This weeks post brought to you by the words "unity" and "post-partisanship." Those words sound familiar? If not, think of the words "hope" and "change we can believe in" and it will probably become a little clearer. President Obama ran in 2008 based on empty promises. His supporters touted him as the kind of man that once elected would bring out an era of post partisanship and that there would be a new unity throughout the land.
The reality after the election has been something quite different. President Obama pushed through a wasteful stimulus with the promise that if passed, unemployment would not go above 8%. Republicans knew the likelihood of what would happen and so voted against it. The result? Obama and the Dems complain about lack of Republican willingness to go along with them. BTW, unemployment is currently at 9.6% and has been hovering around there for the past year and then some.
Next President Obama and his white house went on a media blitz to talk down fox news and radio commentators such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. He complained that these news networks did a disservice for the country by not reporting more positively about the white house. Keep in mind that a UCLA study found that Fox News is the only news cable channel that leans to the right, that the newspapers are so tilted to the left that the Washington Times and the Wall Street Journal are the ONLY ONES IN THE COUNTRY that trend to the right and that radio talk shows are opinion, nothing more nothing less. With so much of the media in his corner Obama took the time to complain about the one section that isn't. Guess that's what his supporters call open minded.
And of course the health care bill in which he allowed the federal funding of abortions and attached a massive cost to go along with some attempt to reduce medical costs and forces people to buy insurance. This was completely unpalatable for Republicans for the obvious reasons, but once again after turning down Obama's token offer for them to go along with it they were branded as the "party of no" by the bringer of post partisanship. Nice.
Today we find ourselves about three weeks away from an election in which the Republicans are expected to take control of at least one house in Congress. Although it should be expected that the President would campaign for his party and encourage people to vote early and often for Dems the language he has used again highlights his own partisan nature. This is a time where even in the face of heaby losses he could make overtures to the GOP and the country and state his willingness to work with any elected officials for the better of our country. It's what President Bush, that guy they love to blame for everything, did in 2006, but unlike President Bush who endorsed candidates on their merit Obama chooses instead to use doomsday rhetoric calling Republicans out of touch, in the hands of special interests. He's even gone so far to state that a GOP congress would mean "hand to hand combat" between his admin and the GOP. In another recent speech he says "They're counting on black folks staying home."...
That is the man that was supposed to bring post partisanship to this country. That is the man that was supposed to heal the racial wounds and bring about a new period of unity, and yet time and time again he has shown himself to be the opposite. Folks, you need to remember this man and what he says. We need to see this man for who he is, what he represents and the damage that he has done to this nation. Election day is three weeks away. I hope you all will stand with me on that day and send a strong message back to Washington, one that the world and President zero will be unable to ignore.
Yeesh, kind of a bad post, not structured at all the way I usually like to, but been a bit of a long day and I imagine you get my point by now.
Take Care.
-Zach
Monday, October 11, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Meg Whitman and Christine O'Donnell, the two new women Libs love to hate
One thing that I've said for a number of years now is that if you want to see a closet racist or sexist come out of the closet, than just watch a lib's reaction when they face a woman or black man/woman that happens to be a conservative. You'll hear every distasteful name under the sun thrown at this people, names like ditz, barbie doll, uncle tom, house... well you know. These names are thrown ironically from the very people who like to pride themselves as "tolerant" due to their mostly high support from minority groups within the US, and yet when faced with a opposing view, a rather benign test of one's real tolerance they often fail time and time again.
Perhaps the best and most recent case of this on a national scale was the nomination of Sarah Palin for VP. Most people in America understood that the media tilted towards the left, but even the public was repulsed for the most part with the complete tabloid style in which the media sought to embarrass Palin and drag what is a very unassuming family through the mud. Although Palin's folksy way of talking may have made her a fair target for late night comedians it was still amazing to see such people who claim support for diversity to use the "ditz" language with Palin. Palin even recalls in her book "Going Rouge" how during a stop in Philly her daughter Willow spotted a sign that read "Palin is a C---." My my, the very tolerant left. Palin by then of course knew it was national politics and shrugged it off while only lamenting that this was exposed to her children.
Fast forward two years and now we see very similar behavior in two different races, well three if we count the South Carolina Governor's race, but I only have so many lines. Anyway recently NJ Gov Chris Christie appeared in California at an event to support Meg Whitman. During the event some loudmouth started shouting at Meg and becoming disrupted, reportedly stating that "You look like Arnold in a dress" no word on if the left will call this sexism or not. Christie stood up to the man stating "if you want to yell at someone yell at me" in a very good exchange that I'll link below. More recently Whitman is facing a charge that she kept a maid on her payroll for 9 years with knowledge that she was an illegal. She has since proven that to be false by providing the false paperwork that the maid used to obtain the job. All this is a blatant political ploy that will ultimately not hurt her IMHO. Still, it's amazing that the left can be comfortable with this kind of blatant dishonesty. For them the end always justifies the means and that kind of attitude never will be conducive towards bringing this nation towards a less partisan climate, in fact it only serves to further the divide. Any chance someone can pass that along to President Obama?
