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B. Hussein Obama: Ask and Believe

Yes, you can. Ask Barry questions. And believe his answers. The first video is a great new commercial about questions Obama needs to answer (HT Hot Air). The second is a clip is something I posted ages ago but is worth a re-visit: Upon being asked what he would do with the military and national security, we get our answer. Obama assures us he will completely decimate our military capability. Because you, know, we're the problem in the world and the only way to save it is to make sure we're completely vulnerable. Just ask George Soros, he knows.

Posted by Tammy · May 9, 2008 09:30 AM · Permalink · Comments (4)
Malignant Narcissism | Politics

But I Thought DC and Chicago Were Gun Free Zones

So why do the police need assault rifles? Weird.

D.C. to arm police with assault rifles

The Metropolitan Police Department has joined other major U.S. cities in arming patrol officers with assault rifles to protect them against criminals with high-powered weapons, weeks after being released from a federal program that monitors the use of excessive force.

"We want to be as accurate as possible and have more stopping power," Assistant Chief Patrick Burke said yesterday...The Chicago Police Department is making similar plans and the City of Miami Police Department is already using such weapons.

"We need to be equally equipped with the firearms that are being used against the police," said Monique Bond, a Chicago police spokeswoman. "If officers cannot protect themselves, they cannot protect residents." [Wait, wait, you mean guns in the hands of the right people is a good thing and protects people!?!?!? Is it possible?!?!]

Last month, Chicago had one of the most violent crime waves in recent history — 36 shootings in which nine people were killed and an AK-47 assault rifle was used to shoot up a plumbing-supply store...

Now just wait one second. We're talking about "gun violence" and guns are illegal so what are the police talking about!? Uh, and what is this about police not being able to protect the citizens? I mean, is it possible that "gun violence" is out of control because law-abiding citizens aren't allowed to protect themselves?

I can already feel a headache coming on I'm so confused.

Posted by Tammy · May 8, 2008 11:59 AM · Permalink · Comments (2)
Crime | Incompetence | Politics | Second Amendment

"I Want To Rip Bill Clinton's Eyes Out"

Would-be First Lady Michelle Obama illustrates how she's more Non-Mean and Morally Superior to all of you who simply want the Clintons to go away. She actually imagines doing physical harm to those with whom she disagrees. When you start thinking it might be a good idea to install padded walls in one of the White House rooms you know we're in trouble.

'I want to rip Bill Clinton's eyes out. Kidding! See, that's what gets me into trouble'

...She is often called 'regal' but her bearing is less royal than military: brisk, often stone-faced (even when making jokes), mordant. Obama works out like 'a gladiator', a friend has said. When people - they're almost always shorter - ask her to pose for pictures, instead of bending her knees she leans at the waist. Her smile is doled out sparingly, a privilege to be earned, rather than an icebreaker or an entreaty...

In Wisconsin, I asked her if she was offended by Bill Clinton's use of the phrase 'fairytale' to describe her husband's characterisation of his position on the Iraq war. At first, Obama responded with a curt 'No'. But, after a few seconds, she affected a funny voice. 'I want to rip his eyes out!' she said, clawing at the air with her fingernails. One of her advisers gave her a nervous look. 'Kidding!' Obama said. 'See, this is what gets me into trouble.'

Yes, Michelle, despite efforts to mask what you and your husband think and who you really are, being honest and exposing the truth will indeed always get you in trouble. As it should.

Posted by Tammy · May 7, 2008 01:38 PM · Permalink · Comments (13)
Just Plain Stupid | Malignant Narcissism | Politics

McCain Begins Pathetic Pander for Illegal Alien Vote

McCain, once again, is more concerned with the votes of Foreign Nationals and their supporters than he is with Independent Conservatives. Yes, there may be 20 million illegals, but at least not all of them will be voting in November, especially with the USSC upholding the constitutionality of voter ID laws. We ICONS, however, will be voting and we also happen to be American citizens. It still amazes me that he feels we will at some point just automatically fall in line.

He's wrong. When wishing everyone a happy Cinco de Mayo yesterday, he announced a Spanish website for his campaign (and we all know that American citizens don't know how to speak English, nor should we encourage them to), and his intention to speak at La Raza's (The Race) conference in July.

McCain reaches out to Latinos for votes

He acknowledged that his party's image has taken a beating among Latinos as a result of the "tenor" of the illegal-immigration debate during the primaries. McCain said he couldn't gauge the political impact of Arpaio's roundups of illegal immigrants and other criminals in largely Hispanic neighborhoods. But he ultimately blamed U.S. government inaction for forcing local officials to enforce the law...McCain never fully abandoned his support for other reforms, saying that the government needs to demonstrate that it can fix the border mess before it can expect the American public to consider allowing in temporary workers and implementing other proposals that are seen as benefits for immigrants.

"I believe that the majority of Hispanics share our view that the border must be secured, and the border must be secured first," McCain said. "But they also want us to have an attitude, which I think most Americans do, that these are God's children and they must be taken care of, or the issue must be addressed, in a humane and compassionate fashion. And I will continue to carry that message with the priority that we must secure our borders first." [...]

