Play My Record

I'm not going to go in depth into last night's Republican debate, for that read The Iowa Republican for Kevin Hall's & Craig Robinson's impressions.

As for impressions, I thought Jon Huntsman was doing his best Don Knotts as the Shakiest Gov From The West.

Huntsman's voice and body seemed to shake with every response, that always included he was proud of his record.

I can see Seth Meyers and Saturday Night Live having a field day with a Huntsman skit, but he won't be around long enough for it to be worth it and the scientific community is united in that fact.

I loved Newt Gingrich, you can never go wrong attacking the media at a Republican event.

Rick Santorum was fantastic, up until he mentioned beating 3 Dummycrat incumbents. As an incumbent, Santorum was soundly beaten in 2006.

Ron Paul continues to be an embarrassment, especially with his foolish belief that if we just focus solely on our borders everything else in the world will be hunky dory.

Herman Cain remains a great speaker, Mitt Romney lost me in 2006 and will only get me back if he is the nominee.

Michele Bachmann is a lightweight.

I'm most comfortable with Tim Pawlenty and that's who I'll be voting for on Saturday.

Uncle Sam Wants YouThere

Craig Robinson at the Iowa Republican, Art Smith of the Conservative Reader and the Polk County Republicans will have a free screening of the movie I Want Your Money this afternoon (3:45 p.m.), at the Varsity Theater in Des Moines.

WHEN: Sunday, October 3, 2010
TIME: 3:45 PM
LOCATION: The Varsity Theatre, 1207 25th Street, Des Moines, Iowa
TICKET PRICE: FREE. Register online at www.polkgop.com

Event Contact: Art Smith, 515-491-8747, arthursmith@polkgop.com

A Free Will Offering Will Be Taken At The Event To Benefit Polk County Republicans.

Take Me To Your Leader?

The Liter took a road trip to Pella, for
The FAMiLY LEADER Presidential Lecture Series, with our friend Cal (Freedom's Pal) to see Herman Cain.

It's expected an Italian boy, and one married to an Italian, seek counsel of The Godfather.

Both of us were eager, I even changed the lyrics to The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.

Herman Cain is his name...

The night he drove Obama out of town and all the people were singing...

We wanted to like Herman Cain, and we do, but just not for President.

Cain was late for the 1:30 p.m. start, but it was explained he viewed Missouri River flooding on the flight from Sioux Center.

Cain was introduced by Bob Vander Plaats, who doesn't know how to use a microphone thereby showing he is truly a Vander Putz.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

You don't hold it down to your stomach and make sure it's turned on when you use it.

You've been around mics enough to know how they work, if not get training from your buddy Steve Douche, err Deace who was in attendance.

Cain took the stage and paced back and forth throughout his talk.

He told the media cameramen they were going to have to work instead of sitting back to drink coffee (or Koffie in Pella).

Later he questioned if the Ragister's Jennifer Jacobs could keep up, as she typed away on her laptop, telling the audience he could slow it down because he is from the South.

I thought Cain was going to channel Richard Nixon when he spoke of the crises facing the country -- energy crisis, a moral crisis, a foreign policy crisis and a "severe leadership crisis in Washington, D.C."

Cain lost me when he said he'd only allow small bills for legislation, 3 pages, as President.

CONgress, has the say in that as they draft legislation, not the President.

I'm not sure if he was trying to beef up credibility in foreign affairs, but citing a long term socialist country, Chile, for solutions to American issues (Social Security and Flex Fuels) didn't seem right.

I'd have to agree with an attendee to Cain's talk in Iowa City, that the candidate is "dynamic" but "simplistic."

The Iowa Republican's Craig Robinson offers his take on the day here.

The FAMiLY LEADER recorded the Pella talk and said the video would be available here.

UPDATE....Shane Vander Hart adds his insight here.

I Want Your Money

With the President in town, I thought it's a perfect time to plug a screening of the new movie I Want Your Money.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Craig Robinson at the Iowa Republican, Art Smith of the Conservative Reader and the Polk County Republicans will have a free screening of the movie on Sunday, October 3 at 3:45 p.m.), at the Varsity Theater in Des Moines.

"This movie is sparking a valuable debate about our national priorities in government spending, personal responsibility and liberty," said Will Rogers, Polk County Republican Co-chair. "We hope that showing this movie in Des Moines will help promote that debate here in Central Iowa!"

I WANT YOUR MONEY is an engaging, controversial new documentary film from Director Ray Griggs about the competing economic visions championed by Presidents Reagan and Obama - a duel of speeches, wit, animation and narrative that has audiences laughing, cheering, yelling . . . leaving them in the middle of the national conversation about mounting government debt and deficits, and why it matters. Screenings to date have been described as "raucus" with an atypical amount of audience participation.

"The immense amount of support we have been receiving from organizations across the country and the attention that I WANT YOUR MONEY has been receiving is showing that this film is hitting a nerve for a lot of Americans," says film director and producer Ray Griggs. "We hope that those attending these screenings will share the central message of the film 'to limit government spending' and have a great impact on this election season. After all, it's our money they are spending."

By utilizing interviews with key leaders of America's conservative movement - Newt Gingrich, Steve Forbes, Mike Huckabee - movie clips, dramatic portrayals, music, archival footage, graphics and even comedic animation, I WANT YOUR MONEY tells the story in the plainest terms that big government programs have been tried in the past at great moral and financial cost to the nation. California is offered as a case study of the perils America will face should there be no change to our government's current policies.

WHEN: Sunday, October 3, 2010
TIME: 3:45 PM
LOCATION: The Varsity Theatre, 1207 25th Street, Des Moines, Iowa
TICKET PRICE: FREE. Register online at www.polkgop.com

Event Contact: Art Smith, 515-491-8747, arthursmith@polkgop.com

A Free Will Offering Will Be Taken At The Event To Benefit Polk County Republicans.