrrrl power," but the vast majority prefer to make it more difficult for women to buy, own and transfer the gun of their choice. The real war on women is the violence done to them when they are unable or unprepared to defend themselves. Feminists should be encouraging gun ownership among capable women. Wouldn't it be nice if they were helping break down barriers to gun ownership for women rather than obsessing on birth control and abortion?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rising-Voice-of-Gun-Ownership-Is-Female/-849580120122872675.html

Rick Perry to GOP: Embrace conservatism, moderation is 'a failure'

2013-02-08T16:38:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry came on the show and claimed that the pathway to Republican victory is social and fiscal conservatism instead of moderation, taking aim at Karl Rove's American Crossroads.

"Karl Rove started American Crossroads..." Laura pointed out, and "had a 1% return on investments for the people who gave money. Now they've started a new group, the Conservative Victory Project.”

“I think Americans are smart enough to figure out where to invest their money.” Perry responded, “[If] 1% return on your investment is what turns you on, then that will speak for itself.”

When asked whether the Tea Party was responsible for loses in 2012, Perry didn't think so. “I would suggest to you that people who try to moderate their views in order to win a particular vote are going to be weaker and weaker as time goes by... I think people want to see people they believe, people they trust, and people who that going to be consistent in their positions. Moderation in pursuit of electoral victory is a failure in my opinion.”

“It's easy to be popular.” Perry continued, “Being consistent is what Americans are really looking for. I think whether its the President of the United States or the governor of a state, consistency of philosophy will be carrying the day as we go forward.”

Laura asked whether the Republican Party should become more socially liberal, but Perry strongly disagreed. “I believe that fiscal conservatism is going to be one of the most powerful messages that we have. But also, standing up for traditional values that this country was based on, articulating them in a loving way... but in a way that is not compromising in the values.”

“I don't think we're going to see a lot of moderation on the part of Governor Perry,” Laura joked after the interview was over, “And yet somehow, his state keeps winning.”

Listen to it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rick-Perry-to-GOP:-Embrace-conservatism,-moderation-is-a-failure/185603624642308820.html

'Ramona' & Sheryl Sandberg

2013-02-08T14:08:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Time to stop helicopter parenting and start teaching independence. A great piece in today's NYPost.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ramona--Sheryl-Sandberg/-24020012400227313.html

Uncovering Planned Parenthood's Lies

2013-02-07T20:09:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Albany Rose was just 16-years-old when her father and stepmother forced her to get an abortion. Years later, after joining the pro-life cause, she decided to get her abortion records from Planned Parenthood to remember her lost child by. What she discovered was shocking: Planned Parenthood had lied about her age, unborn child’s age, and that she had undergone an ultrasound. Her records claim she had seen an ultrasound, but it wasn’t until she asked years later that she saw the ultrasound of her child for the first time.

Now Albany has set up a new website helping other women to reclaim their abortion records and uncover abortion clinics' rampant deceit. Visit it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Uncovering-Planned-Parenthoods-Lies/-37852387435697101.html

Reagan foreign policy strong--but restrained

2013-02-07T12:46:00Z

Posted By: Laura

As the GOP wrestles with how to move forward, many of the old Establishment types and party's new voices are trying to claim the Reagan mantle. President Reagan's birthday week is a good occasion to correct the record for those who justify future American military interventionism by citing Reagan. I worked for President Reagan. I loved President Reagan. And many who are trying to re-invent conservatism are no Reagans. Check out Rand Paul's take..

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Reagan-foreign-policy-strong--but-restrained/-16678675499007071.html

Principles out the window: Kasich takes Obamacare's free money

2013-02-06T15:22:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Gov. John Kasich of Ohio is a Republican. He also proudly calls himself a conservative. But is it conservative to flip-flop on something as important as Obamacare? (Mitt Romneycare was the GOP nominee, after all.) Kasich has decided for "practical reasons" to expand Medicaid under Obamacare. He is one of five Republican governors taking the federal money; he says it's good for Ohioans because of the strain otherwise put on his state budget. But can the GOP win by doing what Pat Buchanan calls the ongoing "striptease" of its basic principles?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Principles-out-the-window:-Kasich-takes-Obamacares-free-money/-184767199688266928.html

The battle for the soul of the GOP--Crossroads v. Tea Party?

2013-02-05T20:46:00Z

Posted By: Staff

After Republicans lost the presidency and eminently winnable seats in the Senate, donors and party loyalists have been calling for the heads of those whom they blame for the electoral disaster. On one side is Steve Law, the president & CEO of American Crossroads, the group founded by former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove. On the other is Brent Bozell, Founder of ForAmerica.org. Both appeared on the show Tuesday. Here are some highlights:

“We invested well north of $30 million in backing very conservative candidates. Some were successful… some were disasters… Our goal is to institutionalize the Buckley rule to find and support the most conservative candidates.” -Steve Law

“The first thing that comes to mind is how remarkable it is that these people are suddenly kindred spirits with Bill Buckley and Ronald Reagan…. Steve Law and Karl Rove should retire from politics if their goal is to establish the Buckley rule,” -Brent Bozell

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-GOP--Crossroads-v.-Tea-Party/153050931018245122.html

Obama gunning for for more controls in the Midwest...

2013-02-04T17:09:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Anything to avoid tackling the most important issue facing our country--our economy, debt and deficit. It is worth noting that Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who was killed at a gun range in Texas over the weekend was vehemently against additional gun control measures. He noted that Switzerland has a high percentage of gun owners, concealed carriers, and crime is almost non-existent there. The left is energized, but as Forbes points out today, the influence war is being won by the 2nd Amendment defenders, despite the fact that 2nd Amendment-defending Republican pols have left the heavy-lifing to the NRA:

It’s a Marathon, not a sprint. It seems the NRA has the stamina to out-run the pro-gun control movement. They are persistent, un-yielding and gaining influence. It will be interesting to see how the pro-gun control voice responds and how the influence between the two groups changes as the debate persists.

The pro-gun rights voice is rapidly gaining influence while the pro-gun control voice has tapered in recent weeks. Momentum is shifting and the gun control debate is becoming a platform benefiting gun rights advocates.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-gunning-for-for-more-controls-in-the-Midwest.../968803600219606622.html

Santorum to Rubio: "Be very careful" of Durbin, Schumer

2013-02-04T17:07:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, former presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum advised Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) not to trust the Democratic members of the “Gang of Eight” when approaching immigration reform.

Laura asked Santorum if he had any advice for Rubio, “What message would you give Marco about working with [Democratic Senators] Durbin and Schumer, given what they've said in the past about Republicans on immigration…?”

“That’s a very dangerous group you’re playing with.” Santorum cautioned, “These are folks who do not have the interest of finding a bipartisan solution.”

“I’ve never, never, in twelve years of working with those guys found them to be interested in anything that smacks of anything but capitulation on our side, and if not, demonization if they don’t get their way. So be very careful.”

Listen to it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Santorum-to-Rubio:-Be-very-careful-of-Durbin,-Schumer/-183311360699919054.html

The few, the good...the commercials

2013-02-04T14:04:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Two Best Commercials:

Jeep/USO -- narrated by Oprah. True celebrities are the men and women who sacrifice of themselves for their country, buddies, families, for little fanfare or money.

Dodge/Ram Trucks -- The great Paul Harvey, one of the best in radio EVER, on farmers--their sense of family, work ethic, compassion and faith.

5 worst commercials:

Gildan t-shirt filth. Girls, sleep with your boyfriend, wear his shirt, and he'll abandon you! I won't ever buy their clothes again.

Two Broke Girls -- a new show on CBS. The "sneak preview" featured the girls ripping off their tops and a stripper pole. How original!

GoDaddy.com -- Bar Rafeli and unattractive obese character actor kiss for what seems like an eternity. You can hear the spit being swapped. Grab the air sickness ad.

Calvin Klein -- Guy's privates accentuated in his undies. Slow-mo for all the cougars, teeny boppers. Marky Mark was better 20 years ago.

Volkswagon -- White guys using Jamaican accent. Not racist, just stupid.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-few,-the-good...the-commercials/511462935381334383.html

Schumer: We Won't Let Border Security Block the Path to Citizenship

2013-02-01T12:51:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Marco Rubio, call your office! Sen. David Vitter is correct--we've seen this movie before and we know how it ends. The undocumented get legal status and ultimate voting rights, our legal immigrants and citizens get empty promises of enforcement. So millions more will come, today's "shadow" workers will be replaced by new "shadow" workers. Middle class wages will continue to suffer, lag, and stagnate. Prove over 5 years that the border is enforced using objective standards and measurements. Only then should we even consider a "legal" status for those here illegally. Republicans should make the case to legal Hispanic citizens and residents that this approach will prevent further wage erosion, and ultimately their children's future. After "comprehensive reform" is enacted, the president will do little to enforce the border. (Think of the level of enthusiasm he has for reducing the debt and deficit.) And once again we, the American people, will be left holding the bag.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Schumer:-We-Wont-Let-Border-Security-Block-the-Path-to-Citizenship/236090334257019695.html

Economic jitters compete with Obama agenda

2013-01-31T13:59:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Most of us have known this for years, but the "mainstream" press is just getting around to the realization that President Obama is just not that interested in addressing our long term debt or cutting the deficit. His priority is remaking America, its social structures. When the president is passionate about something, he devotes time to it, and can be convincing. He hosts White House forums on immigration, gun control, and gay rights--he invests political capital addressing these. Not so with the economy--the president only met with his highly touted "jobs council" a handful of times over two years, and now we learn that the president is letting his jobs council expire this week. Nice work if you can get it! The man has his list of goals--and cutting spending does not make his Top 5.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Economic-jitters-compete-with-Obama-agenda/-249888999102922705.html

Sen. Vitter on Rubio immigration plan: 'Amazingly naïve...'

2013-01-30T17:07:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, Senator David Vitter (R-LA) drove home his opposition to the “Gang of Eight’s” vision for immigration reform and specifically responded to Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), who had appeared earlier in the hour.

“I love and respect Marco,” Vitter qualified, before saying, “I think he’s just amazingly naïve on this issue. This is the same formula we’ve seen before… Promises of enforcement never materialize, and the amnesty happens immediately.”

Vitter predicted that the legal status granted by the Gang of Eight proposal would soon become citizenship. “It’s going to happen… citizenship is guaranteed at that point as a practical matter.”

Laura noted that in their interview, Rubio claimed his plan did not offer a pathway to citizenship. But Vitter responded: “As soon as you give [illegal immigrants] legal status, they are here legally forever, and probably they’re citizens not that long after. If Marco thinks… that’s not going happen, I think he’s nuts.”

Vitter stressed that every previous deal that gave amnesty in exchange for tightened enforcement had never decreased illegal immigration. “Every single time, the illegal flow after has been greater than the illegal flow before… We’ve gone to this movie before; it has the same ending every time.“

Listen to it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sen.-Vitter-on-Rubio-immigration-plan:-Amazingly-naïve.../-164507982382974362.html

Promises broken on Gitmo, networks silent

2013-01-30T13:21:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This is another great piece by our friends at Newsbusters exposing a media still slavishly devoted to President Obama. Promises about unemployment levels, the deficit, transparency, bipartisanship, and closing Gitmo were all out the window in the first term, yet most in the media made excuses for the president's lapses. Righteously indignant, Obama on numerous times declared that he would close Gitmo, which he claimed was a "recruiting tool" for terrorists. Fast forward four years, reality trumps left-wing rhetoric, but he gets a pass. Read more.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Promises-broken-on-Gitmo,-networks-silent/695519903660338245.html

Rep. Lamar Smith: Senators' immigration plan won't pass the House

2013-01-29T16:35:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, former Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Lamar Smith (R-TX), predicted that the bipartisan immigration reform championed by the “Gang of Eight” would fail to pass Congress, and that the House could act as a firewall.

“It is not inevitable,” Smith told Laura, “I don’t think it’s going to happen for lots of different reasons.”

He dismissed the notion that there was significant Republican movement towards amnesty. “The same individuals who have been for amnesty in the past are for amnesty today. I don’t see any surge in converts to the idea that we should legalize everyone in the country.”

Smith claimed that opposition to the plan would stem from the fact that “it’s going to cost taxpayers when they become eligible for government benefits, it’s going to cost Americans their jobs… I don’t see much good for Americans, for individuals in this country today….“

He projected that “The large majority of Republicans, and some Democrats as well, will oppose amnesty to virtually everybody in the country illegally.”

“I certainly don’t see a majority of the House voting for mass amnesty.” Smith stated firmly, “Maybe the House is going to be the firewall here.”

Listen to it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rep.-Lamar-Smith:-Senators-immigration-plan-wont-pass-the-House/-148372288578997288.html

Defy the elites--send your own message to the House & Senate on their "bipartisan shuffle"

2013-01-29T14:28:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The fix is in on "comprehensive immigration reform," unless you act now and make your voices heard. Call your senators and congressmen--stand with the middle class who have seen their wages stagnate and their buying power diminished.

You can look up your House Representative here and your Senator here to give them a piece of your mind.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Defy-the-elites--send-your-own-message-to-the-House--Senate-on-their-bipartisan-shuffle/842417384000343901.html

The real cost of giving illegal immigrants citizenship

2013-01-29T12:32:00Z

Posted By: Laura

On the surface, the "bipartisan" immigration agreement announced Monday may sound reasonable. Finally, the thought goes, these folks who have been living in the shadows are going to "come out of the shadows" and pay taxes. But as with the healthcare debate, the promises of savings are almost certainly fanciful. From a new Fox News report:

Research shows creating a path to citizenship for so many illegal immigrants would result in significant costs to state, local and federal governments....

[T]he main reason illegal immigrants create a large deficit is not their heavy use of social services but their lack of education, which results in low-paying jobs and small income-tax contributions.

“On average, the costs that illegal households impose on federal coffers are less than half that of other households, but their tax payments are only one-fourth that of other households,” writes Steve Camarota, in his 2004 study “The High Cost of Cheap Labor: Illegal Immigration and the Federal Budget.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-real-cost-of-giving-illegal-immigrants-citizenship/416952325743655698.html

TARP pay rule flouted by Obama Admin

2013-01-29T12:27:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Corporate welfare socialists win, taxpayers lose. The left doesn't want to admit it but big government and big business invariably go hand in hand. An inspector general's report found:

"In 2012...three TARP companies convinced Treasury to roll back its guidelines by approving multimillion-dollar pay packages, high cash salaries, huge pay raises and removing compensation tied to meeting performance metrics....Treasury cannot look out for taxpayers' interests if it continues to rely to a great extent on the pay proposed by companies that have historically pushed back on pay limits."

No wonder Tim Geithner has been so anxious to leave town. More from the Times account:

"The report charges that Treasury has failed to rein in excessive pay at the three firms. It found that Treasury approved all pay raises requested for A.I.G., Ally and General Motors executives last year, with individual compensation increases of $30,000 to $1 million. It also faults the Treasury overseer for allowing pay packages above what comparable executives at other firms receive."

It's good work if you can get it.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/TARP-pay-rule-flouted-by-Obama-Admin/-656122633987919233.html

Priebus Gives Postmortem on 2012 Election

2013-01-28T19:49:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today, on The Laura Ingraham Show, Reince Priebus, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), addressed the inability of the RNC to achieve an effective grassroots initiative because of limited time, inadequate resources, and poor ground support. “We didn’t even have a credit card that was functional in the building for ninety days because they were all suspended here when I walked in the door,” Priebus said.

When Laura pressed him on the RNC’s ineffectiveness, Priebus was adamant that in a presidential campaign pressure emanates from other areas. “You can be the quarterback but you don’t always get to call all the plays," Priebus asserted. "The presidential campaign has a lot of authority.”

Priebus went on to say that the Democrats’ massive grassroots campaigns were not spear-headed by the DNC but by “massive soft money organizations” like Moveon.org. Republican soft money groups have to be involved in communities throughout the nation year round, because “just buying network television [ads] for six months is not the best use of money.”

Laura also questioned Priebus on immigration and whether Republican support for a “path to citizenship and voting” would expand the GOP reach in 2016.

Priebus agreed that a policy of amnesty would fail to entice Hispanic voters saying,“I don’t agree that immigration is a top three issue among Hispanics.” The critical issue is the tone of the party towards immigrants and “how [Republicans] communicate” without being “offensive,” he stated.

(Listen here)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Priebus-Gives-Postmortem-on-2012-Election/786982969051863378.html

Hillary and Barack on '60 Minutes': That Wasn't Journalism

2013-01-28T13:27:00Z

Posted By: Laura

While watching the Hillary & Barack dog & pony show on CBS's "60 Minutes" Sunday, I kept thinking to myself. WWMWHD? (What would Mike Wallace have done?) We aren't surprised when certain media outlets allow themselves to be used by the Clintons and Obamas, but when even "60 Minutes" can be co-opted, you know American journalism is flat-lining. I was half-expecting Hillary's name to be read among the nominees for Best Actress at the SAG awards. The audience was undoubtedly surprised that Daniel Day-Lewis bested Steve Kroft for the Best Actor statuette. (H/t to Howie Kurtz for alerting us to the Daily Download piece on the Hillary/Barack joint interview.)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hillary-and-Barack-on-60-Minutes:-That-Wasnt-Journalism/-39754325406610601.html

'Obama presses liberal agenda as he starts 2nd term'

2013-01-28T12:32:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Headline from today's Associated Press: "Obama presses liberal agenda as he starts 2nd term." Cutting edge analysis! Thank goodness we have the AP for these insights. Same thing could have--should have--been written at the beginning of first term: Radical spending, radical restructuring of healthcare, radical use of EPA, radical imposition of "czars" to implement and market his left-wing agenda, etc. Remember all the high-minded liberal Republicans who insisted that Obama would govern from the middle?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-presses-liberal-agenda-as-he-starts-2nd-term/147750745733268922.html

Eyeing rich bounty, China in line for Afghan role

2013-01-26T15:47:00Z

Posted By: Laura

After the US has spent the blood of our military and the treasure of our taxpayers in Iraq and Afghanistan, now China will cash in. The Bush administration started the GOP down the road as the "stupid party" by not getting deals in both countries for our "investments." Truly sickening.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Eyeing-rich-bounty,-China-in-line-for-Afghan-role/800355646095254307.html

Obama's top staff...more left than ever

2013-01-25T16:05:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Do you still maintain that Obama is a pragmatic, practical, problem solver? Then you must also believe that the the Northeast is suffering from heatwave. Courtesy of some friends on the Hill, we know that:

President Obama’s new Chief of Staff used to blog for the liberal website Think Progress. Check out the tweet by thinkprogress: "Former ThinkProgress blogger Denis McDonough will be named the new White House Chief of Staff today." Oh, his new Communications Director did too. Another tweet from thinkprogress: "Former ThinkProgress blogger Jennifer Palmieri will be named the new White House Communications Director." And you thought the old first term "czars" were bad.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-top-staff...more-left-than-ever/29818196476885234.html

Fair Tax? Republican Govs push taxes on sales, not income

2013-01-25T15:57:00Z

Posted By: Laura

For all of you who are depressed about the state of the GOP--especially those in Congress, take heart. Cool stuff is happening in the states on energy, education, and business promotion. As the President and his pals on the Hill push for ever-higher rates on the "wealthy," many of our 31 Republican governors are just saying no to income taxes, corporate taxes, opting for higher sales taxes. The pro-growth results and Republican governors' popularity speak for themselves.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fair-Tax-Republican-Govs-push-taxes-on-sales,-not-income/-673465248239885747.html

Tina Turner 'to become Swiss, give up US passport'

2013-01-25T15:50:00Z

Posted By: Laura

How long before the feds push a law to prohibit citizens from moving money out of the country even when they flee for tax reasons? Would you ever consider leaving the country if you believed the federal government was turning on the people and the Constitution? Facebook and tweet us.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tina-Turner-to-become-Swiss,-give-up-US-passport/785027815010082728.html

Wrong on Women Warriors

2013-01-24T13:56:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The Administration's move to clear the way for women in combat is more evidence that Team Obama cares more about political correctness than about what works best for the day-to-day functioning of our military. Every commander and NCO with whom I have spoken over the years thinks this is a bad idea. (They also put great value on the vast contributions women have made at all other levels of the armed forces.) On the issue of mixed-gender combat, most have been intimidated into silence because they know that speaking against "women's military equality" could jeopardize their careers. Also, it is interesting to note that there is no real evidence that female military service personnel are clamoring for infantry combat roles.

Read the terrific analysis of this issue by Manhattan Institute's Heather MacDonald on the Pentagon's decision.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Wrong-on-Women-Warriors/184968730039457580.html

Clinton talked to only one Benghazi survivor in 4 months

2013-01-24T13:23:00Z

Posted By: Laura

When you are really interested in discovering the truth about something as important as Benghazi, you undertake an exhaustive review of all relevant facts. That means every witness is interviewed, every document and communication reviewed. Mrs. Clinton didn't do that here. In her Hill testimony, more than four months after the deadly Libya assault, she still didn't know the number of Benghazi survivors. As smart as she is, if Mrs. Clinton wanted to know, she would have known. This Administrations handling of this tragic episode has stunk to high heaven from day one. On Wednesday, the stench got even more fetid.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Clinton-talked-to-only-one-Benghazi-survivor-in-4-months/404152560991751572.html

Boehner blasts Hillary for blaming Congress on Libya security, Inaugural speech

2013-01-23T19:06:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Speaker of the House John Boehner rebuffed Secretary of State Clinton’s repeated assertions during her Benghazi testimony that Congress was wrong in not fully funding the Administration's request for increased diplomatic security.

“We gave them all the money they asked for to make sure that our diplomats and our employees around the world were safe.” Again, he continued, this is an example of the White House "leading from behind," sitting back and responding only as necessary.

As for the overall tone of the President’s Inaugural address, the Speaker observed, “I’ve listened to my share of State of the Union addresses and my share of Inaugural addresses, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard one in the last 30 years that was this liberal nor for that matter that was this partisan.” Rather, he noted, it “sounded more like what you’d see a President do in a state of the union than in a high-minded speech on the day of the inauguration.”

Listen to the audio here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Boehner-blasts-Hillary-for-blaming-Congress-on-Libya-security,-Inaugural-speech/808683726725626369.html

Obama's triumph of low expectations

2013-01-23T16:42:00Z

Posted By: Laura

More evidence that Barack Obama has been successful in lowering our expectations for our new America.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-triumph-of-low-expectations/-215460337602574395.html

The price of U.S. inaction against Benghazi terrorists

2013-01-23T14:01:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Why should any one be surprised--sources are telling the New York Times that some of the same terrorists who attacked the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi on 9/11 were also involved in the bloody assault at the Algerian gas complex. When America hesitates and dissembles in response to a brazen, deadly assault killing our ambassador, of course the Islamists are going to be emboldened to do more. Images of bloody American corpses and those of their allies spilled across the internet is what Islamic jihadists crave. Obama was wrong--Gitmo isn't a recruiting tool for terrorists. But Benghazi is. Those committed to establishing the global caliphate might be saying to themselves: Yes, the U.S. military might strike us with drones, but we drag the body of their top diplomatic official through the streets and they don't even show up to investigate or bring a single collaborator to justice. Hillary Clinton has a lot to answer for. Read the New York Times account:

If confirmed, the link between two of the most brazen assaults in recent memory would reinforce the transborder character of the jihadist groups now striking across the Sahara. American officials have long warned that the region’s volatile mix of porous borders, turbulent states, weapons and ranks of fighters with similar ideologies creates a dangerous landscape in which extremists are trying to collaborate across vast distances.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is scheduled to testify before Congress on Wednesday about the Libyan attack that killed the American ambassador and three staff members, raised the specter of regional cooperation among extremists soon after the mission in Benghazi was overrun.

In particular, she said the Islamist militant takeover of northern Mali had created a “safe haven” for terrorists to “extend their reach” and work with other extremists in North Africa, “as we tragically saw in Benghazi,” though she offered no clear evidence of such ties.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-price-of-U.S.-inaction-against-Benghazi-terrorists/685336172957513581.html

Rep. Ryan Reams Pres. Obama's "Strawman" Attack on GOP

2013-01-22T16:20:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The debate about how best to restore America's fiscal house began anew today on The Laura Ingraham Show, as Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) responded to the President's Inaugural Address. Obama employed a “convenient twist of terms," according to Ryan, that consisted of his "shadowbox(ing) a straw man” on the subject of entitlement programs. What Ryan was hoping to hear instead was the President eager to tackle the debt crisis “before it takes our economy off the rails." The former Mitt Romney running-mate noted that many Democrats agree on this issue.

During his speech, Obama argued that entitlements like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security “do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great." Many saw the remark as an indirect jab at Ryan, who during the 2012 election often spoke about the gap between “makers and takers” in America.

Ryan countered the perceived slight, telling guest host Raymond Arroyo that the President was twisting his words: “[N]o one is suggesting our earned entitlements are putting you in a taker category.”

Instead, Ryan said, he only used the term to refer to unearned entitlements, where recipients do not pay into the programs. “We do not want to encourage a dependency culture… ”

Ryan accused the President of using “a switcheroo… a convenient twist of terms to shadowbox a straw man…”

“I understand the President will continue to use straw man arguments, affix[ing] views to your political adversaries they do not have in order to try and win an argument by default.”

Ryan cited as an example Obama’s recent remarks that his Republicans have “suspicions” about programs for the poor and elderly. “We don’t have suspicions,” Ryan countered, “we actually have plans to save these programs so they actually work!”

On the contrary, Ryan argued that “when [President Obama] says he won’t save these programs, he’s…directly complicit in their bankruptcy.”

Listen to it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rep.-Ryan-Reams-Pres.-Obamas-Strawman-Attack-on-GOP/-71527367950158716.html

Obama dodges entitlements, reality

2013-01-22T15:05:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The president's ideological fervor was palpable throughout his inaugural address. He is a committed secular progressive, meaning he is not so much interested in addressing the nation's economic woes through growth, as he is in fundamentally reshaping America to resemble more of a European-style society. Three of the biggest crises of our day--family breakdown, the national debt, and the coming collapse of our entitlement programs were almost completely ignored by Obama on Inauguration Day. He believes that leveling the playing field means the "makers" (i.e., job creators) must continually "sacrifice" (i.e., pay) for the rest of society. Obama, never having made a payroll himself, doesn't realize that although under his ideal economic system, the "rich" will get poorer, the poor will also get poorer.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-dodges-entitlements,-reality/-475272730857588621.html

Al Roker screaming like groupie at Obama, Biden

2013-01-22T12:29:00Z

Posted By: Laura

We like Al, but at what point does this become embarrassing? At least he's not political reporter. Washington "Journalists" were similarly giddy during the inaugural festivities. (You know who you are.) Somehow I don't think cable television would have devoted hours of programming time discussing Michelle's choice of gown designer. Speculation alert: if it were a President Romney marching on Pennsylvania Ave Monday, Al probably wouldn't have been jumping up and down with delight. More conversation would have focused on the "immense challenges" facing the president in the second term. More calls for bipartisan approaches for the country's sake. And maybe even a few stray comments about how the inaugural spectacle was out of sync with the economic pain most American families are experiencing today. I personally love the pomp and circumstance of these occasions, but we still expect our news media to maintain some modicum of impartiality. After the last four years maybe we won't expect much. Our expectations have been successfully lowered both by the president and the media. Happy second term!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Al-Roker-screaming-like-groupie-at-Obama,-Biden/-424597895122858705.html

Ingraham slams Obama's muddled handling of Algerian hostage crisis

2013-01-21T16:07:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The president spent much of the past year campaigning on the theme that under his leadership, Al Qaeda is dead and GM lives! Of course the truth about both is far more complex. Let's just focus on the growing al Qaeda threat that should have been obvious in the Benghazi attack on 9/11/12.

The Washington Post reports that violence in Algeria and Mali "has transformed al-Qaeda's North Africa branch into a cause celebre for militant Islamists around the globe, boosting recruitment and fundraising for the jihadists and spurring fears of further terrorist attacks in the region and beyond."

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI.) chairman of the House Intelligence Committee also responded to the attacks on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday:"They are growing more dangerous. They are growing in numbers."

Rogers was adamant that the Algerian attacks were on the heels of Benghazi, "this becomes a recruiting dream for them and a nightmare for us," Rogers stated, "it shows that they can strike Western targets and gives them a confidence level."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ingraham-slams-Obamas-muddled-handling-of-Algerian-hostage-crisis/20691947388174170.html

Sen. Rand Paul: "I don't trust" Democrats or Republicans with money

2013-01-18T16:38:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) gave a wide-ranging interview, during which he took a firm stand against raising the debt ceiling and ruled out Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) plan for a short-term increase in the debt ceiling.

“I'll only support raising the debt ceiling if we pass a balanced budget amendment.” Paul stated bluntly, “I don't trust any of these people, Republican or Democrat, to do a good job with our money. There's no objective evidence that they are good with money.”

“It's just a blank check... we should not raise the debt ceiling... all you're doing is balancing the budget.”

Paul criticized President Obama for implying that failing to raise the debt ceiling would lead to default. “We're bringing in $200 billion a month in revenue. Our interest payment is $30 billion. We have plenty of money to pay for the interest on our debt.”

He said Republicans shouldn't back down on their threat to shut down the government. Doing so, Paul argued, would show “...Republicans don't have the spine and don't have the ability to really push forward to get anything changed.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sen.-Rand-Paul:-I-dont-trust-Democrats-or-Republicans-with-money/-563981548442177468.html

Sen. Rand Paul slams Christie for NRA comments, Sandy aid

2013-01-18T16:06:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) gave a wide-ranging interview, during which he attacked New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for his criticism of the NRA and his grandstanding on Sandy aid, saying that they would hurt his chances during the Republican primary.

Paul claimed that Christie had “backed down” on gun rights: “You have some Republicans backing down like Christie backing down and criticizing the NRA, and I think that doesn't do any good.”

When asked by Ingraham why Christie made the comments, he responded that they were politically calculated. “I think he may be solidifying his support with Democrats in New Jersey and maybe liberal Republicans.”

Paul warned Christie that his criticism of the NRA, as well as his criticism of fellow Republicans over the Sandy relief bill, would come back to haunt him if he made a presidential run in 2016. “I think criticizing the Second Amendment movement and the over-the-top 'give me my money' stuff, 'I want all sixty billion now or I'll throw a tantrum,' I don't think that's going to play well in the Republican primary.”

“I think people need to think through what their position on these things are.” Paul concluded.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sen.-Rand-Paul-slams-Christie-for-NRA-comments,-Sandy-aid/-227328133018571932.html

Sen. Rand Paul hits back at Democrat's "insulting" codeword attack

2013-01-18T15:36:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) gave a wide-ranging interview, during which he responded to the allegation by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) that he was using a “codeword” to attack President Obama's executive orders on gun control.

“Senator Kaine is confused about his history.” Paul responded, “He needs to read his Montesquieu, he needs to read Jefferson, he needs to read our Founding Fathers, who were very concerned about the separation of power.”

He continued, “This has nothing to do with President Obama or that he's a Democrat. In particular, it's insulting to say it has anything to do with the color of his skin.”

Paul noted that he had opposed past presidents who went beyond the power of their office. “I opposed George Bush on his executive orders... I opposed Clinton... this has been a longstanding tradition. It's insulting for anyone to say this has anything to do with race.”

Paul claimed that playing the race card only prevented important policy debates. “It dumbs down the debate. If we're going to... call people names and call them a racist, we can't have a debate.”

“These are big battles we need to fight, but they have nothing to do with race.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sen.-Rand-Paul-hits-back-at-Democrats-insulting-codeword-attack/472878356904714647.html

Obama Jobs Council hits 1 year without official meeting

2013-01-18T13:57:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Look at this this way--when they don't meet, they can't advocate for more policies destructive to our free market. I prefer no meetings. Remember, with Obama, it's always the appearance of doing something that matters. It should be beyond obvious that President Obama has virtually zero interest in either growing the economy or cutting the deficit. Too bad the GOP still doesn't have much credibility on these issues either, in part because of the Democrats successful campaign to demonize and discredit them.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-Jobs-Council-hits-1-year-without-official-meeting/-6700647371231526.html

Sen. Ted Cruz predicts gun control backlash, Republican resurgence in 2014

2013-01-17T18:08:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, newly elected Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) predicted that President Obama's gun control efforts would backfire, leading to a conservative resurgence in the Senate.

Obama, Cruz argued, has "drunk the Kool-Aid. He is feeling, right now, high on his own power."

Cruz anticipated that Obama would pay “a serious political price... [that's] going to manifest in Senate races in 2014.”

“I'll make a prediction,” Cruz said, “I think 2014 is going to be a very, very strong year for conservatives. I think we have a real possibility of picking up a majority of the Senate”

“The next two years, the president is going to continue doing what he's doing now, which is overreaching and really believing that this country has become far left. And that is not this country.”

Cruz also denied the sentiment that the Tea Party was finished on a national stage. “A lot of folks in the media... have used [the 2012 election] to write an obituary on the Tea Party. That's a story that's been written more than once. As Mark Twain famously put it, I think rumors of the Tea Party’s death are greatly exaggerated.”

Listen to it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sen.-Ted-Cruz-predicts-gun-control-backlash,-Republican-resurgence-in-2014/750653843230878835.html

WH & Dems See Electoral Gold In Gun Fight...

2013-01-17T14:12:00Z

Posted By: Laura

...but wait, I thought their anti-gun push was about "saving kids' lives," about "children's safety"! Of course, we jest. Wednesday's White House "gun show" was not a serious attempt to advance policy or legislation. It was a masterfully directed production that would have made Cameron MacIntosh proud. The choreography involved children who wrote letters to the president about the need for gun control. The White House used the kiddie wallpaper for maximum emotional manipulation. Democrats will demonize every Republican recalcitrant about gun control measures, in the hopes of setting up an electoral rout in the 2014 midterms. Once Dems have a majority in both Houses of Congress, Obama will have maximum power, flexibility, and ultimately the political domination he craves. That's what this is all about.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/WH--Dems-See-Electoral-Gold-In-Gun-Fight.../450892966622493050.html

Federal spending is limitless and lawless

2013-01-17T12:45:00Z

Posted By: Deroy Murdock

“We don’t have a spending problem.”

Those soothing words are apparently none other than Barack Obama’s. As the Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore reported, House Speaker John Boehner says that Obama insisted to him that America has a problem with healthcare, not federal expenditures.

Maybe the spendaholic-in-chief is missing something. America is being tortured by a free-spending federal government that acts irresponsibly on good days and illegally on bad ones.

In just the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2013, Washington dug Americans $293 billion deeper down the hole, the Congressional Budget Office announced January 8. That pace likely will make this the fifth consecutive year with a federal deficit exceeding $1 trillion. This was obscene enough when G.W. Bush botched the 2008 financial meltdown. Since then, Obama gleefully has frolicked in red ink.

Also, federal welfare spending is set to increase 80 percent through Fiscal Year 2022 and total $11 trillion. What fuels this explosion in the dole? According to a January 15 analysis by Senate Budget Committee Republicans, bureaucrats use “aggressive outreach to those who say they do not need financial assistance.” Also, “Recruitment workers are even instructed on how to ‘overcome the word “no”’ when individuals resist enrollment.”

This week, the Republican-led House approved $33 billion in Hurricane Sandy assistance. This sum, atop another $17 billion, includes such non-sequiturs as $10 million for FBI paychecks, $50 million to plant trees around America, $150 million for fisheries, and $2 billion for interstate highways.

Enough wobbly Republicans joined spend-happy Democrats to save these and other slabs of pork. Republicans should have used this legislation as a tutorial on limiting disaster relief to relieving disaster, not opening the vault to those with the stickiest fingers.

Meanwhile, Washington’s record-shattering profligacy may be less frightening than its burgeoning lawlessness. Legal, schmeagle. Washington does whatever it wants.

• Senate Budget Committee Republicans report that the Agriculture and Homeland Security departments “have promotions to increase the number of immigrants on welfare despite legal prohibitions on welfare use among those seeking admittance into the United States.”

• Congressman Tom McClintock (R – California) complains that Congress routinely spends tax dollars on programs whose legal authorization has expired. This is like using a company credit card — years after you were fired.

Last year, McClintock tried to cut about $250 million from the International Trade Administration. “The ITA’s authorization lapsed in 1996 – 16 years ago,” McClintock marveled. “It has not been reviewed or authorized by Congress since then, but we still keep shoveling money out the door.”

The 1985 Balanced Budget Act requires that authorizing legislation “be in place before the regular appropriation bills can be considered” by Congress. Nonetheless, the CBO confirmed last year that “Congress has appropriated about $261 billion for fiscal year 2012 for programs and activities whose authorizations of appropriations have expired.” These included $3 billion for Community Block Grants, $24 billion for No Child Left Behind, and $31 billion for the National Institutes of Health.

These and other initiatives may have merit. If so, Congress must reauthorize them, so that they are rooted in the law, rather than inertia.

• For its part, the Democratic-run Senate is a crime scene. The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 compels senators and representatives to pass a budget by every April 15. Whatever. The Senate has not enacted a budget since April 29, 2009. (The GOP House did so in 2011 and 2012.) Too bad this law is toothless.

Rather than huddle with Republicans to rescue America from this mess, Obama is as petulant as ever. He refuses to bargain with Republicans, saying they simply should raise the debt ceiling without restraining spending. Obama said he would not “have that negotiation with a gun at the head of the American people,” presumably with GOP fingers on the firearm. What vulgar rhetoric, post-Newtown.

Finally, what about the $16,456,185,258,774 national debt? Like Old Man River, it just keeps rolling along.

New York commentator Deroy Murdock is a Fox News Contributor, a nationally syndicated columnist with the Scripps Howard News Service, and a media fellow with the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Federal-spending-is-limitless-and-lawless/212872866893464099.html

Rubio slams Obama and liberal media for 'demonization' and 'misinformation' on guns

2013-01-16T22:08:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) blasted President Obama and the mass media for their calculating and deceptive push for gun control.

Rubio claimed there was a great deal of media “misinformation” about guns, and chalked it up to a liberal bias. “[T]he mass media in this country, both entertainment and news media, leans lefts and would prefer that there not be Second Amendment.”

Rubio also slammed President Obama for planning to announce his new gun control measures surrounded by children. “[I]t implies that somehow those of us who do not agree with his public policy prescriptions don’t equally care about children. I have four children of my own… I was shocked and outraged and disgusted by what happened in Connecticut.”

