Obama cares SO much about working Americans?

That was part of his rhetoric, yet, unemployment has risen sharply, AGAIN it stands at over 8%. And, thanks to the walking brain donors who vote with their hands out, we have four more years of this! 

Stacy McCain has the “unexpected” news

Can we endure four more years of this?

U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, was 7.8% for the month of November, up significantly from 7.0% for October. Gallup’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 8.3%, nearly a one-point increase over October’s rate.

Ed Morrissey comments:

The economy is shedding jobs at roughly the same rate as we’ve seen for [the past 18 months], and it’s not generating jobs quickly enough to give those workers enough options other than unemployment.

Given the continuing misery, why did Americans re-elect Obama?

Why? So many reasons, most revolving around the lack of an understanding of what American principles are about. Start with an education system that spends far more than it should to NOT teach about the Constitution! Add a news media that shills for Obama, and the rest of the Democrats. Add a growing sense of entitlement from so many Americans. Add a detachment from politics and things political by most of us. And of those who do try to be informed, many just skim headlines, so they end up misinformed rather than informed. Add the Americans who want to be “understood” and “related to”. Good grief we are so sensitive now. Finally, add the fact that style and not substance matters to most voters.

 

Nate Silver is the Rodney Dangerfield of Polling

He gets no respect from those Conservative bloggers, no respect I tell ya!

Stacey McCain continues to badger poor Nate Silver, who some think is THE big cheese among poll analysis. Nate, I think, has been built up past his abilities, as he continues to not see the obvious. As McCain puts it Nate Silver approaches a clue and almost gets it:

Nate Silver approaches a clue and almost gets it:

For Romney to Win, State Polls
Must Be Statistically Biased

Missed it by that much, as Maxwell Smart might say.

His headline summarizes exactly what Republican poll-mongers have been saying since September, as they see poll after poll with crazy oversamples of Democrats. As for example, the NBC/WSJ/Marist poll that has Obama winning Ohio by 6 points — SIX FREAKING POINTS!— about which Ed Morrissey says, “all you need to know is this: the D/R/I is 38/29/32.  In 2008, the exit polls showed a split of 39/31/30, and in 2010 36/37/28.”

Stop for a second and think about that: What this poll is telling us is that partisan ID has shifted 2 points toward Democrats since 2008, which was the best year for Democrats since LBJ won a landslide in ’64. Therefore, we must choose between two alternative explanations:

1. Obama is headed toward a world-historic victory based upon the remarkable popularity of the Democratic Party; or
2. The poll sample is fucked-up beyond all comprehension.

The issue, the problem with Nate Silver’s model is this, he is using polls that use bad sampling. Samples 2008 and 2010 are decidedly different, and frankly, the numbers from 2008 are likely outdated. A LOT has changed since 2008, not so much from 2010. The economy still stinks, the same issues that caused Democrats to lose badly two year ago remain, excitement levels about voting are still higher among Republicans than Democrats, and Romney continues to hold solid majorities among Independents. Yet, Nate Silver ignores all of that

UPDATE: Michael Flynn at Breitbart.com Friday:

This morning, because the sun rose in the East, Nate Silver again increased his odds of Obama winning reelection. Silver now estimates Obama’s chances of reelection at a precise 83.7%.

Not  83.6% mind you, not 83.8%, no 83.7%!

Is reality finally dawning on the Left?

 

The Other McCain ponders the question, and comes close to concluding that the Left has over-valued Obamamania

A steady drip, drip, drip of polling data — including a new Battleground poll showing Democrats on the losing side of an “enthusiasm gap” – has started to undermine the carefully maintained perception of Obama’s re-election as inevitable. Ed Morrissey comments:

If Obama trails in a D+8 poll by 6 among the extremely likely voters with four weeks to go, he’s in deep trouble — and his debate performance certainly won’t boost him.

Meanwhile, also via Hot Air, we find the WaPo’s Chris Cilizza as the first liberal analyst to try getting ahead of the chance that Obama might lose:

Obama’s debate performance also raised a bigger question: Is he overrated as a candidate?
Four years ago, that question would have been unimaginable …
Fast-forward to this campaign — and specifically its last two major public events — and you see Obama’s flaws as a candidate in starker relief.
His acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was flat and, rhetorically, felt like a patchwork effort — five or six different speeches all clumped into a single address. His debate performance was glum and defensive, leaving anyone who watched with the overwhelming sense that the president would have rather been anywhere but sharing the stage with former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R).

