My Rapid-Fire Wrap-Up of the 2012 DNC

It was wonderful to see Gabrielle Giffords on stage tonight. What a story of strength and courage she is.

And what a tragedy the way the political left, including President Barack Obama, played the uninformed, anti-Second Amendment political card in the wake of that tragic shooting. Facts have been proven rather stubborn for this administration.

Mr. Biden, if you and Barack see a future... if it's "In your DNA, where no one is forced to live in the shadows of intolerance," then why do the two of you and all your party big-wigs keep preaching intolerance toward success?

And why was your party's platform intolerant of our nation's founding with The Creator as a central focus... a point agreed upon and fully endorsed by Atheists at the time?

The 2012 Democrat National Convention was a complete and total fairy-tale based on the stories we've heard, and should be the demise of the Democrat Party for years based on their intolerance of God, Israel, and the complete vacuum of power we saw Wednesday afternoon. Our Creator is in our founding; to remove God from a party platform is not surprising from the left, but telling about where their organization really stands heading into the "home stretch" of this election. The inmates are running the asylum, as can be clearly seen here:




And Debbie Wassermann-Schultz' endless barrage of lies, including her statement that the events seen above did not happen? Even Anderson Cooper couldn't help himself.

And that interview with Shep Smith on Fox News... yeah, I know... Fox Lies and stuff, blah blah blah...

Debbie Wassermann-Schultz has the ability to look straight into peoples' eyes or directly into a camera and lies, and does not bat an eye or stutter at all. This woman is a pathological liar and needs to be removed from her position within the Democrat Party for the good of America.

We've been told Mitt Romney's agenda is backward looking, and a return to the past. We've been told this by a candidate and a party that had to bring out a president from 20 years ago. The strange thing about that is, Bill Clinton actually knew how to come to the center and work with his political opposition. Barack Obama has shown zero interest in "triangulation," and massive intent to run to the hard left if reelected.

It was fascinating to listen to Michelle Obama try and convince us that Barack was raised in a family environment "just like her." Michelle Robinson Obama seems to have had a normal upbringing, but Barack? Sorry, facts can't lie, and in this case facts are that he was raised by a bunch of communist appeasers with radical ideas, and in the case of his Father an actual hatred for America... other than the Ivy League education he got here, of course...

It's all in his own books. Read them. I am not name-calling, this is not "code" or a "dog-whistle." Barack Obama's world view was molded by radical, anti-American communists who hated America and all it stood for. That world view carried on into adulthood, where he formed friendships with Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn and spent 20 years listening to Reverend Wright saying things like "God Damn America."

We have heard over the past few days a number of Democrats compare conservatives to Nazis, and we have literally witnessed the plagiarism of Marco Rubio's speech by a Mayor from San Antonio, whose mother we now have learned is a founder and long-time member of a radical anti-American group called La Raza Unida.

But I digress.

Any party that would bring out and highlight the womanizer Slick Willie Clinton, as well as the memory of Ted Kennedy of Chappaquiddick fame, while at the same time claiming to have love and devotion and respect for women... quite frankly that party must be insane.

This is the same party that nearly elected womanizer John Edwards VP on a ticket with the rich White guy John Heinz-Kerry.

Well, John's not actually rich... it's his wife who is living off of her Daddy's hard work. How much money does Mr Heinz-Kerry have stashed in the Cayman Islands, anyway? And really... And how much extra... what kind of "fair share" is Mrs. Kerry paying into our government? I mean besides the way they hid that yacht off the coast of Rhode Island instead of Massachusetts, in order to evade taxes.

I know, I know... it's in the past and this is 2012. And we are looking "forward," as Caroline Kennedy was trotted out once again to endorse a Democrat. Nothing like a throwback to 1963 to promote how we are looking "forward" while blasting the opposition's desire to return to fiscal policies that actually work.

What a ruse, this Cayman Island meme.

And I think I heard the same about Bill Clinton today... seems Slick Willie has made his "fair share" since leaving office, but doesn't want to pay.

And the fact that in a prerecorded video Biden felt the need to make the statement that Obama "never enters a meeting by asking what is the best political position" should give all Americans reason to be concerned. Everything Team Obama does seems to be based on politics.

Barack Obama has had four years to bring America closer to energy independence, but has done nothing. See Keystone Pipeline.

And his rant about lobbyists and checks for millions trying to buy this election? Hypocrisy 101. Ask Bill Maher how much money he has given Obama's reelection, and ask him for an opinion about Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann.

War on women, my ass.

Fighting for the middle class? Hardly. Palling around with rich Hollywood celebrities and taking massive donations from multiple dinners hosted by George Clooney? You betcha.

