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Relax.
Indiana Primary: Rep. Baron Hill (D - IN) made the same huge mistake Rep. John Yarmuth (D - KY / San Francisco) and Rep. Ben Chandler (D - KY) made. He endorsed Barack Obama today, just days before the May 6th Indiana & North Carolina primaries.
Operatives in Rush Limbaugh’s Operation Chaos were instructed today to continue with the plan and continue voting for Hillary Clinton. There was a brief pause in the action yesterday while Limbaugh deliberated on how best to continue causing chaos in the Democratic primary.
Elendil’s Journal has a great piece up about Chandler endorsing Obama.
Speaking of Limbaugh: Senator Ken Salazar (D - CO) reprimanded Limbaugh over benign comments mentioning the possibility that Democrats may riot at the Denver DNC convention. Today Limbaugh questioned whether or not Salazar planned to reprimand Roseanne Barr, who has a show on Air America, for saying yesterday:
I mean I think somebody’s profiting by keeping us all divided and making us feel like oh my God we don’t even know what to believe what we’re reading what’s true. But you know, we have a lot of power and there is a Democratic Convention in Denver in just a short time and we should a bunch of us go there and repeat the Democratic Convention from Chicago. Like, let’s just cause a bunch of trouble. Let’s wrest back our government from what, six or seven you know guys like McCain and Romney and Bush from the top. Let’s just go take it. It’s ours. Nobody gives it to you, you just go take it. Let’s meet in Denver and let’s do it.
The big difference is that nobody listens to Air America.
Speaking of Rioting In Denver: I recently came across a column by Cindy Sheehan from September of 2007 entitled “Pro-Democracy Means Anti-Fascism” (no kidding, that’s what I’m sayin’) in which she stated in reference to the Burmese Democratic movement:
Seeing the images of the monks and others being beaten reminds me of the Democratic Convention in 1968 where Chicago police beat the living daylights out of demonstrators who were there to try and force the party to come closer to the budding anti-war movement. It didn’t work. Instead of wonderful-pro-peace candidate, George McGovern, the party nominated Johnson’s VP, Hubert Humphrey. We know what happened next: Nixon. After last night’s Democratic “debate” I am terrified and assured that the Democrats will have another pro-war nominee.
Modern Day Liberals Are Fascist Like Hitler:
Fascism in America will arrive on an anti-Fascist platform.
~ Huey Long
All Aboard: Hop on the straight talk express, everybody, and check out McCain Central Station! It has an up to date feed of the most relevant news sources and blogs with all of the material that doesn’t relate John McCain filtered out. Check it often for the latest White House 2008 news.
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UPDATE: Thank God for readers who catch my stupid mistakes when I forget how to count syllables. It just goes to show how easy it is to not read common words like “the.” Here’s a revised Wednesday political haiku. Congratulations to those of you who might have saved the error card.
April 30, 2008 |
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According to Rep: John Yarmuth (D), the floor of the US House is not always good times:
Let me tell you what it’s like on the floor of the House of Representatives to
be an uncommitted superdelegate. It’s not a lot of fun.
Yarmuth said this while introducing Rep. Ben Chandler (D) at his endorsement of Barack Obama on Tuesday. Yarmuth recalled recently standing on one side of Chandler on the floor ready to urge him to pick Obama with two congressman backing Hillary Clinton ready to pounce from the other side.
I am just glad that Yarmuth and Chandler both are having fun again, having decided who they want to be President and not having to worry about what their constituents want. Whew! I was worried for a while.
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Employer-based healthcare, the current system in America, grew out of government intervention during WWII. The government put wage controls in place to keep companies from competing for the best workers by paying them more. The feds didn’t limit benefits that could be offered though and actually passed legislation for tax credits for employer-based care and we have what has evolved into our current system.
John McCain announced a plan that is a step in the right direction, a move towards individuals paying their own health insurance. You can read the details yourself. The point is that people will find more freedom with this method. You can shop for your own best price that fits your family, you can change jobs if you are unhappy and not lose healthcare or pay high COBRA costs, and you gain control over your health care.
Many people do not realize that their employers take benefits into account when they decide what wages to pay. They also think that group coverage through work is cheaper. This is rarely the case. I own a small business and save about $100 a month just on my family alone going with an individual plan vs. a group plan. I know many people who dislike their job for numerous reasons, but are afraid to quit because they have families and need health insurance. Why should they be tied down?
Again, when the federal government gets out of the way a lot of great stuff can happen.
