Palins book...blockbuster.

Sending the lefty nuts crazy no doubt.

Palins book sold 300,000 on the first day and by its first week is on its way to being a million seller. Already at 700,000.

Congrats to the lady!

Sometimes an article says it JUST perfectly..

November 22nd, 2009 9:04 pm
Victor Davis Hanson

Where Has the Thrill Gone?

The Harder They Fall?

"Who appointed over 40 ambassadors on the sole basis of campaign contributions, or has as many lobbyists in government as did any President in memory? And who releases touchy news—whether increased unemployment or trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civil courts—on Friday nights, or wants his Democratically-controlled Congress to debate unpopular legislation on Saturday nights?

You see where this is going. Prophets fall harder than normal politicians. When you claim that seas recede and planets cool before your presence, and that Latin mottos, new presidential candidate seals, neo-classical victory trophies, and faux-Greek temple sets are the appropriate backdrops for Your speeches, then you raise the bar a bit high. Obama is not necessarily any more partisan than a Nixon or Reagan or Bush, only just as partisan—but when he claimed something quite different.

Add in the hope/change mantra, and a cadre of lackeys talking about tingling legs, his majesty Caesar, and apotheosis into a “god”, and our young Icarus was simply soaring too near the sun for his own fragile wax-feather wings. The problem is not just that Obama is proving Clinton-like in his Chicago hardball partisanship (cf. the trash-talk of Rahm Emanuel, Mao-admirer Anita Dunn, or the Truther Van Jones), but that his entire persona was fabricated on a touchy-feely “there is no red state, no blue state America.”

Despite Obama’s vows to restore science to its rightful place in government (I think that was his dig at George Bush’s opposition to human embryo, stem-cell research), we get superstition. Instead of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ non-partisan, depressing unemployment figures, we are instead to rely on a new unproven notion of jobs “saved” and “created”, and in nonexistent, made-up congressional districts, listed, no less, on a government recovery.gov official website. War against reason?

Remember the “reset” button promises abroad? Do we have a safer, saner relationship with Putin? Is Iran closer to disarmament? North Korea quieter? Did George Mitchell transform the Middle East? Is the “good” war still good, the “bad” one still bad? Do the Brits feel the special relationship is stronger? Maybe Sarkozy is more impressed now with America, or are the Poles and Czechs?

And do Chavez, Castro, Ortega, Morales, Zelaya, and others in Latin America feel more pressure to be democratic or less? Is one third of the planet in India and China more comfortable with the messiah Obama or with the hated Bush?

At Home

And the future? Will the country look eagerly forward to cap-and-trade taxes? The new income tax rates? Will small businesses like the caps off FICA taxable income, and health care surcharges? Perhaps the people can get behind impending “comprehensive immigration reform” (in the way we are now for “comprehensive health care”), which will de-emphasize enforcement and emphasize amnesty?

As Obama’s popularity falls, expect his own partisanship to increase, and the Chicago brass knuckles to be more evident. Obama knows that he can hope and change only until he hits 35-40% approval ratings, and is rendered shouting to half-empty audience halls and a triangulating congress.

Full Steam Ahead

A final prognosis—or why Obama is in deep, deep trouble, since he won’t quit in his dream to transmogrify American into something like Belgium at best and Brazil at worse.

Millions of independents and swing voters went for Obama for five reasons: (1) they believed the media hype that Bush was the “worst” (fill in the blanks); (2) the sudden financial panic of September 2008 and the anger at Wall Street banditry and bail-outs; (3) Obama’s youth, charm, and oratory; (4) the feel-good novelty of voting in our first African-American president; (5) Obama’s centrist campaign message of paying down debt, working with allies, drilling, being tough against Al Qaeda, and being bipartisan.

It’s taken almost 11 months, but voters now know that propositions 1-5 are now refuted or irrelevant:

1) Bush is history. Like Truman, in time he will begin to look better not worse. More importantly, Bush’s sins that bothered voters— too much big government and big deficits—were simply trumped by Obama’s gargantuan deficits and federalization of health care, banking, and the auto industry. “Bush did it” doesn’t work any more. “Obama did it even more” is the new worry.

