Via twitter, Rick Santorum has won the primary in Missouri. With 34 percent reporting, Santorum is at 54%, Romney 25%, RuPaul 12% and 5% other. Newt Gingrich was not on the ballot there.
Santorum is also doing well in Colorado and Minnesota, states won by Romney in 2008.
What does this mean? Romney is not the "inevitable" nominee.
So, does that mean "Viagra Bob" Dole, and the rest of the GOP country club establishment get to pile mud on Santorum, like they did Newt before Florida?
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Fugitive Fundraiser For Obama Linked To Fast & Furious?
This is getting even more interesting (Pundit Press, via FreeRepublic).
Will Darrell Issa be able to find a link between the two?
Some developing news in the case of Juan Jose Rojas Cardona, who is a fugitive on drug and fraud charges. In 2009 it was discovered that he was involved in a plot to assassinate a rival and bribe Mexican officials.
This has gone public, as has his $200,000 in fundraising done for Barack Obama. Obama has now returned the money, but the scrutiny on Cardona continues. It now appears that Cardona's links to the organized crime world also ties him to the DEA, which ran Operation Fast and Furious. Cardona was allegedly involved with a top drug cartel across the border, which laundered millions with the help of the American government.
Just recently, his brother Carlos attempted to have Juan pardoned by the Democratic Party out of Iowa:
As recently as January of last year, one of Mr. Cardona’s brothers in Chicago, Carlos Rojas Cardona, arranged for the former chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party to seek a pardon from the governor for Pepe Cardona, according to prosecutors in that state. None was forthcoming.
Wikileaks exposed a US Consulate cable that showed five million dollars in bribes that the Cardona brothers had paid to Mexican politicians, and also exposed that they may be linked to the Beltran Leyva drug cartel.
The Consulate also added that the brothers Rojas Cardona may have ties to the cartel of the Beltran Leyva and PAN politicians.
"The smugglers, casino operators, and corrupt politicians form a triangle of self-protection, making it difficult for honest cops deal with organized crime. One way for the Mexican government break the cartels would review its policy on licensing of casino "concludes Williamson.
Last month Fox reported that the very same cartel was involved in a similar operation as Fast and Furious, run by the DEA. In this operation, the US helped the group (as well as a Colombian cartel) launder money in exchange for information.
The group of officials conducted at least 15 wire transfers to banks in the United States, Canada and China and smuggled and laundered about $2.5 million in the United States. They lost track of much of that money.
In his testimony, the DEA agent in charge of the operation says DEA agents posing as pilots flew at least one shipment of cocaine from Ecuador to Madrid through a Dallas airport.
The Cardona brothers were one of the most corrupt elements in the casino business in Mexico, bringing in millions of dollars. It is certainly possible that their involvement in the drug industry is far more than said. And considering their role in extortion and bribery, it is certainly possible that they were involved in Operation Fast and Furious or a related event.
Will Darrell Issa be able to find a link between the two?
"How 'Bout Spending $15 Million Dollars Mr. Romney On Why We Should Vote For You..."
"...not why we should vote against one of the other Republicans."
That's what "The Great One" Mark Levin said last night on his radio show.
Reason? Well, Willard "Myth" Romney has turned his mud slinging machine from Newt Gingirch against Rick Santorum, who has even spent the last few days piling on Newt.
At Legal Insurrection yesterday, it was noted that the Romney camp was holding a couple of conference calls attacking the former Pennsylvania Senator, using former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.
Yes, the same Tim Pawlenty who had his debt paid off by Romney and (gasp) Bain Capital employees. Oh, but we're not supposed to talk about that, because that's attacking capitalism? Everyone has his price I guess, and so does Tim Pawlenty.
Look, Santorum isn't my first choice in the primary, and I think his piling on Newt was tacky. What Romney is doing, however, is pure baloney. Once more, Myth Romney is operating out of the Obama playbook, trying to eliminate all his opponents without ever having to explain why anyone should vote for him.
And this is who the GOP establishment, RINOs like Pete Wilson, and Ann Coulter are behind? This is the most "conservative" and "electable" candidate?
Judging from the way Romney's negative ads have depressed voter turn out, he doesn't give voters much of a reason to vote for him.
That's what "The Great One" Mark Levin said last night on his radio show.
Reason? Well, Willard "Myth" Romney has turned his mud slinging machine from Newt Gingirch against Rick Santorum, who has even spent the last few days piling on Newt.
At Legal Insurrection yesterday, it was noted that the Romney camp was holding a couple of conference calls attacking the former Pennsylvania Senator, using former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.
Yes, the same Tim Pawlenty who had his debt paid off by Romney and (gasp) Bain Capital employees. Oh, but we're not supposed to talk about that, because that's attacking capitalism? Everyone has his price I guess, and so does Tim Pawlenty.
Look, Santorum isn't my first choice in the primary, and I think his piling on Newt was tacky. What Romney is doing, however, is pure baloney. Once more, Myth Romney is operating out of the Obama playbook, trying to eliminate all his opponents without ever having to explain why anyone should vote for him.
