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The Obama Watch
Obamaflation Arrives
President Obama will not be re-elected. Period.
President Obama will not be re-elected. Period.
Why?
Obamaflation has arrived, and this is what it looks like.
Milk. A gallon of skim. At the local Giant in Central Pennsylvania:
January 11, 2011: $3.20
February
28, 2011: $3.24
March 6, 2011:
$3.34
April 23. 2011:
$3.48
That would be a 28 cent rise in a mere 102 days, from January to April of this year. The third year of the Obama misadventure.
Then there’s the celery. Same sized bag. Same store.
January 11, 2011: $1.99 a bag.
March 6, 2011: $2.49 a bag.
A rise of 50 cents in 54 days.
And the gas price during the administration filled with those who think “drill baby drill” is so yesterday? As one Internet photo had it, the numbers for regular, premium. and diesel were replaced with “LOL,” “OMG,” and “WTF!” Thus be it to governments who seem not to understand that energy is what makes the economic engine — and your car — hum.
What does this mean? It means Barack Obama is not going to be re-elected president of the United States. Period.
Neither Rush Limbaugh nor our founder, R. Emmett Tyrrell (as far as I know) shop for groceries in our local Giant. (Hopefully he may have created a job where someone else down there at his Southern Command does it for him.) But having been keeping tabs on groceries here for the last four months with an eye to writing this exact column four months later, I find it astounding although not surprising that Rush and Bob Tyrrell seem to be two of the few (Rush noted yesterday that Fox’s Brit Hume gets this as well) who understand the President is a political goner. Or, as the delightfully subtle Mr. Tyrrell has put it for months, politically “dead in the water.” All understand why.
You can get away with a lot of things as president and blame them on other people. For Obama its George Bush or now the oil companies or also now those evil corporations or… well… yada yada yada. But when average Americans begin to understand that Obamanomics is directly responsible for a 28 cent rise in the price of milk (with over a year and a half to go to the 2012 elections), there is going to be political hell to pay. And the buck, so to speak, stops, as it always does, with the president of the United States.
And voters here in Pennsylvania are making exactly that connection between Obama and the cost of their milk and their gas..
Like clockwork, in perfect synchronization with the rising cost of milk right here in a part of Pennsylvania afloat in dairy cows — comes this from Public Policy Polling.
About the Author
Jeffrey Lord is a former Reagan White House political director and author. He writes from Pennsylvania at jlpa1@aol.com.
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The Bishop| 4.26.11 @ 6:24AM
Even more damning for Obama in our current culture will be when the prices of cable, xBox 360s, and Starbucks skyrockets. Then, look out, Baby!
Alison V| 4.26.11 @ 7:37AM
And what if a Republican president is elected?
What, pray tell, is the magical elixer for strengthening our economy that he will bring to the office? What, precisely, can a Republican president do?
Spell it out, please. Inquiring minds want to know.
Mimi| 4.26.11 @ 7:47AM
Oh my goodness Alison V.....America will get out of the " DUMSTER"....WE'll DRILL !
Mark| 4.26.11 @ 10:41AM
Fascinating. Talking points, as usual. Here are FACTS, which I'm sure you'll discount because they're, well, FACTS:
We have less than 2 percent of the world's known oil. That's not a political statement, it's geology.
We’ve been drilling in this country for 150 years.
No country in the world has been more aggressive. That's why, today, nearly 60 percent of the world's producing oil wells are in the United States.
Of the 914,000 working oil wells worldwide, more are in the United States - 526,000 - than in all other countries combined, according to the Oil & Gas Journal, which is THE definitive journal for that sort of data.
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 10:59AM
Mark,
You're missing shale oil---we have 62% of the known world amount of that.
We need more refineries, in places like New Mexico.
Al Adab| 4.26.11 @ 11:54AM
Dead on OT:
New refineries, process the shale, a couple nuclear plants (out past Pecos or Clovis) pump our own and eliminate the EPA. That about covers it.
May God grant that Mr. Lord is correct about the election. We pray He still hears the cry of our odolotrous nation.
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 2:56PM
Let me know when you're running, Al Adab. I'll vote for you.
vicki wicker| 4.27.11 @ 10:55AM
Not to mention the incredible amount of natural gas and propane. We could begin converting vehicles to propane immediately, you can buy a converter at any really good truck shop. Instead of waiting on an infrastructure needed to charge electric cars.
FREEDOM FIGHTER| 4.27.11 @ 4:06PM
Does anyone not know that combustion engines can run on salt water? Gee we don't have enough of that...huh? What a clean engine it would be!?
Look it up....right here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGg0ATfoBgo
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 2:59PM
New Mexico has areas that are noted to be the least likely places on the North American continent to have a antural disaster. No tornadoes, no blizzards in the South (the Las Cruces are has 350 days of sun a year), no earthquakes, no floods, no hurricanes. My choice of NM for refinery siting has considerable thought put into it, especially if one considers where the bulk of our current refineries are.
Thank you for the lovely comments, Al Adab.
And by the way, Mr. Lord, you definitely have a fan! Let me know if you need med literature research on anything else.
Michael Tomlinson| 4.26.11 @ 10:14PM
Occam your on point on the energy issue.
Crafty Beranrdo| 4.28.11 @ 3:37PM
I think they put refineries on coasts so that they can receive and fill oil tankers... it'd be kind've hard to do that in New Mexico?
Dai Alanye | 4.26.11 @ 12:17PM
Mark is only considering proven reserves, which never keep up with drilling exploration or technology. If proven reserves gave an accurate measure of available oil we'd have run dry fifty years ago.
Furthermore, he's not only neglecting oil shale and nuclear but huge stores of natural gas which have yet to be exploited. America is NOT energy poor.
Stammon| 4.26.11 @ 7:55PM
Nukes man! Nukes!! What the H-E double L is wrong with people. Nuclear power and reprocessing can get us out of the expensive energy hole Obama has consigned us into.
Oh, and drill too. I need gas for 1966 Heckflosse.
Kopernicus| 4.27.11 @ 8:19AM
Once oil goes over $60 a barrel, coal gasification becomes economically profitable. We have a 500 year supply of coal. That's geology too.
We also are only beginning to realize that we have some of the largest natural gas reserves in the world. That's geology too.
Those are fossil fuels that can be readily converted into fuel for our current infrastructure within 5-10 years. W/O oil imports, we become a net exporter of goods and will have no trade deficit. As a net exporter, there will be no impetus for U.S. corporations to go along with the fed on QE 1, 2, 3 and on, weakening the dollar.
David Kielek | 4.27.11 @ 8:57AM
What's your point? We have 2% of the KNOWN reserves, however, new exploration techniques you liberals don't want to allow have found vast, practically limitless new supplies, see the Baaken oil field in ND, or reserves off the Brazilian coast. And what is your evidence that US has been 'the most aggressive'? And at what? Let's face it, you liberals simply can't admit that you are WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!
Mark| 4.27.11 @ 11:27AM
You, sir, know absolutely nothing about the domestic oil and gas industry. This country has more than enough oil within its borders to be energy dependent. It is only liberal obstruction that makes us dependent on foreign sources.
al| 4.26.11 @ 7:47AM
If you need someone to spell out the difference between free-market capitalism and command-and-control, Constitution-be-damned socialism, you're part of the problem.
Bunky| 4.26.11 @ 7:47AM
Less government spending, baby, less government spending.
Drill, baby, drill.
Deregulate, baby, deregulate.
Lower taxes, baby, lower taxes.
There's more but you get the idea.
Peter McGrath| 4.26.11 @ 1:58PM
Kill the Government Leviathan, at every level. We must ... Kill, baby, kill.
Larry| 4.26.11 @ 7:49AM
Alison, there is no magic elixer. No one ever suggested that. Even an incompetent republican is better than the enemy of the country who now occupies The White House.
Michael Tomlinson| 4.26.11 @ 8:27AM
AMEN!!
No No bomba kare| 4.26.11 @ 4:20PM
We must stop the Manchurian before the Manchurian stops us.
Martine| 4.26.11 @ 7:59AM
AlisonV dear, take a look at what Ronaldus Magnus did. The economic engine he fired up lasted a couple of decades. Even Obama acknowledges that Reagan made a difference.
cavan1| 4.26.11 @ 8:57AM
Reagan, Like Harry Truman knew "The buck stops here"
For Obama a plaque on his desk says "The buck starts here."
Mark MacInnis| 4.26.11 @ 10:04AM
No, Cavan1...on Obama's desk, the sign reads:
"The Buck SHRINKS here."
BigMike| 4.26.11 @ 10:41AM
Actually, on Obama's desk, the sign reads...
The Buck Stopped at George W. Bush's desk...
Roscoe| 4.26.11 @ 12:43PM
No BigMike, that sign reads...
The Buck Still Stops at GWB's desk...
irish19| 4.26.11 @ 5:25PM
Actually, I think the sign reads, "It's my money!"
beebop| 4.26.11 @ 6:04PM
I think it's more a matter of send the buck here and I'll send it to someone who neither works nor toils and had nothing to do with its creation.
steev| 4.27.11 @ 3:04PM
...unless it was someone who contributed to my campaign or runs a union.
Anthony| 4.26.11 @ 10:48AM
240 dead Marines in Lebanon with no response, unbounded deficit spending, George HW Bush, no restrictions on abortion, MLK jr day, S&L crisis, funding the mujahadeen(Al-Quaeda), the list goes on.Ron might have been a nice guy, but he wasn't perfect. If we're looking for a republican icon, go with Coolidge, now there was a great president.
Dai Alanye | 4.26.11 @ 12:24PM
Anthony neglected to add how nasty Reagan was to the Soviets, what with winning the Cold War and all that.
You're a doofus, Anthony, with a weak understanding of history.
Anthony| 4.26.11 @ 1:32PM
I guess those young Marines were avenged and that a centrally planned communist regime would have lasted forever. I'm still waiting for those spending cuts Tip O'neill promised as long as Ron agreed to raise taxes. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Ron's and I voted for him, but I think we sometimes give him a little more credit than he deserves.
Shefali | 4.27.11 @ 12:32PM
I think Reagan was a great President, but he wasn't perfect. And I agree that Calvin Coolidge was a great President.
Michael| 4.28.11 @ 2:55PM
Coolidge was great, but why are people still uneasy about giving his much maligned predecessor, Warren Harding, his due? He ended Wilson's recession, kicked off the roaring 20's, and made some great appointments (esp Andrew Mellon treasury secty). Ok, there were a few thieves and scandals in the mix, but small potatoes compared with the prosperity he created.
emo| 4.26.11 @ 6:31PM
Neither the CIA nor anyone in the US govt ever funded Al Qaeda moron. Al Qaeda wasnt even around until 1986 and didnt get active in the war until 1989. Did the US fund people who went on to be the Taliban in 1996, yes. But not Al Qaeda.
S&Ls; were deregulated under Jimmy Carter in 1980
Marc| 4.26.11 @ 6:43PM
" funding the mujahadeen(Al-Quaeda)"
Mujahadeen was NOT Al-Qaeda. Those in the mujahadeen would later on fight the Taliban under the new name Northern Alliance.
Michael Tomlinson| 4.26.11 @ 10:19PM
Anthony compared to Obama's failures (siding with al Qaeda in Libya, spending that dwarfs all other Presidents, undermining traditional allies like Great Britain, the collapsing housing market and small banking industry, on track to lose the war in Afghanistan, ambassador to Syria, support for Iran's theocratic tyrants, decimating the US military, a twisted social agenda, etc.) I'd take Reagan warts and all in a heartbeat. Though I will agree with you Coolidge was a great President who is sorely underestimated.
Michael Teuber| 4.30.11 @ 4:54PM
In response to a comment full of points, in order:
1). No response unless you count lobbing 16" shells from a battleship.
2). Deficit spending is what happened when Democrats like Tip 'all politics is local' O'Neill, following the economic theories of the Kennedy administration, lowered taxes, but declared every one of Reagan's budgets DOA and refused to cut domestic spending.
3). George H. W. Bush was foisted off on Reagan by the same establishment that gave us his legacy version, to 'moderate' him.
4). Most anti-abortion President ever.
5). Largest increase in the black middle class in American history.
6). Over-regulation relieves men of the need to act responsibly and think critically. Those faculties don't return until they have been allowed to realize that consequences follow from putting their money in institutions like Lincoln S&L.
7). Neither Charlie Wilson or Ronald Reagan funded 'Al-Qaeda'. The Afghan mujahideen were an ethnically diverse group and Osama's Arabs despised the Afghans who liberated Afghanistan with U.S. help.
No one sane elects a president to be 'nice' or 'perfect'. On the subject of Cal, I have nothing to say.
Michael Tomlinson| 4.26.11 @ 8:03AM
Any Republican will do a better job than Barack Obama who is an utter failure along the lines of the failed and weak Jimmy Carter. Just reversing the failed Obama/Democrat agenda will make life in the US better. Obama single handidly has made evertything worse economically and on the foreign policy front he is even worse.
Since the article does a good job on his failed economic policy here are some foreign policy failures -- Europe bitch slapped us into illegally attacking Libya, he plans to lose the war in Afghainstan, he's gobbling down Chinese "fecal sandwiches," he's empowered the fanatical Muslim Brotherhood to take over Egypt, the list could go on and on. He's proved to be a great big vagina in dealing with bad guys in Iran and Syria. Don't forget he's turned our dollar into toilet paper too.
daddio| 4.26.11 @ 9:35AM
I wouldn't say any republican. There are a lot of them who are no better than the current occupant of the White House. Lets focus on the person who holds the best credentials for conservative, small government, pro_american policies.
Peter McGrath| 4.26.11 @ 1:59PM
Run, Newt, Run.
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 11:00AM
Brilliant, Michael.
USSAlabama| 4.26.11 @ 11:26AM
Michael, you have to turn that around. He's not a great big /vagina/ in the Middle East -
He likes it the other way, same as they do.
Paul| 4.26.11 @ 6:30PM
And your mouth is your vagina, USSAlabama.
Todd| 4.27.11 @ 5:20PM
Paul,
Your wife's mouth his MY vagina.
Michael Tomlinson| 4.26.11 @ 10:20PM
Touche!
Gordon W.| 4.26.11 @ 8:46AM
I like how the comments all had to do with lowering taxes, drilling for oil and deregulation. But some major catastrophes are directly related to these actions. The oil spill in the gulf is a combination of deregulation and drilling for oil. The economic collapse post bubble was due to deregulation and lower taxes (using trickle down theory, there was more money from the rich trickling down to the consumer who thought they could afford what they couldn't; whoops it didn't really trickle down).
Yes deregulation will really make everything better...
Lowering taxes doesn't actually have a good track record; i.e. bush tax cuts and the Wilson cuts. All spurred short term expansion, but both ended in a catastrophic recessions.
Indiana Alex| 4.26.11 @ 8:57AM
Oh, goodness where to start here. Perhaps with the fact that the overwhelming majority of the Bush tax cuts went to people who were not "the wealthy", and therefore, cannot be termed "trickle down" economics, which is actually a made up term and has not basis in any economic theory.
But lets try this exercise, if the Bush tax cuts were the cause of the 2008 collapse, why were they not reversed, or at least not extended? Why if these tax cuts have such a negative effect on the economy would even liberals argue that raising taxes would do further damage?
Basically what you are arguing is that allowing people to keep more of their earned income is worse for the economy than sending that money to government, which really makes very little sense.
I really don't think you are arguing anything, and meerely repeating a talking point that has no basis at all in fact.
Ted| 4.26.11 @ 11:26AM
"The oil spill in the gulf is a combination of deregulation and drilling for oil."
The Gulf spill was due to poor risk management on the part of the drilling company.
"The economic collapse post bubble was due to deregulation and lower taxes."
The economic problems were not due to deregulation. In part they were due to regulation and government interference. Also, the fact that many of the players on Wall Street had no personal skin in the game (their personal net worth, which used to be the case with the big Wall Street investment banks) played a part.
