Ever wonder how the Democrats can come up with their studied sound bites in response to the opposition?  Well what they do cannot be difficult and well-thought out or the wouldn’t be able to do it.

They have developed a Dictionary of Democrat Responses to All Criticisms.  It was published privately and distributed under cover of darkness.

A friend and Democrat wanted me to assess it before using it to avoid laughter  following its use. As a former librarian, I can attest to the fact that it is well-indexed and comprehensive.  However, it is limited to use by Democrats under fire.

It is outrageous that the Dictionary was paid for using public funds. To this criticism the party line response in the Dictionary is from Representative Alan Grayson:

“Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick.” ThaiIndian News. We would consider this a nonsequiter but the Democrat who mouthed it is known for that so his response was trusted for a comeback in this instance.

VotingFemale at VotingFemale Speaks! has found her favorite Dictionary entry:

Health Care Reform – Criticism to Affordable Health Care Reform for Americans 2009 – Again, using a common phrase from Alan Grayson: “Republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick.”

VotingFemale has noted the following about the above entry:

The Socialists have hijacked the term Health Care Reform and paint everyone not in lockstep with their version of health care takeover as being against health care reform.

SamHenry your author has a favorite:

Republicans and Conservative criticism of Obama and/or his administration – All criticism in this instance is “racist.”  Also useful “they cannot stand a black in the White House.”

Criticism of Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House – Response by Nancy Pelosi herself always involves the verbs “I will” or “it will be….” e.g. – The Health Care bill will be passed this week.  Another would be: I will get Harry Reid alone and kill him.

Criticism of Barney Frank – his stock comeback is always a form of “you people have got to understand….” He usually cops this attitude with the tea party crowd.

Criticism of Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader - I refer your comment to my good friend, Nancy Pelosi.

Criticism of Rahm Emanuel - Rahm who?  [He likes it this way unless you are on the Hill.] Could you please spell that for me? [NB ignore the fact that his name is now in spell check.]

Criticism of Press Secretary Robert Gibbs - Look, we couldn’t sacrifice anyone else to the press pit.  He’s all we had.

Criticism of the White House Chef – He is limited to cooking with Michele Obama’s garden truck.

Criticism of Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State – Look, we had to give her a high profile job.

Criticism of Bill Clinton – Former President and Obama Administration ex-officio – Look, we had to give him a high profile job.

Criticism of the President’s Date Nights using Air Force One - He uses this one in all situations: “Look, I’m the President.” NB: He is unaware that we know it and that he has yet to be convinced that he is.

Criticism of Obama’s Absence from an Important Ceremony – any Ceremony – Look, he’s busy.

Criticism of the first year of the Obama Administration - We inherited a mess.

Criticism of the second year of the Obama Administration – It’s still pretty messy.

Criticism of Obama’s slowness in making decisions e.g. More troops to Afghanistan - Look, he can make snap judgments. Look what he did in the case of Officer Crowley and the Cambridge Police Department.

Criticism that Obama can’t throw out a credible first pitch at a ball game - Look,he pitched the idea to Hugo Chavez that they should be friends and now they are.

Criticism that he takes the press everywhere and everywhere is a photo-op - Look, the press loves him. What – do you watch FOX?

This is an excellent reference tool for those unused to thinking on their feet.

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VotingFemale Speaks! – Senate throws Obama’s Baton in the dumpster; takes fiscally responsible stance and rejects abject Obama Socialism

Hot Air – $25 billion “stimulus” program produces 0 jobs

SisterToldjah – Why isn’t President Obama traveling to Germany for Berlin Wall fall anniversary?

Frugal Cafe – What’s with the Joking & Shout-Outs, Mr. President? Obama Fails in Leadership with Fort Hood Massacre Address, More on Shooter Hasan (video)

Here we go – the Pelosi gallery.  I fear for her sanity at times when some of these pictures hit the press. Now remember, she is just a few heartbeats away from the Presidency of the US.  Worry America, Worry:

On the left, Nancy’s high school picture. This pre-dated her first face lift.

