Obama '08?

The deceptive strategy of the extremists painting the mainstream as extreme
Posted: 12 Jul 2010 09:17 PM PDT

There is a huge push to present the Tea Party movement as a small, insignificant group of people. In recent weeks, both major parties have been making light of the Tea Party with many Republican leaders (like Lindsey Graham) distancing themselves from candidates such as Rand Paul and Sharron Angle.

The reality of the Tea Party is by and large – it consists of “mainstream” America rather than “extreme” America. A recent Rasmussen poll indicated that 57% of Republicans are supportive of the Tea Party movement. Any percentage that falls into the majority category represents the “mainstream”. A number of polls have indicated that 15%-20% of Democrats are likewise supportive of the Tea Party – a number which can be added to the 57% of Republicans. This does not include the independents, who according to most polls are leaning toward the Tea Party.

While much has been made of recent statements by Paul and Angle (along with other Tea Party backed candidates), one has to admire them for speaking their own minds and not the minds of their party. Is this not what the people have been crying for – candidates who will speak without regard for the powers that be and with regard for the people they are seeking to represent? While not everyone may agree with the positions taken by Paul and Angle, there is a level of independence that is reassuring.

The news media is making it almost impossible for Tea Party backed candidates to speak their own mind, yet liberals like Eric Holder can say almost anything that comes to their mind no matter how extreme it may be. When asked in an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation” as to why he was taking so much time in deciding when and where, and by who (military or civil court) to conduct the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Holder replied,
“People in Congress need to work with us in the executive branch to come up with a way in which we can put these people on trial. Justice has been denied too long.”

He was blaming partisan politicizing by Republicans and Democrats for stalling the trial decision.

There is nothing more politicized than the Arizona Immigration Law and the subsequent lawsuit by the Department of Justice against the state. Yet, politics did not prevent a quick and decisive response in the decision to file the lawsuit. If the Obama administration had fulfilled its responsibility to uphold the immigration laws of the United States already on the books, Arizona would never have acted in the first place. CBS failed to make Holder accountable for this “convenient” contradiction of politicizing in the terrorist indecision versus the immigration decision. The greater point being – had a Tea Party backed candidate spoken as did Holder, the news media would have been all over them.

While unemployment has increased from 4% to 14% under Harry Reid’s watch, casino’s are laying off employees and putting expansion on hold, the education system is making deep budget cuts, and thousands of homes are in foreclosure; he is running campaign ads and websites depicting Angle as a “birther” and a host of other issues that avoid addressing the real issues. When Angle pushed back against the web site in question, many including the news media, made her out to be the villain rather than the victim.

It is time for those within the mainstream to stop feeling and acting like they are the extreme which leads to an attitude and atmosphere of “we are the minority”. Frankly, it is those on the extreme who are propagating and promoting this “feeling” within the mainstream. We must recognize and reject the strategy of the left as well as those on the right (RINOs) who fear the defeat of their personal agenda and the loss of their power by the “voting influence” of the Tea Party.

Rand Paul took a stand against the idea that the Tea Party is outside the mainstream in a Saturday speech, saying,

“We cannot let them characterize us. There has been a concerted effort since the tea party began to rise, since my victory, to paint us as something we are not. There is nothing about our movement that is really outside of any kind of mainstream….. You are part of the mainstream.”

Paul’s speech was not based on a feeling. It is what it is!

So you would prefer to pay no tax so you can spend three times more for your pharmaceuticals, than the rest of the world. You would rather be exploited than taxed...So its hanging instead of the electric chair? I love this right wing reasoning its so damned weird, its like the suicidal idiot who ducked the traffic before he jumped of the bridge.

The deceptive strategy of the extremists painting the mainstream as extreme

It is a well known fact that ultra-leftists commonly employ the practice of accusing their opposition of what they themselves do.

Sources say smackdown of Obama by Supreme Court may be inevitable

July 9, 12:03 PM Conservative Examiner Anthony G. Martin
According to sources who watch the inner workings of the federal government, a smackdown of Barack Obama by the U.S. Supreme Court may be inevitable.

Ever since Obama assumed the office of President, critics have hammered him on a number of Constitutional issues.

Critics have complained that much if not all of Obama's major initiatives run headlong into Constitutional roadblocks on the power of the federal government.