Tax cuts are only part of the solution. The other solution is spending cuts. Tax cuts are politically popular. So is government spending (in this case I refer to transfer payments). However, as we are seeing now, you can have high taxes and high spending (think Finland or Sweden), you can have low taxes and low spending (think USA during the Coolidge years and generally speaking prior to his administration), or you can have low taxes and high spending.
For the latter, consider the USA in the past 50-60 years. One of the reasons everyone is so aware of the problem now is because we are seeing low taxes/high spending on steroids currently. It is unsustainable.
George S| 4.26.11 @ 12:48PM
Oil spill in the Gulf? Where? When? Show me the pictures of the oil stained beaches; the oil covered birds laying dead in the sand; the washed up fishes on the shore. Where are all the stories about the ghosts towns along the Gulf shore, shuttered by the devastation? Where?
If it wasn't for underwater photography technology, no one would ever know there was a spill. Yet that was enough of an excuse for Obama to shut down oil production.
Donna| 4.26.11 @ 9:58PM
Gordon, the cause of the Gulf Oil Spill was Government corruption. The Mine and Materials Management(sic) Agency gave the Deepwater Horizon a pass on their inspection several weeks before the blowout. I heard they were never on the drilling rig. The woman who ran the Agency was subpoened and fired on her way to testify. I have never heard anything else about her. I don't know her name. I just thought I would mention this. Just like the SEC and Madoff, the government through incompetence or corruption, has deeply hurt America.
Michael Tomlinson| 4.26.11 @ 10:27PM
The direct cause of the economic collapse was Democrats blocking President Bush's efforts to reform Freddie Mae and Freddie Mac (institutions controlled by corrupt Democrats and Obama allies Franklin Delano Raines, Jamie Gorelick and Rahm Emmanuel).
Thanks to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton these quasi-government institutions became slush funds to reward important Democrat operatives and a means of undermining the American housing market. Sadly, the bomb these two incompetent Democrats planted in the US economy went off in the midst of the booming Bush/GOP economy (that makes the Obama economy look like FDR's Great Depression with massive unemployment, collapsing dollar and housing market, skyrocketing inflation and a foreign policy America's enemy's love).
DRed| 4.26.11 @ 11:38PM
I know! Poor W. and the republicans only controlled congress for 6 out of the 8 years he was president. I mean, what could you expect the poor guy to do?
Frisbee| 4.28.11 @ 9:07PM
The problem with W was that he wasn't solidly conservative, played Mr Nice Guy with Kennedy types, and had too many RINOs in congress.
Oh, and hey, the Repubs never had the Senate did they? Wasn't that when jumpin Jim changed parties, to keep the senate Demonocrat?
Mikeh106| 5.3.11 @ 4:19PM
The booming Bush economy? Get real bud. Bush's economy was a loser.
vicki wicker| 4.27.11 @ 11:02AM
No it wasn't. The spill occurred because a company provided an inferior product that didn't work like it was supposed to. Deregulation had nothing to do with it. The regulation was there, it just wasn't monitored in a way that prevented an accident. And the reality is, any human endeavor will have accidents sooner or later. Drilling has a pretty good record relative to other activities that go on. NASA lost not one, but two shuttles.
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 10:56AM
OK, Alison: lower taxes on people who invest and create so that they can invest and create. Drill for more oil in country and allow more refineries. Restructure entitlements so that the long term bond rating of America improves rather than declines. Warn any enemy that they can expect a Mailed Fist if they mess with the US.
THEN, go play golf. You'll have earned it.
Democrats are economically and geopolitically illiterate. Nice job, Mr. Lord.
Ted| 4.26.11 @ 11:28AM
And kudos to you, Occam. I like the mailed fist reference.
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 3:01PM
Thanks!
SonOfSam| 4.26.11 @ 12:46PM
NO MORE BAILOUTS
NO MORE HANDOUTS
NO MORE GODZILLA SIZED GOVERNMENT
And while we're at, stop punishing the people who bring us the gasoline, create the jobs, keep the friggin' lights on and generate the revenue that dumba$$ politicians splurge on useless crap
And finally, speaking of money, here's a parting thought:
STOP TREATING THE DOLLAR LIKE ITS CONFETTI FOR A GOVERNMENT PARADE!
So Alison, does that about sum it up?
What a chowderskull....
Toxic| 4.26.11 @ 1:44PM
Alison,
One of the big things that Obama has done is bury American businesses in new regulation. Regulation increase the costs of doing business, that gets passed to the consumer. Additionally, we have the highest corporate taxes in the world, again those costs are passed to the consumer. The answer is if government would regulate less (I did not say not at all), spend less, and tax less, then you would see the prices at the store come down again.
TMB| 4.26.11 @ 5:06PM
If it were me I'd lower income taxes as income goes up so that income taxes reach 0 when income hits, let's say, 50M. Reason? When someone making 49M suddenly makes another 1M tax free, they don't stuff it in the mattress - they create 4 or 5 jobs for people paying taxes.
Silly? Probably, but the point is you do things that make it more likely for producers, creators, inventors, and the like to want to take the next step upward, dragging the rest of us with them. And you don't do things that discourage them from taking that next step.
blackwatch| 4.26.11 @ 11:33PM
flat tax would do that at all income levels--except for those who don't pay income tax.
those lazy fucks can get out and pull the wagon too!
jstwndring| 4.27.11 @ 1:12AM
I find it facinating how oblivious political left-wingers are to obvious solutions to our economic problems. Just more evidence that they cannot be trusted with our country's financial future. That's ok, Alison V, let the adults handle things for a while. We'll get it steered in the right direction again.
Oh, more specific? Well, since you asked:
1. Very low flat income tax, or, the Fair tax.
2. Repeal Obamacare.
3. Repeal the financial regulations just passed that further hamper economic growth (forgot name)
4. Drill like crazy-->for oil, natural gas ;)
5. Pursue nuclear energy.
6. Eliminate the EPA. They're in the way.
7. Eliminate Sarbanes-Oxley.
8. Repeal the Community Reinvestment Act.
9. Slash and burn Federal spending across the board.
In short, turn our backs on the failed ideas of the past. What past? The Marxist-driven, ideological past. It has been proven a demonstrable economic failure every-single-time it has been implemented. If you don't know that, then you are in desperate need of a history lesson. See Europe, Cuba, Canada (prior to pulling their collective heads out), Venezuela, etc. Face it, Democrats and their Marxist policies can only result in the economic ruin of the country in which they are implemented. Of course, that's the goal of collectivists. Rush was right to state his desire to see Obama fail. Unfortunately, Obama has succeeded in putting his plans in place.
RJ Ligier| 4.27.11 @ 9:16AM
Do you remember Paul Volcker?
Elwood| 4.27.11 @ 1:52PM
The magical elixir for strengthening the economy? Okay, I will tell you. Ronald Regan said it best. He once said to the American people,
"I am going to cut your taxes and turn you loose". He did and it worked. What happens is with the taxe money saved, the entrepreneurs of this land started investing in new businesses, many of them small. These new businesses started making things and providing services. In the process they hired people to help them. It is called "creating wealth". With money earned, i.e. profits and wages paid, people started buying things and services and we were off to the prosperous 1980's. Got it?
Elwood| 4.27.11 @ 2:07PM
Alison, the simple answer in addition to "Drill, baby drill" is reduce taxes to encourage the entrepreneurs to start new businesses and increase the size of existing businesses, make things and provide services of all kinds. In the process they hire people to help them. They make a profit and the employees in turn can buy thingswith their wages. It is called "wealth creation". Got it?
Scott| 4.27.11 @ 4:11PM
a) Keep taxes at current rates
b) Remove burdensome regulations on businesses
c) Eliminate tax loopholes for corporations
d) Eliminate subisidies (yes, even on oil companies)
e) Eliminate wasteful and useless agencies like Energy and Commerce
f) Reform Medicare and SS (you're going to have to...can't afford the baby boomers)
g) Adopt a consumption or flat tax. Eliminate the IRS.
h) Get us out of Iraq and Afgahnishan. Stop foreign aid to all countries other than Israel.
That's what the GOP should do. And it will be a winner in 2012 with the right candidate.
joanne| 4.27.11 @ 7:54PM
Are you freakin kidding me????? Obama is systematically destroying this country one day at a time.
Today, I heard a caller use the word PATRIOT and I had a tear in my eye. I want someone who loves this country.
Don't you???? If not, don't vote in 2012
Mitch Angoop| 4.27.11 @ 8:35PM
Allison:
1. Defund depts. of education, energy, and the epa.
2. Cut every other department, including 'entitlements' (I HATE that word) 10%
3. Declare all public employee unions illegal, null, and void.
4. Eliminate ALL government pensions for elected and appointed employees and convert all the funds currently in their 'accounts' into an IRA.
5. Defund ALL foreign aid and re-establish on a selected basis to our FRIENDS, not our enemies.
6. Reduce every senator and rep's aids to 1 (one).
7. Issue an executive order to impose a temporary income tax of 10% across the board. EVERYBODY pays it, no deductions or exceptions.
8. Eliminate ALL czars immediately and outlaw the positions.
9. Reduce the fed budget to the 2006 level; NO EXCEPTIONS. (Unless the olde number is lower.)
10. Destroy ALL voter registration rolls and require everybody to re-register using a picture ID.
11. Eliminate ALL federal funding to ANY educational institution; from elementary through graduate schools.
12. Enact the "BRICKER AMENDMENT"
13. Enact a tax holiday on all profits derived from extracting, refining, and transporting all oil based products within our borders.
14. Repael obamacare.
15. Eliminate ALL capital gains taxes for 10 years, and then re-introduce 1% per year for 5 years.
16. All federal legislation will be a max of 3 typed pages, and each vote will be for one proposed law each.
17. Every law on the books will be 'sunsetted' after three years unless re-introduced and sent through the legislative process starting from scratch.
18. Get out of the U.N. and give them 30 days to get out of our country. Sell the land to the highest bidder.
This is only a start. Whatcha think of that dear?
Pazzammie| 4.28.11 @ 11:34AM
That would all be great if there were a majority of people in the USA that had more than two brain cells in their head.The pretty "news"girls in provocative clothing and hair slutty styles with the water carrier old farts like Hannity and Limbaugh will play baby peek a boo with the brainless American public that believes everything they see on TeeVee.
Let's hurry up and lose these wars! Lets give up everything we ever had in our life to make a few payments for the debts that are exponentially larger (with accruing interest)than the GDP of the world.Your ideas would make sense if they weren't anathema to the goals of the 2 party system.Nice try but they could care less.You're being jazzed on purpose!
Pazzammie| 4.28.11 @ 11:24AM
You're right.No one can do anything.Not even that kook Ron Paul.The voting machines will let us know who the next President is and he won't be able to do a thing either! Maybe, blame Obama,and Obama blames Bush.Democrat Republican...Just keep voting for one of those parties and expect something different.It's called insanity,doing the same thing over and over expecting different results! Boy I wish I was ignorant enough to blame the Republicans or the Democrats .Then I could do the superior dance because half the time I could be right.America has the Presidents it deserves! LOL @ Y'all
WesternGal| 4.29.11 @ 4:10PM
STOP SPENDING!
Take on entitlements NOW!
FAIR TAX NOW!
DOMESTIC DRILLING NOW!
Got the picture?
StarbucksDave| 4.26.11 @ 9:36AM
Starbucks prices skyrocketing - off with his head!
Alan Brooks| 4.27.11 @ 12:25AM
"President Obama will not be re-elected. Period."
And you will elect another Bushclone. Up yours, Lord- and I mean that with my whole heart. I curse you, and may your children become ashamed of what sort of a disingenuous father they have.
David Kielek | 4.27.11 @ 9:07AM
Ding ding ding! We have a winner for most honest leftist post of the morning. They curse us, because they have nothing. Courage, conservatives! We ride to victory!
Scott| 4.27.11 @ 4:12PM
Gosh, I hope we don't elect another Bush-clone. GWB was no conservative.
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 4.26.11 @ 6:27AM
Thanks to the printing of money necessary to support TARP and the Obama Stimulus, which in reality is just a clever money laundering scheme, inflation has arrived. By the spring of 2012 inflation may take a bat to both parties which appear devoid of any realistic solutions.
USSAlabama| 4.26.11 @ 10:18AM
Money laundering is what I told my daughter who is 14 and seems to possess a knack for understanding economics.
Barack Obama does not like his job. He doesn't like a job period, and that is why he has never had one.
His administrators and enigmatic supporters are the ones who want him there - it keeps THEM in and in power - to include UNIONS, SOROS, "Center for American Progress", et al.
Just watch and see if he doesn't run in the 2012 with Hillary as VP and not Biden.
I'm saying it right now. That is the plan, an attempt to secure 2 more terms.
Rockman| 4.27.11 @ 9:30AM
I think things will be so bad by pre 2012, that the dems will primary Obama out. Watch for Indiana's Evan Bayh to run as a moderate democrat.
Rockman| 4.27.11 @ 9:30AM
I think things will be so bad by pre 2012, that the dems will primary Obama out. Watch for Indiana's Evan Bayh to run as a moderate democrat.
Larry| 4.26.11 @ 6:41AM
President Obama will not be re-elected. Period.
Well, I hope that you're correct. I pray that you're correct. Try telling the facts to 98% of the black people who vote for The One based on nothing other than the color of his skin. They can't name one thing that he's done to advance their lives or this country, but it'll always be "Give the man a chance." The same goes for the illegal alien scum invaders who are allowed to vote. And don't forget the moronic guilt-ridden white liberals who, after voting for Comrade Golfer in 2008 went home, looked at themselves in the mirrior and said out loud, "I voted for a black man. Thank God I'm not a racist."
Unfortunately, I think that we have a long way to go before we can say, "President Obama will not be re-elected. Period."
I hope that you're correct though.
daddio| 4.26.11 @ 9:38AM
add to that the propensity for this bunch to engage in rampant vote fraud, and it is a dicey proposition for sure. And don't even get me started on the unions...
Minuteman| 4.26.11 @ 9:51AM
Mr. Lord's prediction is what I have been saying since the Democrats passed the first stimulus. The only thing Obama could have done to not seal his fate at the outset of his administration would have been adopting effective economic policies such as deregulation of energy sources, replacing the tax regime, allow failing companies to fail and cutting spending. These things could have pulled us out of the recession much quicker and salved the moral hazard created by the TARP. Dithering on the Afghanistan situation didn't help, and projecting a weak foreign policy everywhere didn't either.
The first solid evidence, to me, that Obama was one and gone was that at the point six months ago that unemployment was way up, house values were way down, energy prices were rising and the debt was becoming an even greater part of the economy. Obama continued (and continues) to double down on what had not only proven not to work, but proved to make things worse.
But this shouldn't be a surprise: this is what marxists do. They destroy economies.
Dai Alanye | 4.26.11 @ 12:44PM
I'd like to give credit to the 10% or more of black Americans who, having seen beyond the false lure of racial solidarity, will be voting against Obama this coming election.
irish19| 4.26.11 @ 5:34PM
Agreed. One must be brave to be a black American and vote against zero. If it is found out, you will be ostracized.
steev| 4.27.11 @ 3:17PM
Hehe, even blacks poll him under 90% now. Looking grim for prezbo!
Random Blowhard| 4.26.11 @ 6:43AM
Dear HopeyMcChange - stop printing, stop spending and for the love of god drill, drill and drill some more!!. Regards the American people.
Dee See| 4.26.11 @ 6:46AM
The strategy seems to call for voiding and dysfunction until, after dollar, pensions and
borders are fully collapsed and 'nothing works'
---the 'solution' ----MASSIVE 'operational assistance' (invasion and occupation) by
'helpful RED China'.
Remember, the Panama Canal, and bases on BOTH
our coasts have been handed over and are currently
being operated by them.
---------------------WE SHALL SEE
D| 4.26.11 @ 6:59AM
As one who does the food shopping in our household, you also have to look for the ever-shrinking packages of orange juice, cereal, and snack foods (ex. things like granola bars now often have five bars instead of six). Prices are up for milk -- meat, also.
irish19| 4.26.11 @ 5:35PM
Excellent point! I don't buy granola bars very often, but have definitely noticed the shrinking half gallon of OJ-now only 59 oz. I have to read the labels to make sure I'm getting as much as I think I'm getting.
