I believe his legions will begin to fall, but when?

I keep thinking and blogging that Obama may have one redeeming quality. His candidacy and God forbid his election will help to clarify what American is about. His presence in the election is already divided Americans into “Keep the ball rolling Americans” and “Stop the Engine Americans”. Obama despite his changing rhetoric to make him look more centerest is a far left political activist. His deep rooted heartfelt values are for bringing the American status quo to its knees and starting over. His relationship with the Reverend Wright, Michelle’s anti-American rants, his love of Saul Alinsky politics, his friedship with Bill Ayers, his connections with Rezko….etc all reveal his true colors.

It may take his election to wake up the masses:

It is difficult for me to let this election cycle go by without a fight. An Obama presidency will bring our country down, economically, militarily, morally, and patriotically. We will survive, but we may back track to a point that it will take years to recover from. Of course the variable is how quickly the forces that want America destroyed can get organized and challenge Obama’s weakness as Commander In Chief. If these forces, Ahmadinejah, Chavez, Islamic terrorists, etc, are allowed to thrive then we may be in for an even more debilitating shock. His election will stir some Americans’ resolve and hopefull create the biggest back lash in American history.

There are signs of such a backlash already:

John Murtha has been spouting Obama like statements and idiotic rhetoric for years. Murtha is fully vetted by the American electorate. He is years ahead of Obama with the American public. Murtha may the canary in a cool mine for things to come. Watching his election will give us a clue on the future of American politics. John Murtha’s battle against Bill Russell will be a showdown of traditional American values and new age anti-military, anti-capitalist, freedom suppressing Obama politics. To bad Murtha’s downfall couldn’t come sooner to help get the American ball rolling back in the right direction. Read all of the Malkin article and help out Bill Russel.

Michell Malkin has this encouraging word:

Bill Russell: The man who could topple John Murtha

By Michelle Malkin • July 23, 2008 08:18 AM

My syndicated column today spotlights the upstart candidacy of Republican newcomer Bill Russell, who is challenging corruptocrat John Murtha in Pennsylvania. I’ve been writing about Bill since last fall and told you about seeing him last month at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, where he was warmly received by the conservative grass-roots. Last week’s second quarter fundraising reports brought amazing news: Russell outraised Murtha 6 to 1–despite not being able to actively campaign while he complete his military service (Russell is on active duty until Aug. 1). This is a miraculous counterinsurgent campaign–and an opportunity for conservative bloggers to make a difference. Campaign manager Peg Luksik told me that readers of this blog helped raised thousands of dollars for Russell when I linked his campaign page last month. As I told the RightOnline convention in Austin over the weekend, Russell is shattering the MSM narrative that the entrenched Murtha is unbeatable. And he is relying on the Internet to spread the word when he hits the great wall of MSM silence. Join the Russell Brigade and help effect real change! (More)

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We need to support Bill Russel and other people who are apposing Obama style politicians. We need to defeat the left handely. It is our duty to keep America safe, strong, and rolling along.

riiggword.

(Psalm 39:5-7)

Before

After

From Chicago Sun-Times:

CHICAGO—In a newly painted 757–with the Obama sunrise logo on the tail and “Change we can believe in” painted on the sides–the Middle East and Europe bound Obama campaign press plane was poised to lift off Sunday evening from Midway Airport to meet up with presumptive presidential Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) after he finishes visits to Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq.

Obama puts his hope in himself, he puts his faith in himself,

he shouts out Obama from on high!

You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Each man’s life is but a breath.
Selah

Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro:
He bustles about, but only in vain;
he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.

“But now, Lord, what do I look for?
My hope is in you.

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From Michelle Malkin:

Lead Story

Cliff Notes version of Obama press conference in Jordan

By Michelle Malkin • July 22, 2008 11:10 AM

1. “Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh.”

2. As commander-in-chief, er, rather, when I’m commander-in-chief…

3. The surge I opposed is working.

4. The architect of the surge, Gen. David Petraeus, is going to waste money on electricity projects, so I must be there to stop him.

5. “Ummmmmm.”

6. Now, stop asking me questions and take pictures.

The Tour de Farce continues…

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Hugh Hewitt adds this nugget:

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

“Obama is brazenly reaching for the Kennedy mantle, especially with his coming star turn in Berlin. Not much of a Kennedy person, even I’m offended. Obama’s no Kennedy.”

Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 12:56 AM

Nixon Foundation director John Taylor writes in essence: I know Jack Kennedy’s story. My guy lost to Jack Kennedy. Barack Obama’s no Jack Kennedy

Barack Obama’s Butterfly Effect

And now Katie Couric, Charles Gibson and Brian Williams

are following their Messiah like sheep.

“ Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher;

“ Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

(Ecclesiastes 1:2)

By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer Sun Jul 20, 1:06 PM ET

NEW YORK - “Television news’ royalty will fly in to meet Barack Obama during this week’s overseas trip: CBS chief anchor Katie Couric in Jordan on Tuesday, ABC’s Charles Gibson in Israel on Wednesday and NBC’s Brian Williams in Germany on Thursday.” (More)

That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done,

And there is nothing new under the sun.

(Ecclesiastes 1:9)

Obama is nothing new!

Arrogance of Arrogance!

From ABC News Blog

July 20, 2008 4:45 PM

Tahman Bradley

Today on CBS’s Face the Nation, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in Afghanistan, told the paparazzi-pursued correspondent Lara Logan that “the objective of this trip was to have substantive discussions with people like President Karzai or Prime Minister Maliki or President Sarkozy or others who I expect to be dealing with over the next eight to 10 years. (More)

Obama assumes arrogantly that he is the shoe-in for the Presidency.

