Ya know how they say, when your opponent is destroying himself, just stay out of his way….
Yeah, like that…
“We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren’t there.
In a free country government is a dull and onerous responsibility. It is a parent-teacher conference. The teacher is a pompous twit. Our child is a lazy pain in the ass. We undertake this social obligation with weary reluctance. And we only do it at all because the teacher (political authority) deserves cold stares, hard questions, and maybe firing, and the pupil (that portion of society which, alas, needs governing) deserves to be grounded without TV and have its Internet access screened and its allowance docked.
America’s elected and appointed officials ought to be longing to return to their personal lives and private interests. They should feel burdened by their powers, irked with their responsibilities, and embarrassed at their prominence in the public eye. When they say they want to spend more time with their families, they should mean it.” ~ P.J. O’Rourke
Once again, the tremendous Victor Davis Hanson gets it exactly right. Of course, he has an unfair advantage. He has actually studied history from ancient times to the present.
The Obama Fabulists – Victor Davis Hanson – National Review Online.
This is one of the reasons I am proud to have Marco Rubio represent me in the US Senate:
“Now, I’m proud to be a Republican, I think it’s the logical home of constitutional conservatism, but I think if there are big gains around this country tonight, Republicans should not make the mistake of believing that this was a national embrace of the Republican party. This is a second chance for the Republican party to be and do what it has claimed to be, and that is the home of the limited government, conservative movement in America, the center-right coalition that believes in free enterprise and freedom and liberty, and the things that have made America great. And I hope I can be a part of that. . . . If the Republican party does not become about ideas and about principles that speak to everyday people in the real world and in real life, then soon we’ll be on the other end of the pendulum again. I mean, this pendulum keeps swinging from election to election because neither party seems to figure it out.”
Pitch perfect! He shows that he gets the message that was delivered last Tuesday. May his tribe increase!
The One continues to insist that the voters really haven’t rejected his agenda.
What is he smoking?
President Obama told journalists Wednesday, “I think we would be misreading the election if we thought the American people for the next two years want us to relitigate the arguments of the last two years.” Actually, on this issue, that is precisely what a near-majority of Americans desires.
According to national exit polls, 48 percent of voters surveyed want Congress to repeal Obamacare. Thirty-one percent (supposedly fans of really big government) want Obamacare expanded, and only 16 percent would leave it untouched. Obamacare is an unwanted orphan — hated by the Right, unloved by the Left, and yawned at by the middle.
“Among Democrats who favored repeal, 36 percent voted for Republicans,” veteran Democratic pollster Patrick Caddell explained on Fox News Channel on the day following the election. “Among independents who favored repeal, 86 to 9 [percent] voted Republican.” He added: “In my lifetime, this is the first time my party will have less than 200 seats in the House. [Republicans: 239; Democrats: 186; Disputed: 10.] Health care is a major thing. . . . The American people found this a crime against democracy. I have been saying this since March. They wanted repeal. And this issue is going to go on and on, and he [Obama] seems absolutely tone deaf to understand this.” Voters Show Their Enthusiasm for Obamacare’s Repeal – Deroy Murdock – National Review Online.
His continued arrogance is stunning!
“Government doesn’t create jobs. If it could, communism would have worked” ~ Tim Scott – newly elected congressman from SC
With the main exception of the survival of the insufferable Harry Reid, the overall results from the election are positive.
Nationally:
Russ Feingold… see ya!
Joe Sestak… maybe Bill Clinton can now get you a job for real!
Nancy Pelosi… yeah, you’re going to have to give up that gavel you have turned into some kind of fetish object.
Rand Paul, Pat Toomey, John Kasich and numerous others… way to go!
But the most encouraging results were right here in Florida:
Senator Marco Rubio – proud to have you represent me!
Rick Scott – not officially the governor yet, but soon…
Col. Allen West to Congress – honor still has a place!
However, the most personally gratifying Florida results were the two who got absolutely crushed – Charlie (the Chameleon) Crist, who was blown out of the water by Marco Rubio, and Alan (Die Quickly) Grayson, who took slime slinging to new alltime lows. Good riddance to both of you!
I couldn’t wait to get out this morning and cast my vote as soon as the polls opened. There was a line of people waiting before the doors opened at 7:00am.
As the poll worker was handing me my ballot, she commented that she was surprised to see so many people out so early.
I looked at her and replied: “Just let us at ‘em!”
She gave me a wry smile and nodded.
Let the fun begin. Throw the bums out!
The mentally sedentary and complacent establishment types haven’t figured it out yet; our nation is under a formidable assault that differs in kind, rather than degree, from the gradual liberal march toward statism we’ve witnessed for the past 50-plus years. ~ David Limbaugh
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