Congress Hits Rock Bottom

Looks like ratings for the do-nothing congress have sunk to single digits.

Please tell me it isn’t so! I could have sworn that Nancy and her apparatchiks, Reid and Murtha were doing a great job…at accomplishing absolutely nothing. For the last two years these three clowns have been running around like the Hansen brothers from that movie Slap Shot. Except the Hansen brothers, despite their goofy antics, had a purpose… they wanted to win. Pelosi and company perfected their clown act after they won in 2006, and two years later there still seems to be no real purpose behind their actions.

Giddy from mid-term election success, Nancy, Harry, and the dangerously senile and corrupt John Murtha immediately picked up where John Kerry and his “blame America” coalition left off after their defeat in 2004.

Some of the more infamous missteps of this axis of stupidity include Pelosi’s trip to Syria in an attempt to undermine administration foreign policy, Reid declaring the war is lost, and Murtha [with no evidence] accusing a group of US Marines of cold blooded murder in Haditha. And who can forget the ridiculous, repeated attempts to impeach George Bush, going after Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney, and just about anyone associated with the Bush administration? Apparently the Dems chose to adopt revenge politics instead of actually accomplishing anything during their majority. Great job Nancy, quite a legacy for the first female Speaker of the House.

Not many will argue the fact that Bush, like any leader, has made mistakes. And many Republicans are also to blame for this congressional debacle. However the Dems have continually tried to portray America as a declining, corrupted super-power, attacking not only our political and military leaders, but even our front line soldiers. All of this in a transparently pathetic attempt to gain political power. It’s no wonder that most Americans feel that our congress is doing a very poor job indeed.

Unfortunately, the Democrats decided in 2006 that it was more important to attack the Bush administration than to attack the problems facing Americans. In the last two years gas prices have skyrocketed, the mortgage and housing markets are in ruin, and no word from Nancy Pelosi. The Dems pinned everything on losing [or surrendering] in Iraq, and when American body counts declined and stability in the region improved, Nancy, Harry, and Murtha, all but disappeared from the news. Let’s hope it stays that way.

What new lows will they stoop to if Obama is elected? Don’t wait to find out, vote Nobama in November.

Obama's Political Stunt

About one month ago John McCain proposed that both he and Barack Obama visit Iraq to assess the situation. The proposal made sense. Both candidates are the presumptive nominees of their party. Both candidates are Senators. John McCain has been an active supporter of the surge. Barack Obama has continuously derided McCain on Iraq. McCain has been to Iraq recently to see yhe surge results first hand. Obama has not visited Iraq for over two years even though he sits on the Senate Armed Services committee.

Obama derided McCain's proposal as being nothing more than a political stunt. Obama saw no reason to visit Iraq. Obama had a stated policy of withdrawal from Iraq at all costs no matter the circumstances. Yet today Obama has his surrogate deride McCain regarding his lack of judgment on Iraq. Yes John Kerry "swiftboated" McCain. Kerry claims that McCain was wrong about the surge. Yet the results of the surge could not be clearer. Iraq has somewhat stabilized. 15 of the 18 benchmarks have been met satisfactorily. Yet Kerry has the audacity to say John McCain lacks the judgment to be president. John McCain consistently backed troop increases to quell the violence. John McCain stood up to George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld and told them they were wrong. John McCain has shown he is the only candidate for president that got the judgment right.

In addition to sending his surrogates to trash John McCain, Obama has started to plan a trip to Iraq. This even though one month ago Obama told everyone that visiting Iraq was nothing more than a political stunt. Part of Obama's plan is to visit the Brandenburg gate and make a speech in Berlin Germany. Obama's handlers believe this speech will follow in the footsteps of John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. Now who is planning a political stunt?

