Earlier this week, I posted some commentary entitled, WMD's found in Iraq.
Last night, I stumbled onto the Discovery blog (www.discovery.org). Bruce Chapman posted an excellent commentary over there entitled, The Truth About Iraq WMD Uncovered, Then Covered Up Again. Chapman highlights in detail the WMD revelation, and subsequent burial, courtesy of the mainstream media. This is required reading for those who want to be adequately informed. Get over there an check it out.
After seeing all the molehill climbing going on in the liberal blogs and liberal press over the past few months, it's nice to finally see common sense prevail regarding the fate of two men charged with "lynching" Obama.
Approximately 4 months ago, Joe Fischer and Hunter Bush got what appeared to be a rather crass idea. They decided to hang, the then presidential candidate, Barack Obama in effigy. I say it appeared to be a crass idea because it turns out they got their inspiration from a neolibtard out in Cali who did the same thing, only the effigy in question turned out to be vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin.
Yes, I know you didn't hear anything about the Palin hanging. That's because mainstream media is so "fair and balanced." But Fischer and Bush's mock hanging of Obama was the shot heard 'round the world as far as the libs go. Secular fundies and afro-centrists came out of the woodwork to condemn the pair, because the statement Fischer and Bush were making was so "obviously" motivated by race…or was it?
As it turns out, the pair's behavior had nothing to do with race and everything to do with just how biased the Left is when it comes to those they consider their enemies. The double standard is unmistakable. You can say or do anything you want concerning conservatives. But you'd better move to the back of the bus when being critical of the Left or their idols. Actually, I'm being generous when I use the bus metaphor. The reality is neoliberals have something a little more permanent in mind. They'll gladly open the back door and throw your ass out in the street if you dare question, critique, or bash their sacred dogmas. Nothing like hitting the pavement after being thrown from a moving vehicle, right? In this case, Fischer and Bush found out the hard way. But then, they weren't just being critical of an idea, they were bashing the Left's Messiah.
That kind of hypocrisy goes unnoticed and unchecked in the mainstream. As an example, let's take a cursory examination of the Mapplethorpe exhibit. Among other things, this supposed art exhibit sported a photograph of one man urinating into the mouth of another. Lovers of decency were understandably outraged and moved to block the public exhibit. In response, liberals brought out the big guns. They couldn’t understand why anyone would want to censor such a "great" example of "fine art." However, when a couple of people decide to hang a mannequin from a tree, well, that's just going too far..unless, of course, the mannequin in question is Sarah Palin or George W. Bush, etc. Get the picture?
So it does my heart good to see that when Fischer and Bush were brought up on multiple charges before a grand jury of their peers today, they weren't indicted. Common sense prevailed.
Do these guys' actions deserve our disdain? Yes, probably. Should we have condemned their action as wrong? Absolutely. But their action to hang a dummy from a tree, while in poor taste, certainly didn't warrant bringing these guys up on charges. Nor any of the other myriad ways the functionally insane liberals can devise to waste our tax dollars while simultaneously attempting to squash any objections to liberal orthodoxy.
From MSNBC:
On the issues and candidate qualities
In the survey, Obama also holds commanding leads on the issues — especially economic ones. He has a 39-point advantage over McCain in handling health care (59 to 20 percent), a 21-point edge on improving the economy (49 to 28), a 21-point lead on the mortgage and housing crisis (45 to 24), a 17-point edge on dealing with the Wall Street crisis (42 to 25), a 14-point lead on taxes (48 to 34) and a 12-point advantage on energy and the cost of gas (44 to 32).
That last stat on energy and the cost of fuel is especially funny, as fuel prices are currently falling like a brick under the Bush Jr. administration and the main reason all the Kool-Aid drinkers think McCain won't stack up has to do with his Bush Jr. associations. It's also quite humorous that these Major Hoolihan voters think that Obama is more fit than McCain in handling the other issues enumerated in the previous paragraph. I mean, what experience does Obama have in handling ANY crisis? ….uh, well…none. Thank you very much. Meanwhile, McCain was handling stuff like this when Obama was still wearing Pampers. This is just more electorate foolishness.
Continuing onward:
McCain, meanwhile, holds advantages on which candidate would do a better job in catching Osama bin Laden (39 to 19 percent) and handling the situation in Iraq (45 to 40).
McCain also narrowly leads in having strong leadership qualities needed to be president (40 to 36 percent). But Obama has the edge in offering hope and optimism (53 to 23), improving America’s standing in the world (51 to 31) and having the right temperament to be president (50 to 30).
Okay, let's see what's more important: protecting us (and our troops abroad) from terrorists and having strong leadership abilities, or offering hope, optimism, and the right mood? I think the answer is obvious. But then, I'm a conservative mastodon. When I point out obvious things like this (or open my mouth for that matter) liberals demand an interpreter, dwell on the irrelevant, and scream obscenities in my general direction.
One other key advantage for Democrats is the enthusiasm gap. Fifty-two percent of Obama voters in the poll say they’re excited to be voting for the Democratic presidential nominee.
That’s compared with just 26 percent of McCain voters who said that about the GOP nominee, a percentage that’s down eight points since the Republican convention in early September.
Winning the base, but losing the middle
Hart, the Democratic pollster, believes there is one good sign for McCain in the poll: The Arizona senator is holding on to the GOP base. McCain has a sizable advantage over Obama among evangelicals (76 to 20 percent), small town/rural voters (53 to 40), and those living in the South (54 to 40).
And what does this little excursion prove? (A) That most of the voters polled were liberal democrats and (B) that they haven't got a clue what the crux issues are. You see, when liberal media types poll liberal voters, it stands to reason that they (the voters) will find an ultra liberal candidate favorable. After all, the liberal candidate represents what they value. That's in contradistinction to what classical conservatives value, and never the twain shall meet.
As for the crux issues, isn't it obvious there's a problem with the part of the brain governing forethought when voters are more concerned with style, "right temperament," and other non-issues like how pie-in-the-sky the candidate in question makes them feel, than whether or not he can actually provide solid leadership and keep them safe?
Ridiculous! What a bunch of zero amygdala oblongatas. I must've picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.