The Washington Post has an article about the Black Panthers using voter intimidation in the last Presidential election. It is absolutely ridiculous to me that these men aren't in jail.
The story has its origins on Election Day in 2008, when two members of the New Black Panther Party stood in front of a Philadelphia polling place. YouTube video of the men, now viewed nearly 1.5 million times, shows both wearing paramilitary clothing. One carried a nightstick.
Early last year, just before the Bush administration left office, the Justice Department filed a voter-intimidation lawsuit against the men, the New Black Panther Party and its chairman. But several months later, with the government poised to win by default because the defendants didn't contest the suit, the Obama Justice Department decided the case was over-charged and narrowed it to the man with the nightstick. It secured only a narrow injunction forbidding him from displaying a weapon within 100 feet of Philadelphia polling places through 2012.
Congressional Republicans pounced. For months they stalled the confirmation of Thomas E. Perez, President Obama's pick to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, while seeking answers to why the case had been downgraded over the objections of some of the department's career lawyers. The Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility launched an investigation, which is pending. The independent, eight-member Commission on Civil Rights also began what has become a yearlong probe with multiple public hearings; its report is due soon. Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.), a prominent lawmaker in The Post's circulation area, has been a loud and leading critic of how the case was handled. His office has "aggressively" sought to interest The Post in coverage, a spokesman said.
The controversy was elevated last month when J. Christian Adams, a former Justice Department lawyer who had helped develop the case, wrote in the Washington Times that his superiors' decision to reduce its scope was "motivated by a lawless hostility toward equal enforcement of the law." Some in the department believe "the law should not be used against black wrongdoers because of the long history of slavery and segregation," he wrote. Adams recently repeated these charges in public testimony before the commission.
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Worthwhile Reads Concerning Tuesdays Election
Some worthwhile reads from our friend Stephanie:NY 23 And What It Should Mean to ALL Republicans Going Forward.
The NRCC didn’t just spend it backing Scozzafava, they spent it attacking the conservative and gave the Democrat a pass at least till Dede finally backed out. Her endorsement of the Democrat can’t be ignored as a factor as well.URGENT: Everyone must know the facts of the November 3, 2009 Election
It has been acknowledge that Conservatives won some important elections on November 3, 2009 Election, but there are some elements that must be understood, and what Obama, Socialist Democrats, and main stream media will do over the next coming weeks and months. We all know what Obama is capable of doing from restricting free speech to restricting access to American Citizens. This election was devastating to him, and he fully understands that, and he will be out for bloodThanks Stephanie!
Good Night for GOP and Conservatives
The elections went well yesterday, as positions were wrestled away from Democrats, and the people let Obama know that they were unsatisfied with the direction his administration is going. Bob McDonnell, a Conservative Republican, won the state of Virginia's Gubernatorial race, by 18%.In New Jersey, Republican Chris Christie won by 5%.
In New York's 23rd district, Conservative Party Candidate Doug Hoffman, was able to force the liberal RINO, Dierdre Scozzafava, out of the race. He probably would have won too, if it weren't for the 100,000 + morons that voted for her, even though she was no longer running. Even though Owens beat out Hoffman, it sent a strong message to the GOP, letting them know we won't elect RINOs, we want conservatives.
Republican (if you can call him that) Michael Bloomberg won NYC's mayoral race, after putting up $100 million of his personal wealth.
And perhaps most significant, Maine became the 31st state to ban gay marriage. Yay! Take that, sodomizers.
Despite the media reporting that the Dems are in trouble, Pelosi and Obama seem to be ignoring the election results, and continuing their push to make America a socialist country.
Today's Election DOES Reflect on Obama
The Obama administration and the media are together going to downplay today’s electoral victories for the GOP.
They will, to the mainstream media, not be relevant to or any sign of a rebuke against Barack Obama and his far left agenda.
In fact, the media is already beginning the narrative that we cannot see today as a referendum on Barack Obama.
Consider these facts:
New York 23
Barack Obama sent Joe Biden to visit.
Obama’s White House negotiated Dede Scozzafava’s endorsement of the Democrat.
Scozzafava and Owens both supported and campaigned on supporting the stimulus.
New Jersey
Obama sent his top pollster to take command of the race.
Obama visited multiple times, including the day before the election.
Obama is featured in most of Corzine’s advertising.
