For Sale: One Oval Office…

barely used. Fresh paint.

Another Photo-Op: Obama Will Deliver Afghanistan Address at West Point

Doesn’t this guy do anything without an audience?

HO, HO, O…

and O…

ABC announces Oprah-Obama Christmas special

Okay. I’ll go out on a limb here.

Ratings: Sarah

Jealous: Obama

Favors: OMO…Obama Michelle Oprah

Christmas: not so much

“Your "Somebody is wreally, wreally angwee" Video”…

The Lucy Line Of The Day.

Ed Begley, Jr., who lives in a house made of old tires, eats
nothing with a face and rides his bike on the Ventura highway,
is upset that the world isn't going to get warmer.

Ya know, celebs are so much better being on the screen than getting real.

One of my all time favorite shows was St. Elsewhere. Ed was great in that.

Poor Ed.

This is what happened to Victor as he aged.

Not very well I might add…

Ed Begley Jr. Loses It On Fox News

Do “I played a doctor on TV” doctors get peer-reviewed?

 

Huh?…

Somebody pinch me. There’s either trouble in paradise in the Jolie-Pitt household, or a reconciliation has been going on between father-daughter…via Gateway Pundit…

Barack Obama does not have Angelina Jolie’s seal of approval.

…“Angie isn’t Republican, but she thinks Obama is all smoke and mirrors,” the source says.

I know.

Snipe. Snipe. Shame. Shame.

“Beautiful and Well Played Mrs. O”…

I have to agree with The Anchoress.

And her post causes me to look at myself this morning. We always hear (and know) about the left’s deep-seated despising of all things Bush. Well, I hate to admit that when it comes to the Obamas, my first instinct is to snipe and cut to the quick. Why is that really? Is it for the same reasons the left attacks us on the right? Is it for what they stand for? What they espouse? What they represent?

Or is it because we lost?

Anyways, I do have one comment about the picture.

Who looks more presidential? Michelle or Barack?

Right.

To Pyonyang With All My Love…

Yours forever,

Liang…

''The traditional friendship between the two countries is rooted in the peoples' hearts and has withstood the passing of time and international turmoil, and has now became treasure shared by both. In the past year [it] has shown vigorous life and vitality under the warm care and powerful promotion by the two country's leaders.''

Oh the pain of the jilted wussification…

The comments appear to undermine efforts by the US President, Barack Obama, in Beijing last week to enlist China's support for nuclear non-proliferation efforts against North Korea.

Two interesting things I learned here about the Korean War. Did you know?…

A 1953 armistice ended the fighting; however, the two countries are officially still at war with each other, as a peace treaty was never signed.

On May 26, 2009, North Korea unilaterally withdrew from the armistice.

But I’m sure all is fair in wussified love and war.

Wait. It isn’t?

The jiltee is also a jiltor…(via FT.com)

As can sometimes be the case with India, New Delhi has recently taken offense from the Obama administration where none was intended. Keen to draw a line under the militarised idealism that characterised George W. Bush’s tenure in the White House, Mr Obama may have over-corrected in some respects.

During the Bush years, the fact that India was a democracy appeared to count for a great deal in Washington’s efforts to turn New Delhi into a “natural ally” of the US – and a counter-balance to a rising China. In contrast, the fact that China remains an autocracy was politely downplayed by Mr Obama on his visit to Shanghai and Beijing last week.

…New Delhi feels slighted by the Obama administration, having benefited from an almost unqualified flow of love during the Bush years.

…But the biggest area of potential misunderstanding flows from Mr Obama’s warm overtures to China. India sees China as a potential rival.

Uh oh. The scorn of a jilted lover.

Hope there’s chocolates and flowers with that state dinner.

A little Hollywood meets Bollywood might impress.

But I guarantee that with his blame Bush-blame America shtick, the Nobel Prize recipient will break out in a cold sweat if he has to utter the “D” word…

During the Bush years, the fact that India was a democracy appeared to count for a great deal in Washington’s efforts to turn New Delhi into a “natural ally” of the US – and a counter-balance to a rising China.

In contrast, the fact that China remains an autocracy was politely downplayed by Mr Obama on his visit to Shanghai and Beijing last week.

Marxism politely downplayed? Whatever.

Slower, Please…

Instapundit: Intel wants brain implants…

Star-Spangled Bow…

I’m sure it’s just the camera angle and distance.

Right?

