Category: Democrats

The Obama Administration cannot handle real press

The is just too damned rich; Ol’ Big ears and his Administration cannot handle Roger Alies and Co. over at Fox News.

Via the Obama Magazine AKA Time:

There was never a single moment when White House staff decided the major media outlets were falling down on the job. There were instead several such moments.

For press secretary Robert Gibbs, the realization came in early September, when the New York Times ran a front-page story about the bubbling parental outrage over President Obama’s plan to address schoolchildren — even though the benign contents of the speech were not yet public. “You had to be like, ‘Wait a minute,'” says Gibbs. “This thing has become a three-ring circus.” (See who’s who in Barack Obama’s White House.)

For deputy communications director Dan Pfeiffer, the more hyperbolic attacks on health-care reform this summer, which were often covered as a “controversy,” flipped an internal switch. “When you are having a debate about whether or not you want to kill people’s grandmother,” he explains, “the normal rules of engagement don’t apply.”

And for his boss, Anita Dunn, the aha moment came when the Washington Post ran a second op-ed from a Republican politician decrying the “32” alleged czars appointed by the Obama Administration. Nine of those so-called czars, it turned out, were subject to Senate confirmation, making them decidedly unlike the Russian monarchs. “The idea — that the Washington Post didn’t even question it,” Dunn says, still marveling at the decision.

All the criticism, both fair and misleading, took a toll, regularly knocking the White House off message. So a new White House strategy has emerged: rather than just giving reporters ammunition to “fact-check” Obama’s many critics, the White House decided it would become a player, issuing biting attacks on those pundits, politicians and outlets that make what the White House believes to be misleading or simply false claims, like the assertion that health-care reform would establish new “sex clinics” in schools. Obama, fresh from his vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, cheered on the effort, telling his aides he wanted to “call ’em out.”

The take-no-prisoners turn has come as a surprise to some in the press, considering the largely favorable coverage that candidate Obama received last fall and given the President’s vows to lower the rhetorical temperature in Washington and not pay attention to cable hyperbole. Instead, the White House blog now issues regular denunciations of the Administration’s critics, including a recent post that announced “Fox lies” and suggested that the cable network was unpatriotic for criticizing Obama’s 2016 Olympics effort.

White House officials offer no apologies. “The best analogy is probably baseball,” says Gibbs. “The only way to get somebody to stop crowding the plate is to throw a fastball at them. They move.”

There is a whole bunch of stuff to say here; much of which I have written before. It is quite obvious to anyone who has been following this President and his White House staff since day one; and has not been drinking the damn Kool-Aid, knows that this President Administration, much like the last one, is still running in campaign mode. I believe it was not until the very bitter end, that Bush realized that he was doing wrong and stopped the campaign mode, this is why Karl Rove and Donald Rumsfield were tossed overboard.

Just as well, this President is making the same mistakes as the last one. The difference is this; it took George W. Bush six years for his poll ratings to plummet and it has taken this President six months. That my friends, is the astounding fact.

The glaring fact of this Administration is that they seem to have this glaring sense of entitlement. It seems that they are caught up in this whole mentality of, “This is a black President and you must treat him special!” The problem with is, that may work in the city of Chicago; but just does not cut it in American or more specifically beltway politics.  Does this Presidential Administration actually believe that Sean Hannity is just not going to say anything at all about President Obama socialist agenda?

The way I see it, Fox News has been extremely fair to the President, they have given him all of the benefit of the doubt. But they have not went into the tank for the President, at all. Something that I am extremely grateful for. As a result of this; Fox News’s rating have soared over every other networks; and I know why. It is because the American people, like me, do not want apologists for the Administration; we want hard factual news and critical reporting. If the President is screwing up, I want to know about it. If what the President is doing is not good for the Country, the American people have a right to know.

What the American people do not need; is someone like that sniveling four-eyed punk Robert Gibbs dictating to them, what they can and cannot report. Personally, I think Robert Gates is a asshole; and he is not doing much for the White House and President Obama’s image, he needs to be replaced. But I do not see that coming, unless Gibbs makes a major blunder.