If this is all true then there is a meltdown of Biblical proportions looming for early November. SAtacy McCain offers one last analogy too good NOT to steal

Reality? What a bummer. It’s like the old joke: What did the Grateful Dead fan say after the dope wore off? “Dude, this band sucks

Amen!

 

Standing up for liberty, and fighting Leftist intimidation!

If I miss anyone who is standing up for bloggers targeted by Brett Kimberlin and his cohorts, let me know, and I will gladly include you. And do not forget to take part in Friday-may-25th-is-everybody-blog-about-brett-kimberlin-day

Zilla has her boots on

Matt at Conservative Hideout notes that the big guns are being brought to bear

Ed Morrissey ain’t standing by for this

Ace is noting the “little guys” leading this fight

Michelle is ready to roll

Film Ladd is asking some tough questions

Pope Hat is on board

Lisa Grass

Instapundit: We will NOT be silenced

Daily Pundit: Kimberlin will rue the day

Donald Douglas stands up!

An Ex-Con too

Bob Belvedere is locked and loaded!

Dan Collins suspects that Kimberlin lacks balls

William Jacobson notes the big picture

Nice Deb asks: Are you ready………

Da Tech Guy understands the price of free speech.

That Mr. G Guy: Doofus!

The LOnely Conservative: Why this matters

Granite Grok

The Lid

Goldfish and Clowns notes those who stood up first

William Teach adds his greatness

Rosslyn Smith

Yo ADRIENNE!

I Own the World PASS IT ON!

Blazing Cat Fur The Left’s criminal intimidation

American Catholic: Political thuggery

Kathy Shaidle

Jimmy Bise:Here comes the calvary

Doubleplusundead

Coalition of the Swilling: Free Stacy McCain

Dan Riehl: Kimberlin is going down like a cheap hooker on Saturday night!

Wake Up America

Darth Chipmunk: It has come to this?

Lady Liberty: Creepy

Small Dead Animals: The Left will “tolerance” us to death!

HillBuzz:

Evil Blogger Lady

israel matzav

Bob Owens has a key question for Maryland Democrats

Gay Patriot: Standing with McCain!

Patterico

POH Diaries

Political Junkie Mom: And you wonder why…

Pundit & Pundette: An ongoing nightmare

Radio Patriot: Coming this Friday BLOGBURST!

Sister Toldjah: Supporting the cause

Richard McEnroe

Bill Whittle on the love of theory

Video at Hot Air

Ed Morrissey points out an important point about the love of theories

I’d only quibble with Bill on one point, which is whether the theories themselves were really the end games at all.  They certainly weren’t for Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Pol Pot, or any of the other bloody tyrants of the age; it was the centralization of wealth and power into the hands of the few or the one.  Theories such as Marxism and fascism were a means to an end, not the end itself.  In all of these systems, and perhaps most honestly in fascism, the entire premise is based on a leader elite dictating economic choices by force to a captive population, couched in a proletarian veneer that allowed the leader elite to seize control.  The only people who prospered in those systems were the ones who didn’t take the theories too seriously.  The true believers — Leon Trotsky comes to mind — tend to end up dead.

I agree with Ed here, sure the people, the useful idiots if you will fall for the theory, but the leaders? They are using the theory to gain power.

The Fourth Annual RightOnline Conference: June 17-18 2011 – Featuring Michelle Malkin, Herman Cain, Andrew Breitbart, Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann, Thaddeus McCotter, S.E. Cupp And Erick Erickson

The fourth annual RightOnline Conference will bring together leaders in government, new media, and grassroots activism to provide important leadership and grassroots training, offering the tools and inspiration to more effectively impact public policy in favor of limited government and free enterprise. RightOnline has played a vital role over the past four years to help conservatives make an impact online. This year’s RightOnline conference will feature panels that provide further tools and resources to advance online activism on the Right. The areas of focus will include Online Activism 101, Advanced Online Activism, Tools and Resources, Investigative Reporting/Citizen Journalism, Public Policy Issues, and Grassroots Activism.