Elias Bermudez, founder of the Phoenix-based advocacy group Immigrants Without Borders, is a McCain supporter who believes that, as president, McCain and his Democratic allies on Capitol Hill could deliver landmark immigration-reform legislation within the first 100 days of his administration.

As I've said, McCain can screw this up, and to remind people like us of his obsession with establishing a new slave class, at the expense of the Rule of Law and this nations' sovereignty, is the beginning of that screw-up.

Michelle: Top 10 reasons McCain should repudiate the National Council of La Raza

Posted by Tammy · May 6, 2008 09:50 AM · Permalink · Comments (11)
Border Security | Immigration | Incompetence | Politics

McCain Better Choose a VP, Fast

Or he could end up the National Giuliani--a man with a lot of potential who squandered it because of arrogant over-confidence. As always, take poll results with a grain of salt, especially when coming from leftist stooges like CBS and the NYT.

CBS Poll: Support For Obama Rebounds

Democrat Barack Obama appears to have rebounded from some of the damage caused by the controversy surrounding his former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times poll.

On one key measure, Obama has seen a big reversal since his denunciation of Wright’s remarks on Tuesday. He now leads presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in the hypothetical fall contest by eleven points, 51 percent to 40 percent. That compares to a tied match-up in a CBS News/New York Times poll that was released last Wednesday.

Positive assessments of how Obama has handled the situation with Wright are also reflected by a continued lead over fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton in his battle for their party’s nomination. Among Democratic primary voters (those who have voted or plan to vote in a Democratic primary) Obama’s lead over Clinton has increased -- he now leads Clinton by twelve points, 50 percent to 38 percent. That’s up from his eight point lead in the poll released just a few days ago...

The poll also shows good news for both Democrats in a campaign versus McCain in the fall. Just like Obama, Clinton’s lead over McCain has jumped, from 5 to 12 points.

Posted by Tammy · May 4, 2008 03:28 PM · Permalink · Comments (5)
Politics

Warning of New Measles Outbreak

And the Feds are sure, just sure, that it's the fault of the French and the Joooooz! Boy, if that's not a double-header for both Islamists and Amnesty Shills I don't know what is! No matter how much they try to avoid it, the truth of the matter is, the flood of people coming in at the southern border are from third-world countries with no national health care of immunization system. As a result, we've seen epidemics of mumps and measles and other diseases we thought the civilized world had vanquished. Another perk brought to you by those who want a new slave class, which now saddles your children with a potentially deadly disease.

CDC: Measles cases in US top 70, highest in 6 years

Measles outbreaks in several states have led to more than 70 cases so far this year, the worst in six years, health officials said Thursday. Most of the cases have been traced to outbreaks overseas and are mainly in children who were not vaccinated for religious or other reasons [Other reasons? Yeah, like the "being from Mexico" reason] or were too young, according to the Centers for Disease control and Prevention. Since measles vaccinations began in the early 1960s, cases have dramatically declined in the U.S.

So far this year, the CDC has confirmed reports of 64 cases in nine states. There were no deaths, but 14 people were hospitalized, said CDC spokesman Curtis Allen...Measles is caused by a virus that normally grows in cells that line the back of the throat and line the lungs. It spreads through contact with a sneezing, coughing, infected person.

Symptoms include rash, high fever, cough, runny nose, and red, watery eyes. But about 1 in 5 measles sufferers experience more severe illness that can include diarrhea, ear infections, pneumonia, encephalitis and even seizures and death.

Of the 64 cases reported to the CDC as of last week, 63 were unvaccinated or it wasn't known if they were vaccinated. At least 54 of the cases stemmed from outbreaks in Switzerland, Israel or other countries, Allen said. [Gee, I wonder what the breakdown is, and what those other 'unnamed' countres are. Hmmm.]

For more information about measles and what you can do to protect your family, visit the CDC.

Posted by Tammy · May 3, 2008 05:48 PM · Permalink · Comments (3)
Border Security | Health & Fitness | Politics

Quote of the Day

"They think we're dumber than we are..."

Actually, we know exactly how dumb you are.

Posted by Tammy · May 2, 2008 01:36 PM · Permalink · Comments (2)
Just Plain Stupid | Politics

Quote of the Day

I'd say there's a conservative in their ranks. :)

From Newt Gingrich on Greta's Fox show tonight about Obama, Wright and the Dem Party:

"He's [Obama] the nominee...Go back and look at McGovern and Dukakis, the Democratic party has cheerfully gone off the cliff before. They sing great songs together and they march straight off the cliff."

Let's hope he's right, but we must work to make sure he is.

Posted by Tammy · April 30, 2008 10:12 PM · Permalink · Comments (1)
Politics | Television

McCain Officially A "Natural Born Citizen"

Done. Now if they think they're gonna do this for 20 million Mexicans they've got another thing coming.

Posted by Tammy · April 30, 2008 07:11 PM · Permalink · Comments (8)
Immigration | Politics

The Audacity of Not Keeping His Mouth Shut

Wright at the National Press Club

I know I'm not the only one not impressed by Obama's oddly late repudiation of Jeremiah Wright. After all, he knew of the “divisive and destructive,” “ridiculous,” “outrageous” and “wrong” paranoid and hate-based Wright comments long ago. When he first addressed the issue he further embraced Wright in the famous Gramma-Under-the-Bus speech. Now, when Wright had the audacity of not keeping his mouth shut, Barry decides that he can disown a man he suddenly realized his father-figure for all his adult life "gives comfort to those who prey on hate."