Others: JustOneMinute, NewsBusters.org, Townhall.com,  RedState, Riehl World View, Left Coast Rebel, Jules Crittenden, , Hot Air, Pajamas Media, JammieWearingFool,Gateway Pundit and TVNewser

Democrats try to play the Gender Card and get smacked down

Now this is just too rich.

Via the Politico:

The National Republican Congressional Committee is urging Gen. Stanley McChrystal to put House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “in her place” for weighing in on Afghanistan — prompting one female Pelosi ally to  blast the House GOP as “80 percent male,” “100 percent white” — and completely out of touch.

On Monday night, Pelosi told Charlie Rose “should go up the line of command” instead of publicly opining on strategy — prompting a swift, sneering reaction from the GOP committee.

Mocking the first female speaker as “General Pelosi,” an NRCC spokesman wrote, “If Nancy Pelosi’s failed economic policies are any indicator of the effect she may have on Afghanistan, taxpayers can only hope McChrystal is able to put her in her place.”

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), who is close to Pelosi, could barely contain her anger.

“I think the place for a woman is at the top of the House of Representatives,” said Wasserman Schultz.

“It’s evidence they long for the days when a woman’s place was in the kitchen. Now a woman is third in line for the presidency… But it’s not surprising, coming from a party that’s 80 percent male and 100 percent white,” she added, referring to the composition of the House GOP conference.

NRCC Spokesman Ken Spain was unrepentant, telling POLITICO that Pelosi is “playing out of her league,” and questioned the reluctance of Democrats to call for McChrystal to testify in a hearing on the war.

Spain: “Spare us the lectures and mock-outrage. The Speaker of the House is taking on a highly decorated general who has outlined a strategy in Afghanistan that she once claimed to advocate… [S]he’s playing out of her league and she knows it.”

Quite a-typical for a Party that thrives on the gender, and race card. Good on the G.O.P for not sitting there and allowing the Socialist twits to suck them into that little game. This is a perfect example of why I will never vote for that Party, ever again. I mean, they may like to do things to help the middle class; sometimes. But at what cost? At the cost of having to kowtow down to fat broads that never get any? I think not. Of course, if they pass that Cap & Trade Bill or should I call it Cap & Tax? Anyhow, that will result in the majority of Americans; getting royally screwed in the pocketbook. So, that whole middle class line gets a wee bit over played by the Democrats.  For the record, I am poor class myself; according to the Democrat Party way of looking at things. What have they done for me? Not my Parents; but me. Truthfully? Jack shit, that is what they have done for me, and they know it. They are too damn busy playing the protectionist role; too busy supporting those corrupt unions, like SEIU and Organizations like ACORN. They are too busy for white people like me; they have support the people that get them votes, IYKWIMAITYD!

As to the Story; Yes, Nancy Pelosi is way in over her head, and yes, she knows it. That Botox wearing fat bitch ought not even be in politics. She is a damn disgrace to America and hopefully will be voted out come 2010.  Hopefully, she will be, because it is quite obvious that she is not cut out for her position in politics. Never was, only got the job; because she was damn female; and because she was well connected in the, shall we say, Hollywood world. IYKWIMAITYD.

Update: Check out the roundup of Liberal political hacks carping about this story….What a joke!

A Necessary Clarification

As I have written on my blog a good number of times, my blog is not at all about me.  My Blog is, however, about my take on the current political events of the day.  As it is written in my “About Me” section on my Blog, that I am a former  so-called “Reagan Democrat,” or a “Blue Dog Democrat” or more simply, a “left of center” type person.  However, during my tenure of being a Blogger and Political writer and seeing how I watched how this past election went down; my political philosophy changed.  This is still allowed last time I checked.  I just felt that the Democratic Party had succumbed to the teachings of identity politics, not to mention all the socialism that is poisoned that party beyond repair.  For Clarity’s sake, I essentially came to the same conclusions that Former President Ronald Reagan came to long ago, albeit much later in my life.  Thus, one could call me a Conservative.  Although, I will be the first to tell you, I am just not quite ready to don my elephant button and become a sworn Republican just yet.  For what it is worth; I tend to lean more libertarian on social issues; however when it comes to defense and foreign policy I am quite the “Neo-Con” as those who are isolationist or Anti-Semitic would call me.

