GINA COBB

Why It Will be One Smear After Another Until Election Day

George Will writes:

It is a lawyers' adage: If you have the law on your side, argue the law; if you have the facts, argue the facts; if you have neither, pound the table. Forgive the Democrats for their current table-pounding.

They cannot run on their record, which has two pillars. One is the stimulus that did not stimulate as they said it would (or else unemployment would not be above 8 percent). The report that the recession ended in June 2009 means the feeble recovery began before stimulus spending really started.

The second pillar is the health-care legislation. This may not be (as suggested by Michael Barone, author of the Almanac of American Politics) the most unpopular major legislation since the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. But it remains as unpopular as it was when the administration told Americans to pipe down and eat their broccoli.

Unable to campaign retrospectively, Democrats also cannot campaign prospectively -- "Elect us and get more broccoli!" Hence the table-pounding . . . . 

Ah,but it't not just broccoli.  There's the trillion-dollar price tag of that phony "stimulus."  And there are probing, nanny-state fingers reaching into every area of our lives, from the lettering on New York street signs to the light bulb in every room of your house to your freedom to enjoy a fire in your own fireplace.

So, of course, the tactic on the left is the change the subject.  "Hey -- look over there!  Meg Whitman hired a woman who said she was legally allowed to work, then fired her when she said she wasn't legally allowed to work after all!"

How dare she!

Keep your eyes fixed on the goal.  It's a worthy goal.  America needs a change of direction.

Congress Enjoys the Non-Stop Hilarity of Illegal Immigration

From Duane Lester via Gateway Pundit

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

THE GOOD

~ Texas Board of Ed Passes Resolution Challenging Pro-Islamic Bias in Textbooks 
Common sense

~ Citizens' Group Helps Uncover Alleged Rampant Voter Fraud in Houston
Doing work the state should be doing

THE BAD

~ Obama Team Uses Flimflammery to Inflate "Green" Job Numbers
Unable to document nearly 200,000 "green" jobs supposedly created, Obama admin reveals it's now calling jobs like financial adviser, wholesale buyer, reporter, public relations specialist, etc. "green" jobs

~ Colbert Pretends to Testify, Congress Pretends to Listen, and We’re Supposed to Pretend We Care
Your Congress at "work"

~ Obamacare is Even Worse Than Critics Thought
This man-made disaster brought to you by your current Congressional leadership

~ Judiciary Committee Moving to Confirm Confirm Controversial Nominees
Rushing to confirm questionable judges before the political tides change 

~ Maine: Muslim Teen Sets Off Chemical Bomb Near Mosque
Islamic leaders told police the explosion was just a 13-year-old "experimenting." (A bomb in a mosque parking lot? Very "devout")

~ A Nation of Peasants?
The politics of envy lead to poverty for all

THE UGLY

~ Why Was Goldline Targeted by Congress?
Because it advertises on conservative talk radio. ... that is all, comrades

~ Video Surfaces of Taliban Stoning Woman in Pakistan
Her "crime"? Being in public with a man

~ Bombshell: Obama DOJ Enabling Voter Registration Fraud?
Several states have MORE REGISTERED "VOTERS" THAN ADULTS OF VOTING AGE. Obama Admin looks the other way

 
 

Campaign Ad of the Day: What Massive Debt Is Doing to Our Children

News Update

A FINE MESS

~ Hopelessness And Stasis
The Hope-n-Changemobile is running on empty

~ Troubling Developments in the New Black Panther Party Case Investigation
High-level Obama appointees appear to have been intensely involved in questionable voting rights decisions

~ Octomom, Obama, and Public Assistance
Ever expanding government programs promote irresponsible behavior

~ New Orwellian Tax Scheme in England Would Require All Paychecks Go Directly to the Tax Authority
Yeah. Beg to Big Brother for your own wages

 

HERE COMES THE SUN

~ Blue Strongholds Becoming Democratic Graveyards
"Democratic prospects have broadly soured, and they will be difficult to uncurdle"

~ 49 Ways to Improve Your Life Today
Little Things Matter

 

Hey Congress, Where's the BUDGET?

"Let’s have a small reality check here.  Democrats have a 77-seat majority in the House and an 18-seat majority in the Senate.  On budget matters, the filibuster does not exist; remember 'reconciliation'?  Republicans have no means to stand in the way of Democrats on continuing resolutions or budgets.

The only reason Democrats haven’t produced a budget is political cowardice.  They will either have to cut spending, raise taxes, or see an enormous budget deficit in FY2011.  They don’t want to cut spending, and voters will send them into the wilderness for a generation if they hike taxes before the midterms.  They want to wait until the elections are over to hike taxes and show yet another massive deficit.

This session of Congress should definitely go away.  It should also never come back."  (Ed Morrissey, Congress to Give Itself a Long Vacation?)