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  1. PJABBER

    Congratulations and Condolences

    Congratulations to everyone who supported Obama in this election! Though Obama was not my choice, the country has spoken and your slight majority have opted to have the "leadership" of the last four years continue. Congratulations to Putin, Chavez, Castro and Ahmadinejad. Your endorsements and...
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    Philadelphia: Republican poll inspectors forcibly removed from voting stations

    It looks like Philadelphia is again going to be a focal point for voting suppression as the New Black Panther Party is making its community organizing outreach and the Democrats are forcibly removing Republican poll inspectors in over 25 precincts. I thought PA was a lock for Obama, but I...
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    Big Labor Boss Trumka: Card check 'within next term' if Obama wins

    Looks like Obama's main supporters are getting ready for their payoffs.
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    November surprise: EPA planning major post-election anti-coal regulation

    Is it really any surprise that the EPA wants to shut down coal, the fuel that generates 42% of America's electricity? The bigger question is, what are all of the other Obama regulatory agencies doing in anticipation of a Romney/Ryan victory tomorrow?
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    500 Admirals and Generals endorse Gov. Romney

    It is a truism that we are know by the company we keep. So it is with endorsements in a political campaign. Some are held close, others are distanced. It is striking that endorsements from military leaders are running 100-1 in Romney's favor. Haven't all of these military leaders heard that...
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    Humor At Dinner

    I give extra points to candidates that have a sense of humor. It may not be that big a deal to those here who can't find much to laugh about and to those who can't even begin to humanize their opposites, but being able to deliver a punch line is an invaluable skill in politics. Both candidates...
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    Kid Rock and Sean Penn: Americans

    Once in a while you kind of get this feeling that the divide is too great and the barriers are too high to overcome. Then something happens and it hits all of us and you think, what is all the name calling for? Accept and acknowledge that the differences are what make us great. Kid Rock...
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    Economic Reckoning

    It is interesting to recall a singular quote from President Obama's nomination acceptance speech of a few weeks ago. No experts are identified, no independence is demonstrated. It is just an egoistic proclamation, a self-aggrandizement, empty words thrown to an adulating audience in an...
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    100 Days Until Taxmageddon

    “Taxmageddon” is coming. Are you ready for it?
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    The Magnitude of the Mess We're In

    While we have several threads going at the moment congratulating Obama for his fiscal mediocrity and lowering our expectations in time for the elections, the fact is that we are facing a "come to Jesus meeting" real soon now. An emergency stimulus and bailout has turned into the new baseline...
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    Dnc platform waffles on jerusalem as israel's capital

    DNC vote on Jerusalem in platform Yikes! It looks like the Demos are not going to restore the original platform language re Israel. The attempt to put some language, any language, into the platform met with a vocal "NO!" by what seems like a majority of delegates, and definitely from the...
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    Fact check: First lady's false fairy tale of struggle

    We look to our nation's leaders to tell us the truth, hard as it may be. They do, sometimes, but in ways that they believe will be palatable or even inspirational. We hold them to a certain standard and when they betray that standard we feel personally betrayed and inclined to elect them out...
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    Seven devastating economic facts affecting Black Americans

    Racial loyalties are indeed strong in America. The strongest loyalty, however, is not amongst whites. They have crossed over regularly to vote for minority candidates. The truest loyalty is not found amongst Asians or Latinos, they have significant percentages that diverge from the...
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    OBAMANATION - The Painting

    The old saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words. But what if a picture is so dense with information that it is worth a hundred thousand words? Jon McNaughton paints such pictures. One of his latest is called Obamanation and it offers up the Obama Presidency for...
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    Why is the news media hiding minority speeches at the Republican convention?

    One thing that is sure in this election cycle is that the news media is in the bag for Obama. There is a narrative that has to be told if they are to be successful at this, of course. Romney/Ryan and the Republican Party have to be demonized as racist, out of touch, old, failed...
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    Three-person civil union sparks controversy in Brazil

    You knew it was going to happen to someone you know sooner or later. You are sitting at a restaurant, enjoying a plate of veal scallopini, ready to order that last available bottle of the 2004 Vietti Barolo di Castiglione Falletto, when in walks the guy in the co-op down the hall. He has...
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    DNC Chair Torn To Shreds Over False Claims

    I am having lunch at my desk again. Catching news out of the side of my eye with streaming coverage of the shooting in NYC and a high speed car chase in FL. All of a sudden, there is a damn screeching noise. Almost makes me drop my Yukro Ethiopian brew-up. For a moment I forget where I am...
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    The Tax Impact Of Obamacare Becoming Clearer

    Katie Pavlich, News Editor at Townhall.com is doing a series of pieces on the tax impacts of Obamacare. An article she published yesterday covered the special impact on medical device manufacturers. This topic was also covered by Smart Money here. Medical-device manufacturers will pay a...
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    Is Paul Ryan A Racist?

