Chris Matthews - Hillary the Al Sharpton of White People
May 14 at 11:11am by Macranger
Nuance…
Trinity of Hell - Obama, Wright and Oprah
May 14 at 10:10am by Macranger
Whooboy….
Childers win not a indication of Jack Squat
May 14 at 10:10am by Macranger
I was expecting the usual suspects on the right and left to use the victory of Childers to prove that true conservatism is dead. Via The Hill.
“Democrat Travis Childers won Tuesday’s Mississippi special election runoff for Sen. Roger Wicker’s (R) former House seat, handing Democrats the biggest of their three special election takeovers this cycle and sending a listless GOP further into a state of disarray.
Childers led GOP candidate Greg Davis 53-47 with more than 90 percent of precincts reporting. Turnout increased substantially over the 67,000 voters who cast ballots in the April 22 open special election, with more than 100,000 voting in the runoff.
Childers, who beat Davis 49-46 three weeks ago but came up just shy of a race-ending majority, joins new Democratic Reps. Bill Foster (Ill.) and Don Cazayoux (La.) to give Democrats a trifecta of upsets in conservative House districts over the last two months.
The loss could send shockwaves through the Republican Party, where murmurs about a leadership shakeup have become more and more audible.
Democrats are backing up the assertion that they remain on the offensive in the cycle following a 30-seat gain, which has historically not been the case after a “wave” election.
Wicker’s former district voted 62 percent for President Bush in 2004 and, by that measure, is one of the most conservative seats Democrats have taken from the GOP over the last 18 months, including the 2006 election.
“After three consecutive special election defeats in districts President Bush twice won easily, it is abundantly clear the American people have turned their back and shut the door on the special interest-driven agenda of the Republican Party,” said the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.). “There is no district that is safe for Republican candidates because President Bush’s failed policies have hurt every community in America.”
It’s no doubt the “Republican Brand” is taking it on the chin, but this isn’t for the reason some are spouting off about. It’s not a rejection of Davis’s tough stance on immigration, because as we’ve seen in Texas only those who are tough on immigration are winning local and state elections.
It’s not really about anything except what happens when you water down the message of conservatism with “moderate/independant/I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up” RINOism.
Childers is a moderate old time “Dixiecrat” and as such not much of a difference to voters between him and Davis. He’s a support of gun rights and opposition to abortion and actually has illegal immigration views close to Davis’s. Thus Tom Cole’s lament of “Democrats running as conservatives” does not apply in this case, and as such this isn’t even a remotely good case indicating a “disaster looming” for the GOP in the fall.
In fact this is one of the reasons Tom Cole should step down.
“The political environment is such that voters remain pessimistic about the direction of the country and the Republican Party in general. Therefore, Republicans must undertake bold efforts to define a forward looking agenda that offers the kind of positive change voters are looking for. This is something we can do in cooperation with our Presidential nominee, but time is short.”
The whole problem Cole is the “stick your finger in the air” politics that democrats run on. Enough of this “we’ve got to be like them” crap to win. The problem is that our party has become so watered down with “progressive conservatism” and infested with the RINO virus that by and large people haven’t got a clue what we are about.
It’s time to begin to clean house.
As goes the 1st District House seat, Goes the GOP? Not buying it *** UPDATE: Childers wins after DCCC lies in anti Davis ad
May 13 at 9:09pm by Macranger
So say the “experts” right now it’s:
TRAVIS W. CHILDERS 39,116 50%
GREG DAVIS 38,418 50%
Ugh….
I don’t see this as the harbringer of disaster for the GOP that the media thinks it is. Other than the party affiliation the ideology between Davis and Childers is conservative.
More after the final results.
UPDATE: Childers wins, 52 to 47. Time for a leadership change at the GOP headshed. Michelle Malkin notes the dirty pool of the DCCC with this add.
Michelle notes, wrong Mayor, wrong statue. Color me unsurprised. Exactly what the GOP should be telling voters for November.
Why do I think they’ll miss the point?
Obama - It’s not about the Racism - Stupid
May 13 at 6:06pm by Macranger
For three solid days the MSM has painted the people of West Virginia, elsewhere who dare not vote for Obama as hay-seeded, corncob pipe-smoking hicks who won’t vote for the “chosen one” because of his skin color.
