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October 20th, 2008
Former Gen. and former GOP Secretary of State Colin Powell defected from the GOP for good this past weekend, endorsing Barack Obama for president. While not exactly a slim shots spokesperson, Powell’s alliance with the GOP has always been tenuous at best; he cozied up to the Clintons without changing his party alliance in the 1990s, yet consented to serve at W’s Secretary of State during Bush’s first term.
Now, all such alliances with the GOP are null and void as the wishy-washy Powell has endorsed a candidate who, in the last session of Congress, compiled the most liberal voting record in the US Senate. Apparently ideology has little impact on Powell, who has over the years become more addicted to the beltway spotlight than to a particular political ideology.
Oh well. Maybe now the spotlight can shine on other deserving, and far more loyal, members of the GOP.
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October 20th, 2008
John McCain hung all his November chances against Barack Obama on Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher last week in the final presidential debate before the November presidential election. Joe the Plumber is the person who questioned Obama at a campaign rally about the effect Obama’s tax policies would have on him if he buys out the business he currently works for.
Obama’s response at the time was that, “we want to spread the wealth around,” a reply that didn’t exactly strike many as a pro-capitalism statement. Since the debate, the mainstream media has begun an all-out assault on Wurzelbacher, researching and publicizing his flaws and failings more thoroughly than they’ve dissected either candidate this political season.
During an appearance on Fox News over the weekend, Wurzelbacher said, “Hopefully they’ll have me to thank for it as far as telling people to get out and find their own answers. That’s where I hope they go with it.”
That’s a bit more ambitious, it seems, than trading Thanksgiving recipes.
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September 29th, 2008
Missouri Governor Matt Blunt is living up to his surname. The straight-talking governor has charged that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has made use of Missouri law enforcement officials to, “threaten and intimidate his critics.”
In a press release, Gov. Blunt said:
“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.
“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.
“This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out criticism on television, radio, the Internet, blogs, e-mail and daily conversation about the election.
“Barack Obama needs to grow up. Leftist blogs and others in the press constantly say false things about me and my family. Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them. Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts – not a free society.”
Yup, you’re reading that right. If you can’t see the truth about Barack Obama after this, you may need to update your Lasik procedure.
By Craig Hansen • Posted in
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September 22nd, 2008
Saturday Night Live is a comedy show, and their job is making people laugh. Trouble is, comedy either works well or makes you look like an ass, and a skit on SNL last Saturday was more of the donkey variety than the guffaw variety.
In the skit, apparently meant to poke fun at liberal media bias, guest star James Franco plays a New York Times assignment editor who approves baseless stories against the Palin family. The trouble is the subject matter that SNL chose as a plot device for the skit: they “baseless story” was that Gov. Palin’s husband, Todd Palin, was having incestuous affairs with all of the Palin daughters.
Swing and a miss, SNL: incest isn’t funny. But since it’s off your radar due to the target being a Republican, ask your self this: would you have ran with the sketch if it had alleged Barry Obama had been sleeping with his daughters?
Thought not.
But then, this is what you get when you staff a comedy sketch show with Al Franken and a bunch of liberals with Atlanta resumes and New York addresses.
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September 22nd, 2008
Is California buying Minnesota’s Senate seat? If Al Franken wins the race, that could very well end up being the case. According to a recent article on the Politico Web site, Franken has raised over a half-million dollars from his Hollywood friends alone, and has raised more money from California than from any other state, including Minnesota.
Last I checked, Minnesota’s Senate sear was supposed to be selected by Minnesotans, not Californians. But then, Franken’s about as much of a Minnesotan as Al Gore, and has spent less time living here than Jessica Lange.
Keep this in mind: a vote for Franken is a vote bought and paid for by Californians when they’re not off on European cruises, not Minnesotans. Can’t we do better than that?
By Craig Hansen • Posted in
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September 18th, 2008
While talking at voters yesterday, Michelle Obama – wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack “Barry” Obama – warned voters not to vote for someone because “I like that guy” or, “she’s cute.”
When asked whether she was targeting Alaska governor and GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin with that comment, Michelle replied that she had meant to reference herself with that comment.
One problem there: Michelle’s not on any ticket herself, so her rationalization doesn’t hold water. It was a Palin swipe, like it or not, and you don’t need cell phone amplifiers to hear that signal clearly.
September 18th, 2008
US Senate candidate Al Franken, the angry, partisan liberal Democrat, needs to put his mouth on diet pills. The man who once thought it witty to entitle a book “Rush Limbaugh Is A Big, Fat Idiot” is proving to be a better fit to such charges.