Nancy finds her style – it seems to be breast hugging jackets – that often restrict motion. the day of her installation as Speaker of the House January 5, 2007, she inaugurated the use of her boob hugging jackets that, as in this photo, restrict movement resulting in inscrutable movements.

With fellow narcissist, Brad Pitt she is obviously uncomfortable in her boob-hugging jacket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a fun picture.  Nancy Pelosi at a Saudi Pajama Party before her breast lift.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nancy has a halo of hair that requires constant tweaking:

…and tweaking – she got word that not only do blonds have more fun, the color softens wrinkles – her arch-enemy.

 

 

 

 

She just doesn’t get the word on those jackets.

The President has told the press and America at large to stop picking on Nancy.

Oh, dear – we warned her about those jackets.

Oh, dear- Not better.  Her victory dress for House Affordable Health Care for Americans Act 2009.

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VotingFemale Speaks! – Rep Ahn Cao? Get out of my sight, traitor

Hot Air – Is this the high-water mark for ObamaCare?

Our men are dying in Afghanistan and now at Fort Hood.  The nation awaits the President’s response to his general’s request for additional troops.  Now the nation awaits appropriate Presidential reaction to the tragedy in Texas. Sadly,our leaders have been more interested in ramming health care through the House as part of the Democratic move toward socialism.

Health care reform round one has narrowly gone to the Democrats.  Now we must join the battle for the Senate – to raise our voices to shout that this bill is unacceptable.  And when the Democrats make the argument that Republicans have not been able to deliver universal health care through several administrations, we need to shout the truth: people did not want universal health care AND that good health care reforms happened on the Bush watch (Medicare part D; health care savings accounts).  [Mary Matalin on CNN's State of the Union this morning]. More health care reforms were planned under Bush but they were blocked by the Democrats.

Under the just passed House bill, all states will have to surrender their powers to regulate health care and insurance. All individuals must be dictated to by the government as well.  They will not only be taxed to the hilt but will  be forced to subscribe to health care to avoid penalty or jail time. Perhaps because Congressional leaders recognized that they have trodden on unconstitutional ground, they have said there will be assistance for those who need it to bring them into “compliance.”

However, any Republican questioning the Constitutionality of this move to nationalize health care has been greeted by derision on the floor of the House of Representatives – not a dignified and enlightened response.  If these “representatives” have not read the bill in its entirety, perhaps they have not read the Constitution and its amendments as well.  See what Margaret Thatcher argued when England was debating entrance into the EU:

There are degrees of everything. We must all help each other but to what degree? The degree in this instance is one of “enabling dependency.” Why go to work when benefits are being extended every six months and now there will be free health care.

Democrats seem to have ignored what might be the economic consequences of this act. Small businesses – the economic backbone of this nation, will be crushed by lack of loans and investment for start-up or expansion.  This will only add to the  unemployment picture thus reducing money from social security and income tax to pay for these government programs.

Taxed to the max individuals of great to moderate wealth will not longer be able to afford to be as generous in their gifts to worthy social and cultural institutions as in the past.  Social agencies that help the  poor will no doubt be hardest hit because the assumption will be that people will now be cared for to a very great extent by the federal government..

Wealthy and middle-class citizens are primarily the ones who purchase stocks – and many of them purchase the ISPs for start-up businesses. The extent to which small businesses will either be stifled at birth or restricted in their growth will largely be due to excessive taxation on these people to help pay for this  “reform.”  It will lead to further unemployment as small businesses either close or freeze hiring.  The middle class will fall closer to poverty level as taxes burden them and curtail their investing.

It will be interesting to see how many states will lose money from business closings, job loss, resident bankruptcies, foreclosures and migration to states with better overall tax and welfare benefits such as food stamps.   Their increased payments for unemployment insurance and a decrease in sales and in income tax monies will frost this cake.  Already New York State has felt the loss of small business and residents due to their high taxes.  This will only exacerbate the fall of the Empire State.