My question is this: If Barack Obama had no idea what his father-figure's intentions and beliefs were after two-decades plus of knowing him, how can we trust this man to be able to assess the intention of men like Ahmadinejad and Jong-Il? One of two things is happening here: Either Obama truly is clueless and completely unable to judge people, or he feels a kinship with those who are bitter, angry and hate this nation. In his own life we have his bitter and recriminating wife, Wright, and unrepentant terrorist Ayers. On the international scene Obama has already expressed an interest in establishing talkative, friendly relationships with the world's monsters.

In the meantime, word is slipping out from Wright's friends that he didn't intend to hurt Obama, he was just hurt and lashing out in the moment. I guess that makes everything okay. But it does make us question if it's a good idea to have a man in the White House who has such a vengeful and hateful father-figure in the wings always ready to strike out. Really, is this a soap opera we need in the White House during a time of war?

Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church said he has been speaking to both men as the events of the past 24 hours unfolded. He counseled Obama Tuesday morning, and while CBS 2 talked to him Tuesday evening, Rev. Wright called his cell phone. "I don't think he had any intention to hurt Barack. He loves Barack," Pfleger said. "I think the pain and the moment took over." That moment was in a place Pfleger called "a lion's den" – The National Press Club.

Yeah, the pain of not having the Man Who Would Be President be subservient and respectful to you? All of these people are reaping the rewards of living in a world of contempt and bitterness. What do they want from each other? Emotional healthy response from each other?

Whether his problem is a pathological inability to see bad people for who they are (and good people for that matter, too. His issue is very probably a Malignant Narcissistic lack of empathy, an inability to comprehend the feelings and motives of others), or identifying sympathetically with those who hate this country, we and he are in trouble.

Obama Gets A Shot of Febreze

More fresh!

Yes, that's right. His advisers are preparing to "freshen up" his campaign message, because B. Hussein Obama is "bored" with the campaign against H. Rodham Clinton. Bored already. I guess that means he's be even more bored when he has to go back to the Senate.

Obama: The Re-Launch?

The New York Times front-pages that Obama “is making subtle changes to his campaign style and message in an effort to strengthen his appeal to blue-collar voters and to avoid a defeat in Indiana that aides fear could give Democratic Party leaders further pause about his viability in a general election… Mr. Obama is seeking to absorb the lessons of his defeat in Pennsylvania. The changes reflect concern that he is being portrayed by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as distant and culturally out of touch with many working-class Democrats, a worry underlined by her lopsided victory among many of those voters in that state on Tuesday and last month in Ohio.”

More: “In interviews with several associates and aides, Mr. Obama was described as bored with the campaign against Mrs. Clinton and eager to move into the general election against Senator John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican nominee. So the Obama campaign is undertaking modifications in his approach intended to inject an air of freshness into his style. In strategy sessions last week, advisers concluded that Mr. Obama, of Illinois, needed to do a better job reminding voters of his biography, including his modest upbringing by a single mother and one of his first jobs as a community organizer helping displaced steel mill workers. He also has to sharpen his economic message, they said, to improve his appeal and connection with voters in hope of capitalizing on the sensibilities that served him well in Midwestern states.”

Oh, yeah, those Marxist economic messages about taking profits away from companies and punishing those who create jobs always plays well with that clingy American Middle-Class.

Posted by Tammy · April 28, 2008 09:53 AM · Permalink · Comments (5)
Politics

McCain Has Blogger Conference Call

Kimodo Dragon or Tammy Peep?

And for some strange reason, I wasn't invited. Maybe that's because they think I'm like that gigantic lizard that almost bit off the foot of Sharon Stone's (now ex) husband. Or not. Morrissey at Hot Air has the details for you. Also, don't miss the comments section. Some insightful (and snarky) commentary.

John McCain held another blogger conference call, and started off talking about his effort to reach out to “areas that haven’t been able to participate” in economic expansion. The biggest lesson to be learned from the War on Poverty is that local control and local government is the key to success. Big federal bureaucracies just get in the way. He visited the Katrina-hit areas and toured the devastated areas, and later spoke about improving the response to future disasters.

On the economy, McCain says to anyone who wants to pay higher taxes: “I’m not your guy.” Spending is the problem, not revenue, including a 940% increase in earmarks over the last 12 years. He wants to keep capital-gains tax rates low in order to maintain and increase the revenue from them. “Anyone who wants to raise taxes in tough economic times lacks a fundamental understanding of economics.” [...]

McCain’s next stop will be in Arkansas, where he will make appearances with Mike Huckabee. Afterwards, he goes to Florida for some fundraising, and next week, he’ll start talking about health care and get back on the bus with the media.

Sheesh. Huckabee and a bus and 'health care.' The one way a bus can help us with health care is one that takes illegal aliens back to Mexico. When we stop paying for free health care for 20 million foreign nationals, then all of our health care costs will go down, ranging from your insurance policy to the cost of doctor visits, emergency room services and even prescription drugs. You don't even need a bus to send people back--they'll self-deport when when free medical care dries up. Somehow, though, I don;t think that's part of McCain's plan.

