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Buckley's Son Is An Idiot...

Sorry, Bill, but your son, Christopher, is a moron. A recent column on The Daily Beast website quotes him as saying he will vote for Obama because of the following:
"Republican John McCain has betrayed his principals. McCain has changed positions on important issues, made promises he cannot keep, endorsed unworkable policies, and selected the inexperienced Sarah Palin as his running mate, Buckley writes."
 
This from the son of one great conservative of our times. Regardless of what positions McCain takes, they can not be as dangerous as the socialist agenda Obama will push once he has the White House and majorities in both the Senate and the House. The reason we are where we are is because Democrats are not afraid to push legislation when they are in power. Republicans seem to be afraid to govern like conservatives. But Obama has PROMISED to raise taxes. He has PROMISED all sorts of socialist programs. Why would anyone begrudge McCain for being soft on some things? At least he is RIGHT on some! Obama is NOT.
 
And then we come to the inexperience of Sarah Palin. Is this guy smoking crack? Sarah Palin is a hearbeat away... but Obama IS the heartbeat! He has less experience than Palin by a long shot. At least she has run a city and a state as mayor and governor. I just don't understand Buckley's insanity!
 
I have never been thrilled with McCain as our candidate. But against Obama, it is dumb and dumber. I'll leave it to you to decide who I think is which one!
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2008 - A Referendum on Obama

Take McCain out of the equation. He is a lot like George Bush in that he is totally beatable. But it all comes down to who will run against him. I'll admit that of the two opponents, Hillary has the better resume, but even she has only been an elected representative for just over one term. Plus she is totally unlikeable by most people. So what about Obama?
 
He hasn't done anything so there is nothing much to criticize. That could be good if he were running for dogcatcher. But this is the highest office in the land. Shouldn't that person have SOME experience? The answer is YES. That's why this election will be about Obama, not McCain. Just as Democrats chose the worst candidate, John Kerry, in 2004 to run against Bush, now they have chosen Obama solely because he is a black man. What other reason could there be? Surely not because of his great accomplishments, because he doesn't have any. Not that McCain does either, but at least he's been in government for years.
 
Just like those Hollywood sets you see on TV, people are starting to realize that Obama is a false front with nothing behind it. The news media predictably supports the guy and publishes puff piece after puff piece. After Katie Couric asked him the same hard question 4 times about whether or not he would have supported the surge in Iraq (if he knew then what he knows now about its success would he support the surge?) His answer was NO. But was it reported anywhere? The answer is NO. The media lies by omission too!
 
In conclusion, this guy has a lot of warped policy ideas. There is nothing new about him despite his slogan. He is of the socialist mindset and nothing is going to change that. EVERYTHING he has proposed by way of policy is taking from this group and giving to those who don't earn it. At some point if this keeps up, our country will collapse. Wage earners will be in the minority and the incentive to produce will be stifled by government bureaucracy and red tape. Someone is behind Obama pulling his strings, and that is what frightens me the most. If he is elected, he will not be running the show. And who is the man that is behind that curtain?
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Counting their chickens...

Democrats are counting their chickens before they have hatched when it comes to President Obama. The longer the campaign goes on (and it seems like it has lasted FOREVER!) the less enchanted citizens are becoming of the Democrats' choice for their candidate. As what happened in 2004, they put up the worst candidate they could find to run against a very vulnerable Bush.
 
This time they put all their eggs (back to the chickens metaphor) in a basket of the candidate they think has very little baggage and offers "hope" and "change". Once again, with a weak candidate on the Republican side, they are being guided by rabid anti-Bush liberals who are blind to the truth that Obama has no experience... in anything and would vote for Ariana Huffington if she were on the ticket! What they fail to realize is that the rest of us have a vote too.
 
I might vote Democrat if the right candidate presented him or herself. But Obama is not that person. He as all but told us that he is going to raise taxes and grow government, particularly because these two issues make Democrat wins more possible. And as weak as McCain is (Republicans have made a similar mistake but fortunately have chosen someone who at least has experience!) he is better than Obama. And I predict in the fall we will be talking about President McCain.
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What do the political parties actually stand for?