The Democratic Governors Association and DNC all pumped in a ton of money.
Corzine ran on helping Obama at the state level.
Virginia
The Democratic Governors Association spent $4 million to get Creigh Deeds elected.
The Democratic National Committee spent $6 millino to get Deeds elected.
Obama campaigned for Deeds multiple times.
Organizing for America sent a mail piece to 300,000 “surge voters”, or voters who voted for the first time in 2008, urging them to vote for Deeds.
Organizing for America set up phone banks for Creigh Deeds.
The state owned media is going to tell us none of this matters and this was no rebuke of Barack Obama.
Don’t believe it. The facts speak for themselves.
Via
They will, to the mainstream media, not be relevant to or any sign of a rebuke against Barack Obama and his far left agenda.
In fact, the media is already beginning the narrative that we cannot see today as a referendum on Barack Obama.
Consider these facts:
New York 23
Barack Obama sent Joe Biden to visit.
Obama’s White House negotiated Dede Scozzafava’s endorsement of the Democrat.
Scozzafava and Owens both supported and campaigned on supporting the stimulus.
New Jersey
Obama sent his top pollster to take command of the race.
Obama visited multiple times, including the day before the election.
Obama is featured in most of Corzine’s advertising.
The Democratic Governors Association and DNC all pumped in a ton of money.
Corzine ran on helping Obama at the state level.
Virginia
The Democratic Governors Association spent $4 million to get Creigh Deeds elected.
The Democratic National Committee spent $6 millino to get Deeds elected.
Obama campaigned for Deeds multiple times.
Organizing for America sent a mail piece to 300,000 “surge voters”, or voters who voted for the first time in 2008, urging them to vote for Deeds.
Organizing for America set up phone banks for Creigh Deeds.
The state owned media is going to tell us none of this matters and this was no rebuke of Barack Obama.
Don’t believe it. The facts speak for themselves.
Via
Voter Fraud
I've long believed that last year's presidential campaign was fraught with corruption. Whether or not it was enough to help Obama win by such a margin, I don't know. I'd say it had more to do with the fact he was running again John McCain. Anywho, it seems like there is some absentee vote fraud going on in the New Jersey guberitorial race. I doubt it is isolated to just absentee ballots.
John Fund: The state has received a flood of 180,000 absentee ballot requests. On some 3,000 forms the signature doesn't match the one on file with county clerks. Yet citing concerns that voters would be disenfranchised, Democratic Party lawyer Paul Josephson wrote New Jersey's secretary of state asking her "to instruct County Clerks not to deny applications on the basis of signature comparison alone." Mr. Josephson maintained that county clerks "may be overworked and are likely not trained in handwriting analysis" and insisted that voters with suspect applications should be allowed to cast provisional ballots. Those ballots, of course, would then provide a pool of votes that would be subject to litigation in any recount, with the occupant of New Jersey's highest office determined by Florida 2000-style scrutiny of ballot applications.
28% of Deployed Troop Votes Not Counted
From the Marine Corps Times:Study: 28% of deployed troop votes not counted
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Wednesday May 13, 2009
A study released Wednesday says that 28 percent of deployed service members were unable to vote in the November elections because their absentee ballots were uncounted or never collected.
That finding, based on data gathered by the Congressional Research Service from seven states with high populations of military voters, is worse than in the 2000 presidential election, despite a massive effort to improve the absentee voting process, said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who requested the study.
“This is unacceptable and something we should not allow to continue,” Schumer said.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., said he expects Congress to do something tangible because voting laws are not working.
The seven states in the study were California, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington and West Virginia.
Combined, they account for 43.5 percent of the active-duty military population.
Report: One-fourth of overseas votes go uncounted:
By JIM ABRAMS
WASHINGTON (AP) - One out of every four ballots requested by military personnel and other Americans living overseas for the 2008 election may have gone uncounted, according to findings being released at a Senate hearing Wednesday.
Sen. Charles Schumer, chairman of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, said the study, while providing only a snapshot of voting patterns, "is enough to show that the balloting process for service members is clearly in need of an overhaul."
The committee, working with the Congressional Research Service, surveyed election offices in seven states with high numbers of military personnel: California, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington and West Virginia.