I am weary of the Democrats furthering the notion that Republicans and Conservatives are the wealthy and country club set. That they are uncaring when it comes to the welfare of others and that their health care  legislation is a monument to that.  In 2009, this is demographically NOT the case. Millionaires abound in the Democratic party – Senators, Movie Stars, etc.

Few know that the upper classes began the tradition of giving in this country.  I heard Democrats in the House Saturday preach about doing for others in gratitude for their blessings. Surprise, that is a philosophy operative for centuries beginning with European royalty: Noblesse Oblige – Nobility Obligates.  This example has caused others to give freely as well.  But this kind of giving depends on a reasonable income, low taxes and freedom of choice.

Europe has always been on the cutting edge of social change. However, Merkel of Germany has recently gone “retro” and sees the benefit of lowering taxes and other measures to stimulate growth.  How is it that we then take the opposite tack?  We practically invented this approach.

The image above is of the Empire State Building lit in the colors of he Chinese flag to honor the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.  China  holds the greatest share of US debt and is already calling the shots.  They are unhappy with the extent of the printing of money going on now.  They are moving slowly into the area of dollar dumping.

If we cannot pay back our debt to them in a timely manner then they might just foreclose on us and then fly their flag!

Oh, and start learning to sing the National Anthem:

Our government is daily putting us at risk.  But don’t worry.  With the holidays around the corner, just help spend our way out of this mess!

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VotingFemale Speaks! – Countdown to the Death of the US Economy; DEM Reps Cram-Down; Comrade Slaughter Smears US Citizens as they protest today

Hot Air – Is this the high-water mark for ObamaCare?

The Eagle’s Eye for

October 6, 2009

By SamHenry

How many more times will be see our President in the face of a crisis of any proportion turn his back on the majority of Americans and their rights and support blacks and Muslims no matter what?

You remember the “Beer Summit” from last July following an unfortunate incident near Harvard University.  Cambridge, MA police were called to the residence of  respected Harvard Professor, Henry Louis  Gates, after a woman in a nearby building who did not live but worked in the area called to report a break in at the professor’s home.

It turned out that the “burglars” were the Professor and his driver trying to get into the house because Gates had lost his keys.  When the police arrived, officer  Crowley played it by the book and had Gates leave the house for his safety in case a burglar was still in the house and to ensure that this was professor Gates (police do not always take the driver’s license as evidence). Gates was indignant and refused to leave.  During the heated conversation that followed, officer Crowley arrested Gates for disorderly conduct.  Even the President later assessed what most had ascertained – both men had overreacted.

The next night, the President had one of his many press conferences. It was reported that he had selected the reporters he would call upon in advance.  He was about to call on a female reporter when a male reporter jumped ahead of her to ask a question. The President informed him that the woman was next.

Her question had to do with the incident -what it said about race relations in America:

[The President] noted up front that Professor Gates [was] a friend and that his comments might be biased. He said “words” had been exchanged and added:

“Now, I don’t know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that, but I think it’s fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home; and, number three, what I think we know, separate and apart from this incident, is that there is a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. And that’s just a fact.” He added later that the incident was “a sign of how race remains a factor in this society.”

President Obama then launched into a lecture or explanation of the relations between the police and black men over many decades. The New York Times

Now contrast this handling of a racially charged issue involving a friend, with his comments today about the massacre at Fort Hood involving a muslim Major and physician (psychiatrist) assigned to the post:

In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. base, President Obama on Friday cautioned against jumping to conclusions on the motive of the suspect.

“We don’t know all the answers yet and I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts,” Obama said on the White House lawn.

