Good, but not good enough in my opinion

I'm very happy we took the House last night and we sent a strong message overall that we are serious about how much we dislike this Democratic-controlled government. I think Florida had the best results - Marco Rubio won by a landslide, Alan Grayson was thrown out on his rear end, Rick Scott is leading in the Gubernatorial election and Allen West won. I only wish Delaware, Nevada, California and Alaska had followed suit.

For those saying that the Tea Party candidates Christine O'Donnell, Sharron Angle and Joe Miller were weak, not good enough, not vetted, etc. - I have a bone to pick with you. If those three had won we would have take the Senate, correct? Harry Reid is pretty much the Devil Himself so I don't care who flippin' runs against him; I want him out. No one could be worse. People seem to forget that a Senator is not the President. They don't have to conduct Middle East Peace Talks or Push the Button. They don't host state dinners for foreign leaders and are not the face of our country. What they do is write legislation and vote on it. Voting is the only thing that matters. I don't care if they're not the most professional or the best looking; I care about how they're going to vote. I personally didn't like Sharron Angle's speech patterns and mannerisms but I sure would have liked the way she voted. I wouldn't want her to be the President but she wouldn't have the same responsibilities where that kind of thing matters now would she? See what I mean? So instead of having the Senate majority and three more good Senators who will VOTE the way we want them to, we're still stuck with Healthcare Harry and Lisa Murcookoo.

I really hope the RINO elitist establishment doesn't take those losses as a sign that the Tea Party is fringe and not able to produce winners. Linda McMahon and Carly Fiorina were the "electable" and "center-right" candidates that the pragmatic elites supported and they lost as well. I think in the states where we had unfortunate losses we have to blame the voters in those states, if we have to blame someone. Either they haven't seen the light yet, or they've decided to put their heads in the sand.

Overall it was a good night but I'm a little disappointed. I think it'll take a few days for it to sink in and I'll feel better and realize how good these results really are.

Obama's creepy takeover, still attacking Palin

Because he's facing resistance and public scrutiny about his policies that even the MSM can't ignore, Obama is engaging in a new form of governance. In perpetual campaign mode, Obama, through his grassroots organizations, is going straight to the people with his message to demonize Republicans and puff himself up as a king-like figure. The tag line of their latest ad:

"Call the Republicans in Congress at [phone number]. Tell them we want our President and America to succeed."

Could it be any clearer that Obama has no idea how to be President? He is perpetually campaigning. I don't want my President wasting time convincing me to call my Senators to vote his way. I voted for them. I want the President and Congress and the Senate to all work together. They all have jobs to do.

David Plouffe, Obama's 2008 campaign manager: “In the next few weeks we'll be asking you to do some of the same things we asked of you during the campaign—talking directly to people in your communities about the President's ideas for long-term prosperity.”

It sounds like they're strong-arming citizens into agreeing with Obama...or else.

The last thing I wanted to mention is that one of the TV ads the new organization published contains an image of Sarah Palin.

In an ad called “Crickets” that begins Sunday, Americans United for Change, a labor-funded ally of the White House, says: “President Obama has proposed a budget plan to turn the page on the failed economic policies of the past – creating jobs and changing the way things are done in Washington. The Republican response?” Then the viewer sees Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) each saying, “No!”

What does Palin have to do with the federal budget plan? She isn't in Congress or the Senate and can't propose new a budget plan or make any changes. Obama only wanted her image in the ad to demonize her because she's one of the faces of the Republican party.

The Left has a huge majority in Congress and the Senate. They're facing criticism from Republicans but I'm sure they could easily pass anything they want because of their sheer numbers. This is not about passing budgets, plans and bills, though. This is a long-term strategy to demonize the Republican party just because they can and want to. They don't care about the country or working together. They only care about staying in power and will do anything to accomplish that - including attacking their potential rivals 55 days into their term.

Obama launches message war
Politico.com
By MIKE ALLEN 3/16/09 8:37 AM EDT

The White House on Sunday began harnessing every part of the Democratic Party’s machinery to defend President Obama’s budget and portray Republicans as reflexively political, according to party strategists.

At a time when Capitol Hill has begun to resist the sweep and cost of his agenda, Obama's aides used the Sunday interview programs to launch an aggressive case that his bold budget for health care and other issues will help fuel an economic recovery.

On ABC’s “This Week,” White House economic adviser Larry Summers said the president had proposed a “strategic budget” that “will let us have a sound economic expansion” through a combination of “substantial cuts” and new spending on education, health, energy and environment.

The president himself plans to carry that message in the coming week, “engaging directly with Congress more, and speaking more forcefully on behalf of his budget,” a top adviser said.

And officials throughout the party plan to hammer the idea that Republicans are just saying “no” to the president’s budget plans without offering their own alternative.

