It’s a dream come true for hysterical liberals and their fellow travelers in the ‘unbiased’ media. Pesky Republicans ARE actively working to discourage voter turnout in the 2012 Presidential election!

Unfortunately, in typical GOP fashion, the party is busy suppressing its own vote.
Thanks to a decision by the Virginia Republican State Central Committee, voters who may want to participate in the Commonwealth’s Republican Presidential Primary will be forced to sign a loyalty oath before the commissars allow them to cast a ballot.

Members of the Electoral College, who actually choose the President, are not Constitutionally required to swear a similar oath, but the committee — like Southern Baptists who frequently add qualifications for church office not found in the Bible — feel this is a vital improvement to the system.

The oath is brief and to the point: “I, the under​signed, pledge that I intend to support the nominee of the Republican Party for president.”

Prince William County Virginia’s redoubtable conservative Republican, Del. Bob Marshall strongly objects to requiring an oath, “Virginia’s Republican leadership wants to mandate a loyalty oath when Virginia’s Republican officials are in court fighting the Obamacare mandate? This sends the wrong message.”

I’m not sure I’m in agreement with Marshall’s analogy, since Obamacare is mandatory, while voting for the GOP is optional. (An option I fear many will choose not to exercise if it means signing this pledge.)

The oath manages to offend two groups that are key to winning in November: the conservative base and the independent. Longtime Republicans will be insulted by the presumption they are so fickle an oath is required to remind them of their loyalty.

Besides, as Marshall points out, Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Speaker of the House William Howell, have not always voted for the Republican nominee in November. Both supported an independent in an earlier race for Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney.

Equally important, the Presidential election in November will be won among the 40 percent that considers themselves independent — voting for the man and not the party. What a shock it will be to the commitment–phobic independent who decides to participate in the GOP primary, only to be hit with a contract that requires him to swear an oath to a November candidate who might not even be on the March 6th primary ballot.

Which brings us to another problem. Although nationally we currently have a fluctuating total of approximately ten GOP candidates, in the Virginia primary the ballot will resemble the inventory of a Soviet supermarket with only Mitt Romney and Ron Paul to choose from.

It seems that organizing a petition drive to get his name on the ballot is the latest entry on the lengthening list of things Rick Perry can’t do.

Perry, who does have someone on staff who can file a lawsuit, and Virginia resident Newt Gingrich are attempting to gain access by judicial means — a particularly ironic move for Gingrich who blasted federal judges last week proclaiming “Judicial supremacy is factually wrong. It is morally wrong, and it is an affront to the American system of self–government.”

Unless, of course, you can find a judge who will overturn Republican rules and get you on the ballot.

The fact is if the yang and yin of presidential politics can get on the ballot under the existing rules, then the rest of the candidates should be able to clear the same hurdle, too.

This whole affair reeks of Paulophobia. Evidently the fear is that Ron Paul voters can’t be relied upon in November to support the Republican nominee if it’s not Ron Paul. It would make more sense to have Paul himself sign the oath as a condition of appearing on the ballot, since a third–party run on his behalf would only serve to re–elect Obama.

So naïve central committee members believe signing this worthless piece of paper is going to persuade a herd of black–helicopter Libertarian paranoids that they have to toe the line in November.

Fors Fortis, as the Romans say.

The other fear is wily Democrats voting for Paul in an effort to sow dissention in Republican ranks. The way to prevent this is to post a large sign informing Democrats their name will appear on Republican mailing lists and their mailboxes stuffed full of GOP direct mail and fund–raising appeals for the next four years.

My wife, Janet, still rues the day she voted for Hillary Clinton in one of those fruitless crossover voting schemes.

In the meantime, GOP Chairman Pat Mullins has scheduled a special meeting on January 21st. The only agenda item is the “loyalty oath.”

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- What it Means for the Future of America

The last few weeks have seen the Republican nominees fall under all sorts of attacks from the liberal media about their so called “scandals” and “blunders.” It’s been a non-stop barrage of reports trying to undermine the strength of the candidates and the party. Yet the Republicans have managed to stay strong throughout, showing no signs that the attacks have affected them mentally.

If you had a job where every day you went to work and millions of people came at you with lies about your character, chances are you’d find yourself suffering from a lot of stress and anxiety. But these candidates have been able to stay strong in a way that liberals can’t even imagine. They take the lies and abuse and come through unscathed, not allowing them to be affected by any of it.

Those on the left can’t even begin to try to even imagine coming anywhere close to handling their anxiety and stress like the Republican candidates. They’ve experienced none of the constant scrutiny by the media or the public, and yet they act anxious and nervous every day, hiding from their problems and trying to put the blame on others. So what is it about the Republican candidates that makes them so resistant to the stress and pressure? What is it that causes them to avoid panic?

Traits of the Republican Candidates

· Strength in Their Convictions

No doubt the biggest reason that they are able to withstand all of the abuse and maintain their mental strength is because they stick to their convictions. They know they’re innocent of the things they’re accused of, they know that their beliefs are right, and they know the right way to run the country. By sticking to their convictions, they have truth on their side, and truth cannot be swayed by anything the media accuses them of.

· Support From the Base

Unlike the fickle Democratic party, the Republican candidates know that they’re strongly supported by their base. Research has shown that when people experience support, they are better able to withstand the pressures of their job. Being a presidential candidate is a lot of pressure, but these candidates know that the base supports them and what they believe it, helping them to withstand everything they’re up against.

· Strong Moral Fiber

Research has also shown something the right has known to be true for years. Republicans have a strong moral fiber – one that allows them to know their beliefs are right for them and for the country. Researchers have measured the morality inherent in both parties. They’ve found that on measures of morality, Democrats only score well on 2 of the 5 measurements. Republicans score highly on all 5, indicating a strong personal morality that allows them to know that they are doing what’s right for the country.

What This Means For the Candidates and The Party

It’s all of these factors that contribute to the Republican’s ability to avoid panic and anxiety despite the tremendous amount of pressure and lack of support they get from the mainstream media – an ability that doesn’t exist on the left.

For the candidates, this means that they’ll be able to let the truth come out, and that the made up stories and scandals they’ve been subjected to will not affect their chances at the candidacy. The best candidate will win, and they’ll be able to put up more than just a fight in the 2012 election.

But what this also does is it shows America – and the rest of the world – the importance of standing up for what you believe in. These candidates are going to become a model of what the country should be – a country that supports morality and convictions, and one that knows what’s right on the issues. By showing their mental strength and their ability to avoid the effect of the abuse, the candidates are going to be representative of what we need in American politicians.

The Future of the Country

The goal of the Republican party is not just to take back the presidency. The goal is to make the country better, and put it on a path for even greater prosperity. You can’t do that if you’re constantly anxious and panicking over every little issue like they do on the left. You can only do that if you’re able to stand up for what you believe in and show the country and the world that nothing they can do will affect you when you know what you’re doing is right.

That’s what we want from a leader, and that’s what the current candidates are showing about who they are. This election is about more than just outing a left wing president. It’s about getting the country back on the right track. These candidates are showing that they have the qualities to accomplish it.

