Wednesday, March 5, 2008
 HILLARY LIVES!
This is good news. While the Republicans have settled on their candidate,
the
Democrats can continue their warfare for at least five weeks longer. Obama
leads in delegates .. but Hillary almost swept the primaries yesterday. Obama
took Vermont .. but Vermont has long been a strange case anyway. How many of
you know that Benito Mussolini actually thought about settling in Vermont prior
to taking Italy into war against the United States in World War II? Vermont ...
always a haven for the weird left .. and Obama fits right in (along with their
Socialist Senator).
It has to be said that this is great news for talk radio. Maybe all of that
research I've been doing on Hillary hasn't been a wasted effort. Both Hillary
and I feel reinvigorated today.
Now we're going to have a second MoveOnDemocrat season with Hillary and Obama
trying to out-liberalize each other. Who knows what strange policy initiatives
they'll come up with? They're going to be moving so far to the left there's a
danger they could fall off the end of the Earth. We can rest assured that
they'll come up with new and wonderful ideas on how to reign in the free
competitive markets and strengthen the role of government in our daily lives.
Watch these two – and get a hint of what will happen in this country if we hand
the complete control of our government over to them in November.
So .. how did Hillary pull this one off? Here are five reasons,
according to Politico.com, as to why Hillary was able to comeback from near
oblivion in the age of BarackObamaMania. Here's what Politico has to say:
- The "SNL" Factor. Just when you thought no one watched
"Saturday Night Live" anymore, the show made a star cameo on this year's
trail. The Not Ready for Prime Time Players were brutally effective in
exposing the fawning coverage of Obama. Never underestimate the power of
shame in journalism. "SNL's" mockery went straight to reporters'
insecurities. Being accused of falling "in the tank" for a candidate is the
journalistic equivalent of a nerdish high school freshman getting a wedgie
from the jocks. There's also Hillary's appearance. She almost looked human
... endearing even.
Perhaps it was this SNL satire that led reporters to act tough with stories
about Obama's relationship with a Chicago influence-peddler, his sincerity
in opposing NAFTA and his stiff-arming of questions from the press.
- Wolfson Barks. Howard Wolfson is Clinton's hired thug,
also known as campaign communications director. He holds a conference call
every day to tell reporters they are worthless and weak (not to mention fat,
lazy and stupid — no way to go through life) because of their soft Obama
coverage. Again, reporters' self-justifying mechanism kicks in when someone
says they are being too tough. But their self-loathing mechanism kicks in
when someone says they are being too mean.
Read Dana Milbank's account of Monday's Obama press conference to see if
Wolfson's hectoring is working. The answer: Damn straight.
- Burying Bill. The Clinton campaign badly miscalculated
how much reporters would jump on any reason to return to one of their
all-time favorite subjects: the adventures and misadventures of Bill
Clinton. There was simply no way that the 42nd president could play a
prominent role in Hillary's campaign and not have reporters cover it as if
he were the star and she were supporting actress. But where has Bill Clinton
been lately? It is as if he was sent to Afghanistan on a secret mission with
Prince Harry.
- Sister Sledge. Reporters roll their eyes when Clinton
or surrogates start suggesting she is the victim of sexist assumptions in
political and media cultures. But the press this year may be underestimating
how much those complaints ring true to many women. It could be that we are
on the brink of another New Hampshire, where anecdotal evidence suggested
that many women were self-consciously voting against a pundit-class story
line that said the race was over and the smooth-talking man had won out over
the hard-working woman.
- Timing. Politics is all about the moment, defining it,
capturing it, profiting from it. The
Tony Rezko trial was a godsend. It
started on Monday, which prompted The New York Times and scores of
columnists to write about it over the weekend. The perfect hook for Clinton
forces to raise questions about his judgment— only days after airing the
infamous 3 a.m. scare ad that also questions his judgment. Coincidence? They
don't happen in politics.
For my own two-cent's worth, I would like to add the Canada factor. Despite
the denials I think that Obama's representative actually did tell those Canadian
officials
not to worry about NAFTA ... that this stuff they were hearing from Ohio
was just campaign rhetoric. Never mind that Obama is right. Never mind that
Ohio's real problem is it's love affair with industrial unions .... Ohio doesn't
want to see the United Auto Workers as the enemy .. not while NAFTA is out
there. Obama recognizes the truth – and Hillary wins.
