Old Jarhead's Political
SitRep for November 5, 2012
I'm Back
Since Thursday, I've been working 15 hour days at the annual
conference of the doctors' association I manage. Have had almost zero computer
time and no e-mail time. Part of me hated it and part thought it was a relief.
Returned to a number of political robo voice-mail calls, a pile of mail and
papers and over 900 e-mails, will get through a few and post this. A doctor
from Miami and one from Jacksonville ,
both democrat areas, told me Romney will carry Florida easily. They are Republicans. One
from Cleveland, who said he wasn't for either candidate, said Romney will carry
Ohio . One
from Michigan
said it was a funny state, could still go either way. But two lawyer-lobbyists
from DC both give the edge to Obama, and say the docs only talk to
well-informed, upper-middleclass folks like themselves. Everyone commented on
what a gift Sandy was to Obama, taking the Benghazi cover up off
peoples' minds. Who knows?
Compliment for The
Coming Collapse of the American
Republic
I ran
into the surgeon who bought 50 copies when it came out, had me sign them and
sent them to his friends. He said every one of them called him to say thanks
for the terrific book.
All
royalties go to a charity to help wounded veterans. E-Book available at Smash
Words: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/59105
For a free PDF of Collapse,
write to me at tartanmarine(at)gmail.com.
Worth Reading
Excerpt:
Turning a losing program around does not happen overnight. A new head coach
brings fresh perspective. The first task is to change attitudes - to unify the
team and instill in them the belief they are winners. Attitude is the bedrock
for success - on the gridiron and elsewhere.
28,000 SUPPORTERS
Turn Out in the Cold to See Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania
Pictures.
Tweet from Robert
Costa @robertcostaNRO
"The rally doesn't even start for hours, but it feels
like a Republican Woodstock." -- my mom, calling from Yardley , PA
This
Mitt fellow is becoming more likeable every day. Mary Katharine Ham
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/11/04/polls-this-mitt-fellow-is-becoming-more-likeable-by-the-day/
Excerpt: I know many conservatives bristle at the notion of “likeability” or personal “favorability” as an important campaign metric, dismissing it as a shallow consideration not worthy of news coverage. But, the fact is, it does matter. It is not, on its own, a qualification for office, but we are human beings and we make many decisions based on whether we like or dislike others. If you don’t think it’s a boon to be likeable, imagine Ronald Reagan’s presidency with Harry Reid’s personality.
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/11/04/polls-this-mitt-fellow-is-becoming-more-likeable-by-the-day/
Excerpt: I know many conservatives bristle at the notion of “likeability” or personal “favorability” as an important campaign metric, dismissing it as a shallow consideration not worthy of news coverage. But, the fact is, it does matter. It is not, on its own, a qualification for office, but we are human beings and we make many decisions based on whether we like or dislike others. If you don’t think it’s a boon to be likeable, imagine Ronald Reagan’s presidency with Harry Reid’s personality.
Let Them Go Hungry.
By Mark Steyn
Excerpt: The more likely dystopia is a land where the Statue
still stands, yet liberty itself withers away remorselessly, often under cover
of bright shiny novel "liberties" and "freedoms" —
"free" health care, "free" college education with
"free" contraceptives for 30-year-old students. Until eventually you
reach a point where a man in an office thousands of miles away is determining
how much your child can eat — and nobody finds that unusual. Didn't Oliver
Twist have something to say about this? "Please, sir, I want some more.”
Food Stamp Growth 75X Greater than Job Creation. By Daniel Halper
Excerpt: With the latest jobs report, it is now the case
that "Under Obama, Food Stamp Growth [Is] 75 Times Greater Than Job
Creation," according to statistics compiled by the Republican side of the
Senate Budget Committee. "For Every Person Added to Jobs Rolls Since
January 2009, 75 People Added To Food Stamp Rolls." Since January 2009, as
the chart shows, a net of 194,000 new jobs have been created. During that same
time, 14.7 million have been added to the food stamp rolls.
Excerpt: On Saturday, three Egyptian policemen were killed
in the city of el-Arish in the North Sinai
governorate. At least one other policeman was injured in the attack, which
security officials say was likely carried out by jihadists operating in the
area.
