Read about John Boehner’s deceptions in this WSJ report.
Contra Boehner, the Democrats did not bankrupt the country; Bush did the dues before them; Barack is finishing what Bush began. The Republicans can’t “take our country back”; and Democrats have no more undermined national security than the Republicans did under Bush.
At the valueless summit, a straw poll was held and some straw men selected as favorites for president in 2012. Some learning curve, Middle America!
Huckabee grabbed nearly 29 percent of the vote. “Romney, Pawlenty, Palin and Pence each won roughly 12 percent of the 597 votes cast.”
Does anyone know if this hapless lot even invited Ron Paul?
“My lack of experience is my greatest attribute. I have no experience in ruining the country,” said a witty Peter Schiff, who announced (on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”) a run for the US Senate in his home state of Connecticut. After whipping the Republicans, we hope, Schiff will challenge Democrat Chris Dodd, the poster boy for the “experience” that has ruined this country.
Update (Sept. 19): Van Wijk is correct: As a financial analyst with a considerable clientele, Schiff has wisely steered clear from being excessively political. To me, this means that he is a careful man, who thinks hard before mouthing off. The more issues one expatiates upon as a commentator, the more people one risks angering and alienating. I should know. Why do you think that so-called “courageous” columnists such as Ann Coulter stick to a limited range of issues—“liberal this; liberal that, the wonders of war, and the horrors of abortion, etc.”—while avoiding the hard ones (immigration, the “national question,” the economy)? Because by being completely uncontroversial she never risks alienating the base.
I always come back to Kevin Michael Grace’s aphorism: “The secret to becoming a successful right-wing columnist,” quipped the Canadian conservative, “is to echo the mob while complimenting yourself on your daring.”
Schiff has been fearless on matters economical—fearless and correct. He is also a libertarian and a former adviser to Ron Paul. His positions—and he’ll come out with them in the fullness of time—would correspond with Paul’s.
Another thing: everything does boil down to an understanding that one cannot spend funds one doesn’t have. Think about the Republicans who ran in the primaries. Did you ever hear any of them say, “folks, I’d love to indulge your phony rah-rah-for-the-troops patriotism and keep the army in Iraq, but we’re out of money”?
“Joe Wilson knows of what he speaks. South Carolina’s Republican Representative is what one of my readers has dubbed deliciously a ‘subject matter expert’ on providing federal health benefits to illegal aliens.
Wilson voted ‘Yea’ for the Bush ‘Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.’ Not only did this drug benefit add trillions to the Medicare shortfall, it translated into a bonanza for illegal immigrants. …
Thus when Wilson indecorously, but correctly, called Obama out for lying about the ins-and-outs of HR 3200, ‘America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009,’ he was speaking as one of 204 Republicans to have endorsed Bush’s 2003 medical monstrosity. Clearly, Wilson and his colleagues know a thing or two about hiding goodies bilked from taxpayers in the 1011th Section of a hefty bill.”…
Many thanks to Myron Pauli of Barely A Blog (and yes, he’s a relation of Wolfgang Pauli of the “Exclusion Principle” fame),for digging up Wilson’s record (and for the “delicious” appellation).
Update (Sept. 18): We have established that, in calling BO out, Wilson was indecorous but correct. The conclusion that ought to follow from my column is this: when the Republicans ascend to the throne again, they will do EXACTLY what BO is doing; becasue they have already done the same—lie through their teeth to protect their Capo di tutti capi and their soon-to-be-amnestied illegal constituents. It’s not about sticking with “our” liar; it about knowing that “our” liar, who just happens to be telling the truth right now for the sake of political expediency, will garrot us from behind when he’s on top again. Get it?!
“Joe Wilson knows of what he speaks. South Carolina’s Republican Representative is what one of my readers has dubbed deliciously a ‘subject matter expert’ on providing federal health benefits to illegal aliens.
Wilson voted ‘Yea’ for the Bush ‘Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.’ Not only did this drug benefit add trillions to the Medicare shortfall, it translated into a bonanza for illegal immigrants. …
Thus when Wilson indecorously, but correctly, called Obama out for lying about the ins-and-outs of HR 3200, ‘America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009,’ he was speaking as one of 204 Republicans to have endorsed Bush’s 2003 medical monstrosity. Clearly, Wilson and his colleagues know a thing or two about hiding goodies bilked from taxpayers in the 1011th Section of a hefty bill.”…
Many thanks to Myron Pauli of Barely A Blog (and yes, he’s a relation of Wolfgang Pauli of the “Exclusion Principle” fame),for digging up Wilson’s record (and for the “delicious” appellation).
Update (Sept. 18): We have established that, in calling BO out, Wilson was indecorous but correct. The conclusion that ought to follow from my column is this: when the Republicans ascend to the throne again, they will do EXACTLY what BO is doing; becasue they have already done the same—lie through their teeth to protect their Capo di tutti capi and their soon-to-be-amnestied illegal constituents. It’s not about sticking with “our” liar; it about knowing that “our” liar, who just happens to be telling the truth right now for the sake of political expediency, will garrot us from behind when he’s on top again. Get it?!