Vice President Cheney, speaking on CNN's "State of the Union" articulated the harshest conservative case against the president's plans, accused the Obama administration of "using the current set of economic difficulties to try to justify a massive expansion in the government, and much more authority for the government over the private sector."

"I think the programs that he has recommended and pursuing in health care, in energy, and so forth, constitute probably the biggest or one of the biggest expansions of federal authority over the private economy in the history of the republic," Cheney said.

The Democrats' new plan follows the private complaints of some Democrats that Obama let the GOP get the better of him during the debate over pork in the budget bill he just signed, and growing concerns among some Democrats that charges of big spending could stick to the president.

A participant in the planning meetings described the push as a successor to Democrats’ message that Rush Limbaugh is the Republican Party leader. “We have exhausted the use of Rush as an attention-getter,” the official said.

David Plouffe, manager of Obama’s presidential race, helped design the strategy, which includes the most extensive activation since November of the campaign’s grassroots network. The database—which includes information for at least 10 million donors, supporters and volunteers—will now be used as a unique tool for governing, with former canvassers now being enlisted to mobilize support for the president’s legislative agenda.

Others involved in the planning included White House senior adviser David Axelrod; the DNC chairman, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine; and DNC Executive Director Jennifer O'Malley Dillon.

House Republicans, who released an alternative to the stimulus bill, say they’ll issue their own budget proposal in the next few weeks.

House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told David Gregory on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The Republicans will have a plan. We had a stimulus plan. Part of the problem with being in the minority is, David, that sometimes your colleagues in the press don't want to cover the ideas that the minority has. We had a plan on the stimulus. It was tailored to small business tax relief. It was focused on what a stimulus plan should be which is the preservation, protection and creation of jobs."

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"Let them eat cake," Congress says

Please watch this news clip from Fox News. Congress tried to sneak this in over the weekend hoping no one would notice.

Everyone in DC is telling us to cut back, tighten our belts and try to survive the economic crisis. Obama even blasted Wall Street execs for receiving bonuses.

In the midst of all this, Congress gave itself a $93,000 petty cash increase for each Congressman. This is on top of their already-over $100k salary.

Here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNRt9R7S8aM&eurl=http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=282109&feature=player_embedded

h/t Ace of Spades

13 days into this Administration and this is what's going on?

If we're in an economic crisis then act like it, Congress!

"She was dynamite" Chambliss says

Look at the great things Chambliss said about Palin! He seems truly grateful for the boost she gave him in the runoff. It's so refreshing to hear that she helped a campaign instead of the constant scrutiny from the Left and the McCain aides who say she was the reason McCain lost.

Politico
Chambliss: Palin 'allowed us to peak'
By ANDY BARR 12/3/08
10:20 AM EST

Fresh off his runoff victory Tuesday night, Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss credited Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with firing up his base.

“I can't overstate the impact she had down here,” Chambliss said during an interview Wednesday morning on Fox News.

“When she walks in a room, folks just explode,” he added. “And they really did pack the house everywhere we went. She's a dynamic lady, a great administrator, and I think she's got a great future in the Republican Party.”

Chambliss said that after watching her campaign on his behalf at several events Monday, he does not see her star status diminishing within the party.

The Republican also thanked John McCain and the other big name Republicans that came to Georgia, but said Palin made the biggest impact.

“We had John McCain and Mike Huckabee and Gov. Romney and Rudy Giuliani, but Sarah Palin came in on the last day, did a fly-around and, man, she was dynamite,” he said. “We packed the houses everywhere we went. And it really did allow us to peak and get our base fired up.”

But as Chambliss heaped praise on Palin and other big-ticket Republicans that came to Georgia on his behalf, he questioned why President-elect Barack Obama would not use his star power to aid his Democratic opponent Jim Martin.

“I have no idea why he didn't come down,” Chambliss said.

“His people were here. His organization was here,” he added. “They really did a good job in the general election of turning out people. And whatever their game plan was this time, if he had been here, I have no idea whether it would have worked better.”

Chambliss wins re-election in runoff

Senator Chambliss defeated his challenger Jim Martin in the Senatorial runoff today. With 92% of the precincts reporting, Chambliss had 58% to Martin's 42%, when Martin called to concede.

Technically, this win thwarts the Democratic hopes of a filibuster-proof Super Majority - but there are still RINO Senators that would prove that wrong. For now, though, I'm happy we won this seat and happy that the Georgia voters were compelled to re-elect their Republican incumbent.

This win again proves Palin's effectiveness as an energizer and motivator. Can you believe a former VP candidate is so popular that she can attract thousands of people to rallies for a Senatorial runoff that isn't even in her state? She's so popular that this runoff became a national news item - a runoff that probably would have been a footnote to the other news stories any other day if she hadn't been there. Her effectiveness in this runoff is hopefully a foreshadowing of things to come. Go Sarah!