The question now is whether or not the wave has crested. Obama has had quite
a time surfing that wave .. but they always break as they near the shore.
Perhaps the ride is over. Maybe realism is setting in. Maybe – with the Rezko
and Canada affairs, voters are coming to realize that in the end Obama is
another politician.
SPECIAL NOTE
Our political correspondent is in Austin, Texas (Teasip territory) where he
has been watching this all very closely. Today he'll be on live with me for one
full hour to take questions from listeners and parry with me on just what these
primary results mean. Good radio .. be there.
THE RIGHT TO GOVERNMENT EDUCATION
 Let me set the stage for this story ... Karina Acosta lived in Roswell, New
Mexico. She is 18-years-old. She is pregnant. She is, also, an illegal
alien. That last fact shouldn't be too surprising ... considering the fact that
at least 44% of the total population of Roswell is Hispanic. At Karina's high
school, an estimated 90% of students are Hispanic and 40% are believed to be
illegal. We, of course, are paying for them.
Driving to high school one morning, Karina was stopped by a Roswell policeman
because she was blocking a fire lane. She was also driving without a license.
Then the policeman, Charlie Corn, committed the cardinal sin ...
he asked Karina for her proof of legal U.S. residency. She had none. He
even gave her days to produce her proof of legal residency. She still had none,
so she was taken to a juvenile detention center. Now Karina is gestating in
Mexico.
The fact that Karina is back home certainly doesn't mean the town and the
school didn't put up a fight. Students and parents protested Karina's
treatment, complaining that it was racist and unfair (thus illustrating the
quality of education in Roswell, New Mexico). The protestors said that this is
worrisome because government schools are supposed to be safe havens for illegal
immigrants. Even though these protesters probably couldn't tell you the names
of their two U.S. Senators, they darned sure were familiar with a 1982 Supreme
Court ruling that guarantees children who are in the U.S. illegally the "right"
to a government education.
Jennifer Moore, who teaches international, human rights and refugee law at
the University of New Mexico says that this incident has made a "mockery" of
students' "right" to education. She then explains that these government schools
are the "very place where they have the greatest chance at getting the skills
they need to participate in this society that they are living in" ... isn't that a
bunch of hogwash? Here we have a university professor ..or assistant professor
.. or instructor .. or whatever .. telling us essentially that every child in
the world has some sort of a legally enforceable "right" to an education in the
United States; all they have to do is get here one way or another, legally or
illegally, to exercise their "right."
The Rev. Juan Montoya of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church says,
"It's not just about Karina. Karina is just one of many ... I know people who have
been picked up — didn't break a law, they didn't pass a stop sign, they didn't
do anything." Didn't break the law? What the hell is this idiot talking
about? Didn't she break the law by entering this country illegally? Isn't she
breaking the law every single day she stays here? And, not to get too picky
here, didn't Karina break the law by blocking a fire lane and driving without a
driver's license?
The illegal immigration problem sure has a way of bringing out the idiot in
so many people.
AND THE WINNING NUMBER IS ...
Oregon has decided it would be cute to offer a lottery,
and the prize would be government health insurance. The state is going to
start drawing numbers this week to give people the chance to enroll in the
Oregon Health Plan. The plan is aimed at (are you ready for this) "people not
poor enough for Medicaid but too cash-strapped to buy their own insurance."
So who are these "cash-strapped" people? Let me paint the picture. Close to
all of these people probably have a cell phone. More than likely, they pay for
Internet and cable service. Heck, many of them probably have flat-screen TVs.
Most have car payments. They probably have credit card debt that is 5-digits
long and they pay the minimum every month so that they can afford their cable
and cell phones. Are you seeing where I am going with this? These people are
not cash-strapped ... they have chosen not to have health insurance, and now get
to play a little game of chance with the government just to get it for "free",
which means "paid for by the taxpayers."
