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How McCain Won Saddleback: In an unusual setting, his experience overwhelmed Obama.
Byron York, NRO.com
Lake Forest, Calif. — It’s fair to say that in the hours before John McCain appeared with Barack Obama at the “Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency,” here at Pastor Rick Warren’s famed southern California mega-church, there were at least a few McCain insiders who were a bit nervous about their candidate’s prospects. Obama can be remarkably polished in this sort of situation. Unlike other Democrats, he’s not afraid to hang out with evangelicals. McCain, on the other hand, can at times be cranky and take pleasure in irritating his base. Could he come out ahead in this one?
Team McCain needn’t have worried. This was not your usual political TV show. Warren — Pastor Rick, around here — asked big questions, about big subjects; he wasn’t concerned about what appeared on the front page of that morning’s Washington Post. And his simple, direct, big questions brought out something we don’t usually see in a presidential face-off; in this forum, as opposed to a read-the-prompter speech, or even a debate focused on the issues of the moment, the candidates were forced to call on everything they had — the things they have done and learned throughout their lives. And the fact is, John McCain has lived a much bigger life than Barack Obama. That’s not a slam at Obama; McCain has lived a much bigger life than most people. But it still made Obama look small in comparison. McCain was the clear winner of the night. Read article.
Angry Michelle and The Race Card
Don Feder, GrassTopsUSA.com
When Michelle started acting like a mental patient who was off medication, the more enterprising reporters began digging into her past and discovered her 1985 Princeton thesis ("Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community') where she revealed that her her undergraduate experience -- courtesy of "minority outreach" -- made her "far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before."
In the paper, the future frau Obama warned "further integration/or assimilation into a White cultural and social structure will only allow me to remain on the periphery of society; never becoming a full participant."
Poor little Michelle. After Princeton and Harvard Law School, she went on to become a corporate lawyer and board member with a six-figure salary (according to their 2006 tax return, the Obamas had a joint income of $991,286), whose husband is running for president, but she's still, metaphorically, riding in the back of the bus.
Then there was this year's road-to-the-White-House rage.
In a February 18 speech in Madison, Wisconsin, Michelle disclosed, "And let me tell you something -- for the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country," which raises the interesting question: What was she before -- ashamed, disgusted, blasé?
Taken together -- Princeton thesis, comments about Barack's "blackness" making it lethal for him to get gas, I've-never-been-proud-of-America-until-now, and this nation is "downright mean" -- Michelle Obama sounds like Jeremiah Wright in a dress with an Ivy League education. Read article.
Obama backed legislation protecting infanticide
John Jalsevac, LifeSiteNews.com
At the same time that the National Right to Life Committee has unearthed documents proving that Barack Obama repeatedly voted against a bill that would have protected children born alive after an attempted abortion, Illuminati Pictures has released a video of an interview with a nurse who witnessed the very practice that Obama protected while in the Illinois senate
Jill Stanek was a nurse at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois in 1999 when she discovered that babies born alive after failed abortions purposely were being left to die in the "soiled utility room," which, says Stanek, is a room where biohazard materials and soiled linens are disposed of.
"That's where nursing staff took these babies and left them to die." Read article and VIEW VIDEO.
The New Jesus: Obama Be Thy Name
Doug Giles, Townhall.com
Hey, Obama crowd, chill out with the lock step, okay? Really . . . What kind of adult gets this excited over another human being? Call me jaded, but I look at my own wizards of political Oz with a jaundiced eye. I believe you’re setting yourself and your darling, untested candidate up—should he get into the Whitehouse—to thud on the ground like Geri Halliwell’s last CD did. For God’s sake, Obama-ites, God can barely live up to the hype you guys are giving the young Hussein. You’re tripping way too hard over the grossly inexperienced junior state senator spawned from the scheming netherworld of Chicago based politics.
Barack doesn’t represent hope or change, unless of course you’re an American-based euro-socialist or . . . or . . . an unborn child who’s queued up for an abortion. To the unborn baby, or fetus, as the hopemeister would call you, you’re about to change—but it isn’t for the best. Read article.
Memo for a Lingering Conservative: "Today We Are All Georgians"
Hugh Hewitt, Townhall.com
First, did you see McCain's strong and principled response to Russia's rape of Georgia? It was a great political moment because it was first and foremost a great American moment wherein a leader stood up for the victims of totalitarian aggression. If you were still having trouble getting motivated about the fall campaign, the crisis in Georgia should remind you of the stakes, and of how the occupant of the Oval Office can either rally the world or, with a call for U.N. mediation like Obama issued, declare the aggressor also the victor.
You still aren't over your disappointment that Fred or Mitt or Mike isn't the nominee? Have you read through the Obama response to the Corsi book? It was intended to bury Corsi but it in fact resurrected all of the doubts about Obama's background and shady pals. Skip the Corsi book and order David Freddoso's The Case Against Barack Obama for all the reasons you'll ever need to work hard against the Dalibama.
Still not off the bench? Do you want energy for the country's future? Read article.
Dem playbook: How to paint yourself into a corner
Dave Weinbaum, JWR.com
Saving defeat from the jaws of victory…AGAIN! Can a tire gauge replace drilling offshore and solve the energy problem? Can power generators like wind and solar panels representing less than five % of our energy sources replace oil as our main energy supply within a decade?
I don't think so. And neither do the American people.
There's nothing the Harvard educated, law review editor, Barack, the Speaker of the House, Pelosi, and Majority Leader of the Senate, Reid, has over the average citizen in the common sense department.
