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Authenticity on the Ballot

By on 9.27.11 @ 6:09AM

In 2006 it spelled disaster for Republicans. In 2012 it will doom the Democrats.

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Think about this for a minute: There are few companies with a more iconic brand and more expertise in marketing than Coca-Cola. Since 1969, Coke usually has a new marketing slogan every one to three years. In 1969, we got the legendary “It’s the real thing.” In 1974, “Look for the real things.” In 1985, “America’s Real Choice.” In 2003, “Real.” And in 2005, “Make it Real.” There is a lesson here, one that politicians never learn, or at least never remember once in office: Americans crave “real,” with the best marketer in the world betting billions that Americans will buy their product based on its real-ness.

In 2006, and to a lesser extent in 2008, Republicans were no longer real. They were Republicans in Name Only (RINOs). They were unworthy of the support of voters, particularly of independent voters and those “Reagan Democrats” whose somewhat conservative views might occasionally allow them to vote for a Republican despite generations-long affiliation with the Democratic Party and industrial unions.

The motto of 2006: If we’re going to vote for a big spender, give me a real big spender.

But quoting the wisdom of Ted Striker, “the foot’s on the other hand now.”

It’s not big spenders the people want; it is spending-cutters. It is not bureaucratic “green” regulators people want; it is deregulators, or at least regulators who understand cost-benefit analysis and the human impact of their actions. We do not want politicians who think that government is the answer; we want politicians who know that government is much or most of the problem.

A Gallup poll released Monday substantiates of what those who are paying attention already know: “A record-high 81% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way the country is being governed, adding to negativity that has been building over the past 10 years.” The chart is dramatic and instructive.

Key findings of the poll include that “57% have little or no confidence in the federal government to solve domestic problems, exceeding the previous high of 53% recorded in 2010” and “53% have little or no confidence in the men and women who seek or hold elected office.”

And here is my favorite: “49% of Americans believe the federal government has become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens. In 2003, less than a third (30%) believed this.”

I hereby anticipate, accept, and stipulate to the many objections that will be made regarding how little Republicans have done in recent years to protect our fundamental rights and freedoms. Nevertheless, at least the GOP suggests an interest — and seems to be backing up that suggestion in the past two years — in thinking about the Constitution and the proper role and authority of government. This is in stark contrast to then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (whose gavel possession was perhaps the most painful outcome of the 2006 Democrat tidal wave) responding to a question about the constitutionality of the health insurance mandate in Obamacare by asking “Are you serious?” A Pelosi spokesman later reiterated their view that “that’s not a serious question.”

Yes, Nancy, we’re serious. And when half of the American public believes that government cannot solve our problems and poses a threat to our rights, the public will look for the authentic believers in limited government to put our out-of-control federal government back in its cage. We won’t look to Democrats who are magically newly respectful of the 10th Amendment (or any other Amendment), no matter how pretty their words. We won’t believe that someone of the party of the real big spenders can have an 11th hour conversion to faith in the limited government prescribed by the Founders.

All of this applies particularly to President Obama. It takes a special kind of spender to make George W. Bush and the last Republican Congress appear frugal. It takes a special kind of liar to say with a straight face, after performing that particular feat, that he now cares about deficit and debt reduction. And it takes a special kind of gullibility to believe that President Obama has, or even could have, a plan to work in that direction. Given the existence of Berkeley and Boulder, Manhattan and San Francisco, I can’t say that Barack Obama isn’t fooling anybody. He surely is fooling plenty of people. But the vast majority of American voters are fed up with ersatz politicians of all stripes. We’re ready for authentic, real budget cutters, people who have actually read (and hopefully carry) a copy of the U.S. Constitution. In 2012, and despite all their past and future failings, this means Republicans.

Americans seek and appreciate authenticity. The political mood of the nation is for real restraint of government, its cost and intrusiveness. So while they may have been the flavor of the month for some time, in 2012 the Democrats will find that they are Pepsi in a nation of voters thirsting for “the real thing.”

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About the Author

Ross Kaminsky is a self-employed trader and investor and is a senior fellow of the Heartland Institute. He is the host of The Ross Kaminsky Show on Denver’s NewsRadio 850 KOA at 11 AM on most Sundays. You can reach Ross by e-mail at rossputin(at)rossputin(dot)com.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (122) |

Jack in Wi.| 9.27.11 @ 6:48AM

Ross makes some good points. The Republicans by 2006 had more then worn out their welcome. The Democrts in 2012 have reached the same place. That dosen't mean we can win with more of the same. The Bush Cheney era of wars forever, bailouts for my friends at the countryclub, the beginnings of a police state, and we know more then the boobs out in flyover country won't work anymore. The Tea Party rebellion means that the people won't stand for an election between tweedle dee and tweedle dumber. They want real change, small constitutional goverment. an end to endless wars, and getting the government out our lives. That means the the eliets prime candidates Perry and Romney are unacceptale and unelectatable. It is Ron Paul or ruin.

chuck| 9.27.11 @ 7:30AM

Ron Paul will never, ever get the nomination. He polls way back, and his supporters are, too put it kindly, nuttier than him.
Herman Cain is the man. If you want someone that has thought out his positions, has direct answers to the questions, serious solutions to the problem, and can articulate them in a straight-forward manner, then Herman Cain is your man.
Who would you like to see debate Obama? The freaking nutcase DOCTOR Paul, or an intelligent, straight talking Herman Cain. Cain would make him look like a silly little boy!

