He was probably a pretty good community organizer. He’s got the right connections (terrorists, rabble-rousing racist preachers, tin-pot dictators, Chicago political machine), he’s got the shtick, he sounds reasonable, he’s personally magnetic. He’s got his Alinsky studies down pat. He’s got union muscle behind him. I don’t think the demands of actual leadership and governance matter to him one whit, so one can excuse his apparent lack of skills in managing foreign relations with non-Muslim countries, or managing domestic policy in any sense outside the accumulation of power to himself.

But boy has he seriously underestimated Americans. A population unused to its freedoms and with no long history of civilized justice, law and order, might be easily cowed or lulled into giving away those freedoms. But this is America. The land of George Washington, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson. The nation that put down the world-ruling aspirations of Hitler and Imperial Japan first, and expansionist Communist Russia second. Our freedoms were bought at a dear price.

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[Dana Loesch defies easy description, but here goes: She hosts The Dana Show on KFTK 97.1s, #1 in its slot. She Tweets (DLoesch, 4800 followers, plus you), blogs, does the St Louis Tea Party scene, and appears on FNC (last night on Greta, for example). And plenty more. The essay below is reproduced from her blog, with her kind permission. I snorted Dr Pepper out my nose when I read it. I recommend you don't try that. h/t Aaron Gardner, who first saw this and got me in contact with Dana. Please enjoy, and XOXOXO -- EPU. ]

You’ve heard a lot about this crazy, scary, vicious mob on some shadowy GOP payroll. By the way the DNC, Rachel Maddow, and President Obama talk, you’d think it was a motley crue of Hell’s Angels.

Let me introduce you to the mob:

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The carnage is not complete, but the end is written and unavoidable. The long, slow death spiral of the Democrats’ statist agenda has begun, and the crash to earth will play out over the next year in sickeningly slow motion.

It is done. Bank it like a fracking gold brick, because it *is* gold.

We can’t formally and officially take charge until we make our net 80 gain in the House and they’re sworn in the first working day of January, 2011. Yes I said net +80. Remember where you heard that, kids. Anyway, we might as well get our transition team in place, because there is a heck of a lot of damage to undo, as quickly as we can.

This morning I wish only to cover the “foreign policy” portion of our transition team.

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Tonight at 8PM EDT Bambi has yet another prime time news conference.

You didn’t know?

Yeah, most of us did not notice either. The networks were rather ho-hum in signing on. NBC would not run it unless the WH bumped it out of the “America’s Got Talent” slot at 9PM. FOX (not FoxNews) refused. ABC came on board grudgingly, after their June 24 prime-time BambiCare Informercial tanked so bad that it was 9th out of 12 in its time slot, failing to beat out a New Adventures of Old Christine rerun for #8.

This time it’s a futile attempt to rescue BambiCare — the unsinkable ship that has unexpectedly had a brush with an iceberg called “The public doesn’t want what you’re selling”. The propellers are already clear of the water, but he’s gonna try his “Hope-n-Change” miracle-worker mojo on it.

You can watch it if you want, but I’m not wasting an hour watching this. Instead, we’re going to have a contest. It’s a contest to fill in the blank for this:

I would rather spend that hour _________________ than watching BambiCare flop around like a salmon in a grizzly’s mouth.

Rules after the jump, because NO WAY am I letting you loose on this one without boundaries. Bunch of pervs……

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From the diaries by Erick (the other one):

California bashing is a nationwide hobby, and with good reason; it’s a self-inflicted mess which grows larger with every passing month.

Recently the Budget Conference Committee Chairwoman Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa), made a statement nearing the end of the June 16^th Budget Conference Committee session that floored even diehard Californians used to the spewing of the liberal elitists in charge.

She said “…there is this mantra out there ‘live within our means’, and while that sounds really nice, it sounds really simple, and it sounds really responsible, its meaningless. Our means are completely within our control.”

Full quote transcribed here;

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A sitting US Commander in Chief uses Deadly Force

Never in the history of the United States to my knowledge has deadly force been used by a sitting US President, but when White House airspace was violated during an interview with CNBC correspondent John Harwood the incumbent took matters into his own hands. Literally.

Obama first issued a clear command; “Get out of here.” which was unheeded by the intruder, after which deadly force was used.

Witnesses report he then spoke to Harwood, saying; “Now, where were we. That was pretty impressive, wasn’t it? I got the sucker.”

What was the intruder? Was it a miniaturized UAV spy drone? Why was deadly force so quickly used to subdue the intruder?

Video identifies the intruder;

Turned out the intruder was identified as Musca Domestica and PETA is reportedly not happy about the unexpected pre-emptive strike.

Naturally I thought it would make a most awesome contest in keeping with the RedState Gift Giveaway, so I suggested it. As often happens when one makes a suggestion, one can sometimes be told “Great idea! You write it up!”

So here it is. The resident Photoshop pros should be able to make mincemeat of this one.

Tell the story as you think it may actually have happened using Photoshop by slapping it in the comments below. The RedState Joint Chiefs of Staff will be final arbiters, but will doubtless take into account those of us who may be Photoshop deficient who vote by 555555.

Yee haw!