He is the most arrogant least qualified person to run for the Presidency since I have been alive (50 years). He will fall. He will be unveiled. He will be brought to reality. Hopefully before he takes our country down the path of arrogance with him.

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there is also vanity.

But fear God.

(Ecclesiastes 5:7)

Obama’s Magical Mystical World Tour

They Follow like Sheep; Their Shephard

“All we like sheep have gone astray;

We have turned, every one, to his own way;

And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”

(Isaiah 53:6)

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Michelle Malkin has a great post today with loots of pictures of Obama’s arrogance:

The Obama World Tour t-shirt finalists

By Michelle Malkin • July 20, 2008 09:57 PM

Update 9:46am. We’ve got a few last-minute finalists. Enjoy:

From A True Obamanation:

Readers sent in tons of hilarious, triple-snort-worthy entries for the Design Obama’s World Tour T-shirt Contest. Drum roll, please. Here are our finalists:

Vote for your favorite! Maybe we’ll send t-shirts with the winning design to Katie, Brian, and Charlie.

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What will Mr. Arrogance, Talk to Ahmadinejad say about this?

From Hugh Hewitt:

Sunday, July 20, 2008

OK, We Tried. The Iranians Aren’t Interested In Negotiations.

Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 2:44 AM Lots of hand-wringing on the right over the dispatch of a State department senior official, William Burns, to meet with senior Iranian officials in Geneva. Seems like a necessary “last chance” offer to me, and Iran has apparently rejected it:

A U.S. decision to bend policy and sit down with Iran at nuclear talks fizzled Saturday, with Iran stonewalling Washington and five other world powers on their call to freeze uranium enrichment.In response, the six gave Iran two weeks to respond to their demand, setting the stage for a new round of U.N. sanctions.

Iran’s refusal to consider suspending enrichment was an indirect slap at the United States, which had sent Undersecretary of State William Burns to the talks in hopes the first-time American presence would encourage Tehran into making concessions.

Officials and diplomats refused to characterize the timeframe as an ultimatum, but it appeared clear that Iran now has a de-facto deadline to show flexibility.

The Bush Administration has done everything a superpower can do except use military action. Iran’s mullahs come to the conclusion that the U.S. and Israel either will not or cannot stop their nuclear ambitions. If strikes are launched against the mullahs’ nuclear facilities, the U.S. will have tried every avenue to stop the program without resort to bombing. but Iran is an outlaw regime and it does not care a bit what the world demands of it.

Obama claims to be a Christian but does he walk with the Lord?

As I have said from the beginning of this presidential race I have no way to know if Obama is saved. I have no way to see into his internal soul or to understand his eternal goal. We can only see his actions, behaviors, decisions and judgment on this planet e.g. abortion, same sex marriage…etc. If he is saved and a true believer then he is misguided in his actions and beliefs. But this is understandable after sitting under a man such as Jeremiah Wright for twenty years. Of course he claims that he never listened to the man that married him and baptized his children. From my view point Obama is a Christian by convenience to bring glory to himself not to God. As a Christian a man should at least attempt to walk the Christian walk.

What is the lesson for us?

As a born again Christian man I am to walk with the Lord 24-7. He is to be my focus, my goal, my support, my love, my life, and my light. Christians who get carried away by hype, glitz, thrills, and flashy leaders are distracted from their personal walk with the Lord. Christians who have gotten caught up in the Obama extravaganza, of which I believe there are few, are being pulled from the true light. On this planet it is easy to get distracted, it is easy to be pulled toward false light only to be zapped in the end like some unsuspecting bug flying into the allure of the bug-zapper. We need to take heed and look to the Lord as our guide so that we may walk with him daily.

As for me I choose the true light of God:

As a man opposed to Obama’s attempt to become President of the United States of America, I must continue to keep my eyes on the Lord and walk my walk with the Lord. It is an easy distraction as well to try and fight against the false light of Obama. It is easy as a human to be lured away from my daily walk with God and get caught up in the hubbub that is this election. Obama is a threat to the American dream, he is the latest and greatest change salesman to come along. But my allegiance is eternal not finite; Obamas will come and go, Jesus is forever, my walk with him is eternal, my hope lies in him forever.

We need to wait on the Lord and walk the walk and not Faint.

But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

(Isaiah 40:31)

From Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost For His Highest

July 20

DEPENDENT ON GOD’S PRESENCE

“They that wait upon the Lord . . . shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31

There is no thrill in walking; it is the test of all the stable qualities. To “walk and not faint” is the highest reach possible for strength. The word “walk” is used in the Bible to express the character - “John looking on Jesus as He walked, said, Behold the Lamb of God!” There is never any thing abstract in the Bible, it is always vivid and real. God does not say - Be spiritual, but - “Walk before Me.”

When we are in an unhealthy state physically or emotionally, we always want thrills. In the physical domain this will lead to counterfeiting the Holy Ghost; in the emotional life it leads to inordinate affection and the destruction of morality; and in the spiritual domain if we insist on getting thrills, on mounting up with wings, it will end in the destruction of spirituality.

The reality of God’s presence is not dependent on any place, but only dependent upon the determination to set the Lord always before us. Our problems come when we refuse to bank on the reality of His presence. The experience the Psalmist speaks of - “Therefore will we not fear, though . . .” will be ours when once we are based on Reality, not the consciousness of God’s presence but the reality of it - Why, He has been here all the time!

