Karol Markowicz

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Setting the Week: Palin, Perry, and the Prospect of Austerity

Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Not having Perry on the stage will probably hurt everybody else. There will not be that target to shoot for. It's not necessarily about whether Perry is going to go on attack, but whe...

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Opinion: Don't Blame Sarah Palin for Wanting, or Getting, the Spotlight

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Is it unfair for her to capture and hold this type of attention despite not being a candidate? Absolutely not, and it's not her job to dissuade the press from reporting on her every ...
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Opinion: What's Really Behind the 'Bachmann is Stupid' Theme? The Usual Liberal Smugness

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Gaffes by Republicans are spread far and wide as evidence by liberals that these people with whom they disagree are not just wrong on the issues, they're stupid. -Karol Markowicz, It...
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Opinion: Huntsman's Global Warming Question Exposes a Double-Standard for GOP

Friday, August 19, 2011

Huntsman's comment is a dog-whistle to his only constituency: The liberal media who scoffs at those backward types who might question theories such as evolution or global warming. -...
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Opinion: Rick Perry - Here Comes our GOP Hero

Saturday, August 13, 2011

He's conservative enough, he's photogenic, well-spoken, has executive experience and he just might save the Republican Party, and the country, from another term of Barack Obama. -Ka...
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Opinion: Israeli Housing Protests Strike Familiar Tea Party Notes

Monday, August 08, 2011

People may not oppose the settlements but they don't want to fund them either. -Karol Markowicz, It's A Free Country blogger.
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Opinion: The Zazi Terror Trial Illustrates Media's Pro-Muslim Bias

Monday, July 18, 2011

So he lied in his responses to those "innocent-sounding" questions? And then tried to destroy evidence? That almost sounds like...he may not be innocent! -Karol Markowicz, It's A Fr...
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Opinion: Give Murdoch Credit for Shuttering News of the World

Monday, July 11, 2011

Liberals shouldn't get too gleeful, too late that the recent awful, disgusting scandal involving the News of the World in the UK, will not have much of an effect on their most-hated T...
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Opinion: Why GOP Candidates Should Support Indie Music

Friday, July 01, 2011

Every campaign season, without fail, a Republican candidate or elected official is asked to stop playing some celebrity musician's music at their campaign appearances. It's a one-day story, liberals get to point and laugh while Conservatives get to feel bad about being arbitrarily hated.

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Opinion: Obama's Wavering Ways - A President With No Principle

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Obama is anti-war, except when starting one with Libya. He is against the "Bush tax cuts" except when he extends them. He opposes gay marriage with a wink, wink that maybe he actually...
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Opinion: Jon Huntsman is no GOP Savior

Friday, June 17, 2011

Like Jon Huntsman, our last losing presidential candidate was a media darling, a maverick, and nothing like a "traditional" Republican. Those Republicans, the ones with few conser...
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Can Rep. Anthony Weiner Survive the Scandal?

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) admitted Monday to sending lewd photos of himself to women he met online. The revelation came after Weiner denied sending photos of himself, saying that his Twitter account was hacked. In a lengthy and teary press conference, Rep. Weiner apologized to his wife, his family and the media for his behavior. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has called for an investigation of Weiner. Can the congressman survive the scandal?

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The Case Against Weiner: Why He Should Leave Office

Monday, June 06, 2011

Weiner proclaimed himself a victim and his supporters treated him as such. In the comments on my own post on this blog I was accused of "smearing" the Congressman when in actuality I ...
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The Curious Case of Anthony Weiner: Could the Twitter Scandal be Real?

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

To note that this is fishy is an understatement. My husband only follows 37 people on twitter and if one of them was a college girl he didn't know, I'd have a slight issue with that....
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Did Newt's Political Career Peak Too Early?

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Newt's experience is so dated that he's grappling for a foothold when he should be leading the way. He's struggling in this new media universe he doesn't understand. -Karol Markowi...
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Why Romney's Authenticity Problem Won't Go Away

Monday, May 16, 2011

The first time I saw Mitt Romney on the national stage I thought what everyone invariably thinks: He's straight out of central casting to play the role of president.

Unfortunately for Mitt in 2008, presidential aspirations were only skin deep.

That's partially the problem, of course, that Mitt Romney is, as the old expression goes, great from far but far from great.

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Why the GOP Field Wants - but Shouldn't Get - Chris Christie

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

The GOP field is still forming but people can't help but fall for Chris Christie, the savior of New Jersey and the plain-spoken governor who isn't afraid to tell people how things rea...
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The S.C. Debate's Would-be (and Should-be) Heroes

Wednesday, May 04, 2011

I just find the idea of his candidacy nonsensical. If you were an elected official and couldn't win re-election in your own state, how in the world do you then become president? You d...
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Essay: Obama vs. 'Birther' Trump? Advantage, The Donald

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

I still want Donald Trump off the national stage, and he's a ridiculous person to represent any conservative opinion, but anyone who doesn't agree that Trump won today is not paying...
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Essay: Facebook and Obama Lovefest no Different than Campaign Commercial

Thursday, April 21, 2011

"Mr. President, how do you stay so awesome?"

No, no one really asked that at the Obama Facebook Townhall but they may as well have. All the questions were in Obama's wheelhouse, played to his strengths and gave him the opportunity to give long, long answers that often were only marginally connected to the question.

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