Monday, September 24, 2012

Introductory remarks or I woulda said if I coulda

WOMEN VOTE REPUBLICAN Welcome and thank you for coming. My name is Linda Bartlett and Susan Allen and I started talking about having this function last April. First I want to thank Lindsay Bomar and Anne Erickson for their skill in organizing functions. The American Tap Room staff, especially Frank Mitolo and Donna Giarratana. Also Therese Antonio for help with publicity, and Violeta Warner our unofficial photographer. Our purpose today is to say “Yes, Virginia, Women Vote Republican and we have outstanding examples of why we do here today. I was at a meeting last week with Anita Moncrief, the young black woman who blew the whistle on ACORN. In announcing this meeting I said “the thing I detest most about the Democrat party is their identity politics-and I heard Ms Moncrief emphatically agree. She’s been there and she knows how degrading it is. But sometimes you have to play on the enemy’s field in order to have a chance of winning—so this is our push back against the myth that all women vote for the left. The Daily show sent a person to the dem convention to report on just how “inclusive” the modern democrat party is. He talked to ordinary conventioneers and all said exactly the same thing—“We are big tent, inclusive, welcome everyone---well, except, the gun toting red necks, to which the reporter said-yeah we don’t need that 150 million, we don’t want those Republican science illiterates—somewhere here is BJ Bluth, who retired from NASA just before Obama retired NASA itself—no science there—we don’t want those crazy Evangelicals who have never read the Bible-the reporter said Oh they read the Bible—no they don’t she said-the woman apparently believes Republicans can’t read, we don’t want any corporate thieves-would we be talking Solyndra? and of course, they said we don’t want any of those people from Tampa coming around. The Daily show audience laughed-that’s their job after all—but the level of ignorance, and prejudice was astonishing and if you believe the principle that people vote for those who seem most like themselves or who mirror their aspirations then we are talking about the kind of people currently in charge of this nation. It was after all Barak Obama who said “we will reward our friends (and indeed he has to the tune of 1 trillion $-and we will punish our enemies. The first president in history to publicly disparage over 40% of the citizens he took an oath to protect and defend. Fortunately for our side, we have here today representatives of all those groups the dems don’t like—literate, leaders in business, technology, science and government, women who are influential and leaders in their communities and beyond. We’re not taking off our bras-we’re taking off the gloves. Most political advisers believe women will be the difference in this election-I agree and that is our job for the next 45 days. And we have help-some of whom you will hear in our program today that features George and Susan Allen, Congresswoman Jamie Herrera Beutler, (Myra Beerman), Congressman Frank Wolf and wife Carolyn, Delegate Barbara Comstock, and Victory personified Pete Snyder. First up is Miki Miller, president of the VA Fed of Republican Women-the largest political organization in the Commonwealth and is also part of the NFRW which is one of the largest in the country. She is from Chesapeake and she is a political force there and in the 4th CD. She travels constantly visiting the 68 clubs in VA and she is going to tell us what she has observed of women’s political involvement since her election in April. Following Miki is Pete Snyder was appointed by Governor McDonnell to head Virginia Victory. He is an accomplished and successful business man, who through his endeavors has created many jobs in the Commonwealth. He is also constantly on the road bringing inspiration and money to every part of Virginia in our collective effort to turn this nation around.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Restore America

Scott Brown, running for re-election to the Senate in Massachusetts and against someone who is to the left of Obama, if that's possible, has put together a brilliant video. It's a little long but well worth watching.
http://www.scottbrown.com/let-america-be-america-again/

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Conservatives on Obamacare

Surprisingly the WashPost has three Conservative articles on Obamacare in the 1 July Sunday paper. They present an important perspective outside all the yelling on both sides of the debate.
First, Kathleen Parker says< "Obama won the day almost by accident," but not the way he anticipated winning--or losing for that matter. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kathleen-parker-justice-robertss-resurrection/2012/06)/29/gJQAaDEtBW_story.html) By effectively shutting down the expansion of the Commerce Clause, and validating the law as a tax, Obama may have bragging rights for the near term, but will have to defend his signature achievement knowing that if he, Pelosi,and Reid had campaigned on the measure as a new and huge tax with 21 separate components it would not have passed. One of those is a tax on the employee who has health coverage which is deemed to be too good. This would apply to many unionized employees if they had not already gotten a waiver from participating in Obamacare. This then brings up the concept of equal treatment before the law, which this statute decimates. And since Wisconsin brought union goodies to the forefront, this will be an easy argument to make.
Georgetown University Constitutional Law Professor Randy Barnett agrees with the assessment of the Commerce Clause and the issue of taxation. He says that Conservatives may have lost, but the Constitution and therefore the future of limited government won. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/randy-barnett-we-lost-on-health-care-but-the-constitution-won/2012/06/29/gJQAzJuJCW_story.html)
Much has been said about the motivations of Chief Justice Roberts-all of which is blather since, like the punditized outcome, no one can really know. But, if only part of Robert's decision was to avoid a continuing controversy like Roe v Wade, then I think he succeeded on that point. Keeping in mind that the left would not maintain a protest once a year in front of the Court, but would rather burn the place down, we all dodged a literal bullet in that sense. Plus, political campaigns can never be structured around the expansion or contraction of the Commerce Clause, but are almost always waged and most often won on limiting the power of Congress to tax.
Charles Lane calls the decision the "Compromise of 2012, and in that he may be correct. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-lane-john-robertss-compromise-of-2012/2012/06/29/gJQAuDLOCW_story.html). The constitutional way to defeat both Obama and his abomination of a health care law is at the ballot box, not with bricks though a Starbucks window or camping out in city parks.
Many on the right say Democrats cannot win on the issues, so they must demonize their opponents, and that will ratchet up big time this summer. Not to overdue on the right side, the Post's ombudsman twisted himself in knots over their previous article on Romney and Bain. Nevertheless, whichever side you come down on the decision, unless you want more of this most lawless and destructive administration, you must vote for Romney. Those who have declared they will not vote are actually voting for Obama because his entire strategy is voter suppression of the opposition.