Clint| 9.27.11 @ 7:35AM

Tokyo Chuckie,

" Give Up Yankee Dogs.

Tomorrow You Die, Paul Marines.

Bibi Is Sleeping With Your Girlfriends."

Jack in Wi.| 9.27.11 @ 4:15PM

Clint: Ron Paul is within four points of Obama in the most recent polling on Drudge today. Nobody polls better except Romney. There is also a Gallop Poll out today with Ron Paul firmly in third place for the Republican nomination. Last night 1900 people packed a Manhatten ballroom for a paid fundraiser for Dr. Paul. The crowd was very young and very enthusiastic.

Jack in Wi.| 9.27.11 @ 6:03PM

Clint: Ron Paul tops Obama in the latest Harris poll, 51% to 49%. It is more proof that Ron Paul is the best candidate against Obama. Ron Paul has the ideas the people want and the most fervent support. It is Ron Paul or ruin.

Doctor Right| 9.27.11 @ 7:26PM

"Firmly in third place"..??

You do realize that to win the nomination, you need to finish in FIRST place, right Jack from Nuremberg??

And that Herman Cain is now in FIRST place?

And that Ron Paul NEVER polls better than 3rd??

The fantasy world you inhabit is rich, indeed...

Clint| 9.27.11 @ 8:13PM

CNN Poll: ( conducted between September 23-25 )
"The survey indicates that Romney fares best against Obama. It’s basically all tied up with 49 percent for Obama and 48 percent for Romney in a hypothetical two-way match-up. According to the poll, Obama holds a five point margin over Perry, 51 percent to 46 percent.

In a hypothetical matchup between Paul and Obama, the president holds a four point margin, 51 percent to 47 percent."

Doctor Right| 9.27.11 @ 10:11PM

HOW does Romney "fare best" against Obama IF Cain and Perry still are better than Romney???

LOGIC, please..???

Clint-wit...Hate to break it to you, but if Cain, or Perry, or Romney are the nominee, they WILL beat Obama.

The only malcontents who won't vote for a GOP nominee other than Paul are the absolute, die-hard deluded Paul-bots...and that loss will be MORE than made-up for with independents and center-leaning Democrats.

I don't know who the President will be in 2013...But I know that it WON'T be Barack Obama.

chuck| 9.27.11 @ 11:39PM

And it won't be Ron Paul!

Jack in Wi.| 9.27.11 @ 10:04AM

Chuckie the movie: Get Ron Paul's latest letter on the Midde East and the UN, out today. It is written by a master of intellect and common sense. Ron Paul is the only candidate for peace and prosperity. Herman Cain is Just Mr. endless war, Mr. TARP and FED. It is Ron Paul or ruin.

D Kucinich| 9.27.11 @ 11:48AM

Right on Jack. When I am Ron Paul's Minister of Peace in his Dept of Peace I intend to be active for peace. I could give 2 hoots in Hades on the prosperity stuff though I do have considerable experience in Municiple finance. Maybe he'll put me in charge of the Fed too before he nukes it.

Cosmo| 9.28.11 @ 2:48AM

Bush should have been impeached by the Republicans after the 2006 elections...
Boehner and McConnell have to go if you really want any progress.

Doctor Right| 9.27.11 @ 8:50AM

Tweedle-Dee...

Tweedle Dum...

...or Tweedle-Ron.

Not much of a choice, really.

That's why none of those 3 will be the Republican nominee.

Sorry, Jack from Nuremberg...But your new tuxedo will be in storage in January, 2013...

Clint| 9.27.11 @ 7:10AM

"Tea party leader Mark Meckler issued a blunt warning to members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, saying "2012 is going to be extraordinarily different" than 2010, and that his group is “going to be dramatically engaged in the primaries – on both sides of the aisle,” next year. "

"Tea Party Patriots is the nation’s largest tea party organization. It claims 3,500 locally affiliated groups. When the group’s supporters were informally surveyed this week on their feelings about the House of Representatives, 71.7 percent said they were "not satisfied” with the performance of the House, according to Jenny Beth Martin, another Tea Party Patriots national coordinator who also spoke at the breakfast.

“Our folks are dissatisfied with both political parties and are looking for true leaders in Congress,” Ms. Martin said.'

The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here.

Doctor Right| 9.27.11 @ 8:47AM

What, like this is news?!?!?

And do you see Mr. Meckler pimping for Ron Paul? He is a "Tea Party Leader" after all, right?

And ALL folks in the Tea Party LOVE Ron Paul, right??

...INSIGHT, Clint. Get some.

Occam's Tool| 9.27.11 @ 10:41AM

OK, kiddies, this is the Ron Paul foreign policy exercise---

Bend over as far as you can and grab your ankles. Make sure your underwear has the cut away flap in the rear.

Then, as Harvey Korman once said, "Gentlemen, relax your sphincters. Say ahhhh!"

BOHICA!

Doctor Right| 9.27.11 @ 11:00AM

You left out "Then yell loudly: IT'S THE JEWS' FAULT!!"

Drunken Sailor| 9.27.11 @ 11:28AM

Won't that make their ears pop?

Clint| 9.27.11 @ 4:48PM

Uh Oh !

