Here’s an interesting idea we had, inspired by a comment someone left yesterday relating things political to a chess board.
We started thinking about that, and wondered what “chess pieces” we could all identify that Dr. Utopia will rely on for his 2012 campaign. We would, thus, have three years to work hard to remove these pieces from the proverbial board to weaken his candidacy further in that 2012 race.
Here are his allies that we can readily identify, off the top of our heads:
* ACORN and its affiliates, and whatever ACORN morphs into once the name “ACORN” itself becomes too toxic
* the SEIU
* the Mainstream Media (MSM), but most specifically MSNBC, NBC, CNN, the New Y ork Times, Newsweek, and TIME
* the Black Panthers
* the Race Industry, as led by the likes of Al Sharpton/Henry Gates/Jesse Jackson/Eric Holder
* George Soros
* ACORN-backed Secretaries of State like Jennifer Brunner in Ohio
* Operatives on the ground, at the county level, in early states like Iowa where the DNC’s plan is to game the caucus and install a beatable Republican like Romney or Huckabee as the nominee
David Axelrod now has the full power of the White House to conjure up all sorts of additional allies for 2012, so removing the above pieces won’t mean others couldn’t materialize to take their places. But, ACORN especially was established for YEARS, and if that pawn alone can be obliterated, it’s going to be very hard to rebuild that infrastructure in just 3 years’ time. Booting out as many corrupt Secretaries of State like Jennifer Brunner also will be a huge help towards the goal of fair elections.
What other chess pieces can you identify and what do you think can be done, in a concerted effort, to limit their ability to game 2012 for Dr. Utopia too?
In particular, what do you think could be done about the biggest asset the White House has — the Mainstream Media?
November 20, 2009 at 8:16 pm
I heard the other day that 4 states are soon going to start ‘automatic’ voter registrations. That’s right, as soon as state residents turn 18 they will be registered to vote. They don’t have to do anything but show up to vote.
This will help Barry, as high school kids can’t wait to vote for him, and poof they’re ready to go on election day. This also frees up acorn workers from voter registration drives so they can focus on other deviant behaviour.
November 20, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Is that really necessary? How difficult is it to trundle your butt down to register to vote? I’m not so sure that it necessarily helps oBOWma and the dims. After all, if they’re too lazy to register most can’t be troubled to be yanked away from their Playstations to actually vote. Problem with high schoolers is indoctrination and unformed cerebral cortexes.
November 20, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Actually, I agree with MichL. The fact is, most 18-year olds are too lazy. I’ll gladly admit that when I was 18 years old, I was completely clueless about the state of the nation. In fact, when news broke that the economy hadn’t been this bad since April 1983, I didn’t even realize back then the problems we were facing. I only became politically aware and active when I had to file my first tax return. Wow! There is nothing, nothing like being compelled to see how much money is parted from you to make you angry. Especially when that money was parted from you when you had to struggle to survive. Utopia doesn’t need 100% of the 18 year olds to vote for him. He only needs to be sure that the ratio of those voting for him has to be greater than 1:1.
November 21, 2009 at 12:07 am
So was I. I had some core beliefs, in their nascent stages, of course. It was the experience of Carter that sealed the deal for me. You’re so right about 1983. I was in college and things didn’t seem all that bad at all. Then again, in unquantifiable terms it’s much worse.
November 21, 2009 at 12:09 am
sorry, I meant much worse now.
November 21, 2009 at 12:38 am
Being from the Chicago area – I know the next step after that will be your vote being placed for you without you even asking. We do it all the time here!
November 20, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Have the gays been pealed off yet?
November 20, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Strip Iowa of the first primaries.
At least the first primary should rotate among all 50 states.
Has the Orca been pealed off yet?
November 20, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Sarah just killed on OReilly on the foreign policy questions!
November 20, 2009 at 9:04 pm
the bowing down line was superb!
November 20, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Ooooo! Ooooo!
What did Sarah say about
Obama’s excessive bow syndrome?
November 20, 2009 at 10:12 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_FYxOv5ZYk
you can watch the second interview here.
November 20, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Great!
Many Thanks MizzouGal!!!!
November 20, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Time to FORCE Obummer to release all his health records. RE: Cancer news coverage.
November 20, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Now that would be amazing if that were to happen. You never know!
November 21, 2009 at 1:07 am
To Clarify, you did not mean a prognosis of cancer.
November 20, 2009 at 8:48 pm
It’s like watching Michelangelo paint!
Love the way you have created a special picture here! It’s like you’re putting all of us in the picture with each stroke. It belongs to us all. Something MOST of us can FINALLY ALL agree on!
AMERICA
Our Portrait
November 20, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Any disease or malady he has will make him into a martyr. I hope he can healthily get through his term so that doesn’t happen.