It said that of 441,000 absentee ballots requested by eligible voters living abroad - mainly active-duty and reserve troops - more than 98,000 were "lost" ballots that were mailed out but never received by election officials. Taking into account 13,500 ballots that were rejected for such reasons as a missing signature or failure to notarize, one-quarter of those requesting a ballot were disenfranchised.
The study found that an additional 11,000 ballots were returned as undeliverable.
The key to Obama's victory? I dunno, draw your own conclusions. One thing for sure, it isn't right, or fair. Even if these votes were from libtards, they still deserve to be counted. The only votes that should be counted are fraudulent votes, aka ACORN registered voters.
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Franken Wins Senate Seat
So apparently, the Minnesota election contest panel has awarded the election to Al Franken. Al Franken, former SNL actor. Yes, the man who played "Stuart Smalley" may now become a US senator, barring some miracle. The only worse scenerio would be Sean Penn winning.
Three judges soundly rejected Norm Coleman’s attempt to reverse Al Franken’s lead in the U.S. Senate election late Monday, sweeping away the Republican’s claims in a blunt ruling Coleman promised to appeal.
After a trial spanning nearly three months, the judicial panel dismissed Coleman’s central argument that the election and its aftermath were fraught with systemic errors that made the results invalid.
“The overwhelming weight of the evidence indicates that the Nov. 4, 2008, election was conducted fairly, impartially and accurately,” the panel said in its unanimous decision.
Coleman is set to appeal the ruling. I really doubt he will win, he was far too passive in the recount. Coleman played the nice guy card, just like McCain. He refused to get in the mud and wrestle with Franken, and Franken was not. Conservatives and Republican's need to stop letting the lib and dem bullies push them around. We have the truth on our side, we have a proven track record on our side. What do we have to fear? When we let the "Stuart Smalley's" of the world push us around, it won't be long until they control everything.
Two Funny Stories About Kids (Future Conservatives)
From an e-mail I recieved:
I recently asked my friend's little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, 'If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?'
She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.' Her parents beamed.
'Wow...what a worthy goal.' I told her, 'But you don't have to wait until you're President to help people. You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and rake my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house.'
She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, 'Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?'
I said, 'Welcome to the Republican Party.'
From my friends family blog (names changed):
Kendall came home from school on election day. The first thing I noticed was an "I voted" sticker stuck on her shirt. I was delighted and started asking her questions. This is how it went....
Me: Why do you have that sticker.
K: I voted today. My whole class did.
Me: (overly excited) So who did you vote for?
K: McCain. He's the good one. The other one is the bad guy.
Me: Really. Why is he the bad guy?
K: He's the mean one. Mom, did you vote?
Me: Well.... not yet. This is the moment when my awesome neighbor, who always saves me, calls and offers to keep my kids so I can go vote.
Me: So if Obama is the mean one then why are some people voting for him?
K: Lots of people are voting for him because they think he will take care of them so they don't have to take care of themselves.
Me: Shocked. It took me a couple minutes to process. Wow!
Me: Did your teacher tell you that?
K: No. I think I read it in the weekly reader.
Me: Of course, the weekly reader would say that!
K: Can I watch the news to see who wins tonight?
Me: (delighted) Sure! (A kid after my own heart!) Kendall, you guys are going to go to the neighbors while I go vote.
K: Good Job, Mom. (She said it with such respect that I felt like I was doing the most noble, heroic thing there was to do.) Her teacher won a lot of points in my book!
Not only did Kendall watch the news (until she got frustrated by how much they were talking about Obama) but she also conducted her own polls in the bathtub and tallied up the scores on the bathtub wall. McCain won, of course!
I recently asked my friend's little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, 'If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?'
She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.' Her parents beamed.
'Wow...what a worthy goal.' I told her, 'But you don't have to wait until you're President to help people. You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and rake my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house.'
She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, 'Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?'
I said, 'Welcome to the Republican Party.'
From my friends family blog (names changed):
Kendall came home from school on election day. The first thing I noticed was an "I voted" sticker stuck on her shirt. I was delighted and started asking her questions. This is how it went....
Me: Why do you have that sticker.
K: I voted today. My whole class did.
Me: (overly excited) So who did you vote for?
K: McCain. He's the good one. The other one is the bad guy.
Me: Really. Why is he the bad guy?
K: He's the mean one. Mom, did you vote?
Me: Well.... not yet. This is the moment when my awesome neighbor, who always saves me, calls and offers to keep my kids so I can go vote.
