Poll: Clinton as Secretary of State?

November 19, 2008
Gallup Poll: Most Americans back idea of Clinton as Secretary of State

In favor 57%
Democrats 79%
Independents 57%
Republicans 28%

Oppose 30%
Democrats 12%
Independents 27%
Republicans 61%

No opinion 12%

Men 56%
Women 58%

Dear barry:

You speak to the wisdom and integrity of President Lincoln. You present yourself as his reincarnation and allow your propaganda machine to drive the narrative. You talk about gathering a team of rivals in an attempt to unite the cosmos and save all mankind. You expected your rival do your bidding before you got the nomination. You used her in an additional 60 appearances - which she did and did well - quietly and wholeheartedly - unexpected only to the obamerized and Hillary haters - and you are too arrogant, too disrespectful and not masculine enough to thank her publicly. You are diminishing your already diminished self. And after raising $800 million dollars you still refuse to retire your rival's debt.

How are you in the least bit Lincolnesque?

Where's Joe Biden hiding?

And why isn't anyone commenting? Wasn't he brought on board to shore up barry's huge vacancy in foreign policy? Is he the one leaking?

More chatter on Secretary of State

November 19, 2008

Investors Business Daily: But on the whole, if she focuses solely on the job, she has real potential to do good work for the next president. She's tough. She knows the players, she grasps national security and she's popular. If she is named, let's hope that her strengths will shine through, and the country will be served first.

Politico's BEN SMITH:
Democrat close to Obama campaign:

"These are people who believe in this stuff more than Barack himself does. These guys didn't put together a campaign in order to turn the government over to the Clintons."

How much faith do barry's minions have in his ability to lead the world if they think he can't control "The Clintons"?

An overlooked theme in Obama's primary victory was his belief that the Clinton legacy was not, as the Clintons imagined, a pure political positive. The Obama campaign had no compunctions about poking holes in that legacy and even sent out mailings stressing the downside of the last "8 years of the Clintons".

It's nice (shocking, really) to see someone finally acknowledge that barry's campaign was far from clean and state out loud why Mr Bill was not pleased. (Besides the fact that barry refused to call him.) It's unconscionable for a rookie to come in and attack the previous democratic president. Worse - the pro-obama media never mentioned it as it was going on. barry was attacking and implicating Sen Clinton in her husband's administration at the same time he was saying she did nothing and can't claim experience because of it. Where was the media reporting on this? Smith just proved he knew what was going on and said nothing. More proof of pro-obama media bias from their own obamerized mouths. Can't even keep track of it all.

MR SMITH - THE FACT YOU USED THE WORD "OVERLOOKED" MEANS YOU KNEW ABOUT IT AND CHOSE TO NOT REPORT ON IT. YOU ARE AS CORRUPT AS THE REST OF THE PROOBAMEDIA. CONGRATULATIONS. I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE ADMISSIONS.

ROBERT KUTTNER (Clinton hater who has slithered out to hawk his new book on barry.) wants barry to go back to his liberal roots. Never gonna happen folks. He'll be in the middle to avoid having to act.

"There's always a risk of a Cabinet member freelancing and that risk is enhanced by the fact that Hillary has her own public and her own celebrity and that she comes attached to Bill. The other question is the old rule - never hire somebody you can't fire. What happens if her views and his views don't mesh? The silver lining, for those of us who are skeptical, is that it drastically limits the number of other Clinton administration alums that he can appoint, and that's a blessing.

How does that limit anything? Already 1/2 of his appointments are ex-Clinton people. Why do these folks still believe barry is going to do anything he promised? What were they watching as he gradually crept toward the center during the primaries and sprinted towards it in the general election?

BERNIE SANDERS (D-VT):

"Sen. Clinton is one of the brightest people in Congress and she would be an excellent choice."

More truth from Smith:

"During the primary, top aides like David Plouffe and Robert Gibbs developed a particular distaste for all things Clinton, one that filtered down through the campaign."

Obama source:

"During the campaign there was a lot of agreement and correspondence about how the grassroots felt about the Clintons and how the Obama leadership felt. There's a bit of a divergence now. They're confused that the guy they elected . . . because we need to go in a different direction on the world stage" might choose a secretary of state with whom he had some of his sharpest foreign policy disagreements during the primary campaign.

Confusion is only the beginning. And what does it say when his own people are being surprised by him.

Obama insider: "I can't stand her - but I think she's a great choice."

Someone involved in the process: "It's not like he hedged his bets in conversation with her - he offered her the job. "

Dear Pro-Obama media members:

Would you please make known what percentage of the folks around barry - including his cabinet appointments - hail from University of Chicago, Columbia and/or Harvard?

UPDATE: Got a partial answer from DAVID BROOKS. (10-21-08) NYTimes

Jan. 20, 2009, will be a historic day. Barack Obama (Columbia, Harvard Law) will take the oath of office as his wife, Michelle (Princeton, Harvard Law), looks on proudly. Nearby, his foreign policy advisers will stand beaming, including perhaps Hillary Clinton (Wellesley, Yale Law), Jim Steinberg (Harvard, Yale Law) and Susan Rice (Stanford, Oxford D. Phil.).