Rubio continued: “There’s a long history in this administration of demonizing their political opponents… [I]t’s an effort to convince people that the other side are just not good people.”

He told Ingraham that the proposals Obama was considering “would not have prevented what happened in Connecticut, and it would not prevent it from happening in the future”

“Criminals don’t follow the law.” Rubio said definitively, “That’s what makes them criminals.”

Listen to it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rubio-slams-Obama-and-liberal-media-for-demonization-and-misinformation-on-guns/-836969355458715370.html

Doctors without Borders!

2013-01-16T19:50:00Z

Posted By: Laura

So now President Obama is turning doctors into roving interrogators who pry into the lives of their patients--so much for privacy. Today's White House backgrounder provided to reporters at the president's afternoon gun control announcement, included directives to "[p]reserve the rights of health care providers to protect their patients and communities from gun violence." The Administration aims to "[p]rotect the rights of health care providers to talk to their patients about gun safety." Most creepy is the conclusion that doctors and other health professionals "need to be able to ask about firearms in their patients’ homes and safe storage of those firearms, especially if their patients show signs of certain mental illnesses or if they have a young child or mentally ill family member at home." Notice the language "especially if." So you could be perfectly healthy, just going for a routine checkup, and your doctor will be within his right to ask about your guns? This certainly sounds like we are creating a nation of snitches, spies, and basically gives doctors authority to interrogate law-abiding individuals exercising their constitutional right to bear arms. What if the doctor himself has mental issues or an axe to grind against a patient? If someone in your home is depressed and on medication, does this mean you will be encouraged (or later forced) to give up your guns? To where does the doctor "report" his concerns or findings? Local authorities? The feds? This is all nanny statism of the worst order. Doctors should stick to the practice of medicine. If they are mental health providers, that's one thing, but why should, let's say, your regular internist or dermatologist ask about guns in your home? Doctors are already leaving the profession in droves due to the extra burdens in Obamacare. Apparently President Obama is unconcerned about alienating even more of them (and their patients) with this silly edict.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Doctors-without-Borders!/51902480088792439.html

List of GOPers who voted for pork

2013-01-16T16:45:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Here's a list of all the Republicans who voted for the pork-laden Sandy relief bill. Check to see if your Congressman is on the list, and if so, contact them to let them know how you feel!

1. Young, Todd IN 9

2. Whitfield, Ed KY

3. Rogers, Hal KY 5

4. Boustany, Charles LA 3

5. Alexander, Rodney LA 5

6. Harper, Gregg MS 3

7. Palazzo, Steven MS 4

8. Cramer, Kevin ND

9. LoBiondo, Frank NJ 2

10. Runyan, Jon NJ 3

11. Smith, Chris NJ 4

12. Garrett, Scott NJ 5

13. Lance, Leonard NJ 7

14. Frelinghuysen, Rodney NJ 11

15. King, Pete NY 2

16. Grimm, Michael NY 11

17. Gibson, Christopher NY 19

18. Hanna, Richard NY 22

19. Reed, Tom NY 23

20. Collins, Chris NY 27

21. Turner, Michael OH 10

22. Lucas, Frank OK 3

23. Cole, Tom OK 4

24. Gerlach, Jim PA 6

25. Meehan, Patrick PA 7

26. Fitzpatrick, Michael PA 8

27. Marino, Tom PA 10

28. Barletta, Lou PA 11

29. Dent, Charles PA 15

30. Culberson, John TX 7

31. Cantor, Eric VA 7

32. Wolf, Frank VA 10

33. Herrera Beutler, Jamie WA 3

34. Reichert, David WA 8

35. McKinley, David WV 1

36. Capito, Shelley WV 2

37. Davis, Rodney IL 13

38. Shimkus, John IL 15

39. Young, Don AK

40. Valadao, David CA 21

41. Denham, Jeff CA 10

42. McCarthy, Kevin CA 23

43. McKeon, Buck CA 25

44. Bonner, Jo AL 1^st

45. Bachus, Spencer AL 6^th

46. Crawford, Eric AR 1^st

47. Young, W. Bill FL 13^th

48. Diaz-Balart, Mario FL 25^th

^49.Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana FL 27^th

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/List-of-GOPers-who-voted-for-pork/-957703464912839415.html

Obama's political "child abuse"

2013-01-16T12:38:00Z

Posted By: Laura

For 5 years I have documented the hypocrisy and prevarication of the President and First Lady on the issue of using children in political contexts. The president's double-talk on how "children should be off-limits" in our political debates was obvious during his first campaign. His daughters Malia and Sasha (both who seem delightfully unpretentious and well-adjusted), have, in fact, been referenced repeatedly to add an emotional resonance to President Obama campaign to remake America. In the First Lady's campaign against obesity, we learned about Sash's high BMI. In the health care debate, we heard about ---'s diabetes scare. In the BP oil spill, when so many faulted the president for his slow response, we were told his daughters approached him while shaving to ask, "Have you plugged the hole yet, Daddy?" They were even mentioned when the President slammed Mitt Romney with his "war on women" meme.

Of course Democrats have been using the children as human shields against criticism for decades: they are lined up behind liberal pols demanding more social spending, more regulations on business, and tax hikes. So it should be no surprise to anyone that the President choose to exploit children once again in his pitch for greater gun controls. Because he offers his gun policies "to save kids from violence," we are supposed to forget the consequences for the 2nd Amendment. What is especially odious here is that Democrats vehemently fight for the continued destruction of the most innocent in the womb, the tiniest victims in a federally-sanctioned war on their human rights. They "care" about the children? Please. They care about power, money and achieving their secular progressive utopia.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-political-child-abuse/796472915847733159.html

Polls supposedly show support for stricter gun laws

2013-01-16T12:31:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The AP-Gfk poll shows that 6 in 10 Americans favor stricter gun laws. In the absence of strong leadership and powerful rhetoric from a well-known Republican politician, I'm surprised the support for government action isn't higher. Also, we should also note that if new immigrants and illegal immigrants are part of the sampling, many will hail from countries that do honor individual gun rights as our Constitution does. Still, conservatives can't let the NRA take the primary lead on this issue, not when it is so easily maligned by the cultural and political elites.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Polls-supposedly-show-support-for-stricter-gun-laws/-401919118345435308.html

Ohio Superintendent fires back at critics over guns in school

2013-01-15T22:24:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, Laura spoke with the school superintendent of Montpelier, OH, who has taken steps to arm school staff in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting. Superintendent Jamie Grime stressed the need for safety at his school, and hit back at the media for its inaccurate coverage.

Grime claimed that after the Sandy Hook shooting, “I got to a point where I had two options: I could either wait for the government to save me and protect us or take matters into my own hands…”

Grime claimed much of the criticism he’s received was elitist concerns that janitors would be armed: “Oh my gosh, they could actually be arming the janitors, who primarily are the creepy people who clean the toilets.”

“These people are salt of the earth people,” he said, “…they maintain $60 million worth of facilities everyday. These are very intelligent people.”

Grime bemoaned the treatment he’s received at the hands of the media: “It’s been misportrayed to try to discredit me.”

“Half of the students at my school go home to a house where a firearm protects them.” Grime said, “but they come here and they have nothing… [A]ll I have to protect them is a buzzer and a quarter of an inch of glass.”

Listen to it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ohio-Superintendent-fires-back-at-critics-over-guns-in-school/-768288821341911916.html

Ingraham and Victor Davis Hanson Discuss the Obama-Powell Tirade Against Republicans

2013-01-15T21:44:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today, on The Laura Ingraham Show, Laura spoke with Victor Davis Hanson, columnist for The National Review, about the seemingly coordinated attacks waged against conservatives by Colin Powell and Barack Obama this week.

Hanson was adamant that Americans are more sensitized to race today than four years ago, not because “we have an African American president, but because people use that [race] as one of the various wars” to alienate Americans and provoke discord.

Laura slammed the Republican leadership’s inadequate response to President Obama’s and Powell’s apparent “tag team” initiative, citing the perpetual “frustration in conservative ranks.”

Mr. Hanson agreed, noting that “nobody fights back on any of these social, or racial, or polarizing issues… I think in 2014 it will be another replay of 2010. The tea party will have to come out of nowhere and say, ‘We warned you about Obamacare, here it is. We warned you about the debt, here are the consequences.”

Listen to it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ingraham-and-Victor-Davis-Hanson-Discuss-the-Obama-Powell-Tirade-Against-Republicans/-758834293257213759.html

Colin Powell & Obama 'tag-team' on GOP 'intolerance' comments

2013-01-15T20:57:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on the Laura Ingraham Show, Laura raised the question of whether former secretary of state Colin Powell’s comment that there was a “dark vein of intolerance” in the GOP and that Republicans “look down” on minorities was coordinated with the White House.

Laura began by stating that “it seems that Colin Powell’s appearance on the Meet the Press was well-coordinated with the White House, with his dear friend… Barack Obama.”

Ingraham noted that many questioned the timing of Obama’s Monday press conference: “What was so special about yesterday late morning? It was directly within the maelstrom of a news cycle driven by Colin Powell’s ‘dark vein of intolerance.’”

She noted the similarity between Powell’s comment and Obama’s comments during the press conference: “When I hear an African-American president make comments about ‘They don’t like to socialize,’ ‘They demonize me,’ I feel like we’re playing the victim card here, maybe playing the race card.”

“Obama and Colin Powell, that’s quite a tag team,” Laura quipped, “I say dump Biden and put Powell on the ticket. Those two work together hand in glove.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Colin-Powell--Obama-tag-team-on-GOP-intolerance-comments/682593004140888044.html

Justice Sotomayor discusses affirmative action, as it's pending before SCOTUS

2013-01-14T18:14:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Sonia Sotomayor's new memoir "My Beloved World " is just out, and she's making the rounds on television to promote it. However, Court watchers were stunned when she discussed the impact of affirmative action on her own life at a time when the nine justices are considering another major case challenging affirmative action. Justice Sotomayor told Scott Pelley of "60 Minutes" that while she can't be seen to comment on a pending case, affirmative action "was a door-opener that changed the course of my life." If this were Justice Scalia, Thomas or Alito opining on another controversial pending issue such as abortion, law professors across the country would be lambasting them. Of course, Sotomayor gets a free pass because she is: 1) an Obama pick, and 2) historic as the Court's first Latina. It would have been terrific if in the last presidential election the public had heard a real debate on the role of the Courts. And it would have been nice to have heard more from Mitt Romney about how judges who legislate from the bench imperil our representative democracy.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Justice-Sotomayor-discusses-affirmative-action,-as-its-pending-before-SCOTUS/-472955370843906822.html

Golden Globes showcases war on women's common sense and self-respect

2013-01-14T16:47:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Did you watch the 70th annual Golden Globes on Sunday night? First, congrats to Ben Affleck who deserved to win "Best Picture" and "Best Director" for Argo, a riveting film and a daring cinematic undertaking for the new filmmaker. We are not celebrating, however, the fact that the filthy dirty HBO show "Girls" won two major awards. Lena Dunham, the creator and lead actress in the series, was honored with "Best Actress in a Comedy" and the show won "Best Comedy. " That's hilarious all right, and the last laugh is on us. You see the message of "Girls" is that women, to be truly evolved and cutting edge today, must be promiscuous, sexual adventurers. They need to be more like men--by having as much sex outside marriage as possible, preferably without attachment or consequences. Is this a path to empowerment or enslavement? Women don't need men to objectify them anymore--they do it themselves. (Oh, by the way, don't forget that 26 year-old Lena Dunham was just paid $3.7 million to write an "advice" book for young women.)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Golden-Globes-showcases-war-on-womens-common-sense-and-self-respect/954375983982768994.html

Obama's post-election 'flexibility'=souring ties with Russia

2013-01-14T13:55:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Last March, President Obama leaned over to Dmitri Medvedev in Seoul, South Korea and promised he would have "more flexibility" to deal with contentious issues like missile defense after the U.S. presidential election.

Obama urged Moscow to give him "space" until after the November ballot, and Putin's poodle promised to pass on the message to then-incoming Russian president Vladimir Putin. Well, Putin got the message, and predictably he took it as sign of American weakness, not strength. The Washington Post today describes what has happened to U.S.-Russia dialogue as "a poisonous unraveling" and "badly frayed bilateral relations." President Obama hasn't a clue on how leaders of Putin's ilk think. They sneer at weakness and take advantage of naivete.

"From Syria and Iran to North Korea and Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin holds cards that he can use to help or hurt Obama administration objectives....Obama badly needs Russian help to get U.S. troops and gear out of landlocked Afghanistan. He also wants Russian cooperation — or at least a quiet agreement not to interfere — on other international fronts. Putin, however, appears to see little reason to help. Since his election last year to a third term as president, his political stock has risen among many Russians as he has confronted the West, and the United States in particular."

So no one should be surprised that Putin did to hurt the orphans of his country by banning U.S. adoptions. He made a brutal and cruel calculation that the ban would help him. Meanwhile the U.S. State Department's response on behalf of hundreds of Americans who are left in the lurch is uninspired. As President Reagan proved, Russia respects strength, not vulnerability or hesitancy.

Things have been "reset" with Russia all right--to about 1977.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-post-election-flexibility=souring-ties-with-Russia/765066259087472910.html

The Electronic Medical Records Lie...and the GE connection

2013-01-11T13:58:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Occasionally the New York Times will get it right--even if it's several years after we told you to beware the "expert" opinion on something as important as your medical records. This story involves crony capitalism, government overreach, the abuse of taxpayer funds--along with the privacy concerns. I never trusted the push for digitized medical records. I don't think the powers that be will safeguard their privacy. I don't believe the practice of medicine will be made "more efficient" as a result. I do believe the information stored "in the cloud" or wherever the heck they claim to keep it, will eventually be used against patients who have been previously diagnosed with serious illness or disease. Remember, this all got started when the smartypants at RAND issued a report funded by the very companies that stood to reap billions in profits if the push for electronic medical records was successful. The 2009 Obama "stimulus" set aside $19 billion in taxpayer funds to facilitate the transition to electronic medical records by 2014. As of last spring, only 1.5 percent of the 3,000 non-federal hospitals in a survey have a comprehensive electronic health record system. The New York Times investigation is worth reading:

"RAND’s 2005 report was paid for by a group of companies, including General Electric and Cerner Corporation, that have profited by developing and selling electronic records systems to hospitals and physician practices. Cerner’s revenue has nearly tripled since the report was released, to a projected $3 billion in 2013, from $1 billion in 2005.

The report predicted that widespread use of electronic records could save the United States health care system at least $81 billion a year, a figure RAND now says was overstated. The study was widely praised within the technology industry and helped persuade Congress and the Obama administration to authorize billions of dollars in federal stimulus money in 2009 to help hospitals and doctors pay for the installation of electronic records systems.

“RAND got a lot of attention and a lot of buzz with the original analysis,” said Dr. Kellermann, who was not involved in the 2005 study. “The industry quickly embraced it.”

But evidence of significant savings is scant, and there is increasing concern that electronic records have actually added to costs by making it easier to bill more for some services. Health care spending has risen $800 billion since the first report was issued, according to federal figures. The reasons are many, from the aging of the baby boomer population, to the cost of medical advances, to higher usage of medical services over all.

Officials at RAND said their new analysis did not try to put a dollar figure on how much electronic record-keeping had helped or hurt efforts to reduce costs. But the firm’s acknowledgment that its earlier analysis was overly optimistic adds to a chorus of concern about the cost of the new systems and the haste with which they have been adopted.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Electronic-Medical-Records-Lie...and-the-GE-connection/238167226019310720.html

Gun mfgers in the U.S. targeted by pension funds

2013-01-10T16:07:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The investment committee of one of California's largest pension funds has voted unanimously to begin divesting from gun manufacturers. CalSTER's holdings in gun manufacturing is relatively small--$2.9 million--but neverthless, this undoubtedly marks the beginning of an all-out assault (pun intended) on the gun industry in the U.S. Apparently lawmakers are not concerned with how jobs in this sector of our economy are affected because like jobs in the oil and gas industry, jobs in guns are considered unclean and dirty. Tell that to the thousands of families who are supported by Ruger, Remington, Colt Arms and others. Here is a list of gun manufacturers in the country

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gun-mfgers-in-the-U.S.-targeted-by-pension-funds/289605572182628381.html

Writing, writing...VA Poll: Armed school guards wanted

2013-01-10T13:09:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This poll doesn't surprise me at all--Virginia is not unlike most other states. Parents want to know that when they drop their kids off at school or the bus in the morning, they'll be safe, not sitting ducks. The children in Newtown didn't have a chance. Whether one guard would have been enough to stop an Adam Lanza we'll never know, but it certainly would mean that he would have had to go through one line of defense. Every second counts in a crisis situation. Do you agree with the majority of Virginians? Join us on Facebook and Twitter for a discussion.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Writing,-writing...VA-Poll:-Armed-school-guards-wanted/152747273305122204.html

Obama's growth industry: food stamps for kids

2013-01-09T12:44:00Z

Posted By: Laura

New data shows that one in 4 children were on food stamps during the 2011 fiscal year. The numbers are staggering: 19.9 million children, or people under 18, received the benefits. No matter what the president says about how the economy has "turned a corner," no matter how many times liberals about how their policies "pulled us from the edge of the abyss," this is an abysmal failure of America and her children. How does a country with the hardest working citizenry, greatest higher education system and the most innovative business minds, tolerate a government that produces these results? The Left will invariably say that the first $870 billion stimulus was too small, that the rich need to "give more." But of course the real problem facing America is a country that is not growing jobs, where our debt to GDP ratio is spelling economic stagnation for years to come. Our Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsak notoriously claimed that food stamps were their own kind of stimulus because when people have them, the "money" goes back into the economy. By that logic, everyone in an under-paying job should quit and go on food stamps. Moronic.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-growth-industry:-food-stamps-for-kids/146647625883478517.html

Freshman Congressman and Army veteran Tom Cotton (R-Ark): Women in combat

2013-01-08T20:48:00Z

Posted By: Staff

While President Obama’s Department of Defense has moved to allow more women to serve in combat roles, a new study suggests female soldiers typically don’t want to serve on the front lines. Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, Laura asked Rep. Tom Cotton, a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, whether he supported allowing women to serve in combat roles in the military.

Rep. Cotton responded that allowing women to serve on the front lines could jeopardize the mission’s success, “To have women serving in infantry, could impair the mission’s central task in those units. That’s been proved in study after study just as a matter of nature… upper body strength and physical movement and speed and endurance and so forth.”

While praising the "brave contributions" of military women already serving "on the front lines in critical capacities," he stressed "to have them in the infantry, in either the Marine Corps or the Army, could impair the mission, the central task of those forces.”

Listen to it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Freshman-Congressman-and-Army-veteran-Tom-Cotton-R-Ark:-Women-in-combat/713312818193954995.html

Planned Parenthood: One Year, 333,964 Abortions; 1 Every 94 Secs

2013-01-08T01:54:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The killing fields of Planned Parenthood were red with blood and green with money. It finally released its 2011-2012 annual report, and the news is grim. When you put aside politics and really think about this, really train your mind on the sheer gravity of this number, the brutality of the procedure done 333,934 times to nascent human lives, all those children who will never laugh and play, it is stomach-wrenching. Horrific as that is, it is also obscene that nearly half-billion in our tax dollars goes to Planned Parenthood, which wants to keep the killing factories humming. The "non-profit" organization makes big money off its big abortion business. The group has assets of $1.24 billion! So does Why does it need taxpayer money to fund its other services? Oh and even more mind-blowing--PP president Cecile Richards said, "We are so very proud of our many successes."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Planned-Parenthood:--One-Year,-333,964-Abortions;-1-Every-94-Secs/584296621736445222.html

Obama to rally public in next fight to GOP, wants more tax hikes

2013-01-07T14:07:00Z

Posted By: Laura

There are signs of life in the GOP--top Republican leaders are say an emphatic "NO!" to new taxes post-cliff deal. When the GOP ceded the income tax hike issue in the cliff deal, we knew that it would whet the Obama appetite for even more tax hikes--and we were right. The President and his merry band of revenue gobblers, are demanding that any discussion of entitlement reform must include even more "revenues." Fresh off his Hawaii 2.0 This is a hill that Republicans should be willing to die over, but what is sorely needed is a clear Republican narrative that will demonstrate that the conservative position (i.e., cutting spending, reforming the tax code) is the best path forward for American growth and renewal. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has drawn a line in the sand--a good first step.

From The Hill:

“The tax issue is, finished, over, completed. That’s behind us now. The question is: what are we going to do about the biggest problem confronting us and our future,” McConnell said. McConnell, in an interview with ABC’s “This Week,” said President Obama had won all he’s going to get on taxes in last week’s agreement to extend the Bush-era tax rates for most taxpayers. McConnell said next round of negotiations over a deal to raise the debt-ceiling would need to include Democratic concessions on spending."

President Obama has already pledged to take his mission of "balanced" approach to a grand budget and reform bargain to the people, meaning the permanent campaign continues. As McConnell said on Sunday, "we know the president can campaign, but can he govern?" He can demonize and isolate.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-to-rally-public-in-next-fight-to-GOP,-wants-more-tax-hikes/858179627886771633.html

The Base v. the "Establishment" (what does the ital'd sentence mean?)

2013-01-04T15:02:00Z

Posted By: Laura

On House Speaker John Boehner's leadership challenges, I think the problem most conservatives are having is that there is just a complete lack of trust between the "base" and the "Establishment." We just sat through an entire presidential campaign in which the Establishment GOP got the candidate they wanted, spent huge amounts of money to support him, and did almost nothing to persuade anyone that conservatives had reasonable plans to deal with the economic crisis. Then, after the Establishment got waxed in the election, they turn to the House Republicans – who actually won their election – and tell them that they have to cave because we have no "leverage." Well, of course we don’t! But one of the main reasons we don't have leverage is that all the geniuses who advised Mitt Romney wouldn't run the type of campaign that might have given us some leverage – even though we begged them to do so.

This sort of thing has been going on for a long time. The base wants to implement efforts to educate the rest of the country about a particular issue of concern to us – immigration or taxes. We all understand that unless there is a strong P.R. effort on our side, the media will bury us. So folks in the base start doing what they can to educate the public. Some of our efforts are awkward, and some are even counter-productive (see Sarah Palin) but at least we're trying. The GOP Establishment could do so much more – they have money and access to the mainstream press that we can only dream of. But instead of fighting for our views, they say as little as possible. And then, after the media and the left have clobbered us, they swoop in to tell us that we have to "give up" on this or that issue. And in a few years they're going to ram Jeb down our throats. Under these circumstances, I think a lot of us feel like we're being taken advantage of – that our "leaders" actually have no intention of ever taking the steps necessary to bring our policy goals to fruition. Until this trust is re-built, I think the GOP is going to look more and more dysfunctional.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Base-v.-the-Establishment-what-does-the-itald-sentence-mean/758612892179911184.html

Marine's scathing letter to US senator over weapons ban

2013-01-04T13:50:00Z

Posted By: Laura

When it comes to gun control, California's grand dame Senator Dianne Feinstein is a woman on a mission. On her official website, you can see a run-down of her proposed "new and improved" ban on "assault weapons" on her website. If you think it will only cover the AR-15-style weapons that have become the obsession of many on the left, you are wrong. It is far more expansive than the 1994 weapons ban which she authored, and which lapsed in 2004. Many who cherish their 2nd Amendment rights are stocking up on weapons worried where this will all lead. Gun manufacturers now have backlogs on weapons that gun owners believe will soon be banned. One U.S. Marine, Joshua Boston had these strong words for Sen. Feinstein:

Senator Dianne Feinstein,

I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not believe it is the government’s right to know what I own. Nor do I think it prudent to tell you what I own so that it may be taken from me by a group of people who enjoy armed protection yet decry me having the same a crime.

You ma’am have overstepped a line that is not your domain. I am a Marine Corps Veteran of 8 years, and I will not have some woman who proclaims the evil of an inanimate object, yet carries one, tell me I may not have one.

I am not your subject. I am the man who keeps you free. I am not your servant. I am the person whom you serve. I am not your peasant. I am the flesh and blood of America.

I am the man who fought for my country. I am the man who learned. I am an American. You will not tell me that I must register my semi-automatic AR-15 because of the actions of some evil man.

I will not be disarmed to suit the fear that has been established by the media and your misinformation campaign against the American public.

We, the people, deserve better than you.

Respectfully Submitted,

Joshua Boston

Cpl, United States Marine Corps

2004-2012

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Marines-scathing-letter-to-US-senator-over-weapons-ban/-779912599701496521.html

Fiscal get "stiffed" deal

2013-01-04T12:41:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The "fiscal cliff" raw deal is an embarrassment, not an achievement. The way it was passed--in the middle of the night--with most in the House never having read it, was a profile in legislative cowardice. As for the substance of the bill--if you think lower income earners get breaks, check out this analysis by the Tax Policy Foundation (reported in the Daily Mail):

Middle-class workers will take a bigger hit to their income proportionately than those earning between $200,000 and $500,000 under the new fiscal cliff deal, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.

Earners in the latter group will pay an average 1.3 percent more - or an additional $2,711 - in taxes this year, while workers making between $30,000 and $200,000 will see their paychecks shrink by as much as 1.7 percent - or up to $1,784 - the D.C.-based think tank reported.

Overall, nearly 80 percent of households will pay more money to the federal government as a result of the fiscal cliff deal.

Prediction: the President will offer a "fix" for this tax disparity by offering yet another tax hike on the so-called "rich."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fiscal-get-stiffed-deal/-670294754043220130.html

Dr. Gina's tour of Putin's child prisons (a.k.a. orphanages)

2013-01-03T17:45:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This is a heart-wrenching story--but a must-read. Overcoming obstacles, egos, corruption, bureaucracy, contrived outrage and nationalism will be necessary to break the adoption ban in Russia and Guatemala. Then we will need to work on raising awareness and breaking down barriers to adoptions in the U.S. Loving families who wish to care for and nurture needy children should not be denied--to do so is a crime against the most innocent.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dr.-Ginas-tour-of-Putins-child-prisons-a.k.a.-orphanages/-21942156252340660.html

GOP Rollover? Obama to 'Quickly' Go for Immigration Reform and Gun Control

2013-01-03T12:36:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The President may be back in Hawaii hanging chilly, but his legions of activists inside and outside the White House are hard at work formulating plans for major legislation on gun control and illegal immigration. If you worry the GOP botched the fiscal cliff negotiations (remember they were in a terrible position regardless), then what do you think they'll do on so-called hot button issues like guns and illegal immigrants? When they are in the minority in the Senate and they don't have the presidency, Republicans need to learn that public relations, the perception game, is almost as important as how they vote. Read the Weekly Standard's account:

As Politico reported last month, a "Gang of Eight," a conference of 8 senators from both parties, "has begun to meet to discuss immigration reform." But it is not at all clear what progress this group has made and what immigration laws it might propose.

The Huffington Post quotes a Democratic aide who believes "Good news for immigration advocates may have come Tuesday night, when Boehner broke the so-called 'Hastert Rule' and allowed the fiscal cliff bill to come for a vote without support from a majority of his Republican conference. Given opposition to immigration reform by many Tea Party Republicans, the proof that Boehner is willing to bypass them on major legislation is a good sign."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GOP-Rollover-Obama-to-Quickly-Go-for-Immigration-Reform-and-Gun-Control/-68825739257527990.html

Hispanic women choose smaller families

2013-01-02T12:24:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Stop the presses--maybe Latino voters don't have so much demographic leverage in every election going forward. Hispanic voters are reacting to the high cost of living like so many others and having fewer children. Like the so many other demographic groups, they are edging away from their religious beliefs to embrace the secular culture of contraception, abortion and longer single life. To most conservatives, Republicans voted to compromise their basic principles with the cliff vote Tuesday night. They should not continue to appear to be human Silly Putty (remember the Etch-A-Sketch?) on every issue in the first 100 days of Obama's second term, including immigration amnesty. Attracting Latino voters will be accomplished through smart pro-growth policies and savvy press strategy. To many, the GOP seems scared and on the defensive. But now is the time to be bold and go on the offensive...always with a smile of course. Figure out what you stand for, people!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hispanic-women-choose-smaller-families/852738968050551801.html

The Left feels "Left Behind" in Obama Cliff Deal!

2013-01-01T20:13:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Huffington Post headlines: “SO LONG, LEVERAGE! CLIFF DEAL REACHED... White House Caves On Tax Rates... Protects Unemployment Insurance, Entitlements... Dems Fall In Line... CLIFF CRISES: The New Normal? DID O BLOW IT?... 'Disastrous Strategic Consequences'... Negotiating Style Is 'Worst Of All Worlds'... 'Bargained Incompetently'... Krugman: If Obama 'Says He Won't Give Ground, You Can Count On Him Giving Way.’” (Courtesy of Politico "Playbook")

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Left-feels-Left-Behind-in-Obama-Cliff-Deal!/-683021929526445076.html

Obama's hollow political 'victory'

2013-01-01T19:55:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This is how Politico summed up the Senate "cliff" deal, passed when many Americans were either asleep or drunk, shortly after midnight on New Year's Day:

The $620 billion agreement was a major breakthrough in a partisan standoff that has dragged on for months, spooking Wall Street and threatening to hobble the economic recovery. It turned back the GOP’s two-decade-long refusal to raise tax rates, delivering a major win for the president. But as big a deal as it was, it did little to address the nation’s long-term deficit problem — there’s nothing in it to pare back entitlement spending — or to defuse a potential crisis over raising the debt ceiling that could come as early as February. The legislation now moves to the House, where Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has vowed to give any accord passed by the Senate its time on the House floor.”

So once again, the president can smugly strut because he scores a "major win," but the people get a major zero in the way of real structural reform to guide us toward debt and deficit reduction. Celebrate away, Mr. President. Take your victory lap. We expect nothing less.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-hollow-political-victory/-180074229674133144.html

House Republicans blast Senate 'cliff' bill

2013-01-01T19:46:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Democrats and their pals in the dinosaur media routinely blame House Republicans for whatever isn't working in Washington (in other words, everything). They aren't happy unless the GOP rolls over on every major initiative they propose. But the "cliff" legislation" that came out of the Senate is a farce--tax hikes immediately on the job creators but deeper spending cuts put off to be carried out at a later date. Not that the Republicans had much leverage. In November they lost the presidency, seats in Senate, and has a diminished majority in the House. So there are some Republicans who refuse to compromise their principles just for the sake of passing "something." Consider comments made on the House floor today by Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va):

"So we find ourselves again with a bill that reflects not financial wisdom, but the seductive spirit that pervades this town. Leaders in Washington continue to over-promise. They're likes salespeople who tell their customer they can have an $30,000 car but only pay $18,000 for it. Who doesn't like that deal?"

Several congressmen raised concerns about the fact that so much of this so-called deliberation was done in back rooms and that the American people deserved full transparency before a bill was voted upon. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) stressed:

"The House must postpone this vote until Congress and the American people have time to study and evaluate this extraordinarily complex legislation, and its impact on taxes, revenue, the economy, our debt and a myriad of other issues."

Brooks lambasted the Senate for rushing revisions into the bill, just after midnight:

"The Senate boasts it is America's deliberative body. Today, that claim rings hollow," he said disdainfully.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/House-Republicans-blast-Senate-cliff-bill/843470602159346261.html

Violence, gangs scar Chicago community in '12

2012-12-31T12:38:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Rahm "Never let a crisis go to waste" Emanuel has a crisis on his hands but he's not learned any of the right lessons. Murder and mayhem don't add up to "sweet home Chicago."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Violence,-gangs-scar-Chicago-community-in-12/213798528296411519.html

Amnesty bias alert

2012-12-29T12:24:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Writer Mickey Kaus tweeted a link to a new "immigration reform" piece in the Christian Science Monitor (was unaware it was still publishing), pointing out its stunning bias against opponents of future amnesty measures. Note that the one critic of an amnesty policy is mentioned on page 5 of 5. Expect more of this blatant bias in the coming months as anyone who questions the wisdom of making 15 million illegal immigrants voting citizens will be cast as a hard-hearted, xenophobic nut.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amnesty-bias-alert/54217950714629974.html

My TPM: The "wise Latina" rejects appeal of Obamacare mandate by Christian-owned biz

2012-12-28T20:07:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Although it was not a ruling on the merits of Hobby Lobby stores' challenge to Obamacare's Emergency Contraception mandate, Justice Sotomayor tipped her hand on how she'll rule on the ultimate question of religious liberty. The "exemption" from the HHS mandate (that all employer-provided health insurance covers services like abortifacients) is so narrowly drawn that Jesus himself wouldn't qualify. Watch the entire memo here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-TPM:-The-wise-Latina-rejects-appeal-of-Obamacare-mandate-by-Christian-owned-biz/981592134519532795.html

Dianne, get your gun!

2012-12-27T16:44:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Here are the bullet points (sorry) on aggressive new gun control legislation Sen. Dianne Feinstein will introduce in early January, in the wake of the horrific Newtown mass shooting. Living up to the Rahm Emanuel maxim "never let a crisis go to waste," California's senior senator takes her the now-expired '94 assault weapons ban and super-charges it to cover more guns and more law-abiding Americans. Of course the ATF would also get more funding under this bill. (And we know what a good job that agency's done tracking guns in the past.)

A Washington Examiner column about Feinstein's own gun past is well worth a read. "In 1995 Feinstein admitted in a hearing before Congress that she applied for and got a license to carry a concealed gun when she and her family were threatened by terrorists. Feinstein stated to the Senate panel,

Because less than 20 years ago I was the target of a terrorist group. It was the New World Liberation Front. They blew up power stations and put a bomb at my home when my husband was dying of cancer. And the bomb didn't detonate. ... I was very lucky. But, I thought of what might have happened. Later the same group shot out all the windows of my home. And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself, because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dianne,-get-your-gun!/-712294984697294879.html

Video: My Talking Pts. Memo--"Getting back to work"

2012-12-27T12:57:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Click to watch

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Video:-My-Talking-Pts.-Memo--Getting-back-to-work/-760308477490503632.html

Where's Hillary?

2012-12-27T12:30:00Z

Posted By: Laura

We wish her the best of health and happiness in the new year and look forward to her testifying on the Benghazi attack. Many of you had reactions ranging from skepticism to outrage when her senior staff announced a few weeks back that Mrs. Clinton had suffered from a concussion after a bout with the stomach flu. (Heck, I called it the "immaculate concussion.") Now I will just say: Please get better, Secretary Clinton. We anxiously await your Congressional testimony so we can better understand what happened surrounding deaths of four brave Americans in Benghazi. Watch my interview of a Hillary supporter on The O'Reilly Factor.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Wheres-Hillary/488628550342967590.html

Pope: "We Are So 'Full' of Ourselves There is No Room Left for God"

2012-12-26T16:03:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Whatever your religious leanings, the Pope's Christmas homily should resonate. Narcissism and self-indulgence are in abundance in our society, which ultimately leaves little space for loving God, our neighbors, helping others. Have we become too self-focused? Is there any turning back?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pope:-We-Are-So-Full-of-Ourselves-There-is-No-Room-Left-for-God/-949248148221216550.html

NYT campaign against Tea Party continues

2012-12-26T15:28:00Z

Posted By: Laura

"Whither the Tea Party?" How many times can the New York Times write this same story? You should understand that for media elites the "Tea Party" is just a substitute for all of conservatism, a philosophy which they've been trying to wish away since Reagan. Mitt Romney was hardly a tea party favorite, but you'd never know it by the endless stories about the waning influence of the tea party. Some lame senatorial candidates were supported by tea party groups--Todd Akin comes to mind--but how does that explain the loss of someone like Scott Brown? The GOP has problems, but those who believe in limited government and our Founding principles, are part of the solution.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NYT-campaign-against-Tea-Party-continues/219658076686142047.html

Let's swear off lavish second Inaugurals

2012-12-26T14:53:00Z

Posted By: Laura

No matter whether a President is a Democrat or Republican, can we all agree that second-term inaugural blow-outs are excessive--a total waste of time and money? We're told there isn't the same interest level for Obama's second inaugural festivities. Hotels aren't booked up in Washington. Even the most ardent supporters of the Obama agenda understand the uncertainty about the future. Yes, corporate donors often kick in big bucks to cover costs of the balls and other events. But that also poses problems--what do they expect to get for their money? Our "dedicated public servants" have work to do--there is no time for them to toast their own "awesomeness." If presidents do their jobs, historians will duly note their success. A dignified ceremony, swearing the oath of office, is all that is required. (Plus, didn't the Pres. Obama say we all needed to sacrifice?)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lets-swear-off-lavish-second-Inaugurals/9641994540776053.html

The annual reindeer migration--AMAZING Photos

2012-12-23T17:18:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Sebastian Salgado takes some of the most beautiful photos of the Siberian reindeer migration. I scrolled through every photo...breathtaking. You can almost feel the bone-chilling cold in the black and white pictorial of the Nenet people, sled dogs...and reindeer. Share with your children this Christmas!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-annual-reindeer-migration--AMAZING-Photos/674057376036160250.html

Obama sings in one key--"Me, Me, Me"...even when eulogizing!

2012-12-22T14:31:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Never thought I would be citing Slate to close out the year, and they're about three years late to the "Obama the Narcissist" story, but this is worth a read:

Someone needs to tell Barack Obama—it must get particularly confusing this time of year—that his own birth is not Year One, the date around which all other events are understood. His much-noted, self-referential tic was on cringe-worthy display Friday when the president gave his eulogy for the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, who served in Congress for half a century representing Obama’s birth state of Hawaii.

Inouye was a Japanese-American war hero (he lost an arm in World War II, destroying his dream of becoming a surgeon), and as a senator he served on the Watergate committee, helped rewrite our intelligence charter after scandals, and was chairman of the Senate committee that investigated the Iran-Contra affair. It’s the kind of material any eulogist could use to give a moving sense of the man and his accomplishment. But President Barack Obama’s remarks at Inouye’s funeral service were a bizarre twirl around his own personal Kodak carousel.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-sings-in-one-key--Me,-Me,-Me...even-when-eulogizing!/-108365397546403272.html

Ingraham v. Arroyo Returns with the Real versus Fake Christmas Tree Debate! (Listen here)

2012-12-20T18:43:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Click here to listen.

