It’s Monday, October 12th, Columbus Day 2015…but before we begin, three illustrations of prevaricative Progressive concoctions which defy understanding, let alone defense.
First, the continued trumpeting of a foreign policy so failed it exceeds the ineptitude of Jimmy Carter handing Iran to the Mullahs:
Second, why on earth should anyone outside of the GOP establishment…and the Dimocratic opposition…mourn the passing of a “leader” as colorless and uninspiring as John Boehner…
…let alone the fall of an heir-apparent unable to keep his foot out of his mouth…
…during his first moment in the limelight?!?
Oh,…and if Paul Ryan’s the answer…
…we misunderstood the question.
Lastly, riddle us this, Batfans:
Meanwhile, the vast majority of other gun-related crimes in the country are also caused by a specific group of miscreants with a decided aversion to the rule of law:
Is it any wonder the states with the smallest percentage of minority residents…
…experience the least amount of gun-related violence despite their citizens enjoying the most lax gun regulations in the country?!?
Unlike, of course…
…The Dear Misleader’s adopted hometown; not to mention Baltimore, Detroit, Washington, D.C., etc, etc, etc ad nauseam.
Now, here’s The Gouge!
Since we’re on the subject of “gun control”, as Charles Krauthammer points out, it has little to with guns, and is rather all about control:
“…There are 320 million Americans. Schizophrenia affects about 1 percent of the population. That’s about 3 million people. Only a tiny fraction are ever violent — and predicting which ones will be is almost impossible.
Loner, socially isolated, often immersed in a fantasy world of violent video games. There are myriad such young men out there, but with different ages of onset, in different stages of derangement. Only a handful will ever harm anyone. What to do? Forcibly apprehend them, treat them, put them on perpetual preventive parole? By the tens of thousands?
Committing the Jared Loughners would have an effect. But even they are the exception among the shooters. Yet “commonsense” gun control would do even less. Unless you’re willing to go all the way.
In the final quarter of his presidency, Obama can very well say what he wants. If he believes in Australian-style confiscation — i.e., abolishing the Second Amendment — why not spell it out? Until he does, he should stop demonizing people for not doing what he won’t even propose.“
And when the MSM isn’t misrepresenting the facts, they’re misreporting the news in accordance with the long-established Liberal playbook:
Most importantly, as NRO’s David French reminds us…
Security for thee, but not for me!
“In August, my colleague Charlie Cooke wrote an epic rant daring the Left to stop talking about repealing the Second Amendment and start doing it. Introduce the repeal to Congress, work it through the states, and tell the American people what you want to do — take from them a fundamental, enumerated right from the Bill of Rights. As Charlie eloquently outlines, repealing the Second Amendment is an impossible task. Even worse for the Left, it’s political suicide.
But if the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges teaches us anything, it’s that the age of judicial supremacy means that five justices can amend the Constitution far more efficiently than Congress and the state legislatures. And right now there are clearly four Supreme Court justices who are committed to the absurd view that the operative clause of the Second Amendment — “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” — doesn’t actually mean “the right of the people” and therefore doesn’t encompass an individual right to own a weapon, even for self-defense. This view defies history yet is received, conventional wisdom on the judicial Left, in much the same way that it’s received, conventional wisdom that the Constitution actually protects rights to abortion and gay marriage.
…The 2016 election is vitally important on a number of fronts, but few Americans realize that the combination of judicial supremacy and the modern regulatory state can essentially repeal the Second Amendment and systematically roll back gun rights without a single act of Congress. Hillary Clinton has vowed to use executive action to roll back gun rights, and when that executive action includes not just regulatory authority but also Supreme Court nominations, American gun rights are in grave danger indeed.“
Bottomline?
Put another way…
Any question as to what will be the condition of our fingers before we permit the government to grasp ours?
In a related item, courtesy of Townhall.com, Kurt Schlichter wonders…
What The Hell Is An Angry Conservative Supposed To Do?
Something is going to end up a smoldering ruin. Maybe it will be the whole country. Maybe it’ll just be the elite-run GOP. Hopefully it will be whatever painfully white, elderly, socialist creep the Democrats nominate. But regardless, I’m one of those many people who is so angry he just wants to see something burn.
Boehner down, plenty to go. Now is this reasonable? Is this a smart, savvy strategy? I’m not sure we even care anymore.