The domestic policy team will be there, too, including Jason Furman (Harvard, Harvard Ph.D.), Austan Goolsbee (Yale, M.I.T. Ph.D.), Blair Levin (Yale, Yale Law), Peter Orszag (Princeton, London School of Economics Ph.D.) and, of course, the White House Counsel Greg Craig (Harvard, Yale Law).

He sticks to the Ivy League - nothing about University of Chicago appointments. Of course, he like everyone else, cannot see that Sen Clinton exists as a separate political being from her husband. Who is the most beloved man outside the US who has actually DONE something? President Clinton. How is that to be a detriment if everything he is done is cleared by barry's lawyers? I'm sure he'll have someone tailing Mr Bill.

Hillary Clinton at State is problematic, mostly because nobody has a role for her husband. But, as she has demonstrated in the Senate, her foreign-policy views are hardheaded and pragmatic. (It would be great to see her set of interests complemented by Samantha Power's set of interests at the U.N.)

Do you really think Sen Clinton wants anything to do with the immature woman who called her a Monster? Guess it's because she fits the Harvard mold.

Biracial?

November 19, 2008

Know that in reference to “parading our pride” only 2% more black folks came out to vote for the first black president and close to 8 million (1/3 of all eligible black voters) couldn't be bothered to register to vote. It was the white and Hispanic vote - Senator Clinton's demographic - that gave barry the win. And as far as the "Bradley Effect" that does not exist? More people voted for barry than polled.

From The Root staff writers:

There's been an e-mail going around advising black folks on unacceptable behavior now that Obama has won. We at The Root thought we'd add a few tips of our own.

1. No Negro spirituals or quotes from Dr. King. John Hope Franklin can get away with this. The rest of us cannot.

2. Don't go up to every "redneck-y" looking person and gloat. "It hurts don't it? It burrrrnnss!" Dave Chappelle warned us about parading our pride too much.

3. Don't corner your white coworkers to give them a tutorial on black culture just because "the president is black and it's 'bout time y'all learn!"

4. Don't go to your local DMV, post office or other government office and try to jump the line, talkin' 'bout, "Barack's got my back."

5. Do not promise to name your first child after Barack Obama. We've come far, but Barack Obama Jackson does not have as much of a ring to it as you think.

And this is the white version written by two white men CHRISTOPHER BEAM & CHRIS WILSON. Number two is interesting in its interpretation.

Black people aren't the only ones worried about embarrassing themselves now that Obama is president-elect. Here are a few pointers for white people.

1. Don't personally congratulate all your black friends.
Black people are not a sports team, and Obama did not win the Super Bowl.

2. Don't declare that you "never thought you'd see the day."
You never thought you'd see the day?

3. Don't start crossing the street in order to walk next to a black person.
President Obama is glad you support racial reconciliation, but he takes a hard line against jaywalking.

4. Don't name drop "Dr. King."
If you absolutely must make some comment about how this is a victory for civil rights, pick a marginally less obvious figurehead.

5. Don't use the phrase "white people" in any way that suggests it doesn't include you.

Dear jon-jon:

Guess we now know why you were so vindictive and cruel to Senator Clinton and why you so willingly and ardently promoted pro-barry propaganda. Is your integrity that cheap? That all it takes is an endorsement by barry on 60 Minutes? Did you give him a signed copy? Has he given you a signed copy of his books or did you have to pay for them? In the end, how much blood money will you have made off your vile words? And how can you expect potential readers to believe your words about President Roosevelt when you have written anything but the truth about president-elect obama?

Dear Pro-Obama media members:

While you continue to speculate who may have donated to President Clinton, you might want to investigate the president-elect's illegal foreign donations. You might be surprised to learn they come from the same sources.

Has President Clinton received funds from Syria and Palestine?

It's one thing for an ex-president, who has no direct influence on US foreign policy, to receive nebulous funds. It is another matter when a US Senator accepts them in order to become president. Especially when said senator has changed his stand on Israel and Palestine during his presidential campaign.

Quote of the day: "She can think for herself."

November 18, 2008
Morning Joe

An unlikely quote from the unlikeliest media outlets.

Mika, barnicle and Willie Geist are discussing Bill's risk to Obama. Whether Bill's activities abroad would jeopardize barry's administration if Senator Clinton were Secretary of State. Finally someone realized that Senator Clinton would be the one in charge and that perhaps Mr Bill's contacts would be a good thing. Something they can't get their mind around because it would mean they would have to leave him alone for a moment.

Mika is a transparent Clinton gossiper. How does she think she got her job? Her looks, her father or her "mommyness"?

MIKA: Why would you waste what potentially the Clintons have to offer in terms of their contacts, their history and their experience both of them being in the White House for eight years?

WILLIE: And also, I think the Bill Clinton criticism assumes that Hillary Clinton will not be able to separate herself from that. In other words, when he takes a million dollars to give a speech in Kuwait -- I don't know what he was paid, I'm just putting that out there - assumes that she will give Kuwait favored status in some regards. She can think for herself.

I guess you listen to their crap long enough a nugget of truth slips out however grudgingly or unknowingly.

Amanda Fortini: "Bitch and the Ditz"

November 18, 2008 (contains c-word as a quote)

MS AMANDA FORTINI writes about Senator Clinton and Governor Palin as the "Bitch and the Ditz: How the Year of the Woman reinforced the two most pernicious sexist stereotypes and actually set women back."

