8.29.2008

McCain Just Won The General Election

The Convention That Wasn't

Today is Friday, August 29, 2008. Yesterday, Thursday, August 28, 2008, Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech to the party faithful at the DNC Convention in Denver in front of over 85,000 cheering sycophants.

One day later, who remembers what he said?

Who cares?

In a brilliant move, Senator John McCain - presumptive Republican nominee for President - just erased four days from the Democrat Party calendar; four days that never happened. Not that there was anything exciting in those four days to begin with - just the usual Democrat hyperbole, weighed down by the massive egos of the Clintons ("the WHO?" I hear you say...). But, for all practical purposes, the party is over for the Dems, and the shouting is just beginning.

Consider:

The party of "change" (all lower case, mind you), picked as its VP choice one of Washington's most onerous insiders, Joe Biden. A charming man, but one who completely counters any claim to "change" that the Obama camp wants to assert. With Biden on the ticket, it's the same-old Washington Old Boy Network in full play.



McCain, on the other hand, picks a woman; not only a woman, but a smart, energetic, conservative woman from Alaska! In chosing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, he shows just how hollow the Dems "change" mantra truly is, and just how willing he and the Republicans are to really making bold steps in a new direction.

Thus, the relegation of Obamamania - just ONE DAY after his big convention speech, mind you - to the back pages. In Washington and New York, McCain's timing could not have been more brilliant, because the weekend news shows are going to toss any coverage of Obama's speech for this truly exciting bit of political news.

Words that will echo in newsrooms through the weekend: "Obama who?"

Now in case you're thinking that Obama hit it out of the park last night and that McCain just stepped all over the Messiah's glory, think again. The general media consensus of last night's speech was a solid yawn.

From "Mile High Letdown" in Slate:

    [Obama] [g]ave voters little sense that he understands and can master the pressures--bureaucratic imperatives, unions, civil service rules-- that have often caused previous idealistic liberal presidents to fall short while sucking up taxpayer dollars.

From "Obama Gets Serious" in the Wall Street Journal:

    But I have a feeling this speech will be like the Europe trip. It will take time for people to let it sink in, and decide what they think. And I'll tell you, Mr. Obama left a lot of space for Mr. McCain to play the happy warrior next week. He left the Republicans a big opportunity to wield against him, in contrast, humor, and wit, and even something approximating joy.
From "Where was substance in Obama's acceptance?" in the Daily News:

    Yet it is less clear that Obama overcame the doubts about him the Clintons defined and Republicans are exploiting. Questions about his youth and inexperience linger, as do concerns about Democrats holding the White House and both houses of Congress.

Those doubts will remain as long as Obama refuses to clarify himself and his position on not only the issues, but on the squeamishness most people have that he just doesn't understand governance.

Witness: from "A Shooting Liberal Star" in the Wall Street Journal:

    We have our doubts [about Obama's honesty in his political pronouncements], and Mr. Obama may have doubts himself -- which probably explains the audacity of his rhetorical, postpartisan disguise. We've been disappointed by shooting stars before.

From "And Where Are The Witnesses To His Ability?" in Investor's Business Daily:

    The air of unease at the Democratic Convention this week was not just a result of the Clinton psychodrama. The deeper anxiety was that the party was nominating a man of many gifts but precious few accomplishments — bearing even fewer witnesses.



Back in April I stated that Obama just lost the general elcetion because of his blatant disdain for middle-class American values and - it turns out now - his intimate ties to ultra-left (read: Maoist), anarchistic Chicago politics and all those who embrace those ideals (Rev. Wright, William Ayers). As most are beginning to become painfully aware, he can do nothing at this point to render himself in the least mainstream, and the most an agent of true, positive change.

With today's bold move, McCain shows he is not only up to the challenge of redefining his leadership in a positive direction, he is ready to lead this country though an uncertain present into a dynamic and exciting future.

To say the race just got interesting is a statement in hindsight.

The race is now over.



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8.28.2008

Something Obama and The Media Don't Want You To Know

The Obama camp is spending a lot of time and money defending itself against its candidates own past. It seems that Obama was in deep with Weather Underground founder and self-avowed terrorist William Ayers. It was Ayers who helped launch Obama's public service life, and The Big O worked hand-in-glove with Ayers on a number of projects that promoted extreme-left, communist (Maoist) progaganda throughout the Chicago public system, including the schools.

Writer Stanley Kurtz got wind of this, and discovered through channels that the University of Illinois - Ayers present employer - houses 70 linear feet of documents clearly tying Obama to Ayers, Kurtz requested to see these documents. It took Kurtz some work to get his hands on these files, but when he did the connection between Obama and Ayers - and thus their shared political beliefs - was clear.

Kurtz went on Chicago's WGN to discuss what he found. The Obama camp closed ranks and gave marching orders to their stooges to disrupt the program. A copy of the Obama email to the supporters can be found here, details of their attempts can be found here, the National Review's response can be found here.

All of these articles are worth reading; please spend a little time and familiarize yourself with this issue; it shows a Barack Obama that the Democrats, his campaign, and the mainstream media desperately don't want you to see.

The American Issues Project produced a television spot outlining both Ayers' terrorist career and Obama's ties to Ayers. The Obama camp has insisted that the stations that are airing this spot take it down immediately, and that the Justice Department investigate the spot and the stations that run it!

Here's the spot:



Obama wants us to believe he is the candidate of "Change." Yet, following the oppressive tactics of failed leftist revolutionary governments to silence those with the truth is not change. It's regression.



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