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Obama's War on Women

This is an op. ed. written by former Loudoun County, VA Senate candidate Patricia Phillips. In 2004 Elinor Burkett published "So Many Enemies, So Little Time: An American Woman in All the Wrong Places" (http://www.amazon.com/So-Many-Enemies-Little-Time/dp/0060524421)that asked the question "where are all the feminists and why are they not supporting President Bush and Laura Bush as they tried to un-enslave Afghan women?" Burkett describes herself as a life-long feminist and part of the NOW crowd. Since she had seen the deplorable condition of many women in that area, championing any effort to alleviate those conditions was a no-brainer. The feminist retreat on women's rights started with Clinton's Monica when he broke the very law against sex in the work place that he had signed to much bally-hoo not long before. It continues to this day because Gloria Steinam et al were never so serious that they could abandon the Democrat party over little things like public be-headings for accused adultery. Now as then, the War on Women is being waged by Democrats.

On May Day, 2012, President Barrack Obama announced the reopening of the real War on Women. The President’s “New Chapter” in Afghanistan will surrender the women of Afghanistan to the atrocities of the Taliban. That is the bottom line in President Obama’s reiteration that the United States will finish withdrawing our troops from Afghanistan by 2014 regardless of the conditions on the ground.

Sure enough, hours after Obama left the country, the Taliban took credit for a suicide car bomb that killed 7 and injured 17, mostly children on their way to school. Are we so self-centered, so easily wearied from the arduous and difficult task in Afghanistan, that we will turn a blind eye to the slave-like treatment of 50% of the population - women and girls – under the Taliban? Because that is exactly what the US capitulation will do.

Following the 9-11 attack, in 2001 United States waged war against the Taliban-run government of Afghanistan because the Taliban refused to break with Usama bin Laden’s al-Qaida. Once we became involved in Afghanistan, the full horror of the Taliban’s oppression became clear. Like the Holocaust in World War II, once we had boots on the ground, the truth and extent of the Taliban’s atrocities to their own people, and especially women, became undeniable.

Women will be completely oppressed, once again. Girls’ schools will be closed. The Taliban are so determined that girls should not learn how to read or write that they will violently attack the schools if they do not close “voluntarily”. They would rather kill girls than let them go to school. Women who don’t “choose” to wear the veil will risk having acid thrown in their faces, at best disfiguring them but likely blinding them for life. The choice to earn a living or choose a career will once again become only a dream, while the reality of their situation an unending nightmare. The void of music and dancing are insignificant compared to the truly slave-like existence they will live.

When we learned Elizabeth Smart had been abducted and hidden away, to be raped repeatedly, the nation was appalled, and her abductor was sentence to life in prison for his crimes. Yet we are neglectfully abandoning the entire female population of Afghanistan to a lifetime of Smart’s ordeal, by leaving the country ill-equipped to keep the Taliban at bay.

In the past decade, despite suffering numerous defeats on the battlefield, the Taliban has not moderated. It remains a dominant force in Afghanistan devoted to restoring an absolute rule that allows no opposition. It is waiting for our President’s self-imposed deadline to pass. Absent the United States, it will become the predominant force again. No matter what our President hopes will change, the Taliban’s gross mistreatment of women is part of its radical ideology and is unmovable.

The President is keeping a campaign promise he made to his base of supporters in 2008. The women of Afghanistan will pay for Obama’s promise in blood and tears. And we will pay again later, in the same currency.

I’m no expert in foreign affairs. This is just common sense based on what is known on the surface. I can’t remain silent and let this go by with comment.

Concerned,



Patricia Phillips

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Mr Clean goes to D.C.

