Oh Joe! We Love You So Much!

Here we go again!  This guy has had more Dan Quayle moments in two months than Quayle himself has had in a lifetime.  Watch for yourselves:

Now, a More Diverse Obama Youth

Someone had the gall to call me racist for putting up a video mentioned by others on the blog that showed one example of the proposed "Obama Youth." That being, just because the youth in that video all happened to be African American.

So to be sure, here's one with a very multi-cultural Obama Youth brigade singing songs of praise to Obama, with at least one comparison that might wake you up.

Since when do we sing songs of worship to a Presidential candidate? There' "I'm Just Wild About Harry" but come on, this takes it to a scary level.

Obama has his own symbol and seal. At best, it's tremendous ego, at worst it's a foreboding of a new type of politics (though one we've seen it before) of a cult of personality centered around an empty suit who has yet to articulate an actual plan.

I don't idolize McCain the way many of my friends drool over Obama. I don't want to idolize a candidate. I have my doubts about elements of McCain's philosophy and plan. However he's closer to my worldview and doesn't scare the crap out of me like Obama.

Be honest with yourself, isn't there just something a little weird about the whole Obama thing. Its hip to support Obama, but when you look at it rationally, you can't be intellectually candid with yourself and really say Obama is trustworthy and competent.

Biden Makes Anti-Semitic Remarks

Within moments of the last one, Big Mouth Biden fires off yet another gaffe. He's made dumb remarks about Indian-Americans and the disabled, this time he finds it appropriate to make a joke about Jews during a recent speech:

Joe Biden began his remarks to the National Jewish Democratic Council last week with a joke about how Jews like to argue.

The Yeshiva crew team, he said, sent a spy to Cambridge find out why the Harvard rowers always beat them. The informant called his coach from alongside the river. "He said, 'They've got eight guys rowing and only one yelling!' " he said.

The main stream media will give Biden a pass on this but imagine if John McCain went to a meeting of Urban League and started off a speech with "Temple University College sent some folks to Harvard to find out why their graduates get more jobs on Wall Street. They came back to their peers and said it's because White people work harder." That would be the end of that!

With many Jews doubtful of Barack Obama's committment to Israel's security, Biden really has little room to shoot his mouth off like this.

Man Joe, you're keeping us busy!

Big Mouth Biden Lies Again!

When Hillary Clinton was less than truthful about getting shot at while on a visit to Bosnia, the mainstream media was all over her for her fib.

Yet Joe Biden is telling stories himself and apparently getting a pass from the drive bys. Obama's running mate talks about the green zone in Bagdhad "where I have been seven times and shot at." However, Fox News reports that the Hill newspaper said Biden when asked to clarify "backpedaled from his claim of being 'shot at' and instead allowed: 'I was near where a shot landed.'"

In the upcoming Vice Presidential Debate with Republican nominee Sarah Palin, Biden plans to hit Palin on her knowledge of "the superhighway of terror between Pakistan and Afghanistan where my helicopter was forced down."

Turns out though the helicopter had to land because of lousy weather, not superhighway terrorists, and Biden was quickly retrieved by a US Military convoy all the while with American fighter jets overhead to protect him.

"Let's start telling the truth," Biden said during a presidential primary debate sponsored by YouTube last year. Yes, Joe, let's. And while you're at it lets explain why you and Barack Obama beat up Hillary for her lies but you get a pass.

The Liberals' Sarah Palin Sickness Knows No Bounds

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal email account has been hacked and the folks at lefty blog Gawker have posted much of the content including personal emails, photos and email addresses of Palin family members, friends and the Palin children themselves.

Gawker calls hacking into Palin's account and posting the data "legitimate news." George W. Bush's FBI might call it a federal offense. The blog is vowing to not take down any of the content of Palin's mail.

The sick and odd obsession liberals have around Palin outdoes anything we did with Reagan back in my wayward, left wing youth in the 80s. Palin's capturing of the American public has Democrats scared as a visibly worried and shaken Barack Obama showed during his multi-million dollar Barbra Streisand fundraiser Tuesday night.

Liberals thinking they might have found some damning evidence in the "Troopergate" scandal have just shot themselves in the foot. Were anything actually found (it has not been) that evidence would no longer be discoverable given that it was illegally obtained.

Nice move dum dums. Obama bin Biden thanks you.

Joe Biden's Late Night Funnies

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man."
-Joe Biden

BREAKING NEWS: Bye bye Biden, Hello Hillary?

FLASH: We're hearing chatter attributed to high placed Democratic sources that a move is underway to replace Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton.

Following a double dose of gaffes by the Delaware Senator over Wednesday and Thursday, one in which Biden stated that Clinton would have been a better choice for Barack Obama's VP and at a campaign stop where he asked a disable individual in a wheelchair to stand up, sources are saying that the Obama campaign is "in crisis."