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Although the criticism has been limited, the promotion of General David Petraeus to Central Command and placement of General Odierno in charge of Iraq has drawn comments from a few who believe that the experience Petreaus brings is too narrow for the job. The fact is that a forceful duo has been created. According to Pete Hegseth, Executive Director of Vets for Freedom, “Petraeus is America’s foremost expert on asymmetrical warfare and Odierno is his hard-nosed Iraq understudy.”
The arguments that have been used by war critics have been used over and over again and provide no real substance to the debate. In Hegseth’s new article, “Cleaning Up Mesopotamia”, he adds to this:
War critics posit that General Petraeus brings an “Iraq-centric” approach to America’s national-security policy in the Middle East, diverting U.S. resources away from the “real and virtuous” war in Afghanistan. Iraq, they submit, has been and continues to be a distraction from the real fight against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere around the world.
This argument has been used since 2003, with diminishing plausibility every year. While the case could be made in 2003 that Iraq was not integrally related to the broader war on terror, it’s impossible to make that case today without employing bad intelligence or bad faith. We are knee-deep in Iraq, whether we like it or not, and jihadists from around the globe — led by al-Qaeda in Iraq and Iranian surrogates — have flocked there to defeat America and exploit a weak Iraqi government. As recently as last week, al-Qaeda leadership called Iraq the “front lines” in their war against the West.
Thankfully, 2007 will be remembered as the year al-Qaeda was crippled and discredited throughout much of the Sunni community — not just in Iraq, but across the Arab world, which closely monitors the situation on the many Arab news channels. Defeat on the battlefield in Iraq, coupled with rejection by Iraqi’s Sunni population, constitutes a devastating public-relations blow for al-Qaeda, but not yet a decisive blow.
In order to understand the vital impact that Petreaus and Odierno are going to have not only with the war in Iraq but the overall war against those who threaten to dissolve our freedoms we cherish read more here: Cleaning Up Mesopotamia: The success of Petraeus and Odierno is acknowledged, if sometimes reluctantly.
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Readers, as you may have noticed, there have been numerous times when I have basically reposted information sent to me by my pal Johnny Waltz.
JW, aka The Walrus, served in Afghanistan and Iraq as a member of the U.S. Navy and is currently, although technically a disabled veteran, working his tail off fighting to improve the lives of veterans, military families, and the United States in general. He is the Kentucky Director of the great national organization Vets for Freedom, and Executive Director of Severus Worldwide, a non-profit which provides essential healthcare services to war torn areas. See Operation Iraqi Healing for more information.
Due to his extensive knowledge of current military affairs, I have invited The Walrus to become a regular contributor to BGRS. Expect a lot of very informative, connected, and up-to-date information on current military affairs home and abroad coming your way.
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Kick start.
Head Scratching: Rev. Wright’s comments from the National Press Club left people scratching their heads for numerous reasons, but one of the biggest was broken down by Hurricane Meredith late last night while he was burning the midnight oil. This line of thinking is making its way around the net quickly.
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Rev. Jeremiah Wright had this to say today:
Louis Farrakhan is not my enemy. He did not put me in chains. He did not
put me in slavery. And he didn’t make me this color.
Is he saying that the ones responsible for doing the things he listed are his enemies? Didn’t God make him the color he is?
This man is so open with his thoughts it is getting more and more difficult to believe that Presidential hopeful Barack Obama had no idea who he was listening to and worshipping with, no matter how many times Obama changes how he deals with this issue.
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Some excerpts from President Bush’s news conference today.
Smart:
And so my worry — not worry — my hope is, is that whoever the President is understands that America is a force for good in the world; that in the spread of liberty we’re adhering to a universal value — not an American value, it’s a universal value, the notion of liberty. You’ve heard me say it a lot: I do believe it’s a gift from the Almighty to every man, woman and child. If you believe in that and act on that, you’re really acting on a platform of peace, because ultimately liberty yields the peace you want. It’s transformative and powerful.
Funny:
THE PRESIDENT: April.
Q: Thank you, Mr. President.
THE PRESIDENT: You’re looking good in yellow.
Q: Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: How’s the baby?
Q: She’s good, thank you. You’re trying to get me off, but it’s okay.
THE PRESIDENT: No. Is it true you named her “Georgia?”
Q: No. Is that okay with you?
THE PRESIDENT: It’s your baby. (Laughter)
I was going to add some thoughts, but I think I will let the President’s remarks on liberty stand on their own.
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2 Polls: RCP says Hillary Clinton is 1 point ahead of Barack Obama in Gallup Daily tracking, leading for the firt time in a long time. Also, a NC SUSA poll shows Obama +5 over Clinton, although Clinton has gained about 4 points since the last SUSA poll there about a week ago. Obama’s RCP avg for NC is +10.3%.
