Monthly Archives: December 2011
Ice Queen Questions White House Holiday Card?
The Huffington Post’s reporting that Republican Tea Party (GOTP) former Alaska Governor Sarah “the Ice Queen” Palin attacked the White House holiday card in an article on Fox News Radio.
The front of the card in question shows the President’s dog, Bo, sitting in a very Christmas-like setting, with a fireplace decorated with wreaths and red ribbons, and a table with a poinsettia plant and presents. “From our family to yours, may your holidays shine with the light of the season,” reads the inside of the card, which is signed by the Obamas (including Bo).
Palin characterized the card as “odd”:
“It’s odd,” she said, wondering why the president’s Christmas card highlights his dog instead of traditions like ‘family, faith and freedom.'”
Well, if anyone would understand odd, it’s Palin.
“Even stranger than that was his first year in office when the Christmas ornaments included Chairman Mao,” she continued. “People had to ask that it be removed because it was offensive.”
The Ice Queen was referring to when a right-wing blog posted a grainy photo, allegedly of an ornament on the White House Christmas tree in 2009 showing a reproduction of Andy Warhol’s “Mao” portrait. Media Matters reported that the tree was decorated by community groups, not the White House.
Palin said a majority of Americans prefer “American foundational values illustrated and displayed on Christmas cards and on a Christmas tree.” With regard to the card, she added, “It’s just a different way of thinking coming out of the White House.”
“I go on the offense like most Americans do and say ‘No, we’ll have Christ back in Christmas and hopefully it won’t offend you,'” said Palin in a November 2010 Fox News appearance.
Because Christmas is all about going on the offense, “enough of this socialistic ‘Peace on Earth’ nonsense”, her Brain Captain was reported as saying. “When it comes to defending the sanctity of Christmas we say ‘Reload!’”
One has to question how Palin feels about past White House Christmas cards which seem to be equally avoiding “family, faith and freedom.”
And what kind of family Christmas Card would Sarah Palin have? Caribou roasting on an open fire, or Sarah kneeling over a dead reindeer perhaps?
One also has to wonder how Palin sleeps at night with these kinds of concerns weighing so heavily on her mind.
Mittens Says ‘We Would Not Have Gone In’ If We Knew There Were No Weapons of Mass Destruction?
Huffington Post is reporting Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential bridesmaid Mittens Romney, speaking to NBC News’ Chuck Todd, seemed to shift positions on the Iraq War.
As highlighted by New York Magazine‘s Jonathan Chait, Mittens attempted to explain to Todd, “If we knew at the time of our entry into Iraq that there were no weapons of mass destruction, if somehow we had been given that information, obviously we would not have gone in.”
“You don’t think we would have gone in?” asked Todd.
“Well of course not,” Mittens mewed in response. “The president went in based upon intelligence that they had weapons of mass destruction. Had he known that that was not the case; the U.N. would not have put forward resolutions authorizing this type of action. The president would not have been pursuing that course. But we did not know that. Based upon what we knew at the time, we were very much under the impression as a nation, our president was under the impression, that they had weapons of mass destruction that Saddam Hussein was intent on potentially using those weapons, and so he took action based upon what he knew. But to go back and say, well knowing what we know now would we have gone in? Well, knowing what we know now, they did not have weapons of mass destruction; there would have been no effort on the part of our president or others to take military action.”
Of course when Mittens was running for the GOTP nomination in 2008 he took a much different position on the conflict; The New York Times, moderator Tim Russert asked Romney during a 2008 presidential debate if the Iraq War was “a good idea worth the cost in blood and treasure we have spent.” Romney answered, “It was the right decision to go into Iraq. I supported it at the time; I support it now.” As Chait explains, Romney’s debate answer came at a time when it was already clear that Iraq possessed no weapons of mass destruction.
Huffington reports Mittens’ latest comments come only a few days after the U.S. marked the end of the nearly nine year conflict. The GOTP wannabe hasn’t been shy in his criticism of President Obama’s handling of the troop withdrawal. Recently, BBC News reported Romney said, “I think we’re going to find that this president, by not putting in place a status-of-forces agreement with the Iraqi leadership, has pulled our troops out in a precipitous way and we should have left 10-, 20-, 30,000 personnel there to help transition to the Iraqis’ own military capabilities.”
Mittens thinks he can say whatever he wants to whomever he wants and that there’re no consequences; in today’s media savvy electronic world that’s simply not the case and it’s going to bite him in the butt. Romney’s a flip-flopper of the highest order and that demonstrates a level of untrustworthiness that should concern all Americans because the last thing this country needs is a President who has no moral compass and flies by the seat of his pants on every issue.
Wall Street Journal Editorial Rips Boehner and McConnell?
The Huffington Post’s reporting that the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page has attacked congressional Republican Tea Party (GOTP) members for possibly losing the payroll tax cut standoff to President Barack Obama.
