Prepare To Be Offended

In a campaign stop in Florida, Obama once again used the typical democrat fear tactics saying that McCain supported Bush’s Social Security reform plan. What Obama said though was that this plan would put “elderly women” at risk in the stock market.

Of course this is completely false and was exposed by FactCheck.org and reported on by Newsweek. Of course it doesn’t matter that the plan gave people the option of where to invest their money. It also doesn’t matter that people can’t really live off of Social Security.

As seen on NewsBusters.

In this stunning disclosure, it seems that the democrats are using outright threats against tax-exempt organizations to push their cause.

This is complete outrage and shows just how low the democratic party will go to get their way. It also shows just how afraid they must be of Sarah Palin. Never mind that this wasn’t even a political event for the two campaigns. It was an anti-Iran event in support of Israel, something both parties supposedly support.

How sad.

Take a look at the polls listed on Real Clear Politics. Notice that the average poll size is between 800 and 1000 people.

I don’t care how “scientific” your poll is, how in the world can 1000 people really be the pulse for several hundred million people in this country? What is really scary is how many people are persuaded by these poll numbers in making their own decisions. But then, those people are just idiots.

Seems that Obama’s national finance chair, one Penny Pritzker, was half owner of a bank that got shut down for losing $2 billion in assets due to high risk loans. Hmm… And this is one of the people advising Obama on financial affairs in crisis in the financial markets?

An even bigger twist is this nice little tidbit:

One reason Pritzker may have been enamored with Obama was his willingness to press legislation that loosened state regulatory policies for land developers and multi-family property owners.

How delightful is that one? Obama has been going on and on about fixing the markets and hammering McCain for his policies of non-regulation and yet Obama was doing exactly the same thing back home in Illinois. The hypocrisy continues…

Seen here

Frank may not want to call Obama a traitor, but I surely will. This is completely outrageous and should be all over the news in a major way.

Here we have a junior senator with no experience merely running for president trying to tell the leader of another nation what to do, or in this case not do, in ongoing negotiations with the current sitting president?

If that isn’t treason then is surely a huge breach of protocol not to mention ethics. Could you imagine what would happen if even McCain had done this? Of course McCain isn’t that stupid but hypothetically speaking. The media would destroy him, and rightfully so.

This is so out of line it isn’t even funny.

Seems ol’ Hillary backed out of an event to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just because Sarah Palin is going to be there. Are you serious? Is she that afraid of this new republican woman who is making waves in the political establishment?

Her backing out of this event suggests to me that is certainly is. After all, if she wasn’t afraid of her she wouldn’t have backed out. Oh yea she spins it as Sarah’s attendance makes it a “partisan” event now. So any time individuals from the two parties come together it has to be a partisan event? Surely denouncing Ahmadinejad is more important than some perceived perception of partisan tactics. Or fear.

According to Fox News, the middle east expert Micah Halperin said:

Halperin, who is Jewish and called Clinton “a far better candidate” for Democrats than Obama, suggested that her actions could backfire on the Democratic ticket.

“Jews traditionally vote Democratic, and if a major Democratic leader does not join in the fight against Iran, where are those voters going to go?” he asked. “It’s problematic from the very point of view that says you have a national poltical leader who fundamentally is choosing not to stand up against Ahmadenijad.

“It changes my view of (Clinton’s) wisdom, of her ability to take a situation, analyze it and come out on the right side, and that is deeply troubling to almost every voter in America, not just Jewish voters,” Halperin said, adding that Clinton’s move “is the kind of thing” that could tip voters toward McCain.

Regardless of that, the story goes on to support Hillary’s fear of Palin even more:

FOX News contributor and National Public Radio correspondent Juan Williams said Clinton, whose presidential aspirations are far from over, wants to campaign for Obama but does not want to challenge Palin because it would hurt her standing with white, working-class women.

“I think the big bump that McCain has gotten since the convention has been with white, working-class women, the older women especially who were the core of Hillary Clinton support,” Williams said.

He added that Bill and Hillary Clinton are glad to support Obama, but don’t want to take on Palin because “it would be shooting down” the ticket.

Juan went on to say:

A lot of people think that it just invites comparisons between Palin and Obama on the experience issue and that doesn’t benefit Obama,

That seems odd to me. I think it would invite comparisons between Hillary and Sarah and would really diminish Hillary’s standing as the top female politician (although technically Nancy Pelosi “out ranks” Hillary).

All I can say to Hillary is “Don’t go away mad, just go away.”

