My Hero - Debra Bartoshevich - A Great American (And Wisconsinite too!)

Greetings,

Now I never have been and never will be a fan of Hillary Clinton but I must say I admire some of her followers. My personal hero lately has been Debra Bartoshevich. I'll tell you why too. Years ago - and I will come clean, the first election I voted in was Mondale -vs- Reagan back in 1984. In that race I voted for Mondale because in spite of the fact I really found Reagan attractive as a candidate I could not reconcile his tax cuts with his promise to increase military spending. I just did not think it was fiscally responsible back then but I also did not understand how cutting marginal tax rates increased personal spending and thereby increased government revenue. That was the 1st reason, the 2nd was that I was a fan of Senator Bill Proxmire, our 'maverick' senator back then (who was really an independent) who was Democrat by party affiliation but was very fiscally responsible.

For those of you too young to remember, now Senator Herb Kohl was endorsed very late by Bill Proxmire. Kohl was a liberal-left Democrat to Proxmire's non-ideological approach, Proxmire was:

• Pro-Life
  
• Fiscally Conservative
• Anti-War
• Pro-Labor Union
  
• Pro-Civil Rights (old school - for ethnic minorities)
  

Does he sound like anyone who would neatly fit into either of today's political parties?

Proxmire held out for a long time before endorsing Kohl for the above reasons. While Proxmire never dispensed with his Democratic party affiliation, he spent the remainder of his life fighting wasteful government spending. In each of his last two Senate campaigns, Proxmire refused to take any campaign contributions and spent less than $200 out of his own pocket on each campaign.

Proxmire put his country and his convictions before his party and for that reason was a true American hero, for similar reasons, I now say Debra Bartoshevich is a true American hero. In the best of Wisconsin traditions of independence - she decided to put country before party and is going to support John McCain over Barack Obama.

Debra videos:

Debra - you are my hero!



On Wisconsin!
Jim

What he said


And remember this remark?

A Biden Problem: Foot in Mouth
After Announcing Presidential Bid, Biden Slammed for Obama Remarks

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Politically incorrect Biden 2:02

CNN's Mary Snow reports on Sen. Joseph Biden's controversial remarks regarding Sen. Barack Obama (January 31)

• Biden's description of Obama draws scrutiny
• Obama calls for universal health care within six years

Fox Coverage

CNN Coverage

McCain Response in to Biden Pick in WSJ

Chicago Tribune Coverage of Biden Pick



Wonder what Hillary's reaction is?

TTFN,

Jim

Barack Obama - Faith Based Fallout

Greetings,

Recently both Senator Obama and Senator McCain appeared at Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church and spoke separately in a candidate forum. One thing that was brought up was faith based initiatives. Senator Obama's answer is long and muddy but listen carefully about how addresses discrimination:



Maybe it's me but again I found his answer offensive and telling. Replay it a few times to digest it if you must and then see if you agree with me.

1) Don't worry, I won't have the Federal government try to pick your Pastor.

WHOA! Is did he think or contemplate this that he even brings it up?

2) Programs that are Federally funded will not be able to discriminate.

So if my church receives money for a soup kitchen and it is federally supported, my Church may be forced to hire someone who is a homosexual or may belong to a controversial faith like Wicca when those things are forbidden by my Church (and the Word of God for that matter!)?

Senator Obama did speak the truth on one matter, "The Devil is in the details".

Now this brings up another concern of mine, Barack Obama supported the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) which passed the House but was not taken up by the Senate in 2007, probably because it did not have enough votes and President Bush threatened to veto it. What was bad about ENDA? It was esentially a Gay-Rights bill that did the following:

• Turn groups like the Boy Scouts into targets of federally funded lawsuits. While he was Vice President, Al Gore said on Good Morning America, in answer to a question about the Boy Scouts, that he hoped ENDA would do away with all “discrimination” by public and private groups.

• Constitute a major expansion of federal power over the workplace and create a new way for the government to manipulate employers. ENDA’s intent is to create grounds for lawsuits. By injecting sexuality into civil rights law, ENDA opens a Pandora’s box of ways for the government to dictate to businesses.

