Battleground Iowa Archive

By Emily Geiger I am outraged. I cannot believe that RPI chairman Matt Strawn is planting a subliminal floating cross in his “Merry Christmas” message. How dare he try to sneak a Christian symbol into a public message in which he openly wishes people a Merry Christmas. I mean, how low can you go? ... Full story

By Emily Geiger So, I have to say that this whole Ben Nelson thing is really eating at me. I find it interesting how good ‘ol Ben is at getting favors from his friends. I mean, he’s getting fully federally funded Medicaid and a whole bunch of other perks for his state. Years ago, he called up ... Full story

By Emily Geiger So, Ben Nelson holds out on casting his vote for “healthcare reform” (supposedly on principle), and then he proves he has no principles when he literally sells his vote in exchange for tons of pork for his home state of Nebraska. So Ben, how much money are dead babies worth to you? I mean, ... Full story

By Emily Geiger I have to say, sometimes it gets a little depressing writing about how the world is going to hell in a handbasket on a daily basis, and as Christmas is approaching, I’ve been getting a little lazy, so, instead of more doom and gloom (i.e. 95% of news these days) I’m going to talk something ... Full story

By Emily Geiger My, how the mighty have fallen. Not even 12 months into his presidency, and Barack Obama’s approval rating continues to decline. According to Rasmussen, only 44 percent of Americans approve of Obama’s job performance, and that includes those who “slightly approve.” A whopping 55% of Americans disapprove. When do you think Barry’s finally ... Full story

By Emily Geiger So, a few weeks back, Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie was one of a handful of mayors invited to the White House for a jobs summit. Now, I hear that Cownie is on his way to Copenhagen for the climate change summit. I’d say, either this guy likes going to summits without ... Full story

By Emily Geiger After hours of clearing snow in the bitter cold, I have one thing to say. Snotcicle. Didn’t think that was actually possible (or at least that it would ever happen to me), but now I know it is (and it did). Not quite as bad as this guy, but not good either. So after my snotcicle ... Full story

By Emily Geiger I wonder if David Chung is kicking himself now that Christian Fong is out of the governor’s race for resigning his seat on the State Central Committee to actively support Fong in the primary? Speaking of the SCC, anybody heard a vote count on the ED election? It would be nice to know who ... Full story

By Emily Geiger Carhart Picking Up Where Tiller Left Off So, the famed Nebraska baby-killer is promising to do more late term abortions to make up for those his dead friend from Kansas can no longer kill. Geesh, I’m glad they got that straightened out. For a second there I was worried more babies might actually ... Full story

By Emily Geiger In case you didn’t know, today is actually an election day. That’s right, there are several municipal run-off elections taking place today, including one that could potentially unseat a living legend of the Des Moines City Council, Tom Vlassis. And by “living legend,” I mean living legend of incompetence. Political newcomer, Halley Griess, 23, scored a ... Full story