Obama has spoken that he is the only candidate that has consistently been against the war. Obama has pledged to withdraw from Iraq immediately (two brigades per month). Yet Obama earlier in the week said he would listen to commanders on the ground and that Obama was refining his position. Who lacks judgment? The candidate that recognizes we are in a war and that we have responsibilities or the one that will say anything to gain a vote? Obama accuses McCain of political stunts, Obama sends surrogates out to demean McCains character, and Obama plans his own political stunt. Obama lacks the integrity, judgment, character, and truthfulness to be the local dogcatcher. Is this the messiah the left has been waiting for? A candidate that stands for nothing, a candidate with no principle, a candidate that smears his opponent all the complaining of smears himself? Obama is a childish egomaniac. Obama has an inferiority complex and masks that with his elitist ego. Obama is a political stunt.

Up The Middle

Obama is making his run for the middle. Many of his policies are now changing to be more appealing to the center. Obama's claim to be a different kind of politician is definitely ringing hollow when you take into consideration running for the middle is the same play book that is always used. Obama is not moving to the center but rather abandoning his primary promises of a marxist world and picking up conservative values.

The playbook says pander to your base and move to the middle. The candidate that mobilizes his base and wins the center will win the election. The theory works like the following: Pander to the party base during the primary. This will solidify the base and energize your hard core believers. After the base is mobilized the candidate then slowly moves toward the center. This slow deliberate move to the center keeps the base mobilized and picks up supporters along the way. The candidate that successfully keeps the base mobilized and picks up the independent middle America will be the ultimate victor.

Obama's playbook is following the basic theory. However, he has a problem. Obama did not methodically move to the center. No, Obama lurched to the right of center. Obama abandoned his base. Obama ran a primary well left of Hillary. Obama was able to energize the far left extreme of his party. Communist and Marxist followers were mesmerized by the chosen one. After securing the nomination Obama morphed into a pseudo Republican. Obama now publicly backs faith based initiatives rather than big intrusive government. Obama just yesterday backed off his lose at all cost Iraq policy to one of flexibility and listening to military commanders. Obama was against NAFTA in the Primary (although his surrogates promised Canada it was all campaign rhetoric) and now is a free trade advocate. Obama through his votes and actions showed he was a staunch supporter of abortion rights no matter the circumstances. Now he is not so sure. All these policy refinements have alienated his base. Obama's move is not a smooth transition from party base to center.

All Obama has done is shown he is a typical politician unable to grasp the nuances of a national campaign. The move to the center must be a smooth transition picking up supporters along the way. Obama jumped over an important constituency. Obama could have done wonders by talking at the Democratic Leadership Council last week. Instead Obama stayed away getting a haircut and playing basketball. Obama has given up on half of his own party. Obama believes his reversal of spoken policy will go unnoticed. Obama believes the democrats will all come home regardless of what he says in the general. Obama feels he can successfully run to the middle all the while abandoning his base and running over the 18 Million that voted for his primary opponent.

The problem is that his policies changes were not morphed. There was no gradual, deliberate move to the center. Obama reversed his policies and now stands to the right of center on most issues. This does not follow Obama's past actions. Obama is the most liberal Senator in the Congress. Obama even made Ted Kennedy appear to be moderate. Obama's past actions and policies stances during the primary were well to the left Hilary. In a matter of days Obama has been able to move to the right of John McCain. It is no wonder the American people ask "who is Obama" or "What does Obama stand for" for it certainly seems Obama has no principles and will say anything to win election. His policies change continuously depending on the audience. Which Obama are we expected to believe in; The liberal senator, the marxist nominee, or the pseudo evangelical? Obama is change no one can believe in.

I've Always Said.......

When Obama starts a sentence off with "I've always said" we need to listen carefully to what he is saying. We need to listen closely because Obama is changing his stance on something. Today Obama started a sentence off with "I've always said" and started down the path of "refining" his position on Iraq.

Now Obama has said he has always been against th war in Iraq. Obama has said he would start an immediate withdrawal from Iraq. Obama has said he believes it not unreasonable to withdraw at least 2 brigades per month. Obama has said the surge was a failed policy. Obama has said Iraq was a quagmire. Obama has said just about everything imaginative that was negative in regards to the Iraq war. Yet today he says he would listen to commanders.

