Archive → August, 2011
Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann lead in South Carolina
Texas Governor Rick Perry and Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann lead the pack currently in South Carolina, which should be a relief to conservatives and Tea Party activists nationwide. The rest of the pack might fare better seeking geneticist jobs, despite the liberal media trying to puff up the chances of the RINO-esque Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman in the state.
South Carolina, the fourth state to vote, looks set to be a pivotal state once again. A Perry-Bachmann or Perry-Cain ticket would certainly be intriguing.
Wausau politicizes Labor Day parade
Anyone who thinks union officials are satisfied with their efforts so far in protesting Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s attempts to save their jobs, haven’t been paying attention. In Wausau, WI, a group responsible for organizing the Labor Day Parade in Marathon County has decided to use their control over the event into a political stunt.
No, they’re not giving away free Volvo S70 custom floor mats; they’re banning all Republicans from appearing in the parade. That includes popular GOP freshman US Congressman Sean Duffy, as well as state Sen. Pam Galloway (R-Wausau) and state Rep. Jerry Petrowski (R-Marathon).
It’s a sad day when a public holiday is so controlled by organized labor that only those who vote with them one hundred percent of the time are welcome to take part. The best way to protest? I suggest that all GOP-leaning voters boycott Marathon County’s Labor Day parade for the partisan shill-fest its organizers have transformed it into.
Walker vindicated as recall effort falls short
Despite gaining two seats in the Wisconsin State Senate, Democrats fell short of their efforts to overturn the results of the 2010 election that placed Republican Scott Walker at the head of the purple-ish state. Any receipt printer would pop out the same results: that Walker’s reforms have saved jobs and his state’s budget from cutting back on the state workforce.
Of course, irate teachers like Shelley Moore, who lost in a landslide favoring incumbent Republican Sheila Harsdorf, simply don’t understand that lines like, “we breathe union” turns voters off, as does demanding no change in their quality of life, salary and benefits when the taxpayers footing the bill for it are suffering from high unemployment and the worst economy in eighty years.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is one of the few Republicans serious about making real, difference-making cuts to spending, and an example for every GOP presidential hopeful to take note of going forward.
ObamaCare’s biggest setback yet
The Obama Administration thought it had an easy pass when its health care reform act came before Democratic judges at the U.S. Appeals Court for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, but they ruled 2-1 against ObamaCare, labeling the individual mandate unconstitutional. Democratic judges who still recognize a clear reading of the limits on Federal authority in the Constitution? Who woulda thunk it?
With the vast increase in Federal spending mandated by ObamaCare, and the recent credit downgrade on US credit by Standard and Poor’s, the fate of ObamaCare now clearly rests in the hands of a closely-divided US Supreme Court, but will become one of the key, signature issues of the 2012 election cycle.
Many analysts, some of whom live in Branson Lake homes, suggest that simply striking down ObamaCare and its oppressive increase in all future Federal spending, could be enough to regain the US’s triple-A credit rating. The stakes for the 2012 presidential election cycle have rarely been this critical.
Bachmann, Pawlenty square off
If all Michelle Bachmann accomplishes in her run for the White House is delineate the difference between the real conservatives and the John McCain/Mitt Romney-style RINOs, she’ll have done the nation a huge service. Her first chance to accomplish that came last night at a debate in Iowa between the eight declared GOP presidential candidates. (Texas Gov. Rick Perry did not attend, as he intends to announce his official campaign on Saturday.)
After the floundering campaign of former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty took the first swipe last night, accusing Bachmann of accomplishing nothing more than “she’s got a record of misstating and making false statements.” Pawlenty, who is polling in the single digits, seems to have fixated on discrediting Bachmann to lift his own profile, rather than focusing on front-runner Mitt Romney.
But Bachmann refused to wear Cherokee scrubs and play the role of Pawlenty’s punching bag, countering his weak, unfocused, non-specific criticisms with specific issues she took with the way the Governor governed while in power in Minnesota.
Bachmann pointed out that Pawlenty implemented a state cap-and-trade energy policy, praised President Barack Obama’s “unconstitutional individual mandate” that will requires all Americans to buy health insurance, and quoted Pawlenty as uttering the phrase, “the era of small government is over.”
“That sounds more like Barack Obama, if you ask me,” Bachmann said, capping the list of Pawlenty’s left-wing prevaricating.
Of course, for Bachmann, upending Pawlenty’s history of RINOism is like shooting fish in a barrel; he’s from her own state and her knowledge of his shortcomings comes from first-hand experience. With Bachmann emerging from the debate still impressive and relatively unscathed, she’ll need to move on soon to a new target.
Lord knows, there are plenty of weak-willed RINOs still in the race, like Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and most importantly, current front-runner Mitt Romney.
Let’s be honest; Rick Perry is probably the best-qualified to take on Barack Obama. He has ingratiated himself to the Tea Party, has executive experience by winning three consecutive terms as Texas Governor, and is a solid conservative suspicious of the overreaching aspects of federal power, a devoted Constitutionalist.
The best scenario is for Bachmann to act as the conservative bulldog, revealing the unclothed emperors in the GOP field and helping clear the way for Perry to win the nomination. Then, if he could select Bachmann or Herman Cain, either way, the GOP would have a virtually unbeatable ticket that would be the best the nation has seen since Reagan-Bush.