“What we do know is that there are families, friends and an entire nation grieving right now for the valiant men and women who came under attack yesterday,” the president said.  FOX News

President Obama is a lawyer. When speaking at his press conference following the Gates incident, one would have hoped that he would have said “We don’t know all the answers yet and I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts.”  This is not only ethically proper but indicates that he assumes BOTH the officer and the professor innocent until proved guilty.  He not only failed to do that; he demonstrated that he was President of Professor Gates but not of Officer Crowley or the Cambridge Police Department.

In the former incident, he protected his friend the Professor in defending his possible motives (after all not all the facts were in).  But in the massacre at Ft. Hood, he would like us to check our rage at Major Hassan until all facts are known.  He could have at least acknowledged that our upset was understandable. The families of the slain innocents deserve that.

In the Gates matter, the President was certain that the motives of both men were driven by the history of race relations between the two factions of society.  But lo, today the President cannot know the motivation of Major Hassan.  It is fairly obvious to anyone who has read or listened to reports out of Texas that the Major has been not only the victim of racial slurs but has himself been an outspoken critic of US foreign policy and has supported jihad against the US.

The President and his staff will, behind closed doors, probably explain that he learned his lesson from the Gates matter that he must be more impartial- more Presidential at these times. But this time is clearly no different from the last – race has been a factor.

Mr. Obama, you are a most inconsistent President.  You jump to the defense of your friends.  How about jumping to the defense of your troops in Afghanistan and making up your mind abut troop levels and strategy.  We have seen just how quickly you CAN make up your mind.

Finally I have a question for our military: Major Hassan had received an unsatisfactory review – one that could have resulted in him being asked to resign his commission. It is my understanding that he was in the final stages before such an action is taken.

Business the world over know that when such strained circumstances exist, it is best to sever ties with the employee immediately because things like the shootings do happen when disgruntled employees are allowed contact with their fellows.  Was the military partly to blame here?

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VotingFemale Speaks! – http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/us/23race.html

Hot Air – The woman who stopped a mass murderer

Warrentonegirl – I’ll tell you the freakin movtive…”Kill The Infidel”!

Diary of a Mad Conservative – ‘Nuff said, Mr. President

Hot Air – http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/06/video-obama-says-to-wait-for-facts-before-reaching-conclusions/

One person is now thought to have been involved in the attack at Ft. Hood, Texas.  Identified as the shooter is Army Major Nadal Malik Hasan,  a psychiatrist.  A  native born Muslim, he had issues with being shipped overseas and had been the focus of some harassment over his religion and his as yet undisclosed ethnicity.

Tonight the Army revealed that Hasan did not die during the shooting but is in stable condition in hospital.  That he has lived gives hope to those who are seeking answers to his motivation and to achieve closure.

Ft. Hood is the largest US base in terms of number of personnel.  It has families and a large number of civilian workers on the premises. It was a civilian policewoman on the base that took the shooter down.  This evening, she is reported in stable condition.  At this writing, 12 are confirmed dead; 31 have been wounded.

The attack came at the Soldier Readiness Facility that comprises several buildings – an area where personnel are processed to go overseas. It has been confirmed that all deaths occurred during this incident in this area.

Immediately as a precaution, word went out to other military facilities to be on the alert for similar actions.  While it was made known within a couple of hours that terrorism was not suspected, it will remain for the FBI to investigate the situation to determine the true nature of the attack.  But as a Fox News reporter observed, “Lone wolf” attacks such as the one Hasan carried out are virtually impossible to prevent. [based on AP, Reuters, FOX and CNN reports]

In a separate incident and on the west coast at Washington State’s Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, a group of 5 anti-war protesters associated with the international peace group Plowshares breached base security under a full moon. Armed with bolt cutters, they made it past 3 groups of fencing to the area where nuclear missiles are stored for the 10 trident submarines at the base.  They were virtually in plain sight during their entire operation.

