ObamaCare: The Death Story

A parody of the consequences of ObamaCare presented by FortHardKnox.com.

 

Democrats duck the details on how to pay for health care

Ask Democrats how they are going to pay for the healthcare program and nobody has an answer–mayors, representatives, etc.–spin but not answer.

 

Right Cartoon: Dems and Halloween

This cartoon explains exactly what a Democrat is all about.

 

Specter’s Specter

(Cross posted from America Needs Me)

The Republican who never was cemented his position in the popular kids clique today.

The Arlen Specter/GOP relationship has been one-way from its inception: he takes cash when he needs to be reelected then votes with the Democrats when it is important. His exit doesn’t really do much other than enable the RNC to spend its money on someone who won’t crap all over the party. Whether it will actually do that remains to be seen. My faith in who the party supports financially is practically nonexistent.

This will invariably be portrayed as one man simply sticking to his convictions when his party has abandoned him, an idea so loaded with manure it could fertilize farms in the western hemisphere for a decade. This is simply about Specter taking the path of least resistance in his waning years. He’d rather go out having his ass kissed than…what’s the word…oh yeah, working. Nicole Richie has body fat in greater abundance than Arlen Specter’s convictions.

There is now a lot of consternation about the Democrats having a filibuster-proof majority. That was going to happen anyway. In reality, it already had happened given the fact that Specter jumped ship during the first Hope and Changey vote he was presented with. It doesn’t matter whether there is an “R” or a “D” after a senator’s name. If the votes are there, then the votes are there. And they were, thanks to Specter.

In the end I can’t blame Specter for much. Republicans have, after all, been electing representatives who aren’t big on, well, representing us, for years. Just this morning, Scott Rasmussen explored the growing disconnect between the Beltway GOP and “the rest of us”.

The disconnect between D.C. Republicans and Republicans throughout the country has been growing for nearly 20 years, but it became more intense and noticeable during the waning years of the Bush administration.

This is what I’ve been trying to explain to my friends on the Left since the Tea Parties; we’ve been sick of this crap for a while now.

The elitist disconnect seems to be a prerequisite for functioning in the Senate, where it then becomes pathological. There isn’t a cushier gig in America than being a United States Senator. You don’t have to mess around with reelection very often. You get paid extremely well. It’s essentially a 19th Century House of Lords with American accents. That’s why people like Specter, Teddy Kennedy and Robert Byrd won’t just retire, already. Retirement would be hard compared to being a senator.

The only cure for this disconnect (whichever side it occurs on) is greater participation by those of us who feel we’re being disenfranchised. As always, the solution is in the Constitution. American citizens have extraordinary power, we simply choose not to use it most of the time. Apathy before an election and whining after are easy. Working a phone bank, signing up voters, canvassing door-to-door aren’t. It’s time to stop complaining about our ballot choices if we haven’t done anything to influence them.

This disconnect is perilously close to biting Americans of any political persuasion on the butt.

The gap between Beltway Republicans and the Republican base is part of a wider gap between the Mainstream and the Political Class. On many issues, the gap between Mainstream Americans and the Political Class is bigger than the gap between Mainstream Republicans and Mainstream Democrats.

The fact that this is a representative republic seems to be in need of constant repetition now. We are in control of who we elect to represent us. If we keep sending people to Washington who represent only themselves we aren’t participating in the process to the fullest. The point I kept making during the Tea Parties was that the mere physical presence of a representative doesn’t indicate that any actual representation is taking place.

American citizens in either party would do well to grasp this point. Congressional approval ratings have been low across the board so the disconnect can’t only be happening on the Right. If we keep allowing people like Arlen Specter to represent no one other than themselves we run the risk of the chasm between elected officials and those they are supposed to serve growing wider by the minute. Very soon the “Us” vs. “Them” discussion may not occur between Republicans and Democrats but between an overly powerful political class and an almost silent constituency.

In other words: all of us outside of Washington will be irrelevant.

“Nation of Cowards” T-Shirt

At Jenn’s request, she thought the FHK minion might get a kick out of this.

