Right From Left

'a strong supporter of domestic energy production'?

2012-01-19T15:16:00.000-08:00

Not a single true thing in this ad... Obama, the liar-in-chief.

small man after all

2012-01-19T15:12:00.000-08:00

President Obama, he of the no shovel-ready jobs, the no Keystone XL pipeline, the guy who was going to 'visit all 57 states,' and 'lower the oceans,' today went to Florida, visited Walt Disney World and made a speech about economics and tourism, only it was invitation-only and all of the parks' visitors had to stay away.

That perfectly sums up the era of 'transparency' and 'hope and change,' doesn't it?

wow

2012-01-19T15:08:00.001-08:00

what about separation of church and state?

2012-01-16T12:00:00.000-08:00

Democrats freak out whenever the GOP is even remotely connected to religion in any way. But, it's perfectly okay for Senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett to bash Republicans from the pulpit of a black church on the day before MLK Day AND hold a voter registration drive?

patently dishonest

2012-01-13T17:15:00.000-08:00

Ron Paul has been a harsh critic of President Reagan, even wrote a letter of resignation from the GOP, calling the Reagan agenda "disastrous," yet here's a photo being used in typically dishonest fashion on the RP fan site, RonPaul.com.

please go away, mr. magoo

2012-01-10T19:00:00.000-08:00

Invisible and irrelevant in Congress for 37 years, Ron Paul runs for president to get attention and feed his bizarre ego.

devastating

2011-12-27T20:39:00.001-08:00

Two of the most effective attack ads of the campaign so far. The first from the Ron Paul Campaign and the other from Restore Our Future, a super pac.

the president of the united states of embarrassment

2011-12-14T15:12:00.001-08:00

Big, bad, brave Obama, talking tough on the campaign trail. With his teleprompter.

collectivist

2011-12-09T01:55:00.001-08:00

Some of my left leaning friends have done their best to dissemble and disavow the term collectivist vis a vis President Obama but I'm seeing a certain philosophical approach being applied here:

"I am here to say they are wrong [advocates of free market capitalism]. I'm here in Kansas to reaffirm my deep conviction that we're greater together than we are on our own. I believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, when everyone does their fair share, when everyone plays by the same rules. " - Barack Obama 12/6/11

Unlike maybe some others I'm not discarding the above Obama quote as meaningless rhetoric. I take it seriously as statement of his worldview. I think it's clear that the most charitable way to describe the political philosophy of Barack Obama is collectivism.

All of this is within the broader context of an enduring point of mine. For the sake of clarity, I'd like those on the political left to own their own political philosophy as robustly as the right does. Rather than running away from a label, own it. People on the right are striving to be able to call themselves conservatives, and in some cases like with Mitt Romney with limited success are they even allowed to claim that mantle. Meanwhile on the left most, certainly amongst my friends, consider themselves centrists or moderates somehow. My father who hails from England has the courage to proudly call himself a socialist. I can respect that. At least I know where the man stands even if he can't tolerate much debate with me, but that's another (regrettable) matter. In this country, liberals don't want to be called liberals, and to even come close to considering any American politician other than Bernie Sanders a socialist is considered beyond the pale by the mainstream left. Which is why I'm trying to see if anyone on the left, anyone, will admit that the term collectivist applies. It's the most mild term I can possibly think of to describe a certain political worldview currently at odds with the advocates of free market capitalism. But I find it telling that even that has to be rejected. It speaks to what ostensibly seems like at least a reticence if not an outright fear to actually advocate the worldview that most of modern left leaning rhetoric seems to emulate.

the cain mutiny

2011-11-08T23:41:00.001-08:00

Is the Herman Cain sexual harassment saga a complicated conspiracy or is it Occam's razor where "the simplest explanation is most likely the correct one"? Maybe it's both. The simplest explanation is perhaps to understand that there is at least some element of truth to the allegations. But the timing or something intangible about the whole situation sets off the desire to want to at least entertain conspiracy theories. So long as we are all doing that there are at least three possible conspiracy scenarios that I can think of:

Scenario 1: The story was planted by Democrats and it's the liberal media's natural inclination to want to run hard with the story because for various reasons some having to do with race and how Cain does not fit the stereotypical way the left imagines a black man should act, that this is somehow a boon to Democratic/left leaning fortunes and then therefor this is Democratic party doing with the happy participation of a liberal mainstream media already pre-disposed to want to trash Cain. Perhaps you can tell my delivery that I don't put all that much stock into this explanation which has typically been advanced by right wing talk radio and lately, by the campaign itself. As has been pointed out by some of my left leaning friends, it just doesn't seem to be in the Obama campaign's and then therefore Democrat's best interests to try to torpedo the Cain candidacy this early and in the primary.

Scenario 2: The story was planted by GOP operatives in either the Perry or Romney campaigns or from another primary candidate's campaign or possibly by other murkier forces in the GOP "establishment" that don't want Cain as the nominee for whatever reason possibly but not likely having to do with race but that he is ultimately seen as either unelectable on his own or seen as unable to beat Obama in the general election. While this scenario seems more likely than scenario 1, I still don't buy it. Initially the Cain campaign accused the Perry campaign of planting the story with basically no proof and then the Perry campaign went on to reflexively point the finger of blame at the Romney campaign with absolutely no proof. This kind of stuff isn't exactly helpful to a GOP who should rather be focussed on matters of substance/ attacking Obama. In the last two weeks the Cain campaign has backed off of these type of fellow GOP accusations and instead gone with a narrative closer to scenario 1.

Let me preface with a warning to whoever it is behind this if it is a conspiracy to bring down Cain: You better be sure this doesn't backfire. Watching some highlights of the Cain press conference it occurred to me that this entire controversy has in a way made him seem more presidential. This press conference today was one of the most anticipated press conferences and media events probably of the presidential campaign so far.

Scenario 3: The story was planted by the Cain campaign itself or at least.... forces sympathetic to the campaign. Think about it, who stands to gain the most if all of these charges are proven to be false or somehow go away or Cain can somehow otherwise brush this off? The answer of course is Cain. This could be a downright Machiavellian masterstroke of political genius if there's even a shred of truth or validity to this theory assuming it works out. The public would naturally rally around a man so egregiously and wrongly accused.