NAACP Takes Over Houston Polling Station. By Rick Moran
Excerpt: This is not only
outrageous because it is a blatant violation of the law, it’s the attitude of
the NAACP canvassers that makes this incident an affront to democracy. Kate Pavlich: According to Eve Rockford, a poll watcher
trained by voter integrity group True the Vote, three NAACP members showed up
to the 139 precinct location with 50 cases of bottled water and began handing
bottles out to people standing in line. While wearing NAACP labeled clothing,
members were “stirring the crowd” and talking to voters about flying to Ohio to promote
President Barack Obama.
Sources: Key task
force not convened during Benghazi
Excerpt: CBS News has learned that during the Sept. 11
attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, the Obama Administration did not
convene its top interagency counterterrorism resource: the Counterterrorism
Security Group, (CSG).…. The Administration also didn't call on the only
interagency, on-call, short notice team poised to respond to terrorist
incidents worldwide: the Foreign Emergency Support Team (FEST)…...In the days
after the assault, counterterrorism officials expressed dismay over what they
interpreted as the Obama Administration's unwillingness to acknowledge that the
attack was terrorism; and their opinion that resources which could have helped
were excluded.
TWIN TIMELINE: What
was happening in Benghazi and Washington
Last night I heard Newt Gingrich ask for a twin timeline to
help illustrate what was happening in Benghazi and
in Washington .
Newt's wish is my command:
The Obama Doctrine: American Lives Are Expendable. By Karin McQuillan
Excerpt: The Obama White House, the Clinton State
Department, and Panetta's Department of Defense have guiding principles
in Afghanistan that,
if applied to Benghazi ,
explain the administration's decision to deny air support to the Americans
fighting for their lives on 9/11/12. The denial of air support to our troops in
battle is normal operating procedure for this commander in chief. ….. It is the
Obama Doctrine on the War on Terror: do not kill Muslim civilians.
Worth Reading .
I still have the battered copy of Kipling's poems I carried in my pack in Vietnam , held
together by surgical tape. ~Bob.
Having our Soldiers'
Back. By Shoshana Bryen
Excerpt: Navy SEALS Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods knew the
risks they took having volunteered for service in the American armed
forces. They were in a war zone; they knew what the enemy could do, but it's
hard to imagine they ever considered that their government didn't have their
back. That the U.S.
government would deny them rescue, deny them reinforcements, deny them cover.
What must they have felt in those hours, knowing it was only a matter of time
until they died -- not because their government didn't know, not because their
comrades couldn't reach them, but because their comrades weren't sent.
Excerpt: Nevada ’s largest
newspaper blasted President Barack Obama in a blistering editorial on Thursday
about the Benghazi
attacks in which four Americans died, calling him an “unworthy commander-in-chief.” Obama, who holds a small lead in Nevada, which
has six electoral votes, was taken to task by the Las Vegas Review-Journal for his handling of the
Benghazi, Libya attacks in an editorial headlined, “Benghazi blunder: Obama unworthy
commander-in-chief.” (Ouch, a major zinger from a state newspaper. We can hope
it gets read widely. --Del )
Excerpt: “To return to office a narcissistic amateur who
seeks to ride this nation's economy and international esteem to oblivion, like
Slim Pickens riding the nuclear bomb to its target at the end of the movie
"Dr. Strangelove," would be disastrous. Candidate Obama said if he
couldn't fix the economy in four years, his would be a one-term presidency. Mitt
Romney is moral, capable and responsible man. Just this once, it's time to hold
Barack Obama to his word. Maybe we can all do something about that, come
Tuesday.”
Obama’s secret (and
illegal) regulatory bomb. By Phil Kerpen, President, American Commitment
Excerpt: In January of this year, President Obama declared
the Senate to be in recess the day after it gaveled into session. Like a king
dissolving parliament, he put them in recess to give himself a free hand to
stack the NLRB with union cronies and to install Richard Cordray at the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a new agency with nearly unlimited
power to regulate consumer financial transactions with almost no oversight from
Congress other than the right of the Senate to approve the
appointment. …. If Obama can govern with thinly veiled contempt for the rule of
law and get re-elected anyway, he may drop the pretense completely if he gets a
second term.