At critical moments it is necessary to ask guidance, but it ought to be unnecessary to be saying always - “O Lord, direct me here, and there.” Of course He will! If our common-sense decisions are not His order, He will press through them and check; then we must be quiet and wait for the direction of His presence.

Of course they are fired up:

It is always easier to get fired up and exited about revolution then it is to get fired up about retaining the status quo. Revolution is always more exciting for the young and the outsiders. Revolution is romantic and alluring to the empty and dejected. Revolution and change are the opiate of those who feel left out. The people who are excited and energetic for Obama have felt discarded, dejected, and left out of the American main stream. They are now full of hope that Obama will be their savior and bring justice to there imagined suppressors. It is easier to get fired up about change but it is the law of inertia that gives power to the status quo.

Status Quo is boring:

McCain represents the status quo and the reality is that we have it pretty good in this country. America has been the best place to live and the place others die to get into. The status quo may not be exciting but it is the best system so far and the best opportunity for living a joyful life for the majority of people. Generally people in America are satisfied with their lives. The MSM and the Democrat machine thrive on spreading bad news and trying to make people feel miserable. The status quo is that people are generally happy. The change revolutionary says, “NO your not, you don’t even know how unhappy you are, I’ll tell you how unhappy you are and then you will know how happy I can make you”. We need to keep the faith and hold onto what has worked for over two hundred years. We need to give our children and grandchildren the same opportunities we have been blessed with.

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The article that got me all fired up

Poll: McCain’s backers less fired up than Obama’s

By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain is facing an excitement deficit.

While overall interest in the presidential campaign has swelled since last fall, backers of Barack Obama are more fired up and express more loyalty to their candidate than McCain’s do, a poll by The Associated Press and Yahoo News showed Friday. In addition, individual groups backing Obama — African-Americans, Democrats and liberals — are more enthusiastic than whites, Republicans and conservatives, who are more aligned with McCain, the GOP senator from Arizona. (More)

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Climate Change or No Change?

I am for change when it comes to the Global Warming Hoax!

Al Gore a hypocrite; Really who’d a thunk?

From Michelle Malkin:

Limousine liberal video of the day: Gore and his gas-guzzling fans exposed!; Update: What global warming consensus?

By Michelle Malkin • July 17, 2008 09:03 PM

Update: Top news this morning…”The American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists, has reversed its stance on climate change and is now proclaiming that many of its members disbelieve in human-induced global warming. The APS is also sponsoring public debate on the validity of global warming science. The leadership of the society had previously called the evidence for global warming ‘incontrovertible.’” (More)

You’re going to love this video from Americans for Prosperity, whose staff caught eco-hypocrisy on full display at Al Gore’s big energy sermon in Washington, D.C. earlier today.

Ed Frank writes: “We’re back from Al Gore’s big global warming speech, and boy did we have a great time! We had a dedicated band of taxpayer advocates out in force, pointing out the high economic cost of global warming alarmism - starting with $8 a gallon gasoline. Of course, we saw plenty of hypocrisy — especially the fact that Gore didn’t ride his bike or take public transporation to the event. He didn’t even take his Prius! Instead, he brought a fleet of two Lincoln Town Cars and a Chevy Suburban SUV! Even worse, the driver of the Town Car that eventually whisked away Gore’s wife and daughter left the engine idling and the AC cranking for 20 minutes before they finally left!”

Enjoy the spectacle and be sure to watch the very end:

Educating the ignorant Kumbaya candidate

…NO!

The guy that many believe and proudly exalt as the most intelligent politician to come along is clueless on many issues. His foreign policy cluelessness is the most dangerous. He believes that we can just sit down and talk it out with the likes of Ahmadinejad or Bin Laden like we sit down with our neighbor to discus where to place our trash cans. Unfortunately a large part of the voters this year never lived through the Jimmy Carter friendly sheepish diplomacy years. It can be safely stated that if it weren’t for Jimmy Carter’s “Understanding” of the plight of the Ayatollahs Iran wouldn’t be the mess that it is. (See the American Thinker article below).

Obama a repeat of the Carter Fiasco:

Obama will create even more problems for America and in turn the world. The islamists are already emboldened by our wimpy Democratic lead congress and the American MSM. The likes of Ahmadinehad are already feeling their oats. An Obama presidency would give them greater confidence and encourage their boldness. The next Carteresk move by Obama will lead to an even greater debacle for Americans than we have seen thus far. Obama asks us to believe that he can talk to thugs and killers and they will see the light. This coming from the man who has a Tizzy Fit over a cartoon on a magazine. (See the Michelle Malkin Article below)

Iraq is a testimony to Freedom and Democracy:

Whether you like the War or not the results are irrefutable. Iraq is just beginning to taste the wonderful elixir of Freedom. We cannot desert the Iraqi people now that they have come to the table of life and partaken in the first morsels of Democracy. Soon they will be eating a healthy diet and strengthening their muscles to grow into a thriving Democratic Nation. The Iraqi economy will grow and thrive, freedom will encourage the Iraqi people to push on and achieve great things. Meanwhile the Iranian people will continue in suppression, poverty, persecution, and death under the Ayatollahs.

