POLITICAL: “Bill! It’s for you!”

Sunday, March 9, 2008

IT’S OVER
By Dick Morris Reports <dickmorrisreports@dickmorris.com>

(Dick is funny and cutting. Has no love for Hillary. But, he does hit good points with laser-like strikes to the funny bone!)

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Suggestion for Obama:

The next time Hillary uses the recycled red phone ad, counter with one of your own. When the phone rings in the middle of the night, have a woman’s voice, with a flat Midwestern accent, answer it and say, “Hold on” into the receiver. Then she should shout, “Bill! It’s for you!”

Because with Hillary’s complete lack of any meaningful experience in foreign affairs, and her lack of the “testing” that she boldly claims, she’ll be yelling for Bill.

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I think the “red phone” ad cuts against all three “candidates”. None! None of them have any leadership credentials. None of them have solid accomplishments. McCain even has a negative one — campaign finance reform that violates the First Amendment.

A plague on all their houses.

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POLITICAL: Republicans have to nominate a woman!

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (best), KB Huchinson from Texas, or Libby Dole (worst)

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UPDATE: Not nice to say, but … TOLD YOU SO!

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POLITICAL: what is more difficult than getting elected president

Monday, February 25, 2008

OBAMA’S REAL EXPERIENCE: HIS CANDIDACY
By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN
Published on DickMorris.com on February 25, 2008.

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The best evidence of Obama’s readiness to lead the nation is th e ability with which he has run for president. After all, what is more difficult, complicated, or challenging than getting elected president? What other life experience better illustrates one’s qualification to hold the office than a manifest skill in seeking it. For anyone who has ever been elected president, the race that sent them to the White House was the single most important event in their lives and dwarfs any other experience they might have had before running.

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Well, Dick, I would respectfully disagree. As currently configured, the President is a much tougher job than the Founding Fathers’ intended and is arguably an impossible job!

What is more difficult than “getting elected”?

I believe running a F500 company in the current times is harder than getting elected. Being President is much like being CEO of a global enterprise. Except the President doesn’t have external market signals to guide to.

As original intended being President was easier. MYOB. Don’t spend a lot on the Navy. And, keep foreign people from killing Americans.

I think that Obama and Clinton are both uniquely UNQUALLIFIED to be President. What has either accomplished?

Don’t think I like the guy who slipped away from the Keating 5 conviction any better, He’s demonstrable wrong on McCain Feingold and a bunch of other things.

So, we again have very poor candidates to choose from. Maybe we should just stay home. It doesn’t seem like anything ever changes.

Sigh!

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POLITICAL: Representatives DON’T do much more than hustle

Monday, February 25, 2008

http://www.lewrockwell.com/bovard/bovard54.html

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Even when representative government works tolerably well, it is difficult to inspire the representatives to do much more than hustle for their own reelection.

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We have entirely too many levels.

We should just vote locally and let it cascade upward. We would then have a local “hostage” to torture about all the abuses above that level. Cut out all the nonsense.

So for example, each house or apartment would hold and election for a “representative”. That rep would vote for all the folks they had. All the house reps on a street would vote for a street rep. Street rep rolls up to hods. Hoods to towns. Towns to county. Counties to state. State to National. Real simple.

Bet we’d see real change then.

At the very least there’d be less high paying political jobs. And pensions? What pensions.

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POLITICAL: Lessig May Run

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/20/lessig-may-run

Lessig May Run

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Erick reported February 15 that a Facebook group was trying to draft Stanford Law professor and free culture champion Lawrence Lessig to run for Congress. It took 5 days but they may get their way with Lessig announcing Lessig ‘08, a site that will host an introduction to his “Change Congress Movement,” (video above) as well as his yet to be announced decision as to whether he’ll run or not.

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Well, you couldn’t do any worse then the “professional congresscritters”. I’m not sure that I agree with your “progressive” label. I’d call your attention to Jim Babka’s DOWNSIZEDC DOT ORG and Carla Howell’s SMALLGOVERNMENT DOT ORG as examples of trying to make a difference. I certainly support anyone trying to change the system. You might even be a little L libertarian in disguise.

One detail I know I disagree with you on is the “public financing of campaigns”. I would suggest that a better answer would be that a candidate can ONLY raise money directly from voters in their district. It would be a measure of their support. Taxes are basically theft. Public campaign and election financing from those stolen funds is wrong. If voters voluntarily give you money in support of your campaign that makes it untainted.

imho, go for it.

