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Separated At Birth: Joe Biden / Ron Burgundy

Posted on | August 19, 2012 | 3 Comments

by Smitty

This blog cannot succumb to partisan bias. In the interests of even-handedness, we now present:

This blog hopes that Ron Burgundy fans take no offense.
via Power Line

Oh, and, flog me gently with a claidheamh mòr:

Pseudajawea Ferrusequus

via Legal Insurrection

Category: Democrats, humor

When the Truth Goes Viral

Posted on | August 19, 2012 | 35 Comments

‘Occupy the Truth’ rally in Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 18, 2012
Photo by Pat Dooley (Hat-tip: Instapundit)

Iowahawk’s observation — “Paul Ryan represents Obama’s most horrifying nightmare: math” — is well on its way to becoming world famous, and may yet become the final epitaph on Obama’s presidency. As I remarked Thursday:

If voters can be made to focus on the numbers — including the administration’s record deficit spending and historically high unemployment — it seems unlikely that the Democrat incumbent can be re-elected. And polls indicate that the “Ryan Effect” may already be making a difference. Not only does the Romney-Ryan ticket now lead both the Gallup and Rasmussen national tracking polls, but the latest Ohio polls also indicate a bounce for the Republicans since Ryan was announced as Romney’s running mate.

The Democrat-Media Complex has expended a lot of effort trying to convince us that Mitt Romney made a bad choice, and that the selection of Paul Ryan is a mistake. But the bold truth is always better politics than a timid evasion, and telling the truth — that Obama’s policies are actually a threat to the Medicare benefits of current retirees — is what the Ryan pick is all about. Evidence of the “Ryan Effect” includes the huge enthusiastic crowds that have begun showing up at GOP rallies, including Saturday’s unprecedented turnout at The Villages in Florida:

I have no idea how many people were there, I’ve never seen a crowd that large at any of the events I’ve attended at The Villages, and the crowd was not disappointed.

Instapundit: “These guys don’t seem to be following the script that the Dems and media had written for them.” Exactly so. One of the great secrets to clear-thinking conservatism is being able to tune out the disinformation emanating from the liberal media — and from Republicans who have internalized a negative self-image based on the liberal worldview. The idea that retirees in Florida are so ignorant and so vulnerable to the Democrats’ “Mediscare” demagoguery that they will automatically reject any attempt at entitlement reform is part of the GOP’s negative self-image that cannot be defeated unless it is directly confronted.

Democrats succeed by distractions and distortions, and we have become so accustomed to this that we often don’t even notice it. Generic promotional boilerplate from ABC News:

Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter and Romney campaign senior adviser Kevin Madden face off on the latest battles in the 2012 presidential campaign, Sunday on “This Week.”
Mitt Romney and his new running mate Rep. Paul Ryan hit the campaign trail this week, looking to gain momentum with just over one week before the Republican convention in Tampa. Has Ryan’s selection energized the ticket and galvanized conservative supporters for the fall? Or will continued scrutiny of Ryan’s Medicare proposals and Romney’s tax returns hurt their campaign for undecided voters?

The alternatives presented here are dishonest to the point of being counterfactual, and give us a glimpse into the liberal mindset.

First of all, there is no question — none at all — that Ryan’s selection has “energized the ticket.” I don’t need any polls or pundits to tell me this, because I’ve seen it with my own eyes, live and in person, in the thousands of fired-up Republicans who flocked to see Romney-Ryan in Manassas, Romney in Chillicothe and Ryan at Miami (Ohio) University. The fact that ABC News poses this as a question can only be understood as a bizarre attempt to confuse readers.

The second alternative presented by ABC News, of factors that might “hurt their campaign for undecided voters,” is actually a repetition of Obama campaign talking points. It is only Democrats, and their friends in the media, who believe that “Romney’s tax returns” are a legitimate issue, or that “Ryan’s Medicare proposals” are a liability with “undecided voters.” The “continued scrutiny” of which ABC News speaks is coming entirely from journalists who are echoing and amplifying the Democrats’ message.

Where is the ABC News story about the threat to Obama’s re-election posed by “continued scrutiny” of the Fast and Furious scandal?

(Crickets chirping.)

At some point, blatant dishonesty from the media loses its effectiveness for the simple reason that people just aren’t as stupid as the media think they are. Once people start figuring out they are being scammed and hustled, once they see for themselves the yawning chasm between the media’s misrepresentations and the actual truth, the media constructed illusion rapidly collapses.

The White House’s attempt to defend Joe Biden’s “chains” remark is doomed to fail for this very reason: People can see for themselves what Biden said — how he said it, and to whom that “y’all” was directed — and it is impossible to evade the self-evident truth.