The Anti-Catholic Bigot Nazi Dr.Reich Tries To Play The Race Card.

Clint| 9.27.11 @ 4:51PM

More Fag Talk By The Screwball Israel Firster Neo-Chickenhawk, Tool Job.

Clint| 9.27.11 @ 4:53PM

Dr. Reich Is Scared Of The Tea Party & Our Co-Favorite Presidential Candidate Dr.Ron Paul.

Doctor Right| 9.27.11 @ 7:27PM

Clint is scared of his sexual proclivities...

Clint| 9.27.11 @ 7:49PM

Aaaaand, More Fag Talk From The Joisey Fruit Cup.

You're Scared Of The Tea Party & Our Co-Favorite Presidential Candidate Dr.Ron Paul.

Doctor Right| 9.27.11 @ 10:16PM

Actually, Clint-wit...I'm not.

You Paul-bot fools are ALL TALK. On your own, you couldn't organize a trip to the toilet.

After EVERY debate, you scream about how Ron Paul won, and robo-post polls that twist-logic by saying that Ron Paul will surely be the GOP-nominee because he's in 3rd-place(?!?!?).

Did you ever notice, genius, that Paul CANNOT move-up out of 3rd-place...ever????

When Romney was the front-runner, Paulw as in 3rd-place.

Then Perry got in the race, and Ron paul jumped to...3rd-place!

Now Cain's in the lead, and Paul is coasting to victory in...3rd-place!!!

LOL! I don't know what's more pathetic...Paul, or you.

Probably you. Paul at least moved out of his Mom's basement and got a life.

Clint| 9.28.11 @ 11:48AM

You're Scared Of The Tea Party & Our Co-Favorite Presidential Candidate Dr.Ron Paul.

Boo !

Palrak| 9.29.11 @ 3:38PM

Not all Tea Partiers favor Ron Paul. I sure don't. As of now, next to Newt, I favor Herman Cain.

JP| 9.27.11 @ 7:39AM

What is coming will change politics forever. The problems are a somewhat complex blend of social, demographic, economic, and political issues. But, when one gets down to brass tacks the issue is this: ours is a society that is becoming too old; many of the citizens have become too accustomed to governmental stewardship; our federal government consumes too much of our nation's wealth (25% and growing) -even this is not enough as our $14 trillion defecit attests.

The old solutions will not be enough. For decades, the GOP got its tax breaks and the Democrats got thier spending increases. The current occupant of the WH hasn't a clue what the problem is. But niether do most Republicans.

But, we all will see the problem(s) very soon. And only then will the stupidity stop. Watching a few of the debates was like watching the Titanic sink while the crew members argue about what was on the breakfast menu.

WRTolkas| 9.27.11 @ 8:10AM

"Watching a few of the debates was like watching the Titanic sink while the crew members argue about what was on the breakfast menu."

Excellent. This I'll add to my list of memorable quotes.

hardcard| 9.27.11 @ 8:42AM

error message for p-2 of this article, unable to access; sabotage by soros ? Please correct situation.

Redstateboy| 9.27.11 @ 9:25AM

running in to the same...

Drunken Sailor| 9.27.11 @ 10:56AM

Try backing out and hitting again. I got through on second try.

Al Adab| 9.27.11 @ 11:31AM

All the problems loading derive from ActiveX running on the pages. Yesterday was better, but today is all long delayed again.

blackwatch| 9.28.11 @ 1:13PM

I'm using Firefox browser. It updated today and I am not having any issues from the ActiveX. Check that your browser is updated--it may be a compatibility issue. Good luck.

Timothy L. Pennell| 9.27.11 @ 8:43AM

I wouldn't worry too much, about it. GOD will see to it, that we get the Leadership that we need. He always has.
Being saddled with Carter and Clinton and Obama, is like GOD sending the Philistines or the Persians, or the Babylonians, to punish the Jews.
Jimmy Carter REMINDED US, what a weak Leader can do to a Great Power. How we must never forget, that PEACE comes from STRENGTH, and that FREEDOM isn't Free.
We got Ronald Reagan.
Communism was turned back, for the 1st time, ever. And America was, once again, a Shining City on a Hill. And she was FEARED by her Enemies.
We had a Man, in Bill Clinton, who was as Flawed as any man who ever walked the Earth. His Sexual "PROBLEMS" (RAPE. Molestations. Indecent Exposure. Numerous Extra Marital Affairs. Sex in the Oval Office with a young female Employee, while his Family was in the building.) He was IMPEACHED.
We got G.W. Bush.
Say what you want, but he was an HONOURABLE Man. Moral and Upright.
CHARACTER MATTERED, once again.
Enter the Man who wasn't there. The Man with no Paper Trail, outside of the VAULT, in Hawaii.
A Man with a lifetime of Associations, with people who HATE this Country, and would rejoice at her demise.
Communists, Socialists, Marxists, Maoists, Liberals, Progressives, Jew Haters and America Haters.
He promises to "FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE" the Greatest Country that the World has ever known.
In to what?
If what he's done, so far, is any indication, I think that he's shooting for Zimbabwe.
And, the Silver Lining?
He has roused a Sleeping Giant. Never again, will we be fooled in to thinking that the GOVERNMENT can Provide for our Every Need. No longer will we place our TRUST, in people who's only Passion in life, is the accumulation of POWER.
Whoever comes next, will be vastly better, and we will wonder, as the Germans must have wondered, as their Great Cities were being reduced to rubble:
"How did this happen? What were we thinking?"

