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Archive for October 18th, 2008

If you are an undecided voter, please take a few minutes to watch this video before you cast your ballot for President of the United States. It might just help you make up your mind.

*(Reverend Wright’s comments are included so some might find this not suitable for younger viewers)

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We have lost our way:

When the numbers are all in and tallied, if Obama wins, we are going to find that he will have spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $750,000,000 between the primary and general campaigns in order to buy himself and the Democrat party the White House.

[emphasis-mine]

*Update: Another interesting perspective on this issue from John at Power Line:
(the new site design there is really sharp)

But wait! We know that Obama is in favor of “spreading the wealth around” so as to achieve what he thinks is fairness. So presumably Obama will be willing to share his vast resources with the McCain campaign so the playing field will be level for the last weeks of the campaign. That’s only fair, right? What do you say, Barack? And if not, why not?

Good question, don’t you think?

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Plumber Joe gets his due.

While the media is doing their level best to destroy the man we will be happy to show our support and gratitude for the man who would question Barack Obama.

Thanks to Iowahawk for the link to the graphic and this:

We’ve all witnessed a lot of insanity in American politics over the last few years. Up until the last few days, none of it has seriously bothered me; hey, just more grist for the satire mill. But after witnessing the media’s blitzkreig on Joe ‘the Plumber’ Wurzelbacher, I can only muster anger, and no small amount of fear.

Politicians — Sarah Palin, Bill Clinton, et al. — obviously have to put up with some rude, nasty shit, but it’s right there in the jobs description. Joe the Plumber is different. He was a guy tossing a football with his kid in the front yard of his $125,000 house when a politician picked him out as a prop for a 30 second newsbite for the cable news cameras. Joe simply had the temerity to speak truth (or, if you prefer, an uninformed opinion) to power, for which the politico-media axis apparently determined that he must be humiliated, harassed, smashed, destroyed. The viciousness and glee with which they set about the task ought to concern anyone who still cares about citizen participation, and freedom of speech, and all that old crap they taught in Civics class before politics turned into Narrative Deathrace 3000, and Web 2.0 turned into Berlin 1932.0.

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Commander in Chief. President of the United States of America. Leader of the Free World. These are titles to which Barck Obama aspires.

What a shame that this man and his campaign could not find the time at one of their rallies to honor America with a rendition of the National Anthem. HT:Wizbang

Not present, or at least not singing the National Anthem at the rally was Londonderry senior Zach Bencal.

Bencal, who sings the anthem for a number of school events and is actively involved in local community theatre, had been contacted by the Obama campaign to sing the anthem. He agreed to do so, then was told later in the evening the anthem had been scratched from the program. Bencal said he was told by the campaign the decision was a simple programming change to make room for another speaker.

“I guess it just wasn’t meant to be,” Bencal said.

Sandra Abrevaya, communications director for the Obama campaign’s Manchester office, confirmed the choice had simply been a last-minute scratch from the rally’s program, which included the Pledge of Allegiance.

“We regret the miscommunication with Zach about today’s event but we are pleased that several other New Hampshire residents were able to speak at today’s event, where thousands of voters in both parties gathered to hear Sen. Obama discuss his plan to bring the change we need to Washington.”

[emphasis-mine]

One more speech of praise and admiration. One more promise of change.

None of this change and hope is worth a whit if it does not include this:

There, now I feel better!

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Every election at least since 1980 has shown the Democrats to bring up race, class warfare and Medi-Scare.

This one is true to form. Anyone opposing Obama for his stand on the issues of the day is accused of being racist and inciting racial hatred by the Democrats, who then say the Republicans are bringing up race. I may not be watching or reading the right channels or newspapers, but the only ones mentioning race have been Democrats. The most recent has been Rep. John Lewis, a great man who was involved in the Civil Rights movement and was arrested and beaten so he could get civil rights to be guaranteed for all Americans and not just the white.