Two weeks from today, Sept. 2, Romney’s lead in the polls will be a solid fact that the media won’t be able to ignore. Then we’ll see a lot of stories about how Team Obama plans to mount a comeback — casting Democrats in the underdog role, even though anyone can go back and see that, in early August, the same media were trumpeting polls that allegedly showed Obama a shoo-in for re-election.

On Aug. 12, the Real Clear Politics average of national polls showed Obama leading by 4.7 points. That lead has now narrowed to 3.4 points, despite all the confusion caused by the disinformation emitted from the Democrat-Media Complex.

We are still a week away from the Republican National Convention in Tampa and, by the time that concludes on Aug. 30, we will see a steady stream of polls that show the Romney-Ryan ticket moving ahead. So when the Democrats convene Sept. 3 in Charlotte, Obama will be on the defensive, trailing in the RCP average for the first time all year. And what then? An avalanche of lies.

Democrats will unleash smear-and-fear tactics in a campaign of raw dishonesty unprecedented in American political history. The only question is to what extent the liberal media will cooperate in Team Obama’s attempt to decieve their way to re-election. During the final 10 weeks of this campaign, journalists will find themselves forced to choose between their political loyalty to the liberal cause, and their professional obligation to the truth.

The Democrat-Media Complex would be unwise to risk what remains of their credibility on politically convenient falsehoods.

Liars cannot succeed, when the truth goes viral.

Update (Smitty): Thank you, Instapundit, for not pussyfooting around. Except for when you do:

 

 

Click here to order your PAUL RYAN ‘MATH’ T-SHIRT!

 

 


Category: Barack Obama, Election 2012, Joe Biden, Media Bias, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan

I Call A Bullish Hit

Posted on | August 19, 2012 | 18 Comments

by Smitty

Jammie Wearing Fools has a post pointing out pure silliness from the Obama campaign:

“We have plenty of time for big rallies,” a campaign spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said between the rallies on Thursday. “Our focus right now is on exciting our supporters and winning over undecided voters and the smaller and medium-size events are the best venue to accomplish that because the president can closely engage with the crowd.
”Big rallies are expensive, especially given the logistical and security challenges for a president as opposed to a mere United States senator. And Obama campaign operatives, both at the Chicago headquarters and in swing states where Mr. Obama recently has stumped, say the campaign intentionally limits crowds by restricting tickets. The reason is to allow the president to better connect with supporters, aides say.

If you believe that, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and Tinkerbell will show up, backing Axelrod in “Confiscated Guns ‘n’ Subsidized Roses“, and perform their 30-minute blues-rock jam, “In a Gadda da Bushdunnit” as an Obama fundraiser.

Ride right through them, they’re demoralized as hell.

Update: linked by Daley Gator, Hogewash, and Da Tech Guy.

Update II: brilliant!

 

Category: Democrats

Geekzer Bait Taken

Posted on | August 19, 2012 | 9 Comments

by Smitty

To answer Daily Pundit,

The old HP-48 is depicted here, along with a scrap of RPL I wrote against it in the dim, dark past. The old 48GX may not be as old as what Daily Pundit mentioned, but it’s just a great piece of hardware. As recently as 5 years ago, I still used it as an alarm clock.

Wouldn’t light off, though. I may need some fresher AAAs.

Category: Bill Quick

FMJRA 2.0: Halcyon

Posted on | August 18, 2012 | 6 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

The Hashtag That Changed History

Secret Service Code Name: ‘Dreamy’

THE CHILLICOTHE ADDRESS: Romney’s Best Speech of the Campaign

New Democrat Campaign Message: Grandma, Cliff, Some Assembly Required

Caught! CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Uses Liberal Blog TPM for Show-Prep

#RomneyRyan Ohio: Shout It Out Loud!

Manassas, VA #RomneyRyan2012 Event

FMJRA 2.0: Saturday Night With The Snakes

C-3PO Raids the Death Star

New Video From #RomneyRyan Campaign: ‘America’s Comeback Team’

#VotingForObamaBidenIsLike Saying Managed Liberty Is Superior To, You Know, Liberty Liberty

Rule 5 Sunday: Outskirts

Maddow Left Sputtering By ‘L’ Word

Reasons Not to Have Sex

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.13.12

Paul Ryan in the American Spectator

Memo for Oliver Willis

The Onion: “Don’t Even Try To Pretend You Haven’t Imagined Me Being Elected President One Day.’

All Right, Everybody Quit Making Fun Of Matthew Yglesias

Ohio-Bound: Hitting the Road With Mitt

‘Uncle Choo-Choo’ Biden Unsure Just Where He Is

Romney Aide: Biden ‘Chains’ Remark Shows ‘Desperate’ Obama Campaign

#GuessBidensNextGaffe : Claims His Administration ‘Was Really Just A Gerald Ford Impression’

Bitterly Clinging … to Their Jobs!