After listening, please send us your thoughts on twitter.com/ingrahamangle or email us here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ingraham-v.-Arroyo-Returns-with-the-Real-versus-Fake-Christmas-Tree-Debate!-Listen-here/-247173655210226684.html

Our Sociopaths, Ourselves

2012-12-20T14:22:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Should more be done to treat mental illness in the U.S.? Although with the debate raging about gun control in the aftermath of the Connecticut massacre, is a conversation about mental health in America. Not everyone who suffers from a mental disorder is a sociopath, so how do we ensure that we don't miss the telltale signs? Read this thought-provoking piece by renowned scholar Christina Sommers, just published in NRO.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Our-Sociopaths,-Ourselves/-115454286865592359.html

ALERT! Obamacare could drive Little Sisters of the Poor out of the US

2012-12-19T17:27:00Z

Posted By: Laura

As you know, I have been a long-time supporter of the charitable organization Little Sisters of the Poor, an order of nuns that works with our nation's poorest, especially impoverished senior citizens without family or proper means of support. Laura Ingraham Show listeners have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Sisters saintly work over the years, and I am an avid believer of their charitable commitment. Now because of Obamacare regulations and the contraception/sterilization mandate, the Little Sisters may be out of business in the U.S.

Read the account in The Daily Caller:

The Little Sisters of the Poor told The Daily Caller that it may not qualify for a long-term exemption from Obamacare’s healthcare mandate. The law requires the order to provide government-approved health insurance to its 300 sisters who tend to the elderly in 30 U.S. cities. The exception is needed, said Sister Constance Carolyn Veit, the Little Sisters’ communications director, because Catholic teaching opposes contraception and medical treatments that cause sterility or can cause abortions. President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul law requires employers to include those services in qualifying health care plans they provide for their employees. Failure to comply will bring hefty fines — even for religious orders whose members have taken vows of poverty.

Please urge the Health & Human Services Dept to allow the Sisters to have the religious exemption to the Obamacare mandate, lest they go the way of Catholic adoptions in Massachusetts (now shut down). Call Kathleen Sebelius: (202) 690-7000, or email her: Kathleen.Sebelius@hhs.gov

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/ALERT!-Obamacare-could-drive-Little-Sisters-of-the-Poor-out-of-the-US/-308702206671099596.html

NYT's cold shoulder to black Republican Sen. Tim Scott

2012-12-19T12:27:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The headline in today's New York Times op-ed by Adolph Reed is "The puzzle of black Republicans." For Reed, like so many liberals, men like Tim Scott, an African-American raised by a single mom, now the first black senator from South Carolina, are sell-outs because they don't have a "D" after their names. Scott doesn't "count" as authentically black because, after all, he does not buy into their worldview of racial victimization and retribution. Col. Allen West, Clarence Thomas, Tom Sowell, Walter Williams are reviled by the Left more than the garden variety conservatives because of their skin color. So while Barack Obama is heralded for being "the first," Scott is merely a GOP token. Read Reed's dripping condescension:

[T]his “first black” rhetoric tends to interpret African-American political successes — including that of President Obama — as part of a morality play that dramatizes “how far we have come.” It obscures the fact that modern black Republicans have been more tokens than signs of progress.

The cheerleading over racial symbolism plays to the Republicans’ desperate need to woo (or at least appear to woo) minority voters, who favored Mr. Obama over Mitt Romney by huge margins. Mrs. Haley — a daughter of Sikh immigrants from Punjab, India — is the first female and first nonwhite governor of South Carolina, the home to white supremacists like John C. Calhoun, Preston S. Brooks, Ben Tillman and Strom Thurmond.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NYTs-cold-shoulder-to-black-Republican-Sen.-Tim-Scott/-728558372134693988.html

Media sob story: Obama's vacation ruined

2012-12-19T03:35:00Z

Posted By: Staff

With businesses, the stock market, and everyday Americans carefully watching the fiscal cliff, today's Washington Post decided to focus on the real tragedy: "'Fiscal cliff' could ruin Obama's vacation". Oh, please! When people run for public office, they choose to put the American people before themselves. Maybe The Washington Post could focus on the millions of Americans whose vacation plans were ruined by Obama's handling of the economy? Especially since the president< still found the time to go golfing 17 times this year.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Media-sob-story:-Obamas-vacation-ruined/229305518425824538.html

Rep. Tim Scott to replace DeMint

2012-12-17T23:50:00Z

Posted By: Staff

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley she will appoint Rep. Tim Scott to replace retiring Sen. Jim DeMint. Scott would be the first black senator from South Carolina, and Congress's black senator. During his speech today, Scott thanked God and his mother, a single parent who worked 16-hour days to provide for him. Stay tuned to hear how various liberal commentators dismiss the "historic" significance of this moment for the South. (It's only "historic" when the person making history is a Democrat. Sad.)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rep.-Tim-Scott-to-replace-DeMint/906839487798885688.html

In the tank for Dukakis?

2012-12-17T23:50:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Obama will likely appoint Senator John Kerry (D-MA) as his next Secretary of State, leaving it up to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick to choose a replacement. Sources say Gov. Patrick is seriously considering former Governor Michael Dukakis for the job. No, you haven't stepped into a time machine and put the sucker into reverse.

Dukakis ran unsuccessfully for president against George H.W. Bush, but accomplished one important thing in his campaign: No candidate for the presidency will ever pop out of a tank with a dress-up helmet on.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/In-the-tank-for-Dukakis/-848330150724548092.html

Obama's politicized Newtown speech

2012-12-17T23:49:00Z

Posted By: Staff

President Obama attended a vigil for the 28 victims of the Newtown shooting Sunday, where he pledged action to prevent further gun violence. Obama promised to use "whatever power this office holds" to stop more mass shootings. Obama was light on the details, but given the pressure he's under from the left to use this tragedy to fast-track gun control legislation, one senses this wasn't just the usual empty political rhetoric. At the tearful prayer service, the president unfortunately but predictably implied that gun rights activists are somehow not concerned about massacres: "Are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after year after year is somehow the price of our freedom?" This was one of many defamatory and unwarranted comments the anti-gun left has made against conservatives in recent days. They're back to their old demonizing, isolating, destroying game.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-politicized-Newtown-speech/-282056489129199126.html

Thanks, but hold the Rice!

2012-12-14T12:32:00Z

Posted By: Laura

As your humble host predicted over a month ago, Susan Rice will not be Secretary of State. Perhaps she'll slide in as National Security Advisor (no Senate confirmation), but I never thought the president was going to nominate her. It was far too risky after the Benghazi tragedy and White House spin. (We're still waiting for the results of the Administration's "investigation"!) The only interesting question about Susan Rice is whether Pres. Obama ever intended to nominate her in the first place.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Thanks,-but-hold-the-Rice!/118634896697830427.html

Immigration sob story alert! Few health care options for illegals

2012-12-14T12:28:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Over-reaching in the aftermath of a political win is nothing new. Both parties are guilty of it. But the Democrats are in a class of their own in misreading Americans' priorities during a rough economy. Heady from Obama's reelection victory, Democrats and liberal activists feel like they have the wind at their backs--and they are going for the max on all policy fronts. So not only are the still unpopular Obamacare rules, regs and taxes kicking in, Dems now want to expand the pool of coverage to illegal immigrants. (Read: future Democrat voters)

Expect to see more the media spit out more of what we jokingly refer to as "immigration sob stories." The class valedictorian/"undocumented immigrant" threatened with deportation because of a little drug charge...the sweet housekeeper from Honduras who needs heart surgery... Despite our massive spending and debt problems, Dems think we should expand government, which they in turn hope will guarantee more wins at the ballot box. (i.e., people love free stuff.)

Just because voters weren't wild about Romney doesn't mean they want to see every liberal fantasy play out in policy form. Remember, the GOP came roaring back in 2010 in large part because of the earlier Obama over-reaches in health care "reform" and stimulus spending. The same could very well happen in 2014.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-sob-story-alert!-Few-health-care-options-for-illegals/-879969102023393306.html

Ingraham & Courtside Partner in Radio, Expand Digital Footprint

2012-12-13T15:19:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Though I am disappointed my xylophone and modern dance ambitions haven't (yet) resulted in full-time employment, I am thrilled to announce my return to talk radio in conjunction with Courtside LLC and Launchpad Media. We'll be back on air January 2. Meanwhile, tell us now what you most loved about our old show, and what you'd like to hear more of in the new one. "Mother (Marian) Robinson" call-ins? Cultural take-downs? (Who saw Kanye West's "performance" at the 12/12/12 concert?) My cross-examining pols in both parties? (Still waiting for that Pelosi one-on-one!) If you're as burned out on the same old dead-end political arguments, you'll love what we have planned. Keep checking the website and my twitter feed for updates.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ingraham--Courtside-Partner-in-Radio,-Expand-Digital-Footprint/916277255845478127.html

Hurricane Sandy concert raises big bucks--despite Kanye (

2012-12-13T15:03:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Were you glued to your TV on 12/12/12 to watch the Hurricane Sandy relief concert? It was a wonderful outpouring of love (and money) for those hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy. Billy Joel was amazing--the highlight for me at least. But what on EARTH was Kanye West doing on stage? He sounded like Linda Blair during her exorcism. Play it in Gitmo, Baby! If you watched, send along what you thought were the high and low points. Daltry? Clapton? The Stones? Eddie Vedder? Brian Williams' awkward "emceeing" of the celebrity phone banks? The Romneys bopping to the beat in the front row? (I had you for a minute.)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hurricane-Sandy-concert-raises-big-bucks--despite-Kanye-/-330459078352405286.html

Happy Birthday on 12/12/12 to James Ingraham III

2012-12-12T12:31:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Happy Birthday to my father who is 87 years young today. He served his country proudly in World War II in the U.S. Navy, leaving home at the age of 17 to enlist. From Hawaii to Japan and waters and places in between, he saw and experienced things about which still not comfortable speaking. This is the way the Greatest Generation dealt with life's challenges--they didn't dwell on them, they slogged through them. In the year of my dad's birth, Calvin Coolidge was president, Chrysler Corporation was founded, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was published, and Scotch Tape was invented. The Great Depression was four years away. A different world. Everyone with parents still alive--I hope whatever problems you have or had as a family, try to come together this Christmas. Love each other. Forgive each other. Help each other. Accept each other--flaws and all. Give this gift to yourself and your family during this season of hope.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Happy-Birthday-on-12/12/12-to-James-Ingraham-III/748115568556360375.html

The Island of Misfit Gender-Neutral Toys

2012-12-10T20:50:00Z

Posted By: Christina Hoff Sommers

When I learned about the new gender-neutral Swedish Christmas toy catalog, I wasn’t one bit surprised. In 2004, I gave a lecture at a Swedish research institute on my book The War Against Boys. I briefly summarized the literature on male/female differences and argued that we need to find ways to make our classrooms friendlier to boys. Mother Nature is not a feminist, I said. “Boys and girls are different.”

When I finished, there was a stunned silence in the room. Finally, a lanky, elderly gentleman stood up and said (with amusement): “Madame, you may not realize it, but you have been swearing in church. “ Acknowledging sex differences is apparently a national taboo. For the rest of the evening, my poor host sat in the corner with outraged journalists and tried to persuade them not to shame his institute by reporting on what I had said. There is a reason Sweden has been called “the Saudi Arabia of Feminism.”

Surely the United States is immune to the sort of ideological excess we find in Sweden. Don’t count on it. College students routinely learn from their professors that “gender is a social construction.” The ACLU is now waging war against single-sex schools and classrooms on the grounds that separating by sex is intrinsically sexist. Teachers visiting the website of the American Council for CoEducational Schooling ACCES are invited to take a quiz that measures their gender inclusiveness. The quiz asks how often they do the following:

A. I say “Good morning boys and girls”

B. I call students “boys” and “girls”;

C. I refer to my students as “ladies” and “gentlemen.”

Any teacher guilty of using such greetings gets low marks on “gender mixing.”The executive director of the ACCES, Rebecca Bigler, a psychology professor at the University of Texas, explained her organization’s logic in Education Week. “If you compare it to race, if you said to your 1st grade classrooms, ‘Good morning, whites and Latinos; let’s have the Latinos get your pencils,’ what would happen is you would go to federal prison … Labeling children routinely by race in your classroom is a violation of federal law, and, of course, you can do this routinely with gender.”^{^[i]}

For more on what is wrong with the ACLU’s logic, with ACCES and with Sweden’s gender-neutrality movement, read my analysis in The Atlantic:

Swedes can be remarkably thorough in their pursuit of gender parity. A few years ago, a feminist political party proposed a law requiring men to sit while urinating—less messy and more equal. In 2004, the leader of the Sweden's Left Party Feminist Council, Gudrun Schyman, proposed a "man tax"—a special tariff tobe levied on men to pay for all the violence and mayhem wrought by their sex.

Egalia, a new state-sponsored pre-school in Stockholm, is dedicated to the total obliteration of the male and female distinction. There are no boys and girls at Egalia—just "friends" and "buddies." Classic fairy tales like Cinderella and Snow White have been replaced by tales of two male giraffes who parent abandoned crocodile eggs. The Swedish Green Party would like Egalia to be the norm: It has suggested placing gender watchdogs in all of the nation's preschools. "Egalia gives [children] a fantastic opportunity to be whoever they want to be," says one excited teacher. (It is probably necessary to add that this is not an Orwellian satire or a right-wing fantasy: This school actually exists.)

http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2012/12/you-can-give-a-boy-a-doll-but-you-cant-make-him-play-with-it/265977/

[i] Sarah Sparks, “Scholars Say Pupils Gain Social Skills in Coed Classes,” Education Week May 7, 2012. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/05/07/30coed.h31.html?tkn=ZVTFyis8rJbJaOtgHu11xG33dXAowOwEiVZp&intc=es (accessed 12 July 2012).

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Island-of-Misfit-Gender-Neutral-Toys/671107063450717168.html

The New Normal: Today's much harder climb out of poverty

2012-12-10T16:05:00Z

Posted By: Laura

It seems every day we are reminded of how the country we love is changing--and not necessarily for the better. The American middle class is challenged like never before as Washington bickers. Families are forced to live on less, as job opportunities wane and prices for everything from food to healthcare skyrocket. How can we hope to provide a better life for our children when at every turn it seems like the "new normal" is telling us to expect less--slow growth, part-time work, fewer benefits. My mom waited tables to help give her children opportunities that she didn't have. This was at the core of the American experience, yet for too many of our fellow citizens this seems unattainable, a distant hope. This Washington Post article examines life in the old Rust Belt and how hard it is today for the poor to break free of their circumstances.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-New-Normal:-Todays-much-harder-climb-out-of-poverty/-567540825596189999.html

Here come the Obamacare taxes!

2012-12-09T12:58:00Z

Posted By: Laura

If you haven't gotten sick already this flu and cold season, you may start feeling queasy when you realize how Washington's tentacles are squeezing the American taxpayer at every turn. As more people go on the federal dole with food stamps, Section 8 housing, Medicaid, and with Obamacare expanding healthcare coverage to millions of uninsured, someone's got to pay for it. Fox News reminds us of the three big Obamacare taxes that will begin in a few weeks:

"Starting Jan. 1, investment income for individuals earning over $200,000 and households earning over $250,000 will be subject to a new 3.8 percent tax. Further, regular income above those thresholds will be hit with a .9 percent Medicare surtax. Should the Bush tax rates expire for those workers, those increases will be compounded.

But the rather obscure medical device tax is the one that has stirred the most controversy in Washington and the business community. This week, groups and lawmakers renewed their calls to repeal it as the IRS published its final rules.

This week, the Internal Revenue Service outlined which medical supplies and technologies will be subject to a tax. Now, everything from latex gloves to pacemakers will become more expensive and in some cases, more scarce,” Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., said in a statement. “The tax on medical devices harms America’s ability to conduct the necessary research and development to maintain our global competitiveness, resulting in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs and fewer groundbreaking innovations in this field. With millions of Americans unemployed, this simply makes no sense.”

Happy New Tax-Me-to-Death Year!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Here-come-the-Obamacare-taxes!/-207656379015422540.html

(Video) Ingraham: turning the GOP's leverage deficit into a surplus

2012-12-08T15:43:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Check out my talking points memo from the O'Reilly Factor.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Video-Ingraham:-turning-the-GOPs-leverage-deficit-into-a-surplus/238976489550910450.html

'Fair share' of marlarkey in White House tax push

2012-12-06T16:51:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The president has pressed his case for higher taxes by arguing that the rich should pay their "fair share." But what is fair? Was it "fair" that Mr. Obama's own Treasury Secretary failed to pay his own Social Security and Medicare taxes between 2001-2004, even when he was advised by his employer (the IMF) to do so? And let's not forget that Al Sharpton, despite having his own checkered past on tax issues, was invited to the White House this week as the president launched a PR campaign to force the GOP to cave on tax hikes. The New York Post reminds us, the good reverend had his own (not insignificant) problems paying his "fair share" of taxes:

"Do you think Al Sharpton appreciates the irony of his being invited to the White House Tuesday to talk taxes with President Obama? That is, to talk about Obama’s plan to ram through steep tax hikes on the “rich” to resolve the fiscal-cliff crisis? Sharpton’s all about taxes — for others. For himself, well, maybe not so much.

As The Post’s Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein reported last year, Sharpton “owe[d] the IRS $2.6 million in income tax, and nearly $900,000 in state tax.” And his personal pride and joy National Action Network owed more than $880,000 in unpaid federal payroll taxes, interest and penalties, Vincent and Klein found.

Which makes Obama’s decision to invite Sharpton (and several other MSNBC hosts) baffling. Why ask a man with a terminal case of tax allergies to make the case for higher rates for everybody else? The Rev’s issues go back decades: In 1993, for example, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor tax crime to avoid two felony charges. In the years since, the IRS has issued a dozen liens against Sharpton’s groups, including one against him for $538,652 in 2010."

All's "fair" in love and Obama-style politics.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fair-share-of-marlarkey-in-White-House-tax-push/-262114030955524536.html

Video: Ingraham on our 'Vogue' Ambassador and...?

2012-12-05T13:02:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Fox News was buzzing Tuesday night with Senators, media types, and foreign policy experts. It's always fun to chat with @gretawire about politics and the culture--and it's easier to appear at 10p "On the Record" when I don't have to bounce up at 5:30a for radio. So do you find President Obama's potential pick for U.S. Ambassador to Britain or France credible? Anna Wintour, the longtime Vogue editor, has the nickname "nuclear wintour." So why not represent us in China or Russia? And yes, Greta pressed me about my return to radio.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Video:-Ingraham-on-our-Vogue-Ambassador-and.../945531444914014382.html

For those who miss hearing me...(Video)

2012-12-04T16:28:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Thanks to all of you for the lovely (and slightly impatient) emails and tweets urging my swift return to radio. We will have good news for you very soon. Until then, here's something to keep you going. A few weeks ago, I received the "Courage and Conviction Award" Award at a conservative gathering I helped start 17 years ago. I hope you enjoy the speech I gave. I welcome your comments on the theme of looking beyond politics via email, Facebook & Twitter.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/For-those-who-miss-hearing-me...Video/-492561457168871501.html

GOP should call Obama's bluff

2012-12-03T15:18:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The idea that Republicans would outmaneuver the President in "fiscal cliff" negotiations (held behind closed doors) was fanciful from the outset. The president uses the White House as backdrop or hops Air Force One to making his phony pitch for "a balanced approach" to fiscal reform. Every choreographed move he makes is then lapped up by a press corps ever eager to please and assist him in making his case for tax hikes on the "rich" for him. Last week the president felt emboldened enough by the election results and the GOP's willingness to break old promises that he sent his elf Tim Geithner to the Hill to press for more tax revenues. Speaker of the House John Boehner responded saying he was "flabbergasted." When you give in to tax & spend terrorists, they will only up their demands, which is exactly what happened here. Grover Norquist, the most hated man in America, is exactly right in saying that the public needs to see the truth in this grand bargaining. "Republicans should demand that whatever agreement the two parties reach should be posted online for at least a week before Congress votes on it," he told the Washington Times.

The country will only be put on a long-term path to fiscal solvency if real spending cuts and entitlement reform at the outset of 2013. Tax simplification and the elimination of loopholes will bring in revenue without raising rates on the very people we need to create jobs. Republicans will only have leverage in these discussions if they hold out and are willing to take the short-term PR hit of "allowing" us to go over the "cliff." GOP leverage is lost the second the GOP gives in to Obama's economic hostage threat of dangling America over the cliff. Sometimes you find your wings only after you jump.

By the way, now does everybody see why some of us were urging Mitt Romney to make the "fiscal cliff" a cornerstone of his campaign? I still dream of Romney looking at Obama during the second debate and asking, "Sir, our country will see a needless mad dash to avert a crisis after the election because you failed to do your job before the election. I will never put my own political interests ahead of what's best for American families. Election or no election, I would have already worked with Democrats and Republicans to fashion a commonsense way save us from being run over by the Debt and Deficit Express that's coming down the tracks."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GOP-should-call-Obamas-bluff/661234620362897041.html

Gun-shy: Politicizing football

2012-12-03T13:24:00Z

Posted By: Laura

One of the last politics-free zones in America was intruded upon yesterday--and why should anyone be surprised that NBC was the culprit? After the horrific tragedy of Kansas City Chief's linebacker Jovan Belcher's murder-suicide, NBC sports analyst Bob Costas felt justified in launching into a cliche-ridden anti-gun commentary. He quoted liberal columnist Jason Whitlock, who wrote "our current gun culture ensures that more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy....and leave teenage boys bloodied and dead." He further quoted Whitlock's lament that guns are most responsible for our crime and violence because they are forever "tempting us into escalating our arguments." (Guns now possess intent, and their own free will.) The most absurd note of all was Whitlock's speculation, repeated by Costas, that "If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and his Kassandra Perkins would both be alive today." Apparently Costas and Whitlock believe that Belcher was not strong enough to choke her or stab her to carry out his evil deed. Blaming the "gun culture" is a convenient refuge. Belcher obviously had severe problems, and I will not engage in rank, uninformed speculation regarding why he snapped. There is already chatter about drug or alcohol use. Gun control advocates never miss an opportunity to use a family tragedy to further their political aim of curtailing our 2nd amendment rights. "Something like this puts it all in perspective," Costas intoned, looking into the camera. Our perspective is our own, Bob, and is frankly none of your business. Sports bring Americans together of all political stripes. Costas and NBC managed to offend and annoy millions of law-abiding gun-owners in the U.S. last night. I'm not saying we should sack the anchor (or rush the gas-bag), but boy, the image is entertaining.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gun-shy:-Politicizing-football/-87839332889108972.html

Gingrich to Republicans: don't form a "surrender caucus"

2012-11-30T12:31:00Z

Posted By: Laura

During a speech at the Reagan Library, Newt Gingrich urged Republican leaders to stop negotiating with President Obama on the so-called "fiscal cliff." The president, with the news media cheering him on, will always have the upper-hand if the bargaining is done under Obama's rules. "[If] you start setting up the definition of success finding an agreement with Obama," Gingrich insisted, "you just gave Obama the ability to say to you, ‘Not good enough.'" The former Speaker urged Republicans to "get a grip" and not to form a "surrender caucus." Gingrich is right.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gingrich-to-Republicans:-dont-form-a-surrender-caucus/692879728821397477.html

30 reasons why susan rice shouldn't be secretary of state

2012-11-30T12:28:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Senate Republicans who are worried about blowback if they oppose Susan Rice for Secretary of State should read this terrific piece by Rick Grenell. Tennessee's Bob Corker was right--she'd be better as DNC Chair. (All along I thought Pres. Obama would name her National Security Adviser, which doesn't require Senate confirmation.). Rice was selected to tell the tale tale about Benghazi for the most cynical reason--the President's team (Valerie Jarrett?) thought a bunch of old white guys in the Senate would not have the backbone to question her. As Grenell points out, Benghazi is only one of many reasons why Rice shouldn't be installed at Foggy Bottom.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/30-reasons-why-susan-rice-shouldnt-be-secretary-of-state/148329841033927054.html

McConnell laughed as Geithner outlined Obama's plan

2012-11-30T00:38:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This is the best news I've heard yet. The GOP should stand firm on tax rates or they stand for nothing, ensure their own demise. Read this Fred Barnes report on Thursday's big meeting on Capitol Hill between the Treasury Secretary and Republican Leadership.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/McConnell-laughed-as-Geithner-outlined-Obamas-plan/870358235361331440.html

A MESSAGE TO MY LISTENERS

2012-11-27T17:27:00Z

Posted By: Laura

After more than 9 years with the distributor Talk Radio Network, I decided it was time to move on. After much thought and reflection, I have decided to pursue my first loves--modern dance and the xylophone. In the highly unlikely event that these efforts do not prove fruitful, I intend to return to radio.

Seriously--to the more than 300 stations that carry the Laura Ingraham Show and to all my loyal listeners, I feel the time is right to expand and retool my radio program and to explore other syndication options, which I am now actively pursuing. During this brief hiatus, my team and I will continue to deliver thought-provoking and entertaining analysis via my website lauraingraham.com and twitter @IngrahamAngle. And of course, I'll be doing my regular appearances on Fox News. I anticipate making an announcement concerning the show in the near future. Stay tuned!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-MESSAGE-TO-MY-LISTENERS/856504594498222202.html

A treasure hunt for the truth: Let the people see the 'cliff' talks

2012-11-27T13:39:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The truth is hard to come by in politics--especially Washington politics. The WSJ tells the horrifying truth today about the real debt hanging over our heads in America. Sixteen trillion is a drop in the bucket. Leading the obfuscation with masterful precision is Barrack Obama. After more than a year of doing next to nothing to avert our ongoing economic crisis, he is grandstanding on fiscal cliff negotiations. With the election over, he and his team are warning that the sky will fall if we don't raise taxes on the "rich." The holiday season will be cancelled! People will stop shopping! Forget the Grinch. The new Christmas special will be: "The Republicans Who Stole Christmas"! They're even stealing the last can of "Who Hash." The president and his team are so predictable. They did the same before they jammed through Obamacare--"pass this or the recovery will get dragged down and your premiums will skyrocket!" And remember the rhetoric before the "stimulus"? "Vote for the stimulus or we'll slip back into a drepression!" Conservatives should reject this overheated hype--call it out for what it is. Negotiations should be done maturely, deliberately and not conducted behind closed doors. Let the sunshine in so the people can see for themselves what these pols stand for, who the real leaders are. The challenges facing America are too serious for another bum's rush by President Obama and the fools on the Hill.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-treasure-hunt-for-the-truth:-Let-the-people-see-the-cliff-talks/211537359183790675.html

Grover Norquist slams top GOP lawmakers for caving on taxes

2012-11-26T21:37:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today, Americans for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist came on the show to argue against raising taxes as part of a fiscal cliff deal. In doing so, he hit back at high profile Republicans who have discussed violating his group’s Taxpayer Protection Pledge, including Representative Peter King and Senators Lindsey Graham and Bob Corker.

Norquist countered Rep. King’s assertion that the pledge he signed not to raise taxes only counted for his first term, saying “People take the pledge for the duration of their being in the House or the Senate… [I don’t] think someone like Peter King who runs claiming to be pro-life would argue that he promised to be pro-life for 18 months.”

In regards to Sen. Corker, who released a proposal to increase revenues in return for entitlement reform, Norquist said “The interesting thing about these Republicans who come up with, ‘I’ll give you a trillion dollars of higher taxes on the American people…’ [is] they design a unicorn they want to trade it for, which is fundamental reform of entitlements. There’s one problem: All the Democrats who read that article say is 'Corker! We’ve got Corker! Corker will raise taxes.’ And they don’t read his ‘No! I have to have this other stuff too.’”

He told Laura that Democrats won’t bother listening to Republicans who already agreed to higher tax revenue, saying “What Corker just did was make himself irrelevant to the debate…”

Norquist summarized a conversation he had with Sen. Graham over his proposal for a 10-1 ratio in spending cuts and tax increases: “Senator, I think you’re discussing a unicorn that does not exist in the real world. Nobody’s offering you this, nobody will offer you this. All they’ll do is take the first half of your sentence, ‘I’m willing to raise some taxes…’ and say ‘Thank you very much. We’ve heard enough from you’”.

He argued that violating their pledge not to raise taxes would again mean electoral defeat for Republicans, telling Laura, “It is very important… that the Republicans don’t have their fingerprints all over the murder weapon… a lousy budget deal with tax increases and no real spending, just [what] happened to Republicans in 1990, which cost us the presidency in ‘92”

You can listen to the interview for free right here on Lauraingraham.com!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Grover-Norquist-slams-top-GOP-lawmakers-for-caving-on-taxes/-954865258892373988.html

The GOP on verge of playing cynical border game for votes

2012-11-24T18:58:00Z

Posted By: Laura

For all those "conservatives" in positions of power who are rushing to embrace a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, Byron York schools you on the real factors that lead to Romney's loss. York concludes after a detailed analysis of turnout: "even if Romney had made historic gains among Hispanic voters, he still would have lost the election." Romney's real problem was that he under performed among social conservatives. (Contrary to the left-wing talking points that Romney was "dragged to the right" in the primaries, the truth is the GOP nominee rarely discussed core issues that excite religious conservatives.) Knee-jerk reactions in some GOP quarters could mean that Barack Obama could finally make good on his promise to enact "immigration reform.". That will help his legacy, but unlikely to amount to much for Republicans. By abandoning the first principles of safeguarding our sovereignty and upholding our rule of law, the GOP will embark on a fool's errand that could actually end up ensuring that more of its base will stay home in 2016.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-GOP-on-verge-of-playing-cynical-border-game-for-votes/592732548084737327.html

Discovered--finally--the Beatles' rejected audition tape

2012-11-24T14:09:00Z

Posted By: Laura

A top British music producer at Decca records told them "guitar groups" were over in 1962, and they went home without a record contract. Of course, The Beatles had the last laugh when they went on to become the most successful band in the world. Now the most famous audition tape of all time has finally been found. To think Beatles producer Brian Epstein had given up because an "expert" told him to give up. We could have been deprived of "Yesterday," "Something in the Way She Moves," "Hey Jude," and ______. (Tweet or FBook the Beatles' song you love best.). The 10-track recording, which will be auctioned, is said to be pristine.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Discovered--finally--the-Beatles-rejected-audition-tape/-794494971478067485.html

Atheist, or Anti-Theist?

2012-11-21T18:12:00Z

Posted By: Teresa

Atheists claim not to believe in God, but they’re putting up a pretty aggressive attack about something they claim is pure fiction. In Santa Monica, a coalition of church groups that has erected Nativity scenes for more than 50 years has been banned from displaying the crèche. In Little Rock, an atheist group has complained about how the family values exhibited in “A Charlie Brown Christmas” might make children act too nicely.

It’s one thing not to believe, but why are atheists so viciously bent on raining on everyone else’s parade? Is it that the gentle image of a loving couple tenderly surrounding their newborn child is so repulsive to their depraved sensibilities? Or is it the message of peace, kindness, and “love your neighbor as yourself” that repulses them so and makes them squirm?

These atheists don’t believe in God, and they certainly don’t believe in freedom of speech, either. Doesn’t half the appeal of being atheist exist in the fact that one doesn’t have to concern oneself with the so-called childish interests of believers? Why not leave well enough alone, or turn the other cheek to the side of the street that doesn’t display a Nativity scene?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Atheist,-or-Anti-Theist/69638042600175480.html

Barack Obama again blunders on the world stage

2012-11-20T12:56:00Z

Posted By: Laura

"We'll extend a hand if you'll unclench your fist...." was President Obama's famous first inaugural pitch to our adversaries. Such a kumbaya-type statement sounds nice in a speech but in reality foreign policy and diplomacy is a lot more complicated, requiring real study and focus. The president's repeated verbal missteps during his Asia trip demonstrates once again that the razzle dazzle only goes so far. Money don't buy you love and reelection don't buy you competence. Long after the confetti is cleaned up at Pres. Obama's second inaugural celebration, the national security challenges facing an economically weakened America will persist and, I would argue, multiply.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Barack-Obama-again-blunders-on-the-world-stage/-667118365525620460.html

Black Thursday? No Thanks!

2012-11-19T18:46:00Z

Posted By: Staff

When Thanksgiving was made an official US holiday by President Abraham Lincoln, he proclaimed: “I do therefore invite my fellow citizens… to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.” In recent years, however, the hallowed tradition of giving thanks to God has been lost to rampant commercialism. The reverential holiday of Thanksgiving has spawned “Black Friday”, the biggest shopping day of the year.

Black Friday has been out of control for the past few years, with rioting shoppers and deal-seekers camping out for days ahead of time. But now retailers like Wal-Mart and Target are opening their doors for Black Friday deals on Thanksgiving itself, or “Black Thursday” as some have deemed it. This expansion of the shopaholic bug has officially crossed the line from ridiculous to alarming; what was once a holiday designated for gathering with loved ones and thanking God for blessings has become an epic days-long shop-‘til-you-drop extravaganza.

Black Friday epitomizes the over-commercialization of the holidays. As CNN’s Bob Greene puts it: “In the universe of holidays, it is the only one that exists solely to sell merchandise”. But if we as a society and we as consumers decide to shun Black Friday and Thursday and just stay home, rather than try to acquire the most stuff, we can appreciate and celebrate the friends, family, and God, and actually give thanks!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Black-Thursday-No-Thanks!/23468899482183347.html

All about him: In Myanmar, Obama to see nation that shaped his Grandfather

2012-11-18T15:47:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Someone should tell both the New York Times and the president that the election is over. But never mind, the Obama mythos must continue. The president's team, feeding the compliant press these personal tid-bits, will continue in campaign mode 'til the last votes are counted in 2016.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/All-about-him:-In-Myanmar,-Obama-to-see-nation-that-shaped-his-Grandfather/-182472305200506919.html

The rush to compromise...our principles

2012-11-16T14:34:00Z

Posted By: Laura

I woke up today to read about how Republican governors are "softening" on raising taxes. This was after innumerable articles about how Republicans are starting to embrace a "path to citizenship" for those here illegally. Both developments suggest that the GOP is panicking rather than thinking. And it tells me they are in more trouble than I thought. Grass-roots conservatives still make up the most vibrant and energetic part of the GOP. Many were less then thrilled with the often defensive and "generic" nature of the Romney campaign. (Tea partiers felt they would be the first thing Etch-A-Sketched out of a Romney Administration.) If turnout figures are accurate, millions of Republicans stayed home on Election Day. Now I don't think that was prudent thing to do--in fact, it was irresponsible. No candidate no will align perfectly with our views. Nevertheless, Republicans might want to start their "soul searching" by finding out why Romney didn't excite those registered Republicans who chose not to vote. In my informal chit-chat with passersby in 5 states, I found that many GOP loyalists felt bewildered by the Romney campaign. They saw him swing between being too vanilla, too cautious--and saying unhelpful things such as his "47 percent" comment or "I like firing people." They wondered why he didn't fight back earlier against the negative framing, Bain, outsourcing, etc. So it ended up that many showed up to vote against Obama, not so much for Romney. By adopting positions that are startlingly similar to those of Democrats in their rush to "compromise," the Republican Party could irreparably damage its core in an attempt to expand its reach.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-rush-to-compromise...our-principles/938967815633634694.html

We're all (unfortunately) in this together

2012-11-15T18:54:00Z

Posted By: Staff

“I told you so,” is normally a satisfying statement to make, with joy exuding from the sayer so pleased at the accuracy of his forewarning. But all the fun of “I told you so” is lost when the occasion of its being used means more jobless claims, climbing inflation, rising poverty, and recession.

The Obama administration’s policies haven’t worked so far, and nothing points to them suddenly improving over the next four years. The good news is that the 51% who reelected the president will suffer and feel the effects of their folly; the bad news is, so will the 48% who voted for Romney.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Were-all-unfortunately-in-this-together/149440765319981112.html

Obamacare has states feeling tense over deadline

2012-11-15T15:32:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia are among dozens of states struggling to find the money to implement the healthcare exchanges. The process is everything we warned about--expensive, bureaucratic, and incredibly time-consuming.

According to the Washington Examiner:

States have until Friday to declare whether they plan to operate a state-run health insurance exchange -- an open market for uninsured residents to purchase coverage -- or let the federal government run one for them.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell sent a letter Wednesday to Obama asking for an extension and criticized his administration's timetable for complying with the law since it passed in March 2010.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamacare-has-states-feeling-tense-over-deadline/-330609669308098382.html

ABC's Jake Tapper on the 'hubris' of Petraeus: operating

2012-11-14T22:32:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on the show, Laura spoke with ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper. Tapper took a hard line against what he called the "celebrity general" culture where our commanding officers become so intoxicated by the trappings of power that they forget the men and women who are serving under them.

Tapper drew upon his interviews with the men of Outpost Keating to criticize Generals Petraeus and Allen: “For the men who served there, it was like serving in a weird planet where there no longer were women… they would go months without seeing women. So the idea that there are generals having this other life like it’s [Hugh Hefner's] Grotto sounds completely disconnected from what our brave troops go through on a day-by-day basis.”

Laura remarked on the absurdity of General Petraeus inviting biographer to follow him around while he was supposed to be doing his duties in the Afghanistan. “The fact that our commanding officer in Afghanistan has a biographer trailing him around for months and months, I find that to be just inappropriate. I don’t care if it’s a woman or man… you have to have the biographer with you for months? You’re burnishing your own historical record instead of focusing on the issues at hand and duties at hand.”

Tapper agreed, saying “It’s incredible that someone would bring a biographer there… and it’s not “Here, come with me; I want you to write the story of our fighting men who are serving on the front lines.” It’s, “Come with me. It’s a great idea, [that] you’ll write a book about me.”

“Just the hubris of that decision…” Tapper continued, “It boggles the mind.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/ABCs-Jake-Tapper-on-the-hubris-of-Petraeus:-operating/414848663112886399.html

National Review: It's Not Mitt's Fault--it's the Party's Fault

2012-11-14T12:30:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Another entry in the post-mortems to explain the GOP losses on November 6: an interesting but flawed piece by Ramesh Ponnuru of NRO. Recall that during the Republican primaries, National Review endorsed Mitt Romney in a glowing cover-story. Bottom line, he argues, is that the GOP over time became identified as the party of big money and big corporations--not an appealing message for the middle class. Solutions, instead of talking points, Ponnuru writes, resonate with Americans who are trying to support their families or start one. He cites the GOP's failure to lay out what they would do in place of Obamacare. Romney had his weaknesses, but he did better that most GOP senate candidates such as Connie Mack in Florida and Josh Mandel in Ohio. I simply don't buy Ponnuru's argument that the "Party" dragged Romney down. In a presidential election year, he IS the GOP. And the fact is, he refused to engage on key issues such as healthcare and the HHS mandate. He ran as a "generic" Republican because his strategists thought they could ride a bad economy to victory. Romney couldn't even excite Republicans enough to turn out at the polls in greater numbers than they did for McCain. (At present, Romney received 606,206 fewer voters than McCain, a loss of about one-percent.) Ponnuru seems to dismiss the idea that supporting immigration reform to attract Hispanics or abortion to help with women voters will do much to improve Republican fortunes. But after reading his piece, I am not clear on how what he advocates is much different from the Big Government conservatism of George W. Bush. That ended up not working out so well for our deficit or GOP demographics.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/National-Review:-Its-Not-Mitts-Fault--its-the-Partys-Fault/-305272720669828743.html

No Vote for the Status Quo

2012-11-14T02:01:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A vote for Obama was a vote for the status quo, or so some very delusional, or very deceptive commentators have said. Almost as alarming as the thought that anyone would be in favor of continuing “America’s weak economy, high unemployment, and partisan rancour,” is the ignorance that has led people to believe that things are going to continue on as they were during the past four years.

