Views on the News - 5/24/2008

Carolyn Hileman - The Voice* | May 24, 2008

If you believe the Mainstream Media push polls the Democrats can’t lose in November since magically the American voters have changed from primarily conservative to primarily liberal. People are employed, jobs are available, people have healthy incomes, inflation is low, interest rates are reasonable, and GDP is growing slowly…. Yet the MSM still calls it a recession! The MSM is absent reporting any progress in the Global War on Terror since it does not meet the media agenda of defeat and might be construed as a Republican success story.

Senate Democrats are trying to deflect attention away from their incompetence on energy by grilling oil executives on their business results which were unavoidable under policies passed by Congress. Congress has once again passed a symbolic bill with no power to effect change on energy whose only purpose is to provide a platform for meaningless sound bites against OPEC. House Democrats are also trying to deflect attention away from victory in Iraq by investigating the Defense Department’s “propaganda” efforts to publicize successes in the partisan media. Meanwhile Nancy Pelosi takes a junket to the Middle East against State Department warnings where she has no role, no credentials, and no one to talk to in Iraq.

If you believe in the American people, Republicans need to run on a new “Contract with America” platform of change for continued economic growth based on low taxes and strong national defense. Until a line item veto capability is available, McCain has pledged to veto any bill with earmarks as a technique to choke off pork spending and make the existing tax cuts permanent. McCain’s health care returns personal choice to individuals as opposed to Democrat’s nationalized health care with a common risk pool and lower levels of care for everyone. Paul Ryan has unveiled a comprehensive entitlement reform package in the House that McCain should embrace as his blueprint for regaining control of the American budget. McCain has articulated a foreign policy principle in Latin America bypassing failed leadership and communicating freedom and democracy directly to the people in the countries. McCain should accept Obama’s challenge to debate foreign policy in order to highlight the naïve approach and failed policies advocated by the Democrat nominee.

Obama is trying to put every negative aspect of his life (his wife, his pastor, his friends, his fund raisers, his campaign workers) off limits so he can only talk about the issues he wants to. Obama came out of the closet supporting same sex marriage, which was only passed by an activist court in California, after being rejected by a majority of voters in the last election. Obama continues to hype his naïve belief that his charisma will charm Islamic fundamentalists to drop their jihad and Israel hatred in exchange for some better jobs and schools. Instead of running from the criticism Obama is now highlighting his appeasement policy as a strength, but foreign leaders will interpret it as weakness just like what happened to Kennedy. Obama is clearly trying to emulate Jimmy Carter in his failed economic policies, lowered expectations, shared miseries, and naïve idealistic and failed foreign policies.

The Democrat “celebrity death match” continues interminably but Hillary Clinton insists on prolonging their agony to the convention hoping against hope that delegates will change their minds. Appeasement, made famous by Neville Chamberlain in 1938, is compromising national’s interests without obtaining an equal or greater concession from the adversary. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama all “confessed” to the President Bush criticism of “false comfort of appeasement” that was actually targeted at Jimmy Carter. Democrats have a long history of undermining policies abroad and giving aid and comfort to our enemies during times of war first in Vietnam, then the Cold War, and now the Middle East. Despite all the media talking heads babbling on, it took a European to diagnose the real Democrat primary problem as Hillary Clinton’s high negatives translating into people just do not trust her as a potential President!

If you are sick and tired of government and politics as usual, read my web site with its individual issue analysis and recommendations at: http://www.returntocommonsensesite.com Remember this site is updated every Saturday. Individual issue updates this week include:

Civil Rights at http://www.returntocommonsensesite.com/dp/civilrights.html
Taxes at http://www.returntocommonsensesite.com/dp/taxes.html
Europe at http://www.returntocommonsensesite.com/fp/europe.html

This Week’s Best Articles:

· “How to Outrage a Democrat” dated May 17, 2008 published by The Wall Street Journal at http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121098055680400135.html .

· “The Health Care Divide” by Ronald Brownstein dated May 17, 2008 published by National Journal Magazine at http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20080517_6993.php .

· “Off key, Obama sings Kumbaya” dated May 18, 2008 published by New York Daily News at http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/05/18/2008-05-18_off_key_obam a_sings_kumbaya.html .

· “McCain Can Run, but Bush Won’t Hide” by Frank Rich dated May 18, 2008 published by The News York Times at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/opinion/18rich.html?_r=2&oref=slogin &ref=opinion&pagewanted=print .

