UPDATE of shere awesomeness – Team Cruz serves Chic-fil-A at Victory Party:

Sarah Palin responds:

Congratulations to Ted Cruz! This is a victory both for Ted and for the grassroots Tea Party movement. This primary race has always been about the kind of leadership we need in D.C. Our goal is not just about changing the majority in the Senate. It is about the kind of leadership we want. Ted Cruz represents the kind of strong conservative leadership we want in D.C. Go-along to get-along career politicians who hew the path of least resistance are no longer acceptable at a time when our country is drowning in debt and our children’s futures are at stake. The message of this race couldn’t be clearer for the political establishment: the Tea Party is alive and well and we will not settle for business as usual. Now, it’s on to November!

TEXAS “Tea” – Former state solicitor general Ted Cruz, a tea party-aligned conservative once regarded as a long-shot candidate, has won the Republican runoff in Texas, where he will be the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate in the November election. The Associated Press has called the race for Cruz over Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. Cruz will be a heavy favorite over Democratic nominee Paul Sadler, who also won a runoff on Tuesday.

Cruz, an emerging conservative star whose father emigrated to the United States from Cuba, has drawn comparisons to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and has been lauded by national conservative political pundits and groups for over a year. His victory is a major blow to the Republican establishment in Texas, which lined up squarely behind Dewhurst. It’s also a victory for the tea party and national conservatives who lined up behind Cruz even when a surprise win appeared unlikely. (more…)

The traveling band of rude liberal reporters hit Mitt Romney today at a Polish holy site. This prompted Romney aide Rick Gorka to tell them to, “Kiss my ass”!….. and deservedly so…  Can you imagine a press corp ever asking President Obama these questions?

CNN: “Governor Romney are you concerned about some of the mishaps of your trip?

NYT: “Governor Romney do you have a statement for the Palestinians?

Washington Post: “What about your gaffes?

NYT: “Governor Romney do you feel that your gaffes have overshadowed your foreign trip?” (more…)

We have outlined many recent examples of Prog ideology regarding freedom and choice.  From the “you didn’t build that” of President Obama, to the “we know best” of Mayor Bloomberg.   But this recent example provides the greatest clarity and lifts any remaining clouds of doubt:

Former Speaker of the House and current Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told an audience of more than 600 college students last week that President Obama has signed many “expansions of freedom” into law since he took office in 2008.

Pelosi, speaking at a youth conference hosted by the George Soros funded Campus Progress, said the President’s work with health care best illustrates his agenda to increase civil liberties for American citizens.

“Central to all is the Affordable Care Act, which we think is about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” said Pelosi. “A healthier life, for liberty, to pursue your happiness.”

The former Speaker also listed new laws pertaining to hate crimes and Don’t Ask Don’t tell as examples of legislation that has expanded American freedoms.

Please re-read that again to fully comprehend the ideology at work within the mindset of the current Democrat party. (more…)

Yesterday Mitt Romney was endorsed by former Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa.

Today the Iranian regime President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threw his support behind President Obama.   Yep, pretty much sums up the choice right there. (more…)

President Obama has personally given $5,000 to his own reelection campaign, an official confirms to POLITICO.  Yesterday, Michelle Obama’s rather lavish $6,800 blouse/jacket was in the headlines.   So his $5,000 self contribution is actually less than he would spend on a shirt for Michelle.    No biggie…. they feel your pain and stuff,… really.  No, wait,  seriously… 

WASHINGTON DC – In an email to supporters this morning, Obama said that he had given to his own reelection campaign  [$5,000] for the first time as a symbolic gesture.

“On its own, what I gave won’t be enough to surmount the unprecedented fundraising we’ve seen on the other side, both from our opponent’s campaign and from the outside groups and special interests supporting him,” Obama wrote. “But we have always believed that there’s nothing we can’t do when we all pitch in. That includes me.”

Michelle Obama and a single $6,800 blouse – Which, according to lefty media Obamanomics, now creates jobs or something… 

This is looking like a great trip for Romney also….

GDANSK, Poland — Lech Walesa, the Nobel Prize winner and former Polish president, effectively endorsed Mitt Romney for president here Monday.

“I wish you to be successful because this success is needed to the United States, of course, but to Europe and the rest of the world, too. Governor Romney, get your success, be successful!” Walesa said through a translator following their joint meeting in Gdansk. He hit his handon the table for emphasis.