Pecos Pete| 4.26.11 @ 7:01AM
And ... in New Mexico ...
Folgers coffee in one month rose from $6.98 to $9.98.
Loaf of sandwich bread in one month rose from $1.68 to $2.15.
One can of Vienna Sausage rose from $.55 to $.65.
Pecos Pete| 4.26.11 @ 7:03AM
PS:
One pound of bacon rose from $4.98 to $6.98 in one week.
daddio| 4.26.11 @ 9:39AM
Bacon...ah yes, I remember bacon fondly. There was a time when it was affordable. Alas, no more. Perhaps in my grandchildren's lifetime they will know the succulent smell of pork cooking on the stove....
steev| 4.27.11 @ 3:18PM
Stop it! I just ate lunch and you're already making me hungry again!
Mark| 4.26.11 @ 10:45AM
I find it quite telling that none of you all dissing food prices understand the economics behind it. The cost of food is directly related to the cost of oil. The cost of oil is set by PRECISELY two entities. OPEC and Wall Street speculators.
The POTUS can't and doesn't affect the price of a gallon of gasoline, nor does a POTUS set the price of a barrel of oil.
Nothing you all say can alter that fact.
Teaghan| 4.26.11 @ 10:58AM
Mark, perhaps obama can't fix the price of food and oil but he can and should damn well have a better attitude about it! Telling people "just get on down to your local GM dealer. I'm sure they'll give you a good deal on a new gas saving car" Well, mr. president, I don't have a job!!! How do I buy a new car with no job! And have you seen the prices of cars? New and used?
This man is so far removed from ordinary Americans, we can not expect any form of compassion, understanding and surely no help in turning the economy around. He disgusts me.
Sam Vaughn| 4.26.11 @ 11:13AM
Economic illiteracy and ignorance is shocking no matter how many times I see it. The price of oil and everything else is directly related to Potus printing money "off the hook". Speculators are just the red herring that liberals throw out there so people won't "look behind the curtain" at Bernanke and Geithner. I'm LMAO that you would accuse others of not understanding economics.
Drunken Sailor| 4.26.11 @ 11:54AM
Bingo, give that man a cigar!
skip| 4.26.11 @ 6:25PM
Speculators are also vital in the establishment of price which balances supply against demand such that supply can remain stable long term.
Speculation is part of the process of free market enterprise.
To my knowledge no one is cursing pork belly future speculators for the cost of their bacon.
snacky| 4.27.11 @ 2:04PM
and futures are based on, uhhh, future production. it is not speculation at this point to predict lower oil production in the future, certainly as far as domestic production is concerned. if liberals were so worried about speculators, they would embrace the obvious answer of increasing supply. but as stated already, the reason oil is way up is because the dollar is way down. so in a sense, yeah, obama's actions have driven up the price of oil by allowing the dollar to tumble.
Minuteman| 4.26.11 @ 11:15AM
Government policies through as regulation and restrictions make available energy scarce and therefore more costly. Note I said energy and not oil, they are all interrelated. Coal, nuclear, natural gas, oil shale, oil sands, on shore drilling, off shore drilling, deep sea drilling, pipeline infrastructure, refinery capacity, waste disposal requirement, ethonol production, fuel blend and grade requirements, etc. all affect the price of a barrel of oil.
Storage Steve| 4.26.11 @ 12:11PM
The policy of the Fed QE(place number here) causes the dollar to weaken. Oil that is priced in dollars therefore rises because dollars are worth less that it takes more of them to buy a barrel of oil. Speculators do effect the price in the short term because they react to conditions that say the dollar is getting weaker and inflation is here so they invest in commodities to protect them from inflation. Speculators risk their own money and at times take large losses so they don't just buy something because they want to ruin an ecomomy they want to make money. OPEC wants a price that is high but doesn't cause demand destruction. They are also paid in US $ so they will want the price higher as the dollar weakens. So gov't policy is in large part causing oil to rise.
Bob Jones| 4.26.11 @ 5:11PM
I'll note also that, while the POTUS does not control the Fed (which oversees QE), he has presided over large deficits. Such deficits are very inflationary because markets assume both that the US will have to print money later to pay its debts and the credit worthiness of the US is diminished, causing the value of the dollar to decline. Couple this with meager growth due to over-regulation, and you have the reciepe for the very stagflation that doomed Carter. I am not ready to declare victory, but Mr. Lord is right that a perfect storm is brewing.
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 2:37PM
Yes, but he could support increasing the amount of gasoline by allowing more refineries to be open. In addition, he openly laughs at people who are suffering from this.
John Navratil| 4.26.11 @ 5:36PM
Mark,
Perhaps you could add the EPA to that list, as well. Witness Shell's drilling operation in the Beaufort Sea shutdown because they didn't include the emissions from an ice breaker in their environment impact assessment. The nearest village of 250 or so is 70 miles away.
If you restrict the supply, what do you expect the price to do? (Of course, Libya is the prominent disruption today)
One thing about oil speculation (seem's to bad old speculators are being lashed to the whipping post, again) is that you can't keep the oil off the market once it's out of the ground. Has anyone priced the cost of keeping a tanker full of crude around waiting for the right price fluctuation? Unless you've got a couple of salt domes handy, the cost of storing it for market manipulation is prohibitive. Speculation is a bet on future prices and every driver is a speculator when he chooses to fill up now or wait until next week.
jstwndring| 4.27.11 @ 1:44AM
You sure about that? Please, then, explain to me how the mere anouncement of the lifting of the Congressional and Executive oil drilling ban resulted in the over-night drop in the price of oil back in, what was it, 2008? The speculators sold off, thinking we might actually do it. Of course, the Democrats never actually allowed that to happen, so, the price steadily rose to where we see it now. If Obama actually got the EPA and his fellow Democrats out of the way to allow expanded drilling, the supply would increase and the price would drop. You do understand supply and demand don't you? I know it pains you south-paws to actually have to acknowledge free-market influences, but, there they are.
Oh, and I almost forgot about Obama's moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. That has contributed to the increase in the price of oil as well by reducing the supply. And, although that moritorium was eventually, and forcefully lifted, he has denied companies permits to resume drilling. So, there you have it. Obama could allow the issuing of drilling permits. Of course, he doesn't want to do that, does he?
I'm sorry, what were you saying about the President not affecting the price of gas/oil?
David Kielek | 4.27.11 @ 9:10AM
Absolute nonsense. The policies of this administration re: drilling and exploring for oil are responsible for the high prices, period.
Indiana Alex| 4.27.11 @ 10:02AM
It's nice to see that Liberals will still repeat talking points, that make very little sense, all while attempting to maintain an arrogance that suggests their nonsense can't be questioned, and declare the debate "over".
Scott| 4.27.11 @ 4:14PM
And demand, dude. Opec (supply), speculators, and DEMAND. We need to drill more now, period, and encourage conservation.
Mari| 4.26.11 @ 8:01AM
Mr. Lord -- Take a stroll by the meat case in any supermarket. The prices will take your breath aw;ay. I've stopped by any kind of meat that isn't on sale.
daddio| 4.26.11 @ 9:40AM
and has a coupon!!!
Cabermon| 4.26.11 @ 11:53AM
Pete, Vienna Sausages are OK, but at this rate you'll be lucky to afford Spam.
oldfart| 4.26.11 @ 7:03AM
Anyone ever think this is a massive con job to drain the middle and lower upper classes of the wealth that has been created in the past 70 years into the hands to super rich? It is all either incredibly stupid or a very well planned operation to destroy the country. Remember when princes fall, kings fall as well.
Larry| 4.26.11 @ 7:16AM
It's a well orchestrated. No doubt about it. This is the "change" that Comrade Golfer was always talking about but never articulated and which the lame stream media was always too stupid and too lazy to ask about. They were too busy with the tingles running up their legs about the cool black guy running for president. Some of us however knew, EXACTLY what "change" meant. And it's here. :-(
jstwndring| 4.27.11 @ 2:02AM
Karl Marx hated the middle class in Germany because they represented a rather large economic class of people that could operate independently of the government. So, he set out to destroy them. That is, in fact, the goal of every Marxist regime--to eliminate the middle class. The Democrat Party in America is our Marxist party. It should be obvious that they are carrying out that same plan of destruction here. The Democrats derive power by making people dependent upon them. Who created the progressive income tax? Who's it aimed at? Who are the Democrats talking about when they talk about going after the rich? If you make more than, what, $30,000/year, you are in the top 7% of income earners in the world. When they say they are going after the rich, they are going after nearly all of us. Seriously. Democrats are trying to eliminate private property rights. No liberty or freedom for the masses. But, what else would you expect from the pro-slavery party?
Teaghan| 4.26.11 @ 7:06AM
It's the "new normal". And I don't know if I fall for the obama will not be reelected thing. There are so many out there that still slobber at his feet and they ain't all folks of color. The repubs best get busy and find somebody with smarts and charisma to beat the pants of our first half black president.
Minuteman| 4.26.11 @ 11:25AM
Assuming viable Republican opposition (a big first step) Obama will start out with all the slobberers youmention, but he will lose some of the folks who aren't exited this time around because the either know what he's all about now or they already voted for the first back president, so they can check that off their list. For many of the disinterested independent voters Obama is going to have to run on his record of lies about hope and change, however they understood it. He can't run against Bush anymore (in fact Bush is looking pretty darn good at this point with no inflation and unemployment at 5.5 %). People want a ""new" new normal", which is like the old normal. It will take two more election cycles for the "new normal" to be the normal.
saleboter| 4.26.11 @ 7:08AM
It's Bush's fault
s/o
ConantheContrarian| 4.26.11 @ 11:06AM
It is partly his fault. Compassionate conservatism and two wars didn't help with budgetary restraint. And didn't the first stimulus package occur at the end of Bush's term. As someone said above, We need Calvin Coolidge.
My fear is that we won't have the guts to default on the federal debt, but instead we will monetize the debt and then we will have hyperinflation. this nation is screwed, and the treason lobby, aka Democrats, and pusillanimous Republicans did it. The Tea Party, God bless them, is too late.
Bob Grant| 4.26.11 @ 1:14PM
The Hoover/Roosevelt, Bush/Obama similarities are staggering. Bush's ill advised spending spree and Obama's tripling down is a carbon copy of what happened in the 30's. We are living in 1935 right now.
RT| 4.26.11 @ 7:13AM
Larry, I think you hit the nail on the head.
Don't underestimate the influence of the MSM or the pure idolitry of the fools worshiping their perceived messiah.
I pray that God will raise up for us the right leader.
Larry| 4.26.11 @ 7:36AM
The mistake that too many of The One's critics make, those of us on the right, is that is all happening due to his incompetence, inexperience, etc. It's not! This is his plan. Things are working out exactly as he wants them to. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool and has their head in the sand. They deny what is right in front of their eyes. He is the captain of the ship steering us to the rocks. He is the one who will at least attempt to destroy America. He hates this country. He hates its greatness. He hates its freedom. He hates everything that this country has stood for. He didn't sit in Jeremiah Wright's "church" for 20 years because he's any kind of a "devout Chritstian" (his term, not mine).
Speaking of the latter, did he acknowledge Easter at all this past weekend? I don't believe so. He will ALWAYS make note of Muslim holidays though. ALWAYS.
daddio| 4.26.11 @ 9:41AM
He wants us to become Europe, and we are fast on our way to high taxes, high unemployment, and lower standards of living, just like Europe.
Grzmlyk| 4.26.11 @ 10:30AM
I agree with all of your points except the very first one; he IS incompetent.
Thanks to his affirmative action "education," Obama - already possessed of an extremely mediocre mind and perpetually puerile grasp of the world around him - is utterly ignorant of economics, history, psychology, political science, social science, biology, chemistry, physics, environmental science, literature, rhetoric, language, religion and life in general.
A classic - and painfully dull - non-entity, he disdains thinking, instead bitterly clinging to platitudes and his own teeming, roiling resentment at the world and his sociopathic inability to truly relate to other people.
If we lived in the real world of cause and effect - and not within the gilded walls of an utterly false consciousness in which our corrupt, decadent and vainglorious culture has imprisoned us - it would be obvious to all but the dimmest bulbs that Obama isn't fit to be the assistant manager on the night shift at any functional McDonald's.
He is indeed an utter incompetent, so ensconced in his ignorance that he has no clue of the infinite universe of things he doesn't know.
He's like an 18-year old who suddenly knows more than his parents, his teachers and the lessons of experience combined, supremely impressed with his perceived command of all he surveys, never realizing that, by dint of his very certitude, he is revealing only the boundless extent of his own cluelessness.
However, Obama has been thoroughly marinated in the reflexive hatred that keeps the flame of Marxism burning brightly (in spite of the incalculable wake of misery, famine, murder, corruption and sclerosis it has left on the pages of history), and, far more indelible than his stint as the nominal leader of the Established Left, his “genius” draws its inspiration from his status as devoted foot soldier in a relentlessly advancing army.
He is in fact not a leader, but a follower – a follower of America's most successful and established Marxists - those true believers who have burrowed into positions of authority and respect, those little malignancies who have infiltrated decency and infected the fabric of what was once a beautiful country with terminal cancer. Far from being a thinker, he is merely a devoted acolyte of the shopworn, threadbare dogma they vomit; those whose inevitably luxurious, hedonistic, affluent, self-indulgent lifestyles give the lie to the Spartan lives of meager serfdom and spiritual despair they prescribe for others.
As a result, he has surrounded himself with ideologues whose goal, like his, is to tear down the edifice of America, be it out of wrath, greed, folly or stupidity.
But while he has been successful in tearing down the institutions and values that once defined this country - and let's face it, Obama is merely the disease coming to a head, for America’s undergirding has been rotting at the hands of Statists for almost a century - let's never forget that Obama and his fellow travelers' purpose is to DESTROY.
Think about it - it takes education, skill, training, patience, precision, expertise and a desire to create in order to, say, build a watch. It takes only the ability to throw it against a wall - and the desire to do so - to destroy it.
Obama and his ilk require no special skill to go on their nihilistic spree of wanton destruction, vandalizing, plunder and marauding.
Their success is civilization's failure, and their glory is the extinguishment of the beauty, strength, dignity and integrity of the individual.
Ugliness has become beauty, chaos has become order, good has become bad, virtue has become self-indulgence, self-reliance has become selfishness and corruption has become generosity.
What a horrible, malicious,deformed, pathological world they have created.
Teaghan| 4.26.11 @ 11:07AM
Grzmlyk, great post. Sad, but great nontheless.
Nunya| 4.26.11 @ 11:10AM
VERY WELL SAID, Grz. I applaud you.
Sam Vaughn| 4.26.11 @ 11:16AM
well said
Grzmlyk| 4.26.11 @ 12:30PM
Thanks - it's the fact that so many on the left insist not only that the emperor is still wearing clothes, but that they are the finest clothes in all the land that truly depresses me.
Obama should meet the exact same fate that Mussolini did - it would be poetic justice if his last public appearance were from a lamp post at a gas station, alongside his odious wife.
Sadly, though, there aren't enough lamp posts in all the land to accommodate all of the leftist thieves, dupes and fools who have hijacked this country in their obsession to crash it into the ground.
And that spells America's obituary.
The Big E| 4.26.11 @ 12:22PM
Grz, that might be the best comment I've ever read on this site. Spot on. Absolutely spot on.
Grzmlyk| 4.26.11 @ 12:32PM
Thank you - I wish it weren't so.
Ken (Old Texican)| 4.26.11 @ 1:29PM
GRZ,
well spoken, sir.
I don't know where you grew up and/or hail from.
I'm a sixth generation Texan. I helped my granddad harvest his crops behind a mule.
My grandmother literally shot a Commanche Indian off Poppa's back...shot him dead.
I guess I have a different perspective than most folks here because of the above.
OH!
another piece of history. During the depression, some Feds showed up on Poppa's front porch to tell him to plow under his crops. My dad was about twelve years old and heard every word. When Poppa heard the Feds out, he simply spat his tobacco out and four shotguns were cocked by his sons...and I quote:
"Leave in peace, government men, and live. Come on my ground again, and die."