Having said all of this, I feel the need to make something very clear.  For those of you who read this blog on a daily basis or happen to stop from a reference link or what have you, you know that I am someone who is keenly aware that the War on Terror is a very real issue.  I am also aware of the fact that the Islamic-Fascists want to impose a strict form of Islamic law in this Country.  Having said all that, I feel the need to make a clarification on where I stand on this issue.  The Anti-Islamic-Fascism crowd is divided into two camps —– The first, is quite a noble and intelligent crowd, who know that the Religion of Islam has been hijacked by a group of bloodthirsty killers, who hate America and our way of life; and want to see this Nation destroyed.  The second crowd is such that I hate to even waste my time even writing about them.  The second crowd area group of people, who personal intellect is that of a primate; they are those who believe that all of those, who practice the religion of Islam and those who are of middle eastern descent , are, in fact, those who want to engage in acts of terrorism.

Let me be clear; I stand with the first noble crowd and not with the second crowd.  The second crowd is nothing more than racist bigots, who employ the tactics of the far left in this Country and engage in the practice of collectivism; or as it is commonly known as “Guilt by Association.”  This is the same sort of tactic, which was used by the racist bigot Democrats in the south back in the days before the Civil rights act of 1964. Their reasoning was that the entire Negro race was evil and that it must be contained.  This was, and still is a flawed mindset.  What saddens me greatly is that there are those, who refer to themselves as conservatives that cling to this idiotic mindset.  Peradventure that I should say that, these people are no more “Conservative” than I am a damned sworn Marxist.

The reason why I am even writing about this is that I happen to be a user of the social network Twitter, which is quite the marvel of the twenty first century. For those who happen to follow my “tweets” as they are called; know that last night and early this morning, I was engaged in a “Tit for tat” with a group of so-called Conservatives whom, I felt, were engaged in this sort of idiotic mindset.  In subsequent conversation with the lot of them, I discovered that I perhaps was a bit early in my judgment of them.  For this a greatly apologize.  Although, I did block one of them, as she did hurl an undeserved salvo at me and call me a “Liberal.”  In some respects, I might just be a liberal, albeit a “Classic Liberal”—- the different there is as wide and deep as the span and depth of the Grand Canyon.  I say this because I feel that Religion’s involvement in the Government is quite wrong, however, I do believe that the Government’s involvement is private industry is quite wrong also, not to mention it goes against the strain of what this Nation’s principles were founded upon.

I will end this rather long rambling piece with a dire warning to those who follow me on Twitter.  If you follow me and I follow you; and you happen to post something on twitter that I happen to think is racist or bigoted, I will call you on it.  I make no apologies for my feelings on this subject.  Just to be clear; there is nothing at all wrong with being concerned with the Islamic-Fascism movement, and being one who stands up against the terrorists who want to destroy our country.  However, we must not allow ourselves to be overcome with feelings of hate towards the race of people or toward those who practice a form of religion that was simply hijacked by those who are on a political mission to destroy our Country.  If we do this, we are no better than those, who wish to destroy us.

Obama not happy with General McChrystal

Oy, this is not good.

According to sources close to the administration, Gen McChrystal shocked and angered presidential advisers with the bluntness of a speech given in London last week.

The next day he was summoned to an awkward 25-minute face-to-face meeting on board Air Force One on the tarmac in Copenhagen, where the president had arrived to tout Chicago’s unsuccessful Olympic bid.

Gen James Jones, the national security adviser, yesterday did little to allay the impression the meeting had been awkward.

Asked if the president had told the general to tone down his remarks, he told CBS: “I wasn’t there so I can’t answer that question. But it was an opportunity for them to get to know each other a little bit better. I am sure they exchanged direct views.”

An adviser to the administration said: “People aren’t sure whether McChrystal is being naïve or an upstart. To my mind he doesn’t seem ready for this Washington hard-ball and is just speaking his mind too plainly.”