See, we’ve been shafted too long– these hacks can’t even keep the government from spending money on baby dismemberment – and someone or something has got to pay. I’d prefer it be the Democrats, but I’m happy to wreck unholy vengeance on the GOP elite that has lied to us, cheated us, and run away faster than Brave Sir Robin.
Which raises the question – what is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow? Well, I don’t care if it’s African or European; I just want to roast it on a spit.
So where do we go now? Walker and Perry are out, two great guys with impeccable records. And, while I am sorry to see them go, I am not sorry to see them go now, because it seems clear they weren’t going to get the job done. And I want the job done, then I want the doer to take the cannoli.
We conservatives must choose between five categories of GOP candidates (with apologies to Hugh Hewitt, who started discussing his four categories about the time I first started drafting this column). We can throw caution and conservatism to the wind and sign on with the super outsiders, Trump or Carson. We can go with one of the true conservatives, like Cruz or Jindal. We can go down to glorious defeat with a certifiable loser, like Santorum or Huckabee or Paul. We can go with Team Squish and sullenly fall in line, as our elite donor class betters command, for Jeb! or that nattering churchlady John Kasich. Or we can go with the straddlers, Rubio, Christie and Fiorina, who might be able to bring both the moderates and conservatives on board.
Might.
The outsiders shouldn’t be president. Sorry. Dr. Carson is a nice man who has no instinct for ripping out his opponents’ jugular. I want to hear some liberal womyn lamenting the crushing of our enemies, Doc, but you’d probably go and comfort them.
And then there’s Donald Trump, whose embarrassing debate performance started the trend of people saying, “You know, it was fun for a while but this guy has become tiresome.”
Trump has the aggression – that’s the only thing I like about him – but it’s also the only thing he has. The polls are showing that his novelty is wearing off; people can only deal with so much whining. He’ll always have a hardcore set of minions, but for the first time in weeks I don’t think we have to seriously contemplate the notion of Ivanka the veep.
Then there are the true conservatives. I like Bobby Jindal, but unlike most Americans, I know who he is.
I like Ted Cruz too. He’s a lawyer and usually talks like one. But I’m a lawyer and not a normal human being. I’ve seen him up close in the past and he seems to lack charisma. He’s not Gort in a pantsuit like Hillary, but he’s off-putting to people who don’t use words like “tort” in everyday conversation. Normal people may be repelled and frightened, though in his recent Colbert appearance he seemed uncomfortable but human. Still, as great as he is on policy (in fact, I don’t think anyone is better), I just don’t see him putting together 270 electoral votes in a country full of so many blithering idiots. Moreover, I expect the money he needs to beat Hillary will dry up because the treacherous GOP elite will collectively loosen its bowels if he’s nominated.
Sorry. I don’t see how Cruz wins, and crushing the Democrats is important. Now, if we gotta go down fighting, Cruz is a good hill to die on, but I’d prefer we not die in 2016. More precisely, I’d prefer my country not die, which I think a Hillary victory could very well lead to.
There’s no reason to spend time with the losers. Santorum and Huckabee are punchlines, and railing about sodomy is not a platform. Get a clue, Rick – no one likes you. Huckabee should stop acting like anyone cares about what Kim Davis thinks; all she does is prove that even annoying people can suffer injustice. Go back to covering “Free Bird” and hawking diabetes cures.
As for Rand Paul, well, whatever. Blame the Illuminati.
We come to the elite’s choices, Jeb! and Kasich. Ugh. Since I prefer my Republicans to actually be Republicans, that kind of eliminates the GOPers who support amnesty, Common Core, Obamacare, and gun control. Sure, they’ll deny all of that, but they lie. Sadly, Mitch McConnell and the French Army up on Capitol Hill ruined the squishes’ “Talk right, rule left” scam. If the elite wants to bet we won’t dare destroy the party and that we’ll fall into line with their puppets, I’ll see you and raise you the Whigs. I’ll vote for Trump before I vote for either of these tools. No kidding; I don’t think I can ever swallow voting for these jerks.
Oh, and what was the pre-debate thought process that led Kasich to steal Tom Skerrit’s hairstyle from Top Gun?
That just leaves the three potential straddlers of the conservative/moderate divide. I’m being kind by letting Christie in here. He’s much more establishment, and his new-found love of conservatism can’t erase the image of his Hurricane Sandy tonsil hockey tournament with Obama. So nope.
Marco Rubio. I could write a whole column on him and might do it down the road. There’s so much to like there, and so much that makes me want to slap him.
