No Veto-Proof Congress

The Georgia senate election results have become final and happily, the left-wing Daily Kos crowd will not be having a Merry Christmas this year because they were deprived of one of their most longed-for wishes: a 60 seat Democrat senate. Of course the really despicable Democrat comedian from Minnesota is still trying to "steal" that state but it won't matter in the final analysis. They won't have the super majority they craved. (It always boggles the mind to see how the left-wing gang doesn't ever wonder how it is that every recount in a close election goes their way eventually. How does that happen? Logic would dictate that a truly honest, random recount would spread the "found" votes more or less equally among both candidates, but not if one of the candidates is a Democrat. This has been shown over and over, in state after state. If the race is close, the Democrats will steal it. It's almost a matter of pride with them.)

After securing the presidential election win, Barack, much to his credit, has disappointed his wild-eyed cohorts by naming several actual moderates to his cabinet. He has given us "Clinton Three" for the most part with a couple of "holdovers" to a least give the illusion of leading from the center. The Kos Kids are livid. No doubt the current economic conditions have tempered his real long-range intentions and even a committed socialist realizes that a crippling tax increase immediately after his election wouldn't sit well with the otherwise deluded American people. The tax increases will have to wait for a little while at least, but they, no doubt will be coming.

Conservatives are starting to come out of the hills to try and reorganize a comeback. It will be a long, hard slog but must be done. No doubt, when Obama's tax increases and wrong-headed policies start to show their negative effects, the American people will be ready again for a swing back to sanity. This time we must assure that "genuine" conservatives of the Reagan ilk are elected and not the country-club Republicans who fumbled away the last opportunity they were given. The nation's survival may well depend on it.

Truth and Consequences

For the past year many Americans have been ignoring many simple truths. Barack Obama is not what he appears to be and many self-deluded Americans, plagued with "white guilt" don't seem willing or able to admit to themselves that truth. Obama is an inexperienced political novice, without any qualifications, accomplishments, or relevant experience to be president of the United States. Obama has many troubling prior associations with radicals, terrorist supporters, communists and other assorted socialists that would prevent him from getting any kind of employment that required a security clearance or background check. And perhaps the most difficult of all truths for many people to admit to themselves: Obama is where he is for one reason, and one reason only -- because he is black. The truth hurts, but if anybody is willing to be honest at all with themselves, they have to admit that if Obama had the same background and experience he would not be the nominee of his party if he were white. I'm sorry if the truth is hard to hear.

Barack Obama is entirely a creation of a coalition of white, moneyed liberals, left-leaning mainstream media outlets who are in love with the concept of the "first black president" and who are deluded by power hungry Democrat politicians who share a pathological hatred for George W. Bush, and radical left-wing activists who really do want to destroy the America most of us know and cherish. Without the concerted efforts of this group, we would have never heard of Barack Obama since he himself has done nothing to merit any notoriety. This truth is undeniable.

If Obama wins the election on November 4Th, America may well survive, but will undoubtedly suffer severe damage from the appointment of assorted left-wing judges and the left-wing legislation he will support. The effect of this will be to further destroy the proven capitalist system that has provided us with unprecedented prosperity for over 200 years and replace it with socialist, grey bureaucracy dominated by the lunacy that people will work hard to provide tax revenue for leftists to redistribute to their favored clients. Nevertheless, America will probably survive, albeit at a great cost in lost prosperity and wasted time. However, if Obama wins and gets a veto-proof congress, America may well not survive the onslaught of left-wing political idiocy which would no doubt destroy most of the basic institutions we all hold sacred. "Spreading the wealth" will destroy us just as certain as that concept has destroyed every other socialist/communist experiment nations have previously tried.

The polls are tightening up. There is still hope that enough Americans will wake up in time to save us, if not from an Obama presidency, then at least from the dreaded veto-proof congress. Here's hoping we will not perish in that conflagration. We must remain steadfast in our resolve to not allow that to happen and to work tirelessly to overturn the Obama phenomenon as soon as possible after it bears the bitter fruit it inevitably will produce.

Leave the Taxpayers Out of It!

So some large Wall Street investment banks find themselves in serious trouble these days. Through a combination government mandated poor business decisions caused, in no small measure, by the Community Reinvestment Act, unrealistic economic assumptions, greed and foolishness, they wound up with a ruinous portfolio of non-performing real estate loans. The consequences? They should all now go out of business!! That’s the way it works in the real world. You make too many poor choices, the consequences are — you lose your business. It has always been that way. That’s the way it should work now and forever. That’s capitalism.