A top Hillary Clinton fundraiser Lynn Forester de Rothschild is supporting John McCain because she thinks “Barack Obama is arrogant and has a problem connecting with average Americans.”

Wow…

Oh Lynn is also a member of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee. Double wow. I don’t think this could be spinned as just a sour Hillary supporter. This woman has democratic credentials and ties at the top of the party. To turn around an publicly support the opposing party’s candidate is a big coup for the republicans.

The question is can the republicans capitalize on this? If I don’t see an ad on tv by tomorrow about this I’ll be shocked. Here is a woman at the top of the democratic party endorsing John McCain. That should speak volumes. Let’s see what happens.

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In a very interesting exchange tonight on The Factor, Neil Cavuto really tore into Bill, albeit very calmly, about the so called price gouging of the oil companies. Bil has gone on and on recently about how oil companies are gouging us at the pump, especially since the recent drop from a the mid $100 a barrel prices to the now sub-$100 prices.

Sounds like a fair enough argument right? Well, until you expand your facts a little bit to show that when oil prices tripled, prices at the pump didn’t triple. So it is OK for oil to go up and prices not, but not the reverse?

Gotcha Bill.

The sad part is that Bill didn’t care about the facts. How sad.

The Conversatism Today blog has a post about Obama’s tax plan as he related it to Bill O’Reilly.

I lightly touched on it here, but the Conversatism Today post covers the Obama quote in more detail. What is also interesting is the lack of charitable contributions made by Obama.

Isn’t it amazing how many democrats are willing to take our money and give it away, but so unwilling to give their own? One thing I loved that Obama said was “Bill, you can afford it.” Are you serious? So just because he can afford it, means he should give it up? Never mind the millions Bill O’Reilly in particular gives away for charity. No, Obama wants to take an additional 50% of his income. Staggering.

One thing that really bothers me these days are how a lot of people in this country are just so damn self centered and unappreciative of what they have by living here. An email is being circulated that I just love about some ignorant bitch complaining about the sound of Air Force jets that flew over. Here it is:

Luke AFB is west of Phoenix and is rapidly being surrounded by civilization that complains about the noise from the base and its planes, forgetting that it was there long before they were. A certain
lieutenant colonel at Luke AFB deserves a big pat on the back.

Apparently, an individual who lives somewhere near Luke AFB wrote the local paper complaining about a group of F-16s that disturbed his/her day at the mall. When that individual read the response from a Luke AFB officer, it must have stung quite a bit.

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The complaint: ‘Question of the day for Luke Air Force Base:

Whom do we thank for the morning air show? Last Wednesday, at 9:11 am, a tight formation of four F-16 jets made a low pass over Arrowhead Mall, continuing west over Bell Road at approximately 500 feet. Imagine our good fortune! Do the Tom Cruise-wannabes feel we need this wake-up call, or were they trying to impress the cashiers at Mervyns early bird special?

Any response would be appreciated.’

The response:

Regarding ‘A wake-up call from Luke’s jets’ (Letters, Thursday):

On June 15, at precisely 9:12 a.m., a perfectly timed four-ship flyby of F-16s from the 63rd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base flew over the grave of Capt. Jeremy Fresques. Capt. Fresques was an Air Force officer who was previously stationed at Luke Air Force Base and was killed in Iraq on May 30, Memorial Day.

At 9 a.m. on June 15, his family and friends gathered at Sunland Memorial Park in Sun City to mourn the loss of a husband, son and friend.
Based on the letter writer’s recount of the fly by, and because of the jet noise, I’m sure you didn’t hear the 21-gun salute, the playing of taps, or my
words to the widow and parents of Capt. Fresques as I gave them their son’s flag on behalf of the President of the United States and all those veterans and servicemen and women who understand the sacrifices they have endured.

A four-ship fly by is a display of respect the Air Force gives to those who give their lives in defense of freedom. We are professional aviators and take our jobs seriously, and on June 15 what the letter writer witnessed was four officers lining up to pay their ultimate respects.

The letter writer asks, ‘Whom do we thank for the morning air show?

The 56th Fighter Wing will make the call for you, and forward your thanks to the widow and parents of Capt. Fresques, and thank them for you, for it was in their honor that my pilots flew the most honorable formation of their lives.

Only 2 defining forces have ever offered to die for you…..Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.

Lt. Col. Grant L. Rosensteel, Jr. USAF

I don’t know for sure if this is a true event, but if it is that Lt. Col deserves to be promoted to a full Colonel.