2) The panic that we would lose all our 401(k’s) and home equity has passed. What we are left with in its wake is a sinking feeling that badgering small business and the Chamber of Commerce, as if they are Goldman Sachs grandees, isn’t working. Raising income, payroll, and surcharge taxes at a time state, local, and sales taxes are surging, is, well, a good way to turn a recession into a depression—or at least a stagflating, weak recovery. Sometime around next March, “Bush’s did it” will transmogrify into Obama’s recession. Obama can’t run against the economy, but must fix it—or take the blame. His best hope is that the Republicans don’t run a demagogic figure such as he himself acted in 2007-8.

3) Obama’s smoothness is getting old. All of us can almost write the next Obama speech: a) “some” say/do, but “I” say/do… The bad straw man is set up, followed by the contrast of the annointed “I” and “me” ad nauseum. b) then comes the apology for the sins of the rest of us—mitigated somewhat by the election of , yes, Barack Obama, the first black President; c) third is the impossible: spending more on health care saves more; cap and trade massive taxes will result in economies; no more lobbyists means gads of them, Bush shredded the Constitution equates into I’m copying his anti-terror protocols; d) an end with hope and change ruffles and flourishes. Bottom line: the oratory is old and trite, given the lack of commensurate accomplishments.

4) On the matter of racial landmarks, some of the voters think, rightly or wrongly, that they did their thing, proving America is not racist by the fact of Obama’s election. Now? A lot of independents, however, won’t seem obligated to vote in 2010 or 2012, motivated by the same sense of liberal assuagement of guilt. This been there/done that feeling will be accentuated should Obama’s supporters continue to play the race card as his popularity dips as a result of a statist and neo-socialist agenda.

5) We know now that the campaign was a centrist deception. Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright make logical the presence of the Truther Van Jones and Anita Dunn (cf. her encomium to Mao). His most partisan Senate record presages his near suicidal effort to ram through statist health care, tax hikes, and partisan appointments, in addition to polarizing rhetoric. His campaign promises to meet with Ahmadinejad were not only met, but again trumped by serial apologies, selling out the Poles and Czechs and outreach to Chavez and Castro. In other words, the so-called right-wing nuts who tried to scare the hell out of voters are proving to be Nostradamuses of sorts.

All sorts of things can happen. Printing and borrowing can give us a brief, though unsustainable recovery around 2010. A war could break out. We could get hit big-time again as in 9/11.

That said, I think not merely the thrill is gone, but a righteous anger about an Obama trifecta— of serial apologies and bows abroad, massive borrowing and deficit spending, and government-take overs of private spheres of life—is swelling up in the electorate. I haven’t seen in my lifetime anything quite like it. And this furor of being had has the potential not just to take Obama down, but also his ideology and supporters along with him for a generation."

Obama's Asia field trip..a complete FAILURE.

In the midst of dithering on the wars and sending the troops needed and wanted by his commanders, as well as while the economy continues to crumble and unemployment continues to skyrocket...Obama decided to take a lil trip to Asia. Not entirelly sure of fwhat the reason was for the trip. Perhaps he was just getting tired of his NUMEROUS golf outings.

The concencus on the trip by world press....a complete waste of time, and acomplishing nothing other than to be a submissive bitch while bowing ( yes bowing again... ) to emporer Akihito.

Some pickings from assorted news writings:

TIMES OF LONDON:

"The real problem may be Obama’s friends — or rather, those among his formerly most enthusiastic supporters who are now having second thoughts.

The doubters are suddenly stretching across a broad section of the Democratic party’s natural constituency. They include black congressional leaders upset by the sluggish economy; women and Hispanics appalled by concessions made to Republicans on healthcare; anti-war liberals depressed by the debate over troops for Afghanistan; and growing numbers of blue-collar workers who are continuing to lose their jobs and homes.

Obama’s Asian adventure perceptibly increased the murmurings of dissent when he returned to Washington last week, having failed to wring any public concessions from China on any major issue."

NEW YORK TIMES:

"We were especially disappointed that China made no discernible move to join with the United States and other major powers in threatening tougher sanctions if Iran fails to make progress on curbing its nuclear weapons program. President Obama should have made clear in his private talks that the United States and Europe will act anyway if Beijing and Moscow block United Nations Security Council action.