November 20, 2009 at 9:05 pm
OFA…Organizing For America needs to be a chess piece….pieces? How about the Pawns :) This is Obama’s old campaign group now organizing to destroy Sarah Palin because she’s “dangerous”. Hoping to raise 500k.
November 20, 2009 at 9:20 pm
I often marvel at how people IGNORE all of Sarah Palin’s accomplishments. They act like she has none and is popular for no particular reason other then people identify with her. Please share these FACTS.
1. Sarah took on corruption in her own party and risked her career in politics doing it. Name one politician who has done this that is currently serving. By the way, has Obama asked Charlie Rangel to step aside? NO, they are in the same party after all.
2. Sarah cut the budget in the Alaska which is unheard of. She saved money when the oil money was flowing in so now when the oil price dropped they are not cutting police or education or raising taxes to balance the budget. How are New York and California doing by the way on their budgets? How is Obama doing with his deficit projections? 9 trillion right?
3. Sarah TOOK ON THE MOST POWERFUL COMPANIES IN THE WORLD, the big oil companies to make sure Alaskans were getting a fair shake and SHE WON. Has Obama bucked the big labor unions in a similar fashion? Or the trial lawyers?
4. Sarah negotiated a natural gas pipeline deal that will result in the largest construction project in North America which will produce REAL JOBS and will provide CLEAN energy to the lower 48. Has Obama ever…oh never mind, its obvious he has not done anything like this and neither has anyone else who currently serves.
November 21, 2009 at 10:16 am
Speaking about chess pieces and another Palin accomplishment; Sarah was able to remove one chess piece from the Utopianist’s playbook, that being, she Pawned the “Indictment” King.
In removing herself as the prime target of frivolous lawsuit destruction the Utopianists can longer play their silly legalese game.
Some may say her resignation indicates she is a quitter, however I would suggest it indicates she is a brilliant strategist who has the courage to thwart her opponents game plan several moves in advance of her opponent realizing they lost.
November 21, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Except that they did get her to vacate the Governor’s office far earlier than she probably wanted. Frivolous lawsuits remain a costly and destructive tactic. We’re the only country that still allows suits to be brought without the loser paying all expenses, which would effectively eliminate the ones without merit.
Unfortunately the quitter label will stick to her, while Utopia gets a pass even though he quit being a Senator long before he resigned.
I do think Palin was right to cut off the lawsuits and hope her resignation can be overcome.
November 20, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Breitbart has thrown down the gauntlet at E. Holder’s feet. He says if Holder doesn’t start investigating ACORN, he will release more tapes just before the elections next year!
Popcorn, anyone?
November 20, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Yes!!!
November 20, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Outstanding! Throwing extortion and the extorters. Breitbart does good work.
November 21, 2009 at 12:50 am
Popcorn and a box of Milkduds please.
You could tell that Breitbart is pi$$’d. He can’t believe that ACORN is getting a pass from the media and the government. I’m sure hoping they saved the really “good” stuff for later.
November 21, 2009 at 11:58 am
I HOPE ANDREW BREIBART GETS A BODYGUARD LIKE GLENN BECK. THEY WILL NEED THEM TO PROTECT THEMSLEVES FROM THE “CHICAGO WAY”
November 23, 2009 at 11:53 am
Why wait? Release tapes NOW!!!
November 20, 2009 at 9:52 pm
A great point was made by Mark Steyn (who I have a ginormous crush on). Why should ACORN bother with small scale voter registration fraud (you know, the occasional voter named Mickey Mouse or the entire offensive live of the Dallas Cowboys)…when they can now register complete, fraudulent Congressional Districts…the Arizona 19: Gaum’s 99th: and all the other ficticious places ’stimulus’ money has landed.
November 20, 2009 at 11:24 pm
heh, heh, heh…..good point!
Mark Steyn is an awesome human being.
November 20, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Has anyone heard about the Republican who has declared his candidacy for District 00 in New Hampshire? Maybe we should all find out if any non-existing congressional district is in our respective states and declared our candidacy. LOL (Sorry, I do not have a link, saw it earlier today and can’t remember where)
November 20, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Is it time for the pitchforks and hot tar?
November 20, 2009 at 10:10 pm
I’ve got the feathers, if you’ve got the rail!
November 20, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Take away their gold-plated health care, unlimited, superfolous travel at taxpayer expense, limit their terms and they’ll go away.
November 20, 2009 at 10:18 pm
The media is taking care of the problem by itself, albeit slowly. The only things we, as citizens, can impact directly is ACORN and SEIU. If the influence of these corrupt organizations can be broken or hoplelessly marginalized, it’s a win for the country. All Government unions should be decertified and banned. Trust me, Government employees need a union like Bill Gates needs another mansion. Unions have completely outlived their usefulness to the worker. They hurt the worker far more.
