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Thank God OPR Didn't Get the Message

The Good News: Barack Obama and his Democratic leaders running the House and Senate did not get the message coming out of the Massachusetts election of Republican Senator-Elect Scott Brown. After more than a week of looking for signs, it's clear Obama, Pelosi, and Reid (OPR) are as blind to reality today as they have been since election day in November 2008.

It's hard to imagine how they can view the devastating electoral losses they incurred in Virginia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts as anything other than total rejection of their policies. But Obama and his comrades have stated that they just haven't been clear enough in their communication with the American people. See you're too stupid to figure out what they're doing is good for you. So they're hell-bent on shoving through their leftist ideology/policies down your throats regardless your support or lack thereof. In the end, you'll thank them.

I recall back in early 1994 watching Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts on This Week with David Brinkley stating that Bill Clinton "just hadn't found his voice yet." That was the reason American voters weren't buying into HillaryCare and his leftist agenda. The underlying message was once again that the electorate was just too stupid to get it. Some things never change.

Why is this good news? Because it's the best of all worlds for conservatives hoping to retake control of Congress this fall. OPR will spend the next several months trying to push through their policies. This will continue to infuriate the electorate. As such, just enough Democratic Senators and Congressmen will understand their political survival is at stake and will join with the Republicans to kill OPR's legislative efforts.

My concern after Scott Brown's massive victory in Massachusetts on January 19 was that OPR would wake up. Smell the coffee. Realize their hold on power was in serious jeopardy. They would then change their ways ("pivot") and transform into likable moderates thereby lowering the number of seats in Congress the GOP will win this November.

But after last night's "State of Obama" speech and previous rhetoric coming from OPR, it's clear that won't be the case. They've convinced themselves the country has jerked leftward, way leftward and that their brand of socialism is what the electorate had in mind when they handed them the reigns of power in November 2008.

Good. Such delusion will only serve conservative candidates very well on November 2, 2010.

DCuz

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Sucks to Be You (Leftists)

What a week!

Tuesday the People's Republic of Massachusetts elects a conservative Republican to the Senate.

Then today, two momentous events occur...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces she does not have the votes in the House to pass the Senate's version of ObamaCare as written.  As such, the bills produced by both chambers will have to go to conference to work out a compromise.  Then that compromise will have to be voted upon again in both the House and the Senate.  The Senate will require 60 votes to pass it.  Not-Gonna-Happen!!  The Drudge Report call today the day health care died.  May it never rear its ugly head again.

Then the Supreme Court hands a huge victory to freedom-loving patriots by striking down McCain-Feingold.  Freedom of speech reigns in America once again.  This decision is considered "landmark" by many and possibly one of the Court's most important in years.

What's next?  Impeachment proceedings against Chairman Obama for unacceptable levels of arrogance, stupidity, and selfishness?  Oh, if only those fell under the categories of "high crimes and misdemeanors."

DCuz

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Scott Brown Wins!


(AP)

Scott Brown Wins!

America Wins!

Let the revolution continue!

November 2 cannot come soon enough!

(Teddy is spinning.)

DCuz

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The Slow Motion Democrat Implosion

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week, you are probably aware there's an unexpectedly hot US Senate race brewing in Massachusetts right now. Election day is this Tuesday.

What everyone (and I mean everyone) thought would be a Democrat blow-out to retain Ted Kennedy's seat has suddenly turned out to be a tight race. Truly shocking news when one considers that Massachusetts is probably the bluest of blue states in the union.

Just a week ago, the Boston Globe was telling us Democrat candidate Martha Coakley had a 17 point lead over Republican Scott Brown. But a string of recent polls have indicated support for Coakley was dwindling quickly and Brown was making major progress. Today, PJM/Cross Target reports their polling give the Republican candidate a 15 point lead. If that's even close to being accurate, the Democratic Party is in big, big trouble.

There are multiple reasons for this turn of events. Martha Coakley has turned out to be a lousy candidate. She's one of those liberal elites who's just stupid enough to tell people what she actually believes. The most recent example: Coakley told a radio host that if you're a Catholic, you probably should not be working in hospital emergency rooms since those workers must provide emergency contraception whether they're morally opposed or not. There should be no conscience clause for nurses, doctors, or other medical professionals working in America's emergency rooms. After all, there IS a "separation of church and state," ya know. She actually said that.