Posted by Tammy · April 25, 2008 09:01 AM · Permalink · Comments (3)
Internet/Communication | Politics

Mexican Official Caught Stealing White House Blackberries

The Blackberry Bandito

Stealing our stuff and taking things that don't belong to them apparently isn't limited to Mexican illegal aliens, it's also the preferred activity of Mexican government officials. Scum.

Secret Service Catch Mexican Official Nabbing White House BlackBerries

Whether he was up to no good or simply desperate to play BrickBreaker, a Mexican press attaché was caught on camera by Secret Service pocketing several White House BlackBerries during a recent meeting in New Orleans, FOX News has learned.

Sources with knowledge of the incident said the official, Rafael Quintero Curiel, served as the lead press advance person for the Mexican Delegation and was responsible for handling logistics and guiding the Mexican media around at the conference. He took six or seven of the handheld devices from a table outside a special room in the hotel where the Mexican delegation was meeting with President Bush earlier this week...

Sources said Quintero Curiel made it all the way to the airport before Secret Service officers caught up with him. He initially denied taking the devices, but after agents showed him the DVD, Quintero Curiel said it was purely accidental, gave them back, claimed diplomatic immunity and left New Orleans with the Mexican delegation.

And the White House reaction to what should be considered an act of spying?

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino refused to discuss the incident, telling FOX News, "We are aware of the situation, but as it's under investigation by law enforcement officials, we will decline to comment."

Of course you will, honey.

RCP: The Latest Numbers for Dems and McCain Matchup

Here's where the numbers stand for the Dems and the latest when it comes to the national match-ups.

REAL CLEAR POLITICS ELECTION 2008

Democrats Obama-Clinton Spread

Total Delegates 1721 - 1590 Obama + 131
Pledged Delegates 1485 - 1331 Obama + 154
Popular Vote 49.2 - 47.5 Obama +1.7
Popular Vote (w/FL) 48.3 - 47.6 Obama +0.7
Nat'l RCP Average 50.0 - 40.3 Obama +9.7
North Carolina 51.3 - 35.8 Obama +15.5
Indiana 43.8 - 46.0 Clinton +2.2

General Election McCain-Obama /McCain-Clinton

National Obama +1.1 Clinton +0.2
Pennsylvania Obama +2.2 Clinton +6.2
Ohio McCain +2.6 Clinton +5.0
Florida McCain +11.7 McCain +0.3
Wisconsin Obama +2.3 McCain +5.0

Posted by Tammy · April 23, 2008 04:32 PM · Permalink · Comments (2)
Politics

Pennsylvania Open Thread; Hillary Wins

Good for her.

According to Drudge exit polls show Hillary ahead, but by single digits. As we all know, however, exit polls are silly and useless. I expect Hillary to win big. I'll update this post through the evening. The polls close at 8pm ET.

3:20p PT:

CBS: Clinton, Obama Down To The Wire In Pa.

Politico: Early Exits

AP: Early Pennsylvania exit poll results

And from earlier today:

Obama prepares to spin loss as victory

Barack Obama could have had a worse Pennsylvania primary. DNA tests could have revealed Tony Rezko to be his father. David Axelrod could have absconded with $40 million from his campaign treasury. He could have bowled a 36.

Hillary Rodham Clinton, on the other hand, could hardly have dreamed of a finer time to tout her Scranton roots in one of her several home states. The seven-week gap between primary contests began with video of Obama’s former pastor shrieking that “America’s chickens have come home to roost” and ended with Obama explaining his way out of what sounded like an insult to the gun-owning, God-fearing Democrats of central and western Pennsylvania during a debate that amounted to a 3-on-1 grilling.

But instead of deteriorating into a snoozer of a Clinton blowout, polls that had her up an average of 16 percentage points in mid-March now show her up an average of just 6 points. And both camps — including a visibly energized Obama campaign in recent days — are now preparing to spin Tuesday’s results as a victory.

“I’m not predicting a win. I’m predicting it’s going to be close and that we are going to do a lot better than people expect,” Obama told the Pittsburgh radio station KDKA Tuesday.

Loser.

4:46pm PT:

One of the first indications that the Hillary win could be quite big.

CNN Political Ticker: Exit polls: Ohio v. Pennsylvania

CNN) — Pennsylvania's Democratic electorate is remarkably similar to Ohio's — a state where Clinton won by 10 points on March 4.

But a look at the exit polls shows Pennsylvania voters are significantly older than those who voted in Ohio's primary — a fact that will likely give Clinton a boost.

Twenty-seven percent of voters in Pennsylvania were over the age of 65. In Ohio, those voters only made up 14 percent of the electorate.

Seniors have consistently supported Clinton overwhelmingly and Pennsylvania is no different — she's winning 61 percent of voters 65 and over. Clinton did even better among Ohio seniors, winning 72 percent of their vote.

5pm PT:

Polls in Pennsylvania have closed. It's officially over. Thank goodness. Clinton is "dominating" her traditional groups, women, seniors, union households, those without a college degree

Obama's best groups: the black vote and extraordinary 92%, young people 58%, urban voters 69%, college grads, and upper income voters.