However, in an incredible collapse of good common sense, otherwise conservative-leaning politicians are leaping blindly into a new socialism to rescue these banks with taxpayer money! Uncle Sam will give the very banks that made the mess enough money to paper over their problems. Of course anytime you create the nation’s biggest federal bureaucracy in one fell swoop, and put billions of dollars into it, you have set the stage for years of taxpayer hardship to pay the freight. Our children’s children will be paying for this boondoggle for many years to come. You also create the inevitable feeding grounds for every special interest, government money grabbing, lobbyist known to mankind all lining up to get their “share” of the pie. This money will be spent on every liberal special interest program imaginable, earmarked to bring pork to every greedy congress person who can extend their hand, and will expand from a mere $700 billion, to who knows how much in the blink of an eye. It’s a bad idea! It should go away! It really could be the downfall of this nation!

But what can we do to help out the economy you ask? These large bank failures really have put the nation’s economy at risk. The threat of recession or worse is real. The economy really is in danger due to the lack of capital in the banks to fund loans to businesses and home purchases! This is true — and something really does need to be done. But what?

First, congress should immediately repeal the capital gains tax effective 1/1/08. This would cause multiple millions of dollars to pour into the economy immediately. The incentive to invest would increase greatly. Next, the president should announce that the non-performing assets held by these failing banks are for sale at thier current market value. He should stress that the patriotic thing for persons with means to do is to purchase these assets, which are backed with real estate after all, in the rational expectation that they will inevitably increase in value over the years, making them a good investment in the long run – and the fact that the investors will not have to pay capital gains tax on the gains from these investments will only make them all the more attractive. This is the private enterprise solution to this problem. There is money out there looking for investment opportunities. These assets are not worthless and will attract potential investors if packaged and marketed correctly. The above steps along with some additional penalties and sanctions against the senior management of the profligate banks involved, plus some modest banking regulation reforms would solve this problem quickly. This approach will leave the bloated government bureaucracy out of it in large part. This plan will help, rather than hurt, the future of our nation. We should insist that our elected representatives take the proven capitalist pathway and leave the failed socialist theories alone. If not, we’ll all regret it — sooner, rather than later.

CAVEAT ELECTOR

One of the most aggravating aspects of this, or any political campaign season, is the nearly constant lying perpetrated by politicians and their minions. While it happens on both sides, any objective analysis would reveal that recently the lying is much more likely a tactic of the Democratic Party. This is exactly what is currently going on in the Obama camp. It is an old story. Democrats seem to think they can just get away with it. A few examples: Kerry told the whoppers about "Chirstmas in Cambodia" and numerous other "Vietnam war hero" fibs. Clinton shook his finger at us and point blank lied about Monica Lewinski. Hillary repeatedly said she had no idea where the Rose Law firm billing records were. There are many, many more examples.

While is has been a long held political fact of life that you can't go after any democrat politician for lying --it's what they do-- Obama is taking it to a new low. One blatant example is his nearly constant claim that the economy is "... the worst since the Great Depression". In fact it isn't but that doesn't stop the Obama machine from spouting that whopper almost daily. In fact the economy is not even in a recession. A recession requires three consecutive quarters of negative economic growth. That hasn't happened. Not even close. The housing market, while under some stress, has very recently been worse, most recently in 1999 during the Clinton administration. The unemployment rate has ticked up a few points by it too has been much worse recently. The fact the the major news media is in the tank for him explains part of the reason Obama feels perfectly free to spout lie after lie after lie. Nobody will ever call him on it, and since he refuses to debate John McCain, he will likely never have to defend his lies.

Why can we sue and jail businesses who deceive us, and yet we have almost no recourse against democrat politicians who continually do the same or worse? The businessmen have the power the deprive us of a few dollars, but the lying democrat politicians have the power to literally control and ruin our lives through onerous taxes and regulations. Our only recourse is to vote against these liars and hope against hope that enough other Americans are astute enough to see through them. We don't have to just take it. Just like you wouldn't buy a car from a salesman who you knew to be an outright liar, why would you consider electing a presidential candidate who routinely lies. Why indeed?

It Was Just About Sex!

