Nov 19 2011
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Obama

“Green” Jobs, Indeed.

“Green” power.

President Obama loves talking “green.”  He has parroted the far left environmentalist line throughout his brief political career.  Liberals love him for it.  But just like all liberal Democrats, President Obama’s ultimate goal is NOT to implement the carbon-free utopia many of his supporters envision when they listen to him propose the end of coal power plants in America.

His goal is simple: to remain in power.  That’s why we haven’t seen an even-handed application of loan money.  Almost all of it has gone to big political donors.  Now we see what he meant by “green” jobs.

So despite the rhetoric, and the promise to lower sea levels and other assorted miracles, Barack Obama is pretty much every other liberal ever to hold office, minus the competence, charisma, and experience.

Nov 19 2011
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Congress, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin

Palin on Congressional Corruption.

Remember when they were called Statesmen?

Sarah Palin has written a great article on why the system will never work as long as the rules don’t apply to members of Congress.  Sweetheart deals, self-serving earmarks, and rampant insider trading corrupt and insulate Congressmen from the will of the American people.

We need reform similar to what Palin forced through in Alaska over the objections of corrupt politicians.  A part-time legislature schedule like what Governor Perry has proposed would also go a long way towards reigning in corruption.  It has worked well for Texas.  And making Washington more like Texas (and Alaska) can do nothing but good for the country.

Nov 19 2011
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Worth a Read: 11-19-11.

Occupy Wall Street crowd gets hostile with preschoolers.  Yep.  Exactly like the Tea Party.

Bill Ayers teaches Occupiers “non-violent protesting.”  No word on when the bomb-making class starts.

Bizarre Occupier behavior is an indictment on liberal American education.  President Obama demonstrates a similar “intellectual dissolution.”

Charles Krauthammer:  The Pipeline Sellout.  Obama is all about “party over nation.”

Nov 19 2011
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Election 2012, Newt Gingrich

Why Newt Gingrich?

Conservatives aren’t following the script this time.

I’ve been seeing this a lot lately: the media is a little dumbfounded by Newt Gingrich’s rise in the polls.  What do we see in the guy anyway?  This is a result of the severe disconnect between the media and real people.  They see Newt through the narrow liberal lens with which they view everything else.  And just like they will never understand the Tea Party, they don’t get Newt’s appeal either.

What about his baggage?  This is really the only area where some conservatives will balk at pulling a lever for Newt.  Three divorces never looks good, and the marital transgressions look even worse.  But this is also a sign of the times.  Conservatives are so angry, and so worried about the economy, that we will overlook faults that might have been non-starters in the past.  We want someone who can fix the economy and undo Obama’s job-killing policies.  If that person also happens to be a terrible husband, so be it.

What about his attitude?  Gingrich has taken some flack for sniping with moderators in the debates.  I don’t think I’m alone in saying, “Good!”  For years we have watched as Republicans have been held to a totally different standard than Democrats.  While Democrats do nothing but attack and make the most outrageous statements, Republicans try to play the statesman, being polite, never taking offense, preferring not “to stoop to their level.”  It’s past time we had a real fighter as a candidate.  A plain speaking conservative unafraid to say exactly what’s on their mind.  This was a huge appeal of Sarah Palin.  Gingrich also fits the bill.

Didn’t he shut down the government?  What about bipartisanship?  The media and democrats love to say that Gingrich is responsible for shutting down the government.  I don’t think you’re going to find a ton of conservatives that side with Bill Clinton over Gingrich on this issue.

Liberals in the media will happily play all of the above for us endlessly, smugly content to think that Gingrich is unelectable.  Although they’ll give it their best shot, they won’t be persuading many conservative voters, to their continual frustration.

Nov 18 2011
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Worth a Read: 11-18-11.

As the value of Government Motors goes down, the estimated cost of the taxpayer bailout of UAW goes up.

While the Fast and Furious scandal rages, Eric Holder takes a taxpayer-funded jaunt to the Caribbean.

The Keystone “delay” proves that Obama’s loyalty lies with the environmental lobby and public labor unions.  Sorry private sector.  He’s just not that into you anymore.

Victor Davis Hanson: The Imaginarium of Barack Obama.

The left used to falsely accuse George W. Bush of bad diplomacy.  But Barack Obama has done nothing but walk all over our allies.

Cain stumbles again, still unprepared to answer basic campaign questions.

Nov 17 2011
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Worth a Read: 11-17-11.

