Mick Mulvaney: A “Walker” Talks

Virtually every “Republican” politician talks the talk … less government, lower taxes, blah, blah, blah.  Only a handful “walk the walk,” though, consistently voting to uphold elemental liberties and pro-taxpayer free markets.
Therein lies the disconnect that’s killing the GOP brand … a growing and seemingly incurable hypocrisy on fiscal issues.
One of the only elected officials [...]

Rick Santorum: The GOP Isn’t Changing

The Republican Party keeps losing elections because of its failure to appeal to evangelical voters, a pair of failed presidential candidates contend. Not only that, these two sanctimonious Bible thumpers believe the party should resist any effort to adopt a more libertarian tone on social issues.
“The Republican Party isn’t going to change,” former Pennsylvania Senator [...]

Republicans Strike Again!

Let’s get something straight … the values of fiscal responsibility, free market economic ideology and individual liberty are colorblind. They also don’t care what your nationality is, whether you’re gay or straight, short or tall, pretty or ugly, young or old, rich or poor … whatever.
It’s all about growing the pie for everybody … and [...]

Rand Paul Figures It Out

Way back in April 2011, this website criticized U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner for his piss poor negotiating skills on behalf of American taxpayers.
Specifically, we chided Boehner for caving on the 2011 shutdown debate … and for giving away the GOP’s negotiating position in regard what became the debt dereliction deal of August [...]

“Some Rambling Details About How The GOP Sabotaged Itself In SC”

(Editor’s note: This 5,200-word monstrosity is an actual submission we received from a FITS reader – and while its title would seem to suggest some degree of rational thought, we think you’ll quickly discover the opposite to be true. In fact this may be the craziest thing we have ever read in our lives). 
By Jonathan [...]

The GOP: Another Fiscal Betrayal

REPUBLICANS CUT AND RUN ON AMERICAN WORKERS, TAXPAYERS
U.S. Rep. Tom Cole – a “Republican” from heavily red Oklahoma – is the latest member of America’s perpetual minority party to cut and run on the supposedly bedrock principle of not raising America’s tax burden.  Cole is a GOP leader, and his defection to the ranks of [...]

What Should The GOP Do? “Die”

A NEW PARTY IS NEEDED TO PROTECT AMERICAN TAXPAYERS, FREE MARKETS AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES
In the wake of U.S. President Barack Obama’s reelection this week there are plenty of columns out there offering unsolicited advice as to what “Republicans” need to do in order to to reclaim their electoral relevance.
“Don’t run to the middle,” “run further [...]

Nikki Haley Ramps Down Out-Of-State Travel

GOVERNOR BAGS ROMNEY EVENT, BUT STILL SCHEDULED TO SPEAK ON “LIMITED GOVERNMENT” IN PHOENIX THIS MONTH
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley – who has been criticized in the past for her extensive out-of-state political and self-promotional travel – is canceling planned appearances on behalf of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney this weekend in the battleground state of [...]

WTF, America?

THIRD PARTY? U.S. ELECTORATE SAYS NO …
It’s a very curious time to be an American … and a very dangerous time to be an American taxpayer.  And yet at a point in our nation’s history when additional electoral options are probably needed more than ever, fewer Americans seem interested in exploring those options.
In fact according [...]

Obama Blames GOP For Economy’s Woes

PREZ: “THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS DOING FINE”
U.S. President Barack Obama defended his economic policies this week – blasting Republicans for failing to move forward with his plans for additional government spending. It’s the latest example of the presidential “blame shift” strategy, which Obama routinely employs whenever he finds himself in a bind.
“The private sector is [...]

“Hope For Progress?”

Calling historic Republican gains in the 2010 midterm election “humbling,” U.S. President Barack Obama promised on Wednesday to find “common ground” with GOP leaders in Washington.
“No party has a monopoly on wisdom,” Obama said less than 24 hours after the GOP captured 60 seats in the U.S. House and 6 seats in the U.S. Senate. [...]

Red Storm

The Republican Party needed 39 seats to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives … they’re going to end up getting anywhere between 60-65.
A GOP wave that has been building for months in response to President Barack Obama’s overreaching socialist policies crashed hard across America on Tuesday, with Republican gains in the House eclipsing [...]