Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Here She Comes, Ms Proud of Her Country
Seems that Eglin AFB is to be graced by Mrs Community Organizer in Chief during a whistlestop appearance tomorrow. Although it's pretty obvious that I'm not the type who'd go see her speak, I have a bone to pick with one or two of the folks interviewed for the nwfdailynews.com article. Let's take this appearance for what it's advertised to be - a chance for Mrs Obama to meet with some real-life military members and their families (I suspect it's just part of the Holy O's Eternal Campaign, but for now let's let that be).
If Mrs Obama is wanting to meet with military members and their families, what the hell are Okaloosa County Democrats like Judy Byrne Riley doing trying to "finagle" (the article's word, not mine) their way onto Eglin? The article does not state if Ms Riley has an official connection to Eglin, but I suspect she doesn't - she wouldn't need to finagle anything if she did. Every ass-kissing local Dem operative who wants to get in on what they think will be a great photo op will be taking a space that could have gone to a military member or someone in his or her family. The article doesn't state how many people Mrs Obama will contact during her meeting "with base leaders and military families," but it's probably not a huge number, and the speech at the hangar will be more of a crowd exercise. Some of those in attendance will probably get a grip-n-grin, but not all, and for any local officials who aren't part of the target audience of military members and their families to try to horn in on this activity is shameful. Of course, as commenter "ronaldpaul" so wonderfully states, "You lost, get over it". Being on the "winning" side allows the Dems to do as they please - they have no shame.
Seems that Eglin AFB is to be graced by Mrs Community Organizer in Chief during a whistlestop appearance tomorrow. Although it's pretty obvious that I'm not the type who'd go see her speak, I have a bone to pick with one or two of the folks interviewed for the nwfdailynews.com article. Let's take this appearance for what it's advertised to be - a chance for Mrs Obama to meet with some real-life military members and their families (I suspect it's just part of the Holy O's Eternal Campaign, but for now let's let that be).
If Mrs Obama is wanting to meet with military members and their families, what the hell are Okaloosa County Democrats like Judy Byrne Riley doing trying to "finagle" (the article's word, not mine) their way onto Eglin? The article does not state if Ms Riley has an official connection to Eglin, but I suspect she doesn't - she wouldn't need to finagle anything if she did. Every ass-kissing local Dem operative who wants to get in on what they think will be a great photo op will be taking a space that could have gone to a military member or someone in his or her family. The article doesn't state how many people Mrs Obama will contact during her meeting "with base leaders and military families," but it's probably not a huge number, and the speech at the hangar will be more of a crowd exercise. Some of those in attendance will probably get a grip-n-grin, but not all, and for any local officials who aren't part of the target audience of military members and their families to try to horn in on this activity is shameful. Of course, as commenter "ronaldpaul" so wonderfully states, "You lost, get over it". Being on the "winning" side allows the Dems to do as they please - they have no shame.
Labels: Eglin, Obama, Okaloosa
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Illegitimate
Three weeks from now the polls will be closed in most precincts, and the business of counting the votes will be well underway. In some precincts it will be complete. At what point is the point of no return crossed? When do we accept that some of the votes, illegitimate though they may be, have to be accepted as part of the total? I think we're getting close to that point now. I caught a segment on Fox News earlier that mentioned Ohio's absentee ballots will be opened on the 25th, and at that point, once the ballots are separated from the envelopes, it's too late to determine which votes are fraudulent. Although he was writing more about positive (that is, photo) ID requirements, Deroy Murdock made a good point when he wrote "Similarly, the relatively small number of fraudulent vote registrations discovered so far could represent just enough systemic infection to sicken the entire body politic, especially if this election turns out closer than most now expect." I'm already infected, and I'm saying it now: If Obama wins and the vote is close, within a margin that could be attributed to vote fraud, he can't be considered the legitimate winner. You think 2000 was bad? You ain't seen nothin' yet.
Three weeks from now the polls will be closed in most precincts, and the business of counting the votes will be well underway. In some precincts it will be complete. At what point is the point of no return crossed? When do we accept that some of the votes, illegitimate though they may be, have to be accepted as part of the total? I think we're getting close to that point now. I caught a segment on Fox News earlier that mentioned Ohio's absentee ballots will be opened on the 25th, and at that point, once the ballots are separated from the envelopes, it's too late to determine which votes are fraudulent. Although he was writing more about positive (that is, photo) ID requirements, Deroy Murdock made a good point when he wrote "Similarly, the relatively small number of fraudulent vote registrations discovered so far could represent just enough systemic infection to sicken the entire body politic, especially if this election turns out closer than most now expect." I'm already infected, and I'm saying it now: If Obama wins and the vote is close, within a margin that could be attributed to vote fraud, he can't be considered the legitimate winner. You think 2000 was bad? You ain't seen nothin' yet.
Labels: election, Obama, vote fraud
Saturday, August 23, 2008
JB OD
Anyone else overdosed on Joe Biden coverage yet? I hit the wall on that subject well before noon. Now I'm looking forward to the Dem convention next week, and the continuation of the campaign. Not because I'm hanging on Obama's every word, but, like Peter Wehner over at The Corner, I think it's gonna be entertaining. I was concerned that O would pick Clinton, or maybe Sebelius, but with Biden he's eviscerated his "change" mantra and blown away the "we're the young ones" argument. I wouldn't be surprised if it takes the McCain camp less than a week to get Biden spun up about a topic (just about any topic will do) and for him to shoot his mouth off so badly it makes O wish he'd picked Clinton. Buyer's remorse? I think the Dems are in for a bad case of it. Heh.
Anyone else overdosed on Joe Biden coverage yet? I hit the wall on that subject well before noon. Now I'm looking forward to the Dem convention next week, and the continuation of the campaign. Not because I'm hanging on Obama's every word, but, like Peter Wehner over at The Corner, I think it's gonna be entertaining. I was concerned that O would pick Clinton, or maybe Sebelius, but with Biden he's eviscerated his "change" mantra and blown away the "we're the young ones" argument. I wouldn't be surprised if it takes the McCain camp less than a week to get Biden spun up about a topic (just about any topic will do) and for him to shoot his mouth off so badly it makes O wish he'd picked Clinton. Buyer's remorse? I think the Dems are in for a bad case of it. Heh.
Labels: Biden, Obama, politics