Biden's mis-statements are on top of the mega-popularity of Republican nominee Senator John McCain's pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate and a seeming difficult for Obama and his campaign to find the most effective ways to respond to Palin. Liberal bloggers and pundits did Obama no favor by advancing goofy conspiracy theories about Palin in the first few days following her selection. The Obama campaign is followed by an avalanche of press coverage of Governor Palin, most notably a high profile interview on ABC which ocurred during a 9/11 campaign "truce" agreed to by both campaigns, leaving Obama with little room to criticize Palin's answers during the interview.

Developing.

Joe Biden: The Tom LaBonge of Delaware?

Democrat Says Palin's Primary Qualification Is She's Never Had An Abortion

Will Rogers once said, "I don't belong to an organized political party, I'm a Democrat."

Continuing to show their profound ability to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory the Democrats and the Obama campaign have allowed Sarah Palin make them become completely unhinged.  Here's the latest wig-out from a Dummycrat:

Politico's Jonathan Martin reports that South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler told a Politico reporter today that Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., had chosen a running mate" whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn't had an abortion."

Palin is an ardent opponent of abortion rights and earlier this year gave birth to her fifth child, Trig, who has Down Syndrome.

South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson today called Fowler’s statement "offensive, outrageous and -- most importantly –- dead wrong. Gov. Sarah Palin is a strong pro-life, pro-family, reform-minded conservative with meaningful experience, whose message has resonated in South Carolina. Fowler's statement is born out of desperation from a campaign that is sputtering across the South. Carol Fowler should immediately apologize. Her remarks are unbecoming of a party leader and demonstrate poor judgment."

Anti-Palin Rumors Reach Bizarre Level

Democratic and Obama supporting bloggers sought to slime Vice Presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin and her family with conflicting conspiracy theories and trash. Apparently the Obama-bin-Bidenites can't decide if Sarah Palin faked her pregnancy with Trig to cover for Bristol or if Bristol is faking her current pregnancy to cover up for the last one or if Bristol is faking her pregnancy because really Mom is pregnant.  Wow.  My head hurts after all that! The Obama-bin-Bidenites probably need to adjust their tin foil hats.   The only thing that seems sure is that the pro-Obama folks' politics of personal destruction have energized Palin's supporters and turned off others. 

In the meantime, claims of a "scandal" revolving around claims that Governor Palin sought to have fired an Alaska State Trooper who was formerly married to her sister seem to be falling apart.  Details have emerged than an extensive investigation of Trooper Mike Wooten was conducted PRIOR to Palin's election as Governor and that an Alaska State Trooper supervisor suspended Wooten and warned he could be fired. 

And contrary to claims that Palin was seeking to fire Wooten , documents show that during a reported domestic incident between Wooten and Palin's sister (again prior to Palin running for Governor), Palin was reluctant to call police considering there had been no physical violence and Palin was concerned about the impact of the incident on Wooten's career as a Tropper.

Wooten has been accused of tasering his 11 year old son, allegedly abusing state gas and credit cards and having racist attitudes towards Native Alaskans.  Though some officials of the Palin Administration had approached Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan about Wooten, it was apparently tied to concern about Wooten from Palin's security detail and that Palin was not immediately notified of these discussions. 

What also isn't being reported is that Palin wanted to move Monegan from the Pubic Safety Commissioner post (for issues of performance in certan areas) to heading up the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, an area Monegan reportedly has expertise in.  Monegan refused the transfer and given that the Public Safety Commissioner is a political appointment, Palin was well within her rights to make a personnel change, much in the same way that Monegan's replacement was terminated due to an alleged incident of sexual harrassment. Additionally reports are that the complaints about the firing of Monegan were allegedly brought forward by Andrew Halcro, one of Palin's gubernatorial election opponents.

Palin's Experience vs. Obama's

The non-bloggers over at LA Observed think it's cute to suggest in a "parody" piece that were presumptive Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin were a man, Palin would not have been selected for the spot on the GOP ticket.  Of course, as we've noted before, if Palin were a Democrat and perhaps a minority, she'd be the next big thing.



When it comes to the experience issue, compare Palin to Barack Obama. Palin has served in office longer than Obama has and has had more executive experience than Obama, Joe Biden and John McCain.



Palin served on the Wasilla, Alaska City Council from 1992 to 1996.  She then was elected Mayor and served until 2002.  She was then appointed to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and elected Governor in 2006.



On the other hand Obama was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1997.  During his time in the State Senate, the Democratic Presidential nominee voted "present" 130 times, not voting for or against a number of controversial measures.



In her time in office, Palin has balanced budget, delivered services, overseen law enforcement and commanded the Alaska National Guard.



Don't think Barack has done any of that.

Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Sunday

The Pasadena Star News reports on one of the reasons why Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was snubbed at the recent Democratic National Convention in Denver: the Obama campaign viewed him as being in the same league of another politician and philanderer, John Edwards. The News also slams the Mayor for turning his back on San Gabriel Valley transportation needs and the transit tax scam he and Zev Yaroslavsky are pushing for which will benefit the Westside but be paid for by the entire County.

Liberal blowhard filmmaker Michael Moore suggested that the likely landfall of Hurricane Gustav just prior to the start of the Republican National Convention was a sign that God favored the Democrats. Yes, Mike is a deep thinker. In the meantime, Republican nominees John McCain and Sarah Palin will be joining Mississippi Governor Hayley Barbour for a briefing from the state's emergency officials. The latest word from the Obama bin Biden campagin was that the Democratic nominee has no plans to visit the region but will give a phone call.

The annoucement of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate has proven succesful at least financially for presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain. Friday, the day of the Palin selection, saw a one day total of nearly $7 million in contributions to the McCain campaign.

Michael Cohen writing at LA CityWatch disects the legal battle in last week's closing arguments in the case against Measure R, the shady term limits law in the City of Los Angeles. Cohen makes a good point that the court, should they hand a victory to the city and allow them to put measures on the ballot that cover multiple subjects, could be setting a bad precedent. Cohen rightly notes that the arrogance of City leaders in pushing this kind of fraud on the voters is what's helping to simmer a coming revolution against them such as Ron Kaye's Saving Los Angeles Project.

One of the best Britney Spears impersonators around is a man. Derrick Barry has been a professional Britney impersonator for five years and who was seeking to make the finals in the reality show America's Got Talent but was eliminated in the semi-finals when, according to Wikipedia, he failed to "wow" judge Piers Morgan.

It's Palin!

Boy talk about a way to upstage Barack Obama after his big night.

I can't wait to hear what the dum dums have to say who spent oh so many months telling me that McCain would NEVER pick Sarah and that I was off my rocker for even suggesting it.

I have to say even I was stunned he actually did it, but an excellent choice. The Obama bin Biden spinners speaking on the cable shows look like deers in the headlights.

Game on kids!

Mega-props to the scrappy bloggers at Draft Sarah Palin for President who have spent more than the last year driving this choice. They deserve everything coming their way. Can you say White House job?

Interesting too that some of the CNN reporters don't know who she is, wonder how did John McCain learn about her, etc. Must not have been paying attention to the blogs. Press release journalism at it's finest.

Bort Droppings: Emotional Democrats

Aside from just not agreeing with their policies, the problem I've found with the DNC is the emotionalism combined with the Doom and Gloom. And, a lot of Dems around the country can't take the ultra-liberal stance on things either. As for Left wing: BHO is ranked #1 liberal senator, Biden is #3 liberal senator.

So how does the DNC celebrate gloom? You can see it when they bring up their favorite issues: Katrina, abortion, global warming, the poor are getting poorer, it’s a lost war.

Bill C says "Katrina" and everyone cheers.

Come on, Katrina was a natural disaster that the Democrat mayor and Democrat governor couldn't handle and then the FIMA, who isn’t cut out for this kind of savior-thing, couldn't swoop in in- time. Since the storm, we've spent 200-300 billion on the people of New Orleans. What do they want? Democrats have run a city that's lost half its population between 1960 and 2000 and then half again in the last couple years. That's attracting the best of the best!?! Jindal will have to be a miracle worker to turn that state around.

"Reproductive rights" - woo hoo!!. Abortion, whether it's legal or not, is a national tragedy. Why are we cheering that 30 million babies are dead since RVW and BHO wont even provide for those that miraculously survive the partial birth abortion - he's defending infanticide. Why aren't they working to make abortion "legal, safe, and rare" like originally promised? It's a blessing when a family adopts a baby, and yet our Government agencies make couples jump thru 5 years of hoops to make it happen. Instead of wanting to make it easier, the DNC stance on marriage is making it worse. The Catholic Church is getting out of the adoption business because they wont be forced to give children to married gays. BHO can't seem to give a straight answer even on marriage. This is putting a lot of ordinary democrats off.

“Global warming” - what a scam. The DNC complains that America isn’t leading on the fight to end global warming. I say hurray. The dems want to just keep raising the cost of energy and preventing our own production so that America looses.

Nuclear energy is cheap and clean, (the French get 90% of their electricity from it) and yet the Dems think it's immoral.

Yucca mountain has been the most studied piece of dirt in the last 30 years and Obama doesn't believe it is stable. But, Al Gore says 500 "scientists" think global warming is because of us and that's immediately undeniable?!?

