Remember that word?
Gravitas?
It is used when a Republican without extensive DC or other media approved experience runs for high office. It was used in 1988 against Dan Quayle and used again in 2000 against George Bush. Quayle was a two term US Senator and Bush was a twice elected governor of Texas.
But in 2008 the use of "gravitas" is forbidden.
Why?
Senator Obama has little or no experience and no accomplishsments. But he does give pretty speeches that float away in the media windstorm. And he is ranked as the most liberal (read: Left) US Senator, even more "liberal" than the avowed socialist Bernie Sanders.
Gravitas?
Nah, not important this year.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Buying the White House
Obama is raising millions and millions of dollars in an effort to buy the White House.
Now you may ask why I say this.
Obama and the other candidates during the primary season signed pledges to accept federal funding for the general election.
Obama reneged on his pledge.
McCain kept his word and is stuck with the limitations of federal funding.
Obama may raise and spend $1,000,000,000 - That's ONE BILLION DOLLARS - to buy the White House.
Obama has numerous billionaire socialists backing him. Oprey, Warren Buffet, George Soros, Bill Gates, and the Google Guy are a few.
However, more troubling is Obama's refusal to list all his contributors on his web site. McCain lists ALL his donations whereas Obama refuses to disclose donors who give less than $250 at a time. So Obama donors can give $250 over and over and over without any disclosure.
From NEWSMAX.com 10-22-08
"Bart Simpson, Family Guy, Daffy Duck, King Kong, O.J. Simpson and Raela Odinga all are celebrities; and with the exception of Odinga and O.J. Simpson, they also are fictional characters. And yet, all of them gave money earlier this month to the campaign of Barack Obama. Newsmax's Kenneth Timmerman reports on how the Obama campaign suspended normal credit card security features allowing for massive donation fraud. "
I hear reports that millions of foreigners are donating to Obama - a federal crime. But it is tough locating any media coverage.
Just think of the media's outrage if McCain had reneged on his pledge to accept the limitations of federal funding.
Howls and screams from liberals for months would follow.
Yet we hear nothing about Obama's buying the White House. In fact we heard how wonderful it is that Obama is raising so much money to buy the White House.
That, my friends, is where we are today.
Now you may ask why I say this.
Obama and the other candidates during the primary season signed pledges to accept federal funding for the general election.
Obama reneged on his pledge.
McCain kept his word and is stuck with the limitations of federal funding.
Obama may raise and spend $1,000,000,000 - That's ONE BILLION DOLLARS - to buy the White House.
Obama has numerous billionaire socialists backing him. Oprey, Warren Buffet, George Soros, Bill Gates, and the Google Guy are a few.
However, more troubling is Obama's refusal to list all his contributors on his web site. McCain lists ALL his donations whereas Obama refuses to disclose donors who give less than $250 at a time. So Obama donors can give $250 over and over and over without any disclosure.
From NEWSMAX.com 10-22-08
"Bart Simpson, Family Guy, Daffy Duck, King Kong, O.J. Simpson and Raela Odinga all are celebrities; and with the exception of Odinga and O.J. Simpson, they also are fictional characters. And yet, all of them gave money earlier this month to the campaign of Barack Obama. Newsmax's Kenneth Timmerman reports on how the Obama campaign suspended normal credit card security features allowing for massive donation fraud. "
I hear reports that millions of foreigners are donating to Obama - a federal crime. But it is tough locating any media coverage.
Just think of the media's outrage if McCain had reneged on his pledge to accept the limitations of federal funding.
Howls and screams from liberals for months would follow.
Yet we hear nothing about Obama's buying the White House. In fact we heard how wonderful it is that Obama is raising so much money to buy the White House.
That, my friends, is where we are today.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Joe the Plumber...
is a symol for millions of Americans.
Joe represents Americans who want to start their own their businesses without the government taking their hard earned income and redistributing it to people who did not earn it.
Joe the Plumber is being attacked and ridiculed by the elites in the mainstream media (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, CNN, MSNBCLSD, NY Times and the usual big city suspects and the weekly magazines) for exposing Obama for what he is: a socialist at best.
Why should hard working Americans pay higher taxes to a bloated, out of control, demanding, inefficient, wasteful, and spendthrift federal government? There is no good reason for higher taxes!
In our economic conditions taxes should be reduced, governments at all level should spend less, and thousands and thousands of Joe the Plumbers should be encouraged to start their businesses. Most jobs (a four letter word, Senator Biden) are created by Joe the Plumbers.
Joe represents Americans who want to start their own their businesses without the government taking their hard earned income and redistributing it to people who did not earn it.
Joe the Plumber is being attacked and ridiculed by the elites in the mainstream media (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, CNN, MSNBCLSD, NY Times and the usual big city suspects and the weekly magazines) for exposing Obama for what he is: a socialist at best.