And this is who the GOP establishment, RINOs like Pete Wilson, and Ann Coulter are behind? This is the most "conservative" and "electable" candidate?
Judging from the way Romney's negative ads have depressed voter turn out, he doesn't give voters much of a reason to vote for him.
McPherson Square in DC...Before and After Occupy DC Squatters Invaded It
From David Fredozzo at the Washington Examiner, here's a look at McPherson Square park in Washington DC last October, after a $400,000 renovation project paid for with "Stimulus" cash.
This is a pictue of the park from the other day, after the squalor, tents, and human debris from the Occupy squatter camp was removed over the weekend.
Doug Ross, via the Left Wing Institute for Civil Discourse, says that ...
One protester hit a cop with a brick when the hippies were being removed.
This is a pictue of the park from the other day, after the squalor, tents, and human debris from the Occupy squatter camp was removed over the weekend.
Doug Ross, via the Left Wing Institute for Civil Discourse, says that ...
Officials used barricades to cordon off sections of McPherson Square, a park under federal jurisdiction near the White House, and checked tents for mattresses and sleeping bags and sifted through piles of garbage and other belongings. Some wore yellow biohazard suits to guard against diseases identified at the site in recent weeks. Officials also have raised concerns about a rat infestation.
That move left large swaths of open space and raised questions about exactly what would remain of the encampment once the enforcement was over.
“We found urine soaked bedding materials, bottles of urine, and in some of the tents we found dead rats,” says U.S. Park Police spokesman David Schlosser.
One protester hit a cop with a brick when the hippies were being removed.
Monday, February 06, 2012
RINO California Gov. Pete Wilson Endorses Liberal GOP Establishment Candidate Mitt Romney
The establishment speaketh, no conservatism allowed, as former California Governor Pete Wilson, who helped put the GOP on the fast track to extinction in the former Golden State, is endorsing liberal Republican Willard "Mittens" Romney (SFGate).
Yeah, and can someone please explain to me exactly how this Myth that Romney is "electable?" I don't see it. He is uninspiring as a candidate, as he's driven the vote down from 2008 in the primary states he's won His whole campaign is based on why the Republican electorate should not vote for his opponents, not on why they should vote for him.
I'm beginning to think more and more, the GOP wants four more years of Obama.
Wilson, although considered a conservative in California, is viewed as fairly moderate within the current GOP.
In his endorsement statement, Wilson called Romney “an enthusiastic believer in American exceptionalism” and called him “a spectacular example of it.”
Wilson cited Romney’s experience as governor of a Democratic state and his electability in his endorsement statement, implying perhaps that such Romney alternatives as Newt Gingrich might damage the party’s down-ballot prospects:
“Mitt has been a success in creating American private sector jobs, a success as the rescuer of the Salt Lake City Olympic games, and as a public chief executive as the Republican governor in the challenging environment of heavily Democratic Massachusetts. It is clear that he will be a success in the White House—as the strong leader America so desperately needs to reverse the unprecedented and utterly irresponsible borrowing, taxing and spending of the Obama administration.
“And as the most electable top of our ticket, his candidacy will attract the support of Republican, Independent and wise Democratic voters—and is rightly seen by down-ticket Republican candidates as the nominee most beneficial to them in their own races. He is the leader we need to rescue this great nation from the tragedy of a second Obama term that threatens grave and perhaps irreparable harm to both our economy and our national security. Mitt Romney will provide the leadership to create the confidence and certainty of judgment needed to stimulate investment that creates jobs rather than green taxpayer-funded bankruptcies. He will restore America’s strength and credibility, and win back respect for America from both our friends and our enemies.”
Yeah, and can someone please explain to me exactly how this Myth that Romney is "electable?" I don't see it. He is uninspiring as a candidate, as he's driven the vote down from 2008 in the primary states he's won His whole campaign is based on why the Republican electorate should not vote for his opponents, not on why they should vote for him.
I'm beginning to think more and more, the GOP wants four more years of Obama.
Happy 101st Birthday, President Reagan
Today is the 101st birthday of one our America's greatest Presidents, Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004).
Americans for Prosperity created the following ad (h/t Amy Miller).
Watching Ronald Reagan during his 1980 campaign got me interested in the political process, and learning more about American exceptionalism, and I was only 11 years old. In September 1980, my family and I saw him as he made his way to a campaign appearance in Harlingen, TX, where we lived. I proudly carried a “Reagan for President” sticker on my notebook in sixth grade. Nearly 30 years ago, the shock of hearing of his attempted assassination stung more as some fellow students around me applauded the news. I was thrilled in June of 1982 to receive a letter from Reagan, in response to one I’d written. He told me that hearing from young people was a “source of inspiration” for him, adding:
God how we need another leader today who can remind us of this same message that Ronald Reagan did thirty years ago.
Americans for Prosperity created the following ad (h/t Amy Miller).
