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Miss me yet? Ohio Voters prefer Bush
Ohio voters would deliver President Bush a 50 – 42 landslide victory, if President Bush were to run against President Obama today. In 2008, Obama carried the state by over 260,000 votes.
The national poll numbers are also signalling a landslide victory for conservatives. A recent Gallup poll showed that likely voters preferred Republicans over Democrats by a 10% margin – the widest margin in 68 years.
This poll is further evidence that Obama is out of touch with Americans. On virtually every issue – whether its healthcare, tax hikes, bailouts, or the recent Ground Zero Mosque controversy – Obama has defied the American public. If Obama continues to alienate the American people, I anticipate that the Republicans will form a historic majority in the house and capture the senate.
If we use history as a guide, there is no reason to believe that Obama will stop siding with the Liberal establishment against the American people.
The November 2010 elections will be more than a referendum on Barack Obama – it is setting up to be a battle between conservatives and socialists. The success of the Tea Party Movement and the defeat of left leaning Republicans is evidence that conservatives are winning.
Despite the liberal spin, 2010 is not an anti-incumbent year. It is an anti-bailout-Obamacare-big government-left wing baloney year. The American people do not care whether a candidate has voted in congress before – just how they voted. Incumbents will, obviously, fare poorly in the elections after voting for the Obama agenda. But they are losing because of their votes, not their incumbency. Anti-incumbency is the left’s great excuse.
It’s time that liberals wake up to reality. Americans have rejected their socialist agenda.
The Party of Retreat and Defeat Declares Victory
The most common takeaway from President Obama’s speech last night was that it was meandering and boring. While that is true, as Obama somehow managed to talk about the economy and Afghanistan in a speech allegedly marking the conclusion of the Iraq War, it misses the point of one of the most galling speeches in presidential history. In his address, the President announced:
…tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended. Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country.
This was my pledge to the American people as a candidate for this office. Last February, I announced a plan that would bring our combat brigades out of Iraq, while redoubling our efforts to strengthen Iraq’s Security Forces and support its government and people. That is what we have done. We have removed nearly 100,000 U.S. troops from Iraq. We have closed or transferred hundreds of bases to the Iraqis. And we have moved millions of pieces of equipment out of Iraq.
This completes a transition to Iraqi responsibility for their own security…
It is truly sickening to see this man, President Obama, who stood against the troops, against the mission, and against his country, take credit for the work of the previous administration and the sacrifices made by the genuine heroes that comprise United States and coalition forces.
Hoping to score cheap political points, the Democrats demoralized and demonized the men and women defending freedom in Iraq. Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid famously said “this war [Iraq] is lost.” 2004 Democrat nominee for president, Senator John Kerry, accused American troops of “going into the home of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, women…” There was John Murtha who described American Marines in Haditha as “murderers.” Murtha’s “murderers” were all later exonerated. Senator Dick Durban compared U.S. troops to “Nazis, Soviets in their Gulags, or some mad regime, Pol Pot or others, that had no concern for human beings..” And of course there was candidate Obama in 2008, who said that U.S. troops were “air raiding villages and killing civilians.” The video below documents who supported the troops – and who did NOT:
The party of retreat and defeat opposed the surge in Iraq, lambasted General Petraeus when he testified to the success of the strategy, and spread vicious lies about the previous administration. The Democrats have called the troops stupid, they’ve maligned Americans who put their lives on the line every day as torturers and common thugs. Now President Obama wants to take credit for their great work. Last night’s victory speech came from the man who represents the greatest obstacle to American militarily victory: the Democratic Party. The United States succeeded in Iraq in spite of Obama and in spite of his treacherous party.
President Bush Greets Returning Heroes
Strictly Right Radio episode 41
On this Strictly Right, Andrew and Ari look at Twilight’s biggest fans at Gitmo, Vodka-filled Russians drowning, the truth behind the Bush tax cuts and the deficit, Obama’s nosediving poll numbers and much more.
You can listen to this episode online here or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.
Happy Birthday, Mr. President
Today is the Great Liberator’s 64th birthday. The man born in New Haven, Connecticut is know for where he grew up – Texas. Labeled a ‘go-at-it-alone cowboy,’ a classification he undoubtedly relished, George W. Bush was never afraid of what others thought of him. As president, he did what he had to to protect his country.
President Bush was forced to go to war. After September 11, it was clear that Muslim extremists could not be dealt with or ignored. George W. Bush understood the situation and made the most difficult decision a Commander in Chief can make- he sent American men and women into harms way. Mr. Bush realized that there was no other alternative. As a result of the successful toppling of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and the Taliban in Afghanistan, President Bush is responsible for the liberating of millions of Muslims, something he is rarely given credit for.
As a direct result of President Bush taking the fight to the enemy, through his administration’s aggressive prosecution of the Global War on Terror, the United States was not hit by terrorists after 9/11. Ignoring politically motivated attacks from both the media and the Democratic Party, George W. Bush did what needed to be done to keep the United States safe.
In celebrating his birthday, Americans, and people from all across the world, should be thankful that as Zell Miller said, “a God-fearing man with a good heart and a spine of tempered steel” occupied the Oval Office in such perilous times. President Bush’s moral fortitude and clear vision were essential at the onset of the War on Terrorism. Most of all, George W. Bush is an ardent patriot and a great proponent of American Exceptionalism.
