I've been active in Republican politics since I was 16, and I've been involved in probably well over 100 campaigns on the city/town, county, state, and national level, and have been campaign manager for several. In 2004, I gave my life to Bush's campaign, and was a paid staffer for him. We are talking consecutive nights with no sleep, weeks at a time with no voice because I was campaigning so much. Obviously, as evidenced by the leveling of my druid, I have no loyalty to a particular candidate in this election, or I'd be playing WoW a lot less. Problem is, with this election, people like me aren't jazzed about McCain because he's done nothing for us. As a matter of fact, he has prided himself on ignoring us. I'm not religious, but I am a pretty staunch conservative (even though most of the time people assume the conservative base is all religious zealots, that is not the case with many of us). Obama has a huge following of people who expect him to do stuff for them, becuse as Democrats do, he's promised more social programs ... and he caters to the far left edge of the Democratic party, groups who have been waiting for a guy like Obama to galvanize around. He has also accepted them and their agendas with open arms, and it can be expected that in his administration, his policies will reflect his ties to far left causes (don't even get me started about how his friends... Ayers, Wright, Pflager, Khalidi, etc... will influence his policies). His feelings on the coal industry, released in a tape today, pretty much tell you he's in bed with environmentalists and will attempt to run down industries in his presidency that will interfere with the agendas of those groups with whom he has major ties.
I'm sure you all know about the Rush Limbaugh "Operation Chaos." Well, I think it took Republicans until AFTER McCain was chosen as our nominee (and maybe not even then) to realize that we were the victims of a reverse "Operation Chaos" by Democrats and "Independents" who voted for McCain because they KNEW he'd be the easiest to beat. Unfortunately, the blatant lack of objectivity by the media in this election has allowed the Democratic propaganda machine to be able to say things and have absolutely no accountability for what they are saying. I identify as more of a fiscal Conservative than a social one, honestly, but I am a classic Conservative overall. Therefore, Obama's would-be policies scare the bejeezus out of me especially since, if I get the job I really want, I'll be making well over $100,000/year within 5 years. His consistent lowering of the "magic number" - first $250,000, then $200,000 and recently $150,000 is frightening... and I predict that, no matter how much he claims he won't raise taxes on the middle class he'll turn around and do what Clinton did - raise middle class taxes 26 days after being inaugurated. With the ambitious government programs (about $1 trillion worth) he wouldn't be able to NOT raise taxes on the middle class, and I wish more people saw that his numbers don't add up. It is impossible to grow government and reduce the tax burden on ordinary people. To me, Obama's policies seem very anti-growth. If you penalize people who MAKE money, you discourage them from investing. Many wealthy people are business owners, and if you make it impossible for them to gain profit (and tax them to oblivion) they have to lay people off and cannot provide raises for their employees. Programs that provide people with goods and money but no incentive to work for those themselves are horribly anti-growth. You know what they say... give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime. Or an even better analogy my dad told me (that represents the ineffectiveness of bottom-up economic policies): if you pour water at the bottom of a hill, it pools there. If you pour it at the top of the hill, it flows down and covers the whole hill.
Unfortunately, I think Obama WILL win. My hope is that Senate doesn't end up with a supermajority, and even Chuck Schumer thinks that's unlikely... which is a shining beacon of HOPE for me. Everyone talks about how Bush is so terrible, but Bush has had split government for the last 2 years (arguably when things started going downhill). Most people have no understanding of Congress and how it works - and have no idea that a president can do very little without Congressional support. But even though this is probably the lowest-approval rating Congress in history, people aren't putting 2 and 2 together. A unified government with Obama (far left) and this Congress (also far left) will be a disaster. I don't care if Obama wins (well, I do) but solidly unified government with a supermajority in the Senate is BAD NEWS. The greatest policies come from bipartisanship and divided government, and by and large most people PREFER divided government to avoid consolidation of power by one party.