Israel sends a message. By Benny Avni
Excerpt: The before-and-after satellite images said it all:
First, the mysterious cargo was there, and then — puff — it was gone, leaving
behind just large black holes in the ground. In between, Israeli planes flying
in the dark of the desert night dropped just enough bombs on the Yarmouk
military compound in Sudan
to destroy the cargo, described in news accounts as “volatile.” The planes
reportedly came and went undetected by Sudanese air defenses. (A lot of meaning
can be taken from this raid on Sudan .
It should give a lot of people pause. --Del )
Our Long Obama Nightmare Is Almost Over. By Stella Paul
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/../2012/11/our_long_obama_nightmare_is_almost_over.html
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/../2012/11/our_long_obama_nightmare_is_almost_over.html
Excerpt: If you're reading this, you've
almost made it through the Obama years. God knows it hasn't been easy holding
on this long. If you're like me, there were days you felt as if you'd aged ten
years, just trying to bitterly cling to your leaky life raft. Maybe you're one
of the 23 million Americans
who are unemployed, under-employed, or who have given up looking for work. Who
can blame you for despairing, when two-thirds of the jobs in the last four years have gone
to new immigrants, many of them illegals? But don't worry if, like one out of
six Americans, you're sinking into poverty -- after all, Obama assures us
that "the private sector is doing fine."
"Conservatism Is
Calling" (video)
Suicide bombers hit
Somali capital, three dead: witnesses
Excerpt: Two suicide bombers attacked a restaurant in the
Somali capital on Saturday, killing a security guard who stopped them entering
the building, locals said. It was not clear who was behind the bombings but Al
Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents have conducted similar previous attacks and
remain a serious security challenge even after being forced out of their
strongholds.
Romney lead in FL
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2012/11/2/exclusive_poll_romne.html
Personally, I think the reason for the huge absentee ballots could be that no one wants to face the NBP at the polling places. Also, just having to get through the legal mumbo-jumbo of the amendments and trying to figure it all out in a poll booth is way too stressful. Kind of like being in a port-a-potty with a long line behind you. LOL. --Laura.
Personally, I think the reason for the huge absentee ballots could be that no one wants to face the NBP at the polling places. Also, just having to get through the legal mumbo-jumbo of the amendments and trying to figure it all out in a poll booth is way too stressful. Kind of like being in a port-a-potty with a long line behind you. LOL. --Laura.
Excerpt: America
is a seething hotbed of “Islamophobia,” filled with ignorant racist rubes who
irrationally fear the benign Muslim religion, according to the Obama administration’s
lead investigator into the Benghazi
atrocities. So said former Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering in more polished,
diplomatic language during an Oct. 23 panel discussion at the National
Cathedral in Washington , D.C. Dearborn ,
MI Iraq ,
Egypt ,
and other Muslim countries has apparently escaped this veteran diplomat. His
inputs would be funny if they weren't so offensive, and having him head the
investigation in Libya
is a terrible choice by Mr. Obama. --Del )
An open letter to the
Jewish population: Cape Coral
Excerpt: Time has a way of making things and situations less
important. Apparently, Israel
has not only become "inconvenient" for Barack Obama but for a large
group of Jews in the United
States as well. There is simply no
explanation for any Jew-and that's the majority of them-who would support Obama
in the next election.
50,000 Feet Looking
Down
Excerpt: My world view is pretty simple. I think this world
is destined to go to hell in a hand basket by design. I think things
are supposed to go to pot. So if Barack Obama wins, I won’t be upset. If Mitt
Romney wins, I won’t be running through the streets cheering. I think, either
way, it is all part of the design. The world is going down hill. Barack Obama
re-elected just gets us down the slippery slope faster in my view.
A Frank Conversation
about Race
Excerpt: I admit that Republicans and white conservatives
like myself intend for voter ID laws to prevent certain traditional Democratic
constituencies from voting. It's true: we very much want to keep dead people,
illegal aliens, serial voters, fictitious people, dogs, cats, etc. from casting
ballots. The only black person I (or anyone I know) would want to keep from
casting a ballot would be one who already has cast a ballot, but that condition
applies equally to white voters, too. --Steve.