Doctor Right| 9.27.11 @ 8:56AM

This nation will get the leadership we DESERVE, not the leadership we need.

I might add that we got that in 2008, as well.

Our nation has become weak, ineffectual, timid, and full of self-doubt. 60 years of runaway Liberalism have sapped our national will to the point where too many Americans don't even recognize their country as being anything remotely special or worth preserving...and the rest have their hands out looking for freebies.

Into this moral vacuum came Barack Obama...And the freeloaders and cultural relativists lined-up to vote for him.

Yup. We got what we deserved. And even if we didn't like Obama, our timidity in the face of the left's Constitutional onslaught has been shameful.

...But that's all changing.

Canadian Libertarian| 9.27.11 @ 9:15AM

Spot on Doctor

Timothy L. Pennell| 9.27.11 @ 9:58AM

At the risk of being "One of those people", I believe that Tocqueville said what I said, that "GOD makes sure that America has the Leadership that it NEEDS, in times of Crisis".
I know that the 'DESERVE" thing was said, as well.
But, that's not what I was referencing.
Anywho.......................

Margie| 9.27.11 @ 4:56PM

Me? Timid?
No can do, sir.
The ones who voted for Obama got what THEY deserved. I didn't vote for him.
And I haven't been a shameful OR timid about ANYTHING in the face of the Left.

AND~ anyone who doesn't vote for the Republican nominee again this time around?
We can thank them for helping to re elect Obama, and for the END OF AMERICA AS WE KNEW IT!

Tina B| 9.27.11 @ 8:57AM

And for those of us who know the end of the story, the good guys win. But until we know it is the End, and those who are chosen ("many are called, but few are chosen" ) will recognize it when it is here, and many of us feel it is nearly here, we continue to press on.

That currently means finding and promoting God's candidate to go up against Goliath ( the MSM, Soros, GOP/RINOs, the Liberal Elite, the Black Panthers and their political ilk, BHO and his Socialist/Communist cronies, etc.) in 2012 and further His Kingdom's Coming.

As we go forward, in prayer and submission to His will, we know we will ultimately be victorious, but we also know the cost. It will be worse than the last time, because the choice mankind is making is to reject God's Son and His sacrificial death on the cross for all men. Having made their choice, mankind will suffer the consequences. It is not our idea but the justice of a Holy God.

I will do my research, and then I will work for this election, and finally I will watch the Lord have His way in the future of America, and the World.

Maranatha, Lord.

Ken (Old Texican)| 9.27.11 @ 10:44AM

Tina,
good thoughts......Thank you.

Margie| 9.27.11 @ 1:47PM

Ya think? Better get with God's program then, liar, and repent of your sin.

"But nothing unclean shall enter it, nor any one who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life." Rev, 21:27.

Fraud!

chuck| 9.27.11 @ 11:30PM

Margie,
None of my business, put maybe you should lighten up a little on Ken. Jesus preached love, not hatred, which is what I read every time you respond to Ken.

At the very least, pray for him.

Margie| 9.27.11 @ 11:51PM

When will you people learn that speaking the truth to lies isn't hate?

Ever read what God is going to do with unrepentant liars?

If not, you ought to.
The hate isn't on my part. Perhaps I will just go ahead and post his VILE lying comments.

When he repents, I'll consider praying for him.

Al Adab| 9.27.11 @ 11:41AM

Americans throughout their history have demonstrated a penchant for buying snake oil and seeking panaceas. "There's one born every minute" remember.

The problem we face comes from the infusion of this thinking into the political process. The quick fix is non-existent and every cry for government to "do something" is the wrong cry. The GOP failed after the 2000 election having had a great opportunity following the '94 tidal change. That they did so has led us to this point.

More to Tina's perspective I recall that, "If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray...I will restore their land."
We need to call out and make certain that we remain salt and not that we have been weighed in a balance and found wanting for our idolotry, our worship of the Idols Gaia, Choice, Tolerance and Diversity which among others is making us a pagan land.

Margie| 9.27.11 @ 4:13PM

"We need to call out and make certain that we remain salt and not that we have been weighed in a balance and found wanting for our idolotry, our worship of the Idols Gaia, Choice, Tolerance and Diversity which among others is making us a pagan land."

How about Homosexuality and Darwinism? How about speaking the truth to so-called brothers who say these things are Christian~ and that God made them that way? That is what Ken believes.

How about speaking the truth to him, Al Adab. as he says I am not a Christians but a Viper and a Mullah, and that I'm like Clint? Hmm?

Do you take part in honoring those who trample the Gospel of Jesus Christ under foot, along with those who belong to Christ?

Al Adab| 9.27.11 @ 5:07PM

Homosexuality is a sin.
Darwinism is flawed science.

I have not discussed either with Ken. I do believe you have made yourself plain.

I am also not in a position to judge if either of you are anything but Christian as you purport to be. All I would enjoin you both is that you treat one another in Love and forgive, as He forgives us, any past transgressions and go and sin no more.

That will be my final comment on the debate between you two. I enjoy the insights you both bring to the political debate.

Al Adab| 9.27.11 @ 5:10PM

PS:
I haven't figured Clint out yet.

RCV| 9.27.11 @ 7:13PM

You could get tied up in knots trying to do so.