Kwame Kilpatrick, the Democrat mayor of Detroit must be spending a lot of time these days talking to himself. He was convicted violating terms of his parole in a case about lying under oath. He is accused of lying about sex. He has to be asking himself: "Why do I have to go to jail for doing the same thing that Bill Clinton did?"

Bill Clinton is jetting around the world raking in millions in speaker fees. Kwame sits in jail. Ain't no justice is this world!

Maxi-Me

Barack Obama's Top Ten Reasons for Selecting Biden:

1. If the tele-prompter breaks, he can plaigerize some really good lines for me to use.

2. If we have any more trouble with Georgia, I can send him to Atlanta. (He's got the foreign policy thing down pat!)

3. He has great mental akumen acqumin .... He's really smart!

4. No problem with four hundred dollar haircuts! (Maybe wind, but not haircuts)

5. He has 35 years senate experience, I have three. That makes the average between us 19 years each!

6. He, like me, never really worked in the private sector. (We'll hire advisors to run the economy. Not to worry!)

7. He supported the Iraq war. I opposed it. (Good balance there!)

8. He has the experience gravitas .... um, nuance I lack to be really attractive to potential voters.

9. He has great teeth, just like me.

10. He can help me win in Delaware! (I have the other 56 states in the bag already!)

(Hat tip to my brother-in-law Doug!)

Islamic Extremist Rope-a-Dope?

Some few mainstream media sources have grudgingly reported the major decline in US military deaths in Iraq. While that seems to be good news for conservatives, there is still much room for caution and concern. The terrorists watch CNN and they are not stupid. It seems more than likely that they are laying low during the current US presidential campaign because they know that any major offensive in Iraq, or anywhere else for that matter, would greatly help John McCain's chances to become president. The extremists don't want John McCain to be the president. He is much less likely than Obama to cut and run in Iraq. They know that if they wait until Obama wins, they can then step up the violence in Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama, under extreme pressure from American leftists, would almost certainly withdraw from both countries and thus the terrorists will win the war. It is really their only chance. They know it and they are willing to stop the attacks for now, and wait for Obama to win.

That's one of the major reasons all conservatives need to support McCain in spite of his liberal tendencies. While he might not be our first choice, he is the only person at the moment who can prevent a potentially disastrous Islamic terrorist victory in the Middle East. Freedom loving conservatives must hold our noses and support him. He's our only hope.

Plame Case -- History Revised

Two recent headlines regarding the self-serving testimony by Scott McClellan before John Conyer's congressional committee makes it very clear how low, shallow and mean-spirited the anti-Bush crowd can be. McClellan recently wrote a sensationalist book speculating about all sorts of things he really didn't know anything about and wasn't directly involved in. He wrote the book for one reason only: to make a pile of cash. He knew that writing scurrilous screeds against Bush is always very lucrative, even if nothing in them is true. Bush haters seem to have plenty of money. The headlines, both about the same event, illustrate succinctly how an author can twist and spin facts to match his own point of view.

The first: "McClellan: White House Hiding CIA Leak Info" plainly states as a fact that the "White House" (which most any average person would take to mean President Bush and Vice President Cheney) was "Hiding" the fact that they leaked Plame's name to Robert Novak in a vicious effort to punish Joe Wilson for his opposition to the war against Islamic Terrorism. The second: "Bush didn't know about CIA leak, McClellan says" makes no such assertion. It in fact says quite the opposite.

Both articles go on to say pretty much the same things however in their body. McClellan, who really was in no position to know what Rove or Cheney told Libby since he wasn't there and didn't ever ask, or bring his misgivings up with any senior White House official, nevertheless makes inflammatory assertions that Libby, Rove and Cheney leaked Plame's name to the press for nefarious reasons. Anybody, who doesn't have an axe to grind, has to now admit that Richard Armitage from the State Department was the leaker and the only leaker and that he did it deliberately for political, anti-Bush reasons. Libby was shamefully persecuted for purely political reasons even after that fact became known to the Special Prosecutor . The prosecutor was trying to poke a finger in Bush's eye and he didn't care how he did it. No leaks about Plame were ever given by Cheney, Libby, Rove or Bush! It didn't happen, but the leftists really wanted it to have happened so they just keep asserting that it did happen in a truly "Goebbelian" fashion.