Let's talk about Shirley. She's 61-years-old. She works part time and says
she has too little income to buy her own health insurance, which means that she
can't take insulin regularly for her diabetes. Shirley signed up for this
government program because "it's at least a hope." That is what this country
has become ... a 300 million person assisted living care center where the average
citizen sits around "hoping" that the government is going to come to the rescue.
Oh and the cost of this program? Don't know. But the author of the article
did point out that the program covers their most basic health services,
medications and limited dental, hospital and vision services "at little or no
cost." What key phrase is missing from this statement? These services are
costing someone ... that would be you, the taxpayers.
BACK TO TRAINS
 The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is suggesting that Great Britain
needs to change from a transportation society based on roads to one based on
rails. They are making this suggestion
in order to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
So now, the British government is expected to invest billions in taxpayer
money in railways ... just because it will help curb CO2 emissions? What about
market demands? What if people simply do not want to ride trains or use them
for business? What if the trains aren't going where the people want to go? All
of this doesn't matter to the myrmidons of the global warming "movement." If
money is being spent to abate the threat of global warming, then, by definition,
the money is being spent well.
Here's something else that this Institution's report suggests. It
acknowledges that train tickets can be expensive (so people won't want to buy
them). So in order to force people to choose trains over flying or driving ...
they recommend that all transportation options include environmental impact
costs. So tickets for a flight would now need to include the price equivalent
of that flight's environmental impact ... therefore artificially driving up the
cost, simply because flying causes more harm to the environment than other modes
of transportation.
Get a hint, folks. The scam is about to die. Global warming is about to go
the way of goat testicle implants. It's a fraud. Global temperatures have
dropped in the past ten years. Sixty percent of the Northern Hemisphere had
snow and ice cover this year. The Arctic ice pack is back. Polar Bears are
flourishing. The ice on Greenland and in Antarctica is thickening. They had to
cancel a Winter festival in New Hampshire because of too much winter.
Global warming is and has always been about punishing free enterprise
economies for the benefit of anti-capitalist economies and the dictator-plagued
third world. Folks are starting to wake up.
REDNECK SCRAP BOOK
Now here's a wedding dress
that would make Daisy Duke squeal with delight. Oh, and added bonus: nice inner
thigh bruise. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.
READING ASSIGNMENTS
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First .. let's make your searching for coverage of the primaries a bit
easier. Here's coverage from:
The Washington Times
The Washington Post
The Wall Street Journal
The New York Times
Real Clear Politics
I would have included some links from The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, but for the past few weeks I've had a rough
time logging on. Am I the only one here?
The media seems to be refusing to give the public any real details on Barack
Obama's policies or opinions.
What does this guy really stand for ... other than "change"? Does yesterday's
wins for Hillary signal an end to Barack's free ride?
Has press coverage for Hillary and Obama shifted since Hillary appeared on
Saturday Night Live? A study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism seems
to think so.
Here's where the Hillary Clinton press corp. set up camp ...
notice anything unusual? Gotta love it.
A survey shows that the
public believes McCain over the New York Times story by a 2 to 1 margin.
The only news Hillary and Obama will tell you about the economy is how middle
class Americans are suffering ...
but that's really not the whole story.
According to 60 Minutes, American healthcare is just as bad as
living in a third world country ... this is what you would believe if you only
followed the lamestream media. The push for socialized medicine is on ... and
frankly I don't think we can get out of the way.
Fidel Castro has decided to jump into the mix and
get involved in the situation between Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. And
now Venezuela is
closing the border with Colombia. A conflict with no Muslims! Imagine that!
The New York Times actually refers to
Iraq as the "American liberation"? That could be a first.
Here's the video of the founder of the Weather Channel calling for a
potential lawsuit against Al Gore.
Airlines are accusing environmentalists of
distorting the truth about aviation's impact on "climate change." Well duhhhhhh.
A Muslim-born woman in Malaysia was
sentenced to two years in jail for renouncing her religion.
Iran will be boycotting the Paris book fair because
Israel is being invited as the guest of honor.
Many Muslim men are now
using text messages to divorce their wives. The marvels of modern
technology.
Our latest on the climate change agenda ...
save the world by eating whales instead of livestock. Ahhhh ... nothing like a
tasty blubber burger.
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