Doctor Right| 9.27.11 @ 7:28PM

Clint is easy to figure out:

Moron.

Clint| 9.27.11 @ 7:52PM

Dr.Reich Is A Pseudo-Intellect Elitist Wannabe.

He's Afraid Of The Tea Party & Our Co-Favorite Presidential Candidate, Dr.Ron Paul.

Doctor Right| 9.27.11 @ 10:17PM

Wanabe???

Au contraire, Clint-wit!! I am a CERTIFIED pseudo-intellectual!

You, meanwhile, are barely sentient...

Margie| 9.27.11 @ 9:18PM

You said a bad word, Dr, Right.
LOL.
To the Papist dungeon with thee frothwith!!
I mean forthwith.

chuck| 9.27.11 @ 11:34PM

Moron with a homo-erotic thing for Ron Paul. I'm think a "special friend" of Jack.

Clint| 9.28.11 @ 11:50AM

Uh Oh !

More Fag Talk From Tokyo Chuckie.

Margie| 9.27.11 @ 9:27PM

Al Adab,

Ken needs to repent here and openly for what he did. If he doesn't, there can be no forgiveness. As far as I'm concerned, he's an enemy of the cross of Christ for blatantly lying about me, and trying to turn others against me here.

And you, if you are a Christian, are fully able to take a stand against wrong behavior.
There is no neutral.

As to Clint: What's to figure?

Nick| 9.27.11 @ 11:47PM

Margie,

"If he doesn't, there can be no forgiveness."

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
23 “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. 24 When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents; 25 and as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26 So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ 27 And out of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. 28 But that same servant, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat he said, ‘Pay what you owe.’ 29 So his fellow servant fell down and besought him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’ 30 He refused and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt. 31 When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place. 32 Then his lord summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you besought me; 33 and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ 34 And in anger his lord delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all his debt. 35 So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.” - Matthew 18:21-35

Prayerfully contemplate all of these words of Christ, Margie.
God Bless!

p.s. This in no way implies any guilt on you, Ken, since I would have no way of knowing such things.

Margie| 9.27.11 @ 11:57PM

Another freaking Papist joins the fray.
Buzz off, Nick.
Your choice usage of Scripture is as usual, insincere.

"Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him;
and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, 'I repent,' you must forgive him." Lk. 17:3 & 4.

Now~ will you rebuke your fellow lying Catholic for his blatant lying?

No, of course you won't, because you're a Papist yourself.

Nick| 9.28.11 @ 12:44AM

I love you, Margie, as my sister in Christ. And, I forgive you. You cannot hurt me.
God Bless!

Margie| 9.28.11 @ 1:50PM

It's always interesting how the Papists turn things around~ they're the victim!

Spare me, Nick.
I love you with what is called Agape love.
You know what that means. It is God's love~ which means I will speak His Words to your false teachings.
And I always will.
The truth is hate only to those who hate the truth.

Nick| 9.28.11 @ 8:26PM

Margie,

Yes, and I love you with caratas, charity, that comes only from God. I don't hate you, or your truth, nor, could I. And, you know why I forgive you.
God Bless!

Margie| 9.28.11 @ 1:51PM

p.s. And what are you forgiving me for? Speaking God's Words to your blatant trying to jump on the bandwagon here?

1blumutt| 9.27.11 @ 9:39PM

Don't forget that God helps those who help themselves. We might think of accepting the responsibility for voting these candidates in and then what happens when we put our brains on auto-pilot and go back to watching TV and talking up how busy the mall was last weekend. But, just maybe, hopefully, people are starting to listen....and they hear the clarity of Herman Cain's reasoning. We've had it with the crony politicians and their 180s!

Margie| 9.27.11 @ 1:51PM

Amen, Tins B.
To people like Ken, you are a "Bible Idolator".
Better watch out, the more you preach His Truth, the more you will be rejected.
He's sucking up to you now, but he considers you "in line" right now.
Say something against one his posts where he defends Darwinism for example, and his hateful wrath will come out to destroy you.
It's because he's a lying Papist, who has sold his soul to Satan and become a "Catholic"~ Papists believe Darwin and slap Jesus in the face by rejecting the Lord's Own Words.

Margie| 9.27.11 @ 4:08PM

P.S. Tina B.,
Ken has stated I am not a Christian here, and has tried to turn the entire AmSpec community against me.
If you want to suck up to a liar, so be it.

God| 9.27.11 @ 4:57PM

Margie, Baby, Booby, Honey, Sweetie, take two glasses of holy water and call me in the morning.

Margie| 9.27.11 @ 5:00PM

Revise:
Tina, be careful that you do not suck up to or allow him to suck up to you.
Just sayin',

Tina B| 9.27.11 @ 8:32PM

Margie,
I retire in three days, no more sucking up to anybody!!!

We are sisters in Christ, as far as I know. God bless you.

Margie| 9.27.11 @ 9:21PM

Yes, we are.
God bless you.

Joseph| 9.27.11 @ 8:09PM

Ken hasn't turned anyone against you. You did it by yourself. Your constant bigoted statements. Calling everyone who disagrees with you a liar, punk, etc.

News Flash! Disagreeing with you is not rejecting Jesus.
Now you trying to recruit Tina, leave her alone.

Margie| 9.27.11 @ 9:20PM

Ahh, the lying Papist rears his ugly despicable head, once again!