(Heh, Poppa was a man of few words.)
See, Poppa was considered the smartest farmer in the county. With a little reserch, the gubmint men knew if they killed Poppa and his four sons, then they had an armed revolt on their hands.
Grz,
There will come a moment. Timing is everything.
God bless
Grzmlyk| 4.26.11 @ 2:10PM
I wish you were right.
But we borrow $188 million every hour of every day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
That's at our current rate. God knows what that will be if China or Japan really start turning the screws on us and interest rates rise - as they inevitably will. Not to mention the 10,000 baby boomers who retire every day - who's going to pick up their slack - besides government printing presses?
And the critical mass in Washington dances merrily on as if we're talking about whether we can afford to buy fresh flowers for the table every week.
Hell, Obama's budget proposal INCREASES spending; no matter - Krugman had an op ed piece out yesterday saying, what's the problem? We can always tax evil rich people (except for Krugman, of course) until we're solvent again! Michael Moore says there's plenty of money in this country to pay for the corrupt nanny state - we just have to go after the rich people and confiscate it (except for Michael Moore's stash, of course).
We are hemorrhaging; do you know how long someone can live if their femoral artery is severed? About five minutes. We've already bled out; our nervous system hasn't gotten the message yet.
We are in a death spiral - even if you stopped it now, it's too late. And even if it weren't already too late, what Republican has the balls to seriously address this issue? Boehner said yesterday that he wants oil companies to pay "their fair share" - as if it isn't you and me, the end users, who always pay corporate taxes. As if oil companies are the problem and not government's corrupt manipulation of the market.
Boehner's own "hard line" budget negotiations yielded a whopping $300 million budget cut. That's like putting a piece of scotch tape over a fire hose. That's the big victory our fearless warrior achieved? And this WITH the Tea Party wind at his back????
And I'm not even figuring in the drastic change in demographics that is destroying this country - millions and millions of illegal aliens are all brand new Democrat voters eager for their piece of the pie, and you can bet that precinct captains from sea to shining sea in every single voting ward will be manned by thugs, cheats, crooks and other democrats - just in case a sane person who doesn't want to suck the government teat happens to wander into the voting booth.
I guess they knew they were doomed at the Alamo, and they fought on. Well, we'll fight on, too, because once it all collapses - and it will collapse - all of the institutions that act as a hammock supporting the false consciousness we have nursed the last half century will be decimated. The wealth will be gone because the dollar will be worthless.
And once that happens, all of the trolls who will doubtless respond to this post with dismissive comments about Glenn Beck and my silly, dire, apocalyptic panic - those trolls will look out over the smoldering ruins of America and realize what the translation of "utopia" into English is: No place.
Once you jump off a cliff, there's only one outcome possible.
Pecos Pete| 4.26.11 @ 7:15PM
GRZ: Excellent commentary!
jstwndring| 4.27.11 @ 2:13AM
Yet another excellently worded post. Well done.
If only Democrat policies affected only democrats. The rest of us could point, laugh, and say, "I told you so". I'll still be saying it, but, I won't be laughing.
Grzmlyk| 4.27.11 @ 8:09AM
Hi Jstdring - I don't know if you'll revisit this article now that it's "tomorrow," but if you do,k thank you for the kind words. Right back atcha. What you said about the goal of Marx and Marxism above - right on the money!
skip| 4.26.11 @ 1:44PM
Yet another:
Grounded
Retort
Zinging
Mendacious
Liberal
Yellow
Knavery
In the midst of that harrowing tale of doubt and despair let me offer a little perspective of faith and hope.
Obama is a blessing from God. For a century liberalism has relentlessly eroded our foundations on constitutional republicism and Christianity. Obama through a combination of utter incompetence and sheer lack of integrity has brought this to a head, exposing how truly disastrous this course is, even to the dimmest bulbs in the land.
That faith sustains me. As far as hope, Obama's incompetence and lack of integrity will prevent him from reelection, and the possiblility is real that should he trail by fifteen or so points in the summer of 2012 he will come completely totally unhinged and unglued in very public fashion for all the world to see.
Just think how awesome this would be. And likely.
John Navratil| 4.26.11 @ 5:42PM
skip,
I agree. The last backlash president was Jimmah. Unfortunately for us the Big O has done so much damage it may not be repairable. Undoing Obamacare, alone, may be impossible.
Still we hope.
blackwatch| 4.26.11 @ 11:46PM
there is still the 5.56 solution.
it's not yet time...yet...
VBMax| 4.26.11 @ 7:14AM
I wish I were as confident as the writer about the next election. There are still too many variables in play.
Teaghan| 4.26.11 @ 11:08AM
Yeah, like ACORN being reborn, the Black Panthers and the greedy unions stealing the election.
figusja| 4.26.11 @ 7:23AM
Look for more executive orders coming from the WH from our dictator in chief Prez. Hussein. He will try to control prices to hide his ineptitude. When he fails there remember that the majority of blacks in America still are with him, at least the inner city blacks.
He has a built in army. Look at all the black violence going on. The drive by media keeps hiding the fact or calling it youthful exuberance. Anything but what it is. He will deputize them all and say keep order and we will not prosecute you for any murders of non blacks. Am I crazy......maybe. Am I a racist...NO, I am half black and half puerto rican. Grew up in NYC lower eastside(4th street ave. D). Alphabet city for those who have seen the old movies. I just added this to shut up the liberals who throw the epitaph "RACIST" every time they hear something they don't like to hear.
Pecos Pete| 4.26.11 @ 7:28AM
We can expect an executive order stipulating Price Controls in order to control inflation.
Price controls worked really well for Pres. Carter. Yes?
figusja| 4.26.11 @ 7:38AM
Exactly my thoughts!
Dustoff| 4.26.11 @ 9:19AM
I think Nixon did the price control thing....?
Pecos Pete| 4.26.11 @ 9:29AM
Oops, Dustoff, you are correct. Nixon on August 15, 1971. Still, the point is that price controls don't work; but, The Big O is most likely going to give them a try via an executive order.
jstwndring| 4.27.11 @ 2:18AM
A Democrat congress authorized it first, then Nixon, economic genius that he was, took the bait. Very sad.
Bob Grant| 4.26.11 @ 1:22PM
Yes he did. It worked as well as you would expect.
Bob Grant| 4.26.11 @ 1:17PM
Even better for Chavez.
You mean I can expect gas lines? Odd/even days to fill up my gas tank? ...shortages?
Steve G| 4.26.11 @ 7:32AM
Sadly, it would have been no better with McLame in charge. The establishment Repubs are as hopeless as the Left.
The Fed accomodatingly debauches the currency to keep the government afloat - whether Dem or Repub. And this can go on for years. And apologies to Mr. Lord, Rush, Bob T, etc.: Obama can still win in 2012. His base is solid and fanatical and the establishment Repubs may be stupid enough to urinate on the Tea Party and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. It's enough to make one pull the Ron Paul lever.
RustyG| 4.26.11 @ 7:46AM
If enough people waste their vote and pull the Ron Paul lever, we will have 4 more years of The One.
No thanks.
Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 4.26.11 @ 8:32AM
Rusty: It's not four more years the President wants, it's FORE,.. more years!! It's a Golf thing!!
Let's help the President lower his Golf score, by letting him play a round of Golf everyday in his early retirement come January 2013,... wait a second,.. he's playing Golf everyday right now!!
The Big E| 4.26.11 @ 8:34AM
Ron Paul cannot get elected for the simple reason that before a majority of Americans (or for that matter, a majority of Republicans in a primary) vote for him, they will first have to be honest with themselves about what they think and believe, and THAT will never happen.
daddio| 4.26.11 @ 9:43AM
sad-but true. Ironically, he is the one candidate who probably gets why we are in this mess better than any other, and has the cojones to deal with it.
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 2:40PM
I'm sorry guys, but look up Ron paul's voting record on foreign policy (not just Israel). Then look up Dennis Kucinich's. If you find a significant difference, let me know.
Allen West shres his financial views but is a helluva lot more realistic on overseas issues.
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 2:40PM
Sorry, "shares."
John Navratil| 4.26.11 @ 5:47PM
Occam's Tool,
Absolutely! I admire Ron Paul for who and where he is. His take on the size of government is beyond any reproach. His Jeffersonian view of an agrarian country separated from the rest of the world by vast oceans is antique, to say the least.
Ron Paul for Treasury Secretary - how about that!
Merlin| 4.26.11 @ 10:14AM
"The establishment Repubs are as hopless as the Left."
Exactly. Can you say "slightly slower train wreck?"
Teflon93| 4.26.11 @ 7:50AM
Liberals are mental children who never believe there will be real consequences to their flights of fancy.
davelnaf| 4.26.11 @ 7:54AM
If not for the damage the Bamster is causing the country I would be enjoying the thought of what he is doing to the Democratic Party. Watch for its few realists to turn on him. This could happen at the start of primary season and it could become a stampede.
Obama’s felicitations to Muslims while refusing to make a similar Easter message for Christians and Jews probably sealed it for a lot of people.
Larry| 4.26.11 @ 8:04AM
Well, in fairness, he did compare Passover to the struggle of those poor oppressed, murderous, missle-firing Palestinians.
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 2:41PM
Beautiful, Larry!
JP| 4.26.11 @ 7:58AM
...But have no fear! The GOP will nominate some Progressive who will keep the flame going. There isn't one person in the GOP corner I would consider voting for. Prediction: even if Obama is defeated and the GOP gains significant majorities in both Houses, ObamaCare will remain the law.
Dai Alanye | 4.26.11 @ 12:52PM
Santorum is our best bet from a policy viewpoint, and he's a strong debater.
Michael Tomlinson| 4.26.11 @ 10:31PM
You've got to be dreaming. The Republican House repealed it immediately after being seated.
Ken (Old Texican)| 4.26.11 @ 8:01AM
Our economy cannot expand without affordable energy. If our economy cannot expand, then no jobs will be revived or created.
If the jobs cannot be created then our deficits continue eating us alive.
Batten down the hatches, folks, it's going to get ugly.
It's the "unknown" thing hiding in the bushes that could throw the last straw on our backs.
Martha Hussein Stewart| 4.26.11 @ 8:07AM
Oh, so they don't like the price of arugula? Suck it up.
Conserdude| 4.26.11 @ 8:12AM
It's strange how Jimmy Carter is convinced he lost in 1980 because he refused to bomb Iran and lose some or all of the American hostages; so he let that crisis drag out. This is delusional, as this article demonstrates: two consecutive years of double-digit inflation destroyed Jimmy Carter's presidency, and seeing him defeated was worth the (higher) prices. So, too, will it be worth it to keep Obama from destroying the country for the long-term.
daddio| 4.26.11 @ 9:45AM
delusional is a good description for Carter. He remains so today.
Minuteman| 4.26.11 @ 10:00AM
I remember that time well. And you're right that the hostage crisis was not the thing that did Mr. Peanut in, but it was a loud and clear demonstration of how clueless he was (is). And that he was feckless, without feck, had no feck, and the feck was not with him.
Bob Grant| 4.26.11 @ 1:28PM
The country was already in the doldrums when the hostage crisis occurred. It just added to the list of crisis' of which Jimma was incapable of handling.
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 2:42PM
Minuteman:
I thought he was feckin' awful, Carter was.
Grzmlyk| 4.26.11 @ 2:58PM
Very well done, Occam! And a doff of the cap to Minuteman, too!
I love people with feckin' wit! :-)
skip| 4.26.11 @ 3:32PM
Wasn't a Carter canoe trip the basis for the origin of the renowned idiom 'feck like a rabbit'?
John Navratil| 4.26.11 @ 5:49PM
skip,
No, it was more like "Run away. That things got a mean streak a mile wide!"
Skippy| 4.26.11 @ 6:22PM
WTF?
skip| 4.26.11 @ 6:44PM
Your 'What The Feck?' comment implies you've never heard of Jimmuh and the killer bunny. If so I'll have to ask that you change your name.
Brother John| 4.26.11 @ 8:13AM
"President Obama will not be re-elected. Period."
To whom, exactly, will he lose?
I don't see anyone currently running for whom I could enthusiastically vote, and with even the Republican party declaring that Romney is the presumptive front-runner, this is a clue that it's more important that their precious little apple-cart not be upset than the country be saved from willful destruction. If they do pull another "his-turn" candidate on us, we're doomed.
Don't forget, half the reason Carter was sent home in well-deserved disgrace was his opponent, not just his manifold failures. That's not enough. FDR, anyone?
Ned| 4.26.11 @ 10:40AM
Some day perhaps the Republicrats will get the message (but don't hold your breath) - I'm confident that there are millions of people like me, who don't vote FOR the (R) candidate, but vote AGAINST the (D) candidate... RR was one of the few instances where I could get excited about the person I voted for, and so too much of the rest of the country... all the rest have been simply the lesser weevil, poorly disguised RINOs, who like their (D) opponents, think that enlarging their favorite part of government will fix the issue de jour... as Ronald said so clearly, "government is not the solution. government is the problem."
Bob Grant| 4.26.11 @ 1:32PM
As much as I respected Ronald Reagan, there was a massive anyone-but-Carter sentiment when the election rolled around in '80. I was amazed at how President Reagan grew into the office to become great but that sentiment was brewing at election time and what put in over the top.
Michael Tomlinson| 4.26.11 @ 10:33PM
We're doomed if people think like you.
PJ| 4.26.11 @ 8:18AM
Mr. Lord,
I agree with everything you have stated in this article, but I'm still worried. I still believe that Obama can win. How? Voter fraud is rampant, more so than it's ever been, more so than 1980.
Mark| 4.26.11 @ 10:49AM
Electronic voting is the fraud you are discussing. It is well-established that e-voting machines are constantly flipping votes to Republicans.
You can't point to ACORN for voter fraud because they no longer exist. You can ONLY point to electronic voting machines.
Ned| 4.26.11 @ 11:21AM
"I want you to prove that conspiracy theory. Point to the evidence ANYWHERE."
Ken (Old Texican)| 4.26.11 @ 1:32PM
Ned,
asshole, check out Nevada convictions for one.
Grzmlyk| 4.26.11 @ 3:04PM
Yeah, Ned: Those votes you found in a dead woman's attic in Minnesota that put Al Franken over the top - those were a thing of beauty.
Hand crafted, weren't they?
BTW, how's the weather inWisconsin today? I know - you're too busy to notice, what with being tasked with "finding" over 7,000 votes for supreme court wannabe and full-time Marxist activist JoAnne Kloppenburg.
Fraud? I got your fraud right here.
Drunken Sailor| 4.27.11 @ 10:08AM
Beautiful
PJ| 4.26.11 @ 11:45AM
Let me correct your original 2nd statement to: It is well-established that e-voting machines are constantly flipping votes to Democrats.
I don't think you know how computers work. All it takes is 1 Democratic-progressive computer geek who has no sense of right & wrong, to rig a district's voting outcome instead of a couple of Black Panther thugs used to intimidate persons at the voting polls.
As you are well aware, the Democrats have no qualms about rigging the system in their favor especially in Chicago.
Michael Tomlinson| 4.26.11 @ 10:35PM
Good point. While Democrats whine about Republicans stealing elections that's just projection. History show that it is Democrats who steal elections -- JFK, Gore's attempted coup, DC, Chicago, Al Franken . . .
Dai Alanye | 4.26.11 @ 12:55PM
With this comment Mark has revealed himself as a Troll-American. Nothing he says in the future need be taken seriously.
figusja| 4.26.11 @ 1:41PM
When dead people in Chicago stop voting I will stand up and say stop to the electronic machines.
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 2:43PM
Oh---like the computer voting cost Al Franken the election over Norm Coleman. Please.
Bob Grant| 4.26.11 @ 1:36PM
I disagree. The middle class will be out en-masse to boot him out for the reasons stated in the article. The dwindling few who would be inclined to vote for him will not be motivated to pull the lever. This should be more than enough to overcome any voter shenanigans that will surely occur.
