Category: Barack Obama

Why Is @Allahpundit Surprised?

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“Unbelievable,” he says, that the White House press corps is so servile:

[Obama’s press conference] ran for one hour and six minutes, with 12 different reporters being called on 00 although, notably, not Ed Henry of Fox News — and between them they couldn’t muster one question about the catastrophe that is Healthcare.gov or the spectacle of National Park Rangers locking senior-citizen tourists out of war memorials and/or inside their hotels.

Try this, Allah: Watch MSNBC all day long and keep in mind that, for the vast majority of the reporters covering politics in Washington, MSNBC is the Gospel Truth. Realize that the ambitious younger journalists in the White House press corps dream of the day when they’ll have their own regular spot on MSNBC or, perhaps, they will be appointed to a job in the Obama administration itself, like their hero and mentor, Jay Carney.

All of these reporters are Democrats. They hate and despise Republicans, and consider it their most important duty as journalists to help elect more Democrats and then to help the Democrats to advance their political and legislative agenda. To these reporters, the superiority of the Democrats is an objective fact, and anyone who says a word in favor of Republicans is therefore a liar or a fool or both.

No reporter in the White House press corps watches Fox News, except for amusement, to laugh at it as crude sport. Nor, for that matter, does any reporter in the White House press corps read conservative blogs or Web sites. Insofar as the Internet has any influence on them, the sites that are most influential among D.C. journalists are such venues as Think Progress, Media Matters, Mother Jones and Salon.

Go read Brian Beutler’s savagery toward Republicans and realize that Beutler therein expresses the sentiments of the White House correspondents for ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, the Washington Post, the New York Times, USA Today and the Associated Press.

Was it “unbelievable” that Obama faced no tough questions at the press conference? It would have been unbelievable if he had.

The press corps is a constituency of the Democrat Party in the same way that the AFL-CIO, the NAACP and Planned Parenthood are constituencies of the Democrat Party. If any of them have any criticism of Obama, it arises from the feeling that he is not liberal enough.

Our nation’s “mainstream” media are, actually, Democrat Party propagandists. Let’s stop pretending that they are interested in truth.

 

10 Ideas RE #OccupyResoluteDesk’s Activities In Lieu Of Job

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by Smitty

Mark Levin Threatens March on D.C.

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The Obama administration’s disgraceful stunt, putting up barricades around the World War II Memorial and having its SEIU goons hire protesters at $15 an hour to harass veterans, has inflamed sentiment against the Democrat propaganda campaign. (The mainstream media are endeavoring to ignore the facts, being too busy promoting Democrat propaganda to report the news.) Ace of Spades is livid:

Hey Barack Obama — you didn’t f–king build that. Someone else did, and someone else is paying for its upkeep.

Also livid with rage, Mark Levin:

I want to say this loud and clear to the people on Capitol Hill who are listening, to this administration. You lay one damn hand on one of those World War II vets at that memorial and I’ll bring half a million people to that damn memorial! You got that?!”

Audio via The Right Scoop:

The permitting process would, I suspect, require at least a month.

OK, so how about Monday, November 11?

UPDATE: This sentiment was pretty popular:

 


Obama Makes Token Gesture, Because He’s Losing the Shutdown P.R. War

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He’s trying to look reasonable:

President Barack Obama invited congressional leaders from both parties to the White House on Wednesday to discuss the partial government shutdown and looming debt-limit crisis, a White House official said.

There has been a tremendous backfire from Tuesday’s attempt — ordered by Obama administration officials for propaganda purposes — to block veterans from visiting the World War II Memorial in Washington. If you’ve been to that Memorial (which I visited with my family last summer), you know it’s an open-air site. No staff is required to make it possible for visitors to see the Memorial, and it took more manpower to put barricades around it than it would have to leave it open, from which anyone with common sense can see that the attempt to “close” the Memorial was purely as a publicity stunt.

Democrats are publicly explaining their shutdown strategy in terms of political “leverage.” While the mainstream media keep parroting the Democrats’ message (the partisanship at CNN these days is as shamelessly one-sided as MSNBC), ultimately the Big Lie will fail.

Read more at Power Line, The Right Scoop, Twitchy, National Review, Instapundit, Conservatives4Palin, PJ Tatler and Legal Insurrection.