Let's break it down to specifics. This election is pretty clearly defined. Other than the global warming issue, McCain and Obama are clearly on opposite sides of most of the remaining issues. At first I thought that there was a difference between the parties in that true Republicans stand on principles regardless of win or lose, while Democrats will do and say anything to win. But I'm not sure that is the case now. However, the fact that Democrats won't give up a seat when one of their members is in a coma pretty much says it all. And it's not about the truth, it's about politics. If it were about the truth, then Democrats would say that they agreed with Bush that Iraq had WMDs, but to say they NEVER thought he did and that Bush made it up to go to war is a LIE! Doesn't the truth and character mean anything anymore? Guess not to Democrats.
 
Here are some of the issues and where the parties stand:
 
Democrats (what they are eagerly proposing)
  • Anti-war in Iraq (but they are willing to send troops to Darfur and Tibet to free people)
  • Higher taxes on the rich (though they don't define what that number is so they could be aiming for you)
  • More regulations to reduce global warming (though they never tell you how many jobs would be lost by the regulations or how much money that would cost and how little effect it would make because seemingly no progress has been made)
  • No allowing drilling of oil - pushing conservation instead as a way to lower prices
  • Believe abortion should be legal through upholding Roe Vs. Wade decision (but are terrified to let states make that decision on their own because then people would see where their politicians stand on the issue)
  • Amnesty for illegal immigrants (including giving them voting rights and welfare benefits)
  • Nationalized health care (paid for by taxes - of course there would be no bureaucracy involved with setting this up)
Republicans (what they should do, anyway)
  • The war on terror has kept the US safe from attack for 7 years - strong on security
  • Lower taxes for everyone, smaller government
  • Global warming (if it even exists) has not been affected by all the billions we have sunk into the effort and it's time to admit that the earth goes through normal warming and cooling periods - this is just one of them
  • Drill here, drill now, pay less and build some refineries and nuclear power plants
  • Just the opposite - States should be making the law on abortion according to the will of the people - should not be a federal "law"
  • Close the borders and make business -verify all social security numbers before employing people
  • Leave health care alone other than doing something about frivolous lawsuits against hospitals and doctors

I know McCain is kind of lame on a lot of issues. But true Republicans that are running for house and senate seats are our best hope. Obama is dangerous because people are looking only at the color of his skin and not at the principles he believes in. Very scary.

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Democrats are telling us exactly who they are...

Democrats are showing everyone what is in store if they win the whitehouse, and gain seats in the senate and house. Look at the last 2 years. Let's start with this month. Postal rate increases. This is almost unheard of in an election year. Usually, the party in power is too timid to show who they really are by raising postage rates (another form of taxation) when there is such an important election coming up... particularly when they just raised the rates not that long ago.
 
And let's look at gas prices. While they haul oil executives up to Capitol Hill to testify as to why energy is so expensive, today the oil companies hit back saying essentially that it is congress's policies that are causing the problem, not the oil companies! HOW TRUE! While everyone finds comfort in blaming big oil for price gouging, if everyone's business was as regulated as the oil industry, we would have an all out revolution.
 
Democratics have had the majorities in both the house and senate where all the legislation starts, and look at the mess our economy is in. Do we hear this from the press? NO! They are LIARS! Ever since Democrats won in 2004, the economy has gone south. During the first 6 years of the Bush tax cuts, the economy has gone gangbusters. It doesn't take a genius to see that conservative approaches to taxation works, and liberal policies don't.
 
So imagine if Obama or Clinton win the white house in 2008 and more Democrats are swept into power in both the House and Senate, we are going to be in big trouble. They are promising to raise taxes. Obama has suggested increasing the capital gains taxes. Who does he think creates the jobs in this country? It's the people who earn capital gains! And if they can't use those gains to purchase new equipment, open new businesses and hire employees, who is going to? Oh, I forgot. They will go into the new national health care industry! We are screwed!
 
