LEE RODGERSBLOWING
2016 SMOKE …
HILLARY'S LIES MULTIPLY …
DI-FI THE DUMMY
HILLARY'S LIES MULTIPLY …
DI-FI THE DUMMY
Doing a guest stint on radio the other day, I was asked by a caller about my view on prospective presidential nominees for 2016. This far out, of course, that calls for pure guesswork. But since some eager-beaver would-be presidents are already clearly setting the stage for the next race, we must presume it's a game we can all play.
In the brief time available, I was asked about two prospects in particular by listeners who obviously consider them viable. The two are Chris Christie and Rand Paul. I consider neither likely to win the nomination.
Christie PO'd the Republican right by his puppy-dog act with Obama after the hurricane hit his state of New Jersey. Those photos of him hugging Obama would be a killer in the Republican primary campaign.
I suspect the legacy created by the father kills the chances for the more reasonable son, Rand Paul*. While his fan-club adored Ron Paul, most Republicans considered him a nut-case, as demonstrated by his feeble primary vote.
On the Democrat side, my suspicion is that Hillary will have exceeded her shelf-life by 2016. She's getting to be “old news” already, and an opponent may pose the unanswerable question: What has she ever actually achieved for the good of the nation?
Joe Biden clearly wants it, but age and his reputation for downright goofiness should be a handicap. Of course, a party that will nominate a Marxist like Obama might select anyone, but I suspect the Democrat nominee in 2016 may be someone who's barely visible today. After all, how well-known was Obama four years before he was nominated?
There is also the strong possibility that Obamanomics may have the nation in such a distressed state by 2016 that the Democratic nomination could be a ticket to Oblivion, USA … just down the street from such luminaries as Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis.
*It is admittedly a long stretch from his father's position on Israel to Rand Paul's statement this week that “an attack on Israel should be treated as an attack on the United States.”
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Jeffrey Kuhner (Washington Times) nominates Hillary for an Oscar …
“Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is a national embarrassment. In congressional testimony this week, Mrs. Clinton — under oath — repeatedly deceived the public about her role in the Benghazi attacks. Although claiming “full responsibility” for the breakdown in security, she has avoided culpability at every turn. She delivered a performance worthy of an Oscar — at times choking back tears while at others expressing righteous indignation. Her Hollywood leftist friends must be proud.
“The reason: to divert attention from Mr. Obama's seminal campaign claim that he had smashed al-Qaeda. The reality is that under his presidency, jihadist forces are on the rise across North Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Rather than subduing radical Islam, the president’s policies have emboldened it.
“The Clintons are experts at the art of mendacity. Her husband, Bill, lied under oath about Monica Lewinsky. During Mr. Clinton's administration, Mrs. Clinton was intimately involved in numerous scandals — Filegate, Travelgate, Mr. Clinton's alleged sexual assaults on Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broaddrick and Paula Jones, and of course, Monicagate. Mrs. Clinton is no stranger to cover-ups. Much of her political life has been spent playing to the cameras. She can now add to her credits Benghazigate — one of the greatest debacles in American history.”
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Senator
Diane Feinstein doesn't know much about guns. Her stated goal is
to
“dry up the supply of guns over time.” I heard similar prattle
from anti-gun callers over many years of talk-shows.These people, including Di-Fi, are apparently so ignorant they don't realize that guns don't melt in the rain or die of old-age. There are plenty of firearms around from before the Civil War that still work perfectly.
By the way … Among those exempted from Feinstein's anti-gun bill: government officials. Not surprising, since Di-Fi in her earliest days as an anti-gun crusader was found to be packin' heat, herself.
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From Florida to California, a growing number of the nation’s sheriffs are standing up to gun control measures proposed by both the administration and Sen. Feinstein (D-Calif.).
Many law enforcement officials have written letters to President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden voicing their concerns over what they believe is an effort to infringe upon the Second Amendment.
In New Mexico, 30 of the state’s 33 county sheriffs have reminded state lawmakers that they are under oath to support the U.S. Constitution, and that includes the Second Amendment.
CNSNews.com previously reported that 28 of the 29 sheriff’s in Utah sent a letter to President Obama stating that they will not enforce any new gun laws they believe to be unconstitutional. – Vision to America
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The Communist Party of the United States officially endorses Obama's war on gun ownership rights with this statement: “The ability to live free from the fear or threat of gun violence is a fundamental democratic right — one that far supercedes any so-called personal gun rights allegedly contained in the Second Amendment.”
Are there really stupid enough to believe another law or “executive order” is going to deter criminals? Make no mistake: “Gun control” is NOT about guns … it's about CONTROL.
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Reader John offers this classic bumper sticker ...
"Ted Kennedy killed more people with his car than I have with my gun."
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Count me among those with dark doubts about the wisdom of entrusting our national currency to the Federal Reserve banks, especially since they have fallen under the direction of Ben Bernanke, who is systematically undermining the value of our money by printing billions more paper money backed by … nothing.
Yet I wonder: How could this system possibly be improved by placing it directly at the mercy of pandering politicians? The idea of a return to gold-backed currency frightens many, but is not some tangible, finite limit on our inflated dollar needed? Suggestions welcome.
Inflation, after all, is every demagogue politician's favorite hidden tax that a largely gullible public doesn't notice as the continuing cycle proceeds: Raise wages … tax revenue increases … prices go up … calling for another round of wage increases. And those who get screwed are those on fixed-incomes.
The Federal Reserve has accurately been called the world's largest counterfeiter. Another description might be “legalized thievery.”
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The richest man in France has now left the country for Belgium to escape the new socialist government's higher taxes. So, instead of collecting more money from him … and actor Gerard Depardieu and other wealthy French folk, the government will get … nothing. Will Barack Obama, Jerry Brown, Andrew Cuomo, et al, take notice of the result of “asking the rich to 'contribute?'”
Of course not.
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Should it not be a criminal offense for a demagogic politician anywhere to call taxes collected under the threat of imprisonment for failure to pay a “contribution?” You know -- as in, “We're asking higher-income people to contribute more.”
What they really mean, of course, is “We're going to take away a bigger part of what you've earned and give it to someone else who'll vote for me.”
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“Democratic Socialism, like Nationalist Socialism, is nothing more than Marxist Socialism repackaged. It seeks a centrally planned economy directed by a dominant-party state that controls economic production by way of taxation, regulation and income redistribution.” – The Patriot Post
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CNN's Piers Morgan: Going, going …
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Consumer watchdog Mike conveys this warning ...
If you buy products on the internet, check out the seller carefully and be careful what you purchase. One man spent $100 for a device to enlarge his penis.
He received a magnifying glass and instructions that said only, "Do not use in sunlight."
"...and now, if you'll excuse me..."