November 21, 2009 at 5:13 pm
This is just an example of what SEIU does:
November 20, 2009 at 10:20 pm
That’s the truth about Government Unions.
November 20, 2009 at 10:30 pm
I just got a Facebook account and have reconnected with old school friends that I haven’t heard from since the first Bush was in the White House. On this same account, I am also friends with the PUMAs, Nobamas, and Tea Partiers that I discuss politics with regularly. However, I’ve made it a rule not to bring up anything political with the old-school crowd, unless they bring it up first.
It only took two days.
Yep, after just two days on Facebook, one quiet guy I knew in high school started a discussion about the Sarah Palin Newsweek cover. He refers to the publication as Newsweak– that tells you a lot right there. The participants in this discussion agreed that Newsweak is lame, although they have different opinions of Sarah Palin. As far as I know, none of these people are political junkies like most of us are. But they’ve got the msm figured out pretty well. I wouldn’t say that this particular chess piece is off the board, but it’s almost there.
It’s worth noting that in terms of demographics, these folks grew up in working class or lower middle class households; they’re the children of the Reagan Democrats. Several of the guys, including the one who brought up the Newsweak article, have served or are serving in the armed forces. They like the Red Wings. They go deer hunting. The women post pictures of their kids and worry about the health of their aging parents. I don’t know what’s going on with most of them, employment-wise– in Michigan, you just don’t ask people what they do for a living anymore.
November 21, 2009 at 9:40 am
I FB too, and I “friended” Sarah Palin (Glenn Beck (he is so funny and passionate); C4Pan etc).
I have also “friended” my kids friends (who sent the request to me…at first I thought it odd; but then thought they are just trying to build up ‘huge’ friend list–other moms have also friended kids…so I did.)
So…Gov. Palin posts a statement; I hit I “like” it (and I always comment as well!!!) And my 12 year old (YES!!! 12 YEAR OLD!!!) gets (a couple) posts from HIS brainwashed little friends “Dude, your mom likes Sarah Palin??? What is wrong with her???”
Now…these kiddies (and it is only two or three) have really been served the KoolAid…but come on…7th graders with PALINOIA???
Jen, I could have written your post–we have similar backgrounds…except I am a Penguin/Steeler fan (you trump with the Tigers though ;) )
November 20, 2009 at 10:40 pm
I like the way you guys are strategizing. Great idea!
November 20, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Sorry for the additional post but, I forgot about the Secretaries of State. Absolutely! Fundemental to cleaning out the political garbage is cleansing the foundation of state government. I’m not so naive to believe you can be succesful every time. Thing is, you have to break the hold that corrupt organiztions have on the state and local level first. You guys live in Chicago now. I was born and raised in Chicago and the metropolitan area. What a cesspool. The idividual voter is powerless by design and that has to change.
November 20, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Yes, if you’re going to clean out the rot, you’ve got to start in the basement from where rot rises.
FYI btw….
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/11/20/al-gore-proposes-using-supercomputer-projections-scare-people-global-w
Al Gore Proposes Using Supercomputer Projections to Scare People on Global Warming
Possible Conspiracy To Falsify Temperature Data Uncovered
November 20, 2009 at 11:06 pm
another FYI on your comment about Husein’s “Organizing On America”….
Obama now pleading for money to fight Sarah Palin
http://countusout.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/obama-now-pleading-for-money-to-fight-sarah-palin/
Never shy about $eeking money, Democratic President Obama’s Organizing for America is now using the threat of Republican Sarah Palin as an opportunity to acquire more.
November 20, 2009 at 11:07 pm
It has just sent an e-mail out to its millions of supporters today pleading for urgent donations to fight the mother of five, now on her heavily-publicized, cross-country book promotion bus tour. She holds no political office currently; in fact, , she’s among America’s unemployed, though doing quite well financially.
November 20, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Really quite pathetic. Will all that’s going on, why does an ex-governor cause you so much grief, hussein? Why? Are you…scared?
November 20, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Obama can not stand up in an honest race – that is why criminals do every crime in the book to knock out honest opponents before the race ever starts.
November 21, 2009 at 12:31 am
I think that this point can’t be made too often that the POTUS is fearing what a former governor, mother of five from Alaska can do. I mean, how pathetic is this man-child that he has all of his demoncratic, leftwing nuts on his side and all the power of a corrupt House and Senate that he fears a woman from a state that his party has continued to marginalize. I hope that someone can highlight the irrational fear of nut jobs. It seems with every passing day, my view of this man-child continues to sink to a new low.