 

MoveOn.org Fundraiser Email Blends Stupid And Infuriating

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by Smitty

(emphasis original throughout)

MoveOn.org Smitty
Dear MoveOn member, I’m not, but this was forwarded by a recipient.
Big news: Republicans just announced that they will only allow the federal government to stay open if President Obama agrees to delay implementation of Obamacare. The actual votes were bi-partisan for and against, interestingly enough.
The New York Times says the announcement “all but assured that large parts of the government would be shuttered as of 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday.”1 Only if Harry ‘the Cadaver’ and #OccupyResoluteDesk, the Priapismic Pair, insist on putting politics ahead of sanity. I’m sure they understand that ObamaCare needs far more than 48 more hours to exceed ‘risible train wreck’ on launch. But why should reality affect them?
This is not a drill. After years of threats, Speaker John Boehner and the Tea Party are about to shut down the government for real, with millions of Americans losing access to vital services, hundreds of thousands of public servants unpaid, and a big blow to our economic recovery.2 It’s me. I am the Tea Party. I realize this e-mail went to a lot of inboxes, but here it is: I am THAT guy. You can just drop all the H8 down in the comments. I’ll bring all the best ones up to Cryin’ Johnny next time he’s by for an orange zest treatment. Because #Efficiency.
We can’t stop the Tea Party from trying to push America’s economy off a cliff, but we can make sure they pay a steep political price like they did in 1995 so that they finally stop this nonsense. Our plan is to start by putting targeted web ads on Facebook and other websites targeting the most vulnerable Republicans facing reelection next year and then keep up the pressure till the Republicans give up on these outrageous demands. This blog in no way wishest to stop the endless stream of nonsense that is MoveOn.org. Couple reasons.
First, First Amendment. Not only do I fetish legally using the same word twice in a row, I actually subscribe to the notion that, when you’re correct, you don’t have to waste time attemting to squelch others. Educate them, instead.
Second, MoveOn.org really is a hoot of the highest order. Yes, it’s a Sad Thing that some aren’t yet savvy enough to see through the cheap propaganda, but we should laugh and then take up the challenge of making a smarter society.
The Tea Party’s popularity has already sunk to near-record lows, and if the shutdown backfires, it could send the entire Republican Party into a tailspin. 3 But time is of the essence—we need to raise $200,000 in the next 24 hours to power our rapid response campaigning and give us the ad budget we need to hold the Republicans accountable. Can you chip in $3 today? It’s true. If the Tea Party was any less popular, it would be the Semi-Conscious Liberation Army. The Tea Party is, at best, a movement within the Republican Party, currently being crushed by an all-knowing elite headed by Stacy’s cousin John. Together the Tea Party and Senator McCain are still trying to get over Macho Grande.
Yes, I’ll chip in $3 right away to hold Tea Party Republicans accountable. SWIDT?
The GOP has descended into chaos and infighting—literally yelling at each other on the Senate floor. 4The shutdown—while terrible for America—is a big opportunity to go on offense and send the Tea Party into permanent decline. In your wildest dreams, MoveOn.org. The good nature of Americans has been sufficiently abused. You’re only going to see more conservatives elected, more showing up at CPAC, and more opposition to the godless Commie agenda as time goes on. The sleeping giant is awake, and he’s just a tiny bit hacked off at you. Go find a banana republic somewhere else to subvert, ye pointy-beared pencil necks!
MoveOn has launched an ambitious campaign to discredit Tea Party Republicans and expose their 1% backers—to hold them accountable for threatening to sabotage our economy and trying to subvert our democracy. We’ll keep them on the defensive in the short term and ensure that no one forgets their reckless hijinks as elections approach next year. The sight of George Soros’s MoveOn.org playing the class warfare card is, well, rich. Also, silly.The Tea Party might have some well-heeled backers somewhere, but this blog sure doesn’t know about it. Rather, the Tea Party is very much honest people interested in self-government. Which is why MoveOn.org is wetting itself.
After four straight years in which Tea Party Republicans have forced a job-killing austerity agenda down our throats, their reckless decision to risk a government shutdown finally has them on their heels. If they follow through, we’ll have a historic opportunity to expose just how extreme they are. Oh, those zany Tea Party Republicans, blocking Keystone XL! And setting the EPA against business! And triggering Sequestration! Wait, those were all Democrat-caused. Still, get your H8 on for the Emmanuel Goldsteins! I did it!
We’ll need to move quickly and speak forcefully to win the debate and bring about a repeat of 1995. That was the year Newt Gingrich and House Republicans shut down the government because they refused to negotiate with President Clinton. They paid for it dearly. 5 Now, it’s on us to ensure this time is no different. If we play our cards right, 2013 could become known as the year the Tea Party relegated itself to the dustbin of history. It’s also worth noting that Newt Gingrich lacked an internet, and thus could not get past the propaganda wing of the Democrat party. Responses like this, in response to the codpiece media’s propaganda, just weren’t as feasible.Also, Bill Clinton hadn’t recently demonstrated himself a complete, no-talent rodeo clown on the international stage, a la #OccupyResoluteDesk.If the half the electorate that backed this weak horse realize how utterly useless he is, then even Harry Reid’s brass knuckles will be of no avail.
Our campaign includes rapid response ads and press outreach, as well as long-term strategies to discredit the Tea Party and take away its power, including pushing PBS stations to air “Citizen Koch,” the thus-far-censored documentary exposing the Koch Brothers as the Tea Party’s 1% financiers. We’ll also shine a spotlight on positive alternatives to the Tea Party’s agenda, including a higher minimum wage to tackle income inequality. And we’re amassing a war chest to ensure that this week is one everyone will remember well into next year. But first things first—the next few hours and days are crucial, and to win this fight, we all need to pitch in. Couple paragraphs back, the Tea Party was at a Nader nadir, and now it’s got some kind of power?And the proven job-destroyer, raising the minimum wage, is some kind of threat?Should the Tea Party just give MoveOn.org all the Drano it can snort?
Click here to donate $3 to help take advantage of this historic opportunity. (Go, Cuccinelli!)
Together, MoveOn’s 8 million members have tremendous people power. Let’s go all in together to seize this opportunity and send the Tea Party packing. That’s an awful lot of sock puppets and low information voters, one must concede. But who has time for fear?
Thanks for all you do. Fall off the planet, you lying Commies.
–Anna, Carinne, Bobby, Alejandro, and the rest of the team May the Amighty have mercy on you.