So, I'm that girl I hate - the one who is voting AGAINST someone because they don't like their own party's candidate, but they really hate the other party's candidate. I predict, ahead of time, that if Obama does win he'll be a 1 term president. He is the perfect storm of Johnson and Carter, both of whom were not very successful presidents (unless you count Johnson's "Great Society," the beginning of socialism in this country, as success). Carter failed to have a grasp on Middle Eastern politics... and arguably created many of the problems we face in the Middle East today. I believe Obama suffers from that same hindrance. He is VERY wet behind the ears, has very limited international experience, and I think will find himself, as Biden said, in the clutches of an international crisis. Most Democrats make much better domestic presidents than international ones... and this is not a time for a president who doesn't have a grasp on international affairs. Actually, one of the biggest dangers of an Obama presidency is his ability to appoint judges. I can see it now, he'll appoint radical, legislate-from-the-bench judges (as if we're not dealing with enough Carter and Clinton appointees already) who will rule on ideology instead of constitution. Unfortunately, even though the president has nothing to do with the economy, many people are being pulled in by this "change" thing - not realizing that Obama will have absolutely no say over what happens with the markets, and that punishing a party by voting blindly for the other side can only cause more problems. If anything, his negative-growth policies will scare investors and you watch - the market and the economy will tank soon after he's elected. We are a short-sighted country, though... and many people in my age group weren't around yet when our parents were feeling the burden of Carter's policies. I doubt that even if they had been around, that they would have equated the disastrous Carter administration with the kind of administration Obama might have.
I know this is long-winded, but I've had SO much to say this election cycle, and no one seems to be listening... which is really frustrating.
But I guess our waiting is over tomorrow, right? If you're an Obama supporter and you've been working hard for him, I respect your dedication, because I know how rigorous campaigns are. This election cycle has been so nasty, I can't talk to at least 1/2 of my friends... and that's not how it should be, but it just shows how polarized this election is. And I think the "deciders" aren't even partisans.
And you know what? If for some reason his administration turns out okay and he does positive things, I'll be the first to admit it.
I'm just feeling really doubtful that this is what America needs right now.
But yes, even though it makes me unhappy to admit it... I think Obama will win. So maybe I'll just bury myself in WoW for the next 4 years.
Monday, November 03, 2008
Thursday, June 05, 2008
I never thought I'd be able to sympathize with Hillary Clinton...
Well, it appears as though John McCain will face Barack Osama in the general election. I personally have begun to hate my own party, as they all fell in line and supported McCain even though he is the LEAST conservative out of anyone who was running in the GOP primary. Without us even realizing it (well some of us realized it) the Dems/Indies implemented a reverse "Operation Chaos" - and we ended up with a really lousy nominee that they are well aware will be easy to beat.
Should Osama choose Hill as his running mate, that will be a virtually unbeatable ticket. While John McCain is busy shoving his head up the asses of the left, the moderates, and the media, touting lines of "reaching across the aisle," the left is going further to the left and has made no attempt to reach their hands across the aisle even halfway. Therefore, the GOP is once again left looking stupid, because our candidate is obsessed with making liberals happy, and the Dem candidates don't care a whit about making conservatives happy. Hell, our own nominee doesn't care about his base, and I almost hope he loses just to show himself and America that when you stray from your base, you lose.
But this is not the point of this blog. I would like to discuss the media's fascination with Barack Obama. Consider early on, when they were singing the praises of Hillary - a woman running for the White House! Did anyone think that could be eclipsed? Well, try a BLACK man! The media was practically frothing at the mouth. Who do they support, with a woman and a black running? The more Socialist of the two, of course, who happens to be Osama. I almost feel sorry for Hillary Clinton, because she was openly banished from her party in favor of race. The entire Democratic party abandoned her for someone that is in even more of a protected class than she, and it is altogether unfair to her. In fact, I have heard numerous Hillary-ites proclaim they will vote for McCain because their opinions have been marginalized all so the Dems could embrace a black candidate. Funny how a lot of conservatives feel marginalized since we were left without a choice, too. So maybe the Hillary-ites and the marginalized conservatives can group together and form a coalition. Stranger things have happened. But needless to say, this whole issue is one of political marginalization, and the loss of choice for many people in this country.