Rep. Lewis compared Sen. McCain and Sarah Palin to George Wallace, the segregationist governor of Alabama back in the sixties who was the very face of racism. Lewis said McCain and Palin were inciting hatred in their rallies. Accusations of “Kill him!” or “Off with his head!” at McCain or Palin rallies have been debunked by Secret Service agents planted in the crowds, as well as police officers in the crowds. But Lewis said it so it must be true. Yes, I’m sure some Republicans are racists, but if you think racism doesn’t exist in the Democratic party as well then I have a bridge to sell you.

Sen. Obama has resorted to class warfare because it resonates so well with people who would rather receive than earn. I have no problem helping those who need help, but I do have a problem with welfare for people, white, black or purple who would rather take a hand-out than help themselves, and then sit around and complain about their plight in life.

So, let’s pick on those who have worked their fannies off for years to scrimp and save to educate their children and put something aside for their golden years. Pick on them by taxing what was already taxed while they were working and make them feel guilty because they were wise and saved for their future, while they watch their savings go down the drain because no one knows how to solve the global economic crisis we are in. Yes, it’s global and since George Bush isn’t dictator of the world, it would appear this crisis is not his fault, but some of you will hold him responsible. I suppose we should also hold responsible the heads of nearly every other government in the world. But I digress.

Now we finally have the old Democratic standby scare tactic, Medi-Scare. Those mean old Republicans will take away your Medicare if you elect them.

The disclosures came as Obama accused McCain of wanting to cut $882 billion from Medicare over a decade to finance his health care plan. He said the result would be more costly drugs, diminished services and lower quality care for seniors.

“It’s entirely consistent with Sen. McCain’s record during his 26 years in Congress where, time and again, he’s opposed Medicare,” Obama said. “In fact, Sen. McCain has voted against protecting Medicare 40 times.”

In response, McCain’s campaign issued a statement saying Obama was “simply lying.” The statement said the Republican planned to trim spending, but said his plans “do not cut a single benefit.”

Unfortunately, my husband will be eligible for Medicare next year and he will be forced into a system neither of us wants to enter, but because it’s the law of the land he must no longer use our better insurance as his primary carrier, but will have to use Medicare and hunt for a supplemental policy while I am still eligible for my regular insurance. We are so fortunate to be able to pay three health insurance premiums. NOT!

You can always tell when the internals of their polls show the democrats losing ground because that’s when they bring out their big guns of Social Security and Medi-Scare. The hitch this year is that many baby-boomers are reaching the age of Social Security and Medicare and remember all the woe is me crying from Democrats back to Ronald Reagan’s first run for the presidency. “If you elect the Republicans they’re going to take away your Social Security and Medicare.” The old folks of 28 years ago believed it, but since it didn’t happen, our generation is a little bit smarter and not falling for the trick.

It is to the advantage of the Democratic Party to keep people on welfare and as dependent on the federal government as possible, because you can scare those people into voting for all the goodies every time. If you teach them to fish instead of giving them a fish they might get smarter and not need the federal handouts except in extreme cases. I have no problem with helping those in extreme circumstances—especially the elderly and disabled. I also have no problem training people for a job that can be a career and supporting their families in a good fashion while they are learning and getting on their feet.

These people should be given enough to live on in a decent lifestyle and not have to scrimp along with whatever crumbs Congress decides to throw them; however, those who are capable and refuse to work should not benefit from the system. If you take these people off the rolls then there is more money for those who really need it and will need it temporarily instead of a lifetime, with the exception of our elderly and disabled citizens.

OK, sermon over. Just don’t believe all the crap you are hearing now about having Medicare benefits cut. Even if McCain tried to do it the Democratic Congress wouldn’t allow it. That’s assuming McCain pulls this off, and shows why divided government works best. Vote for Obama and your benefits won’t change either, because the dirty little secret is we don’t have enough money to pay for more.

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All together now, say “Fairness Doctrine.”

If the Democrats take the White House and both Houses of Congress then we just might see the return of a form of censorship of the media.

Of course the censorship will only be used to protect a man who has a great difficulty with anyone who would criticize either him or his policies.

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