It was also dispiriting that Mr. Obama agreed to allow China to limit his public appearances so markedly. Questions were not permitted at the so-called press conference with Mr. Hu, and his town hall meeting with future Chinese leaders in Shanghai not only had a Potemkin air, it was not even broadcast live in China. It’s obvious that the last thing Mr. Hu wanted was to get questions about issues like his brutal repression in Tibet and Xinjiang. That doesn’t explain Mr. Obama’s acquiescence in such restrictions.

Mr. Obama did not meet with Chinese liberals. In Shanghai, he spoke of the need for an uncensored Internet and universal rights for all people, including Chinese, and at the press conference he called for dialogue between Beijing and the Dalai Lama. He delayed a meeting with the Dalai Lama until after the China summit and should schedule it soon.

President Obama was elected in part because he promised a more cooperative and pragmatic leadership in world affairs. We support that. The measure of the success (or failure) of his approach won’t be known for months, and we hope it bears fruit. But the American president must always be willing to stand up to Beijing in defense of core American interests and values."

DER SPIEGEL:

"When he entered office, US President Barack Obama promised to inject US foreign policy with a new tone of respect and diplomacy. His recent trip to Asia, however, showed that it’s not working. A shift to Bush-style bluntness may be coming. …

Upon taking office, Obama said that he wanted to listen to the world, promising respect instead of arrogance. But Obama’s currency isn’t as strong as he had believed. Everyone wants respect, but hardly anyone is willing to pay for it. Interests, not emotions, dominate the world of realpolitik. The Asia trip revealed the limits of Washington’s new foreign policy: Although Obama did not lose face in China and Japan, he did appear to have lost some of his initial stature.

In Tokyo, the new center-left government even pulled out of its participation in a mission which saw the Japanese navy refueling US warships in the Indian Ocean as part of the Afghanistan campaign. In Beijing, Obama failed to achieve any important concessions whatsoever. There will be no binding commitments from China to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A revaluation of the Chinese currency, which is kept artificially weak, has been postponed. Sanctions against Iran? Not a chance. Nuclear disarmament? Not an issue for the Chinese.

The White House did not even stand up for itself when it came to the question of human rights in China. The president, who had said only a few days earlier that freedom of expression is a universal right, was coerced into attending a joint press conference with Chinese President Hu Jintao, at which questions were forbidden. Former US President George W. Bush had always managed to avoid such press conferences."

DAILY BEAST:

"President Obama’s nine-day trip to Asia is worth a look back to fix two potent problems, past and future. First, the trip’s limited value per day of presidential effort suggests a disturbing amateurishness in managing America’s power. On top of the inexcusably clumsy review of Afghan policy and the fumbling of Mideast negotiations, the message for Mr. Obama should be clear: He should stare hard at the skills of his foreign-policy team and, more so, at his own dominant role in decision-making. Something is awry somewhere, and he’s got to fix it. …

It was not good optics for Obama to bow to Japan’s emperor. He seems to do this stuff spontaneously and inexplicably, as with his bow to the Saudi King some months ago. And it was truly unfortunate that Obama and his aides didn’t flatly insist that he be allowed to address the Chinese people directly on television and meet with non-stacked Chinese groups—as has been the case during previous presidential visits. Beijing’s leaders obviously didn’t feel confident enough of their own standing at home to give the popular Mr. Obama such access. But he and his team should have made it a precondition of the visit. Its absence left an unhappy taste.

The White House might try to blame the State Department (such an easy and delicious target) for the missteps. But State’s role in the conceptual planning of the trip was not central, and the department’s senior Asia hand, Kurt Campbell, surely knew better. It’s also hard to tar the National Security Council’s own senior Asia expert, Jeff Bader, another pro like Campbell. Perhaps even higher officials at the NSC dropped the ball. Perhaps Mr. Obama might take responsibility himself, as President Kennedy did after the Bay of Pigs fiasco in 1961. Now, that would truly clear the air—and open the door to some obvious and necessary changes in the administration’s decision-making machinery. Every decision, large and small, is shaped and made by the president himself and enforced by Denis McDonough, a deputy NSC adviser and the administration’s Lord High Executioner. Does Obama get enough pushback? Is he hearing a range of views? Can he see that his powerful intellect might profit from bowing to the voices of experience? If Mr. Obama reflects on the Asia journey and other mishaps, he might loosen the reins and bring in additional policy and diplomatic pros as inside counselors or outside advisers."