We beg countries that hate us to drill more, yet Democrats are unwilling to let their own country bore holes off shore, in ANWR, and oil laden shale. At current usage we have a 110 year supply of KNOWN petroleum and gas reserves in the above.
Such is the state of the Democratic "We will take no vote to help Americans while Bush is still in office" Party. Is there any question why a recent poll shows the Dem led congress approval rating in single digits, the lowest in history? Read article.
Why I Am Not a Liberal
Dennis Prager, Townhall.com
The following is a list of beliefs that I hold. Nearly every one of them was a liberal position until the late 1960s. Not one of them is now.
Such a list is vitally important in order to clarify exactly what positions divide left from right, blue from red, liberal from conservative.
I believe in American exceptionalism, meaning that (a) America has done more than any international organization or institution, and more than any other country, to improve this world; and (b) that American values (specifically, the unique American blending of Enlightenment and Judeo-Christian values) form the finest value system any society has ever devised and lived by.
I believe that the bigger government gets and the more powerful the state becomes, the greater the threat to individual liberty and the greater the likelihood that evil will ensue. In the 20th century, the powerful state, not religion, was the greatest purveyor of evil in the world. Read article.
Black Politics? You mean liberal politics
Star Parker, Townhall.com
And an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal by black journalist Juan Williams saying "The Race Issue Isn't Going Away."
Williams is right. The race issue isn't going away. And the New York Times feature, which profiles new young black politicians around the nation -- like Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, Newark, N.J., mayor Corey Booker, and Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter -- sheds little light on the issue in what it says.
More revealing about the Times piece is what it doesn't say.
The Times reporter never found it relevant to note that every black politician he spoke to is a Democrat. Nor did he see a need to talk to a single black conservative.
It's not like black conservatives have nothing to say here. Hoover Institution scholar Shelby Steele wrote a book about Obama. Tom Sowell has regularly written about him, as have I.
But black conservatives are not considered relevant to these discussions because race is not an issue of ethnicity but an issue of politics. Black politics means liberal politics and hence black conservatives are not black. Read article.
Jesse Jackson’s convention streak in doubt
Bob Cusack, The Hill.com
The Rev. Jesse Jackson has spoken at every Democratic convention since 1984, but that streak may come to an end this year.
Jackson, a controversial civil rights activist who ran for president in 1984 and 1988, last month had to apologize for saying Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) “is talking down to black people.” With a microphone recording what Jackson thought was a private conversation prior to an appearance on Fox News, he went on to make other critical comments about Obama. Jackson used a racially charged remark and also said he would like to remove a part of the male anatomy from Obama.
Ronald Walters, a former Jackson aide who is the director of the African American Leadership Center at the University of Maryland, said he does not think Jackson will be asked to speak at the convention. Read article.
I See Four Key Battleground States
Karl Rove, Online WSJ.com
Presidential campaigns ultimately come down to who can win 270 Electoral College votes. With most states favoring one candidate or the other, this year's contest could come down to a few battleground states.
Based on visits this past week with party leaders and old pros, it's clear that Barack Obama will focus on Colorado and Virginia. Both have large concentrations of white, college-educated voters with whom Mr. Obama is popular. And both have seen Democrats surge recently.
Of the two, Mr. Obama is best positioned to pick up Colorado's nine electoral votes. Denver hosts the Democratic convention at the end of this month. And a quartet of local millionaires (mini-George Soroses) have spent lavishly to boost Democrats. They have succeeded at shrinking the Republican advantage among registered voters. The GOP now has just 68,507 more voters on the rolls in Colorado than Democrats, down from a 176,572 edge four years ago.
Democrats win the state when they hold down GOP margins in rural districts, and appeal to swing women voters in Larimer County and the Denver suburbs. Mr. Obama lacks rural credentials, but he might make inroads in the suburbs.
Sen. McCain's independence will help him in Colorado. Also, there will be two anti-union initiatives on the ballot this fall that could energize conservatives. Read article.
Vacation over, Obama loses some momentum
Thomas Fitzgerald, Philly.com
For the last week, Sen. Barack Obama seemed to evaporate from the presidential race as he vacationed in Hawaii, his days filled with "shave ice" treats, golf, body surfing, and walks on the beach instead of political combat.
Now, Obama plunges back into the campaign at a pivotal moment, with the Democratic convention a week away and the announcement of his vice presidential nominee expected any day. The selection process has been free of serious leaks, just the way "No Drama" Obama likes it, but Democratic strategists hope that whomever he picks will help him get his mojo back.
Since returning from his triumphal tour of Afghanistan, Iraq and Europe, Obama has been thrown on the defensive, and Republican Sen. John McCain has crept closer in national and battleground-state polls. Read article.
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Ky. primary has Barack Obama doing battle with a phantom; Let the mockage begin!
May 22, 2012 07:50 PM
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May 22, 2012 04:29 PM
The South Carolina AFL-CIO president is on video beating an effigy of Governor Nikki Haley with a bat. War on women, indeed, and it comes from the Left as always. To Leftist thugs and union goons, she was asking for it, you see. That "uppity" woman won't keep her mouth shut and all. Scratch a Leftist and you will find not only a misogynist, but a racist.
Media still covering for no Biden access for press, blame Romney
May 22, 2012 03:39 PM
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May 22, 2012 03:08 PM
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Dan Savage: Marriage is make-believe just like BDSM
May 22, 2012 02:46 PM
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