Battleground Iowa Archive

By Emily Geiger I just can’t take it anymore. I’m a diehard conservative, socially and fiscally. I’ve been to a Tea Party Rally. I want Obamacare repealed, the bailouts to stop, and taxes to be cut. But I just want to puke every time I see Glenn Beck’s face. I can’t help it. I think ... Full story

By Emily Geiger If I hear one more person tout the awesome “nonpartisan” system Iowa has for selecting judges, I’m going to puke. It happened yet again yesterday when I was reading a column in the Register (I know, what was I thinking?) by Marc Hansen. He was talking to some middle school civics teachers and listing a ... Full story

By Emily Geiger I’ve had it with all this doom and gloom from supposed pro-traditional marriage advocates in the aftermath of the federal district court decision striking down California’s Proposition 8. This was a decision from one federal judge in one federal judicial district, but the way some people are talking, you’d swear the Supreme Court had ... Full story

By Emily Geiger If you are an incompetent, not-so-bright, big spending Democratic governor, the last person you should pick a fight with is the highly competent, so-much-smarter-than-you, fiscally conservative Republican state auditor. Every time Auditor Dave Vaudt brings up the little fact that Chet Culver has royally blown the state budget to bits, Culver starts crying and goes ... Full story

By Emily Geiger Remember how, when Obama and the Dems were pushing so hard to get the votes to pass Obamacare, we were promised that there would be absolutely no federal funding of abortion? Remember how the few (allegedly) pro-life Democrats supposedly secured promised about his from the president himself, and in fact, Obama even promised to sign ... Full story

By Emily Geiger There were some fascinating tidbits in the Register yesterday. First, there was an article talking about how the West Des Moines Police Department is recruiting more minorities because, out of a police force of 66 officer, there is one woman and one black person. That does seem more than a bit lopsided to me. ... Full story

By Emily Geiger Hope you all enjoyed a long holiday weekend.  I know I did. I’m still really not back in the swing of things,  I’m going to have to rip off Krusty’s “You Must be an Idiot.” Idiot #1:  Michael Steele, who recently said that the nine-year-old conflict in Afghanistan was a mistaken "war of ... Full story

By Emily Geiger Lots of pro-life issues in the news lately. First, last week, most Iowans learned for the first time that Iowa is playing guinea pig for a Planned Parenthood program that provides women with the abortion pill without ever having to see a doctor. That’s a problem because Iowa law requires that ... Full story

By Emily Geiger It looks like there are some emails going around from fake people trying to get support for a grassroots effort to nominate Kent Sorenson for Lieutenant Governor at the GOP state convention, thereby thwarting Terry Branstad’s ability to have the running mate of his choosing. I find this very interesting because: 1) The same exact email ... Full story

By Emily Geiger As a person who was not alive during World War II, I cannot remember a time in my life when there has been so much hostility directed at Jews (and Christians), and nobody in the media seems to think much of it.  In fact, a lot of people are coming out in support ... Full story