It's up to us

In the SCOTUS decision, Chief Justice Roberts put it very clearly:

"It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices."

Now, it's up to us.  Plain and simple.



From Moonbattery.

Important?

The MSM spin on Wednesday was that the vote in Wisconsin was just an outlier....that it held no significance outside the Badger State and was solely about Walker vs. Barrett.

My how memories must atrophy over on that side of the aisle.  American Future Fund has whipped up this video to help refresh those memories of pre-election pronouncements from the left.



I hope that many keep repeating those words of Rachel Maddow: "and that will affect every race, in every partisan election, on every ballot, from the race for dogcatcher on up to the race for president."

(Actually, I don't mind the words, but that voice has a similar effect as scratching a chalkboard.)

Thanks to The Lonely Conservative for the link.

Follow the money

From Fox News:

Planned Parenthood, endorsing President Obama Wednesday morning, went after Mitt Romney out of the gate with a new ad buy in crucial swing states accusing the Republican candidate of undermining women's rights. 

No, it's not about undermining "women's rights".  It's about the money that goes with that concept.  Planned Parenthood doesn't care about the "rights" of women.  It does care about continuing the gravy train of government funding that keeps the organization in high cotton.  Look at who supports Obama -- those who are getting something.

Follow the money.  Good advice and never more critical than in this election.  Because this is about OPM.  All of these groups and cronies want OPM to become TM.  Other People's Money into Their Money.   And a large and powerful government is just the instrument to coerce that transfer of wealth.

And we won't even touch the issue of abortion.  Not needed - just keep your eye on the Benjamins (as they say in the 'hood).

The DNC's 2012 strategy

Could this be the DNC's playbook for the fall elections?  Hey, it's always worked in Chicago.

Stolen from Moonbattery.

League of Progressive Women Voters?

From J. Christian Adams at PJ Media comes this story on the League of Women Voters.  It surprised even the OC.

For decades, the League of Women Voters have presented themselves as an oracle of election related wisdom.  They have sponsored Presidential debates.  They will be cited by the media over and over again this year.

The American public has been hoodwinked into thinking the League of Women Voters is a non-ideological good government group.  After all, the group purports to be nonpartisan.  The League has used the non-partisan brand to increase their credibility to government election officials and the American public.

2012 should mark the end of that charade.  Next time you see the League cited in a news story, be aware of their broad, pro-Democrat party agenda.

When I recently appeared on Al Jazerra and said that the League of Women voters could hardly be called non-partisan, co-guest John Nichols, from The Nation exploded as if I had committed blasphemy.  Nichols rushed to defend the honor of the poor women.
The League of Women Voters are merely focused on the smooth running of elections, right?
Wrong.  Let’s just take a glance at the webpage of the League of Women Voters in Virginia.  Here is a sampling of the stated real issues they are fighting over:

against: “pre-abortion ultrasound”
for: “Access to Women’s Health Care”
In case you didn’t understand it the first two times: “Abortion.”
"regionally balanced transportation systems”
“increase the use of public transportation”
“legal authority to control the use of land. Stronger state control”
“Wetlands”
“Endeavor to prevent mental illness”
“Adoption of the California Standards for low emission vehicles”
“A more progressive state income tax, with an increase in the number of income brackets and a raise in the rates in higher brackets”
“In divorce fault should not enter into the court’s division of marital property. ”
“the state has a role to play in child care . . . [and the government should provide some] form of financial assistance to increase the affordability and availability of child care.”
“smoking in public should be limited to designated areas”

 My eyes are opened.  I hope others eventually get this news.  Share with a friend.

Pay No Attention

One of my favorite movie lines comes from The Wizard of Oz.  In it, you hear the great and powerful Oz saying "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."  Same thing in Democrat politics.

In the latest transparent attempt by the Obama Administration and the Democratic Party to make the 2012 election a referendum on supposed racism and not Obama’s dismal performance, House Democrats received training this week on how to portray neutral free-market rhetoric as racially charged.

Maya Wiley of the Center for Social Inclusion, whose statements were distributed at a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus, cynically called conservative messages “racially coded … right-wing rhetoric has dominated debates of racial justice – undermining efforts to create a more equal society, and tearing apart the social safety net in the process” for over 25 years.

Wiley was invited to the caucus by Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif  to run the Democrats "through their strategy and how they message and talk about stuff" pertaining to race and fiscal policy.

Yes...let's pay no attention to the results of the last 3+ years of an Obama administration.  It's all about racism.  Make those honky crackers feel guilty about thinking negatively about The One.

Read the story at Breitbart.

Who's the real buyer??

An informative graphic on who is really trying to buy elections in America.

From Mike Cornelison, via a link at I Own the World.

What it's about

Michael Walsh writes a column at National Review Online that riffs from a speech by Senate hopeful Richard Mourdock of Indiana.  Speaking at a Lincoln Day dinner, Mourdock said:

“bipartisanship has taken us to the brink of bankruptcy. It is not bipartisanship we need, it is principle.”