Cited on suspicion of trespassing and destruction of government property were Bill Bischel, 81, a Catholic priest from Tacoma; Anne Montgomery, 83, a nun from New York; Susan Crane, 65, of Baltimore; Lynne Greenwald, 60, of Bremerton; and Steve Kelly, 60, of Oakland, Calif.

Taken together with the arrests in past weeks of individuals associated with terrorist cells, it is clear that increasingly our domestic civil and military facilities are not wholly secure and, in certain situations, cannot be secured.

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VotingFemale Speaks! – NY-23 race is driving Newt Gingrich & Michael Steel to GOP Changes for the better; Socialists claimed victory, but a Conservative Battle Was Won for America

HotAir – Breaking: Massacre at Fort Hood; Update: Three suspects, all soldiers; Update: Dead gunman identified

Sister Toldjah – Gunmen kill 11, injure 31 at Fort Hood (UPDATE 3: Who was Major Nadal Malik Hasan?)

FireAndreaMitchell – Mass shooting at Fort Hood military base in Texas – MUSLIM Convert Malik Nadal Hasan

FrugalCafe – Breaking News in Texas: Deadly Shooting At Fort Hood – Update, 7 Reported Dead, 20 Injured — Reported Deaths Now at 12, 31 Injured — UPDATE: Shooter Identified As Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan

Diary of a Mad Conservative – Ft. Hood is a family who belong to us all

Quick Hit Comments for

October 5, 2009

By SamHenry

Affordable Health Care for Americans Act 2009

We have not seen so much Democratic action as  in these 2 days since the November 3 elections – a vote of no confidence for the President.  How have the Administration and the Democrats in Congress responded?  They have returned to their weapon of choice, “Stun Gun Politics” - a term I coined to describe their brilliant use of confusion – throwing so much stuff and nonsense out there at one time that most poor cits are overwhelmed and thereby frozen in fear.

They have dived into a multitude of legislative actions and covert Administrative moves that will jump up to bite us if we don’t pay attention.  Remember Obama’s love of Saturday announcements like that declaration of a state of emergency over H1N1?  Well wait until you see what Congress has planned this Saturday.

1. Abortion issue will be resolved and the resolution will become part of the House Bill, the  Affordable Health Care for Americans Act.

2. House vote on Affordable Health Care for Americans Act might just materialize.

Cap and Trade Climate Change Bill

The Senate Cap and Trade Climate Change Bill is effectively dead.  In bringing it out of committee today without a vote that included Republicans, they triggered the rule that amendments could not be made.  The tie in between this legislation and the Copenhagen summit over this issue with the intent to sign a treaty was noted by Senator Specter:

Specter said that the vote would send a signal to other countries in advance of a climate change conference next month to hammer out a new international treaty.

“It is not the best signal, but it is a signal that the Senate is ready to move forward,” he said. FoxNews

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VotingFemale Speaks! – Woe be to Public Figure Republicans who wage personal attacks and crap on Sarah Palin going forward… word to the wise

HotAir – Pelosi wants a Saturday vote for her ObamaCare bill

Moonbat Patrol – The Democrat Coup D’etat, Health Care, Cap And Trade, Climate Bill, Marches On Regardless Of Support

 

Second Thoughts for

November 5, 2009

By SamHenry

There are many kinds of political endorsements.  During a campaign, candidates eagerly seek support from  newspapers, other politicians, and media stars to name a few.

But if your lucky and have that magic je ne sais quoi, then it is not outside the realm of possibility that you will find in your driveway a unicorn lowering his head in obeisance to you as you leave for work in the morning.  Now that’s an endorsement recognized everywhere and one that has stood the test of time.  That’s the elusive big one!

In the highly charged local races in states and communities across the nation November 3, the presence of the President at the side of the democratic gubernatorial candidate in New Jersey, John Corzine,  should have been tantamount to the laying on of the hands.  But in he end, Republican Chris Christie pulled off a victory.