2011 Confirmed Speakers:

Governor Tim Pawlenty

Tim Pawlenty is a former two-term governor of Minnesota. During his two terms as Governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty has used innovative and conservative leadership to balance the state’s budget, cut spending, reform health care and improve schools without raising taxes. Under his leadership, Minnesota has nation-leading health care, the highest school test scores, and a leading economy.After being elected governor in 2002, Tim kept his campaign promise and balanced the budget every year without raising taxes. In fact, Pawlenty cut taxes by nearly $800 million, moving Minnesota out of the top 10 highest taxed states – a goal of every Minnesota governor for over 30 years.

Michelle Malkin

Michelle Malkin is a conservative syndicated columnist, best selling author, and Fox News Channel contributor.

Andrew Breitbart

Andrew Breitbart is publisher of the news portals Breitbart.com and Breitbart.tv. In January 2009, he launched Big Hollywood, a group blog off of Breitbart.com on Hollywood and politics from the center/right perspective. He gained greater notoriety when his second blog endeavor, Big Government, broke the ACORN prostitution scandal. Breitbart launched Big Journalism in January of 2010 and his newest blog, Big Peace, launched July 4th. Andrew co-wrote the best-selling attack on celebrity culture, Hollywood, Interrupted and was the primary developer for The Huffington Post. Look for his forthcoming book tentatively titled “Righteous Indignation” next year.

Herman Cain

He became the regional vice president of Pillsbury’s Burger King division.. Herman was assigned to lead a low performing region of 450 of their restaurants. Within three years, it became the best performing region in the company. He then became the President and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, a company that was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. In just 14 months, Herman returned Godfather’s to profitability and he led his management team to a buyout of the company.In 1994, as head of the National Restaurant Association, where he gained national fame by challenging President Clinton on his “ClintonCare” plan. He is now a syndicated radio show host and columnist.

Senator Mike Lee

Elected in 2010 as Utah’s 16th Senator, Mike Lee has spent his career defending the basic liberties of Americans and Utahns as a tireless advocate for our founding constitutional principles. Lee is a member of the Judiciary Committee, and serves as ranking Member of the Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Subcommittee protecting business competition and personal freedom. He also oversees issues critical to Utah as the top Republican on the Water and Power Subcommittee of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. He serves on the Foreign Relations Committee and the Joint Economic Committee, as well.

Representative Michele Bachmann

Elected in 2006, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is the first Republican woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota. From the beginning, Congresswoman Bachmann has demonstrated bold reform, pushing to fix Washington’s broken ways. Every day she puts her constitutional conservative values to work as she represents the people of Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District, a district which contains parts of six counties, stretching from Stillwater past St. Cloud, including suburbs of the Twin Cities.

Congresswoman Bachmann is a leading advocate for tax reform, a staunch opponent of wasteful government spending, and a strong proponent of adherence to the Constitution, as intended by the Founding Fathers. She believes government has grown exponentially, with ObamaCare being the most recent example of its uninhibited growth. Congresswoman Bachmann wants government to make the kind of serious spending decisions that many families and small businesses have been forced to make. She is a champion of free markets and she believes in the vitality of the family as the first unit of government.

Representative John Kline

Congressman John Kline was elected to represent the suburbs and rural counties south of Minnesota’s Twin Cities (the Second District) in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002, and was re-elected to a fourth term in 2008. During this time, John has established himself as one of Congress’s foremost experts on defense and veterans issues, a conservative voice on tax and budget policy, an advocate for education, and a champion for helping America become more energy independent.

Representative Marsha Blackburn

Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn’s reputation for focusing on individual freedom and free enterprise boosted her from the Tennessee Senate to the U.S. House of Representatives. Blackburn was first elected to represent Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District in 2002, quickly becoming a leader in Congress and a leading voice advocating for a small, efficient federal government that is accountable to its citizens. Blackburn serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee where she is vice-chair of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade (CMT). As CMT vice-chair, she also sits on the Subcommittee on Oversight. Blackburn serves on two other critical Energy and Commerce Subcommittess: Health and Communications and Technology.