Hugh Hewitt writes, “One of the greatest gifts delivered to Iraq by the overthrow of Saddam was this freedom to argue and decry, inveigh and satirize. Those who want with Obama to bolt on the Iraqis are indifferent to amazing march of freedom in the former tyranny, and cannot be a friend of the Iraqi people or the broader Arab world which is watching a multi-party democracy take hold and deepen its roots.” (See the Hugh Hewitt Post Below)

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From the American Thinker:

July 02, 2007

Iran: It’s Time for a Progressive Revolution

By Amil Imani

The father of the Islamic coup d’etat in Iran is also considered one of the twentieth century’s founders of Islamic terrorism: the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Khomeini was an extremely brutal man, instilled from his upbringing with Islamic superstitions and prejudices, but otherwise possessing little education. Claiming to be descended from Muhammad, Khomeini was steeped in anti-secularist, Islamist supremacist thought that is often bred in Islamic seminaries.

As his religious beliefs inevitably mixed with political and social doctrine, he became a part of Iran’s rapid descent from a nation re-emerging as a free and prosperous country to an Islamic theocracy. His role became increasingly one of justifying and urging Sharia and the suppression of human rights as a means to perpetuate Islamic rule. He insisted that all Iranian freedoms not specifically authorized in the Quran were a part of the American and Zionist “agenda”, and he urged civil unrest throughout the nation.

He was deservedly exiled to Iraq for 15 years. In the midst of the civil unrest, Khomeini returned to Tehran in February, 1979 and turned the rejuvenated Islamic passion into rabid anti-Americanism and anti-Western values.

Fortunately for him, Khomeini would soon find that he had friends in high places. The US had just elected Jimmy Carter as President, a man considered hostile to Israel and pro-American interests in the Middle East. It was Jimmy Carter who reassured the world that the Ayatollah Khomeini was a peaceful and “Holy Man”. With Carter’s support, the Ayatollah Khomeini was installed as the unelected dictator of Iran. For his monumental ineptitude, President Carter earned for America one of the greatest and shameful events known as the “Iranian Hostage Crisis”, which perhaps not only cost Carter his presidency but also helped the hostage taker, President Ahmadinejad, earn his. (Full Article Here)

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Michelle Malkin has a great piece on Obama’s cluelessness:

By Michelle Malkin • July 16, 2008 08:16 AM

My syndicated column today looks at Barack Obama’s dopey, dangerous views on ending jihad with “understanding.” He shouldn’t be protesting cartoons. He is a walking, talking cartoon.

Diplomas won’t make jihadis go away, Barack
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2008

In all the brouhaha over the New Yorker’s satirical cover cartoon of Barack and Michelle Obama, a truly “tasteless and offensive” passage in the magazine’s feature article got lost. The magazine piece quotes Obama’s recommendations for how to stop jihad in a local Chicago newspaper op-ed he had published eight days after the September 11 terrorist attacks. It’s a self-parody of blind, deaf, and dumb Kumbaya liberalism:

“We must also engage, however, in the more difficult task of understanding the sources of such madness. The essence of this tragedy, it seems to me, derives from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers: an inability to imagine, or connect with, the humanity and suffering of others. Such a failure of empathy, such numbness to the pain of a child or the desperation of a parent, is not innate; nor, history tells us, is it unique to a particular culture, religion, or ethnicity. It may find expression in a particular brand of violence, and may be channeled by particular demagogues or fanatics. Most often, though, it grows out of a climate of poverty and ignorance, helplessness and despair.”

Is this man for real? Osama bin Laden’s murderous legions are plenty able to “imagine” the “suffering of others.” Go watch an al Qaeda beheading snuff video. Just Google it or surf YouTube. Imagining the suffering of infidels is covered amply in Basic Jihadi Training 101. (More of Michelle Malkin’s Article)

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From Hugh Hewitt:

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Free Speech In Iraq

Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 10:20 AM

I interviewed AEI’s Fred Kagan yesterday, who has just returned from an 11 -day trip around Iraq. The entire transcript is here and the podcast is here.

I asked Kagan about media and political debate in Iraq as the country approaches the crucial provincial elections:

HH: Now talk to us a little bit, we take so granted our free political press and the benefits it gives us, and the pleasure it gives us, and the outlet it provides us. What’s the media like in Iraq right now?

FK: Oh, the media is ferocious in Iraq. I mean, there are lots of media outlets, there’s free press. Most of the outlets, as in America, reflect one view or another, or one party or another. But there are enough of them that, and Iraqis can get them all, that they can get a pretty full picture. And there’s very vibrant political discourse, and there’s lots of arguments and name calling, and all the kind of stuff that we would be very familiar with. But the other thing about Iraq that’s found is when you fly over an Iraqi village, and it’s four mud huts on the ground, two of them will have satellite dishes.

Americans tend to take for granted the joys and benefits of a completely free media, one in which the temptation to political violence is always held down by the opportunity to organize and vent. One of the greatest gifts delivered to Iraq by the overthrow of Saddam was this freedom to argue and decry, inveigh and satirize. Those who want with Obama to bolt on the Iraqis are indifferent to amazing march of freedom in the former tyranny, and cannot be a friend of the Iraqi people or the broader Arab world which is watching a multi-party democracy take hold and deepen its roots.

Read the entire Kagan interview. He, Kimberly Kagan and Jack Keane are owed an immense set of thank-yous for the work they have done to persuade the Administration and the country to save Iraq and to publicize the unfolding victory there. (Full Post Here) (Entire Kagen Interview here)

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Savage Politics has this to add to Obama’s Cluelessness:

Amateur Hour

July 17th, 2008 J Cifre, J.D.