I feel for this poor unenlightened girl. My guess is she white, voted for obama (and doesn't know anything about him), is younger than 35, grew up in a privileged setting and the year she was born she couldn't have gotten into the university she went to and that prior to Title IX she wouldn't have been able to do the job she is now. I would even venture a guess that she took a class under the title "Women's Studies".

It's quite humorous in a way. What does she know about "setting women back"? She did so with her very title - she's the one connecting the stereotypes to the women. She has been afforded every opportunity because of Senator Clinton's generation, including the ability to rant about something she knows nothing of. It reminds me of the sadly delusional MS KLIFF, who wrote: "Sorry, Hillary - girls already rule."

If that were true, Senator Clinton would be ruling. It would not have even been close if they were both white men. And had she had a resume as thin as barry's, she wouldn't have even made it to Iowa. Yet she is "setting women back".

Ms Fortini, where do you think you are and how do you think you got there? On you're own merit? And what, exactly, are you doing to move women forward? You do realize that is up to your generation, don't you? You cannot speak of setting women back when you don't know or appreciate how far women have come. You have proven your ignorance by referring to Senator Clinton and Governor Palin without their hard-earned titles.

Senator Clinton's generation had to fight for whatever advancement they achieved. They fought so you could believe that gender equality is a birth right. So you could choose to work outside the home and own your own business. So you could take for granted your right to choose.

How many women do you know were made sterile or died because of back alley abortions? Had entrails thrown at them by Evangelicals? Had their reproduction decided for them by their husbands?

My guess is you weren't even born when Senator Clinton was a member of the Nixon impeachment inquiry staff, that you hadn't yet learned how to talk when Senator Clinton founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, were still in grade school when she he was named one of the 100 most influential attorneys (twice) and were just entering college when she was taking on the Chinese like no American man or women had prior (or since), declaring in no uncertain terms women's rights are human rights. Rights you clearly have taken for granted - rights you ridicule in your article. And I am certain you know nothing of what Senator Clinton accomplished in Arkansas concerning children and education.

And yet, you feel comfortable declaring that Senator Clinton has "set women back".

You can no more write about Senator Clinton's generation than I can about ungrateful girls who think they got where they are on their own merit. Do you think you haven't filled a quota along the way? That your appearance and relative shrillness haven't influenced your grades, job opportunities and compensation? Are you so naive as to believe you are equal in the eyes of society to men?

You have attacked Senator Clinton on all fronts, Ms Fortini, without once thinking that she couldn't be a "bitch" unless she had been treated like one. And who is perpetuating it by writing such an article?

Where is positivity? Where is the acknowledgment and congratulations that Senator Clinton got further than anyone thought possible? Where is the perspective from wise women, who were born before they had the right to vote?

Women were no more included in the Constitution than black men - neither could vote. There is not a single black man alive who was born without the right to vote. But there are black women. Black men have been voting since 1870. More black men - former slaves - held office immediately after they got the right to vote than now. It took anther fifty years for women's suffrage.

No matter what barry considers himself - he is a man - and a man as always been president. He does resemble those presidents on the dollar bills - Senator Clinton does not.

The notion, Ms Fortini, that Senator Clinton is "setting women back" is as delusional as your belief that you are treated and given the same respect as men, including and especially by your male peers.

How, exactly, is your article meant to inspire younger girls to want to be like you? How is attacking two women of separate generations that preceded yours, women who had the courage to step forward on the national stage - qualified or not - working to advance women?

How are your words any different than those of misogynists Chris Matthews, Herr Olbermann or Jonjon Alter?

And this:

"The assumption was that these "18 million cracks in the highest glass ceiling," as Clinton put it, would advance the prospects of female achievement and gender equality. It hasn't exactly worked out that way."

"Many will say we’ve come a long way this year. The truth is we have a long way to go."

You do realize, Ms Fortini, that moving women forward is your job and that tearing other women down is not the way to get there.

"Never mind that it's impossible to imagine a male candidate mentioning fatherhood as the source of his readiness to be the nation's second-in-command."

It's not impossible to imagine when it has already been done. Vice presidential debate, Senator Biden: "But the notion that somehow, because I'm a man, I don't know what it's like to raise two kids alone, I don't know what it's like to have a child you're not sure is going to -- is going to make it -- I understand. I understand, as well as, with all due respect, the governor or anybody else, what it's like for those people sitting around that kitchen table. And guess what? They're looking for help. They're looking for help. They're not looking for more of the same."

And he did it while tearing up. Had it been Governor Palin tearing up, Jesse Jackson, Jr. have demanded another investigation. Instead, Governor Palin was ripped apart for not having shown some empathy. And had she? Did anyone question barry for not showing empathy towards Senator McCain's torture-inflicted injuries when he made and approved the ad mocking Senator McCain's inability to use a computer?

Ms Fortini, what did you think as a woman when Senator Clinton was referred to as "It"? Have you written an article on how little society has advanced when a Glenn Beck can call a former first lady and presidential candidate "It" and not be fired?

Were you even aware of it?

Have you written about The Double Standard as pertains barry and his opponents? About Bill Maher speculating how much Hillary's cunt was worth? Would you have written something had he said it in reference to Mrs Obama's cunt?