 

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Business Fighting Back

It seems the American businesses are finally fighting back.  The US Chamber of Commerce, apparently fearing a filibuster proof Democrat majority in the Senate, is involved in several races, some where they are the only help under funded GOP candidates have.

An article by Kimberly Strassel in today’s Wall Street Journal gives the details.  Strassel says:

The business community is back in politics. After years of contented political gridlock, American companies are now officially horrified at what an all-Democratic Washington intends to inflict on the U.S. economy. The Chamber is throwing its extensive resources at denying the left a filibuster-proof Senate. In doing so, it has stuck its finger in the Democratic leadership’s beehive, and is facing retribution.

One example of where the Chamber has a problem with Democrat plans is the card check legislation.  That plan allows unions to strong arm workers into signing cards to bring in the union, bypass the secret ballot process.  Here’s an example of what the Chamber is doing.

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Also see: Michelle Malkin – I am changing my name to Fannie Mae; plus: the blind leading the blind

The Wheels Continue to Come Off

The desperation on the left and in the Obama campaign grows more evident by the day. For two weeks Barack Obama’s campaign has been completely reactionary and it seems the problem grows worse by the day. The flap over Obama’s “lipstick on a pig” comment had the candidate address the issue this morning in a campaign speech when yesterday he had no intention of dealing with it.

No one can claim with credibility that Obama’s pig remark wasn’t ill advised. Whether it was an intentional attack on Sarah Palin is debatable but a strong candidate in control of the situation would have known better than to use the line in the first place. That Obama chose that particular line in light of Palin’s repeated use of the hockey mom and bulldog joke reveals his inability to correctly assess the situation in the present circumstances, which in my mind is a good indication as to how Obama might react in a genuine national emergency.

Prior to the announcement of Sarah Palin as McCain’s running mate, the Obama campaign was very disciplined. They tightly controlled what was said not only by the campaign but by campaign surigates. That is no longer the case. Since that announcement the Obama campaign has been unable to stay on message. They have no control over the situation so that are reactive.

Meanwhile democrat leaders continue to make outrageous remarks out of pure frustration. Just today, as reported by Politico.com, South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler said that Sarah Palin’s, “primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion.” I mean really, that’s pretty desparate!

So Obama is today reduced to accusing the McCain campaign of stooping to swiftboat politics. Rather than deal with the reality that, at a minimum, his choice of words was poor, Obama attempts to turn it around a attack the McCain campaign. While I can understand the tendancy to want to take that approach, it is clearly a counter productive approach. Indeed, with every attack, the McCain/Palin brand rises further.

Watching the TV interviews with various Obama spokespeople and surigates has really been entertaining! This afternoon on FOX News, Shepard Smith was interviewing someone with the Obama campaign. Smith pointed out that things have not been going well for the Obama campaign for two weeks and he asked what their plan was to get back on message. The spokeswoman first refused to accept that there was even a problem. Smith, with almost open scorn, asked the question several times, even bringing in the latest polls showing the large swing in McCain’s direction and she claimed that the two campaigns were essentially where they were before the two conventions! She said that with a straight face?

So the Obama campaign and the left continue to spin at a rate that will surely send them running for the nearest trash can. Perhaps they are just toying with us. Perhaps they have a grand master plan that will be apparent to all over the next few weeks, that will make sense. More likely they are twisting like contortionist desperately searching for a plan, any plan, that might deliver them from the hell they’ve found themselves in.

UPDATE:

From an NRCC email this evening

Today, on the floor of the House of Representatives, liberal Democrat Congressman Steve Cohen (Memphis) equated Barack Obama to Jesus, thereby furthering liberals’ absurd belief that Obama is the Chosen One sent to save the world. Then Cohen outrageously compared Sarah Palin to Pontius Pilate.

“If you want change, you want the Democratic Party,” said Cohen. “Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus, who our minister just prayed about. Pontius Pilate was a governor.”

Here’s video of the remarks.

It just gets better and better!

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Oh, nooooo, they never meant to liken Palin to a pig