Representative Thaddeus McCotter

Thaddeus McCotter was first elected to Congress in 2002 to represent the citizens of Western Oakland and Western Wayne Counties. He has focused his efforts on preserving and promoting manufacturing and small businesses, because he knows they form the back bone of our community’s economy. He has steadfastly supported winning the War for Freedom and increasing our homeland security; tirelessly fought to reduce taxes and the size and scope of government; aHe has served as Chairman of the Republican House Policy Committee and is currently a member of the Financial Services committee.

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli

Ken Cuccinelli is currently serving as the Attorney General for the State of Virgina. He has risen to national prominence by taking ObamaCare head on, challenging its constitutionality in federal court. Previous to being elected Attorney General, he served in the Virginia State Senate for seven years.

Representative Tim Huelskamp

Congressman Tim Huelskamp was elected to his first term as a United States Representative in November 2010. In the 112th Congress he represents Kansas’ First Congressional District, known as the “Big First.” His committee assignments include Agriculture, Budget, and Veterans.Congressman Huelskamp was born near and raised on the family farm in Fowler, Kansas. Pioneered by his grandparents Martin and Clara in 1926, the farm operation includes raising corn, cattle, wheat, milo, soybeans and kids. There he learned the value of hard work and personal responsibility.

S.E. Cupp

S.E. is a political columnist and culture critic. She has a regular online column at the New York Daily News, and a regular feature at The Daily Caller. She is a contributing editor at Townhall magazine, and a regular contributor to Politico’s “Arena.” She has been published in the Washington Post, Newsmax, Slate, Human Events, American Spectator, Townhall, FOXNews.com, Sports Illustrated online, Maxim online, NASCAR.com, FrontPage, Detroit Free Press and others.

Erick Erickson

Erick Erickson serves as a contributor and conservative political analyst on CNN’s John King, USA. In addition to serving as a CNN contributor, Erickson is the Editor-in-Chief of RedState.com, a property of Eagle Publishing, Inc. Under Erickson’s leadership, RedState has become the preeminent right of center community online and is the most widely read right-of-center blog on Capitol Hill. Prior to leading RedState, Erickson practiced law for six year and managed a number of political campaigns.

John Fund

John Fund writes the weekly “On the Trail” column for OpinionJournal.com. He is author of “Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy” (Encounter, 2004).

Guy Benson

Guy Benson is the Political Editor of Townhall.com and America’s youngest top-market political talk show host. His writing appears on Townhall.com’s Tip Sheet Blog, and his radio program is heard weekly on Chicago’s AM 560 WINDand AM 1260 WRC in Washington, DC. He is a contributor to National Review Online’s “blog row” and Andrew Breitbart’s Big Hollywood, Big Government, and Big Journalism blogs.

Ed Morrissey

Ed Morrissey is a conservative blogger, columnist, and talk show host. He wrote his original blog, “Captain’s Quarters”, from October 2003 to February 2008. He now works full-time as a blogger for HotAir.com and writes a column for The Week.

Ann McElhinney

Ann McElhinney is a documentary film director and producer. In 2008 she produced and directed Not Evil Just Wrong a film which examines the devastating consequences of the global warming hysteria. The film highlights the tragic consequences of the first triumph of the environmental movement, the ban on DDT, which has needlessly resulted in the deaths of more than 40 million children and adults in the developing world.

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Your Marxist Moron of the Day

Our president, Barack Jimma Carter Obama, made an ass of himself today. As you watch the clip, via Hot Air ask yourself, what if a Republican had said what Obama said.

Ed Morrissey has a spot on analysis of the dripping arrogance AND ignorance our leader displayed.

First, Barack Obama once again demonstrates that he has no idea what gas mileage people actually get from their vehicles, apparently having last owned a car and bought gas in 1978, and has a curious idea about what the middle class can afford these days. While speaking to a crowd in Pennsylvania, Obama scoffed at the notion of high gas prices and told the peasants voters that if gas prices were too high, then maybe they should eat cake instead buy new cars instead:

Obama needled one questioner who asked about gas prices, now averaging close to $3.70 a gallon nationwide, and suggested that the gentleman consider getting rid of his gas-guzzling vehicle.

“If you’re complaining about the price of gas and you’re only getting 8 miles a gallon, you know,” Obama said laughingly. “You might want to think about a trade-in.”