Hillary Rodham Chavez: Billary recently stated that the oil companies are unregulated. That’s just insane.
Bush Fights Back: After pointlessly taking it on the chin from Democrats for about 8 years or so, President George W. Bush today railed against stupid Democrat energy policies that have gotten us into the energy fix we’re currently in. If you could define one single cause of the current economic slowdown it is definitely not Iraq as Rep. John Yarmuth (D - KY / San Francisco) and other stupid Democrats would have you believe, it is the price of energy because it carries over into so many other aspects of our lives and the economy.
Let me break this down for you. We have rising global demand and two huge forces restricting supply: Arabs in the Middle East restricting supply to keep the price high so they can get rich and stupid Americans restricting domestic production (supply) because they hate themselves, hate the country, and are gullible enough to believe that we could destroy the planet and bring about Armageddon with all of our driving of cars and such. The constrained supply causes the price of gasoline to rise. Tell your stupid Democrat Congressman to allow Americans to drill for oil in the United States so we don’t have to buy foreign oil anymore, and tell him to promote nuclear power too, since he hates coal-fired electricity so much.
Bush also talked about the massive bloated farm bill and how it’s wrong to subsidize multi-millionaire farmers.
Goldberg On The Pulse: Jonah Goldberg, author of Liberal Fascism was on The Pulse with Leland Conway this morning explaining to Kentuckians the intertwined roots of fascism, communism, socialism, etc. This is stuff I understood almost instinctively as a teenager. I can’t believe the book is even necessary, but it is, and Goldberg has done the world a great service by writing it. It confronts the stupidity of liberals calling conservatives fascists, bringing up the ties between fascism and liberals’ beloved socialism, the fact that reducing the role of government in peoples’ lives is the opposite of fascism (and modern day liberalism), utilizes extensively the demonization of others, points out how when liberals start the name-calling using words like “fascist,” that they are just trying to get you to shut up because they are losing the argument, etc. Awesome.
April 29, 2008 |
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Newt Gingrich recently appeared in an ad w/ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Understandably, many people were confused. I think Gingrich did a great job of explaining his reasons for doing the ad on his website.
I agree with him that conservatives need to do more than just say “no.” We always need to come up with alternatives to liberal ideas. How conservation of our world was pulled from the grasp of conservatives is beyond my scope of understanding. The creator of our National Park system, Theodore Roosevelt, was a Republican. If he were alive today, how would he handle the debate about the environment?
By coming up with alternative ideas for conservation, it allows conservatives to get out of the corner we were painted into by liberals. Ultimately, these new ideas are going to create new industries and jobs and ultimately be a stimulant to our economy. America is a leader, and what better way to combat a whole host of issues (jobs, export/import divides, a weak dollar, energy dependence) than to create new ideas and technologies that everyone in the world will want to buy from us.
It is also imperative to not give into the global warming theory, but to conserve because it is the right thing to do. If you take part in actions only because of a certain belief, and the foundations for that belief get discredited (like humans causing global warming will), you may not continue your actions. I strongly believe that the moral foundation of conservation is much stronger than the myth of human-caused global warming. I encourage you to think about conservation not only because it can save money, allow reduced dependence on foreign fuel sources, lengthen the supply of our own resources, and encourage innovation, but also because our Creator said we should be good stewards of the beautiful world He gave us to live in and use.
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While some perpetually cynical people make fun of Corley Everett and Bob Devore Jr., I have to say that they both are much better candidates than I expected. I was expecting the circus that is W. Ed Parker and Donna Walker Mancini that we’ve seen in the past. Everett especially knows his stuff. I don’t know what races he’s lost already, but I think if he keeps trying he could win a race.
Chris Thieneman did give a poor performance, as I’m sure he would admit today, but he also made up for it somewhat at the end when he admitted that he had done an impression of a deer in headlights earlier in the debate. Fireworks from Thieneman were surprisingly limited, however he did raise the issue of how he felt like some party elites were trying to push him out of the primary a couple months ago. Anne Northup then gave an obviously sincere retort in which she stated her profound respect for Thieneman over how much he cares about the community and the work he has done on its behalf, raising the fight against the library tax as the premier example.
At the time, you could hear Thieneman say “Thank you” in a tone that sounded equally sincere. I hope that division has healed. Thieneman has a lot of potential, in my opinion, and a lot left to give to the people of Louisville if he chooses to do so. I’ve said this before, but I will say it one more time. I really wish Thieneman had ran for Metro Council. There are no Metro Council debates and if there are, they’re not televised. Thieneman could really excel in that environment where he can engage people instead of television cameras. When I have spoken to Thieneman in the past, I detected his big heart and his sincerity immediately, and that can be very difficult for anyone to present on live television, but especially newcomers. Some are naturals at presentation. While I think Thieneman naturally relates to and understands people, I also think he needs some practice before presenting his ideas and his feelings to large audiences. Unfortunately, the ability to do so is extremely necessary for congressional candidates.
