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Can We Ask? YES WE CAN!

1. Since you have said you will sit down with our enemies and you belong to a church that has printed Hamas propaganda, why would you find it surprising that Hamas supports you? More importantly, why do you find it “flattering,” but complain when it’s mentioned by others?

NOBAMA no questions no answers no vote 2. Why do you demand one set of rules for opponents, but live by the complete opposite of those rules? Why do you demand civility from your opponent, then you attack him, distort his record and send out surrogates to question his integrity? Are you a liar, a hypocrite, or both?

3. Considering the fact that 1) you may be the most pro-abortion person on Capitol Hill, and 2) you equated pro-life Senator Tom Coburn with a terrorist, I must ask: would you belong to a church for 20 years that had opposition to abortion as a fundamental value and focus of activism?

Oh, I have plenty more questions to ask, but I’ll have to ask more of them later. Maybe I’ll make this a regular thing, since there’s a whole website set up for the purpose of asking Barry questions. Not that I expect to be given answers, since we all know how irritable he gets about being asked questions. Thou shalt not question thy Obamessiah!

Boohoo Obama

Can we ask? Yes we can!

(Video added)

hillary clinton is a complete mentalist. for real.

Demonstrating that mathematics and naked ambition are not always compatible, the gibbering wreck formerly known as Hillary Clinton declares her intention to soldier on.

Clinton made reference to her interview with USA Today where she said “Sen. Obama’s support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.”

Either this woman knows something we don’t, or is no longer in control of her faculties - she cannot overhaul teh Obamessiah™ in either delegates or the popular vote unless the Michigan and Florida delegations are apportioned 100% in her favor; which can only happen if she takes the fight to the credentials committee at the convention. If she controls that committee, which it is alleged she does, and they are prepared to ram through such a rule change, which I suppose they might, then she becomes the first nominee to lose a Presidential election in July.

It’s hard to imagine even the Democrats being so staggeringly stupid, but one never knows. What I do know is that if a Republican had used the words that Hillarious did to describe her target voter, they’d be hounded out of town by 8 o’clock tonight.

Mike Gravel and Obama Girl

And you thought Mike Gravel’s videos couldn’t get any more bizarre.

The Next Right

I’ve complained in the past about how ineffectual the right side of the blogosphere is; it’s part of the reason I grumble about how I “hate blogging,” in fact. Oh, yeah, we had Rathergate and the Reuters Fauxtography scandal, and a couple other things that hit critical mass, but that’s just a handful of things in the last four years or so. It’s nothing compared to the things the Nutroots gets done, and I’m not even talking about the enormous amounts of money they can raise compared to us.

The difference: While we talk about how they are negative–and they are–they’re also working FOR something. We’re just generally carping from the cheap seats, playing at punditry and media criticism. They’re getting the nutroots agenda heard on Capitol Hill regularly, and they even were able to take down a Senator who was once a Vice-Presidential candidate (Lieberman) in a primary. There’s no way Ned Lamont could have beaten Joe Lieberman in the primary without the Nutroots. And now, the conservative blogosphere is top-heavy with people who are largely lukewarm (or worse) toward our Presidential candidate, and more against the idea of a President Barack Obama. Well, it’s pretty much our own fault as a collective whole.

Enter The Next Right.

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The Next Right is a new project started by Patrick Ruffini, Jon Henke, and Soren Dayton, designed to foster political activism using technology like blogs and other Web 2.0 structures. Patrick Ruffini introduces it here:

If you’re looking for pure-play opinion and link bait on sundry topics from Ann Coulter to Jimmy Carter/Hamas, you won’t find it here. What you will find is in-depth (often unabashedly technical) writing about the election, the polls, the strategy, and the issues. Our analysis will track truth and stay true to the numbers. But it will self-consciously serve a greater purpose — educating YOU to be your own political strategist and start doing something — whether that’s blogging about your local Congressional race or Democratic corruption in your state, organizing fundraising drives, and maybe even managing races or running for office yourself. Only a revival of civic engagement at the grassroots level will create a conservative future we want: one that is pork-free and robust in the defense of our country and its values. We can’t call a switchboard and wait for Washington to fix the mess. We have to do it ourselves, from the ground up, in every state.
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We don’t think this alone will solve the activism gap. Anyone who tells you that they alone have the answer is fooling you. This is not “the Daily Kos of the right.” What we’re hoping to do is create momentum and an intellectual framework for action — because action ultimately starts with narratives and ideas. We want grassroots conservatives and libertarians to start believing that they can make a difference again — a sense all too many have lost. Only you – and not some well-funded 527 — can bring the movement into the future. Only when grassroots conservative have a direct stake in the future of the party are we effective. The Next Right is about creating a vision for a 21st century Republican Party and conservative movement.

