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GOP Obits a Bit Premature

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

Since President Obama’s election last November, pundits have been writing the GOP’s obituaries on a weekly basis. This week’s obituary was written by Dick Polman, who stated thus:

Let us briefly sift the ashes. The party right now has no coherent message, aside from “Do Not Offend Rush Limbaugh.” Its messengers are basically conservatives who speak to the choir. It has virtually zilch appeal beyond its base, as evidenced by the ‘08 election and every subsequent poll; the party is alienating suburbanites, independents, Latinos (the fastest-growing cohort in the electorate), and people under age 30 (the voters who will dominate for the next half century).

Since the GOP “has virtually zilch appeal beyond its base”, perhaps Mr. Polman can explain why Republicans led Democrats in the generic ballot question this week. That’s after having gone several years of trailing Democrats on that question. How can the GOP lead in the generic ballot question if they’re losing ground on all these demographic groups? It’d be interesting to hear a coherent explanation on that.

It’s worth asking whether young people will continue preferring President Obama and Speaker Pelosi if they don’t change their spending habits. I’m betting that they won’t because young people understand that their standard of living drops each time interest on the debt sucks money that could’ve been lent to entrepreneurs who wanted to grow their businesses.

Salena Zito’s column takes a different perspective:

What he has left behind with his switch to the other team is everyone under the sun, as he gleefully dances on the supposed grave of the Republican Party after proclaiming its death by a thousand cuts. (more…)

Virginia Governor’s Race Update

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

This morning’s Rasmussen Report polling says that Republicans have reason for optimism. Here’s what they’re reporting:

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds the closest race is between McDonnell, the former attorney general and lone GOP candidate, and Brian J. Moran, a former state delegate from Alexandria. McDonnell now leads Moran by 10 points, 44% to 34%.

The highest profile Democrat in the race is next. Terry McAuliffe, a longtime Clinton confidant and former national party chairman, trails McDonnell by 12 points, 45% to 33%. State Delegate R. Creigh Deeds of Bath County continues to fare the worst against his Republican opponent. McDonnell leads Deeds by 15 points, 45% to 30%.

Despite the good early news, there’s still alot of work ahead for Mr. McDonnell. Still, this is good news after last fall’s drubbing by then-Candidate Obama.

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Contempt of Court, or its Citizenry?

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Having been a victim of a racially corrupt judge and prosecutor, my heart goes out to Jesse Merrell.

After Federal Judge James Robertson dismissed his request for Barack Obama to prove his Hawaiian birth, Merrell shared his sentiments in writing with Judge Robertson:

“How dare people use a flimsy thing like the Constitution to darken your sanctimonious door!… The insane idea that a blue-gum baboon slashing our Constitution has to prove U.S. citizenship – as our silly old Constitution demands – is too absurd to consider in the sacred chambers of the tiny tin gods of the Potomac, adorning the royal purple and sipping Jim Jones Kool-Aid.

“Thanks to smug, slimy shysters like you, Obama gets a free ride – snootily stomping on our foolish Constitution, which supercilious idiots like you have long ago shredded for their own stupid opinions!”

Instead of celebrating Merrell’s First Amendment right, Judge Robertson dispatched US Marshall’s to Merrell’s home.

As a retired LAPD officer and licensed investigator, I’m skeptical of conspiracy theories. In this case, however, I’m confused by Obama’s apparent refusal or inability to present convincing proof of his American birth.

Birth certificates are not a new concept. When Helen Lim was born in San Francisco’s insular Chinatown in 1908, her certificate of live birth recorded the names and birth places of her parents, the attending physician, along with seals and signatures. Despite their humble beginnings, Elvis Presley’s parents were also able to secure a credible certificate.

Like Helen and Barack, I was born to parents who were born on other continents. Like Obama’s father, my mother was not a legal US resident. Like Helen, my parents were able to secure my birth certificate. While Helen and I can produce easily verifiable certificates, President Obama either cannot produce proof of his US birth, or refuses to.

Helen Lim and I were both born in California. Elvis was born in Mississippi. Were Hawaiian certificates different during the 1960s?

Apparently not. While this Hawaiian birth certificate has the same information found in my certificate, Obama’s certificate contains almost no useable or verifiable information. What clouds Obama’s birth even more is that subsequent public notices may have also been forged.

As a police officer and US Marine who once held a Top Secret security clearance, I understand the US Government’s concern about social unrest if Obama is removed from office for constitutional reasons. Obama has a much bigger profile than Rodney King – whose arrest ignited riots that cost Los Angeles residents $2 billion in damage and lost revenues. If Obama and the Democrat Party are found to have used fraud to elect America’s first foreign born US president, the LA riots could look polite by comparison.

As a career investigator, I can’t tell whether Obama was born in the United States or not. But as easy as it is for me, Helen, and Elvis to produce our own certificates, it’s hard to imagine why Obama would rather fight these lawsuits than produce his own verifiable birth certificate.

In this case, Jesse Merrell may have good reason to express contempt for Judge Robertson’s court. It’s also remarkable that Robertson would send Barney Fife to threaten Merrell with arrest for expressing his understandable (and apparently well-founded) contempt.