Obama Claimed That Arabic Linguists Needed In Afghanistan Were Being Sent To Iraq, But Arabic Is Not A Language Spoken In Afghanistan:

Obama: “Right now, we don’t have enough troops and NATO hasn’t provided enough troops because they are still angry about us going into Iraq. So we just don’t have enough capacity right now to deal with — and it’s not just troops by the way, it’s like Arabic interpreters, Arab language speakers. We only have a certain number of them and if they are all in Iraq, then it’s harder for us to use them, and obviously they may not speak Arabic, but the various dialects that they speak in Afghanistan oftentimes people who speak Urdu or Pashto or whatever th e languages are, they are going to be needed in those areas and a lot of them have ended up being placed elsewhere. So, we’ve got to focus on Afghanistan.” (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At A Campaign Event, Cape Girardeau, MO, 5/13/0

The Languages Spoken In Afghanistan Are: “Afghan Persian Or Dari (Official) 50%, Pashto (Official) 35%, Turkic Languages (Primarily Uzbek And Turkmen) 11%, 30 Minor Languages (Primarily Balochi And Pashai) 4%, Much Bilingualism.” (CIA World Factbook Website, www.cia.gov, Accessed 5/13/0

* “The vast majority of military translators in both war zones are drawn from the local population. Naturally they speak the local language. In Iraq, that’s Arabic or Kurdish. In Afghanistan, it’s any of a half dozen other languages — including Pashtu, Dari, and Farsi.” (David Wright and Sunlen Miller, “Obama Gaffes On Iraq And Afghanistan,” ABC News’ “Political Radar” Blog, blogs.abcnews.com, 5/13/0 (Full Post)

The LA Times looks into the Obama-Che iconcography connection

After five days treading water in a Sea of Lefties I have returned:

Yes I survived a five day event surrounded by leftist propaganda, Obama stickers, pagan chants, and T-Shirts of Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garcia, and Bob Marley. I attend this event every year just to keep an eye on the far left and to refresh my memory of who I use to be. I also seem to have found a way to wrestle a few dollars out of the crowd which makes the event somewhat financially profitable for me. To be fair I do have a good time with some of my life long lefty friends who I have known for thirty years. We don’t discuss politics; we have learned that it gets us nowhere. I do however through out a few Christian comments to see if anybody will take the bait. God is working on my friends.

I Pledge Allegiance to the Earth:

Yes, this is the slogan that many seem to want to adhere to. I was rounding a corner and there it was staring me in the face the words painted brightly on a wall.

“I pledge allegiance to the earth and to the flora, fauna and human life that it supports. One planet indivisible, with safe air, water & soil, economic justice, equal rights and cooperation by all.”

This may sound harmless enough, but I believe that this pledge embodies the left’s lack of allegiance to the United States of America. You could replace the phrase “I pledge allegiance to the earth” with I pledge allegiance to the cause, I pledge allegiance to the left, I pledge allegiance to health care, I pledge allegiance to abortion, I pledge allegiance to the retreat of our troops, I pledge allegiance to legalizing marijuana, I pledge allegiance to one world government, or your favorite lefty cause of the week. The point is the left does not feel an allegiance to America. They see America as the problem.

Little Kid and Che Guevara; It’s the Shirt Stupid:

But the saddest image I saw that will remain with me for the rest of my life was a little boy about nine-years-old looking at my wares while covered in a Che Guevara T-shirt. I was stunned; I lost my focus as I was talking to a customer. My mind left the customer and shot straight to how can a parent dress their son in such a shirt? How has America come to the point that our young innocent children are being propagandized to believe that ruthless murderers are to be idolized? The boy wore the shirt as proudly as the other kids who sported Bob Marley Ts. This generation is being taught that murderous thugs are equally as valued as marijuana advocating musicians. Our country and its electorate have eaten the pill, drank the Kool Aid, and dropped to their knees for pop culture and pop politics. Obama epitomizes the new pop culture product. He is the product and many have been there, and bought the shirt.

Michelle Malkin reports:

By see-dubya • May 31, 2008 05:36 PM

This is buried deep within a (worthwhile, if creepily non-judgmental and incomplete) piece about the merchandising of Che Guevara’s image, but I was pleasantly surprised to see the LA Times make the connection between the visual cult of Che and the cult of Obama:

“Rebels and activists the world over still take inspiration from Guevara. But the image has lost something; Che’s face on a poster in 1968 isn’t quite the same thing as it is on a mousepad 40 years later. Perhaps it is precisely that loss — the shedding of Che’s radicalism and ideological rigor — that renders him so supremely marketable today. Things are not going well these days. Kids don’t want revolution so much as, um, something different.

So it shouldn’t be a surprise that L.A. artist Shepard Fairey, in his design for a Sen. Barack Obama poster, looked to Korda’s Che. Fairey’s Obama is not wearing a beret, and he’s looking left instead of right, but his face tilts at the same angle as Che’s. His jaw is set with the same willfulness and strength, and he too is gazing recognizably upward into the future (hasta la victoria siempre . . . ). Obama’s eyes, though, are filled not with righteous anger but with vague and lofty hope.”

Look, you just can’t hide from Che’s history. It’s like putting a David Duke for President bumper sticker on your car and then explaining that for you, personally, it’s just about traditional values and not about white nationalism. It’s like flying a Hezbollah flag and just claiming that you’re not for terrorism or wiping out Israel, you’re just opposed to Zionism. This swastika tattoo? Why, it’s just a Hindu/ American Indian good luck symbol, friend–not a Nazi thing at all. Shame on you for thinking so. (More)

Michelle Malkin

Help!