Note to Time Magazine, I guess he’s black enough for you now?
In any case as Carol Platt Liebau at Townhall writes, it’s not about racism but about discernment the kind that the rest of the Obama Messiah worshipping left is lacking.
“Back in the realm of reality, it’s the sad truth that there will probably be some people who won’t vote for Barack just because of his skin color. But there will be many, many more who oppose him because of his leftist policies and his radical associations. It’s important to distinguish between the two.”
From the start Obama - like a lot of liberals running for office - has been running as a centrist, a “healer of the country”, working for “both sides” and “the end of partisanship”.
The fact is that he is nothing more than your old garden variety 60s style leftist with new modern “progressive” threads. If the “simpletons” of West Virginia have figured this out already it won’t be long before the whole country finds out as well.
William Jefferson Watch: Cryonism in the midst of Trial
May 13 at 2:02pm by Macranger
Seems that not even an upcoming trial on corruption stops William “Dollar Bill” Jefferson from giving out favors, even for witnesses.
“Rep. William Jefferson filed legislation last month to name a Marrero post office after judge and civil rights attorney Lionel R. Collins, an honor that would coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Jefferson Parish jurist’s death.
But the timing of this effort is troubling because of more recent events: Rep. Jefferson’s indictment and upcoming trial on criminal corruption charges.
The son of the prospective honoree, Lionel Collins Jr., served as Rep. Jefferson’s chief of staff and testified before the grand jury that indicted his former boss. He’s likely to be called as a witness at the trial, although he says the honor for his father won’t affect his testimony.”
Uh huh….
By the way Dollar Bill’s lawyers are trying to get the trial moved back to Washington DC from Virginia citing “race factors”.
Of course!
Obama’s Jewish Friends
May 13 at 6:06am by Macranger
Obama in an interview about his love of the Jewish people.
“JG: Go to the kishke question, the gut question: the idea that if Jews know that you love them, then you can say whatever you want about Israel, but if we don’t know you –- Jim Baker, Zbigniew Brzezinski –- then everything is suspect. There seems to be in some quarters, in Florida and other places, a sense that you don’t feel Jewish worry the way a senator from New York would feel it.
BO: I find that really interesting. I think the idea of Israel and the reality of Israel is one that I find important to me personally. Because it speaks to my history of being uprooted, it speaks to the African-American story of exodus, it describes the history of overcoming great odds and a courage and a commitment to carving out a democracy and prosperity in the midst of hardscrabble land. One of the things I loved about Israel when I went there is that the land itself is a metaphor for rebirth, for what’s been accomplished. What I also love about Israel is the fact that people argue about these issues, and that they’re asking themselves moral questions.
Sometimes I’m attacked in the press for maybe being too deliberative. My staff teases me sometimes about anguishing over moral questions. I think I learned that partly from Jewish thought, that your actions have consequences and that they matter and that we have moral imperatives. The point is, if you look at my writings and my history, my commitment to Israel and the Jewish people is more than skin-deep and it’s more than political expediency. When it comes to the gut issue, I have such ardent defenders among my Jewish friends in Chicago. I don’t think people have noticed how fiercely they defend me, and how central they are to my success, because they’ve interacted with me long enough to know that I’ve got it in my gut. During the Wright episode, they didn’t flinch for a minute, because they know me and trust me, and they’ve seen me operate in difficult political situations.
The other irony in this whole process is that in my early political life in Chicago, one of the raps against me in the black community is that I was too close to the Jews. When I ran against Bobby Rush [for Congress], the perception was that I was Hyde Park, I’m University of Chicago, I’ve got all these Jewish friends. When I started organizing, the two fellow organizers in Chicago were Jews, and I was attacked for associating with them. So I’ve been in the foxhole with my Jewish friends, so when I find on the national level my commitment being questioned, it’s curious.”
So it’s the old, “I love Jewish people, I think everyone ought to own one!” However again, Obama gets “played” by his own words, as Ed at Hot Air judges Obama’s “love” of the Jews via the company he has kept.
In a word, “Hypocrite”. If this guy isn’t the AntiChrist, he’s damn close.