PJ| 4.26.11 @ 4:05PM
I hope you're right. I keep thinking of those states with large electoral votes who are noted for some shady practices.------> NY, CA, IL, ....
Michael Tomlinson| 4.26.11 @ 10:37PM
Bob you've got the right vision and attitude.
TennesseeVolunteer| 4.26.11 @ 8:26AM
Jeffrey, you have this exactly right. the wheels are coming off of the economy. Here in the hinterland I am seeing grown men with businesses that were successful for a long time doing almost nothing. My trucker, who made almost 100K in 2005 has not made a haul in two months. Every business he dealt with then is either gone , or doing so little they don't need a hauler of his size.
My core business is down over 80%. My new business is coming on strong but the transition has been costly and I worry when people don't have the money for these services either.
2012 can't come soon enough. We are going to see miracles but a whole lot of pain is going to be sprinkled in between now and then.
The message to the Republicans is we don't like what we are being offered and a more Reagan like leader will have to emerge before the conservative electorate arises.
Louis Jenkins| 4.26.11 @ 8:27AM
As the Old Texican said, energy is the driving force of this nation. Without it, well, we'll be pushing our cars, riding bicycles, or walking. Our electrical power bills will sky rocket, along with everything else as the ariticle points out. This will be the closest thing to getting an "R" elected. It's the economy stupid, to paraphrase Clinton. Who ever the "R" candidates are, they should get out on the public speaking tour and hammer it home- "We're drowning in inflation." This is a good article Mr. Lord, now, let's put some practicality to it, speak out America, and take no prisoners.
Mark| 4.26.11 @ 10:53AM
Nope and p0wnd
We're not drowning in inflation. I recommend googling the current inflation chart to see how that sort of statement was simply made up.
Minuteman| 4.26.11 @ 11:31AM
It's relative to whether or not you have a steady solid income. Someone standing on their feet in a ten inch deep puddle isn't drowning, but someone standing on their head is. Bill Gates isn't drowning in inflation, but the family of someone who is unemployed or of a senior citizen on a fixed income is.
Jive Bomber| 4.26.11 @ 12:05PM
Sez Mark: "I recommend googling the current inflation chart to see how that sort of statement was simply made up."
Sez I: Read the April 15th news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
"Gasoline and food prices continued to rise and together accounted for
almost three quarters of the seasonally adjusted all items increase
in March. The gasoline index posted its ninth consecutive increase
and has now risen 14.4 percent over the last three months. The
household energy index rose as well, with advances in the fuel oil
and electricity indexes more than offsetting a decline in the index
for natural gas. The food at home index continued to accelerate in
March, rising 1.1 percent as all six major grocery store food groups
increased."
George S| 4.26.11 @ 12:18PM
Okay, name one thing that is lower in price today than three months ago.
Drunken Sailor| 4.26.11 @ 12:42PM
A Obama bumper sticker?
Redstateboy| 4.26.11 @ 8:41AM
Hey ! Mr. Lord!! Don't forget about the employment situation!!! There's about 6-7 "Qualified" (not just bodies) for every job and soooooo........! with such a over-abundance of labor available - wages are collapsing! Supply and Demand!! So we're get'n Screwed by Hussein both ways! Inflation coupled with low wages (or a poor job market) Thank You Hussein Voters!!! You frig'n Morons!! Look what you did?!!! Ya brought us a plague!!
Melvin| 4.26.11 @ 8:50AM
People, don't forget the Soros factor. This man, and his vast well funded network, will stop at nothing, and I mean nothing to get Obama reelected.
There are nefarious forces afoot that we cannot see, that are going to ensure that the above happens.
daddio| 4.26.11 @ 9:46AM
+1
Minuteman| 4.26.11 @ 10:03AM
This ghoul Soros has bet agaist the American People. He will lose.
Let's roll!
Ned| 4.26.11 @ 10:45AM
as long as you're mentioning Soros, remember where much of his billions came from - he orchestrated the collapse of the British pound, and nearly destroyed that country's economy... and he's doing it again here, now with Simple Barry's full cooperation and help...
Mark| 4.26.11 @ 10:54AM
I want you to prove that conspiracy theory. Point to the evidence ANYWHERE.
Intelligent Design| 4.26.11 @ 8:54AM
This past weekend it cost 177% more than it did in September 2001 to fill my car, up from $27.50 to $76.19 (big tank, diesel @ $4.02 per gallon). We have made zero progress toward being less dependent on foreign, often hostile oil, since 9/11/01. The U.S. is literally asleep at the wheel while Obama and his Demo-Socialist comrades block the usage of domestic oil. Meanwhile, the Demagogue-in-Chief makes speeches accusing American oil companies of manipulating prices, and probably 45% of the public is dumb enough to buy his story.
The Big E| 4.26.11 @ 8:54AM
Mr. Lord, I think you SHOULD have this exactly right. As I have opined in comments before, Obama's record is so horrific that we should be able to run most anyone and beat him. In fact, I see only three things which could reasonably stop that from happening:
1. Donald Trump - if he runs as an Independent, welcome to four more years of Obamaflation.
2. The Ignorance of the American Voter - there are many people in this country who are so obsessed with celebrity, and who value appearance over substance, that they will still vote for Obama either because they think he's "cool," or they think they'll be "cool" for voting for a black man. And they're going to have these conceptions reinforced to them over and over and over by the only source of information they think matters - the entertainment industry. They literally lack the common sense to make the connection between higher prices and government policy. In their minds, the higher prices will be the fault of greedy capitalists, because that's what will be the "cool" thing to think according - again - to the entertainment industry.
3. Sheer lack of confidence on our part - day after day, in the comments on this site, there are people who are certain that we can't win, they seem to feel we have to nominate a re-incarnation of Ronald Reagan, or someone even better, to win in 2012. I say baloney to that. Any Republican nominated SHOULD win this elections if:
a. We get behind them and support them, instead staying home like crybabies, or voting for some third party candidate (like Donald Trump), because the person we wanted didn't win, and
b. We refuse to support candidates in the primary who devote their campaign to beating up the other Republicans. If the Republican primaries devolve into a mudslinging matches it will suck all the energy out of any campaign before the general election, and make Obama look to be above the fray.
Ned| 4.26.11 @ 11:20AM
Take a look at what Tom Sowell has to say this morning, before you have too much faith in The Donald
http://www.nationalreview.com/.....mas-sowell
The Big E| 4.26.11 @ 12:29PM
Ned, I think you must have misunderstood my comments about Mr. Trump. In my opinion he is Barack Obama's best hope for re-election. The only thing Trump cares about is Trump, and the more desperate conservatives feed his ego the more likely it is that he will come back to bite us.
Michael Tomlinson| 4.26.11 @ 10:39PM
I spoke with a liberal yesterday who believes Obama's only hope is a 2012 moron like Perot (i.e., Donald Trump).
Paul from SA| 4.26.11 @ 9:22AM
Food prices are way up in San Antonio. I haven't documented individual prices, but I estimate ALL grocery food is 30% higher since January. They can't continue to reduce the portions to fool us.
Gas has doubled since last year.
My bank account is much smaller as a result. The reduced consumption in other sectors will be apparent in time.
If the GOP nominates a conservative, Obama cannot win.
Kazooskibum| 4.26.11 @ 9:26AM
"Leading from behind". It's the Obama way.
Larry| 4.26.11 @ 9:43AM
Kind of like a bottom feeder.
skip| 4.26.11 @ 7:11PM
Interesting moniker. I guess, technically, Bittersweet and Timber Ridge can be considered actual skiing. Of course, the same can be said of the Boynes too.
Derek Leaberry| 4.26.11 @ 9:28AM
As long as the Republicans insist on nominating the pro-homosexual, pro-abortion, pro-socialized medicine and pro-amnesty Mitt Romney, Barack Obama will be re-elected.
Redstateboy| 4.26.11 @ 2:09PM
Rush mentioned it today... (Rush often mentions things I've been saying for quite some time) 3 Conservatives he wish'd would stand up and run.. Marco Rubio, Alan West and BOBBY JINDEL!!!!
Anyone of these guys would whip Hussein with one hand tied behind their back!
JimP| 4.26.11 @ 9:28AM
Now if we can nominate an actual conservative, which means most emphatically NO Huckabee. Only the suckers and uninformed think Huck is a real conservative. If you liked 'W's policies, you'll love Huck.
Ken (Old Texican)| 4.26.11 @ 9:29AM
Big E
you are spot on. Well summarized.
Johnny Rebel| 4.26.11 @ 9:41AM
I don't care who runs against Obama, I will vote for that person. It is an "Anyone But Obama" election, we can not have this guy for 4 more years. I'd take Sarah Palin, or ANYONE, even Daffy Duck, if he is the republican nominee.
Merlin| 4.26.11 @ 10:36AM
Johnny Rebel,
I understand how you feel, but suppose we elect a moderate republican. He does not repeal obamacare, but maybe removes some of the more objectional provisions. He does not balance the budget, but reduces the deficit, etc. This just slows the decline and Republicans and by defalt conservatives will still get the blame for the continuing decline and inevitable crash.
It may be better to have Obama than a RINO. The lesson will be clearer, and without a majority of Americans understanding why we support the constitution, why we want freedom, why capitalism is best, it will just be more of the same creaping (galloping) socialism that we have had for the last 70+ years.
I fear that we have to learn a painful lesson.
Paul from SA| 4.26.11 @ 11:45AM
Merlin,
I'm just not sure.... Sometimes it's better to take one step back to take two steps forward, but with Obama, I think we must replace him before further permanent damage is caused.
Perot and Clinton led to 2000 with a Republican president and congress. That was supposed to be the rejection of Clinton (and Gore). But it was not a rejection of big-gov't.
Obama, the Democrats AND their big-gov't policies must be rejected, not just Obama personally.
The Big E| 4.26.11 @ 12:33PM
You're not taking into consideration what Obama might do once he DOESN"T have to run for re-election. Obama MUST be defeated, and I'll vote for even the worst RINO over him this time around.
We cannot give this man four years and a free rein. There will be no country left if we do.
G.S. Patton| 4.26.11 @ 9:41AM
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 2:46PM
Are you doing the "Crash Test Dummies" song, George? I admit he is a dummy, and we're in a crash.
Ken in Tyler| 4.26.11 @ 9:48AM
To those who say something to the effect that any Republican will be an improvement, I point out that "better" will get us to the same destination just (perhaps) at a slower speed. "Better" will not and cannot restore the Republic. Won't someone please stand up and say, "If elected I will veto any legislation not clearly authorized by the Constitution as it was ratified and I will work for the repeal of existing legislation for which there is no explicit authorization in the Constitution." Please!
To Mr Lord, kindly note the current move to form a committee which will provide a scapegoat for the increasing fuel prices. Once identified as an evil speculator, it will lay the foundation for more power accumulation in Executive Branch. And while the sheeple may not like that, they will gladly accept the new program of food and fuel stamps for anyone but the "rich". Who will vote on principle when the One is taking such good care of his subjects? Who will vote against the new "free" entitlements?
Mark MacInnis| 4.26.11 @ 10:09AM
Remember....I called it out in February of '09....I continue to stick with my prediction. Obama will NOT be the democratic nominee in 2012. His OWN PARTY will put the kibosh on his 2nd-term aspirations. It is the only prayer they have of holding on to any portion of power, as the Senate will sweep into republican hands.
Minuteman| 4.26.11 @ 10:57AM
Though I would agree with you that the Democrats suffer mightily staying with him, I believe the race baiting foundation they have set up for themselves gives Obama an ace in the hole to the nomination, on top of the sycophantic media support, his Chicago modus operandi, and his control of the levers of power. To divorce themselves from the historic first back man elected as president would be just as painful as taking the hit of having him stay on.
bill mackabin| 4.26.11 @ 11:16AM
i disagree. The democrat party will never consider replacing their first black president. no. obama will run. biden will step down and hillary will be his vp. biden will be blamed and take the blame. hillary, after much prodding, will reluctantly accept the position. the emphasis will not be on obama's abilities, but on hillary's accomplishments.
the media will jump all over this ticket. they will focus on her accomplishments in foriegn policy and attempt to get americans to link her with the 90's economy.
the problem with this article is the author does not take into account the current American condition - ignorance and lack of discernment. i am not confident that americans will vote with the intelligence. i believe they will vote with their emotions.
Minuteman| 4.26.11 @ 11:42AM
I agree that they vote with their emotions, but when folks hear that final click of the gas nozzle shutting off and look to see they just paid $55 to fill up their gas tank, or the final ring of the cash register shows their weekly food budget is $100 higher, the emotion they had in 2008 caused by warmnfuzzy, hopeychangey, rose fragranced unicorn farts will certainly be replaced by a different emotion.
Indy| 4.26.11 @ 10:11AM
I'm not so confident about the outcome of the 2012 election, much can happen between now and then. We have an electorate who is up to speed on pop culture and sports but have limited knowledge on actions of the Fed and how it drives inflation.
Informative graphics on the Fed / economic trends can be found here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/.....nteractive
We have the GOP which has demonstrated it can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory; let's face it, they have yet to put together a simple messaging strategy on how using our own resources not only reduces our dependence on foreign oil, it creates good paying jobs.
We have the media constantly beating the leftist drum...24 / 7 we hear about the record oil profits and evil corporations but nothing on the Fed policies driving inflation, they do not report about the many countries drilling in the gulf and with Shell not drilling in the artic, do you honestly think Russia will sit on the sidelines, no, they will drill even more. Does the press tell voters about the $2B US taxpayers that we loaned to Brazil to drill, deeper than BP was drilling in the gulf? How many rigs have moved out of the gulf? Who is drilling off the coast of Cuba? I would prefer Americans drill close to our shores; honestly, there should be greater emphasis drilling on land, it's safer...but the Fedreal land grab continues while many Americans focus on the next winner of American Idol.
And what about the Unions, Acorn, Soros and his machine? They will not go away quietly, the GOP ground game is poor and I don't see anything encouraging me to think it's moving in the right direction. So what are you doing to help defeat the Leftist machine? Though I am an independent, I am planning on attending a GOP meeting to offer suggestions on building a ground game and make suggestions on defining a clear message. I hope all posters here are active as well, we must get off the couch.
Minuteman| 4.26.11 @ 11:01AM
Nothing Obama will do at this point will make life better for the electorate, in fact his policies will continue to make things worse. Only a strong third party candidate could save his chances by syphoning off votes from viable opposition.
Indy| 4.26.11 @ 12:10PM
Do you really think they understand that? So many live in a 30 sec sound bite world, they have no idea socialism is failing in Europe, the news doesn't cover it, you cannot assume that the majority of the electorate is educating themselves like those of us here. Think about the youth and our education system, are they being taught critical thinking or are they being indoctrinated?
They believe in unicorns, i.e. solar and wind will solve our energy problems.
Why don't we see this on the news? "Congressman Don Young urges the opening of ANWR, the GOP needs to pound this message, over and over again"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlfmvwxxgHM
Tenn Slim| 4.26.11 @ 10:16AM
"The U.S. bond market has begun sending a message that inflation risks are rising and the Federal Reserve may be too slow to act, potentially marking a significant turning point in the economic recovery."
S & P negative rating also. Inflation alone will not do the job. Add the FP fiascos, the EPA and Czar's heavy hand and the die is cast.
end
Semper fi
Mark| 4.26.11 @ 10:58AM
What we need now is a GOD fearing Republican, who can quote the Bible, to be nominated as President. ONLY a man who knows Jesus can sustain this nation against clearly maniacal anti-Jesus Democrats. Liberals (who are mostly Dems), hate Jesus and God so much that they want nothing more than to see the total and complete destruction of this nation.
Once American WAKES UP and elects a man of God to live in the White House, he can then start rounding up Dems and putting them in the camps. There, the Dems can be converted to love Jesus more than their mothers. Once that happens, they can be released from the camps to spread the word to their families. Families are important. And only families that love Jesus should be allowed to vote, too.
Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 4.26.11 @ 11:42AM
Mark: Are you new to your job? As in new hire? Well congratulations to you, for finally getting off of the unemployment line, and at long last earning your own way once again. But if your new job is to come to this site to provoke us, well umm, you're not very good at it yet Mark. Maybe you should attend that weekend class that the Huffington Post is offering now, "An introduction on how to cast aspersions, and wreak havoc on Conservative websites". It's worth the price I hear, and you might actually learn how to come in here and stir up some real shit, instead of your bubblegum attack approach (which isn't very good). Think of it, as an investment in your future, as professional leftist dickhead. I wish you well!!
Drunken Sailor| 4.26.11 @ 12:08PM
LLL, I was thinking the same thing. This guy makes Vtwin look good
simon templar| 4.26.11 @ 12:11PM
Case, in point. A rookie in the training of deceit, manipulation, and propaganda. Mark, you are going to have to make a better effort than this. Lenin would be very ashamed. You have to be more subtle. I would suggest you tone it down..perhaps pick up some christian literature and use some of the buzzwords and lingo you pick up there.
Larry| 4.26.11 @ 12:28PM
Thanks for a really insightful post Mark. Don't you have anything better to do though, like congratulating yourself for being an ultrasenstive 21st century lib scum male who's not afraid to cry in public for no reason? Like telling yourself over and over again that you're not a racist because B. Hussein Obama sends a tingle up your leg and probably elsewhere? Like telling everyone else to do their part to fight the terrible global warming that we experieinced this past winter with record cold and record snow while you hop aboard your private jet? Just a few suggestions so that you can better spend your time and REALLY make a difference.
Jeff Perren | 4.26.11 @ 11:39AM
Federal regulations were responsible for pushing oil exploration out into deep water; close-to-shore drilling - easier to do, easier to clean up in case of accident - was/is forbidden by regulations.
Cabermon| 4.26.11 @ 11:57AM
Don't forget that he's trendily "bad at math."
simon templar| 4.26.11 @ 12:04PM
As much as I would like to believe that this prediction is correct, I must point out that history has shown us a different picture. The progressives are planning a re-election strategy of Clinton not Carter. They are working rather furiously to influence a split in the center to right public. The MSM will determine the GOP line up and make damn sure it consist of candidates that will create division among conservatives and moderates. They can not afford to allow what happened in the last election where the people bypassed the establishment beltway and the MSM and chose their own candidates. They are counting on creating enough confusion, distraction, and division that will enable a re-election even if it is by a small margin or a Perot like split and drain on votes. Lets not get too cocky here and declare victory before the battle. Please let us not fight among ourselves or get swept up in the moment of excitement or the sweet rhetoric of candidates who may not really be the best for the country or are the real thing. Stay focused, aware, and don not fall for the same old tricks that have been played on us in the past. I think we must move forward with caution and careful examination. Yes, progressives are by nature very incompetent in matters of the world and the practicalities of life such as economics but they are extremely clever and excel in the realms of manipulation and deceipt. So, be forewarned.
Mattled| 4.26.11 @ 12:08PM
Obama's Energy Plan for America:
F**K You-----while you pay for my jet, entourage, vacations, fund raising, my wife's second jet, and children's private education.
Suckers. Period.
vitadMD| 4.26.11 @ 12:21PM
Lots of buried roadside IED's to go off yet...
CJohnson| 4.26.11 @ 12:27PM
It may not be this year but it will eventually occur to the brainwashed massses that our 'wealth' is still untapped. We have copper, silver, gold, platinum, etc. We have oil, natural gas and coal bleeding out of the ground. We have only to collect and sell it rather than hoarding it. We are also the cleanest, most efficient extractors of these resources and are the experts in planning for sustainable development.
Steel recycling anyone?
RCV| 4.26.11 @ 12:28PM
As regular readers of TAS know, I don't pretend to be either a Republican or a conservative. But here's an observation for you for what it's worth:
Whether the GOP will take advantage of the opportunity they have in 2012 is doubtful, because the party seems divided at a crucial juncture.
You have, on the one hand, serious thoughtful conservatives like Paul Ryan who could attract independents and even some Democrats, by putting forth a well-thought agenda that would appeal to not only the GOP base, but a much broader spectrum.
But many in the party seem intent on going down the road of absurdity: Donald Trump, a narcissistic blowhard; birtherism; the Paulbot libertarian wing; and Bachmann/Palin, who appeal to the core but simply turn off independents and Democrats.
If you choose the latter, as it appears you may, Obama's reelection is a sure thing.
vitadMD| 4.26.11 @ 12:31PM
You underestimate Gov. Palin... Do your research and get involved in the grassroots movement.
George S| 4.26.11 @ 1:58PM
You have no idea what people are thinking or saying because you don't hear or read about it in the MSM. Instead, what you are hearing is how unelectable Palin is, or what a whack job Trump is, or that RomneyCare is worst than ObamaCare, or that polls show this, polls show that. Independents? How many do you personally know or have talked to? I'll bet none; yet you are convinced about what they will do because that is what the MSM is saying. You think you are the only one concerned about the direction the Democrats are taking us. You're wrong. There are millions of others. You just can't hear them.
Chin up, old boy. Obama made things worse since last November. His reelection is by no means a sure thing. Or an even bet.
Reprobate Charlatan Vomitus| 4.26.11 @ 1:58PM
I don't bother with silly Bush destroyed twin towers and occupants 9/11/2001 after stealing the presidency 1/20/2000 liberal blowhard trutherism on sanctimonious repetitious conservative birtherism matters.
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 2:49PM
I'm sorry, but I thought Paul Ryan would make an excellent President. He wants to take a knife to entitlements.
But RCV, Bachmann is actually a tax lawyer with a Master's in Law in just that. She's neither stupid nor shallow.
RCV| 4.26.11 @ 3:32PM
As an attorney, I've met many well-educated tax lawyers who I wouldn't let within 50 miles of the White House. Palin or Bachmann would be simply be toxic to non-GOP true believers.
Reprobate Charlatan Vomitus| 4.26.11 @ 3:58PM
I don't bother with silly well deserved reputations of attorneys in general on specifically being absolutely convinced I'm melting every single time I step in dog shit matters.
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 2:54PM
It's good to see you back, RCV. It's nice to have someone to disagree with without being disagreeable.
RCV| 4.26.11 @ 3:32PM
Same to you, Occam!
somnolence| 4.26.11 @ 12:34PM
I'll say it for the hundredth time even to the most expert, astute, die-hard political operatives and jealous sexists: Yes, even Sarah Palin would beat Obama in an election today. You cannot prove otherwise. The election is most certainly about him, not her or any other candidate. He has a 3 year record of total incompetence, and even worse, negligence. Once again, prove me wrong.
RCV| 4.26.11 @ 12:45PM
Look at the polls. Obama would swamp Palin.
George S| 4.26.11 @ 2:02PM
Stop it. Palin would destroy Obama, look at the crowds she attracts. What other person does that? This is why Palin is feared -- the "polls" you read are telling you something that isn't by a media with an interest in protecting Obama.
Steve A| 4.26.11 @ 12:38PM
Trump has no shot. The appeal of Trump, Palin & Bachmann is that they have no fear of taking it to Obama & the left & this is what the base is craving after 8 years of watching Bush act as a human punching bag. Romney & Pawlenty are the front runners & either one wins big.
RCV| 4.26.11 @ 12:47PM
Will the rightist diehards come out and work for Romney? Ask that question, Steve, and see what the response from the base is.
Steve A| 4.26.11 @ 1:02PM
Here is what I think. There are 2 things I am positive about in 2012: #1: The "rightist diehards" are not going to sit at home. #2: They are definitely going to vote & it will not be for Obama.
Just as the hard left is dissapointed in Obama's many "compromises," you can bet your bottom $$ they will pull the lever for him in 2012. The momentum is hugely in favor of the GOP, regardless of the candidate & it is "theirs to lose."
Dai Alanye | 4.26.11 @ 1:08PM
Why should rightists, die-hard or otherwise, support Romney? Many of his policies are potentially harmful, and based on his Massachusetts record his spine is limp.
Yeah, I'd probably pull the lever for him vs Obama, but with no great enthusiasm. I've said it before and intend to keep saying it: Rick Santorum is the best conservative bet.
Steve A| 4.26.11 @ 1:25PM
Dai, Why should you support Romney if he is the choice? Easy: He is not Obama. He has a clue on the private sector.
Would he be my first pick? Absolutely no possible way, but if he is the nominee, I would run to the poll to pull the lever for him.
PS: If the election were held today & it was a repeat of 2008, McCain wins all day long. Not even close.
George S| 4.26.11 @ 2:06PM
Again, you are projecting your fears to other people... you don't know what other people are thinking. Obama is toast, you can feel it, you can sense it now more than ever. Higher prices, unemployment, no recovery, and now SCOTUS driving home the reality of ObamaCare. The fear -- the fear you can almost taste. Stop listening to the media -- they are making things up. And they are getting to you.
Ken (Old Texican)| 4.26.11 @ 2:28PM
RCV,
welcome back. You are the smartest opposition we have here.
May I make an observation?
If you "succeed" you get shot.
Your politicians will be shot...... and God help us all.
We have been very patient out here in the real world, allowing you communists, (pardon the shorthand), to avoid the death penalty.
The time is rapidly approaching...where we simply cannot, and retain our liberty.
Patriots,
Please quit buying ammo. You have enough!
Personally, with my big mouth... I will be lucky to get off six rounds.
NO!
Get a low light monocular...for night-time. If you got few bucks...get an infrared sight as well.
You can buy them at Walmart.
Thank you for our grandkids.
RCV| 4.26.11 @ 3:05PM
Ken, sometimes your posts are worth reading. This kind of drivel, however, shows you at your worst.
Drunken Sailor| 4.26.11 @ 3:13PM
I don't know about at his worst. I learned I can get a infrared sight at Wal-Mart.
Reprobate Charlatan Vomitus| 4.26.11 @ 4:21PM
I don't bother with silly self-evident embarrassments on my drivel highlighted by an astute sotted salt when advocating for the party that simply will not allow the half who pay no taxes to bear the burden of the other half who aren't paying their fair share of taxes matters.
Drunken Sailor| 4.27.11 @ 10:14AM
Actually that is "Astute sotted well armed salt"
Reprobate Charlatan Vomitus| 4.27.11 @ 12:02PM
I don't bother with silly astute sotted well armed both day and night salts when disdaining 'worthless drivel' sanctimoniously while being a 'well armed' asswipe whether day or night matters.
Bob Grant| 4.26.11 @ 5:53PM
"Will the rightist diehards come out and work for Romney? Ask that question, Steve, and see what the response from the base is."
With Obamanonics ( $6.00 a gallon gas, stagflation, general malaise)? ....damn straight!!!!
Dennis| 4.26.11 @ 12:53PM
Couldn't agree more. I am so sick of hearing liberal (and even some so-called "conservative" talking heads saying that Obama will probably be re-elected. Why I always ask? Look at his record, which is what voters do. ObamaCare is hugely unpopular, inflation of ALL products is going up, we're now involved in THREE wars (despite Obama running as an anti- war candidate), the border is porous and left undefended and I could go on....
Richie M.| 4.26.11 @ 1:23PM
Obama is structurally incapable of behaving in any other way than what we've experienced since 2009. His upbringing, education and life's experience make it impossible for him to be anyone other than exactly who he is, politically and ideologically. His ideas HAVE to work because he's always been taught that they will.
Throw in some Chicago-style gangster governance and bingo! Barack Obama!
somnolence| 4.26.11 @ 1:36PM
What polls are you talking about, RCV?
somnolence| 4.26.11 @ 1:40PM
I'm sure most folks on this blog would say that your polls are highly skewed, and there is really no way you can prove otherwise. Obama is toast if he is matched against Palin as she WILL win the Independent vote. Dream on if you will of an Obama victory against anyone. Ain't gonna happen no matter what POLL you cite. Good luck.
RCV| 4.26.11 @ 2:04PM
Check out Real Clear Politics.com, which is an independent tracker of presidential polls. Here's the latest Marist poll, as only one example:
"However, Obama outdistances former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. A majority -- 56% -- believe they will vote for Obama if Palin receives the Republican nomination. 34%, though, say they will cast their ballot for Palin. One in ten -- 10% -- are undecided. In January, the same proportion of voters -- 56% -- supported Obama while 30% backed Palin. 13%, at the time, were undecided."
George S| 4.26.11 @ 2:10PM
Go to the polls before the 1980 and 1984 elections. Not one showed a landslide for Reagan. Polls are samples created out of questions posed to people who are self-conscious about how they answer. This is why Democrats want to get rid of the secret ballot in unionization drives. And why they would love to get rid of it at election time. Once the curtain closes, you are alone with your thoughts. Polls and statistics -- data manipulation to satisfy the one who is paying for it.
RCV| 4.26.11 @ 3:06PM
I don't know of a single Democrat, George, who wants to get rid of the secret ballot in political elections. None.
emo| 4.26.11 @ 6:43PM
Not true about 1984. Polls consistently showed Reagan with a 20 point lead. There was ONE poll done by Newsweak after the DEM convention and before the GOP convention that had Mondale 48 Reagan 46. But that was it.
Polls have been infact quite accurate. I would say there was probably a slight GOP bias to the polls in 2010. Sharon Angle was not polled to lose by 5. Christine ODonnell was not polled to lose by 17. Most polls had the GOP winning more than 65 House seats.
emo| 4.26.11 @ 6:45PM
It is reasonable that Obama would win 56-57% of the vote to Palin's 42-43% if she were the GOP nominee. That would push AZ, GA, MO, MT, SC into the Dem column. It would make TX very very close.
Todd| 4.27.11 @ 4:56PM
"TX very close"? "Obama would win 56-57%of the vote"?
LOL! First of all, forget Texas.
Second of all, you're saying that the Obama that has been the epic fail the last two years and has an average approval rating of 50% right now would beat the media protected "hope & change" obama in the popular vote? LOL!
No.
somnolence| 4.26.11 @ 1:49PM
She or anyone else wins because the election is not about her or them. It is about Obama. Once and IF(the key word) she announces, it will be high drama and her gloves come off. I'm sure liberals will try to strangle themselves. Because, as if you say, she is to lose, then really, she has nothing to lose. Think about it. I do know I'm confident, a lot more so than many in the GOP, like the Roves, the Bushes, etc. the same tired old boys network put before us every four years or so. So I ask again, just what damned poll are you talking about?
Steve A| 4.26.11 @ 1:50PM
One thing the Dems. & Leftists are not factoring in for 2012 is the short attention span & lack of patience of the American public. We want results .....NOW. We want action. We do not like to wait in line, on hold & be promised gold & delivered a bag of garbage instead.
Obama will have been given a 4 year tryout by 2012 & the way the Economy is tracking, he has simply not delivered. End of story. We are the Manager with the quick hook who yanks the starting pitcher after he walks in 2 runs in the 1st. Get somebody else in there, anybody, the manager phones to the bullpen. He walks to the mound & takes the ball from Barak, who could never reach home with his heater anyway. Just google his first pitch efforts. He is a first round draft pick bust if there ever was one.
Bob Grant| 4.26.11 @ 2:53PM
"...he simply has not delivered..." is putting it lightly.
He's destroying the country. Lets put it in proper perspective.
Oldefarte| 4.26.11 @ 1:53PM
The STUPIDITY of 11/2/08 caused this to now occur predictably. Anyone and everyone who voted for these DOMESTIC TERRORISTS now running our government have no one but themselves to blame for this, so I certainly hope that they enjoy the current exorbatant prices of products that they buy [along with the even more outrageous explosion of consumer prices that are in the near future]. Forrest Gump intelligently proclaimed, STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES [and they did do so on 11/2/08]!!!!!!!!!
gary siebel| 4.26.11 @ 1:59PM
So, planning the assassination already, is that it? After all, there is no other way than death to guarantee Obama will not be re-elected, and considering the tone of the RW commentary here ("must be stopped at all costs", etc), I figure quite a few of your readers, and writers, are hearing the voices that tell them to stay home and polish their guns. You wont beat the rap the same as for Jared, however. The backlash will be very violent.
