Random Thoughts: Politics Edition

Executive privilige, President Obama? Really? Though Drudge's morphing of Obama with Nixon is a bit much (or is it?. Here's more on his hypocrisy. 

It would be oh so ironic if Pawlenty gets the vice presidential nomination after his botched campaign.  Ironic because if he had stayed in, he never would be in contention. Though if he had stayed in, perhaps he would have beat Romney?

If Marion Barry wasn't so shameless, I could almost get behind the challenge to the streetcar.  And I hope that Catania's firm has been fully vetted. But after all of the investment and infrastructure, and the decrepit state of the X2 bus line, it's ridiculous that he is playing politics.

And is my home state in play? 

Oh yea, it is the summer solstice. Yes, I get sad as sunlight diminishes. Though this is interesting.

An Embarrassment for Congress

The Dems think this is serious news.

OK, Nancy Pelosi. I know you think this is "appropriate" but if this is all you have, if this is what you think is serious and not a waste of taxpayer dollars, you'll have a lot of time to think about this when the Dems lose control of the House in November.  And nothing against Stephen Colbert, but no one is forcing you to watch Green Acres.

I can't believe I agree with John Conyers. What a joke.

Boo to Delaware Republicans

If this holds up...Christine O'Donnell seems to have a pretty sizable lead over Mike Castle. SO disappointing. The woman is an idiot, and she's going to lose us any chance of GOP control of the Senate. She is a pathological liar. This is so deflating. I don't even believe she is a real conservative.

I'm all for voting for conservative candidates over RINOs, don't get me wrong. But this idiot--who is comparing herself to Ronald Reagan--lied about her education, Castle's record, sued ISI over gender discrimination, lied about her mortgage, etc. It's really sickening.

And it was just called for O'Donnell. Who are these people voting for her???

Angry Party

I think this piece on the "Fall of the House of Kennedy" sums up voter perspectives pretty well.

The central battle in our time is over political primacy. It is a competition between the public sector and the private sector over who defines the work and the institutions that make a nation thrive and grow.

My research on the Paycheck Fairness Act reveals how true that is. Who should determine wages, private firms or the government? Who determines how much work is valued, the employer or the employee?

Until the Obama exception, the only recent Democrats electable into the presidency had to be centrist Southerners little known to the country. Every post-Kennedy liberal who tried, failed, including Teddy.

Yes, there is a certain distaste for the Massachusetts liberals like Michael Dukakis or John Kerry who have tried for the presidency. No one in the middle of this country could stand someone like them, condescending and beholden to special elite eastern interests.

Enter the Obama administration, the first one born and raised inside this public bubble, with zero private-sector Cabinet members. Act one: a $787 billion stimulus bill, which they brag mainly saved state and local jobs. Then came the six-month odyssey for Obama's $1 trillion health-care bill, dripping with taxes. Independent voters felt like everything was being sucked into a public-sector vortex.

How true. They turn to public teet to fund the jobs that are held by the unionists who vote for them. And they take from the private sector and the people who don't depend on government hand-outs.

It is about anger, though I agree that the media tries to spin in that way. It's not just Republicans who are angry, though. Scott Brown needed some Dem and Independent votes to win. There weren't enough Republicans in Massachusetts for him to win. Now the only hope is that anger will transcend rage and result in reform. I'm tired of Republicans acting liking RINOs. 2008 was a much-needed wake-up call, but I think the electorate finally turned off the snooze alarm and got up out of bed, ready to work.

Three Things

1. Horrible, nightmarish images from Haiti are flooding the airwaves, the internet. They speak to an unspeakable tragedy. Never forget.

In a way, it is eerily reminiscent of 9/11, because people don't know where to go, don't know what to do. They don't know where their loved ones, and they don't know whether to mourn or cry or still hold out hope. I cannot imagine.

2. The race between Scott Brown and Martha Coakley is turning into something too close to call. But the youtube moment was awesome.

3. Code Pink. You are idiots.