Hey, Girl, It’s Paul Ryan — in Ohio!

I Blame Rachel Maddow!

Sure Am Glad It Was The Saudis Who Objected To .gay Internet Domain

Dishonorable Disclosures: “The Politicians Just Don’t Get It”

I’ll Bet Hinderaker His Beverage Of Choice That Biden Is Out

Dave Mustaine: Want A More Outrageous Accusation Than Harry Reid’s?

Paul Ryan: ‘I Like My Skyline Five Ways’

Tapper Makes Carney Eat BHO’s Remarks About Romney’s Dog

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.17.12

The Immortal Brilliance Of Joe Biden

Rhode Island Neo-Nazis and Other Mysteries of 21st-Century Hate

Witchy Woman: Did Christine O’Donnell Try to Hijack ‘Occupy vs. Tea Party’?

@PaulRyanVP and Math Continue to Represent Obama’s Worst Nightmare

Top linkers this week:

  1. Hogewash (13)
  2. Jackie Wellfonder (10)
  3. Lonely Conservative (9)
  4. Zion’s Trumpet (7)
  5. The Camp of the Saints (6)
  6. (tied) Instapundit and DaleyGator (5)

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Deadline to submit your links for next week’s FMJRA will be Friday, August 24.

Category: FMJRA Award

‘A Daily Barrage of Sexually Based Comments and Unsuitable Conduct’

Posted on | August 18, 2012 | 10 Comments

An accurate description of the Ace of Spades HQ Lifestyle? Perhaps, but it is also a complaint in a Hollywood lawsuit:

A former background actress on CBS’ The Mentalist has sued producer Warner Bros. Television and its casting service claiming her role was reduced and eventually eliminated when she complained about a daily barrage of sexually charged comments directed at her by a fellow employee.
Shanelle Howard, who says she has performed as a stand-in and background actress on the hit Simon Baker procedural drama since it launched in 2008, filed suit Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court against WBTV; the fellow employee, Lonnie Moore; and GEP Cencast, the casting agency that handles background actors on the show. Howard says she had been a GEP employee since 2001.
The actress claims Moore subjected her to “a daily barrage of sexually based comments and unsuitable conduct” while working on the show, including statements such as “I’m married but that doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun,” “Are you wearing thongs today or nothing at all?” and “It’s just sex; stop being so uptight and give me some.” . . .
She claims she complained to superiors in October and was told she had done the right thing by coming forward. But she almost immediately began receiving a cold shoulder from other actors, she claims, and was subjected to retaliatory and confrontational conduct.
Her work declined from five days per week to an average of two days a week, according to the suit, and in late November, Howard says she had a meeting with Warner Bros. attorney Patty Mayer during which she was told the harassment claim had been investigated and the matter was closed. By late April/early May, Howard claims she was no longer being called to work on The Mentalist and was not being offered any other work by GEP.

The question is, why would they retaliate against Howard for reporting her problem with Moore? Do we have the full story here? Was there more to it than this? Either (a) Warner Brothers is in a heap of trouble or (b) the other half of the story is very interesting.

Category: Hollywood

Separated At Birth: Paul Ryan / Patrick Duffy Edition

Posted on | August 18, 2012 | 8 Comments

by Smitty

It’s the Hey, Girl/Man From Atlantis connection:

It’s Rule 5, but it’s also “man with female of the opposite sex to whom he is married,” and “man seen happily holding baby*”, two underrated ideas in our confused age.

via Daily Pundit

*Can’t determine if that’s one of his two sons or not.

Category: GOP, Paul Ryan, Rule 5

Layoffs Hit Village Voice, ‘Tonight’ Show

Posted on | August 18, 2012 | 9 Comments

It is reported that the Village Voice has laid off three staff writers and reduced a senior editor to part-time status. And there are also reports of about 20 layoffs at NBC’s Tonight show:

Leno is paid approximately $30 million. He last reupped his contract in 2010 after reclaiming the Tonight Show from Conan O’Brien. The show currently employs between 150 and 200 people, according to a network source. . . .
Meanwhile, the program’s weekly budget will be cut from $2.3 million — the amount allotted for Leno’s primetime show that carried over when he took the Tonight reigns from O’Brien — to around $1.7 million, back near where it was during the host’s first late-night run, the Los Angeles Times reports. The paper notes that Leno is taking a sizable pay cut in the process.

I’m sure Mitt Romney will be blamed for this, somehow.

Category: Uncategorized
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