Battleground Iowa Archive

By Emily Geiger We all know that the left-wing media types and liberal blog commenters have no class and have chosen to twist a name that was chosen to reflect the founding of this country and turn it into a reference to a perverted homosexual sex act. But now, our dear president has stooped that low as ... Full story

By Emily Geiger So, we all know that Planned Parenthood is my favorite organization… or not. And my favorite flighty blogger (or not) Arianna Huffington was in town yesterday to promote our friends at Planned Parenthood. And my favorite local journalist (or not) Kathy Obradovich was lucky enough to get to spend time with Arianna. Kathy wrote:... Full story

By Emily Geiger Louisiana House to Debate Bills to Allow Guns in Church There is a bill pending here that would allow people with concealed carry permits to bring their guns to church if the pastor agrees and the congregation is notified. Wasn’t it not all that long ago that an armed security guard stopped a gunman in a Colorado church? This bill seems ... Full story

By Emily Geiger As depressing as the news has been coming from the federal government under Barry Obama, conservatives have been winning some huge battles on the state level in recent weeks. First, we had the groundbreaking legislation in Nebraska that prohibited abortions after 20 weeks gestation in an acknowledgment of fetal pain felt during abortions. Next, we had the unprecedented legislation in Arizona that actually allows ... Full story

By Emily Geiger So, evangelist Franklin Graham, son of America’s Pastor Billy Graham, was recently un-invited by the military from activities at the Pentagon celebrating the National Day of Prayer. Some loud-mouth extremists were upset and demanded the invitation be revoked because of comments Franklin Graham made about the religion of Islam. After the September ... Full story

By Emily Geiger It’s Okay If I Discriminate, but Not if You Do That’s the new slogan for the gay community, or at least it should be. It seems lately that gays are the loudest users of the discrimination claim lately, but, perhaps they should take a look in the mirror before pointing the finger at others. It seems ... Full story

By Emily Geiger I saw a fascinating article about an equally fascinating court case that was recently heard before the U.S. Supreme Court. A group called the Christian Legal Society has sued for recognition on various college campuses around the country. They have to sue because they have a clause in their membership agreement that you have ... Full story

By Emily Geiger You’ve probably heard of “Draft Branstad.” The “Draft Eisenhower” movement was pretty successful. Well, I’ve got an idea of my own. Don’t you wish Iowa’s Legislators had the ba… , um, courage of their counterparts in Nebraska? First, the Nebraska legislature passed a law requiring doctors to screen women seeking an abortion ... Full story

By Emily Geiger It seems TIR created quite a firestorm yesterday with its article on Iowa Family Policy Center Chairman Danny Carroll. A few observations… It is totally fair to point out that Carroll appears to be holding certain candidates to a higher standard than the one to which he held himself in his past ... Full story

By Emily Geiger So, first we have a government takeover of banks and auto companies. Then we have a nationalized healthcare program that we were told would not put private sector insurance out of business, but businesses are already planning on cutting their health coverage because they can’t afford the extra taxes and expenses, and it would just be ... Full story