But boy howdy! I hope he enjoyed the pic of himself at the great wall...I really do, since we all paid for it .

Obama approvals (or lack thereof)

GALLUP: ......................48%
RASMUSSEN: ...............46%
QUINNIPIAC: ...............48%
ZOGBY:.........................48%





http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/11/obama_approval_below_50_per_ce.html

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

http://www.zogby.com/NEWS/ReadNews.cfm?ID=1726

Rasmussen: ObamaCare approval new low 38%

with support for obamacare at a new low of 38%....days after Reid jammed down a party line vote to push it through for debate....We are looking at the democrats pretty much handing over congress and the white house.

What we have here is classic liberalism. The very essence of "you the typical american are a bunch of rubes who don't know whats good for you. WE will show you how to live your lives and make all the decisions for you. Whether you like it or not. Despite how much you scream about it."

Classic elitism. DESPITE the fact that none, NONE of their plan makes sense! But just the sheer want for their ridiculous world view to actually succeed (for once) even though absolutely NONE of it works on paper. Therefore they stoop to the very methods of the very wall street hucksters that they despise to calculate their numbers.

HOPING that its enough to get it by and after its a done deal...that is when they try to somehow make a square peg fit in a round hole. And the American Public that gets hurt (for generations) be damned .

With the 2010 elections not too far down the road, we have the beginnings to correct this 'feel good' experiment that so many of you were dumb enough to fall for. (robo, countsy, etc etc).
But it will come at a price I'm afraid. With unemployment at a 10.2% rise....(amazing).
and continuing pain and hardship for countless Americans....the midterms seem far far away. But they will be here, and when they do come....Don't make the same mistake you made the last time.
In other words...try thinking this time.


Rasmussen:

"Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That’s the lowest level of support measured for the plan in nearly two dozen tracking polls conducted since June. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% now oppose the plan. Half the survey was conducted before the Senate voted late Saturday to begin debate on its version of the legislation. Support for the plan was slightly lower in the half of the survey conducted after the Senate vote.

Prior to this, support for the plan had never fallen below 41%. Last week, support for the plan was at 47%. Two weeks ago, the effort was supported by 45% of voters."

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/september_2009/health_care_reform

Obama gets slammed by SNL...and hey!! It's even FUNNY!

I can't tell which is more interesting to me.
The crash or the burn of the obama presidency.

Quinnipiac poll: OBAMA UNDER 50%

QUINNIPIAC


"President Barack Obama’s approval rating has fallen below 50 percent for the first time in polling by Quinnipiac University as U.S. voter discontent grows over the war in Afghanistan.

Obama’s job approval rating fell to 48 percent in the Nov. 9-16 survey of registered voters nationwide by the Hamden, Connecticut-based university, with 42 percent polled saying they disapproved of the job he is doing.

“In politics, symbols matter, and this is not a good symbol for the White House,” Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a statement."

*********************************************************

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?"

Approve              48%
Disapprove           42%

*********

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling - the economy? "

Approve              43%
Disapprove           52%

*****

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling - foreign
policy?"

Approve              49%
Disapprove           42%

**************

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling - the
situation in Afghanistan?"

Approve              38%
Disapprove           49%

***************

Would you describe the state of the nation's economy these days as -
excellent, good, not so good, or poor?


Good                  8%
Not so good          42%
Poor                 49%

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http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1397

Incompetency has a name.-- O....B...A...M...A

VETERANS DAY.

As we mourn for the 14 lost lives at Fort Hood, at the hands of a muslim extremest monster...we also celebrate their service....and thank God for them.

And pray for comfort for the ones they left behind.

And of course....for Justice.

AND NOW....for something completely different!

doesn't get any closer than this......SHEESH!

California smert people....

Now I ask you...being that this is in Calif...just who do you think the majority of these geniuses voted for? Hmmmmm I wonderrrrrrrr.

:D

UNEMPLOYMENT HITS 10.2 % !!!