    I have pretty much given up on trying to understand the whole racist vs non-racist thing. When I was growing up, my family and I didn't have a problem with kids from different countries (for the most part, my family immigrated from Europe post WWII,) different races or different religions...
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    Obama 'cancelled missions to kill bin Laden three times after getting cold feet'

    I have previously mentioned that, for all intents and purposes, leadership of the nation has shifted to Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. It is they who propose new ideas, programs and practical approaches to address the country's problems and the directions to take to re-energize the economy. Obama...
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    400 Economists, including 5 Nobel laureates, endorse Romney

    I like to catch up on international and business news on Saturday mornings. Today is a day to spend with some Dancing Goats espresso and, hold on... what's this??? Over 400 independent economists signed a statement at the website Economists for Romney in support of what they call the...
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    The mantle of leadership has shifted: Romney/Ryan govern in all but name

    I am truly amused by all of the ad hominem attacks that this forum has against first, Mitt Romney and now his chosen running mate, Paul Ryan. Such delicious name calling, such panicked hatred, such flailing at shadows and tilting at windmills. So much ado about nothing. Baseless...
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    Virginia vintners have a taste of a Republican police state

    I admit that I have the habit of drink. It really doesn't matter what it is, sake, beer, wine, whiskey, gouqi jiu, kumis, ginger beer, akvavit, scotch, bourbon, eau de vie, port, well, you get the idea. I like to sample all of them. And generally prefer to try them at their point of origin...
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    Just Sayin No To Obama/Biden, One Cupcake At A Time

    Had a wonderful time walking around downtown Washington, DC tonight. The heat is fading and people are getting energized about the upcoming elections. Both the R and the D players are spending time in Virginia, deemed a "battleground" or "swing" state. Driving to and from my office I can listen...
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    CNN Anchor Gets Her Cues From Blogosphere

    The Obama sycophants of the press are scrambling for a coordinated message against Paul Ryan and the Romney/Ryan Republican ticket. George Soros funded Media Matters delivered hundreds of pages of opposition research drivel to them and the national media found it TL;DR. Seriously. I don't...
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    DNC Chair Doesn't Know Political Affiliation Of Obama Endorsed Super PAC

    VIDEO: Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Why, I Have No Idea Which Party Obama's SuperPAC is Affiliated With I'm shocked. Shocked to find that Democrat National Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, appearing on "Fox News Sunday" yesterday, doesn't know the...
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    Who Is Paul Ryan?

    I am not going to post much this weekend as I have plans with my family, but I thought that I would first like to offer up a reference to the best introductory article on Paul Ryan that I have read this morning. No, it is not a rah rah puffery piece from the RNC, nor is it the all too typical...
  28. PJABBER

    Obama Leaks Petraeus As Romney VP Pick?

    Matt Drudge is headlining that Obama is leaking that Romney will name Gen. David Petraeus as his VP pick. Petraeus would clear a possible run with the White House in advance, he is a loyal guy after all. Obama is certainly not above trying to diffuse the excitement of such a choice. Though...
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    The influence of communism on Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod

    I was sitting in Dulles International Airport a few days ago, having missed my flight and with hours to kill. The airport serves Washington, DC and is named for John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959 and a staunch anti-Communist...
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    Obama will not allow offshore oil drilling, will extend dependence on Middle East oil

    I had to skip lunch today to start doing the economic projections for the latest anti-energy independence, anti-economic development, pro-foreign oil plan announced by our President this afternoon. So soon after the WikiLeaks revelations detailing the instability and counter-US interests of a...
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    The Democrats’ Diversity Problem

    While the results of last month's election are still being digested, and a few races are yet to be resolved, it is apparent that there has been somewhat of a sea change in how both the Republican and the Democrat Parties are being viewed by the electorate. Fiscal policy remains the dominant...
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    Our puritanical progressives

    What was old is new, and what is new is oh so familiar. While some argue for the "progressive" intercession of government in all aspects of personal life, from our diets to our exercise, to our words and, yes, to our very thoughts, it seems to me like the ugly head of freedom hating...
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    The Real Impact Of WikiLeaks

    While we have endless discussions of the merits and dangers of a WikiLeaks release in other threads, there is virtually no discussion of what is now likely to happen. In all seriousness, the damage is not yet fully done as hundreds of thousands of stolen documents are not yet in the public...
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    Mr. Smut goes to Washington

    Some of our re-elected Congressmen still don't get it. We have Charlie Rangel claiming ignorance of his tax evasion, we have Maxine Waters arguing that there is no case and we have Detroit Congressman John Conyers feeling free to indulge his tastes in Playboy's photographic excellence on a...
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    How to win elections in a Blue State

    The "progressives" and community organizers were clearly surprised by Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts this past January. They were determined not to be put out of office come November, they were determined to win at all costs. The faith of the electorate in the sanctity of the ballot...
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    Who will redeem the Dems?

    Sooner or later, the Democrats will redeem themselves. It may take a decade to overcome the distaste that has been built up for the Obama/Pelosi/Reid triumvirate, especially if they continue in their leadership roles in the government, but the party will likely survive despite all of the damage...
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    Has History Passed Obama By?

    In the aftermath of this election, with a lame duck session of the One Party Congress still to come, we are left wondering - what comes next? To this point, the Dems have not had to compromise on anything with the Republicans. Win or fail, and they did fail to deliver what the American people...
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    Democrats must now deal with ethics trials

    The Democrat Congressional leadership had a choice to move forward with the trials in July but decided to push them off until after the election. The timing was meant to keep the circus out of the news. The election is over and it is time for the public ethics trials of newly re-elected...
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    Minorities Ride Republican Wave to Historic Wins

    There are a few races (():)) that I would like to highlight among the many Republican victories last evening. The first is the election of Allen West of Florida to the U.S. House of Representatives. His words have inspired so many in this election cycle. I look forward to him inspiring the next...
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    Official Election Night 2010 Thread- Please post election results here.

    I just logged on and did not see a thread devoted to following the results tonight. The results are just starting to trickle in and the news organizations are already calling some important races. Kentucky goes to Paul. Indiana goes to Coats. SC goes to DeMint. Rubio wins Florida. Looks...