This fascination with Osama has lent itself to his virtual untouchability in the news. So Osama keeps company with radicals from Weather Underground, and his church in Chicago... so he is bff with Tony Rezko. Who cares? He's black! Let's support him! Not to mention, he has the single most liberal voting record in congress, right up there with his buddy, Ted Kennedy.
All Osama represents is an attempt by the left to assuage their egos that are heavy with racial burdens. By this I mean, the left's primary target and voter base consists of minorities. So by supporting a minority, they can finally claim that they really want the best for America's minorities. Whatever. If Osama were a Republican, he would be beaten to death unmercilessly by the media and the left. You have to be a far-leaning Liberal black to win the hearts of the liberals in and out of the media - and Osama is it! And, of course, because I'm saying this, I'll be labeled a racist. yet another reason Osama is swimming in a sea of support - he's one of the "protected" classes we've developed in our society - and as such, if someone says something negative about him, they are automatically a racist because he's black. What happened to freedom of speech, eh?
Here is an article written by Michelle Malkin - it is absolutely brilliant, and it sums up much of what I feel about the idea of Osama being "Held up" by the media... meaning, he can do no wrong, and if he does wrong, they correct it for him, or just fail to report it. So, thank you Michelle for writing this brilliant article:
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Barack Obama: Gaffe machine
By Michelle Malkin • May 21, 2008 07:43 AM
Here's my syndicated column this week. Hardly a comprehensive list–and sure to grow.
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Barack Obama: Gaffe machineMichelle MalkinCreators SyndicateCopyright 2008
All it takes is one gaffe to taint a Republican for life. The political establishment never let Dan Quayle live down his fateful misspelling of "potatoe." The New York Times distorted and misreported the first President Bush's questions about new scanner technology at a grocers' convention to brand him permanently as out of touch.
But what about Barack Obama? The guy's a perpetual gaffe machine. Let us count the ways, large and small, that his tongue has betrayed him throughout the campaign:
* Last May, he claimed that Kansas tornadoes killed a whopping 10,000 people: "In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed." The actual death toll: 12.
*Earlier this month in Oregon, he redrew the map of the United States: "Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go."
*Last week, in front of a roaring Sioux Falls, South Dakota audience, Obama exulted: "Thank you Sioux City…I said it wrong. I've been in Iowa for too long. I'm sorry."
*Explaining last week why he was trailing Hillary Clinton in Kentucky, Obama again botched basic geography: "Sen. Clinton, I think, is much better known, coming from a nearby state of Arkansas. So it's not surprising that she would have an advantage in some of those states in the middle." On what map is Arkansas closer to Kentucky than Illinois?
*Obama has as much trouble with numbers as he has with maps. Last March, on the anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march in Selma, Alabama, he claimed his parents united as a direct result of the civil rights movement:
"There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born."
Obama was born in 1961. The Selma march took place in 1965. His spokesman, Bill Burton, later explained that Obama was "speaking metaphorically about the civil rights movement as a whole."
*Earlier this month in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Obama showed off his knowledge of the war in Afghanistan by honing in on a lack of translators: "We only have a certain number of them and if they are all in Iraq, then it's harder for us to use them in Afghanistan." The real reason it's "harder for us to use them" in Afghanistan: Iraqis speak Arabic or Kurdish. The Afghanis speak Pashto, Farsi, or other non-Arabic languages.
*Over the weekend in Oregon, Obama pleaded ignorance of the decades-old, multi-billion-dollar massive Hanford nuclear waste clean-up:
"Here's something that you will rarely hear from a politician, and that is that I'm not familiar with the Hanford, uuuuhh, site, so I don't know exactly what's going on there. (Applause.) Now, having said that, I promise you I'll learn about it by the time I leave here on the ride back to the airport."