Was this partially a case of sending a message to the President via Christie? However on the issue of honesty and ability to carry out the duties of the office there is no question that Christie was better qualified.  For once we can rejoice that a widely viewed corrupt politician was put out to pasture.

Up in the cold regions of  New York near the Canadian Border in the Watertown area is Congressional District, 23.  They held a special election that garnered national coverage.  Now here is an example where the endorsement gods giveth (Sara Palin) and the endorsement gods (Dede Scozzafava) taketh away.  What hath the endorsement gods wrought?

Palin clearly gave a boost to Conservative candidate Hoffman in coming in to endorse him.  Dede Scozzafava had been the Republican candidate but her numbers and support were eroding. Under pressure she quit the race but not before declaring her support for Democratic candidate,  Bill Owens.  Dede’s endorsement then was a vengeful weapon used against Hoffman. As a result she took the votes of her disgruntled supporters with her. In voting  for her, they split the Republican vote to the benefit of the winning candidate, Owens.  Now that is a mighty almost tactical military use of endorsement – nothing magical in that.

We like to think the best man/woman won.  Experience and  good judgment  should be the primary determinants in qualifying a candidate.  But in the candidates’ search for some kind of “enchanted” endorsement, they turn the process into a popularity contest.  Sadly, it was just this kind of contest that sustained and supported Obama and put him in office.   In the soft light the Kennedy’s provided, qualifications and associations were discounted.

The mythic Kennedys provided some Camelot magic, the movie stars provided powerful imagery, and the liberal media provided  perhaps the greatest endorsement of all.  No other candidate got his coverage.  He was their superstar.

Turning to the press, with newspapers and other print media in decline, journalists are in short supply and so the few with good writing, reporting and reasoning skills who remain in the nations largest papers are no longer as well-known or as closely followed.  Their endorsements don’t reverberate like they used to.  Their headlines don’t grab like those of the blogs.

The pull of the blogs is hurting them – even when they are online.  The blogs have carried that media endorsement further – large, interconnected and linked blogs are a mighty bastion of endorsement on the web to the fortunate candidate(s).  The best of them do careful research and accurate, timely reporting.  And many have what almost approaches cult followings. They are closer to us, allow comments and generate conversations.  These things are the cement between blog and follower.

Blogs that have less of a journalism bent and are more like organized movements give calls to action.  They provide invaluable up to date information about meetings and campaign schedules.  Their endorsements come from deep personal conviction with an emotional element tying them to their chosen candidates.

So as endorsements become more and more prolific but diffuse in different media, what influence a declared support has on the outcome of and election is difficult to measure. Certainly Conservative bloggers were enthusiastically typing and posting away about Hoffman.  That is the best kind of free advertising.

While a large segment of the public is removed from this computerized world, still Obama used the web effectively both to promote and organize and look where he is now.  His computer oriented army marched into areas with no computers to spread the word.

The bottom line for endorsements from the rich and famous is this:  unless they come from individuals who themselves have a large following and a kind of mythic presence , they are pretty much mundane and lifeless. But an endorsement from a Sarah Palin or Jesse Ventura – now those are lively and move people.  And as for the endorsement of this President at this time, it was made by am man whose fire had gone.  His endorsement seemed a ritualistic exercise.

finally,  too many people prefer not to think and they follow the lead of an endorsement. They see it as a kind  of movie review.  Happily, others are smart enough and take the time to make up their own minds based on their own research about a candidate.  For them, an endorsement is a point of departure – something to assessed and proved.

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Unicorn from website:  www.unicornlady.net/Gallery/images/9-4/winged.