Video: Palin rallies the base for Chambliss in Georgia

Thanks to Northern Exposer at Conservative Jedi for this link to a video of Sarah's speech in Georgia. Classic Sarah and very inspiring. If the polls are accurate, Chambliss should win today. Hopefully, it'll happen!

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/12/01/video-palin-rallies-the-base-for-chambliss-in-georgia/

Thanks, N.E.!

The Closer: Palin will stump with Saxby Chambliss next week

Georgia is going through a hotly contested runoff for their Senator seat - a seat that could decide whether or not Democrats have a filibuster-proof Senate. Currently, they're only two votes shy of the 60 needed to do so.

Incumbent Chambliss is running off against Democrat Jim Martin, and Chambliss called "The Closer" to help him in the home stretch, as the vote is December 2.

Palin is speaking at four rallies on December 1:

Augusta, GA
8:30 a.m.
James Brown Arena
601 Seventh Street
Augusta, GA 30901

Savannah, GA
11:00 a.m.
Savannah Civic Center
MLK, Jr. Arena
301 West Oglethorpe Avenue
Savannah, GA 31401

Perry, GA
1:30 p.m.
Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter
Miller-Murphy-Howard Building
401 Larry Walker Parkway
Perry, GA 31069

Atlanta Metro
4:00 p.m.
Gwinnett Arena
6400 Sugarloaf Parkway
Duluth, GA 30097

You can RSVP to attend the events here:
http://www.procatalog.com/saxby/

Palin was wildly popular in Georgia, so I'm positive that she'll be a huge help to the Senator. I wish them all luck!

Minnesota's seat is also contested - between Republican Senator Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken. That vote is still going through a recount, with Franken trying desperately to win at any cost.

With this being such an important seat, Palin will hopefully be the best "Closer" and seal the deal for Chambliss.

The un-fairness of the Fairness Doctrine

It's not uncommon for an Administration to silently introduce and pass controversial policies during a crisis. The public is so consumed with the crisis that they think any bill or Act is much less meaningful than the emergency at hand. So they don’t research what’s on the table, they don’t pay attention to what Congress is doing and they don’t take the time to write to their Senator or Congressman. They’re focused on their families and the how the crisis affects them. That’s exactly what Congress, the Senate and the Administration expect you to do, and this time is no different.

The issue now is the Fairness Doctrine. This is controversial legislation that, if passed, would regulate free speech on the radio. The Fairness Doctrine was first enforced in 1949, when the FCC regulated AM Radio. It was repealed in 1987 when the FCC deemed it to be unconstitutional. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the champion of attempting to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. With the Super Majority in place, it most likely will be reinstated if we don’t voice our concerns to our Representatives.

The act as it was in place previously required:

The FCC took the view, in 1949, that station licensees were "public trustees," and as such had an obligation to afford reasonable opportunity for discussion of contrasting points of view on
controversial issues of public importance. The Commission later held that stations were also obligated to actively seek out issues of importance to their community and air programming that addressed those issues.
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/fairnessdoct/fairnessdoct.htm

Back in 1949, the doctrine focused on radio because that was the main media outlet at the time. It was abused politically throughout its existence and would no doubt again be abused. Presumably, the proposed reinstatement of the doctrine would mainly apply to radio as well, although it might be broadened to include satellite radio, FM radio and possibly the internet. Simply put, they want to silence conservative talk radio: the only media outlet where the Right currently has a true voice. Conservative talk radio has flourished since the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine and Democrats are threatened by it. With the doctrine in place, the government will be able to deem certain stations or personalities “too conservative” and by law they must present the other side.

Beyond conservative talk radio, this is a blatant violation of our right to free speech. There are no two ways about it: the Fairness Doctrine proposes to regulate free speech.

Many have speculated that this is one of the bills President Obama plans to pass within the first 100 days of office.

Obama has said that he’s not interested in the Fairness Doctrine. He has repeatedly said that when he takes office, he’ll address the economic crisis immediately. Why would the President-elect say he’s not interested in one of the most controversial pieces of legislation that has already been proven once to be unconstitutional? The answer: to keep the people focused on the crisis at hand. He’ll let the Super Majority do his dirty work for him and push the bill to his desk, then he’ll sign it.

In my opinion, the Fairness Doctrine is nothing less than an attempt at a civilized coup.

Regardless of whether you’re Democrat or Republican, it’s not the government’s job to decide what’s “fair,” or true, or false, or negative, or positive- to broadcast on the air. We live in a free society where the cornerstone is free speech no matter what that speech is.

Our 1st Amendment states:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Please contact your Representative:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

and your Senator:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

to tell them that the Fairness Doctrine is unconstitutional and violates our 1st Amendment right. We need to focus on what the Administration tries to get past us during this crisis.