AP’s Derrick Goes SM Over AL…

 

Adam Lambert ready to shake up pop world with CD

By Derrick J. Lang, AP Entertainment Writer

During his performance, a throbbing Adam Lambert governs, sprawling,while gripping in his gloved hands, a slathered David Bowie’s face.

“Let’s do it faster,” the ebony-haired singer prods.

“It should be there,” he later cues.

“Turn off,” he barks mid-performance.

He thrusts a leather-clad male face toward his crotch, and later flashes a knowing smile plowing through.

Sorry. It’s not an exact quote, I know. But you get the gist of it don’t ya?

Hmm.

Another word for the day.

Gist.

Gistism galore.

Wussiness Defined…

Obama's Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on the World Stage

This is the best article I’ve read summarizing Obama’s latest fiasco.

Can we start using words like that now? Fiasco.

Sham is another good one I think.

But wussiness overshadows them all.

It begins with bows.

And ends with pouts.

Barack Obama looked tired on Thursday, as he stood in the Blue House in Seoul, the official residence of the South Korean president. He also seemed irritable and even slightly forlorn. The CNN cameras had already been set up. But then Obama decided not to play along, and not to answer the question he had already been asked several times on his trip: what did he plan to take home with him? Instead, he simply said "thank you, guys," and disappeared. David Axelrod, senior advisor to the president, fielded the journalists' questions in the hallway of the Blue House instead, telling them that the public's expectations had been "too high."

The mood in Obama's foreign policy team is tense following an extended Asia trip that produced no palpable results. The "first Pacific president," as Obama called himself, came as a friend and returned as a stranger. The Asians smiled but made no concessions.

I feel another government program being born…

WUSSIES…

Wussies of the United States of Socialists.

Just like the creation of jobs, we will create a nation of wusses.

Wussism is good.

Perfect word. Disastrous Results.

Can we say fiasco?

Added: Let’s not forget, a picture is worth a thousand…, excuse me, …one word.

Let’s wuss the place up.

Lucy’s Pictorial Line Of The Day…

 

This Is Rich…

“Ha, I say.”

This Morning What I’m Saying Is…

Do you ever read out loud to yourself even when there's no one else around?
	Yes
	No
	Yes and I even carry on conversations with myself out loud thank you.
pollcode.com free polls

Continuing Our Thanksgiving Plans…

 

How to Make Tasty White Castle Stuffing

mmm…mmm…mmm

Heaven’s sakes alive!

From this…

to this!…

And thank God. The turkey was spared The Spatchcock.

From: A Hamburger Today at Serious Eats

and The Message Whore

Now, Back To More Pleasant Things…

I absolutely love this!

Windows Live Writer

Thank you Microsoft. You done good.

And The Worst Blog Post Title Of The Day…

(and I can’t foresee any competition for this on the horizon)…

How to Spatchcock a Turkey

With pictures no less…

    I am so so sorry about this. But it was just too easy. And like I’ve said, you gotta take ‘em as ya get ‘em.

I mean it’s not like anybody’s eyes are here except my own.

Thanksgiving will never be the same.

ADDED Wednesday night:

Many, many thanks to Ann and Don for the links. I’ll have more about this experience later. Meanwhile I’ll go back to watching looking at numbers besides 0 and 1(my own visit) on Sitemeter.

Best Blog Post Title Of The Day…

so far.

The day is still young, and it’s Surber after all…

I can’t Gitmo satisfaction

Dressed For Success…

 

Johnny Depp wins his 2nd 'Sexiest Man Alive' title

 

    Find out how you can too!

How To Dress Like Johnny Depp

Lucy Line Of The Day…

Jane Fonda: Obama Funder Jodie Evans
Met With Taliban; Code Pink Gives
Terrorists Direct Line to Obama

We seemed to have missed this on the nightly news.

Act 3…Scene 3…”Stage” Left…

JammieWearingFool proofreading the script for us…

Obama walked down the last ramp by himself in a choreographed moment for photographers. White House aides were exultant afterward that "the shot" they had planned turned out perfectly.

Nothing else really matters, does it, other than that staged photo op? Pretty much symbolizes his entire presidency so far.

But I’m Sure It Will Be A Sensitive And Uplifting Recounting Of A Relationship Gone Awry…

SAN FRANCISCO – A spokeswoman for Jaycee Dugard says only Dugard and her family should decide when and if a film is made based on the 18 years she spent with the man charged with kidnapping her.

In a statement Tuesday, family spokeswoman Nancy Seltzer called a plan to make a movie about Dugard's life "exploitive, hurtful and breathtakingly unkind."