Here is a Collection of a few of my best, In my humble opinion, Obama Posts:

I’ll be heading out for a few days in the woods and I will have little web contact. So, to give you all something to do and ponder I am listing below some of my favorite Obama postings from the last six months. I feel like it is time to regroup and take a look at what has happened to our political process over the last six months; what a ride and it has only just begum. Have fun! keep commenting! I will try and check in to respond to comments if I stumble upon a computer in the woods. So, kick back, have fun, pick your favorite and leave a comment. See you soon,

One last entry about Obama’s lack of solid core beliefs, he keeps changing:

For Immediate Release July 8, 2008

Contact: Press Office 703-650-5550

Barack Obama’s Changing Positions
Everyone’s Been Listening To Him

ARLINGTON, VA — Today, McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds issued the following statement concerning Barack Obama’s statement that those accusing him of changing positions “haven’t apparently been listening to me”:

“Since becoming his party’s presumptive nominee, Barack Obama has changed numerous positions and will continue to change his stances as he puts politics ahead of principle. From growing our economy to securing our nation, Barack Obama has proven his rhetoric to be nothing but empty words and broken pledges that are at odds with his left wing partisan record. Barack Obama is wrong: everyone’s been listening and still nobody knows what Barack Obama truly believes.”

Today, Barack Obama Said That Those Accusing Him Of Changing His Position “Haven’t Apparently Been Listening To Me.” “Asked by a voter about accusations of flip-flopping, Democrat Barack Obama dismissed the notion Tuesday that he has been shifting stances on Iraq, guns and the death penalty to break with his party’s liberal wing and court a wider swath of voters. ‘The people who say this haven’t apparently been listening to me,’ the likely Democratic presidential nominee said in response to a question at a town-hall style event.” (Liz Sidoti, “Obama Denies Shifting To Reach Political Center,” The Associated Press, 7/8/0

CHANGE #1: Despite Pledging To Withdraw American Troops From Iraq Immediately, Barack Obama Now Says He Would “Refine” His Policy After Listening To The Commanders On The Ground

In July 2008, Barack Obama Said He Will Continue To “Refine” His Iraq Policy. Obama: “I’ve always said that the pace of withdrawal would be dictated by the safety and security of our troops and the need to maintain stability. That assessment has not changed…And when I go to Iraq and have a chance to talk to some of the commanders on the ground, I’m sure I’ll have more information and will continue to refine my policies.” (Jeff Zeleny, “Obama: Open to ‘Refine’ Iraq Withdrawal Timeline,” The New York Times’ “The Caucus” Blog, http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com, 7/3/0

In The Primaries, Barack Obama Committed To Withdrawing Troops From Iraq Regardless Of The Advice He Received From Commanders On The Ground. ABC’s Charles Gibson: “And, Senator Obama, your campaign manager, David Plouffe, said, ‘When he is’ — this is talking about you - ‘When he is elected president, we will be out of Iraq in 16 months at the most. There should be no confusion about that.’ So you’d give the same rock-hard pledge, that no matter what the military commanders said, you would give the order to bring them home?” Obama: “Because the commander-in-chief sets the mission, Charlie. That’s not the role of the generals. … Now, I will always listen to our commanders on the ground with respect to tactics, once I’ve given them a new mission, that we are going to proceed deliberately, in an orderly fashion, out of Iraq, and we are going to have our combat troops out. We will not have permanent bases there. Once I have provided that mission, if they come to me and want to adjust tactics, then I will certainly take their recommendations into consideration. But, ultimately, the buck stops with me as the commander-in-chief.” (Sen. Barack Obama, Democrat Presidential Candidate Debate, Philadelphia, PA, 4/16/0

CHANGE #2: Despite Pledging To Accept Public Financing, Barack Obama Has Reversed His Position And Opted Out Of The System

Barack Obama Has Declined Public Financing In The General Election, Calling It A “Broken System.” “In a web video emailed to supporters, Obama asks his supporters to help him ‘declare our independence from a broken system.’ Of course, it’s not so much a broken system that explains why he’s passing on the FEC’s $80+million. He will easily raise more than he could ever get in public funding.” (Jonathan Martin, “Obama Opts Out Of Public Financing,” The Politico’s “Jonathan Martin” Blog, www.politico.com, 6/19/0

In Response To A Midwest Democracy Network Questionnaire, Barack Obama Said He Would Accept Public Funding In The General Election. Question: “If you are nominated for President in 2008 and your major opponents agree to forgo private funding in the general election campaign, will you participate in the presidential public financing system?” Obama: “Yes. I have been a long-time advocate for public financing of campaigns combined with free television and radio time as a way to reduce the influence of moneyed special interests.” (Sen. Barack Obama, “Presidential Candidate Questionnaire,” Midwest Democracy Network, www.commoncause.org, 11/27/07)

God Bless,

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Political Seriousness:

January 30th, 2008

From Where Comes My Help?

Barak gets help from Oprah and Ol’ Teddy Kennedy, Hillary gets help from Bill (I think?), McCain gets Help from Rudy, Romney gets help from conservatives. But where does my help come from? We must remember when time seems to be going by and life seems so important that we are only travelers here, that this world is only a vapor, that elections, politicians, economics and news media are not our true battle. (more)

Obama, The Hurdy Gurdy Man.

Feburary 20th, 2008

Twas then when the Hurdy Gurdy ‘Oba’ Man came singing songs of Love. Like some snake oil salesman, Obama mesmerizes his minions. Obama is not the problem, the lemmings (YouTube) are. Foolish people will follow a shining dangling object, just like the little animals, right off the cliff. I am more concerned about the state of our nation as a whole that will give up reason, thought, and history, just to feel good about “Hope” than I am about the man. I fear our country has taken the Kool-Aid and we are about to jump over the cliff feeling good of course all the way to the jagged rocks below. (more)

24 Hours of Obama, A collection of Obama supporter’s comments.

Febuaray 15th, 2008

Why I love Obama:

This is your chance to add your reason for voting for Obama to the list. For 24 hours I am dedicating my blog space to you the Obama supporter. (more)

Obama, Cammander-in-Cheif?