There is a good fact-check up at Breitbart.com, if you're interested in facts.

And not one mention, ever, about how the information gathering which began under the Bush administration aided and assisted in the killing of Osama bin Laden. I thought Barack Obama was interested in what's best for all Americans, not just what benefits him politically. Guess I was misinformed, damn it.

Barack Obama never would have been able to give the order, were it not for George W. Bush. And Mitt Romney's plan for bankruptcy for General Motors was a net positive, but it wouldn't have helped the unions as much as Obama did by directly funding them with our money. Let's be honest, since we are giving credit for bin Laden being dead and GM being alive...

Mitt Romney has a proven track record of working toward what is best for all, while Obama has proven to be nothing but a hard-left ideologue.

It was nice not to see Greek columns tonight, but tonight was much more of the same. Remember 2008, when we were given a chance of a "Fundamental transformation of America" or "More of the same?"

This go-around, should Barack Obama be reelected, America will be subjected to more of the same fundamental transformation to a Godless nation, leaving our strongest ally to stand completely on her own in a time of great peril.

And call me partisan... but should Barack Obama be reelected in November, we will be led for four more years by a man whose entire Presidency has been driven by ideology and the inability to work for all Americans, including the successful.

God Bless and good night.

Tonight

Mitt Romney, War Mongering Saber Rattler?

Ed Rendell was on MSNBC today perpetuating a meme that has been started about Mitt Romney's “war mongering” and “saber rattling” during his acceptance speech at the RNC last night. It seems the left is trying to tell America that “independents” and “undecided voters” don’t want to hear about national security. I beg to differ.

I’m not buying what the liberal media is selling, if they want me to believe that Americans aren’t worried about the possibility of a nuclear Iran. All reasonable people understand that we can’t police the world everywhere and all the time. We also have the capacity to accept our ally Israel’s right to defend herself, and I personally believe ultimately Israel will do exactly that when the time presents itself.

But the American left fails to recognize the significance of our role in standing beside Israel on moral ground, and that is where I believe this current meme fails.

In 1980 Ronald Reagan spoke about communism, Jimmy Carter’s failure to negotiate with Iran, and the general depletion of America's stature worldwide. And remember, this was a nation that had been at war for what seemed forever in Vietnam, a conflict that had started during the Kennedy era and officially ended only five years before Reagan's election.

Reagan also talked about education, taxes, family, Faith, love of country, and so much more.

I’m not here to sell Mitt Romney as the next Ronald Reagan, although the similarities between the times then and now are striking.

What I am suggesting is that it is not always true what those inside “The Beltway” or in the “Big Apple” say, and Americans need to be smarter than to buy into what they are told in print, on TV, or on the radio. Critical thinking at this time is of utmost importance, and while I appreciate all forms of media for the information they provide, I hope all Americans stop to think about what they are being offered as truth before they step into a voting booth this November.

Make My Day

The MSM is spinning out of control on this one. Clint Eastwood was hilarious, and there's no two ways about it. He told the truth and made us laugh, and the left can't stand it.



There is so much happening right now and I'm just one person so I can't monitor it all, but Breitbart's Big Journalism has a good roundup
of the media's hysteria surrounding all the events from Thursday night. I'd recommend you check it out, it's rather interesting.

I'm watching for Mitt Romney's full speech and will post it when I find it, unless I fall asleep before it shows up on the interwebs and then I'll post it tomorrow.

In the mean time here is Paul Ryan's excellent speech from last night, with two facts posted below that debunk the "factcheckers" who claim Ryan 'lied' about the Janesville plant and Obama's promise to help them once elected:




Obama's speech in Janesville, in which he made his promise.


Details about the actual closing date of the Janesville plant, which was in 2009, not in 2008 as the media is trying to tell us.

We Are Better Than This

Recently I said conservatives should take the high road, because we are better than the actions I have seen from American liberalism.

Today it makes me sad to bring you a story that, unfortunately, flies in the face of my beliefs about my fellow Americans. I saw this article, which describes the way some attendees of the RNC treated a young woman who was inside the convention doing her job, and frankly I am disgusted.

Politics should be about the issues, not the name-calling and slander. It is shameful that any person would treat another human being in such a manner.

I was glad to read the official response from the convention took such a hard line.

Ann Romney

It’s true that Mitt has been successful at each new challenge he has taken on. It amazes me to see his history of success actually being attacked. Are those really the values that made our country great? As a mom of five boys, do we want to raise our children to be afraid of success?

Do we send our children out in the world with the advice, “Try to do... okay?”

And let’s be honest. If the last four years had been more successful, do we really think there would be this attack on Mitt Romney’s success?

Of course not.