November 21, 2009 at 8:48 am
They’re raising money to fight a woman on a book tour? Paranoia in Utopia?!?
November 21, 2009 at 11:56 am
Bettiwettiwoo we should do all we can to send their paranoia into OverDrive.
Send them right over the Leftist Cliff!
November 20, 2009 at 10:48 pm
How about “Obama’s Toxic Chess Game — The Poison Pieces That Need To Be Removed From The Board Before He Check-Mates America” as a title for your expose?
November 20, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Would you please re-post this again?
https://www.sarahpacdonate.com/eb_112009_nd
Support Governor Palin’s PAC by Donating Below:
Donate $100 or more and receive a free signed copy of “Going Rogue”.
November 21, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Good idea. I think it expires Weds? I checked eBay and people are getting over $100 for signed books already !
(In fact, SarahPac should put signed books online !!)
November 20, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Great list so far!
Remember, 2010 will be key in this strategic maneuver.
Valerie Jarret will be very influential behind the scenes.
I think we need to dismantle the NEA and things like “I Participate” because they are and will be used as tools to promote propaganda for the current administration, which is directed at all of us through: art, volunteer work, television, and so forth.
I think we need to look for Obama to use women’s groups and gay groups to further alienate middle America from the “progressive” coastlines.
For each piece we remove, we must also provide a piece of our own. I’m not talking about a vaneer, but a solid individual or set of beliefs that people can relate to. Who cares if we dismantle all of these corrupt people and organizations if people do not believe that our principles are any better.
November 20, 2009 at 11:43 pm
The media must be taken over or bypassed, and it must be done with a serious and concerted effort.
No matter how much fraud takes place in the caucuses or in the elections or how bad Obama or his policies are for the country, the MSM will not report it or will hide it from the people voters; and will report negatively on the other candidate.
We can make the public more aware of the presence of some of the main friendly political blogs and radios, perhaps by putting up well placed billboards along well trafficked roads or streets, so they can checked them out. Many visitors and listeners would stay and follow the posts and news regularly.
We could contribute to support such an undertaking.
Thanks HB for supportin Hillary and Sarah.
November 21, 2009 at 12:26 am
This is video of Barbara Walters last interview installment…..mostly about Trig..what a beautiful child. It brought tears to my eyes.
November 21, 2009 at 1:09 am
Thank you for sharing that. I had not seen it. My older brother is mentally disabled and he is the main reason my life is so blessed. I would never have met my husband (or many other wonderful people) if I did not have a disabled brother. (So I wouldn’t have my children or my grandchild either!) The Palins are a very blessed family to have Trig – and they certainly know it. I’m sure many people who don’t like Sarah think it’s all show and lip service, or putting a good face on a sad situation. But families that have special needs children know that life is special because of them. It’s not easy – but it’s worth it.
November 21, 2009 at 9:46 am
I’ve worked with special needs kids/adults in a LTC setting and yes, they can and are a blessing. I think our society, for all it’s lip service to equality, really is too ‘perfection’ oriented. It’s the imperfect in the world that make it beautiful. Every word Palin said I’ve heard from parents and caregivers.
November 21, 2009 at 3:40 am
Thanks for posting that! What a beautiful baby. I admire them more every time I see them.
November 21, 2009 at 12:49 pm
I too have a disabled child and he’s brought me 36 years of unconditional joy and love ! Here’s to Sarah:
A Story contributed by Erma Bombeck
This year, nearly 100,000 women will become mothers of handicapped children. Somehow I visualize God hovering over Earth selecting his instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As he observes, he instructs his angel to make notes in a giant ledger.
“Armstrong, Beth, son, patron saint, Matthew.”
“Smith, Marge, daughter, patron saint, Cecillia.”
“Rutledge, Carrie, twins, patron saint…give her Gerard. He’s used to profanity.”
Finally he passes a name to the angel and smiles, “Give her a handicapped child”. The angel is curious. “Why this one, God? She’s so happy.” “Exactly,” says God. “Could I give a handicapped child to a mother who does not know laughter? That would be cruel.”
“But has she patience?” asks the angel.”
“I don’t want her to have to much patience or she will drown in a sea of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wear off she’ll handle it.” “I watched her today. She has that feeling of self and independence that is so necessary in a mother. The child I am going to give her has his own world. She has to make it live in her world, and that’s not going to be easy.”
“But Lord, I don’t think she even believes in you,” God smiles. “No matter. I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has just enough selfishness.”
The angel gasps, “Selfishness? Is that a virtue?”