Me: So if Obama is the mean one then why are some people voting for him?
K: Lots of people are voting for him because they think he will take care of them so they don't have to take care of themselves.
Me: Shocked. It took me a couple minutes to process. Wow!
Me: Did your teacher tell you that?
K: No. I think I read it in the weekly reader.
Me: Of course, the weekly reader would say that!
K: Can I watch the news to see who wins tonight?
Me: (delighted) Sure! (A kid after my own heart!) Kendall, you guys are going to go to the neighbors while I go vote.
K: Good Job, Mom. (She said it with such respect that I felt like I was doing the most noble, heroic thing there was to do.) Her teacher won a lot of points in my book!
Not only did Kendall watch the news (until she got frustrated by how much they were talking about Obama) but she also conducted her own polls in the bathtub and tallied up the scores on the bathtub wall. McCain won, of course!
Let's Thank Those That Voted Against the "Stimulus"
Let's take the time to voice our support for the GOP Congressmen that voted against this awful piece of garbage stimulus, and even the 11 Democrats who voted nay. Also, take the time to contact your Senator and President and tell them to vote against the bill.
Contact your Senator here.
Contact the President here.
Call a Republican Representative & Thank Him/Her for Voting the Right Way on this So-Called Stimulus Bill (202-224-3121)
Final Roll Call
Contact your Senator here.
Contact the President here.
Call a Republican Representative & Thank Him/Her for Voting the Right Way on this So-Called Stimulus Bill (202-224-3121)
Final Roll Call
House Plans Vote Wednesday on Stimulus Bill
From Congress.org:
HOUSE PLANS VOTE WEDNESDAY ON STIMULUS BILL
Facing rapidly dwindling GOP support, the House plans a vote on Wednesday on their version of the stimulus bill. The Senate Finance Committee released the text for the tax portions last week calling for $275 billion in tax decreases. See the 140-page Senate Finance report here. (Look for the two links starting with "Original Chairman's Mark..." on the Committee page). You can also see the current House text of the bill here.
The stimulus package is criticized from all sides. The GOP says there aren't enough tax cuts. Democrats want more spending. Some question the effect of the stimulus, especially some of the proposed spending such as funding for contraception. Economists say something big needs done fast. The package is almost too big to even summarize, but should Congress pass or defeat the stimulus bill? Select your initial view below to see more details on the proposed spending and then tell Congress what you think.
ACTION POLL: (Cast Your Vote by Sending a Message)
Support the Proposed Economic Stimulus Package
Oppose the Proposed Economic Stimulus Package
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE BILLS?
More than 650 bills have been introduced in the House and more than 300 in the Senate in the 111th Congress. What is on the minds of Members of Congress that they feel need to be addressed? Here are a few examples we will track and periodically report on:
(NOTE: You can write to your Members of Congress about any of these bills by entering your ZIP Code in the box in the upper right-side of this website. Be sure to note the bill number in your message. Many bills are alike.)
NEW! H.R. 659 "Private Bill; For the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture" (Bills that benefit a few targeted individuals, like this one by Rep. Todd Platts (R-Penn) are somewhat common.)