We need this. Desperately. Go read more about the how and whys of The Next Right, and sign up to be notified when it’s open for business. TAKE BACK CONTROL OF YOUR GOVERNMENT.

THIS MEANS YOU.

Obama on divisive politics: “We will end it by telling the truth”

During last night’s speech in North Carolina, Barack Obama said the following, referring to the divisive way the political game is played:

We will end it not by duplicating the same tactics and the same strategies as the other side, because that will lead us down the same path of polarization and of gridlock.

We will end it by telling the truth.

We will end it by telling the truth forcefully, repeatedly, confidently, and by trusting that the American people will embrace the need for change, even if it’s coming from an imperfect messenger, because that’s how we’ve — that’s — because that’s how we’ve always changed this country, not from the top down, but from the bottom up, when you, the American people, decide that the stakes are too high and the challenges are too great.

FAIL. You’ve been fact-checked, Barry.

You’re going to tell the truth, Barack? What, did you decide suddenly to turn over a new leaf?

See, he can keep repeating this lie and play divisive politics himself by painting all of his opponents as “fear mongers” and racists, but he’s not fooling me with his rhetorical gymnastics. Here’s how he rolls:

* Opponent points out his faults, whether it’s his far-left agenda, his lackluster Chicago Democrat political record (that shows nothing resembling “change,” “unity,” or “hope”), or his history of alliances with radical leftists.
* Obama says this is divisive, and a distraction from the issues.
* Obama lies about his opponent’s record and agenda.
* Obama surrogates pile on, calling opponents racists.
* Obama surrogates/supporters lie about and attack the other candidates, and repeat absurd and demonstrably false accusations about them. (AKA “libel.”)
* Opponents are called “divisive” for drawing attention to Obama’s actual history.
* Obama surrogates claim that it’s all a smokescreen for what’s really just fear of a black President.

You tell me–who’s being divisive, if he and his supporters aren’t?

When IS he going to start telling the truth?

Hillary’s Not Backing Down

She’s not going anywhere yet.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A campaign aide says Hillary Rodham Clinton loaned herself $6.4 million in the past month.

Politically wounded and financially strapped, Clinton plunged back into the presidential campaign Wednesday even as Barack Obama declared that Tuesday’s primary results left him with a “clear path to victory.”

Her website doesn’t look like they’re winding down, either–although they’re asking for $5 donations on the splash page. I admit it - it’s awfully tempting to send in $5 just to keep the circus going, but I don’t want to end up on the DNC’s beg list. I get enough phone calls begging for money from Republicans as it is, thanks. And more importantly, that’s $5 I’d rather send to John McCain, anyway. Looking at the Obama fundraising juggernaut, McCain’s gonna need it.

Ed Morrissey:

Truthfully, Hillary has been a long shot since the first Super Tuesday defeats made Obama the front-runner. Operation Chaos may have helped her to remain in the race, and her predicament certainly made her a better candidate over the last few weeks, but her strategy always relied on convincing superdelegates to dump Obama. His unexpectedly strong showing in Indiana will convince them to stick with the frontrunner.

So how long will it take? Will Hillary really go all the way to Denver before surrendering? I’d guess that they will contest the last few primaries remaining. Kirsten Powers made a good point last night on Fox when she suggested that Hillary sees herself as a safety net — ready to take over if Obama has a “catastrophe” on the campaign trail. It would have to be at least an order of magnitude worse than Jeremiah Wright to knock him off the ticket now, but Hillary may be resting her ambitions on such slender reeds, and she doesn’t lose anything but time and money running out the string now.

Hillary won’t leave until the last primary contest closes its polls.