Bob DeVore Jr. reminds me of the comedian Mitch Hedberg. That is honestly not intended to insult DeVore. It’s just that his mannerisms last night constantly reminded me of Hedberg.
Finally, as Hurricane Meredith stated earlier, I think Anne Northup is ready to run a great race. I felt that she was before last night, because if she were not being convincing in meetings with potential donors she couldn’t have raised $460,000 in 8 weeks, but after watching her last night I can tell that she is ready to engage every single issue that the people of Louisville are concerned about with a heartfelt, intelligent, common sense approach.
Anne Northup is the strongest Republican challenger in the country. If you want a Republican to beat a Democrat incumbent in 2008, you need to give money to Northup for Congress and then come to Louisville and do volunteer work for the Northup campaign this fall.
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Maybe RPK should produce an ad, threaten to air it, get John McCain to tell them not to air it, get some attention, then get some money with the publicity, then produce some real hard-hitting ads this fall to oust Reps. Ben Chandler and John Yarmuth.
Bloggers only conference calls with RPK would be nice, too.
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Over the weekend I expressed some concerns about the tenacity of Anne Northup’s campaign. I want to say right now that after watching the Republican Primary Debate on KET that I think Anne is back on track and I am excited to see how she progresses.
There is no question on her public speaking and debate skills, but I felt she did everything right. As she stayed on point and expressed her message, I was most impressed with her handling of the accusations of Chris Thieneman that a small group of elitists within the party tried top push him out of the primary. I thought her response was unifying and graceful.
I am glad that Thieneman is running and wish he had just stood his ground if people did try and push him out. We saw how much it hurt Ross Perot in 1992 and it probably has done the same damage to Thieneman. If he continues to talk about what was done to him, especially in light of how Northup addressed the situation, he could permanently do damage to his reputation.
I do realize that she can not lay all her cards out on the table for the primary, but I felt she did enough to differentiate herself from the other candidates without disrespecting them and that, in my opinion, is the mark of a great candidate who has confidence in themselves and is ready.
I must also point out how impressed I was with Bob Devore, Jr. and Corley Everett. I think both men did a great job of expressing their views and showing their strengths. Everett was especially at ease in the forum and Devore did not seem intimidated by the more experienced foes. Thieneman, I am sad to say, appeared lost or uncomfortable. I appreciate his work to defeat the library tax, but running for Congress may prove to be not the right job for him at this time. As has been mentioned before, Metro Council might be a great springboard for this man’s career.
More important than breaking down each candidate’s performance is the November election. Northup is ready and most likely to be our party’s nominee. Her words of unity to defeat Rep. John Yarmuth are inspiring and I believe that it will lead to an energized party eager to regain the seat for her.
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Over the weekend, the Herald-Leader had a story about the lack of a confirmation vote for the director of AOC, Jason Nemes. But no worries, Chief Justice Joseph Lambert took care of it by just reappointing him. Not so fast said Senate President David Williams, since a state law says that every four years “with the advice and consent of the Senate” the AOC director is to be appointed. Now both sides, legislative and judicial, are throwing constitutional laws and KRS statutes around.
The issue does seem to be murky with one law recited by Williams actually falling under an area dealing with the executive branch. Luckily former Chief Justices are weighing with an unbiased opinion that the Chief Justice doesn’t have to follow the rules Williams stated because the Consitution says that the Chief Justice can appoint administrative assistants when necessary. However, I am not sure that a Director of the AOC should be considered an assistant.
I am curious how the court would handle the situation if it had to hear a case about restricting its own power. The Kentucky Constitution allows for the Governor to temporarily appoint Justices for a particular case if too many justices must recuse themselves, but I am not sure that the temporarily appointed justices would be keen on limiting the power of the judicial branch either.
The Herald-Leader story also pointed out that it could all be retaliation for a bill that was killed by a ruling concerning an enhancement to the legislators’ pensions, but that’s just silly since politicians never retaliate against anybody.
April 29, 2008 |
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Kick start.
Clinton On A Roll: After big wins the last couple months in Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton is looking to beat Barack Obama again next week in Indiana and North Carolina. Getting the endorsement of Senator Evan Bayh in Indiana and now, North Carolina Governor Mike Easley will help her do that.