Why should hard working Americans pay higher taxes to a bloated, out of control, demanding, inefficient, wasteful, and spendthrift federal government? There is no good reason for higher taxes!
In our economic conditions taxes should be reduced, governments at all level should spend less, and thousands and thousands of Joe the Plumbers should be encouraged to start their businesses. Most jobs (a four letter word, Senator Biden) are created by Joe the Plumbers.
Powell
Powell endorsed Obama.
No surprise there.
Powell was a lackluster Republican, a softie, a RINO, despite all the benefits bestowed upon him by Republicans during his career. It was President Reagan, Bush 41, Sec Def Cheney, Bush 43 who made Powell in Washington. Otherwise, Powell would have been just another obscure Army colonel.
My doubts about Powell rose during the First Gulf War. Powell did not favor using military force to remove Saddam from Kuwait. He wanted to go the UN route which meant Saddam would have been in Kuwait for years and controlled vital oil resources and threathened Saudia Arabia and the other small Gulf States. Powell was taken to the woodshed by Sec of Def Cheney and finally got with the administration's policy.
Powell is an appeaser in the tradition of many liberal Democrats who always favor ceding national rights and power to international organizations which do not always have the best interest of the US in mind.
I wonder what Obama promised Powell. Power? Position? Influence? Or vice versa?
Other questions linger around Powell. Powell endores Obama, half African and half white American. Did Powell endorse Obama for racial reasons?
Where was Powell when Lynn Swan ran for Gov. of Pennsylvania?
Where was Powell when Michael Steele ran for the US Senate in Maryland?
Where was Powell when Ken Blackwell ran for state-wide office in Ohio?
All of the above are black Republicans.
Powell was AWOL!
No surprise there.
Powell was a lackluster Republican, a softie, a RINO, despite all the benefits bestowed upon him by Republicans during his career. It was President Reagan, Bush 41, Sec Def Cheney, Bush 43 who made Powell in Washington. Otherwise, Powell would have been just another obscure Army colonel.
My doubts about Powell rose during the First Gulf War. Powell did not favor using military force to remove Saddam from Kuwait. He wanted to go the UN route which meant Saddam would have been in Kuwait for years and controlled vital oil resources and threathened Saudia Arabia and the other small Gulf States. Powell was taken to the woodshed by Sec of Def Cheney and finally got with the administration's policy.
Powell is an appeaser in the tradition of many liberal Democrats who always favor ceding national rights and power to international organizations which do not always have the best interest of the US in mind.
I wonder what Obama promised Powell. Power? Position? Influence? Or vice versa?
Other questions linger around Powell. Powell endores Obama, half African and half white American. Did Powell endorse Obama for racial reasons?
Where was Powell when Lynn Swan ran for Gov. of Pennsylvania?
Where was Powell when Michael Steele ran for the US Senate in Maryland?
Where was Powell when Ken Blackwell ran for state-wide office in Ohio?
All of the above are black Republicans.
Powell was AWOL!
Friday, October 17, 2008
The Double Standard
Anyone who pays attention to the news and politics knows about the liberal media's bias.
The latest examples are:
1. The attacks on Joe the Plumber.
Joe had the nerve to ask Obama a tough question about taxes. Obama's answer revealed his true colors - as in Red. Redistribition of wealth by government coercion is a good thing in Obama's view.
So why isn't the mainstream media taking Obama to task for his Marxist political leanings?
Because the media agree with and support the redistribution of wealth by government - known in most parts of the world as socialism or communism.
Joe is being attacked by the media and other lefties because he revealed Obama's true colors.
2. Joe Biden - the human gaffe machine.
Remember how Dan Quayle was villified in the media over and over and over.
Here are a few of Joe Biden's latest gaffes.
At a Missouri rally old Joe was recognizing local politicians and called out a name. Then he said "Come on , stand up and let us see you." Then old Joe discovered the person was in a wheelchair. No story in the mainstream media.
If Gov Palin or McCain had done such a thing, the media would have run it for days and days.
At the debate with Gov Palin, old Joe said folks should meet him at Katy's Dinner in Delaware to see how ordinary people work and live.
The only problem is Katy's Dinner closed more than 20 years ago.
No stories in the mainstream media!
Then Old Joe said the worst problem facing the country was a three letter word - JOBS!!!
Three letters???
Imagine if Gov Palin or McCain had said "jobs" was a three letter word.
The media would have gone nuts for months.
3. Obama said he was going to visit all 57 states.
What?
Yep, 57 states.
No stories in the mainscream media.
4. We saw the media frenzy when McCain selected Gov. Palin as his running mate. Flocks of liberals flew to Alaska to look for dirt on Palin. Her family was attacked, her children attacked, and every Palin hater in the state was quoted.