She’s not finished with her campaign, but writing is on the wall. West Virginia votes on Tuesday (the 13th). Kentucky and Oregon are on the 20th. After that, it’s just Montana, South Dakota, and Puerto Rico. All eyes on the superdelegates now…

~~Yoda~~ Patrick Ruffini made a good point at Twitter this morning about the protracted primaries:

I’m hoping Hillary stays in so we can have a full 50 state electoral map of this contest. The demographics will be studied for decades.

Oh, yes they will. It’s a rare opportunity.

Hillary Barely Squeaks Out a Win in Indiana, Obama trounces her in NC

Meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh is claiming to have beaten the Obama campaign. LOL. Um…not.

Okay, seriously? If Operation Chaos were such a big deal, how the hell did Hillary not clean up in Indiana? I mean, just a week ago, weren’t we all thinking she’d have a double-digit win over Obama because of the latest Crazy Uncle Jeremiah Eruption? But Rush gets some phone calls in to his show and reads liberal rags whining about Operation Chaos, and that translates to the margin of victory for Hillary? No. Don’t believe the hype, kids–it’s about ratings. Nothing wrong with ratings–that’s his job, and he does it well. Just don’t take this too seriously, okay? Especially you silly libs, who are no doubt crying about this as “proof” that you got robbed. STFU. You can STFU too, Sean Hannity–this isn’t your baby, so quit trying to rock it.

So…a week ago, the Wright Eruption happened, and people were suddenly thinking HRC might actually get the nomination after all. People were saying she was getting close to Obama in North Carolina (a state teh Obamination is now calling a “swing state”–LOL), and that her lead was widening in Indiana. Oh, how wrong that turned out to be just a week later. What happened?

Honestly, I’m a little disappointed; I wanted Billary to have a stronger reason to keep in the race until the convention, just like every other Republican voter did, including Rush Limbaugh in particular. Hey, maybe since Rush put Operation Chaos at parade rest a week ago…maybe that’s what had the effect. Heh. (Sorry, he can’t have it both ways.) So this is probably it for the “inevitable” candidate, for all practical purposes–barring another Crazy Uncle Jeremiah Eruption, although I don’t think he can have much more effect on Democrat voters at this point. Certainly Comrade Ayers won’t either, considering his philosophy is neatly aligned with Democrats today. At this point, Barack Obama could probably get caught smoking hash with strange gay men and all his friends in a mosque, and most of his supporters would still vote for him anyway. Hillary has canceled her appearances for this morning, and we’ll see what that means as the day progresses.

Here’s where we are today.

Coming into Tuesday, Clinton was some 415 pledged delegates short of the number needed to clinch the nomination-that count does not include Florida and Michigan. Obama was just 280 shy entering Tuesday. Come Wednesday, Obama will likely be within 200 delegates of reaching the magic number of 2,025 pledged delegates.

If the Clinton campaign decides to fight on, the race for the nomination could enter a contentious and confusing phase as the end of the primary season nears. The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee is set to meet at the end of the month, where members will debate whether to seat the delegations from Michigan and Florida. Tad Devine says that meeting could be the start of weeks of procedural wrangling between the campaigns, assuming the Clinton campaign takes up that fight.

“Anything from inconsequential action to turmoil can come out of that process,” Devine says. “It’s really up to the campaigns to decide what they want the tone of this to be, because the rules are such that they could go as nuclear as they want if it drags on, especially if it gets to Denver.”

Oh, and Harold Ickes warns of October Surprises. “A curious strategy,” indeed.

Watch Howard Dean go to war with the ~~RAAACISTS!!!~~ Clintons now–and with the superdelegates if they don’t start showing their cards. This is gonna be fun. :D

Election LOL-apalooza

I guess I shouldn’t “LOL,” but it is funny how Democrats are always shrieking about unfair elections when you read stuff like this:

We entered the Crooked Creek Baptist Church in Washington Township at approximately 10:15 AM and noticed an Obama volunteer had set-up directly across from the voter check-in table. We noticed that she was actively speaking to voters. The sign on the table stated “Trouble Voting? Talk to me.” and “Obama for America.” She wouldn’t identify herself and directed us to call the campaign for information. We contacted the County Clerk’s Office and they stated they would contact the Polling Inspector to investigate. See the video for yourself: …

Busted! Idiots.