About the Author: Ryan Rivera researches and shares tips and strategies about dealing with panic and anxiety that can be found on his website at www.calmclinic.com.

 

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Rebuttal to Randy Turner’s Huffington Post Piece

Randy Turner is a Joplin blogger who writes for the Huffington Post. He’s questioning Rush Limbaugh’s decision to come to Joplin and the rhetoric that comes along with it. In doing so, he brings up Barack Obama’s recent visit to Joplin.

However, on the same Friday show in which he announced he would be in Joplin, Limbaugh said the following:

I’m gonna tell you something else is gonna happen at Landreth Park in Joplin on Monday night: We’re gonna grow the Republican Party. It’s a Fourth of July celebration. We have the Harvard survey from yesterday: Fourth of July parades breed Republicans. Young kids at Fourth of July parties tend to end up being Republican. Fourth of July celebrations do not have any patriotic impact on Democrats. This is from a Harvard survey. We had it yesterday. Now, you Democrats, you can try to throw cold water all you want on what we’re doing Monday night in Joplin, but I just want to remind you what’s actually happening Monday night in Joplin, Missouri. Not only the continuing rebirth of a great community, and not only the joining of people coming together for a singular purpose (well, actually multipurpose) but we’re also growing the conservative movement. Try that!

During another segment of the program, Limbaugh repeated his earlier criticism that the president waited a week to come to Joplin while he was in Europe.

Limbaugh has a First Amendment right to criticize those whose opinions differ from his. No one questions that. But hopefully, he can see that a Fourth of July celebration at Landreth Park is not the time nor the place to do it.

The people who came to Joplin immediately after the tornado and in the days and weeks afterward were not just rock-ribbed Republicans, though undeniably they were here. Liberals by the thousands were also cleaning up debris, helping salvage treasured belongings, and offering moral support to people when they needed it the most.

These were people who care about their nation just as deeply as Limbaugh and his followers do.

When President Obama arrived seven days after the tornado, he offered support to people who were suffering and it did not matter that this community voted solidly against him three years ago. There was no hint of the divisiveness that has darkened so much of the day-to-day discourse in our nation.

Hopefully, when Rush Limbaugh makes his presence felt in our city July 4, it will be in the same spirit. A park in the middle of an area that has seen 158 people killed and thousands of homes and businesses wiped off the map does not need to be a site for growing the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, or any other political organization.
The only thing we need to be growing is together.

When you come to Joplin, Rush, please bring the tea and leave the tea party behind.

(Looks like a federal version of Reservoir Dogs.)

Mr Turner, with all due respect, wasn’t Obama’s visit to Joplin politically motivated too, stemming from Democrats who attacked George W. Bush shortly after Katrina for the federal government’s response to the emergency? Seriously, what did Obama really hope to accomplish by bringing Air Force One to Joplin, standing around for a photo op in the tornado wreckage, and then delivering a speech. It was the American people who united to help Joplin, and it is the stories of the survivors and those lossed that brought the community and the country together. Obama or any other president doesn’t have that power. This is the power of the American people. It’s this American spirit that puts this divisiveness aside, and it’s politicians like Obama who use it to push their agenda the second they return to Washington. By the way, it happens on both sides of the argument.

It is Katrina that now sets the standard for the politicking that goes on after an emergency and both sides are guilty of using Joplin for the photo op whether it be “boots on the ground, hands in his pocket” Billy Long or Barack Obama. What good is it really that these representatives of the federal government come to see where these people once lived before mighty Mother Nature had the last say? Not one politician drove the pathos and ethos of Joplin and the American people. The hundreds of thousands of dollars spent for them to come and make their photo ops are hundreds of thousands that could be used to rebuild Joplin.

Politicians use natural disasters because there is a human interest there that people can relate too far more than quantitative easing, TARP bailouts, and forced mandates. It’s pure political pathos that’s good for the poll numbers, which is exactly why our own Congressman spends as much time getting in front of a Joplin camera or microphone when one is offered, but it’s easy to see through.

You seem to forget that all week before Obama got to Joplin, he was drinking beers, playing ping pong, and enjoying a European break. Joplin seemed far from his mind. Other than delivering words and promises, what was really all that worthy about Obama’s visit to Joplin or any other political official’s visit?

(As Joplin picks itself up off the ground…)

Obama was there for political capital, and even though he wasn’t as blatant obvious about it, we all know the politics of Katrina are behind Obama’s response. So you can tell Rush to bring the Tea but leave the Tea Party at home, but you need to hold the other politicians to the same standard who chose to make Joplin a photo op guided by the politics of Katrina.

Honestly, Mr. Turner, considering the amount of money the federal government has spent flying official after official to Joplin to take the tour along side Congressman Long, I think Rush’s caravan is well-welcomed when you consider the government is not subsidizing Rush’s tea to keep the people of Joplin refreshed in humid Southwest Missouri in July. If it wasn’t for the idiots at Harvard who try to divide this Republic will silly studies that attempt to discourage the Fourth of July celebration claiming it’s one big rally to indoctrinate children to become Republicans, Rush wouldn’t even have said what he said on Friday as he announced he was coming to Joplin.

So if you are looking for divide, look to Harvard and the liberals who tried to claim the Fourth of July is a Republican recruiting holiday. You left out that part as your Fourth of July celebration in Joplin along with celebrations across the fruited plain were suddenly centers of right-wing indoctrination. Talk about divisive!

Mr. Turner and Joplin residents, I do hope you enjoy your Fourth of July in Joplin without politicians making it about them. You and I both know politicians like Billy Long will scramble to get their photo op with El Rushbo, and worst of all, they won’t wait in line like average people to meet Mr. Limbaugh.

Originally posted at Bungalow Bill’s Conservative Wisdom © Clay Bowler

 

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Michele Bachmann made her announcement to run for president this past week. The third-term Republican congresswoman from Minnesota had the full attention of Americans.

That includes not only those who watch Fox News, but liberal CNN.

Tea Party favorite

The founder of the House Tea Party Caucus, Bachmann gives Tea Partiers a courageous, intelligent, extremely attractive candidate to get behind and support. It’s fair to say she is adored by her supporters. She holds core conservative values and stands strong on social issues.

Contrary to what her liberal detractors think, her political ideology is why she will win the Republican Party’s endorsement, in my estimation. She embodies the values of America, as well as those of the party’s base.

If old-guard Republican elitists believe that they do not need the help of evangelical, biblical Christians from all denominations to win in the election, they are sadly mistaken. Social issues do indeed matter to the vast majority of the electorate. Don’t let the liberal media tell you differently. The Tea Party movement endorses the words “endowed by their Creator,” found in the Declaration of Independence. “We The People” want it all.

Non-establishment leader

It’s my opinion that Bachmann has what it takes to win over the entire anti-Washington crowd. The tireless mother of five — and foster mother of 23 — is more than capable of running an exceptional campaign.

Bachmann is resilient and able to withstand the scrutiny of the election process because she possesses genuine substance. Bachmann is honest and true. She gives clear evidence of integrity, while exhibiting a patriot’s heart.

That was evident in her “Tea Party response” to Barack Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address.