The statement came after Shane Ryan — the director of low-budgethorror movies such as "Amateur Porn Star Killer" and "Romance Road Killers" — announced that he expected to start production next month on "Abducted Girl, An American Sex Slave."

Ryan told Sacramento television station KCRA that he wants to focus on the relationship between Dugard and Phillip Garido, the man charged with abducting, raping and holding her captive in his backyard.

Apocalyptic Literature…

At some point, probably before the end of 2010, the bubble will burst. The deflationary effect on the U.S. economy of $150 plus oil will overwhelm the modest forces of genuine economic expansion. The Treasury bond market will collapse, overwhelmed by the weight of deficit financing. Once again, the banking system will be in deep trouble. The industrial sector, beyond the largest and most liquid companies and the extractive industries, will in any case have remained in recession – it is notable that, in spite of the Fed's frenzy of activity, bank lending has fallen $600 billion in the last year. Unemployment, which will probably enter the second downturn at around current levels, will spike further upwards. The dollar will probably not collapse, but only because it will have been declining inexorably in the intervening year, to give a euro value of $2 and a yen value of 60 to 65 yen to the dollar...

2012 may be a blessing.

From One Socialist To Another…

Don Surber’s Daily Scoreboard…

10. Our Chinese overlords told President Obama that he cannot have Obamacare: “Guess what? It turns out the Chinese are kind of curious about how President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform plans would impact America’s huge fiscal deficit. Government officials are using his Asian trip as an opportunity to ask the White House questions. Detailed questions.

“Boilerplate assurances that America won’t default on its debt or inflate the shortfall away are apparently not cutting it. Nor should they, when one owns nearly $2 trillion in assets denominated in the currency of a country about to double its national debt over the next decade. Nothing happening in Washington today should give Beijing any comfort or confidence about what may happen tomorrow. Healthcare reform was originally promoted as a way to ‘bend the curve’ on escalating entitlement costs, the major part of which is financing Medicare and Medicaid. That is looking more and more like an overpromised deliverable.”

So China is telling Obama: Mao, been there, done that, won’t let you go there.

Someone needs to tell him the truth. Frank Marshall Davis didn’t. Jeremiah Wright didn’t. William Ayers didn’t. Van Jones didn’t.

People who have actually experienced and suffered Maoism — China — just did.

GOOD.

Disagree.

Evil.

If it takes a socialist/communist country to tell our CEO that he’s goin’ in the red (and guess who’s holding our purse strings?), then somebody needs to take his discretionary expense account away from him.

Hmm. Okay Althouse, Reynolds and Whoever. Surber says…

1. Did anyone in the Obama administration notice that when he was captured, KSM asked to see his lawyer and was denied? If we go ahead with trying him in civilian court, that is an automatic Get Out Of Jail free card.
EVIL.

Is it?

Irritati…

Your local news.

Lead-in stories.

Then…

“Hello. I’m (fill in your local newsreader’s name). Thanks for joining us.”

Every single night.

When’s the last time you forgot your local 6 o’clock anchor’s name?

Don’t worry.

They’ll remind you every chance they get.

A Perfect Target…

for us…

and for them…

Why Does Obama Keep Bowing?

Because it's harder to look them in the eye.

The day’s Lucy line.

“…the most spectacular…”

Sounds like another Radio City Music Hall showstopper…

“…of a half dozen major terrorism trials in New York…”

Oh.

Okay.

Really. One Week Without Golf, Basketball, Date Nights, …

constant campaigning/fundraising, a party a week at the White House…yep, it’s grueling…

His China visit features the only sightseeing of his journey. He will visit the Forbidden City, home of former emperors in Beijing, and the centuries-old Great Wall outside of the city. Aides have learned that finding some tourist time calms and energize their boss amid the grueling schedule of an international trip.

I mean he’s our tourist in chief.

What do you expect him to do?

Make decisions?

Stand tall?

Protect America’s interests?

Anyways…read this…

“A president of leisure”…from the American Thinker

Dick And Liz In 2012…

Skip the Juan Williams meltdown and watch from about 3:00.

What a sweet turnaround that would be.

The Fake-ident…

has his tweets done by twits…

Obama Tells Chinese Students (And 2.6 Million Twitter Fans) That He’s Never Used Twitter

Besides Your Burial Arrangements…

Something else you may not have thought about…

What Happens To Your Email and Social Networking Accounts When You Die?

Why General Motors Is Like Notre Dame…

 

GM reports $1.2B loss, says it shows progress

Meanwhile, back at ND…

Weis wants to see signs of hope for next season

Irish have nation’s worst offense, on pace to allow most points in history…

Yet Weis appears confident that Notre Dame will turn things around

And that was from season 2007.