Today Obama says he is refining his position. A month ago Obama said it was a political stunt to visit our troops in Iraq. Today he is in the midst of planning a trip to Iraq. I wonder how Obama is going to "refine" his position that it is a political stunt. We all know by now that the surge has produced results. Iraq has successfully met 15 of the 18 benchmarks in less than a year. Last year this time Obama, Pelosi, and Reid were threatening to abandon our troops in a time of war. Reid in fact said "the war is lost". Reid staged a pizza sleepover party in the Senate in an attempt to abandon our troops. Obama railed against the surge. Yet today Obama says "I've always said" and starts to "refine" his position.

The position refinement is nothing more than an attempt to change his position to the opposite of what he has always said. This is an attempt at spinning an admission that he has always been wrong. Obama understands that the current facts in Iraq do not fit his stated position. Obama understands that his foreign policy positions are behind the times and out of step with mainstream America.

Obama stands for nothing. He has always said he was against the war. Now he is not so sure. Obama has always said there is nothing wrong with black theology. Now he says he has abandoned his church. Obama has always said he was against telecom immunity. Now he is for it. Obama has always said he was against free trade. Now he is for it. Obama's run to the middle abandons everything he ever stood for. This just goes to show everyone that he has no principles. Obama will do or say anything to win an election. He will change his position depending on the audience and then have the audacity to say "I've always said". Obama words are as empty as he is shallow.

Lock-Down of Anti-Obama Blogs Gaining Attention

NewsBusters' Warner Todd Huston reports today on the recent shutdown of anti-Obama blogs on Google. As reported previously on this blog and many others, there has been a concerted effort by Obama supporters to silence blogs that do not agree with Obama's plan to ruin our nation and subjugate Americans to his socialist policies.

The actions of his supporters have only reinforced my belief that Obama and the malignant mass that follow him are willing to use any means necessary to get this toxic ideologue in the White House. The use of Chavez-like tactics to silence opposition seems to be part of the Obama game plan.

Although a temporary inconvenience, the locking of these blogs has been beneficial in exposing the left-wing for their intolerance and total disregard for free and open political discussion where their candidate is concerned. Google, whose flawed spam reporting architecture was exploited, should have been quick to realize that they were being used by deviant political operatives to close down selected blogs with a similar theme. Google possesses the technology available to avoid this type of abuse. They chose not use it in a timely or effective manner. Therefore Google, despite repeated apologies and excuses, remains complicit in these events.

What Do The Outlier Polls Tell Us?

Last week Newsweek rolled out a shocking poll that showed Obama was up 15%. Yesterday the LA Times rolled out a poll that also had Obama up 15%. These polls show two things. One the methodology is probably flawed in their party affiliation makeup. Two they show Obama is in a lot of trouble on election day.

In light of these polls I believe they spell trouble for Obama. Both polls reported independents leaned towards McCain. This has to be troubling for Obama. In order to receive a 15% lead both polling organizations have to have a 10-12% lead in political party affiliation in favor of the Democrats. In the 2004 election cycle the two main political parties were essentially tied. Now the LA Times and Newsweek believe there has been a 10-12 point swing in 4 years? That is really out of touch with reality. It is true that the Republicans have dropped and yes the Democrats of increased their ranks. However, the biggest gain has been in people identifying as independents.

In closed primary states like Pennsylvania there were huge increases in the Democratic Party ranks. This was not due to this many people wishing to vote the Democratic ticket in the general but rather due to this many people wishing to have a voice in the closed primary. The only real primary was on the Democrats side. It is no wonder the Democrat party increased party affiliation. In the general these numbers will normalize and recent Rasmussen polls show Obama up only 4 points in Pennsylvania. With all of these new Democrats and at least a 10 point party affiliation difference should not Obama be up 20-25 points in Pennsylvania?

As long as McCain maintains a lead with independents he will win the general. If McCain maintains an 8 point lead in the independent voters McCain will win the election in a landslide. If the independent vote is closer to 1-2 points we will have a close election.