God nods, “If she can’t separate herself from the child occasionally, she’ll never survive. Yes, here is a woman who I take for granted a ’spoken word.’ She will never consider a ’step’ ordinary. When her child says ‘Momma’ for the first time, she will be present at a miracle and know it! I will permit her to see clearly the things I see…cruelty, ignorance, prejudice…and allow her to rise above them. She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day, because she is doing my work as surely as if she were here by my side.”
“And what about her patron saint?” asks the angel, pen poised in mid air.”
God smiles, “A mirror will suffice.”
November 21, 2009 at 3:54 pm
awesome post.
November 21, 2009 at 12:40 am
Man, HillBuzz is on a roll lately.
Chess pieces — I can’t think of a better way to look at it.
November 21, 2009 at 1:10 am
I liked the title of this topic, very creative.
November 21, 2009 at 1:07 am
But what about our proactive efforts for a Palin platform in 2012?
I have a few thoughts, the #1 of which is FEDERALISM.
Federalism is a key conservative/libertarian belief, and if the country can be made to embrace it, it can solve a lot of problems and end a lot of unnecessary rifts between various constituencies.
The first that comes to mind is gay marriage.
As a conservative, I agree with Ed Morrisey: get the Federal government out of the marriage business.
It’s just an issue, after all, that there happens to be disagreement on. Like the death penalty, or marijuana, or concealed carry laws.
And, yes, abortion — and I’m pro-choice.
The federal government and the courts should have nothing to do with any of these issues.
So what do you think of a hard-core small-government, federalist plank for Palin 2012?
November 21, 2009 at 1:19 am
Holly, #18,
Re “For each piece we remove, we must also provide a piece of our own. I’m not talking about a vaneer, but a solid individual or set of beliefs that people can relate to”, that’s just what I’m thinking we could do by adopting a serious federalist plank.
Just imagine what it could be like if we took some of the most contentious issues off the table for national candidates to address:
Journalist: Gov. Palin, what is your position on abortion?
Gov. Palin: I’m against it personally, but it’s an issue for the states to decide.
Journalist: Gov. Palin, will you support an amendment banning gay marriage?
Gov. Palin: No, because the Federal government has no business dealing with such an issue. I’m campaigning for the Presidency, not to be the nanny-in-chief. States can make their own laws as to marriage.
Journalist: How about marijuana?
Gov. Palin: The states. Look, I’m a *conservative*, not a nanny-statist. My *opinion* on any of these issues is irrelevant, because they’re none of the federal government’s business. Period.
What do you think?
November 21, 2009 at 8:14 am
I would love to see a candidate give those answers. I have been waiting for decades to see such a thing on a national scale. I have heard state and local candidates say it, but I can’t recall a single one on the national level – well, maybe Ron Paul, but I haven’t paid as much attention to him as I probably should.
November 21, 2009 at 11:30 am
What do we think? Those are dream answers from a dream candidate.
Sadly, I don’t think the answers would go over that well in the chronically infantilized society we live in today- people don’t like the tough choices, or to deal with the consequences of their decisions. They just want all the hard sharp edges of reality to be taken away by, as you say, dear old Nanny from the state.
Mind you, the answers that you wrote were timeless, perfect, and rooted in the ideals of our founding fathers. If memory serves their intent was to have a loose confederation of states, each of which was to be an experiment in society for like minded individuals. If one experiment didn’t work for you, you were free to go to the next state. And so on and so on.
Now fast forward a couple centuries and we have slobbery elmer fudd impersonators, plasticene ventriloquist dummies, jug eared layabouts and assorted other cads and whores imperiously snapping their fingers at us from the great dismal known as DC – none of whom have ever known a real day’s work, all of whom would take ALL the fruits of your labor to do with as they wish.
Ugh… hope I’m wrong and you’re right about a righteous fervor in the heartlands asking for a new federalism. I really do.
Oh, and have a nice day!
November 21, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Good answers, but the problem lies in that the answers are not specific enough.
Take gay marriage, I believe it is a state’s rights issue, but only if the people actually vote on it. I do not support the judiciary or legislation forcing gay rights onto a state, which is exactly what happened in all of the states who recognize gay marriage. The states who let the people vote, struck it down. The 31 states who struck it down I favor, not a bullshit court of five people taking that right away from the millions of voters to decide. This could be said with any of the other issues you mentioned. If it really was up to the people, great, but usually the courts and legislatures take that right from us.
November 21, 2009 at 10:31 pm
To Holly & skating on glue:
Re “I do not support the judiciary or legislation forcing gay rights onto a state, which is exactly what happened in all of the states who recognize gay marriage.”
I agree — and I also think the courts’ overreaching *hurt* those in favor of gay marriage. It made them look like bullies who will cheat to win.