Scooter was convicted of not remembering when he told, or what he told the late Tim Russert about the matter. He was never accused by the prosecutor of actually leaking anything because he didn't leak anything, nor did Cheney, nor did Rove. If they had, they would have been charged in a heartbeat. This whole political witch hunt is a giant embarrassment for all patriotic, clear-thinking Americans. Bush hating congressmen, news reporters and headline writers can make gratuitous assertions all they want that is was really Cheney, Rove or Bush who leaked Plame's name, but it still won't be true. However, the fact that it's not true doesn't seem to matter. They are all about revising history so the perception that it is true is at the forefront. And the saddest thing is that they seem to be able to get away with it.

Let me try my hand at yellow journalism headline writing: Russert Asserts Libby Was Involved in Plame Affair -- Now Dead!

It's Not the End of the World

To listen to the MSM yammer on and on about the state of the economy, one would think we are immeshed in the biggest economic depression in history. What we really have now is an economic downturn. Last quarter's .6% growth came as a great disappointment to those who are counting on a real recession to get Obama in office in November. They, of course, are embarked on all this recession talk to bolster the chances of their chosen candidate Barack Obama who has made talk of a recession a part of his campaign. Of course if these doom sayers can convince enough squishy voters that we are truly in recession, they might just vote for Obama and his tax raising economics. That would really send our economy into a tailspin and result in the very recession they are trying to scare us about. Most certainly they would then blame it all on Bush and Cheney. It's a convenient paradigm: if anything bad happens, blame it on Bush. So far it has worked for them.

Of course, the classic deffinition of recession is two consecutive quarters of decline in the Gross Domestic Product. This hasn't happened since 1990/1991. That was the Bill Clinton recession. Now the left-wingers are trying to claim that a recession doesn't have to have two quarters of negative growth. It seems that a recession is whenever they say there is one and we'd just better trust them. Essentially, a recession is whenever there is a Republican in the White House.

While nobody likes higher gas prices and other economics woes, we need to reign in our fears somewhat. One aspect of the current slow- down in the economy that impacts every consumer is the price of gasoline. There are reports of people canceling their vacations due the high prices. However just a little math can help people keep things in proper perspective. The average price of gasoline in May of 2007 was $3.20. In May of 2008 it rose to $3.90. The $.70 rise seems like a lot, but if you are an average driver getting 25 miles per gallon and driving 15,000 miles per year, your actual out of pocket cost has gone up by about $35 per month, or roughly $1.15 per day. Would an extra dollar and fifteen cents a day dissuade any self-respecting vacationer? Doubtful if they understand the reality, but the insistent, unremitting, negative drum beat from the mainstream media who are trying to elect their guy by scaring everybody, don't care about facts. And that's a shame. because it not only hurts the families who don't get to make memories while vacationing. It also hurts all the businesses who rely on those travelers. Think about that the next time Obama tells you how bad things are.

I Just Want to Maintain A High Degree of Honor -- And Lose!

At some point in this year's presidential campaign, the somewhat timid John McCain is going to be faced with a serious dilemma: He won't be able to disagree with Barack Obama (Or Hilary Clinton should the unexpected happen) at all, ever. As soon as he says anything the least bit confrontational, the mainstream media will immediately pounce on him for being racist. (Or sexist if it's Hilary.) So far, they have been biting their tongue in this regard during the primaries because they can hardly oppose either Obama or Hilary on any such frivolous grounds, but they won't hesitate to attack John McCain. Even though he thinks of himself as a media darling, he won't get any favors once the electoral battle ensues in earnest.

Barack's lack of experience, totally socialist policies, or left wing foreign policy won't likely ever even be brought up. McCain won't dare for fear of being branded racist. He will inevitably try to be the nice guy and that's frightening. The last "nice guy" to run for president on the Republican ticket was Bob Dole -- and he lost big time to a feckless, inexperienced Bill Clinton.

Unless McCain is able to get past this natural reticence to disagree with his opponents, he is doomed to follow Bob Dole and that will presage a bleak eight year for the GOP. John McCain has always gone out of his way to reach "across this aisle" to the Democrats. He has thrown his Republican colleagues under the bus to side with Democrat senators, sided with Tim Russert and George Stephanopolis, allied himself with Ted Kennedy. If he thinks he will get any mileage from any of these, he is most sadly mistaken.

Here's hoping his advisors will make him see that he needs to start disagreeing loudly and often with Obama and Hilary, and he needs to couch each and every point in the fact that their race or sex has nothing at all to do with his disagreement. He needs to disarm the race baiters of this world up front, take away their case that he is somehow racist for daring to disagree with his opponent's left-wing agenda. The future of our country depends on it.