H.R. 15 creates a nationalized system of free health care. (No Update - 43 Co-sponsors)
H.R. 414, the Camera Phone Predator Alert Act, requires cameras in cell phones to make an audible sound to alert others (such as in locker rooms) when a picture is taken. (No Update - No Co-sponsors)
H.R. 346 repeals the automatic payraises Congress receives. (No Update - 1 Co-sponsor)
H.R. 390 addresses "college football playoff games" (No Update - 2 Co-sponsors) while H.R. 187 says let Cubans play American baseball. (No Update - No Co-sponsor)
H.R. 227 states that human life begins at fertilization. (No Update - 53 Co-sponsors)
H.R. 254 moves voting to the weekend. (No Update - No Co-sponsors)
H.R. 113 requires anything funded by an earmark to be audited. (No Update - No Co-sponsors) Perhaps things like H.R. 202, which creates a "Museum of Ideas." (No Update - No Co-sponsors)
H.R. 116 ends political "robocalls" if you are on the "Do Not Call" Registry (No update - No Co-sponsors), while Senate bill S. 30 wants there to be caller ID honesty. (No Update - 3 Co-sponsors)
H.R. 126 would limit citizenship at birth only to those who have at least one parent who is a citizen or legal resident. (No Update - No Co-sponsors)H.R. 160 would limit Social Security benefits to only legal citizens or residents. (No Update - 3 Co-sponsors)
H.R. 155 would ban taxes on unemployment benefits for two years (Failed attempt to include in stimulus bill - 5 Co-sponsors), while H.R. 162 bans taxes on Social Security benefits. (No Update - 2 Co-sponsors)
H.R. 87 says "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is," and invites those who like to pay taxes to voluntarily pay extra taxes. (No Update - 3 Co-sponsors) Or how about just a "Fair Tax" (a national sales tax)and abolishing the IRS as called for in H.R. 25. (No Update - 40 Co-sponsors)
H.R. 70 would make it a hate crime to display a noose with the intent to intimidate. (No update - No Co-sponsors) And H.R. 40 explores paying reparations to African-Americans. (No Update - 3 Co-sponsors)
S. 213 would create an Airline Passenger Bill of Rights. (No Update - 1 Co-sponsor)
And Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is back in the swing of things. He's introduced S. 151, a bill to protect Indian arts and crafts. (No Update - 1 Co-sponsor)
HOUSE PLANS VOTE WEDNESDAY ON STIMULUS BILL
Facing rapidly dwindling GOP support, the House plans a vote on Wednesday on their version of the stimulus bill. The Senate Finance Committee released the text for the tax portions last week calling for $275 billion in tax decreases. See the 140-page Senate Finance report here. (Look for the two links starting with "Original Chairman's Mark..." on the Committee page). You can also see the current House text of the bill here.
The stimulus package is criticized from all sides. The GOP says there aren't enough tax cuts. Democrats want more spending. Some question the effect of the stimulus, especially some of the proposed spending such as funding for contraception. Economists say something big needs done fast. The package is almost too big to even summarize, but should Congress pass or defeat the stimulus bill? Select your initial view below to see more details on the proposed spending and then tell Congress what you think.
ACTION POLL: (Cast Your Vote by Sending a Message)
Support the Proposed Economic Stimulus Package
Oppose the Proposed Economic Stimulus Package
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE BILLS?
More than 650 bills have been introduced in the House and more than 300 in the Senate in the 111th Congress. What is on the minds of Members of Congress that they feel need to be addressed? Here are a few examples we will track and periodically report on:
(NOTE: You can write to your Members of Congress about any of these bills by entering your ZIP Code in the box in the upper right-side of this website. Be sure to note the bill number in your message. Many bills are alike.)
NEW! H.R. 659 "Private Bill; For the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture" (Bills that benefit a few targeted individuals, like this one by Rep. Todd Platts (R-Penn) are somewhat common.)
H.R. 15 creates a nationalized system of free health care. (No Update - 43 Co-sponsors)
H.R. 414, the Camera Phone Predator Alert Act, requires cameras in cell phones to make an audible sound to alert others (such as in locker rooms) when a picture is taken. (No Update - No Co-sponsors)
H.R. 346 repeals the automatic payraises Congress receives. (No Update - 1 Co-sponsor)
H.R. 390 addresses "college football playoff games" (No Update - 2 Co-sponsors) while H.R. 187 says let Cubans play American baseball. (No Update - No Co-sponsor)
H.R. 227 states that human life begins at fertilization. (No Update - 53 Co-sponsors)
H.R. 254 moves voting to the weekend. (No Update - No Co-sponsors)
H.R. 113 requires anything funded by an earmark to be audited. (No Update - No Co-sponsors) Perhaps things like H.R. 202, which creates a "Museum of Ideas." (No Update - No Co-sponsors)
H.R. 116 ends political "robocalls" if you are on the "Do Not Call" Registry (No update - No Co-sponsors), while Senate bill S. 30 wants there to be caller ID honesty. (No Update - 3 Co-sponsors)
H.R. 126 would limit citizenship at birth only to those who have at least one parent who is a citizen or legal resident. (No Update - No Co-sponsors)H.R. 160 would limit Social Security benefits to only legal citizens or residents. (No Update - 3 Co-sponsors)
H.R. 155 would ban taxes on unemployment benefits for two years (Failed attempt to include in stimulus bill - 5 Co-sponsors), while H.R. 162 bans taxes on Social Security benefits. (No Update - 2 Co-sponsors)
H.R. 87 says "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is," and invites those who like to pay taxes to voluntarily pay extra taxes. (No Update - 3 Co-sponsors) Or how about just a "Fair Tax" (a national sales tax)and abolishing the IRS as called for in H.R. 25. (No Update - 40 Co-sponsors)
H.R. 70 would make it a hate crime to display a noose with the intent to intimidate. (No update - No Co-sponsors) And H.R. 40 explores paying reparations to African-Americans. (No Update - 3 Co-sponsors)
S. 213 would create an Airline Passenger Bill of Rights. (No Update - 1 Co-sponsor)
And Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is back in the swing of things. He's introduced S. 151, a bill to protect Indian arts and crafts. (No Update - 1 Co-sponsor)
More Proof There Was No Landslide
"From CNN Associate Producer Martina StewartNorth Carolina had the highest increase in voter turnout, according to a report released Thursday.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A new report from American University’s Center for the Study of the American Electorate concludes that voter turnout in Tuesday’s election was the same in percentage terms as it was four years ago — or at most has risen by less than 1 percent.