“She’s the real deal,” says Larry Jacobs, a political science professor at the University of Minnesota. Bachmann earned a perfect score from the American Conservative Union. The former Treasury Department lawyer consistently votes for small-government, stands for less taxation, and demands growing the economy in the private sector without Big Brother’s unwarranted intervention.

Bachmann can be trusted to tackle the most egregious polices of this administration, including full-scale repeal of Obamacare, one of her top priorities. The Republican Party has a winning candidate who has been the forerunner behind the scenes. She is formidable, upright, and willing to give her all while serving her country.

No question, Bachmann’s a powerful leader. I’ll gladly give her my vote. I’m convinced she’ll easily win over other conservatives who’ll gladly give their support in the voting booth.

Right on down the list

American Thinker’s Jay Kronzer recently wrote a thought-provoking piece titled “Top Ten Reasons Why Michele Bachmann Could Win the 2012 Republican Nomination.” Here’s Kronzer’s list:

“1. She is a fundraising powerhouse. She raised more money in the first quarter of this year than any other member of Congress except Speaker Boehner.

“2. She has a loyal base. She is the only true conservative in the race (except for Herman Cain) and would be the obvious choice of the Tea Partiers and grassroots. And if anybody knows how to organize, it’s the Tea Parties, as we found out in ’09 and ’10 to the Democrats’ dismay. If they get behind her, there’s no stopping that train.

“3. She has the right amount of name recognition. At 60%, she has name recognition high enough to attract significant attention in the media and enough to catch on among primary voters, but not too much so that she is not still a fresh face. Romney’s recognition might be high enough to be a detriment to his campaign, as he is seen as same-old, same-old by many primary voters.

“4. She has the second highest positive intensity score. At 22%, she excites the conservative grassroots — the Tea Party, social conservatives and evangelical Christians, fiscal conservatives and small businessmen, the military, and constitutionalists. She surpasses Romney, Pawlenty, Palin, Ron Paul, and all the other candidates except Herman Cain. While Cain has 25%, he does not have the name recognition (38%), experience (zero in the government), nor fundraising prowess to be competitive. Michele Bachmann is strong in all the areas Cain lacks.”

“5. The percentage of people who strongly disapprove of Obama is high. As of this writing, the number of people that strongly disapprove of Obama is 36%. That number has been as high as 47% in the past. Many establishment Republicans claim that Bachmann could be a lightning rod for criticism and that too many people don’t like her. This statistic shows that the number of people who strongly dislike Obama outweighs any dislike for a conservative Republican nominee like Bachmann. Let’s dispel any myths that a staunch conservative cannot beat the President, especially since he is a radical liberal.

“6. The percentage of people who strongly disapprove of Bachmann is low. Among Republicans who recognize her, Bachmann’s strongly unfavorable rate is only three percent, and her unfavorable rate is thirteen percent, lower than Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Gary Johnson, Jon Huntsman, and Mitt Romney.

“7. She is, potentially, the only woman in the race. If Palin doesn’t run as she is expected not to, the conservative women will naturally flock to Bachmann. She is charismatic and attractive. She captivates audiences and can fire up a crowd. Bachmann will attract attention and stand out amongst all the other presidential hopefuls making history as the first Republican woman to run for President.

“8. She carries little baggage. Mitt Romney has “Romneycare” and lacks trust with social conservatives. Newt Gingrich supported cap and trade in the past (as seen in a political ad with Nancy Pelosi), insulted Republicans by dissing the Paul Ryan plan, and has three messy marriages. Pawlenty also supported cap and trade and, along with supporting a tax increase as Governor of Minnesota, said that “government has to be more proactive, more aggressive” and “the era of small government is over.”[i] Do these men sound like small government conservatives to you?

“9. She has a great story. She is a businesswoman who worked her way up the ladder. She is a mom with five children who opened up her home to twenty-three foster children. She is an underdog who can beat the odds, and a real life example of the American dream.

“10. She is widely underestimated. Her opponents, in both the Republican primary and Obama himself, truly believe that there is no way she can possibly win. This is one of her greatest strengths. I seem to recall another underestimated conservative who went on to win the presidency in 1980 and is now regarded as one of the greatest presidents in American history.” (Full article)

Reason for optimism

With everything that Bachmann has going for her, there is more than enough reason to finally begin to feel positive and optimistic. America’s future will be safer in her hands. One definite plus for her is that she is a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Four more years of President Barack Obama will fundamentally change America forever. That frightful notion is no longer an option anyone can afford to dabble with. Americans have had enough experimentation with socialism. Redistribution of wealth is not the American way.

I’m ready to move forward with Minnesota’s favorite daughter and take our country back. How about you?

Marie’s chosen song: The Heritage Singers — “He Is Able”
RenewAmerica has a clarion call for a “Revival.”

See: What can I do to help preserve America?

© Marie Jon

 

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By Thor H. Asgardson

Can the Republicans Save President Obama

Commentary

If the “Anointed One” cannot save himself, how is he going to “save” our country?

He cannot claim the mantle of Sacrificial Lamb; that title belongs to LTC Terrence Lakin.

“Once U.S. bonds are downgraded, it will become much more expensive to borrow the trillions needed to fund the entitlement society that Democrats, including Obama, extol.

Republicans should be all over this, and to some extent, they are. But the GOP lacks a charismatic leader and a united front. The tea party folks are hell bent on changing everything right now. Compromise is looked upon as weakness in those precincts. But independent voters are not as strident. And the GOP needs those indies to win.”

Bill O’Reilly

Speaking as an independent voter; This writer will share his weltanschauung with Mr. O’Reilly, as he doesn’t like other people telling him what he thinks.

It is true the GOP needs “indies” to win, so they need to get off that arrogant high horse called “Turd Blossom” and come down to “rational middle ground,” while they walk side-by-side with the American people, for “comprehensive” reform of our banking system.

Red China just took the step to divest itself of some U.S. bonds, so NOW is the time to enforce the tariff on Red Chinese goods that Mr. Trump supports.

“Republicans should be all over this,” but of course they are not and that is why a great segment of the U.S. population scorns the GOP, including real conservatives.

NOW is the time to end the Fed, before it ends the United States of America.

NOW is the time for Obama to end the controversy regarding his failure to render unto Caesar, in the form of valid identification.

If O’Reilly were not a jumping jack and vassal of the vested interests, he would realize that the “compromise” he extols, means that the GOP must “compromise” with the American people, who demand that America’s enemies be the ones to pay–NOT this republic!

Both political parties must compromise with the American people–not each other, as the tail is no longer wagging the dog.

Sovereign republics never have to “borrow” Mr. O’Reilly, they issue orders to the international bankers with their strong militaries. They issue orders to OPEC and other serpents which squeeze them in stealth warfare.

Why does Mr. O’Reilly insist on erecting straw man arguments in a Simple Simon manner?

Who said anything about “borrowing” the American way of life?

Maybe it is time full faith and credit be restored to the American people by their degenerate government, lest the people deem it wise to once again water the Tree of Liberty.

If the GOP lacks a strong leader and a united front, the solution is quite simple and it involves a Donald Trump/LTC Allen West presidential ticket.