Independents, however, which usually go to Obama to some degree are split evenly in Penn. Not a good sign for Barack. Hillary's numbers with white men is also better than it has been.

Fox News at this point is not calling the race.

6:05pm PT

Both Fox and CNN have called the state for Hillary. Good for her Now the issue becomes, by how much. With 3% in, Hillary is ahead by 10 points. I think she'll hold that lead, and may even build on it.

Fox: Clinton Projected Winner of Pa. Democratic Primary

Hillary Clinton has won the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, FOX News projects, riding to victory with the aid of her core constituencies.

Barack Obama and Clinton, though, are carefully watching their margins to gauge success in the Keystone State. Pre-election surveys showed Clinton leading for weeks in Pennsylvania, but her margin will be critical in shaping how her flagging campaign is viewed going into the remaining nine primaries and caucuses.

With just 3 percent of precincts reporting, Clinton had 55 percent and Obama had 45 percent.

Posted by Tammy · April 22, 2008 03:22 PM · Permalink · Comments (2)
Open Thread | Politics

Cindy McCain: Sugar Mommy

Yep, I'm there. If McCain can get Cindy, a beautiful smart woman with money who can do whatever she pleases, to stay married to him he must be doing something right. Behold now the new leftist attack strategy against McCain: He's a man who scored and is successful! You know how the fat boys on the left just hate that. If this is the best George Soros' Finger Puppets can come up with, I think we're going to have a rather amusing general election.

Just one suggestion--they better not keep making commercials that make us admire the guy. Oh, I especially like the foreign accent of the moderator--Everything sounds much more important and serious when all these things are said to us by the British instead of by a pesky, bitter, and mean Amerikkkan (HT Hot Air). And I've decided with this post to put Cindy McCain into the Babe category, just for organizational purposes. It's stupid to just not admit the truth.

UPDATE:

Morrissey at Hot Air makes excellent points about 'progressive feminist' hypocrisy on the issue of Cindy McCain's financial independence.

...A lame Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous parody tweaking John McCain for marrying a rich woman, complete with a very bad Robin Leach accent...

Men who didn’t feel threatened by successful women were supposedly enlightened. Men who allowed women to control their own fortunes were supposedly the most enlightened. Now Democrats want to haul out the chauvunistic taunt of “kept man” and “sugar mommy” against McCain for having been enlightened enough to do both?

Wow. That takes some …. nerve.

Posted by Tammy · April 22, 2008 01:31 PM · Permalink · Comments (13)
Babes | Politics

McCain Hires Pretty Girl for Campaign

Why he would want to surround himself with beautiful women is beyond me. None of the rest of us want to do that. Watch, the Dems will now start hiring beauty queens. Oh, wait, they don't have any. Nevermind.

sc beauty queen.jpg

McCain camp hires beauty queen

My colleague Beth Frerking sends word that Miss South Carolina 2007 has come on board Team McCain.Ashley Zais, a recent Wofford grad, will serve as McCain's intern coordinator at the campaign's headquarters.

She met McCain last year when the senator gave a speech at South Carolina's Newberry College, where her father is president. Mitchell Zais, a retired Army general, and McCain became friendly after Zais published a piece in 2006 critical of how Rumsfeld's Pentagon had handled the war.

The younger Zais, it should be made clear, is NOT the same South Carolina beauty queen who has become a YouTube legend for her painful flub of a paegant question.

So it's the not-dumb SC beauty queen. Whew.

Posted by Tammy · April 21, 2008 11:00 AM · Permalink · Comments (3)
Politics

Obama: Don't Think, Be Happy

Maybe this explains the previous post's polling revelation.

From a day or so ago, but too priceless to let go. Mr. Obama apparently expects his supporters, and everyone else for that matter, to stop that pesky critical thinking about what he actually says and stands for and just be happy about the more vapid, esoteric 'importance' of his candidacy.

Some too 'obsessed' with what we say

PHILADELPHIA — You know a candidate is really feeling the heat when he starts complaining about the kitchen.

You know a candidate is having problems when he starts complaining about the process.

Wednesday night, in a debate here, Barack Obama complained a number of times about the presidential campaign process and how some people spend way too much time “obsessing” about some of the things he and others have actually said...

“I think what’s important is to make sure that we don’t get so obsessed with gaffes that we lose sight of the fact that this is a defining moment in our history,” Obama said.

He also said: “For us to be obsessed with this — these kinds of errors — I think is a mistake. And that’s not what our campaign has been about.”

That's right--it's been about empty, shallow rhetoric, unthinking emotionalism and reliance on mass hysteria.

Posted by Tammy · April 18, 2008 05:48 PM · Permalink · Comments (16)
Incompetence | Leftists | Malignant Narcissism | Politics

Apparently Dems Really Do Want Racist, Bigoted Elitist Marxism

As they prepare to make Barack Obama their national Ned Lamont, another Soros puppet. Fortunately, their Malignant Narcissism keeps them from getting a grip on the larger picture. You'd think they would have learned something from the Lamont 'victory' in Connecticut which was really, of course, a Lieberman victory. But apparently not. I guess do have one more foot they can shoot off.

Hillary Drops Back
A new Newsweek poll shows Obama pulling away.