God, You Have To Break My Heart…

“That’s some saintly prayer…”

He Won…

we lost.

Don’t They Get It?…

We want representatives. Representing those who elected them. Representing the electors views.

Not management negotiating contracts with us.

Gingrich: Contract with America round 2

Please.

You don’t make contracts with us.

We have contracted you.

Pioneer, Preggers,…

babies, and books.

Excitement in The Wal Marts

Sam would be so proud.

(Except for the Wal Mart. Isn’t it Walmart?)

Everything…

nice.

The Guide To All You Need To Know About Fort Hood…

and American media.

By Charles Krauthammer

Via: Instapundit

Is Peggy Noonan Whispering…

in Barack’s ear?

Ms. Noonan:

The president has been taking time thinking about Afghanistan. I cannot see why this is bad. If he's really thinking, he's not dithering—thought can be harder than action, weighing plans as hard as choosing and executing one. A question of such consequence deserves pondering. A president ought to summon and hear counsel before committing or removing American troops.

President Obama:

(Via: Jules Crittenden)

TOKYO — President Obama said Friday that his drawn-out deliberations on military options in Afghanistan, still unresolved after weeks of high-level war council meetings, are focused not on nailing down any specific piece of missing information but on trying to determine what actions will enhance U.S. security.“It’s a matter of making certain that when I send young men and women into war, and when I devote billions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer money, that it’s making us safer,” Obama said.

And How’s About A Couple Of Caps…

and Kahlua for the adults.

Mix Your Own Liquid Tamiflu For Kids

Bloomberg Makes Pandering To Terrorists…

an art form.

Via: JammieWearingFool…

Wahhaj "is the leader of a large mosque," he said. "We're going to reach out to everybody. I don't care what their background is. We do not want to have people in this city who feel that they are so estranged from the community that they start fighting the community."

I guess Wahhaj has to kill a few Americans in order to make the persona non grata list at the mayor’s office.

We wouldn’t want our pandering to appear unseemly, right?

Is there a better word or term to use than pandering as it applies to sitting down with people that want to see America brought to its knees?

Help me out here.

Hey Tim…

take lessons…

Deer 1, Pawlenty 0

from her…

Mom protects 5 kids. Burglar dies

I know. That was too easy for a blog post.

You have to take ‘em where ya get ‘em.

Hey Carrie Anne. What’s Your Game Now…

Can anybody play?

This comment…

Shanna said...

Is there a way to not be inappropriate when talking to someone who made a sex tape?
Other than that, I still don't care about this person.

11/12/09 1:23 PM

about this…

is about right.

Good Men Being Grateful…

Thank you…

Good men are grateful.

And grateful men do good things.

Yep. George Is Right…

This music needs a new name.

George Jones: new country music needs a new name

I watched maybe 2-3 minutes of the CMA’s. I loathe awards shows for celebrities. But in particular I’m a little irritated of giving awards in the name of country music to performers who are about as country as Obama is humble.

She opened with a rousing rendition of "Forever & Always," throwing a chair from a raised podium, sliding to the floor on a pole, then dropping to her knees to sing the song's bridge.

I’m like Mr. Jones. I’m not knockin’ their showmanship and salesmanship. And make no mistake, selling it is 99% of the recognition. Just find another name for this music. For god’s sake, you got rid of the W in C&W. Would it be so hard to eliminate the name “country”?

I can see next year’s awards. Adam Lambert receives a Lifetime Achievement Award for his cover of Johnny Cash’s “Ring Of Fire” on American Idol.

Surber Says So-Long To Long-Winded Scribes…

in the comments section of his blog.

I actually don’t remember being annoyed at his comment section. There are much, much worse comment sections at other blogs. In fact,I think most of his commenters are clear and concise, such as this reply to No more long comments…

J says:

November 12, 2009 at 8:24 AM

“Comments area privilege…” “Read your copy, read your copy, read your copy.”

I love irony.

Already followed your advice. My thousandsones of readers thank you.

(my three lines minus his seven lines…..ok, I’m good)

Is Don a Pharisee among Pharisees?

I should be so lucky as to even get a comment.

Wisdom…

Twelve hour naps cover pretty much all of life’s disappointments.

How Much You Wanna Bet?…

that the tired old Islam is a religion of peace mantra gets repeated tomorrow?