All conservative elements will then be corralled for a winning ticket which benefits our country. Nothing less will suffice.

The great Patrick J. Buchanan and Devvy Kidd are dynamic conservatives who have been all but ignored, along with Ron Paul and his son. In truth, the GOP has been a poor workman, finding fault with his tools, rather than his own slipshod job performance.

Yes, the American people are “hell bent” on changing everything immediately, as We the People have run out of time to right the course of our ship of state. This republic is in the eleventh hour and austerity measures are no longer elective.

Maybe O’Reilly feels complacent with a Red Chinese overlord dictating American foreign and domestic policy.

So let us discuss true austerity measures, which do not involve debt slavery to the international bankers.

It is time for corporate welfare reform. It is time to end all foreign aid and involvement with funding the United Nations.

We are not in “normal times,” we are in the midst of The Second American Revolution and Bill O’Reilly is missing the bandwagon, as evidenced by his unimaginative questions for our perusal.

The American people are in full revolt against their corporate-occupied government, which drains the lifeblood of this republic.

“In normal times, that kind of poll number would be catastrophic for a president about to enter the re-election season. But these are not normal times. A new Washington Post/ABC News poll says that despite the country’s dour mood, Obama would still beat every single Republican who’s showed any interest in running. Mitt Romney provides the closest challenge, but he still loses in the survey — 49 percent to 45 percent.”

Bill O’Reilly

Mitt Romney is not a factor with evangelicals.

Given the reality that the Republican Party cannot produce a viable candidate for the American people, it would behoove that failed political party not to slug a gift horse in the jaw, as if he were a recalcitrant stallion.

The heading Mr. O’Reilly chose for his article, means he flunks the driving test before he even gets out of the DMV parking lot.

Who appointed Republicans to play Knights of the Round Table to save our naked emperor?

Why would stooges of the New World Order–like the neocons–deem it wise to salvage any vestige of the Obama regime, especially in light of their vain attempt to woo the Tea Party away from the most dynamic man to come down the pike since the advent of presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald W. Reagan?

The man who speaks the language the American people have been dying to hear is Donald J. Trump, for freedom is never free, even for the people who created it.

Everything has a cost in this life and the proverbial Piper must be paid.

The difference between the Establishment candidates–in the employ of the CFR– and Donald J. Trump is that “The Donald” sees America as the Piper who must be paid.

Trump and those who support him, prefer a “payee” role for this country, as opposed to the one of payer to the world.

The entire planet is run by mob bosses and it takes a businessman to tell the world: “F-you; pay me!”

So whatever anyone thinks about Mr. Trump being rich and out of touch, he does feel the pulse of the American people and We intend to put him in the White House, whether the GOP likes it or not.

A failed political party machinery jammed by the rust of internecine warfare among conservatives had best snap to attention and get well greased by new talent.

Donald Trump is the strong man who has come forth when his country needs him, as the U.S. military has failed to depose the usurper who sits in the Oval Office and who is also systematically destroying our country.

The master never pays obeisance to the slave and America as Supreme Shogun of the planet, is tired of playing the pitiful, spendthrift grasshopper role assigned to it by the international bankers.

This country is not a “boy” in need of an allowance plus interest. We are not sharecroppers nor hired help.

We are certainly NOT limited to a two party political system and here’s why:

“Public sentiment at this time, however, had never been so anti-Capitalist and spiteful of the great wealth amassed at the expense of all others. The major industrialists and bankers firmly established their control over the political system, firmly entrenching the two party system through which they would control both parties.”

Andrew Gavin Marshall

www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23639

Mr. O’Reilly’s question should have been: “Can the Obama Presidency Be Salvaged?”

The answer is a resounding “NO.”

It is ludicrous to imagine that Resident Obama will be running for public office in 2012, with ten states of the Union now drafting new laws which require supporting documents which are viewable, as a prerequisite to run for political office.

The American people “do not know” who Obama/Soetoro is and why he has been assigned to rule us and thwart the border security of our country. He tells us we are “not defined by our borders.”

Such political naivete peddled as snake oil, is a direct threat to the national security, during a time of infiltration of our porous borders by al-Qaeda operatives and Mexican drug cartels.

The Republican Party wastes a lot of time reminiscing about the good old days under President Ronald Wilson Reagan; holding Mr. Reagan up as the yardstick measure of the conscience of a conservative. But a political party and especially a country, cannot live on past glory alone.

If the GOP wants to do a good deed for the Gipper, they should draft Trump, very politely and respectfully.

The GOP is the party which could not shoot straight for the American people and apparently it did not learn by the last presidential contest that it cannot lead real conservatives by a ring through the nose.

The despicable GOP is a rogue entity, which does not show the proper respect toward the American people.

The dumbing down process is for the proles of Big Brother’s third world invasion, not Americans.

The American people of both political parties have chosen Donald Trump, precisely because he will make America’s enemies pay a tariff tax, which will obliterate the need to continue charging the American people exorbitant taxes, as if they were already vassals of the United Nations and serfs in Big Brother’s New World Order.

The reinstitution of tariffs will provide the money needed to deliver the American people from slavery to the international bankers and restore American industry to our shores.

Donald Trump has arrived on the scene to give voice to the thoughts the American people are thinking. He represents the agenda of the formerly “silent majority,” which is now very vocal in declaring the Second American Revolution and yet the Republican Party dismisses him as if he were burnt toast.

So this failed political party, which shot itself in the foot when it embraced the third world invasion coming from south of the border, now insists on “ideological purity,” when it is no longer calling the shots.

Such Republican luminaries as Michelle Malkin and Michael E. Reagan, have dismissed Donald Trump as a liberal, when every utterance out of his mouth shows that he is a dream candidate of the ultra-right.

Further, Mr. Trump has many liberal friends who would help put him into the White House, for he is obviously a fair, balanced man who believes in the preservation of the United States of America and NOT the partisan divide.

Deal makers like Trump are needed to unite liberals and conservatives in common cause; the American Cause.

What could be more conservative than the desire for the continued existence of one’s beloved country and American preeminence in the world?

Americans like what they are hearing about instituting a service charge for those countries on whose behalf we go into massive debt, fighting their wars and solving their problems, with no thought of compensation.

Uncle Sam is tired of playing “Uncle Sap.”

The Bush Doctrine was ostensibly all about punishing Osama bin Laden and those outlaw states which deemed it wise to harbor him. How did this nation manage to morph from a policy of retribution for America’s enemies, into the concept of “nation-building” everywhere but home? Was this not a corporate agenda?

Did not corporations make the plan to “harmonize” the United States of America away into an economic zone and “common security perimeter” with Canada and Mexico?

We have now spent a billion borrowed dollars in Libya, in an effort to unwittingly help the Muslim Brotherhood consolidate its domino effect of revolution in the Middle East, in the name of jihad.

The Republican Party cannot prevail even with sixty-four percent of the country thinking that our nation is going in the wrong direction. What does that tell us about the political fortunes–and arrogance–of the GOP?

The plain truth is that both political parties have failed the American people as they are manipulated behind the scenes by David Rockefeller’s Council on Foreign Relations.