In the past 90 days, the Obama administration has posted 6,125 new regulations and notices on its regulations.gov website- that's an average of 68 per day.

Obama’s first four years were the calm before the superstorm. Talk to any businessman in America involved with coal, oil, forestry, agriculture, transportation, etc., to know what to expect from Big Brother’s crippling mandates- coming soon to a private home near you!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/No-Vote-for-the-Status-Quo/-831725701374441990.html

2016 contender Jindal to GOP: "Stop being the stupid party"

2012-11-13T13:36:00Z

Posted By: Laura

First Florida Senator Marco Rubio agrees to speak in Iowa. Now Lousiana Governor Bobby Jindahl offers the Republicans some simple advice in the wake of crushing losses on November 6. Be smart...be the ideas party...offer intelligent solutions. This sounds obvious, but approach, language, strategy all have to be carefully considered in the wake of Mitt Romney's defeat and the loss of Senate contests that should have been gimmes for the GOP. As for those Republicans who believe that the party needs to moderate or change its core beliefs to survive, go for it. I think that is both a political fools errand and and bad policy. Most people are conservative because they believe free markets and limited government, borne out of our Judeo-Christian tradition, represent the best hope for America. Those are the principles I will continue to advocate for, regardless of intra-party squabbling or the panic of the moment.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/2016-contender-Jindal-to-GOP:-Stop-being-the-stupid-party/700271111392212748.html

The danger of moving to the middle

2012-11-12T18:09:00Z

Posted By: Laura

In my talking points memo from the O'Reilly Factor, I respond to the panicked calls for "moderation" from Republicans who think the only way to grow a majority following is to become more like Democrats. Bottom line: pandering isn't the answer--good policy articulated by smart, likeable candidates is. Watch and send your comments via Twitter and Facebook.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-danger-of-moving-to-the-middle/637885040747248529.html

Honoring Our Vets

2012-11-12T17:02:00Z

Posted By: Staff

In a special way on Veterans Day, we remember and honor the brave men and women of our military whose sacrifices can never be forgotten.

James L. Stone’s courageous and humble service to his country in Korea earned him the Medal of Honor. His recent passing provides us with inspiration and a reminder of the people to whom we are indebted for building our great nation.

From the Washington Post:

On the evening of Nov. 21, 1951, James L. Stone looked out from his hilltop outpost in Korea and sensed what was coming. He was an Army lieutenant whose eight months of combat experience were enough to alert him to the imminence of an enemy assault.

The attack began at 9 p.m. with artillery and mortar fire and raged through the night as hundreds of Chinese stormed the hill. By the next day, half the men in the platoon were dead and their 28-year-old lieutenant had been shot three times.

But the lieutenant survived to spend nearly 30 years in the Army, rising to the rank of colonel and receiving the nation’s highest military decoration for valor.

“I don’t deserve the medal,” he said, near tears. “It should go to the men of my platoon. They were all so brave. Nothing I could say could tell you how proud I was to be with those men on that hill that night.”

When a defensive flamethrower failed to function and the operator was killed, Collier wrote, Col. Stone rushed to the site and restored it to working order for another operator.

At another point, he retrieved the platoon’s last light machine gun and carried it from position to position, firing on Chinese troops. “Throughout,” the citation reads, “he continued to encourage and direct his depleted platoon in its hopeless defense.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Honoring-Our-Vets/-484439378895576853.html

The Amnesty Delusion

2012-11-12T13:41:00Z

Posted By: Laura

If only the GOP had backed George W. Bush's idea of immigration reform in 2006, things would be different. If only Mitt Romney had not used the words "self-deportation," he would have not alienated 72 percent of Hispanic voters nationwide this election cycle. If only....The editors of National Review take on this knee-jerk and facile explanation for GOP losses coming from certain Republican circles and from the media establishment (always known for having the best interest of conservatives at heart).

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Amnesty-Delusion/-219849535855896141.html

FNS's "Panel Plus" with Laura

2012-11-12T02:12:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Fox News Sunday panel was interesting. Bill Kristol said raising taxe fine with him and that GOP should get over it. Kirsten Powers said that something smelled fishy about the Petraeus "affair." Evan Bayh predicted that Obama will move to the middle in his second term. I basically said that the GOP shouldn't retreat, that they should figure out what they want to stand for and push aggressively for it, with supremely smart candidates.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/FNSs--Panel-Plus-with-Laura/799779675309505684.html

Drop the despair, no time for moderation

2012-11-09T21:08:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Since Mitt Romney lost in an electoral landslide on Tuesday night, I feel like I’ve become the chief psychologist for conservatives. Republicans are wondering whether all is lost, whether the country has changed so much that there is no hope of a conservative ever winning the presidency again. This frustration and dejection is understandable. I, too, thought Romney would pull out a victory -- and I, like many Republicans, am extremely disappointed.

Just knowing that the monstrosity of Obamacare is here to stay and that we may lose the Supreme Court for a generation is heartbreaking. The autopsy of what went wrong is ongoing. There will be conflicting opinions on the cause of death for the Romney campaign and all those senate races. I happen to think that Mitt Romney ran an overly cautious & defensive campaign, which allowed the other side to define him. Some establishment Republican types say this requires the party to be less conservative, more moderate. It’s no surprise that Democrats agree. I find THIS depressing.

Conservatism won huge for the GOP in 2010, and beat back a union-backed recall in Wisconsin, but in two years has become unmarketable? Nice try. To paraphrase George Will -- for Mitt Romney conservatism was a second language, he was never comfortable articulating it or arguing it. So of course Latinos, women, and new voters weren’t sold on it either. In that vacuum, they bought the malevolent portrait of Romney relentlessly pushed by Team Obama and their SuperPAC friends. But the urge to despair is a losing proposition.

Five days after Barry Goldwater’s landslide loss to Lyndon Johnson in 1964, conservatives including William F. Buckley and Brent Bozell (Sr), didn’t waste time cursing the darkness. They founded something called the American Conservative Union, and plotted out a short and long-term strategy for their movement. The pathway was cleared for fresh voices and approaches. A-C-U friend Ronald Reagan became governor of California in 1967. The movement slowly rebuilt and grew.

In his 1980 victory, Reagan converted Democrats not by adopting Democrat views, but by convincing them that conservative solutions offered the only hope for American renewal. We should follow the same strategy now. When Barack Obama's Democrat party lost big in 2010, did he retreat from liberalism? No. On the contrary, he renewed his dedication to pursuing a progressive agenda--moving on gay marriage, partial amnesty, and the HHS mandate--and got those constituencies to show up at the polls and forget how bad the economy is. Meanwhile, he nixed a deal to work with John Boehner, only to use GOP "obstructionism" during campaign. All infuriatingly effective.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Drop-the-despair,-no-time-for-moderation/606233792884614418.html

Rallying the Republicans

2012-11-08T18:13:00Z

Posted By: Staff

In the aftermath of Obama’s victory, much speculation has been made about how the GOP can move forward after Mitt Romney's devastating loss. Some pundits have understandably despaired, declaring that our once-great nation is overrun with an entitlement mentality and is deluded into thinking there is such a thing as a free lunch. There's no going back, they say, and Romney's defeat is proof that all is lost.

The entitlement class can certainly take a lot of credit for Obama’s win, and so can the biased liberal media. It turns out that promising free stuff to a large group of people unconcerned with the logistics of the stuff’s origin is a reliable method for getting elected, and one which it doesn’t seem will lose traction any time soon. Trying to challenge such a campaign seems hopeless.

But, as Jonah Goldberg reminds us, “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” The surest step toward defeat is to give up, and evil is triumphing because fewer good men are doing anything. Giving up never gets anything accomplished- really. Nothing will happen if one does nothing. It’s the easy and lazy way out, not to mention cowardly.

Some say it’s a losing battle, but that’s only certain if conservatives back down for good. We don’t know if fighting on will make a difference, but we do know that not fighting on will only make matters worse. Besides, making even a little bit of a good difference is better than making no good difference at all.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rallying-the-Republicans/683972354306121030.html

[Pray for] all those in authority....(I Timothy 2:1-2)

2012-11-08T13:37:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Through the ups and downs of American politics, it is sometimes very difficult to maintain hope for a God-centered America, where our country's Judeo-Christian heritage is respected, not insulted. Freedom without virtue is not freedom at all--it ultimately results in a self-centered chaos, where momentary pleasures give way to the reality of a nation that spends too much,parties too much, and produces too little. We demand blessings from God without listening to Him in prayer. So how to process this when all seems lost? My friend and author Eric Metaxas speaks and writes on matters of faith and policy and thought his post-election reflections were worth sharing:

Whether you voted for Mitt Romney or Barack Obama, whether you're
recovering from your all-night celebration or drying the tears from
your pillow, today is a good day to heed these words of the Apostle
Paul:

"I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and
thanksgiving be made for everyone -- for kings and all those in
authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness
and holiness" (1 Timothy 2:1-2).

Now that the election results are in, our President needs our prayers,
because he and his administration face huge, serious challenges to the
health of our nation and to peace in the world -- challenges that we
cannot overcome without divine aid.

Think about it. At home, our economy is still sluggish. We face the
so-called "fiscal cliff" and sequestration. Economists and
politicians on both sides of the aisle are telling us this would be an
economic disaster for the nation. And speaking of disasters, there is
the national debt.

Overseas, America's foreign policy seems, to put it mildly, confused,
even as Iran seeks nuclear weapons, as Islamists have either grabbed
or are on the cusp of grabbing power in countries throughout the
Middle East, and as we struggle to figure out what in the world to do
about the war in Afghanistan.

How has America come to this point? Why is our economy on the brink
of disaster? And why is our culture so utterly depraved?

Chuck Colson asked these questions the day after the last presidential
election four years ago. And his answer was spot on. Chuck cited
what Russian author Alexandr Solzhenitsyn said about the catastrophic
consequences of the Russian revolution. "I recall," Solzhenitsyn
said, "hearing a number of older people offer the following
explanation for the great disasters that had befallen Russia: Men have
forgotten God; that's why all this has happened."

Solzhenitsyn was right. And Colson was right. The best explanation
for why we Americans find ourselves in the state we are in is that to
some extent we have forgotten God.

We have also forgotten that American democracy -- indeed Western
Civilization itself -- is the product of the Judeo-Christian
understanding of God and humanity. As Chuck said, "Without that
revelation that man is created in the image of God, our founders never
would have recognized the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness."

Make no mistake, regardless of last night's election results, the
attacks on Christianity are not going away. They will only intensify.
So we have to continue, as Chuck said, "to make a winsome witness" to
the truths of the Christian worldview, because those who would banish
Christianity from American public life are risking the very survival
of American society.

So, if your presidential candidate or your congressional candidates
won yesterday, keep the celebration short. If they lost, don't head
for the hills. We have got work to do. This is a time for Christians
to stay involved. So by all means pray for our President and his
administration. Pray for our nation. But most of all be salt and
light in a culture, in a country, that is in danger of forgetting God.

--Eric Metaxas

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pray-for-all-those-in-authority....I-Timothy-2:1-2/892304632679464355.html

The Day After...First Mass Reading

2012-11-07T20:09:00Z

Posted By: Laura

My beloved, obedient as you have always been,
not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent,
work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
For God is the one who, for his good purpose,
works in you both to desire and to work.
Do everything without grumbling or questioning,
that you may be blameless and innocent,
children of God without blemish
in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation,
among whom you shine like lights in the world,
as you hold on to the word of life,
so that my boast for the day of Christ may be
that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
But, even if I am poured out as a libation
upon the sacrificial service of your faith,
I rejoice and share my joy with all of you.
In the same way you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.

-- Phil. 2:12-18

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Day-After...First-Mass-Reading/636388467321879409.html

GOP Recovery- Trickle-Down Patriotism

2012-11-07T16:25:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Republicans lost the presidency, as well as a number of Senate seats, and our showing in the House wasn’t anything to write home about. Now come the questions: What went wrong? Why did Obama win? Who’s to blame? And what do we do next?

Are the defeats the fault of the GOP and its candidates, and do they now need to pander to minorities and update their platform to make it more appealing? What exactly is wrong with conservative principles? Anything? No. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. We don’t need to change to appeal to voters. We need voters and their mindsets to change. It is no easy task.

Bill O’Reilly pointed out the problem: “50 percent of the voting public [wants] stuff. And who’s going to give them things? President Obama.”

Alexis de Tocqueville called it 200 years ago. “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money,” he wrote. “A democracy...can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury.”

History, unfortunately, repeats itself- unless we learn from it. Consider more wisdom from the French thinker: “The majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years.”

Is our time up? Until the entitlement mentality is destroyed, the Democratic Party of Redistribution will always win. If voters put the good of the country ahead of their personal wants, they will see everyone benefiting, themselves included. Let’s implement some trickle-down patriotism before it’s too late.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GOP-Recovery--Trickle-Down-Patriotism/-519080357307419111.html

The meaning of the drubbing

2012-11-07T12:37:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Congratulations to the Democrats and Barack Obama. You ran an impressive campaign and showcased the best get-out-the-vote-effort in modern political history. Many of us were cautiously optimistic about Mitt Romney's chance for victory--we were wrong. But contrary to what the usual suspects on the Left and mushy middle are saying, Romney's loss is not an indictment of conservatism. The tea party remains the most invigorating force in the GOP, and conservatism's core principles still deliver the greatest promise to a demoralized middle class. Mitt Romney's "play-it-safe" strategy was a loser from Day One. He didn't really engage on the issues that motivate an electorate, or speak the language of reform that can move voters in the middle. It was not enough to mention Obamacare in passing or attack it with cliches like "it doesn't work and I'll repeal it!" His advisers were wrong to avoid both talk radio and more unfriendly forums. Challengers must be bold and forward-thinking (forgive use of word "forward"), but Team Romney seemed to be perpetually on defense. Time for some hard thinking about the GOP primary process. One thing's for sure: the conservative values that have brought the most freedom and prosperity to the most people here and around the world will need smarter, more committed men and women to carry the message forward.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-meaning-of-the-drubbing/-930664810688703653.html

"Melanie in Miami" - voters disenfranchised!

2012-11-06T18:54:00Z

Posted By: Randy

My friend in Miami Beach just voted and she was given a provisional ballot and right as she was inserting in to the machine- the "inspector" said "STOP!! Those are the wrong ballots your vote won't count!" Everyone had to get new ballots. My question: what about the people who voted before?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Melanie-in-Miami---voters-disenfranchised!/166207380336532675.html

Voter Intimidation Runs Rampant

2012-11-06T18:44:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Obama campaign, AKA Andrea Mitchell and the guests of her show, are currently touting their exuberant “confidence” concerning the prospects for today’s election. They are speaking smugly, lightly, and are giving the impression that they've already got this election in the bag.

Do they know something the Republicans don’t know? Final battleground tracking polls are showing a dead heat, and Rasmussen, the most accurate poll of 2008, shows Romney up by 1. So from where does the Left’s confidence stem?

Maybe they’ve got something up their sleeves. In Pennsylvania, The Black Panthers are back monitoring polling places, and Republican election officials have been physically ejected from doing their duties. In Detroit, a Republican poll watcher was threatened with a gun. In Florida and Philadelphia, Barack Obama adorns the walls of polling stations, and in Chicago an election judge is wearing an Obama cap while checking in voters.

Former DNC chair Howard Dean said the only way the liberals lose is through fraud, but really it’s the only way they win!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Voter-Intimidation-Runs-Rampant/97273939300339567.html

Flashback Nov. 2007: Obama on 'protecting our [Baghdad] embassy'

2012-11-06T03:00:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Flashback Nov. 2007: Obama on "protecting our [Baghdad] embassy"

It’s fascinating to go back and read interviews from 2007 with then-Democratic primary candidate Sen. Barack Obama as he tried to distinguish himself from party favorite Sen. Hillary Clinton. In a Q&A with the New York Times, he discussed his plan for an Iraq withdrawal, and included a reference to “embassy security.” Note that he sounded fairly reasonable on this one point—saying the “level” of security would depend upon the changing “security environment” on the ground:

Q. You’ve argued that the United States should leave behind residual force in Iraq and the region. How large would the force be and how much would be inside Iraq versus the Persian Gulf Region?

A. I have not ascribed particular numbers to that and I won’t for precisely the reason I was just talking to Michael about. I want to talk to military folks on the ground, No. 1. No. 2, a lot of it depends on what’s happened on the political front and the diplomatic front. Even something as simple as protecting our embassy is going to be dependent on what is the security environment in Baghdad. If there is some sense of security, then that means one level of force. If you continue to have significant sectarian conflict, that means another, but this is an area where Senator Clinton and I do have a significant contrast. (italics added)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Flashback-Nov.-2007:-Obama-on-protecting-our-Baghdad-embassy/668819053703232524.html

Young and in debt...and still dumb?

2012-11-05T17:22:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Barack Obama relied on the youth vote to carry him to victory in 2008. It was exciting. It was fun. It was one extended game of ultimate frisbee. Free love and free beer. But now, the hangover has settled in. No amount of aspirin or coffee helps shake it. College debt piles up and young voters who either can't find a job or have a low-paying job have little hope of paying it off in a timely manner. This debt bomb will explode in the faces of all the Obamanauts who, as Paul Ryan said at the RNC, are still "looking up at their faded Obama posters, wondering when they'll be able to move out of their parents' basement." Use your brain. Vote Romney.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Young-and-in-debt...and-still-dumb/237673084107967041.html

Obama politicizing Sandy in final push

2012-11-05T13:36:00Z

Posted By: Laura

After touting his symbolic fly-over with Christie as the type of "non-partisan" effort Americans are hungering for, Barack Obama is using the federal "Sandy" effort for his own partisan benefit. The president hasn't worked with the GOP on any major issue in 4 years, but because he showed up for a few hours to tour the hurricane damage with Republican governor Chris Christie, we're supposed to think that he's Mr. Bipartisan? We're supposed to believe that the man who fought for Obamacare over jobs is suddenly a warrior against "red-tape"? As usual, Obama is the master of the photo-op. He hopes his symbolism will trump our common sense, that his rhetorical fantasy, will obscure the reality before us. I'm betting that his cynical ploys won't work this time around.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-politicizing-Sandy-in-final-push/169414041048177740.html

The Reality of the Jobs Report

2012-11-02T16:59:00Z

Posted By: Staff

People can get used to almost anything if forced to endure it for long enough. They end up lowering their standards and expectations until they reach a level that before would have been considered completely unacceptable.

This phenomenon explains the decline of American economical morale. Unemployment is up from last month and is at a higher rate than when Obama took office, though he promised when he was elected that it would 5.2% by 2012. The Democrats are touting the modest 171,000 jobs created last month as proof that the economy under Obama is improving, but the truth is, it isn’t hard to improve from rock bottom. When expectations are so low, even the tiniest nudge of the needle is something worth celebrating.

Obama had four years to improve the economy, and what has he done? Rick Santelli of CNBC said today on our show that when added up, there have been a mere 194,000 jobs created in TOTAL in FOUR YEARS! Pathetic. Not to mention the continued decline in incomes.

Mitt Romney said it best when he described the report as “a sad reminder that the economy is at a virtual standstill.” Keith Hall, former Labor Department commissioner, said at this rate, it will take “9 or 10 years” to get the economy back to normal, so it’s a good thing we have Mitt poised and ready to take the helm for the next 8.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Reality-of-the-Jobs-Report/-55367716724127791.html

Generators power up NY Marathon as millions remain powerless

2012-11-02T11:36:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Running through chaos--does that sound fun? Staten Island is where the New York Marathon starts. I ran this marathon--an amazing experience!--and it takes thousands of security personal to oversee the multi-hour event. Yet how to justify this allocation of personnel when thousands in Staten Island and Manhattan still have no power. They need more help. Rescue crews were still finding bodies in Staten Island when this decision to continue with the marathon was made. We need more disaster-relief folks and supplies running toward the areas suffering the most, not police and emergency crews occupied by marathoners. We have a more important race in the Northeast--a race to help the victims of Sandy.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Generators-power-up-NY-Marathon-as-millions-remain-powerless/-616529653880434195.html

Jay-Z aims to deliver Ohio for Obama

2012-11-02T01:35:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Now THAT'S a great strategy! I remember when Bruce Springsteen and James Taylor tried to bring home the win for Kerry and Gore. While multi-millionaire recording artists may draw a few more people out to free pre-election day concerts, they're not going to make any of Obama's broken promises any easier to swallow. GDP at 1.5 percent isn't made any more appealing because Jay-Z & Beyonce promise to perform at Obama's second Inaugural.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Jay-Z-aims-to-deliver-Ohio-for-Obama/-761279745871139116.html

General asks, 'Would I want [Obama] with me in combat?'

2012-11-01T16:30:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Joe Biden said today, “My guy…Barack Obama has character.” But Major General Patrick Brady, retired from the U.S. Army and recipient of the Medal of Honor, has a different view of the president.

“Would I want this man with me in combat?” Gen. Brady asks.

Gen. Brady writes that “economically, Obama, all by himself, is a target-rich environment.” His economic record should seal the election in Romney’s favor, the general says, but “economics pales in the face of Obama’s emasculation, socialization and feminization of our military.”

Gen. Brady believes that Obama’s weakening of our military is a greater threat to our future than economic miseries.

Consider this, for example:

“Under the leadership of the Obama/Gates/Mullen trinity, our military has suffered as never before. Gates supervised the waste and fiscal incompetence at the Pentagon (millions of dollars lost). He instituted an insane op tempo (60 out of 80 months deployed is not unusual), causing unprecedented suicide and PTSD rates among soldiers and depression and anxiety in their families. Military pay cuts are coming, and the administration actually lost graves and urns at Arlington. There is an effort to raise health insurance premiums for retirees. The number of stolen top-secret documents is unmatched in our history. On the silly side, Gates’ Pentagon actually considered giving medals to soldiers for not shooting!”

A strong economy is essential to a strong country, but how strong or safe can a country be if it isn’t able to protect and defend itself? Obama is notorious for exploiting the military, and not only does his indifference toward the military prove him to be a person who doesn’t care about what's best for America, it also shows his complete lack of character. Turns out an Army Major General who’s a recipient of America’s highest honor knows a bit more about character than Joe Biden.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/General-asks,-Would-I-want-Obama-with-me-in-combat/834833709773769324.html

High schools in Neb. refuse to show exhibit honoring war dead

2012-10-31T19:41:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Millard high schools in Nebraska have nixed a traveling exhibit that features a display honoring our war dead, citing scheduling and logistical reasons. From the Omaha Herald:

"The decision upset display co-creator and promoter Bill Williams, who said other metro-area districts have agreed to display the traveling exhibit that honors sailors, airmen and soldiers lost in Afghanistan and Iraq. 'It's disrespectful and insulting,' he said. The exhibit features photographs of deceased veterans with ties to Nebraska and western Iowa. Among them, Williams said, is Jeremy Jones, a 1999 graduate of Millard West. Jones, an Army corporal, was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2006."

High school students--all students--should understand that freedom isn't free. It is always appropriate to honor those who sacrificed everything when their country called them. If politics played any role in this decision, we'll find out. Stay tuned to our show for a follow-up.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/High-schools-in-Neb.-refuse-to-show-exhibit-honoring-war-dead/-280909538552029605.html

Lib Critics Are Hypocrites

2012-10-31T16:59:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The liberals are accusing Mitt Romney of politicizing the Hurricane Sandy disaster, just as they accused him of trying to politicize the Libya tragedy. To “politicize” something means “to bring a political character or flavor” to it, so isn’t charging Romney and the Republicans with politicizing events of national importance the exact definition of what they’re criticizing? The Democratic critique of Romney for his responses is political.

Trying to make sense of the liberal cycle of hypocrisy is futile, but it’s still fun. And speaking of things hypocritical, we have the ever humorous Bill Clinton. While Obama suspended his campaigning in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Slick Willie came out on behalf of the president to explain to the American people just who is responsible for the disaster. It’s Mitt Romney, of course, because Mitt opposed tax credits for Obama’s failed green energy initiatives; this has led to global warming and massively destructive hurricanes.

An embarrassingly silly argument, Mr. Clinton? Perhaps. Politicizing disasters? HEAVEN FORBID!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lib-Critics-Are-Hypocrites/564339243131737788.html

Obama the invincible? Now going on TV in Michigan

2012-10-31T11:24:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Add to Minnesota and Pennsylvania, the state of Michigan, which Barack Obama didn't think he'd have to fight for 6 weeks ago. Ad buys dropping this late in the campaign mean that something is shifting. It cannot be good news for an incumbent. For what it's worth, in a new CBS/NYT poll, Romney's down a point nationally and down 5 points in Ohio. No doubt it's down to the wire, but I still give the advantage to Romney. He has the enthusiasm and in most cases he even has the early voters on this side.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-the-invincible-Now-going-on-TV-in-Michigan/-886323775497412260.html

Mother Nature to Obama's Aid

2012-10-30T11:53:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Mitt Romney’s surge in the polls will be tested by strong winds sweeping in from the Atlantic. The GOP contender has had to cancel two days of events, just as he is picking up hard-fought momentum.

In the past month, Obama's aura of invincibility has fallen away. Mitt Romney and he are tied in Ohio and even deadlocked in Wisconsin. Seen not as the heartless plutocrat that the Obama campaign tried to paint him as, Romney is now a credible alternative to the big spending, big talking Barack Obama.

As Hurricane Sandy floods and blows its way through the East Coast, President Obama is living out the "never let a crisis go to waste" dream. He hunkers down in the White House with his disaster response team, appearing to coordinate relief efforts. A non-stop campaign commercial. This meant Romney faced a dilemma. As top aides told the New York Times, they fear the “possibility of a split-screen moment that showed Mr. Romney attacking the president next to images of flooded homes.”

So Team Romney decided to cancel two days of campaign events (not sure what canceling a rally in Wisconsin or Florida accomplishes). Whether it not this was a smart move, this pause happens just as Romney was closing the gap in states where few thought he would have a prayer. Meanwhile, with Romney out of sight, President Obama dominates the news by doing FEMA briefings. While he was wholly ineffective during most of our economic storm, he is able to appear fully engaged on Hurricane Sandy. If only he had acted as expeditiously to deal with the fiscal disaster arriving on January 1! On November 6 we'll know if Mother Nature's intervention made a difference.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mother-Nature-to-Obamas-Aid/-986272023708821850.html

The Obama ground game myth

2012-10-29T11:28:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The Obama team of David Axelrod, David Plouffe, Stephanie Cutter, and all of their minions in the media, have been repeating this trope for weeks: "We have the superior ground game!" "We've knocked on more doors!" "We have an amazing get-out-the-vote operation!" Commentary magazine peels back the onion: "Consider what Kevin Drum, a writer for the left-wing Mother Jones, wrote on Friday, Republicans are operating on a different paradigm:

There’s been a disconnect in the ground games of the major parties for some time. Democrats tend to rely on paid, professional operations, while Republicans rely more on volunteer efforts, largely from evangelical churches. This is something that actually works in the Republicans’ favor, since volunteer efforts from friends and neighbors tend to be more effective at switching votes than professional phone banks. (Also cheaper.)

The other reason why Republicans are not as obsessed with turnout is that their base tends to be more highly motivated and, as a rule, are already registered rather than having to be schlepped out to the polls with great difficulty. They are instead working on convincing independents to give Romney a second look, an effort that has borne fruits as polls show their candidate gaining ground among centrists.

That’s something that gets us to the heart of this conundrum about turnout. As Josh Jordan explains in National Review, both Gallup and Rasmussen agree that the partisan split between Republicans and Democrats has changed markedly since 2008. Whereas four years ago the Democrats had a seven-point advantage, this fall that has become a 1 or 2 point Republican edge."

I can't predict what will happen on election day, but everywhere I go the enthusiasm edge goes to Romney. Head-faking your opponent is a classic technique in sports from basketball to boxing. Bluffing makes poker more exciting. This "ground game" myth might be one of the biggest bluffs in politics since when Obama said during the healthcare debate: "if you like your doctors, you'll be able to keep them."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Obama-ground-game-myth/-911591847002047700.html

Tone turns deadly serious at The Weather Channel

2012-10-29T01:37:00Z

Posted By: Laura

There are more important things than politics--your life. To everyone reading this in the path of this storm--PLEASE take seriously the threat this storm poses. Don't go out unless you absolutely have to until the weather has passed. Stay safe! If you don't believe me, then watch this report from the Weather Channel.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tone-turns-deadly-serious-at-The-Weather-Channel/59928065147243316.html

Disability claims soar under Obama

2012-10-26T17:09:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Is there something in the air? Is it in the water? Or is it simply an infectious nanny-state syndrome that has spread like an epidemic across the United States since Obama took office? Maybe this explains why the number of American workers collecting federal disability benefits to increase by 975 per day under our current president?

That’s right, the Social Security Administration reports the number of disabled workers collecting benefits hit an all-time high this month. A startling 8,803,335 disabled people now benefit from other tax-payers’ dollars, up from the previous record of 8,786,049 set in September.

Have more people really become disabled under Obama? Or is the malady which disables depression, because the future of our country has grown so dim? Some of these disabled people, we would guess, are content mooching off the hard-workers of society, and find the easy hand-outs which their benevolent benefactor makes it so easy for them to acquire a delight. Others, perhaps, resort to disability checks as a last resort because they are unemployed, have stopped looking for work, and are faced with a financial crisis, as our country faces the impending financial cliff.

Whatever the cause, it all points to one necessary end: Change.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Disability-claims-soar-under-Obama/-456290942048727282.html

Father of Slain SEAL: Who Made the Decision Not to Save My Son?

2012-10-26T11:37:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Benghazi is such a heartbreaking story. How could our nation be caught unprepared on 9/11 once again? How could a President and his team obfuscate and obscure the truth until after an election? Answer: they couldn't if we had a real press, hungry for answers, and not one that acts as liberal cheerleaders of their agenda.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Father-of-Slain-SEAL:-Who-Made-the-Decision-Not-to-Save-My-Son/-955918572268666015.html

Prez lies-- Planned Parenthood does NOT do mammograms

2012-10-25T19:03:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A key part of Obama’s “War on Women” narrative is the fact that Republicans voted to defund Planned Parenthood. Of course, since most women couldn’t care less about Planned Parenthood, he has to lie to make them care. Several times, including during the second presidential debate, Obama has said, “millions of women rely on Planned Parenthood… for mammograms”. But according to Factcheck.org, this simply isn’t true. Planned Parenthood doesn’t provide mammograms at all! They do perform abortions though: over 300,000 a year. Perhaps Obama is lying because he realizes his advantage among women has completely disappeared. But if there’s one thing women hate, Barack, it’s a liar.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Prez-lies---Planned-Parenthood-does-NOT-do-mammograms/-677410728569267112.html

GQ here he comes! Women age 50+ are gushing over Biden !

2012-10-25T12:40:00Z

Posted By: Laura

These are the type of exchanges I sorely wish were captured on audio--women of a certain age slobbering all over the man of their political dreams: Joe Biden. What on earth explains this bizarre syndrome, that would turn othewise sane women into lovestruck fools, captivated by the human gaffe-o-matic? Is there prescription medication available for members of my gender afflicted with the Biden syndrome? I hope it's mandated under Obamacare.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GQ-here-he-comes!--Women-age-50+-are-gushing-over-Biden-!/931889584067089009.html

Diane von Furstenberg classless in distancing herself from Ann Romney

2012-10-24T12:31:00Z

Posted By: Laura

So the fashionista set is getting worried--what on earth will they do without Michelle Obama in the White House? She of the $4,000 debate outfit and $500 sneakers, has been the darling of Vogue editor Anna Wintour's circle of designer pals since she graced the Inaugural stage in her Jason Wu floor-length "toilet paper" gown. Now Diane von Furstenberg, who once dressed Nancy Reagan, is sending out signals that she is none-too-happy that would-be First Lady Ann Romney wears her clothes. To Diane, I would say, take your predictable dresses and "run a-way"! Ann Romney should reward classy designers who are talented and gracious, regardless of political affiliation. And Diane is sooooo 1980s, anyway--and not in a good way.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Diane-von-Furstenberg-classless-in-distancing-herself-from-Ann-Romney/830211384387818205.html

Biz leaders slam Obama ask voters to think about country's future

2012-10-24T11:47:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Anyone with a brain who runs a small business in the U.S. should be contributing to the Romney campaign. If they are so strapped for money because of the Obummer "recovery," they should be volunteering for Romney, working phone banks or going door-to-door in swing states to help turn out the vote for real change. In just two months, businesses all across our country will be faced with new crippling taxes and the new reality that Obamacare in all of its regulatory glory is here to stay. This cannot happen. It's about time that a broad coalition of business leaders stuck their necks out to save our free market and ensure that entrepreneurs remain empowered to drive a real recovery that creates real, good-paying opportunities for our nation. Read the Weekly Standard piece on this new push.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Biz-leaders-slam-Obama-ask-voters-to-think-about-countrys-future/767388495441634809.html

Who won? Why debate "point-scoring" didn't matter in the final debate

2012-10-23T12:58:00Z

Posted By: Laura

If you're like me, at times you were left unsatisfied after Monday's final presidential debate. I wanted the time more evenly divided and a moderator who didn't allow President Obama to interrupt constantly. I wanted Mitt Romney to challenge Obama on Libya, look him right in the eye and urge him to give the American people what they deserve when Americans are killed in a terror attack--real answers. At times I thought Romney was almost "peace-mongering," and I wondered whether John Lennon had come back to the grave to advise his campaign." I half-expected that Romney would break into spontaneous song: "All we are saying, give peace a chance." But with the advantage of some time and distance away from the 90-minute presentation, I think the Romney campaign followed the smart strategy--be mature, safe, and not scary to the American voters who are still undecided, but who definitely don't want the next president to get us into another war we cannot afford.

From the WSJ editorial writers: "Mr. Romney won this economic debate going away because he doesn't have to defend the miserable record of the last four years. He could even invoke Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim that America's soaring debt makes us weak. That's a critique of the Obama years that most Americans would agree with."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Who-won--Why-debate-point-scoring-didnt-matter-in-the-final-debate/-109001832355640699.html

Obama tries to make his 'apology tour' disappear

2012-10-23T11:31:00Z

Posted By: Laura

We all know about President Obama's odd "bowing movements." We all know about how he talked about how America used to dictate terms, instead of work with the "community of nations" (oh, how I despise that phrase). We all know how uncomfortable he is with American exceptionalism--"the British believe in British exceptionalism; the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism," etc. But to listen to the President Monday night, Ronald Reagan had nothing on him. He rode to power as the "anti-Bush," which many of our adversaries around the world took to mean weakness. We see the fruits of our cheering on an Arab Spring and abandoning our ally (but not perfect) ally Hosni Mubarak in Egypt: chaos. America's influence has waned, and China and Russia have been eager to fill the gap. So while we've taken out top al Qaeda leaders and the president made the right call to kill bin Laden, our overall standing in the world has suffered under President Obama's foreign policy of leading from behind. China is aggressively building its military, but with Obama in charge we are preparing to enact draconian, far-reaching cuts. Chavez, Castro and Putin are smiling. For a walk down Obama's "apology-o-rama" memory lane, check out his greatest hits.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-tries-to-make-his-apology-tour-disappear/-357802255742273104.html

Obama reaches for the stars in his moment of need

2012-10-22T21:20:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Some things never change. President Obama crosses the country Wednesday for an all-important visit to...hmmm...let me think...Camp Pendleton? Nope. He'll be under the lights where he's most comfortable--ensconced among the Hollywood elite. Our commander-in-chief will be in Los Angeles on Wednesday for a visit with Tonight Show host Jay Leno. This stop will be Obama’s third trip to the Leno show since his inauguration On Tuesday, Michelle is doing the people's business, as she hits Jimmy Kimmel Live and a fundraiser at the home of Tinseltown's favorite one-percenter Will Smith. She was just on the program in August. The razzle dazzle won't stop--not until, that is, a Romney win on November 6.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-reaches-for-the-stars-in-his-moment-of-need/-381670998526524807.html

CLASSIC! A (reverse) immigration sob story

2012-10-22T13:49:00Z

Posted By: Laura

There are classic "immigration sob stories," where the pro-amnesty American media tries to turn you against common-sense, reason, and the rule of law by tugging at your heart-strings. Then there are sob stories that are in a category of their own. You can imagine where this story is going in the Los Angeles Times, with this tantalizing paragraph:

"Luis never imagined living a peasant's life in Sinaloa. But like other children whose parents or other family members were deported, he was swept into the current of reverse migration. Thousands of U.S.-born children of former illegal immigrants now live in cities and towns across Mexico. Disoriented by cultural differences and often unable to speak the language, they often struggle, clinging to one another in a society that views them with a mix of envy and pity."