Despite her campaign's relentless attacks on Barack Obama's qualifications and electability, Hillary Clinton has lost a lot of ground with Democratic voters nationwide going into Tuesday's critical primary in Pennsylvania, a new NEWSWEEK poll shows.

The survey of 1,209 registered voters found that Obama now leads Clinton by nearly 20 points, or 54 percent to 35 percent, among registered Democrats and those who lean Democratic nationwide. The previous Newsweek poll, conducted in March after Clinton's big primary wins in Ohio and Texas, showed the two Democrats locked in a statistical tie (45 percent for Obama to 44 percent for Clinton). The new poll puts Obama ahead among women as well as men, and voters aged 60 and older as well as younger voters. (For the complete poll data, click here).

One of the more devastating results for Clinton was that a majority of all registered voters now see her as dishonest and untrustworthy. According to the poll, just four in 10 (41 percent) registered voters view the New York senator as honest and trustworthy, while 51 percent think the opposite. This compares with solid majorities of voters who see Obama and McCain as honest and trustworthy (both polled 61 percent).

At the same time, we not on the Left have experienced first-hand how the Establishment Media create polls to reflect what they want them to reflect. If they were right, we'd have President Kerry right now. All of us, including Hillary, should keep that in mind. Newsweek has a PDF of their methodology which polls registered voters as opposed to likely voters. Those are two very different things. The fact that they chose to go with the broader, less reliable group indicates an awareness that Newsweek's preferred Dem candidates do considerably less well when likely voters are polled.

At the same time, the latest polls at Real Clear Politics indicate Hillary's lead in Pennsylvania is also dropping. Rasmussen now has her ahead by just 3, and Zogby has her in the lead by 4. Quite a big slide from the double-digit lead she had been enjoying.

So congratulations Hillary on your part in creating the New Marxist Nihilist Democrat Party which does seem to prefer a First Couple who hates this country, intends to raise taxes during a recession, and surrender to our beastial terrorist enemy. If you and your husband had been a little more concerned with people beyond yourself, perhaps you would have noticed the collapse of the party into the depraved arms of George Soros.

Posted by Tammy · April 18, 2008 01:29 PM · Permalink · Comments (3)
Politics

Hamas Endorses Barack Hussein Obama

Seriously. If I were Obama I would be seriously concerned that one of most vile terrorist organizations in the world, one which works directly with al-Qaida, has professed its support of me. But I have a feeling even this will not provoke Barry into any seriousl soul-searching. What it should do is remind you why voting for any Democrat, for president or for congress, is a truly dangerous mistake.

A Hamas problem for Obama?

While Sen. Barack Obama sought to improve his relationship with the Jewish community today by meeting with leaders Philadelphia, comments by a Hamas political adviser this weekend could potentially hurt the Democratic presidential candidate.

During an interview on WABC radio Sunday, top Hamas political adviser Ahmed Yousef said the terrorist group supports Obama’s foreign policy vision.

“We don’t mind–actually we like Mr. Obama. We hope he will (win) the election and I do believe he is like John Kennedy, great man with great principle, and he has a vision to change America to make it in a position to lead the world community but not with domination and arrogance,” Yousef said in response to a question about the group’s willingness to meet with either of the Democratic presidential candidates.

Leave Barry Obama Alone! You Hicks!

If the Open Letter didn't set you straight about Barry, maybe this will do it. In the style of Britney Spears defender Chris Crocker, take this you Clodhoppers and Friends and Parents of Clodhoppers, and leave Barry alone!

Via Gateway Pundit, via the Conservative Intelligencer.

Posted by Tammy · April 16, 2008 09:59 AM · Permalink · Comments (5)
Humor | Politics

Theories of Taxes

Maynard contemplates tax day (bumped from last year)

The picture above, in case you were wondering, is John Collier's artistic rendition of Lady Godiva. She graces our presence because her notorious ride was in fact a tax protest. Every now and then, at a domestic tax demonstration, there are rumors that a similarly-clad rider will appear. I don't know whether it ever really happens.

We live in a world where just about everything is taxed, sometimes overtly and sometimes with subtlety. Aside from being the source of government revenue, each tax is a little piece of social engineering, causing people to change their behavior to avoid paying. Sometimes this behavior modification is deliberate, such as the high cigarette taxes designed to discourage sales. Other times it's accidental, such as the "yacht tax" of a few years ago, which drove boat builders out of business.

Here are some fundamental tax types:

Consumption taxes, such as sales tax, which tax you for stuff you use
Production taxes, such as income tax, which tax you for your productivity
Property taxes, which tax you for stuff you own
Transfer taxes and fees, which tax you for transactions in which non-consumable goods change hands
Taxes on capital gains and investment income, which tax you on the growth of assets you hold
As the final insult, there's a death tax

Excessive taxes can suck the life out of an economy. Some types of taxes are more toxic than others. A strong economic argument can be made favoring the consumption tax over the alternatives. Taxing consumption rather than production encourages savings, which are an essential part of the foundation upon which a prosperous economy is built. Also, taxing consumption levels the playing field with respect to domestic production, since all goods are taxed at the same rate regardless of origin, instead of having domestic goods weighed down by built-in taxes. Unfortunately, it's politically awkward for an elected official to advocate rational tax policy, because the political opposition strives to make good ideas sound ugly. Lowering or (gasp!) eliminating capital gains and income taxes appears to be a sop to the rich, and indeed it will make the lives of the rich easier. Of course, the rich take care of themselves in any case; a simpler tax structure makes their job less inefficient, and also makes it easier for the less-than-rich to aspire to riches. But that's a hard message to get across in a world where the misery merchants reinforce a sense of individual helplessness.