Ny Times Caucus Ka-Ka
May 12 at 11:11pm by Macranger
The Ny Times “Caucus” blog makes an attempt at humor today by telling us Republicans that we have a new message.
“For House Republicans, this week could be a real political turning point. But will it be a downturn or an upturn?
On Tuesday, Republicans will join the rest of the Capitol Hill political world in following a special House election in Mississippi to see if the minority party can stave off disaster and not lose a third special election in a heavily Republican district this year.
A win by Democrat Travis Childers in the state’s 1st District could spark real panic among Republicans about their prospects in November. Should Republican Greg Davis, who will get a supportive visit from Vice President Dick Cheney today, hold on for a win, it would bring a sigh of relief for Republicans.
But the respite might be temporary given the uncertainty surrounding Representative Vito Fossella, the New York Republican whose drunken-driving arrest led to disclosures of an out-of-wedlock child with a woman in suburban Virginia. The weekend saw mixed reports on whether Mr. Fossella, who is married, was going to try to hold his seat.
Hoping to get things moving in a positive direction, House Republicans will on Wednesday begin rolling out their own policy agenda, trying to showcase their differences with Democrats on issues such as health care, the economy, energy and national security.
In a memo to be sent to Republican members today, the leadership hints at a new slogan building on the change message that has already been shown to have political resonance with a public unhappy with the nation’s direction.
It looks like Republicans will counter the Democratic push for change from the years of the Bush administration with their own pledge to deliver, drum roll please, “the change you deserve.” The first element of the party agenda developed over the past few months by the leadership and select party members will focus on family issues.
“Through our “Change You Deserve” message and through our “American Families Agenda,” House Republicans will continue our efforts to speak directly to an American public looking for leaders who will offer real solutions for the challenges they confront every day,” said the memo prepared for lawmakers.
The party agenda is part of an effort to show that Republicans have ideas beyond simply blocking Democratic initiatives and supporting Mr. Bush on his multiple veto threats, some of which are looming over bills that could be before lawmakers this week.”
Notice that how a Drunken Driving Conviction LOOMS larger than a Congressman from Louisiana with a 51 count indictment hanging over his head.
I digress. But this is how we get in trouble folks by letting the leftwing media define us and how we can “fight back”. Not the outright lie about “The party agenda is part of an effort to show that Republicans have ideas beyond simply blocking Democratic initiatives and supporting Mr. Bush on his multiple veto threats”
Bah, what “Democrat initiatives” are we referring to? Investigating Bush? Has to be because thats about all this do-nothing democrat-led congress has accomplished in the last year and half. Oh yeah, the Nancy Pelosi house did pass a $650 million dollar budget that ends the Bush tax cuts and which will raise the tax burden of the average American by the tune of $4,000 bucks a year.
Some initiative.
By the way, note to the GOP. We don’t have to “out liberal” the liberals, just expose them for what they are. Let’s stop telling people how we are going to “change their lives” that’s NOT the way conservatism works. We’re conservatives because we believe it’s in the power of every person to rise above their circumstance and be whatever they want to be. Liberals believe people are too stupid for that much responsibility and so the Government is the answer. Remember Reagan won on telling people the truth, “The Government is not the answer to your problems”.
Sell conservatism. Not a hybrid, Undiluted, un-moderated, liberal-lite. It’s been the secret of success since 1972. The Candy Man is running as a moderate when he’s farther left than George McGovern.
Just get that message out and America will respond accordingly, and “Barry” will go back to drinking tea with Bill Ayers and watching Rev. Wright DVDs.
Bob who?
May 12 at 2:02pm by Macranger
Bob Barr has announced that he’s throwing his hat in the ring for President.
“Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr launched a Libertarian Party presidential bid Monday, saying voters are hungry for an alternative to the status quo who would dramatically cut the federal government.
His candidacy throws a wild card into the White House race that many believe could peel away votes from Republican Sen. John McCain given the candidates’ similar positions on fiscal policy.
Barr, who has hired Ross Perot’s former campaign manager, acknowledged that some Republicans have tried to discourage him from running. But he said he’s getting in the race to win, not to play spoiler or to make a point.