Along with we need to respect our differences, we need to embrace our Muslim brothers and sisters, we need to show them compassion as they are just as troubled as Americans are by this latest tragedy….excuse me…man-caused disaster.

Hasan’s tragedy is not my tragedy.

My country’s soldier’s and their families are our tragedy.

And The Award Goes To Chris Muir…

for The Best Use Of Full-Sidal Nudity In A Cartoon Strip To Make A Point…

Day By Day

…

Congratulations America…

We are no longer citizens. We are subjects.

The legislation would require most Americans to carry insurance and provide federal subsidies to those who otherwise could not afford it. Large companies would have to offer coverage to their employees. Both consumers and companies would be slapped with penalties if they defied the government's mandates.

Mandation without representation.

Next up, the air that you inhale and exhale.

Now Hear This….Only He Can Jump To Conclusions…

without all the facts…

 

Obama on the Fort Hood tragedy…

President Barack Obama ordered the flags at the White House and other federal buildings be at half-staff and urged people not to draw conclusions while authorities investigate.
"We don't know all the answers yet. And I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts," Obama said in a statement.

Understood O Great One.

BackyardConservative: Bless Kimberley

BackyardConservative: Bless Kimberley

I am sure that somewhere out there in Marxieland someone will pounce on her "aggressive" actions.

The process, procedure and protection of the assailant's rights must be adhered to.

An investigation into whether she followed protocol will probably be forthcoming.

“Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't”…

Newsbusters

But…but…if The One says so, it makes it so doesn’t it?

After all, The One gets the Nobel with just “the promise” he brings to the world.

So, would some reader please award me a Pulitzer for this post?

Thank you.

I’m humbled.

Cause I said so.

Mmm…Mmm…

Backyard Conservative: The President’s Response

First let ME say…

MY…

I want to give a shout-out…

MY understanding…

MY team…

I have to say…

I had planned to say…

MY immediate thoughts and prayers…

As commander-in-chief there is no greater honor, no greater responsibility for ME…

And… whose government’s is he talkin’ about?

I hate this. I hate this for the men and women of Fort Hood. This is their president. This is their commander-in-chief.

Most of all I hate that I am even blogging about this. Even now I’m debating the publish button

My apologies to our men and women in uniform if I dishonor them by this.

But I ask…if he was in your unit would you trust him to watch your back?…while he’s patting himself on his?

Read The Fine Print…

New jobless claims drop to 512K, lowest since Jan.

In other words, read the article, not just the headline…

…Still, companies are reluctant to hire and economists expect the unemployment rate will tick up to 9.9 percent when October's figure is reported Friday. The jobless rate hit a 26-year high of 9.8 percent in September.

…Despite the improvement, initial claims remain well above the roughly 400,000 that economists say will signal job creation.

…But economists worry that growth will slow early next year as various government stimulus programs wind down. That uncertainty has made many employers reluctant to hire.

In addition, many companies are squeezing more production from their existing work forces. Productivity, the amount of output per hour worked, jumped 9.5 percent in the third quarter, the Labor Department said in a separate report. That's the sharpest increase in six years, and it enables companies to produce more without hiring extra workers.

Economists expect the nation lost a net total of 175,000 jobs last month, adding to the 7.2 million lost since the recession began in December 2007.

The number of people claiming jobless benefits for more than a week fell by 68,000 to 5.75 million, above analysts' estimates but the eighth drop in nine weeks. The continuing claims data lag initial claims by one week.

Another 4.1 million people claimed extended unemployment benefits in the week ended Oct. 17, the latest data available, an increase of about 100,000 from the previous week. Congress has added 53 weeks of emergency aid on top of the 26 weeks typically provided by states.

Legislation to extend benefits by another 14 to 20 weeks was approved earlier this week by the Senate.

Many analysts expect the unemployment rate could rise as high as 10.5 percent before the recovery gains enough steam to start pushing it down next summer. The concern is that the recovery and consumer spending, which accounts for 70 percent of economic activity, could falter if households remain squeezed by layoffs, stagnant wages and depleted savings.

The Federal Reserve pledged Wednesday to keep interest rates low for an "extended period," which central bank policymakers can do because wage and general inflation pressures have vanished during the steep downturn.

Still, some companies are still announcing job cuts. Microsoft said Wednesday that it will eliminate 800 jobs on top of 5,000 layoffs that it announced in January. And Johnson & Johnson said it could cut up to 8,300 jobs as part of a restructuring.