Watching Ronald Reagan during his 1980 campaign got me interested in the political process, and learning more about American exceptionalism, and I was only 11 years old. In September 1980, my family and I saw him as he made his way to a campaign appearance in Harlingen, TX, where we lived. I proudly carried a “Reagan for President” sticker on my notebook in sixth grade. Nearly 30 years ago, the shock of hearing of his attempted assassination stung more as some fellow students around me applauded the news. I was thrilled in June of 1982 to receive a letter from Reagan, in response to one I’d written. He told me that hearing from young people was a “source of inspiration” for him, adding:
“There is a renewed spirit of national pride in our country today. People of all ages are eager to help build a better America, to share in the work to be done and to share also in a feeling of self-worth and pride that comes with accomplishment.”Ronald Reagan renewed that spirit of national pride, not just because of who he was, but because he reminded us of how great we were as a nation, that we were a beacon of light to the world, and we did not have to apologize for who we were.
God how we need another leader today who can remind us of this same message that Ronald Reagan did thirty years ago.
GOP Insiders Are Getting Ready For Obama's Re-Election
Showing even more the sad state of the Republican Party (Fiscal Times).
Notice in the list above for 2016 the names DeMint or Palin are missing? This is the crux of the GOP problem.
Let me give you the poster child with what's wrong in the GOP...
I don't think there's many of us who aren't deluded about Newt Gingrich. We know his baggage, but he is almost the only one out there offering ideas to the problems this nation faces. Big government Republicans like Coulter who masquerade as conservatives delude themselves into believing Romney is a conservative, twisting themselves like a pretzel to make their rationalizations.
No one is buying the lies of Coulter and the GOP establishment about Romney's "conservatism" and "electability." Explain to me why Romney's wins have been with a smaller margin than in 2008; while Gingrich (in South Carolina and the Florida counties he won) and his candidacy excited people to turn out.
One other factor, establishment figures like Coulter, the putrid David Frum and Karl Rove, with their constant mocking of the Tea Party, threaten to turn off that voting block if they get their uninspiring, milquetoast candidate Romney as the nominee.
In a lot of ways, I think the establishment and higher ups in the GOP really want to lose. They have no idea how to act like winners or govern as winners.
RELATED: Riehl World View - What Conservative Movement?
Indeed, Obama’s chances for re-election are starting to look so good that Republican insiders are already considering what it will mean for 2016. One commonly-heard scenario is that the party’s right wing will blame the party establishment for forcing Romney upon them, a moderate Democrat-in-disguise who so dispirited Republican activists that they just stayed home on Election Day, handing Obama an easy victory. The activists will resolve to work even harder to nominate a “real conservative” in 2016.
Alternatively, what’s left of the establishment may conclude that it erred by not uniting behind a candidate more in sync with the party’s conservatives, but with none of Romney’s baggage left over from a political career in the nation’s most liberal state, Massachusetts. Many activists already claim that Romney’s nomination would rob the GOP of its single best issue, opposition to Obama’s health reform, because it is virtually a carbon copy of the health plan Romney approved in Massachusetts when he was governor.
The establishment may try harder to cultivate a winner for 2016 from among the crop of Republicans that flirted with running this time but chose not to run for one reason or another. These include New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan, and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. Also, by 2016, some of the party’s rising stars such as Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida or Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal may be ready for prime time.
...Republicans like David Frum who have been worried about the drift of the party into such a hard core right wing position that it cannot win a presidential election appear somewhat torn as to what the best electoral result is from their point of view. On the one hand, they are all behind Romney, hoping that if he wins he will govern as the center-right leader he was in Massachusetts. But they are fearful that if Romney wins the nomination and loses the general election it could cause the party’s conservative base to redouble its efforts to nominate a “true conservative” in 2016 who would lose even more badly.
...At this point, it is all just speculation. But clearly, no Republican, except maybe the supporters of long-shot Ron Paul, is really happy with the way the nominating process has gone this year. Even the most enthusiastic, anti-Obama Republican has to admit that his party’s prospects for victory have diminished somewhat over the last several months. If the Republicans lose this fall, there will be recriminations and consequences.
Notice in the list above for 2016 the names DeMint or Palin are missing? This is the crux of the GOP problem.
Let me give you the poster child with what's wrong in the GOP...
I don't think there's many of us who aren't deluded about Newt Gingrich. We know his baggage, but he is almost the only one out there offering ideas to the problems this nation faces. Big government Republicans like Coulter who masquerade as conservatives delude themselves into believing Romney is a conservative, twisting themselves like a pretzel to make their rationalizations.
No one is buying the lies of Coulter and the GOP establishment about Romney's "conservatism" and "electability." Explain to me why Romney's wins have been with a smaller margin than in 2008; while Gingrich (in South Carolina and the Florida counties he won) and his candidacy excited people to turn out.
One other factor, establishment figures like Coulter, the putrid David Frum and Karl Rove, with their constant mocking of the Tea Party, threaten to turn off that voting block if they get their uninspiring, milquetoast candidate Romney as the nominee.
In a lot of ways, I think the establishment and higher ups in the GOP really want to lose. They have no idea how to act like winners or govern as winners.
RELATED: Riehl World View - What Conservative Movement?