• Make people’s sexual temptations a source of material for federal lawsuits. The law properly deals with actions, not beliefs. ENDA creates a new class based on the fuzzy grounds of perception and intention. This is far removed from laws designed to end racial discrimination, because not only is race evident but also it has no moral aspect. Sexual behavior is fraught with moral consequences.

So lets play 'make believe' for a minute, lets say you are a member of a Catholic or Lutheran Church that has a Scouting troop and a ministry to the poor - not unimaginable at all. Let's say Barack Obama gets elected president. Lets go one step further and say he has a Democratic majority in Congress and gets what he wants at both the Executive and Legislative level. He makes sweeping changes to both the office of Faith Based Initiatives and Congress passes ENDA.

Oh sure, the government can't pick your pastor (yet) but the Federal government can have a hand in telling you who you must hire for your soup kitchen and who you must admit into your Scouting group, even if it is a denominationally based unit.

Rep. Timothy Walberg (R-MI) pointed out that ENDA “… would cause significant problems to religious bookstores … to the Boy Scouts, religious day care centers, and religious summer camps that have clearly defined missions.” (source)

And this is just the beginning of sorrows if Barack Obama gets elected:

ACLU Members For Obama

Barack Obama on Civil Liberties

Scouting has been a litigation target of the ACLU for it's exclusion of homosexuals and atheists:

LEADERSHIP

The ACLU vs. the Boy Scouts

And these lawsuits have happened at government (taxpayer) expense:

Stop Paying For The Secularization of America

ACLU ruins Boy Scout camp

Boy Scouts defeat ACLU

Has Barack Obama (or his supporters) thought through what this would mean in the real world where the rubber hits the road?

Rank	Industry	Total
1	Lawyers/Law Firms	$20,722,629

(Source - Opensecrets.org)

Yep, over $20 Million from lawyers

Also:

Moveon.org $347,463

So if you want to sue Churches and sue the Boy Scouts, vote for Barack Obama.

TTFN,

Jim

Above His Paygrade - Heartless Eloquence

Pretty flip answer don't you think?



Toss him a softball or put him in a venue where he can 'preach to the choir' - pardon the pun, he is Mr. Eloquence. Give him a hard question in front of an impartial audience and it is ah . . . ah . . . ah . . . buh . . . buh . . . but.

When Barack Obama was asked when a baby had human rights, it took him a full 27 seconds to BEGIN to mentally get it together and start to formulate a clever non-response. He never did answer the question.

Toward the end he very indirectly acknowledged that he did not believe life began at conception.

If the Rev. Wright controversy was not enough, this should show most Evangelicals and Catholics that Barack Obama is not one of them. The Bible addresses persons like Senator Obama:

2 Timothy 3:1 You must understand this: In the last days there will be violent periods of time. 2 People will be selfish and love money. They will brag, be arrogant, and use abusive language. They will curse their parents, show no gratitude, have no respect for what is holy, 3 and lack normal affection for their families. They will refuse to make peace with anyone. They will be slanderous, lack self-control, be brutal, and have no love for what is good. 4 They will be traitors. They will be reckless and conceited. They will love pleasure rather than God. 5 They will appear to have a godly life, but they will not let its power change them. Stay away from such people. 6 Some of these men go into homes and mislead weak-minded women who are burdened with sins and led by all kinds of desires. 7 These women are always studying but are never able to recognize the truth. 8 As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men oppose the truth. Their minds are corrupt, and the faith they teach is counterfeit. - Emphasis mine

When Christians gained power in Rome, the 1st things they did were 1) Stop the slaughter of the coliseum and 2) Stop the practice of infanticide.

Barack Obama wants to turn back the clock, he advocates going back to the slack standards of pagan Rome. Maybe if we had to toss our babies off cliffs or leave them out to the exposure of the elements rather than hide the practice of abortion under the cloak of medicine and law it would not be so acceptable.

Or we may be headed into those last days Jesus spoke of:

Matthew 24:11 And many false prophets will rise, and will deceive many. 12 And because iniquity will abound, the love of many will become cold.