On to Christine O'Donnell. Admittedly I have not followed this woman much and I know little about her politics, but what I do know is she is a tea party endorsed candidate in Delaware that will vote to repeal Obamacare and will be a reliable vote for reduced spending and a balanced budget and folks, that's all I really care about at this point. I couldn't care less what she "dabbled" in ten years ago and I miffed that the same folks that don't mind sending a cocaine user to the white house would make such a big deal about this, but their libs, hypocrisy hasn't be added to their dictionary yet. O'Donnell has had some miscues though, shortly after winning the nomination she declined an interview in which she could have put her comments into context and in some of her other public appearances she does appear somewhat Palin like which of course, the left hopes to ride to get a "bearded Marxist" elected instead of Christine.
Sigh, folks, why is it we can't simply have a discussion on the issues? Why is it that when a conservative wants to talk about the need for a balanced budget the left comes back with "well you look like a dude in a dress" or "oh, don't you dabble in witchcraft like when you were in high school?" Why is it that many of the are quick to call racism and mock the right for a lack of minority support and than turn around and attack minorities when they embrace conservative views? There is not rational to this stance, never has been and never will be and this.... this is the attitude that has had control of our congress for four years and the white house for two and this.... this is why our country is in the sad shape that it is in today. There is no running from it, but sadly we can expect the partisan trash talk from the left to only ratchet up in a desperate attempt to maintain the Congress past November's election. We can only hope that the public sees past this and Republicans gain back control of both houses. Only then can we begin to repair the damage which has been done and perhaps finally get on a road to post partisanship.
-Zach
Perhaps the best and most recent case of this on a national scale was the nomination of Sarah Palin for VP. Most people in America understood that the media tilted towards the left, but even the public was repulsed for the most part with the complete tabloid style in which the media sought to embarrass Palin and drag what is a very unassuming family through the mud. Although Palin's folksy way of talking may have made her a fair target for late night comedians it was still amazing to see such people who claim support for diversity to use the "ditz" language with Palin. Palin even recalls in her book "Going Rouge" how during a stop in Philly her daughter Willow spotted a sign that read "Palin is a C---." My my, the very tolerant left. Palin by then of course knew it was national politics and shrugged it off while only lamenting that this was exposed to her children.
Fast forward two years and now we see very similar behavior in two different races, well three if we count the South Carolina Governor's race, but I only have so many lines. Anyway recently NJ Gov Chris Christie appeared in California at an event to support Meg Whitman. During the event some loudmouth started shouting at Meg and becoming disrupted, reportedly stating that "You look like Arnold in a dress" no word on if the left will call this sexism or not. Christie stood up to the man stating "if you want to yell at someone yell at me" in a very good exchange that I'll link below. More recently Whitman is facing a charge that she kept a maid on her payroll for 9 years with knowledge that she was an illegal. She has since proven that to be false by providing the false paperwork that the maid used to obtain the job. All this is a blatant political ploy that will ultimately not hurt her IMHO. Still, it's amazing that the left can be comfortable with this kind of blatant dishonesty. For them the end always justifies the means and that kind of attitude never will be conducive towards bringing this nation towards a less partisan climate, in fact it only serves to further the divide. Any chance someone can pass that along to President Obama?
On to Christine O'Donnell. Admittedly I have not followed this woman much and I know little about her politics, but what I do know is she is a tea party endorsed candidate in Delaware that will vote to repeal Obamacare and will be a reliable vote for reduced spending and a balanced budget and folks, that's all I really care about at this point. I couldn't care less what she "dabbled" in ten years ago and I miffed that the same folks that don't mind sending a cocaine user to the white house would make such a big deal about this, but their libs, hypocrisy hasn't be added to their dictionary yet. O'Donnell has had some miscues though, shortly after winning the nomination she declined an interview in which she could have put her comments into context and in some of her other public appearances she does appear somewhat Palin like which of course, the left hopes to ride to get a "bearded Marxist" elected instead of Christine.
Sigh, folks, why is it we can't simply have a discussion on the issues? Why is it that when a conservative wants to talk about the need for a balanced budget the left comes back with "well you look like a dude in a dress" or "oh, don't you dabble in witchcraft like when you were in high school?" Why is it that many of the are quick to call racism and mock the right for a lack of minority support and than turn around and attack minorities when they embrace conservative views? There is not rational to this stance, never has been and never will be and this.... this is the attitude that has had control of our congress for four years and the white house for two and this.... this is why our country is in the sad shape that it is in today. There is no running from it, but sadly we can expect the partisan trash talk from the left to only ratchet up in a desperate attempt to maintain the Congress past November's election. We can only hope that the public sees past this and Republicans gain back control of both houses. Only then can we begin to repair the damage which has been done and perhaps finally get on a road to post partisanship.
-Zach
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