“I’ve heard from Americans from all walks of life … they want a choice,” he said at a news conference in Washington. “They believe that America has more and better to offer than what the current political situation is serving up to us.”
Barr first must win the Libertarian nomination at the party’s national convention that begins May 22. Party officials consider him a front-runner thanks to the national profile he developed as a Georgia congressman from 1995 to 2003.
If he wins the White House, he said he would immediately freeze discretionary spending in Washington. He also would begin withdrawing troops from Iraq and consider slashing spending at federal agencies such as the departments of education and commerce — as well as at overseas military bases.
The former U.S. attorney also said he would strictly enforce immigration laws.”
I guess Bar needs his ego stroked, but his jump in at this juncture will have zero effect on the outcome of the election. In the last few elections the Libertarians barely made themselves known with less that a quarter million votes nationwide. Bar, being out of the spotlight for the last few years has almost no name recognition, and besides there is the Ron Paul Revolution still going on.
All in all I think is more selfish and childish than anything of honor and valor. He should be ashamed of himself.
Trouble for Obama in West Virginia
May 12 at 6:06am by Macranger
“Like most people in Mingo County, West Virginia, Leonard Simpson is a lifelong Democrat. But given a choice between Barack Obama and John McCain in November, the 67-year-old retired coalminer would vote Republican.
“I heard that Obama is a Muslim and his wife’s an atheist,” said Mr Simpson, drawing on a cigarette outside the fire station in Williamson, a coalmining town of 3,400 people surrounded by lush wooded hillsides.
Mr Simpson’s remarks help explain why Mr Obama is trailing Hillary Clinton, his Democratic rival, by 40 percentage points ahead of Tuesday’s primary election in the heavily white and rural state, according to recent opinion polls.
A landslide victory for Mrs Clinton in West Virginia will do little to improve her fading hopes of winning the Democratic nomination, because Mr Obama has an almost insurmountable lead in the overall race.
But Tuesday’s contest is likely to reinforce Mrs Clinton’s argument that she would be the stronger opponent for Mr McCain in November, and raise fresh doubts about whether the US is ready to elect its first black president.
Occupying a swathe of the Appalachian Mountains on the threshold between the Bible Belt and the Rust Belt, West Virginia is a swing state that voted twice for George W. Bush but backed Democrats in six of the eight prior presidential elections.
No Democrat has been elected to the White House without carrying West Virginia since 1916, yet Mr Obama appears to have little chance of winning there in November. Recent opinion polls indicate that Mrs Clinton would narrowly beat Mr McCain in the state but Mr Obama would lose by nearly 20 percentage points.”
Of course they do vote Democrat as we know they’ve elected Robert KKK Byrd a couple of hundred times since the Civil War.
“Most people questioned said they mistrusted Mr Obama because of doubts about his patriotism and “values”, stemming from his cosmopolitan background, his exotic name and the controversy surrounding “anti-American” sermons by Jeremiah Wright, his former pastor. Several people said they believed he was a Muslim – an unfounded rumour that has circulated on the internet for months – despite the contradiction with his 20-year membership of Mr Wright’s church in Chicago. Others mentioned his refusal to wear a Stars and Stripes badge and controversial remarks by his wife, Mich elle, who des cribed America as “mean” and implied that she had never been proud of the US until her husband ran for president.
Conservative commentators have questioned Mr Obama’s patriotism for months and the issue is expected to be one of the Republicans’ main lines of attack if he wins the nomination. “The American people want a president who loves their country as much as they do,” said Whit Ayres, a Rep ub lican strategist. Obama supporters believe patriotism is being used as code to harness racist sentiment.”
Well tarnation, you mean we hicks actually read the news and note the facts such as:
1. His laughable denial about sitting in Church for 22 years but never hearing a thing.
2. His refusal to wear a Flag pin, just a simple gesture that he finds “unnecessary”.
3. Mrs. Obama’s remarks which are clearly documented.
Remember that in “liberal speak” “Questioning patriotism” means a liberal got caught doing or saying something that they really feel, “That America Sucks”.
Seems that the “hicks” in West Virginia are more discerning than the mindless Obamamania hordes that inhabit the rest of America.