I assume on that ride, a staffer reminded him that he's voted on at least one defense authorization bill that addressed the "costs, schedules, and technical issues" dealing with the nation's most contaminated nuclear waste site.
*Last March, the Chicago Tribune reported this little-noticed nugget about a fake autobiographical detail in Obama's "Dreams from My Father:"
"Then, there's the copy of Life magazine that Obama presents as his racial awakening at age 9. In it, he wrote, was an article and two accompanying photographs of an African-American man physically and mentally scarred by his efforts to lighten his skin. In fact, the Life article and the photographs don't exist, say the magazine's own historians."
* And in perhaps the most seriously troubling set of gaffes of them all, Obama told a Portland crowd over the weekend that Iran doesn't "pose a serious threat to us"–cluelessly arguing that "tiny countries" with small defense budgets can't do us harm– and then promptly flip-flopped the next day, claiming, "I've made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave."
Barack Obama–promoted by the Left and the media as an all-knowing, articulate, transcendent Messiah–is a walking, talking gaffe machine. How many more passes does he get? How many more can we afford?
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As Michelle so brilliantly writes, he's been absolved of ALL of these gaffes by the protective media. If, as she notes, a Republican would say even ONE of these things, their political career would be ruined forever.
The media has made little note of the fact that Osama is bff with Tony Rezko, who was just recently convicted of several crimes. Instead, when Osama spews his self-righteous, "Oh, I was just a bonehead" excuses, they eat it up and then spit it out to the American people, who are typically stupid enough to believe it.
How about Rev. Wright and Fr. Pflager? Oh, all he has to do is leave the church and it's good enough for the media... no mention of the fact that both of them have VERY questionable ties, including to Calypso Louie (aka the Reverent Farrakhan). Both of them spew anti-American hate speech and are wholly intolerant. He's been friends with them each for about 20 years. But he gets a free pass... why? Oh, yeah, he's black.
You know, I'm half Jewish. And a woman! But I don't count as a "protected class" because the left hasn't ever confirmed Jews as a protected class. Why? Jews don't leech off the system, and unfortunately are already loyal liberals (God only knows why they'd support those that support their enemies). Jews don't have to be promised welfare and special benefits to vote for liberals, so they are largely ignored. True story.
Even if all the above gaffes Michelle Malkin mentions aren't enough, it's his connections. And I haven't even mentioned the most horrific connection yet...
Domestic terrorist, WIlliam Ayers! A bona fide member of the Weather Underground. The beneficial alliances keep mounting. Of course, it's easy to see why the media in particular would support his extreme left alliances, so it's no surprise that they have once again sheltered their golden boy from his own horrible judgment.
I really hope John McCain shoves aside this thing he has about "reaching across the aisle" - because I hate to tell him, but he's going to reach nothing but air, since his across-the-aisle compadres are busy crowding to the left side of their party. However, I doubt he'll come this realization, and I'm quite certain he'll pick someone equally as liberal as himself to be his running mate, which will completely ignore his base and give Osama/Hill an easy victory.
Some people might accuse me of being racist and closed-minded. But I say that those who have fallen in line and supported Obama just because he's a minority are doing nothing to further the ideals of this country.
Should Osama choose Hill as his running mate, that will be a virtually unbeatable ticket. While John McCain is busy shoving his head up the asses of the left, the moderates, and the media, touting lines of "reaching across the aisle," the left is going further to the left and has made no attempt to reach their hands across the aisle even halfway. Therefore, the GOP is once again left looking stupid, because our candidate is obsessed with making liberals happy, and the Dem candidates don't care a whit about making conservatives happy. Hell, our own nominee doesn't care about his base, and I almost hope he loses just to show himself and America that when you stray from your base, you lose.
