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June 29 --

JUSTICE ROBERTS REVOLTING? YES ...
DID HE IMPROVE ROMNEY'S CHANCES? MAYBE ...
A BLACK DAY FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS

There he is! The new poster-boy for the left! Put his picture right up there with Barry Soetoro, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, etc.
     Chief Justice John Roberts. And never, ever, forget that he was chosen by George W. Bush. That should effectively poison the well for Jeb -- permanently -- and with it, a stain on the Bush name with conservatives for a long, long time.

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Chief Justice Roberts did make one observation that should bring voters face-to-face with the consequences of their decisions: “Those decisions are entrusted to our Nation’s elected leaders, who can be thrown out of office if the people disagree with them. It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.”

Regardless, John Roberts has placed himself and the man who chose him in positions comparable with historic predecessors in their respective occupations. Earl Warren was nominated as Chief Justice by President Eisenhower. He became a turncoat liberal once in that lifetime position and was detested by conservatives.  Eisenhower later said the Warren choice was the worst mistake he'd ever made.
     Perhaps someday we will hear a similar admission from George W. Bush regarding Roberts.

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From this column yesterday, before the Supreme Court decision on Obamacare was announced: "Ultimately, however, that matters less than the voters' ruling on its namesake on the first Tuesday in November."
     And several days earlier we had warned that Chief Justice John Roberts needed to be watched closely.  Now we know why. Although Obama had repeatedly said his scheme was NOT a tax, Roberts joined with the left wing of the court in allowing the forced-purchase mandate to stand because it WAS a tax!
     Roberts, by the way, was nominated to the court by ... George W. Bush.
     If this decision doesn't light a fire under voters in order to get this mess eliminated by a Republican president and Republican Congress, the bottom-line is -- as Justice Scalia said in his dissent -- there is nothing to keep the government from forcing you to buy anything it chooses, including whatever Michelle thinks you should have for lunch. Just call it a "tax" and it's a done deal.

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Barack Obama -- and any American paying attention -- now knows one basic fact about John Roberts. You can insult him to his face on national television, as B.O. did in his state-of-the-union speech, and he'll be your puppy-dog. "Gutless nothing" doesn't begin to describe this wimp. He did, however, likely improve Romney's chances of ousting our Marxist-in-charge. Maybe.
     Unlike some conservative pundits, however, I'm not totally convinced this piece of idiocy will seal the deal. They assume that most voters wisely consider the consequences of such decisions and vote accordingly. I don't. My reading of history tells me that the electorate largely consists of a mindless mob. When we do get a competent president, it's largely a matter of luck, not voter wisdom.

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Jim Eason contributes a timely -- and timeless -- quote ...
     ".....a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.....” --  JOHN ADAMS

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Playing their usual race-based game (even as they denounce racism), the members of the Congressional Black Caucus walked out during the vote to cite their soul-brother Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt. If the rest of Congress had either guts or sense, they'd have KEPT them out.

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From the Obama-cheerleading Washington Post ...
     "Obama is going to Colorado to deal with the wildfires."
     DEAL with them? And what, pray tell, is the Dear Leader going to do? Let's see ... perhaps he could first drink a lot of beer ...

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Some of Obama's media stooges quote polls of questionable provenance showing my home state, Arizona, as "in play" or even tilting toward their hero. The highly-reliable (based on actual track-record) Rasmussen poll has it thusly: Romney with 54% support to President Obama's 41%.
     The response of most Arizonans to Obama's childish, spiteful refusal to even accept notice from Arizona law enforcement officers that they have caught an illegal alien provokes this response: "(Bleep) me? No, dude -- (bleep) YOU!!"

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Question: If Democrats believe the amount of illegal voting is so "inconsequential" as they say, why are they expending so much energy trying to protect those who do it?

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Wham! Zap! Bang! Pow!
     Michael Goodwin of the NY Post takes a swing at B.O. ...
     "In political peril because of its arrogance and incompetence, the Obama administration has lost its moral bearings in a bid to stay in power.
     "Laws are ignored, and new rules created simply for the convenience of the campaign. The president’s mad dash for cash has turned Air Force One into a shabby shuttle, its grand symbolism reduced to getaway-car status.
      "This week offers an especially clear view on the disaster of the last 42 months and the rough road ahead. The chaos in the Mideast, the broken jobs machine at home and America’s bitter polarization are the fruits of a failed presidency.
    “'Hope & Change' has become a punch line, and even Jimmy Carter, the poster boy for fecklessness, is piling on by attacking Obama for failing to protect human rights."

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Sad to see, but utterly predictable. The same kind of Democrat/labor union coalition that destroyed Detroit is now completing the same kind of job on Chicago. The daily scoreboard of murdered and wounded on the streets of the city is now a standard feature in the Chicago newspapers. And sitting atop the dung-heap is Obama's former hatchet man, the Tiny Dancer, Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
     Between the black and Latino street gangs and crazed unions, starting with the teachers, Chicago's situation looks hopeless.

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A new slogan that would work equally well for either CNN or Fox News: "We get it FIRST, and we get it ... WRONG!"
     In their haste to be first with news of yesterday's Supreme Court decisio, both cable networks first announced that the key part of Obamacare, the individual mandate, had been overturned.

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Cindy Adams reports the latest joke going around poor old CNN ...
      One exec: “We should announce all our changes on the air.”
      Second exec: “Yeah, but if we announce it on CNN, who will know?”

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Conan O'Brien --
     "For the first time ever, Saudi Arabia is going to allow women to compete in the Summer Olympics. The rumor is that Saudi women are excellent runners — because they're not allowed to drive."
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