Oh, and you stay classy, Clintonistas. (At least they weren’t cheating–just obnoxious.)

As with the Pennsylvania primary election, you can follow breaking news reports of election shenanigans at Election Journal. If you have Twitter, you’ll get even faster updates by following them.

Others to watch at Twitter: Patrick Ruffini, Campaign2008, and Political Ticker.

Commies for Obammie

File this one in the dossier, Vast Right Wing Conspirators: Nice Deb has (rather nicely, in fact) compiled a list of Marxists for Obama, as a companion to her list of terrorists for Obama.

Not that it should come as any surprise to anyone that he’s so closely associated with Marxists, considering his own history (per his book). “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for” = “we are the revolutionaries Karl Marx promised.” Hope! Change! Orwell is spinning in his grave.

Oh, but nevermind Obama’s radical politics–you’re supposed to ignore that, otherwise you’re a “racist.” /eyeroll

a steaming pile of obama part 2

Hey, Edwardsina, where the heck are you? Dang it. 4 hours at the hair dresser. I’ve had it. She’s going to pay. This week, I’m taking care of that.

Sorry boss. Traffic was terrible. The limo was stuck in traffic.

Yeah, traffic. Right. Let’s continue our list of fun facts about Obama and see what we come up with. Last we talked to you, we were summarizing Obama up. In short, he’s a lefty super hero. They marvel at him. So do I. I want to know how he defies the laws of physics. He sucks and blows at the same time! If this is the best the Dems have to offer, then they will never again see the inside of the Oval Office without a tour reservation.

Good one boss! That was hilarious. Me Next!

He makes things up like Hillary does:

Obama was making fun of Hillary’s “Sniper fire landing” that never happened. Fair enough. It was stupid and a lie and she deserved ridicule. However, at a speech in Selma last year, he thanked and praised the Kennedy’s because JFK had a program that brought people from Kenya to America to study. In an attempt to suck up to the illegal immigrant community, he said his dad was one of those Kenyans and when he got here, he never left. He overstayed like the other illegals did. Later, he met and married Barack’s mom and they had Barack. Only one problem: Obama’s dad was here a full year before that program started. Oops! I guess he’ll have to unsear that one from his memory, eh?

Wow, that was good Edwardsina. I’m shocked you thought of that. Let’s continue.

He will negotiate with hostile regimes without preconditions:

In a debate, he said “If we think that meeting with the president is a privilege that has to be earned, I think that reinforces the sense that we stand above the rest of the world at this point in time” Hey, guess what? WE DO stand above the rest of the world! The USA stands for things like freedom and individual rights and the ability to choose what kind of life you want. Whether it is a life of work and success or a life of slacking off, welfare and poverty, you get to make yourself what you want. You can go from a nothing to a millionaire in this country. This country is generous to people inside of it and outside its borders. This country cares about freedom around the world. That makes us better than tin pot dictators. We are better than the rest. That’s why the line to get in is a heck of a lot longer then the one getting out. That doesn’t mean all Americans are better than all others. We have some big time losers too (one is named Barack). However, America is better than the rest. Being better, we have to stand for something in the world. We have to make sure people who get face time with the president are people we want to promote. Simply put, a picture with a president is worth a 1000 guns. If we meet with a butcher like the leaders of Iran or Syria, we make them legitimate in the eyes of their people. If we meet with them, we say the terrible treatment of their people by them is legitimate. We cannot do that when they stand for everything we are against. We have to have standards and we must keep them. So yes, it is a privilege to meet the president and it needs to stay that way. That means no meeting with our enemies unless strict pre-conditions are met. Heck, even Hillary knows that. Sheesh.

Think about what he is thinking when he says “It reinforces the sense that we stand above the rest of the world.” What his logic says is that we are not and should not strive to be superior. Therefore we are inferior or mediocre. Hey, Barack, by your own logic, if being superior is so bad, are you going to strive to be an inferior and mediocre president? Look, some people are good at football. Some are bad at it. Some are really good and are superior at it. We reward excellence. The best get big contracts. The rest watch them on TV. It’s the same with countries. Some are good in the world, some aren’t. What he is saying is that we should not be excellent, and we are not excellent, and we should not demand it from others. Therefore we are no better than the thugs. That is wrong. But the ironic twist is this: if not for this great nation being superior and being the one that everyone wants to get into, Barack’s dad would never have come here and Barack would be sitting on a dirt floor in a grass hut with flies crawling all over him in the middle of Kenya. But hey, the Whitehouse isn’t anything better, right Barack?