The somnolent American people are just beginning to awaken from their long slumber to perceive that government has grown beyond the purview of the people and it is time for the American people to start calling the shots in this, our Second American Revolution.

“We are a nation that has a government—-not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the earth. Our government has no power, except that granted to it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.”

Ronald W. Reagan

“The president’s main problem is the economy, including the massive debt his administration is running up. Few believe that Obama is serious about cutting entitlement spending, and with gas prices exploding, the folks are getting hammered. This week, the president blamed speculators for the oil debacle, and he’s right. But what’s he going to do about it?”

Bill O’Reilly

The question is not what “he” is going to do about it, but rather what the American people intend to do about it.

Americans see the legalized counterfeiting operation known as the Fed, printing funny money around the clock and they realize that gas prices are not going up, so much as the value of the dollar is falling under rampant inflation.

Government has become a fearful master, in robbing the American people in a multitude of ways.

A criminal enterprise and gigantic Ponzi scheme is responsible for running our nation into the third world sewer, so the American people are not swayed by any notion that the “president” has any kind of a clue about what to do in this regard, as he has proven himself to be a rank amateur on every front, despite his sweet smile.

This belief is reinforced by Obama’s reckless adventure and spending spree in Libya, in an attempt to make himself look presidential and distract the national attention away from the burning question about his birth origins every American wants to know.

The president’s “main problem,” Mr. O’Reilly, is that he is an usurper who can no longer hide the fact that he is unfit for the office of president, as evidenced by his willful failure to produce his credentials.

The American people have a very different view of “entitlement spending” from that of the politicians, who are always in favor of robbing Social Security and other social safety net programs.

There is a “failure to communicate” the concerns of the American people to those “public servants” who have selective hearing, as their ears are stopped with corporate wax.

They “don’t make deals” on behalf of the American people, as Mr. Trump has so astutely observed.

The American people believe first and foremost that Resident Obama welched on his promise of “Camelot,” by failing to continue John F. Kennedy’s great work of abolishing the Federal Reserve.

He struck a pose as the Black Moses, but delivered all Americans to the bondage of the Federal Reserve.

The American people see the usury paid to the Federal Reserve–a fictitious business entity–as the largest welfare entitlement program to be abolished. The Fed is a glaring candidate for excision from the national body.

This step alone would save the American people 600 Billion dollars in interest payments every year, as a free people in an allegedly “free world,” has no need of a central molesting bank to pick the pockets of its citizens.

The so-called “bailout” of the banks, was nothing more than Dane geld exacted from the American people–against their will– by the robber barons.

So the first order of business in getting the national house in fiscal order is to end the stranglehold of the Federal Reserve over the lives of the American people, while we still have a country and a military.

The only Republican who talks of this top national priority–Ron Paul–is routinely snubbed by his own party, which is in cahoots with the vested interests.

The American people see “entitlement programs” as pertaining to funding the United Nations and the innumerable gift grants of borrowed money to entitle foreign aid.

Nowhere in the Constitution does it authorize our government to steal the wealth of the American people, to give it away to foreign governments as charity.

Nowhere is it authorized in our Constitution that a private corporation with a fictitious business name will hold the purse strings of the American people and by extension, their government.

In short, the international bankers own America and not the American people, who have seen title to their national parks transferred over to the United Nations, as “international biosphere reserves.”

Newspeak in 1984.

The spending madness must indeed be arrested, according to the people’s math, which is NOT “fuzzy,” as is the deficit finance accounting of the professional politicians, who love to kite hot checks.

“All of this makes for an exciting election season. The polls may be dreadful for Obama, but his competition remains in disarray. Meanwhile, many people are waiting patiently for somebody to save the country. That’s where we are right now, and it’s not a great place to be.”

Bill O’Reilly

That’s where YOU are, Mr. O’Reilly.

Ever hear of a group called: “You Don’t Speak For Me?”

The American people will NOT “wait patiently” while their republic comes crashing down around their ears, like the World Trade Center did!

We are a deliberate and revolutionary people who are governed by our inferiors.

We the People want results yesterday and what we are telling the GOP is get your @ss in gear, or get out of the way.

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country, by electing the transparently strong president the American people see in Donald J. Trump.

It is time for the luminaries of the GOP this writer admires, to quit whining that Trump is “not conservative enough” and vote for real hope; real change.

The American people are waiting for the Passover of our republic by the Ghost of Christmas Want, so that We may once again assume the purse strings to our own national bank account, which has been absconded with by banking swindlers.

We have been “waiting” for almost a hundred years, since the inception of the Federal Reserve.

A country which must pay usury, has no manifest destiny outside of national eclipse in the “New World Order.”

The American people are “patiently waiting” for the Federal Reserve to be fired, as America’s Robber Baron.

The “debt ceiling” is the lid to our national coffin.

“If ever again our nation stumbles upon unfunded paper, it shall surely be like death to our body politic. This country will crash.”

George Washington

The thoughts of this writer on Easter day, fall into alignment with the belief in the glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, who holds dominion over the universe.

The Master taught us that we are sons of God and we must live up to our highest human potential by recognition of the fact that the Conquerer of Death lives within our hearts, as in every atom of Creation.

May the United States of America rise once again , like a Phoenix, to emulate the Resurrection of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

 

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The Conservative Political Action Conference is in the midst of their three-day meeting in Washington and would-be Republican presidential contenders have been parading in and out the meeting(s).

From the reports I have read those attending have been sort of dipping their toe into the conservative waters checking the temperature and the current of the water, and then — nervously counting their toes.

To date there has not been a single republican to officially announce he/she is entering the race for the Oval Office. Not one.

According to various polls there is not even a front-runner among those who are thought to be serious contenders — even though they are holding back any announcement to that effect.

Out here in the swamps of the southern hinterlands we are overly fond of any of the lot who are “not yet running.”

Donald Trump? Give me a break, already!

Romney has about as good a chance as did McCain.

Allow me to dust off my crystal ball and reach deep inside, with my razor sharp mental powers, of course, and prognosticate the republican presidential ticket for 2012.

Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann. There. Feel better? Can’t say that I do, either.

I have to admit to a certain degree of concern, worry even, that conservatives may have bought into the theory that Obama is so badly liked by voters that he has already secured his place in US history as a one-term president. I don’t buy that. And I think anyone who does … is making a huge mistake.

Look. This is the Democratic Party we are talking about here. Never, ever, sell them short when it comes to elections. They will pull out all the stops and they will do whatever it takes to win. Republicans, especially conservative republicans cannot hold a candle to them when it comes to electioneering. Heck, they have been working on Obama’s second term since the Wednesday morning after the election in November of 2008. They have been working at the state levels, especially the office of the various Secretaries of State through out the nation. They have been laying a foundation for as much control of elections at the state level as they possibly can. That is where elections are won and lost. Think not? Remember Florida???

Conservative enthusiasm was heightened when Obama supporters stayed away from the polls in November of 2010. There was a good reason why they stayed away. Obama was not on the ticket. In 2012, he will be – and they will be back with the smashing energy of a tidal wave.