The Editorial began recounting how GOTP Senate leader Mitch McConnell “famously said a year ago his main task in the 112th Congress was to make sure President Obama would not be re-elected. Given how he and House Speaker John Boehner have handled the payroll tax debate, we wonder if they might end up re-electing the President before the 2012 campaign even begins in earnest.”
Earlier this week GOTP House members killed the two-month extension of the payroll tax cut, unemployment benefits and a provision avoiding Medicare payment cuts to doctors by a 229-193 vote. The Senate had voted by an 89-10 margin to extend all three for two months. All three provisions expire on 1 Jan 12. GOTP House members want the Senate to return and negotiate over a compromise plan but Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he won’t negotiate until the House approves the Senate’s package.
Finally Senator Reid has shown some back bone against the Tea Party conservatives across the aisle; what’s even better about this situation is McConnell had clearly struck a deal with Reid, and Boehner has to have been part of it as well but then his Tea Party compatriots cut his knees out from under him led by Eric Cantor.
The conservative editorial board wrote that the GOTP has “thoroughly botched the politics.” The board also added that Obama’s in a “stronger re-election position today than he was a year ago.”
After 1 Jan 12, the payroll tax paid by workers will rise from 4.2 percent to 6.2 percent and benefits for the long-term unemployed will expire if Congress doesn’t pull its head out of its collective fourth point of contact. Doctors will also face a 27 percent cut in Medicare reimbursements scheduled to take effect on 18 Jan 12.
The icing on the cake for the President is that 2008 Republican Presidential candidate Senator John McCain of Arizona showed his approval of the editorial tweeting, “WSJ is right on the mark here.”
When the smoke clears from this latest GOTP catastrophe, the President will once again come out on top, John Boehner may find himself stepping down as Speaker, and the Tea Party will come out as having attempted one bridge too far; come 2012 the bill will come due and local Congressional Districts will likely toss the riff raff out turning the House back to a Democratic majority. The Tea Party’s angry white guy shtick only plays so far and they’ve been on stage well past their collective curtain call.
Tea Party Candidate, Calls for Assassination of Obama, First Daughters?
The Huffington Post’s reporting Jules Manson, a failed Tea Party candidate for local office in California, has called for the assassination of President Obama and his family.
In his post Manson referred to the president as a “monkey.” Then it got much worse.
“Assassinate the f—– n—– and his monkey children,” Manson commented on his own post, according to a screen shot uploaded by Facebook group “Americans Against the Tea Party” and relayed by Your Black Politics blog.
The post has since been scrubbed from his Facebook profile, replaced with an explanation that the comments were “careless, emotionally driven remarks that had no real substance.”
Manson, an avid Ron Paul supporter and libertarian, also writes that he’s since been visited by the Secret Service, with whom he says he cooperated fully as he “was hiding nothing.”
According to the New York Daily News, Manson, who lost his 2011 bid for a City Council seat in Carson, Calif. with only 4 percent of the vote, has also posted pictures of Obama dressed as Hitler from his Facebook account.
The Daily News reported it was unable to reach Manson at the phone number listed for his residence in a Carson trailer park. Really, a trailer park? Wow, that’s type casting; yes sir, Manson’s just one more member of the Tea Party demonstrating how “non-racist” the organization is.
Johnson Ends GOTP Candidacy to Run For President in the Libertarian Party?
Huffington Post’s reporting Republican Tea Party (GOTP) never a presidential candidate Gary Johnson, is dropping his GOTP campaign to run for the Libertarian Party nomination.
Johnson plans to announce his candidacy for the Libertarian nomination next week, spokesman Joe Hunter said Tuesday night.
“He is representing a viewpoint and a viewpoint that needs to be heard and he’s going to do whatever it takes to get that done,” Hunter told The Associated Press.
Johnson’s a fiscal conservative who supports such liberal causes as legalizing marijuana and abortion rights; he served two terms as New Mexico’s governor, and has basically been absent in any polls. Excluded from all but two of the GOP presidential debates, he’s reportedly grown frustrated that he hasn’t earned more attention, Hunter said.
Considering how badly he sucked in the two debate appearances, is either Johnson or Hunter really surprised he’s garnered zero support outside of New Mexico?
Republican presidential contender Ron Paul, who was the Libertarian candidate for president in 1988, was supportive of Johnson’s decision.
“I think competitiveness is good. And somebody to have ideas that are libertarian, I think that is good,” Paul told the AP following a New Hampshire campaign stop Tuesday night. “But I’ve been through it. There’s a lot of frustrations. … Just getting on ballots – it’s a tough job. But some good will come of it.”
In a recent PPP (D) poll, conducted 10 – 12 Dec 11 of likely New Mexico voters the results showed a split among conservative voters with President Obama garnering 44%, Mittens Romney 27% and Johnson 23%, giving the President a huge victory in what has become a swing state.
