"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - President Ronald Reagan
Once again, the Obama administration is distancing itself from something or somebody.
The latest group about to get "thrown under the bus" is the PAC that put out the Soptic ad, i.e. the one blaming Gov Romney for Mrs Soptic's death.
Will this be the moment when Americans realize that Pres BO will do anything to get elected? I hope so.
Don't hold your breadth that the media will for hold the Obama reelection team accountable for this. Nevertheless, this ad really shows how desperate the Obama team must be!
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The Rangers are 65-45 after taking 2 of 3 in Boston. They are 5 and a half over Oakland and 6 and a half over the Angels. I'll take those standings after 110 games.
Let's remember a couple of items from baseball history.
How many of you remember the first night game at Wrigley? It happened 24 years ago and it was shown nationally over WGN. I remember the whole thing. I think that the Cubs lost the game. Also, the Yankees retired # 37 in 1970. It was Casey Stengel's number, or the manager who led the Yankees from 1947-60. They won the Series 9 times during his tenure. It was probably the most successful run in major leage history.
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First, it was the campaign to discredit Bain Capital. It did not really work because the polls did not react to the attacks. It was a dead heat a month ago and is is still today.
Second, Sen Reid accuses Gov Romney of not paying taxes for 10 years. I guess that the new standard is that people should be forced to prove a negative.
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We've posted a couple of times about Sen Reid's worthless performance as Majority Leader. The US Senate has not passed a budget in 3 years and does not vote on anything of consequence.
Sen Reid has taken his pathetic act to a new level by going after Gov Romney. Sen Reid has simply accused Gov Romney of not paying taxes!
This is outrageous for these reasons:
1) How would Sen Reid know that? Who told him? Was it someone from the IRS?
2) It is wrong to accuse people of something this bizarre without some evidence or the willingness to disclose your source.
So what's going on? The Dems are still in distraction mode or doing everything possible to talk about something other than Pres BO's record.
It is despicable and we deserve better from the US Senate Majority Leader. However, we are talking about Harry Reid, perhaps the most incompetent man ever to hold that important office.
Richard Cohen is right. Reid should be criticized by every decent Dem for these tactics. However, don't hold your breath.
As we've posted before, I don't see same sex marriage as a major issue in 2012. Unfortunately, there are far bigger issues, from the defict to the economic decline to 100,000 troops in Afghanistan in a mission that gets more and more confusing every day.
Of course, marriage is between a man and a woman. However, I favor civil unions for those who want to live togethe in some formal way. Again, there are bigger issues pending and that's just the way it is.
Now, let's talk about the Chick-Fil-A episode, or another example of how the left in the US always makes a fool of itself.
It started when the CEO made a remark about traditional marriage on the radio. The reaction was insane, specially in Chicago where Mayor Emmanuel attacked the company and basically told them to leave the city.
Mayor Emmanuel had second thoughts when someone told him about the jobs that Chic-Fil-A has created in Chicago.
Later in the week, Americans flooded stores and almost wiped out inventories. The stores had their best sales days ever.
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Ted
Cruz's victory in Texas, as well as the success of Marco Rubio, put
Cuban-Americans on the front page of American politics. These wins also
give us an opportunity to craft a message to Hispanics -- a message
that emphasizes individual freedom, self-reliance, a skepticism of the
state, and the value of family in our culture.
We
hear it over and over again that Cuban-Americans are different. We are
often called the "other" Hispanics. The media calls us "reactionaries"
or "right-wingers" or makes fun of our disdain for communism.
In
fact, Cuban-Americans are the Hispanic group that best understands
freedom and liberty. We lost both under the banner of "change" and
another charlatan preaching "social justice" years ago.
As my mother said: "We saw this movie before, and it did not end well."
In
the late 1950s, Cuba was a prosperous island struggling with political
problems. Most Cubans wanted change in 1959, and they were seduced by
"the magic orator," or the guy who told everyone what he or she wanted
to hear. Like with Hitler in Germany, Castro's master plan did not
include pluralism or a society where dissent was tolerated.
"Change" led
to a brutal communist dictatorship that put one Cuban against another.
It put children against parents, especially after the state
started communist indoctrination programs in schools. It led to the
closing of religious schools and the expulsion of priests and nuns. The
state also closed newspapers and intentionally broke up families.
Class warfare became the language of the government, and employers were
demonized for not paying their fair share or doing their part. Private
medicine was replaced by something called "free health care for all,"
and the result was that things got worse, not better.
In
less than three years, Cuba was destroyed and turned into a prison. It
went from the lovely island that our parents grew up in to a place that
they didn't recognize. Some of us were lucky to escape, but others
were executed in brutal concentration camps that still exist today.
Cubans have great stories of freedom and standing up to communism.
