Main Stream Morons To The Rescue

Yesterday must have been a tough one for the various Op-Ed  Demo pimps in the MSM. Their very reasons for breathing, the Democratic-um-leadership, were going at each other like a dysfunctional family after the Thanksgiving booze had all been drunk. At the end of the bickering their matriarch, Grandma Nancy "Che" Pelosi (D-Valium Please), had a little meltdown in front of the cameras. Newspaper editorial staffs all over were left to cry "I hate it when you guys fight!" and "I get scared when grandma acts so weird." As with most dysfunctional families, when it was all over it was left to the little bed-wetters to hold the family together. 

The first little journalistic gremlin to come out and defend the Nitwit clan was WAPO's E.J. Dionne. He writes in today's paper that The Nancy & Harry Traveling Circus of Socialist Stupidity needs a "Plan B". Since Dionne is a lefty I naturally thought he was talking about the "morning after pill" when he mentioned "Plan B" and hoped he was going to suggest that they abort their inane efforts. No such luck.

Dionne should have called it a "Plan BB" because all he suggests is that the Democrats blame Bush. I know that this kind of thinking is often called "Bush Derangement Syndrome" but I hesitate to use that in the case of Dionne because that implies the existence of a brain to be deranged in the first place. His piece is so devoid of critical thinking that I thought it might be the product of one of those experiments where they put a chimp in front of a keyboard and see what he pounds out. 

Dionne seems to be suggesting that the Republicans are stonewalling Grandma Nan and Harry the Libnut solely for the joy of being obstructionists. As with most liberals' arguments, his logic disintegrates at the beginning because he proceeds from false premises. He claims that the Democrats have the high ground on the S-CHIP debate while lying about what the new version really does. Never once does he discuss why Republicans are really opposed to it, he simply trots out the brain dead liberal for the children idiocy. 

To be an American liberal means never having to say "It's my fault," when things aren't going well. It's an entire political philosophy built on abandoning personal responsibility. Pelosi and Reid aren't the first American congressional leaders who have had to work with slim majorities and an opposite party president. The reason that they aren't accomplishing anything is that they came to power under convoluted circumstances. The Republicans didn't lose last year because the Democrats were steamrolling, they lost because serious GOP voters had grown weary of the spending and lack of vision and stayed home. The Democrats emerged thinking that they had a mandate when what they actually had was a fluke. 

Now instead of governing with vision, they whine. When they're tired of whining, they let the MSM monkeys whine for them. Lets have a round of tissues for the distressed little dears in congress and the media. 

Buck up, little Demos, Christmas is almost here. Maybe Santa will bring you some shiny new excuses to use for next year.

Cross posted at Real Clear Politics (Vote for it!)

Wake Up And Smell The Pantsuit

The official publication of the Democratic National Committee, which many people still refer to as The New York Times, has an interesting little article in it today about congressional Democrats pondering the true import of Madame Hillary winning the nomination.

Some freshman (freshperson?) members of the House won close elections last year based on a platform that consisted of little more than "I don't like George W. Bush!" That paucity of plans and ideals has translated into a year of subterranean approval numbers. Now these same Democrats are getting ready to hit the campaign trail again and realizing that the Mrs. might be, at best, problematic for them if she's the heir to the throne nominee next year.

The Bush-Clinton-Bush-(maybe) Clinton White House volley has had almost twenty years to wear on the American people now. True, it's produced some historical political theater but the biggest byproduct of the dueling dynasties has been animosity. Democrats now fear that having Mrs. Madame head up the ticket might mobilize the GOP base in way that pales in comparison to the labor union browbeating of Democratic voters.

The Democrats got fat and happy last year by linking vulnerable Republican candidates to President Bush. They know intimately how well that tactic works when a polarizing figure is the party's standard bearer. They'll try to do the same next year but the GOP candidates have already been working hard to distance themselves from the president.

So the Democrats will try to link GOP candidates to George W. Bush and the Republicans will piggyback Her Missuship onto their opponents. The difference will be the fact that the president will be home and, no doubt, relishing the fact that he doesn't have to go through this crap again while the Madame will be out there every day, regaling the common folk with her robotic charm.
That's enough to make anyone sweat.