Ideally, countries around the world would care for their own children with economic systems that encourage free market growth and opportunity. Ideally, parents don't endanger their own children's lives by violating other country's immigration laws. Ideally, we have news organizations that report on the plight and suffering of law-abiding American citizens before they pull out the violins for those who gamed the system and expect to be rewarded for it.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/CLASSIC!-A-reverse-immigration-sob-story/775218884680166598.html

Homeless student population at all-time high in Fairfax County

2012-10-22T03:35:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Another embarrassing symptom of a horrid economy and anemic recovery. The battleground state of Virginia has a terrific governor in Bob McDonnell, but the failed immigration enforcement system and our economic stall have both worked to deal a double-whammy to the Virginia economy. Homeless students? Few things are as telling about the president's leadership than this statistic--2,500 kids are currently listed as "homeless" in the Fairfax Public School System. Heartbreaking, another Obummer economy update.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Homeless-student-population-at-all-time-high-in-Fairfax-County/205960265961487607.html

Medical pot growers ravage California forest habitat

2012-10-22T03:23:00Z

Posted By: Laura

What happens when the "medical marijuana" proponents clash with the enviro-obsessed nut-jobs? We hope we're about to find out as the ganja gang is setting itself up for a fight with California greeniacs. Pot farmers are dramatically altering the landscape of huge California forests now that there's legal money in dem dere grass. Conservationists who are not insane like so many in the Natural Resources Defense Council/Greenpeace world, should make their voices heard on this. Can't the weed wackos make this stuff in hot houses and be done with it?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Medical-pot-growers-ravage-California-forest-habitat/431356410943235358.html

Keystone State Key for GOP

2012-10-19T16:58:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Pennsylvania has not backed a Republican president since 1988, but new polls show Romney leading in PA. Barack Obama’s last four years have been so bad that they are reversing the blue trend that has marked the Quaker State’s last quarter century.

PA elections are typically driven by voters in the urban, liberal poles of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, but times are ‘a changin’! It appears that even non-small town folk have grown “bitter” and begun to “cling to guns or religion,” their incomes, jobs, personal liberties, and everything else the Obama administration will take away if given another four years of power.

Republican Senate candidate Tom Smith has also surged in the Pennsylvania polls recently over incumbent Democrat Bob Casey, Jr. Perhaps Obama and his green friends have forgotten that coal is king in Pennsylvania and other mid-Atlantic states, and that relying on a record of regulation won’t leave people feeling blue, but rather seeing red.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Keystone-State-Key-for-GOP/529487176904316399.html

Now who's connecting better with

2012-10-19T12:33:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Watch both Pres. Obama and Gov. Romney at the Al Smith dinner in New York. Make your own judgment about which man connects with the subject material and the audience. Tweet and/or Facebook your response. What is your favorite Romney or Obama joke and why?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/iNow/i-whos-connecting-better-with/996579147786555122.html

More Obama irrelevancies: Michelle's Guilty Pleasures

2012-10-19T11:50:00Z

Posted By: Laura

As I first documented in my 2010 book The Obama Diaries, Team Obama routinely uses manufactured personal stories and anecdotes to distract and attract the voting public. I dubbed this technique the "Obama Razzle Dazzle." With the polls tightening and Mitt Romney showing real strength across all key demographic groups, there are more signs that business experience is trumping the razzle dazzle. When you've been out of work for a year or more, you tend not to care that Michelle picks autumn vegetables from the White House garden. When you have to dip into your 401(k) to make ends meet, you don't feel any more hopeful just because a bunch of spoiled celebrities are voting for Obama. When you are one of the millions of Americans who feel like no matter how hard they work, they can never get ahead, are not reassured watching the president talk about coaching his daughter's basketball team or laughing with David Letterman. You want real solutions. But when you have a horrid record to run on and really don't understand how the economy works, the razzle dazzle is all you have.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/More-Obama-irrelevancies:-Michelles-Guilty-Pleasures/-771948196186713387.html

Flashback: Crowley tells Axelrod Obama never called Benghazi an

2012-10-18T12:41:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The game "Candy Land" is simple to play and fun for the kids. But journalism rules in Candy Crowley Land are very confusing. At the second presidential debate, moderator Crowley jumped into the Libya discussion, confirming a false statement that President Obama had called the Benghazi attack "an act of terror." We now know that while the president made a general reference to "acts of terror" not shaking America's resolve on 9/12, he and other prominent members of his Administration advanced a demonstrably FALSE narrative on Benghazi for nearly two weeks. At the debate, Crowley seemed to forget what she herself had said to Obama campaign chief David Axelrod on September 28th. While clumsily referencing the Administration's claims "for a better part of two weeks" that the anti-Islam film had sparked the attack, she did allowed the President to "one-up" Mitt Romney on Libya. A conspiracy? I doubt it. Sloppy and intimidated in the moment by Obama? Definitely. Watch her late September interview with Axelrod here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Flashback:-Crowley-tells-Axelrod-Obama-never-called-Benghazi-an/583306871781851953.html

Obama's trillion dollar tax cut fraud

2012-10-18T11:36:00Z

Posted By: Laura

More fraudulent assertions from a failed president. Obama's boast that he "cut taxes" on the middle class may sound good, but the truth is a lot more in line with what we all know--Barack Obama has rarely met a tax cut that he LIKES. See, e.g., all the onerous tax hikes in Obamacare. These tax hikes cost jobs and they hit the middle class in their already lightened pocketbooks.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-trillion-dollar-tax-cut-fraud/610462380289969481.html

Obama gets another lump of coal in energy exchange

2012-10-17T17:11:00Z

Posted By: Laura

One of the most compelling moments of debate was when Gov. Romney mentioned the coal miners who grabbed his arm this week and pleaded: "Please save our jobs!" Obama EPA's is toxic to job growth.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-gets-another-lump-of-coal-in-energy-exchange/-115000865084324094.html

Obama Is Not a Real Man

2012-10-17T16:55:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Mitt Romney’s likability in terms of electability has been continuously called into question. We are now beyond that, having entered into the more serious realm of facts, records, and Obama’s most elusive trait: responsibility. With fewer than 20 days left until the election, voters have begun to focus on the strengths of the presidential candidates that really matter. People want a president they can trust, someone who is a leader, competent, and honest, so it’s no wonder that Mitt Romney has recently strengthened his standing with women in the nation’s top battleground states.

The great French author and pioneer aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote, “To be a man is to be responsible.” Children are notorious for evading blame, and Barack Obama’s constant avoidance of fault for the terrible economy, the tragedy in Benghazi, and everything else is pathetically juvenile. It’s also weak and dangerous to our country.

Obama did try to gain some political virility as he claimed at the debate last night that, “I’m the president and I’m always responsible,” but let us remember that it was a woman and a subordinate who took the fall first.

On the subject of manhood, Saint-Exupéry further said it is, “to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one’s comrades. It is to feel, when setting one’s stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.”

By this definition, Obama strikes out all around. He is not and never has been responsible. As far as shame goes, the president is under the delusion that the economy is improving, and with regard to the attacks in Libya, Obama benevolently granted that he is “interested in finding out what happened.” There is no victory won by his comrades in which Obama has cause to take pride, and “contributing to the building of the world” is right under “meet with Bibi Netanyahu” on his priorities list.

Romney has real world experience and the American people recognize it. A person doesn’t climb to the top of the business world by shirking responsibility and avoiding the tough issues. Leading America back to greatness requires a person of integrity and character, not a callow, under-qualified celebrity in the business for the perks.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-Is-Not-a-Real-Man/397863360186099654.html

Candy Crowley admits her error

2012-10-17T05:57:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Read this piece in the Washington Free Beacon on CNN's embarrassing post-debate admission regarding moderator Candy Crowley's interjection that Obama had stated Benghazi was "an act of terror" on 9/12. Overall, the debate was a wash--Mitt Romney scored huge on most points related to the economy. Yes, he missed an opportunity to fully lay out the Libyan mess, but Crowley also stepped on him. President Obama came in with more energy--how could he not have--and zinged Romney early on tax cuts for the "rich," etc. But in the end nothing in the debate changed the stark fact that 23 million Americans will still spend much of their day worried and scared because they out of work. Tragically, after four years of Obama at the helm, many of these people doubt their chances of ever finding a good-paying job again. This is the Obama legacy--America in decline, with a debt that will sink future generations, and no end in sight to more government spending and Washington gridlock. Romney has a grip on how to fix this--Obama does not. That is glaringly apparent after two debates, and the snap polls seem to confirm this.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Candy-Crowley-admits-her-error/519913914853461099.html

America's broken hearts follow Obama's broken promises

2012-10-16T16:28:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Over the years, a lot of great pop and country songs have been written about broken promises. The people (usually men) who promise and don't deliver leave behind a trail of heartache that makes for some memorable lyrics. Gary Allan's tune "Promise Broken" comes to mind: "Well, I'm the saddest words you've spoken. I'm a promise broken." Well, the songwriters in Nashville should get working on the next hit song to capture the emotional, fiscal and foreign policy toll taken on our country by President and his broken promises. "Livin' in Obama's Broken Promises Land...."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Americas-broken-hearts-follow-Obamas-broken-promises/-297475812654573815.html

Under pressure, Hillary tries to defuse the Benghazi issue before debate

2012-10-16T00:51:00Z

Posted By: Laura

In an interview the Fox News correspondent Wendel Goler, Hillary Clinton says she's responsible for what happens to her departments staff around the world, but said she "can't speak to who knew what" in terms of the previous attacks on the consulate. This pre-debate scramble is thoroughly uninformative and insufficient. Mitt Romney should charge ahead at Hofstra University, demanding real answers. The Administration has dragged its feet in revealing everything it knows to the American people, and it is the president himself who is the nation's chief executive. It is he who continued to give life to the absurd notion that the anti-Muslim movie was somehow the cause of the deadly attack during his speech to the U.N. It is he who flew to Vegas within a few hours of learning of the Ambassador's gruesome murder. The American people deserve a full accounting, not a quickie sit-down designed to help her boss stay insulated from criticism before election day.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Under-pressure,-Hillary-tries-to-defuse-the-Benghazi-issue-before-debate/5888671442627284.html

State Dept. confirms: Marines on 9/11/12 Were Protecting U.S. Embassy--in Barbados

2012-10-15T12:41:00Z

Posted By: Laura

At this point we shouldn't need another reminder about how deadly incompetent the Obama Administration was in handling security in a genuine trouble spot in Libya. Yet every day, some other piece of information trickles out that should have every American crying out for more answers from President Obama and his Secretary of State. Regardless of political party, when four Americans are murdered after no one in Washington would listen to their concerns about their own safety, we the people must demand accountability for those responsible. The egregious security misjudgments in Benghazi were bad enough, but now that it looks the Obama Administration may be involved in a subsequent cover-up, the American press--if it is to preserve any credibility whatsoever--must refuse to take "no comment" or Obama spin for an answer. At his debate, Vice President Biden raised more questions about the basic issue at hand--how could we leave our consulate this vulnerable on 9/11, and why would the follow-on explanations for what occurred be so misleading if there was no intent to delay real fact-finding until after the election? Mitt Romney should help connect the dots on this issue--not to take advantage of a huge government screw-up, but because the people have a right to know before November 6th.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/State-Dept.-confirms:-Marines-on-9/11/12-Were-Protecting-U.S.-Embassy--in-Barbados/494925205431968940.html

Blustery Biden denies Libya consulate asked for more security

2012-10-12T11:35:00Z

Posted By: Laura

I just got finished watching a sped-up version of the the VP debate. Conclusion: There is something wrong with Joe Biden. First, he's a blustering fool. (If Paul Ryan had done the guffawing and smirking that Biden did last night, editorial writers today would be accusing him of disrespect.) Second, he's no longer endearing--lying with a smile is still lying. Two days after diplomatic security officers testified on Capitol Hill that they had repeatedly requested additional security personnel in Libya, the Vice President of the United States stood before the American people and lied. Security requests? What security requests? Four Americans are dead, and the Administration still isn't taking what happened in Benghazi seriously. It's a disgrace.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Blustery-Biden-denies-Libya-consulate-asked-for-more-security/-879090722202652027.html

My main takeaway from the VP debate

2012-10-12T03:34:00Z

Posted By: Laura

After watching his on-stage antics, I conclude that Joe Biden just does not care if the country goes bankrupt. He simply refuses to acknowledge that our current fiscal path is unsustainable, and whenever Ryan tried to have a serious discussion on the budget, Biden just started bleating about his parents. Oh, and Martha Raddatz should have jumped in more.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-main-takeaway-from-the-VP-debate/-476484049948514255.html

Islamic law asserted in Ft Hood case, Hasan's beard at issue

2012-10-11T15:41:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The Islamic terrorist and former Army officer Nidal Hasan has successfully delayed his own trial, already costing taxpayers millions, because he demands that his beard be kept full according to Islamic law. It has been almost three years since the Fort Hood shooting spree, where Major Nidal killed 13 people and injured dozens more (sorry, not saying "allegedly"). Witnesses on the scene said at one point during the rampage, Hasan screamed out "God is Great!" in Arabic. And now he is allowed to dictate the terms of his own court appearance? This is sheer lunacy and another product of decades of liberal jurisprudence, which affords defendants rights far beyond what is required under the Constitution. Should judges bend to Muslim defendants' wishes regarding the makeup of juries--no women allowed who are not fully covered? Where does this end? The case is now at the army appellate court.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Islamic-law-asserted-in-Ft-Hood-case,-Hasans-beard-at-issue/-809512611651714538.html

Joe Biden's (largely unknown) swipe at middle class

2012-10-11T15:24:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Do you know that Joe was one of the credit card company's best buddies in the Senate? Did you know that the nation's largest credit card corporation is headquartered in Delaware and were big campaign donors to Biden? Here's an interesting take on a Biden vulnerability beyond the obvious gaffes and misstatements he's prone to making.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Joe-Bidens-largely-unknown-swipe-at-middle-class/854346648493657878.html

Liar, Liar...who we really should fire!

2012-10-11T15:20:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Paul Ryan has a big job ahead of him tonight, not because Joe Biden is such a “skilled debater,” but because debating liberals is often a futile task.

Daniel Henninger from the Wall Street Journal points out how freely and liberally the Left uses the term “liar.” “Liar,” he writes, “is a potent and ugly word with a sleazy political pedigree.” He goes on to say that, “Explicitly calling someone a ‘liar’ is—or used to be—a serious and rare charge.”

Remember John's Gospel describes Satan as “a liar and the father of lies.” For the Democrats to equate every Republican who challenges them to the devil is about as serious as it gets.

And since when have the Dems cared about the truth? If they did they’d be Republicans. Sometimes they feign an interest in it, as demonstrated by David Plouffe’s sage statement about Mitt Romney: “Someone who would lie to 50 million Americans, you should have some questions about whether that person should sit in the Oval Office.”

Then there’s the Democrats’ poster boy, Bill Clinton. One would have assumed that after lying under oath to 300 million Americans as president, he would have retired in shame and done his best to keep a low profile. But why would he? His party is based on the zero principles policy, and is glad to parade the sleaziest of all hypocrites around the country as the gold standard of truth telling. The hypocrisy would be hilarious if it weren't so scary.

So Ryan’s task tonight to disprove Biden’s falsehoods seems to be not a difficult one since he has the truth on his side, but then we remember that truth is not the basis for a liberal argument.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Liar,-Liar...who-we-really-should-fire!/321237605318883085.html

Obama campaigns more urgently after debate setback

2012-10-10T11:53:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Imagine if Barack Obama governed more urgently given our country's economic setbacks! He reserves his hours of hard work to secure his own job, not the jobs of the American people. As president, he rarely let events--not matter how unpleasant--interrupt his busy schedule of fund-raising. The day after the deadly Benghazi attack, Obama headed to Vegas for a huge rally. The campaigner-in-chief versus the commander-in-chief. We need the latter.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-campaigns-more-urgently-after-debate-setback/446872761611324859.html

Arrogance Watch! Obama 'believed he had BEATEN Romney' in Denver debate!

2012-10-10T11:42:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This could be one of the funniest and most disturbing accounts of the first Obama-Romney presidential debate. President Obama walked off the Denver stage thinking he beat Romney. He also blew off doing debate prep, against advice of aides. This confirms the common view that Barack Obama is supremely arrogant and occasionally lazy, but could it also mean he is suffering from delusions?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Arrogance-Watch!-Obama-believed-he-had-BEATEN-Romney-in-Denver-debate!/960061554855260860.html

Angst grows in "Hope-ville"

2012-10-10T11:24:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Obamaniacs are having vicarious performance anxiety. Their emperor had no clothes in the first debate and 67 million Americans saw the ugly truth--whether they'll admit it to pollsters or not--without his protective press cocoon, without his teleprompter, Barack Obama seemed to become lost and disoriented. This shocks those who still look longingly at their faded "Hope" posters. For those of us who had sent up warning flares in 2007 about Sen. Obama's lack of experience, the Denver blow-out wasn't all that surprising. In 2007 Democrats and disgruntled independents embraced Barack Obama for a number of reasons--chief among them because he represented a historic "first" and a sharp break from the policies of George W. Bush. The voters didn't fall in love him because of his experience (beyond his ability to campaign). They fell in love with the idea of him. Four years and $4 trillion later, it should be glaringly apparent that Barack Obama was right when he recently described himself as "eye candy." Eye candy is nice to look at--but often not so nice to live with.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Angst-grows-in-Hope-ville/367280245704414811.html

The Left's Empty Nest Syndrome

2012-10-09T15:31:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Without truth or logic on their side, liberals have become accustomed to manipulating the facts to their own end, and their technique can be effective on the lazy thinker.

The Left has been showing its yellow side bright and bold since the presidential debate, trying with desperateness to make Sesame Street’s Big Bird the centre of attention, rather than Obama’s pathetic performance. The Christian Science Monitor reported that the government subsidy Romney said he wants to eliminate accounts for only 10-12 percent of PBS’s funding, and the rest comes from private donors. A new argument posits that since the $445 million provided to public television by way of taxpayers’ money “is peanuts,” and “less than 1/100^th of the national budget,” and since cutting the funding would result in “miniscule” budget benefits, then the PBS money should stay where it is.

So, we should only cut funds from programs which receive large amounts of money, such as the military? Is this like the liberal tax plan? Take the largest percentage of taxes from the people who earn the most, just on principle?

This “reasoning” is baffling. $450 million may not make a large dent in the national debt, but it’s reasons like PBS that make our debt so high in the first place- oh, and by the way, it’s still rising!

Not to mention, $450 million is still A LOT of money. How many guns and helmets, for instance, can $450 million buy to keep our brave men and women in uniform safe?

What’s more, if the other 90 percent of PBS’s funding comes from private donors, then, like all programs and organizations, if the American people deem Sesame Street and PBS as worthwhile, they will find a way to make up for that missing 10 percent. Imagine that! Besides, if PBS relies on the government for only ten percent of its funding, then Sesame Street and friends should do just fine when Romney cuts the cord.

In tackling the massive $16 trillion debt, the Republicans have to start somewhere. In choosing between cutting funding that would endanger our military or ruffle a few feathers, the argument is child’s play.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Lefts-Empty-Nest-Syndrome/248654228931805118.html

Latest spin--Romney won debate because he's a moderate

2012-10-08T00:52:00Z

Posted By: Laura

David Brooks, not surprisingly, believes that Mitt Romney finally found his mo-jo at the last debate because he found his inner moderate! Brooks' problem is that he believes the stereotypes about the Tea Party that Obama and his supporters have fostered. He claims that Tea Partiers are "pitchfork-wielding populists who want to raze Washington," that they are "individualistic social Darwinists," that they want to "eviscerate government and rail{} about government dependency," that they are "unthinking deregulators," and that they are "lackey{s} to the rich." None of these descriptions is accurate. Instead they are all wild exaggerations that do not fairly capture the views of people like Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Paul Ryan, and other conservatives.

The proof that Brooks is wrong about conservatives can be seen in the fact that conservatives were supportive of Romney's performance. If we are the crazy people that Brooks describes, why didn't we go crazy Wednesday night? Well, says Brooks, Romney "broke the spell," -- as if conservatives were under some sort of curse. He has to rely on this type of fairy-tale imagery, because in the real world conservatives have never been as radical as he describes them. Conservatives were generally very supportive of G.W. Bush's efforts to promote the sort of "compassionate" policies that people like Brooks want -- even though we were skeptical of the likely outcome (and we were right, by the way). Conservatives celebrated the election of Scott Brown, even though he is a moderate. And conservatives supported John McCain and Mitt Romney after they were nominated -- even though they are both moderates.

The true fanatics here are not the conservatives -- who realize that they hold a minority position in the country and who are willing to make significant concessions to build a winning coalition with moderates. The true fanatics are people like Brooks who are unwilling to fairly and accurately describe the Tea Partiers, and who must instead resort to the type of unfair and inaccurate ad hominem attacks that are the basis for his argument.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Latest-spin--Romney-won-debate-because-hes-a-moderate/212227785732007009.html

Using the Navy SEALS to help Obama

2012-10-05T11:37:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Well-connected Hollywood friends of Barack Obama will do anything to ensure his reelection--including releasing a pro-Obama film intended to spike voter turnout. Obama doesn't have to crow about his "gutsy call" to send in our Special Forces to kill bin Laden. Harvey Weinstein will--two days before the November 6th presidential election. (But the timing is purely coincidential!)

When will Hollywood do the Benghazi film about the botched handling of the intel leading deaths of four patriotic Americans? Don't hold your breath--unless that were to happen again under a Republican president. Read the Fox News story:

Seal Team Six: The Raid on Usama bin Laden," from The Weinstein Co. and Voltage Pictures, will air Sunday, Nov. 4, the channel said Thursday. President Barack Obama faces Republican challenger Mitt Romney at the polls two days later.

Weinstein co-chairman Harvey Weinstein is a prominent fundraiser for Obama's re-election campaign, which has touted bin Laden's death as an example of the president's leadership.

National Geographic Channel chose the film's debut date to help promote the start of its fall season, channel President Howard T. Owens said Thursday.

"Harvey obviously doesn't schedule our network," Owens said. He added that the channel is "not political. We are opportunistic from a programming perspective."

National Geographic Channel did take into account Weinstein's desire to get out ahead of a competitive movie about the U.S. Navy SEALs' hunt for the al-Qaida leader, Owens said.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Using-the-Navy-SEALS-to-help-Obama/229393979316877573.html

You Can't Reason with the Irrational

2012-10-04T15:36:00Z

Posted By: Staff

As America witnessed Mitt Romney’s besiegement of the Obama administration’s policies last night as the GOP candidate tenaciously issued smashing blows to the limp arguments of a visibly frustrated incumbent, the spirits of Republicans everywhere surged with hope and pride. The victory was awarded without doubt to Romney, with even liberals begrudgingly acknowledging their consensus. Yet, no one should have been surprised. It’s easy to win an argument when truth and facts are on your side. What was so satisfying was Romney’s delivery and artful use of ammunition (Obama’s own record) he and the Republican Party have on their side.

Still, of the 67 percent of debate watchers who said that Romney won the debate, nearly half of them said the showdown didn't make them more likely to vote for either candidate. Then there’s this gem, tweeted by The View’s own Sherri Shepherd: “Mitt’s got this #debate tonight… did he change my mind at all…. not a bit.”

Thanks for proving the point that allegiance to Obama is based completely on something other than his ability to lead or make policy that benefits our country. Luckily, though, Romney can assume the undecided voters out there are more reasonable and less close-minded than Ms. Shepherd, who doesn’t live up to her surname. She seems to have fallen “Forward” into an Animal Farm-esque herd of brainwashed “sheeple.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/You-Cant-Reason-with-the-Irrational/122683331266609795.html

The Audacity of Merit -- Mitt becomes likeable

2012-10-04T14:17:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The faces at the anchor desk at MSNBC told the story on Wednesday night. The grandeur, the newness, the coolness of the 2008 Barack Obama was gone at this president debate. The "razzle dazzle" that had served him so well during the 2008 campaign was no where to be seen. Mitt Romney was in control of the stage from beginning to end. He mastered the facts. He knew every point and counterpoint. He was ready to anticipate every Democrat talking point and debunk it. What we saw at the rumble in Denver was the man who successfully led one of the most successful private equity firms in the world--he is really really smart. Watching the two together it should be obvious to most independent, open-minded voters that there is really only one choice here. If you had to get financial advice from one of the two men standing on stage last night, you would choose Mitt Romney. Beyond Romney's demeanor--his smiling, good-natured approach was extremely attractive--was his substantive command of facts, economics and history. In the end, the people want a leader who cares enough of them that he doesn't think debates are beneath his dignity, one who will work hard for them, not hard at winning the approval (and campaign donations) of well-heeled celebrities. Romney should that brains and common-sense make a man, a candidate very very likeable.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Audacity-of-Merit----Mitt-becomes-likeable/-882273767631434393.html

Romney's Dangerous Game of Playing It Safe

2012-10-03T11:25:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Since Rick Santorum dropped out of the presidential race, my listeners have heard me repeatedly ask, "Where's Romney?" He was raising money, I was told. Word was the Romney campaign wasn't interested in offering alternatives in response to every piece of bad economic news out there. Romney would be "introduced" at the RNC. The ads are coming in the fall. And of course Romney's schedule was too hectic for him to join me on the radio. Now the WSJ says the approach is dangerous. Maybe Romney will listen to them.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romneys-Dangerous-Game-of-Playing-It-Safe/614176975551616947.html

Mitt Fodder: Intelligence boondoggles at home and abroad

2012-10-03T11:22:00Z

Posted By: Laura

A new report exposing mismanagement, waste and abuse in an intel sharing program set up in the aftermath of 9/11 is yet another example of government gone awry. Mitt Romney should hold both parties accountable for taking so long to bring this to light. The fact that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano didn't bother doing her own thorough assessment, however, shouldn't be surprising. After all, she has been busy trying to figure out how to give as many illegal immigrants "deportation reprieves" as possible before the election.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mitt-Fodder:-Intelligence-boondoggles-at-home-and-abroad/-51443844290485505.html

How Romney can channel Reagan

2012-10-02T11:56:00Z

Posted By: Laura

From the "Gipper's" 1980 acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention:

"Never before in our history have Americans been called upon to face three grave threats to our very existence, any one of which could destroy us. We face a disintegrating economy, a weakened defense and an energy policy based on the sharing of scarcity.

"The major issue of this campaign is the direct political, personal and moral responsibility of Democratic Party leadership--in the White House and in Congress--for this unprecedented calamity which has befallen us. They tell us they have done the most that humanly could be done. They say that the United States has had its day in the sun; that our nation has passed its zenith. They expect you to tell your children that the American people no longer have the will to cope with their problems; that the future will be one of sacrifice and few opportunities.

"My fellow citizens, I utterly reject that view. The American people, the most generous on earth, who created the highest standard of living, are not going to accept the notion that we can only make a better world for others by moving backwards ourselves. Those who believe we can have no business leading the nation.

"I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose. We have come together here because the American people deserve better from those to whom they entrust our nation's highest offices, and we stand united in our resolve to do something about it."

That should have been and still should be MItt Romney's theme: The major issue in this campaign is President Obama's direct responsibility for the failures of the last four years.

And then, when Obama tried to blame Bush, Romney says: "I'm not Bush, and I won't be following Bush's policies. I can understand the President's effort to blame others for his failures, but all he's really doing is admitting that he cannot solve the problems he was elected to address. I can solve those problems, and I will do so."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/How-Romney-can-channel-Reagan/-23448148076611880.html

Lockheed Martin bows to WH pressure re. lay-offs

2012-10-02T11:35:00Z

Posted By: Laura

There are many election year powers and ploys that an incumbent president has, but dictating the workforce management decisions of private companies is something we expect to happen in Venezuela or China, not in the U.S. Welcome to People's Republic of Obama, where if your company's plans to downsize become a PR problem for the Obama Central Planning Committee, you will be brought to heel one way or another. This is truly frightening to anyone who cares about economic liberty and capitalism. The upcoming "sequester" that President Obama will preside over will mean that our military and the private industry will suffer devastating cutbacks. Yet of course that could hurt Obama's reelection bid, exposing the failed record of a failed leader, so Team Obama delivers a not-so-subtle message to Lockheed Martin--lay off the lay-offs, at least before November 6. The president can't stall the inevitable forever. Mitt Romney should hammer this market manipulation in ads and at the debate.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lockheed-Martin-bows-to-WH-pressure-re.-lay-offs/174526144398393146.html

Memo to Romney: Edge away from Bush, toward a more pragmatic conservatism

2012-09-28T20:25:00Z

Posted By: Laura

For many months I have urged Republicans, and Mitt Romney in particular, to admit that the Bush Administration made critical errors in deficit spending that continue to make life exceedingly difficult for the American people. As polls conclusively demonstrate, most people think that the economy was lousy when Obama came into office and (rightly) acknowledge that the unraveling occurred during the Bush years. These folks aren't really interested in left-right finger-pointing--they want results. This is where Romney can deliver. By putting some distance between "Bush Republicans" and himself, he would intrigue disgruntled libertarians AND tea party types he needs to work the phones and knock on doors before election day. Consider what the editors at National Review just posted:

What Romney has not done is address the major problem he has in making the case: the shadow of the George W. Bush years. Americans are more likely to blame Bush for the financial crisis that started on his watch than to blame Obama for the slow recovery from it. And even before the financial crisis, the last period of Republican governance was not especially good for America’s middle class. Wages were flat for people in the middle of the income spectrum even when the economy was growing.

The Romney campaign acknowledges that the crisis began before Obama took office, but it has next to nothing to say about what Bush-era Republicans got wrong. The result is that Romney appears to be saying that everything was going swimmingly until Obama came along. That impression lends credence to Obama’s attempt to portray Romney as running for Bush’s third term. Romney’s silence about the errors of the Bush years is, on the other hand, understandable, since many Republicans continue to hold Bush in high esteem as a good man who tried to do a lot of good things. Since most Americans consider Bush a failure, Romney cannot embrace him either. So Bush has been an awkward non-presence in the campaign: the man who was not there.

Instead of an explicit repudiation or an embrace, Romney needs to move beyond the controversies of the Bush era. To do that, he has to alter his critique of Obama. What Romney should say is that our country has problems that have been building since long before Obama took office, and that what’s wrong with Obama is that he has either left them unaddressed or made them worse. The country’s looming debt crisis, its dysfunctional health-care system, and its irrational tax code are three of them. Romney will take on those challenges head-on. Those are the ideas he has been running on, after all.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Memo-to-Romney:-Edge-away-from-Bush,-toward-a-more-pragmatic-conservatism/525007608023930109.html

Another Father of a Soldier Killed in Insider Attack Assails President Obama

2012-09-28T19:58:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, Laura spoke to another grieving father of a member of the U.S. military slain in a “green on blue” attack in Afghanistan. Dan Anders’ son, 21-year-old U.S. Army Specialist Mabry Anders, died on August 27 after being shot by a member of the Afghan militia who was able to pass through the American convoy posing as an ally.

Laura asked Anders, “What have you heard from President Obama?”

Anders told her, “I got a letter from the White House - just a letter. They just had his name in there, nothing personal.”

Laura asked Anders, “Do you think there is an effort to gloss over the circumstances of these insider killings and what could have perhaps been done differently to prevent them from happening in the first place?”

Anders answered, “Absolutely. It was definitely an insider attack and I had spoken to [Mabry] about that. And that was one of his fears, that it would be a known person.”

Anders said he has had received most of his information from news outlets, “I would just like to know the Army’s report of what really happened according to them and I don’t understand why the Obama administration is slower than the news agencies in finding out what happened.”

Anders revealed to Laura that the Army helicopter responsible for ultimately killing his son’s murderer had to ask for permission to do so first. When Laura asked him who had to give permission, Anders replied, “That’s a nice question of who makes those decisions. I don’t know that. I really don’t know that mechanism.”

Mabry Anders was Dan Anders’ only child, and shared his birthday, “He was my birthday present that year.”

Anders said overall, “I just don’t think that the whole government can be trusted over there. If we make a mistake with friendly fire or something like that, we’d have apologies from the administration and reparations to their families.”

Laura is joining Anders’ call for answers by urging her listeners to contact the White House and insist that the President provide real answers for these grieving families and all Americans whose hearts break for them.

Listen to the entire interview here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Another-Father-of-a-Soldier-Killed-in-Insider-Attack-Assails-President-Obama/-332503985130875094.html

More race-baiting on the Left as NAACP asks UN to step in

2012-09-27T12:36:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The NAACP seems to be in perfect messaging lock-step with the Obama campaign on the issue of race. Ever eager to stoke the fires of racial suspicion, the once-illustrious civil rights organization is growing increasingly tone-deaf and irrelevant to the real problems facing black America. It has now asked the UN to investigate America's "racially discriminatory" election laws. This is a curious venue from which to seek relief given the UN's own track record of inviting the world's worst human and civil rights abusers to sit on its own Human Rights commission. Nevertheless, the NAACP must have gotten the memo from AG Eric Holder, who has devoted an enormous amount of his time and our tax dollars to challenging states' reasonable efforts to ensure the integrity of their voting. Somehow it has become "racist" to require people to show IDs at polls. Michelle Obama upped the ante on this incendiary Democrat tactic during her recent speech to the Congressional Black Caucus. She invoked slavery, segregation and implied that Republicans wanted to bar black people from entering the voting booths. Disgusting. All of this is patronizing and demeaning to minorities--who the Obama Administration and NAACP must think aren't capable of holding basic forms of identification which are both readily available and required to see a doctor, enter many buildings, board trains and planes. Barack the "uniter" has, as I predicted in the summer of 2008, turned out to be the most racially polarizing figures in modern American politics.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/More-race-baiting-on-the-Left-as-NAACP-asks-UN-to-step-in/-11361621794759123.html

Obummer Economy Update: More high-skilled low-wage workers

2012-09-26T16:24:00Z

Posted By: Laura

When Steve Kroft interviewed Barack Obama on CBS's "60 Minutes" on Sunday, he asked whether the President took responsibility for the high rate of unemployment. The President did the usual bob and weave, recited the same talking points about 4 million jobs created. Of course that statistic is meaningless because it doesn't take into account the types of jobs that have been created or how the overall number compares to the overall number of U.S. jobs lost (8.75 million since the start of the recession). Over the past 3 1/2 years, there has been a net job loss under President Obama of 473,000 jobs. And remember the Obama "recovery" in terms of job creation has primarily consisted of "low-paying jobs" (such as in food preparation and serving), according to the data provided by the U.S. Labor Dept. "In the last recovery, we were adding management jobs at this point, and this time it's disappointing," said Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics. In an interview with Bloomberg, he continued: "The very best jobs, we're still losing those." Often times, highly educated and highly-skilled workers are forced to accept jobs with lower pay and benefits because there is nothing else available. This "private sector job creation" that President Obama crows about on the campaign trail, doesn't mean that most folks feel upwardly mobile, with more money in their pockets to spend (and thus drive the economy). This "underemployment" phenomenon is readily apparent in the President's hometown Chicago, where I imagine a lot of people feel like working a 30-hour part-time job at Shoney's isn't the "Hope" they had in mind back in 2008.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obummer-Economy-Update:-More-high-skilled-low-wage-workers/314681476080705859.html

Father of 21-yr-old Marine killed in "insider attack" assails President Obama

2012-09-26T15:41:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Demands answers, justice, says obvious warning signs were present

Ingraham: "The president spent hours with Jay-Z, The View, but couldn't spend a few minutes with these families?"

Today on The Laura Ingraham Show, the grieving father of slain U.S. Marine shared his sorrow over this needless loss, and anger at the Obama Administration for failing to provide the families of "green-on-blue" victims either answers or comfort. Greg Buckley, Sr.'s son Greg, Jr., died on August 10, when an Afghan Police officer fired multiple AK-47 rounds into his chest as he worked out on an exercise bench at a Marine base in Afghanistan. A total of 51 killed in these "insider attacks" this year alone--among the dead are American, British and Australian forces. Buckley recounted that in one late May telephone call with his son, he expressed concern for his own safety due to the increasing hostility of Afghan troops and police toward Coalition forces. One shocking revelation: the Marine's father reported that his son had once been instructed by his Marine superiors to apologize to an Afghan soldier after the young Marine had defended America against the Afghan's verbal abuse. The Afghan police officer who killed his son was turned over to Afghan authorities, according to Buckley, Sr., which he found highly objectionable.

Regarding Obama’s recent passing comments on "insider attacks," Buckley responded, : “He can sit there and he can just go back and forth on this all day and make excuses, but …all I’m trying to get from this is justice, for not just my son, but for the other fifty soldiers who have lost their lives in [green-on-blue] attacks.”

Buckley believes these insider deaths were preventable because if his son knew about the threats of having these men carrying around loaded weapons, how could the government not know? “He wrote [his mom and me] basically a goodbye letter at the age of twenty. He knew in his heart and soul that he was not going to be able to come home. For a 20-year-old boy at the time to know this, how could our own government not know this?” Buckley continued,: “With all of these [green on blue] attacks, no one is being prosecuted over there. My son told me, that, ‘I am training guys that are going to turn around and execute me or kill me one way or the other.’”Buckley said his son had predicted his death since experiencing anti-American sentiment early on “An Afghani police officer started mumbling underneath his breath to my son that ‘we don’t need you here’…tormenting him. Then the superior soldier came over, an officer, one of Greg’s superiors, and told Greg to apologize.”

Buckley said his son was unarmed and in the gymnasium when he was shot repeatedly by an AK-47. Buckley said he was told his son’s murderer was 15-years-old, but he later discovered he was 25.

On August 10 at 9:30pm, his family was visited by U.S. Marines who delivered the bad news. Since then, he has received what appeared to be a form letter from President Obama, which contained no meaningful personal references to his son. Buckley said, “There was no warmth to it, there was no comfort to it… it’s just heart-wrenching that this man would drop the ball on my son, because my son should have been protected when he was there.” “They basically want to sweep it under the rug, the same way they did the other 51 soldiers who lost their lives over there.” Buckley has written President Obama a letter demanding answers regarding the murder of his son, urging him to bring our troops home immediately.

Laura noted that President Obama was in New York quite a bit recently, including for a large fundraiser hosted by Jay-Z and Beyonce. Laura asked Buckley,: “How far [was] that from your home?” Buckley answered, “Forty minutes....he could probably make it here in 20 minutes.”

When asked what Buckley wants from Obama, he said, “I want justice. I want justice for my son and for these other young men and for these boys and girls to come home immediately.”

Laura offered her condolences to Buckley, adding "Greg, I think my listeners across the country, their hearts break for you, and their absolute outrage over the apparent lack of seriousness in the government’s approach to this."

