My colleague E Plurbus Unum sent around a link to an article from Susan Estrich today, and, to put it kindly, she was a bit bent out of shape. Estrich apparently has her panties in a wad about the Van Jones affair.
Conservative loudmouths are crowing that they are driving Barack Obama’s popularity ratings below 50 percent. They are very proud of themselves. They shouldn’t be. Destroying what is best about our country is not something to brag to your children about. And the other shoe is dropping.
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Getting rid of Van Jones, the co-founder of one of the groups now organizing the boycotts, is not going to slow the movement. Quite the contrary. It may strengthen the cause.
“Other shoe”? What other shoe might that be, Susan? The one that’s kicking your party’s butt? And “strengthen the cause?” Which one? The GOP?
As EPU stated in his email, what Estrich is saying is “Ouch! Ouch! Stop it!” Ladies and gentlemen, there is no question that we are winning. Barack Obama is flinching. He took a massive beating with Van Jones. His MSM cronies are not helping any longer – we are getting the word out without them, and the Van Jones affair is proof positive of this. We are whipping their butts on healthcare socialization – the odds of a public option in ANY healthcare proposal from the left are somewhere between zero and none. We are beating them on cap and trade – see today’s incredible story on cbsnews.com regarding the Obama administration’s admission that cap and trade is a huge tax increase. We are making progress on the czars. We are about to bring down the ObamaCorps ACORN. And it just keeps getting better.
The incredible part of this? We are doing this while at a massive disadvantage. They own the White House. They have a huge advantage in the House of Representatives. They have (for all practical purposes) a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. And even with that, it appears they will have to employ reconciliation to get a healthcare bill through the Senate. Unbelievable.
The Israelites went up against the Egyptians with a massive disadvantage in manpower, yet led by Moses they defeated the Egyptians and made their way out of Egypt. They did have to wander for 40 years while they were at it. Perhaps our wandering is at an end…it appears we have found our way. I won’t speculate on who our Moses is … perhaps we have several. It does appear that the latest is Joe Wilson, who single-handedly stole the thunder from Barack Obama’s healthcare speech. Virtually no one remembers a word that Obama said in that speech. All that the American people remember is: ”YOU LIE.” And while there may be debate about whether he was justified in that act, the fact is a) he was correct, and b) it worked. Moses defeated the Pharoah.
To Susan Estrich’s dismay, there have been several plagues rained on Barack Obama and the Left since January – Van Jones, the public option healthcare battle, death panels, a failed “recovery” plan, an increasing mess in Afghanistan. The rank amateur is showing his stripes, as expected. There are more plagues to come.
Estrich finishes her article with
May God protect this president, not only for his sake, but for all of ours.
Sure, protect him. But deliver this country from him at the same time. As the Pharoah failed, so must Barack Obama.
LET OUR PEOPLE GO!
Neil Stevens
Steve Maley
I must have missed something....
billyd (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 9:49PM EST (link)When did Conservatives “Get Rid of” Van Jones? I though Van Jones resigned on his own. I though the President hadn’t even asked for his resignation. And if i’m not mistaken, Conservatives are the minority party, and don’t have the votes to even stop a single democrat initiative on their own.
Or do you mean… Conservatives let the country KNOW who Van Jones actually is, and the backlash from that knowledge forced Van Jones to resign rather than make his boss look like even more of an extremist than he already does.
You see. We currently have no power within the government. There isn’t a single amendment we can get added without help from the other party. The only thing we can do is… THE WORK THE MEDIA REFUSES TO DO!!!
November 2nd 2010. What are you doing today to improve your tomorrow?
Any argument
nsander1 (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 9:56PM EST (link)…that borrows intellectual heft from Maureen Dowd is automatically suspect.
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Bill S (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 9:57PM EST (link)“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins
Susan Who?
mackbolan (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 9:57PM EST (link)Is she involved in polling? Why would anyone care what she thinks? What does her opinion have to do with what we are supposed to believe is a legitimate polling organization?
“Views expressed in this column are those of the author, not those of Rasmussen Reports.”
Then why even put her scribblings on your site?
To her point about bragging to children, is this something liberals do? Anyway, I thought that liberals couldn’t be swayed? How can we bring down his ratings? Always blame others, typical.
Along with Moses going to Pharoah, I'm thinking
penguin2 (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 10:03PM EST (link)David and Goliath. The people standing alone (though for me, with God), going against the Giant. No one believed David could take down the Philistine giant, but David had faith and in his simplicity he took him down. The people are going against a giant of built up oppression and potential tyranny, and we will take them down by our simple tools of knowledge, passion and words and faith.
BTW, “Go down Moses to Egypt’s Land, tell old Pharaoh to let my people go…” is one of my favorite spirituals.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. – Benjamin Franklin
When Good stands up to Evil, Evil blinks. – Vassar Bushmills
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That actually crossed my mind also.
Bill S (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 10:04PM EST (link)An equally good illustration.
“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins
I would propose it is more like the O.T. Prophets.
TallChE Wednesday, September 16th at 10:46PM EST (link)David had a weapon and an army at his back (even if it was afraid to fight until after he had defeated Goliath). The Old Testament prophets like Daniel, Elijah, and others, only had God’s message for the people. They proclaimed the truth to the peoples of Israel (and Judah). When the people listened, the nation prospered. When they did not listen, then the nation suffered. We are in the same position. The other side has the White House, Congress, many judges and the MSM. We have the TRUTH. It is up to us to preach it to the People.
Very true Penguin! nt
clowngirl (Diary) Thursday, September 17th at 2:03AM EST (link)Susan is frequently lucid, and occasionally fair-minded
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 10:12PM EST (link)This was not one of those ties. She was positively foaming at the mouth.
Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO
yeah
rec0n Wednesday, September 16th at 10:36PM EST (link)I read her too, Froma’s the lefty. This was the lamest article I’ve ever seen her pen – a minute and a half I’ll never get back.
To me that looks like VRWC
antisocial (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 10:43PM EST (link).
Obama Doctrine – Boot On The Throat
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What is to be done?
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No. You can’t – Moe Lane
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The Emperor has no clothes!!!
O'Keefe made this video you might have remembered
izoneguy (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 10:22PM EST (link)http://veritasvisuals.com/
Go back and look at O’Keefe’s twitters:
http://twitter.com/JamesOKeefeIII
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God have mercy on you, because Glenn Beck won’t… Release in 15 hours.
3:21 PM Sep 9th from web
Less than 24 hours until release
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Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
10:29 AM Sep 4th from web
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Is O'Keefe our David?
izoneguy (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 10:28PM EST (link)Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
10:29 AM Sep 4th from web
http://biblebrowser.com/psalms/37-15.htm
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
She's hatin' that free speech
Jack_Savage (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 10:37PM EST (link)I mean, you know, enough is enough….
If this is all such a great idea, just DO IT, Democrats. Just DO IT.
hahahahahahaha! Let's see. In the last week or so...
clowngirl (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 11:23PM EST (link)ACORN gets caught (thinking they are) aiding and abetting child prostitution
The Senate votes to defund ACORN
Obama delivers an highly anticipated make or break speech on healthcare and within days opposition to his plan reaches a new high.
Obama gets exposed as a liar.
The GOP finds another leader who immediately raises $2 million.
The White House suddenly insists that Obamacare explicitly forbid abortion funding and treatment for illegal aliens.
(Up to) 2 million people protest Obama’s agenda in our nation’s capital while many others (thousands? millions?) meet for other 9/12 gatherings across the nation.
Snowe comes back to our side.
Baucus can’t get his committee to agree to anything.
House Democrats censure Congressman Wilson while ignoring much more serious violations from their side of the aisle and look like petty partisans who have zero problem with abusing their power.
The Senate Majority Leader makes an utter fool of himself.
The House still looks like it’s still not even close to having the votes to pass Obamacare.
Did I miss anything?
Yes, you missed one thing
izoneguy (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 11:44PM EST (link)Obama called Kanye West a “JackAss”
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Yeah, we who dissent to Federal control over our lives
rcov092 (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 11:49PM EST (link)are pilloried as racist, by no less than the former President most responsible for the rise of fundamentalist, islamic terrorism in the world, while Kanye West rips the microphone out of the hands of a 17 year old girl ro try and inject racism in the VMA in os so such a subtle way.
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Seems to me
Rhymes With Right Wednesday, September 16th at 11:24PM EST (link)that what Susan Estrogen is arguing is that Barack obama is what is best about this country.
He’s not.
No politician is, and no politician ever has been.
The best thing about the country is the American people — the same ones who disapprove of ObamaCare.
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Excellent point
Bill S (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 11:32PM EST (link)I should have keyed off of that particular aspect of her comments. That was probably the most outrageous implication of the piece.
“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins
There Is Nothing Stronger
OccamsRazor (Diary) Thursday, September 17th at 12:59AM EST (link)Than the Sum of the American People-not even public servants with delusions of grandeur.
Happening largely without the GOP establishment, let it be noted.
Crowe (Diary) Wednesday, September 16th at 11:35PM EST (link)nt
“We sleep soundly in our beds only because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harmDear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”Depends Who You're Talking About
IJB Wednesday, September 16th at 11:48PM EST (link)I’d say most of the House GOP is generally with us.
The Senate GOP is another matter. But seeing Specter, and God willing people like Bennett and Crist and McCain, go down next year may change the tune of even most of the Senate GOP…
I especially liked the last part..
towerclimber Thursday, September 17th at 1:38AM EST (link)The part where she says “…and no Democrat ever stood in the back of the Congress and attacked him as a liar during a joint session of Congress. Respect? Dignity? Integrity? Honor?”
Did she forget Pete Starke, or Harry Reid when they repeatedly called Pres. Bush a “liar” and “loser”? How about when Democrats booed him during his speech to them?
I agree about Politicians not being the best thing about our country. it reminds me of a sign I saw from the Tea Party..it said “politicians and diapers should be changed often, and for the same reason”.
Many folks that I know are not happy with Pres. Obama. Even some of my die hard, liberal friends have no response to the Acorn scandal, or the Van Jones scandal, or to the effects that these insane userpations of our liberties that liberals call bills, will have on our lives and our economies.
they’re pretty quiet right now and that’s too bad. I encourage discourse, not diatribe among my friends.
we need a way OUT of this situation that is equitable for both sides.
sadly, Liberals have been taken over by the socialist party and conservatives? well, there’s no way we’re going to take that route.
So, we’re left with the ugly job of rooting out the corruption, no matter where it lays on either side of the aisle and we have to take the liberals with us, kicking and screaming all the way.
The best part about America? that would be those 2 young folks who dared to expose Acorn.
That would be all the folks who went to Washington with great placards explaining their position.
That would be all the Americans who argue back and forth like the big family we are so that we can find a way out of this morass as free Americans, not subjects chained to will of the Washington power mongers.
But like I told my nephew, who is in Afghanistan right now…don’t pat yourself on the back, the only easy day was yesterday.
“The ultimate result of shielding man from the effects of his folly is to fill the world with fools.”
Herbert Spencer
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blooch Thursday, September 17th at 8:53AM EST (link)“What is you majority malfunction, numbnuts???!!!”
Speaking of nuts…You’re right Susan. The other clown shoe is dropping, and it had better step on an acorn if your want your show to go on.
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