In comparison we still do not know anything about Obama. The liberal media have given Obama a pass and refuse to do their job. Instead of asking tough questions and digging into the relationships between Obama and Ayers, Wright, Alinsky and other "reds" we get worship stories from the sycophantic media.
5. PBS ran a poll asking whether Gov Palin was qualified to serve as VP?
Nothing wrong with that except PBS DID NOT run a poll asking whether Obama was qualified to serve as president?
Why the bias and double standard? Palin has more experience than Obama. Obama has done nothing in his career other than run for the US Senate from which he started running for president as soon as he arrived.
No wonder millions of Americans are disgusted by the mainstream media. I predict the media will continue to lose readers and viewers by the millions simply because Americans cannot trust or believe the media!
This explains the low rating of the media by the public. A dishonest, lazy, biased, and self absorbed media is not what we need.
Thank God for the alternate media!
The latest examples are:
1. The attacks on Joe the Plumber.
Joe had the nerve to ask Obama a tough question about taxes. Obama's answer revealed his true colors - as in Red. Redistribition of wealth by government coercion is a good thing in Obama's view.
So why isn't the mainstream media taking Obama to task for his Marxist political leanings?
Because the media agree with and support the redistribution of wealth by government - known in most parts of the world as socialism or communism.
Joe is being attacked by the media and other lefties because he revealed Obama's true colors.
2. Joe Biden - the human gaffe machine.
Remember how Dan Quayle was villified in the media over and over and over.
Here are a few of Joe Biden's latest gaffes.
At a Missouri rally old Joe was recognizing local politicians and called out a name. Then he said "Come on , stand up and let us see you." Then old Joe discovered the person was in a wheelchair. No story in the mainstream media.
If Gov Palin or McCain had done such a thing, the media would have run it for days and days.
At the debate with Gov Palin, old Joe said folks should meet him at Katy's Dinner in Delaware to see how ordinary people work and live.
The only problem is Katy's Dinner closed more than 20 years ago.
No stories in the mainstream media!
Then Old Joe said the worst problem facing the country was a three letter word - JOBS!!!
Three letters???
Imagine if Gov Palin or McCain had said "jobs" was a three letter word.
The media would have gone nuts for months.
3. Obama said he was going to visit all 57 states.
What?
Yep, 57 states.
No stories in the mainscream media.
4. We saw the media frenzy when McCain selected Gov. Palin as his running mate. Flocks of liberals flew to Alaska to look for dirt on Palin. Her family was attacked, her children attacked, and every Palin hater in the state was quoted.
In comparison we still do not know anything about Obama. The liberal media have given Obama a pass and refuse to do their job. Instead of asking tough questions and digging into the relationships between Obama and Ayers, Wright, Alinsky and other "reds" we get worship stories from the sycophantic media.
5. PBS ran a poll asking whether Gov Palin was qualified to serve as VP?
Nothing wrong with that except PBS DID NOT run a poll asking whether Obama was qualified to serve as president?
Why the bias and double standard? Palin has more experience than Obama. Obama has done nothing in his career other than run for the US Senate from which he started running for president as soon as he arrived.
No wonder millions of Americans are disgusted by the mainstream media. I predict the media will continue to lose readers and viewers by the millions simply because Americans cannot trust or believe the media!
This explains the low rating of the media by the public. A dishonest, lazy, biased, and self absorbed media is not what we need.
Thank God for the alternate media!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Debates
...are over!
Thankfully.
I did not learn anything from watching the debates. I knew going in that McCain was not an inspiring speaker. I knew Obama gave pretty speeches and repeated his lines well.
I was disappointed by McCain's passive approach to the issues. He did a little better last night, but still allowed Obama to rope-a-dope all night long. McCain refused to press issues critical to the future of the nation; namely, Obama's associations with Ayers, a domestic terrorist, Alinsky, an American Red Guard, a true believer in the worn-out Marxist dogma which has plagued mankind for more than 100 years. And, of course, McCain said nothing about Jermiah Wright or Louis Farrakhan or Resko or the Chicago political machine which controls (in part) Obama.
It comes down to how many voters will fall for the pretty lines and meaningless cliches - Hope, Change.
Thankfully.
I did not learn anything from watching the debates. I knew going in that McCain was not an inspiring speaker. I knew Obama gave pretty speeches and repeated his lines well.
I was disappointed by McCain's passive approach to the issues. He did a little better last night, but still allowed Obama to rope-a-dope all night long. McCain refused to press issues critical to the future of the nation; namely, Obama's associations with Ayers, a domestic terrorist, Alinsky, an American Red Guard, a true believer in the worn-out Marxist dogma which has plagued mankind for more than 100 years. And, of course, McCain said nothing about Jermiah Wright or Louis Farrakhan or Resko or the Chicago political machine which controls (in part) Obama.