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Obama/DNC Endorsed Occupy Squatters & Unions Planning Disruption Of CPAC
Beginning next Thursday, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) will take place in Washington DC. Some of the speakers will include Rick Santorum, Willard Romney, Newt Gingrich, and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will be there as well.
So is it any wonder that the Obama/Debbie Wasserman-Schultz endorsed Occupy squatters, along with their labor union allies, are planning a siege of the event.
Marathon Pundit pointed to this Twitter posting from Occupy Chicago.
Labor Union Report also found this on the AFL-CIO website:
LUR also notes:
As I was last year, I will be at CPAC as a credentialed blogger, so keep posted here for details from the events, and I guess any of the thuggery from these liberal labor unions and their hippie counterparts.
Might as well bring some soap!
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will be there as well.
So is it any wonder that the Obama/Debbie Wasserman-Schultz endorsed Occupy squatters, along with their labor union allies, are planning a siege of the event.
Marathon Pundit pointed to this Twitter posting from Occupy Chicago.
Labor Union Report also found this on the AFL-CIO website:
With workshops like “Return of Big Labor: What Can We Learn from Wisconsin and Ohio,” and “Taking back Wall Street: The Tea Party vs. Occupy Wall Street,” the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) descends on the nation’s capital February 9-11 and local labor activists are planning a DC lesson to ensure that the voice of the 99% are heard at this elite conservative gathering. Actions are currently being planned for noontime and after work on Friday, February 10. Featured speakers at CPAC include Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, and presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum
LUR also notes:
There is also a Facebook page for Occupy CPAC, posted by Change to Win staffer, Tina Tocco. It is important to note that Change to Win is the SEIU-led federation that broke away from the AFL-CIO in 2005—which means both union federations are involved in planning the attacks on CPAC.
As I was last year, I will be at CPAC as a credentialed blogger, so keep posted here for details from the events, and I guess any of the thuggery from these liberal labor unions and their hippie counterparts.
Might as well bring some soap!
Friday, February 03, 2012
DECEPTION: Unemployment Falls To 8.3...But 1.2 Million Drop From Labor Force
The lapdog media is in ecstasy, as the Chicago Jesus has made unemployment fall to 8.3 percent.
But the devil is in the details that they are hiding from you (Confounded Interest, via FreeRepublic)
The Lapdogs are doing a great job of fudging the numbers for propaganda purposes. They have a failed president to re-elect.
But the devil is in the details that they are hiding from you (Confounded Interest, via FreeRepublic)
The civilian non-institutional population rose by 1,685,000 (that should eventually help the housing market recover), while the number of employed rose 847,000. The number of people NOT in the labor force rose by 1,177,000. This indicates that the civilian employment to population ratio dropped dramatically in January.Need more example of how the unemployment numbers are bogus? Here is the pefect illustration of the disconnect between the Regime's statistics and real unemployment occured the other day.
Let me say that again. While nonfarm payroll jobs increased by 0.243 million, the number of people dropping out of the labor force was 1.18 million That is over a 4-1 ratio. This is employment recovery?
I await the BLS revisions. I is survey data, after all.
The Lapdogs are doing a great job of fudging the numbers for propaganda purposes. They have a failed president to re-elect.
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Call It "Operation Chaos - Virginia"...Let's Vote For Ron Paul In March 6 Primary To Screw Romney & The Establishment
Since Virginia Lt. Governor Bill Bolling, a bought and paid for Romney supporter, and the Republican Party of Virginia decided to change the rules in qualifying for the Presidential ballot one month before the deadline, this same idea that Anti-Idolotarian Rotweiller has floated has been in my mind (h/t Dan Riehl).
I find RuPaul detestable, because of his nutso foreign policy and blaming us for 9/11. But as a resident and registered voter of the Commonwealth of Virginia who has been disenfranchised by the RPV, well....
I'm willing to hold my nose on March 6 and vote for Ron Paul as a way to screw Mitt Romney, the RPV and the country club Republican establishment, maybe even give the crazy uncle a landslide victory to say "suck on this, GOP establishment!" I'm inviting all my fellow citizens in Virginia to join me in sticking it to the establishment.
Oh, and we don't stop this year. Let's go further and primary Bill Bolling in 2013 when he runs for governor by voting for a real conservative, Ken Cuccinelli.
LC Subotai Bahadur, Lord Pao An
His Majesty has laid out a plan for voting in the Virginia Primary, where it has been arranged that Willard Mitt “Flipper” Romney would only have Ron “Protocols of Ron” Paul to oppose him; guaranteeing him a sweep of Virginia’s delegates, and the superficial appearance of strong support in a southern state. I don’t live in Virginia, but if I did, I would follow His Majesty’s plan. Vote for Paul in hope of damaging Mittens.
I find RuPaul detestable, because of his nutso foreign policy and blaming us for 9/11. But as a resident and registered voter of the Commonwealth of Virginia who has been disenfranchised by the RPV, well....
I'm willing to hold my nose on March 6 and vote for Ron Paul as a way to screw Mitt Romney, the RPV and the country club Republican establishment, maybe even give the crazy uncle a landslide victory to say "suck on this, GOP establishment!" I'm inviting all my fellow citizens in Virginia to join me in sticking it to the establishment.