Ask yourself, Ms Fortini, who is moving women forward by remaining silent and selectively speaking up only when the issue involves race. An injustice to one woman is an injustice to all women. Prejudice is prejudice and there should be no degree to how they are tolerated or addressed.

Who is displaying ignorance by blaming the women attacked for their stereotypes? Who is "setting women back" by not addressing these issues and choosing instead to focus blame and assign cliches?

Women cannot be "set back" if they haven't moved forward in the first place. And women will never move forward unless the next generation chooses to understand and respect the struggles of the women who went before them.

Have you pondered what Mrs Rosa Parks would have felt about this election? What her thoughts would have been on how the female candidates were treated and how they were branded racists by the self-proclaimed Transcender of Race? Would Mrs Parks have believed America has take a full step forward towards achieving a More Perfect Union? Or just a sidestep?

Perhaps in your next article, Ms Fortini, you can demonstrate an understanding of sexism and misogyny as regards the treatment of Senator Clinton and Governor Palin. Maybe even comment on The Double Standard both of them faced and the hierarchy of prejudice in America. Perhaps then your pronouncement would have basis and meaning.

Dear Pro-Obama media members:

How many write-in votes did Senator Clinton receive?

Is he or isn't he?

November 17, 2008

Full page ad that ran in the Washington Times Weekly. Wonder what barry thought of it?
See pdf on Berg's site for clearer view. Wonder who paid for it and where Sen Clinton stands on this.

Quote of the day: "changed the light bulbs in his chandelier"

November 17, 2008

Another Republican lets loose. I didn't expect it to be Mike Huckabee, who's doing a press junket for his new book. Is there anyone associated with this election cycle not out hawking their book?

He's angry at Romney because he didn't congratulate him on his Iowa win. He also rags on Romney for changing his conservative views right before he ran. Who doesn't? barry's still changing. Huckabee on Romney: "his record was anything but conservative until he changed the light bulbs in his chandelier in time to run for president."

When was the last time Mitt Romney changed a light bulb of any sort?

Quote of the day; "She's tremendously well-qualifed"

November 18, 2008
MSNBC

jonjon alter on Senator Clinton and Mr Bill’s vetting. “They need to get all the details out there. There might be a couple of days of not such great publicity for the Clintons, but it’s clearly worth it for her to become Secretary of State.”

A couple of days? For once, he has left me absolutely speechless with his stunning ignorance.

jonjon: "Everybody agrees she would be an outstanding Secretary of State. She's tremendously well-qualified for that job. And even though none of us anticipated it - at this point it's looking like a bit of a master stroke."

He just admitted that he has been lying about Senator Clinton's "experience" and "readiness to lead". She didn't just become "tremendously well-qualified" after the convention. She is qualified to be president, vice president and secretary of state (as well as other cabinet positions). barry is not qualified to run a city, state or the Senate. If Senator Clinton were the president-elect, she would not be able to appoint him to any major cabinet position because he lacks the credentials. But here he is about to be president because of white guilt, black silence, pro-obama media bias, sexism and outright misogyny.

A step forward for man accomplished by pushing aside the more qualified woman. A More Perfect Union? Or just more of the same?

UPDATE: Pregnant man pregnant again

November 16, 2008

Thomas Beatie aka "The pregnant man" is pregnant for the second time. He gave birth to a healthy girl on June 29th. He is considered a transman: female-to-male transition and clearly has not undergone gender reassignment surgery - though he has had a double mastectomy. Since he has had prior testosterone injections, his clitoris has hypertrophied into a "penis" and he is able to grow facial hair. His wife had a hysterectomy but is able to breastfeed. Nine doctors refused to inseminate him - so they bought sperm over the internet and his wife inseminated him with a syringe from a pet store.

Female factoid: He was a Miss Teen Hawaii finalist and modeled.

He told Oprah: "I actually opted not to do anything to my reproductive organs because I wanted to have a child one day. I see pregnancy as a process and it doesn't define who I am. I feel it's not a male or female desire to have a child. It's a human need. I'm a person and I have the right to have a biological child."

Yes, he has the right to do anything he wants - but he has involved an innocent soul. What about her needs? She had no choice in the matter - nor will the next. And what about the donor sperm? How well was it and the donor screened? How do they really know whose sperm it was?

How is a woman a man when he intentionally preserved his right to be pregnant? Pregnancy is the fundamental essence of femaleness. How can one be a man and yet retain his femaleness? I don't buy it. Especially when they started out in a lesbian relationship and she had been married and has two children in their late 20's.

How much are their children going to suffer because of his need and his right to do whatever he wants? They've gone on so many press junkets that the information is all over the internet and it will be there for every one of the kids' classmates to find. How much thought did they give to that? What he and his wife have done is the ultimate act of selfishness. My opinion.

Full Barbara Walters 20/20 interview.
Teaser from The View.

video courtesy of silveryseven
Excerpt from the show courtesy of StephanieKayStevens


UPDATE: He was on Larry King tonite (11-17) to hawk his book, their business, their TV special and to find a lawyer to help them with the birth certificate. Wonder how much money he's made so far and whether it has been put into trust for his children's therapy bills.

