Dear Barrack Hussein Obama,

An Update On Where We Are Since The Socialists Took Over Congress

As of 4pm Friday 10/17/2008

Gas coming home was on average $2.99/gal

Dow Jones Industrial Average – 8,852.06

My Take Home pay has gone up, I am much better off than I was 8 years ago. Thank you W.

Unemployment?

And that Socialist congress… around 27-30% approval in November of 2006, now 12-13%

 

 

The following is a post from November 11, 2006, the day the Socialists of the Democratic party took over congress…

 

This list was concieved as a way to benchmark the dems along the path to 2008. More items will added as they come up.  
As of 11/08/2006:

Gas Prices are around $2.08/gal.
We have increased take home pay.
The Dow Jones Industrial average is at 12,124 (as of 12:31pm after a slide on the news that Dems took the House).
Unemployment is [...]

Back from The Shelf

After having the blog shelved for just about 8 months now, the patriot has returned. A lot of things have happened since I last posted. We are now mired in what looks to be a statistical dead heat in the race for the White House event though socialist Barack Hussein Obama already thinks he has moved in.

John McCain, the Republican nominee has been John McCain. His VP pick on the other hand has been a breath of fresh air and the more I see the socialists attack her and try to destroy her, it means she is a serious threat to them.

Damn it’s good to be back

A Question for you Senator Obama

In tonights CNN debate, you stated (I am paraphrasing until I get the transcript), that we spend 2.7 billion dollars in aid to Latin America and we spend that in one day in Iraq. What is your point? You think we should just keep giving aid money to Latin America? You say that the Iraqi government needs to take control of their country and you want to pull all of our troops out.

Do you want the leaders of Latin America to take control of their countries, therefore not needing 2.7 billion of our tax dollars?

Do you think the leaders of the countries of Africa and Asia should take control of their countries so that they will not need our tax dollars?

In other words, do you want the same for countries around the world that you want for Iraq?

John McCain On The Issues

 

The following is a small list of votes and leanings of John McCain that land him in the “Right Conservative” quadrant of their political graph. These and more of McCain’s positions can be found at OnTheIssues.org

• Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
• Voted YES on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)
• Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Apr 2007)
• Voted YES on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. (Jul 2006)
• Voted YES on $40B in reduced federal overall spending. (Dec 2005)
• Voted YES on Balanced-budget constitutional amendment. (Mar 1997)
• Voted NO on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business. (Oct 1997)
• Voted YES on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms. (May 1994)
• Voted YES on declaring memorial prayers and religious symbols OK at schools. (May 1999)
• Voted YES on school vouchers in DC. (Sep 1997)
• Voted NO on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors. (May 2001)
• Voted NO on reducing oil usage by 40% by 2025 (instead of 5%). (Jun 2005)
• Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Mar 2005)
• Voted YES on limiting the President’s power to impose economic sanctions. (Jul 1998)
• Voted NO on preserving habeus corpus for Guantanamo detainees. (Sep 2006)
• Voted YES on extending the PATRIOT Act’s wiretap provision. (Dec 2005)
• Voted YES on declaring English as the official language of the US government. (Jun 2007)
• Voted YES on establishing a Guest Worker program. (May 2006)
• Voted YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security. (May 2006)
• Voted YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship. (May 2006)
•  In hindsight, Iraq invasion was still justified. (May 2007)
• Rated 85% by the NCJA, indicating a “tough-on-crime” stance. (Dec 2005)
• Timetable would be catastrophe, even if Iraq wants it. (May 2007)
• If we leave Iraq, terrorists will follow us home. (Jan 2007)
• The Iraqi war was necessary after years of failed diplomacy. (Aug 2004)
• Saddam would have acquired terrible weapons again. (Aug 2004)

Barack Obama On The Issues

 

The following is a small list of votes and leanings of Barack Obama that land him in the “Liberal Left”. These and more of Obama’s positions can be found at OnTheIssues.org 

• Voted against banning partial birth abortion. (Oct 2007)
• Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Apr 2007)
• Voted NO on paying down federal debt by rating programs’ effectiveness. (Mar 2007)
• Voted NO on $40B in reduced federal overall spending. (Dec 2005)
• Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska’s ANWR. (Nov 2005)
• Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Mar 2005)
• Voted NO on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad. (Aug 2007)
• Voted NO on extending the PATRIOT Act’s wiretap provision. (Dec 2005)
• Voted NO on declaring English as the official language of the US government. (Jun 2007)
• Voted YES on establishing a Guest Worker program. (May 2006)
• Voted YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security. (May 2006)
• Voted YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship. (May 2006)
• Voted NO on permanently repealing the `death tax`. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends. (Nov 2005)
• China is a competitor but not an enemy. (Dec 2007)
• Willing to meet with Fidel Castro, Kim Jung Il & Hugo Chavez. (Nov 2007)
• Support granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. (Nov 2007)
• The wealthy should pay a bit more on the payroll tax. (Oct 2007)
• Rated 100% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)

McCain-Huckabee Smoke Filled Backroom Politics in West Virginia

John McCain’s campaign displayed what was expected of it today in West Virginia, typical politics from a broken system. What was very surprising was the Huckabee campaign’s willingness to participate in the darkside of a scary political machine.