In London, Gen McChrystal, who heads the 68,000 US troops in Afghanistan as well as the 100,000 Nato forces, flatly rejected proposals to switch to a strategy more reliant on drone missile strikes and special forces operations against al-Qaeda.

He told the Institute of International and Strategic Studies that the formula, which is favoured by Vice-President Joe Biden, would lead to “Chaos-istan”.

When asked whether he would support it, he said: “The short answer is: No.”

He went on to say: “Waiting does not prolong a favorable outcome. This effort will not remain winnable indefinitely, and nor will public support

via Barack Obama furious at General Stanley McChrystal speech on Afghanistan – Telegraph.

I’m with Jimmie over at the Sundries Shack; If I were serving in the Military right now and I were in the Afghan Theater. I would  be just a wee bit worried.

GrayHawk over at Mudville Gazette says:

Seriously, I can think of several alternatives to General McChrystal’s plan for carrying out the administration’s Afghan strategy, but certainly none I’d want my name associated with in any way, shape, or form. In D.C., no one in the administration (or the Pentagon) is willing to have their name associated with any alternative plan, but apparently many are willing to whisper to reporters that there is one and Biden thinks it’s great.

Just something to think about.

Oh Yeah,this is not going to end well, at all. Kind of like watching a train wreak. You hate to look; but curiosity just will not let you look away.

My Prediction: General McChrystal will tell ol’ big ears Bambi, to puff a damn root and will resign, which will leave the President and his staff twisting in the wind; let THEM be responsible for one of the biggest screw ups, since Vietnam.  I mean, seriously, would you want this whole debacle on your shoulders, and have on your conscience the lives of all those men; because the President is more interested in making himself look good; than he is actually interested in being the commander in chief? I think not.

Others Covering: JustOneMinute, American Spectator, And So it Goes in Shreveport, protein wisdom, Flopping Aces and Weasel Zippers (Via Memeorandum)

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Why does the Liberal media continue to lie about the Bill Sparkman death?

You know, there is something to be said about darn good journalism. Once again; Robert Stacy McCain does, what the Main Stream Corporate Media will not do. Report the story accurately.

An Excerpt from the story in The American Spectator: (H/T The Other McCain)

“He knocked on the wrong door,” was the way one resident described what most locals familiar with the case consider the most likely scenario for Sparkman’s killing. As the Newseek story notes, eastern Kentucky is known as a haven of marijuana growers. The weed growers plant their crops in Daniel Boone National Forest, which sprawls across the mountainous region and encompasses half of Clay County.

What would be proven if we knew (as we do not) that Sparkman was engaged in Census work at the time of his disappearance — most likely Sept. 9, three days before his body was discovered in the Hoskins family cemetery some 30 miles east of his home — and “knocked on the wrong door”?

If the fatal door he knocked on was at the home of a marijuana grower or a drug dealer (methamphetamine and other drugs are also problems in the region), who killed him after mistaking Sparkman’s federal identification as evidence that the stranger was a narcotics agent, is that an “anti-government” or “anti-Census” motive? Or is it merely a criminal seeking to prevent detection of his crimes — the kind of killing that happens with unfortunate frequency in America all the time?

That, however, is strictly a hypothetical scenario. The haste of some journalists and bloggers to attribute Sparkman’s mysterious death to a particular motive — to give it a political meaning — based on speculation and assumptions, is irresponsible in the extreme. . . . – Read the Rest, Please.

I like to tease Robert Stacy McCain quite a bit; it is because I happen to like the old chap. But, in reality I know damn well, that Mr. McCain is one of those rare reporters; who tells the truth, puts his political beliefs aside and tells the straight story. It is a great pity, that some of his equals among the liberally financed media, are not able to do the same thing. It is pretty bad; when someone like me or anyone else in America, has to go to a Conservative Blog or a Conservative-owned and financed magazine to get to the straight truth about a story.