Telling quotes:
BEATIE: I have a very real need to pass down my genes, so we were going to try that first and then look into surrogacy.

KING: What would happen if, god forbid, you pass away? Would somebody fight over this baby?

BEATIE: It's very likely. That's what I'm very afraid of and that's why we need help. We need an attorney to help us make it right.

KING: Is it you can't afford one?

BEATIE: No. We -- we'd like the help of any attorney that could help us. We did approach the ACLU. Unfortunately, they declined to help.

BEATIE: Well, babies aren't born with prejudice or bias.

BEATIE: They're taught it. Absolutely. We're going to raise our daughter with dignity and respect for other people. You know, a lot of children go through -- they get teased, et cetera, but we're not going to allow other people's opinion of us to --

BEATIE: When I got a little bit older, mainly when I hit my teens and my father pressured me to enter a beauty pageant and do some modeling, I started to feel conflicted.

BEATIE: It wasn't terrible. When I hit my college years, I realized there was another path in life I could choose and to follow my heart.

A mother emailed him to tell him she sat her 7 y/o son down to watch Barbara Walters' interview so the child could understand diversity in the world. I must be living on another planet when it's ok to thoroughly confuse a 7 y/o in the name of tolerance. There is not a single 7 y/o - no matter how enlightened or tolerant - who has the mental capacity to understand the complexities of gender, sexuality, homosexuality, heterosexuality, gender identity disorder, transgenderism, hermaphroditism, gender reassignment surgery, artificial insemination, sperm donors, pregnancy and/or surrogate breastfeeding. Imagine what will go through this child's mind when he comes across a less than masculine looking man with a mustache and protuberant abdomen or God forbid an unfortunately hirsute pregnant woman.

Proposition 8

November 18, 2008

Just a state away from the outrage over Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage, the pregnant man is pregnant by syringe for the second time and the first transgender (male to female) mayor was elected - outing the incumbent.

The nasty Brits

November 17, 2008

What's up with these Brits who cross the pond to pontificate about American politics? What do they know about growing up in America? They have no concept of who The (real) American People are and their assertions are ridiculous. Andrew Sullivan (45) is filled with such misogynistic rage...rage in general. He must really and truly hate himself and what he has done. The American People in general did not make him sick and what exactly is the reason he is banned from being a citizen? Doesn't his homeland want him back?

How can you take someone seriously who intimated he voted for Bush and doesn't know how to count to nine. Had he used his toes he could have figured out what he was asserting was a biological impossibility - something ArcXIX (a 23 y/o man) - could not do either. He says "We" need a better president. We? He is not an American citizen. He is British. Nobody wants to claim him as an American with his vile words.

Then there's the pig of all pigs chris hitchens (50) who also says "we" and "us" even as he attacks the former First Lady for the Bosnia genocide. And then the pink-faced man from England starts talking about the race card?? Must not have read the memo written before barry even got to South Carolina to paint The Clintons as racists (curious phrase) before anybody said anything to anyone however misrepresented, misconstrued or misunderstood. A list. Ready to go. And axelrod--after three denials --admitted that they were race-baiting and McCain had done nothing. Didn't matter. They went back to plan B - sexism.

I wonder what kind of mother he had...didn't have. Such rage. He is terrified of women - especially strong women and none come stronger than Senator Clinton. He's like one of those old fleshy men who try to hold on as their body rounds and sags and when all else fails they buy a Porsche and rely on escorts to satisfy their flagging libido. You'd have to be awfully drunk and/or stoned to be in a room with him and from what he's admitted about his alcohol abuse he'd already be pissed off, pissed up and pissing himself.

In a nutshell: he was a failed politician in the UK, divorced his wife when she was pregnant, thought Saddam Hussein was an Arab visionary, thought waterboarding didn't qualify as torture, was staunchly behind the Iraq War, and has contempt for God, religion and Mother Teresa - that alone tells you the state of his soul (lessness).

How miserable is he when he looks in the mirror at his naked self? All the hate he spews reflected back on his (lack of) character. He has to write such vile things because it's the only way to make himself look and feel better. He says he drinks "because it makes other people less boring. I have a great terror of being bored." Because that would mean he would have to look inward and see who he really is - I can see why he would want to stay drunk.

Then there's Richard Wolffe (40), who annoys with his Food & Wine elitism and similar disdain for the bitter folks who cling to guns and religion instead of cheese and tapas. Most disturbing is his unabashed mancrush of the obamessiah. He attacked barry's two female opponents - both more powerful than he, including Governor Caribou Barbie - when he's not capable of running his pro-obama rag NEWSWEEK. His Pakistan story was myth beyond belief.

And just now referred to Sen Clinton as clearly having star power. Love how the obamerized change their thoughts and words to favor barry. It has reached a point of absurdity.

Dear Pro-Obama media members:

Do you really think it's a good idea to be out hawking your books after writing mindless mancrush drivel for two years?

Ignorant columnists of the day: Richard Wolff & Evan Thomas &

Courtesy of Stephen Bliss / Bernstein and Andriulli for Newsweek

I'm surprised it's not: "In barry we trust". That's a stretch even for NEWSWEEK. Here's "Obama's Lincoln" by RICHARD WOLFFE & EVAN THOMAS. Not sure why it took two people to write - it's the same old propaganda.

