Barack Obama: The Child - The Messiah - The Obamessiah

This video pretty much says it all...

HYPE: The Obama Effect

I saw this adv for "HYPE: The Obama Effect" while watching Fox News this morning.



The trailer is even more compelling. I really hope that this movie will help unmask the left's newest messiah and reveal the fact that once you get past all they rhetoric of "Hope and Change" Barak Obama is nothing more than a Jimmy Carter liberal in a shiny new package.

Republican Insider Says: Obama May Be Wrong, but He's Got to be Right... (for America)

Think Obama is crazy? Well, it seems that a growing number of Republicans are warming to the idea of an Obama Administration. Check out this opinion piece by a former Republican Party insider, Dr. Larry Hunter:

I’m a lifelong Republican - a supply-side conservative. I worked in the Reagan White House. I was the chief economist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for five years. In 1994, I helped write the Republican Contract with America. I served on Bob Dole’s presidential campaign team and was chief economist for Jack Kemp’s Empower America.

This November, I’m voting for Barack Obama.

When I first made this decision, many colleagues were shocked. How could I support a candidate with a domestic policy platform that’s antithetical to almost everything I believe in?

The answer is simple: Unjustified war and unconstitutional abridgment of individual rights vs. ill-conceived tax and economic policies - this is the difference between venial and mortal sins.

Taxes, economic policy and health care reform matter, of course. But how we extract ourselves from the bloody boondoggle in Iraq, how we avoid getting into a war with Iran and how we preserve our individual rights while dealing with real foreign threats - these are of greater importance.

John McCain would continue the Bush administration’s commitment to interventionism and constitutional overreach. Obama promises a humbler engagement with our allies, while promising retaliation against any enemy who dares attack us. That’s what conservatism used to mean - and it’s what George W. Bush promised as a candidate.

Plus, when it comes to domestic issues, I don’t take Obama at his word. That may sound cynical. But the fact that he says just about all the wrong things on domestic issues doesn’t bother me as much as it once would have. After all, the Republicans said all the right things - fiscal responsibility, spending restraint - and it didn’t mean a thing. It is a sad commentary on American politics today, but it’s taken as a given that politicians, all of them, must pander, obfuscate and prevaricate.

Besides, I suspect Obama is more free-market friendly than he lets on. He taught at the University of Chicago, a hotbed of right-of-center thought. His economic advisers, notably Austan Goolsbee, recognize that ordinary citizens stand to gain more from open markets than from government meddling. That’s got to rub off.

When it comes to health care, I am hoping Obama quietly recognizes that a crusade against pharmaceutical companies would result in the opposite of any intended effect. And in any event, McCain’s plans in this area are deeply problematic, too. Take drug re-importation. McCain (like Obama) says he’s perfectly comfortable with this ill-conceived scheme, which would drive research and development dollars away from the next generation of miracle cures.

But overall, based on his embrace of centrist advisers and policies, it seems likely that Obama will turn out to be in the mold of John Kennedy - who was fond of noting that “a rising tide lifts all boats.” Over the last few decades, economic growth has made Americans at every income level better off. For all his borderline pessimistic rhetoric, Obama knows this. And I believe he is savvy enough to realize that the real threat to middle-class families and the poor - an economic undertow that drags everyone down - cannot be counteracted by an activist government.

Or maybe not. But here’s the thing: Even if my hopes on domestic policy are dashed and Obama reveals himself as an unreconstructed, dyed-in-the-wool, big-government liberal, I’m still voting for him.

These past eight years, we have spent over a trillion dollars on foreign soil - and lost countless lives - and done what I consider irreparable damage to our Constitution.

If economic damage from well-intentioned but misbegotten Obama economic schemes is the ransom we must pay him to clean up this foreign policy mess, then so be it. It’s not nearly as costly as enduring four more years of what we suffered the last eight years.

Obama changes mind on the surge: It ain't so bad!

Let the flip-floping continue! Below is an article fromt he New York Daily News noting that the Obama Campaign unceremoniously removed all criticizm of the the surge from their website.

I don't know that this represents a change of opinion. But more a change of tactics. You know... If you don't have anything nice to say about the surge, don't say anything at all. (Hat Tip to the CRP)

"Barack Obama Purges Web Site Critique Of Surge In Iraq"
New York Daily News

"Barack Obama's campaign scrubbed his presidential Web site over the weekend to remove criticism of the U.S. troop 'surge' in Iraq, the Daily News has learned. The presumed Democratic nominee replaced his Iraq issue Web page, which had described the surge as a 'problem' that had barely reduced violence."
-- Daily News' James Gordon Meek

By James Gordon Meek
July 14, 2008

Barack Obama's campaign scrubbed his presidential Web site over the weekend to remove criticism of the U.S. troop "surge" in Iraq, the Daily News has learned.

The presumed Democratic nominee replaced his Iraq issue Web page, which had described the surge as a "problem" that had barely reduced violence.

"The surge is not working," Obama's old plan stated, citing a lack of Iraqi political cooperation but crediting Sunni sheiks - not U.S. military muscle - for quelling violence in Anbar Province.

The News reported Sunday that insurgent attacks have fallen to the fewest since March 2004.

Obama's campaign posted a new Iraq plan Sunday night, which cites an "improved security situation" paid for with the blood of U.S. troops since the surge began in February 2007.

It praises G.I.s' "hard work, improved counterinsurgency tactics and enormous sacrifice."

Campaign aide Wendy Morigi said Obama is "not softening his criticism of the surge. We regularly update the Web site to reflect changes in current events."

GOP rival John McCain zinged Obama as a flip-flopper. "The major point here is that Sen. Obama refuses to acknowledge that he was wrong," said McCain, adding that Obama "refuses to acknowledge that it [the surge] is succeeding."