There is the story of "Pedro Pan,"
or the largest exodus of children ever. In the 1960s, thousands of
Cuban parents put their Cuban children on planes to protect them from
communism. You can read about this in Dr. Carlos Eire's incredible
books: Waiting for snow in Havana & Learning to die in Miami.
We thank God every day for Father Walsh and those beautiful nuns who
welcomed the kids at the airport and became "our American mothers" until
our parents joined us later.
It
was a nightmare that most of our parents would rather forget, but they
know better than to allow us to do that. It also opened our eyes to
basic things, such as the rule of law and the importance of a
constitution.
As
one of "the kids" who grew up in the U.S., I heard the Cuban story
daily in our home. I recall the stories of political prisons; my dad's
cousin spent fourteen years in one without a trial. I heard about the
repression of having the state run your life. It also gave me a firm
commitment to and love for the American way of life that my parents
found in the U.S.
Again,
we see an administration trying to divide one group against another.
Black versus white. Employer versus employee. We hear a leader lying
about health care and refusing to say that it is unsustainable.
This is why so many Cuban-Americans are opposed to Pres. BO wanting to transform the U.S. into something that the U.S. is not.
This
is why Cuban-Americans must be the ones who stand up to the lies from
the left.
We hope that Marco Rubio, and now Ted Cruz, will lead the way
and remind Hispanics that the beauty of the U.S. is still "life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
P.S. Speaking of communism, check out my chat with Dr Ileana Johnson, originally from Romania. She is my "anti-communist soul-mate" on the radio & author of "Echoes of communism", her story of growing up in a communist state. You may want to give a copy of Dr Johnson's book to your son or daughter going off to college:
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District 33 was created in Texas to elect a Hispanic Dem but it elected an African American last Tuesday.
How did that happen?
First, let's give Mr Vessey some credit. He is a very good candidate and Domingo Garcia is not. Let's admit that Garcia is still carrying the leftist baggage of his younger days.
Nevertheless, Garcia enjoyed a huge Hispanic advantage. The district is over 60% Hispanic but the voters did not turn out. In fact, 20,000 voters bothered to vote in a new district and only 9,000 voted for Garcia.
What happened? Why are so many Hispanics so apathetic?
It starts with a massive disillusionment with Pres BO. The campaign was all about promises but the presidency has been about blaming somebody else for the failures.
Hispanics are not stupid. They know that Pres BO had 60 votes in the US Senate and a comfortable party lead in the House.
Pres BO can not continue to insult the intelligence of Hispanics by blaming the GOP that did not have the votes to stop anything. Again, Hispanics are not stupid!
Hispanics get it and they know that the Obama presidency has been all about telling people what they wanted to hear and then doing nothing about it.
The US economy has hit Hispanic communities hard. Unemployment is 11% and there is nothing that this administration has done to encourage employers to employ or job creators o create jobs.
The public schools are lousy in Hispanic districts. This is why so many Dem elected leaders, like Pres BO, send their kids to private schools.
The schools are lousy because the teachers' union is in bed with the Dems and they are against reforms.
Last, but not least, there is too much talk about immigration. Most Hispanics are here legally or were born here. Immigration is not as important to them as it is to the Spanish media that relies on new arrivals to sell newspapers or listen to the radio.
So what do you do when the politicians in power don't address your needs? You don't vote or stay home.
Or you vote for the other party and I hope that Romney is listening, specially with Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Susana Martinez and Brian Sandoval on his side.
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There are two kinds of polls: honest and dishonest. In other words, some pollsters are better than others.
We have another round of polls showing Pres BO ahead of Gov Romney. Unfortunately, the sample is so stacked in favor of the Dems that the product is just worthless.
"The survey
shows Obama up 6 in Ohio and Florida and 11 in Pennsylvania. These are
all bigger margins than Obama received when he won all three states in
2008 -- Florida (2.8%), Ohio (4.7%). Pennsylvania(10%).
It seems
unlikely that Obama would be doing better in these states than he did 4
years ago. "
We agree with Richard. Does anybody really think that Pres BO will do better in Ohio, Florida or Pennsylvania. The answer is NO.
Here is my suggestion: Don't look at any polls but Gallup or Rasmussen. They are the only ones with realistic samples.
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As you may recall, I predicted a Ted Cruz victory. However, I had no idea that the margin would be 14 points.
Ted Cruz won because the voters were enthusiastic about the conservative message and disappointed with the very negative attacks from Dewhurst team.
Beyond Cruz, the big story from this election was the lousy Dem turnout.
For example, 1.2 million voted in the GOP race in contrast with 200,000 on the Dem side.
The second big story was the very low Hispanic turnout in District 33. Only 20,000 people voted in that race! That is a huge disappointment! Click here for the Tuesday night show:
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