"Two thin men from rude beginnings"? Stop trying to make barry's childhood sad and desperate. He was not poor - nor did he lack anything but his father - who he chose not to meet in person. That says more about barry than anything you'll find in NEWSWEEK.

The word came back from Obama's chief strategist, David Axelrod, who was sitting with Obama in Charlotte, N.C.: "Barack wants to lean into bipartisanship a little more. Even though the Democrats have won a great victory, we should reach out and be humbled by it. Figure out a good Lincoln quote to bring it all together."

Words not actions. And why couldn't barry talk to the man who fills up his teleprompter, which makes the pro-obama media swoon?

This is the only quote you need to read to know the cluelessness of this article. They clearly didn't hear barry's attempted roast of himself. "If I had to name my greatest strength I guess it would be my humility. Greatest weakness...it's possible that I'm a little too awesome." That, my friends, was not a joke.

"The most important quality may be humility, which both Obama and Lincoln repeatedly refer to as an essential virtue. Humility in this case is not to be confused with meekness or passivity. Rather, it comes from confidence. A Lincolnesque leader is confident enough to be humble—to not feel the need to bluster or dominate, but to be sufficiently sure of one's own judgment and self-worth to really listen and not be threatened by contrary advice.

He listens because he wants to cover himself - he wants someone else to ultimately take the heat. He is not in any way humble and the passivity is real - he has never acted and will try his very best to avoid it in the next four years. And that confidence = entitlement + narcissism = Messiah complex.

"Obama has unusual detachment for a politician. He observes himself as a kind of figure out of literature."

His detachment is real. He is an egomaniac who can't be bothered to rouse himself from his messianic delusions to help the peasants clinging to their guns and Bibles. He believes he is the reincarnation of Lincoln - only far superior in every way. He has allowed NEWSWEEK to propagandize his made-up and ever-changing background and spent the campaign trail trying to outdo each president. He even tried to equate himself to President Ronald Reagan in Germany. And for all his adulation - barry has done not a single thing.

"As a senator, Obama showed a notable unwillingness to take political risks by reaching across the aisle on controversial matters (in contrast to his presidential opponent, John McCain, who routinely sought bipartisan coalitions and was one of the Gang of 14)."

Hence the word obamanation. Forget the words - look at the (non) deeds. barry voted with his party 97% (29/30 key votes) and his dissenting vote did not made a difference. McCain, 266/335 - 79%. Look at the numbers: 30 vs 335 key votes. A senator who votes with his party 29/30 times and yet claims bipartisanship vs a senator who has proven his bipartisanship over history.

barry hasn't gotten to where he is because he is black? Senator Clinton is "tremendously qualified" for president, vice president and now Secretary of State. Imagine Senator Clinton trying to name barry to any cabinet position. Never happen. In fact - if barry were to have be enthe GOP VP pick - he would have been laughed at too.

"Obama's got a liberal voting record, and I don't know of any substantive issue where he's ever broken with his leadership," says Gingrich.

There you go. You folks finished with your books yet?

16 y/o girl drafted by professional Japanese baseball team

November 17, 2008

ERI YOSHIDA, 5' 114lb 16 y/o Japanese high schooler was drafted by Kobe 9 Cruise, a professional team in a new independent Japanese league whose first season starts in April. She said she had "always dreamed of becoming a professional". I wonder what girls in the Muslim world - Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan in particular - dream of becoming. She is a right-handed side-arm knuckleball pitcher - they don't mention her velocity - but during the tryout she retired the side without a hit. I wonder if she has to bat. I hope she does better than Michelle Wie.

Source AP/SI

Old home week: Father Pfleger

Father Pfleger in Wright and barry's church a month after wright's rant exhorting the congregants to support barry. The primaries were basically over. Nothing he said mattered - not that it would ever have. Remember that barry has known Pfleger longer than wright. Imagine if this were "Hillary's" pastor mocking barack? Sen McCain's pastor trashing on Mrs barry? Not happening. The Double Standard. How is this a More Perfect Union? Fellow Americas are being treated differently because of the color of their skin but it's ok because it's white skin.

Folks, do you not see this or don't you care?

Video courtesy of cancelledbysbc

Guest punditer

How about barry lets it leak he's gonna ask Sen Clinton...Mr Bill can't be vetted...barry gets his ultimate prize: complete defeat of "The Clintons". He does want to rule the world you know. Lincoln would be so proud of his delusional reincarnation. Problem is barry already has a large amount of Clinton staffers who would not be schooled and experienced to help him if it weren't for the Clinton Administration. Like it or not - he wouldn't be there without "The Clintons". And ain't no way Mrs barry could have followed Rosalyn Carter and Laura Bush. Praise Jesus Hallelujah no.

Joke of the day: Most powerful woman in political history

November 17, 2008

I don't even know what to say. I find Nanci Pelosi empty-headed and inarticulate and just plain spacy...she's too old for ditzy.

Politico's JOHN BRESNAHAN: As Pelosi enters her third year as speaker, by any measure, she has become the most powerful woman in U.S. political history and is now preparing to wield her gavel in a way that few, if any, recent speakers could match....Pelosi is being mentioned by observers in the same breath as the legendary Sam Rayburn and Tip O'Neill, although she has yet to assemble a legislative record to match theirs.