James Robertson may be a federal judge, but he has also sworn to protect and defend the US Constitution. Having failed in that responsibility, Jesse Merrell has a right to show as much contempt for Robertson’s court as Obama now shows to America’s citizens.

Pelosi: “U.S. immigration policy is un-American”

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

No surprise to us. But it’s nice to see the video for the record.

Full story: Pelosi Tells Illegal Immigrants That Work Site Raids are Un-American — The speaker of the House told a group of both legal and illegal immigrants recently that enforcement of immigration laws in the United States is “un-American.”

Illegal aliens may be “patriots”, but not necessarily to America.

Ridiculous.

But for Democrats, every vote counts — sometimes twice.

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Obama Adminstration/Geithner Incompetence Displayed

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

This article does a great job highlighting President Obama’s, Tim Geithner’s and the Democrats’ incompetence. Here’s what’s being reported:

Professing shock at the bonus payments, Democrats have embarked on a hurry-up effort to impose what amounts to confiscatory taxes on the bonuses, a maneuver that almost surely will be tested in the courts. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner enjoys President Barack Obama’s confidence, according to the White House.

Here’s what the Democrats’ real problem is:

Gone are the days when they could merely bludgeon the Bush administration and promise to seek bipartisan solutions to the nation’s economic problems. Now, in control of the White House and Congress, they are struggling to come up with an explanation for what no one in either party seems moved to defend.

BINGO!!! I’ve said more than once that the biggest problem confronting President Obama that, for the first time in his life, he’ll be judged on what he does, not on his speaking ability. Gone are the days when he can vote present like he did in the Illinois Senate. Gone, too, are the days when his centrist-sounding rhetoric isn’t scrutinized against his actions.

Of course, AP articles wouldn’t be complete without some Republican bashing like this: (more…)

DNC Chair Kaine’s Shameless Statement

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Gretawire just posted DNC Chairman Tim Kaine’s statement on the Steele-Rush tempest in a teapot. Calling it a lame statement is giving Gov. Kaine far too much credit. Here’s one of the lamest parts of Gov. Kaine’s statement:

“As Congress works to pass the President’s budget, Republicans need to stop following divisive figures like Rush Limbaugh, stop apologizing to him and put aside the failed politics of the past so we can put our economy back on track, reform our health care system, break our dependence on foreign oil, improve our schools, and lay the foundation for long-term growth in the 21st Century.”

This tempest in a teapot will undoubtedly be used in DNC and candidate fundraising letters. It undoubtedly will get the nutroots to pry into their wallets with great fervor.

This statement’s real purpose, though, is to distract people’s attention from President Obama’s disastrous economic policies. President Obama’s policies are thinning out retirement accounts. President Obama’s policies aren’t solutions.

Since President Obama’s election, the stock market has dropped from 9,717 to today’s low of 6,737, a drop of 2,980 points. That represents a 31 percent drop since then-Sen. Obama was elected. (more…)

The Right Attitude

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

I’ve been a Michael Steele fan since he was elected the Lt. Gov. of Maryland. He’s articulate, fiscally conservative and innovative. According to this Time Magazine article, he’s got the right idea for building the party. Here’s the paragraph that first caught my attention:

He said he would make clear to local party leaders that “if you want to be chairman under my leadership, don’t think this is a country-club atmosphere where we sit around drinking wine and eating cheese and talking amongst ourselves. If you don’t want to drill down and build coalitions in minority communities, then you have to give that seat to someone who does.”

One of the main points in the plan put together by Patrick Ruffini and his partners at RebuildTheParty.com is titled the 435 district strategy:

The 435 district strategy. By 2012, the Republican Party will field candidates in all 435 Congressional districts in America, from inner city Philadelphia to suburban Dallas, and our leaders must be held accountable for progress towards this goal. With an 80 plus vote margin separating Democrats from Republicans in the House, it’s time to widen the playing field, not narrow it. While our targeting has gotten narrower, honing in on a class of seats we feel entitled to because they lean Republican, Democrats have been stealing traditionally 60-40 Republican seats right and left. It’s time to return the favor.

Let’s ask some simple questions on why fighting for bigger blocks of votes in every demographic group and community is important. Here’s some questions I’m asking: (more…)

Message and Technology, Part III

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Anything that Patrick Ruffini writes on the subject of using technology to return the GOP to majority party status immediately gets put on my must-reading list. Patrick posted something on the subject yesterday that I didn’t get to think through. I made reading and thinking it through a priority of my Saturday morning.

The starting point of Patrick’s post is Leon Wolf’s post that I also referenced. Further down in Patrick’s post is this nugget of wisdom that needs to be expanded on:

Attacking technology as a way to rebuild the party misses the point in another way. It assumes that technology is just a tool, that it doesn’t change the dynamics of the political process itself. And that it can’t be an instrument in nudging along the kind of change we all want on the issues and ideas front.

Were MoveOn.org and the netroots primarily about technology or ideology? The answer is both. They were instruments for the ideological “reformation” of the party that just happened to use technology. They were both successful because they tied technology to sense of political purpose, direction, and action.