I keep wanting to like him, but then I keep remembering that he lied to us about amnesty. I want to hear it from him: “The default for illegal immigrants is going home. You never, ever, ever, get to be citizens because you disrespected us by breaking our laws.” Anything less, and he’s weaseling, and he weaseled once on us already; he should be on his knees shouting “I’m not worthy” in gratitude that we’d even consider allowing him to beg our forgiveness after that shameful Gang of 8 episode.
Oh, and he needs to stop being so damn prissy. I know the consultants are telling you Americans want to hear a “hopeful message,” but our definition of “hopeful message” is “I intend to destroy progressivism and crush its quasi-fascist adherents wherever they lurk.” That’s hope.
And learn from Donald Trump – did I say that? Stop sucking up to the media. Let’s practice:
Media Hack: “So, do you think Donald Trump should have corrected that random guy who thinks Obama is a Muslim?”
Rubio: “I think you liberal media hacks should stop asking me stupid questions. Why don’t you scurry off to the Hillary-o-tron and start asking it while it didn’t repudiate President Fail when he compared patriotic Americans to the mullahs for opposing his Iranian nuclear sell-out. Now get out of my face or I’ll slug you. Jerk.”
I’m sick of Rubio coming across like the kid who reminds the teacher she forgot to assign the homework. But on the plus side, he knows foreign policy and his wife is hot, so there’s that.
Which leaves Carly. She seems ticked off. I like that. She kicks tail. I like that too. She can put together a coherent sentence. Finally. I don’t despise her. That’s something new for a GOP candidate. And, best of all, I think the elite distrusts her and Hillary fears her – in fact, she could mop the floor with the Orange Pantsuit Lady.
Yeah, maybe Carly.
Maybe.
But if not her, and if there’s no one else, then I’m still ready to burn it all down.
A sentiment which, as The Washington Times reports, has already begun to take hold:
As Christian Whiton notes over at NRO, it’s high time to…
“…Put simply, the base needs a reason to get excited about helping Republicans win congressional seats, and this will be impossible if McConnell remains at the helm. The problem isn’t that McConnell is insufficiently conservative by tea-party standards. The problem is that he is unwilling or unable to fight effectively…”
Here’s the juice: Boehner had the same problems which bedeviled Romney; a lack of fire, fervor and leadership. While perhaps we could see Mitt handling our investments, and John…frankly, outside of K Street, we can find no use for Boehner in the real world…neither is a man we’d wish next to us in a foxhole or flying as our wingman.
Romney’s inept campaign can be summarized in three hopelessly-inept missteps: Romneycare…
…flying his wife’s horse to London…
…and boating on Lake Winnepesaukee…
…whilst the Mid-Atlantic…
…was blown to pieces.
Like George McClellan before Richmond during the Seven Days Battles or at Antietam, after initiating the government shutdown, Boehner surrendered before the battle was truly joined. Outside of a few sycophants more concerned with personal power and advancement rather than the good of the country, such a performance hardly inspires loyalty in the troops, let alone confidence.
Boehner’s communication skills evoke images of an airline pilot sitting mute in the cockpit while the passengers endure hours of waiting on the tarmac with nary a word regarding the nature of the problem, the length of the delay or, most importantly, the plan of action to correct what’s wrong.
The answers may not be what the passengers wish to hear, and frankly may not get them to their desired destination on schedule; but at least they know what’s happening and why!
We only hope McConnell joins him in the dust-bin of RINO history sooner rather than later.
Moving on, in yet another purposeful mangling of the Founding Fathers’ meaning…
“…Speaking at a Democratic Party fundraiser, Obama said it’s important to recognize that some parts of the country remain uncomfortable with same-sex marriage and that it will take time for them to catch up to the majority of Americans who support such unions.
But while Americans hold dear the constitutional right to practice their religion free from government interference, he said that right can’t be used to deny constitutional rights to others.
“We affirm that we cherish our religious freedom and are profoundly respectful of religious traditions,” Obama said during remarks that were interrupted by repeated applause and cheers. “But we also have to say clearly that our religious freedom doesn’t grant us the freedom to deny our fellow Americans their constitutional rights.“…”
What about Christians’ constitutional right NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CEREMONY WHICH VIOLATES THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS?!?
Meanwhile, as demonstrated by this forward from Balls Cotton, while Obama fiddles with meaningless issues like gay marriage, America’s economy continues to burn:
Finally, on the Lighter Side…
It’s good to be back!
Magoo
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