Laura is joining Buckley's calls for justice by urging her listeners to contact the White House, and insist that the President provide real answers for these grieving families and all Americans whose hearts break for them.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Father-of-21-yr-old-Marine-killed-in-insider-attack-assails-President-Obama/-924507669869330807.html

Ooooh! Obama gives White House Brew to The View

2012-09-25T14:44:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Barack Obama propelled himself into the White House in 2008 with a perpetual "razzle dazzle" campaign. The fact that he had no foreign policy or free market experience was dismissed as unimportant. After all, he was so cool dancing with Ellen DeGeneres! Oprah loved him! But there are now signs that it's all wearing very thin. Obama was in New York for the UN, couldn't find time for a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister but he did find a full hour to devote to the gals at ABC's The View. He even delivered a case of the White House "home brew" -- he's now the official U.S. government Beer Man, but what we need is a real man who delivers real results for the American people.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ooooh!--Obama-gives-White-House-Brew-to-The-View/665588142968779745.html

Two Northeast Republicans Who Need Your Support

2012-09-24T16:25:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Wayne Winsley (R-CT) for U.S. Congress

Wayne Winsley is challenging Democrat Rosa DeLauro in an important race for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for Connecticut’s 3rd Congressional District. Winsley is not a career politician. He is a citizen with courage and determination who is stepping forward to do what must be done to get his state and country moving in the right direction again.

Visit his website to offer your support.

Wendy Long (R-NY) for U.S. Senate

Wendy Long is challenging incumbent Democrat Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to become a New York Senator. Long is a New York mother, wife, attorney, and volunteer. She is also a member of Governor Mitt Romney's Justice Advisory Committee. Long believes New York needs a Senator who thinks for herself - not just someone who rubber-stamps the Obama agenda or checks with Chuck Schumer and says, “Me too!”

Visit her website to offer your support.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Two-Northeast-Republicans-Who-Need-Your-Support/365801629962701037.html

Vote early: Skip the lines, maybe the debates, too

2012-09-24T11:29:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Team Obama wants to rush people to vote early before a single debate happens. What happened to early voting should be the exception, not the rule? Military folks, the disabled, of course, have a special need. But somehow my parents managed to get themselves to the polls every election year and things seemed to work. We are dumbing down everything--even what our civic duty. Why would the Obama campaign be so keen on pushing super early voting? Because they know the record of the past four years is a house of cards that could come tumbling down at any minute. Ignorance is bliss--and a vote for the status quo of decline.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Vote-early:-Skip-the-lines,-maybe-the-debates,-too/519417066119087633.html

Under Obama, the truth comes slowly from Benghazi

2012-09-24T11:26:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This story keeps getting worse. How is it that our compound in Libya was "largely unsecured" three days after the September 11 attack? The State Dept is mad at CNN for revealing partial contents of handwritten notes regarding ongoing danger in Libya, written by late Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens. But do we honestly think that had CNN not reported on this, Obama's diplomatic amateurs would? Stevens was actually very concerned about his safety and Islamic extremism--and these concerns should be part of the history written about this terrorist attack. Did Stevens make his superiors in Washington aware of these worries? Did he ask for a beefed up security presence? We should know these answers before--not after-- the election. But don't hold your breath. The Administration is more worried about covering its tracks than getting the truth out. Despicable.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Under-Obama,-the-truth-comes-slowly-from-Benghazi/-267269182125737475.html

Ann Romney, we love ya, but the problem isn't Mitt's GOP critics

2012-09-21T17:35:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Exasperation is starting to show in the Romney camp. In an interview Thursday with Radio Iowa, Ann Romney fired back at GOP writers and commentators such as myself who have urged her husband's campaign to be more aggressive and offer a detailed road map for America's economic renewal. Many of us have called for campaign chief Stu Stevens to step aside, in the face of what has been consistently poor polling in swing states since the RNC. "Stop it," she said curtly. “This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring.”

While I certainly understand Ann's defending her husband, she should know that we want him to win, too. We're giving sound, honest assessments and advice to him free--take it or leave it. Her irritation is better directed at the high-paid consultants and senior staffers who thought Mitt's taking an extended break in the summer was a good idea. Or at those who think doing an event with Chicago families during the strike was too risky. Or at those who told Romney and Ryan to steer clear of campaign trail hits on Obama's Libya missteps and misrepresentations.

We know it's hard to campaign. We know it's brutal out there. But what did they expect was going to happen when even Fox News polls show Mitt facing major head winds? That all of us who care so much about replacing Obama and stopping our fiscal slide would just remain silent? We're supposed to cheerlead all the way to defeat? When should we voice concern or offer advice? After the election? Ann Romney's been a huge asset for her husband, and by all accounts a delightful person. But Republican critics aren't the problem. The best way to silence the critics isn't to snipe at them, it's to start performing and start beating Obama in battleground state polls. But for now, there is a sinking sense among Republicans that Team Romney has its head in the sand, and will stick to its current "strategy" come hell or high water.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ann-Romney,-we-love-ya,-but-the-problem-isnt-Mitts-GOP-critics/-381588083820425648.html

Obama anti-terror progress? Al-Qaeda in Libya--a growing threat

2012-09-20T12:53:00Z

Posted By: Laura

There's an obvious political reason behind the Obama Administration's initial insistence that the deadly Libyan assault was "spontaneous" and that there was no "credible threat" beforehand. The Obama campaign wants voters to believe that killing bin Laden was the the death knell for global terror against the U.S. We have been sold the Obama "gutsy call" narrative since May 2011 when OBL was nailed by SEAL Team Six. Today we see that anti-terror policy-by-drone only gets us so far. It is likely that sometime next year, we'll learn that the Obama intel team blew it in Benghazi. Al Qaeda sees an America anxious to placate and appease Islamists who want to shut down free speech to protect the image of Muhammed. Undoubtedly, jihadis are emboldened because they see our foreign policy as backward- rather than forward-leaning; they see a president who is uncomfortable leading because he is at heart uncomfortable with the idea (and always has been) of America as the world's dominant super power. So don't hold your breath if you're waiting for a candid assessment from Team Obama about the real threat posed by al Qaeda's far-flung affiliates. That would truly be "gutsy."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-anti-terror-progress-Al-Qaeda-in-Libya--a-growing-threat/737294576852952487.html

Mitt the problem solver--this time give them real hope

2012-09-20T12:29:00Z

Posted By: Laura

I know many are thinking this is over. Today Mike Allen of Politico said that Romney's toast if he doesn't close the gap on the question "does he connect with ordinary Americans?" Others are calling the game before the end of the last half. I'm not going to make too much of a Romney-Tim Tebow comparison, but you know what the critics said about the former Florida QB in Denver. He just wasn't good enough to play on the national stage and win. But in the end, Tebow pulled out impressive late game victories. Romney needs to dig deep and start performing, knowing many of his detractors desperately want him to lose in order to validate themselves. This means for all those Americans who think life always has to be a struggle, Romney has to deliver a message of REAL hope, specific solutions. Reassure them not by going on silly entertainment shows, but by playing to win, making the case that you deserve the starting position. This NYT story about under-employed and forgotten young adults presents another opportunity for Romney--a man with a demonstrated track record of creating opportunity, building wealth. No, no Mark Sanchez/Obama comparisons here!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mitt-the-problem-solver--this-time-give-them-real-hope/-395634709094025791.html

Time for an Intervention

2012-09-19T11:45:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Peggy Noonan and I don't agree on everything but we are in complete agreement that the Romney campaign is dysfunctional and often incompetent. It must be turned around and quickly. This might help: Mitt Romney should pretend we are all a group of potential investors in Bain. We are more sophisticated than your political consultants think. Explain to us why your investment strategy is right, how the Company A, B and C which your team has invested in will succeed. Mitt, you have done this countless times in your career--do it again. Help us, the ultimate "investors" in America will see a positive return if we choose to go with you and your team. When you do that, you'll start to see investors (voters) "like" you a lot.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Time-for-an-Intervention/-621682102401501414.html

"Laura on the Fox & Friends"...the video idiocy designed to distract

2012-09-18T16:18:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Click here to watch.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Laura-on-the-Fox--Friends...the-video-idiocy-designed-to-distract/-564053456952003910.html

Romney framing the race--finally

2012-09-18T11:39:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The boys in Boston have released a new ad, and it's the "framing" type we've been waiting for. The Romney campaign (finally) abandons its defensive crouch to set the narrative in this campaign. Take that, Planned Parenthood, Tim Geithner and the entire Obama "economic" team. The true "warriors on women" are those who dine out on abortion rights but fail to back policies that spur economic growth to help ALL women who want a better life. We should have seen these ads in early summer, which would have helped paint the Democrat National Convention as a radical, out of touch farce, but I'll take it.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-framing-the-race--finally/-194278941678653062.html

The WSJ hammers Mitt on one his best points

2012-09-17T15:32:00Z

Posted By: Laura

I can remember when they used to make arguments about how trade with China was going to make us richer. Now they're reduced to making political claims about how protectionism doesn't win presidential elections. I don't trust their political judgment any more than I trust their economic judgment.

I have never understood why the WSJ believes it's a good thing for China to benefit from mercantilism. You would think they would realize that the sooner we stand up to China, the sooner we are likely to get true market competition between our two countries. Once again, the WSJ is the one arguing for protectionism -- they are doing everything they can to help China's protectionist policies remain in place. Romney is taking the true free-market line.

And it's really silly to claim that the steel tariffs hurt the Doha Round. There wouldn't have been a Doha Round unless Bush got fast-track authority, and he wouldn't have gotten fast-track authority without the steel tariffs. The Doha Round failed in large part because the enormous and apparently never-ending trade deficits have made new trade agreements extremely unpopular in the United States.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-WSJ-hammers-Mitt-on-one-his-best-points/263075278377997804.html

Hillary celebrates end of Ramadan at State Dept w/ Libyan Ambassador

2012-09-17T12:37:00Z

Posted By: Laura

They will definitely start liking us now! It's worth noting that aside from our spending our military's blood and the taxpayers' treasure in the fight for our own security and theirs, we've bent over backwards in the Middle East under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama to try to convince the world that our motives and intentions are pure. It hasn't worked. Instead, they see us as weak, and they respect us less. For decades we've had White House Eid and Ramadan proclamations, high-level inter faith dialog, all designed to show the global community we're not Islamophobic. The photos of American Marines rushing Iraqi children to hospitals or pregnant Sunni women to US medical facilities should really tell the story. Anyone who tries to breach our embassy security should know he is writing his own death warrant. Today at most they may think they'll be criminally prosecuted. This is a joke.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hillary-celebrates-end-of-Ramadan-at-State-Dept-w/-Libyan-Ambassador/-748277549762781171.html

Ryan Unleashed: Just about everyone is worse off under Obama

2012-09-14T16:17:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Excellent--it's about time that the Romney campaign let VP candidate Paul Ryan loose to make the aggressive case for economic growth and against Obama's dereliction of duty in foreign policy. Yes, Romney's down in the swing states, but there remains a huge opportunity for him to refocus this election narrative to what concerns all Americans--jobs and the economy. In this sprint to November 6, it should be all hands on deck for the Romney campaign--especially since the MSM is already trying to declare this election over, Romney needs all the help he can get. More passion, more solutions and more seriousness is needed on all fronts. And once in a while, in a Reaganesque (not angry) fashion, call out the media when it is doing Obama's bidding. When he's asked about whether dinner at his house is "as fun as with the Obama's," he should channel Newt Gingrich, who did this brilliantly during the primaries (and received an overwhelmingly positive response).

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ryan-Unleashed:-Just-about-everyone-is-worse-off-under-Obama/559006141596725647.html

US Gets No Respect

2012-09-14T11:28:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Our family wealth down at 1995 levels. Our real unemployment is at about 17 percent. Gas soared 13.6 percent in a month. Food pricing soaring. So our recovery is worse than our recession. Add to this the fact that we have consistently let global bodies such as the UN lead as we dither in foreign affairs, and you have an America in declining respect and authority. Of course China naval vessels are on the move and Japan is worried. Of course Russia will block any serious action to stop the bloodshed in Syria. Who's going to stand for American interests when we're out of money and our leader is perpetually out campaigning?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/US-Gets-No-Respect/258367991144811002.html

Romney is Right

2012-09-12T16:58:00Z

Posted By: Bill Kristol

One can question the timing and tone of Mitt Romney’s statement last night. One can note he wasn't as fluent and clear as he might have been at his press conference this morning. Still, the fact remains that the events of September 11, 2012, represent a big moment for the country. Romney is right to sense this, and to seize on this moment as an occasion to explain the difference between his foreign policy and President Obama’s. He’s right to reject the counsel of the mainstream media, which is to keep quiet and give President Obama a pass.

Mark Halperin tweeted this morning, “Unless Mitt has gamed crisis out in some manner completely invisible to Gang of 500, doubling down=most craven + ill-advised move of ‘12.” Halperin couldn't be more wrong. Romney is right to bring home the weakness of the Obama administration, exemplified in the disgraceful statement issued yesterday, September 11, by the American embassy in Cairo—a statement, I believe, that would have to have been cleared by the State Department.

I'd add this: Romney deserves credit for emphasizing today that the events in Cairo and Benghazi remind us of the need for American leadership. He refused to cater to what must be a widespread (and understandable, if short-sighted) ‘let's just get out of that crazy part of the world’ sentiment among the public. He spoke in the tradition of conservative internationalism.

So, so far, I believe, pretty much so good. The question is, what comes next?

Read More.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-is-Right/291587355991437052.html

Obama's Going to Las Vegas

2012-09-12T14:57:00Z

Posted By: Staff

On the day after the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed in Benghazi, the White House on Wednesday morning released a schedule showing that President Obama would continue with his planned campaign trip to Las Vegas.

Before he leaves, the schedule indicated, Obama will "deliver a statement" in the White House Rose Garden at 10:35 a.m., the White House said.

Obama on Wednesday morning confirmed the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens, the administration’s point man during the Libyan revolution, in a statement condemning the "outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi, which took the lives of four Americans."

"While the United States rejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, we must all unequivocally oppose the kind of senseless violence that took the lives of these public servants," Obama said.

Read More.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-Going-to-Las-Vegas/-741375281587722352.html

Romney (finally) abandons Mr. Nice Guy

2012-09-12T12:55:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The surest sign that Mitt Romney is doing the right thing is when all panelists on MSNBC's Morning Joe attack him. Such was the case Wednesday morning, when everyone from "Republican" Mark McKinnon to host Willie Geist expressed shock that Romney would move to criticize the Administration's response to the deadly Islamist attacks. Suddenly they are dismayed by politicians who react politically! When Obama switched his position on gay marriage, when he granted immigration reprieves to illegals, when he came out to "defend" Sandra Fluke...the most blatantly political acts of the six months--the dinosaur media cheered the president's "evolution" and "courage." Message to Mitt: Keep swinging, keep 'em on the defensive, frame Obama's presidency clearly. We alienate our allies and empathize with our enemies. Foreign policy by drone strikes is not enough.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-finally-abandons-Mr.-Nice-Guy/173988626196002719.html

Obama's amnesty fast track for "young illegals"

2012-09-12T12:45:00Z

Posted By: Laura

With the break-neck pace of Homeland Security's processing of illegal aliens under 30, we see that when the Obama Administration wants to get something done, it can act quickly. The president may not be able to muster a single vote for his budgets or find time to get both parties together to hammer out a deal to avert the fiscal cliff, but he sure does know how to move expeditiously when to do so gets his Party one step closer from forever altering the country's demographic and political makeup. The "deportation reprieve" that he enacted by executive fiat is another Obama giveaway--this time the goodies offered makes a mockery of the rule of law and compromises American sovereignty for future Democrat votes. Disgusting.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-amnesty-fast-track-for-young-illegals/364196224606143709.html

Greedy Chicago unions give gift to Romney

2012-09-11T02:42:00Z

Posted By: Laura

When Barack Obama is silent on the Chicago teachers' union strike, Mitt Romney is left with a huge opportunity. Barack Obama makes public pronouncements on Trayvon Martin & Sandra Fluke because he believes he gains political advantage by doing so. With his chums in the Chicago union getting bad PR because with 400,000 kids out of school, suddenly the president is going to stay above the fray?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Greedy-Chicago-unions-give-gift-to-Romney/-858475876217755420.html

L.A. to consider flexible library cards for illegal aliens

2012-09-11T02:35:00Z

Posted By: Laura

California is sinking in debt, small businesses struggling in the choking weeds of regulation--and how does the biggest city in the state respond? Make it easier for illegals to use the infrastructure and live in the state indefinitely! If Latino activists have their way, they'll be allowed to use a library card to open a bank account and more. How long before that library card will allow them to vote? It's coming. Then the GOP might as well shutter operations.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/L.A.-to-consider-flexible-library-cards-for-illegal-aliens/52318369537561240.html

Another immigration sob story...deportees preyed upon by gangs

2012-09-10T01:49:00Z

Posted By: Laura

News flash: It isn't our fault when those who break our laws are sent back home and confront terrible conditions. But of course the LATimes thinks so.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Another-immigration-sob-story...deportees-preyed-upon-by-gangs/37245764277473111.html

Bear hugs and the great Obama deflection

2012-09-10T01:44:00Z

Posted By: Laura

I would be stunned if Team Obama hadn't planned this out. With Secret Service there, a business owner in Florida is allowed to lift the president off the ground? The 250-pound man could have broken his back or neck. I almost hope it was planned. Another clever way of the Obama campaign to deflect attention from the economy, to the simple question--which man is more relatable? Think about it, can you imagine anyone outside Romney's immediate family feeling so strongly about him that they physically lift him off the ground?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bear-hugs-and-the-great-Obama-deflection/148501103957769740.html

The Cardinal calls out the Party of Death

2012-09-07T16:47:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The final event of the DNC ended up being almost a total refutation of it. The benediction by Cardinal Timothy Dolan was powerful and moving but aired only on Fox and CSPAN. In a week where we heard endless speeches celebrating abortion "rights" and government-mandated contraception, it was jarring to hear such an unwavering call to protect the sanctity of life and the God's moral framework. Who knows if a single DNC delegate had his mind changed last night because of this prayer, but we can always hope.

Let us Pray.

Almighty God, father of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, revealed to us so powerfully in your Son, Jesus Christ, we thank you for showering your blessings upon this our beloved nation. Bless all here present, and all across this great land, who work hard for the day when a greater portion of your justice, and a more ample measure of your care for the poor and suffering, may prevail in these United States. Help us to see that a society’s greatness is found above all in the respect it shows for the weakest and neediest among us.

We beseech you, almighty God to shed your grace on this noble experiment in ordered liberty, which began with the confident assertion of inalienable rights bestowed upon us by you: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Thus do we praise you for the gift of life. Grant us the courage to defend it, life, without which no other rights are secure. We ask your benediction on those waiting to be born, that they may be welcomed and protected. Strengthen our sick and our elders waiting to see your holy face at life’s end, that they may be accompanied by true compassion and cherished with the dignity due those who are infirm and fragile.

We praise and thank you for the gift of liberty. May this land of the free never lack those brave enough to defend our basic freedoms. Renew in all our people a profound respect for religious liberty: the first, most cherished freedom bequeathed upon us at our Founding. May our liberty be in harmony with truth; freedom ordered in goodness and justice. Help us live our freedom in faith, hope, and love. Make us ever-grateful for those who, for over two centuries, have given their lives in freedom’s defense; we commend their noble souls to your eternal care, as even now we beg the protection of your mighty arm upon our men and women in uniform.

We praise and thank you for granting us the life and the liberty by which we can pursue happiness. Show us anew that happiness is found only in respecting the laws of nature and of nature’s God. Empower us with your grace so that we might resist the temptation to replace the moral law with idols of our own making, or to remake those institutions you have given us for the nurturing of life and community. May we welcome those who yearn to breathe free and to pursue happiness in this land of freedom, adding their gifts to those whose families have lived here for centuries.

We praise and thank you for the American genius of government of the people, by the people and for the people. Oh God of wisdom, justice, and might, we ask your guidance for those who govern us: President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, Congress, the Supreme Court, and all those, including Governor Mitt Romney and Congressman Paul Ryan, who seek to serve the common good by seeking public office. Make them all worthy to serve you by serving our country. Help them remember that the only just government is the government that serves its citizens rather than itself. With your grace, may all Americans choose wisely as we consider the future course of public policy.

And finally Lord, we beseech your benediction on all of us who depart from here this evening, and on all those, in every land, who yearn to conduct their lives in freedom and justice. We beg you to remember, as we pledge to remember, those who are not free; those who suffer for freedom’s cause; those who are poor, out of work, needy, sick, or alone; those who are persecuted for their religious convictions, those still ravaged by war.

And most of all, God Almighty, we thank you for the great gift of our beloved country.

For we are indeed “one nation under God,” and “in God we trust.”

So dear God, bless America. You who live and reign forever and ever.

Amen.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Cardinal-calls-out-the-Party-of-Death/417550407014864750.html

Rasmussen's right, convention hoopla aside, it's still the economy

2012-09-07T12:59:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Let's stipulate to the following: Michelle is cool and has great arms. Biden loves his family and is a hoot...literally. The president is a good dad who had an unconventional upbringing. The Dems will also have more celebrities surrounding them and better music. But none of the above changes the fact that under four years of Barack Obama's leadership, American is on the precipice. The NASDAQ may be humming but most of the middle class is bumming. The new Rasmussen surveys seem to indicate that, as we always suspected, the "razzle dazzle" only gets you so far. Rick Grenell put it well last night in a late night tweet: "You can get elected on hope, but you can't get reelected on hope." Nothing in the president's speech demonstrated that he learned much of anything in his first term. That is both disturbing and speaks to either Mr. Obama's arrogance or ignorance. The more sinister explanation I'll leave to another day.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rasmussens-right,-convention-hoopla-aside,-its-still-the-economy/-746893974025676607.html

Obama v. the middle class (cont'd) as he implements cap & trade

2012-09-06T12:45:00Z

Posted By: Laura

All the Bubba and Michelle tributes to President Obama's talents notwithstanding, the there is no hiding the fact that the White House is waging a regulatory crusade against American business. Team Obama is furiously undermining the pillars of this economy--traditional notions of self-reliance and traditional sources of energy. Now we find out that the EPA is working to implement the carbon tax affectionately known as "cap & trade." A great piece in The Hill tells the story--we should rename the process as "kneecap & charade."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-v.-the-middle-class-contd-as-he-implements-cap--trade/-546776004698520516.html

Fluke argued for sex-change insurance mandate in 2011

2012-09-06T11:22:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This is just a small example of how out of touch the dinosaur media are with most American women. The idea that aborting and contracepting are somehow the keys to women's health and happiness would be hilarious if it weren't so sad. Sandra Fluke was plucked out of obscurity to be the political mouthpiece for an increasingly radical Democratic party. The DNC platform treats children as a liability until it uses them as political pawns in the game of Expand-A-Government. But the press is not going to call the Dems on this--they can't because entire media establishment is overwhelmingly complicit in this cynical and twisted fraud.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fluke-argued-for-sex-change-insurance-mandate-in-2011/-287886422476503900.html

Fluke argued for sex-change insurance mandate in 2011

2012-09-05T11:23:00Z

Posted By: Laura

A-ha! We knew it. We knew they would never stop at free birth control. You wondered what else in a second Obama term they would demand for "free"? So now it should be government as sex-change provider. Someone should ask President Obama whether he agrees with his acolyte Fluke here. God help us.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fluke-argued-for-sex-change-insurance-mandate-in-2011/899998242555279611.html

Biden bungles number of deaths in Afghanistan

2012-09-04T13:04:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The fact that this man is a heartbeat away from the presidency should be as if not more frightening to sane Americans than the Obama presidency itself. He gets a free pass from his media pals, who find his lapses, misstatements, and gaffes endearing. What he lacks in intellect, he makes up for in sheer bluster. For the uninformed watching the VP debate in October, Biden could come across as more compelling unless Ryan is on his A-game. Look for Biden to make Ryan look like a high school kid trying out for the debate team. My money's still on Ryan though.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Biden-bungles-number-of-deaths-in-Afghanistan/-715345016825970674.html

Rush, Mark & Laura all defend Clint

2012-08-31T20:18:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Great piece by Mark Steyn. Laura had a twitter war Thursday night with Clint detractors. Liberals think they should have a monopoly on black support and Hollywood support. They hate blacks who are conservative. They hate actors who are conservative. As simple as that. The left tolerates all sorts of UNFUNNY tripe from liberal celebs--Paula Poundstone, Kathy Griffin, Margaret Cho, and Bill Maher. Clint was hilarious, off-the-cuff and searing. More than Susan Sarandon or Alec Baldwin ever was in support of Obama & Co.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rush,-Mark--Laura-all-defend-Clint/77695615189698565.html

Please, No Moore Attacks on Truth

2012-08-31T16:35:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Democrats are criticizing Clint Eastwood for his speech at the RNC last night. No surprise there, but as far as anyone can tell, the Dems are hating Clint because either: a.) his words didn’t reflect their demonic agenda, or because b.) he is old. Probably both.

Truth is poison and foreign to Michael Moore’s mouth, and apparently to his ears as well, which is why he accused Eastwood of “rambling” and “mumbling.” The truth is such an unfamiliar concept to Moore and the truth-hating company he keeps that he can’t even process Clint’s fact-based zingers, or maybe he just chooses not to.

What all non-liberals heard with perfect clarity last night was that familiar, grizzled, gravely voice which has made Clint Eastwood everyone’s favorite American tough guy.

Moore went on to call Clint a “crazy old man.” Is he crazy because he is old? Lots of liberals are old…Jimmy Carter is no spring chicken. Not to mention Eastwood looks to be in much better shape than Moore, who is more than twenty years younger than the film star.

Or is Clint “crazy” because he said things which challenge Moore’s delusional reality? Maybe Eastwood’s “crazy” because the last four years of his life have been lived in a country “led” by a lying failure who has destroyed the America he knows and loves.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Please,-No-Moore-Attacks-on-Truth/33074935350824685.html

Romney's convention bounce?

2012-08-31T16:28:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The new Reuters/IPSOS poll of likely voters shows an 8 percent movement in favor of Mitt Romney. The previous poll had Barack Obama up by 4 points, now Romney leads 44 to 42 percent. Real Clear Politics has it all tied up, but with Romney still lagging in the electoral college. In Charlotte, Obama will try again to convince swing voters to re-hire him despite his lame economic record--and much of the message will focus on demeaning success, while scaring women and minorities. How uplifting.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romneys-convention-bounce/221642035114244355.html

Is Fluke just a fluke or will she debate?

2012-08-31T16:24:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Apparently the law graduate is not even nibbling at the bait dropped by Breitbart.com's Dana Loesch. The conservative pundit challenged the Georgetown Law (graduate?) Sandra Fluke to a debate about women's issues. Ms. "Give-Me-Free-Pills" Fluke has not accepted the invitation. She has plenty of time in her schedule to sit down in friendly arenas (The View, Today Show, etc.), but won't take an hour to put that legal education (undergraduate degree in "Gender Studies"!) on display? Why the sudden shyness, Sandra?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Is-Fluke-just-a-fluke-or-will-she-debate/-757635322891132267.html

Forget the media mockery: convention crowd loved Eastwood

2012-08-31T12:07:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Our friends at Buzzfeed observe this correctly--the elite media get it wrong (again). At a perfectly scripted Republican convention, a few non-political people stood out: 1.) the couple who lost their son to cancer and spoke of Mitt Romney's simple kindness during their heartbreak; and 2.) Clint Eastwood going off script with the Obama chair. He was no more rambling than the President when challenged on his economic record. At 82, Clint Eastwood sees his country slipping away so he showed up to say something about it. It was different, natural and riveting, which is more than I can say about the media blather we all had to endure during the RNC.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Forget-the-media-mockery:-convention-crowd-loved-Eastwood/440414425731785677.html

Learn to Speak Dog Whistle: 101

2012-08-30T19:50:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The principled and outstanding journalists at MSNBC continue to call attention to the important issue of “dog whistling”. They point out that many of the things Republicans say might sound like reasonable criticisms of Barack Obama’s policies, but are actually racist. Many listeners have complained that they aren’t picking up the hateful, racist tones of the Romney campaign, but luckily a few liberals have stepped up to fill us in.

Chris Matthews today pointed out that Republicans talk about Chicago a lot. The unenlightened among us might think this is because Chicago has a reputation for dirty politics and Obama was from Chicago. But as Matthews points out, there sure are a lot of black people in Chicago. Code cracked!

In fact, the White House has come out with its own list of offensive phrases you might not think are actually racist. The State Department’s Chief Diversity Officer John M. Robinson told employees to avoid using the term “holding down the fort”, for example. The “fort” apparently means the forts set up by American pioneers and “holding” it means slaughtering thousands of innocent Native-Americans. Other phrases to avoid include “handicap”, “going Dutch”, Black and Tan”, and “rule of thumb”. “Rule of thumb” should be avoided because many believe it refers to an old rule allowing men to beat their wives (Never mind that this belief is almost certainly incorrect).

Hopefully, you’ve now seen the error of your terribly, terribly bigoted ways. And if you’ve managed to avoid saying any of these phrases above, don’t think you’re scot-free. As long as people continue to criticize Obama, and as long as liberals can’t counter their arguments, the number of racist phrases is sure to grow!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Learn-to-Speak-Dog-Whistle:-101/321193489896763619.html

Newt schools a new generation of conservatives

2012-08-30T16:48:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke on the show today about the debut of “Newt University,” his seminar series at the RNC. Newt U focuses on topics, which will be in the forefront of the minds of voters who take to the polls this fall to elect the next president of the United States.

And who better to instruct on the principles of conservatism than the former West Georgia College history professor whose résumé includes, among other accomplishments, taking back Republican control of Congress for the first time in 40 years and overseeing Congress’ passage of the first balanced budget in a generation?

Newt U covers subjects from health care to energy; issues which extend beyond the upcoming presidential election and will reverberate in our nation’s future.

Watch Newt Gingrich educate a new generation of conservatives (and others who want to learn more) on American energy independence. We have an enormous opportunity here to free ourselves of our reliance on energy from dictators and despots.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Newt-schools-a-new-generation-of-conservatives/714976888731967685.html

The NYT acknowledges that globalization is hurting U.S. workers

2012-08-29T17:21:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Remember all those promises of libertarian thinkers regarding globalization? We'd have more entrepreneurs, more opportunities, more growth. Now it turns out, we have a shrinking GDP, stagnant or declining wages, and pessimism abounds. We are competing on an uneven playing field vis a vis China, and few in the elite world of business will acknowledge this. There is an enormous amount of pressure that is already being brought to bear on Mitt Romney to back off from his tough stance on China. Groups like the Business Roundtable (which does some great pro-capitalist work) are dead-set against our holding China accountable for its misdeeds in the marketplace. Romney should stand firm.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-NYT-acknowledges-that-globalization-is-hurting-U.S.-workers/969973286967454396.html

Ann Romney, Class(y) Act

2012-08-29T16:37:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Ann Romney’s speech at the RNC last night had been highly hyped. She was charged with making her husband more likeable, and by most accounts, her delivery hit the mark. What isn’t being publicized, however, is what Ann Romney accomplished in the way of making Ann Romney more likeable. She took to the stage wearing a flattering, feminine, stylish, just-right red dress. Her look was reminiscent of the Republican Party itself: traditional, yet updated to fit the times.

Juan Williams criticized Ann for looking like a “corporate wife.” Williams seems to think that only people who have actually been on welfare, used food stamps, and experienced poverty first-hand are fit to be the wives of men in positions of high elected office. Because Ann Romney has been “blessed,” she is not qualified to be the First Lady.

Don’t worry, Juan, we all know Michelle Obama suffered in her past life, having to pay off her college loans. But we think she’s more than made up for it by now. With Michelle donning a jacket with a price tag of $6,800 and chalking up 16 vacations in one year, is the current FLOTUS still in touch with ”the struggles of American women in general”?

Luckily Brit Hume was on hand to defend the lady’s honor. “I think a lot of women could look at her ... and find her utterly admirable and utterly credible,” he said of Ann.

Here’s to an inspiring, dignified, classy, and lovely lady. Can’t wait to see what outfit you wow us with at the Inaugural Ball!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ann-Romney,-Classy-Act/-860691023637889534.html

The GOP platform on China--it's about time!

2012-08-29T14:33:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Read from page 6 of the platform and you'll know why China has condemned Mitt Romney and his campaign:

"Republicans understand that you can succeed in a negotiation only if you are willing to walk away from it. Thus, a Republican President will insist on full parity in trade with China and stand ready to impose countervailing duties if China fails to amend its currency policies. Commercial discrimination will be met in kind. Counterfeit goods will aggressively be kept out of the country."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-GOP-platform-on-China--its-about-time!/415576830781958243.html

Barack Me Like a Hurricane

2012-08-28T17:55:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Hurricane Isaac may be lingering just off the Gulf of Mexico coast, but Obama’s hightailing it in the opposite direction. The Campaigner-in-Chief is making campaign stops today in Iowa and Colorado. This alone is a major breach of election etiquette; candidates typically don’t campaign during the other party’s convention. But that Obama is out running for reelection while danger looms off the coast is also a major dereliction of duty. Maybe he hopes the damage caused by Hurricane Isaac will overshadow the four-year devastation of America wrought by Hurricane Barack.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Barack-Me-Like-a-Hurricane/-16691232255899302.html

Romney v. Obama: Economic star versus Hollywood star

2012-08-28T12:55:00Z

Posted By: Laura

When you suffer through this video, you'll find that the lovely folks at Entertainment Tonight put Michelle in a more favorable light than Ann Romney. No surprise there. The Hollywood establishment cherishes its "entertainer-in-chief" President Obama more than the journalistic ideal of objectivity. This is why the Romneys should not bother trying to compete on this terrain. Memo to the Romneys: Use your perceived weakness (i.e., Romney is not a natural pol, not a glad-handler, not Mr. Cool) and turn it into a strength. Why not say, "I'm not a celebrity, and not going to try to out-do the Pres. Obama in that regard. What I am is exactly what this country needs--someone more focused on rebuilding our economic power than my own star power."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-v.-Obama:-Economic-star-versus-Hollywood-star/117556486732771827.html

Crist Former Elephant, Evolves to Rino, Now a Jack*ss

2012-08-27T17:46:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist wrote an editorial this weekend for the Tampa Bay Times endorsing Barack Obama and attacking the Republican Party. While the media treated it as an act of principle, they forgot to note that Crist has a long history of being a manipulative snake. Crist ran for Senate in 2010, only to lose the Republican primary to Marco Rubio by 20 points. Rather than allowing the GOP nominee to breeze into the Senate, Crist tried to sink Rubio with him by running as an Independent. As soon as Crist left the Republican Party, he abandoned so much of his previous positions that The National Review set up its own “Charlie Crist Flip-Flip Hall of Fame”. Perhaps his sleaziest move was refusing to return the campaign contributions of those who donated to Crist the Republican and not Crist the Independent, even after saying he would return them.

The fact is that Charlie Crist is just a sore loser and a political opportunist throwing a tantrum. Charlie Crist didn’t abandon the GOP, Republican voters rejected him as soon as they realized what kind of man he is.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Crist-Former-Elephant,-Evolves-to-Rino,-Now-a-Jack*ss/720352576838575656.html

Dems' Two-Faced Double Talk

2012-08-27T17:42:00Z

Posted By: Staff

One must give liberals credit, when it comes to one-upping on offensive insults, no one else comes close.

Mitt Romney recently made a “birther” joke, poking fun at a subject Obama himself and his campaign have acknowledged in a humorous light in the past. Romney makes a comment in reference to FACT- people have asked to see Obama’s birth certificate, along with his college records, Social Security card, etc.- and he is demonized as being "base" and a "bigot."

The Democrats overreacted to Romney’s comment, as is their custom. It’s understandable that a party which is based on principles of selfishness would lack a sense of humor, but more than that, the Dems have shown themselves to be completely hypocritical once again.

This morning, Chris Matthews denounced Romney’s remarks as racist. Can you imagine if any Republican ever even insinuated the possibility of a Democrat fostering racism? Not to mention calling them "base" and "bigoted." The nerve! There would be irrational outrage, apologizes covered in apologizes, excuses, explanations, and take-backs.

How did we get stuck in this rut? The Republicans walk on egg shells when talking about Democrats, careful not to offend any one of the “victim” party who would lash out relentlessly at the slightest criticism. Matthews accuses Romney of being a racist and no one bats an eye. Stephanie Cutter charges Romney with being a felon, and no one dares fight back.

The Republican Party is one of ladies and gentlemen, but it’s time to stop being so polite. The Dems get away with way too much. Without becoming undignified, it may be time to get on the libs’ level and hold them accountable for their words and then see what they have to say. Our guess would be nothing.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dems-Two-Faced-Double-Talk/534772907182014961.html

Media feeding war on women theme: "fight for women" defines presidential race

2012-08-27T14:08:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Gee, notice how with the 8.3 percent unemployment rate, and 1.5 percent GDP, the media are switching the focus. So jobs and the economy are secondary? Once again, the media are promoting Dems' talking points. No wonder most of America thinks they are supporting Obama in their coverage, selection of segments, etc.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Media-feeding-war-on-women-theme:-fight-for-women-defines-presidential-race/95946459660911113.html

The real abortion extremists--the Democrats

2012-08-27T11:27:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Since 2010, 32 states have moved to put some restrictions on abortions. During the past 10 years, our country has seen 12 million babies aborted. This should be horrifying for all of us, regardless of party affiliation. In major metropolitan areas such as New York, the numbers of African-American and Latino babies aborted are shocking--some estimates show that more are aborted than born. Overall, 41 percent of all babies conceived in New York City are aborted. This has led some pro-life activists to say that we are on a genocidal path toward the destruction of entire generations of minorities. Meanwhile, Democrats allow for zero restrictions on abortion in their party's platform. None. None for gender selection abortions. None for second- or even third-trimester abortions. The country is becoming more pro-life according to the latest Gallup survey. Fifty-one percent of Americans today call themselves "pro-life." Expect those numbers to grow.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-real-abortion-extremists--the-Democrats/763961306838316671.html

Romney's birth certificate joke

2012-08-24T20:51:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Mitt Romney is being raked over the coals for making a joke about Obama’s birth certificate in a speech in Michigan. Speaking about his wife Ann, Romney said “There are few things in life that are harder to find and more important to keep than love. Well, love and Obama’s birth certificate”. MSNBC immediately denounced the comment, calling it "the basest and the most despicable bigotry we might be able to imagine." The Obama campaign said Romney made the decision to “enlist himself in the birther movement”.

Wait a minute! That birth certificate joke was made by Obama at the White House Correspondents' dinner. Romney made a different joke, saying in his hometown, “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate”. Apparently birth certificate jokes are only funny when Obama makes them. Even today, you can buy a novelty mug on the Obama for America website with Obama’s birth certificate and the words “Made in the USA”. But when Mitt Romney makes birth certificate jokes, it’s the most racist thing since Jim Crow.