Oh, and we don't stop this year. Let's go further and primary Bill Bolling in 2013 when he runs for governor by voting for a real conservative, Ken Cuccinelli.
Trump Plays Sideshow Bob & Endorses Romney...and IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY!
I guess either Trump was trumping this up and thought he'd milk it for all it was worth by putting rumors out he was endorsing Newt, or else today was another example of how you don't trust anonymous sources.
Anyway, while more important things like Eric Holder testifying about Fast and Furious was going on, Donald Trump endorsed Willard "Mittens" Romney today.
In the end, I don't know how much this endorsement will help Romney. Because this is the image that will be played out if Romney is (God forbid) the nominee.
Since the GOP establishment is putting all their eggs in the Romney basket, I'd almost wished I would have bought a copy of this DVD and sent it to the RNC, on this day....
Groundhog Day.
Anyway, while more important things like Eric Holder testifying about Fast and Furious was going on, Donald Trump endorsed Willard "Mittens" Romney today.
In the end, I don't know how much this endorsement will help Romney. Because this is the image that will be played out if Romney is (God forbid) the nominee.
Since the GOP establishment is putting all their eggs in the Romney basket, I'd almost wished I would have bought a copy of this DVD and sent it to the RNC, on this day....
Groundhog Day.
Ann Coulter Cheers The Same RomneyCare She Once Denounced
I guess we can officially say that Ann Coulter is no longer a conservative, she's just a run-of-the-mill establishment Republican.
The former conservative firebrand wrote a column yesterday called "Three Cheers for RomneyCare." (Legal Insurrection).
Here's the ending (get the barf bags ready).
That's great logic Ann....NOT!
To top it all off, about six months ago, Ann was on with the other Ditzy Chick Laura Ingraham (another Romneyite) saying RomneyCare “shows the failure of even statewide universal care.”
The pretzels this woman contorts herself into in order to rationalize her support for liberal Romney.
Mark Levin took almost 30 minutes of his radio show last night to try an reeducate Ann.
It's going to be interesting to see the reception she gets at CPAC next week, as she's scheduled to speak.
The former conservative firebrand wrote a column yesterday called "Three Cheers for RomneyCare." (Legal Insurrection).
Here's the ending (get the barf bags ready).
What went wrong with Romneycare wasn't a problem in the bill, but a problem in Massachusetts: Democrats.
First, the overwhelmingly Democratic legislature set the threshold for receiving a subsidy so that it included people making just below the median income in the United States, a policy known as "redistribution of income." For more on this policy, see "Marx, Karl."
Then, liberals destroyed the group-rate, "no frills" private insurance plans allowed under Romneycare (i.e. the only kind of health insurance a normal person would want to buy, but which is banned in most states) by adding dozens of state mandates, including requiring insurers to cover chiropractors and in vitro fertilization -- a policy known as "pandering to lobbyists."
For more on "pandering" and "lobbyists," see "Gingrich, Newt." (Yes, that's an actual person's name.)
Romney's critics, such as Rick Santorum, charge that the governor should have known that Democrats would wreck whatever reforms he attempted.
They have, but no more than they would have wrecked health care in Massachusetts without Romneycare. Democrats could use a sunny day as an excuse to destroy the free market, redistribute income and pander to lobbyists. Does that mean Republicans should never try to reform anything and start denouncing sunny days?
Santorum has boasted of his role in passing welfare reform in the 1990s. You know what the Democrats' 2009 stimulus bill dismantled? That's right: the welfare reform that passed in the 1990s.
The problem isn't health insurance mandates. The problem isn't Romneycare. The problem isn't welfare reform. The problem is Democrats.
That's great logic Ann....NOT!
To top it all off, about six months ago, Ann was on with the other Ditzy Chick Laura Ingraham (another Romneyite) saying RomneyCare “shows the failure of even statewide universal care.”
The pretzels this woman contorts herself into in order to rationalize her support for liberal Romney.
Mark Levin took almost 30 minutes of his radio show last night to try an reeducate Ann.
It's going to be interesting to see the reception she gets at CPAC next week, as she's scheduled to speak.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Danger On S. Texas/Mexico Border...Missionaries Killed, Three Afghanis Detained
"There is a perception that the border is worse now than it ever has been. That is wrong. The border is better now than it ever has been." -Janet Incompatano, Obama Regime Homeland Security Chief, 3/25/2011
Oh really, Janet?
Here's two stories detailing the border insecurity in my old stomping grounds in South Texas.
KGBT Channel 4 Harlingen is reporting that a missionary couple from Amarillo was found killed south of Monterrey, Mexico.
Last month, three Afghanis were apprehended in the Rio Grande Valley town of Mission (KRGV-Channel 5).
Drug runners? Just how do we know they're not al-Queda linked terrorists?
Oh really, Janet?
Here's two stories detailing the border insecurity in my old stomping grounds in South Texas.
KGBT Channel 4 Harlingen is reporting that a missionary couple from Amarillo was found killed south of Monterrey, Mexico.