Obama tries to go around Congress to “fix” Obamacare again, this time with the IRS.

Can Newt win the nomination?  Five potential stumbling blocks.

Obama will be facing a fire-tested Republican in the general election, thanks to all the digging for skeletons going on now.

Nov 16 2011
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Election 2012, Herman Cain, Lybia

Herman Cain Needs a Foreign Policy.

An “Oops!” moment, indeed.

OK, Herman.  You’ve had plenty of time to study the issues.  If someone asks you your opinion on events in Lybia, you should be able to respond in less than 10 seconds.

Not only should you have a position on whether it was right to support the rebellion, you should be able to hit this one out of the park.  It was supposed to take “days, not weeks.”  The rebels were an unknown quantity; all we knew was that they had links to Al Qaeda.  We conducted the war the same way every Democrat does, for political reasons, putting our soldiers into harm’s way without a clear mission.  Now terrorists are running wild, surely shipping out Qadafi’s arsenal to the front lines to use against our troops.

How is this NOT a slam dunk question for any presidential candidate???

Instead this happens:

Asked if he agreed with the president, Cain said, “Okay, Libya,” and then was silent for about ten — yes, ten — seconds, before asking, “President Obama supported the uprising, correct?”

Cain then said he did not agree with Obama’s handling of the uprising, before adding: “No, that’s a different one. I’ve got to go back, got all this stuff twirling around in my head. Specifically, what are you asking me did I agree or not agree with Obama.”

Finally, Cain concluded that he “would have done a better job of assessing the situation relative to the opposition first, before I made decisions about what we would do” but did not spell out any differentiation on policy.

Perry’s blunder was far more forgivable.  Forgetting the name of a cabinet department 75% of Americans probably don’t even know exists is a lot different from having no understanding of what is going on in a region with such serious implications for our national security.

Herman Cain needs to deliver a serious, substantial speech on foreign policy.  He needs to flesh out real positions on Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Lybia, Syria, North Korea, China, Russia, and the European financial crisis.  He must do this soon.  Or he will have no chance at the nomination.

9-9-9 isn’t enough.  We don’t need a President who is nothing more than a good speaker with a catchy slogan.  We already tried that in 2008.

Further Discussion: Hot Air, Right Wing News.

Nov 16 2011
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Worth a Read: 11-16-11.

Thank you, Bill Clinton.  Iran continues to develop nuclear weapons with the help of North Korean scientists.  (Remember when we gave North Korea nuclear reactors for peaceful purposes?)

For Nancy Pelosi, being the Speaker was a profitable gig.

Residents have to put up with Occupier crap every day.  Literally.

Do the Chinese have their own Area 51?

“I don’t have as much enthusiasm this time as I did last time.”  College students losing their infatuation for Obama.

The Super Committee is trying to renew the Farm Bill in secret.

My favorite columnist, Charles Krauthammer, hammering on Obama.

The EPA knows it’s rules are designed to eliminate coal-burning plants.  They just don’t want you to know.

Occupy Portland leaves behind 70 dump trucks worth of trash!

Nov 15 2011
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OWS

Occupiers Ousted.

“We’re gonna disinfect the hell out of this place.”

Mayor Bloomberg finally remembered that he’s in charge, sort of.  He kicked the occupiers out of Zucotti Park, long after the place had become a cesspool of human waste and violence.  In the process, the police had to cut some protestors out of locks they had used to chain themselves into place, and at least one cop left the scene on a stretcher.

Showing real spine, Bloomberg said the protestors can go back after the city cleans the place.

Wuss.  Guliani would have run them out on the first day, and he probably would have left the locks attached.  Plus the park would have been cleaned by arrested protestors serving their community service.

Further Discussion: Hot Air, Pirate’s Cove, The Blaze.

Nov 15 2011
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Obamacare, Supreme Court

Kagan Supports Obamacare.

Nothing really new here, except that despite being very careful to leave no paper trail, Justice Elena Kagan did let one email slip.  In it she gushed with excitement over the impending passage of President Obama’s signature job-killing achievement: Obamacare.

Again, no surprise there–she’s ultra liberal, exactly like her boss.  Of course, she supports Obamacare.

The problem is that now she gets a vote in deciding the law’s constitutionality.  There are plenty of calls for her to recuse herself, but it won’t happen.  There’s no way a liberal justice would step aside on something this big.

So she will predictably vote in support of a law which is certain to bankrupt many state governments.  Hopefully, however, she’ll only have 3 other justices voting with her.

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