February 13rh, 2008

Not on my watch:

His words are the problem; what he says is why I don’t want him as Commander-In-Chief. So many words have been written lately on the “New” Savior of America. So many “rumors” or non-rumors depending on who you want to believe. His religion is suspect, Christian?, Afrocentric?, Islamic sympathizer?. He lets us know on his official website that he wants to run from the enamy. He has a plan for after we are attacked. His site mentions ideas for “Evacuating Special Needs Population in an Emergency” and “Reuniting Families after Emergencies.” Everything is “after”. Where is the deterrent? Where is the aggressive use of force to subdue our enemies, who I will remind you our sworn to KILL us. We must never forget that no matter who is President the enemy is not going away. In fact they have destruction on their minds. (More)

Obama Way Out In Left Field:

Great Video on This One!

March 31, 2008

Baseball Season Has Started and My Mind’s Image of Obama Has Crystallized:

He is like baseball outfielder Rodney McCray who was chasing down a ball in the outfield. He chased a ball so hard that he crashed through the wall landing out of the park. Obama is already a left wing guy. He has always been left and only recently he has tried to look more center to get elected. But if you follow his words and his votes you will see a man who is running hard to left field and is about to crash through the Left field barrier right into the radical left socialism parking lot. (More)

Obama Seriously Flawed:

March 23, 2008

Obama may mean what he says:

In that case, just as he says “I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community” we can no more separate what Obama says from his candidacy. I was around in the sixties. I saw the Watts riots close up, I heard the black panthers, I experienced the Democratic convention of 1968. What he says is no different. How we perceive it is. I would like to see our country growing away from such divisive rhetoric. What remains to be seen is if the Democratic party can survive and flourish through this storm. What is also in the future is what will happen as the Republican party looses seats in Congress and the Democrats fall apart from burden of Obama and Clinton. (More)

Michelle Obama, Under the Bus?

April 30, 2008

The Reverend Jeremiah Wright has now been official Thrown Under the Bus:

Can Michelle be far behind? Yesterday Barack Obama stumbled stuttered and stammered his way through a speech that threw Jeremiah out the door, down the road and under the bus. But if we listen to Michelle Obama’s speeches don’t we here echoes of the gracious reverend? Her voice I have to admit last Friday night sounded much more forceful and determined when she was tearing apart the United States and the American Dream, then Obama’s shaky understated denunciation of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. (More)

Obama so Funny

May 20,2008

Do You Need a Good Laugh?

Did you hear the one about the traveling Politician

(More)

Some Less Seriousness Politics:

McCain/Obama, Perot/Nader That’s the Ticket?:

March 26th 2008

Ok, so call me crazy; I couldn’t resist:

Why not Ross Perot and Ralph Nader, could it be any worse than Obama with anybody or Hillary and ………

Well, I like a good challenge So…..:

Alfred E. & Mr. T.

(More, If you dare?)

O’Bomber and Me:

April 15, 2008

A Casual Conversation with a Voter:

ME: Well howdy thar Mr. O’Bomber, that’s a mighty fine suit you found yourself. Ja’ get that at Ross?

O’bomber: Keep your hands off my suit, you hayseed! It’s an Armani you fool!

Me: Well tarrrnations, it fits you pretty good fur borrowed. That Armani fella must be a generous sort, like yer buddy Rezko. Sure makes ya look rich and all. Fur a lefty you sure got a lot a good rich friends.

O’Bomber: I don’t know why I am wasting my Wife’s Princeton educated mind on someone like you, can’t you speak more eloquently? (More)

If Obama could talk to the Iranians:

May 27, 2008

Somehow I get pictures of Dr. Dolittle when I think of Obama talking to Ahmadinejad.

If I could just talk to the Iranians

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Obama, “Can’t Touch This” Candidate:

May 27, 2008

Obama, what about your Pastor of 20 years?

Can’t touch this! Stay away from my pastor!

Obama, what about Michelle’s hatred for American tradition?

Can’t touch this! You’ll lay off if you know what is good for you!!!! (More)

The “C” in CNN stands for clueless

Obama is a Man of Change, a Triple Lundy Man;

Why Not Wait and See Where He Lands?

Since Obama has yet to define himself on several key issues that are High Values for Americans, then why not wait until he finally decides what he believes in? Let’s give him some more time in the Senate to define what his core values and beliefs are. After all why should we expect a man of 47 years old who graduated from Harvard and has been a Senator to know what he really thinks? He needs more time to develop and grow; even Oprah and Dr. Phil know that he just needs more time to find himself and his core beliefs. So I say let’s give him that needed time. Obama can come back when he grows up, we’ll wait to see who he really is. Let’s give him until say 2056.

Why not Wait until he decides what he thinks about abortion?

Why not Wait until he decides who his pastor is?

Why not Wait until he decides what he will do in Iraq?

Why not Wait until he decides how high he will raise taxes?

Why not Wait until he decides what to do on Public financing?

Why not Wait until he decides what he will do about Illegal immigration?

Why not Wait until he decides what he thinks about Decriminalization of marijuana?

Why not Wait until he decides on what to do with Special interests?

Why not Wait until he decides where he was born?

Why not Wait until he decides if Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers, Reverend Phleger, are his friends?