Even if McCain can somehow pull out a win, he's as liberal as the day is long. How many Democrats have you talked to who have said they wouldn't mind a McCain presidency? I have talked to quite a few... those who will NOT vote for Senator Clinton no matter what. McCain has bought into the man-made global warming agenda... the same one that won't let us drill for oil. Can you say $10 a gallon for gas?
 
Someone out there has to have the figures. I am told we now import most of our oil from Canada. Is this oil that they produce or are they buying from somewhere else and then reselling to us? The good news is that oil futures can only go so high. The market will soon reach a price that can no longer be sustained. So all these speculators are going to go bust. Will they ask for government subsidies like the idiots who bought houses on speculation? Seems to me everyone is turning to the government who is only too happy to step in and solve just about any problem that comes along... whether it's their business or not.
 
Remember, what we have gotten from Nancy Pelosi and her gang for the past 2 years will only get worse once Democrats get more power. Count on it. And you can say you heard it here FIRST! Because you sure as hell won't hear it on the news.
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Don't let McCain fool you... he's a liberal!

His recent appearance where he talked about providing health care through the private sector is a Democrat idea and will hurt our economy. There is no difference between the 3 candidates as far as I am concerned and McCain MUST be defeated at the convention. He will not represent our party as much as he will emulate Democrats that he might defeat. What a lousy choice. He is weak on terrorism. He wants to close Gitmo and bring terrorists here so they get into our court systems... can you say "Clinton"? About the only good thing he has proposed is the moratorium on federal gas taxes for the summer.
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McCain - Democrat LITE?

Dick Morris is wrong to advise McCain to beat the Democrats by out-liberal"ing" them. What a crock. The last thing we need as a country is 3 candidates with the same view on every issue. And that's what we have.
 
Which one said we need to set policy so that we can defeat global warming? All of them. If anything, we need a leader with common ense. And McCain has none of it.
 
He is committed to shutting down Gitmo and giving enemy combatants citizens' rights. As an ex-POW who is pro-military, you would think he would get it. But he does not. In fact, I have not even heard Hillary or Obama talk about this folly.
 
I know Republicans are screwed this election cycle. Hopefully we can hold out until 2012 and get a candidate who really stands for something. McCain will not win the election, if Democrats have their way. I've read Shadow Warriors, so I know what liberals are capable of!
 
 
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One last post today on the election

Here are my thoughts about this year's election. Who cares? I keep hearing liberal commentators talking about McCain and that Republicans should get behind him. Why? He represents nothing that we stand for. We do not want an (R) in the whitehouse that acts like a Democrat. Maybe Democrats feel that way (a Democrat at any cost), but conservatives don't vote that way. We don't usually support someone like Chuck Hagel or Olympia Snow just because they are Republicans. They are LIBERALS first, Republicans second.
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What choice do we have?

On the Republican side, we have McCain who has constantly voted with the Democrats during his time in the Senate. Now, suddenly, he's talking about Conservative values. Talk is cheap. He has undermined Republicans at every turn, voting against extending Bush's tax cuts, trying to sneak an illegal amnesty bill through the senate with Ted Kennedy, the gang of 14, campaign finance reform with Feingold... and the list goes on.
 
On the Democrat side it is a little trickier. First you have Hillary whose experience in the whitehouse was First Lady... hardly a policy making position. Then you have the health care fiasco that was soundly pushed back. Do we really want more of this socialist agenda? More big government nanny state legislation. But she does have one more term of experience as Senator of New York over Obama... though she has hardly participated in any significant legislation. I don't think "just showing up to vote" qualifies as experience.
 
Obama... what can I say? His followers are like the Beatles with the Maharaji. Star struck and wide eyed. Fainting? It's being called Obamania. Remember Beatlemania? It's like a spiritual revival all over again. And about what? Do any of his followers know where he stands on policies? I do.
 