Cross posted at Real Clear Politics (Vote for it!)

Shouldn't They Buy Us Dinner First?

I was reading this post at Wake Up America about the $606 billion dollar spending bill that President Bush, in perhaps his first moment of fiscal clarity since his tax cuts, vetoed and was so stunned by every aspect of it that I went numb for hours before I could write anything about it.

First, I'd like to say to President Bush: Welcome back to the GOP. I've supported him on the war on terror but he's been spending money on other things as if he was Teddy Kennedy at a Moroccan whore house. It's one of the big reasons Republicans like me couldn't seem to find our checkbooks to support the party during last year's elections. If he and the other Republicans back in Washington don't get a grip on this issue soon they can all practice saying "Madame Comrade President". It's nice to see these lines drawn again. It is the job of the Democrats to promise to fund everything forever (see: John "A Pony For Every American" Edwards ). It used to be the job of the Republicans to say "Whoa there, Sparky, back away from the taxpayers." It would be very nice to see this issue become a focal point of the GOP platform next year.

Next, I painstakingly went through the pork items listed in the post before checking out reaction in the MSM. My first stop was my local newspaper, The Los Angeles Times (a big city paper with a circulation of about fourteen), and found its article titled, "Bush vetoes education, spending bill." A quick check of some of the other usual suspects found that this was the general theme of the story now. According to the MSM, it wasn't a bloated bill with more pork than a new Britney Spears video, it was a bill that would have funded "education" and "health." This is a convenient ploy which enables the Democrats to avoid discussion of the $10 billion or so in pork by focusing on things we need to do for the children.

Here are some of the health and education items in the bill.

Chuck Schumer (D-Tantrum) and Mrs. Clinton wanted almost half a million bucks for "Jazz At Lincoln Center." I kind of feel good when listening to jazz so I guess that makes it "health" spending.

Occasional Republican Arlen Spector (R-Back Stab) wanted almost $900,000 for "abstinence education and related services." Sen. Spector is invited to my house any time. I'll show him how easily I can say "Don't have sex," to my daughter at a cost of $0.00. It's ironic, spending almost a million dollars on abstinence can make you feel like you've just been screwed.

This one really caught my eye: "$1,000,000 for Bismarck State College for an instrumentation and control training program for the energy industry." This is about as vague as Christopher Dodd's (D-No Shot) reasons for still being in the race. I believe it's a fancy way of saying "We want to teach people how to work the 'On/Off' switches at the windmills." They'll no doubt seek additional funding next year to teach workers where the sun is when installing solar panels.

The list goes on, with Republican and Democrat offenders sprinkled throughout. Heads up people, this is the kind of crap Congress pulls when they think we're not paying attention. They take a bill that has necessary funding as its purpose, sneak in ten billion dollars worth of "No Sex Jazz at the Energy Industry" and pray that you won't notice. Since this particular bill has Medicare and Medicaid funding in it they were sure the president wouldn't veto it. They're not merely playing politics with your money, they're doing it with your health this time.

My hope is that every member of Congress attached to this porky mess gets voted out of office so he or she can find something in the private sector they're good at.

Like bank fraud.

Cross posted at Grizzly Groundswell and Real Clear Politics (Vote for it!)

Fight Faux Fairness!

Like an STD in Bill Clinton's medical records, the "Fairness Doctrine" is waiting to make a comeback and wreak havoc with the lives of people who weren't paying close attention. Instituted in 1949, it purported to give both sides of controversial issues air time. That worked about as well as a Lindsey Lohan trip to rehab. What ensued were about 30 years of left-wing domination of the media. Thankfully, Ronald Reagan got rid of this socialist abomination in the 1980s and that paved the way for the rise of conservative talk radio. Irony of ironies: things actually became fair once the Fairness Doctrine was gone. Republicans got to have talk radio and Democrats got to have the networks, the universities, public schools, Hollywood and Chicago. OK, that does seem like there's still a bit of imbalance but-hey-at least we finally got something.