According to former US Representative from Rhode Island, Patrick Kennedy, the White House and political operation of Obama--the dude who promised to end business as usual in DC, it's a "quid pro quo" operation. Kennedy admits that most of the folks he deals with in the White House are old friends, but he says it is still important that they know he is not a "slouch," and he figures his $35,000 contribution to the re-elect campaign will guarantee administration cooperation on his pet project. Obama was going to heal the vitriolic dialog, and get things done.
To start with he should have told Harry Reid, the guy who has done absolutely nothing in his position as majority leader for three and a half years--except hold votes on Obama's budgets, which have gone down in flames all three years-including when Harry had 60 democrats. And while we're on the subject of business as usual, Obama must have been talking about the previous democrat administration when entrance to the White House was referred to as a turnstile-put you money in the slot and come on in. That however was NEVER said about the Bush administration, and you can be sure that if Brian Williams could have proved that it would have led the news every night for 8 years.
So Mr Clean isn't so clean, but then we are not surprised--it is Chicago politics after all.


http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/former-dem-congressman-kennedy-alleges-quid-pro-quo-access-white-house_637051.html

Friday, March 30, 2012

"Creepy!"


Peggy Noonan called Barak Obama Creepy.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
I wrote her a letter saying I did not have her ivy league friends, megaphone, platform, or money, but I knew the dude was bad news asked what her excuse was so terribly wrong. No answer, duh!

If you scroll down a few of the comments you'll see other people castigating Noonan for her support of Obama in 08. One guy tells her the next time she is tempted to vote for a savior to stay home.
I would ditto that.
This country doesn't do messiahs in the white house we do leaders who have at least some understanding and appreciation of the country.
http://online.wsj.com/article/declarations.html

Monday, March 12, 2012

Cartoonish Democrats

The WaPo put all their news in the Style Section on March 12, 2012.

The link is an article about cartoonist Gary Trudeau taking on the abortion
issue. It seems perfectly appropriate that the spokesman for the
main, and often seemingly only, issue in the Dems platform is a
comic-literally. Though we may feel like Mr Trudeau and his fellow
leftists in the Dem party is a joke, it's a very expensive and bad joke-- one that is hurting everyone very significantly.

Dems always say, well Republicans are in favor of capital punishment. That's true. Both sides favor one kind of execution. The difference is, the right goes after the guilty, and the left kills the innocent.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/doonesbury-creator-garry-trudeau-discusses-divisive-strips-about-abortion/2012/03/11/gIQAL7Is5R_story.html

Advocate for Unconstitutionality of Obamacare

The Style section of the WaPo, Monday, March 12, 2012 has the most interesting news in the paper today.

The link is to an article about the Attorney who will be arguing against
Obamacare on behalf of the suit filed by 26 states at the end of the
month. He sounds an impressive person and has Supreme Court potential
should the "Alinsky rebels currently in the WH not get re-elected."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/esteemed-lawyer-paul-clements-next-challenge-is-arguing-against-health-care-law/2012/03/06/gIQAESK65R_story.html

BTW- headline on the front page "As gas prices rise, president's
ratings fall," but we already know that. There is an interesting graph of poll results. Obama has high negatives on anything having to do with the economy, deficit, budget, and gas prices--up to 63%. However, when asked which party is preferred to handle matters, and specifically issues involving women the dems way out-poll the GOP. This is an issue the women's group are going to have to deal with in a high visibility manner.
The link is a closer look at the Post's poll, which apparently is more not good news for Obama.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/washington-post-poll-contradicts-washington-post-narrative-women-voters_633469.html?nopager=1

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Executive Control of Everything

We will be in real trouble when the leadership in the military agrees with Obama and like politicians who disdain the separation of powers and other limits on fed power in the quest to "get things done" George Will makes this observation today in the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obama-follows-the-progressive-presidents-model-of-martial-language/2012/01/27/gIQAcobPWQ_story.html

Civilian control of the defense apparatus does not include, at the moment, getting things done internally, but Obama proposed exactly this in his first campaign by expanding police forces to be equipped and trained as military forces
This has already happened
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/20/local-cops-ready-for-war-with-homeland-security-funded-military-weapons.html

At a meeting in DC last week of the Association of the U.S Army, Chief of Staff General Odienro commented on Obama's SOTU and its beginning and ending with praise for the military's cohesiveness and efficiency in achieving an objective saying that our politics should be similarly organized and efficient.
The General said he had been been trying to tell Obama that.
the audience chuckled

Several years ago Markos Moulitsas of the left-wing web site thedailykos.com was interviewed on C-SPAN regarding a book he had written.
He told Brian Lamb that he was a Republican before he joined the Army and went to Desert Storm. He said when he saw how effective the military is at stating objectives and then accomplishing them by interacting and cooperation, he realized that all society should be thusly organized. Disappointingly Moulitsas was never challenged by Lamb. The military is many wonderful things, but it is NOT a Democracy where opposing views are essential and compromise necessary for the continuation of the system as laid out in our Constitution.

Put all this together with Obama's request to "re-organize" the entire Executive Branch and his theme of "can't wait" and this nation has a problem that goes way beyond Obamacare.