I'm sure there are other possible conspiracy scenarios that are conceivable other than simply saying the main is guilty so believe what you will but the bottom line is that I now see a pathway for Herman Cain towards getting the nomination whereas before this entire controversy it never really existed.

right track/wrong track

2011-11-04T15:04:00.000-07:00

A whopping 75% of Americans believe Obama's vision for the country is wrong.

flipper

2011-11-04T00:31:00.001-07:00

carney is an idiot

2011-11-03T23:24:00.000-07:00

I don't care that WH press secretary Jay Carney doesn't know the oft-quoted "The Lord helps those who help themselves" is not in the Bible.

What does drive me crazy is how clueless Carney is. Does he know anything? He's the worst press secretary in my memory.

One idiot serves as the spokesperson for the big idiot. How fitting!

trouncing a room of libs

2011-11-03T22:59:00.001-07:00

In this video Paul Ryan trounces a round table of liberal pundits and governors with his sheer policy knowledge and optimistic, quintessentially American vision. I'm glad that as the general election campaign chairman he is not allowed to endorse anyone in the GOP presidential nomination process. He won't have to have his conservatism questioned for endorsing who I suspect he would endorse.

complete ignorance

2011-10-28T20:51:00.000-07:00

postcard

2011-10-26T00:40:00.000-07:00

I like Rick Perry a lot. I was excited about his candidacy, excited about his contribution to the GOP presidential primary, but he's been a bomb pretty much thus far. He's stumbled.

But this tax and spending reform plan he outlined in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday is what is going to grab people's attention. This is the stuff a serious president and a serious Congress talks about and puts into action: Shrinking government, cutting spending and turning tax returns into postcards.

$70,000

2011-10-26T00:31:00.000-07:00

Okay, that's a small number given the obscene waste of the federal government, but still.

And even more outrageous? That's the money spent on buying Obama's books for "key libraries" around the world. And I'm assuming Obama will get royalties?

Is the White House also sending out "Decision Points" to those same "key libraries" too?

Crickets.

'unraveling'

2011-10-15T00:12:00.000-07:00

I love how Drudge headlines this:

Nevermind that the Long Term Care program for Seniors, known by the acronym Class, was folded a long time ago.

From the Wall Street Journal, dated October 4, 2011:

"The Health and Human Services Department recently shut down a government insurance program for long-term care, known by the acronym Class. HHS also released a statement claiming that reports that HHS is shutting down Class are "not accurate." All HHS did was suspend Class policy planning, told Senate Democrats to zero out Class funding for 2012, reassigned Class's career staffers to other projects and pink-slipped the program's chief actuary. Other than that, it's full-speed ahead."

Class was added as a budget gimmick by the Democrats because they knew that Obamacare was going to break the bank. The 'Party of the People,' right?

There's more:

"Benefits in the Class program, which was supposed to start up next year, are rigged by an unusual five-year vesting period. So the people who sign up begin paying premiums immediately—money that Democrats planned to spend immediately on other things, as if the back-loaded payments to Class beneficiaries would never come due. The $86 billion or so that would have built up between 2012 and 2021 with the five-year lead is supposed to help finance the rest of ObamaCare. The Class program would go broke sometime in the next decade, but that would be somebody else's problem."

Yeah. America's problem. Republicans need to repeal Class and let's hope and pray that the electorate votes out the Democrats in 2012 as an act of 'fiscal hygiene.'

i'm occupying this chair

2011-10-13T01:52:00.000-07:00

I know, I know. It's shocking to discover that lunatic billionaire George Soros - the guy who advocates that you and me pay higher taxes while he pays nothing? - is behind these disgusting subversive protests, "Occupy Wall Street."

You've got to wonder what his problem is. Smart guy, he's made a bunch of money, but like most Liberals, he's a brain dead hypocrite.

Somebody needs to occupy his ass.

a man of no substance

2011-10-13T01:45:00.001-07:00

This is damning stuff to be written about an American president. But it's all true. Hell, I've been saying the same stuff about Obama since 2008.

ny-9

2011-09-14T01:09:00.000-07:00

Bob Turner, a Republican, won Anthony Weiner's Congressional seat. It's the first time a non-Democrat has been elected in the 9th district (Brooklyn and Queens) since the 1920's.

Times are changing.

it was all so remarkably phony

2011-09-02T17:58:00.000-07:00

black cloud

2011-09-02T17:49:00.000-07:00

The irony. America's first real black president is toxic for black Americans.

I predicted 'Hope and Change' was all phony sloganeering. And I was right.

debt crisis

2011-07-26T19:15:00.001-07:00

This is one of the best examinations of the Obama presidency I've seen and I found it on a National Review comment thread. A guy named Steve Carter wrote:

Ayn Rand once used a term, "anti-concept," to describe a thing which is defined by what it is NOT instead of what it IS. The advantage of anti-concepts is that they allow their user to avoid reality by never asserting positively where they stand.
The entire Obama experience is one, giant anti-concept. He exists not to DO, but to condemn for not doing right; not to support, but to accuse others of failing to support the right things; not to being right, but to accuse others of being wrong. It presents a magnificent appearance of solidity while really being a cushy, formless void. He can offer no real resistance but still remain a barrier--as long as we continue to pretend that he has validity.

Totally true.

Watch the arrogant, condescending Jay Carney fumble around like an idiot here, trying to spin the Obama 'plan' on the debt ceiling.

stirring up mindlessness

2011-07-14T23:30:00.000-07:00

Ugh. Nothing being proposed would effect the person featured in this ad. AARP is using member dues for this patently absurd ad which desperately tries to drum up a general kind of mindless fear that AARP hopes will scare voters into being against ever tackling the matter of entitlement reform. Anyone with any common sense can see that it may be time to raise the retirement age, for example. If these programs are on a collision course with financial ruination, which they are, they are unsustainable in their current form and therefor need to be somehow restructured. I would think this to be elementary. And I'm not aware of a single proposal that would effect current beneficiaries. To imagine that they are the target as this ad does is so laughable its demented.

hope, change & lies

2011-07-14T12:06:00.000-07:00

One of the signature lines from the 2008 presidential campaign was that Obama was going to make the world love America again. Bush was so hated, so incompetent that the Magic Negro was going to make everything better.