The Left seemed to tolerate the rise of talk radio until Fox News came along. Now the Republicans could be seen on TV as well! "Oh my (insert non-denominational entity here)! Now the children will be able to see that the right-wing whackos don't really have horns and fangs-we've got to do something!" When they found out all of us mindless talk radio morons could turn on our computers as well the playground whining ("Hey-no fair!") to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine began in earnest.

They can't do anything about it just yet. However, if the other Mr. Clinton gets elected next year all bets are off. Hillary has already proven that she'll go on the paper like a good dog whenever The DailyKos or MoveOn.org tell her to. She'll be on a real short leash with them if elected and an executive order to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine will probably show up before her luggage gets to the White House.

Here's what it really does. If someone complains to a station that carries Rush Limbaugh that station has to put a liberal talk show on if they want to keep Rush on the air. The Air America people finally get to leave the void they've been living in and get on a big people's radio station! They might even bring their listener along. You can see the sound business sense of balancing a profit making machine like Rush with three hours a day of Skippy the Chimp from Air America discussing new ways to lose wars and raise taxes, can't you? Larger stations will figure out a way to make it work, smaller ones will have to get rid of Rush and do a call-in show about scrapbooking.

To clear it up, let's imagine this lunacy being applied in other areas.

The NFL would have to provide teams an equal amount of playing time during the games if one team was too good.

Everyone gets into Harvard now! It's just not fair to limit it to the smart kids.

If you're a bit of a loner and can't get a date, the government has to provide you with one for every time your good looking roommate goes out. It may sound good at first but the government doesn't require the date to like you. She'll leave eventually and, like Air America, you're still a loser who can't get anyone to pay attention to you on your own.

Something needs to be done while we still have a Republican in the White House. Enter Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) and "The Broadcaster Freedom Act." This act would prohibit the FCC from reinstating the Fairness Doctrine. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Asylum) has blocked the bill. Rep. Pence is trying to get the 218 signatures needed to bring the bill directly to the floor for a vote. There is more information about the petition here. This site says he has 185 signatures but I heard him say on Laura Ingraham's show this morning that it's up to 190 now. There are also links there to find out if your representative has signed or not and to contact the ones who haven't.

Despite what Democrats like to believe, Republicans enjoy First Amendment rights too. Let's fight for them now or we're all going to end up in some underground chat room, lamenting the fact that our favorite talk station now just airs stories about what Britney Spears isn't wearing that day.

Cross posted at The Grizzly Groundswell

How Low Can You Go?

So, Jesse Jackson thinks that Barack Obama is acting like he's white. Come to think of it, the more Obama talks politics, the more I see a resemblance to Karl Marx. Maybe Jesse's on to something. Maybe we're both drunk. Either way, it's another low point for the increasingly irrelevant Rev. Jackson.

The low that caught my eye today, however, was the new Reuters/Zogby poll of presidential and congressional approval ratings. The Bush vs. Congress approval battle is turning out to be like one of those football games that matches two 0-10 teams at the end of the season. Someone has to win, right? Alas, politics is never as clear cut as football. It would be nice to see some elected officials get concussions once in a while though. Any kind of non life-threatening, season-ending injury would do, actually.

The current score in this stinker is: Bush 29-Congress 11. That's a statistical difference so stark even a victim of recent public education in America can see it. The president, tanking to a new all-time low, still manages to more than double up on Nancy Pelosi and her "mandate." Most of that 11% is probably made up of just congressional members themselves, their extended families and their staffs.

When it comes to running the country, Americans are telling Congress, "Just don't touch anything, you'll probably break it. Go play with each other and leave us alone." Of course, metaphorically, Congress has been playing with itself for a long time.

To their credit, Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi (D-USSR) and Harry Reid (D-Crab Nebula) have committed the full force of their resources to making sure the president doesn't pull "ahead" of them in this race to the bottom. If they drop just two more points they'll be in a dead heat with the remaining number of live brain cells in Ted Kennedy's (D-Corner Tavern) head. They know this and they're focused.

"We're not going to let you Republicans hijack this one from us," Reid was overheard saying to Larry Craig (R-Disgrace) in a congressional men's room last summer. Since then, Reid has maintained relentless pressure on sanity and common sense to achieve the historic lows.

Hey, sinking to the bottom wasn't in any of their campaign promises last fall but a lot of us knew they had it in them.