Savage Republican

“Why are we so amazed when fig trees bear figs?“
This is a quote from a men’s book of meditations that I used to read about twenty years ago. I have used it often, especially when it comes to leftists and their radical bastard offspring. They are so precisely predictable. They may use different words or terms, but they are predictable.
I predicted that just as General Petraeus spoke his last sentence, as he was breathing his last comment, as he ended his report, that within milliseconds, if that long, the ” I Love America Only When It’s Defeated” lefties would predictably shoot from the lip. They would not even attempt to review, reflect and/or analyze any of the Petraeus/Crocker report let alone all any or all the collateral material that came with their reports. And I was not disappointed. General Petraeus hadn’t even hit the door push-bar when Senator Klobuchar stated “ It’s time to chart a new course…. to get our troops out of harm’s way.“. No analysis, just the typical knee jerk “If Bush is for it, I’m against it!“
Micheal Yon said in NRO that he was asked by many journailsts what he thought of the Petraeus report, before it was delivered. His reply, after stating that the report will have to come out first:” Even this coming week, after listening to the general’s testimony before Congress, I will have to read the report and transcripts numerous times, sleep on the information, and reflect on it in light of my own observations of the situation in Iraq. The outcome of the war in Iraq, and to some extent the greater War on Terror, will largely depend upon our decisions today. The outcome is too important for quick words. Many will try to be the first to report on the report, and their reports likely will be the most unreliable.” And which one of the left will be the first to truly do even a minimum,realistic analysis of the report?
The left does not see this conflict in its true light. They never will. It is not the War in Iraq. It is the Battle in Iraq Against Radical Muslim Jihadis. The left sees this as their Big Arrow against GWB. It is here that they can strike a hard blow against GWB and Republicans. This very same thought process took hold of the left in 1974-1975 when they saw Richard Nixon weak from Watergate. The Senate, led by Senator “Water Safety Instructor ” Kennedy withheld funds to put the US military back into Vietnam as the Treaty of Paris required . And in the process condemned over 2,000,000 to death so Kennedy and his ilk could score points on Nixon. And those very same people that played politics with Vietnamese and SE Asian lives are now willing to proclaim that very same death sentence not only to the Iraqis and the Middle East but also to us, Americans. These are the same lefties who never consider consequences. The never see beyond the immediate or beyond their feelings. These are the same lefties who always need, require and force others to pay the consequences of someone else’s actions. This is an enemy that has no geo-political goals. The VC (Viet Minh) and North Vietnamese wanted the Japaneses, then the French, then the Americans out of their country.The Islamists want us either Muslim or dead. As I wrote last year on the five year anniversary “Never forget who the enemy is. He wants you dead. He wants your neighbor dead. Your wife, husband, children,parents dead. He does not and will not discriminate. There are no negotiations, no compromises. There are no innocents. Not a one. And you will not be spared or shown any mercy.“This enemy will kill the lefties- first. The lefties have no concept, none at all of this battle or what it is truly about let alone this war.
And so, they sing their Bush Derangement Syndrome National Anthem “I’m Against It” and risk condemning America and Americans and the West to the whims of radical Islam.
You hear it in their bleatings about Petraeus, their refusal to reflect.
And it bodes ill and danger to all. To all.
Oh and do something guaranteed to drive the left into frenzied deliriums: pray to The Lord:
“Father God, hear our plea. Thank you for keeping us safe. Thank You for those who stand a watch and walk the walls and risk all to keep us from harm. Remember them so kindly Father.We ask that You do not treat us as we so richly deserve. We have forgotten You. We have broken each and every one of Your laws. We chase after other gods. Bring us back to You. For Jesus sake. And in His name, the name that is above all names.”

OK kids- let’s see how well you’ve learned your lesson from Professor Amendment X:
It’s 2014 and President Hillary Clinton is mercifully in her last two years as President. Chelsea Clinton is running for President hoping to out legacy/dynasty the Kennedy’s.
The leading Republican candidate has just found that he has received $1,000,000 in illegal contributions from a front man from a foreign country who has spread the money around so it appeared that a large number of individuals made the contributions.
Now, think for a minute…WWHD? (Imagine or hum Final Jeopardy tune at this point in the exam)…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Pens down.
Answers please:
No, I’m sorry, That’s incorrect. She would not do what the Republican administration will do…nothing. Remember that she’s a Democrat and knows how to fight. The Republicans are, well, Republicans and are still looking for a pair.
The correct answer is: after having the Department of Justice flay the Republican alive, she would have the IRS become the Republican candidate’s new proctologist. She would hamstring the guy badly. Not take him out. Just make sure that instead of running for office all he could do was hobble.
GWB has a golden opportunity for the Republicans here with an easy underhand pitch that he could easily hit into the parking lot if not the next county. But, he won’t.
The Republicans have learned nothing. Nothing.
David Horowitz in his book “The Art of Political War” basically states that Republicans think of politics as the Oxford Debating Club. The Democrats see it as a knife fight.
GWB, surprise me for once.
“Carpe Commodum”

Help me with this: It took over two weeks for Hillary to decide to give back Bundler Hsu’s $850,000? Any good reason she didn’t do it the same day she found out? Couldn’t she get in touch with Zipper Gate Willy’s focus groups any faster than that? Seems she needs to work on her communications manager to snap it up a notch.