The FairTax organization is promoting an ambitious plan to abolish the IRS and replace the existing tax structure with a national sales tax that will generate the same level of revenue. That sounds like a wonderful idea to me. Imagine an end to income taxes and record keeping and all the other intrusive nonsense we put up with in order to assure the government takes its "fair" share of the fruits of our labor. But you can see this movement, as great as it is, faces an uphill battle.

Let's talk about the history of income tax for a moment. Another April 15 disaster was the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Immediately afterwards, the Sixteenth Amendment was ratified, authorizing the American government to levy a tax on income. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Income tax rates have gone up and down over the years. Here is an interesting historical chart. You'll see some high marginal rates in the early years, but these only applied to the very very very rich. When we got into WWII, the income level at which confiscatory rates cut in dropped precipitously, and they stayed pretty much in place until Ronald Reagan's tax cuts. The high rates didn't affect the average wage earner, but they created a firm barrier against becoming rich through a salary. This made for what amounted to a national wage cap. Getting rich required, among other things, some very creative accounting.

As a practical matter, between George Bush's inclination to spend money and the Democratic inclination to take money, I don't imminently expect any tax reforms that will do more good than harm. If any of you are in a position to conjure up Lady Godiva, now would be a good time.

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The San Francisco Democrats

The Barack/Hillary Constituency

Great editorial from today's New York Sun. The title says it all about Obama, Clinton and the party itself.

The San Francisco Democrats

Senator Obama is fond of saying that his father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas, but in the remarks he reportedly made at a fundraiser in San Francisco, the Harvard-educated Democratic presidential candidate showed his true colors as a San Francisco Democrat. "You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years," Mr. Obama said. "It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.;

People will be parsing these words for weeks, perhaps months. Senator Clinton, Mr. Obama's rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, was off to a pretty good start when she said, "Pennsylvanians don't need a president who looks down on them." But condescension is just one of the flaws of Mr. Obama's statement.

To begin with is the idea that religion is, like anti-immigration sentiment, a kind of bigotry that appeals to bitter people who don't know better. It's the idea Karl Marx had in mind when he wrote that religion is "the opium of the people." With all the attention paid to Mr. Obama's attendance at the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, we had been under the impression that he had a more positive view of the role of religion in American life...

Mr. Obama is a politician of high intelligence and formidable rhetorical gifts, but his efforts to dig himself out of this one have so far been unconvincing. To the extent that they resonate it is that they speak to a larger phenomenon of American politics. The Democrats, while claiming to be the party of the common man, have become a party of Volvo-driving college professors, of San Francisco and Greenwich Village and Cambridge and Georgetown, while the Republicans, who are caricatured as the party of the country club rich, are in fact more in touch with the church-going and gun-bearing American public than is Senator Obama and the other leaders of his party.

Posted by Tammy · April 14, 2008 11:05 AM · Permalink · Comments (10)
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McCain As Economic Chicken Little

He's already noted he doesn't know a lot about the economy, so maybe he should keep his mouth shut and not feed into the Fear Frenzy by saying we're in a recession. Especially when he admits he has no idea what a recession is.

McCain says he believes U.S. is in a recession

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Monday that he believes the country is in a recession, adding that “these are very, very tough times in America.”

“Americans are hurting today,” McCain said at an Associated Press forum in Washington, D.C. “They’re hurting in the towns and cities across America. They’re sitting around the kitchen table, saying, ‘Are we going to be able to make our home loan mortgage payments? Are we going to be able to -- do I have to try to get a second job? Can I keep my job? Why was I laid off?’”

While McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said he thinks the country is in a recession, he noted that he is more worried about helping people who are facing “enormous challenges,” rather than figuring out what the technical definition of a recession is.

Lovely. McCain may not understand that the economy relies on the frame of mind of the consumer. The more he runs around screaming about the sky supposedly falling (which it isn't). the more you may retreat, actually assisting in a self-fulfilling prophesy.

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The definition of "recession."

Posted by Tammy · April 14, 2008 09:59 AM · Permalink · Comments (4)
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Open Letter to Barack Obama

Mr. College Man, the Better Arkyteck of Our Lives

From some clodhopper in a Small Town who pulled his head out of Bitter long enough to send me an email.

To: tammyblog
Subject: My State's As Red As My Neck
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:02:32 -0400

My hands is so sore from draggin’ my knuckles that I caint rightly hold onta my scripture book or my shootin’ arn and I caint neither get my hood over my head. And I’m a bitter one I is. Please Mr. College Man tell me what I needz to do. I knowz now cuz a you tellin’ me that the Govmint is my one true Savior. You’re an audacious hopin’ man so I’ll stop takin’ care of my own life and I’ll hand them reins over to y’all in Warshington cuz y’all know what’s better for us than we does ourselves. You kin be the arkyteck of my life and I’ll just be settin’ here out by the cement pond a waitin’ fer all them Govmint checks. They all’ll know me, I’m the one what’s got more elbows than teeth. Thank y’all.