Later we’ll delve into Barack’s crime beliefs. Let’s just say they are scary as heck. Here’s one example: In Illinois, a lot of cities have banned guns. You flat out can’t own them. Gee go figure, the crime rates in these cities skyrocketed. Well, to combat the onslaught, a lot of citizens kept their guns and didn’t turn them in. People would defend their homes, and after the police collected the bad guys, they then arrested the home owners for having the gun. In some cities, it was a felony, in others a misdemeanor. The state government stepped in and decided to consolidate the laws. A new state law was proposed that would make it only a misdemenor for defending you in your home if handguns were banned in that city. Obama voted against it and for making it a felony to defend yourself with a gun. So someone kicks in your door and you defend yourself with a gun, you become a felon. It doesn’t matter what the person wanted to do to you. You are a felon and could be going to jail. Barack’s world view: thugs, criminals and dictators are great, you suck now pay the government more. This guy should be an easy win when this stuff hits the news media.

But that’s the problem isn’t it. The media won’t print these inconvenient truths. They are covering for this guy and we will have to embarrass them into doing their job. To show you what we’re up against, here’s a little media research. Here is an apple to apple comparison on how the media is treating Obama different from everyone else. Back when the Republicans were having their nomination process and it looked like Romney had a chance to win the nomination, there were over 200 stories in the press on how Romney’s grandfather and great grandfather had many wives and how would that shape Romney’s world view. Romney actually had to address that and point out that he is married to one woman and was never even divorced. However, only one paper has bothered to mention that Obama’s FATHER had many wives as did his grandfather. For some reason that isn’t important and won’t impact Barack’s views. I guess they expect democrats to be slime. Look, I know people shouldn’t be tied to their fathers, but in this case, the media wants it both ways. One way for Romney the republican, the other for Barack the democrat.

We’re in for a fight this year, so donate to those 527’s and let’s get to the blood letting. God Bless you and God Bless America! Good night!

Slurs from Clintonista Mickey Kantor in ‘92 about Indiana: Real or fake? Original clip from the War Room found: FAKE!

WOW. I just saw this at Rightwingsparkle.

Denials at the Politico:

I just spoke to D.A. Pennebaker, the director of “The War Room,” who said his film had been doctored to produce a widely-viewed YouTube clip.
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“He does not say that. He does not say that,” said Pennebaker, after viewing the clip.

He said the initial expletive referred to the anticipated reaction in the Bush White House to the fact that Ross Perot’s polling numbers were holding strong.

“What he says is he’s surprised Perot’s numbers are holding,” said Pennebaker in a brief phone interview. “He says they must be shi**ing in the White House.”

The second expletive, he said, appeared to have been entirely fabricated, with new audio dubbed onto the original movie.

Ace said the whole film is available online, and I just found the clip from the original film. Look around 4:35.

I can’t tell what he’s saying in the alleged “special N-word” part (”How would you like to be a worthless white n****r”). You decide.

(Update to add this audio clip, via The Politico.)

(End update)

Kantor denies (obviously):

Kantor, on Friday, insisted that the latter part of his statement never took place and that it made no sense for him to use such language.

“Indiana was not even on our radar screen,” he said, “And I was talking about the polling and not the people… If you look at The War Room, this is not the way Carville or George interpreted my statement. This is frankly libelous.”

Kantor said he was in the process of contacting “the best” libel lawyers to approach YouTube.com about the process of removing the video from its site. He suggested that The Huffington Post, too, should not print even his defense, as it would be an advancement of a non-story.

“I don’t need to be defended,” he wrote. “When you write it, what you are doing is extended the libel.”

While Kantor said he had no idea who was behind the video or what intent he or she might have, he offered that political motives were at play.

Ya think?