Drunken Sailor| 4.26.11 @ 3:14PM
So much for the call for civility from the left, huh Gary? Project much?
Oldefarte| 4.26.11 @ 4:44PM
Our 'guns' are called VOTES, BUDGET CUTS, IMPEACHMENT, etc.......STUPID!!!!
Todd| 4.27.11 @ 4:51PM
gary, you're a typical obama supporter. An ignoramous spewing sargent shultz talking points from your candy little *ss.
JimH| 4.26.11 @ 1:59PM
Between the TARPS and QEs and whatnot so much liquidity was pumped into the economy and just sloshing around without any proportional increase in goods and services. It used to be easier for the government to debase the currency as so much more of what we purchased was domestically produced. Now our foreign suppliers are aware that our currency is not worth what it used to be relative to theirs and accordingly raise their prices. I don’t have the numbers but I would think that the price of gas has not risen nearly as much in places where the currency is stable. Inflation is great for debtors but terrible for savers. If AARP was worth anything to their members they should be screaming about this.
Bo| 4.26.11 @ 2:03PM
The only thing that will save Obama is the GOP nominating some shmuck with no chance of winning.
RCV| 4.26.11 @ 2:05PM
..and that's what will happen...
Rancid Contemptible Vileness| 4.26.11 @ 2:40PM
I don't bother with silly realities as self-proclaimed constitutional scholar supporting tyranny of democracy and self-proclaimed real Christian love expert supporting abortion and homsexuality and redistribution of wealth and coveting thy neighbor on self-proclaimed arbiter of reality matters.
Occam's Tool| 4.26.11 @ 2:52PM
I don't agree with RCV a great deal, but I'm fascinated in one thing he said---where's the appeal of Ryan to Democrats and Independents?
The last Republican to really appeal to Democrats of an old-fashioned type was Ronaldus Magnus. I'm interested in why RCV sees such qualities in Ryan, and does he see them, in, say, West or Cain?
RCV| 4.26.11 @ 3:27PM
The qualities I most admire in Ryan, in addition to his evident intelligence and disdain for political demagoguery, are his willingness to recognize that there are real problems out there that government can and must help address, and his creativity in offering solutions that are workable and realistic, while remaining true to his free market principles. His medical insurance reform proposal, for example, is one of the most thoughtful ideas I've seen on the subject. It would provide real assistance to the poor and disadvantaged in securing access to needed health care, while at the same time not throwing public money around to those who don't require assistance.
I'm not saying I agree with him on all or even most political issues, but he is a guy I could consider supporting, if the other variables were in line. (I could never -- and I mean never -- support a ticket which offers the second spot to some vacuous demagogue like Palin or Bachmann.) I voted twice for Ronald Reagan because I believed that he was exactly what was needed to revive the American spirit after the Carter years. I don't expect to vote for the GOP candidate in 2012, but we'll have to see what the offerings are a year from now.
I am throughly unimpressed with Cain, and West is still too much of an unproven quantity for me to have any definitive views on.
Retched Contradictory Vanity| 4.26.11 @ 3:47PM
I don't bother with silly considerations of continuous sanctimonious defense of Barry Hussein re support of the only one who has provided a remotely serious option to the debt debacle if the office held by geniuses Humphrey and Mondale and Gore and Biden is offered to someone actually intelligent and honest and moral while further considerations reveal the only remotely serious option would still increase the debt over eight trillion dollars the next decade matters.
Steve A| 4.26.11 @ 3:40PM
If you see Ryan interviewed, you come away simply impressed. The guy has tact, clarity, intelligence & charm. He is straightforward & speaks the hard truth on difficult subject. He has the intangible "it." There is no question.
Strudwick Wickerwire| 4.26.11 @ 2:19PM
I equate a vote for Obonehead with a head first dive into a running wood chipper. Why would you do such a thing?
Milk is something I have a handle on, I buy powdered, reason: The fresh milk was going sour before I could finish the container. So I thought, maybe the quality of the powdered had improved in the last 55 years or so and surprise, it had! Now the biggest inconvenience is having to mix the stuff-up, but problem solved! Of course there's the specter of Obuckethead's economy: Last month the milk was $2.71 a pound, this month $3.61, do the math.
Omugabe didn't get my vote the 1st time and certainly won't get it the next time!!!
All of the MSM has Obonehead winning the 2012 election, how ludicrous!!! Doesn't there have to be RESULTS to win re-election, just where the flyin-flip are Obuckedhead's, "Duh! Winning!" results!!!
Red Route 1| 4.26.11 @ 2:57PM
daddio: Just take them on a drive through D.C. with the windows rolled down. Cheers!
DRed| 4.26.11 @ 3:05PM
http://www.breitbart.com/artic....._article=1
Milk was $3.80 a gallon in 2007. Americans like paying less for milk. Therefore, Obama will cruise to re-election. Simple, right?
JP| 4.26.11 @ 3:11PM
Here's what will happen: a)Obama and the Dems will sink the economy.
b)The GOP will nominate the "safe", and "mature" candidate. Probably Mitt or Mitch
c)The GOP will win in 2012 by landslides. The GOP will win very large majorities across the board
d)The new GOP majority will continue many if not most of Obama's policies including ObamaCare.
RCV| 4.26.11 @ 3:45PM
Here's what I think will happen, based on present trends: Romney will capture the GOP nomination, and name a smart Vice Presidential running mate (Ryan, Rubio?). But Donald Trump will indeed run as an independent when he fails to secure the GOP nomination. He will siphon off enough birther votes and the votes of the GOP right who can't stomach Romney to allow for Obama's reelection.
If I was a conspiracy theorist -- and I'm not -- I'd believe that Trump is secretly working for the Democratic party.
John Navratil| 4.26.11 @ 6:02PM
RCV,
He would be a serious danger in a three-way contest. However, consider that there no way a third-party candidate could win based on history and the fact that the bases will be plenty riled up for 2012.
With no chance of winning the Donald will dither about, keep himself in the news then make a big pronouncement about staying out for the some imagined good.
His only shot is to get the GOP nod. He wouldn't risk a high-profile third-place finish.
skip| 4.26.11 @ 6:58PM
John
At least Trump is doing some of the vetting of the idiot liar in chief the media should have done in 08 in the first place.
While geniuses like Reprobate sanctimoniously belittle Trump, Trump is doing real damage to Obama. Trump is helping us now which will help us in 12. It's a win - win. People are too worked up over the republican nominee. For one thing, it's too early in the game. For another, anyone the republicans put up will beat the idiot liar. Even McCain.
John Navratil| 4.26.11 @ 10:19PM
skip,
I can't disagree at all. The issue of the birth certificate is entirely political. Trump IS doing us a favour despite the remonstrations of some.
The next Obama bumper sticker....
Who's O's Daddy?
I suspect that only southerners will get the joke.
Todd| 4.27.11 @ 4:42PM
If it's Mitch, don't look for Obama lite. Mitch is no Mitt.
The idea of nominating Mitt Romney is repulsive to me. The guy is a spinless opportunist who has no problem at all changing positions when it suits him.
somnolence| 4.26.11 @ 3:51PM
RCV, I don't believe that your theory is that far-fetched. I can't understand Hannity having Trump on his show for about the fourth time compared to once or twice for Herman Cain. Something sinister is going on, and I'm not a conspiracy theorist either. Can you see Soros from your house?
somnolence| 4.26.11 @ 3:59PM
The reason I believe that particular poll is bogus is because map demographics show Palin winning every state that Goldwater did in 1964 and more. Dukakis won ten states in 1988, and the difference was only 10% of the popular vote. In other words, RealClear Politics does indeed, need to get real with just those two examples alone. She might very well lose, but not at that margin. There is no evidence around us to support it.
RCV| 4.26.11 @ 4:52PM
Goldwater only won his home state, Arizona, and five deep south states in 1964. Johnson won by a landslide. You're right about Palin doing just about as well as he did.
somnolence| 4.26.11 @ 4:01PM
I've never paid $3.00 for a gallon of milk in my life anywhere. Glad I've mainly lived in Indiana and Texas and shop frequently at The Dollar General Store for milk.
somnolence| 4.26.11 @ 5:15PM
Palin would win states in the West, don't kid yourself.
emo| 4.26.11 @ 6:39PM
Palin would win the following:
AL
MS
LA
OK
WY
ID
UT
Would have a good chance in
KY
SC
TN
AR
KS
NE (4 EVs not 5)
ND
SD
Toss Ups
GA
TX
But beyond that I dont see her winning much else. It would be the worst defeat for a GOP candidate since 1964.
Todd| 4.27.11 @ 4:38PM
The Republicans could run Elvira and still win Indiana next year. Believe me, it will be a LONG LONG time before a Dem Pres candidate wins Indiana again.
It went for a Dem for the first time since 1964 in 2008 and that's after obama poured a TON of cash into the state. Even then he only got 50.3% of the vote.
He won't spend a dime in Indiana this next time around so just out Indiana on the definite Palin state list if she' nominated.
That said, she'll never get the nomination. She screwed herself when she quit the Alaska Gov gig to be a celeb in the lower 48.
I hope it's Daniels.
Michael Teuber| 4.30.11 @ 5:54PM
Cassandra Peterson is the wrong woman.
Forget Indiana, it's in the bag, how about Wisconsin?
'She' will get the nomination if politically aware people, such as yourself, educate yourself about Sarah Palin, including the reasons for her resignation, and stop repeating the Political Class' talking points.
Daniels, thanks to his stab of Scott Walker, will never win Wisconsin.
somnolence| 4.26.11 @ 5:17PM
Frank Luntz just bet $10,000 that Donald Trump won't run for President on Neil Cavuto's Show on Fox(with Stuart Varney sitting in). Also Johnson was very popular in 1964, while Obama is abysmal. Palin wins in a walk. Sorry, RCV.
simon templar| 4.26.11 @ 6:30PM
You forgot to mention that Luntz believed the The Won will probably be re-elected as the electorate is not excited about the alternatives. Look...we need to stop speculating, listening to the so-called experts, and decide for ourselves and work like hell to get that candidates message out there an articulated well to the American public. We, as conservatives will have to take charge of this process and draft someone if need be. But the most important thing that must be done is educate your moderate democrat and independent freinds about the issues and crisis at hand. People must be convinced that 4 more years of this will spell the end of the nation.
Who Knows?| 4.26.11 @ 6:33PM
Keep in mind the two key economic metrics---
Lagging indicators and
The ratchet effect.
Printing money has a lagging effect, so my guess is that inflation has only just begun to REALLY "trickle down" into all retail prices.
And, it won't be possible to do much GOOD about it for years!
As for the ratchet effect, people are creatures of habit. So, as we get to experience the exogenous effects of inflation and political rhetoric, especially ramped up by Obama, for a while folks will defend their current "consumption", in terms of dollars and "food for thought", but before too long, they will be forced to ratchet back AND---
see Obama in a whole different light, as the ONE who caused them real problems.
Ever wonder why, of the four tastes of sweet, sour, salty and bitter, people always settle into a life that MUST HAVE sugar?
When born, the FIRST taste is sweet mother's milk.
There you have it---humans are stuck on their mother's tit, always futilely trying to reconnect with just-born sweetness.
Extrapolte to "mature" adults as they must process the coming BITTER and SOUR and even SALTY tastes brought to them by Obama!
YUCK!
It won't be a pretty lagging and ratcheting future!
emo| 4.26.11 @ 6:36PM
Sorry, I believe Obama (I still get a huge kick out the fact my computer thinks Obama is a mis-spelled word...LOL)will be re-elected, but perhaps with a diminished majority. I also wouldnt be surprised if the Dems pick up 20-30 House seats. The USA, thanks to 46 years of uncontrolled immigration and 50 years of marxist indoctrination in the schools, is today an Idiocracy.
There is a political party in the United States that wishes to destroy the country as it currently exists. To make it into a socialist welfare state, with crony corporations and benefits from "identity politics". To make the USA and its people unexceptional. So long as that is the case, we will always be ONE election away from losing the country. No country can survive in that situation for long.
simon templar| 4.26.11 @ 6:40PM
When I hear people speculate and say "here is what will happen," I also hear within this, "We are victims to everything outside of ourselves and we can not determine who will be our representatives or what will be our fate." The Tea Party is growing larger every day, the tide is turning against the progressives. Do not squander our advances on needless speculation, conspiracy, distractions, sensationalism, negative predictions. Look at conservative media. One half is cock sure that he will not be re-elected, the other half convinced he will be. Does this serve our cause? Let us WORK together so he will damn not be.
somnolence| 4.26.11 @ 7:15PM
You conveniently left out Ohio and Indiana, Emo. And Wisconsin. And Nevada. I would place a money bet if she was the nominee she would win them all. Unconvincing argument. She would win Texas in a walk, about as easy as W did.
somnolence| 4.26.11 @ 7:18PM
I will work like hell for everyone except Trump. He can go to hell.
Pat| 4.26.11 @ 7:30PM
Next time you bump into Obama or The Donald at the grocery store complain about the high food prices, maybe use some harsh language to drive your point home. Nah, that won’t happen – Obama and Trump aren’t thumping melons over in the produce section. It’s great to be rich though, send the servants down to the store for some groceries, food prices are their mundane concern. Certainly Obama isn’t sweating the price of lettuce, the White House kitchen has a generous annual food stipend - you, me and that guy next door are paying for it. The daily menu within the Roosevelt dining room is always impressive - after all, we Americans have a national image to maintain among the various dignitaries chowing down within Washington’s richly paneled eating halls. And throwing the Obama out come next election won’t lower tomato prices either but at least everyone will feel satisfied while industrially snipping “$1.00 off” coupons from within the weekly shopper.
The Clintons never worried about food prices either – and now they’ve become rich serving their country, what a coincidence. Still, we’re allowed to vote our consciences every few years, we can gleefully boot the most recent taxpayer-made millionaire out of the White House come next election, maybe a few in Congress as well. That’s not a very scrumptious dessert but under our bizarre political system we must feed the poor with our taxes, we must feed the White House’s guests with our taxes and we taxpayers can still “eat cake” as Marie Antoinette suggested – at least until the Feds decide cake isn’t healthy.
Byron| 4.26.11 @ 7:52PM
We could keep all this simple. You have to produce something of value. Otherwise you must borrow from countries that do.
Nite| 4.26.11 @ 9:33PM
Obama might be elected or not, but you can bet the Democrats will be engaging in wholesale voter fraud. That is why they are fighting voter picture ID laws. Voters are having buyer remorse about Obama, and he is losing support among Independents, and white male voters and other groups. He will lose a lot more if the gasoline and food continues to climb and his administration continues to block domestic production of our energy resources. I believe the EPA is doing nothing more than providing a back door to cap and trade. Obama can't get it through Congress, so he is going around. Voters hopefully will wise up about this turkey.
Nelson H.| 4.26.11 @ 11:21PM
While hoping Mr. Lord is right, let's not count our chickens. We could nominate a super-volatile and unreliable Donald Trump. We could nominate somebody else and Trump could run as an indepedent, taking with him a sizable portion of the "angry and confused" demographic. There are still ways for us to blow this election even though everything is pointing our way. If there is a way to blow it, we may yet find it! There is no Reagan running in 2012. There are, on the other hand, a number of people running who in sober times would never be considered remotely electable.
Patrick Burwell | 4.27.11 @ 2:35AM
I live in PA and I see the steep rise in groceries, and I shop at Giant. Who, btw, has 10 cents off per gallon of gas for every accumulated 100 dollars spent at their store. Why is PA the only state I know allowing this?
Anyway, I hope you are right and the Citizens can place blame where it belongs... in the Obamanation's lap.
MISS BUSH YET?
Patrick Burwell, http://HowWillYouDo.org
Tea Party Patriot Member
http://TeaPartyPatriots.com
p.s. Hey WEIS, Giant ACCUMULATES points for gas. Why don't YOU?
Rick| 4.27.11 @ 7:53AM
Your a rasist!
