Archive for October 16th, 2009
Backing by the NY GOP is the Kiss of Death
Posted by: | CommentsThe Republican Party in the state of New York is in shambles, and it keeps getting worse.
I moved to Onondaga County in 1993. At the time it was a pretty red county. If not for the city of Syracuse it would have been solidly red. I don’t see the reason for the not so gradual shift to blue. This area has much more in common with middle America than it does New York City. But in 16 years we’ve gone from a pretty solid red area to a pretty solid blue area. I can’t help but wonder why.
Sure, the drumbeat against George Bush and all things republican over the past eight years hasn’t helped. Maybe people blame republicans for factories closing and moving jobs overseas and down south. Maybe they don’t understand that the democrats who blast those companies are complicit in killing the jobs by enacting policies that make New York a really tough place to do business. You’d think local republicans could find a way to capitalize on that message. But no, they’re completely inept, and they have a knack for picking losers.
The last election for Onondaga County Executive is a perfect example. It’s a seat that was held by the same republican – Nick Pirro – for decades. He retired. The local Republican Party backed Dale Sweetland. He’s a farmer who was a county legistlator. I’m sure he’s a perfectly nice man, but there’s nothing about him to make voters turn out at the polls. Enter Joanie Mahoney – a woman whose name and family are well known locally and who is (or was) well liked. Of course she whooped Sweetland in the primary and then went on the win the general election. She’s now under fire by the unions who refused to reopen their contract negotiations when the economy went south. I don’t agree with everything she’s done, but for the most part she’s doing a decent job and I’m still thrilled at the way she bucked the party establishment and isn’t afraid to take on the unions. The entire state is feeling the effects of the economy, why shouldn’t people whose compensation packages are far better than the average taxpayer – to quote Dear Leader Obama – put some skin in the game?
When Rep. Jim Walsh decided to retire from congress, the local GOP went with Dale Sweetland. He couldn’t win over the county, but they thought somehow he could win the congressional district. Brilliant! In all fairness, he was up against Dan Maffei’s Soros and Hollywood funded political machine. The odds were against him, but he could have been a little more enthusiastic. Any candidate with a personality and a decent message could have given Maffei a run for his Soros money, he’s hardly a compelling personality. I went to one of Sweetland’s campaign events and he barely spoke to anyone but the people who put on the event.If he couldn’t take the time to say a few kind words to voters there to support him, how did he expect to win the election? Especially when only a handful of supporters was present! I planned to write a blog post about my meeting with Dale Sweetland, but I had nothing to say that was positive. How bad is that? Of course, Dan Maffei is now Nancy Pelosi’s lap dog our representative in congress.
Not that Jim Walsh was any great prize. He wasn’t terrible, especially if you’re a pork lover. To this day he still defends earmarks. Our local paper helped to keep him in congress because he brought home the bacon. It was amusing to read the endorsements – one liberal after another and then Jim Walsh. They didn’t want to lose their federal ATM. Nothing like a little pork to grease the wheels of political endorsements. I guess it never occurred to any of the brilliant minds in this area that if the federal government stops taking so much from us, there won’t be a need to try to get it back. How much does it cost to run a dollar through the federal government? Even if every dollar we sent in was sent back to us, it would be reduced by how much? Why not keep the money here at home in the first place?
Which brings me to Dede Scozzafava – hands down the worst local republican candidate I’ve seen since 1993. She’s been endorsed by the Working Families Party – a political arm of ACORN and the SEIU. She received a Margaret Sanger Award – Margaret Sanger is a famed eugenicist. She was in favor of Porkulus. She even has the Daily Kos seal of approval. She supported the Spitzer/Paterson budget. She’s been in the political swamp known as Albany! This is the candidate the republicans in northern NY decided to heartily endorse. It’s like some sort of sick joke.
Unless the GOP in NY changes its leadership, candidates who want to win elections should avoid their stamp of approval. It’s the electoral kiss of death.