Do The Democrats Think We’re Not Paying Attention?

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by Smitty

Now, the House CR and the epic Ted Cruz speech were more velocity than mass, we can agree. There wasn’t a lot of hope that a Senate which goes for years without passing a budget would actually pass the House’s CR as written.

But not that matters have gone full circle, and now the House

will vote on two amendments to the Senate-passed continuing resolution that will keep the government open and stop as much of the president’s health care law as possible.
“The first amendment delays the president’s health care law by one year. And the second permanently repeals ObamaCare’s medical device tax that is sending jobs overseas.
“Both of these amendments will change the date of the Senate CR to December 15th. We will also vote on a measure that ensures our troops get paid, no matter what.

You have Harry Reid saying:

“To be absolutely clear, the Senate will reject both the one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act and the repeal of the medical device tax,’’ said Mr. Reid.
“After weeks of futile political games from Republicans, we are still at square one: Republicans must decide whether to pass the Senate’s clean CR, or force a Republican government shutdown,’’ he said in a written statement, referring to a short-term bill to fund federal agencies that cleared the Senate on Friday.

Reid, I don’t deploy the ‘L’ word terribly often, but you’re a liar. The Republicans aren’t the recalcitrant ones here. You are, you cadaverous thug.
Down the way:

The White House says President Barack Obama would veto House Republican legislation that would delay much of the president’s health care overhaul for a year and cancel a tax on medical devices.

All I can say is, when it’s time for the blame game, the Democrats own this. Speaker Boehner, this is your hour. Pay no attention to the godless Commie sodomites on the Left who want to break this country. Stand firm. Nobody who’s been paying attention to anything believe the Democrats or their river of lies. Pay no attention to the codpiece media; we know they are liars, too.

There will be no relief here. You cannot succumb to cancer. You can only fight this, if there ever is to be hope of recovery.