PELOSI: I respect the office that I hold. And when you win the election, you win the majority, and what is the power of the speaker? To set the agenda, the power of recognition, and I am not giving the gavel away to anyone.

Most powerful woman in US political history? Lowest approval rating for Congress ever? Single digits in July - lower than the worst president in history. Whatever power she has she's not putting it to good use.

Thoughts on Sen Clinton as Secretary of State

November 17, 2008
Folks' thoughts on Senator Clinton as Secretary of State (long post)

(AFP) BILL CLINTON: If Obama did decide and they do decide to do it together, I think she'd be really great at being secretary of state. Whatever happens or doesn't happen is between Obama and her. She worked very hard for his election after the primary fight with him, and so did I, and we were very glad that he won and we have a lot of confidence that he can do a good job. But she didn't do what she did with the hope or expectation of getting any kind of job offer, much less having this discussed.

(Bloomberg)
HENRY KISSINGER: She is a lady of great intelligence, demonstrated enormous determination and would be an outstanding appointment. If it is true, it will show a couple of things. It shows great courage on the part of the president-elect to appoint a very strong personality, who has an independent constituency, into a cabinet position. It also shows willingness on the part of Clinton to subordinate herself to someone whom she lost out to.

Sen JON KYL (AZ-R): It seems to me she's got the experience, she's got the temperament for It. She would be well-received around the world. So my own initial reaction is it would be a very good selection.

Sen BYRON DORGAN (ND-D): I don't think she would have difficulty in the Senate. She's worked across the aisle, has good bipartisan relationship. In the role of chief U.S. diplomat, Clinton "would have instant credibility around the world...The U.S. has a lot of relationships to repair and a lot of work to do, so I think she'd be a fine choice.

(CNN) STEVEN HAYES: Think, too, about -- you know, think about how obsessed we were, everybody was, all the media was for so long through their primary and then afterwards about the relationship, about how powerful she was. I mean, is that the kind of thing that Barack Obama would have to be dealing with or want to be dealing with on a daily basis or even a weekly basis during his presidency? It would really surprise me.

Politico's MIKE ALLEN: During the general election, she campaigned tirelessly on his behalf throughout the country....But some Obama advisers argue that her celebrity and credibility would be a huge asset in his goal of reengaging the United States with allies. You can send John Kerry or Chuck Hagel," said one adviser, mentioning some other candidates for secretary of state, "or you can send Hillary Clinton. That's totally different.

Clinton Sr Adviser PHILIPPE REINES: Any speculation about cabinet or other administration appointments is really for President-Elect Obama's transition team to address.

Salon's WALTER SHAPIRO
STEVER CLEMENS, who directs the American strategy program at the New American Foundation, says there are hints that Clinton may be under consideration for the secretary of state post, stressing that she certainly passes the experience threshold. "It would be an unbelievably brilliant move by Obama if she would do it.

Huffington Post: According to two members of the Clinton inner circle who spoke to the Huffington Post. "She has a passionate network of supporters who are devoted to her. Is she going to shut all of that off? Because once you become a Secretary of State, you don't fundraise," one former aide to Clinton's presidential campaign said. "What happens with your political staff? You're really kind of upending a lot of stuff. It's a huge life change."

"Cabinet members serve at the pleasure of the president," the aide said. "Does she want to go from being a First Lady to a major Senator and someone with a big presidential candidacy to someone who could just be fired one day? I don't know."

A different longtime assistant to Sen. Clinton: "She is a beloved figure around the world. She has visited over 80 countries, as first lady and senator together," the assistant said. Noting in particular the fact that she learned as first lady how to be effective as a "backdoor diplomat," the former White House assistant said Sen. Clinton actually mastered "a lot of the intricacies of these issues before ever joining the Senate's Armed Services committee. She's tough; she had meetings with some Prime Ministers and Presidents where she had to deliver some blunt messages for us. He would be choosing a very high ranking woman to be one of the faces of this country all over the world. This is the first woman's name that has come up, by the way, for one of the top four cabinet posts. So she gives him this great political asset. And she and Biden are really tight. So I wouldn't be at all surprised if Obama offered it to her."

Arnold Schwartzenegger.

When did Senator Clinton become all this? Since she was stumping for barry? All it proves is that she was by far the superior candidate - the proobama media bias helped him win - and she lost to an inexperienced man because he was 1) a man and 2) a black man.

Face it folks. It's coming straight out of your own gobs. If nothing happens or she refuses - these discussions have proven her worth and have been documented to compare with their previous words. Game, set and match.

Who's the dumbest of them all?

November 16, 2008
Found this interesting tidbit by ROSS GOLDBERG of the New York Sun.

"For better or worse, voters have taken an interest in candidates' grades since 1999, when the New Yorker published President Bush's transcript at Yale and disclosed that he was a C student. Mr. Bush had never portrayed himself as a brain, but many were surprised to learn the next year that his opponent, Vice President Gore, did not do much better at Harvard despite his intellectual image. When Senator Kerry's transcript surfaced, reporters found that he actually had a slightly lower average at Yale than Mr. Bush did."

Unfortunately it's more than a matter of grades. The question is how long after the inauguration are we going to find out and at what cost?