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Random Friday Night Ramblings
Posted by: | CommentsThe kids are switching between the WWE and the Yankees game. We’ve always encouraged the kids to watch baseball but that may change, at least for next week. That’s when the MLB will participate in the White House/entertainment industry propaganda push, but the WWE isn’t on the list. As much as I object to the WWE, at least the kids aren’t being indoctrinated in Marxism so I’ll let it slide. Plus, I certainly don’t want them directed to a group that would just as soon have seen to it they were never born.
It’s funny the way the NFL turned on Rush Limbaugh. He’s wildly successful and is the most listened to radio personality in America. Sure, the left doesn’t like him so I suppose you can call him divisive. But there’s no love lost between the right (and more independents every day) and Barack Obama. So why are vocal Obama supporters allowed to own NFL teams? Jennifer Lopez with her racist song lyrics is co-owner of a team. Heck, even Fergie, who peed her pants while performing on stage is approved by the NFL. (Just wait until she’s had a couple kids. At least then she could borrow a Pull Up.) Not to mention that her anti-American lyrics could certainly be labeled as divisive. Unless you think all Americans regard the US military and the CIA as terrorist organizations.
Is anyone else sick and tired of listening to Dear Leader’s voice? Sheesh! He never shuts up and just doesn’t seem to understand the difference between governing and campaigning. Not that I mind his ineptitude at governing, at least on domestic issues. It may be the only thing that saves us from his plan to radically change the country he loathes. That and the idiots in his administration who never heard the old axion “choose your battles.” Would Glenn Beck have thought to zero in on Anita Dunn had she not shot off her mouth on television about Fox News?
Speaking of ineptitude, the democrats have outdone themselves with saving and creating jobs. Here in the Empire State half a billion bucks was spent in New York City and Long Island and created – get this – fifty four (yes 54, five-four) jobs. That’s a whopping NINE MILLION DOLLARS (yes, $9,000,000.00) per job! New York is known for wasteful spending, and nationally they’ve done a bit better - the average is about $72,000.00. But still, my husband created a job this year for about $10.00 – the cost of printing business cards. If the geniuses in Washington would stop trying to create jobs perhaps my hubby could hire a few more people.
It appears corporations and their lobbyists can also be classified as stupid and inept. In secret meetings earlier this year, with a wink and a nod, industry groups signed on with the Obama administration to spend millions selling ObummerCare. Obviously, the insurance industry is having second thoughts. What were they thinking? They slept with the devil and expected he’d still love them in the morning?
I have to thank the crazy family in Colorado. Hoax or not, there’s nothing like a missing boy, a flying saucer, and vomit on live TV to take our minds off the crazy events unfolding before our eyes in our nation’s capital.
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Obummer Whines About Mopping Up the Mess
Posted by: | CommentsOh look, Dear Leader’s giving another speech. He’s whining about mopping up a mess – he forgets to mention that it was his party controlling congress when the mess was created. He was there, too, in case anyone forgot.
“Another way of putting it is when, you know, I’m busy and Nancy’s busy with our mop cleaning up somebody else’s mess — we don’t want somebody sitting back saying, you’re not holding the mop the right way. Why don’t you grab a mop, why don’t you help clean up. You’re not mopping fast enough. That’s a socialist mop. Grab a mop — let’s get to work.”
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White House War With Fox News Increases Ratings
Posted by: | CommentsWhat a bunch of rookies. Not only did they increase the ratings of their arch nemesis, now even more Americans know about the commies and radical freaks working at the White House. Oh, sweet poetic justice!
News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said on Friday that White House criticism of commentators on his Fox News television channel had served to “tremendously” increase their ratings.
“There were some strong remarks coming out of the White House about one or two of the commentators on Fox News,” Murdoch told the annual meeting of News Corp. shareholders here.
“And all I can tell you is that it’s tremendously increased their ratings,” he said.
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Hmmmm – Was the White House Behind Smears Against Rush Limbaugh?