Liberals need to grow up and laugh a little... or Romney will sit laughing in the Oval Office.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romneys-birth-certificate-joke/-808584487821315379.html

A Golden Rule

2012-08-24T20:39:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The GOP is calling for an audit of Federal Reserve monetary policy and a commission to look at restoring the link between the dollar and gold. In Tampa next week, the Republicans will seek to adopt the gold standard policy as their party platform. Maintaining standards on fiscal and social issues is what makes the Grand Old Party grand, and it’s a standard 'as good as gold.'

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-Golden-Rule/774098115311606437.html

A real cliffhanger...and Obama's lack of leadership

2012-08-24T12:49:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The President's team has abdicated all responsibility for bringing us to the brink of another recession, which is what the CBO is predicting will happen if we don't keep current tax rates and avoid the automatic $1.2T in spending cuts that are slated to kick in on January 1. This is unconscionable. Why doesn't Obama suspend his perpetual campaign as he did in October 2008 when the financial crisis hit to work with the Hill on avoiding the "fiscal cliff"? Republicans should call for this.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-real-cliffhanger...and-Obamas-lack-of-leadership/-44768262402186730.html

Romney wins--except for that pesky likeability gap

2012-08-24T12:32:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Some encouraging news for Romney's chances in November, but it remains to be seen if voters will pull the lever for a man they don't really connect with. Here's an idea: To get his "likeability" numbers up, Romney should show us his strengths, not highlight his weakness. Rather than doing a bunch of kitchen-table interviews, Romney says "I'll let the President handle the important topics like what's on his iPod, his favorite kind of pizza, etc. I'm focused on turning America around and this is how I'm going to do it...." Being the "anti-razzle dazzle" presidential candidate could be very attractive as we are about to careen off the "fiscal cliff" in a few months. And you just might see Romney's personal approval ratings climb, too.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-wins--except-for-that-pesky-likeability-gap/166900753656563156.html

CBO report retells an old story: Liberal spending does not restart the economy

2012-08-23T16:52:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has reported that American spending has been a trillion dollars above revenue for the fourth year in a row. Mitt Romney called it “unacceptable” and Barack Obama called it…“habit”? The Democrats, namely Jay Carney, blame Republicans for the impending doom for giving “massive new tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires – tax cuts we can't afford that would do nothing to strengthen the economy.” Yes, the Republicans’ unwillingness to punish the wealthy is why we’re in so much debt. Of course it has nothing to do with wasteful, inflated budgets for liberal agenda items such as Sandra Fluke’s “reproductive needs,” more than $500,000 to replace the windows at the Mt. St. Helens visitors center, and nearly $300,000 to study the use of yoga to reduce hot flashes for women in menopause.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/CBO-report-retells-an-old-story:-Liberal-spending-does-not-restart-the-economy/607472353681569556.html

Media coverage demonstrates bias

2012-08-22T19:52:00Z

Posted By: Staff

During Laura’s interview with NBC’s Senior Political Correspondent Chuck Todd today, Laura took Todd to task about the media’s bias and penchant for under-covering critical issues in favor of topics which correspond with their agendas.

What a media organization covers is a decision which reflects the values and ideology of its producers and editors. This fact is obvious to anyone who has ever read a newspaper or watched TV. How a story is covered and what the story contains are the most blatant ways media shows bias.

Chuck Todd attempts somehow to fool himself and you into believing otherwise.

Laura charged Todd and other coverage shows with obsessing over the words of one man in Missouri (Akin), while ignoring critical issues such as the economy and turmoil in the Middle East. Todd admitted that Laura’s accusation is accurate, and Jake Tapper backed her up; however, Todd excused the media, saying, “It’s not media bias…it’s what they’re covering.”

It is indeed, “what they’re covering” which supersedes what they’re not covering. Todd said media is “less political than people think it is.”

Todd also said it’s “a chicken and egg conversation,” and that “the real media bias is geographic.” Because “the media-industrial complex is located in New York City…that’s why there are cultural biases built into the media,” Todd said, but what came first, liberals in New York or biased liberal media which misinforms Americans?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Media-coverage-demonstrates-bias/886107250586539723.html

The real story--we're going off a cliff

2012-08-22T18:10:00Z

Posted By: Laura

As the establishment media obsess over the words of one GOP senate candidate, some might not be aware that the wheels are about to come off our economy. A disturbing new warning by the CBO says that if we go off the "fiscal cliff"--as Howard Dean and other Dems suggested we "need" to do--our U.S. GDP will decline by .5 percent and unemployment will rise to 9 percent next year. The term "fiscal cliff" refers to the economic calamity we face if current tax rates are not maintained and the deep automatic cuts to federal spending kick in as a result. What do we think affects the lives of Americans more--the comments made in a local TV interview by one Missouri Congressman, or the fact that they could lose their job or never find one because of election-year foot-dragging.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-real-story--were-going-off-a-cliff/664135908755613433.html

Documentary blows the lid off illegal immigration

2012-08-22T14:45:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Filmmaker takes on the problem of undocumented workers

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Documentary-blows-the-lid-off-illegal-immigration/-946267706830533670.html

My Talking Points Memo on Obama's Media Enablers

2012-08-22T12:22:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Talking Points Memo for Tuesday August 21st.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-Talking-Points-Memo-on-Obamas-Media-Enablers/-714410883506434797.html

Video: Dinesh D'Souza with me on "The Factor"

2012-08-21T11:16:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Watch it here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Video:-Dinesh-DSouza-with-me-on-The-Factor/-462888262569579923.html

My Talking Points Memo: What Keeping Biden says about Obama

2012-08-21T11:02:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Republicans, I know, want Joe "Gaffe-O-Matic" Biden to stay right where he is, as a political punch-line. But the larger more important question remains: is this man really equipped to be president? If he were a Republican and made one-sixteenth of the outlandish statements, calls for his removal would echo through the media and political landscape. Watch the rest here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-Talking-Points-Memo:-What-Keeping-Biden-says-about-Obama/607854519719055126.html

Perhaps the dumbest immigration idea ever

2012-08-21T03:39:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Check out Michael Bloomberg's latest brilliant proposal to make illegal immigrants live in Detroit, then If they 'survive 7 years' make them citizens. Sounds like another version of the Hunger Games. And how precisely do we monitor their living there? And how do we "make them" go there? This is all Detroit needs, an influx of unskilled illegal immigrants looking for work. I have a better idea: Bloomberg goes to Detroit and if survives 7 years he can return to New York and run for mayor yet again.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Perhaps-the-dumbest-immigration-idea-ever/-802502953100822287.html

Obama campaigns on YOUR tax dollars

2012-08-20T21:12:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Two months. Up until today, President Obama hadn’t held a press conference in nearly two months. And after two months of dodging the press, what did he give reporters hungry for information on important issues? Nothing but tired campaign rhetoric. Obama again pressed Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns, while downplaying his campaign’s ties to an ad claiming Mitt Romney led to a steelworker’s death. Is this why the nation’s journalists converge to hear the President of the United States speak? To hear campaign attacks? And because the White House’s press conferences are funded with taxpayer dollars, you get to pay for it. At least when Obama was giving interviews for puff pieces in People and Entertainment Today, it wasn’t on our dime! Obama needs to stop using official apparatuses of the presidency to stump for his campaign, especially when there are real issues a competent president would be addressing. Every second Obama shamelessly promotes himself on our dime is another second our economy worsens, Iran gets closer to nuclear capability, and our federal deficit grows. As you watch Obama avoid the issues, ask yourself one question: Who’s really running this nation, President Obama or Candidate Obama?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-campaigns-on-YOUR-tax-dollars/-903498425384490384.html

Newsweek's single-issue relevance

2012-08-20T03:42:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Much of what is in Niall Ferguson's cover story in Newsweek ("Hit the Road, Barack: Why Obama needs to go") we already know. Much of it we have documented on the show in excruciating detail, much of it lampooned in The Obama Diaries more than two years ago, but nevertheless, reading it all in one article, laid out in layman's terms, is devastating. This is the eye-opening part of the article:

"The failures of leadership on economic and fiscal policy over the past four years have had geopolitical consequences. The World Bank expects the U.S. to grow by just 2 percent in 2012. China will grow four times faster than that; India three times faster. By 2017, the International Monetary Fund predicts, the GDP of China will overtake that of the United States. Meanwhile, the fiscal train wreck has already initiated a process of steep cuts in the defense budget, at a time when it is very far from clear that the world has become a safer place—least of all in the Middle East. For me the president’s greatest failure has been not to think through the implications of these challenges to American power. Far from developing a coherent strategy, he believed—perhaps encouraged by the premature award of the Nobel Peace Prize—that all he needed to do was to make touchy-feely speeches around the world explaining to foreigners that he was not George W. Bush."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Newsweeks-single-issue-relevance/-669999848606897578.html

Romney's Team Explains Why They're Not Getting Into the Details

2012-08-17T23:23:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This following is somewhat discouraging to those of us who thought that the Ryan factor would mean an issues-focused campaign. From Politico: "[If] you hoped that Romney’s selection of Ryan was going to touch off an epic war of ideas — maybe even with Ross-Perot-style charts and graphs — you’ll be badly disappointed."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romneys-Team-Explains-Why-Theyre-Not-Getting-Into-the-Details/-750852203734876750.html

The Ryan Gap: Mainstream America schools Washington elites

2012-08-17T12:42:00Z

Posted By: Laura

As usual, most of the Washington insiders are wrong and America is right. Another reason why Washington should shrink, not grow. What are all those "unnamed GOP leaders" telling Politico NOW about Paul Ryan? No one is perfect, but he was, is, and will be a strong complement to Romney. Regarding the "experts" slamming the choice as "desperate" and "worst ever"--the word "poltroons" comes to mind.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Ryan-Gap:-Mainstream-America-schools-Washington-elites/-104045834003268030.html

Obama's grass roots investment not paying off

2012-08-16T13:27:00Z

Posted By: Laura

I guess "Cousin Pookie" and all those Dems still "sitting on the couch" wearing their slippers, aren't as jazzed up for Obama in 2012. Check out the latest news on Obama's voter registration fizzle.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-grass-roots-investment-not-paying-off/422405872425886140.html

GM is headed for bankruptcy --- again

2012-08-16T13:18:00Z

Posted By: Laura

One of the "accomplishments" that President Obama is most proud of is the automobile bail out. The taxpayers are still owed $25 billion from this economic wonder--and now some more "good" Obama news. After GM received a massive taxpayer cash infusion and after non-union Delphi employees had their pensions gutted, it still is headed for bankruptcy. So Romney WAS right. We should have allowed them to go bankrupt a few years ago and they probably would have worked through it by now. Paul Ryan is right--the government shouldn't pick winners and losers.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GM-is-headed-for-bankruptcy-----again/52437830172629510.html

Obama, Duke Energy & crony-capitalism

2012-08-15T12:21:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Remember President Obama's pledge that Washington's influence peddlers would have no place in his White House? We soon discovered that many lobbyists met across the street at a coffee shop with Obama staffers (thus avoiding the White House visitors log). Now we discover that lobbyists for the well-connected did find their clients room at the Democrat National Convention. Consider the Duke Energy path to advancement: support Pres. Obama's unpopular policies, receive millions in "stimulus" dollars, then land fat contracts for work at DNC. Unholy alliance? The NYT even seems to think so.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama,-Duke-Energy--crony-capitalism/513570113001010529.html

Another reason Wendy Long should beat Gillibrand in NY

2012-08-15T12:03:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This is a phenomenal piece in today's WSJ written by GOP Senate candidate Wendy Long about what ails the financial industry and how to resist the push for sweeping new government intervention. She possesses precisely the type of clear free market thinking we need to offset the intelligence deficit of Democrats who have rushed to regulate without even a rudimentary understanding of how markets work. She had the courage to take on the Schumer-Gillibrand machine, let's help her move on to a historic victory. Join the fight here.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Another-reason-Wendy-Long-should-beat-Gillibrand-in-NY/-180120259309226842.html

'Four more beers:' Obama hits the Iowa suds

2012-08-14T21:09:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Watch this video at from Iowa State Fair. This is what Pres. Obama is really good at--mixing it up with a crowd. If only he had the same talent for grasping how the free market works. I'm surprised he didn't make some of the onlookers buy! Or better yet, instead of asking the beer vendor how business was, he should have demanded the vendor do his "fair share" so that others less fortunate my quaff for free. Redistribute the wealth...and the beer!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Four-more-beers:-Obama-hits-the-Iowa-suds/991668416984362245.html

Blowhards on wind "tax credits"--another "green jobs" fiasco

2012-08-14T12:53:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Dems bemoan job losses in the wind power business in Colorado because government doesn't give expensive production tax credits to prop up an otherwise soft market. Of course job cuts are always awful for affected families and communities. But "well-meaning" politicians helped cause the devastation because instead of invigorating a truly private market, they thought the government should be the primary mover and shaker. Mitt Romney is right on this--government should let this giveaway retire. Obama includes these wind jobs in its job projections, by the way.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Blowhards-on-wind-tax-credits--another-green-jobs-fiasco/936612486355652511.html

To the Ryan critics--the "purity" demands are self-defeating

2012-08-13T16:16:00Z

Posted By: Nina May

The following is a point-by-point response from FreedomWorks, to those who contend that Paul Ryan "isn't conservative enough" to be on the ticket:

Paul Ryan was one of only 35 House Republicans who voted for Barney Frank's "gay rights" ENDA legislation:

"But he’s also had some more pointed dissents, including being one of relatively few House Republicans to vote for a bill that would have outlawed workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act." Roll call (2007): http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1057.xml

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And for Davis-Bacon preferences for union labor, which artificially inflates the wage rates paid for public construction projects, driving up government costs?

"On jobs and labor, he...was one of the relatively few Republicans to vote to preserve the Davis-Bacon labor rules in military construction spending earlier this year, which gives preference to unionized labor."

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And for the $850 billion Wall Street bailout and the $15 trillion unfunded liability created by the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit?

"But he also voted for some of the major parts of the Bush administration that have drawn fire, including...the 2003 Medicare prescription drug law that added a new entitlement to the government’s books without finding a way to pay for it.He also voted for the Wall Street bailout in 2008, which has become a a flashpoint for both ends of the political spectrum." http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/11/ryans-voting-record-shows-conservatism-tinged-mave/?page=all#pagebreak

Oh please people, get over it. You are on a sinking ship and you are complaining that the waiter forgot to put a lemon wedge in the water. The conservatives who squandered the Reagan legacy by always demanding 100% purity on every issue have helped steer the ship of state onto the treacherous rocks of socialism/Marxism. And still, we are eating our young after forming a circular firing squad loaded with impossible demands that can only be realized in a perfect world.

I have listened for over thirty years as conservative leaders wring their hands in despair hoping for the perfect leader. We have him, his name is Jesus. There are no perfect men alive on earth today and if we, once again, allow perfect to be the enemy of really great, then we will have no one to blame but ourselves for continued defeat, and the possible demise of the republic.

If conservatives are going to dabble in pettiness . . . Which this clearly is, then we will hold as much blame for the failure of this nation as any Marxist who holds a public office today. This is a time to rally the base, ensure voter fraud does not steal the election and pray for Gods mercy on us as a nation. Now is the time to extend grace and pray that God does likewise on us.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/To-the-Ryan-critics--the-purity-demands-are-self-defeating/-265872513251208384.html

Michelle Obama uses Spiderman to lower expectations

2012-08-13T12:16:00Z

Posted By: Laura

What have I been telling you--here comes the elaborate campaign production otherwise known as lowering the voters expectations. With 42 straight months of 8+ percent unemployment, President Hope could see independent voters saying "nope" to four more years, so he has to move the goal posts. Last week we heard Spike Lee tell Charlie Rose that he "felt sorry" for young people who thought Obama was God. Then Obama himself has said (paraphrasing) that we all knew it was going to take more than one term to perfect our union. Now the First Lady has gotten into the act of lowering our collective expectations. Don't worry, Michelle, we never thought he was a super hero. (Although I could see Marvel launching a new story-line based on our current president--"The Adventures of See Through Man!"

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michelle-Obama-uses-Spiderman-to-lower-expectations/-566789264782373939.html

R&R for a weary nation

2012-08-11T21:04:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Mitt Romney made a fine pick in Paul Ryan, evidenced by the wails and howls already coming from the Left. Obama and Biden must be bummed that they now may have to occasionally leave their fabricated stories aside to speak about the economy and budget reform. Whenever I proposed Ryan as VP, invariably I would hear "oh. he's too inexperienced." More than anything today, we need a man with courage and clear-thinking. Ryan has both. And as for the "former Bush Administration official" who says Ryan is an unfortunate pick--many of us believe that Bush at times advanced unfortunate policies.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/RR-for-a-weary-nation/821039158779174017.html

Romney is not winning. Here's how he can.

2012-08-10T18:03:00Z

Posted By: Laura

I realize that I'm going to be the skunk at the picnic among some in the GOP for writing this, but if the election were held today, Romney would probably lose. Two surveys released within hours of each other by CNN and Fox report Obama up by 7 and 9 points respectively. The swing states tell the story: the Real Clear Politics average has Obama up by 7 in Pennsylvania, 5 in Ohio, and 3 in Virginia; Obama leads by slim margins in Florida and Colorado. Respected elections analyst Nate Silver has Romney's chance of winning at 38.5 percent, which is better than how it looks on Intrade, which gives Romney a 27 percent shot at winning.

With unemployment still above 8 percent and 2/3 of the country thinking that we’re going in the wrong direction, why is Obama still ahead? Is every poll other than Rasmussen flawed or biased?

Just about every week this summer, Democrats have launched a new attack against Romney, and they'll keep doing this as long as it's working. The last thing Obama wants to do is talk about fixing the economy. He has no idea how to do this. He knows hiking taxes on the rich won't do anything to stop the ticking debt bomb or create jobs. So he and his supporters spend most of their time creating diversions and demonizing Romney. They've branded Romney as a tax-dodging, chauvinist, out-sourcer in chief with a car elevator. As for Romney, has spent a lot of time raising money (which is important) and he’s done that well. But he has not launched the type of aggressive messaging and counter-offensive necessary to beat the campaign of a Saul Alinsky acolyte. An effective rapid response team would have nailed Obama on the SuperPac cancer ad—“We’re all getting sick—sick of this poisonous style of campaigning. And sick of politicians like President Obama who blame others for their broken promises and failed policies.” Instead Romney’s spokeswoman responds by lauding universal healthcare in Massachusetts. Terrible. And when Obama scored with the “Romneyhood” line, the best Romney’s communications team could come up with is “Obamaloney”? Really?

Conservatives are worried for a reason. They’ve seen this movie and they know how it ends—in defeat.

Romney’s team should be going into the Republican National Convention 7 pts up, not down. He must regain this lost ground over the next few weeks, and he shouldn’t rely on his VP pick to help much. This is his to win or lose. Point by point, he must give the voters a sober, brutally exacting description of how dire the situation is for America. Then he needs to hit the trail with a road show to explain how his policies will begin to turn things around. This is what he did so well at Bain. Both the country and his own campaign, need his stellar crisis management skills that saved the 2002 Olympics. We as Americans don’t have to lower our expectations. Romney’s team must expose the Obama record, and elevate the campaign away from the Obama distractions. Engage the public in a serious conversation about saving this country we love. This will make the president seem petty and unserious by comparison.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-is-not-winning.--Heres-how-he-can./612990269443758992.html

NBC's over-sexualized footage of female Olympic athletes

2012-08-10T11:25:00Z

Posted By: Laura

When my seven-year old asked why the U.S. Gymnasts were posing the way they were in the "up close and person" cut aways, I didn't have a good age-appropriate answer. Of course what I wanted to tell her is that this is part of the continual sexualization of young women in our society. It's not enough for NBC that McKayla Maroney is a vaulting phenom, she has to be seen as a pouty vixen, with a "pornified" musical score played over her plans for gold. Tedious for adults and deleterious for young girls and boys to see. The competition is dramatic enough without the celebu-tainment focus.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NBCs-over-sexualized-footage-of-female-Olympic-athletes/-129173653234652036.html

Spokesperson cites Romneycare in defense against cancer ad

2012-08-09T01:46:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Andrea Saul, Romney spokeswoman, wins the "Etch-A-Sketch" Award of the Day. There are many devastating points she could have made to refute the vicious Priorities USA "cancer" ad. (The widower didn't even have health insurance through his company, and his wife died years after Bain shut down his company!) Instead, Saul responds by saying, the couple should have lived in Mass. and then they would have had health care provided!) This statement is a gift to the Obama campaign and provides more reason for conservatives to believe that once he's president, Romney will have little use for them or their ideas. This needs to be rectified and Romney needs top CONSERVATIVE thinkers on this team who are smart, courageous and principled. Now.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Spokesperson-cites-Romneycare-in-defense-against-cancer-ad/-380600392015629203.html

Sneak peek at Veep week--and YOUR choice is...?

2012-08-08T20:31:00Z

Posted By: Laura

In a few days or a few hours, Mitt Romney is supposedly going to announce his VP pick. Early last month, Ann Romney, his most trusted adviser and lovely wife, said that what's most important is that the person is someone who he will enjoy being around, have his back, and have "the same personality type." For many of us, that meant Ohio Senator Rob Portman or former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty were the top possibilities. But to the list of ideal running mate "qualities," the would-be first lady also added: "Competent, capable and willing to serve this country. I think there's lots of good people out there that fill that bill right now." That left the field wide open. Who knows. For many months, I've cited Paul Ryan as the best complement to Romney, and the most likely to turn this into a debate about ideas, not personality. If this race hinges purely on who moves the "feelings" meter, who has the "cool factor," Romney will struggle. Ryan is an ideas man, his budget has the added value of being a serious attempt at reform. Obama's budgets never garnered a single vote in either chamber. Ryan has geek chic and is young enough to appeal to Gen-X'ers, as well as the "blue hairs" in the red states. But of course conservatives need him in the House, where he remains one of the few who can bring the tea party caucus together with more moderate members on fiscal matters. Of the likely picks (i.e., not Allen West, Sarah Palin or Ron Paul), whom would you most want to see on the ticket? Shoot me a tweet or Facebook to discuss.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sneak-peek-at-Veep-week--and-YOUR-choice-is.../-661393184838378319.html

Dirty Harry not getting any cleaner

2012-08-08T17:53:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Harry Reid will not be seeking reelection and so has nothing to lose. He no longer has to pretend, and is taking advantage of his final days by adopting a devil-may-care attitude toward the truth at what would be an unprecedented level, if the tendencies of his party were not taken into consideration. Accusing Mitt Romney of not paying taxes for 10 years is just the beginning of the end of Reid’s long history of memorably bogus accusations. His latest claim about Romney was enough even to make the Democratic party turn their heads, though they no doubt high-fived Reid behind closed doors. He is fulfilling the role of Democrat scapegoat just fine and loving it.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dirty-Harry-not-getting-any-cleaner/361540648168294545.html

Tea Party derangement syndrome claims another victim

2012-08-08T17:51:00Z

Posted By: Staff

If you have any delusions that media treats the Tea Party fairly, this recent editorial from Bloomberg should set you straight. Former TIME correspondent Margaret Carlson breathlessly describes the “Tea Party Plan to Cripple Congress”. To summarize her logic: When Tea Party congressmen have clashed with supporters of Big Government, nothing got done, and this is clearly the Tea Party’s fault. So when two forces in Congress disagree, it’s automatically the conservatives’ fault? It takes two to tango, Margaret! Why not blame liberals for refusing to capitulate to the Tea Party instead of vice versa? Of course, the argument also takes it for granted that government action is always better than inaction. Of course Democrats are livid that the Tea Party refuses to allow them to run up our debt even more than they have already! Tea Party’s only crime is disagreeing with liberals, and the media’s bias is so deep-seated they can’t even see it!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tea-Party-derangement-syndrome-claims-another-victim/647506101145743637.html

Fed wants to use "happiness" index (to get different result)

2012-08-07T12:10:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The Federal Reserve is out of tricks. It has tried juicing the economy by keeping interest rates next to zero, by printing money....and nothing seems to help jolt the economy back to life. So much like the Wizard of Oz who pulled made up awards out of his bag to make the Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man feel better, Fed Chair Ben Bernanke wants to make us feel better about living in a nation in decline. "We should seek better and more-direct measurements of economic well-being," Bernanke said Monday. "As your parents always said, money doesn't buy happiness," he intoned. So how does Big Ben define the "h"-word? See if you can figure this out: a "short-term state of awareness that depends on a person's perceptions of one's immediate reality, as well as on immediate external circumstances and outcomes." He has been floating this "happiness economics" tripe for a few years. To me, it represents yet another attempt by those sympathetic to Obama to lower economic expectations. In other words, don't worry about the fact that real unemployment is around 15 percent or the fact that 45 percent of the country pays no federal taxes! Just be happy. Oh, and vote Obama-Biden 2012.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fed-wants-to-use-happiness-index-to-get-different-result/-985727925370568773.html

Heinous murder case wraps up, WaPo buries key facts

2012-08-06T20:07:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The murder victim was butchered like a pig gone to slaughter. Horrific case. The Washington Post Metro writer Dan Morse writes a compelling piece about one mother's grief since the vicious Salvadoran gang MS-13 murdered her son. One problem: it isn't until the third to last paragraph on the jump page do we learn a bit about the "immigration status" of the eight who admitted ti the murder. Read it and weep for our country (and for journos who feel the need to bury these facts).

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Heinous-murder-case-wraps-up,-WaPo-buries-key-facts/-129137727380241310.html

RNC roster starting to fill out...but where's Gingrich and/or Santorum?

2012-08-06T03:00:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Great that governors Nikki Haley and Susana Martinez are speaking at the Republican National Convention, but what about the man who won the second highest number of delegates--Rick Santorum? What about the party's VP choice in 2008--Sarah Palin? Newt Gingrich? We're waiting....

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/RNC-roster-starting-to-fill-out...but-wheres-Gingrich-and/or-Santorum/-550935906756033324.html

Romney camp stands with military, calling Dem challenge to Ohio voter law 'despicable'

2012-08-06T02:53:00Z

Posted By: Laura

From The Hill:

Romney's campaign...accuses Obama of trying to limit voting rights for those in the military. "In their lawsuit, the Obama campaign and the [Democratic National Committee] argue it is 'arbitrary' and unconstitutional to provide three extra days of early, in-person voting to military voters and their families," Biberwrites. "We disagree with the basic premise that it is 'arbitrary' and unconstitutional to give three extra days of in-person early voting to military voters and their families, and believe it is a dangerous and offensive argument for President Obama and the DNC to make.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-camp-stands-with-military,-calling-Dem-challenge-to-Ohio-voter-law-despicable/957813173565819395.html

Romney...in a landslide?

2012-08-06T02:42:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The San Diego Union-Tribune editorial writers think the polls are all wrong, and Mitt's going to crush the Anointed One. Do you agree? We want to hear from you. Tweet and Facebook us your predictions.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney...in-a-landslide/941460931998117407.html

Dems apologize to Sheldon Adelson

2012-08-03T13:48:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The White House apologized to Charles Krauthammer over the Winston Churchill bust. Now the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is apologizing to GOP mega-donor Sheldon Adelson. Where does the American middle class go for their apology for the destruction of their wealth and opportunity?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dems-apologize-to-Sheldon-Adelson/932041500948713579.html

People appreciate Chick-Fi-La and Freedom of Speech, Religion

2012-08-02T20:20:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Huge turnouts yesterday across the United States for the restaurant chain Chick-Fi-La to show support after it was targeted by left-wing advocacy groups. CFL president Dan Cathy expressed his support for traditional marriage which sent "liberal" mayors like Rahm Emanuel and Tom Menino into a frothy frenzy. At first they pledged to work to keep CFL out of their cities because they didn't share their "values."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/People-appreciate-Chick-Fi-La-and-Freedom-of-Speech,-Religion/-998495467975360964.html

Harry Reid tries to bait Romney from Senate floor

2012-08-02T19:56:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid is now the leading Hill henchman for the Obama campaign. Now he is relegated to proclaiming gossip as fact on the Senate floor in a blatant attempt to bait Mitt Romney into responding. From the LA Times: "The Democrat, in remarks to the Senate this morning, said 'the word's out that he [Romney] hasn't paid any taxes for 10 years.' Of course, that 'word' has come from none other than Reid himself. Since last month, when he alleged in a Senate floor speech that Romney 'basically paid no taxes in the prior 12 years,' the Nevada lawmaker has continued to hammer away at the topic." Imagine if something similar has been said of Barack Obama on the House floor? "The word's out that President Obama hired illegal aliens in his home" or insert your scandalous claim of choice. The media would be going nuts, the Left would be crying foul, demanding a full apology or rebuke for the offending GOP congressman.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Harry-Reid-tries-to-bait-Romney-from-Senate-floor/507520156012240229.html

No Tolerance for Chick-fil-A

2012-08-02T14:07:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The "liberals" are now the most ILLIBERAL folks out there. The Chick-fil-a story tells the entire tale of a movement that has moved to squelching speech instead of encouraging it.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/No-Tolerance-for-Chick-fil-A/-31430470818912074.html

Rev. Owen's Petition in support of traditional marriage

2012-08-02T13:53:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Click to sign the petition

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rev.-Owens-Petition-in-support-of-traditional-marriage/-458174248434083686.html

The tale of two polls--Mitt stalls in swing states and Obama among new voters

2012-08-01T11:34:00Z

Posted By: Laura

That new voters are souring Obama is good news for Mitt Romney, but only if these new voters start loving (or at least liking) him. A different poll, just-out by Quinnipiac, shows Romney down in key swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania & Florida. Obama is up by a whopping 6 pts in Ohio and Pennyslvania. Questions will linger about whether Romney's foreign trip was time well spent. For now the Romney camp is blowing off any concern about his standing in the polls. "We'll start defining ourselves in the campaign at the conventions" seems to be the attitude. A risky bet. Wouldn't you want to go into the convention 5 points up? We know Clinton and Obama will do well at theirs so it is imperative that Romney frame himself positively.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-tale-of-two-polls--Mitt-stalls-in-swing-states-and-Obama-among-new-voters/-668543527338003165.html

A defining gap: Seniors for Romney, Millennials for Obama

2012-07-31T22:36:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Conservatives must do a better job of educating the young or the movement will literally die off. How on earth younger voters think the Obama way is working for them is, of course, unfathomable. Chalk it up to immaturity and the ever-present celebrity culture. The Obamas are the ultimate reality show hosts. So cool! So hip! But what exactly are they good at?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-defining-gap:-Seniors-for-Romney,-Millennials-for-Obama/-569744393813538091.html

Romney aide to reporters: Shove It

2012-07-31T12:47:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This will be chalked up by the Dinosaur-left-leaning media as a "gaffe." Unlike some of the Romney campaign's other rhetorical slips during the Olympics-Israel-Poland foreign tour, this one seems right on target. Most of these reporters wouldn't think of posing similar snippy questions to Obama staffers, let alone one at or near a holy site. Now that his overseas travels are over, Romney needs to turn a steely eye and a strong, unabashedly pro-free market approach to winning over independents, and educating the rest of the electorate on why it is critical to turn our narrative of "decline" into one of prosperity and advancement. To do this, voters should know the specifics of how he'll bring together the dissonant voices of a fractious Congress to save the greatest nation on earth from the folly of her old political ways.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-aide-to-reporters:-Shove-It/-142608868889354517.html

Rate the ad:"What is Mitt Romney hiding?"

2012-07-29T21:28:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Obama for America has a new ad out. This one focuses on Mitt Romney's decision not to release tax returns beyond 2010 & 2011, which is all that is required by law. Rate the ad by tweeting me. Sign up to follow me at twitter.com/ingrahamangle.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rate-the-ad:What-is-Mitt-Romney-hiding/-527062405221956818.html

NBC's opening ceremony mess: the top six cringe worthy moments

2012-07-29T21:19:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This is what the left-wing Guardian says about NBC's coverage. What are YOUR take aways? Did you love Sir Paul? Did you want to stick a cork in anyone's mouth? Did the spectacle bedazzle or bore you? In my own mind, I kept going back to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Sorry, but we do it better.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NBCs-opening-ceremony-mess:-the-top-six-cringe-worthy-moments/-999358461916524331.html

Rahm Emanuel tough on Chik-Fil-La as murders soar

2012-07-27T18:40:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Former Chicago Public High School basketball star Michael Haynes was shot and killed on the Far South Side Thursday evening, one of five men gunned down in a 12-hour span in Chicago.

Haynes, 22, was shot dead while trying to break up a fight over a stolen necklace near his home, said his cousin Kandice Blouin, 25. He was just months before finally achieving his goal of playing Division I college basketball.

“In a couple more days, he would be fulfilling his dreams,” said his uncle, Martin Kimbrough, 52. “My family is devastated.”

After Haynes’ murder, two young men were found shot dead on the South Side before midnight.

Read more

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rahm-Emanuel-tough-on-Chik-Fil-La-as-murders-soar/-268495096876342877.html

Mitt Romney's Olympics gaffe--what about Obama's non-stop gaffes?!

2012-07-27T12:29:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Yeah, Romney may have misstepped. Fine. But what about Obama's Navy corpse-man...57 states...not knowing what type of automatic weapon the military uses...then there's the matter of his entire presidency, his entire economy...his entire healthcare plan. I'll take Romney's "gaffe" over that incompetence+arrogance any day.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mitt-Romneys-Olympics-gaffe--what-about-Obamas-non-stop-gaffes!/436877714657174326.html

Maryland chases jobs & biz out of state with millionaires tax

2012-07-26T18:41:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Maryland's liberal governor Martin O'Malley should be thrown out of office for pushing a tax on upper-income earners that is driving away job creators. This is precisely what the rest of us can look forward to if Barack Obama and the Democrats have their way on a national level. Businesses are already struggling--small business owners will be forced to hire fewer people and spend less. Romney should run with this meme.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Maryland-chases-jobs--biz-out-of-state-with-millionaires-tax/-185237711553718398.html

Team Obama uses their families fraudulently--again

2012-07-26T16:09:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Speaking to a fire fighters convention in Philadelphia, Joe Biden was, well, being Joe Biden: "I wish my kids would become wealthy!" Biden said, trying to make the point that he and Obama don't dislike wealth. But according to the Business Insider:

"Biden's three grown children, though, don't appear to have any financial troubles and are seemingly doing fine financially. His two sons, Hunter and Beau, are high-profile lawyers, and his daughter Ashley is a recently wed social worker. That quote was part of a longer explanation that just got more puzzling as he went along. 'There's nothing wrong with that," he said of being wealthy. "It's a good thing. But the wealthy do very well. Why? Because you have money in your pocket to buy things!'"

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Team-Obama-uses-their-families-fraudulently--again/-45638185800960516.html

Gallup: U.S. Biz Owners now among least approving of Obama

2012-07-26T12:26:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Mitt Romney now has to close the loop with independent voters--if business is turned off by Obama's policies and contracting rather than expanding, jobs will continue to disappear and opportunities contract for everyone. Business IS America. Without a vibrant business community, we are finished...or United States of Food Stamps.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gallup:-U.S.-Biz-Owners-now-among-least-approving-of-Obama/-405136685863443235.html

To move polls, Romney needs to go positive

2012-07-25T16:55:00Z

Posted By: Laura

More specifics needed? You can't beat something with nothing. You've heard the rap. Seems to me, Romney needs to be both tough in criticizing Obama, and specific about the solutions he's offering. It's not enough to speak in broad terms or post stuff on your website. People need to see you and be reassured, and also--ideally--see a vision for a way out of this mess.

Read more.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/To-move-polls,-Romney-needs-to-go-positive/-781859269701807589.html

Healthcare jobs shipped overseas--whose the outsourcer now, Pres. Obama?

2012-07-25T16:49:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The economic carnage of Obamacare continues. This is another gift for Mitt Romney, and more terrible news for the American people.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Healthcare-jobs-shipped-overseas--whose-the-outsourcer-now,-Pres.-Obama/-841223734554301238.html

Campaign releases old family photo for Barack B-day contest

2012-07-24T11:28:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The President and First Lady proclaimed the Obama daughters to be "off limits" for political purposes many times during the past 3 1/2 years. Like much of what Barack Obama promised, it was a farce. They'll forbid the press from reporting on them (when tax dollars are used to send one of the girls to Mexico for a spring break trip, for example); but the Obamas themselves will break their own rule (sound familiar?) if invoking them helps in a political jam (BP Oil Spill, healthcare reform, and now a tight reelection bid). Check out the latest.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Campaign-releases-old-family-photo-for-Barack-B-day-contest/724587604979812425.html

Anne Hathaway eyes Catwoman spin-off

2012-07-24T03:35:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Holy remake, spin-off, re-hash and multi-part cinematic disasters, Batman! Do we REALLY need a film with Catwoman as the leading lady? Is Hollywood that much out of gas? Can Revenge of the Penguin be far behind? Boy Wonder, make it stop!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Anne-Hathaway-eyes-Catwoman-spin-off/145550963111530176.html

What if the Colorado shooter was named Muhammed?