But this is not the point of this blog. I would like to discuss the media's fascination with Barack Obama. Consider early on, when they were singing the praises of Hillary - a woman running for the White House! Did anyone think that could be eclipsed? Well, try a BLACK man! The media was practically frothing at the mouth. Who do they support, with a woman and a black running? The more Socialist of the two, of course, who happens to be Osama. I almost feel sorry for Hillary Clinton, because she was openly banished from her party in favor of race. The entire Democratic party abandoned her for someone that is in even more of a protected class than she, and it is altogether unfair to her. In fact, I have heard numerous Hillary-ites proclaim they will vote for McCain because their opinions have been marginalized all so the Dems could embrace a black candidate. Funny how a lot of conservatives feel marginalized since we were left without a choice, too. So maybe the Hillary-ites and the marginalized conservatives can group together and form a coalition. Stranger things have happened. But needless to say, this whole issue is one of political marginalization, and the loss of choice for many people in this country.
This fascination with Osama has lent itself to his virtual untouchability in the news. So Osama keeps company with radicals from Weather Underground, and his church in Chicago... so he is bff with Tony Rezko. Who cares? He's black! Let's support him! Not to mention, he has the single most liberal voting record in congress, right up there with his buddy, Ted Kennedy.
All Osama represents is an attempt by the left to assuage their egos that are heavy with racial burdens. By this I mean, the left's primary target and voter base consists of minorities. So by supporting a minority, they can finally claim that they really want the best for America's minorities. Whatever. If Osama were a Republican, he would be beaten to death unmercilessly by the media and the left. You have to be a far-leaning Liberal black to win the hearts of the liberals in and out of the media - and Osama is it! And, of course, because I'm saying this, I'll be labeled a racist. yet another reason Osama is swimming in a sea of support - he's one of the "protected" classes we've developed in our society - and as such, if someone says something negative about him, they are automatically a racist because he's black. What happened to freedom of speech, eh?
Here is an article written by Michelle Malkin - it is absolutely brilliant, and it sums up much of what I feel about the idea of Osama being "Held up" by the media... meaning, he can do no wrong, and if he does wrong, they correct it for him, or just fail to report it. So, thank you Michelle for writing this brilliant article:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Barack Obama: Gaffe machine
By Michelle Malkin • May 21, 2008 07:43 AM
Here's my syndicated column this week. Hardly a comprehensive list–and sure to grow.
***
Barack Obama: Gaffe machineMichelle MalkinCreators SyndicateCopyright 2008
All it takes is one gaffe to taint a Republican for life. The political establishment never let Dan Quayle live down his fateful misspelling of "potatoe." The New York Times distorted and misreported the first President Bush's questions about new scanner technology at a grocers' convention to brand him permanently as out of touch.
But what about Barack Obama? The guy's a perpetual gaffe machine. Let us count the ways, large and small, that his tongue has betrayed him throughout the campaign:
* Last May, he claimed that Kansas tornadoes killed a whopping 10,000 people: "In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed." The actual death toll: 12.
*Earlier this month in Oregon, he redrew the map of the United States: "Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go."
*Last week, in front of a roaring Sioux Falls, South Dakota audience, Obama exulted: "Thank you Sioux City…I said it wrong. I've been in Iowa for too long. I'm sorry."
*Explaining last week why he was trailing Hillary Clinton in Kentucky, Obama again botched basic geography: "Sen. Clinton, I think, is much better known, coming from a nearby state of Arkansas. So it's not surprising that she would have an advantage in some of those states in the middle." On what map is Arkansas closer to Kentucky than Illinois?
*Obama has as much trouble with numbers as he has with maps. Last March, on the anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march in Selma, Alabama, he claimed his parents united as a direct result of the civil rights movement:
"There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born."
Obama was born in 1961. The Selma march took place in 1965. His spokesman, Bill Burton, later explained that Obama was "speaking metaphorically about the civil rights movement as a whole."