Click here to read the entire report.
The report released Thursday estimates that between 126.5 and 128.5 million Americans cast ballots in the presidential election earlier this week. Those figures represent 60.7 percent or, at most, 61.7 percent of those eligible to vote in the country."
Excerpt, read the rest here: VOTER TURN-OUT SAME AS 2004...
I gotta be honest, this doesn't seem like a revolution to me. It sounds like a turn around for the democrats, and a failure for the republicans to be sure, but not a revolution. Hey GOP, listen, give us conservatives to rally around in 2010, and 2012, and they will get elected.
Please Consider The Following Before You Vote
On election day, please consider these previous posts:I don't know what more could have been said, or exposed about this man. He is simply pure, unadulterated liberalism. If that's what you want, that's what you'll get. If it isn't what you want, please reconsider your vote.
Obama Supports Infanticide - Please Watch
Please, if you have not made up your mind about who to vote for, please watch this video. If you plan on supporting Obama, please consider the following video. Please, send this video to everyone you know, by click on the envelope icon at the bottom of this post.
Thanks,
Thanks,
Obama's Positions on Abortion
Barack Obama opposed legislation as IL state senator to protect abortion survivors from being shelved to die:Barack Obama thinks partial birth abortion is a “legitimate medical procedure”:
Barack Obama opposes parental notification of minor girls before they abort:
Barack Obama has stated “the first thing I’d do as president“ would be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which would overturn every local, state, and federal abortion law passed in the past 35 years:
Obama and Acorn, Ties that Bind
The following is from http://investigatingobama.blogspot.com/Here are the facts, from investigative journalists, researchers, and witnesses, tied together with sound reason. After reading, if you agree, please send this to those you know, whatever they currently believe.
ACORN and Project Vote are being investigated for widespread electoral crimes in America’s closely contended states - potentially hundreds of thousands of fraudulent voter registrations and the destruction of those of Republican voters. The door is open for fraudulent votes and election theft.
They have driven intimidated citizens into early voting, telling them how to vote.
Obama has funneled $800,000 to ACORN for their 2008 General Election operations.
Obama’s campaign in its Web site has tried to deny these facts.
Obama as ACORN’s lawyer, sued Illinois in 1993, to make voter registration more lax.
Obama as ACORN’s lawyer, sued Citibank in 1994, to force them into giving subprime loans to home buyers with poor credit ratings, contributing to the mortgage bubble and bust.
Obama promised in 2007 to let ACORN and related groups “help us shape the agenda“ of his presidency, by meeting with them after the Nov. 4 election. What is their agenda? “Helping low income people?“ In someways, at least temporarily, but see below.
ACORN’s tactical plan is from Rules for Radicals, by hardcore neo-Marxist, Saul Alinsky. Synopsis: the ends justify the means - ridicule, lie, cheat - be disruptive, or use stealth to gain power. Hold the virtuous to exaggerated and impossible standards, while not playing by their rules. Sell “change.” And the result of that change is an enforced “egalitarian” (neo-Marxist) society.
ACORN was started in the 1970’s by radicals, George Wiley & Wade Rathke, with input from sociologists, Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven - all of neo-Marxist ideology.