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico says two Americans have been slain outside the northern industrial city of Monterrey, an area plagued by drug violence.
It identifies them as John and Wanda Casias.
The embassy says the former Amarillo, Texas, couple's family has been notified and it is providing relatives consular services.
The embassy hasn't confirmed reports that the killing happened Tuesday. Its statement provides no other details.
Last month, three Afghanis were apprehended in the Rio Grande Valley town of Mission (KRGV-Channel 5).
Three people from Afghanistan are in Border Patrol custody in the Valley. Border Patrol acknowledges they apprehended the three Afghanis in the Valley.
They were found in two different groups. One was found south of Mission by the river. The other two were found in a stash house north of Moorefield Road.
Samuel Freeman, a political science professor at the University of Texas Pan American and expert on U.S. foreign policy, says it's unusual for Afghanis to show up in the Rio Grande Valley.
Freeman says the three could be drug runners. He says there's a huge pipeline of opium from Afghanistan to the U.S.
CHANNEL 5 NEWS submitted a Freedom of Information request to find out more information on the three Afghanis detained in the Valley. Once we get that information, we'll bring it to you.
Drug runners? Just how do we know they're not al-Queda linked terrorists?
Donald Trump To Endorse Newt Tomorrow...Sources Say
From KLAS, via HotAir.
Stay tuned.
An advisor to Donald Trump says he will make a major announcement in Las Vegas tomorrow. Sources tell the 8 News NOW I-Team Trump will endorse Newt Gingrich.
According to Trump advisor Michael Cohen, "Donald J. Trump will be making a major announcement tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. at Trump International Hotel & Tower, Las Vegas, Nevada... The announcement will pertain to the Presidential race."
Gingrich enters the Nevada Caucus after getting beat by Mitt Romney in Florida. He has spent the day in campaigning in Reno.
Stay tuned.
Nominate Romney, Re-Elect Obama...Mitt Proves It Again Saying He "Not Concerned About The Poor"
Still believe Willard Romney is the "most electable" against Richard Milhous Obama? Two things should change your mind.
First - Turnout in yesterday's Florida primary was down from 2008, by around 200,000 voters. All that negative advertising and establishment pile on did not attract new voters. My point from last night. Romney is not inspiring and does not give people a reason to vote for him. Newt, as a second place winner, gave more of a reason to vote for him. Think of how many people will not be encouraged to vote in November, or will only vote for their House and Senate candidates.
Second - This morning, on CNN with Soledad O'Brien, Romney said the following (h/t FreeRepublic )
Stupid answer! Mittens just handed Obama and the Dems a club with nail studs to clobber him with. Obama will chew Romney up and spit him out in five minutes during their first debate, on this and RomneyCare alone.
This "Romney is the most electable" argument is a fallacy. Be forewarned...believing this GOP establishment propaganda is the road to ensuring an easy, landslide victory for arguably the most corrupt, divisive and worst President in American history.
First - Turnout in yesterday's Florida primary was down from 2008, by around 200,000 voters. All that negative advertising and establishment pile on did not attract new voters. My point from last night. Romney is not inspiring and does not give people a reason to vote for him. Newt, as a second place winner, gave more of a reason to vote for him. Think of how many people will not be encouraged to vote in November, or will only vote for their House and Senate candidates.
Second - This morning, on CNN with Soledad O'Brien, Romney said the following (h/t FreeRepublic )
"I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair , I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich.... I'm concerned about the very heart of America, the 90-95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling." O'Brien asked him to clarify his remarks saying, "There are lots of very poor Americans who are struggling who would say, 'That sounds odd.'" Romney continues, "We will hear from the Democrat party, the plight of the poor.... You can focus on the very poor, that's not my focus.... The middle income Americans, they're the folks that are really struggling right now and they need someone that can help get this economy going for them."
Stupid answer! Mittens just handed Obama and the Dems a club with nail studs to clobber him with. Obama will chew Romney up and spit him out in five minutes during their first debate, on this and RomneyCare alone.
This "Romney is the most electable" argument is a fallacy. Be forewarned...believing this GOP establishment propaganda is the road to ensuring an easy, landslide victory for arguably the most corrupt, divisive and worst President in American history.
Democrat Racist Jim Moran...Allen West "Not Representative Of African American Community"
The spousal abusing town drunk from Alexandria, VA spouts off again (Real Clear Politics).
Can you imagine the endless outrage if a Republican member of Congress said a black liberal was, in short, not black enough? That person would be forced to resign from Congress because of the outrage.
Not Jim Moron. He has a history of making anti-Semitic statements, disparaging military service as "not public service," and physically assaulting people. Yet, the good liberals in Northern Virginia keep electing this violent bigot to Congress.
"People like Mr. [Allen] West, and Governor Brewer and so on, particularly Mr. West, is not only not representative of the African-American community or of the Republican Party, let alone of the American public. So what he says really is of little or no consequence, but it's unfortunate," Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) said about Rep. Allen West telling liberal leaders to "get the hell" out of the country.