What could be colder or crueler than late term abortion? It is a sign of how far we have fallen (and when I say 'we' I mean not just American society but especially the Christian Church) that such a thing can even be discussed so dispassionately in a Church filled with so-called Christian believers.

Barack Obama may have a form of Godliness (humanistic religiosity) and a human charisma when he speaks but he has no heart.

TTFN,

Jim

Dave Zien Was Right!

Speaking of bikers - remember this commercial?



Dave had Pat Kreitlow more squarely in the crosshairs on gas then we realized didn't he?

Would Kreitlow get elected over Dave again if the election were held today? I doubt it.

What has been Kreitlow's response to gas increases? Stay home and sue somebody to get even.

Recall anyone?

Does Kreitlow seem similiar to somebody else?



Need another hint?



TTFN,

Jim

John McCain In Sturgis

"I'm told Barack Obama is proud of going to Berlin to hear the cheeers of 100,000 Germans. Well, I'd rather come to Sturgis and hear the noise of 50,000 Harleys!" John McCain, Sturgis August 5,2008

Greetings,

Speaking as a guy who worked with lots of guys who went to Sturgis each year for the bike rally, I was intrigued to see how it went for Senator McCain, here is the video from his daughter Meghan's blog, McCainBlogette:



Here is the CNN coverage:



The "Miss Buffalo Chip Pageant" remark was of course trashed by liberals and yes, I rather doubt Cindy would do it but it does underline 3 things:

1) McCain is not your grampa's stuffy old Republican, he has a sense of humor and is not afraid to be both laughed with and laughed at. Obama takes himself so damn seriously.

Senator John McCain was a host of
“Saturday Night Live” in 2002.
(Photo: Dana Edelson/NBC)

2) If John wins, he will arguably bring the prettiest 1st Lady to the Whitehouse since Jackie Kennedy.


Cindy McCain May 2008 Vogue Magazine

3) Bikers, especially Viet Nam veterans will be voting this fall, they are Americans too.



The liberals are trying to make hay over what John McCain said at Sturgis and I say let them, it just makes them look that much more uptight, snobby and elitist.

I once helped a Republican candidate run for office in Minnesota who made sure we hit trailer parks. Some people wondered why. He had found out that the Democrat did not do trailers or rental properties because in the Democrat's own words, "THOSE PEOPLE don't vote." My candidate reminded me that besides the tactical advantage in doing this, "Those folks are taxpayers too you know, big government will hurt them more than it will you and me."

The fact that John McCain did show up and Barack Obama did not speaks volumes. The fact that limousine liberal commentators like Keith Olbermann tore into this appearance also speaks volumes. A lot of liberals want to give us the impression that is THEY who care for everyone so much but would Barack Obama go to Sturgis and HUG a bunch of burly, tattooed bikers like John McCain did?

Back in the '60s liberals cared for people, their policies were wrong-headed but they did care. Many worked in America's inner cities and others went abroad in the Peace Corps. Today's liberals rest on the laurels of past battles and would like to keep many of the people they used to care so much for at arms length.

Some of the better press coverage:

Rolling With McCain In South Dakota

Party On, McCain: Senator Campaigns at Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

Oh, and BTW, Harley riding is a great Midwestern tradition:

Former State Senator Dave Zien at left end, Former Governor Tommy Thompson, A Harley Owner, 4th From Right


2 Wisconsin Bikers flanking State Senator Dave Zien (center left) and Tommy again in 2006.


Milwauke County Exec Scott Walker

So go ahead and pick on us here for our 'earthier' annual proclivities for gas-guzzling bikes. Obama and his surrogates being 'above' such things will be a distinct advantage for the GOP this November.

Satire: Obama Visits Sturgis

TTFN,

Jim

Georgia On My Mind

Remember this ad,



I tell you there is something about Hillary...



Something about Hillary . . .



yes, something about Hillary that made me feel . . .



Well, like she would be tougher than Mr. Sweetness and Light, like a leftwing version of Margaret Thatcher - but Barack . . .