The favorable comments came as Romney began a visit to Poland at the end of an overseas trip that included stops in London and Jerusalem. Romney’s schedule on Monday also includes meetings with Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk. (more…)

You wouldn’t know it from the Lame Stream Legacy Media but Mitt Romney was a HUGE hit in Israel this week.   His speeches were to rousing standing ovations, massive crowds and an incredible amount of support and appreciation.   Israelis are optimistic and hopeful the cloud of President Obama’s pro-Israel deceptions are soon to be removed.

So right on cue the Democrat leadership spearheaded by Nancy Pelosi, and the water-carrying media -using soon to be defunct Newsweek- join with Robert Gibbs and David Alexrod to begin an all out assault on Mitt Romney.    The alinsky tactics are entirely too predictable anymore.  

ISRAEL – Mitt Romney on Sunday declared Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel and said he would seek to move the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv as president if the Israeli government ascents.

“A nation has the capacity to choose its own capital city, and Jerusalem is Israel’s capital,” the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said in an interview on CNN, conducted in Jerusalem. “I think it’s long been the policy to ultimately have our embassy in the nation’s capital of Jerusalem.”

Romney gave several televised interviews and delivered a speech in Jerusalem during a trip to Israel aimed at emphasizing his ties to the close U.S. ally and boosting his support among Jewish Americans and supporters of Israel. (more…)

Sharyl Attkinsson tweeted this out yesterday.   Now I think I understand what is referred to.

As I reviewed the “tip line”, I noticed the IG Fast and Furious report is coming out very soon….  (From July 24 )  Congressman Trey Gowdy, South Carolina Republican, and Congressman Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican, both met with newly appointed Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz last week [which would have been mid-July…. /SD], Rep. Gowdy told me on Wednesday, to discuss when the IG will release his report on the investigation into the now defunct ATF “Fast and Furious” gun walking operation.

“He said weeks and not months,” said Rep. Gowdy referring to the timeline IG Horowitz gave him and Chaffetz as to when the IG’s report on Fast and Furious  will be released to Congress. (more…)

Connect the dots…..  “Operation Blackjack”  Tick tock, tick tock…

We just share – You Decide [Quickly Please]

First The White House, well, more specifically President Obama uses an executive order, intentionally non-reported by the media, to give the DHS full control over all privately owned communication networks nationally.  Cell phone, internet, and land based telecommunications.

Then the White House authorizes, (again by non-media reported executive order) the regime enforcement branch (DHS) to use military spy drones for use in all areas of ‘national importance’ to enforce “citizen safety“.

Following, and in preparation for, the regime enforcement branch (DHS) orders 450 million, yes million, hollowpoint bullets.     While ammunition itself seems not too unreasonable of a request by a major federal entity that emphasizes domestic durability and safeguarding the country from coast to coast, the choice — and quantity — of its hollow point order raises a lot of questions about future plans for the DHS.

ATK says they won their contract with the US government by being able to provide them with 450 million HST bullets, which it describes as “the next generation in high performance duty ammunition.”

What does that mean, exactly? On their website, the contractor claims that the ammunition is specifically designed so that it can pass through a variety of obstructions and offers “optimum penetration for terminal performance.” Or, in other words, this is the kind of bullet designed to stop any object dead in its tracks and, if emptied into the hands of the DHS a few hundred million times, just might do as much.

The regime then quietly (february) demands a control enforcement mechanism nullifying the 2nd Amendment in any proximity to a federal government official.  –  The US House of Representatives voted 388-to-3 in favor of H.R. 347  (Feb) a bill which is being dubbed the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011. (more…)

Talk about a potential disaster….  Given all the recent revelations about Pam Bondi’s sheer lack of integrity, insufferable manipulation and self-serving political stupidity, I guess nothing should surprise anyone anymore.   But this is ridiculous…  Even the possibility being put ‘out there’ is reason enough to question the judgment of the Romney campaign.   Sheeeesh….

(via Business Insider)  As Mitt  Romney draws closer to a decision about his 2012 running mate,  speculation about who the Republican presidential candidate will select to be  his No. 2 has reached a fever pitch.

Romney is expected to make the announcement sometime after he  returns from overseas next week. In the meantime, his campaign  has launched a major surrogate blitz, dispatching seven of the most  buzzed-about VP contenders to rally Romney supporters in swing states.

But this afternoon, the campaign added a surprise name to the  list: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. (more…)