Margie| 9.27.11 @ 9:22PM

The only ones who are against me here are Catholics, and they are all liars, just like your precious little self.
LOL.

J.C.Eaton| 9.28.11 @ 12:30AM

You madame, to put it gently, are a seriously bigoted chick. Bon chance.

Margie| 9.28.11 @ 12:31AM

And you are a lying old man.
I hope you repent, imbecile.

J.C.Eaton| 9.28.11 @ 12:37AM

Well, young lady[I use the term lightly] you may be half right....today was my 65th birthday. And tomorrow , God willing, I will be 65 and a day, a new man. You however sweetie, will still be a bigoted chick. Seriously, you make the prospect of Heaven less than joyful. Drive on you flower of virtue, you.

Margie| 9.28.11 @ 1:58PM

Listen old man~ no doubt you're a Papist.
papists believe the teachings of the Pope and Catholicism.
Christians believe the Words of the God of the Bible.

Where do you take your stand, "gentleman" accuser?

BIGOTRY is what Catholicism teaches towards Bible believing Christians.

BIGOT is a term used like Nigger is used towards blacks by some racist whites.

But in the end, God is going to sort out the liars from the those who love His Words.

"He who does not love Me does not keep My Words; and the Word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me." Jn. 14:24.

I concern myself with what God actually thinks, not those who hate Him.

Joseph| 9.28.11 @ 3:35PM

The Christian charity just oozes from Margie the Mullah.

Jack in Wi.| 9.28.11 @ 1:23AM

Repent, repent, repent Margie. Your hatred is consuming you. The Truth will set you free Margie. Return to Christianity from being a follower of John Hagee. We are all childen of Adam and Eve. God loves you. He loves me. He loves the Hindu, Muslim, and Jew around the tree.

Margie| 9.28.11 @ 1:59PM

What a presumptuous hack.
Jack the Jihadi lover and Jew hater presumes to know anything about me.
Repent, indeed, liar!

Joseph| 9.28.11 @ 3:36PM

A Catholic hater criticizing a Jew hater. This is rich.

J.C.Eaton| 9.28.11 @ 3:57PM

Sweetie, you are an absolute riot. Feverish , emotional, highly sensitive stuff for sure. But why can't I get that old Margaret Rutherford character out of my mind after your every delicious offering?

Redstateboy| 9.27.11 @ 9:21AM

I think the Tea Party is a bigger revolution than even Tea Partiers may believe - it's changed the whole dynamic. Lamar Alexander (R-Sen. TN) wants to be reelected! The guys like 70somthing years old.. and he's your typical "Republican Senator" but No Conservative - he's part of the governing machine - He's not a Rand Paul or a Rubio and that's what we need and that's why, if a Conservative/Tea Partier runs against "Lamar" I'll be a big supporter of that Man or Woman.

Mike Hawk| 9.27.11 @ 10:21AM

Hmmmmmmmmm, '70 something and not a conservative. For a minute there I thought you were talking about Rube Paul.

Drunken Sailor| 9.27.11 @ 10:59AM

Lamar is actually 5 years YOUNGER than Ron Paul. Ron Paul is closer to 80 than 70

Mike Hawk| 9.27.11 @ 11:37AM

RP will be 77 next year during the campaign. Ronald Reagan was the oldest ever elected President at 69. He was 78 when he left office. Age becomes a factor at 77. Too many Senators serve well past their time and only leave office in a memorial ceremony. Not so much for HofR. McCain at '72 did not exactly enhance his campaign by his lack of vitality compared to the more youthful Obama. Sorry Paulbots, but age matters for POTUS.

Clint| 9.27.11 @ 5:02PM

Dr. Ron Paul,
"I’ve offered to ride a bicycle for 20 miles in Houston when the temperature is 100° and the humidity is 100% and I will go 20 miles with them and then we’ll decide who’s the youngest."

Dr. Paul Would Have You Suckin' O's , As He Dusted You Off.

The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here.

Doctor Right| 9.27.11 @ 7:29PM

"Suckin'", Clint?

That's ALWAYS on your mind...Isn't it??

Clint| 9.27.11 @ 7:57PM

That's A Queer Thing To Say, Sister Reich.

Doctor Right| 9.27.11 @ 10:19PM

I know, right?!?!?

That's why I pointed it out, genius!

You're always making thinly veiled statements that reveal your inner Streisand.

Clint| 9.28.11 @ 11:52AM

That's Another Queer Thing To Say, Sister Reich.

killerman| 9.28.11 @ 8:21PM

Right = Rechts if you want to be cleverer.....

Bigbigeye| 9.27.11 @ 9:30AM

I was really impressed by reading your article. Excellent!
http://www.bigbigeye.com

Drunken Sailor| 9.27.11 @ 11:00AM

"Some have said that comparing Republican spending to that of a drunken sailor is insulting to the drunken sailor, so instead let's say that the Republicans spent like Democrats."

Hell Congress and their spending habits made drunk sailors everywhere look like Scottish Misers (Apologies to all my Scottish tightwad ancestors).

Mike Hawk| 9.27.11 @ 2:27PM

I know a few former drunken sailors. They tell me that one difference between a Democrat and a drunken sailor is that when a drunken sailor runs out of money, he stops spending.

