Hispanic unemployment & gas prices are the two things going up under Pres BO!

"Yes we can" is no we can't.  "Hope and change" is high unemployment in Hispanic communities.  "Si se puede" is very high gas prices.

Yes, no one has suffered more under Pres BO's stewardship than blacks and Hispanics.

Bob Blumer posted something this week that should alarm everyone still singing the "si se puede" serenade.  It tells a harsh story.  It reveals some rather frightening statistics that Dems do not want Hispanics to remember or hold them accountable for:

".......that only four months after the recession’s end in June 2009, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for whites peaked at 9.3%. Over time, it has gradually declined to its current 7.3%.

Meanwhile, Hispanic unemployment continued rising for another 13 months, topping out at 13.1% in November 2010. After falling to a still-high 10.5% in January 2012, it ticked up to 10.7% in February."

So get ready for the "latino card" to distract Hispanics from the Obama economy.

Yes, get ready to hear that we Republicans want to send everybody back to Mexico or lock up people that look "hispano".

In the meantime, we are still waiting for Pres BO to propose policies that will improve the lives of Hispanics and blacks waiting for their "hope and change" dream to come true.

How is that "hope and change" working out for you?  It's not working in Hispanic communities, i.e. 10.7% unemployment! 

Again, 10.7% is not an easy record to defend.  This is why you are going to hear that we Republicans want to evict your aunt and send her back to Mexico.

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Pres BO's new documentary is fantasy and more fantasy

Karl Rove published a review of the new Obama documentary, the campaign film made to present the Obama record. 

Like everything Obama, the movie is a fantasy. 

It attempts to project a man who inherited the worst recession in world history, who saved one industry after another, who turned around world opinion about the US and who took the nation to another level of happiness.

Let me repeat.  It is a fantasy, unless you are still one of those drunk on "hope and change" and the "yes we can" serenade.

Pres BO's record is obviously different.  In fact, the record is so different that they had to make a movie like this to distract voters.

The documentary does not talk about the very high unemployment rate in all of those black congressional districts run by black Democrats.  It does not mention the high unemployment rate in Hispanic communities either.

The documentary does not say that Pres BO had 60 votes in the US Senate (the super majority) or a 40-plus advantage in the US House.  In other words, the Dems had total control of the federal government for the first two years of Pres BO.

The documentary avoids the reality of immigration reform promises made in 2008.  In fact, it overlooks most of the 2008 promises, specially closing GITMO or reversing the anti-terror policies started by Pres Bush.

We agree with Rove's review that the movie has lots of "straw men" and people to blame.

The movie avoids a lot of the real  history:

"Almost as important as what the film says is what it doesn't.

There's not a word about the failure of the president's stimulus to produce the jobs he pledged—according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, fewer Americans are working today (132.7 million) than when Mr. Obama was sworn in (133.6 million).
 
There's nothing about his promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his term—according to Treasury's Bureau of Public Debt, the administration has piled up more debt in three years and two months ($4.93 trillion) than his predecessor did in eight years ($4.8 trillion).

Nothing is said about the centerpieces of last year's State of the Union—green energy jobs (Solyndra anyone?) and high-speed rail (fizzled).

Nada on the president's promises about how ObamaCare would lower premiums and lower the deficit while allowing people to keep their existing coverage (all untrue).

There's nothing about the crumbling situation in Afghanistan, strained relations with allies like Israel, Mr. Obama's unpopularity in the Islamic World, the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, multiple missteps with Iran (from failing to protest the stolen Iranian elections in 2009 to the mullahs' unchecked pursuit of nuclear weapons), and Mr. Obama's flip flops on closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and providing civilian trials for terrorists. "

Yes, the movie reminds us every 5 seconds that that Pres BO killed Bin Laden.   It is presented in "Batman" like terms!  It is portrayed as the most heroic decision every taken by a US president.

Yes, I'm very happy that a Navy Seal put a bullet between Bin Laden's eyes.   Go Navy Seals and congratulations to Pres BO for authorizing the raid.