Why not wait until he decides if he should pull his mother out from under the bus?

Why not wait until Michelle Obama decides wheather she is proud of America or Not?

Why not wait and see if he or Tony Rezko mows the strip of land between their houses?

Why not wait until Obama can figure out “What went wrong in the Grove Parc Plaza housing debacle?

Why not wait to see if he will or won’t talk to Ahmadinejad?

Why not wait…….?

Why not wait until the election is over and he can go back to Illinois and find himself?

Who His Pastor is?

From Hugh Hewitt:

Saturday, July 05, 2008

Obama’s “Spiritual Journey”: Where’s Jeremiah Wright?

Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 11:50 PM The Washington Post has a lengthy story on Obama’s current account of his faith journey.

The story, strangely, leaves unexamined the role of Pastor Wright in Obama’s spiritual journey. How can a story allegedly about Obama’s religious beliefs not discuss in depth the influence of Jeremiah Wright, which is detailed in Obama’s memoir, Dreams of My Father?

It cannot, of course, and it is not a serious story as a result. It is a certain that Obama wants to airbrush Pastor Wright and his views from the candidate’s biography, but ought the nation’s leading paper cooperate in the exercise?

UPDATE: David Mark and Kenneth Vogel have a story at Politico.com today on Obama’s first memoir.

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CNN MORE IN THE TANK THAN EVER

WHEN WILL WE STOP WATCHING?

From Michelle Malkin:

By Michelle Malkin • July 7, 2008 04:19 AM

Take a look at the man on the left in this photo from CPAC 2007:

He is Col. George Everett “Bud” Day, the nation’s most highly decorated soldier since General Douglas MacArthur. It was a thrill to meet this genuine American hero in person.

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Colonel (then Major), U.S. Air Force, Forward Air Controller Pilot of an F-100 aircraft. Place and date: North Vietnam, 26 August 1967. Entered service at: Sioux City, Iowa. Born: 24 February 1925, Sioux City, Iowa. Citation: On 26 August 1967, Col. Day was forced to eject from his aircraft over North Vietnam when it was hit by ground fire. His right arm was broken in 3 places, and his left knee was badly sprained. He was immediately captured by hostile forces and taken to a prison camp where he was interrogated and severely tortured.

Make sure you click on all those links and then be sure to leave the links in the comments section of this clueless CNN piece about Col. Day.

Why? Because you wouldn’t know about Col. Day’s extraordinary heroism if you only got your news from CNN, which falsely states in a reductionist hit job on Day: “McCain Truth Squad defender was Swift Boat Vet member.”

Greyhawk at Mudville Gazette and Scott Johnson at Power Line (more here) set the record straight.

CNN owes a correction and an apology for its ignorance, disrespect, and the warped propaganda it disseminated about Col. Day.

The Obamedia have no shame. (Malkin)

Junior U.S. Senator from Illinois

Obama Is Beyond the Flip Flop on his ideas:

Move over Rodney and let Obama take over:

Flip Flop Yes

But Triple Lundy Awesome!

Obama is the new king of the Triple Lundy. Weaving and bobbing, posturing and appeasing, swooning and a swaying his way into the White House.

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From Associated Content:

Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. Defends Partial-birth Abortion

By Donna Hope, published Oct 24, 2006

In 2003, as chairman of the next Senate committee to which BAIPA (Born Alive Infants Protection Act) was sent, Obama prevented it from even getting a hearing. BAIPA, by the way, stated that all live-born babies were guaranteed the same constitutional right to equal protection, whether or not they were wanted.

Twice, Obama voted against bills prohibiting tax funding of abortions.

In February 2004, his wife, Michelle, sent out a fundraising letter, which actually stated her concern over the rise of conservatism in the Country, and that the ‘so-called’ partial-birth abortion was a legitimate medical procedure that should be protected.

From Femeniste

Aw, Barry, say it ain’t so

Obama and the Acceptable Abortion

Posted by: Jill in Culture Of Life, Elections, Politics, Reproductive Rights, tags: obama abortion

Obama: I absolutely can, so please don’t believe the emails. I have repeatedly said that I think it’s entirely appropriate for states to restrict or even prohibit late-term abortions as long as there is a strict, well-defined exception for the health of the mother. Now, I don’t think that “mental distress” qualifies as the health of the mother. I think it has to be a serious physical issue that arises in pregnancy, where there are real, significant problems to the mother carrying that child to term. Otherwise, as long as there is such a medical exception in place, I think we can prohibit late-term abortions.

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From MIchell Malkin:

A pair of flippers

By Michelle Malkin • July 1, 2008 11:44 AM

Barack on gay marriage.

Barack on welfare reform.

Posted in: Barack Obama, John McCain

Obama flips again: gay marriage

posted at 8:51 am on July 1, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Barack Obama has reversed himself yet again, but this time he has done a double backflip with a half-twist to the Left. After previously saying he opposed gay marriage and that he respected the rights of states to set conditions for marriage, Obama has now said that he opposes California’s initiative to ban gay marriage — and that he would use federal law to end such efforts: (more)

ABC: Obama flip-flopped on welfare reform

posted at 9:30 am on July 1, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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ABC News takes a critical look at Obama’s new ad, “Dignity”, and sees a reversal on Bill Clinton’s welfare reform program. While Obama takes credit for moving people off of the welfare rolls and into jobs, he sang a different tune in 1997 while in the Illinois state legislature. Rather than support Clinton, he called the president “disturbing” and opposed the initiative: (more)

Please feel free to add your own Obama Triple Lundy to the comments.