ACORN founders’ strategy has been the Cloward-Piven Strategy - to overcommit government, growing it past the point of sustainability by causing crises. This, while developing an organized proletariat of dependent classes and applying them to disrupt society and revolt against American freedoms. All, to ring in the new “egalitarian” (neo-Marxist) state. That would be a big “change.“
Cloward & Piven, plus ACORN’s leaders pushed to greatly expand America’s welfare roles. But welfare reform in the 1990's reversed that trend. Rudy Giuliani cited Cloward-Piven for an “economic sabotage“ that lead to the 1975 bankruptcy of New York City.
ACORN was a driving force for the revised Community Reinvestment Act of 1995, pushing subprime mortgages through a very eager Fannie Mae. This allowed ACORN to pressure mortgagors to grant bad loans to bad risk home buyers in the name of helping the poor. Many of the poor were hurt further, while Fannie Mae prospered. Their personnel gave Obama‘s campaign $126,349. By contrast, John McCain attempted reform, but leftist congressmen shouted down reforms - leftist congressmen now found in a cloud of scandal.
ACORN is funded in part by wealthy, anti-American radicals such as George Soros - and by our tax dollars.Their Web site claims a membership of over 400,000.
Please email to voters who have the right to know (you may use envelope link, below). Please post this freely, referring to the web address http://investigatingobama.blogspot.com/. Copies can be placed in screen doors, for your neighbors to read.
Time is very short. An informed and free America depends upon you. Considering the potential of a systematic attack upon our popular sovereignty in this closely contended election, considering what we know of ACORN’s street-level offenses, and what occurred in 2000 in Florida, is it concerning that Barack Obama is planning to meet with them after Nov. 4, to plan their next joint moves?
Presidential Character
I recieved the following e-mail from concerned democrats:"The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men." —Samuel Adams
In his Inaugural Address on 20 January, 1961, President John F. Kennedy closed his remarks with these famous words: "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
In his Inaugural Address on 20 January, 1961, President John F. Kennedy closed his remarks with these famous words: "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
With those words, JFK, considered by many to be the most exemplary leader of the Democrat Party in the 20th Century, asked Americans to put country first, a bedrock principle of the Party until the last few decades.
However today, the current slate of Democrats have turned Jack Kennedy's national challenge on end, essentially proclaiming, "ask what your country can do for you, not what you can do for your country."
In 1963, Martin Luther King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and said for all to hear, "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
Has his dream been realized, or have Democrat leaders divided us up into constituency groups, where we are judged by all manner of ethnicity and special interests rather than the individual and national character King envisioned?
Kennedy and King had it right, but the Democrat Party has squandered their great legacy, and betrayed us, moreover enslaving many Americans as dependant wards of the state.
This is not the Democrat Party envisioned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt or Harry Truman, much less its founder, Thomas Jefferson, who would not recognize even the most vestigial elements of his once-noble Party. (This dramatic transition is evident in the Democrat Party Platforms from Kennedy to Obama.)
This is not the Democrat Party envisioned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt or Harry Truman, much less its founder, Thomas Jefferson, who would not recognize even the most vestigial elements of his once-noble Party. (This dramatic transition is evident in the Democrat Party Platforms from Kennedy to Obama.)
When asked why he left the Democrat Party, perhaps the most famous of former Democrats said, "I did not leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me." That was Ronald Reagan, who earned the respect and support of an enormous number of Democrats during his presidency. His observation, "the Party left me," has never been more true than today.
For several months, we have heard and observed two presidential candidates, centrist Republican John McCain and liberal Democrat Barack Obama. It should by now, be obvious to all of us who put our country first, which of these candidates possess the high qualities of a statesman, and the prerequisite moral and civic virtues for an American president.
Unfortunately, too many of my fellow Americans have difficulty distinguishing these qualities.
Every four years, at the peak of presidential election cycles, we're told by the talkingheads and the party hacks that "this election is the most important in our lifetimes." This time, however, they may be right. These are indeed perilous times.
Every four years, at the peak of presidential election cycles, we're told by the talkingheads and the party hacks that "this election is the most important in our lifetimes." This time, however, they may be right. These are indeed perilous times.
Our nation is facing crises on several critical fronts, including an historic economic disaster, the resolution of which will require the steady hand of a statesman in possession of outstanding character — character that has been honed over his lifetime, character that is proven consistent with our nation's legacy of liberty and equality.