However, do you think that Pres McCain would have let Bin Laden live after we learned that he was living in Pakistan.  (The movie avoids conveniently another reality:  We  learned of Bin Laden's whereabouts from information obtained in GITMO.....no word of that in the movie)

Overall, Pres BO's first term is all about the unwillingness to make decisions and blame other people.    It was also a profile in cowardice.  He did not force his Congressional majority to vote on immigration, homosexuals serving openly in the military or The Dream Act. 

It is a striking contrast to Pres Bush, who made decisions and did not blame Pres Clinton for doing nothing about terrorism or leaving him a recession.  (Don't forget that the stock market crashed in the last year of Pres Clinton)

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Why isn't Pres BO celebrating the 2nd anniversary of BO-Care?

Ed Morrisey of Hot Air reminded us today that BO-Care will turn 2 this week.  Frankly, it's been a very difficult 2 years for Pres BO's signature legislation.

First, we just learned this month that BO-Care will be a lot more expensive than originally proposed.

Second, there is more and more polling evidence that Americans want BO-Care repealed or overturned by The Supreme Court.  Here are a couple of examples:

53% Rasmussen

"This ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that Americans oppose the law overall by 52-41 percent. And 67 percent believe  the high court should either ditch the  law or at least the portion that requires nearly all Americans to have coverage."

My guess is that most Dems would love their vote back because this whole thing has turned into a nightmare for the party.

I guess that Mr Charles Krauthammer got this one just right:

"Rarely has one law so exemplified the worst of the Leviathan state — grotesque cost, questionable constitutionality and arbitrary bureaucratic coerciveness. Little wonder the president barely mentioned it in his latest State of the Union address. He wants to be reelected. He’d rather talk about other things."

Who would have believe this 2 years ago when Nancy Pelosi and Pres BO were telling us about the new law?

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We call on Pres BO to stop playing games about "Fast & Furious"

Last Friday night, AG Holder released hundreds of documents but there is absolutely nothing of consequence.

First, who made the decision to approve F&F?  We still don't know. 

Second, why is the Obama administration now blaming the Mexican police?  This is from one of the documents:

"According to congressional Democrats on the House oversight committee, in the “Hernandez case” ATF agents, working with Mexican police, planned to track illegal weapons as they left the United States all the way to their final destination. But Mexican police reported they never saw the vehicle that ATF agents had followed to the border."

Why are they blaming Pres Bush & the Mexican police?   It's a dishonest distraction.

As we've posted before, Pres Bush was serious about helping Mexico fight the cartels.  He got the Congress (with significant opposition from Democrats) to pass The Merida Plan.  He put 6,500 National Guard troops on the border.

On the other hand, Pres BO was never interested in the border war.  He was only obsessed with going after the Texas gun shops that operate legally on our side of the border. 

Here is the bottom line: 2,000 guns were handed to Mexican cartels, nobody in the Obama administration can explain the decision and 300 Mexicans are dead.  (We also lost US Agent Terry on the border and US Agent Zapata on a Mexican highway)

When is someone in the Mexican government going to ask the question:  Who authorized putting 2,000 guns in our country?  Who armed the criminal elements at war with the Mexican people?

We also learned this week that AG Holder did not tell Congress about the release of a gunrunner.  Check out Dick Morris:

"Administration did not reveal the incident despite subpoenas that obliged them to do so.  In a letter to Holder this week, Congressional Republicans investigating Fast and Furious asked the Justice Department why Acosta wasn't arrested in May of 2010. They also want to know why the Justice Department failed to turn over the documents on Acosta's detainment and release, which were covered under a longstanding subpoena."

I don't know how AG Holdier doesn't resign or get fired.  It is incredible.

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The GOP after Illinois (They look like President Romney and First Lady Anne to me)

It was a good Tuesday night for Mitt Romney.  He won big in Illinois.  Romney's speech was not only presidential but he sounded the right themes:

1) Freedom from mindless regulations intended to occupy bureaucrats rather than fix problems, i.e. Dodd-Frank, BO-Care and the out of control EPA at war with anyone who works for a living in the US;

2) the power of the 10th amendment in our Constitution, i.e. states need to be empowered to fix our problems;

3) the private sector, not government, creates jobs;

4) gasoline prices are a direct result of anti-oil Obama administration.  They've opposed any kind of drilling in the US;

5) our foreign policy is a mess because we've had a weak leader in the White House.  We have a president who thinks that being popular is the same as being respected.  It is not! 