Mitt will be the first to tell you that he is the most fortunate man in the world. He had two loving parents who gave him strong values and taught him the value of work. He had the chance to get the education his father never had.

But as his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success.

He built it.

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Mitt doesn’t like to talk about how he has helped others because he sees it as a privilege, not a political talking point. And we’re no different than the millions of Americans who quietly help their neighbors, their churches and their communities. They don’t do it so that others will think more of them.

They do it because there IS no greater joy.

“Give and it shall be given unto you.”

But because this is America, that small company which grew has helped so many others lead better lives. The jobs that grew from the risks they took have become college educations, first homes. That success has helped fund scholarships, pensions, and retirement funds. This is the genius of America: dreams fulfilled help others launch new dreams.

I thought Ann Romney did an excellent job of presenting a case for her husband. It was reported that she wanted to speak freely without script or prompter, but the party reigned her in. Certainly that's understandable to a degree. She made some excellent points about both her husband and the state of our nation, some of which I have quoted above.

Here is Ann Romney's RNC speech in its entirety, with a link to the transcript here.

Obama, Republicans, Isaac and Optics

As I drove to work this morning, I heard a report on the radio that discussed President Obama’s plans during the first few days of this week, as the Republican National Convention (RNC) takes place. The reporter said that Obama had remained low key yesterday, but today would be in a couple locations on the campaign trail.

Isn’t there a bit of a longstanding tradition in presidential politics, in which one party allows the other to take center stage during their convention? …The Los Angeles Times says so.


When George W. Bush was president, and the destruction in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina became more apparent, blame was instantly assigned by the media. Bush was said to be not only at fault for the government’s inability to assist the people of New Orleans, but he was also said to be completely uncompassionate.

If I remember correctly, there was an issue of skin color discussed a lot, and how Bush simply didn’t care about Black people. That discussion was held more prominently in far-left circles like Huffington Post and MSNBC... oh, and celebrity music mogul Kanye West may have mentioned it, but that's okay because we all know conservatives are racist, right?

But I digress.

And the “mainstream media” certainly did not look at the irresponsibility of New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, who had fleets of school buses at his disposal and let them sit there and be destroyed with the rest of his “Chocolate City.”

After all there was a Republican to be destroyed, and Mayor Nagin led the charge. Mistakes by local authorities were readily passed off on the federal government, and the media was as happy as could be to write that narrative loud and clear.

So.. please help me understand, because I’m just not seeing ‘fairness’ here. We know a monstrous hurricane is headed directly toward the mouth of the Mississippi. We know people in charge need to be completely at the ready, and since there is likely to be need for federal assistance I might say that could include President Obama. After all, isn’t Obama the President who is asking us to put our faith in him and the government to always be there for us?

Reports are surfacing that New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu has decided not to order mandatory evacuations. Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has cautioned that “this storm will present its own unique set of challenges.”

My question is simple. As we pray for the best, what will happen if all goes wrong and disaster strikes New Orleans? Who do you think will get the blame? Your choices are Democrat Mayor Landrieu, Republican Governor Jindal, and President Obama. I'm going out on a limb, and I'm going to say Bobby Jindal will receive the lion’s share of the media directed responsibility for any and all failures. President Obama, not so much to blame in the eyes of the mainstream media.

We know that during Katrina, George W. Bush was a horrible manager, because that’s what the media told us. The fact that FEMA was completely unprepared for the calamity they were handed wasn’t so much about the size of the storm as it was about Bush’s unpreparedness and inability to lead. Bush was unprepared, incompetent, uncaring… and dare I say racist.

George W. Bush made an optical and logistical mistake by taking Air force One and the Presidential caravan to the middle of a disaster, but it is my belief that just like September 11, 2001 he wanted to be there for the people who needed their leader most.

I don’t expect President Obama to fly to New Orleans, but seriously… our President will be out on the campaign trail while people may suffer along the gulf coast? Media, are you paying attention???

And shall we discuss the media already having to debate the optics of the Republicans continuing to hold their convention? For the Republicans, it could be an optical disaster, I have heard said in more than one place. How dare they have their party for Romney while people are suffering the threat and aftermath of a hurricane?

But the business of campaigning for Obama’s reelection must go on, so our President will hit the stump and we should not question.

Perhaps while he is out campaigning, President Obama can talk about the memory of Katrina, and how he is so concerned about the folks in that region. I guess that will be good enough… because there’s nothing quite like drumming up an old George W. Bush memory, telling people you care, and having a fawning media report your narrative for you, and not even raise one question about the optics of the situation.

And hey, media – I apologize in advance if I am wrong about you, but let’s be honest… you don’t have a very good track record of providing equal coverage to both sides of the political aisle.