Craig DeLuz on the Capitol Hour: The Republican Reformation

“And if by these things you are not reformed by Me, but walk contrary to Me, then I also will walk contrary to you, and I will punish you yet seven times for your sins.” Lev 26:23-24

Republican voters sent a clear message to Republican elected and candidates- start governing like Republicans or we will send you packing! So have we learned our lesson?

Is this the beginning of the Republican Reformation?

We will be talking about this and more TODAY on the Capitol Hour.

Details Below:

When: Today, November 26th

Station: KTKZ 1380AM

Live Audio Steaming at http://www.ktkz.com/ (for those of you out of the Sacramento Region)

TIME: 12 noon-1 pm (PST)

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How Obama got elected (Video)

This video comes from a website called OneAngryMan.com .

I find it funny how little these Obama voters know about the candidates or their campaigns.

Normally I would dismiss stuff like this as juvenille propoganda. But the responses in this video are totally consistant with just about every encounter I had with Obama supporters.


The video's creator writes:

On the evening of November 4th, 2008 I along with millions of Americans were shocked that a man of Barack Obama’s extreme liberal positions and radical political alliances and policies could be elected President of the United States.

This is further proof that the news media, completely engrosed with Obama’s persona, simply refused to do their job.

Twelve Obama voters were interviewed extensively right after they voted to learn how the news media impacted their knowledge of what occurred during the campaign. These voters were chosen for their verbal abilities and willingness to express their opinions to a large audience. The video below seeks to provide some insight into which information broke through the news media clutter and which did not.

Racist Cartoon has liberal roots

Well this is an iteresting twist!

It turns out that the "Obama Bucks" cartoon was actually created by a liberal blogger in an attempt to "to poke fun at the unrealistic fears and agenda of racism that a fringe element of Republicans strongly embrace."

Do you really buy this? Here are some other pictures on his site.

So what exactly is the social value of these pictures? Even in the context in which he places them in his blog, they do nothing more than promote racism.

I want to be clear.... The "Obama Bucks" cartoon is flat out racist. And the head of the Republican women's group that included it in her organizations newsletter was wrong as the day is long. There is not excuse to propigate such hatefilled material.

But this liberal blogger is just as wrong for creating and posting it as she was for reproducing and distributing it.

Racism is racim. From the right or the left, it is still wrong!

Republican Recipe for Voter Outreach: Black People, Food Stamps, Fried Chicken, Kool-Aid and Watermelon... Oh My!

Well... you just knew they couldn't help themselves... it was bound to happen again.

In another bout of poor taste, the Republicans of the Inland Empire followed up their Sacramento cousins' website escapade with a depiction of Senator Barack Obama on a food stamp. Read about it in the Press-Enterprise.

OK, so let me get this straight: an official organization of the Republican Party TWICE in less than 72 hours has been outed for distributing tasteless (at best) or racist (at worst) literature about the Democratic nominee for President.

You know these things DO come in 3's, don't you?

Now, I love humor as much as the next person, and I REALLY love racy humor - a lot. But this isn't funny... not even close. This was meant to be hurtful.

Any person with half a brain knows what putting those images together in that manner means to people of color. Its not meant to be a light-hearted attempt at wooing black voters, that's for sure... or if it is, someone needs to go back and brush up on their people skills.

The Press Enterprise notes that

"The October newsletter by the Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated says if Obama is elected his image will appear on food stamps -- instead of dollar bills like other presidents. The statement is followed by an illustration of "Obama Bucks" -- a phony $10 bill featuring Obama's face on a donkey's body, labeled "United States Food Stamps.""

What galls me more is that the president of the club, Diane Fedele, goes on to say - with a straight face - that

"I didn't see it the way that it's being taken. I never connected," she said. "It was just food to me. It didn't mean anything else."

WHAT?!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING? YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!

If it's so innocent, why didn't she paste up an apple, or a cherry pie, or a mayonnaise and bologna sandwich with a glass of milk? No... she knew the effect she wanted and boy... I bet she now wishes she didn't think up this idea!

Oh, and by the way, black people can rest easy tonight. Ms. Fedele is not really a racist: She says she once supported a Black man for public office, former Presidential candidate Alan Keyes. And for good measure, I am sure she will make an appearance with her one obligatory black friend at some point.

Seriously: I am sure that Ms. Fedele is a fine person, and she is most likely similar to the majority of Americans - she really has no informed opinion about race. However, as long as we remain hostage to our stereotypes, we will never get past race as a dividing line in America. And stupid decisions like the one to publish the trashy image in an official party publication - or to post similar material on an official party website - does nothing to bring people and party together.

And Dems need to be careful, too, as we are not immune to this disease of poor judgement. Comparing Sen. McCain to a George Wallance or Bull Connor does little to promote Sen. Obama or his message, and only serves to push away potential undecided voters. More pointedly, its plain WRONG and does a disservice to McCain and those brave men and women who put everything on the line to secure the civil rights that all Americans now enjoy.

Criticizing positions, voting records or professional behavior is appropriate, but this politics of character assassination and 'gotcha' one-upsmanship is destructive and does little to get us closer to solving the real crises that we face as a nation.

Can't we all just get along???????