Coasting to the Left

Here's my question: If this week's election returns demonstrate that the vast majority of the country is moving to the right, why do the West Coast and the Northeast continue to embrace liberalism, especially when it has led to economic disaster?

Both California and New York are on the verge of bankruptcy and, according to Forbes magazine, are hostile to business by way of high taxation and strict regulation of commerce. California currently owes $158 billion, and New York is holding $60 billion in debt. But Sen. Barbara Boxer in the Golden State and New York Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, all big spenders, won their respective races easily.

Boxer is a classic tax-and-spend liberal who never met an entitlement program she didn't want to vacation with. So why did she coast on the Coast? The answer has to be that the "where's mine" culture has taken deep root out west; people want stuff from government, and deficits be damned.

In the Atlantic states north of the Mason-Dixon line, it is union power and Democratic machine politics that hold sway. In Philadelphia, for example, it is all liberal, all the time. Even Ben Franklin couldn't move that bunch. New York City politics and Boston politics are similar -- Democrats dominate the union vote and most ballots in the inner city.

So while the rest of the country has thrown the big-spending rascals out, the liberal power structure holds on in select areas no matter how dismal the economy is.hammered, President Obama showed some humility, but he also knows that come 2012, he'll begin with 86 electoral votes courtesy of California and New York no matter what he does. Read On

Petrifies Progressives According to the Progressives, women cannot be “real women” if they don’t fit the Progressives’ script. Yep, if a woman doesn’t march to the Left’s horse dung definition regarding what “they” (whoever the heck “they” are) have determined constitutes a real woman, she is illegitimate.

For instance, for the shemales at NOW and their misandrist ilk, a woman is not a woman, in their estimation:

- If she’s not cool with killing unborn babies

- If she’s not into hating men who act like masculine men

- If she’s not into being a mannish lesbian

- If she’s not into blaming every global ill on Old Glory

- And if she’s not into worshipping big government Read On

ASHEVILLE, NC - The Rev. Billy Graham is 92 years old today, but his grandson says the legendary evangelist is healthier now than he's been in recent years.

Evangelist Will Graham says his grandfather has trouble seeing and hearing, but laughs and jokes and enjoys visiting and praying with friends.

The young Graham says he admires his grandfather's determination to "finish well" and continue to minister to people in any way he can as long as God gives him life. Read On

Party darlings Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell may have lost their high-profile races on Tuesday but they're unlikely to exit the political stage just yet.

That's because their massive and lucrative national donor lists have left them with plenty of political options, Politico reported on Saturday.

Angle raised $8 million online for her failed bid in Nevada against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid while O'Donnell hauled in $5 million online for her losing campaign in Delaware against Chris Coons, Politico reported. Read On

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