But, as with everything else in Obamaville, we know it's crap. It turns out that Obama's America is even LESS popular in the Arab world than it was President Bush's final year in office.

It's called leadership. Democrats aren't leaders. Republicans are leaders. That's one reason why voting for Republicans is always a good decision.

democrats are domestic terrorists

2011-07-08T17:45:00.000-07:00

Please click on this for a good laugh. (Hint: Nancy Pelosi said something stupid again.)

democrats are domestic terrorists

2011-07-05T23:26:00.000-07:00

The Obama economy sucks and the recovery is worse than all others in American history.

I say we impeach him, since he and the Democrats have knowingly and enthusiastically sought to sabotage America since taking power in 2007 and 2009.

happy 4th of july

2011-07-04T11:14:00.000-07:00

Great Britain held a tribute to President Ronald Reagan today, a great man, an intelligent man. One of America's greatest Presidents.

America, under Reagan, was strong, prosperous, feared and respected in the world. President Reagan, with his smart policies, ended the Cold War.

Our current leader, Barack Obama, a man so unintelligent, he passed a so-called 'stimulus' bill he claimed would create jobs. It did produce a small number, but unfortunately, each one cost $278,000.

America badly needs Reagan-type leadership again, to right the ship of state and clean up the messes Democrats have made.

lying democrats

2011-07-01T22:15:00.000-07:00

After bashing Republicans just two days ago for not working, Obama went to Camp David. He thinks he needs to rest up, since he's "got five and a half years to go" as President.

What a dick. And a liar. The guy has spent two and a half years sabotaging America and he really thinks people are going to give him another term?

Harry Reid can't be Harry Reid without lying about the Democrats being fiscally responsible. What a joke.

Barbara Boxer, my Senator, is being called "absurd" by Glenn Kessler of the WaPo, after remarks she made on Wednesday about the politics of the 1990's, of which she was an active participant, were/are complete lies.

More than just being lying politicians, Obama, Reid, Boxer, and many other Democrats are just bad, bad people.

a national mistake

2011-07-01T10:11:00.000-07:00

tax more, get less

2011-07-01T10:10:00.000-07:00

Minnesota has a government shutdown and all the Democrats want to do is tax the rich. Even Gov. Mark Dayton, a rich guy himself, wants the rich to pay more.

God forbid they'd ever agree to cut spending. No that's far too logical.

Why don't Liberals understand simple economics?

in the real world

2011-06-30T23:10:00.001-07:00

"when does the magic start to happen?"

2011-06-30T22:57:00.000-07:00

Great question posed by Senator Marco Rubio. When does the magic of this president start to happen?

"Three years into his presidency, Obama is a failed president. He just has not done a good job. Life in America today, by every measure, is worse than it was when he took over."

"I am disappointed for our country and shocked at some of the rhetoric, rhetoric, I thought, that was more appropriate for some left-wing strong man than for the president of the United States."

Obama is a one term President.

media bias

2011-06-29T15:20:00.000-07:00

Barack the Magic Negro gets a free pass from the MSM. It doesn't matter what stupid stuff comes out of his mouth [with and without the teleprompter] America doesn't hear it or know about it because it's kept out of the paper, off the television screen and filtered away from the web.

Like it never even happened. I label it dishonest journalism and media bias, but it's more than that. It's a dishonest act of telling only part of the story in an attempt to mislead the American public. Journalists are engaged in a nationwide, industry wide conspiracy against Conservatives and Republicans.

That must be an amazing luxury for a politician or a candidate. Unfortunately for Republicans, they don't get that same cushy treatment. Ask Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachmann. Conservatives are held to a higher standard. They get one shot to say whatever they want to say and they had better make it good because only Democrats get do-overs.

What Republican presidential candidate would ever get away with saying he'd visited 'all 57 states' of America?

idiot in chief

2011-06-29T14:49:00.000-07:00

Team Moron [Obama] is nervous. They're losing Jews and other key donor groups.

Is it any wonder? The President wants Israel to return to 1967 borders [an outrage] and he flails about daily in search of a message that will resonate on the economy, even though he's responsible for the crappy jobs picture, the sky-high unemployment and the general malaise of the country.

Obama is a bigger failure than I imagined he'd be. I know he's an ideologue but he's been ridiculous since Day One. Democrats should have gone with their gut instinct and nominated Hillary.

the new frontier

2011-06-26T11:39:00.000-07:00

Fascinating. A new Mongolia is rising and it's going to be a land of riches and luxury.

this just in

2011-06-26T11:35:00.001-07:00

Michelle Bachmann is hot.

thanks, harry

2011-06-21T22:47:00.000-07:00

Harry Reid likes (and endorses) Jon Huntsman for President? I guess that means I'm endorsing Mitt Romney.

P.S. This tells me how scared Democrats are of Romney.

P.S.S. I can't believe CNN actually reported this garbage.

obama is an idiot

2011-06-21T22:27:00.000-07:00

Looking more and more like a one term President. And thank God.

total mismanagement

2011-06-15T23:10:00.000-07:00

What does this tell you?

Barack Obama was elected 'to fix' the economy, even though he and his fellow Democrats screwed it up with their demands for free mortgages for everybody, and here he is (above, pictured 1/22/09) not having had an economic affairs meeting for over a month?

Nice headline in the LA Times: "Economic briefing returns to Obama's schedule." Is this guy the biggest failure, the biggest fraud in American history, or what?

let them eat cake

2011-06-15T12:35:00.000-07:00

I am thrilled for Nancy Pelosi that her net worth grew 62% last year. But I wonder why she and other Democrats don't want those same free enterprise opportunities for all Americans?

killing public employee unions

2011-06-14T17:36:00.000-07:00

Acting with 'unusual speed' the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the law which essentially ends collective bargaining for public workers.

Fantastic! No more handouts to the (above) whiners. Maybe the idiots camped out at the Capitol will finally go home.