*Earlier this month in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Obama showed off his knowledge of the war in Afghanistan by honing in on a lack of translators: "We only have a certain number of them and if they are all in Iraq, then it's harder for us to use them in Afghanistan." The real reason it's "harder for us to use them" in Afghanistan: Iraqis speak Arabic or Kurdish. The Afghanis speak Pashto, Farsi, or other non-Arabic languages.
*Over the weekend in Oregon, Obama pleaded ignorance of the decades-old, multi-billion-dollar massive Hanford nuclear waste clean-up:
"Here's something that you will rarely hear from a politician, and that is that I'm not familiar with the Hanford, uuuuhh, site, so I don't know exactly what's going on there. (Applause.) Now, having said that, I promise you I'll learn about it by the time I leave here on the ride back to the airport."
I assume on that ride, a staffer reminded him that he's voted on at least one defense authorization bill that addressed the "costs, schedules, and technical issues" dealing with the nation's most contaminated nuclear waste site.
*Last March, the Chicago Tribune reported this little-noticed nugget about a fake autobiographical detail in Obama's "Dreams from My Father:"
"Then, there's the copy of Life magazine that Obama presents as his racial awakening at age 9. In it, he wrote, was an article and two accompanying photographs of an African-American man physically and mentally scarred by his efforts to lighten his skin. In fact, the Life article and the photographs don't exist, say the magazine's own historians."
* And in perhaps the most seriously troubling set of gaffes of them all, Obama told a Portland crowd over the weekend that Iran doesn't "pose a serious threat to us"–cluelessly arguing that "tiny countries" with small defense budgets can't do us harm– and then promptly flip-flopped the next day, claiming, "I've made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave."
Barack Obama–promoted by the Left and the media as an all-knowing, articulate, transcendent Messiah–is a walking, talking gaffe machine. How many more passes does he get? How many more can we afford?
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As Michelle so brilliantly writes, he's been absolved of ALL of these gaffes by the protective media. If, as she notes, a Republican would say even ONE of these things, their political career would be ruined forever.
The media has made little note of the fact that Osama is bff with Tony Rezko, who was just recently convicted of several crimes. Instead, when Osama spews his self-righteous, "Oh, I was just a bonehead" excuses, they eat it up and then spit it out to the American people, who are typically stupid enough to believe it.
How about Rev. Wright and Fr. Pflager? Oh, all he has to do is leave the church and it's good enough for the media... no mention of the fact that both of them have VERY questionable ties, including to Calypso Louie (aka the Reverent Farrakhan). Both of them spew anti-American hate speech and are wholly intolerant. He's been friends with them each for about 20 years. But he gets a free pass... why? Oh, yeah, he's black.
You know, I'm half Jewish. And a woman! But I don't count as a "protected class" because the left hasn't ever confirmed Jews as a protected class. Why? Jews don't leech off the system, and unfortunately are already loyal liberals (God only knows why they'd support those that support their enemies). Jews don't have to be promised welfare and special benefits to vote for liberals, so they are largely ignored. True story.
Even if all the above gaffes Michelle Malkin mentions aren't enough, it's his connections. And I haven't even mentioned the most horrific connection yet...
Domestic terrorist, WIlliam Ayers! A bona fide member of the Weather Underground. The beneficial alliances keep mounting. Of course, it's easy to see why the media in particular would support his extreme left alliances, so it's no surprise that they have once again sheltered their golden boy from his own horrible judgment.
I really hope John McCain shoves aside this thing he has about "reaching across the aisle" - because I hate to tell him, but he's going to reach nothing but air, since his across-the-aisle compadres are busy crowding to the left side of their party. However, I doubt he'll come this realization, and I'm quite certain he'll pick someone equally as liberal as himself to be his running mate, which will completely ignore his base and give Osama/Hill an easy victory.
Some people might accuse me of being racist and closed-minded. But I say that those who have fallen in line and supported Obama just because he's a minority are doing nothing to further the ideals of this country.
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