Understanding the Democratic Party is akin to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphics – with a Brooklyn accent. It is darned near impossible. It is an amalgamation of every sort of leftists special interest group in the United States. Heck, there is even a democratic wing of the Democratic Party, small though it is, shoved into a darkened corner by the socialists, the progressives, and a host of “single issue” misfits, as well and those “undocumented democrats” we sometimes refer to as illegal aliens. And we must include the vast majority of the mainstream media in the US who controls so many of the gateways to information the voters need to make informed decisions.

With such an, er, eclectic crowd as that, how is it possible to underestimate their ability to snatch an election even while under the intense gaze of an entire nation?

The plain truth is – conservatives are just not very good at lying, cheating, stealing, being creative in matriculating ballots.

In my years of covering elections at the local levels, I have seen things you would not believe. I have sat in rooms with personnel from the US Justice Department, guns strapped to their hips and recorders in hand overseeing recounts and checking election records. I have witness ballot swapping. I had seen entire ballot boxes disappear only to be “found” days later in someone’s barn — way out in the boon docks. And that just scratches the surface.

The point is, the Democratic parry is deadly in earnest when it comes to winning an election and whatever it takes is not just a motto, it is a plan of action.

Obama will, in all likelihood, be re-elected as President in 2012.

Why do I say that?

Because it has been my observation that the GOP is not willing to get down in the gutter and wallow in the political mud and mire and sewage where the Democratic Party reigns.

Politics is distasteful to most conservatives. It makes them feel dirty. It makes them want to take a shower to get the stink off. And they don’t like compromising their decency to win an election. The Democratic Party has demonstrated time and again that they have no such problem.

The GOP has a serious problem finding a Presidential candidate, who can stand up to the vicious, take no prisoners attack, sure to come from the leftists.

With that in mind, I predict the dirtiest, most vicious, presidential campaign in history between now and November of 2012.

Strap in. The ride is going to be extremely rough.

J. D. Longstreet blogs daily at INSIGHT on Freedom at: http://www.csadispatch.blogspot.com/

 

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A Sad Day in America

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 5

I find great sadness that I had to discover there are many people who call themselves conservatives who don’t believe in political free speech. Many of us true conservatives realize the GOP has been hijacked by neocons and moderates, but I learned the hard way as I heard many justify efforts to silence a blogger claiming that bloggers aren’t journalists and shouldn’t be asking politicians questions under the guise of journalism. In fact, if many of these pseudo conservatives had their way, they would prevent people like me from showing up at public appearances of politicians.

Fortunately, I received overwhelming support across the country as many true conservatives wrote letters of support. I even had one older couple share with me a political cartoon inspired by story. I appreciate all these freedom-loving Americans. My hardly used Facebook account became the hub that delivered the well wishes and support.

That’s what I did. I went to public appearances prepared with research, something I didn’t see the local media do. For that, I was a threat. It wasn’t hard research—Google. It was more than the local media was doing. They took candidate Billy Long for his word, and so much evidence was found simply by doing a simple Google search that showed what candidate Long said and what candidate Long did was two different things.

In August, he beat the true conservative candidates by saying two words “fed up” and lying about state Senator Jack Goodman’s pro-life record. Long embraced the Missouri Right to Life, a pro-life organization that embraces Democrats with poor pro- life records while scoring politicians like Goodman with low scores despite having an outstanding pro-family, pro-life record. Nobody challenged Long except me when he claimed he was the only true pro-life candidate. No one called Long out for this attack either, even after a promise he made to Dr. Scott Magill the Missouri Republican Assembly that he would not go negative against fellow Republicans. Everyone was giving Billy Long a free pass, refusing to compare his words to his actions, as it was apparent Long was a walking contradiction.

So it makes me sad that I didn’t do enough research before the primary. Of course, during the primary, I had too many people holding my hand and throwing information my way. Had I stood on my own two feet it may have occurred to me to look at Billy Long’s own personal campaign donations to see if they match his anti-career politician, anti-earmark rhetoric. Of course, I was quite busy too.

I mean, although it has never been confirmed to me, I did the research that found that Long sought earmarks to build a bus terminal to nowhere while serving on the Springfield Branson Airport. I was contacted by an anonymous source to drop off my research and supporting documents and within a few days, the Billy Long “Bus Terminal to Nowhere” advertisement was released by an organization I had never heard of. While serving on the airport board, Long accepted $3 million from federal tax payers for a bus terminal for an airport terminal that was in its final days.

Voters didn’t care Long was a walking contradiction. They heard Billy Long is “fed up” and in August, less than four out of every ten voters cast a vote for “fed up.” I thought my days as the anti-Billy blogger was over, but I received multiple e-mails from both republicans and democrats who knew Billy Long was bad for Southwest Missouri and hoped I would continue. So I did.

Scott Eckersley won the Democrat nomination. He spent his time in government as a whistleblower trying to clean up corruption as an attorney to the Governor. Had he ran as a Republican or independent, he may have had a chance. He ran as a Democrat in a region that is considered safe for Republican. He had an aggressive plan—expose Billy Long as a political know-nothing by challenging him to a series of ten debates.

Long quickly accepted the debate challenge and then soon claimed he never accepted the challenge. For me, I now had a purpose. For the benefit of Southwest Missouri, I could influence this debate story that quickly heated up political discussions, which were all but dead at this point.

I quickly learned from my Republican insider friends that were concerned about  candidate Long that it was Long’s strategy to appear like he was willing to debate and then drag out a debate about the debate to avoid debates. Thanks to Long is Wrong and a number of blogs and conservative radio personality Nick Reed on KSGF, Billy Long was forced to debate.

In the mean time, I worked to diffuse Long’s entire campaign theme, “fed up,” which the Libertarian Party had been using for a number of years prior. I decided the best way to battle the “I’m fed up with career politicians and wasteful government spending” message was to simply look at Federal Election Commission records to see who Long donated to.

It only took a few minutes of searching the FEC Web site to discover that just a few months before Long stated he was “fed up” with career politicians and earmarks, Long made a $1,000 donation to Roy Blunt, a career politician with a history or bringing pet projects funded by earmarks back home to Southwest Missouri. I shared this information with my partner in crime, Jim Lee, who runs the Busplunge blog.

Lee and I decided the best way to expose this was to attend public events and ask the simple question. How can you be fed up and donate to the same people you are fed up with? Lee went to one of the first stops of Billy Long’s business tour. For a series of controlled events that kept Billy Long’s mouth closed as he listened to business leaders, Lee got amazing access to Long. Of course, Long didn’t expect anyone to actually show up, and claimed the Springfield News-Leader had wrongly printed the business tour was open to the public.

Lee got it on tape. Billy Long saying he wasn’t afraid of anyone, anywhere, any time. Within the week, when I tried asking similar questions, Long ran from me, as well as other voters who were also on the campaign trail at Lee’s knowledge all to test Long’s statement. These were the last times I engaged Billy Long on the campaign trail, fortunately, I had videos for I didn’t know what would soon come my way. Long, who claimed he wasn’t scared of anyone, would attack the First Amendment in ways I hoped I would never see from a politician that calls themselves a conservative Republican.