That reformed Democrat, Ronald Reagan, wrote, "The character that takes command in moments of crucial choices has already been determined by a thousand other choices made earlier in seemingly unimportant moments. It has been determined by all the 'little' choices of years past — by all those times when the voice of conscience was at war with the voice of temptation, [which was] whispering the lie that 'it really doesn't matter.' It has been determined by all the day-to-day decisions made when life seemed easy and crises seemed far away — the decision that, piece by piece, bit by bit, developed habits of discipline or of laziness; habits of self-sacrifice or self-indulgence; habits of duty and honor and integrity — or dishonor and shame."
For the first and final word on the necessary character traits the next president should possess, let's return to our foundation, our Founders, those who risked all to proclaim our individual rights and responsibilities as ordained by God, and outlined them in our Declaration of Independence and its subordinate exposition, our Republic's Constitution.
For the first and final word on the necessary character traits the next president should possess, let's return to our foundation, our Founders, those who risked all to proclaim our individual rights and responsibilities as ordained by God, and outlined them in our Declaration of Independence and its subordinate exposition, our Republic's Constitution.
Our Founders wrote at length about character, both of those who seek high office (or, rather, those that high office seeks), and those who elect them. Here are but a few excerpts in their own words.
John Adams: "Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. ... If we suffer [the minds of young people] to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives. ... We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. ... We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections."
Samuel Adams: "Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters. ... If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honour of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men possessed of these other excellent qualities are chosen to fill the seats of government, we may expect that our affairs will rest on a solid and permanent foundation. ... [N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. ... No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders. ... Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual — or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country. ... Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness."
Thomas Jefferson: "It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution. ... If a nation expects to be ignorant — and free — in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. ... The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. ... An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."
George Washington: "No compact among men ... can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no Wall of words, that no mound of parchment can be so formed as to stand against the sweeping torrent of boundless ambition on the one side, aided by the sapping current of corrupted morals on the other. ...[A] good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted [early in life] are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous. ... The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world. ...[W]here is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths...? Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness — these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens."
At the end of the Revolution, when our Founders were endeavoring "to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity," Founding brothers Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and our Constitution's author, James Madison, wrote The Federalist Papers, its most authentic and comprehensive explication.
In Federalist No. 1, Hamilton warned, "Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants."
Sound familiar?
In No. 10, Madison cautions, "Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm," and insisted in No. 57, "The aim of every political Constitution is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers, men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous, whilst they continue to hold their public trust."
Madison's Supreme Court nominee, Justice Joseph Story, wrote, "Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them."
The Founders thus warned of the perils posed by the candidate who lacks political courage; the candidate who tells us everything we want to hear.
In November 1800, John Adams, in his fourth year as president, wrote to his wife Abigail, "I Pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessing on this house, and on ALL that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof!"
We should all pray likewise, now, today, this minute.
As Adams understood, "A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."
Almost two centuries later, Ronald Reagan reiterated, "Freedom is ... never more than one generation away from extinction. Every generation has to learn how to protect and defend it, or it's gone and gone for a long, long time."
So, what of the current generation of voters, and the two presidential candidates?
On 4 November, one of these candidates will receive a majority of electoral votes, and in January, be seated as our next president. But for sure, this election is much more than a referendum on the two candidates; it is a referendum on the ability of Americans to discern between one candidate who possesses the character and integrity of a statesman, which the office of president requires, and one who does not.
At this pivotal moment in our nation's history, let's hope that a majority of us have sufficient courage and character to make that distinction, and vote on what we know rather than how we feel.
Let's put country first.
For more information on the character of the presidential candidates, link to The McCain record and The Obama record.
Please forward these insights to your family, friends and associates.
More Voter Fraud Thanks to ACORN
FBI INVESTIGATES ACORN FOR VOTER FRAUD... Ohio elections chief asks US Supreme Court to intervene; dispute over voter registration...
Thanks Drudge Report for the links.
Make Your Voice Heard!
It's crunch time. November 4th is fast approaching. It's time for us to take action, not sit idely by. Please, get out and encourage your family, friends, and neighbors to vote. Help them to understand that Obama is not the perfect man the media has made him out to be. Educate people, but keep it kind, and courteous, don't provoke.Contact John McCain and the Republican Party. Tell John McCain to take the gloves off, and dish the dirt on the Comrade Obama, send them your opinions, and feelings on what you feel is important in regards to this election, and the direction of our country.
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