Speaking of Endorsements: Why Ben Chandler (KY-6) would endorse Obama is completely beyond me. He must be very confident of his chances to win this fall. Maybe now we can get an answer from Barry on whether or not he’ll go to the KDP’s party.
A Button On The Internet: How long can a button on the internet go without being pushed?
New Polls: David Freddoso’s spot on The Corner is the place to be this morning for polling. One poll that came out yesterday showed John McCain doing much better than Republicans generally and both Democrat candidates nationwide on several key issues:
This is true of ethics, Iraq and the economy (supposedly McCain’s weak point). On national security and taxes, Republicans are trusted more than Democrats, and McCain leads both Democrats.
And, remember how McCain and Clinton were tied nationally just a few days ago? Yesterday a poll came out showing Clinton +9% over McCain nationally. Everyone’s eyebrows went up, and Rush Limbaugh attributed it partially to McCain’s harshness to his own party, specifically the NC GOP. Freddoso said:
I began by thinking that it was a bit odd, and then I notice that it’s a poll of 1,001 adults — a total waste of time.
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Ron Paul has named his new book “The Revolution: A Manifesto”. Apparently, his supporters are taking it a little too far. In the same vein as their, well, energized chase of Sean Hannity in January, Paulites tried to take over the Nevada State Republican Convention on Saturday.
Through a well-organized plan, they were able to pass a key procedural vote and eventually shut down the convention until a later date. The GOP of Nevada still needs to pick its 31 delegates to the convention.
Revolution indeed.
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Obama Affecting House Races Already: Barack Obama will negatively affect Rep. John Yarmuth, too, even if the DNC does allow Hillary Clinton to steal the nomination. Check The Fix to see the ad being used by Greg Davis (R) against Travis Childers (D) in Mississippi.
Can You Hear Me Now?: Truckers protesting high gas prices rode through DC today blaring their horns. According to AP, “The sound of so many semi-truck horns blaring was deafening.” The thing people need to understand is that Democrats like high gas prices because they see it as a tool they can use to turn the country away from oil altogether. How long would that take, though, if we started doing that today? Twenty years? Thirty? We need to get off of foreign oil by drilling for our own oil off both coasts, in Alaska, and anywhere else we can do so in a cost-effective way. Kentucky, for example. Kentucky would work. Check this out from the Adair Progress, 11/13/07:
Back years ago, when oil prices were low, a good producing oil well in this part of Kentucky would have to pump steadily for a long time – possibly even years – to ever produce a million dollars worth of oil, and those that did were pretty few and far between.
However, with oil prices in the $80-$90 per barrel range now, a real good well can make a million dollars in a relatively short time.
KET DEBATE!: Anne Northup is about to debate Chris Thieneman, Bob Devore, Jr., and Corley Everett in about an hour. Tune in to KET at 8:00 p.m. Expect Thieneman to try to light some fireworks, but Northup is going to win this debate hands down. I like Chris Thieneman a lot. I really have a lot of respect for him. I wish he would have run for Metro Council. His nearly constant oscillation about what to do these past couple months has been annoying, and I just hope he hasn’t squandered the good reputation he was building with his defeat of the stupid library tax idea Mayor Jerry Abramson tried to push onto the city.
Desperately Seeking Barack: KDP has a commitment from Hillary Clinton to attend a fundraiser on May 9th, but even though she is going to beat Barack Obama by like 75 points on May 20th, she would still play second fiddle to the Ba-rock star at this fundraiser if he would show up. KDP is still awaiting an answer from Obama. KDP needs to raise a ton of money at this event because last I checked RPK had about $400,000,000,000,000 more in the bank than they do.
April 28, 2008 |
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Congratulations to QBs Andre Woodson of Kentucky and Brian Brohm of Louisville for getting picked by great NFL teams in the draft this past weekend.
In addition to these stars, eight other area leatherheads were drafted:
- Jacob Tamme, Kentucky TE, 4th Round, Indianapolis Colts
- Keenan Burton, Kentucky WR, 4th Round, St. Louis Rams
- Steve Johnson, Kentucky WR, 7th Round, Buffalo Bills
- Harry Douglas, Louisville WR, 3rd Round, Atlanta Falcons
- Gary Barnidge, Louisville TE, 5th Round, Carolina Panthers
- Breno Giacomini, Louisville OT, 5th Round, Green Bay Packers
- Mario Urrutia, Louisville WR, 7th Round, Cincinnati Bengals
- Antwaun Molden, EKU CB, 3rd Round, Houston Texans
Louisville TE Scott Kuhn signed a free agent deal with the Baltimore Ravens.