DNC plans to cut hydrocarbon use by 90% in a decade would put us back to a per capita use below what American's used in Pilgrim days when all we did was burn wood!! Get real, come up with an energy plan that keeps America strong. FYI to the enviromaniacs: increased CO2 in the air is a fertilizer for plants. Forests, wheatgrass and even corn grow 12% faster now than 100 years ago because of that rare atmospheric molecule is at a slightly higher percentage.

I love the idea that we're going to fill Montana, Idaho and Wyoming full of windmills. Do you know how much steel would be needed? Do you know how many birds that would kill? Do you know how many years that project would be tied up in court because people don't want to look at 1000 miles of windmills? Ed Kennedy didn't want to look at them off of Nantucket and got that stopped dead.

Biden's best line last night was borrowed from his mother - you've got to bloody the nose of the bully so that you can walk down the street the next day. The DNC is entirely inconsistent on the international scene. Send troops to Darfur, send troops to Afghanistan, oh, but we've lost in Iraq - pull out now.

Bush has freed 50 million people from tyranny since taking office, that's a great achievement. Iraq is showing real progress. The DNC does not talk of spreading democracy in the world, merely of talking to our enemies and somehow through the persuasion of our personalities convincing them to play nice. Grow up. Mama Biden was right, you've got to bloody some noses to be safe to walk down the street. Voters recognize that Obama bin Biden is no match for Putin as he marches through Georgia.

Taxes - It's class warfare all over again. BHO says somehow he will lower taxes for 90% of middle class workers?? By allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire, most families will see taxes rise by $2000 in a year. Why don't they talk about how another American becomes a millionaire every 4 minutes because they've worked hard and focused on succeeding in this land that literally can fulfill everyone's dream? Instead it's the poor getting poorer and the rich getting richer - what a stupid phrase. The poor are well off in this country- everyone's got access to healthcare, everyone's got a TV and a phone and most have a car!

I hear nothing uplifting in any of their speeches, nothing like JFK's great line "ask not what your county can do for you..." I hear nothing that challenges American's to be better. BHO tried to deliver the responsibility message to the black churches and Jessie Jackson wants to cut off his ****.

That's right; keep us all as victims of a vast right wing conspiracy. Oddly, the fact that we've got a black man as the DNC pick is proof that such a conspiracy can't be happening.

'Big Mouth' Biden: Is This The Best Obama Could Do?

Newly minted Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden has been nominated and made his acceptance speech afternoon night.  Biden managed to go the entire speech without saying anything stupid but who knows maybe Barack had him on seven second delay.

Following Senator Hillary Clinton's speech Tuesday night and her gracious efforts on the Convention floor Wednesday afternoon, it's become apparent that Obama made the wrong pick.  As noted by blogger Darren Duvall, the upside to dissing Hillary is that Obama is not faced with the prospect of former President Bill Clinton hanging around the White House.  At the same time, Duvall makes a good funny when he writes "A lot of what he (Biden) has to offer is a legacy of misstatements that make George W. Bush look like Oscar Wilde."

However Duvall also points out Biden's legacy of off-the-cuff and over the top remarks such as "crypto-racist" comments by Biden about Obama and ignorant statements about Indian-Americans in the State of Delaware.

Despite whatever failings Hillary Clinton may have, one can not imagine her making those types of comments.  And one can not imagine Barack Obama losing with the New York Senator as his running mate.

But, he will never know now.

Biden Nominated; McCain Picks VP

Senator Joe Biden of Delaware has been selected by acclimation to be the Democratic nominee for President.  Biden has accepted.

In other news CNN is reporting that John McCain has selected a running mate.

You Too Can Go To Camp Obama!

If you're a big supporter of the presumptive Democratic nominee, you can spend the rest of your summer at Camp Obama. With apologies to Allan Sherman, here's Rita of Sunland with her ode to the retreat.

No Bump Yet for Obama; Things Getting Worse

Gallup Poll showing McCain two points ahead of Obama, which is unheard of following a VP pick and during a national convention.

At the same time polls showing a significant portion of Hillary Clinton supporters are voting for John McCain and numbers in key Pennsylvania counties which are not looking good for Obama.

Why It Doesn't Matter How Many Homes John McCain's Family Owns

John McCain's wealthy wife may own several homes (though apparently they don't "live" in all of them; some of them are just investment properties) and Joe Biden thinks there is something wrong with that.

However, most folks won't care how many homes the Arizona Senator and presumptive Republican Presidential nominee owns or lives in. Despite the class envy the Obama bin Biden campaign is seeking to stir up, folks will remember that once John McCain had one home - one he lived in for five years - the "Hanoi Hilton" torture prison he was held in as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. A prison he could of got out of early because of his privilege as the son of a ranking US Military officer but which McCain refused so his compatriates could get out before him.

Next: Obama's Shady House Purchase