The Daily Gouge

It’s Tuesday, May 15th, 2012….and after taking Monday off due to devoting our entire Sunday afternoon and evening to TLJ as part of her well-deserved Mother’s Day present, here’s The Gouge! Leading off the Tuesday edition, the WaPo‘s completed its transformation from the heady days of Woodward and Bernstein, when it was widely viewed as […]

It’s Friday, May 11th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! Leading off the last Gouge of the week, in this forward courtesy of George Lawlor and National Review Online, Victor Davis Hanson details what two Liberal luminaries have in common: Presidential Narcissism Obama and Clinton — brothers beneath the skin.   Former president Bill Clinton just appeared […]

It’s Thursday, May 10th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! First up, yet another reason we’d like Paul Ryan to remain in the House, controlling the public purse strings: Liberals: exactly what The Temptations had in mind when they sang, “Politicians say more taxes, will solve everything….and the band played on!” In a related item, Michael Frank, […]

It’s Wednesday, May 9th, 2012….and before we begin, Indiana Republicans have chosen to abandon a broken past and look to the future: Longtime Sen. Lugar Defeated in Indiana   Lugar’s problems can be summed up by three snippets from the Journal article: “….Mr. Lugar, 80 years old, never recovered from the revelation during the campaign […]

It’s Tuesday, May 8th, 2012….and here’s your daily dose of The Gouge! Leading off today’s editions, two items featured at Conn Carroll’s Morning Examiner which, when considered in concert, define a decision Conservative voters across the country will inevitably confront: do we stay with the past or bet on the future? First up, RedState.com‘s Erick […]

It’s Monday, May 7th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! First up, France just went to the head of the Euro-default line: France’s Hollande: We’re Not Doomed To Austerity When the going gets tough, the French surrender. No….you’ll take ’em right past austerity straight into insolvency!  Seriously; the Left, whatever their race, creed, color or nationality, just […]

It’s Friday, May 4th, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! Leading off the last edition of the week, two late-breaking developments which could signal major trouble for Team Tick-Tock….assuming of course the stories are ever covered by the MSM.  First, on the domestic front: Issa sends out draft contempt order against Holder, says ‘Furious’ response ‘cannot stand’ […]

It’s Thursday, May 3rd, 2012….and due to unfortunate technical difficulties, today’s edition will be somewhat shorter than normal.  We had the entire column prepped to publish, and somehow lost all of the changes we’d mad since early this morning. So now, without further ado, here’s The Gouge! First up, further evidence Newt’s always been about […]

It’s Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012….and here’s The Gouge! Leading off the mid-week edition, today’s installment of the “It’s Only Fair” segment, courtesy of the WSJ‘s Allysia Finley and one Progressive Providencian who doesn’t like the taste of her own party’s policies: Providence’s Pension Shakedown   Town-and-gown relations in Providence, R.I., are growing increasingly strained over—wait […]