What these polls show is that Obama has problems. The only way to have the lead is to have a party affiliation difference of 10% in favor of the Democrats and have more democrats than independents. This polling methodology goes against what common sense says should be happening. Commonsense says independents should outnumber both Party's. Commonsense says the difference between Democrats and Republicans should be 5-7 points not 10+ points. Bottom line is that both of these outlier polls actually show problems for Obama. These polls show Obama trailing in the independent voter block. This spells serious problems for Obama in the general.

Obama: No Plan, No Ideas, No to America

Here is a video of Obama saying no to every energy proposal from the other side of the aisle. Yet the Democrats led by Obama offer no energy plan whatsoever.

Columbia Professor to Lose Job after Noose Incident

Back in October, Columbia University professor Madonna Constantine came to work and allegedly found a noose hanging from her office door. Despite the ensuing furor and an intense investigation by both state and federal law enforcement agencies, the perpetrator was never found.

Prof. Constantine is now embroiled in another controversy, but this one has nothing to do with hate crimes. Ms. Constantine has been suspended indefinitely for the most grievous of academic transgressions; plagiarism. An investigation by Columbia officials determined that the esteemed Prof. Constantine not only pirated the works of three colleagues, but that she also lied when she claimed the material as her own and accused her colleagues of plagiarism in an effort to obstruct the investigation that will eventually lead to her dismissal.

When the noose incident occurred in October 2007, it was not widely known [or at least reported] that she was being investigated for stealing the intellectual property of her colleagues. Certainly this fact would have caused at least some degree of suspicion as to the timing and cause of the noose. Constantine has demonstrated that she is not above taking credit for the work of others, and then falsely accusing those same individuals of plagiarism. Recognizing this moral and ethical deficit, are we to believe that she is not capable of staging a racial incident in an attempt to hide behind her ethnicity and play upon the emotions of the hyper-sensitive, PC worshipping, academic community? My guess is that this ethically bankrupt professor thought she could dampen the plagiarism charges by playing the victim.

In the end professor Constantine has been exposed as a liar and a thief. Her dismissal should effectively end her career as an educator, and rightfully so. One has to wonder if such a person ever had anything of value to offer her students, or did she just pass on her own twisted values to those eager minds?

The Democrats Are Asleep At The Economic Wheel

Last summer the news media starting portraying America's economy as beginning a significant downturn. Gas prices were high and the housing bubble had burst. Our economy has shown its remarkable resiliency but it is teetering on the edge. The Democratic Party promise of an energy plan that would reduce our fuel costs has never been presented. Now the "Populist Party" goes against the will of the populous.

Obama and the Democrats have only been able to produce fringe energy plans that do nothing to help the ailing economy. The democrats have offered to increase the federal tax on gasoline by 56 cents per gallon. The democrats have attempted to tax the evil oil companies. The democrats have threatened to take over our oil companies. The democrats have proposed eliminating the Bush tax cuts. Obama has pushed for alternative fuels like ethanol (more on that in a minute). Obama has proposed a $1,000 tax break for the middle class to help pay for higher fuel costs. All of these ideas and none of them help reduce costs. Obama has proposed investigating charges of speculators increases the price of fuel. Obama has said we need to change our habits. Obama has advocated higher fuel prices in effort to force Americans to change their habits. Today the Democrats said there are no short term fixes. We will have to live with higher prices. All of these plans and none of them address the real issue. The real issue is that the high cost of energy and fuel is crushing the economy.

Our transportation companies are cutting jobs. Truckers are paying $4.648 per gallon for diesel fuel. This is a 256% increase from one year ago. Airlines are reducing the number of routes and laying off pilots. Commuters are finding it difficult getting to and from work. All this and the Democrats and Obama push for alternative fuels like ethanol.

Unfortunately, Obama's ties to the ethanol industry are causing the price of food to increase. Ethanol is the main ingredient for ethanol. We are taking food products off the market. Increased production of corn due to the laws of supply and demand are taking other commodity crops off the market in order to make the profits from selling corn as fuel. The price for a bushel of corn is also causing meat products to increase in price. Corn again is the main ingredient for feeding our nations livestock. While this is not the first time food products have been taken off the market and sold as fuel products, it is the first time where food and energy inflation is coupled with reduced capital in the depreciating housing market. Americans are losing wealth everyday on their real estate capital all the while the cost for basic sustenance increases.

