Category → Election 2012
Schultz reveals racism of the left
Ed Schultz, host of MSNBC’s “The Ed Show,” has revealed the virulent racist streak that runs through liberalism but is rarely talked about or criticized by the appropriate groups, purely because racists like Schultz hold the “proper” political views in the eyes of the Rainbow Coalition, the NAACP, and other liberal special interest groups.
On recent broadcasts, Schultz has bloviated about how black Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is pandering to “white Republicans out there who don’t like black folks.” That would be quite a trick, if that were even possible.
Schultz’ comment exposes the left’s overconfidence in their foothold among black voters. Even with the nation’s first black president in the White House, Schultz apparently believes it’s okay to play the race card and accuse a party that currently favors Cain over Mitt Romney, of racism.
If the GOP actually were as racist as Schultz suggests, Cain would’t be surging right now, regardless of the fact that he has presented what is consistently the most solid and conservative political message of any candidate running.
Schultz also railed against Senator Jim DeMint, whom Cain has mentioned as a potential running mate if he wins the nomination. Yet those comments aren’t even worth wasting virtual space on. Maybe Schultz simply needs to be sent a bunch of Christmas Cards to cheer him up.
Double-minded libs exposed on Hank Jr.
Okay, so this is the thing making the wires hum right now.
While appearing on Fox News, country-singer Hank Williams Jr. compared Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner’s “bipartisan golf outing” with President Barak Obama as a huge mistake. Here, specifically, is what he said:
“It’s like Hitler playing golf with [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu,” the country singer said of the bipartisan golf game.
That’s it. An offensive image? Sure. But an analogy, not a direct comparison of Obama to Hitler, necessarily. It’s open to interpretation. Williams clarified himself later by issuing this in a statement:
“Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood. My analogy was extreme — but it was to make a point.”
And that’s the extent of what he said.
For that, ESPN, owned by the libs at ABC/Disney, had pulled Williams’ signature Monday Night Football theme, “Are You Ready For Some Football?,” based on his country hit, “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight,” from Monday’s football broadcast. And if it weren’t for public outcry, he’d have already had the theme permanently removed … which ABC/Disney/ESPN hasn’t ruled out just yet. They’re just testing the waters to see if they can get away with it.
Williams Jr.’s theme was first released in 1984 and adopted as the Monday Night Football theme song in the late 1980s. So it’s been the theme of the show for close to a quarter-century, and only the second theme in the show’s history, save for a brief period in the 1990s when ABC experimented with having artists other than Hank Williams Jr. cover the song, including Amy Grant, of all people! I can’t find the list anymore.
Anyway, whatever happened to freedom of speech? Or at least being consistent about what’s off-limits?
Because Democrats are comparing Republican politicians to Hitler. All the time. And they never get called on it. Not like this.
Doubt me? Here’s a video where Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker is compared to Hitler because of his budget proposal that included limiting collective bargain rights for public employees paid by the taxpayer.
And when Republican President George W. Bush was in office, if you listened to liberals, you would have thought his middle name was Hitler. Here’s a not-even-close-to-comprehensive list that does offer close to 75 celebrities, politicians and other organizations who have compared Bush to Germany’s WWII dictator.
Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has also been compared to the mastermind of the Jewish Holocaust. For cutting taxes.
The list is much, much longer. Basically, if you’re a Republican, there’s a Democrat waiting in the wings to compare you to Hitler.
But none of them lose their jobs over it. Real consistent there, libs!
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.
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.
Trump becomes tiresome
Real estate mogul Donald Trump may not be running for the White House as a Republican, but has indicated he may jump into the race late as an independent, “if the Republicans do a terrible job as they have been doing in choosing the wrong person.”
The troubling aspect of this quote is that no one knows Trump’s personal political agenda because until he recently declared himself a Republican, he’d spent most of his adult life making nice with as many Democrats as Republicans.
So does Trump want a moderate like McCain? Does he want a new Reagan? No one knows.
A Trump third-party candidacy is the one nightmare scenario that could ensure that Barack Obama stays in office another four years. As Paul Ryan said of Newt Gingrich, “With allies like this, who needs Democrats?”
Personally, I would much rather get a fistful of lowe’s coupons than entertain a Trump third-party run. They’d be worth a lot more, and I’d be far more certain to end up with something I actually wanted.
Perry will consider a 2012 run?
In one of the best bits of news conservatives have heard in a while, Tea Party-friendly Texas Governor Rick Perry, who is loud and outspoken about opposing Federal overreaching of the Enumerated Powers clause of the Constitution, has finally admitted he will consider a 2012 run for the White House.
He’d being much needed star quality to a GOP field awash in too many RINOs and lesser names. And if he sticks to his pro-Constitutional guns and somehow gains the party nomination and the White House, there’s a chance the US could return to the sort of Constitutional limits on federal power that haven’t been seen since prior to the days of FDR.
Heck, if Perry’s in, I’ll start printing posters for his campaign now. Aside from Herman Cain, Perry would become my immediate favorite for the top job in the nation’s government.
Perry-Bachmann sound good to anyone? How about Perry-Cain?
Mitch says No to 2012
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, hyped by the White House and the liberal media — never a good sign — as the GOP’s best hope, has decided to bow out of a 2012 bid for the White House. While Daniels has earned a fair amount of credibility as a budget cutter, some question his conservative credentials, especially amid the “strange new respect” Daniels has earned from the Obama White House and the liberal media of late.
While he may come by his reputation unfairly, Daniels bowing out actually increases the chances of a more reliable conservative winning the nomination; the most prominent RINOs still in the race are Mitt Romney and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.
Of those who have declared, the clear favorite for my money – at the moment – is Herman Cain. He’s the best speech giver and public speaker, and has a wide resume in both government work and the private sector, and has succeeded pretty much at every step along the way.
Newt Gingrich’s time is passed; his expiration date arrived when he attacked the Paul Ryan budget and coined the term “right-wing social engineering.” Might not be a RINO yet, but he’s certainly a RINO-in-training.
Gary Johnson has no chance, and neither do Fred Karger, Tom Miller, Tim Pawlenty, Vern Weunsche.
Who’s left? Rick Santorum doesn’t fire me up; Ron Paul does, but not in a good way. And Mitt Romney is a RINO, and the last thing I want to see is another John McCain fiasco.
So who’s left?
Plenty of promising conservatives, that’s for sure.
There’s Michele Bachmann, who is more likely to end up as someone else’s running mate. There’s John Bolton, who would bring a lot of needed honesty and foreign policy experience. And there’s a dark-horse move to draft Texas Governor Rick Perry, which wouldn’t be a half-bad idea.
I’m less than interested in Charlie Crist and Lindsay Graham. And Jon Huntsman is a nobody.
And then there’s Sarah Palin, who could be the best of them all … except for Herman Caine.
So here’s my list, in order of preference, at the moment, for the top of the GOP ticket.
1. Herman Cain
2. Sarah Palin
3. Rick Perry
4. Michele Bachmann
5. John Bolton
All of those in my Top 5 are far more conservative than Romney, Pawlenty, Gingrich and Santorum. I’d vote for any one of those five over President Obama in a hot second. But especially Cain.
And the future looks bright for the GOP. Here are some names to keep in mind for 2016, 2020 and beyond: Chris Christie, Scott Walker, Paul Ryan, Bobby Jindal, Jan Brewer, Nikki Haley, Susanna Martinez, and Mary Fallin. They are all powerful conservatives and the political equivalent of unlocked cell phones.