RUN GARY RUN!
I’m Not a Politician!?
Huffington Post is reporting that Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential doormat Michele “Krazy” Bachmann is repeating over and over again that she’s “not a politician”.
“I am not a politician. I am a real person. I don’t even know how to be a politician,” she said outside a high school in Grundy Center, Iowa, according to CNN.
“I’m not a politician, I’m just drawn that way,” her Toon Town alter ego declared.
Krazy – the “non-politician” – is in her third term in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Minnesota state Senate before that from 2001 to 2007.
She added, “That is why I am in trouble all the time in Washington, D.C., because I am constantly fighting the establishment in Washington, D.C.” She repeated the “not a politician” line at another campaign stop, writing it on a cafe wall.
Of course the fact she’s dumb as a stump, and makes completely off the wall comments has nothing to do with her being in trouble “all the time in Washington”.
Bachmann’s been done for months, and just keeps gasping on like a fish in a tidal pond slowly running out of water.
It’s not too late for ‘folks’ to run in 2012?
According to Politico, Sarah Palin says it’s not too late for a new candidate to get into the 2012 presidential race, even after Iowa or New Hampshire.
“You know, it’s not too late for folks to jump in,” Palin said on the Fox Business Network Monday evening. “I don’t know who knows what will happen in the future.”
Politico says it’s unclear to whom Palin was referring since she didn’t mention anyone specifically, herself or others.
Really, you don’t “to whom” she was referring? To whom else would the Ice Queen be referring but to herself?
FOX PAC Business Network host Eric Bowling had said that people were constantly asking him to tell Palin to run for president.
“Any chance to see you making a play, even after Iowa, New Hampshire? There is time, governor,” Bowling had asked.
Palin responded that she’d like to work with Bowling on a debate in the future.
Isn’t she just so coy? C’mon Sarah Run! You know you want to, and the current crop needs an infusion of smarts – oh wait … never mind.
Latest 2012 Presidential Polls – 20 Dec 11 Edition
A new ABC News/Wash Post poll conducted 15 – 18 Dec 11 gives President Obama one of the highest approval ratings since this past summer; of adults polled 49% approve of the President’s job performance as compared to 47% disapproval; conversely, a CBS News poll conducted 5 – 7 Dec 11 shows Congressional job approval at 11% – not good news for the Republican Tea Party (GOTP) controlled House moving into an election year.
Concerning the ongoing GOTP nominating circus, a new ABC News/Wash Post poll of registered voters conducted from 15 – 18 Dec 11 has been released and the current poll results are:
Newton Leroy Gingrich and Mittens Romney are tied at 30; Ronny Paul 15; Michele “Krazy” Bachmann 7; Reverend Rick Perry 6; Ricky “The Ric” Santorum 4 and Jon “I can’t believe it’s not butter” Huntsman 2
The GOTP clown car continues to spin wildly down the campaign trail with Newton holding on to what appears to be an ever shrinking lead over Bridesmaid Mittens; Paul’s gaining in third while Krazy moves back into a distant fourth and Reverend Perry hopefully is beginning his final plunge; Huntsman falls back to bottom-dwelling mud sucker status while Santorum begins to once again float to the top of this political cesspool.
Ron Paul surges further ahead of the pack in Iowa where a new Insider Advantage poll of likely voters conducted 18 Dec 11 reports Paul 24; Romney 18; Perry 16; Gingrich 13; Bachmann 10; Huntsman 4 and Santorum 3
Romney regains solid lead in New Hampshire where the PPP (D) poll of likely voters conducted 16 – 18 Dec 11 shows Mittens 35; Paul 19; Gingrich 17; Huntsman 13; Bachmann 5; Santorum 3 and Perry 2
Newton holds on In South Carolina where the latest Clemson poll of likely voters conducted 6 – 19 Dec 11 find Gingrich 38; Romney 21; Paul 10; Perry and Bachmann 5; Huntsman 3 and Santorum 2
Newton remains in the lead for now in Florida where the new NBC News/Marist poll of likely voters conducted on 04 – 07 Dec 11 has Gingrich 44; Romney 29; Paul 8; Perry 4; Bachmann and Huntsman 3; Santorum 2
In the four states with the lead off primaries – or caucuses – Gingrich leads in two, Paul in one and Mittens in one …
Concerning how the GOTP “candidates stack up against the President; according to a USA Today/Gallup poll of likely voters conducted 15 – 18 Dec 11, if the general election were held today:
President Obama 50/Romney 48
An ABC News/Wash Post poll of likely voters conducted 15 – 18 Dec 11, if the general election were held today:
President Obama 51/Gingrich 43
So, if the GOTP clown car had finally stopped spinning, and the general election was held today, Newton Leroy Gingrich or Mittens Romney may have been the GOTP nominee, but either would’ve lost to President Obama.
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