A Broken Press

The American press has failed America. As I watch them “vet” Romney and Ryan, I wonder where they have been for the last 5 years slobbering all over Barack Obama. While screaming for Mitt Romney’s tax returns, the press failed and continues to fail asking even the most miniscule question relating to Obama’s background. His relationships with terrorists, radical preachers, and extreme left wing thinkers are left unchallenged. The dirty middle of the night politics while passing Obamacare were ignored. His miserable economic record is all but ignored…and his discarding white male blue collar voters is appalling is probably the least reported political story of the year. And he really should release his school records. 

The press climbed into bed with Barack four years ago and has been there ever since. He is wise beyond all of us. He is charismatic more than any of us. He has insights into a utopian world none of us can see. In reality, he is a Chicago thug who is an intellectual light weight. I used to think he was a devious genius. I changed my mind. He is an empty suit.

Unfortunately for us, Obama is betting on an uninformed electorate and a press that is willing to deliver his message. Two journalistic events of note this past week criticized the press. Mark Halperin, the liberal editor of Time Magazine, stated the press is more than willing to do Obama’s bidding. And Newsweek Magazine, on death’s door as it ceases print publication, featured a cover article about how it’s time for Obama to go, this after asking about Romney’s wimp factor several weeks ago. Where did that come from? The liberal Newsweek editor quickly disavowed the story his magazine ran as shoddy journalism. Huh?

Watching the press is like watching the Keystone Cops. True investigative journalism is dead. People don’t know about Fast and Furious other than as a movie title. People don’t know about the crony deals Obama made to the benefit of his political friends costing the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. People don’t know that Obama looked into the camera and lied to the public during the Obamacare debate claiming you can keep your health care plan if you like it. It was a lie. He knew it. The press refused to cover it.

I am not sure what this infatuation is. They have to look around and see things aren’t good. They have to notice the gas prices. They have to notice the unemployment rate. They have to notice young adults moving back home with Mom and Dad saddled with student debt and no job prospects.

Or not! These folks live in a bubble. They only talk to each other in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Atlanta. They can’t be bothered with the rest of the country. My favorite story is the journalist who expressed surprise when George Bush beat John Kerry. She said she didn’t know anybody who voted for Bush. Exactly my point.

So now the press is carrying on Obama’s story about Romney’s war on women; Romney’s war on seniors; Romney’s war on the environment; Romney’s war on unions; Romney’s war on immigrants. Is there anything out there Romney is not at war with? The press is nuts.

At the end of the day, as the election approaches, the American public will finally ask the only question that counts: are you better off now than four years ago. And if they truthfully answer the question, maybe then they will turn the press off.

Bye Bye Joe! Here Comes Hillary!!

Several weeks ago I wrote that Barack Obama would replace Joe Biden on the ticket this year. Today I am doubling down on that prediction. In the last election folks joked about Sarah Palin. The real joke was Joe Biden. The vice-president seems to be an okay guy. It’s hard not to like Joe. He has had a difficult life and has faced adversity that is beyond the comprehension of most of us. But he is intellectually bankrupt with gaff after gaff after gaff.

The Drudge Report today was almost comical. First he imitates the lady signing for the deaf. Then he tells the good folks of Virginia that they can win North Carolina. Then he raises the specter of racism claiming the Republicans are going to “put y’all back in chains.” This was all in one day.

Obama and his cadre Chicago have got to be shaking in their shoes. Paul Ryan is an intellectual heavy weight respected by both houses of Congress. He is young, attractive, amiable, and the smartest guy in the room. He is unflappable under pressure, shaking Obama up in the “for show” debate over health care in Blair House. And he will be debating Biden in October. Ouch!!!

That is a recipe for disaster. Ryan will clean Joe’s clock. More than that, it will make Obama look stupid…and make Sarah Palin look smart. Horrors!!!! What’s an incumbent President with the economy in the toilet to do?

I am always proud when people smarter than me, and are in a position to know such things, agree with what I said a while back. Sean Hannity, on his radio and television program today said that he believes Biden will feign illness and drop out of the race prior to the convention opening the door for Hillary. When all else fails, go to the Clinton’s. Never mind that Hillary was named Secretary of State then shoved out of the country on a continuous world tour that has yet to end. Out of sight, out of mind!! But Obama has to be concerned about Joe Biden.

And Hillary would be dumb enough to do it. Unfortunately for them, I think the bloom is off the rose for Hillary. She looks like a sellout, and frankly hasn’t done a very good job. She is a light weight compared to Condi Rice, and hasn’t been around stateside long enough to really know what is going on.

Paul Ryan has put Obama in a difficult position. Is Joe Biden the kind a guy you want one heartbeat from the presidency?

Mayor Bloomberg: A boob by any other name....

This would be funny if it weren’t so sad…or scary. If you want to know what life would look under those progressive do-gooders that seem to be permeating the fabric of our life, look no farther than New York City. Mayor Bloomberg is in his third term. Maybe he has gotten older and is getting daft. Maybe he believes his own propaganda and has decided that while Mayor is good, dictator is better. Or maybe he is the poster child for whack job extreme progressives who truly believe they know what’s best for you.

The latest in his string of edicts is that women who give birth in New York Hospitals will be lectured on the virtues of breast feeding and be allowed formula only if there is “medical reason” for it. What? He has gone from cigarettes to trans-fats to prohibiting giving food to the poor outside of a city agency to removing salt shakers from tables to banning Big Gulps and now to baby formula. Mayor Bloomberg has now entered the wonderful world of child birth and rearing, deciding in his eternal and infinite wisdom that he knows what’s best for you….and you better do it or else.

What is even more amazing is that New Yorkers appear to be dutifully lining up behind him nodding their head in agreement. What is Bloomberg’s vendetta against modern life? Perhaps he would like to ban the size of hamburgers next, or perhaps have you drink tea instead of coffee. And by the way, those of us who are baby boomers were not breast fed, and we have done fine….Thank you very much.

Here’s the plain truth. He is a nut case with an oral fetish that is coming out wrapped in some sort of warped napoleon complex. He is the textbook case for term limits which the NYC changed to allow him a third term.

This is American progressivism at its worst. It isn’t funny. This is serious business. Do you want government making these types of decisions for you? Are you ready to relinquish your freedom to a bunch of whack jobs that are, at the end of the day, nothing but thugs and bullies who just like to shove people around?

People are being shot to death in the street. The NYC school system is on the verge of collapse. Businesses are deserting NYC in droves. And he is worried about baby formula? And what about his fellow mayors in Chicago and Boston and Washington DC who have decided that only those who agree with them politically can get building permits? Do you have to pass a “politically correct” litmus test to sell chicken sandwiches?

These political litmus tests are dangerous.  If you are Condi Rice, you are not black enough.  If you are Clarence Thomas, you are not black enough.  If you are Sarah Palin, you are not woman enough.  And if you don't breast feed, you are not mother enough.  Bull!!!!

America, you better wake up, and wake up fast. If you don’t think it can happen to you, think again. The speed by which we are losing our basic freedoms is increasing. This is dangerous stuff. This is what they do in Communist China. Bloomberg and politicians like Bloomberg need to go, and go now. We are running out of time.

Meanwhile, Mayor Bloomberg, grow yourself a pair and go breast feed yourself.