Pelosi holds secret
fundraiser with Islamists, Hamas-linked groups
http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/02/pelosi-holds-secret-fundraiser-with-islamists-hamas-linked-groups/#ixzz2B5RJ8xnf
http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/02/pelosi-holds-secret-fundraiser-with-islamists-hamas-linked-groups/#ixzz2B5RJ8xnf
Excerpt: Democratic leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi headlined a
high-dollar fundraiser in May that was attended by U.S.-based Islamist groups
and individuals linked by the U.S. government to the Hamas
jihad group and to the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood movement. The donors at
the undisclosed May 16 event included Nihad Awad, the co-founder of the Council
on American Islamic Relations, according to data provided by the nonpartisan
Investigative Project on Terrorism.
Obama
Can Thank Early Negative Ads for His Advantage
Excerpt:
One is occurring in seven or so swing states, where voters have experienced
saturation advertising—mostly negative—since mid-June. The total-immersion
process in these states has made this a very different campaign from that
experienced by voters in the 40-odd other states who have witnessed this
election from afar, largely through national news. It should be no surprise
that voters in those two distinct groups should be behaving differently. (If
Cook is correct, what that will mean for the future is pre-emptive trashing of
any possible opponent’s reputation and character as early and often as possible.
Won’t THAT help the country get good candidates to run for high office? Ron P.)
Maryland Woman Has
Kept Track of Every Tax on Her In 2012 — and You’re Not Going to Believe How
Much She’s Paid So Far
Excerpt: Does Maryland resident Alice Scanlon pay more taxes
than you? Maybe not. But Scanlon certainly keeps track of her taxes better than
you. Much better. Down to the penny better. (OK, it is crunch time for the
election and this article really helps crystallize the choice - Do I vote for
the guy who wants to increase my taxes and the size of government and
giveaways (Obama) or the guy who wants to cut the size of government and lower
my taxes (Romney)? If you believe Obama only wants to raise taxes only
for "millionaires and billionaires you are naive as there is not
enough money made by all of the upper and middle class to pay for his spending.
--Gary in PA.)
Parents kill teenage
daughter in acid attack in Kashmir
Excerpt: Mother and father in Pakistan doused 15-year-old In
acid after catching her talking to a man, police say.
Jordan: Father
strangles daughter for honor reason
Excerpt: Amman, November 1 - A Jordanian man killed his 22
year old doughter by strangling her after suspecting she was having a romantic
relation with a man, police source said on Thursday.
Mitt Romney Announces
Support Of Former Prisoners Of War
Excerpt: Mitt Romney today announced the support of 150
former prisoners of war.
Excerpt: Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., a
Democrat from Illinois, hasn't been an active member of Congress since June,
and recent sightings have him on two consecutive nights at a
bar near his D.C. home. Yet he's going to coast to reelection next week.... Jackson
is one of many scandal-plagued lawmakers likely to return to Congress;
for these lawmakers it almost feels like they couldn't lose an election no
matter how hard they tried. (Though it seems a crime, this is nothing new. Adam
Clayton Powell, Charlie Rangel, a Louisiana Congressman named Jefferson, and
many others have proven this over and over. A scandal only seems to move a
politician to resign or lose an election if there was already a viable
candidate—meaning one who could come close to beating him without the
scandal—within view. Sometimes, not even then. Ron P.)