What gay marriage proponents should do is argue for action at the legislative level, and for states’ rights and *against* activist courts. Reasonable people can disagree on this issue, and neither position, for or against, is a crazy one to take. (Something like polygamy is crazy — a total step backwards in terms of women’s rights and culture, that has immediate damaging effects on a society.) Thus, those arguing for or against should neither go running to either the courts to legalize gay marriage, or to the Federal government to pass an amendment to the Constition (!) to outlaw same.
Moving on to skating on ice’s comment, “Sadly, I don’t think the answers would go over that well in the chronically infantilized society we live in today- people don’t like the tough choices, or to deal with the consequences of their decisions. They just want all the hard sharp edges of reality to be taken away by, as you say, dear old Nanny from the state,” I believe you are right — at this moment, that is.
I think this can change.
If we go bankrupt, if the dollar is destroyed, we won’t be able to afford the Nanny anymore, and getting her back will be the last thing on people’s minds.
That said, you are right: the citizenry has been infantalized by our growing government, cheered on by the MSM. I think a great many people don’t understand exactly what limited government means — what it is, and what it could do for them personally. And certainly this is not an accident: the Democrats and the MSM don’t want people to learn they don’t need government as they’ve been made to believe.
Yet they can learn.
For example, a while back I read an article concerning handgun-ownership trends. According to the research cited, the fastest-growing groups of handgun-owners are (1) women, (2) seniors, and (3) gay men.
All three of these groups suddenly were embracing their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms. For many of them, I am sure buying a gun represented a major ideological shift.
So where are we now? Our federal government is too big and has too much power. We don’t want the health care bills currently in Congress; *Congress* wants them. We don’t want them because we know they won’t work, and because we can’t afford them. Anybody with the slightest common sense knows this, just as they know they can’t go out and buy a Porsche on their credit card, because doing so will break them.
Much of the federal government must be dismantled, and common-sense conservative changes must be made, or the country will be broken.
So what will it take to keep this from happening?
Well, recently over at Hot Air, the fantastic Dr. Zero posted an article entitled “How Do You Solve This Problem Without Sarah?”, the upshot of which is that to fix the mess we are in, we need a President who can lead the charge in scaling back the federal government to an extent Ronald Reagan could only dream of doing.
To accomplish this, however, the President would need a broad-based mandate — not to spend more of our money, but cut away the fat that people have been falsely led to believe is indispensable to their lives. Just for example, HUD, the Dept. of Education, Fannie & Freddie — all must go. The tax code must be simplified, and that means reducing the size of IRS and the scope of its powers and duties.
I believe the vast majority of Americans can be made to see why we need to do all this and more — that is, the right Presidential candidate and attendant movement can. But before that can happen, she and her supporters will need to do two things:
1) Attract people to her with concrete ideas; and
2) Hold on to these voters once they have come aboard — or, put another way, not alienate them with the usual nonsense that keeps Americans from embracing common-sense core principles.
For example, how many gays and lesbians who regularly vote Democrat are, in fact, fiscally conservative? How many are scared by the size of our debt? I mean *scared* the way I am, and I’m sure as most readers on this thread are.
My guess is a lot.
I want Sarah Palin to be our next President, to lead the charge in dismantling the federal government that is going to destroy this country. I believe she can do the job — and am certain she would *love* to do it.
But first she must get elected, and with that tremendous mandate. For that, I believe a federalist plank may be essential — and I think the country is ready for it. *Real* conservatism is in my view set to explode in popularity across the fruited plain.
And, lastly, a site like HillBuzz would doubtless be at the vanguard of the federalist movement.
November 21, 2009 at 3:43 am
Glenn Beck has done a fair job of knocking down a few pieces of his own– specifically the czars. I’m sure a peek at his chalkboard would offer a few ideas.
November 21, 2009 at 5:16 am
Removing chess pieces is a good idea, but I suggest you don’t over-think this. Some good, old-fashioned “opposition research” (to use the political term) on targetted individuals might do the trick. Subjecting them to the same white-hot glare they focus on others might just make the bullies cry.
Especially for you guys in Chicago – there have to be sources who could document specific details about Jarrett, Axelrod, Gibbs and other White House cronies that they would not want revealed to the general public. Care must be taken to make sure these revelations are factual, not speculative, and they should be documented so that the exposer isn’t vulnerable to libel laws.
These are the people who put Obama in office. He can’t be re-elected without them. I don’t think any one of them would want their private lives scrutinized the way Sarah Palin’s has been. The fact that we are all paying their salaries gives the public the right to ask some questions about their fitness for federal employment.
In one sense, the pettier the details, the better. If they are bombarded with personal trivia being put out through a variety of media outlets (not just Hillbuzz), they might just conclude that the Washington spotlight is too much.