Posted by: | CommentsNothing would surprise me anymore.
Here’s Rush talking about the NY law firm whose IP address is linked to false quotes about him on Wikipedia. The American Thinker article he cites can be found here. Not only does the firm have ties to a sports group, one of its partners now works for the Obama Justice Department. Coincidence?
Via Breitbart
Related: CNN’s Rick Sanchez “tweeted” a retraction of the bogus Limbaugh quotes, ending with “my bad.” HuffPo also retracted the bogus quotes after the damage was done.
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Dede Scozzafava is a Symbol of What’s Wrong With the Republican Party – Updated
Posted by: | CommentsDede Scozzafava picked up a big endorsement by Newt Gingrich today. It’s a shame Newt couldn’t put principle before party and endorse Doug Hoffman to be NY 23’s next representative. When will republicans learn? It isn’t conservatism or conservative ideas that lost elections for them in the past several years. Just the opposite, it’s the so-called moderates they insist on backing.
The Wall Street Journal published an interesting piece today about the race for NY 23 and the trouble the Tea Party movement is causing the GOP. One quote in the article infuriates me:
Brian Walsh, spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, a group that coordinates GOP Senate campaigns, says the party has chosen strong candidates. “It’s healthy to have debates about the future direction of the party,” says Mr. Walsh. But he adds, “We want to make sure we have candidates on the ballot in the best position to defeat the Democrat candidate.”
That’s all party leadership cares about – winning elections, and they aren’t very good at it. Doug Hoffman went from something like 11% in the polls a few weeks ago to 23% this week. Obviously, had the party chosen him he’d certainly be polling well above the Democrat Bill Owens’ 33%. But party leadership makes excuses for Scozzafava, saying she’s electable because she’s a moderate – in a conservative district no less. So what if Obama won 52% of the vote last year. Lot’s of conservatives fell for his schtick. Now that they’ve seen him in action they aren’t likely to make that mistake again.
Just how moderate is Dede Scozzafava? I’d say she’s to the left of moderate. Not only is she liberal on social issues, her claims to be fiscally conservative don’t stand up after scrutiny of her record. Michelle Malkin calls her An ACORN Friendly, Big Labor-Backing, Tax-and-Spend Liberal in GOP Clothing. She was backed by the Working Families Party – an arm of the SEIU and ACORN, for crying out loud. Yet this is the only person the GOP could come up with that’s “electable?” She’s only electable if the voters aren’t paying attention to her record.
I don’t know when GOP leadership is going to wake up and realize that enraging their base is not the way to beat the democrats. Perhaps running candidates who aren’t democrats at heart would be a good first step towards electoral victory. “Hold your nose and vote” is hardly a winning campaign slogan.
If you agree, please consider volunteering or making a donation to Doug Hoffman’s campaign. His poll numbers have more than doubled in two weeks. Let’s help him double those numbers again so the people can send a clear message to the democrats and the republicans in Washington, DC.
In case you’re wondering, I do not work for Mr. Hoffman and I have no affiliation with his campaign at this time. But I may sign on as a volunteer if I can find the time.
Update: Wow! It only gets worse. Scozzafava won’t even confirm she would run in a republican primary in 2010 and not switch to democrat. How do you like that, Republican leadership?
Update 2: Worse yet – Scozzafava was endorsed by the founder of Daily Kos!
Hellooooooo NRCC!?!? Helloooooo New Gingrich?!?!? Is anybody home?
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Peace Prize Rap
Posted by: | CommentsOur government sucks, big time. So we shouldn’t get a chuckle where we can? Nothing like Steven Crowder to sing an Obama rap to bring a smile to our faces. It’s Friday, enjoy it while you can. I’m sure I’ll bring you more news later about what Obama and his cronies are either doing to us, or trying to do to us. Laugh while you can!
PS-For lyrics click here - over to the right click on “more info.”