My question to you is this; what does it say about the status of the American media, when you go to sites like Newsweek and you happen to read stories like the one about Bill Sparkman, which are outright fabrications of the truth?  The answer is quite and painfully obvious; that the Socialist Liberal-funded Media, in it’s desire to please the new Black President of the United States of America; has, in fact, sacrificed its integrity at the alter of the Socialist, Anti-Conservative agenda.  Bill O’Reilly has said this for years; and nobody believed him; now it is getting harder and harder to ignore or even to dismiss that fact. In fact, I used to laugh at Bill for even making that accusation. However, it is now becoming more and more apparent to this writer, that the liberal-funded media is not interested in reporting the fact,  but is more interested in further the agenda of the far, far left and possibly even the agenda of the White House itself.

What does this mean for Blogs, Conservative websites and Blogs? It means that the rest of America; who are not committed leftists, are going to start reading these sites to see anything, that is even remotely critical of the President or to see any true accurate reporting. I believe it is sad too; because there was a time, when one could actually get decent reporting out of the Corporate funded media. Honestly, if it were not for Rupert Murdoch; I believe much of the honest and critical reporting of President Barack Obama would be limited to Blogs and small Conservative media outlets. Honestly? There was a time, when I used to grind my teeth and curse the fact that Rupert Murdoch even existed; but now, quite frankly, I am eternally grateful for the man and his media outlet. Further more, I am eternally grateful for those, who stick their necks out and choose to do battle with the Socialists, who dominate the media circus. There are many of them; and they know who they are and how much I am grateful for them.

My friends, it is going to be long painful four to eight years in America; we must choose now, if we stand and fight or if we decided to shrink away and allow our freedoms to be taken from us.  There will be personal risks involved and the rewards will be minimal, but if we are to save this might Republic from those who want to see it destroyed, we are going to have to count the cost and work. Who of among you will join us?

The harvest is vast, but the laborers are few.

Alert the Media! – LIVE FROM THE LEFT COAST with Angie Coiro

That’s right folks. I am stepping into the cross hairs! *gulp*

Anyhow, I am going on with this lady here:

Angie Coiro
Angie Coiro

Angie’s Website and Angie’s Page over at Green 96 FM’s website

Anyhow, I am going to be on Angie’s show towards the end; talking about the human impact of the Saturn closure. I guess Angie was impressed with what I wrote.  The Show airs from 6:00 to 8:00pm California time. (that’s 9:00 till 11:00 EST)

I can tell you this; this will NOT be a Conservative vs Liberal screaming match or a debate. Just a chat between two people; albeit two people from very different political positions and an personal perspective on a rather big story here in the Michigan area.

As you can most likely guess; I am nervous, this is my first radio interview. But I promise, I will be civil and try to just stick to the subject; without all the normal nonsense that we “gun toting crazy right wingers” are known for. 😉  😛

Wish me luck, Please. I need it. 😮

Just a parting thought: My first farking radio interview and it’s by a socialist liberal!?!?! Good Lord. Hannity? O’Reilly? None of ya’ll got no love for me? Come on ya’ll!! Yer killing me here! 🙄

Update: Well, that went well, no fighting and I thought I answered the questions as best I could. 😀

Michael Moore says Union For Thee, but not for me!

I’ve already written about this idiot once this week. But here we go again!

Michael Moore, champion of the working class, used non-union stagehands to film “Capitalism: A Love Story.” The porcine provocateur is promoting his anti-Wall Street jeremiad by giving free tickets to unions, but the American Federation of Teachers has turned them down because Moore didn’t hire any members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. “Michael Moore and one of our sister unions, IATSE, are in discussions about concerns the union has,” the AFT told ABC News. “The AFT has decided against accepting tickets until those issues are resolved.” Moore’s agent, Ari Emanuel, seems to blame the IATSE for treating documentarians as “second-class filmmakers.” “This is a Writers Guild, Screen Actors Guild and Directors Guild film, as all Michael’s films are,” Emanuel said. “He is a proud, dues-paying member of all three of these unions.”

via Michael Moore used non-unionized stagehands on documentary ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’.

How typical. The socialist Democrats like the use the Unions as their useful idiots. This is living proof.