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After “Celeb” comes… “The One“!

I have to agree with the analysis over at Sound Politics (which I have kept up with since I spent 6 months in Seattle for work):

“Note there appears to a be a delineation between Republicans embracing McCain’s new ad, as discussed below, versus those opposed.

The old guard types like John Weaver and Mike Murphy are squeamish. The new guard like Rich Lowry, Patrick Ruffini, Matt Lewis, and Dean Barnett embrace it. Meanwhile, McCain stands behind it in full.

Perhaps its nothing, perhaps its a sign that a new day has dawned (or is dawning) for dominant voices in the conservative opinion leader community.”

I am more excited about this race after these ads then I have been in awhile. Why? They are ingenious and they drive home a point.  Now we just need a few in this vein that drive home all the positive things about McCain’s small government, low tax agenda and we’ll be much closer to a win in November.

Almost one million views and it was just posted yesterday!  This must have really hit a nerve….
Update: 1,227,604 views

Sometimes a column just nails it, Gerard Baker’s column “He ventured forth to bring light to the world” on Barack Obama’s recent international jaunt, is just such a column. Gerard exposes Obama’s trip for what it is through biblical/politcal satire so well, I just had to share it:

“The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow.
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In the great Battles of Caucus and Primary he smote the conniving Hillary, wife of the deposed King Bill the Priapic and their barbarian hordes of Working Class Whites.
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In Jerusalem and in surrounding Palestine, the Child spake to the Hebrews and the Arabs, as the Scripture had foretold. And in an instant, the lion lay down with the lamb, and the Israelites and Ishmaelites ended their long enmity and lived for ever after in peace.
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And suddenly, with the men appeared the archangel Gabriel and the whole host of the heavenly choir, ranks of cherubim and seraphim, all praising God and singing: “Yes, We Can.” ”

Read the whole piece!

Picture Credit: A student art project featured on Slate.

HT:Daniel

While reading through one of the many newsletters that get sent to our info@gop3.com email address, I came across this picture from a USA today article about an anti-death penalty professor. It seems the good professor sees the connection between Barack Obama’s and Che Guevara’s projected public persona and socialist/redistributionist policies.

Great video from the RNC’s new Can We Ask campaign against Obama’s empty rhetoric.

Picked this tidbit up off the Hotline Blog:

“Since January, 218,923 new voters have registered. Of those, 152,775 registered Democratic and 40,195 registered Republican.

Also since January, 164,026 registered voters changed their affiliation to Democratic and 14,887 changed to Republican. (Pennsylvania’s voter registration form does not require the registrant to specify from which party they are changing.)

Geographically, the highest numbers of voter registration statistics came from Allegheny and Philadelphia counties; the lowest came from Forest and Cameron counties. By age group, the highest numbers of registered voters are between the ages of 45 and 54; the lowest are between 18 and 24 years old.”

This definitely doesn’t bode well for the youth-fueled Obama campaign. Take a look at the Texas exit polls:

Clinton Obama
18-29
16% 40% 59%
30-44
28% 44% 55%
45-59
34% 54% 44%

Student apathy is disappointing but, not surprising. I just don’t think the youth vote has been the game changer that the media has tried to sell it as.

Obama’s Jedi Mind Tricks (HT: Justin)

A comment from a friend on my last post about Barack Obama’s “bitter” elitism deserved a more complete answer in the form of a post. Here is his original comment:

Which part of Obama’s statement to you take offense to? It seems pretty reasonable to me. In context, what he’s saying is that the lower class has been promised much and delivered little over the past 25 years. Of course they’re bitter.

I don’t see why calling out the inequalities of our current economic system is perceived as “elitism”.

I take offense to the idea that rural residents of Pennsylvania (or anywhere else for that matter) “cling” to “guns or religion”. It belittles faith and the right of citizens to own firearms by implying that believing in God or owning a firearm is some sort of mental pacifier. I think it’s just as bad to stereotype/judge gun owners or believers as it is to stereotype African-Americans or any other race.

A Barack Obama presidency (or any DNC Presidency for the matter) would make any of the “inequalities” you refer to much worse. Take Obama’s opposition to NAFTA for example:

“Senator Obama blames “politicians in Washington” for signing trade agreements that he says are bad for the economy because they provide perks for businesses but don’t protect workers. (Source: IHT, Clinton and Obama address economic fears, February 18, 2008)”

Yet NAFTA, promoted by Republicans in congress, along with the general free trade approach that Obama and Clinton both oppose, has overwhelmingly helped out the poor.

Let’s look at unemployment and inflation for example:
7.1 avg. unemployment - 1980-1994 - pre-NAFTA - Democrats controlled gov’t purse strings
5.0 avg. unemployment - 1994-2008 - post-NAFTA - GOP mostly controlled gov’t purse strings

99% total inflation - pre-NAFTA - 1980-1994 - Democrats controlled gov’t purse strings
45% total inflation - post-NAFTA - 1994-2008 - GOP mostly controlled gov’t purse strings

The bottom line: Obama is being hypocritical on two fronts:
1. He is judging rural Americans, gun owners and believers as a group in the same way he would not want to be judged as a member of an African-American group.
2. He is ridiculing this same group for it’s “anti-trade sentiment” when he is anti-trade (anti-NAFTA) himself!

Here is the quote again in case you missed it:

“And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations”

This video is a great example of exactly what I have been talking about. Barack supporters are high on “hope” and “change” but, they cannot name a single accomplishment from their chosen savior’s almost non-existent record.

HT: Hotline on Call