Some petty examples:
1. Since they poured money into GM, do they drive American cars? If not, they’re hypocrites. Photos of them driving Toyotas, Hondas, Mercedes, BMW’s, etc. should be easy to get on public roads in Chicago or around the White House. (It doesn’t matter whether foreign cars are actually built in US. This is part of a larger narrative.)
2. Do their children attend public schools, or are they exempt from the federal education standards aimed at dumbing down the general population?
3. Where do their spouses/siblings/children work? One of the more insidious elements of corruption in Washington involves family members, especially spouses, of federal officials (both elected and appointed) who work either as lobbyists or as real estate agents. Most officials know they can’t take bribes directly from people who do business with the federal government. Instead, those businesses pay commissions to well-connected relatives to buy/sell property, or they contract with certain firms that employ relatives – whether they use those firms’ services or not.
I could go on….
With respect to ACORN and SEIU, concentrate on the leaders – who should get the same scrutiny as Obama’s political team. Those organizations are too big for a small group to take on. Instead, identify individual leaders without whom they couldn’t function effectively, and rattle them enough to make them re-think their career choices. If ACORN/SEIU leaders resign to pursue other interests, that reduces organizational effectiveness. Do the same to their replacements.
Give the same treatment to the media bubbleheads at MSNBC, CNN, and AP who rigged election coverage all last year, and still won’t report accurately about Obama or his administration.
For those who may be squeamish about these tactics, wake up and smell the Utopia. Remember what the O-bots did to the Clintons with lies and distortions. Look at their relentless jihad against Sarah Palin. They do not hesitate to lie, cheat and steal to achieve their objectives. The least we can do is to expose the truth about them. – IMHO
November 21, 2009 at 6:05 am
I will be attending Beck’s rally today in Florida – he seems to have a few chess pieces to announce today. I’m looking forward to getting behind ANY plan to remove Mr. Big Ears from office!
November 21, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Please come back and tell us all about it!
November 21, 2009 at 8:01 am
I watched an interview last night (I think it was on Matthew’s show) where Gregg Judd, along with Bernie Sanders of VT argued the healthcare bill. I think Judd is onto something. He refused to let his arguments be cut off, interrupted by Matthews, who actually seemed to back off a little bit. Even he could see that Judd knows his stuff and gave one of the well thought out arguments against healthcare.
When Matthews accused the Republicans of having no plan and challenged him, he stopped him and explained that yes, the Republicans do have a healthcare plan and then explained components of it.
We need more people like this who beat these media shills at their own game….pushing past their interruptions, taking over the argument and refusing to having those arguments cut of in mid sentence.
I learned a lot from listening to him.
November 21, 2009 at 10:35 pm
I agree. Gregg Judd is impressive. I love that, when you feel it clicking when someone is speaking.
I’ve disagreed with Sen. Graham on many issues, but I had that feeling — man, listen to this guy! — listening to him dismantle A.G. Holder the other day. (Neoneocon had a great post on the subject, with a little background as to why Sen. Graham has such command of the subject at hand.)
November 21, 2009 at 9:08 am
HI HB
Maybe you can do cross post with the latest post(s) from hillary’s 4 website — they are an excellent analysis
http://www.hillaryis44.org/2009/11/20/tinkerbell-in-trouble/
http://www.hillaryis44.org/2009/11/19/mistake-in-08/
November 21, 2009 at 11:45 am
LOL
Tinkerbell in Trouble!!!!!
November 21, 2009 at 9:30 am
Michael Steele needs to get word to Republican state committee officials to adjust the rules to ensure that state primaries are closed. Otherwise, Obama’s operatives will organize to have his people cross party lines and choose the weaker candidates in every case. Only registered Republicans should vote in the Republican primaries.
November 21, 2009 at 10:30 am
Hey Hillbuzz!!!
guess what Mattel is doing for the 50th anniversary of the Barbie doll?
wanna talk about girl empowerment? BURKA BARBIES!!
http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/11/mattel-backs-burqa-barbie-to-celebrate-dolls-50th-anniversary.html
November 21, 2009 at 10:32 am
Hey HILLBUZZ!
Guess what Mattel is doing for the 50th anniversary of Barbie??
talk about girl empowerment:
A BURKA BARBIE!!
http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/11/mattel-backs-burqa-barbie-to-celebrate-dolls-50th-anniversary.html
Can you please do a post on this?
November 21, 2009 at 11:28 am
Hey Hillboyz it looks like another Clinton double-crosser has had his day. I love adding another name to the ‘I crossed Hillary and all I got was tire tracks on my back’ list.
http://www.examiner.com/x-19823-PostPartisan-Examiner~y2009m11d20-Another-Clinton-backstabber-goes-down-in-flames-Obama-fires-Greg-Craig-for-Guantanamo-fiasco
November 21, 2009 at 11:47 am
Thanks for that MichL!