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POLITICAL: Liberalism is emotion. Conservatism is faith. Libertarianism is reason.

Saturday, February 9, 2008

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8408.html

Adamness
Location: NA
Party: Libertarian
Reply #: 10
Date: Feb. 8, 2008 – 10:38 PM EST updated

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Liberalism is emotion. Conservatism is faith. Libertarianism is reason.

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I think this is an excellent formulation for as far as it goes.

There’s a few isms that it misses.

Socialism is envy. Fascism is cruel madmen in charge.

And, I’m not sure what ism where have here in current day USA.

Maybe it’s “corporatism” where the Gooferment is in an incestuous relationship with Big Corporations?

The welfare-warfare state. The FDA “regulates” Big Pharma. The Department of Eddycation and the Teacher’s Union ensure that we’re last in the world in academic achievement. And the FCC and Hollywood ensure that morality never gets a positive show with ever more perverse “entertainment”. And, “Law Enforcement” that is corrupt to “protect and serve” the State.

Very interesting. Is this what happened to Rome?

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POLITICAL: “Never” means never from the straight talk express

Monday, February 4, 2008

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/019121.html

February 03, 2008
McCain will be in Iraq forever
Posted by James Ostrowski at February 3, 2008 07:30 AM

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He says he “will never set a date for withdrawal.”

“Never” means never from the straight talk express.

McCain has zero chance to win in November. He has been decreed by the power elite and corporate state media as a sacrifice on the altar of Hillary.

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I think McC is nuts. I saw the quote on YouTube about never leaving Iraq.

“We’ll be there for 100 years. What’s wrong with that?”

I think that sums up the candidacy of “everybody but Ron Paul”.

Endless warfare? Right out of George Orwell.

Sigh!

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POLITICAL: but rebuked the agency for failing to protect the city

Thursday, January 31, 2008

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080131/D8UGR23G0.html

Katrina Lawsuit Vs. Army Corps Dismissed
Jan 31, 6:26 AM (ET)
By CAIN BURDEAU and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Saying his hands were tied by law, a federal judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina, but rebuked the agency for failing to protect the city.

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Sovereign Immunity?

“Rebuked” — big deal. They got there paychecks and pensions. The folks get screwed!

The gooferment is just here to protect and serve … … itself!

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POLITICAL: an important voice discussing the election

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/46134.html

Keith Halderman
Someone Who Has Earned His Wisdom

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Here is an important voice discussing the election that is not being heard anywhere near as much as it should be.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uk-T46soz8

Well, I’d need to “vet” that this is bonafide before I’d start jumping up an down.

(It certainly is a telling indictment of the gooferment education system.)

But, if this fellow wasn’t in the military, he certainly captured the ability of most military vets to identify “barbara streisand” when they see it.

And, in ten minutes of broken and bad English, he does make enough points to make it time well spent.

It should be “mandatory listening” before voters vote!

Old men decide; young men die.

That’s “barbara streisand”. And there’s no honor in that!

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POLITICAL: Obama did extremely well in Iowa

Monday, January 7, 2008

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10923

My Night at the Caucus
by Stacy – January 4, 2008 – 11:23 AM

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My first caucus experience was pretty awesome. Although I might be a little biased, since I’m for Obama and he did extremely well in Iowa. But that aside, it was just really cool to see people – especially people my age, who historically have been rather blasé about elections – out there caucusing and making themselves heard. I was impressed.

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With all due respect, charity, and fellowship, Obama as President! Have you lost your mind?

The only rationale, given his lack of accomplishments, is that you have looked at all the candidates and found them all so lacking that you would prefer a complete novice to lead us.

While politicians are particularly … revolting, I think that there are more qualified people. I too am reviled at the choices other than Ron Paul. But no one, other than him, gets us out of our current messes with a detailed description. Sorry, but I just think that Obama is too light weight to lead.

Personally, I’d rather pick a state guv at random. At least then there’d be some experience to judge by.

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Upon reflection, maybe that’s a good idea. Change the Constitution to allow the electorate to chose among the Governors of one of the States. Real easy to implement. Maybe we can have Instant Runoff elections?

Can you say Arnold from Kalifornia? :-) California is larger than most countries.

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