It was truly his best speech.  I repeat that he looked like a president!

It was an even bigger Wednesday morning because Jeb Bush endorsed Romney.   Bush called on the GOP to unite and that's important too.

With all due respect to Santorum and Gingrich, and specially all of my friends who work for them, it's hard to see how Romney can be denied the GOP nomination.

I agree with Barry Casselman:

"With the results from Illinois, it has become even clearer that Mitt
Romney will now become the 2012 Republican nominee. There are quite
a few primaries yet to be held, including some from the states with the
largest number of delegates, but there is no reasonable scenario left in
which Mr. Romney will fail to receive the necessary 1144 votes on the first ballot in Tampa."

That's the bottom line.  Mitt Romney will be the 2012 GOP nominee.

I am not calling on the other candidates to withdraw.  They will make that decision on their own.  They will eventually have to deal with the financial reality that it will take millions of dollars to compete in places like New York, California and Texas.

I do know this:  2012 is about defeating Pres BO.  Let's get that campaign started.  Frankly, the sooner the better.  Let's give Mitt Romney a little time to start preparing the effort that will lead to Pres BO's defeat in November. 

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Dear Pope Benedict: Don't forget the "ladies in white"!

We understand that Pope Benedict can not fix all of Cuba's problems.  However, he could take a small step and sit down with the "Damas en Blanco", or those heroic ladies who march every Sunday after mass.

"Las Damas" are one of the most wonderful pro-human rights movement in recent history. 

They are a cross section of Cuban society and focused exclusively on peaceful dissent. 

They are also the target of more and more repression, as Alberto de la Cruz posted over the weekend.

We don't expect Pope Benedict to get involved in politics.  However, he should meet with the faithful and that's "Las Damas".  They represent everything that the faith is about, from opposing abortion in Cuba to supporting freedom for their loved ones.

Pope Benedict could legitimized "Las Damas" with a simple meeting.  He could also give the dictatorship a big lift by refusing to see any of the dissidents.

Check out our conversation with Carlos Eire on Monday.  Carlos wrote a letter to the Pope earlier this month.    Click below for the show:

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The NY Times is OK with an anti-Catholic ad BUT....

A few days ago, The NY Times ran an ad calling on readers to leave the Catholic Church.  

It was all about the phony message that The Catholic Church wants to deny US women their "right" to buy birth control.

We repeat:  US women are free to have abortions, buy birth control and do whatever they want to do with their lives.

The issue is religious freedom.  In other words, Catholic hospitals and charities should not be required by BO-Care to provide birth control or abortion counseling.

Want birth control pills or abortion counseling?  Call Nancy Pelosi's office.  She will gladly tell where to go. 

A couple of days ago, an organization contacted The NY Times about running an ad calling on moderate Muslims to denounce the radical elements.

The NY Times refused to run the ad.  The NY Times' explanation is ridiculous.  They don't want to put our troops at risk.

The NY Times has a very funny way of of showing concern about the safety of US soldiers in Afghanistan.

The is the same NY Times that did not hesitate to print back in 2005 that we were listening to terrorists' phone calls OR publish WikiLeaks and place many people in danger.

There is something very wrong at The NY Times.    

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Remember the "good war"? Pres Obama was never serious about Afghanistan

During the Bush presidency, the Dems used Afghanistan to attack the Iraq War. 

We were told that Afghanistan was the place to fight, the source of 9-11 and the war worth fighting. We know now that they were just "words", or calculated remarks intended to attack Pres Bush and promote the idea that the Dems were not soft against terrorism.

Ollie North remembers what candidate BO said before the "yes we can" screamers of 2008:

"Four years ago, when then-Sen. Barack Obama was campaigning for president, he said of Afghanistan: This is "a war that we have to win." 

He also claimed, "The Afghan people must know that our commitment to their future is enduring because the security of Afghanistan and the United States is shared.""