This gives great hope to those of us who live in other freeloader states, like California.

#cnndebate

2011-06-14T11:57:00.000-07:00

Any of the seven GOP Presidential hopefuls (eight, with Jon Huntsman announcing next week) would be a more viable alternative to Barack Obama.

But first, what the hell was that sound CNN moderator John King kept making? It sounded like he was clearing his throat and trying to speak all at the same time. It reminded me of Gore sighing during the 2000 presidential debates, or a camera-hogging football referee infringing on the game.

To their considerable credit, the GOP field ignored King's quirks and all-too-frequent interruptions and presented their credentials and ideas to the country last night, all of them focusing on what we all agree should be the one term President Obama.

Santorum, Bachmann, Romney, Pawlenty, Paul, Gingrich and Cain all specifically highlighted just how horrible Obama has been, and continues to be, for America, for workers, for the economy, for wealth creation, for our allies, on foreign policy, on job creation and on monetary policy.

Any of the above has a better resume than Obama, are smarter, more qualified, any one of the above would be a better President. And thank God, really. Thank God.

The stock market is up today, presumably because investors now can see some light at the end of the long, dark Obama tunnel.

rick perry (m)

2011-06-08T19:44:00.001-07:00

The Gov of Texas has been a great Governor and would make a great President of the United States.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304778304576373712869124184.html?mod=e2tw

june 1

2011-06-01T15:22:00.000-07:00

"Horror for US Economy as Data Falls off Cliff" -- so says CNBC.

Thank you, Obama and Democrats.

QE3 anybody?

renewing the patriot act

2011-05-26T22:16:00.000-07:00

Have you noticed the Patriot Act suddenly isn't nearly as 'controversial' as it once was?

Factor in a biased media and the biggest Liberal President in American history who is now conveniently copying the exact policies of President Bush he once demagogued, and there you go.

love the hypocrisy

2011-05-26T21:57:00.000-07:00

New DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz loves the American auto industry so much she drives a Japanese car.

And she claims the GOP is 'anti-women,' even while loud mouth Liberal talk radio hosts like Ed Schultz refer to Right wing female radio hosts as 'sluts.'

Ooops. Calling the kettle black, perhaps? It's what Democrats do best.

skirting the law

2011-05-25T22:39:00.001-07:00

If Obamacare is so great, why do so many people want to get out from under it?

rudy

2011-05-24T13:51:00.000-07:00

Apparently Rudy Giuliani is 'obsessed' with beating Mitt Romney and, as such, he's running for President in 2012.

Hey, I love Rudy and wanted him to run and win in 2008, but obviously that didn't happen. But if he's serious and has more of a fire in the belly than just wanting to humiliate Romney, then I'd wholeheartedly support him again.

I'm not seeing this is as a real thing yet. Not so says Rep. Peter King (R-NY) who claims "running and winning this time is 'almost a full-time business for (Rudy).'"

all i can say

2011-05-24T13:34:00.000-07:00

The best thing I can say about our idiot President Obama who doesn't know what year it is? He's got a cool signature.

mr. president?

2011-05-24T13:32:00.000-07:00

Bibi Netanyahu is a leader and a speaker without need for a teleprompter.

This is what passion, conviction and life experience sound like.

just stay home, bibi

2011-05-19T12:07:00.000-07:00

I've never understood why American Jews are overwhelmingly Liberal, given the Democrats' doveish approach to the Middle East and tepid support of maintaining the Jewish State.

Today, Obama declared his support for a future Palestinian State based on 1967 borders, a slap to the face of Israel, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the White House tomorrow. He shouldn't bother. Seriously, stay home, Bibi.

At long last, some wealthy Jewish Liberals are warning Obama they might not support his 2012 re-election campaign because of his lukewarm support for Israel. Finally.

This sums it up nicely: Right wing members of Israel's Knesset are saying that "Obama is the new Arafat."

Jews, and Liberals, would be wise to remember they had no better friend in the world than George W. Bush.

the elders

2011-05-17T22:25:00.000-07:00

Like anybody respects Jimmy Carter?

like a disease

2011-05-12T09:37:00.000-07:00

George Soros is like a disease, a virus, a cancer. He's everywhere, but behind the scenes, in the shadows.

Amazingly, Fox News, the supposedly 'faux' news network, is the only one reporting that Soros gives money to 30 'news' organizations including, but not limited to, NBC, NPR, ABC, the New York Times and the Washington Post.

Liberals love to say 'you just made that up,' in an attempt to de-legitimize and demean their opponents and that's been their approach with Fox, calling it 'GOP TV,' which is stupid since 'fair and balanced' means they always present both sides of debates. Nice run-on sentence, huh?

Back to Soros. This guy crashes economies for sport. Apparently he's trying to do something similar in America. But nobody cares. Nobody is reporting it, except for the 'fake news network.'

it was always phony

2011-05-10T22:51:00.000-07:00

It was always about the re-election, wasn't it?

The campaign rallies started before Obama stopped speaking about bin Laden the night of the operation, all without a word about how the 'torture' policies Democrats opposed resulted in Obama's success.

Nothing like those true beliefs becoming a part of the stump speech.

stealth

2011-05-10T16:38:00.000-07:00

It turns out that we did lose something of value during the bin Laden raid: technology for a $60 million dollar stealth helicopter. It's unbelievable the SeALS didn't destroy the thing when they had the chance.

China wants it and Pakistan has it.

And speaking of the $60 million dollar stealth helicopter, I know there are pics and vids of the charred-out remains of the thing all over the web, but Washington isn't talking about it, with one notable exception: POTUS.

Why the hell is our idiotic President talking about stealth technology at all, much less telling the world how much it cost?

random

2011-05-10T10:14:00.000-07:00

Lawyers for the administration go to court today to argue that requiring Americans to buy health insurance is constitutional under Obamacare.

The three judge panel, allegedly chosen by computer, all turned out to be Democrats! Imagine the luck.

"The panel of judges -- selected at random by a computer -- turned out to have all been appointed by Democratic presidents, including two by Obama: James Wynn and Andre Davis. The third, Diana Motz, was appointed by President Bill Clinton."