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VotingFemale Speaks! – America Will Not Go Down Without A Fight; NJ and VA Defeats sent Loudest of Message; YOU CAN RUN DARTH OBAMA BUT YOU WILL NOT PREVAIL

HotAir – Steele on Hoffman’s defeat: It was a botched process

Second Thoughts for

November 4, 2009

By SamHenry

So many Independents, Republicans of a liberal bent and other assorted types are sending in their regrets to Monsieur Obama.  They regret that they voted for him.  November 2, the

New York Times went with a headline,”In Iowa, Euphoria Gives way to Second Thoughts” for an overview of current sentiment in a state that went big for Obama:

In few places did people get a longer and closer look at Mr. Obama than in Iowa, a swing state home to deep strains of both conservatism and liberalism. Mr. Obama was a constant presence here during the formative months of his candidacy. Many voters have pictures of him on their mantels, looking him in the eye as they took a measure of the man and the politician before giving him a crucial victory in the caucuses.

The article reported interviews with Iowans who, in the main, were now disenchanted. Some people there were so overcome by his charm offensive that they had changed parties.  Today their disappointment is seen in several areas – change that is too slow in coming, too much government intervention in private companies, and impatience with Obama’s blaming others for the current state off affairs.  In short, the bloom is off the rose.

The “official” word that Obama’s political capital may have drained considerably have been the stalemate over the American Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 and the loss of governor positions in Tuesday’s elections in Virginia and New Jersey.  The New Jersey democratic loss comes just days after the President campaigned there. Hoffman performed well but lost in the special congressional election in the 23rd district.

Liberal media were caught with their disappointment showing.  The tenor and tone at CNN was that election results did not prove anything definitive that it was just a shift in the wind’s direction.

Sarah Palin continues with her program of “shock and awe” in her endorsements.   As in the presidential election, the votes of independents and independents who were conservative put the Republican candidates over the top.

Tea party and Palin phone banks outstripped Organizing for America, the former Obama campaign internet and media tool.  Obama sat back and let his former grass-roots organization do their job.  But they did not “work” the important areas such as the youth vote.  Now that they have had a wake-up call, we can look to tougher campaigns.

However, Conservatives ran the kind of campaign that was all-inclusive and attracted the needed grass-roots votes.  They were there for the disillusioned who regretted their vote for him. They now see beneath the charm offensive. Even before polls closed, the White House let the nation know that the President was not watching the campaign results on TV but was watching a sporting event.

As a former Republican voter for Obama and Conservative convert with a dash of Independent, I am writing this to say, Monsieur Obama, Je regrette….

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VotingFemale Speaks! – Comrade Obama Refuses to Celebrate Failure of Communism in Berlin; spurns Berlin Wall Invite; “Ich bin Beschäftigt” (I’m too busy)

HotAir – Beck: I think a third party’s going to win in 2012

HotAir – Lessons from Election Night

 

The Eagle’s Eye

for November 3, 2009

By SamHenry

When first they met in Germany, King Obama had his sights set on improving relations with the Muslim world rather than the realm of the European allies. His visit to Germany was cordial but stiff.  Merkel was not impressed with the King; Obama was nonplussed with this pesky woman.  An article in the New York Times proclaimed: “Merkel Set to Greet, and then Resist Obama.”

What a difference  roughly seven months have made.  Obama has survived, albeit weakened, an ordeal by fire from a large faction of his own countrymen unhappy with the direction he is taking the country.  But today at the White House and in a speech to the a Joint Session of Congress, the German Chancellor gave every indication that their major differences had been broached and repairs were in the making.

All talk of global anything is like a worm on a  hook to Obama.  Merkel told Congress that the fiscal disaster had proved that there was a need for nations to meet and agree upon some underpinnings for the world economy that would contain such a disaster.  She recognized that the economic and political world of the 21st century was new-born and future meetings of nations over fiscal matters must be more inclusive.

On the issue of global warming, she gave exact measurements of emissions that each country would be allowed.  Her level of specificity and commitment to this issue caused the Congressional body to stand and give a sustained ovation both then and at the conclusion of her speech.

Since Obama is for global anything outside the US and for universal everything within our borders, the relationship between Merkel and Obama has rebounded.  Best of all for the lover of photo-ops, the picture of him with Merkel was worth a thousand comforting words to citizens of European descent.