Drunken Sailor| 9.27.11 @ 3:22PM

Been there, got the shirt. Another major difference is the Drunken Sailors start off spending their own money to begin with.

cicero| 9.27.11 @ 11:07AM

The most significant aspect of the Tea Party movement may be their ability to fight in the primaries. We spend an inordinate amount of energy on the Presidential campaigns because that is where the glory is. However, this administration should be demonstrating that the real power, the power to spend, lies with Congress.
For all too long, the main job of our Congress has been to ensure is reelection. To do that, the honorable members have spent us into oblivion. The Rep. Nat. Com has seen its job as making sure that the incumbents were reelected (see Arlan Specter).
We must send conservative people to congress who are committed to the reduction of government spending. If that means cutting entire Departments; cutting govt. workers' wages; reforming what needs reformed, so be it. If we have to starve the beast to accomplish that, by cutting taxes again and again, good.
The President is only there to adminster the laws. Congress passes them, and spends the money. That is where the real power should lie. That is where the conservative movement should fight its battles.

irish19| 9.27.11 @ 11:53AM

Absolutely spot on!

no hussein 2012| 9.27.11 @ 11:10AM

If the progs are not swept out this election, kiss America goodbye.

Ross Kaminsky | 9.27.11 @ 11:31AM

I did not explicitly mention the Tea Party in my article, but it was certainly in my thinking.

There's a lot of talk in the media lately about the Tea Party having less influence than in the past year or two, but I don't buy it.

My take is that the Tea Party is going to knock off a couple of RINOs in primaries and generate support for Republicans in general, not because they/we love Republicans but because we know what Democrats really are.

To the Ron Paul fans: I maintain my view that while I appreciate almost everything he says on domestic policy is on target, his foreign policy views are disqualifying. In particularly nobody who says we should have told the Pakistanis before going to get bin Laden, and nobody who says that Iran wants a nuclear weapon primarily for national self-esteem, should be elected to the presidency (or to anything else of influence in foreign policy.)

DRed| 9.27.11 @ 11:40AM

You think we should bring back the gold standard?

Dan Hirsch| 9.27.11 @ 12:35PM

Gold standard is a problem:

The world produces 2400 tons of gold annually. At $1800/oz this is about $138,000,000,000, or $138 billion. So, pretend we have a $14 trillion dollar GNP, if we had a really, really good year and our economy grew by 10% - there would not be enough gold in the world to back the increase in our GDP.

Oh yeah, and we would need 2,430,000 TONS of gold to support the 14 trillion of our base GNP. That'd be 1,000 years of gold production at current rates.

We are way past the point in our economic history where asset based currency is feasible, unless of course we change the value of the asset. Gold would have to be maybe $20,000/oz to be workable...

So we must leave the gold standard behind, with steam locomotives, buggy whips, and whale oil lamps...Sorry, the world can be a cold place.

DTOM

PS. Trillions are really, really big when you get right up next to them. We'd best not forget that...DH

JP| 9.27.11 @ 12:55PM

I believe the last time we were on the Gold Standard (before 1970), it was only a partial backing. The Treasury held an X amount of Gold (quite small in reality), and backed certain bonds by a certain percentage of Gold and/or silver. The British Empire, when it was on the Gold Standard had less than 1% of its currency actually in Gold Reserves.

A nation doesn't have to really own Gold in large numbers to peg its currency to Gold. China does the same with the Dollar.

Ross Kaminsky | 9.27.11 @ 12:53PM

No, I don't think we need a gold standard. What we need is to remove employment from the Fed's mandate and replace it with stable currency, while keeping the other current mandate regarding inflation.

John Navratil| 9.27.11 @ 2:37PM

Ross Kaminsky,

Agreed! Also ask what kind of standard is it when, as FDR did, the price is set by fiat. If one is to set any sort of monetary standard is must be broader than a single commodity.

Al Adab| 9.27.11 @ 5:00PM

About a year ago or so, the University of Texas bought 1 Billion in gold for their endowment. The State of New Mexico bought a lot for their holdings as well. Maybe they knew something.

Clint| 9.27.11 @ 5:51PM

Dr.Ron Paul's Foreign Policy Advisor Michael Scheuer,Former Chief of The bin Laden Unit,

" On Iran, The President should:

1.) Explain to the American people that Iran is no threat to the United States unless we or Israel attack it first, and then it would be a serious threat to U.S. access to energy and would likely stage terrorist operations in the continental United States. [The last thanks to 30-years of federal immigration policies that leave us without knowledge of who is in the country or what they are capable of doing.]

2.) Publicly state that there will be no U.S. surprise attack on Iran, and no U.S. attack at all on Iran unless the president asks for a formal declaration of war and the Congress votes its approval in a constitutional manner.

3.) Call in Israel's ambassador to the United States and tell him that we understand that Israel believes Iran is a threat to its survival, and that we agree that Israel has every right to defend itself. If Israel believes it must go to war with Iran, then so be it. But also tell the ambassador that if Israel attacks Iran, the U.S. administration will declare U.S. neutrality in the war and immediately cut off military and financial support to all combatants in the war.