Amazing how those computers work.

oh, canada

2011-05-09T16:51:00.000-07:00

I've always been extremely critical of Canada, our neighbors to the North, but beginning in 2006, they wised up.

The Canucks elected the Conservative government of Stephen Harper and even more importantly, last week, they began what some are calling the Canadian Revolution by handing Harper a majority government and relegating the idiotic, games-playing Liberals to the back bench.

From Michael Barone:

"Harper's Conservatives have already cut taxes and modified spending programs, but always with the tacit consent of the separatist Bloc Quebecois, or the left-wing New Democrats, or the long-dominant Liberal Party. Now they're on their own, and we'll see the results.
"But the installation of a majority government by itself is not a political revolution. The biggest changes in Canada were indicated by the devastating defeats of two of the opposition parties.
"The Bloc Quebecois was reduced from 50 seats to only four. Formerly it represented most of Canada's second largest province. Now it represents a tiny rump."

Countries all over the world are learning Liberalism is a lie and they are electing reform-minded Conservative governments to restore order and sanity after years of lunacy.

America took a step toward cleaning up Obama's mess in 2010. We're all waiting to see what the Republicans do with that chance. One thing for sure, we should all be watching and learning from Canada. And that statement alone is revolutionary.

'how's that working out for you?'

2011-05-05T23:26:00.000-07:00

Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain introduced himself to the country tonight during the first 2012 Republican Presidential debate. His answers were memorable, notable and refreshing. He turned out to be the star of the evening.

That's a stark contrast to the reporting on the 2012 GOP field. Yes, they call it 'weak,' they acknowledge ghosts in the room, but they never report it accurately or fairly.

Case in point: former MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty clearly was the early star of the show tonight, the top tier candidate who drew the most fire, but somehow Politico reporter Ben Smith misreported the affair and said Pawlenty was 'in debate draw with the missing Mitt Romney.'

WTF? How's that for unfair? How do you debate with a missing person? Smith is an illegitimate voice, a hack. His opinion is moot.

In fact, the debate was a lively back-and-forth between Pawlenty, Cain and former PA Senator Rick Santorum. Also on stage were certified nut ball Ron Paul and the irrelevant former NM Gov. Gary Johnson.

I loved what Cain said, as did most everybody else, who delivered the knock out line about having the least experience of the candidates. Of those with Washington experience, Cain noted it was a good thing he was not a politician. He then said, of elected politicians in DC, specifically Obama, "How's that working out for you?"

Pawlenty was solid, as was Santorum. I've always been a Santorum fan, although in this group I find him most likely to be a back bencher but perhaps an emblematic Veep choice.

But, the star of the night was clearly the anti-politician Cain, whose personality shined through in answer after answer. A debate between Cain and Obama would be quite a spectacle. Although, if biased journalists have their way, Obama will cruise to an unchallenged, undeserved re-election.

The pressure will be on big media to spoil whatever 'party' the Republicans throw together and the candidates we nominate to represent us in the general election. But Conservative media and the GOP plan to make the 2012 election not only a referendum on Obama, the Democrats and their failed agenda, but on the MSM's failed vetting of Obama in 2008.

'too much focus'

2011-05-05T17:18:00.000-07:00

David Beamer, father of 9/11 victim Todd Beamer on FOX News:

"I feel some chagrin now, though, about how the rest of it has been handled. And frankly it started May Day, 2011 when the president announced what had happened. The excessive use of the personal pronoun that he used in his remarks, I really felt that was the beginning of the Commander-in-Chief putting too much spotlight on himself, taking too much credit for what the remarkable Americans had done. And of course it's only now accelerated to a greater degree in the media. "

gutsy call

2011-05-05T15:57:00.000-07:00

Yeah, it's gutsy, all right. Obama (and his allies in American media) continue to bask in the glory of killing Osama bin Laden. That must be why we're not talking about higher unemployment today.

The White House has been busy. Busy deciding not to release photos of the dead bin Laden, for fears that the pictures are grotesque, that they won't be believed and that they might stir up anger. Busy answering bin Laden questions that only seem to raise more questions. Busy going to NYC today and having a big, unnecessary photo op to feed Obama's success-starved ego.

And they've been busy setting up a new campaign website, GutsyCall.com. How un-Presidential is that?Can you imagine Bush broadcasting success in that way?

democrats have egg on their faces

2011-05-02T12:27:00.000-07:00

Democrats did nothing but bash President Bush for eight years about his prosecution of the War On Terror. They tried numerous times to tie his hands, they outed secret programs, claimed he lied us into war and that he was violating civil rights.

Oh, the irony. Bush's waterboarding and enhanced interrogation techniques provided us with the intelligence used to track and kill Osama bin Laden yesterday.

Liberals have egg on their faces today.

shot in the head

2011-05-01T22:25:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure why Obama called former Presidents Bush and Clinton about the demise of Osama bin Laden, since Clinton's inaction was the reason al Qaeda struck America on 9/11.

Nevertheless, bin Laden's death is a good thing. But I'm skeptical of the news, and the timing of the announcement. I'm also skeptical of the 'impromptu' celebrations outside the White House, complete with brand spanking new American flags and Obama 'hope and change' signs.

You'll also excuse me if I find it at all strange that this news came right in the middle of 'Celebrity Apprentice' - I know it sounds crazy, but in the wake of Obama's extreme attention on Donald Trump last night (see earlier posts) it shouldn't come as a surprise that Barack is obsessed with The Donald.

Of course, NPR has a lot to say. Mostly quoting strong Republican leaders instead of weak Democrats.

Finally, it's important to say, as a harsh Obama critic, to the extent the President took more aggressive measures - drones and a better working relationship with Pakistan - I applaud him. Osama's death, if true, is a good thing, no matter how you slice it.

'your work ethic shines'

2011-05-01T16:16:00.000-07:00

Sarah Palin to Rachel Maddow @ the MSNBC after party at the White House Correspondents Dinner: "Get me a Diet Coke."

Palin also complimented the oft-hateful Maddow by telling her, "Your work ethic shines."