Obama the smooth operator is back in business.  Watch our sovereignty and also your own wallet.

PHOTO CREDIT the Financial Times.

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VotingFemale Speaks! – Palin give tipsy Biden a lesson in rational energy policy thinking… (video)

Hot Air – CNN poll: 54% disapprove of Obama economic performance

The Eagle’s Eye for

November 2, 2009

By SamHenry

Dede Scozzafava, a Republican, withdrew from the special election race for the congressional seat in New York’s 23rd district, October 31, 2009.  A day later, she  endorsed her former opponent, the Democratic candidate, Bill Owen after having “thought long and hard.”

“Long and hard” is something that should last for at least 2 days.  But with the election at hand, a short burst of thought followed by a short burst of treachery is rather compulsive.

As a result of her actions, it appears that she did not qualify as a candidate of any affiliation in the first place.  Would the  people of the 23rd want someone to represent them who might change his/her stripes during her term – and compulsively?

This kind of action cannot and ought not to be welcome under the Republican tent.  What Conservative would embrace the Republican party if her actions would condoned? They would have to think “long and hard” before doing so.  Sarah Palin she is not.  She is on her own.

Not even the independents would recognize this action as “politic” and wise.  Good luck Dede in your search for your true identity. But your actions cannot be characterized any other way than as a cake recipe of treacherous with a frosting of compulsive. CNN.com

Now for a story of a traitor in wartime on the international stage. “Matthew Hoh, a mid-level Foreign Service officer in Afghanistan with combat experience in Iraq as a Marine captain, has resigned in protest of the Afghan war.”

Why I Resigned Matthew Hoh writes in his resignation letter, “I have lost understanding of and confidence in the strategic purposes of the United States’ presence in Afghanistan. [...] To put simply: I fail to see the value or the worth in continued U.S. casualties or expenditures of resources in support of the Afghan government in what is, truly, a 35-year old civil war.” He adds, “The United States military presence in Afghanistan greatly contributes to the legitimacy and strategic message of the Pashtun [Taliban] insurgency. [...] Success and victory, whatever they may be, will be realized not in years, after billions more spent, but in decades and generations. The United States does not enjoy a national treasury for such success and victory.” Hoh assesses the American war as just another chapter in a long decline:

If the History of Afghanistan is one great stage play, the United States is no more than a supporting actor, among several previously, in a tragedy that not only pits tribes, valleys, clans, villages and families against one another, but, from at least the end of King Zahir Shah’s reign [in 1973], has violently and savagely pitted the urban, secular, educated and modern of Afghanistan against the rural, religious, illiterate and traditional.  The Atlantic Online

Hoh is a traitor. He has put the lives of his fellow servicemen at great risk in fueling the confidence of the enemy combatants and in providing a strong example on the home front of credible, intelligent anti-war behavior. He embodies the actions of a Viet Nam era draft-dogers but in this case he will not have to leave the country.  He knew the risks, he took them.

On a Sunday Talk show he had the moxy to speak on behalf of fighting servicemen in the theater in saying many of them held his views.  It is one thing to advance your own views following his action.  It is quite another to drag your fellow soldiers into it.  The answer to the question that elicited this comment would have been an honorable and protective “I cannot speak for anyone else.”

Finally our President.  He is not so much a traitor as treacherous in his calculated determination to insert himself into the solemn return of deceased soldiers. In bringing the press corps to this painful exercise  for family and the comrades of the deceased, he could have acted as a true Commander-in Chief sensitive to the feelings of those intimately involved in this event in.  But the photo-op of him saluting a coffin as it passed in front of him showed an uneasy Obama overreacting to his own uncomfortable salute.

After this past week, we citizens need to think long and hard about the future role of these people and others like them in this country.  And to our fallen heroes returning at Dover, may you have a private, quiet burial and rest in eternal peace.  We are grateful for your sacrifice for our freedoms.

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