Bernard Goldberg has a chapter in his book “Crazies to the left of me, Wimps to the right” where he talks about how he noticed that the MSM always puts a slant on the news. You’ll hear the term “so called” a lot: the “so called” war on terror, the “so called” tax cuts. Or you’ll hear “hard core” or “radical conservatives” but will hear “democrats”. Their go to for the womens view on any Republican proposal is almost always a representative from NOW. You know the drill.
Well, here is the headline for Clinton Illegal Campaign Cash Contributor Norman Hsu: “Democratic fundraiser apprehended in Colorado“. Not a single Clinton reference. Not a headline “Criminal fugitive Democratic fundraiser apprehended in Colorado”. Not “Criminal fugitive Hillary Clinton fundraiser apprehended in Colorado”. Nope. Just a benign headline about another dirty foreign (Asian) and illegal cash contributor to the Clinton machine.

The Prairie Pravda editors seemed fit to put the story about the 24 hour incarceration of jurisprudence corrupter Mike Nifong under the category of “Sports”. Don’t ask me why.One day for destroying the lives of three innocent men and their families. Anyhow, outside of the jailhouse, there were a group of Nifong supporters:” A small group of supporters accompanied Nifong with signs reading, “We believe in your integrity and goodness.”” I had to read that small , one sentence paragraph at least twice. “Integrity”? “Goodness”? What on earth do these people drink? I thought that lead water pipes were illegal. Obviously not. And the real dangerous aspect of this is that these people are eligible to vote…for another Nifong. Yah wanna bet that they have Edwards, Kerry or Clinton bumper stickers aplenty?

Here is hoping Fred can remind people what a conservative believes.
I know I will be tuning in on the 6th
(But no party at the house yet, still recovering from summer remodel)

Now that Summer is over, I hope to be contributing more to both local politics and the blog.

And speaking on contributing – Here is a chance to send a message

I’ve blogged many times about the runaway train on the tracks headed right for us called the unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare. $70,000,000,000,000 in current dollars. And expanding at an additional $4,650,000,000,000 a year.
In 20 years, I’ll be close to 80 years old. And our children will be in their 30’s to 50’s. And they will have to eat/fund that debt. And not a bite at a time. It will set the stage for intergenerational war. As Baby Boomers, we have demographically gone through the decades like a pig through a python. We have paid for our parents and grandparents Social Security and Medicare. And we expect that our children will pay for us. And what will they do when we force them to pay exorbitant payroll taxes to fund Medicare? They will vote for those Senators, Congressman and Presidential candidates that promise to cut benefits. We will vote for those who won’t cut benefits. And there are more Boomers than Gen X”s. And when the tax burden crushes our children and grandchildren, where will their incentive be to work?
The reason I bring this up is an article from Real Clear Politics. Albert Hunt from Bloomberg tells of the upcoming problem with the 18-29 year old voters that will hit Republicans. The younger voting block is diversity oriented. They see differences as cool. They see Republicans as standing against “diversity”. The Republicans have a brief window of opportunity. In that 20 years I mentioned, the least of the young voters worries will be gay marriage , immigration and “diversity”. It will be that huge payroll tax bill that stares them eyeball to eyeball.
Mike Osskopp, Congressman’s John Kline’s District Director warned that the old concerns of “guns, gays and babies” didn’t and won’t resonate with voters anymore.
I tried to recruit a bunch of 18 year old voters at our precinct caucuses in 2006 with the recitation of the SS and Medicare liabilities. They were elected CD2 delegates, but never showed up. Alas.
If these voters are deserting the Repubs, that means they are/will vote Democrat. And the lefties will never, ever vote to address SS/Medicare. And so the young voters will be voting for their own destruction.
There is a window here. But it is narrow and very, very short. Maybe a decade at most. Maybe.

In a week, there will be two events that will get my attention: It will be the 6th Anniversary of 9-11. And General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker will give their progress report to Congress about the surge in Iraq.
And I’m waiting to see how the critics will respond. Their minds are already made up. For them, the Petraeus/Crocker report is wasted time that the Congressional critics and their cohorts in the MSM could be using to fine tune their barbs.
You know what I’d like to see? A critic come away from the report and say “General Petraeus has given an on point and convincing report. I’m persuaded to support the surge.” or something to that effect. But that would mean a conversion to intellectual honesty and logical and reasoning discernment. I suspect, that as chameleons, they will change from criticizing the military aspects of the surge to criticizing the Iraqi political aspects of the surge, completely forgetting or failing to mention that the political changes are and will follow the military success. (Read Micheal Yon to see how this is occurring [and his dispatches “The Ghosts of Anbar” parts i-iii]) .
And the prospects for seeing three full moons in a month have a higher probability of happening than any intellectual honesty on the part of the critics.
P.S.: Michael Barone has an article titled “Surge Politics” that’s a good read.