Brian Hardin| 4.27.11 @ 8:55AM
One thing everyone seems to have forgotten... there is NO Ronald Reagan running in '12. As long as the 2012 GOP field continues to look like the 1988 Democratic field Obama is a shoe in.
Michael Teuber| 4.30.11 @ 5:36PM
Your right, if only there were someone like Reagan. Someone who was a governor, with a record of job growth, running a state surplus, an impeccable pro-life record. Someone who tirelessly campaigned for other Republicans and changed the national balance of power, even as the establishment tried to undermine that person. Someone who was charismatic, controversial, at home outdoors and on a horse, and spoke the language of everyday Americans. Someone from humble beginnings, and an unassuming alma mater like Eureka College or the University of Idaho. Too bad we don't have anyone like that, you betcha!
valwayne| 4.27.11 @ 10:06AM
Obama and his extreme left wing policies and Mountains of debt have done tremendous damage to the nation. We are just now beginning to feel the effects. It will get much worse!
Stefan Stackhouse| 4.27.11 @ 10:27AM
I haven't been tracking individual prices, but I have noted that a weekly grocery basket that used to cost me around $100 - 110 is now costing $125 - 135. A refill at the pump is costing an extra $10 or so as well. We're not done with these increases, either - they are just getting started.
Meanwhile, employers (including mine) are not offering any wage increases this year, and some (my wife's) haven't offered any for years now. This is different than was the case in the late '80s. This time, the increase in commodity prices directly translates into a reduced standard of living, felt by all immediately.
The final nail on the coffin from Obama & Co. is the seeming cluelessness and indifference to the plight of the common people. "Let them eat cake" seems to be the attitude that is perceived, if not actually expressed. We all know how that one turned out.
Steve| 4.27.11 @ 11:47AM
At what point do Republicans get over the 1980 Election? It's been 31 years and they're still carrying on about it. I'm a political Independent and I'm the first to agree that Carter was a bad president and Reagan was a good one. But, come on, gang -- it's been three decades. Time to move on. Republicans pining over Reagan reminds me of the sad-sack Democrats in the 80's, carrying on about how great JFK and FDR were. This is part of the reason I'm an Independent: I don't worship any politician.
NJTom| 4.27.11 @ 1:20PM
It is ridiculous to waste energy linking The One to rising global commodity prices. Focus on exposing his real incompetencies, not on the laws of international supply and demand!
Jack Davis| 4.27.11 @ 1:52PM
Masterfully written!
And along with other rising costs, here is what Obama’s health-care reform law has done to me. Not FOR me; TO me.
BEFORE Obamacare, that is up until December 31, 2010, the family deductible for my company-paid medical coverage was $300…and it had been $300 for years.
AFTER Obamacare, that is on January 1, 2011, the family deductible for my company-paid medical coverage went up to $2,800. You can do the math. And because my company is self-insured, it was a take it or leave it situation.
Obama LIED when he said that if I liked the plan I currently had, I’d be able to keep it. He was WRONG. Instead, my company canceled the plan I liked and in its place substituted the aforementioned high-deductible plan.
Obama LIED when he said his plan would “bend the cost curve downward.” What he really meant was: “Bend over and face downward.”
Thanks, Obama!
Nathan McKnight| 4.27.11 @ 1:41PM
Yeah, yeah...we've heard it before. Thirty years of deregulation and tax cuts for the rich by Republicans (and Centrist Democrats) absolutely destroyed our economy. Who's fault is that? Why, it's the fault of the guy who spent a couple years trying to clean up the mess. But of course!
"Well, we found Ms. Economy stabbed 34 times and nearly dead and Mr. Republican was wearing bloody gloves. Mr. Democrat put a band-aid on Ms. Economy's wounds, then she died. Better blame Mr. Democrat."
morris wise| 4.27.11 @ 3:02PM
Bring on the clown,he is Donald Trump the biggest jokester in America. Donald had fun hiring 22000 employees and building an organization into one with over 5 billion in annual earnings. Now he wants to laugh his way into the Oval Office, turning Washington into a comedy show. American voters enjoy a good laugh and will make Trump the next president.
Penny| 4.27.11 @ 3:27PM
Alas, there is no Ronald Reagan running against Obama in 2012....so your theory may be totally wrong.
Michael Teuber| 4.30.11 @ 5:17PM
Three words.
Sarah. Louise. Palin.
Same number of syllables as RWR and looks just as impressive on horseback. Oh yeah, and the liberals and the GOP elitists hate her even more. We could use a real woman in the White House, 23 years of the faux variety isn't going so well.
shipley130| 4.27.11 @ 3:42PM
I guess the 2010 Census has shown us that there aren't enough stupid voters to reelect Barry.
FREEDOM FIGHTER| 4.27.11 @ 4:19PM
Does anyone not know that combustion engines can run on salt water? Gee we don't have enough of that...huh? What a clean engine it would be!?
Look it up....right here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGg0ATfoBgo
Chris Pedersen| 4.27.11 @ 7:09PM
Look Up Cyclone Technologies, or go to Col Congressman West's website for the Link and you will see an incredable Steam engine in development NOW for all uses. You'll be surprised, believe me!
Nora Goodwin| 4.27.11 @ 5:34PM
Well, my bf is a dairy farmer. He needed the hike so he could afford to buy the oil to fuel his tractor to plant the crops with the outdated machinery he uses.
Thanks, Obama and those before you for this economic crisis that is breaking his back!
Eric| 4.27.11 @ 5:51PM
This article is terrible. To quote Limbagh is laughable. Listening to a blowhard on the radio and quoting in an article is complete amatuer hour. So by keeping tax rates the same and the Fed keeping the rate incredibly low somehow thats Obama's fault? Take a high school econ class and try to understand what is going on.
Michael Teuber| 4.30.11 @ 5:08PM
"Take a high school econ class and try to understand what is going on."
Those seem to be Austin Goolsbee's qualifications.
Chris Pedersen| 4.27.11 @ 6:58PM
What a great piece, so sad that America never learns until the extreme damage has been done. Yet the author here, due to his tremendous writing skills made my laugh through the tears of sorrow as I watch our Country in decline, unemployed and still looking.
The question for me and many other Patriots of America, is who in the Repubs/Conseratives is going to step up to the plate with a steel spine [No PC Crap] and articulate these issues along with the many, many others of the dismal Obama record of failures that placed America where it is at today.
Obama's only record is FAILURE financed on the backs of our Children and Grandchildren. Period!
Including countering the Race Baiting DNC,ABC/ NBC/MSNBC et.al's, Race Card first and foremost imposed by the Clinton's, not an extreme failure like McCain on the issue of Rev. Wright as we all witnessed before our lying eyes.
No time for weak knee, jello spine, Crispy "Cream Puff Politicians" in this election. Or it's Bye-Bye America if we fail to repeal/impeach Obama by our collective vote.
Now this author should send a copy of all his work to the best one that could study them, and use them on the trail to victory.
And John Boenher may as well be the lead man for Obama's Re-Election. What a foool.
America needs a few good men/women and he ain't it, with the exception that he may paint his toe nails and answer to the name of B*t$H !
AU| 4.27.11 @ 8:23PM
Jeffry Lord is right on. Same as in 2008: http://spectator.org/archives/.....mccain-wil
RCV| 4.27.11 @ 8:42PM
LOL! Mr. Lord is always certain, and most certainly wrong in his prognostications. He may actually believe the nonsense he writes!
Reprobate Charlatan Vomitus| 4.28.11 @ 4:56PM
I don't bother with silly written nonsense while writing silly nonsense every time I touch a keyboard as the anointed one of written nonsense on nonsense matters.
Bladerunner1954| 4.27.11 @ 10:21PM
From your lips to God's ears.
Please.
AlexB| 4.27.11 @ 10:58PM
There is no amount of drilling in the US that Obama could have done to significantly change the amount of oil on the market enough. The Fed has been printing money for years at this point, and inflation has only recently ticked up. However, the Middle East started to get restless a few months ago - not exactly something Obama had much control over.
The inflation of the Carter years was not because of Carter's policies. Inflation's end had more to do with Volcker than Reagan.
That isn't to say Obama will be re-elected, but if he isn't re-elected because of inflation, it has nothing to do with liberalism or his policies.
William Lee| 4.27.11 @ 11:18PM
I wish I were as certain as Mr. Lord of Obamas defeat. I would have been a long time ago. However, the political landscape has become a moral wasteland and I have come to rely on a specific order of events. For example, Obama walks into a disaster by not dealing with the budget, lays all seriousness in the hands of the republicans. Republicans have the ball. Boehner claims to fight, fight, fight! There is a standoff. Republicans demand defunding of planned parenthood. Obamacrats counter, "if you do, the troops will not be paid!" Stop. Now, my hope is that I would not be alone in saying this.....If they are not willing to take a stand on a principled issue such as this, I would prefer them step down from their position, and leave the republican party. But, they won't. They'll roll over, again, and again. That is why I left the republican party six years ago.
So, I cannot share the optimism of Mr. Lord. This president "leads from behind", and when the rebublicans lead, well, you can count on them to just shoot themselves in the foot.
Pazammie| 4.28.11 @ 11:16AM
Some people just can't stand the idea that we have a black President.Obama isn't responsible for Bush's mess.
Crafty Beranrdo| 4.28.11 @ 3:48PM
"Obamaflation".... hilarious... the executive branch of our government has very little control over inflation... particularly when driven by a global commodity, as any inflation we're experiencing now is..
And sorry, Drill Baby Drillers, but you could sink a well into every back yard in this country and it wouldn't amount to a five cent change in the price of gasoline.... and that five cents of savings would be dwarfed by the increase in prices coming from demand increases from China, India, and other developing countries. "Drill, Baby, Drill" is fallacy and merely a distraction. It's like proposing we shuffle the deck chairs around on the titanic to keep it from sinking.
Given this country consumes 25% of the world's oil supply while sitting on only 2% of the world's reserves, we'd be exponentially more effective at influencing the price of oil from the demand side of the equation than the supply side. Transitioning to a transportation network reliant on natural gas and electric in this country would have 100 times the impact on oil prices than drilling could.
dave| 4.28.11 @ 3:54PM
Total rubbish spewn from the LORD, who is so arrogant it makes me puke. And what has he done for our country?
Right now we've got players (like Obama), pretenders (like the Repubs) and then we've got those on the sideline like Lord trying to they SEE something, UNDERSTAND something the rest of us in the stadium don't.
The American people know that Obama doesn't influence grocery and gas prices; Exxon and Mobil do (alongside speculators in global commodities). Hold the president accountable for the actions of corporate America? Now, that would be pretty dumb. Obama tried to rein in the culture of "I'll do as I please" that reigns in corporate culture, even while attempting to keep us falling off the economic cliff that 8 years of Republican profiteering gave us. . . talk about a balancing act for this President.
George Bush gave us Iraq. Untold BILLIONS for infrastructure (first to destroy it, then to rebuild it) in IRAQ.
A better plan would have been to distribute it back to the people, who would then easily pay for their gas and milk.
But Bush had only one plan: millions for Halliburton and company! Did he care about the country? NO! A fraud, a sham, a sleight of the hand. . . . enter . . . the DEFICIT.
Obama has had to pick up the pieces. For Lord to piously proclaim the Election of 2012 "is over" because of a 3 month rise in gas or bread is, well. . . . plain stupid. Shortsighted. Idiotic. Disingenuous. Hokey. You get the idea.
Must be that Jeffery didn't get enough attention as a kid. His articles bespeak a need to get attention-- deserved or not via grandiose claims. no matter how absurd. Jeffrey, please get in the game, and stop being a repo cheerleader!
The ONLY thing that's certain about the 2012 election is that there will be a horde of neocon columnists like Lord chanting exactly the same chant, ranting exactly the same rant, blah, blah, blah, trying to keep the President off-stride.
The cost of gas has nothing to do with President Obama whatsoever.
dave| 4.28.11 @ 4:03PM
Here are Jeffrey Lord's credentials:
Jeffrey Lord is a former Reagan White House political director and author.
TRANSLATION: BLOWHARD!
American Spectator: translation: MOUTHPIECE FOR BLOWHARDS!
JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY:
Approaching zero.
shorething| 4.28.11 @ 4:08PM
let us pray we cleanse ourselves of this pos the same way a good laxative works
Crafty Beranrdo| 4.28.11 @ 4:29PM
This article is a perfect example of "He who make the most arrogant, self-serving, and moronic statement gets the pub."
Journalism has become an arms-race of narcissistic stupidity.
So, when you state declaratively that "Obama will lose the election, period!" a full 18 months before said election, and the evidence you bring to the table is that your local grocery store has increased it's pricing on a gallon of milk by a quarter... Instead of getting run out of town on a rail and told your name will never see a drop of ink again, you get a raise from your propaganda-pruducing overlords.
Here come the clicks!
This is what's wrong with journalism these days... Professional standards of editing has become a laughably quaint, old-timey concept.
Soljer Blue| 4.28.11 @ 6:35PM
Jeffrey, I hope and pray your conclusion is correct. I believe you are probably smarter and more 'plugged in' to the daily political ebb and flow than I am. But...
my nearly 40 years as a political reporter -- 19 of them in Pennsylvania -- have convinced me that you cannot predict the outcome of an election from 18 months out.
You may be right. I hope you are. But you are guessing, pure and simple.
AARROOZZ| 4.30.11 @ 12:25AM
Many people elected Mr. Obama to the office of president of the United States now realize they have been hoodwinked. That realization does not mean that they are capable of making a sound decision for the next election. The republican party supported McCain for president. McCain's senate bill S3081 stated a American citizen can be detained without charges and without trial. The republican created Patriot Act has almost identical language, the language of tyrants. We will continue to elect dangerous people until we educate the masses and that will take time and be painful.
Johnny Lingburst| 4.30.11 @ 3:11AM
Are you better off now than you were two years ago?
Johnny Lingburst| 4.30.11 @ 3:14AM
Are you better off now than you were two years ago?
I didn't think so.
That's all the Republican nominee needs to ask the voters on the television.
90% of them will say "Well HELL no, I AM NOT better off than 4 years ago."
You are right it is all over.
Say goodbye Obama.
Mainely Steve| 4.30.11 @ 8:44AM
Great article but Rush & Emmett were months behind Sarah Palin in this prediction. A little better research would help accuracy.
For What Its Worth| 4.30.11 @ 9:03AM
Note: In his warped way of thinking, runaway inflation will help with paying off the massive deficit that he and his cronies have run up. You know, pay off the debt with cheap dollars using the poor citizen consumer for milk etc as the taxation target (again!). Unfortunately, his plan will probably put us in a similar position to the Germans just prior to the Nazis taking over during the post Weimar Republic wheelbarrows full of paper money needed to buy a loaf of bread.
Sterling Pennington| 4.30.11 @ 10:33AM
Don't forget that "unearned" income will have an additional tax of 3.8% to help cover Obamacare starting in January 2013. As a landlord, you can be certain that all my rents will be going up on January 2013, because why should I have to pay the health insurance of my tenants?
Crafty Beranrdo| 5.2.11 @ 3:30PM
Well now.. I'll bet that "Obama's a loser" milk tastes mighty sour in Mr. Lord's cereal this post-Osama Bin Laden morning.
Who woulda thunk that something more significant than a slight change in the price of milk in April of 2011 would have occurred prior to the November, 2012 election?
It's a good thing that you were just trolling for clicks with this article.. .because if it was an attempt at political analysis.. WHOOOOOO BOY!!! Do you look stupid (you looked stupid the day this published.. but you look stupider-ino today, that's fersher).
joanne| 5.3.11 @ 10:59AM
Thank you for you dose of reality. I'm so sick of hearing how good he looks, what good intentions he has, etc....when he is a one man wrecking ball destoying our country..day by day. I wonder why those isiots don't see what I see...I used to vote liberal:what the heck was I thinking-they are liare and smary.
I hope the author is correct..God help us!!!!
Mikeh106| 5.3.11 @ 4:20PM
Lots of talking points. No substance. Obama's more likely to win than lose. About 70% positive for him.
lisa| 5.15.11 @ 2:06PM
Obama WILL be re-elected; PERIOD!
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