'let them eat cake'

2011-05-01T14:52:00.000-07:00

"I don't think Americans are having a good time with $5 gas" - Donald Trump

The world is in chaos and Obama's policies are complete failures, yet he is feted as a hero by a sycophantic press corps at the White House Correspondence Dinner, while a smart businessman, much more qualified to be President, is the butt of jokes.

loving that transparency

2011-04-30T23:09:00.000-07:00

Press relations apparently aren't a strong suit of the Obama White House, as evidenced by the latest blowup by the 'transparent' Obama White House.

The crime, supposedly perpetrated by the San Francisco Chronicle's Carla Marinucci? That she shot video of Obama protesters interrupting a fundraiser. Ewwwwwwwwww!!! And now she's out as as an official pool reporter.

And the White House is claiming they didn't 'punish' Marinucci after they 'punished' her. Total hypocrisy. We expect nothing else from the idiot-in-chief, Barack Obama.

Some snark from SF Gate. Enjoy:

"The hip, transparent and social media-loving Obama administration is showing its analog roots. And maybe even some hypocrisy highlights.

"White House officials have banished one of the best political reporters in the country from the approved pool of journalists covering presidential visits to the Bay Area for using now-standard multimedia tools to gather the news.

"The Chronicle's Carla Marinucci - who, like many contemporary reporters, has a phone with video capabilities on her at all times - shot some protesters interrupting an Obama fundraiser at the St. Regis Hotel.

"She was part of a "print pool" - a limited number of journalists at an event who represent their bigger hoard colleagues - which White House press officials still refer to quaintly as "pen and pad" reporting.

"But that's a pretty Flintstones concept of journalism for an administration that presents itself as the Jetsons. Video is every bit a part of any journalist's tool kit these days as a functioning pen that doesn't leak through your pocket."

unvetted

2011-04-30T22:44:00.000-07:00

The media didn't do much digging into the background of then Senator Barack Obama. They certainly didn't report this in 2008: Obama's father was 'forced out at Harvard,' because of concerns over his personal life and finances.

And this is according to 'newly public immigration records'? Sure........................

2016

2011-04-25T09:21:00.000-07:00

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts the "Age of America" will end in 2016 and China will be the world's one, lone superpower.

No way, you say? Just a decade ago, the American economy was three times the size of China's. It's happened quickly, our demise. And one must thank both Democrats and Republicans for the pickle.

But going forward, in the short run, there is no excuse for not curtailing reckless government spending. That means Democrats are going to have to come around to reality.

obama lacks focus

2011-04-24T23:19:00.000-07:00

President Obama is the most undisciplined chief executive in my lifetime. Day to day, he flops around, never leading, forever reacting to events. But where is the focus on the economy? What happened to the 'laser-like' attention to the budget, cutting wasteful government spending?

Even Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) is ripping Obama's lack of focus on job creation. I thought Democrats were 'the party of the people'?

not supporting ryan's budget

2011-04-24T23:12:00.000-07:00

Why is Sen. Susan Collins (ME) a Republican?

liberal hypocrisy

2011-04-22T23:44:00.000-07:00

"President Obama declared today's 41st annual Earth Day proof of America's ecological and conservation spirit -- then completed a three day campaign-style trip logging 10,666 miles on Air Force One, eating up some 53,300 gallons at a cost of about $180,000. And that doesn't include the fuel consumption of his helicopter, limo or the 29 other vehicles that travel with him."

a withering critique

2011-04-16T16:23:00.000-07:00

"A withering critique." That's how the Politico's Andy Barr describes Sarah's speech today.

Just as I was starting to give up on a Palin presidential run, she goes to Madison, Wisconsin, delivers a speech and cranks it out of the park.

You remember Madison, don't cha? The Breeding Ground Zero for the dumbest people and slimiest union thugs around?

Her message to the GOP: "Fight Like A Girl," i.e., tough as nails and straight-up honest. Her message to Obama: "Win the future? The only future he wants to win is his re-election."

All true. All brutally honest. All Sarah. She continues to be right. No wonder the pigs on the Left hate her and have been trying to destroy her for three years.

P.S. Speaking of pigs, look at this handmade poster. Isn't that sweet? Some gracious, loving person in Wisconsin left it outside yesterday ahead of Palin's visit. Obviously, another tolerant, open-minded, caring Liberal Democrat.

the blaming mentality

2011-04-14T22:44:00.000-07:00

If the United States defaults on our debt, like many are predicting, it will "be the fault of the Republicans"? Explain that to me, Tim Geithner (one of the many tax cheats who work in the Obama administration)?

Liberals never take responsibility for their failures. They blame everybody else, like children, for their shortcomings. Leaders, they are not.

the trump train

2011-04-14T22:40:00.001-07:00

As much as I love what he's saying, here's why Trump can't be taken too seriously. He rips him now, but just after the 2008 election, he loved Obama. Even thought he might be one of the greatest Presidents, ever.

wicked witch of nothing

2011-04-14T11:42:00.000-07:00

Nancy Pelosi, according to Politico, has 'faded as a power player.' Predictable. She's not the Speaker of the House any longer and thusly is irrelevant to policy making. (Thank God.) Is this really news?

What should be reported is Pelosi's role in the killing of the American economy the years she held sway, 2007-2011. And her role in ramming through the wildly unpopular Obamacare.

voter fraud

2011-04-13T23:34:00.000-07:00

There are 18,460 dead people on the voter rolls in Ohio.

And who has controlled Ohio the past four years? I'll give you a hint, it starts with a 'D.'

new low

2011-04-13T16:31:00.000-07:00

From CNS News:

"President Barack Obama’s approval among the poorest Americans dropped to an all-time low of 48 percent last week, according to the Gallup poll, leaving the president with less-than-majority approval among all income brackets reported in Gallup's presidential approval surveys."

dumb database

2011-04-13T16:27:00.000-07:00

Oh, the transparency! White House.gov claims "over 1,000,000 records of everyone who's come through the doors" via a searchable database.

But what about Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Jennifer Hudson and other celebrities? They aren't on the logs.