Long eventually agreed to a series of three debates with Eckersley and the Libertarian Kevin Craig. For all practical purposes, there was nothing more I could do with Long is Wrong.  I along with other bloggers and KSGF radio host Nick Reed, pushed Long into a corner and made it an issue that people were talking about. Long is Wrong was going to end on a high note as Southwest Missouri voters would be able to see the candidates discuss the issues. It was a win, and I soon began to phase the site out, that is until another controversy surrounding Long surfaced.

I had heard the rumors since March. Many people hoped that I would be a tool that exposed the rumors, but the truth is I didn’t even go looking for evidence. I had heard about the private parties with strippers and illegal gambling, but these are things I wanted nothing to do with. In fact, I woke up on a Monday stunned as the local blogs were discussing Jennifer Case, a local waitress who claims she served Mr. Long on a number of occasions at these private parties and described him as racist. The Fuse Joplin was the first to release the Case letter with accusations against Long.

Deep down inside, I knew the fingers were going to be pointed at me, and I struggled to determine would I appear more guilty if I ignored the story and not brought it to the attention of my readers, or would printing it make me the target for more FEC investigations once Long received his new federal powers. I felt like I was going to lose no matter what I did in the matter, even though I had known about these parties within weeks of the blog going live. I went with it knowing it was a no-win scenario for me.

A Sad Day in America will conclude tomorrow with the final installment.

 

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Last week I became seriously torqued after hearing a couple of supposed GOP leaders interviewed on the Sunday Talk Shows.  Having to devote several days to the migration of my primary PC to a new machine following hardware failure allowed (forced) me to ruminate on this frustration even further, as I could not immediately write and publish my initial reactions!   In the interim, I have discussed my thoughts on the subject with a couple of people I respect, including a radio talk show host and a conservative Congressman who I consider friends.  The consensus of thought is presented here.

The two GOP leaders who left me so disappointed are familiar names.  Paul Ryan and John Boehner!

Each were served a hanging fastballs of a question, which they each had every opportunity to slam into “Big Mac Land”. (A local reference to a section of the old Busch Stadium sponsored by McDonalds, but which was named for the area Mark MacGuire frequently blasted long homers into back in the day.)  Instead, both stood looking – for an out on called strikes!

Ryan was discussing the extension of the Bush Tax Cuts.  He was challenged with the idea that “cutting” (not permitting the expiration of the existing rates for an effective INCREASE) will COST the government x number of trillions of dollars… and asking how he proposed to pay for it.  He took the bait and started hunting and fishing for an answer with cutting waste, reducing programs etc.  He MISSED the golden opportunity to stuff the question right back in the pocket of the interviewer!

The right answer:  “Your question is flawed because it not only presupposes that an action COSTS the government, as though it’s already the Government’s money – which it’s not – but it’s also factually inaccurate.  Cutting tax RATES is not the same as cutting spending.  When you cut spending you are cutting actual dollars.  When you cut tax RATES you affect the economy itself.  You stimulate growth.  You create jobs, and therefore taxpayers.  The pie of the economy grows, so though you take a smaller percentage of the whole, you actually get MORE pie by taking a smaller slice of a bigger pie.  Tax cuts don’t cost.  They RAISE federal revenues EVERY TIME THEY’RE TRIED.  It worked for Bush.  It worked for Reagan.  It worked for Kennedy.   The problem is that every time revenues went up, Democrat controlled Congresses increased spending even more.  If we cut taxes, we’ll have more revenue.  If we cut spending also, we’ll reduce the deficit further.  If we fundamentally change how we spend money – and address entitlements, which represent HALF our budget – we can actually return this nation to prosperity!”

Now THAT would have shut up the interviewer, had conservatives in the audience standing and cheering, and would have left progressive viewers with their jaws dropped and no comeback!  Instead, we got Pablum.

Similarly, Boehner was asked about addressing spending.  The interviewer highlighted the fact that a handle will never be gotten on spending without taking on entitlement spending.  He put Boehner on the spot, asking if he would commit to bringing the budget axe to bear on entitlements.  Boehner ducked the question so artfully he should have quacked his answer!

The right answer:  “You’re absolutely right that entitlement spending MUST be addressed if we are ever to restrain the runaway growth of government spending.  Many of our entitlement programs are bloated, ineffective, unconstitutionally based and counterproductive to building a productive and prosperous nation.  We cannot continue the status quo in perpetuity.   It is unsustainable.  Everyone knows it even if it’s unpopular to say it.  We MUST “fundamentally transform” the way the Federal Government handles money, and the way it views its constitutional role.  Draconian measures must take place, even if they must be phased in over time.   Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid represent half the entire federal budget.  These three entitlement programs, which are going broke, account for more spending than the military, foreign aid, Homeland Security, Health, Education, Border Security, Intelligence, Food and drug, Occupational Safety, the Space Program, Corporate Regulation, Environmental Protection and all government salaries, COMBINED!  We MUST address this elephant in the room.  The longer we remain in denial and refuse to tackle this gargantuan expenditure on wealth transfer – the sooner we will face the inevitable collapse of the system itself – which no one wants and from which there is no recovery.  It may be unpopular.  It may be painful.  But addressing entitlements is now unavoidably necessary.”

Again.  Making the hard choices and making the hard statements would have won cheers from the majority and astounded the rest.  Another missed opportunity.

One must begin to question whether the GOP leadership is simply missing opportunities, or is missing the point.  Do they get it?  Do they understand what the grassroots movements have been trying to tell them since February 2009?

We’ve seen with Karl Rove’s seeming intent to sink the candidacy of Christine O’Donnell, there are some within the ol’ boy GOP network who are more concerned with the old power structure than with achieving the conservative agenda – which is backed by a clear majority of Americans.  Some within the GOP think that they can co-opt and exploit the Tea Party and its allies for political gain for the Party.  They will soon learn that the grass roots are not interested in being acquired and merged.  They’re out to fundamentally transform the Party!  It’s a hostile takeover!  Those who resist will bear the wrath of the people.

Copyright © 2010 by Doug Edelman

Doug Edelman is a conservative political analyst and commentator, and has been a contributing editor for The Conservative Voice.  His work is also seen on Western Front American, Small Government Times, Western Journalism, News By Us, The American Daily, The Post Chronicle, New Media Journal, Capitol Hill Coffee House and more. Mr. Edelman is also an IT Consultant/Contractor and owner of a Computer Services Business.  He has taught PC Maintenance & Repair and Networking at his local Community College, and maintains a blog at http://starboard.blogtownhall.com/.

 

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The Republican Party made a spectacular mistake in publishing their “A Pledge to America.” In an attempt to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory they have raised questions about their own party’s commitment to issues their base is most concerned with and about which they would like answers.

For instance, the pledge says nothing about a fence along the US/Mexico border. It is ambiguous about worksite enforcement of immigration laws and, most important of all, it does not mention amnesty for illegal aliens. WHY???

The 2008 Republican Platform committed the Republican Party to completing a border fence, enforcing immigration laws at the worksite, and opposing an amnesty. But “The Pledge” is ominously quiet on these extremely important issues. Again … WHY?