(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic. Chief Justice John Roberts, U.S. Supreme Court).
Obama certainly did not help himself in the eyes of the Court when he used the venue of his State of the Union address early in the year to publicly flog the Court over its ruling that the First Amendment grants the right to various organizations to run political ads during the time of an election.

The tongue-lashing clearly did not sit well with the Court, as demonstrated by Justice Sam Alito, who publicly shook his head and stated under his breath, 'That's not true,' when Obama told a flat-out lie concerning the Court's ruling.

As it has turned out, this was a watershed moment in the relationship between the executive and the judicial branches of the federal government. Obama publicly declared war on the court, even as he blatantly continued to propose legislation that flies in the face of every known Constitutional principle upon which this nation has stood for over 200 years.

Obama has even identified Chief Justice John Roberts as his number one enemy, that is, apart from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. And it is no accident that the one swing-vote on the court, Justice Anthony Kennedy, stated recently that he has no intention of retiring until 'Obama is gone.'
Apparently, the Court has had enough.

The Roberts Court has signaled, in a very subtle manner, of course, that it intends to address the issues about which Obama critics have been screaming to high heaven. A ruling against Obama on any one of these important issues could potentially cripple the Administration.
Such a thing would be long overdue.

First, there is ObamaCare, which violates the Constitutional principle barring the federal government from forcing citizens to purchase something. And no, this is not the same thing as states requiring drivers to purchase car insurance, as some of the intellectually-impaired claim. The Constitution limits FEDERAL government, not state governments, from such things, and further, not everyone has to drive, and thus, a citizen could opt not to purchase car insurance by simply deciding not to drive a vehicle.
In the ObamaCare world, however, no citizen can 'opt out.'

Second, sources state that the Roberts court has quietly accepted information concerning discrepancies in Obama's history that raise serious questions about his eligibility for the office of President. The charge goes far beyond the birth certificate issue. This information involves possible fraudulent use of a Social Security number in Connecticut, while Obama was a high school student in Hawaii. And that is only the tip of the iceberg.

Third, several cases involving possible criminal activity, conflicts of interest, and pay-for-play cronyism could potentially land many Administration officials, if not the President himself, in hot water with the Court. Frankly, in the years this writer has observed politics, nothing comes close to comparing with the rampant corruption of this Administration, not even during the Nixon years. Nixon and the Watergate conspirators look like choirboys compared to the jokers that populate this Administration.

In addition, the Court will eventually be forced to rule on the dreadful decision of the Obama DOJ to sue the state of Arizona. That, too, could send the Obama doctrine of open borders to an early grave, given that the Administration refuses to enforce federal law on illegal aliens.

And finally, the biggie that could potentially send the entire house of cards tumbling in a free-fall is the latest revelation concerning the Obama-Holder Department of Justice and its refusal to pursue the New Black Panther Party. The group is caught on tape committing felonies by attempting to intimidate Caucasian voters into staying away from the polls.

A whistle-blower who resigned from the DOJ is now charging Holder with "the deliberate refusal to pursue cases against Blacks, particularly those who are involved in radical hate-groups, such as the New Black Panthers, who have been caught on tape calling for the murder of white people and their babies."

This one is a biggie that could send the entire Administration crumbling--that is, if the Justices have the guts to draw a line in the sand at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Second, sources state that the Roberts court has quietly accepted information concerning discrepancies in Obama's history that raise serious questions about his eligibility for the office of President.

If you are referring to Lindsey Graham's comments, I think the man is wrong, thats all, and he makes silly comments.

Cycloptichorn wrote:

Specifically - and please don't be vague here - which policies of Obama's resemble Fascist ones, and how?

Cycloptichorn

My comment is that the medical industry is a good example, with Obama telling the companies what to do and they better do it or else, for the good of the State,

but I think Jonah Goldberg has the overall subject of liberal fascism tabbed pretty well. Read this if you are willing to face the truth, cyclops, otherwise skip it because you are too hard headed to admit anything. If you are merely going to make a snide comment about Goldberg, don't bother. If you actually do wish to debate a point that he has made with evidence, be my guest.
http://www.nationalreview.com/liberal-fascism

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If you are referring to Lindsey Graham's comments, I think the man is wrong, thats all, and he makes silly comments.

Many Republican officials have tried to distance themselves from Rand Paul and other Tea Party people. It isn't simply about Graham's comments but the actions of many Republicans to not support the Tea Party kooks.