He's about change. His website says so on the home page... "Change you can believe in". Hitler was a change from the way things had been run in Europe before he rose to power. That's not necessarily a good thing. Don't misunderstand, I am not comparing him to Hitler. My point is that change is not always for the better!
 
Not only that, but he's asking us to BELIEVE in change. Does he really think he can change Washington by himself? Let's see what that change involves, shall we? From the Blueprint for Change:
  1. He's going to end lobbyists... So that means if you band together to support a common cause, your voice will not be heard. Does that mean teachers unions no longer will have a say about education? We'll see about that.
  2. Shine the light on spending... Most people have not been paying attention to how our government wastes money otherwise they would not vote for liberals over and over again. But if you elect him that's going to change, and everyone will become involved. As Dr. Evil would say, "Righttttt....."
  3. Reform the political appointee process... does he realize that Demcrats have caused the president to make decision on appointees thanks to Senate oversight rules? But he's going to change that all by himself? Again, we'll see.
  4. Universal health care coverage... This one scares me the most. And all politicians are guilty of buying into the premise that we need MORE government to fix the health care industry. It's the government regulations that have gotten us to where we are (with the help of outrageous lawsuits) and driven up costs. Can you imagine some bureaucrat, who has absolutely no experience in running a business, managing the nation's health care system? Picture the same people who are running security at the airport. Then realize that they are going to be the same ones running the health care system.

    And it's all going to be FREE???? Services will suffer and wait times to see doctors will increase as every hypocondriac in the country takes your appointment so that you have to wait a year to be treated for a cold. Simplified paperwork. We can't do it for the IRS and our tax forms, but the health care will be different! You're dreaming, Mr. Obama! Washington LOVES paperwork! 

I can't go on. Read it for yourself. It is so broad-stroked and vapid that this column would go on forever... Kind of like this election cycle. But rest assured... Hillary or Obama, it's socialism-lite. They will get away with as much as they can... incrementally if necessary. Look at where we started with the Boston Tea Party and where we are now with taxes. Incremental-ism.

I hold the media responsible for not telling the truth. Instead they push these different problems as something government should fix. We should fix the media... Solution? Castration!

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McCain, Hussein, Insane!

Can you believe that political correctness has finally come to this? The movement has always been about silencing people, regardless of "freedom of speech". You have freedom to speak, just not those words!
 
Now there is a big flap over a political rally that was held for John McCain and the conservative talk show host from Cincinnatti who used Barack Hussein Obama's complete name. It's his friggin' name, for Christ's sake. Now we can't use people's names and if we do, it's an attack? Give me a BREAK!
 
Barack should change his name then. Either that or (stop the presses) tell people, "Hey, it's my name. Forget about it! Get over it!"
 
And McCain, true to form, has issued an apology! Instead of looking like a strong president he looks like a craven coward. What a joke.
 
Several thoughts came to me this week... McCain should be outraged that people are using his first name, John, because it harkens to a toilet, and that's insulting. He should also be outraged that people are using his last name McCain because it rhymes with "insane" and, incredibly, like "Hussein"!
 
In the other political party, Barack should be upset that people are using his first name because it rhymes with "Iraq", and we know what a negative connotation that has with liberals and Democrats. We already know why we can't use his middle name, Hussein. That leaves his last name. But we can't use that because Obama sounds too much like Osama! Even Ted Kennedy couldn't get it right.
 
So what are we left with? That young, black guy against that old white guy. Hey, that's a good bumper sticker.
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Want another 9/11? Vote Obama, Hillary or McCain!

Tuesday there was a vote in the Senate on the FISA (Foreign surveillance) and to his credit, John McCain voted for it. But how are we going to catch the bad guys when we close Gitmo and give the enemy combatants citizens' rights? What a wimp.
 
Obama voted against it. How are we going to catch the bad guys BEFORE they attack us? Call the psychic hotline?
 
Clinton didn't show up to even vote. Too self-centered about getting the presidency to do her job as senator? 
 
Just some observations from Thursday morning.
 
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