2012-07-24T03:06:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This piece in the Denver Post is one of the more ludicrous out there in the aftermath of the Aurora shooting. The point is that law enforcement supposedly tracks Muslims more effectively than are non-Muslims. One could argue that there is, indeed, bias involved in the way suspicious behavior and crimes by Muslims are investigated: the bias often favors Muslim suspects. Recall how reporters covering the Ft. Hood massacre went out of their way to avoid mentioning the fact that Maj. Hassan (the killer) had screamed out "Allahu Akbar!" before firing, and how many others waited days before noting his Muslim heritage and anti-American resentment.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/What-if-the-Colorado-shooter-was-named-Muhammed/-20756915561496380.html

For first lady, Olympic trip is 'dream come true'

2012-07-23T21:56:00Z

Posted By: Laura

How is traveling on the taxpayers' dime any different from what she normally does? Can't the Olympics just be for the athletes? Why does it have to adopt an "agenda" of "Let's Move!" Whether I turn on my kids cartoons Saturday morning, watch a sports playoff game, see a promo for the Nickelodeon Awards Show, FLOTUS is ALWAYS there. Enough already.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/For-first-lady,-Olympic-trip-is-dream-come-true/442681407710846188.html

Support the victims of the Aurora shooting

2012-07-23T14:04:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Click here to donate.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Support-the-victims-of-the-Aurora-shooting/-812885999937988967.html

Woman dies after abortion, hemorrhage at Planned Parenthood clinic

2012-07-23T11:21:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Another heartbreaking story in a line of millions dating back to 1973, when the first of the Roe's 40 million abortions occurred. Planned Parenthood's "condolences" are empty words. For decades PP has been complicit in covering up sex trafficking, prostitution, and statutory rape. Lila Rose and her Live Action group has repeatedly blown off the lid off at the corruption and callousness. The prayer and struggle to protect innocent life and educate women to choose life continues.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Woman-dies-after-abortion,-hemorrhage-at-Planned-Parenthood-clinic/-320711025103453483.html

Aurora murder scene devastating...and Chicago's too

2012-07-20T16:47:00Z

Posted By: Laura

If the President chooses to fly to Colorado to address the community as it process its grief, I hope he will consider making a similar plea for order and healing in his hometown of Chicago. Gang and drug-related violence have sent the city spiraling out of control this summer. So far this month, 27 were murdered in the city, with last month's killing of 7-year-old Heaven Sutton especially heart-breaking. We have a values crisis in this country, not a "gun crisis." A polluted popular culture where rampant promiscuity and gratuitous violence are everywhere. Families without strong male role models present. Girls who demean themselves sexually in order to be popular. Men who treat women as property to be used and discarded. Faith under attack by government institutions and politicians who prefer that Washington be our favorite place of worship. We can and must do better. The carnage in our society today extends far beyond a movie theater in Aurora.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Aurora-murder-scene-devastating...and-Chicagos-too/-669860729857916977.html

TIME: Its ok to politicize Aurora

2012-07-20T16:43:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Liberal strategy: Don't let a crisis go to waste. Now we see how the liberal left is going to use the Colorado shootings. Is nothing off-limits to these people?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/TIME:-Its-ok-to-politicize-Aurora/-810260437799665598.html

Hypocrisy Watch: Obama fund raises with ruthless outsourcer

2012-07-19T15:32:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The Obama campaign has been railing against Bain "the pioneer" of outsourcing. Now the truth comes out. And of course Michelle has praised Bain-funded Bright Horizons in recent years, too. How many outfits hanging in Michelle's closet were made overseas? How many of the kids toys?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hypocrisy-Watch:-Obama-fund-raises-with-ruthless-outsourcer/770757562516524798.html

Obama too busy to meet with Jobs Council

2012-07-18T20:43:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This says it all. Obama's not too busy for golf or basketball games or campaigning though. Or anything that involves his spending time with Hollywood celebs. Clooney trumps jobs, baby! Oh Job Growth, Where Art Thou?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-too-busy-to-meet-with-Jobs-Council/195750291811232522.html

Long blasts Gillibrand's 'phony war on women'

2012-07-18T16:33:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The Republican National Committee and other so-called political experts have often written off Senate or House races in "blue states" such as California, Connecticut or New York. This is short-sighted, a grievous mistake. Yesterday the President stormed Texas for money, sticking out his chest and sticking his eye in the finger of Republicans. Smart move by Obama. (And yet who thinks he'll win Texas?!) In New York, we have a chance to broaden the base of the Republican party and WIN. Wendy Long is exactly the type of smart, conservative and accomplished woman we should be running in races across America. But they need support--that means financial backing in order to be competitive. Liberal Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is eminently beatable, in part because a candidate like Ms. Long is perfectly poised to expose the " phony war on women" argument made by by the far-left.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Long-blasts-Gillibrands-phony-war-on-women/-417569180515507819.html

John "Souter" Sununu changes Romney narrative...for the worse

2012-07-18T11:59:00Z

Posted By: Laura

From the AP: "On a conference call with reporters, former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu blasted Obama and his campaign, calling them a 'bunch of liars.' Obama has repeatedly sought to end false speculation by many conservatives that he was not born in the United States and thus is not legally able to serve as president....Romney has repeatedly tried to avoid the so-called birth issue, and Sununu was quick to retreat from his statement. "I wish the president would learn how to be an American," Sununu said." Sununu, in an interview with CNN later in the day, said: "What I thought I said but what I didn't say is the president has to learn the American formula for creating business."

Aside from the distraction he foisted upon the campaign on Tuesday, there is a more obvious question about Sununu being on the campaign trail for Romney. Why on earth would any Republican think sending John Sununu out to speak under any circumstances would be helpful? Until he explains his thinking behind the George H.W. Bush nomination of David Souter for the Supreme Court, Republicans really don't need his "help."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/John-Souter-Sununu-changes-Romney-narrative...for-the-worse/-627011587723495566.html

Pornification alert! Girls as young as 6 want to be 'sexy'

2012-07-17T11:31:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Why is anyone surprised by a new study that shows the effects of our super-sexualized culture? In today's culture the more we debase ourselves, flaunt our bodies, the more we are celebrated and rewarded in the popular culture. Those who consider themselves evolved and sophisticated push sexual topics on children at obscenely young ages in school, TV, billboards, music lyrics, and films. Parents who try to raise their sons and daughters in an atmosphere that values modesty and chastity are called at best naïve and at worst negligent. Parents who believe that conversations about sexual identity should happen in the home and not be pushed in 2nd grade are branded "hateful" or "intolerant." So at the end of the day many young women find it easier to aspire to sexual objectification than moral edification. Innocence is shattered. Elites rejoice.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pornification-alert!-Girls-as-young-as-6-want-to-be-sexy/958418914863466472.html

Mitt's 'apology' mistake

2012-07-17T11:17:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Odd that a man who wrote a book titled “No Apology” would spend days and days demanding an apology from his rival. Yet that’s just what Mitt Romney has been doing, in a spectacularly wrongheaded approach to the attacks on his tenure at Bain Capital by President Obama and his campaign.

The problem with demanding an apology is that the most effective response is a pretty simple one, and Obama gave it: “No.”

Once the “no” is delivered, then what can Romney do? Keep demanding one?

It was pure rope-a-dope. Obama’s surrogates attacked unfairly and thereby drew an irate Romney demand for an apology. Then Obama threw him by refusing.

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http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mitts-apology-mistake/-958122625682447174.html

The incredible Bain jobs machine

2012-07-17T00:48:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Romney should tell this story over and over again. "I'll measure my business experience against Barack Obama's any day. He thinks people who start businesses don't do it on their own. Typical mentality of someone who has never started a business or worked in a real business. Like so many liberals, he believes nothing exists without government assistance or hand-outs. This is ignorant and destructive."

Read this article from the Wall Street Journal

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-incredible-Bain-jobs-machine/-931515335716778212.html

Obama camp laughs off apology, tells Romney to stop whining

2012-07-16T13:23:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The Romney campaign doesn't have months to turn this around. It might not even have weeks to do it. It may have only days. Of course the Romney staff is correct in saying that Team Obama's questions about Romney's Bain tenure, his tax returns, outsourcing are not nasty and irrelevant to our national state of decline. Of course it's diversionary. But all the high-paid consultants working for Mitt Romney should know that this is how politics works. With the economy where it is under Obama, Democrats will work 24/7 to distract and demonize their opponent with the help of their friends in the media. Whoever in the Romney campaign thought the candidate would look strong and forceful by demanding that Obama apologize should be sued for impersonating a human with a brain. The Obama campaign basically answered with: Make me! (followed by another cross-cut.) Stand up, clear up whatever lingers, then relentlessly expose Obama for being the enemy of the free market that he has become. Boil down your 59-point plan that no one knows or cares much about to 5 points max. Make these items your immediate "to-do" list for reviving the country's fortunes.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-camp-laughs-off-apology,-tells-Romney-to-stop-whining/796976230169102627.html

Troubled New York hospitals forgo coverage for malpractice

2012-07-16T12:19:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Every hospital makes mistakes. But some New York City hospitals may not have enough money to pay for them.

Several of the city’s most troubled hospitals are partially or completely uninsured for malpractice, state records show, forgoing what is considered a standard safeguard across the country.

Some have saved money to cover their liabilities, but others have used up their malpractice reserves, meaning that any future awards or settlements could come at the expense of patients’ care, and one hospital has closed its obstetric practice, in part out of fear of lawsuits.

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http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Troubled-New-York-hospitals-forgo-coverage-for-malpractice/-71952229938756358.html

Geithner yawned at epic fraud

2012-07-16T11:43:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Tim Geithner had evidence of a financial crime of epic proportion — so he wrote a memo.

That’s about the only way you can sum up the then-New York Fed boss’ actions several years ago, when he was confronted with fairly compelling evidence that banks under his direct supervision were manipulating Libor — a key benchmark of global finance.

The Libor scandal has become pretty big news, with Barclays ousting its CEO and agreeing to pay a large fine even as it cooperates with civil and criminal law-enforcement authorities now investigating other big banks.

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http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Geithner-yawned-at-epic-fraud/66185372531920258.html

Welcome to California: America without Republicans

2012-07-16T11:39:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This piece echoes the blog posting I wrote last week. You have heard of "dead zones" in bays and lakes because of pollution. California is on its way to becoming a "dead zone" for new business. America follows California's tax & spend and sanctuary city policies and it risks becoming a very very large dead zone.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Welcome-to-California:-America-without-Republicans/-598355796189136010.html

Romney slams Obama welfare waiver move

2012-07-13T16:56:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The Romney campaign is starting to turn up the heat--GOOD. Every day they should be hammering away at the President's role in driving our nation further into decline and dependency. Ingraham Rule of Politics: Frame your opponent before he frames you!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-slams-Obama-welfare-waiver-move/-827548245474093533.html

In 2008 Obama promised to stop offshore tax havens (video)

2012-07-12T11:18:00Z

Posted By: Laura

He didn't care enough to close the loopholes for Romney and company - he had his entire first term!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/In-2008-Obama-promised-to-stop-offshore-tax-havens-video/93518735201613746.html

NAACP convention, minus its hero Obama

2012-07-11T14:02:00Z

Posted By: Laura

More evidence that he takes the black vote for granted. Why speak to the convention when he believes he'll get 95 percent support from the black community?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NAACP-convention,-minus-its-hero-Obama/324727043317956026.html

Michelle Obama is her hubby's 'middle-class messenger'

2012-07-11T13:34:00Z

Posted By: Laura

No, this line was not ripped from the Colbert Report. It is an actual story written by an actual reporter for an actual website. Have we not forgotten that Mrs. Obama and her glamorous self took more far-flung vacations courtesy of the U.S. taxpayers than any First Lady in our nation's history? These jaunts are often fraudulently billed as "official business." (See, e.g., her Botswana safari.) The oldest trick in the Obama book!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michelle-Obama-is-her-hubbys-middle-class-messenger/-549612598350924064.html

Obummer economy update: the Left Coast Edition

2012-07-11T13:07:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Think of California as a liberal pols' paradise--a government dominated by Dems, sanctuary cities galore, never-ending social spending, and the Hollywood establishment running the culture. The end result? The state is drowning in red ink, businesses and individuals are fleeing its sky-high taxes, and now some of its cities are throwing in the towel. A third Cali city has now announced it is filing for bankruptcy. This is what the rest of America will end up like if Pres. Obama somehow manages to out-hustle and out-strategize Mitt Romney for votes and support.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obummer-economy-update:-the-Left-Coast-Edition/400197274595368430.html

Romney set to counterattack on Bain

2012-07-10T11:44:00Z

Posted By: Laura

It's about time--the narrative about his impressive experience in American business should be set by Mitt Romney, not by those who demonize business and vilify free market success. Regarding the president's "big" tax cut extension announcement, Romney needs to say that anyone who thinks that the solution to our nation’s problems is to increase the top income tax rate from 35% to 39.6% has no business serving in low-level government job, let alone as president. Obama is raising that argument to divide us. And he is raising it as a smoke screen to hide the fact that he has spent trillions of dollars of our children's and grandchildren’s money to make government bigger. And the result is that we have a bigger debt and our economy is no better off than before we spent it.

THIS IS SIMPLE.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-set-to-counterattack-on-Bain/267882218988495401.html

"Closed book" Obama says Romney needs to be an "open book"

2012-07-10T11:40:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Cue the laughter. This Administration hides tens of thousands of documents in an investigation regarding the death of a border patrol agent. It's belief in "openness" and "transparency" certainly didn't compel the White House releasing the names of those who helped craft Obamacare, or the names of lobbyists who regularly meet with his top staff over coffee across the street from the White House. Candidate Obama's "openness" didn't even extend to releasing his college transcripts! Hypocrisy runneth over, as usual, in politics.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Closed-book-Obama-says-Romney-needs-to-be-an-open-book/921472197875550323.html

Obama's lowering expectations game may be working

2012-07-09T20:40:00Z

Posted By: Laura

More Americans seem to be giving up on the notion that things will get markedly better for the United States economy. This is a frightening development and must be addressed by any serious Republican seeking national office. Once Americans start thinking that being #1 as a country is not important or attainable, we are sunk. The people are looking for a leader who believes it is unacceptable for us to be anything BUT the unquestioned global superpower or to have our strength challenged by China or any other country for that matter. It is unacceptable for hard-working Americans to see opportunities for advancement dwindle and wages stagnate. And it is unacceptable to see this country that we love become less free day by day.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-lowering-expectations-game-may-be-working/795201599336928529.html

Maybe the GOP critics worried about Romney's campaign were on to something

2012-07-09T15:16:00Z

Posted By: Laura

From USA Today: "At this point, Obama is the clear winner in the ad wars. Among swing-state voters who say the ads have changed their minds about a candidate, rather than just confirmed what they already thought, 76% now support the president, vs. 16% favoring Romney."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Maybe-the-GOP-critics--worried-about-Romneys-campaign-were-on-to-something/319003962955753772.html

Obama readies new fight with GOP over tax cuts

2012-07-09T14:16:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The New York Times gives us a heads up (straight from the Obama campaign) regarding David Axelrod's new strategy to marginalize Republicans over their idea to spur the economy through tax cuts for business and individuals. Mitt Romney should be salivating at the opportunity to hammer the president on his one-note approach to governance during a downturn: tax & spend, the endless loop of liberalism that requires us to go further into debt with little to no pay-off for America (see, e.g., Obama's first $860b "stimulus"). For the next four months, while relentlessly pointing out the failed policies of Barack Obama, Mitt Romney must show the nation that his plans for American will make everybody's boat rise, not just the wealthy, not just Wall Street. Leading up to November, Democrats and many of their media intimates will do everything in their power to switch the narrative to "Mitt the destroyer, Mitt the out-sourcer, Mitt-the-guy-who-doesn't understand people like you." Romney's response might be: "Pres. Obama said he wouldn't rest until every American who wanted a job could find a job. Yet 3 1/2 years later, his policies have led to nation that is weaker, less prosperous, and leveraged to the hilt. The President parties like a rock star, as we see our future slip away. To him, nothing that has happened under his watch is his responsibility. America is tired of this immature and counterproductive style of leading. We want real leaders who take responsibility when things go sour, and shower others with credit when things go well. I will lead, not blame because you deserve better."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-readies-new-fight-with-GOP-over-tax-cuts/773291918023237915.html

Back-to-basics: Why single-sex education is spreading across the US

2012-07-09T12:56:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Why should anyone be surprised? With sexting and porn bombardment everywhere, may be more important than ever to keep those raging hormones apart.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Back-to-basics:-Why-single-sex-education-is-spreading-across-the-US/260279737886549985.html

What Ann Romney can learn from Michelle Obama (cue the laughter!)

2012-07-09T12:54:00Z

Posted By: Laura

More bias from the increasingly irrelevant Washington Post. How about the other way around?!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/What-Ann-Romney-can-learn-from-Michelle-Obama-cue-the-laughter!/379783332271572488.html

Fact Check: Obama Ad Attacks Romney's Bain Capital Record

2012-07-06T17:23:00Z

Posted By: Laura

This is a great story about how the Obama campaign's Bain attacks are total BUNK. Romney's team needs to slam back on this (so hard that Obama is embarrassed to bring it up again). Of course--this is not to say that being on the perpetual defensive is the answer--obviously, Romney should offer a positive vision for America's long-term economic growth. (And seeing the Governor get a little ticked off every now and then wouldn't be bad either--Friday's jobs numbers were pathetic.)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fact-Check:-Obama-Ad-Attacks-Romneys-Bain-Capital-Record/-230641616833413122.html

Obama's family stories that bore

2012-07-06T11:59:00Z

Posted By: Laura

In Ohio the President is putting on usual act, invokes his 14-year-old daughter, makes an awkward joke...is there anyone alive who isn't tired of this narrative? It's just as unconvincing as his phony memoir. Our country needs a long-term recovery, not a relapse brought on by extreme boredom and a "razzle dazzle" act worn thin.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-family-stories-that-bore/-377090159118056474.html

Watch Laura host The Factor tonight!

2012-07-06T11:32:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Tune in at 8/11p ET--watch live or DVR it on the Fox News Channel.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Watch-Laura-host-The-Factor-tonight!/-230806051149050110.html

As Obama hits China trade policy--will Romney?

2012-07-06T11:28:00Z

Posted By: Laura

China is getting away with murder (figuratively and literally)--both in terms of how it enforces its genocidal "one-child policy," and in terms of its flagrant and repeated cheating on trade agreements. Currency manipulation is just one element of its utter disregard for international trade norms. During the primary season, Mitt Romney was consistently the best at bringing this issue to light and most firm in his pledge to hold China accountable during his first term in office. Those of us who believe China, although not without its own problems, poses serious trategic and economic problems for America, want to hear more from Romney on this issue, and we want to know that he's commited to an efficient global marketplace that punishes trade wrongdoing. As predicted, Obama knows this issue helps him in key swing states like Ohio, so he swung away at China Thursday as Romney was sailing on the Lake. I hope when Romney's back on the trail, he both exposes Obama's pathetic record on China and gives us more specifics about what his own will be.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/As-Obama-hits-China-trade-policy--will-Romney/-227569129360956860.html

Squandered opportunity in Romneyland

2012-07-05T14:33:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Somehow the Romney campaign has lost the momentum of a terrible Obamacare ruling and created a new media narrative of GOP confusion and dissent. I said and wrote last week that getting bollixed up on whether the mandate is a "tax" or "penalty" is silly and unproductive. The Wall Street Journal is slamming the Romney campaign today for its muddled message and "insular" staff. Do you agree? Join us on Twitter and Facebook to discuss.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Squandered-opportunity-in-Romneyland/332320674577394963.html

Romney Campaign Declaring Cease Fire on Health Care

2012-07-03T14:28:00Z

Posted By: Staff

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court health care ruling, the early conventional wisdom was that an unfavorable health care ruling at the court would be good for Republicans politically, even as it was a serious policy setback for conservatives. But that's not shaping up to be the case. Mitt Romney, after giving a brief statement decrying the decision, has been virtually silent on criticizing the health care law. He's been on vacation and his campaign has been giving off clear signals that it doesn't want to make health care a major part of the election.

His senior adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom, went on MSNBC Monday and ended up agreeing with the Obama campaign's spin that, even though the Supreme Court declared the individual mandate a tax, it really still is a penalty. Significantly, his campaign appears to want to take the most potent argument against the president on the health care subject off the table, likely out of fear the Romney himself is vulnerable when it comes to his health care record. He, after all, supported a mandate as governor of Massachusetts, and doesn't want that to be considered a tax, either.

Read more.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-Campaign-Declaring-Cease-Fire-on-Health-Care/-6591547505269106.html

Pres. Lawless now may stop enforcing drug laws!

2012-07-02T22:03:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Why have laws at all when Pres. Obama can ignore the ones that don't suit his agenda?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pres.-Lawless-now-may-stop-enforcing-drug-laws!/280766285976613395.html

America . . . in Decline

2012-07-02T16:57:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The Dems are quite open now about it--Obama is good...at "managing" our decline!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/America-.-.-.-in-Decline/-64671237930575089.html

Guys who like My Little Pony Unite!

2012-07-02T12:41:00Z

Posted By: Laura

If you ever thought concerns about the waning sense of masculinity were overblown, read this disturbing piece about what some of today's men are doing in their spare time. Perpetual adolescence and boys who like girl toys combine to produce...DRUMROLL PLEASE... "BronyCon!"

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Guys-who-like-My-Little-Pony-Unite!/-584203608635561792.html

The way the First Ladies' cookies crumble...

2012-07-02T03:04:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Let's try each cookie and vote. What do first lady bake-offs tell us about the election? Hmmmm...

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-way-the-First-Ladies-cookies-crumble.../-527222364510194123.html

On Factor, Law Prof. Says John Roberts Should Resign

2012-06-30T13:45:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Watch this hot segment when I hosted the Factor--Prof. John Eastman was on with Mike Carvin who argued against Obamacare at SCOTUS. Searing legal analysis regarding why John Roberts headed for the leftist hills in his majority opinion on healthcare.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/On-Factor,-Law-Prof.-Says-John-Roberts-Should-Resign/976702817033262041.html

Chief Justice Roberts the next Earl Warren?

2012-06-29T17:31:00Z

Posted By: Laura

For those who think that there is any conservative "victory" to celebrate in yesterday's ruling, listen to the interview I did with Mike Carvin, who argued the case against Obamacare at the Supreme Court. The fact of the matter is, the Supreme Court could have overturned the ACA and chose instead to save it by rewriting it. Carvin considers this decision a massive expansion of federal taxing authority that will survive long after November, no matter which party wins. So is Chief Justice John Roberts the next Earl Warren?

Be sure to check out the highlights below of the interview with Michael Carvin and the audio of the entire interview here.

Laura: The fact that Congress could be deemed to use its taxing authority of services not purchased by people. What does that mean, is there any limiting principle to that?

Carvin: (1:15) No, I don’t think so. I mean on one hand, Chief Justice Roberts made it clear that it would be an extraordinary act for Congress to be able to require you to buy a product. But then he said, but even if they say it’s a penalty, and even if they say you’re required to buy the product, I’m gonna treat it as a tax. So the only difference, on the one hand he’s saying the Commerce Clause doesn’t allow you to impose a $2,000 penalty for not buying insurance, but then he’s saying but of course the taxing clause allows you to impose a $2000 penalty for not buying insurance. To the non-legal mind it’s a little tough to figure out the difference between the two, but apparently the Chief Justice saw one.

Laura: Did you think by any stretch that the decision would come down like this?

Carvin: (2:02) You know you’re always worried about whether or not the Court’s going be influenced by the political environment, and of course the Court was sustaining withering assault from the liberals about how for some reason a 5-4 vote to uphold this law would be an act of statesmanship but a 5-4 vote to strike it down would be an act of partisanship. It was a silly argument but apparently it had some effect, so you’re always nervous about it. I never in a million years though they’d go off on this absurd taxing rationale, no court has ever bought it anywhere, it was a ridiculous argument in the brief, they didn’t even ask about it at oral argument. So this is sort of the, you know, Frankenstein monster at the end of the day comes in quite unexpectedly and snatches the feat from the jaws of victory.

Laura: So they could also require you to buy certain types of green products or cars or something. Broccoli isn’t what I’m worried about, I’m worried about what other things they can compel us to do.

Carvin: (4:19) There’s nothing they can’t. I mean obviously we know now they can tax any transaction.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Chief-Justice-Roberts-the-next-Earl-Warren/860244986403119084.html

This is not "victory" for conservatives

2012-06-29T11:26:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Some conservatives are spinning the healthcare ruling as a win for Romney...do you agree? It's true that Mitt Romney raised gobs of money after this decision came down; and it's true that a 5-4 majority did slap down the Obama Administration's attempt to expand the Commerce Clause. Nevertheless, what about the fact that now SCOTUS precedent allows government to force you to buy something, in an attempt to change your behavior, by just calling it a tax (even if Congress insisted it wasn't a tax in the actual legislation). What limiting principle exists on the Supreme Court's reading of Congress' taxing power after Thursday's ruling? And what does this mean for our freedom if Mitt Romney does not prevail in November? And even if Romney does win, the obscene and illogical tax holding of the Roberts' Court stands. We are less free today then we were before The Chief's "delicate twist."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/This-is-not-victory-for-conservatives/-910711557422587213.html

Biden: Economy a "Depression for Millions and Millions..."

2012-06-28T12:13:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Finally, VP Biden says something we enthusiastically second! Under Pres. Obama, for a large segment of the population it might as well be a depression. And he's the one who is supposed to "fire up" middle class voters? If I didn't know better, I'd think he was secretly working for the Romney campaign. Hilarious.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Biden:-Economy-a-Depression-for-Millions-and-Millions.../-5663889080652376.html

New poll: Immigration amnesty hurts Obama

2012-06-28T11:52:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The conventional wisdom is that President Obama pulled off a policy coup with his recent executive order against deporting those illegals under-30. A new Quinnipiac Poll calls that assumption into question. The president may have kicked a hornet's nest with this issue--even in the Latino stronghold of Florida.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/New-poll:-Immigration-amnesty-hurts-Obama/117444496678732730.html

Can Mideast Christians Survive?

2012-06-27T20:37:00Z

Posted By: Laura

It would have been nice if neoconservatives (and myself!) had thought about this 10 years ago. Precious little was done to secure rights and protections for religious minorities in Iraq, Egypt, Syria and beyond.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Can-Mideast-Christians-Survive/-900472545667765368.html

Let's hope someone gets this poll to Anthony Kennedy

2012-06-26T19:25:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Pres. Obama's signature health care law has never gotten even plurality support among the American people. Even media elite-types aren't wild about the legislative monstrosity. Given Justice Kennedy's "evolving" approach to jurisprudence, let's hope that he sees this new poll.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lets-hope-someone-gets-this-poll-to-Anthony-Kennedy/887385317678233442.html

They're not all honor roll students...

2012-06-26T18:01:00Z

Posted By: Laura

After the SCOTUS ruling on Arizona's SB1070, the Obama Administration announced it will move to deport illegal aliens detained by state law enforcement unless those individuals already have a felony record. It should be noted that DUI in Arizona is a misdemeanor, unless the defendant commits another DUI on a suspended license. Over Memorial Day weekend, Olivia Wilson, a popular 17-year-old Mesa high school student and talented athlete was killed by Alfonso Valdez-Olea as he traveled the wrong way on I-17. He had been deported back to Mexico 6 times, was drunk at the time of the crash, and was himself killed. After being contacted by the local ABC affiliate, Olivia Wilson’s family issued this statement: “Every politician and person who has ignored the importance of securing our border with Mexico shares the blame in our daughter’s death.” Does Barack Obama, Eric Holder and Janet Napolitano care as much about these victims as votes in November?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Theyre-not-all-honor-roll-students.../123463331748488264.html

Dems may drop speedway event at Charlotte convention

2012-06-26T11:32:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Having stupidly selected Charlotte as their convention site, Democrats are scrambling to salvage the 3-day extravaganza by re-configuring some events and canceling others. Organizers are now thinking twice about a Speedway event, given the likely presence of tea party racing devotees and left-wing kooks. Probably a good idea since I imagine there are more conservative Streisand fans than liberal NASCAR fans.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dems-may-drop-speedway-event-at-Charlotte-convention/-666013883149610746.html

They're not all valedictorians...

2012-06-25T19:58:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Perhaps Justice Kennedy didn't bother looking at the crime blotters in Arizona, California, Virginia, Florida, Texas, etc. In his majority opinion, striking down three provisions of Arizona's SB1070, he empathized with the "human" concerns of illegal immigrant families trying to feed their families. Do the victims of the crimes committed by illegal aliens stir the same impassioned resposne? Earlier this year, we discussed the case of an illegal alien who raped a little girl in Troy, Missouri. And in Escondido, California, more horrorific acts were committed by an illegal immigrant sex predator. Then there was the case of city officials in Chicago who failed to bring an illegal alien's status to ICE and who later went on to kill a 66 year-old man. By some estimates, as many as 13 Americans are killed each day by an illegal alien behind the wheel, driving impaired.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Theyre-not-all-valedictorians.../204494905101534545.html

Muslim Bro'hood says Jerusalem will be their

2012-06-25T02:12:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Congratulations, Mr. President. Your "Arab Spring" has turned into fall. The fall of religious freedom, the fall of stability and peace, and if they have their way, the fall of our closest ally in the Middle East--Israel.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Muslim-Brohood-says-Jerusalem-will-be-their/32335177108662317.html

More illegals eligible under Obama order than thought

2012-06-22T16:12:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Gee...what a shock. It won't just be 800,000 under the age of 30 who end up getting temporary "non-amnesty" amnesty under the Obama executive order. We will open the floodgates again, and a President Romney will be loathe to change the status of those who sign up for the "temporary" reprieve for legal status. Read the Washington Post update.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/More-illegals-eligible-under-Obama-order-than-thought/974424815683341964.html

NYPost: Wendy Long for Senate

2012-06-22T11:39:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Conventional wisdom has it that Republicans cannot compete in places like California and New York. The CW crowd obviously hasn't met Wendy Long, who is a conservative running for Senate in New York. She already won the state's important Conservative Party nomination, and now is competing in the GOP primary to be held this Tuesday. A former Supreme Court law clerk, Manhattan litigator, and constitutional expert, and mother of two, Wendy Long is the perfect combination of brains and passion for restoring America. Republicans need to stop their defeatist mentality in "Blue States" in New England and on the West Coast. They need to be competitive everywhere or can look forward to permanent minority party status. Long understands this. New York's Democrat incumbent Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand was voted by National Journal as the most liberal senator in the United States. A former moderate on issues such as gun rights, she has lurched even to the left of Chuck Schumer. Wendy Long is not a professional politician. She is smarter than that! Today the New York Post agrees, endorsing Long over rivals Bob Turner and George Maragos. When others are morphing into whatever the latest "trends" or fads demand, voters can rest assured that Wendy Long stands firm in her principles, her belief in limited government, fiscal conservatism, the preeminence of the family, and our Constitution. Click here to help her in these final days.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NYPost:-Wendy-Long-for-Senate/419926559221066063.html

How one Brit paper sees it: F&F scandal is Obama's Watergate

2012-06-21T15:04:00Z

Posted By: Laura

So much for improving our standing in the world. Read the piece in the Daily Telegraph about the gun-walking scandal and possible Administration cover-up.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/How-one-Brit-paper-sees-it:-FF-scandal-is-Obamas-Watergate/525829444335132198.html

Romney winning the mega-donor war

2012-06-21T11:43:00Z

Posted By: Laura

If Obama were winning in fundraising, left-leaning media types would think this was a sign if strength and momentum. When MSNBC anchors report these stories about Romney's successful fundraising operation, they usually look they they had just sat on a porcupine. How many people, by the way, do you know who didn't support Obama in 2008, but are voting for him in November? (I know of no such individual.) Conversely, how many people do you know who voted for Obama in 2008, who are switching to the GOP this year? (I know a fair number.) I'd like to see polling on this!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-winning-the-mega-donor-war/866310916940034582.html

Contempt vote against Holder coming on Fast & Furious

2012-06-20T11:22:00Z

Posted By: Laura

It's about to time--the Attorney General has been stonewalling for a year and the family of Brian Terry deserves answers. Holder should have met with Rep. Darrell Issa last year, and worked cooperatively with the Congressional inquiry from the beginning. He waited until the eleventh hour, when the trust is shattered, to make a plea to Issa for a compromise.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Contempt-vote-against-Holder-coming-on-Fast--Furious/-489220009838209934.html

Under Obama, America in decline

2012-06-20T11:18:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Although the G-20 gathering in Mexico didn't produce a solution for the ailing euro zone, it did outline the globe's new balance of power. Developing countries projected optimism and wealth over the summit's two days, while European and U.S. leaders struggled just to stay solvent.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Under-Obama,-America-in-decline/7514820458042322.html

Hypocrisy check! Michelle decries

2012-06-19T11:39:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Hilarious piece in the Daily Mail about our beloved First Lady...but then again, if you have dead the Obama Diaries, you already know about her "entitlement mentality."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hypocrisy-check!-Michelle-decries/795240243740809882.html

Mexican President thanks Obama for keeping citizens in US

2012-06-19T11:29:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Of course he must be thrilled! He gets to keep all the remittances without any of the problems. It isn't a stretch to believe that it is more important and meaningful for Barack Obama to be thanked by the Mexican people than appreciated by the American people.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mexican-President-thanks-Obama-for-keeping-citizens-in-US/935011901699649299.html

Mexico Now Giving Brazil a Run for Its Money

2012-06-18T12:38:00Z

Posted By: Laura

No wonder Mexico prefers the billions in remittances rather than a return of millions of unskilled low wage workers--its economy is humming. Of course this begs the question: why can't illegal immigrants return to Mexico since its economy is doing so well?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mexico-Now-Giving-Brazil-a-Run-for-Its-Money/109815653802735571.html

Voters fear US could slip into a double-dip recession

2012-06-18T12:31:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Want to know why President Obama is so determined to change the subject to immigration? Consider where the public mindset is on America's future. Three and a half years after he rose a tidal wave of hope into the White House, the nation is more, not less optimistic, about our future. Read The Hill's account.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Voters-fear-US-could-slip-into-a-double-dip-recession/-552759260068385173.html

With Obamamnesty for illegals under 30...remember these cases?

2012-06-15T22:54:00Z

Posted By: Laura

To listen to President Obama, with his testy advocacy of amnesty for illegal aliens under the age of 30, one would think they are all either valedictorians or decorated war heroes. Because some have done well in America (after having the benefit of our public schools, healthcare system, and infrastructure), doesn't mean that there aren't those who will slip into legal status and abuse it. Remember this case?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/With-Obamamnesty-for-illegals-under-30...remember-these-cases/-876723929122763579.html

Obama trolls for votes--amnesty dangled

2012-06-15T15:41:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Anyone who has followed the Barack Obama knows that he and his Chicago mob will do anything to stay in power. They will deny Congress documents as in the Fast & Furious investigation. They will prostitute themselves and the White House itself to the highest bidder on the fundraising circuit. They will compromise national security to burnish their terror-fighting cred. And now they will thwart the law in a cynical attempt to spike the Latino vote in November. Like the attacks on Bain Capital, this is nauseating.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-trolls-for-votes--amnesty-dangled/973437868336930995.html

Obama signs beam at WTC so taxpayers cover fundraising trip

2012-06-15T13:32:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The Obama Administration's corruption (Fast & Furious, and massive national security leaks), seems to have spread to the campaign as well. The president spent much of Thursday hobnobbing with the entertainment and fashion elite at swanky fundraising events. The jaunts are lucrative for the campaign but are expensive to pull off because of travel and security costs. So, how clever for Obama to make taxpayers pick up the tab by shoe-horning an "official" WTC "beam-signing" into the trip. And they accused George W. Bush of using 9/11!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-signs-beam-at-WTC-so-taxpayers-cover-fundraising-trip/856878958445984816.html

HBO's "Game of Thrones" decapitates Bush

2012-06-14T02:43:00Z

Posted By: Laura

His severed head is impaled on a stake. Imagine if this were Obama!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/HBOs-Game-of-Thrones-decapitates-Bush/337874772023062163.html

NYT insert: Russian Aviation Flying Blind

2012-06-13T20:45:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The United States has expressed concern that Russia, unsurprisingly, may be sending Syria helicopters and other arms. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Russia has lied in claiming that its arms transfers to Syria are unrelated to the conflict.

As Russia ascends to dominance on the world stage, President Obama continues jetting around the country fundraising for his reelection. Turning a blind eye to the woes in the Middle East, he’s flying to New York Thursday for a fundraiser with Sarah Jessica Parker and Anna Wintour.

When I looked at this headline in a pro-Russia New York Times insert, I thought it aptly described the Obama Administration’s foreign policy on Russia.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NYT-insert:-Russian-Aviation-Flying-Blind/243913304906131982.html

Is Eric Holder incompetent or corrupt?

2012-06-13T20:16:00Z

Posted By: Staff

After asking Attorney General Eric Holder to resign yesterday, Senator John Cornyn of Texas stopped by the Laura Ingraham Show to chat about his announcement. Not only does Senator Cornyn wish for Holder's resignation, but sees Holder's corruption as a vehicle to rid President Obama from office.

Laura also asked Senator Cornyn whether Senator Dianne Feinstein should join efforts to remove Holder from office in the wake of the White House leaking scandal.

You will be surprised with what you’ll hear! Check out the highlights below and the full interview here: http://youtu.be/KkB6S40iXtw

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Is-Eric-Holder-incompetent-or-corrupt/-442232911929064671.html

Obama campaign's erratic behavior concerns Dems

2012-06-13T04:15:00Z

Posted By: Laura

The Washington Post is just catching on to what most sentient beings have known for some time--experienced Dems are finally beginning to see that there's a real possibility that Obama could not only blow this race but also take much of the liberal establishment with him. If things keep going south, watch a few Dems start (a la Clinton) to begin subtly criticizing his presidency.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-campaigns-erratic-behavior-concerns-Dems/-531726150931737255.html

Foreigners snap up properties in the US

2012-06-12T11:23:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Our family net worth is declining but at least citizens of other countries are doing well! The survey showed that about 55% of all international buyers came from five countries: Canada, China, Mexico, India and the United Kingdom. Five states, meanwhile, accounted for around 55% of all sales to international buyers: Florida, California, Texas, Arizona, and New York. The survey found that 62% of international buyers paid in cash.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Foreigners-snap-up-properties-in-the-US/976562015123648382.html

The political race gap

2012-06-12T11:20:00Z

Posted By: Laura

It is now increasingly likely that Obama could lose the white vote in November. While minorities are poised to overtake them in the future, whites still make up the majority of the US right now. Senator Obama campaigned as the racial healer in 2008--so what happened? Will his 2012 campaign dispatch surrogates who blame the white-flight on racism?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-political-race-gap/-49895062915543295.html

Syria: Vogue's Anna Wintour disowns Asma al-Assad

2012-06-12T02:21:00Z

Posted By: Laura

An absolute knee-slapper--Anna is running scared before her Obama fund raiser this week. Vogue did a puff piece last year on Syrian thug-in-chief's wife--what glamour! What grace! Carnage on the catwalk!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Syria:-Vogues-Anna-Wintour-disowns-Asma-al-Assad/-79532659694996355.html

Suddenly Obama claims he has "responsibilities"

2012-06-12T01:46:00Z

Posted By: Laura

Now we're supposed to believe this is why he didn't campaign in Wisconsin? Hilarious. He was campaigning in Iowa, Ohio and Minnesota recently. Basically he was a 20 minute flight from Wisconsin--and chose not to go. The Obama spin mode is tedious and predictable.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Suddenly-Obama-claims-he-has-responsibilities/32641980742137699.html