As we’ve mentioned on several occasions now, the last time anyone drove an 8-MPG vehicle that didn’t include a half-track was in the mid-1970s.  If that was the problem, then a tune-up would solve the problem better than a new car, and it would be a hell of a lot cheaper, too.

Even worse, Obama sounds as bad as Marie Antoinette here.  Actually, he sounds worse.  Despite the common belief that Marie Antoinette said of starving peasants who couldn’t afford bread, “Let them eat cake,” she didn’t actually say it; Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote of it in 1769 when Marie Antoinette was 13, before becoming queen of France, speaking of a “great princess.”  Regardless, Obama fills the role of clueless aristocrat by telling a man who explains that he can’t afford to fill his gas tank at current prices that he should instead buy a new car.

If the press reported it, the retort would prove rather embarrassing — which may be why the Associated Press scrubbed it from their coverage of the event.  A search for “If you’re complaining about the price of gas and you’re only getting 8 miles a gallon” turned up 26 hits last night at 7:15 pm ET, most of them Associated Press links or links to their affiliates. In each of those, the quote was removed in later editing, which the Bing archiving had yet to clear:

Ah, so, rather than taking this clip, and embarrassing the president, our media hides it! Scrubs it! What media bias you ask? THAT media bias!

Another part of this video that caught my attention was when Obama spoke about increasing domestic oil production. Fine, except that he lies in the video about the size of our reserves, and his administration’s record of crippling domestic oil production!

Obama insisted yesterday that “There is no magic formula to driving gas prices down.” That is true. But there are also things the government can do that will drive the price of gas up. And the Obama administration has done many of them including:

• Immediately after taking office in 2009, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, canceled 77 leases for oil and gas drilling in Utah.
• The EPA announced new rules mandating the use of 36 billion gallons worth of renewable fuels (like ethanol) by 2020.
• Last summer President Obama needlessly instituted, not one, but two outright drilling bans in the Gulf of Mexico.
• After rescinding his outright offshore drilling ban, President Obama has refused to issue any new drilling permits in the Gulf, a policy that the Energy Information Administration estimates will cut domestic offshore oil production by 13% this year
• Interior Secretary Salazar announced that the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic coast, and the Pacific coast will not be developed, effectively banning drilling in those areas for the next seven years;
• The Environmental Protection Agency has announced new global warming regulations for oil refineries;
• Interior Secretary Salazar announced new rules making it more difficult to develop energy resources on federal land.
• The EPA is slowing a pipeline that would expand U.S. access to Canadian oil sands.

So, is Obama just that out of touch? That far removed from the common folks that he cannot even grasp how high gas prices can hurt working Americans? Or is the problem that he just does not care?

Everything you could possibly ever need, or want to know about the 10-2 Moonbat Orgy of Stupidity

It was a march comprised of various Leftists, terror sympathizers, anti-Semites, union thugs, whiners, far left activists, Marxists, Communists, Socialists, miscreants, malcontents, and worst of all Ed Schulz. here are some links to help you peruse the LeftFest!

AOSHQ

Robert of American and Proud compares and contrasts Moonbats and Real Americans

Donald Douglas looks at the media’s coverage of the Moonbatpalooza. Bias anyone?

BlackFive highlights the neatness of Moonbats

Bluegrass Pundit shows us that yes, this was a Marxist event

Cold Fury has two words, EPIC FAIL!

Common Cents looks at Progressives in DC

The Confederate Yankee notes how MSNBS tried Ed Schulz’s fat arse!

Da Tech Guy notes the vast gap between 9-12 and One Nation

Doug Powers has fun at the expense of the “Constitutional experts” at the rally

Doug Ross: Tolerance=Violence for Leftists!

Flopping Aces asks if Ed Schulz might be suffering from Cranial Rectum Syndrome

Gateway Pundit: SAD!

Government Mess weighs in

Ed Morrissey looks at the Left’s longing for “unity”

William Jacobson examines the NAACP’s Selective Outrage Syndrome

Michelle: Left-A-Palooza

Moonbattery: COMMIES!

Nice Deb nutshells it for us

William Teach has a nice take of whether size matters

Proof Positive has a laugh!

Mary Sue: Chock full of Nuts!

Saber: Progressive? My ass!