Archive for August 18th, 2008

I just picked up off the Free Republic a screenshot someone posted of CNN’s website. The CNN website indicated an aide has stated Democrat Presidential presumptive nominee Barack Obama has picked Indiana junior Senator Evan Bayh to be his Veep choice. CNN has since yanked the story. Considering how little Birch Evans Bayh III brings to a Bayh Obama ticket, the question begs asking - Is it real or a red herring?

This will be interesting to see develop….

(Crossposted to the DFB)

For the true Obamaniacs, it seems B. Hussein Obama has become almost a deity - since a number of moonbats are agnostic, atheist, or other why not worship a Presidential candidate. So with that in mind I thought I would help out with their own … The Obamassiah’s Prayer….

Our Obama, who art in Chicago,
Hollow be thy Words.
Thy Presidency come,
Thy nation will be done for,
In the White House as it is in Congress.
Give us this day our daily bread line.
And forgive us our mortgage debts,
As we forgive our credit card debtors.
And lead us not into energy independence,
But deliver us from the Republicans.
For thine is the Presidency Kingdom,
and the power,
and the glory,
for two terms (or less)
Amen.

(I am so going to a very warm place for writing this…. it’s crossposted at the DFB)

I have to admit, I love shilling on behalf of my friends. So I’m pleased to announce that friend and contributor of the site, Chris Faulkner, has been elected to a pretty fancy position among political consultants:

CHRIS FAULKNER ELECTED TO SERVE ON MID-WEST BOARD FOR THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF POLITICAL CONSULTANTS

During the July meeting of the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), Chris Faulkner was nominated and confirmed to serve as a board member for the Mid-West Chapter. Faulkner will be serving as one of four Republican representatives on the board, along with four Democrats and four Independents.

Chris Faulkner is Vice President of Faulkner Strategies, located in Granger, Indiana. Faulkner Strategies is a marketing and political consulting firm, a nationally renowned direct mail vendor, and a contributor in issue-advocacy campaigns.

Beyond his current role at Faulkner Strategies, Chris has led many campaign training schools both in the U.S. and abroad. In 2004, Chris served as Executive Director of the Republican National Committee’s effort in Minnesota to re-elect President Bush. He also worked as a District Director for former Congressman Chris Chocola in Indiana.

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I was reading the latest on TS Fay on the National Weather Service Miami WFO and advisories from the National Hurricane Center.

The advisory read for people that are riding out the storm to park cars in garages, bring outdoor items like lawn chairs and grills indoors, secure patio furniture, remove real estate signs and put them indoors… and then I saw this:

"A VOLUNTARY PRECAUTIONARY EVACUATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY

COLLIER COUNTY FOR COASTAL RESIDENTS INCLUDING RESIDENTS AROUND

CHOCOLOSKEE, HENDERSON CREEK AREA, EVERGLADES CITY, GOODLAND,

MARCO ISLAND, LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS, AND GORDON RIVER AREAS. THE

STATEMENT ALSO APPLIES TO RESIDENTS OF MANUFACTURED HOME

COMMUNITIES. BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE VISITOR CENTER IS

CLOSED UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. POLITICAL CANDIDATES ARE ASKED TO

REMOVE ELECTION SIGNS TO PREVENT THEM FROM FLYING AROUND."

My, what interesting times we live.

Byron York has excellent analysis of the appearances last night by John McCain and Barack Obama at Rick Warren’s evangelical Christian Saddleback Church.

I watched as much of Obama’s time on stage as I could stand (Bush’s malapropisms make me wince from time to time, but Obama’s endless stream of “uhs” cause my eyes to reflexively roll back in my head), and I watched the whole of McCain’s appearance.

I have been no fan of John McCain; he hasn’t excited me in the past and I wouldn’t have voted for him in the primary if Indiana’s primary had been earlier in the process (I favored Rudy or Fred, personally).

But, as he sat on that stage and answered those questions, I was surprised to find myself–for the very first time in any serious way–excited, motivated, and impressed by John McCain.

For the first time (as The Corner aptly puts it), John McCain wasn’t just the guy I had to settle for.

He’s the guy I want to vote for.

I suspect that, after Saturday night, I am not alone.

I first saw this video on Red State. And in all honesty, this is the kind of ad that the McCain team needs to run again Senator Obama. To quote the author of the Red State post:

Americans need to know about Senator Obama’s extreme views on abortion and his unwavering support for infanticide. And the best way to do that is to shine a light on Obama’s callous disregard for the most vulnerable members of our society–the unborn and “just born”

I want to tell you folks about a new blog I’m involved with.  It’s called Stop Governing Like This.  It takes a hard look at our system of local government and how it’s managed.

It’s also a bipartisan effort in which I am teaming up with the infamous Jennifer Wagner.  Can two people like Jennifer and I actually get along and agree on issues?  You’d be surprised.  One of the things we have in common is that we want to see local government run more smoothly.  We’re sick and tired of all the duplicative layers that cost taxpayers money.  And Jennifer and I are part of a coalition of people (Republican and Democrat) who are seeking to push more local more government reform.

So what are we going to do on our blog?  Pretty simple actually.  We want to expose all the waste, fraud and abuse that occurs at the local level that cost you and me our hard earned tax dollars.  You know you’ve heard about it and you know you’ve seen it.

If you’re interested in seeing how your taxes are being spent, head on over to Stop Governing Like This.  You will be astonished at what you read.

And don’t worry.  Just because I’m teaming up with Jennifer Wagner doesn’t mean I’m going to take it easy on Democrats on here or on the new site.

Evan Bayh appeared Sunday morning on Face the Nation on CBS.

Let’s just charitably say it wasn’t his best performance.

The transcript isn’t up yet, so I’ll settle for the reporting on the Indy Star.

Interviewed on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” the Indiana Democrat said McCain is given to “bellicose rhetoric which has a tendency to inflame conflicts rather than to defuse them.”

This “bellicose rhetoric which has a tendency to inflame conflicts rather than defuse them” would stem from McCain supposedly, according to The One’s own advisers and surrogates, having “roughly the same position” as the Obamassiah?

From the Washington Post:

Richard Holbrooke, an ambassador to the U.N. in the Clinton administration and an Obama supporter, objected to the suggestion that Obama had been late in coming to a tough condemnation of Russia. Obama and McCain are now more or less on the same page in decrying the aggression, he said.

“It is based on an exaggerated and deliberately misleading perception of Senator Obama’s initial statement, which was issued early, while the crisis was unfolding,” he said. “This is an attempt by people supporting Senator McCain to politicize a great international tragedy and it’s not worthy of the dimensions of the problem, especially when both candidates have roughly the same position.”

Perhaps Evan Bayh should explain himself.

Which is it?

Does Barack Obama have “roughly the same position” as John McCain?

Are they “more or less on the same page in decrying the aggression”?

How do such statements square with Bayh’s assertion that McCain is engaging in “bellicose rhetoric”?

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