"He just seems clueless not that he has climbed abroad ship. He's climbed this latter of opportunity that was constructed by so many of his ancestors' sweat, sacrifice, blood, you know they did everything they could for his generation to be successful. But now that he's climbed abroad ship, instead of reaching down and steadying the latter, he wants to push it off. 'I'm up here. If you're not with me, too bad.' And President Obama, fortunately, is the kind of guy that says 'I was very fortunate to get where I am and I'm going to spend my life trying to steady that latter of opportunity by reducing college tuition and training our workers, trying to get a decent job for everybody. Making sure that while I'm African-American, it really doesn't matter. What matters is my commitment to public service, my love for this country and I'm going to leave a constructive legacy,'" he said.
Moran says that Obama "doesn't engage in this nonsense" and calls him our "Lion King" while comparing his Republican detractors to "hyenas."
Can you imagine the endless outrage if a Republican member of Congress said a black liberal was, in short, not black enough? That person would be forced to resign from Congress because of the outrage.
Not Jim Moron. He has a history of making anti-Semitic statements, disparaging military service as "not public service," and physically assaulting people. Yet, the good liberals in Northern Virginia keep electing this violent bigot to Congress.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Let's Be Honest, The GOP Establishment & Their Nasty Anti-Newt Campaign Won Florida For The Flipper
So who should we congratulate tonight? Willard Romney?
Or "Viagra Bob" Dole, John McLame, Matt Drudge, Elliot Abrams, Rich Lowry and National Review, Karl "Tokyo" Rove, Jennifer Rubin of the Washington ComPost and the rest of the GOP establishment whose object was to take out Newt Gingrich and silence the Tea Party.
Romney learned from his liberal buddies like "Chappaquiddick Ted" well. Run dirty and use the liberal playbook known as "The Politics of Personal Destruction."
You know how many positive ads Mittens ran? One (1).
I'm sure, after tonight, the establishment losers like McLame, who channels his nitwit daughter, will be telling us to shut up, get in line like good little sheep. Well, go to Hell jerk, cause we don't act like Democrats.
Here's the $64,000 question. Who does the GOP establishment want to run against? Obama or conservatives/Tea Party? Based on the way Mitt has campaigned, I'd almost think Newt Gingrich was a Democrat if I didn't know better. He wasn't shy in using Nancy Pelosi talking points, but refuses to call Obama a socialist.
Right! That was a winning strategy for McLame in 2008. The only thing that saved him from a landslide defeat against a certain Illinois senator was a governor from Alaska. Despite all of McLame's baggage in 2008, he doesn't have the problem Romney faces...building bridges he's burned in the last week.
Richard Miniter writes the following at Forbes...Is Mitt Romney Actually Electable?
"Electability" is all we hear about when Romney's name is mentioned? Really? Show me, don't tell me.
Miniter also notes Mittens is not a tax cutter, a good debater, not a Reaganite reformer, the GOP establishment support is a minus, and he has a racial problem, as the LDS did not see blacks as eligible members until 1978. All those cast doubt on the unproven claim he is the "most electable."
The establishment support and liberalism of Romney is also affecting Tea Party voters negatively (Ricochet).
This is what we face this year. Judging from what I've seen at various other forums, I haven't seen the intense level of negativity toward Romney as a GOP candidate. McLame didn't even come close to generating it in 2008. Sure, Mitt could try the "pick a conservative" for VP trick, but I don't think people will settle for a consellation prize this year, especially after Mitt's shenanigans.
RELATED: Jeffrey Lord writes another great piece: Newt Battles Mush from the Wimps.
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Or "Viagra Bob" Dole, John McLame, Matt Drudge, Elliot Abrams, Rich Lowry and National Review, Karl "Tokyo" Rove, Jennifer Rubin of the Washington ComPost and the rest of the GOP establishment whose object was to take out Newt Gingrich and silence the Tea Party.
Romney learned from his liberal buddies like "Chappaquiddick Ted" well. Run dirty and use the liberal playbook known as "The Politics of Personal Destruction."
You know how many positive ads Mittens ran? One (1).
That’s right. Mitt Romney and his allies spent more than $15 million on TV ads — only one was positive and it was in a foreign language. It ran a total of 15 times statewide.
...That is the statistic of the campaign. Mitt Romney and his allies ran a purely negative television campaign and it worked.
Ads attacking Newt Gingrich made up 68 percent of the ads in Florida; anti-Romney ads were 23 percent and pro-Gingrich ads were 9 percent.
I'm sure, after tonight, the establishment losers like McLame, who channels his nitwit daughter, will be telling us to shut up, get in line like good little sheep. Well, go to Hell jerk, cause we don't act like Democrats.
Here's the $64,000 question. Who does the GOP establishment want to run against? Obama or conservatives/Tea Party? Based on the way Mitt has campaigned, I'd almost think Newt Gingrich was a Democrat if I didn't know better. He wasn't shy in using Nancy Pelosi talking points, but refuses to call Obama a socialist.