Walsh then runs with that thought with these words:

“It is not bipartisanship we need, it is principle.” Emphasis mine. Because that’s what this election is all about. Principles, not programs. Principles, not programs. Principles, not programs.

Conservatives are in the middle of two electoral cycles, both of them crucial to the future of the republic. The first is the campaign against Barack Obama and his consigliere, Jake Lingle, and four more years of their destructive, soul-corroding political ethos, punishment disguised as compassion, dependency disguised as public charity — in short, a criminal organization masquerading as a political party. Even as the economic consequences of modern liberalism bring one state or societal edifice after another crashing down — something its policies are frankly intended to do, for its own enrichment — Obama and his gang are preparing to redouble their efforts. In just one term, they have to be happy with what they’ve wrought so far. Imagine what they can do in two.

But conservatives have another, equally important battle to win, the battle against the likes of Sens. Dick Lugar and Orrin Hatch, two antediluvians who richly deserve retirement at the hands of challengers Richard Mourdock and Dan Liljenquist — pour encourager les autres, if nothing else. Since the passage of the 17th amendment, the Senate has turned ineluctably into a life peerage, a millionaires’ club whose arcane rituals and ludicrous notions of noblesse oblige ought to embarrass the freemen of a free republic. Whatever good “Dick Nixon’s favorite mayor” and the singing sensation from Utah have done in the past, it has long since been outweighed by the trouble they cause now.

He adds:

The Constitution is not a set of prescriptive programs; it is a statement of principles. Much to the Emperor Hussein’s horror, it is indeed a charter of negative liberties, welded in place because the Founders knew and understood man’s fallen nature and his continuing fallibility. Like the impregnable walls guarding Dr. Morbius’ compound in Forbidden Planet, it was designed to withstand the monsters from the Id, the self-destructive passion for political power inherent in any human enterprise, kept at bay only through constant vigilance.

It’s not like Dr. Morbius’s demons have finally punched through Madison’s solid Krell steel on their own, but that we — like the defenders of Constantinople in 1453 – have abetted the monsters from the Id by losing faith in ourselves. That’s left our social structures weakened, as one entity after another has fallen or been handed over to the “progressives” and — in the immortal words of Leslie Nielsen as Capt. J. J. Adams — “their own subconscious hate and lust for destruction.”

 Vigilance.  A reminder for Americans and for our posterity.

For the Bond fans...more video for Friday

The Lonely Conservative passes along this video from American Crossroads that highlights the "flexibility" comment of President Obama last week.  I hope the story of Obama's flexibility stays in the public view from now until November.  As LC writes:

The star of the video is Obama as “President Flexible” and the costars include Medvedev as “Dr. Trasmitkov” and Vladmir Putin as himself.

Narrator:  In a world, where one man cannot lose, the fate of the world rests in one top secret mission.

President Flexible:  This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.

Dr. Transmitkov:  I understand. I transmit this information to Vladmir and I stand with you.

Female Voice:  Your mission is simple, Mr. Obama. Win one last election to win unchecked flexibility, weaken our defenses, and fundamentally transform the world. Dmitry will transmit the information. ….

One has to wonder....just what will he give away with this new flexibility after the election?

Quote without comment

From the Washington Examiner:

Vice President Joe Biden addressed 87 wealthy Democrats last night attending a fundraiser at the home of Sen. John Kerry in Georgetown. As they dined on grass-fed New York strip steaks and white truffle mashed potatoes underneath a outdoor tent, Biden criticized Republicans for being out of touch.

“These guys don’t have a sense of the average folks out there,” Biden said according to the pool report, “They don’t know what it means to be middle class.”

87 guests paid a minimum of $10,000-per-couple to attend the dinner.

Is this "Racist"? You tell me.

Actor Samuel L. Jackson explains his vote for Barack Obama in 2008:

In an interview with Ebony magazine, Jackson explained, "I voted for Barack because he was black. 'Cuz that's why other folks vote for other people — because they look like them ... That's American politics, pure and simple. [Obama's] message didn't mean [bleep] to me."

Jackson then went on to drop the N-word several times when discussing Obama, telling the mag, "When it comes down to it, they wouldn't have elected a [bleep]. Because, what's a [bleep]? A [bleep] is scary. Obama ain't scary at all. [Bleeps] don't have beers at the White House. [Bleeps] don't let some white dude, while you in the middle of a speech, call [him] a liar. A [bleep] would have stopped the meeting right there and said, ‘Who the [bleep] said that?' I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected."

What would have been the uproar had a white actor said: "I voted for McCain because he was white"?  You already know that answer.

This all goes along well with the Obama campaign group "African Americans for Obama" which started up last week. (Sorry I missed posting that during my short absence).  What would the media say about "White Americans for (insert the candidate de jour)"??

Sauce for goose AND gander?  Not in today's America.

Hat tip to Big Hollywood.