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A Failure of Republican Congressional Leadership

Posted on October 17, 2013 by The Political Hat

     After all the theater and drama, a continuing resolution and debt limit hike were agreed upon by the Senate and House of Representatives.  Rather then a defunding of Obamacare, or any other victory, the Republicans got less than nothing.  The … Continue reading →

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Bill Whittle on Winning the Culture

Posted on October 5, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Bill Whittle spoke at the AFP Foundation’s “Defending the American Dream Summit” about the need to win the culture and the cultural narrative.      If people are invested in the Progressives’ narrative, then we will never win in politics because people … Continue reading →

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The Coming California Peasants Revolt?

Posted on September 16, 2013 by The Political Hat

     California’s, and to a great degree America’s, breadbasket is the Central Valley.  It is one of the state’s largest industries, but also the type of work that the coastal elite and the Silicon Valley/Hollywood axis dismisses as being something for … Continue reading →

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The Content of Their Character

Posted on August 28, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. talked about a future where people would “not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”      Now, more than before, people are judged by the color … Continue reading →

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Winning the Narrative

Posted on July 22, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Jim Geraghty of the National Review recently opined about “what impedes conservative efforts to shape the culture?”  Rod Dreher over at the American Conservative puts the blame squarely on conservatives’ lack of narrative and the offloading of storytelling to the … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz’s Father Delivers Epic Speech

Posted on July 13, 2013 by The Political Hat

     People who are used to freedom are adverse to seeing the end results of the loss of their freedom, when that loss is slow and there is still some (often superficial) freedom left.  When the pots is heated slowly, the … Continue reading →

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Dean Heller’s 30 Pieces of Silver

Posted on June 25, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Despite campaigning against the DREAM act and amnesty for illegal aliens when he was running against Shelley Berkley (D – Nestene Consiousness), Sen. Dean Heller has become one of amnesty’s biggest supporters in the Senate, to the point of leading … Continue reading →

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Assisted Suicide of the Republican Party

Posted on June 24, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The Republicans in Congress are on the verge of relegating the GOP to the permanent status as the minority party.  Despite the failure of the 1986 immigration reform which promised to, but failed to, control the border, many Senate Republicans … Continue reading →

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News of the Week for June 23rd, 2013

Posted on June 23, 2013 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for June 23rd, 2013

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Bureaucracy vs. the Jacksonians

Posted on June 20, 2013 by The Political Hat

     “Civil Service” Reform was one of the political clarion calls of the late 19th to early 20th century.  A professionalized civil service was intended to eliminate the spoils system and take the power away from political machines, and replace them … Continue reading →

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