Happy birthday, Mr President!
P.S. This is what a leader looks like:
Uhh, We Can't Afford This Stuff…
…in an election year.
President Obama has had two major messages for Congress in recent months: Keep the focus on jobs and the economy, and get serious about runaway spending.
His problem now is that they’re starting to listen to him on the second point — at the expense of the first.
In a major shift in congressional politics, Democrats have developed a severe case of sticker shock, just as many of their colleagues press to prime the pump of the economy in time for the mid-term congressional elections.
Now, even popular initiatives with widespread support — notably an extension in unemployment benefits for those who have been out of work for more than a year, plus $50 billion the White House is asking for to help avert state layoffs of teachers and law enforcement officials are stalled inside Congress.
Democrats are between Barack and a hard place. On the one hand, the only reason they are ever elected is to loot the treasury and put as many people on the government dole as possible. On the other hand, with a national debt of over $13 trillion, there is no more money to give away.
After Obama put his “laser-like focus” on job creation, unemployment soared to 10%, where it has remained since the passage of the porkulus bill. Since then, Obama has also passed the largest entitlement bill in American history – health care. Democrats are in the fast lane, driving the United States off a debt cliff. For Democrats to start opposing spending bills now is laughable. While the new proposed $50 billion giveaway being bandied about in Washington ought to be stopped, there is no way Democrats can claim the mantle of fiscal responsibility in 2010.
In 2006 the Democrats ran against the big spending of George W. Bush and the Republicans. The result of their takeover has been a soaring debt, an unsustainable deficit, and a crippled economy. The Democrats have made it clear that given the power, they will spend the country into ruin. The latest hemming and hawing over spending is cynical political posturing, pure and simple.
The Great Liberator
Where was this during his presidency?
Bush defended his decision to invade Iraq in 2003, saying taking Saddam Hussein out of power was the right thing to do and that the world is a better place without him.
The former president also stood by the decision to waterboard Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-professed mastermind of the September 11th attacks.
Bush said he would quote “do it again to save American lives.”
One of the biggest problems President Bush had was defending himself against baseless attacks from the left. The media accused the President of being a sadistic torturer, akin to Torquemada. In addition, George W. Bush was painted as a heartless warmonger, looking to ‘steal Iraq’s oil.’ The truth of the matter is that waterboarding terrorists like KSM, which was only done to 3 terrorists, and fighting terrorists where they live, kept America safe. On September 12, 2001, who would have believed that the country would not be hit again over the next 7 years?
Besides being the Great Liberator, George W, Bush was “The Decider.” As President, George Bush understood where the buck stopped. Unlike Chairman O, Bush made the tough calls. He didn’t vote present. President Bush did not have to worry about his immediate legacy, he correctly understood that in the end, history would vindicate him.
Nancy Pelosi, The Word
This answer is truly cringe worthy.
Speaking at a Catholic Community Conference on Capitol Hill last month, Nancy Pelosi said her favorite world is “the Word.” Why? Because the Word “is everything. It says it all for us. And you know the biblical reference, you know the Gospel reference of the Word.” Pelosi continued, stating,
And that Word is, we have to give voice to what that means in terms of public policy that would be in keeping with the values of the Word. The Word. Isn’t it a beautiful word when you think of it? It just covers everything. The Word.
Fill it in with anything you want. But, of course, we know it means: ‘The Word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us.’ And that’s the great mystery of our faith. He will come again. He will come again. So, we have to make sure we’re prepared to answer in this life, or otherwise, as to how we have measured up.
So Nancy Pelosi believes that she must make policies “in keeping with the values of the Word.” Where’s the ACLU decrying this lack of a separation of church and state? What if George W. Bush, or any Republican for that matter, said anything remotely like that? Moreover, Pelosi’s words are the height of pathetic political posturing. Did she miss the part in the bible about the sanctity of human life? How about the biblical definition of marriage? As a hardcore liberal, the Speaker pursues an agenda that is antithetical to the “values of the Word.” It is an affront to thinking people for Pelosi to state otherwise. The Democrats live in a universe where their words and deeds have no relation. How else can Nancy Pelosi, one of the most pro-abortion members of Congress, claim that she advances legislation that keeps “the values of the Word?”
The next episode of 'Hypocrisy in the White House'
Another amusing story from the Telegraph.
Do you remember that lazy-ass president who used to play golf all the time? I think his name was George W. Bush. Well, it turned out that President Bush played golf a whopping 24 times while in office. For those who aren’t the best at math, that means that the great liberator played golf three times per year on average. Seriously, what kind of slacker devotes 12 hours a year to a relaxing game?
This is completely different, however, from Barack Obama’s latest antics. Obama has been in office for 15 months now, and has hit the golf course 32 times. With only a little over year in the White House, the President has whacked around more balls than Barney Frank and filled more holes than John Edwards. Do I care? No not at all. I don’t care if the President wants to play golf, squash, or even run over chickens. What I don’t have time for is the hypocrisy of the first chain-smoking, coke-sniffing, alcoholic, ‘post-racial,’ one-term, African American President, once again setting a different set of standard for himself than he does for the rest of the world.
Congratulations Mr. President on taking a page right out of the leftist manifesto!