Right! That was a winning strategy for McLame in 2008. The only thing that saved him from a landslide defeat against a certain Illinois senator was a governor from Alaska. Despite all of McLame's baggage in 2008, he doesn't have the problem Romney faces...building bridges he's burned in the last week.
Richard Miniter writes the following at Forbes...Is Mitt Romney Actually Electable?
Meanwhile, Romney’s heavily negative advertising only drives Tea Party activists and other conservatives from one non-Romney candidate to another. Divide and conquer is a storied strategy; it may well work in Florida. But it doesn’t build votes for Romney. The non-Romney vote–despite millions of dollars, months of media coverage and dozens of debates—remains stubbornly north of 60% among Republican voters. If Romney is going to defeat Obama, he will have to unite the Grand Old Party behind him. So far, there is no evidence is any state that he can do just that.
"Electability" is all we hear about when Romney's name is mentioned? Really? Show me, don't tell me.
Romney is not an election winner. He lost in his U.S. Senate race to unseat Ted Kennedy and decided not to seek re-election as governor, largely because he would have almost certainly lost. And he lost to John McCain in 2008, which is not exactly playing the varsity. Could he win in 2012? Arguably, but not definitely.
Miniter also notes Mittens is not a tax cutter, a good debater, not a Reaganite reformer, the GOP establishment support is a minus, and he has a racial problem, as the LDS did not see blacks as eligible members until 1978. All those cast doubt on the unproven claim he is the "most electable."
The establishment support and liberalism of Romney is also affecting Tea Party voters negatively (Ricochet).
I spoke with one such Tea Partier, Rebecca from Florida, over the weekend. She's a retired detective turned young stay-at-home mom, who labels herself a "generic Tea Partier." What she had to say was fascinating and illuminating, and it should concern just about every smart Republican. She was gracious enough to let me publicize her thoughts here at Ricochet.
Here's what she had to share:
"I became politically engaged after the 2008 election," Rebecca told me. "I used to only vote in Presidential elections and local elections that were of interest to me. In January of 2008 I saw Barack Obama give a speech and I was really wowed. He is quite a gifted speaker." She admits that she "liked what he was saying, but some things were just a little off."
She started listening to Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck again, wanting to hear what this Obama fellow was really about. But beyond that, she didn't engage in activism - she just showed up to vote for McCain, despite what she considered his "progressivism."
"Obama got elected. Then Obamacare was rammed through. I was appalled. I couldn't believe the shady way such important legislation was passed," Rebecca said. "I have some like-minded mommy friends and I got together with them. I joined our local 9/12 Project, and As A Mom and the TEA Party of Tampa Bay."
..."2010 was a real turning point for me. I watched the midterm election results as we won the House with some good, solid conservatives and I felt so proud and accomplished. I felt like we - the TEA Party, my mommy friends, ME - we had made a difference," Rebecca said. "We were helping to put our country back on the right path, and return to the ideals of our founders."
"Then came 2011," Rebecca says, and her mood clouds. "It felt like every time I turned around, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell were selling us out, hanging our Tea Party freshmen out to dry, and doing it for no apparent reason."
...So, Rebecca, about Mitt: why not Romney this time?
"I don't trust him, and I don't think he can win. He is utterly unaware of how offensive his disconnect with the average American is. He drops $10K bets like it's nothing. He thinks $342,000 isn't very much to make in a year," Rebecca
"Oh, and he invented Obamacare."
"I see a Romney nomination causing Tea Partiers like me to tune out. We are already disheartened by the congressional leadership. Romney will be the final nail in the coffin. He is completely uninspiring, and is everything we have been working so hard to defeat within the GOP," Rebecca said. "Don't even get me started on that Bain Capital picture. Ugh. There is no way he can win. And I don't want to have to defend him while he tries."
"What is the point in becoming educated on candidates and politics, arguing with my friends, taking the time away from my family - to end up with the guy McCain can't even look in the eye. Why bother?" Rebecca says. "Obviously the "establishment" has already decided it's Romney's turn, and to hell with what we want. I feel like I'm being patted on the head and told "Now go vote for Romney like a good little girl. We know what's best."... I don't even do that to my 3-year-old. It's insulting. It doesn't make me want to campaign for him."
This is what we face this year. Judging from what I've seen at various other forums, I haven't seen the intense level of negativity toward Romney as a GOP candidate. McLame didn't even come close to generating it in 2008. Sure, Mitt could try the "pick a conservative" for VP trick, but I don't think people will settle for a consellation prize this year, especially after Mitt's shenanigans.
RELATED: Jeffrey Lord writes another great piece: Newt Battles Mush from the Wimps.
To borrow a famous Reagan phrase: "Well, there they go again."
Somewhere an exasperated Gipper is doubtless shaking his head.
The war between conservatives and the Republican Establishment -- and make no mistake, this is a war -- is on once more.
The people who brought the GOP losing candidates from Dewey to Dole are at it again.
Last week's assault on Newt Gingrich -- with various Romney supporters seriously and deceptively trying to tell unwitting voters that Gingrich was never really a real Reagan ally -- in reality has nothing to do with Newt Gingrich at all.
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