Hot Air posts an excellent way to think about socialism that we need to consider (since that’s essentially what we’ll get with Obama and a supermajority Dem Congress)…

PS: Don’t Vote Blue.

Just a few elections ago, the Republicans were blue and the Democrats red. It had been that way for as long as I could remember (as it is in Britain: Tories blue, Labour red). All of a sudden it switched (2000 I think it was). What’s up with that?

I really hope that Fox News can find a regular place for him whenever Brit Hume leaves.

Krauthammer: McCain as a bulwark against Great Society II
Charles Krauthammer wrote a definitive piece last week on why the
nation should support John McCain over Barack Obama. At least, it seemed definitive, but apparently Krauthammer had more……

If you think that Krauthammer is a “single-issue” voter, you haven’t paid much attention to him over the past twenty years.

His support of McCain is consistent with his opinions on which candidate would be best for the country, on a variety of topics. And his criticism of Palin was a valid one. She is inexperienced. Whether her strengths outweigh her weaknesses can be argued, but her inexperience is a fact.

My customers are in MN, MI, NJ, IL, OH, RI, KY, TN, FL, TX, LA, AR, KS, OK, CA, WV, VT, PA & MS

Puritan1648 on October 31, 2008 at 12:12 PM

…it’s all about him, after all.

For the narcissist, for whom it’s “all about him”, they always want to be liked. Goes hand in hand. It’s part of the package. Obama thrives on the crowds, the love, the adoration, the admiration. Yes, it’s all about him. His take from the rich, give to the poor policy ties directly into this. 95% will love him. He’ll live with 5% not loving him. Besides, he envies those with more than him. How dare they. Take it away. 95% approval, he’s good with that.

That is all that I can say right now.

A conservative government has already partially nationalized the mortgage industry, the insurance industry and nine of the largest U.S. banks.

Since our banks practice fractional-reserve banking overseen by the Federal Reserve, they’ve been “partially nationalized” since 1913. Alas, most everything is subsidized (and subsequently nationalized) in this country.

Sauerkraut started out bashing Palin because he is an elitist snob. Now he is prematurely predicting Republican defeat in order to suppress republican votes. He can go stand in the corner with Nooner.

Blake on October 31, 2008 at 9:42 AM

This is beyond idiotic – he expressed justifiable concern about her impact on the campaign’s ability to run against Obama on the grounds of “lack of experience,” and as it turns out his concerns were well-founded. Shouting at one of the few pundits who hasn’t turned tail and run away from the McCain-Palin ticket because he expressed some objective skepticism is not only brazenly anti-intellectual, it’s anti-conservative.

What separates us from liberals is our ability to remain intellectually honest, and that means pulling our heads out of the Kool-Aid bowl no matter how delicious it tastes and scrutinizing the campaigns of our candidates. Krauthammer was the first one of us out the gate to do it, and for that he’s on-par with Noonan and Parker? You’re out of your mind – this man has done more to bring credibility to the most important tenets of conservatism, namely strict constructionism and fiscal conservatism, than any one else since Bill Saffire and Bill Buckley.

Kermit on October 31, 2008 at 11:58 AM

What state/district?

Any sense of Presidential preferences or were you just polling for the congressional candidate?

For Obama, being liked is even more important. Obama will never put his foot down. He never has.

Paul-Cincy on October 31, 2008 at 10:36 AM

…I’m not worried about Obama’s foot…the fact that he’s not put it down can be directly linked to his career having been one of building his career…he’s a resume stuffer, pure and simple. He, like Clinton, was passed from hand to hand as an up-and-comer, a fair-haired-boy-type, all potential and therefore accomplishment has not been required of him.

He hasn’t put his foot down because he hasn’t really done anything. He’s “verb-neutral”.

As to his hunger, vis-a-vis Clinton, to be liked, I’d disagree…his hunger is to arrive. He’s been pointed like a rocket at the top job since his college days…”the first black (fill in blank)”…I don’t think that he cares, one way or the other, how the prolls reard him. We are useful only in enabling him to arrive, as a river enables a man in a canoe or the air enables the pilot. We’re simply the medium. We’re ultimately not important…and, for that matter, neither is the nation.

…it’s all about him, after all.

LOL – right back at you. You criticize what the media does re Obama’s weaknesses, but then want to do the same thing about Palin’s weaknesses.

exhelodrvr on October 31, 2008 at 10:29 AM

…no…I want some appearance, anyway, of fairness…of these scribbling asshats doing the bloody jobs…you are imagining that I want them silent on Gov. Palin’s faults…all we’ve heard from them are Gov. Palin’s faults, many of those reported not existing.

…get out of your head, then get your head out of your ass, sir/madam.

NONE OF THEM, I REPEAT NONE OF THEM, have been buying anything at all for the last 8 months. Some of their production has been at over capacity levels still to this day. They need to expand but fear not after looking at Obama’s economic policies of “Eat the Rich”. These are private companies which are do not have to appease stockholders when looking towards the future and turning their profits back into the company to meet new markets or expand on existing successful markets.

In addition, with my business at a standstill, I have been giving time to a congressional candidate (3 hrs daily) by going door to door. It is clear in professional and working clase demographics that it is 15:1 straight GOP ticket. These are registered Democrats in equal numbers to registered Republicans. However the Dems are about 10:1 pro GOP candidates. The only two neighborhoods who are not overwhelminly pro GOP were a predominantly black apartment complex which had very few registered voters and was non-commital but polite, and one populated by a lot of young academics which still went 3:1 pro GOP. In fact the most vile people who yell, curse and one even spit at me were the young Academics with Obama signs in their yards. 50% of these Academics (with Obama signs) were very nice and appreciated my work AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN but the other half were just what the DKOS and Huffandpuff promote.

A lot of folks opened up when they found out which side I was campaigning for. They offered me a bottle of water, or a soft drink, and a couple offered me some type of snack. They opened up completely with their opinions on the race and the state of the nation. Once again equal among registered Dem and GOP.

The wealthier and more highly educated the neighborhood (excluding young academics) the more they admitted to being active religiously and the more “Blue Star” homes were in the neighborhood. This holds true among the foreign born citizens as well.

The local media is touting a 50/50 poll, but it is not what I’ve seen.