May 2012

From Ft. Wayne, Indiana:

Two people are in police custody after they allegedly strapped four kids to the hood of a car after leaving a Fort Wayne, Indiana liquor store Monday evening.

Police said around 5:30 p.m., someone called 911 to report that a man and a woman had strapped the kids to the hood and left the Belmont Beverage parking lot. A couple area residents saw the kids strapped to the car just before police arrived. "I couldn't believe it! They had this strap across their legs. They were squirming to get out. They didn't know what to do. And I told the people in the car, 'Don't do that!'," said Bonita Gorsuch.

If only it was the family dog, then they could run for the GOP nomination for President.

Today Matt Drudge is pushing this piece that links to Breitbart:

This is from President Obama's campaign kickoff in Ohio yesterday. The image apparently came from the Romney campaign directly. Here's what Breitbart says about it:

Barack Obama launched his campaign in unspectacular fashion today at Ohio State University, the largest college in the crucial swing state. A photo posted to twitter by Mitt Romney's campaign spokesman Ryan Williams reveals sparse attendance. The above image, according to Williams, was taken during the President's first official campaign speech.

But as PoliticsUSA points out, that photograph was apparently taken pre-rally. They have supplied numerous pictures and even a video showing a much different story.

Still, I didn't buy it 100%. Instead I decided to search out a better image and I ended up finding one. This is a panoramic image, but I decided to crop in and focus on one area, which is the same area as the photo being pushed by Breitbart.

As Newt Gingrich ends his run for the White House, he shows us what real fiscal conservatives look like:

Newt Gingrich ends his White House dream today with his political committee facing a mountain of debts -- owing about $4 million to scores of businesses and campaign workers around the country who fear they will never get paid.

Campaign watchdogs said the size of Gingrich's debt is extraordinary -- and could have been avoided if the candidate and his team had been more disciplined.

"He was reckless in running up these bills, especially in the last month or so of the campaign when it was quite clear that Mitt Romney would be the nominee," said Craig Holman, a government affairs lobbyist for the watchdog group Citizen Union.

This is common place among conservatives. We hear them preach about "living within your means" and "accepting personal responsibility", yet they never practice it. I'm sure as time goes on the excuses that Newt gives us will continue to amaze. His only real hope is for Mitt Romney to offer to pay off his debt in exchange for an endorsement or maybe sell back some of that stuff he bought at Tiffany's