The the first round of the West Virginia caucus ended with no candidate achieving the 50% of votes needed to win.

Round one looked like this:

Romney = 464

Huckabee = 375

McCain = 176

Paul = 118

In West Virginia, if no candidate reaches 50% they go to round two minus the last place candidate, so Paul is done after round one.

Round Two shaped up like this:

Huckabee: 567

Romney: 521

McCain: 12

“Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic reported Tuesday that, after the first ballot, McCain’s campaign called his supporters there and urged them to vote in favor of Huckabee.”

I can honestly say that this kind of campaigning was completely expected of McCain, but for Huckabee to allow his to be sucked in and tarnished, was not expected. As has been said before, McCain will do anything to be President. You can expect more of this “gutter politics” from McCain and as a nominee, you can expect him to throw the conservatives of our party right under the bus.

Huckabee was always in contention for my vote and now his acceptance of this back room move, makes me proud that I voted for Romney. Now we see in reality that a vote for Huckabee is truly a vote for McCain.

I Voted For Mitt Romney, You Should Too

I filled in the bubble for Mitt Romney during the Florida primary because I believe his the best choice for America and that he has the morals and standards that this country needs. He has experience that can lead our economy and he has the fortitude to lead our country in the war on terror. He is the true conservative in this race and I believe he has the best chance when running against the far left views of Barack Obama and the wishy washy views of a crying Hillary Clinton.

To me, he represents what I believe the Republican party should be. He doesn’t entertain offers to join with the liberals on every policy.

John McCain’s Lack of Economic Knowledge

I think McCain’s response to Janet Hook’s question about how he would lead our economy said it all for me and you should pay close attention to his response too! Remember this when voting today!

There’s been a lot of discussion lately about the importance of leadership and management experience. What makes you more qualified than Mitt Romney, a successful CEO and businessman, to manage our economy?

MCCAIN: Because I know how to lead. I know how to lead.

I led the largest squadron in the United States Navy. And I did it out of patriotism, not for profit.

And I can hire lots of managers, but leadership is a quality that people look for.

And I have the vision and the knowledge and the background to take on the transcendent issue of the 21st century, which is radical Islamic extremism. I’ve been involved in every single major national security crisis since — in the last 20 years. I’m proud to have played a role in those, and I’m proud to have played a role in making sure that we didn’t raise the white flag and surrender in Iraq, as the Democrats wanted us to do and we would have done if we had set timetables for a withdrawal.

So, the fact is — so the fact is that I have the qualifications and the knowledge and the background and the judgment. I don’t need any on-the-job training.

MCCAIN: I had the great honor of serving this country in uniform for 22 years.

I had the great honor of being inspired while I was in the prison camps of North Vietnam by the news of a governor and his wife who cared very much about those of us who were in captivity.

And when I came home, I was inspired by him, and I voted for him, and I supported him, and I was proud to be a leader in the Reagan revolution — I mean, a foot soldier in the Reagan revolution, as we fought these wars together with unshakable courage and principle. And I’m prepared to follow in his tradition and in his footsteps.

McCain didn’t even mention the economy is his response, he fell back on the only thing he has got, his military experience. Military experience is great and McCain is a true American military hero, but that does not tell me he can lead our country on all fronts!

Do We Really Want A Blatant Liar To Lead Us? VOTE NO ON MCCAIN!!

John McCain has become the national media darling and that is something, it appears he wears as a badge of honor. To myself and conservatives like me, McCain and his media cohorts represent the more liberal side of things.

McCain’s campaign received a pretty sizable bump after his lie filled lead up to the Florida primary. His tall tale filled phone message left on my voice mail the day before the primary told me all I needed to know about John McCain, he is a liar that will say anything to win.

The message told me that Mitt Romney wanted to pull troops out of Iraq and wanted to set a time to do it. This is a lie.

A great way for a politician to get a leg up is to spread untruths about their opponent and McCain spread it thick. It was fun to watch McCain stumble over his words while trying to prove his lie during the GOP debate from the Reagan museum. Romney’s comeback said it best,

And by the way, raising it a few days before the Florida primary, when there was very little time for me to correct the record, when the question that was most frequently asked is, “Oh, you’re for a specific date of withdrawal,” sort of falls in the kind of dirty tricks that I think Ronald Reagan would have found to be reprehensible.

Romney is right on that and a whole lot more. We follow Reagan’s rule of not speaking ill of a fellow republican when they are truly a republican. Republicans twenty years ago were Reagan republicans, McCain has shown us today that Republicans are those who flirt with the democrats, show their goods and then seek to possibly join them. McCain is the essence of the RINO and I am afraid he is willing to continue his slow selling out of his conservativism, that we cannot allow him the opportunity to do it.

So when you conservatives across this great land of ours head out to vote today, remember that this country is great because of people who stand strong for what they believe in and do not cheaply sell their political bodies to the first liberal or lobbyist with a five dollar bill.

McCain is WRONG for the Republican party and WRONG for America.