Obama Uses Crucifixes
To Get Catholic Votes
Excerpt: A week before Election Day, the Obama campaign
seeks Catholic votes with an ad that features crucifixes. Leave it to a
trampler of religious liberty to jumble church, state and politics. In all the
history of political advertizing, President Obama's new video, with Vice
President Joe Biden brazenly appealing to Catholics ignorant of ObamaCare's
attack on religious liberty, takes the prize for all-out gall. (First,
separation of Church and state does not require religious people to abandon all
their moral and theological background when dealing with or acting as a member
of the government. The policy means that the state will not be directly
allied with or controlled by any sort of official or unofficial religious
denomination. In the extreme, in means a Jewish President could not offer US
troops to help defend Israel, a Catholic President cannot include the Pope in
foreign policy decisions, and a Buddhist President cannot forbid the use of
deadly force by any US agency or military so as to avoid any possible loss of
life. But it doesn't mean the Jew must be cold towards Israel, the Catholic
cannot ever visit the Pope, and the Buddhist cannot personally undertake
policies to lessen chances of the need for deadly force. When Joe Biden tries
to wave the flag of how he's a "practicing" Catholic after having
very publicly and directly supported abortion for years, he's deliberately
ignoring the fact that he is clearly at odds with the official doctrine and
practice of the Church. It's like claiming to be a long term
committed vegetarian, when you openly recommend KFC regularly to
everyone. And it's hypocritical, and scummy politics in action. And when you
blithely ignore the fact that the rules which are to be imposed under Obamacare
do force Catholic institutions to indirectly support birth control, etc, that's
doubletalk and more hypocrisy. And a matter that has been exposed since almost
instantly since it began, so continuing to repeal the lie is insulting to the
intelligence of everyone. If Joe wants to believe in perfect freedom to
abortion, he gets to do that, it's a free country. I just don't appreciate
his making believe that he can do that and remain a "practicing"
Catholic, and using that fantasy as part of his political action. Yeah,
everyone on both sides has been using inaccuracies (to put it kindly) in their
speeches, but this particular situation with Joe really ticks me off. --Del)
What Do
I Tell My Black Child If Obama Loses? By Larry Elder
http://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2012/11/01/what_do_i_tell_my_black_child_if_obama_loses
Excerpt: My father, a former Marine, World War II vet, was born to an illiterate single mother in Athens, Ga. An only child, he never met his biological father. He was a 14-year-old teenager in that Jim Crow South when the Great Depression began. Hard, hard knocks. But as I write in my new book, "Dear Father, Dear Son," my father taught my brothers and me that the only barrier to success is lack of effort.
http://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2012/11/01/what_do_i_tell_my_black_child_if_obama_loses
Excerpt: My father, a former Marine, World War II vet, was born to an illiterate single mother in Athens, Ga. An only child, he never met his biological father. He was a 14-year-old teenager in that Jim Crow South when the Great Depression began. Hard, hard knocks. But as I write in my new book, "Dear Father, Dear Son," my father taught my brothers and me that the only barrier to success is lack of effort.
Parties
Wonder Which Side's Polls Reflect Reality
Excerpt:
The two parties, the outside groups that are playing such a big role this year,
and even some candidates themselves are so dubious about their own numbers that
they are employing two pollsters for one race, using one to double-check the
other. What flummoxes them even more is that their own party's pollsters
are getting similar results, while the other side is offering a completely
different take. Whether it is the presidential contest or battles for
critical Senate and House seats, the smartest pollsters in the business have
spent the past three weeks looking at exactly the same data and coming to
dramatically different conclusions. (I strongly recommend reading some of the
reader’s comments on this column, especially the long one from “OleEric” near
the beginning of the comments. Ron P.)
Fast and Furious
overshadowed by Benghazi allegations
Excerpt: As an even larger cover-up seems to be unfolding
with respect to the murder of four Americans, which included former Navy SEALs
Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods; Sean Smith, a U.S. Air
force veteran and computer expert; along with U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens in
Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11, 2012, a joint staff report, titled “Fast and Furious:
The Anatomy of a Failed Operation, Part II of III” prepared for Rep. Darrell
Issa, R-Calif. and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, was released on Monday
unveiling more troubling details about how Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed as a result of
operation’s reckless tactics.
Senate
Race Rankings: Sea Changes
Excerpt:
In our very first Senate race rankings back in November of last year, we saw a
potential Republican wave developing. Democrats held eight of the 10 seats most
vulnerable to a party switch, and Republicans — who needed just four seats to
claim a 51-seat majority — looked primed to win most of them. But candidates
and the campaigns they run matter. (If correct, this could be really bad news
regardless of the outcome of the Presidential election. Ron P.)
Is
America Exceptional?
Excerpt: In my own younger days,
I was on the Left, and from the utopian vantage point to which leftism
invariably transports its adherents, it was the flaws in American society—the
radical 1960s trinity of war, racism, and poverty—that stood out most vividly.
It rarely occurred to me or my fellow leftists to ask a simple question:
Compared to what is America so bad?
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