This follows that "incident" earlier in the week (see previous posting) of having one of her thugs smack around a reporter. And that was preceded by an abysmal performance in a televised debate in which she claimed, among other things, that all terrorists were out of Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, Republican candidate Scott Brown seems to have not only hit his stride but has tapped into a very popular promise: To be the 41st vote to kill ObamaCare. If the polls are accurate, perhaps there are enough Massachusetts residents who realize government control over their health care isn't a good idea. They've gotten a big taste of it through RomneyCare - Massachusetts' state version of government health care passed into law and signed by then-governor Mitt Romney. The state program is way over budget and improvements in coverage and quality of care have failed to materialize. Maybe, just maybe the citizenry of Massachusetts realizes ObamaCare is RomneyCare on steroids and will only make an already bad situation worse.

There remains a little voice in the back of my head telling me to not get my hopes up too high with Tuesday's election. Massachusetts is still a Democrat-dominated state and the Left will move heaven and earth to retain Teddy Kennedy's seat. Dirty tricks by the Left will likely abound over the weekend and The Boston Globe or some other leftist media outlet will make news with "newly discovered evidence/allegations" that Scott Brown is the sleaziest person to ever walk the earth. The Left will stop at nothing so be mentally prepared for some false but sensational allegations to hit the fan between now and Tuesday.

Regardless the outcome, the very fact that this is even considered a close race tells us everything we need to know about the mood of the American electorate. This follows major Republican victories in governors races in New Jersey and Virginia last November. All of this gives us a glimpse of the coming Armageddon the Democrats running Congress will face this November. And maybe, just maybe some Democrats in Congress will wake up and choose self-preservation over political suicide and finally kill ObamaCare themselves.

Well, one can always dream.

DCuz

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MA Dem Thugs Rough Up Reporter

In a clear sign of desperation by Dem US Senate Candidate Martha Coakley's campaign, she had her entourage rough up a reporter outside her Washington DC fund raiser last night. 

Upon leaving her fund raiser (heavily sponsored by fat cats in the health industry), Weekly Standard reporter John McCormack asked the Democrat hoping to fill Ted Kennedy's Senate seat if she stood by her claim in Monday night's debate that there were no longer any terrorists in Afghanistan.

Coakley was quoted as saying, "does anyone else have a question?"

Shortly thereafter, journalist John McCormack was reportedly pushed to the ground by someone in Coakley's entourage and then roughed up in an attempt to keep the reporter from asking Coakley any further questions.

McCormack's account of the incident is here.

Rasmussen Reports released the findings of their latest polling out of the very blue state of Massachusetts.  Republican Senate Candidate Scott Brown is said to be within 2 points of Coakley.

Thug-like actions taken by Coakley's entourage as seen here would suggest there is more than a little stress in her campaign at the moment.  Anything less than a 15 point blowout by Democrat Coakley would be seen as a devastating embarrassment for her party and yet another ominous sign for their electoral chances this November.

The following video was posted on YouTube.

DCuz

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Goodbye 2009

A few random thoughts to bring 2009 to a close...

First and foremost, thanks to all of you who read this blog and to those who've chosen to contribute your thoughts.  Whether we agreed or disagreed on particular issues, we always encourage your participation and respect your viewpoints.

Boy did 2009 suck.  Sorry to be so frank but no sense in dancing around the fact.  Every American felt the suck-age in one way or another this past year.  Like so many millions of other Americans, I personally saw many co-workers and friends lose their jobs due to a floundering economy.  I managed to hold on after seeing a significant pay cut and am now the only person left in a department previously staffed by three administrators.  Yes, I know.  And yes, I'm grateful just to have a job.

What's so frustrating is that despite all the hot air coming out of Washington and the cheer-leading by a compliant national press, Obama and his minions have done nothing to truly encourage economic revival.  To the contrary, they've only compounded the problem by racking up unfathomable debt and creating a massive new entitlement program that will significantly lower the quality of life in America and bankrupt our nation.