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Phelim McAleer Corrects the Record
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Phelim McAleer, whose mic was turned off for asking Al Gore inconvenient questions, answered his critics. He wonders, if not him, then who will question Al Gore?
You wouldn’t know it from the sparse media coverage, but the British High Court found so many errors in Gore’s movie in 2007 that British schools no longer can show the film without the equivalent of a health warning.
I asked Gore if he intends to correct the record. He dodged the question, and the so-called reporters defended his right to be evasive by shutting off my mic.
The encounter was disappointing but not surprising. I served years of hard time as a liberal journalist in Europe and learned that covering the environmental beat meant toeing the line of extremism — no inconvenient questions allowed.
But it is now time for journalists, and the consumers and businesses that will pay the ultimate price, to start questioning the conventional wisdom about global warming and exposing its true cost. If alarmists like Al Gore get their way, millions of American families will watch as their dreams of a prosperous and pleasant future disappear.
The evidence of environmentalism run amok abounds in Europe. Spain believed the spin that environmental regulation can create “green jobs” and boost the economy. Now the country has 18% unemployment. Britain could suffer blackouts because of policies that require the country to replace coal with fuels like solar and wind power that aren’t readily available or reliable.
Unfortunately for Americans, many of the lawmakers who represent them in Congress seem unwilling to learn from Europe’s mistakes.
The Senate is now considering a bill that Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., co-authored to create a European-style “cap and trade” system for carbon dioxide emissions, and he just won the endorsement of a key swing senator. International pressure on the United States to adopt such legislation also will increase in December at climate talks in Copenhagen.
That’s bad news for taxpayers. The Obama administration reluctantly admitted last month that cap-and-trade would cost the average American family $1,761 a year.
That is a rosy prediction. A Heritage Foundation analysis pegs the cost at an average of $2,979 a year and as much as $4,600 a year by 2035. Jobs will disappear, energy prices will skyrocket, and the American Dream will become an unattainable fantasy for many. ….
Hey America – are you listening?
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About Those Insurance Mandates
Posted by: | CommentsI’m not here to defend insurance companies. But in this instance, I have to ask, what the hell do you expect? At this point they are trying to insure their own survival!
I received this in my e-mail:
From the FEE blog: [no link provided] The health-insurance lobbyist complainsthat under the proposed healthcare overhaul the penalties on individuals who don’t buy coverage would be too mild and would encourage people to wait until they are sick before buying a policy — at which point they couldn’t be turned down or charged more than healthy people.
That’s right. The industry wants the government to force us to buy its product and to impose harsh penalties on those who refuse. The companies, which oddly are demonized by the “reform” crowd, are happy to accept all kinds of coverage rules in return for captive customers and guaranteed income.
Okay, what do you expect here?
The government is going to FORCE insurance companies to cover everyone, regardless of pre-existing conditions. In the words of Barack Obama, “let me be clear” I don’t like or want insurance mandates. On either side. Unless there is a good reason for someone with a pre-existing condition not having coverage – ie: that person was dropped from his or her parent’s coverage or employer’s coverage – I don’t think insurance companies should be forced to cover people who chose to be uninsured their whole life until they become ill.
That may sound cruel, by why should insurance companies be FORCED to subsidize someone’s irresponsibility? It’s only natural that they would do what any company would do in this highly regulated corporatist system disguised as free market capitalism. And when those on the right start attacking insurance companies, they should keep in mind that they are simply another beast created by the politicians, going back to the days of FDR.
You cannot insure health. You can only insure yourself from economic destruction caused by health problems. If you choose to go your entire life without health insurance until you become ill, why should anybody be forced to pay for it? If you think the evil insurance companies pay for it, think again! It’s those of us who are responsible and do everything possible to provide insurance for ourselves and our families that pay for your destructive irresponsibility.
Oh, one more thing, please don’t tell me about the uninsured poor in America. They are insured, by the rest of us.
Related: Read about the dark days of America. Everyone’s a villain, except of course, the lefty politicians and their supporters.
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