And some 205,000 visits and presidential meetings are blank, too. (No paper trail for future administrations / investigations, perhaps?)

The logs of former chief of staff (and about to become mayor of Chicago) Rahm Emanuel lists only 500 official visits out of a total of 4,400.

Isn't this just par for the course with all things Obama? Lazy, sloppy, unorganized, unprepared.

power nap

2011-04-13T15:58:00.000-07:00

Our moronic Vice President Joe Biden had it about right today. Obama's boring speech was full of lies and misrepresentations, so he went right to sleep. Took a power nap in front of Daley, Geithner, a bunch of Congressional people and media types.

Hey, Joe. Wake me up when it's 2012.

insanity con't

2011-04-12T12:42:00.000-07:00

No shortage of crazy today.

The UN, thanks to Bolivia, are planning to table a draft treaty that would give Earth, excuse me, Mother Earth, the same rights as human beings and would establish a "Ministry of Mother Earth," an ombudsman responsible for listening to various complaints from the different environmental organizations.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) wants the federal government to tax internet sales.

Now that we know more about last Friday's rushed budget deal the more we see the Democrats got to keep more of what they wanted. Two constants in DC: Democrats want to raise taxes and Republicans always cave.

If we believe CNN, and why in the world should we, Donald Trump is tied with Mike Huckabee in first place for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. I like Trump but I hate his hair. I also love the stuff Trump says about an America in decline and how he'd fix our problems. I certainly agree with him that Obama is a terrible president.

And by most accounts, Obama is in trouble, for his mediocre handling of the economy, unemployment, gas prices, Afghanistan, Pakistan, food costs, foreign policy, Libya, etc. Even Obama-loving, supporting Politico is saying it.

lol

2011-04-11T12:53:00.000-07:00

I laughed out loud when I read the Robert Reich headline on Huff Po: "Why the Right Wing Bullies will Hold the Nation Hostage Again and Again."

You've got to be kidding. I recognize that Liberals don't care much about what the people want. Democrats think they are smarter than everybody else and they think they know what's best for all of us. And, as such, they want more of our money so they can smartly and wisely spend it for us. (No, thank you.)

Newsflash: 'the Right Wing Bullies' are the Republicans elected six months ago in the 2010 midterms. Yes, I said 'elected.' Elected to do cut the out of control spending of the Democrats. And that's what they are doing.

How can the people be holding themselves hostage?

atlas shrugged

2011-04-10T22:14:00.000-07:00

That's exactly how I visualized Dagny Taggart! (Meet Taylor Schilling)

go mr. speaker!

2011-04-08T13:52:00.000-07:00

It's the question of the day: "When will the White House and Senate Democrats get serious about cutting spending?"

'you might want to think about a trade-in'

2011-04-07T13:01:00.000-07:00

Liberals love to pretend that they care about the little people, but there's a problem.

If Liberals cared as much as they claim there would be no homeless people sleeping on the streets. There would be no failed public schools. Unemployment would be low. Discrimination or sexism would have been eradicated long ago. Energy independence would have already been achieved.

None of those things have happened and it's not because Democrats haven't been in charge. They've controlled Congress from 2007 until six months ago and they've held the presidency for two and a half years.

Obama won't allow America to utilize our own natural energy resources, so not only are we energy dependent we're also paying higher gas prices thanks to unrest in the Middle East.

The height of arrogance, condescension and insensitivity, laughing and telling people who are complaining about gas prices to 'think about a trade-in.'

Problem is, we all drive cars. And the Obama economy sucks, so a lot of people are unemployed. A 'trade-in,' might not be feasible for a lot of people. It's not like we all have limo's and SUV's at our disposal 24/7. The smugness of this guy.

I want a new President. I'll trade Obama for ANY Republican. It doesn't matter which one.

rationing

2011-04-06T00:31:00.000-07:00

"Surgeons say patients in some parts of England have spent months waiting in pain because of delayed operations or new restrictions on who qualifies for treatment.
"In several areas routine surgery was put on hold for months, while in many others new thresholds for hip and knee replacements have been introduced."

In other words, rationing.

Screw the Liberals who want to turn America into Great Britain.

2012

2011-04-05T12:26:00.001-07:00

it begins

2011-04-04T18:03:00.000-07:00

Obama officially started his re-election campaign today with an email to whatever idiotic supporters he has left.

"We're doing this now because the politics we believe in does not start with expensive TV ads or extravaganzas, but with you -- with people organizing block-by-block, talking to neighbors, co-workers, and friends. And that kind of campaign takes time to build," Obama wrote in the e-mail.
"So even though I'm focused on the job you elected me to do, and the race may not reach full speed for a year or more, the work of laying the foundation for our campaign must start today. We've always known that lasting change wouldn't come quickly or easily. It never does."

"The politics we believe in"? Those politics were completely and wholly rejected last November. "The politics we believe in" amounted to a partisan health care/government takeover of the economy, a quadrupling of the deficit, a diminished standing around the world, ten percent unemployment, etc.

The politics of Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Durbin, Weiner, et. al., have been an unmitigated disaster. This campaign rhetoric, eerily similar to the empty 2008 campaign sloganeering is back. Will anybody really fall for it this time?

out of control spending

2011-04-04T16:57:00.000-07:00

The Federal Government, dominated by Liberal Democrats, spent eight times more money than it took in during the month of March. That is just disgusting, especially after the midterm November election when America spoke clearly about the need to cut, cut, cut.

Vote Republican in 2012.

a full time job

2011-03-30T15:54:00.000-07:00

Sarah Palin always gets it right. Regarding America's pathetic journalistic standards, she said:

"Having to set the record straight is further proof that the media can't even be trusted to even print a statement in a manner that people can read. Cleaning up media sloppiness is a full time job."

hope, change and extreme failure

2011-03-30T15:26:00.000-07:00

Obama, the kinetic candidate, the hope and change guy. Remember him? He was supposed to lower the oceans, make the world love us again and give everybody free health care.

Instead, he quadrupled the deficit, passed a stimulus plan that sent unemployment rate surging to over 10%, passed a health care plan that costs more than promised and insures fewer people than promised. He sucks.