I have to say, it seems pretty damn implausible that Kantor would say “worthless white n****rs” or refer to voters as “shit” with a camera in front of his face. Sounds like a fake story to me.
It’ll be fun finding out who in the Obama cult cooked up this scheme.

UPDATE: Well, you can see the original video has been taken down already. Second thoughts after a threat of a libel lawsuit? ~~Heh. Here’s what the person who posted it (indy007q) says, though:~~

According to this video Bill Clinton Campaign Chairman and Hillary Clinton ‘08 Advisor Mickey Kantor tells George Stephanapoulos and James Carville: “Look at Indiana…it doesn’t matter if we win. Those people are shit. How would you like to be a worthless white ni**er?”

But over HuffPo, Sam Stein, who initially broke this story, now says that Kantor’s racial slur is a hoax. Kantor has yet to deny calling Indianans “shit,” however.

UPDATE: At Politico, Ben Smith just talked to D.A. Pennebaker, who directed “The War Room.” Pennebaker said that the “shit” expletive referred to the Bush reaction in the White House.

“What he says is he’s surprised Perot’s numbers are holding,” said Pennebaker in a brief phone interview. “He says they must be shi**ing in the White House.”

Pennebaker said the racial slur was entirely fabricated.

No comment on the racial slur from indy007q? And he’s still going with Kantor calling Indianans (and not the pollsters or the Bush ‘41 people) “shit?” What chutzpah.

Sorry, that’s NOT from indy007q; that’s just some guy who posted it at his “blog” at Bravenewfilms. Apparently HE believes it, though. Idiot. I’m getting sloppy with this shit, moving too fast.

The mystery: who is indy007q?

John McCain on Health Care

I admit I’ve sort of been hiding from the health care debate because anything coming from John McCain would be infinitely better for me (and health care is a big part of my life) than what Hillary and Obama are selling, and I’m also sort of avoiding unpleasantries like worrying about how fast socialized health care will literally kill me.

McCain is saying all the right things with his health care agenda. Here’s his intro to it in the National Review.

What exactly is the problem with the American health-care system?

The problem is not that Americans don’t have fine doctors, medical technology, and treatments. American medicine is the envy of the world. The problem is not that most Americans lack adequate health insurance. The vast majority of Americans have private insurance, and our government spends many billions each year to provide even more.

The biggest problem with the American health-care system is one of cost and access, and as a result tens of millions of individuals have no insurance. For example, we currently spend for about 2.4 trillion dollars a year on health care. A decade from now that number, under current projections, will double to over four trillion dollars.

The Obama and Clinton response to these problems is to promise universal coverage, whatever its cost, and the massive tax increases, mandates, and government regulation that it imposes. But in the end this will accomplish one thing only. We will replace the inefficiency, irrationality, and uncontrolled costs of the current system with the inefficiency, irrationality, and uncontrolled costs of a government monopoly. We’ll have all the problems, and more, of private health care — rigid rules, long waits, and lack of choices, and risk degrading its great strengths and advantages including the innovation and life-saving technology that make American medicine the most advanced in the world.

I have a different approach. I believe the key to real reform is to restore control over our health-care system to the patients themselves. To that end, my reforms are built on the pursuit of three goals: paying only for quality medical care, having insurance choices that are diverse and responsive to individual needs, and restoring our sense of personal responsibility.

Read the whole thing here, and then get more details at the Health Care section of his website.

McCain visited the Cleveland Clinic today, and the text of the speech on health care is here.

Be sure to also read what others in the media and punditocracy have had to say about his health care agenda.

Moveon.org & the DNC: 100 Years of Stupid

The Stupid.

That one’s from the DNC, not MoveOn.org, but what’s the difference? Not to worry, though, moveon.org has released their own “100 years” strawman ad called “Candles.” Really, if this “100 years” strawman is the best they’ve got (and it appears to be their election strategy, along with “McSame” - LOL), I’m thinking we’ve got smooth sailing on the horizon. Obviously the libs really do believe voters are too stupid to figure out that it’s dishonest nonsense.

But for the libtards’ benefit (since they apparently are that stupid), a little fact checking is in order. Not that MoveOn or the DNC care about those pesky things called “facts.”

Please, Democrats, do stick with that strawman campaign!

