Jenny Erikson

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Jenny Erikson is a conservative chick with a strong opinion and a smart mouth. Sometimes sassy, sometimes sincere, always honest. She believes that ingenuity, elbow grease, and sheer determination can accomplish anything -- even motherhood.

Jenny blogs at Candid Conservative and records a weekly radio show, The Smart Girl Report, for Smart Girl Politics on Radio For Conservatives.  She lives in Southern California with her husband and their two young daughters.

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Occupiers Invade CPAC & Show How Different They Are From the Tea Party

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on Feb 11, 2012 at 2:06 PM

occupy CPACConservatives from around the country have congregated in Washington, D.C. this week for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). It’s an opportunity to hear some great speakers on the topic of conservatism, get a chance to shake the hands of presidential candidates, and meet and greet other political activists.

Of course, these days, wherever conservatives gather, there’s sure to be a crowd of unwashed hipsters there to beat drums and protest capitalism because it’s way no fair that anyone should have to actually work for a living.

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In The News Politics at Play

The Government Is Spying on You -- Right Now

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on Feb 9, 2012 at 10:57 AM

cameraNothing seems to be private anymore. Google street view, red light cameras, cell phones with built in video cameras … You better watch your behavior, because it’s very possible that someone is watching. 

Thanks to the PATRIOT Act, the government can secretly spy on us, without a warrant. They can check our records, spy on us, find out what library books we’ve checked out, and peruse our browser history, in order to find information on possible terrorist attacks.

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In The News Politics at Play

Clint Eastwood’s Political Super Bowl Commercial Was Insulting

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on Feb 6, 2012 at 7:59 PM

clint eastwood superbowl commercialBetween segments of some important sports game on Sunday (the Super Bowl, was it?) viewers were treated to what might as well be known as national commercial day.  From naked M&Ms to a nearly naked David Beckham, the Super Bowl commercials for 2012 made us giggle and ogle. 

During halftime, one two-minute long commercial sparked immediate controversy across the interwebs -- Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler commercial. The celebrated actor announced that in addition to it being halftime at the Super Bowl, “it’s halftime in America too.”

He continued: 

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Abolishing the Department of Education Is the Best Thing for Our Kids

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on Feb 6, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Moms Matter 2012

school kidsSince Jimmy Carter established the Department of Education in 1980, teacher performance has improved, students are smarter, and parents couldn’t be more pleased with the education their children are getting at state-run institutions that they didn’t pick themselves, but were assigned to based on zip code.

Just kidding.

None of those things happened. While there are definitely good teachers out there, lack of competition combined with a practical inability to fire incompetent teachers has lead to complacency across the spectrum. From rubber rooms for sex-offending teachers still collecting paychecks to bloated salaries and pensions for educational administrators all over the nation, public schools are getting a bad rap. 

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Barack Obama Makes My Eyes Twitch

Posted by Jenny Erikson
on Feb 3, 2012 at 7:31 PM
Moms Matter 2012

barack obamaAnd then there were four. In less than a month, we’ve seen the GOP presidential candidate pool cut nearly in half, as Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Jon Huntsman have all cut their losses and suspended their campaigns. Of the four left fighting campaigning, there are two clear frontrunners: Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

Who would have thought that the candidate that came in fourth in the Iowa caucuses would be leading the polls less than a month later? Strange but true: Gingrich is now leading Romney by quite a few percentage points.

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