“The Pledge” says this: “Our borders are a vital part of our security, so we will act decisively to ensure that the federal government fulfills its constitutional duty to protect our citizens and our Nation, working closely with our state and local governments …” This is far too broad a statement to satisfy the GOP base — not to mention the host of Independents and Tea Party members looking to cast a GOP ballot in November.

Nowhere in The Pledge is the word “FENCE” mentioned. The Pledge only says: “We must take action to secure our borders, and that action starts with enforcing our laws. We will ensure that the Border Patrol has the tools and authorities to establish operational control at the border and prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from interfering with Border Patrol enforcement activities on federal lands.”

The Pledge says nothing about putting the quietus on the Federal Lawsuit against the state of Arizona for passing a state law that would, in fact, assist the federal government in enforcing immigration laws — at least along that part of the border that bisects Mexico and Arizona. Why do you suppose that was left out, huh?

What about those employers who hire vast numbers of illegal aliens? Reports tell us the government already has a list of the worst of these offenders. What will a GOP controlled government do about them? Why doesn’t The Pledge address this?

In 2008, the Republican Party Platform had this to say about worksite enforcement: “Our commitment to the rule of law means smarter enforcement at the workplace, against illegal workers and lawbreaking employers alike, along with those who practice identity theft and traffic in fraudulent documents.” As broad a statement as THIS is better focused than The Pledge.

And what about amnesty for illegal aliens already in the US? The GOP platform of 2008 said this: “”We oppose amnesty. The rule of law suffers if government policies encourage or reward illegal activity. The American people’s rejection of en masse legalizations is especially appropriate given the federal government’s past failures to enforce the law.” The Pledge to America does not mention the party’s position on amnesty for illegal aliens now living in the US. Again, we have to ask WHY?

This omission is worrisome, very worrisome. I have to wonder what, exactly, is the position of the Republican Party on amnesty for illegal aliens, on constructing a formidable fence along the border between the US and Mexico, plus what, exactly, the GOP plans to do to bring the full force of the law down on those employers who continue to hire illegals they know, or should have known were/are illegally in the US.

All indications are that the US electorate is readying itself to place its trust in the GOP and hand them control of the legislative branch of the government in a little over a month. I don’t think it is asking too much to inquire of the GOP what the party’s position is on amnesty for illegal aliens, on securing the border with a physical fence, and enforcement of immigration laws with employers. We want to know and we want to know NOW before we cast a vote for another government with which we will be constantly at odds over illegal immigration.

Look, the American people feel the Democrats, and especially the Obama Regime, have snookered them. They are looking for a change… a change “BACK” if you will, to a responsive constitutional republic in which they can have, at least, a reasonable amount of trust and confidence. With The Pledge to America, the Republicans have given them reason to be distrustful not for what The Pledge says – but for what it does NOT say.

The GOP did itself no favor by publishing The Pledge to America. It was a dumb move on their part and it will cost them at the polls.

Now is not the time for overconfidence. No election is over until the last vote is counted. Even then, there are times when a recount is required to determine a winner.

Never, ever, present the enemy a target unless there is a well thought-out plan to use that target to entrap said enemy. With The Pledge to America, I see only a target with nothing very well thought out – at all.

J. D. Longstreet blogs daily at INSIGHT on Freedom at: http://www.csadispatch.blogspot.com/

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Resident Obama just received his comeuppance from supporter Velma Hart, who was “honored to be there.” She asked him: “Is this my new reality?”

There is a corresponding “new reality” for both political parties, when the American people must now consider the wholesale fate of their country, as voodoo economics trickles down to the cup of the individual tea taster.

The usurper Obama’s public diminishment at the hands of a loyal constituent, provided a spectacle for the ages, which upstaged the theatrical and spurious denunciations of the United States of America, made by the cheeky Iranian “president”/usurper at the United Nations.

The Tea Party must now disavow any affiliation with the failed Republican Party, which abandoned conservative principles long ago, when it opted to join the “New World Order” of the international bankers and deliver our country to be “harmonized” away into a “common security perimeter” with the failed narco-state of Mexico.

The Rockefeller wing of the GOP has now been abandoned as so much space trash–like the used up stages of a rocket–as true Barry M. Goldwater conservative principles rise heavenward with the Tea Party movement.

These conservative principles would conserve our country and they apply to all partisan ranks which put the nation first and foremost above the world body.

The American people will bear the mockery and castigation as ” right wing extremists,” as they are extremists in defense of liberty.

The GOP thinks it can continue to parade out the same tired, old political hacks and mediocrities, to repackage more of the same as some new product, but it is the same old excrement sandwich.

This opportunistic approach of the GOP–which imagines the Republican Party is going to piggyback on the attainments and aspirations of the Tea Party– is not going to satisfy the will of the American people to conserve their country.

We the People, are not Native Americans on reservations, waiting for government beef and empty promises.

It is the American people who will henceforth “draw up contracts” in this, our Second American Revolution.

The GOP –like the Democratic Party–is a dead man walking. It is a dinosaur, fossilized in the same heavy sediment of deficit financing, which encloses the liberal philosophy.

The Tea Party cannot be roped into the Republican corral, as the GOP has utterly failed our country, by declining to address the number one issue of the American people, which is their continued bondage to usury, at the hands of the central bankers.

This urgent national question will no longer wait patiently for resolution at the hands of incompetent lawmakers, who cannot fathom the eclipse of our country, until it is gone forever.

We the People, owe allegiance to NO crown and certainly to no political party with a self-entitlement mentality. The trust of the people must be earned and the time for the GOP to attain that rank of trust is long past.

The welfare of our dear country is now the prime consideration which trumps all partisan political ideology. That ideologial purity is the laser beam focus of a deliberate and revolutionary people.

The Tea Party cannot be a partisan ideology; it is the face of final revolt against a degenerate and treasonous communist government, bent on driving the national car into the ditch. The American people will retrieve the car keys from Resident Obama.

The Firebrand of the Second American Revolution–Devvy Kidd–has now delivered a scathing rebuke to the “Party of No,” which fingers a failed political party, that is never going to shoot straight for the American people.

To see the comeuppance of the Republican Establishment , go here to read about the “new and improved” Republican Party Pledge:

http://www.devvy.com/new_site/gop_pledge_to_america_092410.html

“The much anticipated ‘Pledge to America’ was released amid what can only be called high political theater pandering to desperate Americans.

There isn’t a single word or sentence in the entire document that addresses the number one issue: Our monetary system. Not even a hint that the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 must be abolished. Not a word about auditing the unconstitutional Federal Reserve Banking System. The section on ending economic uncertainty is nothing but fluff. There can be no economic freedom as long as the Federal Reserve Banking System is operational. It must be abolished, audited and the proceeds returned to the people’s treasury.
There isn’t a single sentence pledging to get the U.S. out of the communist United Nations. Our participation is unconstitutional and a massive rip off to the American taxpayer. There is NO benefit to our nation by remaining a member of that global body. We continue to cede our sovereignty to the UN under all their programs while these bottom feeders hand us some junk called a ‘Pledge to America.’” Devvy Kidd

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