P.S. Gomer and Goober say Hey

Indeed.

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Posted by Tammy · April 13, 2008 11:31 AM · Permalink · Comments (9)
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You Small Town, Bitter, Ignorant Reactionary Rednecks, You

It's interesting what we learn about the Obama's when they open their mouths, isn't it? Make no mistake--one of the hallmarks of Marxists is their disdain for people in general. Barack Obama has judged you and declared you Stupid and Shallow. Barack Hussein Obama has determined that your faith in God, your commitment to the founding principles of this great nation, including the Second Amendment, and your love of this nation and her sovereignty, are simple refuges for the depressed, bitter and ignorant.

What should you take from his comments? That Barack Obama is a self-righteous, MalNar Snob who is stupid enough and In Love with HImself enough to not know what not to say or even to realize how pathetic he is.
Combine his tripe with the Missus' declaration that we're also mean and a bunch of failures, well, I'd say we need to make very sure these freaks don't get anywhere near the White House. Ever.

Obama has already apologized, sorta. But let's start from the beginning. Here's Politico's coverage of The Messiah's description of you Stone-Agers in the Midwest:

You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not.

And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

Wow, so what have you people been doing out of work for 25 years? Oh yeah, getting angry, and in your stupid shallowness perhaps wanting revenge because Big Brother abandoned you, you're buying guns, getting faith, and deciding you don't like the Mexicans. Sure.

Now Obama realizes he made a mistake. He's not sorry for saying it, he;s sorry for how he said it and sorry, too, if you're offended. But he's not sorry for being an arrogant ass who's finally revealed the depth of his contempt for the average American. And average American, btw, whose families have saved the world many time over in the past few hundred years.

I suppose this is the problem a Smart Guy like him has when the Stupid People are too stupid to fully understand him.

Obama Admits Misspeaking, But Defends Comments

MUNCIE, IND. -- Barack Obama admitted today that he may not have expressed himself well when he said that Pennsylvania voters turn to guns and religion as a result of their frustration with government.

“Now I didn’t say it as well as I should have, because the truth is that these traditions that are passed on from generation to generation, those are important. That’s what sustains us,” Obama said at town hall meeting at Ball State University.

Nevertheless, he continued to defend the idea that many voters are “bitter” towards government and have turned to other things for support.

“What is absolutely true is that people don’t feel like they're being listened to. And so they pray and they count on each other and they count on their families. You know this in your own lives,” Obama said. “What we need is a government that is actually paying attention, a government that is actually fighting for working people day in and day out, making sure that we are trying to allow them to live out the American dream. And that’s what this campaign is about."

Genius. So he confirms that yes, this is what he meant, but still insists he's right, but wasn't gentle enough in condemning people being independent as opposed to relying on government. What is wrong with this man?

But he is sorry if he offended you by telling you the truth about your miserable, independent, silly selves.

Obama Regrets If He Offended....

[O]bviously, if I worded things in a way that made people offended, I deeply regret that. The underlying truth of what I said remains, which is simply that people who have seen their way of life upended because of economic distress are frustrated and rightfully so.

The Los Angeles, in the meantime, has the Clinton and McCain reactions. Too bad Hillary is so self-destructive. Despite Obama's true character revealing itself each day, I truly think now Hillary does not want the nomination. But at least she responds to this freakish debacle properly. Obama also digs further in restating that what he saif about you hicks out there is "true."

Obama seeks to explain 'guns or religion' remark

Seeking to defuse the damage among blue-collar Democrats essential to his chances in upcoming primaries in Pennsylvania and Indiana, Obama told a crowd in Muncie, Ind., that he only meant to show empathy.

"Lately, there's been a little typical sort of political flare-up because I said something that everybody knows is true, which is that there are a whole bunch of folks in small towns in Pennsylvania, in towns right here in Indiana, in my hometown in Illinois, who are bitter," Obama said...

Fellow Democrat Clinton, campaigning in Pennsylvania ahead of the state's April 22 primary, seized on the remarks, suggesting that Obama was offering condescension rather than solutions. "Pennsylvania doesn't need a president who looks down on them," the New York senator said at a Philadelphia rally. "They need a president who stands up for them, who fights for them."

Responding today to Obama's concession that his words were ill chosen, the New York senator continued her attack. "Sen. Obama's remarks are elitist and out of touch," she said. "They are not reflective of the values and beliefs of Americans. Certainly not the Americans that I know." She added, "If you want to be the president of all Americans, you need to respect all Americans." [...]

A strategist for Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) also joined in the criticism. "Instead of apologizing to small-town Americans for dismissing their values, Barack Obama arrogantly tried to spin his way out of his outrageous San Francisco remarks," said campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds. "You can't be more out of touch than that."

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Posted by Tammy · April 12, 2008 03:29 PM · Permalink · Comments (18)
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Dems Fight to Stop the Border Fence

Imagine! Having a new slave class and millions in that new victim constituency group, and an end to this nation's sovereignty all in one swoop. Can't beat that. And as Tammy Researcher and Level 2 Troublemaker Pat S. notes, "How well will the Bush DOJ defend against this challenge I wonder."

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