EXACTLY RIGHT!!! This isn’t an either-or question. It’s a rare double-sided truth. One wouldn’t exist without the other. (more…)

Chicago Hope

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

While the media is covering the Blagojevich story, they miss the point that ALL those corrupt folks who run Illinois & Chicago are DEMOCRATS.

Nor did Illinois Governor and Mrs. Rod Blagojevich suffer from a Tourette’s moment. Their demands and outrage appear too bold and honest to be anomalous. Both felt comfortable enough to behave as they did before peers and the Chicago media, just as Jeremiah Wright’s celebratory flock was not shocked or disgusted by Wright’s depraved sermons (watch his apoplectic parishioners).

Blagojevich’s misconduct implicates not only himself, but Chicago’s acquiescent machine – just as the SEC failed to investigate Bernard Madoff nine years ago.

People like Madoff, Blago, Jeremiah Wright, the Clintons, and Obama don’t get where they are by themselves. Who would better understand the nuanced inner-workings of the Chicago machine than its US Senators and Governor?

Chicago…. Who runs it?

Senators: Barack Obama & Dick Durbin
Representative: Jesse Jackson, Jr.
IL Governor: Rod Blogojevich (arrested today)
House Leader: Mike Madigan
IL Atty Gen: Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike)
Chicago Mayor: Richard M. Daley (son of Mayor Richard J. Daley)
IL Leadership: ALL Democrats.

Iraq body count: 300+ Americans (2008)

Chicago body count: 400+ Americans (2008), although it’s hard to say exactly since Chicago doesn’t report crime like other cities. The Chicago PD celebrates whenever less than 500 are murdered in one year. (Maybe an end to the police occupation of Chicago will stop the cycle of violence there?)

State pension fund: $44 Billion in debt - worst in the country.

Sales Tax: At 10.25%, Cook County (Chicago) highest in country.

Chicago Schools: Rated one of the worst in the US.

They can’t blame Republicans because there aren’t any.

The ONLY hopeful news is that Blagojevich’s outrage seems to corroborate the President-elect’s refusal to play along with the machine. Obama is either a DINO (Democrat in name only) who exploited Chicago’s machine to inoculate America, or he will spread Chicago’s infection throughout America.

As a Republican, Obama would have never been elected to the State Senate or presidency. Indeed, Jeremiah Wright’s congregation would have lynched him faster than Wright could say OREO. But by exploiting the DNC’s racial politics, Obama resonated with Democrats, Independents, and some Republicans to win an election that offers some hopeful early signs. Maybe it’s the calm before the storm or a honeymoon, but Republicans have more to hope for today than they did one month ago.

Time will tell.

Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah!

Clark

Are We Watching The Political Pendulum Switch?

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

There’s no denying that the political pendulum swung in the Democrats’ direction the last 2 election cycles. This article in Politico.com suggests that, at minimum, Democrats will have more seats to defend in 2010. Couple that with Saxby Chambliss’ win in the Georgia runoff and the GOP’s John Fleming holding onto Bill McCreery’s seat in Louisiana and Joseph Cao defeating William Jeffferson in LA-02 and a case can be made that the Democrats’ momentum has ebbed somewhat. By no means should we accept as fact that the pendulum has shifted back in the GOP’s direction.

“The fact that there’s not an incumbent running for election, and having an appointed incumbent instead, helps us a lot,” Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dick Wadhams said. For those reasons, Wadhams said he was surprised that Salazar decided to accept Obama’s offer.

Assuming that Salazar is confirmed, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D) will appoint a replacement to join the newly elected Mark Udall. A flurry of Democratic names are being floated, including Reps. Diana DeGette and Ed Perlmutter, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and outgoing state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff.

The rumor that I’m hearing is that NFL legend John Elway is thinking about running as a Republican. If that happens, the Democrats will have a real fight on their hands. Elway wasn’t just a great quarterback. He’s a charismatic figure, too. It’s still too early to tell what type of candidate Elway would be but their’s no disputing that he’d have substantial fundraising prowess and significantly above average name recognition, two things that most candidates would die for. Here’s what CQ Politics wrote about Elway’s candidacy against Sen. Salazar:

Two-time Super Bowl winner John Elway’s name has been bandied about as a challenger for the Colorado Senate seat held by first-term Democrat Ken Salazar in 2010, but as of now, the former Denver Bronco quarterback, who campaigned in the state for John McCain during this year’s presidential race, trails 49 percent to 38 percent with 13 percent undecided in a Research 2000 poll conducted Dec. 2-4. Former Rep. Tom Tancredo, who dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination before the first caucus or primary vote was cast, fares worse with Salazar leading 51 percent to 37 percent and 12 percent undecided.

That poll is now worthless now that Sen. Salazar isn’t in the picture anymore. Nonetheless, the Colorado GOP has alot of rebuilding to do. Still, having a charismatic person like John Elway at the top of the 2010 ‘ticket’ is bound to energize the GOP faithful and attract unafilliated people to the party, which is a great starting place. (more…)