LEE RODGERSECONOMY STILL OBAMA'S ACHILLES HEEL ...
HIS SUPPORT LAGGING ...
TAXES KILLING JOBS
HIS SUPPORT LAGGING ...
TAXES KILLING JOBS
What is the acknowledged biggest issue in the presidential campaign? No, not "free" birth control. The economy, of course. So this may be the most significant ongoing public opinion poll:
Survey (Rasmussen) says ... forty-nine percent (49%) of Likely U.S. Voters now trust the GOP with economic issues, while 38% trust the Democrats more.
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It is amusing to see liberals who've always favored an "activist" Supreme Court now lamenting the prospect of the court killing Obamacare. They wail, "Shouldn't the court ignore the constitution and give the Democrat Congress (that passed this revolting bill) the final word?"
One of the most contemptible of the liberal media cohort is E. J. Dionne of the Washington Post. I still recall my first and only encounter with him. It occurred at the 1992 Republican convention at the Astrodome in Houston which nominated Bush Sr. for a second term. My on-air co-host for the broadcast coverage was the late Dwayne Garrett, a Democrat -- and good guy -- who was acquainted with Dionne and wanted to invite him as a guest. After about two minutes of conversation I recall thinking to myself, "Who is this obnoxious little SOB, anyway?"
My initial impression survives.
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The insightful Charlie Cook of National Journal examines Obama's 2008 support ...
"Independent voters (29 percent of the vote) chose Obama over McCain by 8 percentage points, 52 percent to 44 percent. Young voters, ages 18-29 (18 percent of vote) broke for Obama by 34 percentage points, 66 percent to 32 percent. Latinos (9 percent) favored Obama by 36 points, 67 percent to 31 percent. And, finally, African-Americans (18 percent) backed Obama by 91 percentage points, 95 percent to 4 percent."
Mr. Cook surmises, as do I, that Obama's area of vulnerability is probably greatest among the young (and gullible) voters who went for him to heavily four years ago. For one thing, their evident lowering of enthusiasm this year doubtless springs from a belated realization of the enormous gap between Obama words and deeds. Secondly, that demographic has been hardest-hit by a sagging economy and its accompanying unemployment. Some are evidently realizing the truth of the ancient wisdom: "Some people grow up ... others only grow old."
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Wave that big foam hand seen at ballgames! You know -- the one with the finger that proclaims "We're number one!"
Because we are. In corporate taxes. Highest rate in the world, now that Japan has reduced its business taxes.
Now use that same hand to wave goodbye to more businesses moving overseas.
Democrats now want to tax all profits of American corporations that are earned by their overseas operations. Just (bleeping) brilliant!
The obvious response would be to move the entire business, headquarters and all, to a foreign country and tell Bro' Barack to shove it.
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Unless Rick Santorum can pull off a surprise upset or at least a very competitive result in tomorrow's Wisconsin primary, it's time for him to retire from the political battlefield, lick his wounds and perhaps consider another run four or eight years down the line.
His increasing pettiness has probably already compromised even that prospect. He's becoming the personification of the sour-grapes poor loser, which does not bode well for future fund-raising or team-building.
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Have we yet had enough of the bull(bleep) about the "Republican establishment FORCING Romney on us?" It's far past time for the disgruntled losers to grow up and accept the fact that NOBODY forced ANYBODY to vote for Romney. Nobody. He's gotten -- by far -- the most votes. So it's time for this childish nonsense to stop. It makes the purveryors sound like whiny adolescents.
Even if one doesn't have great expectations where Romney's concerned, the priority is to remove from office the greatest domestic threat this nation has endured since the Civil War.
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The liberal Washington Post laments the unveiling of another questionable Obama contributor/fundraiser. It seems a New York woman named Abake Assongba contributed $50,000 to the Obama campaign fund. It turns out she stands accused in court of fraud to the tune of $657,000, evading creditors and impersonating a bank official.
Other than that, she's said to be a wonderful human being.
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Nobody asked, but ...
St-Viateur bagels in Montreal are the best in the world. Trust me on this.
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Herewith, a condensed version of a useful list put together by John Hawkins (Townhall.com); a list of the advantages of being a liberal ...
If you're a politician, no matter how dumb you are or how poor your decision-making is, the press will still never question your intelligence.
You can claim to personally speak for everyone in your gender or racial group, like you're their leader, and the press will take you seriously.
You can leave a woman to die at the bottom of a tidal pool, use crack, or have a gay prostitution ring run out of your apartment and other liberals will STILL vote for you.
You can suggest that black Americans are too incompetent to handle something as simple as getting a photo ID without being called racist.
You can use capitalism to make huge piles of money and then turn right around and score brownie points with your fellow liberals by ripping an economic system that made it possible for you to actually become filthy rich writing, making music, or acting for a living.
You can be a white man who calls himself the first black President without getting in trouble with Al Sharpton and be a serial adulterer who even cheats with an intern without getting in trouble with NOW.
You can disregard the Bible, ignore slurs aimed at Christianity, and mock people who take their religious beliefs seriously and still consider yourself to be a Christian.
You can be perfectly fine with cheating on your own taxes while you call other people "greedy" for not wanting to pay higher taxes themselves.
If you're a minority, you can actually hold a prominent media job centered around regularly accusing other people of being racists.
You can ride around in an SUV, fly on a private jet, and have a mansion while you lecture other people about the importance of having a small environmental footprint and other liberals won't have a problem with it at all.
(That last one is for you, Mr. Gore)
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Conan O'Brien --
"A Massachusetts medical clinic is trying to entice men to get a vasectomy by offering a free pizza. The disturbing part is for both the pizza and the vasectomy, they use the same rolling wheel knife."
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Prepare to shed a tear over this touching tale ...
As she sat by him, he whispered, eyes full of tears, "You know what? You have been with me all through the bad times. When I got fired, you were there to support me. When my business failed, you were there. When I got shot, you were by my side. When we lost the house, you stayed right here. When my health started failing, you were still by my side. You know what Martha?"
"What dear?" she gently asked, smiling as her heart filled with warmth.
"I'm beginning to think you're bad luck."
"...and now, if you'll excuse me..."