Among the states, California reported the largest increase in claims, with 14,394, which it attributed to layoffs in the construction, services, manufacturing and agriculture industries. North Carolina, Oregon, Georgia and New York had the next largest increases. The state data lag initial claims by a week…

Out of 18 paragraphs, 12 paragraphs with the bad news.

That leaves 6 paragraphs of positive or neutral news.

Yep. The signals are there. The recession is over. The healing has begun.

And for those of you without jobs…

You have nothing to fear but the hope-a-dope.

Morning Sachet…

What I Read At Lucianne…

For me, the best part of Lucianne are the witty blurbs for the links and stories. Very rarely go to the list of linked stories. Seems to be heavy lately with Newsbusters and Canada Free Press and the British press.

In fact, I think Lucianne would do just as well with just the intro.

By the way, if you click the above links to Lucianne you likely won’t get what I’m showing below.

Late Breaking News!
Republicans take Virginia, New Jersey. Conservative loses in NY-23. Bloomberg successfully buys New York City

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

• Inside Tuesday's election results:
  The lessons and warnings for Obama and Republicans
  Obama's coattails reach just below his hip....no further.
• Dems, incumbents get wake-up call
  The sleeping giant stirs and he's ticked off.
• Revenge of the Middle Class
  Voters showed they weren't racists last November. This November they show they aren't socialist.
• The Obama Magic Has Faded
  Magic was in the eye of the beholder.
• Nervous voters send message to Obama
  Not so much nervous as scared out of their minds.
• Obama Will Not Travel to Germany for 20th Anniversary
  of Fall of Berlin Wall
  Well, it isn't exactly about him, is it?
• Today's Catch-Up Video: A pundit round up and
  a few snore producing speeches
  Just in case you went to sleep like a normal person.

PW, ST, JD, and TN…

Grammie, Missy, and PW Ree…

in the original road-show production of…

Thelma, Louise, and Their Mother-in-Law
Nov. 4, 2009

Here is my 2 cents worth in the comments over there…

“Watch your comments about sweet tea PW. Y'all are comin' to Nashville aren't you? Sweet Tea and JD are mother's milk in Tennessee. See y'all there. Oh, and no comments about "y'all" either. Okay? And one more thing... Finger, Tennessee would be an interesting location for a book signin' don't ya think? Just let me know and I'll hide the sweet tea from ya.”

This Is All You Need To Read About Last Night’s Elections…

I’ll let  Nick’s great words be my last words on this subject…

“In a solidly (for over a century, we’re constantly being told) Republican district, the clear fiscal conservative lost in (ostensibly) a two-man race against a leftist lawyer. While the constituencies of New Jersy and Virginia alone each dwarf that of NY-23, and together render it completely negligable, something larger happened last night that gives me great pause as to the direction of our great Nation.

It’s not simply a (yet another) Congressional rubber-stamp vote for the Stalinization of the American health care industry, massive tax increases, enormous government expansion and Pelosiesque class warfare that was garnered last night. It was, in a conservative district a repudiation of smaller government and lower taxes, fiscal responsibility and individual liberty. Clearly the only candidate in NY-23 last night running on shaping the US the way small-government, small-’l’ libertarians desire lost. And not in Manhattan or Hollywood. Not in Hyde Park or Washington, DC. In rural, upstate New York.

The entire NY-23 episode was a healthy blood-letting for the GOP, yes. We have proven to all who question that ours is the party of fiscal restraint, personal responsibilty, individual freedom, and smaller Federal government. Ask Ms. Scuzzafava about that.

But a bigger question seems to remain, thanks to Congressman-elect Bill Owens: Can we turn these core American beliefs into an actual movement? This summer’s tea parties and rallies against big-government gave me hope about a new American sense of Independence. The repudiation of this newly-reborn sense of respect for our founding principles last night in (of all places) upstate New York gives me great concern about our Nation and its ability to embrace these precepts that are the very basis of our unique experiment in the first place.”

Succinct Surber…

Hoffman’s loss

I would add that this hurts conservative Republicans more than the governor wins help Republicans, because the MSM will pound on this and attach Sarah Palin’s name to Hoffman’s loss just as she attached her name to endorsing him. I paid little attention to Hoffman or the governor’s races mainly for the fact that I don’t live there. I believe in local citizenry representation, not national party affiliation. When you have a national organization trying to influence and control local elections, to me it smacks of the UAW, NEA, and others. I would like to see the GOP become as limited as the limited federalism they advocate. The more that conservatives act conservatively instead of “partying”, the more success they will have with liberty-lovers.

No Thank You. With A Name Like That…

you can keep your coffee.

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