America doesn't like extremists. Obama and his Democrats are radical extremists.

It's no wonder that his approval rating is an anemic 42%.

'guerilla warfare & sabotage'

2011-03-27T14:03:00.000-07:00

Now it's official. The George Soros-backed Media Matters has finally come out and said what has long been obvious: They exist to take down the Fox News Channel.

Childish. Sour grapes. Liberals are such whiny bitches.

Look at how FNC owns the cable news game.

a shame

2011-03-25T13:07:00.001-07:00

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Stephen Harper is being railroaded in Canada.

going kinetic

2011-03-24T23:01:00.000-07:00

Kinetic Military Action? Active, as opposed to latent?

Instead of war? Really? This reminds me of the Clinton-era parsing of the word 'is.'

No wonder only 17% of Americans view Obama as as strong or decisive military leader.

And no wonder considering the administration doesn't have a foreign policy. Wait. They do, it's called the United Nations. The kinetic military action began as a result of a UN resolution, after all.

Which now has the world asking Obama why he isn't challenging other dictators around the world? It's a great question. This White House has screwed up everything it has touched in the past 22 months. To say American foreign policy is 'inconsistent' is far too kind.

It is indeed amazing that America finds herself with a community organizer as President at this time in our history.

feckless, incompetent

2011-03-23T22:41:00.000-07:00

By any objective measure or standard, Barack Obama has been the worst, most disastrous President in American history.

"America's accelerating downward spiral advanced on Friday when CBO released a report on President Obama's exploding deficits and debt. Last month, President Obama's own budget admitted that he will more than double the national debt in just one term of office, with an admitted budget deficit this year of $1.645 trillion, the highest anywhere in world history by several times over. Friday's CBO report concluded that federal deficits over the next 10 years under President Obama's budget would soar by nearly a third more than he estimated, totaling nearly $10 trillion over those 10 years, which would nearly double the national debt again to $21 trillion by 2021."

Jimmy Carter no longer can be accused of being America's worst. Barack Obama owns the title.

ignoring big stories

2011-03-23T15:49:00.000-07:00

The mainstream media works overtime not reporting the truth about President Obama, so it's no surprise they haven't reported the inability of the Democrats to secure the nomination of Donald Berwick, Obama's choice to chair the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CHS).

Berwick, you might recall, is the guy who loves Great Britain's socialist health care system. The one where people die of malnourishment, infection and poor care. Anyway, Obama gave him a recess appointment.

But forty two Republican Senators have refused to confirm Berwick and there you go. Done. Sure, he gets to finish out his recess appointment but why hasn't this been a bigger story?

Had Bush picked a controversial figure to reform Social Security the msm would have gone into hyperdrive. They would have savaged the nominee right along with the Democrats. If there had been a recess appointment, all hell would have broken loose. And had he not won confirmation, it would have been reported as the Republic had averted a crisis.

a world without a leader

2011-03-22T15:23:00.000-07:00

Now that the world is at war with Libya nobody wants to be in charge.

France won't lead. Britain won't lead. NATO and the United Nations are incapable of leading. The Arabs argue with everybody. China and Russia were happy to let Gadhafi stay. And Barack Obama is dumb as a rock and on vacation in Latin America.

This is why it is so vitally important that the United States have a smart and effective Presidency.

"why are you apologizing all the time?"

2011-03-21T13:33:00.000-07:00

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a woman of great intellect and experience, is in Israel for a quick two day tour, meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu, and the American media has been largely silent on the subject.

“It’s overwhelming to be able to see and touch the cornerstone of our faith,” Palin told reporters upon exiting the tunnels. “I’m so thankful to be able to be here, and I’m thankful to know the Israel-American connection will grow and strengthen as the peace negotiations continue.”

Gov. Palin joins other GOP presidential contenders Romney, Huckabee, Giuliani and Barbour in treks to the Holy Land ahead of a fast-approaching 2012.

After being told by her tour guides, Likud MK Danny Danon and Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, that Jews are not allowed to pray openly on the Temple Mount and about the Arab riots in 1996 after Netanyahu created an exit from the Western Wall tunnels, Palin asked "Why are you [Israel] apologizing all the time?"

“She really connected to the story of the Jewish nation,” Danon said. “She knows the material but there’s nothing like standing in front of those big stones and hearing about the connection. I know that she loves Israel, and after a visit like this, she has a personal connection to the Western Wall.”

“She didn’t go into diplomatic issues, but I can clearly say from the questions she asked in relation to our conflict here with the Muslims in these holy sites that she knows that we are right and that the Muslims are just claiming things for provocation and they’re not right,” Danon said.

Everybody knows Israel is right and that the Arabs are a bunch of angry bullies.

the jeffersons go to rio

2011-03-21T13:15:00.000-07:00

While Sarah Palin was in Israel strengthening ties with an ally, Obama continued on his self-aggrandizement tour of Brazil.

Only in America could the intelligent Palin be considered "dumb" and the feckless Obama "smart."

liberal democrats

2011-03-20T14:26:00.000-07:00

Oh, the irony! Liberal Democrats are livid that the Obama administration has bowed to world opinion and agreed to military action against Libya.

Military action? To Liberals that's the worst thing in the world. Liberals hate the military and can never find an acceptable situation where soldiers, guns, ammo, missiles, jet planes and aircraft carriers would be useful tools.

Liberals claim to 'care more,' and be 'for the little guy,' yet they apparently don't give a rat's ass about innocent, freedom-seeking civilians dying in Libya, just like they didn't care about Afghanistan or Iraq.

Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Mike Capuano (D-MA), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Rob Andrews (D-NJ), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) are even questioning the Constitutionality of missile strikes against Libya! Idiots!

Oh, the irony! The always anti-war, anti-engagement, anti-democratic Obama is now, officially, 'a war time President.' (I say officially because he inherited Afghanistan.)

Oh, the hypocrisy. Oh, the contradictions. It's inevitable Liberals contradict themselves because their pie-in-the-sky fantasy policies never take reality into account.

These mentally retarded people are unfit for public office. Washington will be a better place the day Liberal Democrats are forced from office or die, whichever event happens first.