After avoiding his own tax burden in 17 states – something he might never have corrected had he not run for office – Franken has been admitting his desire to raise taxes all over the place. In fact, speaking of an increase in the gas tax, Franken recently said, “I don’t think people would notice it much.”
Just like you didn’t notice that you hadn’t paid your taxes in 17 different states, Al? Please. I guess if you’re not paying taxes to begin with, it really is painless when the rate is raised.
By Craig Hansen • Posted in
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September 18th, 2008
It’s like finding a high-quality antique at a fraction of its true value at a discount furniture store: conservatives, who couldn’t find anyone they were really behind in the entire primary season, are now so over the moon for Sarah Palin that you’d think she was at the top of the ticket.
Palin resonates with blue-collar voters – “hockey moms” and the like – far more effectively and any Republican leader since Ronald Reagan. As a person who matured and came of voting age during Reagan’s run, Palin has done well modeling herself after the Reagan ethos.
So far, it appears Reagan would find a lot to be proud of in Palin become the successor to his mantle.
September 10th, 2008
Who would have thought the governor of Alaska and a careless comment about lipstick could have such a huge impact on the political messiah, Barack “Barry” Obama?
John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin struck all the right chords to energize the GOP base, while at the same time intriguing middle-of-the-road and undecided voters, as well as not a few disenfranchised Hillary voters. It’s a dream come true for the GOP, which until the GOP Convention was buying into the Beltway spin that this was fated to be a big Democratic year.
Now, the promotional items are being ordered in bulk at McCain-Palin HQ, and there’s a new enthusiasm for the GOP ticket that comes from a pair of candidates who seem to not only be about “change,” but change with a full agenda of specific proposals – something Barry the Messiah is quite thin on.
Major Dem fundraisers and bigwigs are saying, behind the scenes, “Here we go again.”
Hey, considering it’s the Dem-led house and Senate that are riding the lowest approval ratings in US history, what did they expect, a cakewalk to the White House?
Oh wait… I guess they did.
August 31st, 2008
Idiot liberal propagandist and Dansko shoes-wearer Michael Moore proved on August 29′s “The Countdown with Keith Olbermann” that even among the liberal media elite, he’s the biggest ass around. Commenting on the anticipated landfall of Hurricane Gustav on Monday, when the GOP National Convention was scheduled to get underway, Michael Moore uttered the following:
“I was just thinking, this Gustav is proof that there is a God in heaven. To have it planned at the same time – that it would actually be on its way to New Orleans for day one of the Republican Convention, up in the Twin Cities – at the top of the Mississippi River.”
It’s guaranteed any Republican uttering such hate-filled, uncaring crap would be flayed alive on pay-per-view for those words alone, and yet folks still consider Moore a liberal hero? Well, he doesn’t get a pass here at WonderfulPessimist.com.
Michael Moore, you just won yourself the Ass of the Year award. We feel relatively confident you’ll be just about the only contender for many years to come.
Meanwhile, sane people of both liberal and conservative varieties are hoping and praying that the damage and loss of life in New Orleans and throughout the storm-affected areas will be minimal.
By Craig Hansen • Posted in
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August 26th, 2008
While it would have been nigh-well impossible for Sen. Hillary Rodham to no-show the acceptance speech of her former opponent, Barry Obama (check the records, that’s Barack’s original name), her “husband of convenience,” former Prez Bill Clinton, is under no such expectation.
CNN.com is reporting that Wild Bill is planning to skip the First Coming of the political messiah, Barry Obama, at Invesco Field on Thursday, likely watching (if he watches it at all) from the relative serenity of his Chappequa, NY home and the comfort of his hammock chair. WonderfulPessimist.com says, “You go, Bill!”
After making it publicly known that Barry had snubbed Hillary by not even vetting her for the VP slot, a Bill no-show is certainly in order. Keep up the in-fighting, Dems! We love it.
By Craig Hansen • Posted in
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August 26th, 2008
So far, there has been no “convention bounce” for the Political Messiah, Barack Obama, in the polls (which we at WonderfulPessimist.com never believe, anyway, whether polls favor the candidates we like or not). It appears Michelle Obama’s address on opening night did little to inspire anyone, and neither did the naming of party hack Joe Biden as Barack’s running mate.
No June Cleaver/Clair Huxtable makeover, complete with gold anklets, has been able to make most folks forget the “for the first time in my life, I am proud of my country,” slip-up, and her delivery of “I love my country” last night was simply not said with enough passion and conviction to convince anyone but the Obama Kool-Aid drinkers.
Anyway, the latest Gallup Poll claims John McCain is now up on Obama by four points. Ehh, whatever. Considering McCain is simply “the other Democrat” in the race, running under a GOP banner, it’s not like it matters anyway.
By Craig Hansen • Posted in
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