That’s great news!
I feel like singing!
“Voo Doo Something to Me, that Mystifies Me…..
“Voo Doo Something to Hillary’s Backstabbers that crucifies…..
November 21, 2009 at 11:52 am
“Those fools amongst the pundits and politics who still believed Obama was a stand up guy could not understand how Obama could treat Craig so shabbily. After all, Craig had turned his back on longtime friends and colleagues – Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton – to support Obama long before almost anyone else. Craig had known Billary since the early seventies, had served in the Clinton White House, and had defended Bill during impeachment. Heck, Craig even smeared Hillary on foreign policy during the campaign with a widely distributed memo.
Craig was loyal to Obama. Obama repaid him with one of the most heinous backstabs of his nascent tenure.
No one should be surprised that Obama cannot be trusted, or that traitor Craig finally got repaid for his Clinton-bashing. They need only look at the fates of Alice Palmer, Rev. Jeremiah “G-D America” Wright, Van Jones, and Howard Dean among others for a primer on how this works: you support Obama and help build him to where he is, when he no longer has any use for you he rolls over you in his bus.”
Well no honor among traitors,
and
lie down with vipers and get up with a pain in the………..
November 21, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I know I’ve mentioned the new agenda here before, but I’ll do it again because they are defending the Governor. They truly are a non-partisan group looking out for all women.
http://thenewagenda.net/
November 21, 2009 at 1:12 pm
In particular, what do you think could be done about the biggest asset the White House has — the Mainstream Media?
The problem with the MSM starts in JSchool. The problem with JSchool starts with the problem with the entire Liberal Arts faculties in almost all of the colleges and universities in the United States: Control by wilding packs of far, far left liberals. What few conservatives manage to secure tenured positions in these bastions of loony leftism are intimidated into silence. (Mike Adams, a criminology professor at the University of North? South? Carolina, lived to tell the tale, and published a book about it.) And even if a conservative musters the cojones to protest, the faculty is all too often backed up by an equally leftist loony administration. David Horowitz, on his site — http://frontpagemag.com/ — does a good job of exposing these lefty academics.
According to most statistics I’ve seen, MSM newsrooms and publishers offices are at least 85% Democrat. What few conservatives there are are routinely marginalized, ridiculed and ignored. John Stossel recently left 20/20 for Fox News because of that.
It’s a long range process, but I believe that it is absolutely vital for this country to turf the liberals out of their cozy academic posts. At the local level — the state supported post-secondary institutions — people need to demand that liberal academics stop proslytizing and start teaching. They must no longer be allowed to flunk students for differing from their opinions. They must be stopped from refusing tenure to conservatives while promoting unqualified lefties.
In the more immediate future, just keep harrassing your local newspaper for its one-sided news coverage. When you know that important facts have been omitted, write a polite but firm letter to the editor asking why the story was so slanted. Then call the circulation department, cancel your subscription (if you still have one)and explain that you refuse to contribute money to such a one-sided propaganda rag. You might also consider writing a letter to that paper’s biggest advertizers explaining that you will no longer shop at their store because they are supporting that propaganda rag.
On the national level, try and ridicule at least one MSM outlet a day in a prominent venue. And keep posting links to blogs who are sceptical of MSM sludge. Look at what getting linked to in several popular conservative spots did for the Boyz.
November 21, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Well as Hillaryis44 blog puts it the MSM is Obama’s Nazi SS Concentration Camp Oven Stokers, or something like that.
We need to name the Evil MSM SS what they are.
And call them out by that true name of theirs.
http://www.hillaryis44.org/
November 21, 2009 at 2:00 pm
HillBuzz:
I have an idea for one of the “main chess pieces” you have listed but I do not want to share it on an open forum at this time. Please send me an E-mail that I can respond to and transmit it to you that way. You’ll understand why after you’ve read it!
November 21, 2009 at 5:30 pm
I would also point out that the voting machines in use in some states be can also be corrupted through malware that can be installed on them that can falsify the voting tallies for a particular candidate (per the fallout from the NY-23 voting some of the newspapers up there are talking about). The old lever pullers had their uses: they cannont be changed or stuffed with ballots.
HB this just popped out of Red State today re your chess piece on the corruptocrat Brenner of Ohio:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/21/inside-acorns-political-plans-ensuring-a-democrat-majority/
Never have so few been able to corrupt the minds of so many.
November 23, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Hillary Clinton Backstabbers should be identified as well, since they may have been bought out as well.
http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/11/21/palin-vs-clinton-–-sean-hannity’s-lies-about-hillary/