He also said that he'd close GITMO, change the Bush anti-terror policies, cut the debt in half and fight for immigration reform!

We can say this:  Pres BO was never really serious about Afghanistan.  It was an election sound bite.

We are now in a horrible situation in Afghanistan.  Our troops are being killed by Afghan security guards.  The Afghan street is no better than before.  We are spending millions and getting no respect from Pres Karsai. (Read his statement)

Last, but not least, Pres BO never explained to the American people what our mission was, or the reason for staying in.

It's time to change our strategy from a heavy "foot print" to attacking & killing terrorists.  

Afghan nation building is not worth another life or dollar.  The Afghans are not capable of appreciating the sacrifice that we've made for them.  Check out our conversation with Bill Katz of Urgent Agenda:

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Twilight zone update: Am the only one who thinks it's obscene to have Cuba & China sit on a UN hearing about vote-ID laws in Texas and elsewhere?

This is shocking, insulting and another reminder of why Pres BO & AG Holder need to change jobs next January.

The UN, yes The United Nations, is now hearing about Voter-ID laws in the US:

"The U.N. Human Rights Council members include communist China and Cuba. 

In addition, several Arab nations are on the council that have only granted the right to vote to women in recent years, such as Kuwait in 2005 and Qatar in 2003."

This is a publicity stunt and an insult to the US.  I hope that everyone at the NAACP issues an apology to the many patriots who belong to that organization.  Wonder what the founders of the NAACP would say about this?

First, most of the countries in the UN are not even democratic.  Who is kidding who?

Second, the Supreme Court held up the constitutionality of these laws in 2008 in the Indiana case.

Yes, there is something wrong with the NAACP, or any other group, that would give UN countries an opportunity to take a "cheap shot" against the US.  Shame on the NAACP.

Again, China and Cuba are sitting in these hearings.

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An idea for Josefina's campaign (and for millions of Mexican parents)

Let me be honest and tell you that I don't know much about Josefina Vaquez-Mota, the PAN candidate.  

In 2000 & 2006, many of us in the US were familiar with Vicente Fox & Felipe Calderon, the PAN nominees.  They had a reputation outside of Mexico as conservatives and men who understood that the country needed reforms.  

We were also very familiar with Vicente Fox because he had a close relationship with our Governor GW Bush in the late 1990s.  They were both elected president in 2000 and worked together well.

Again, Josefina Vazquez-Mota does not enjoy that reputation.  

I am not saying that she is a bad candidate.  

I'm just stating the obvious:  Nobody knows Josefina! 

Besides that, she faces an uphill battle because the voters usually want change after a party has been in power for 12 years, or Fox & Calderon. 

Nevertheless, I am going to give her a campaign issue that the other two guys won't touch.

I am talking about public education reform, or an issue that no one has really addressed in Mexico because the teachers' union has always delivered votes on election day.

We call on Sra JVM to read Israel Ortega's article about a movie going around Mexico:

"Opening in theaters all across Mexico, the documentary titled De Panzanzo—loosely translated to “Barely Passing”—is a hard-hitting film exposing the sorry state of the Mexican public school system. 

According to the film, roughly 54 out of every 100 Mexican students will fail to receive a high school diploma.  As a result, Mexicans, on average, spend only about 8.6 years in school. 

In other countries, such as Norway and Canada, students average about 13.2 years in school."

Sra JVM needs something to establish her credentials with a public tired of 12 years of PAN but not totally sold on Pena-Nieto's "hope and change" and LO's part II.

Sra JVM must remind Mexicans that they will always be a 3rd world country as long there are monopolies like PEMEX and a public education system run for the benefit of the teachers' union.

Why should Mexican taxpayers pay taxes to support public schools but be forced to send their kids to private schools to get a quality education?

I think that my idea will give Sra JVM an issue that the other two guys are afraid to touch.  It will be a winner for Sra JVM and PAN.   It will also demonstrate that she is not afraid of taking on "sacred cows".  It will be a big hit with Mexicans who don't think that they are getting their money's worth from the bureaucracy.

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