It comes down to how many voters will fall for the pretty lines and meaningless cliches - Hope, Change.
Election Day
Remember when election day was one day in November?
Now election day appears to be any day of the year since many states have relaxed the rules on voting. Folks now can vote early, vote absentee, mail in their votes in some states, motor vote, and vote the traditional way by going to their assigned polling places.
I prefer the traditional way of voting. Going to the polls and seeing my friends and neighbors doing their civic duty and exercising their right to vote is worth the wait in line. Mailing in ballots or using absentee ballots, except for people who are away on business, in the military or away on other legitimate reasons, does not appeal to me. It makes the voting process sterile and foreign.
Perhaps we have made it too easy to vote. Voting should require an effort by citizens. Easy voting also increases the chances of fraud. I refer to the ACORN activities in many states this year.
Unfortunately, Vote early and Vote often is more than a joke!
Now election day appears to be any day of the year since many states have relaxed the rules on voting. Folks now can vote early, vote absentee, mail in their votes in some states, motor vote, and vote the traditional way by going to their assigned polling places.
I prefer the traditional way of voting. Going to the polls and seeing my friends and neighbors doing their civic duty and exercising their right to vote is worth the wait in line. Mailing in ballots or using absentee ballots, except for people who are away on business, in the military or away on other legitimate reasons, does not appeal to me. It makes the voting process sterile and foreign.
Perhaps we have made it too easy to vote. Voting should require an effort by citizens. Easy voting also increases the chances of fraud. I refer to the ACORN activities in many states this year.
Unfortunately, Vote early and Vote often is more than a joke!
Friday, October 3, 2008
The Age of Palin
The Age of Palin began 2 October 2008.
Did you see the debate between Gov. Palin and Senator Biden?
Despite her rookie status as a national figure Gov Palin more than held her own against the wily long time senator from Delaware. As a matter of fact, I rate Palin's performance, her presentation skills, her use of language, her grasp of the issues, many still very new to her, as superior to that of Senator Biden.
A striking difference between the two candidates was (and is) attitude. Whereas Biden was totally negative, and had nothing positive to say about anything, and was backward looking in playing the blame game, Palin was positive and looking for better days ahead of us. Biden was sour, almost unhappy in contrast to Palin's open, smiling and cheerful presentation of the issues.
What a difference in outlook!
Biden's long tenure in the US Senate should have guaranteed him a victory in his matchup with the governor. But it did not. Biden played loose with many facts and twisted others to suit his answers. Palin refused to answer questions in the mode favored by the moderator and the senator and flat out told them.
Good for her.
Perhaps McCain should ask Palin to sub for him in one of the two remaining Presidential debates
Now that would be interesting!
Did you see the debate between Gov. Palin and Senator Biden?
Despite her rookie status as a national figure Gov Palin more than held her own against the wily long time senator from Delaware. As a matter of fact, I rate Palin's performance, her presentation skills, her use of language, her grasp of the issues, many still very new to her, as superior to that of Senator Biden.
A striking difference between the two candidates was (and is) attitude. Whereas Biden was totally negative, and had nothing positive to say about anything, and was backward looking in playing the blame game, Palin was positive and looking for better days ahead of us. Biden was sour, almost unhappy in contrast to Palin's open, smiling and cheerful presentation of the issues.
What a difference in outlook!
Biden's long tenure in the US Senate should have guaranteed him a victory in his matchup with the governor. But it did not. Biden played loose with many facts and twisted others to suit his answers. Palin refused to answer questions in the mode favored by the moderator and the senator and flat out told them.
Good for her.
Perhaps McCain should ask Palin to sub for him in one of the two remaining Presidential debates
Now that would be interesting!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
The Fix
Congress is in the process of "fixing" the mess it created when it imposed lower lending standards and coerced mortgage lenders to give loans to people who could not afford them.
That is the root cause of the current financial fiasco we face.
Why should the American people expect the same people who screwed up the mortgage industry to somehow fix it?
Does that make sense to anyone?
The ''Fix" that came from the US Senate last night contained earmarks - pork - to the tune of about 112 Billion dollars.
Even when "fixing" a real problem the politicians cannot resist the urge to buy votes. After all, it is an election year. And heaven only knows what the country would do without a federal subsidy for wooden arrows.
Perhaps the House will come to its senses.
But don't count on it!
That is the root cause of the current financial fiasco we face.
Why should the American people expect the same people who screwed up the mortgage industry to somehow fix it?
Does that make sense to anyone?
The ''Fix" that came from the US Senate last night contained earmarks - pork - to the tune of about 112 Billion dollars.
Even when "fixing" a real problem the politicians cannot resist the urge to buy votes. After all, it is an election year. And heaven only knows what the country would do without a federal subsidy for wooden arrows.
Perhaps the House will come to its senses.
But don't count on it!
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