· “Obama Has the Upper Hand, But McCain Can Still Take Him” by Dick Morris dated May 18, 2008 published by Washington Post at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008 051603729.html .

· “Appeasement and Its Discontents” by Victor David Hanson dated May 19, 2008 published by National Review Online at http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NGYzNmVjMGEzMThjZGMwZmQzYTkyMTdjN TRjMjRkZGU= .

· “The New Appeasers” by Jed Babbin dated May 19, 2008 published by Human Events Online at http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26587 .

· “Bring On the Foreign Policy Debate” by John Bolton dated May 19, 2008 published by The Wall Street Journal at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121115528610702289.html?mod=opinion_ma in_commentaries .

· “Sky Isn’t Falling on This Economy, Contrary to Myopic News Reports” by Brian Hamilton dated May 19, 2008 published by Investor’s Business Daily at http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=296089679282639 .

· “Pelosi’s Politics-Driven Diplomacy” dated May 19, 2008 published by Investor’s Business Daily at http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=296089548768392 .

· “Barack Carter Obama” dated May 20, 2008 published by Investor’s Business Daily at http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=296176363619228 .

· “Obama’s Indignation Falls Flat” by David Limbaugh dated May 20, 2008 published by News Max at http://www.newsmax.com/limbaugh/barack_obama_bush/2008/05/20/97466.htm l .

· “The Party of the Weak Horse” by Jeffrey Lord dated May 20, 2008 published by The American Spectator at http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13238 .

· “Media Cover Up Obama’s Malaise Speech” by Brian Fitzpatrick dated May 20, 2008 published by Town Hall at http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BrianFitzpatrick/2008/05/20/media_c over_up_obamas_malaise_speech .

· “End the Republican Pity Party, Give Us a Contract with America We Can Support!” by Terry Paulson dated May 20, 2008 published by Town Hall at http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerryPaulson/2008/05/20/end_the_rep ublican_pity_party,_give_us_a_contract_with_america_we_can_support! .

· “Ryan’s Hope” by Peter Ferrara dated May 21, 2008 published by National Review Online at http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDg0MDcyMGYxMzRiOTdiZTk3OTM5MWFkN jYxM2U1ODQ= .

· “McCain Gets It On Latin America” dated May 21, 2008 published by Investor’s Business Daily at http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=296263144364791 .

· “Congressional Oil Cartel” by David Freddoso dated May 22, 2008 published by National Review Online at http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZGRmOGZmNTliOWExMzQ2Mzc1ODllZTY0Z jNkZTkxMWQ= .

· “Issues, Shmissues” by Steven Stark dated May 22, 2008 published by Real Clear Politics at http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/issues_shmissues.htm l .

· “Obama describes Michelle’s role in his judgment” by Allan J. Favish dated May 22, 2008 published by American Thinker at http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/05/obama_describes_michelles_role_ 1.html .

· “Why I’m Afraid of a President Obama” by Sandy Rios dated May 22, 2008 published by Town Hall at http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SandyRios/2008/05/22/why_im_afraid_ of_a_president_barack_obama .

· “Blame Washington, Not Oil Companies” dated May 22, 2008 published by Investor’s Business Daily at http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=296349069670261 .

· “’Terror On Wane,’ ‘Al-Qaeda On Run’ And Other Headlines You Won’t See” dated May 22, 2008 published by Investor’s Business Daily at http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=296349236777811 .

· “Married to Redefining Marriage” by Rich Lowry dated May 23, 2008 published by National Review Online at http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjE1Yzc4MTYwMWJjZWExZDI0YWYxYTA0M DY1YjNjNzQ= .

· “Voters just don’t trust Hillary” by Gerard Baker dated May 23, 2008 published by Times Online at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/artic le3987286.ece .

· “McCain’s Bold, Pro-Market Agenda” by Deroy Murdock dated May 23, 2008 published by Human Events Online at http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26658 .

· “The Obama Learning Curve” by Kimberly Strassel dated May 23, 2008 published by Real Clear Politics at http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/the_obama_learning_c urve.html .

· “Safe From Truth” dated May 23, 2008 published by Investor’s Business Daily at http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=296435267440160 .

· “The winning agenda” by Richard W. Rahn dated May 23, 2008 published by Washington Times at http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080523/COMMENTARY/819696965/1 012 .

· “Jimmy Carter’s Second Term” by Paul Miller dated May 24, 2008 published by American Thinker at http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/05/jimmy_carters_second_term.html .

David Coughlin

Hawthorne, NY

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