Vote Democrat

I really think Barack Obama believes we’re stupid

I’m already tired of talking about the latest Wright Eruption, but this pretty well sums up my sentiments about Barry Obama’s presser today.

I don’t think anyone believes Barry is of the same mindset as Wright; his problem is the fact that he’s a coward. While Oprah Winfrey and no doubt hundreds of others over the years found Wright’s tenor unsettling enough to leave, Obama didn’t have the guts to do so himself. He didn’t have the sense to understand that this bomb-thrower would end up being a problem. Maybe he thought only racists would vocally object to Wright, I don’t know. It doesn’t really matter, though. What matters is Barack Obama is obviously not a good judge of character, doesn’t understand most Americans, and doesn’t have the courage to speak the truth to the man for whom he named his autobiography until he is in a desperate situation. Note that this is the same Presidential candidate that can’t take the heat from reporters in the debates or when asked questions outside a formal, staged setting. This is the same guy who refused for two years to go on Fox News, for crying out loud. (What kind of unity is that when you avoid a large swath of voters? But I digress.) What the hell is he afraid of? If he can’t handle questions from a mostly friendly press (and that includes Fox News!), how on earth is he going to handle the really difficult questions that arise as President?

Obviously I have no intention of voting for Barry Obama and his tired old quasi-socialist, Chicago Democrat machine, hopey-changey, self-indulgent ideas, anyway. But damn. I’ve said in the past that if I were a dopey lib, I’d probably end up voting for Barry - although I really don’t know, because I can’t imagine being a lib, and I find no reason to vote for him other than the fact that his last name isn’t Clinton. I sure wouldn’t now, though. But then, if I were a lib, I’d probably not care so much about having a President/Commander in Chief with cojones, with intestinal fortitude, while we’re at war or otherwise. I’m sure he does want to be a candidate for “unity,” but he’s not a legislator of unity, and he’s not chosen to disassociate from divisive, hateful people. Not until it was a political necessity, that is. His public persona is just as illusory as his campaign of Hopey-Change. “This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen,” as Slick Willie correctly said.

I do feel a measure of compassion for Obama’s predicament; he was right when he said Wright showed no consideration for him or his campaign. He was absolutely betrayed by this vengeful, narcissistic man. People will say Obama threw Wright “under the bus” (man, I’m sick of that phrase), but really, Wright threw him under the bus yesterday when he went out and threw fuel on the fire. Wright is out for himself, his own glory. But all that said, Jeremiah Wright is quite arguably the same pastor he met twenty years ago.

Obama must think us all bitter morons to try and pass off this embarrassment as the product of some kind of ideological evolution on Wright’s part.

We’re ignorant, so we’re full of hate. Bitter.

I may change my opinion of this for better or worse as time goes on. A lot of that is going to frankly depend on how this evolves, and you can be sure of one thing - it will continue being part of Obama’s story, whether Obama and his supporters like it or not.

Lest you think we forgot about Miz Porky–er, I mean Hillary…

I guess since Hillary hasn’t been able to keep up with Barack Obama in the fundraising game, she’s looking for money to hold her Senate seat. Lots of it, in fact.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has requested nearly $2.3 billion in federal earmarks for 2009, almost three times the largest amount received by a single senator this year.

*gulp* What the hell? $2.3 Billion? With a B? Wow. I guess since it’s too late for the New York primary, she’s just covering her bases. Hey, how’s she going to run in 2012 if she can’t keep her seat in New York? A girl’s gotta do what she’s gotta do, and what’s $2.3 billion between friends? Errr….oh yeah. Triple what everyone else asked for.

Allah adds:

This would have been a sweet talking point during the general election; too bad she had to go and tank on us in the primary. No matter. Obama’s nicely compromised on this subject as well: $98 million in special earmarks for FY2008 compared to a big fat doughnut for McCain.

Got that? A big fat doughnut. None of that drunken sailor spending for McCain, which should make even the most anti-Mac conservatives happy as well, at least. (”Should,” but I usually choose not to read the often-deranged chatter in the Hot Air comments.)

Maybe Hillary’s buying everyone in New York State their own flak vests and helmets to protect them from sniper fire. Probably a fleet of armored personnel carriers, too.

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