For the first time...in 26 years, unemployment hit a double digit figure. More than 558,000 jobs lost in Oct. The rate jumping from 9.8 to a stunning 10.2%!!
via: "U.S. Dept of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics"

"The unemployment rate rose from 9.8 to 10.2 percent in October, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline (-190,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest job losses over the month were in construction, manufacturing, and retail trade.

In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million. The unemployment rate rose by 0.4 percentage point to 10.2 percent, the highest rate since April 1983. Since the start of the recession in December 2007, the number of unemployed persons has risen by 8.2 million, and the unemployment rate has grown by 5.3 percentage points. "

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

VIA AP:
"But the loss of jobs last month exceeded economists’ estimates. It’s the 22nd straight month the U.S. economy has shed jobs, the longest on records dating back 70 years. Counting those who have settled for part-time jobs or stopped looking for work, the unemployment rate would be 17.5 percent, the highest on records dating from 1994."

Now remember my lovely little wankers..the mighty barack obama stimulus..you know..the one that was so pork laden? The one that was supposed to stave off unemployment at 8.0%. The one that unless passed IMMEDIATLY without delay, there would be disaster?
The same stimulus bill that no, NO republican voted for because they said it would neither help stave off job loss NOR help the economy due to its wasteful spending..

Well.....10 months after that was put into effect...we are now at 10.2% unemployment.

Now even with the elections of last tuesday where the people sent a clear message to all dems including webster prez...they stand ready to shove this obama care healthcare bill through.

If you go back and look at my posts..you'll see I was right all the way through. Hey Robo and countsy? You out there? (of course you are)

The dems are going to shoot themselves right in the big fat fanny...
That is IF the American public continue to wake up. And judging from the approval ratings for obama care....
It looks like that will be the case.

OOO BABY!

OK! Here we go-

Well there was an election the other day. Perhaps you've heard. Virginia DOWN THE LINE. Down the friggin line!
The governorship by a whopping 59 percent and democrat Deeds had paltry 41 percent.
18 points. That's called a blowout my friends.
Not only did they lose the Gov'shp, but they also lost five (possibly six) Virginia seats.
As well as:
Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling also won a second term Tuesday, defeating Democrat Jody Wagner. And Republican state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli was the winner of the race for state attorney general, beating Democratic state Del. Steve Shannon.

SWEEEEEP!

In Jersey..that's NEW JERSEY..A place so blue that one would think impossible for a Repub to win there. A state that SO overwhelmingly voted for obama ,now...has turned over and voted for Republican Christie .

With a turning of the independents by OVERWHELMINGLY huge margins in Virginia AND jersey.
So what does that tell us?...It tells us that people by and large are so FREAKED by the exploding (and dangerously irresponsible) spending by the dems, that they are feeling the classic case of buyers remorse.
And are now feeling thier senses being RATTLED back! In JUST 11 MONTHS!!!

The dems..of course are trying their best to dismiss this as nothing more than 'local politics and local matters'.

That of course is laughable.
Either, the dems are total morons and really are ignorant to what has just happened and truely believe that it really is nothing at all....

OR......

the dems know full well what a dire thing this is and what it foretells and they are scared
$&#$T 'less.
amp;#$T 'less.
amp;#$T 'less.
amp;#$T 'less.

Either way, I love it! If they are so dumb as to believe this is nothing....then they will barrel forward and screw themselves.
If they DO know what has just happened.....then they are totally spooked, and the blue dogs are even MORESO, therefore leaving them utterly between a rock and a really really hardplace.

They are holding onto NY-23 as thier sole reason for living.
San fran nan is saying that due to that..that the dems look at the night as a "Dems win".
Well....it should be noted as that the last minute repub candidate for that seat was indeed a no name person who ran and he only lost by JUST a smidge!
IN NEW YORK!!!!
A no name!!! A last minute NO NAME! HAHAAAAA!

Oh folks...what we have here, is what you call the choppy waters right before the Niagra Falls drop.
If you don't believe me.....all you have to do is go back and check out 1994.

The dems are making their own noose...and their making it really really tight.
The least we can do is supply the ladder.

NOVEMBER 3, 2009.

And so it begins.......

>:D