4.) Speak to the American people and tell them to expect to be brutally propagandized by U.S. citizen Israel-Firsters through AIPAC, their ubiquitous media shills, and the men and women they own in the U.S. Congress and federal bureaucracy. Urge Americans to ignore this effort by U.S. Israel-Firsters to get them to send their soldier-children to fight in a religious war in which the U.S. has no genuine national interest at stake, and in which U.S. participation would further bankrupt the country, require the reintroduction of conscription, and put America at war with all of the Muslim world -- Shia and Sunni -- for the foreseeable future"

The tea Party Rebellion Is Here.

Doctor Right| 9.27.11 @ 2:08PM

When the media says that the Tea Party's influence is less than it used to be, the translation is:

"CRAP!!! The TEA PARTY is going to wipe the floor with us in 2012!"

Libs ALWAYS tell us who and what they fear the most.

Drunken Sailor| 9.27.11 @ 3:25PM

You mean that is why they like Ron Paul? The don't see a threat of him making it past round one?

Clint| 9.28.11 @ 11:55AM

Exactly.

You're Scared Of The Tea Party & Our Co-Favorite Presidential Candidate Dr. Ron Paul.

Clint| 9.27.11 @ 5:26PM

Is there anything to be learned from the methods they used to locate and kill bin Laden?

Dr.Ron Paul's Foreign Policy Advisor Michael Scheuer,Former CIA Chief of The bin Laden Unit,
"The lesson to be learned is that we can never prevail and protect America by killing and capturing them one at a time. I started the rendition program for the CIA in late summer of 1995, and we have been killing or capturing them one at a time, bringing them to justice, as our presidents say, since then, 16 years ago. There are multiple times the number of people in the field fighting against us or our allies, or for Islam, than there were then. I don't mean at all to denigrate the operation that got Osama bin Laden, but the point is that it's just a body count."

martin j smith| 9.27.11 @ 4:24PM

The Republicans lost in 06 and 08 for one reason--they messed up badly and the Republican Establishment and GWB allowed GWB to be the world's favorite scapegoat. When the Republican Establishment had the majority they gave the Socialists free reign, I am sorry but the Republican Party needs more aggressive and vigorous leadership that is real Conservative based not the fake type we have heard about.

I think the "debates " of the Presidential candidates should be changed to focus on each candidate's vision for American and, how their plans are superior to what is being done now by Obama and the Socialists.

Al Adab| 9.27.11 @ 6:05PM

Each "debate" should center around one issue. That way each candidate would have time to explain his/her vision of the issue, proposals regarding same and potential actions one might take solo or in concert with those other branches, remember them? Not simply a foreign policy night or an economy night but rather more specific.

Tina B| 9.27.11 @ 8:28PM

Gee, then it would be a real debate. Wow, what a thought.

I could really enjoy watching a debate. The dog and pony shows we are being offered is just too hard for me to watch. I rely on TAS and the "first responders" to find out how they really went. I used to watch FOX for that but now I don't trust their agenda or most of their opinions either.

Tina B| 9.27.11 @ 8:29PM

that should have read "are just too hard . . ."

Al Adab| 9.27.11 @ 9:26PM

Tina:
Something along the lines of "Resolved the purpose of the United States government is to protect the Liberty of its Citizens" or perhaps, "Resolved that national taxation and regulation is detrimental to the efficient operation of the national economy." I would enjoy very mush hearing them respond to things like that.

david c | 9.27.11 @ 4:26PM

Carter and Obama together have destroyed the Democrat party. Having control to implement their visions was the best thing that could happen to Republicans. It took a generation to complete, but they did it. Obama will wander the earth wounded as Carter has these last 30 years. Sad, but somehow amusing too.

The economy will not recover and will degrade as (demographic) reduced spending from our baby boomers slowly overwhelms the markets. Obama has no clue about this but I am sure he loses sleep wondering what to do.

The dollar will surely be devalued even more to absorb this enormous public and private debt. This debt cannot be repaid but the entitlement portion can be monetized annually.

War is usually the result of these happenings.

chriser| 9.27.11 @ 4:46PM

Ross, to put it another way you will appreciate - what we want are "true blue, fair dinkum" pols.

Ross Kaminsky | 9.27.11 @ 7:53PM

The problem, chriser, is that they're fair dinkum until they get Potomac Fever...

chriser| 9.28.11 @ 10:21AM

Sad, but true.

Bob K.| 9.27.11 @ 7:32PM

James Carville hung this sign in Bill Clinton's Campaign HQ in Little Rock in 1992:

1. Change vs. more of the same.
2. The Economy, Stupid.
3. Don't forget Health Care.

Nothing has changed! They are still the issues!

AND THEY HAVE COME BACK TO BITE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON IT'S COLLECTIVE ASS!

Get a candidate who understands this and the Republicans will win!

Clint| 9.27.11 @ 10:23PM

Ron Pauls Comes To Me In My Dreams. He Holds Me Close, And Tells Me I Am Special.

Doctor Right| 9.28.11 @ 12:00PM

I'm queer for Herman Goring.

He flies me around our boudoir.

POST American| 9.28.11 @ 12:21AM

----With FUKISHIMA fallout saturating
our already CHEM-trail knitted skies,
and with Agenda 21, now hiding behind
those 'Smart' labels, set to bring in the
PRIVATE usury and EUGENICS 'United
Nations' as world authority -----AND
with the Globalists maneuvering RED China
to be our eventual 'boots on the ground'
'managers' ----------------UH--------------------

-we'd say it's high time to challenge and hurl
the usual Masonic front ops and WAKE UP
to the reality of TREASON.

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