The New Yorker Magazine 'Satricial Stinkbomb'

Senator Obama has responded to the questionable cover art published by the New Yorker Magazine.

The Sacramento Bee reports:

In a statement Monday, the magazine said the cover "combines a number of fantastical images about the Obamas and shows them for the obvious distortions they are."

"The burning flag, the nationalist-radical and Islamic outfits, the fist-bump, the portrait on the wall? All of them echo one attack or another. Satire is part of what we do, and it is meant to bring things out into the open, to hold up a mirror to prejudice, the hateful, and the absurd. And that's the spirit of this cover," the New Yorker statement said.

Riiight.

The cover depicts Obama wearing sandals and a turban, his wife Michelle toting a machine gun and Afro, in front of a portrait of Osama Bin Laden hung over a fireplace with a burning flag.

I get the satire. The cover is so absurd that its supposed to spark debate and teach the neanderthals that Obama is pro-American, patriotic, non-threatening to white people, blah, blah, blah.

The problem is that most people won't get it.

Its satire of lies, and if most people do not understand that its a lie that Obama is Muslim; that he supports Osama Bin Laden; that he is somehow UN-American, how are folks supposed to 'get it' all of a sudden?

Nope. People will look at the cover and it will simply confirm their unfounded suspicions of the Obama's.

I do believe that this is just a blip on the radar for the Obama's, and the Senator and his wife (and those within their campaign) better develop some very thick skins quickly. They need to take a page from the Jackie Robinson textbook for dealing with racial stupidity... they cannot win fighting every single affront and offense, and must continue to "rise above it" and address it strategically.

McCain's Campaign: The Good "Hands" People?

Just when you thought the sanity might be coming back to the Republican Party, check out this post on Carpetbagger Report, which highlights one potential strategy for a McCain victory this fall.

The post begins by noting the concerns of Fox News Contributor Fred Barnes that McCain's campaign appears to be rudderless, and offers some suggestions about how to cure the problem - including the tried and true method of segmenting the voting publics and tapping wedge issues. But two things stick out here: one is the fact that the "Rove Team" is now in charge of the McCain campaign, and McCain's hiring of strategist Charlie Black, whom is cited in the report as a former RNC chair and Jesse Helms adviser.

Who is Charlie Black, and why is he interesting? This is the same Charlie Black who, as the post notes, advised Helms when he ran several questionable ads in 1990 against Harvey Gantt, an African American challenger facing Helms in a hotly-contested Senate seat - including the controversial "Hands Ad". Let's get to the post to see what I mean:

"On the television commercial, the camera zones in on a white man’s hands, crumpling what apparently is a job rejection letter. The announcer then intones: ‘You needed that job and you were the best qualified. But they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota. Is that really fair? Harvey Gantt says it is,’ the message continues. ‘Gantt supports Ted Kennedy’s racial quota law that makes the color of your skin more important than your qualifications.’” Black, an adviser to the campaign and a consultant for the Congressional Club – Helms’s political machine – insisted the race would come down to turnout: “‘What it’s going to come down to is turnout,’ said Charles Black, chairman of the Republican National Committee and a Helms adviser. ‘It’s, no question, the biggest challenge at this point.’” [Newsday, 11/4/90]"

The "Hands Ad" was effective, but roundly criticized for its racist overtones. Now, this guy (along with Karl Rove) is going to be the chief strategist for the Republican Nominee? In 2008? Does this mean that we should expect to see similar ads coming out against Obama? It now appears a near-certainty. Stay tuned...

DeLuz Brothers Take Their Debate to the Airwaves- Monday July 7th from Noon - 1 pm

Monday, July 7, 2008 the "Hannity & Colmes" of Sacramento will take to the airwaves. Craig and David Deluz, twin brothers and hosts of DeLuzBrothers.com will be sitting in for Sacramento Political Talk Show Host Erick Hogue. The show, known as The Capitol Hour airs from Noon to 1 pm on 1380 AM, KTKZ.

For years, the DeLuz' have enjoyed many vibrant political debates at family gatherings. Most of these discussions have featured the musings of David & Craig DeLuz; two of Sacramento's leading community activists and political figures.

"Anyone who has ever spent any time with David & I know that we can tend to have some very heated discussions." Craig points out, "But what is different about our family debates is that both of us are politically involved and knowledgeable about the issues we discuss."

David De Luz, describes himself as a progressive Democrat. David's community involvement has been primarily with liberal organizations. He has served as President of Sacramento Branch of the NAACP and the Chairman of the Ninth Assembly District Committee for the Sacramento Democratic Party.

Craig on the other hand is a conservative Republican and has focused his volunteer activities on more conservative efforts. He has been President of the California Black Republican council and founded the Republican Ethnic Coalition of Sacramento. Presently he is the Sacramento Editor for RedCounty, a website featuring center right news and commentary from throughout the state and serves as President of the California Republican Assembly's Sacramento chapter.

Together their diverse perspectives and brotherly bond have proven to bring an interesting twist to the discussion of cultural, political and social issues of the day.

"This is an opportunity to share with others a fact that Craig and I have know for years - two people who see the world so differently can disagree and still get along in love and brotherhood." Says David, "We have much respect for each other, and largely agree on the type of world we want to leave future generations - we just really disagree on how to get there."

"So sit back, relax and enjoy the fireworks" exclaim the brothers "Who knows, you may just find some ‘news you can use' and get entertained in the process!"

SHOW DETAILS:

When: Monday, July 7th From 12 noon to 1pm
Station:1380 AM KTKZ
Call in Number: 916-923-3300 or 888-923-1380
Listen Online: http://www.ktkz.com/