RedStatehttps://redstate.com/author/socrates/feedConservative News & Politicsen-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 18:45:56 -0400The COVID-19 Shutdown Must End<![CDATA[]]>Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:15:09 -0400<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2020/04/16/the-covid-19-shutdown-must-end-n134649Families Should Stay Together. Where?<![CDATA[========= ========= Promoted from the diaries by streiff. Promotion does not imply endorsement. ========= =========]]>Sun, 17 Jun 2018 16:12:47 -0400<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2018/06/17/families-stay-together-n91148Do We Want Bigots To Vote With Us?<![CDATA[After Donald Trump joined the Republican presidential primary race, some of his supporters online began an openly bigoted and anti-Semitic campaign. It&#8217;s tempting to respond &#8220;If you&#8217;re a bigot, don&#8217;t vote for me.&#8221;]]>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 07:23:50 -0500<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2016/01/12/want-evil-people-vote-us-n55942The Myth That Ted Cruz Believes A Myth<![CDATA[Recently a myth has been developed around [mc_name name=&#8217;Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)&#8217; chamber=&#8217;senate&#8217; mcid=&#8217;C001098&#8242; ]. In this telling, the likely Republican nominee is cast as believing that a few million evangelical voters refused to vote for Mitt Romney and stayed home, handing the 2012 election to Barack Obama. The truth is that evangelicals who voted before also mostly voted for Mitt Romney, and Cruz does not believe otherwise.]]>Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:05:51 -0500<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2015/12/31/myth-ted-cruz-believes-myth-n55757Trump Blames Bush For 9/11 Attacks<![CDATA[Donald Trump let his crazy mask slip just a bit too much on camera Friday, blaming former Republican President George W. Bush for the attacks of September 11, 2001.]]>Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:25:03 -0400<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2015/10/16/trump-blames-bush-911-attacks-n54640The Obama Administration’s Shifting, Turning Bergdahl Narrative Shifts and Turns Ugly<![CDATA[From the diaries]]>Thu, 05 Jun 2014 21:48:49 -0400<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Bowe Bergdahl]]><![CDATA[Gitmo]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2014/06/05/obama-administrations-shifting-turning-bergdahl-narrative-shifts-turns-ugly-n49284The Court Case That Could Save You $700 Billion<![CDATA[America may be on the verge of a giant tax cut. A tax increase created illegally by the Obama IRS when interpreting ObamaCare may come to an end, struck down as unconstitutional overreach. Oral arguments Tuesday showed judges leaning toward forcing the administration to follow the law as written.]]>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:00:48 -0400<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]><![CDATA[FreedomWorks]]><![CDATA[IRS]]><![CDATA[obamacare]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2014/03/26/court-case-save-700-billion-n48642The War On Christmas<![CDATA[Every year after the Thanksgiving national holiday, Americans begin preparing to celebrate the Christmas national holiday. Others, who perhaps&nbsp;see themselves protecting the freedom of religion for those who don&#8217;t practice Christianity,&nbsp;try to prevent the trappings of a religious holiday from intruding into the public square. &nbsp;That&#8217;s all well and good, but in doing so they are missing the chance to celebrate the greatest non-religious holiday on the calendar. &nbsp;&nbsp;]]>Tue, 24 Dec 2013 16:13:35 -0500<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Christmas]]><![CDATA[global warming]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2013/12/24/the-war-on-christmas-n47877Congress Should Not Have Its Obamacare Paid<![CDATA[Senator David Vitter (R-LA) and Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) will hold a press conference today, September 30 at 3:30 p.m. EDT at the &#8220;Senate Swamp,&#8221; on the northeast grounds of the U.S. Capitol. The press conference is to urge House Republicans to include Vitter’s &#8220;No Washington Exemption from Obamacare&#8221; (S.1497) amendment in the Continuing Resolution (CR).]]>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:41:38 -0400<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[obamacare]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2013/09/30/congress-should-not-have-its-obamacare-paid-n48090Outreach and Get Out The Vote<![CDATA[In developing the Growth and Opportunity Project&#8216;s Autopsy of the 2012 election (pdf), the Republican National Committee correctly identified the reason for the party&#8217;s loss, but failed to recommend a coherent strategy to reverse it.]]>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:25:49 -0400<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]><![CDATA[2012]]><![CDATA[FreedomWorks]]><![CDATA[GOP]]><![CDATA[gotv]]><![CDATA[Republican National Committee]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2013/03/29/outreach-and-get-out-thevote-n47876To Win, We Must First Admit We Lost<![CDATA[Excusing defeat is a sure way to keep losing. In the 2012 election, conservatives, libertarians, and tea party groups were outworked and outvoted by an array of forces that should have been demoralized and bitter, but instead focused on their common enemy and working together. If we want to avoid a repeat of that performance in 2014 and 2016, we must first recognize one reality:]]>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:30:22 -0400<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]><![CDATA[ACORN]]><![CDATA[Voter Fraud]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2013/03/14/to-win-we-must-first-admit-we-lost-n47875The Tea Parties Have Spawned a Cargo Cult<![CDATA[Promoted from diaries.]]>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:34:45 -0400<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]><![CDATA[occupy wall street]]><![CDATA[OWS]]><![CDATA[tea party]]><![CDATA[Unions]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2011/10/22/the-tea-parties-have-spawned-a-cargo-cult-n40872What Happened At RightOnline<![CDATA[Promoted from Diaries &#8211; ML]]>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:59:45 -0400<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]><![CDATA[gotv]]><![CDATA[Illinois]]><![CDATA[Reince Priebus]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2011/06/23/what-happened-at-rightonline-n39464Dear People of Delaware, Illinois, and West Virginia<![CDATA[From the diaries by Erick]]>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:49:21 -0400<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2010/10/20/dear-people-of-delaware-illinois-and-west-virginia-n36692He Doesn't Hate Your Grandma, Really.<![CDATA[Gary McDowell is the doomed Democrat running against rising Republican star Dr. Dan Benishek in MI-01. Gary McDowell doesn&#8217;t really hate your grandma.  It&#8217;s nothing personal, mind you.]]>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:00:24 -0400<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2010/10/07/but-he-doesnt-hate-your-grandma-n36524A Friendly Note to Liberty.com<![CDATA[Promoted from the diaries by Aaron Gardner]]>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:40:18 -0400<![CDATA[Loren Heal]]><![CDATA[Delaware]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[tea party]]>https://redstate.com/socrates/2010/09/03/a-friendly-note-to-libertycom-n36098