It's plausible that in spite of Obama-nomics, our economy will manage to grow in the coming year.  But virtually no economist envisions significant job growth at any time in the foreseeable future.  The term "jobless recovery" is already becoming a worn out phrase among the talking heads.  But, regrettably, that appears to be in our immediate future.

There are ways to truly stimulate the economy - cut taxes, cut taxes, cut taxes, and get government out of the way.  But these are not on the Democrats' agenda.

Regarding "health care reform," news comes today the Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson finds himself on the Drudge Report's "Death Watch" list.  Rasmussen Reports polling shows his popularity plummeting among his constituents.  He isn't up for re-election until 2012 but is already down 30 points against a possible Republican challenger.  It's so bad, the Senator is paying for a television ad to air during this evening's Holiday Bowl.  Nelson hopes to dispel all those nasty rumors and lies about health care reform and his deciding vote to push our nation down the path to socialized medicine.

The Democrats are in very big trouble with the American electorate and with their 2010 agenda, it's hard to imagine them recovering.  Massive tax hikes, moving terrorist detainees to Illinois, amnesty for illegal immigrants, card-check, more bailouts, and cap-n-tax are just a few issues on the table in the coming year.

We ended 2009 with a failed terrorist attack on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.  The terrorist failed to detonate plastic explosives in his underwear ("is that a bomb in your pants or are you just happy to see me??" - sorry, couldn't resist).

Obama's knee-jerk reaction?  Blame Bush.  He claims that security procedures that have been in place for years were to blame.  Not he nor his administration's policies were to blame.  Don't be silly.  Will this child of a president ever grow up and accept responsibility for anything?  Don't hold your breath.

So yes, 2009 sucked.  Will 2010 be better?  I'm a tad pessimistic about that.  While generally a glass-half-full kind of person, there's little indication circumstances will improve for the majority of us in the coming year.  But who knows?  There's always hope.

KCuz and I wish you and all those you love a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2010.

DCuz

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Baucus Drunk on the Senate Floor


POLITICO:
On his Facebook page, former congressman Mark Foley commented on the video: "This is the senator that hired his staffer and then took her on trips...and divorced his wife....and they had me run out of town."

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Time to Recall?


Illustration Courtesy Left Coast Rebel

As you've heard by now, the Democrats controlling the US Senate all voted in favor this morning of ObamaCare and its push to control one-sixth of our nation's economy.  Michigan Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin gleefully voted in favor of this abomination.

For many of us, there is utter frustration resulting from the realization that Deb & Carl could care less what their voters back home think - let along care a wit the impact of such legislation.  They realize it will provide hereto unforeseen opportunities to take further control over the lives of every US citizen.  Once they control your health, they effectively control everything - including their own re-elections.  Or at least that's their working theory.

They assume once we're all over the initial shock, we'll simply shrug our shoulders and accept the new reality.  Government bureaucrats will get between us and our doctors (if and when we get to see a doctor) and we will have to settle for whatever government-approved treatments they prescribe. 

Our health care costs will sky-rocket while the quality of care will plummet and our children and grandchildren will be left with a soon-to-be-bankrupt nation.  After all, Social Security and the existing Medicare programs are already on the verge of implosion.  Now we have a brand new massive and incomprehensibly expensive entitlement in addition to those Ponzi schemes.  Do the math folks.  If we stay on our current path, America's best days are indeed behind her.

But there actually is something more we can do besides sending emails, faxes, and making phone calls to obstinate and oblivious Washington politicians.  In many states, including the once-great state of Michigan, its politicians - including US Senators - can be RECALLED.

It would be a massive undertaking to gather enough signatures to force a statewide recall election - but it could be done.

I assure you, nothing would get Deb & Carl's attention quicker than the very real threat of recall.  Given their unacceptable positions on ObamaCare, Cap-N-Tax, Card Check and countless other policy issues, there have to be enough registered voters still in Michigan mad enough to sign a recall petition.

It's time we remind Washington politicians like Stabenow and Levin that they work for us - not the other way around.  Let's send that message loud and clear.

Merry Christmas to you and all those you love.

DCuz

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