What is going to take for Republicans to realize that our leadership sold us out a long time ago.

In other words they failed as leaders, they failed in opposition, why in the world would we want to put them back into power?  So that they can spend like they did under Bush?  We need a party that understands and believes in the founding principles of this great country.  We don’t need a party who goes along to get along.  We need a party with leaders who are not afraid to say “NO.”    Not leaders who seemed more interested in slowing down statism, rather than halting it in its tracks.

It is time to stop thinking about who is the “less worse” and come up with an alternative that is actually good.

What if you don’t pay?  Who is going to say how much money you make?  Is the IRS going to share info with the health professionals?

I could go on and on but you get the point.

However, nothing comes close to the level of disgust I have for Obama’s (Cinco de quatro’s) policy towards the current situation in Iran.  Especially in light of his willingness to meddle on the side of the Mullahs and their thug allies (minders?) in the Revolutionary Guard and his willingness to directly meddle in Israel’s affairs on the side of the Palestinians.

Claiming the United States’s past history of meddling has been detrimental may have had a modicum of validity if he hadn’t gone out of his way on several occasions in the last few months to meddle in Iran on the side of the Mullahs.  Especially recently, when he gave the green light to develop a nuclear program  to a nation awash in oil, but admittedly bereft of oil refining capability.

For me he has lost all sense of the moral high ground for the rest of his presidency.  For the life of me I cannot fathom why our country is not standing firmly with the people on the streets calling for democracy.

There is also the possibility that a chief of staff (also from Chicago) will also be ousted once all of the information (if it ever does) comes out about Blago.

I hate what this would do to the country, not least of which would be President Neil Kinnock, but I hate more that we have an openly corrupt individual lecturing us on ethics.

Whichever of the three would be something of a hero to the right; albeit a tainted one since he/she had agreed to the monstrosity in the first place.  That person would also be deeply hated by the left.

If one of the three stooges votes nay early in the voting, there is a chance that one other Republican can be convinced to yes, but he/she would be an anathema.  Also an early nay vote by one the stooges, may causse the other two to vote nay also since they would be voting for a losing bill at great political cost.

I’d love to see the look on Harry tReidson’s face if one of the three voted nay at the very end of voting or even better changed their vote to nay.

I’m hoping that Sen Gregg does nothing else until the actual end of the vote except trying to convince one of the three stooges to see the light.

Several things would have to happen for this succeed-here are just some of them 1) Biden would have to agree to it, unlikely since he reportedly campaigned so hard to the VP pick. 2) They would have to keep it ultra-secret, even one Biden guy spilling the beans would be disastrous 3) They would have to come up with something that passes the smell test whenever one will be very suspicious of this happening. 4) It would have to be something that is new, lack of proper vetting charges would quickly prop up if it was something old or easily detectable. 5) Hillary would have to pre-agree to the whole thing, doesn’t do them a damn bit of good to dump Biden for Hillary when she doesn’t want it. 6) They would have to keep Bill Clinton’s mouth shut about it. 7) They would have to find at least a couple of doctors willing to collude on this and it will look very suspicious if it is not Biden’s regular doctor(s) or the doctors at Bethesda.

I’m not even remotely wishing ill health on Joe Biden. I’m just pointing out this is not outside the realm of possibility.

This is just one more reason to have someone with the leadership experience of John McCain in the WH.

As I argued before his pick, McCain was actually going to win whoever he chose and that he should make an unconventional pick to help the party in the long run.
I looked first to Bobby Jindal, but Sarah Palin was also on my list. In the last two weeks, both of these two have proven that they are going to be forces to be reckoned with on the national scene for some time to come.

I can easily see a Palin/Jindal ticket in 2016, perhaps even in 2012.

Bottomline- John McCain by picking Sarah Palin did something absolutely fantastic for the future of the Republican party. No longer will we be easily categorized as that bunch of old/middle aged guys.

As I argued before his pick, McCain was actually going to win whoever he chose and that he should make an unconventional pick to help the party in the long run.
I looked first to Bobby Jindal, but Sarah Palin was also on my list. In the last two weeks, both of these two have proven that they are going to be forces to be reckoned with on the national scene for some time to come.

I can easily see a Palin/Jindal ticket in 2016, perhaps even in 2012.

Bottomline- John McCain by picking Sarah Palin did something absolutely fantastic for the future of the Republican party. No longer will we be easily categorized as that bunch of old/middle aged guys.

As I watched and read the MSM and Democrats reactions to Sarah Palin I couldn’t help but laugh. There were all kind of comments and accusations ranging from Obama’s dismissive comment about Palin being an up and coming politican all the way to CNN’s Paul Begala asking if ‘John McCain had lost his mind?’

Well he might be crazy but if he is he is crazy like a fox. Whatever else happens Palin has absolutely electrified McCain’s base and completely taken Obama’s speech out of the news.

Every time the Democrats and the MSM talk about her inexperience it is scoring points for McCain, because real people can easily see she has more experience than the head of the Democratic ticket. When the Democrats and the MSM talk about her being from a small state (funny how they never talk about Delaware being a small state) and her being from a small town, they reinforce their image of elitism, thus once again helping John McCain.

When they talk about how Biden is going to destroy her in the VP debate, they forget about the Kennedy-Nixon debate in 1960. Those watching on TV thought Kennedy won the debate, while radio listeners thought Nixon ate his lunch. The difference was visual presence. Kennedy clearly had it over Nixon. When you compare that smile of Palin against Biden and his hairplugs it is easy to see who will have visual presence. Oh and unlike John Edwards who did everything he possibly could to beautify himself for the camera, Palin very intentionally dresses down by donning the schoolmarm/librarian look when appearing in public.

If you really want to understand the difference Sarah Palin made in this race look no further than the left wing and right wing blogs especially compared to their reaction to the Biden pick. With Biden the blogs reacted kind of ho hum, while with Palin both sides went crazy. The left went absolutely ballistic, much like the MSM, right now their hot topic of conversation is Palin’s son Trig is actually her grandson. Apparently there was some kind of massive coverup of the true mother’s identity that they could only get away with up in Alaska. While on the right people are talking about how for the first time they are excited about this campaign.

Oh about those Hillary voters, every single VP pick made in the last 50 years if not longer was about winning over some category of voters. Granted there will be many of them who simply cannot palate someone who is pro-life and to a lesser degree someone who believes in the right to bear arms. However, there are many independent and even some moderate and conservative democrat voters who will be inspired by real person/working mom enough to vote Republican to make this pick more than worthwhile.

Besides if you think about it many Hillary supporters feel that the MSM was very sexist in its treatment of Hillary vis-a-vis Obama and at least so far the MSM can arguably be seen as being sexist again. To illustrate none of them are arguing that Obama has no experience only that Palin has no experience. Since even a quick glance at their resumes shows Palin has more leadership experience, one can easily infer that the MSM believes a woman must have much more experience to equate to a man’s experience. Thus once more playing right into McCain’s hands.