It is unclear why the democrats have failed to accomplish anything since the 2006 elections. Maybe it was "Bush Derangement Syndrome". The democrats have been trying to beat Bush since 2000. The Main Stream media has attacked Bush from day one. It is remarkable that Bush still has a 30% approval rating. I do not know of too many people that could be bashed daily for 7 years by the MSM and still retain a 30% approval rating. Maybe the democrats were too busy receiving sweetheart deals from the mortgage lenders to notice the growing housing bubble. Perhaps Senator Dodd should have been working for Americans rather than working his elitist credentials. Perhaps Obama was to busy playing president and designing a pseudo presidential seal rather than act presidential. Perhaps the democrats were too busy intentionally derailing the war effort to notice Americans hitting hard times. Perhaps the democrats really do not have any substantive ideas.

It is apparent that the populist party will go against the populous. They will not allow further drilling in America even though a recent survey showed 78% of Americans back more exploration and drilling. A full 64% of Americans strongly back drilling now. What are the democrats waiting for? Public support is there. We have vast oil resources in our own country. The democrats excuse is that we can't get the oil tomorrow so why start? Let me tell you why we should start now.

First drilling now will force the speculators out of the market. Second, we would offer more supply than demand, thus reducing the cost of fuel until an equilibrium is reached. Third we would create more jobs and reduce inflationary pressures. Obama and the Democrats are offering raised taxes, raised unemployment, raised inflation, raised mortgage defaults, and raised homeless rates. Is this Obama's vision of change? Instead of a resilient society we would become a vanquished society. The democrats have been asleep at the wheel for too long. They believe in their inevitability of winning election in 2008. They have become complacent and arrogant. Their elitist views will destroy all self respecting Americans.

Newsweek Poll Skewed Hard Left

Late last week Newsweek published a poll that showed Obama with a 15% lead (51-36). It came at the end of the week and seemed to allow Obama momentum. Many have questioned the validity of this poll. I have investigated the polling data and find that perhaps the reason for the outlier poll is methodology.

In Newsweek's polling methodology there were 25.7% Republican, 36.1 % Democrat, and 34% independents. Additionally, only 22% of the respondents backed Hillary Clinton. I see these numbers as a problem in methodology. First of all, I do not believe there are 10% more Democrats than Republicans. That number is certainly only 7 or 8% difference. Most believe that the voting electorate is made up of 28-30% Republican, 30-33% Democrat 35-40% independents. Independents are certainly the biggest makeup of the electorate. Independents have registered in record numbers this year. Additionally, many democrats across web land have renounced the membership to their party since the nomination process as a result of disenfranchised Hillary voters and voters feeling left out of the process in Michigan and Florida.

What this means is that the sample was skewed hard left. In the grand scheme of things this means the poll is less than accurate and paints a much better picture for Obama than is really the case. Anti-Obama rhetoric is growing louder by the day. It is easy to see that Obama is losing traction and at a minimum is not gaining anymore followers. The talk of the internet is "buyers remorse". The gaffe machine is losing support amongst evangelicals even though earlier reports thought Obama may garner 36-40% of evangelicals. There is no doubt the hearts of the electorate are hardening against Obama. The drumbeat is getting louder and lines are beginning to form. Perhaps Newsweek sensed this building wall against Obama and tried to push a skewed poll in an effort to disguise serious problems in the Obama campaign.

It certainly appears that opposition to Obama is getting louder if not stronger. This outlier poll by Newsweek in all likelihood due to hard left skewing of the respondents. This is usually not a good methodology to provide an accurate picture of the race at hand. I believe the race is much closer than 15%. I believe the race is closer to the 5-7 points in other polls. This also coincides with the electoral projections and state by state polling. If Obama was truly winning by 15% McCain would be lucky to have 100 electoral votes. Right now most polls show McCain garnering 170 electoral votes. I would say put this poll outside the box and considered garbage in garbage out.