Who is the real barack obama?

Can you see why he was pist Governor Palin came on the scene? Newsweek sunk to an even lower low (which I didn't think possible after jonjon's DISABLED INFANT comment) with Governor Palin's cover. Why didn't they just use a magic marker and make a devil tail and scrawl on her locker that she's dumb hillbilly and to get lost.

Note that Wright's church magazine, "Trumpet" has a willing posed shot of barry. How do you believe that story...still? How did you fall for WHITE AMERICA not understanding black churches as an explanation for that hate-spewing man?

[Thanks to whomever put the covers together. I lost your link. Sorry.]

Japan's view of the impending presidency

November 16, 2008

I found AYAKO DOI's Washington Post article, "In Japan, the Picture Isn't Quite So Bright", interesting for the simple fact that a country exists that doesn't believe obama is the messiah. Refreshing. Ms Doi lays out the reasons why Japan is not particularly happy with barry: his associations (such as Wright, Ayers, Alisnsky, Marshall); the belief that Japan will be overlooked in favor of other countries (in particular, China); the impact on Japanese automakers should there be a bail out to save the auto industry; involvement in Afghanistan; barry's lack of knowledge concerning Japan; a change in trade policies; difficulty with unions in US based Japanese manufacturers; regular old anti-Americanism (What would Japan's economy be like without the US buying their products?); negotiations with North Korea (they are holding kidnapped Japanese citizens) and general questioning of why they have to "coddle up to Washington".

Ayako Doi
pix courtesy of PBS
Selected quotes from Ms Doi's article:

"The most astounding article appeared in Sentaku, a monthly magazine with a reputation for objectivity and solid analysis. "the most dubious character in history to occupy the White House." Criticizing Obama's foreign policy statements as "abstract" and "strings of empty words such as 'consultation' and 'cooperation,' " the article concluded that under Obama, the United States would lose its position of global leadership and drag the world into "enormous chaos."

I have to agree. barry is an unknown quantity. He had to learn about the issues - national and international - during the primaries and general election. He was running on the rhetoric of Change! - which worked - but it has left The American People expecting and wanting great things from him that he cannot accomplish in four years...if at all. His job is to stop the bleeding. Hence the need for a stellar cabinet. He is also going to have to act. How and to what is still the mystery.

"The first public opinion poll, released last week by the left-leaning Asahi Shimbun newspaper, showed that 79 percent of Japanese had favorable feelings about Obama himself. But even so, only 41 percent thought that his election would lead to an improvement in U.S.-Japanese relations."

"...Two days before the U.S. elections, Japan's public television network, NHK, aired a documentary on Japanese diplomats in Washington. It showed them cultivating connections with Asia policy advisers to the Obama and McCain campaigns, trying to find out what the next U.S. president would expect from Japan and to preempt anticipated demands for fresh military and financial contributions from Tokyo. It showed them suggesting what Japan could offer instead as an essential partner in global affairs, such as economic assistance in reducing poverty and help in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Only by making these efforts, the diplomats believed, could Japan avoid becoming irrelevant to U.S. foreign policy in an Asia increasingly dominated by China."

And a fitting end:

"But [Japanese leaders will] be facing an increasingly introverted public at home, whose opinions of America are about as high as George W. Bush's approval ratings."

Dear Pro-Obama media members:

Why are you comparing barry to previous presidents?

Haven't you made fools enough of yourselves?

Gov Schwartzenegger on Secretary of State

November 16, 2008

Not sure why his endorsement is necessary but Arnold Schwarzenegger thinks Sen Clinton should get Secretary of State job. What self-respecting Democrat or American for that matter thinks otherwise...except of course Michelle Bernard. George Stephanopoulos (video)

Schwartzenegger "I think she [Senator Clinton] is a very very bright woman and very experienced. I think this could be a great move....To me it is: 'Is this person qualified'...It really doesn't matter - it's personal preference.

"When it comes to those kinds of positions, what is equally as important, and I know with my cabinet, what is equally as important as who is qualified, is who can you work with. Who can you sit down with and really get in there and start becoming a partner [with], that sees things the way you see it.

"And also that you maybe want to learn from that person and admire that person so much that you want to pick up some pointers and learn from that person, so that they together can go out and do this. The Secretary of State can do nothing without the president. I comes down to if they can connect."

Wonder what his wife thinks and the rest of her family - Senator Kennedy included. I'm sure barry has asked him and Al Gore. We'll see if he continues to put his ego first or the good of The American People. Let's hope that's the change he was chanting about.

Old home week: Wright

Barry's old uncle, who sometimes says things he doesn't agree with. Things barry admitted he knew about. Things that weren't foul enough to cut that old uncle loose from his official campaign position for three more months. Things that were written off as out-of-context sound bites until he made one long clearly in context sound bite that even the pro-obama media couldn't spin. barry got pist because Wright ranted the truth. (Have to admit the Grambling bit was hysterical.) That barry gave the speech because it was politically expedient. I guess wright remembered the Iraq Fairy Tale speech. The reporters didn't. Not a word about it in the paper the next day. And have you ever heard him say that the rally was Rev Jesse's show?

I wonder what wright thought about being compared to a typical white person? Enjoy!