I mean Barack is just so damn happy all the time . . .



Is this the guy we want dealing with Ahmadinejad?



and now (in all seriousness) we have Russia invading Georgia



and the next President will have to deal with Dmitry Medvedev, Putin's kid brother. I mean do we want Mr. Warm and fuzzy?



Or somebody seasoned with experience and grace under fire?



But back to my main point, who do you want picking up the phone at 3 AM?

Jim

Democrats Full Of Hot Air - Not Gas

Greetings,

It kind of says it all doesn't it?



If we get stuck with a Democratic majority again this fall, we will be facing an 'unemployment benefits extension' bill followed by a non-binding resolution 'remembering the six-pack'.

I wonder what congressman Obey's votes were on all these . . . hmmmm.

All this fluff while Dr. No / Obamessiah CONTINUES to tell us to keep our tires filled up all the way and buy cars that run on Granola.



Remember Jimmy Carter?















Remember gas lines around the block?



Hmmm . . . there is a striking resemblance
















Crows feet, big phony smile and they both lean to the left!

- Jim

Gas And Obama

You have gotta read this:

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Must-read comments from U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell:

"The moment that gas prices became a major issue here in Washington, Democrats started to build a protective blockade around their presidential nominee.

"Rather than come up with a comprehensive solution that would do something to lower the price of gas, they set out to insulate their candidate from ever having to take a difficult vote on the issue. They have done this because their nominee opposes expanding the domestic energy supply. Recall that his initial response to high energy costs was that Americans would have to learn to turn their air conditioners down and consume fewer calories.

"He has stated publicly that high gas prices are only a problem because America didn't have enough time to adjust to them. And just this week the Junior Senator from Illinois unveiled his own comprehensive solution to the high price of gas: 'We could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling,' he said, 'If everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups.'

"This is the proposal of the man that Democrats in Congress want to lead us through the nation's energy crisis: regular tune-ups. This is the answer the Junior Senator from Illinois has proposed to the patients at the Woodland Dialysis Center in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, who are now limiting their treatments because they can't afford the cost of getting to them. This is Senator Obama's answer to $4 a gallon gas: issue some new regulations and go to Jiffy Lube."

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My commentary,

First off, did he really say that?

Yes.

To use a medical analogy, right now America needs a turnicate and a surgeon and Barack Obama is sending us to the school nurse to get a Band-Aid and an aspirin. This makes me long for the days when James Traficant [D-Ohio] used to give his famous 'Beam me up!' speeches and occassionally skewer his own party when it was not doing right by America.

It appears that Pelosi and Reid are just doing rear guard duty for Barack Obamessiah so he won't be faced with an on the record vote that may alienate many independents at the polls this fall. While this is not surprising, I had not thought of it.

While there are definite left/right issues, it is a real shame that things like war and fuel have gone that way. These are matters of national importance that involve the whole country. Democrats, Republicans and Independents are all affected by things like war, gas prices and rising fuel costs. We all will suffer or prosper together in this but the Democrats have put both election politics and special interests first over the national interest.

Unless the bipartisan 'gang of ten' gets together with President Bush and forces a vote, the only way to change the price of gas is to vote against any candidate who won't allow for new drilling regardless of party affiliation. Right now the Republicans seem to be united in doing everything possible bring down gas. The Democrats are divided but one thing is clear, the Dem's leadership won't drill for new fuel for purely political reasons.

Jim

Contact President Bush NOW !!!

Greetings all,

Congressman Mike Pence [R] of Indiana's 6th District was on Fox News yesterday urging folks to call President Bush to call a special session of Congress to try to pass an energy bill.










Congressmen Paul Ryan & Mike Pence

A bi-partisan "gang of 10" has been working on a compromise bill that would allow for new drilling but also ask for more fuel conservation efforts from Detroit.

The problem is Pelosi and Reid just want to let congress go home for 5 WEEKS.

Want to take a bite out of fuel prices OR do you want our country's gas problem to keep on going for 5 MORE *&%$#@ WEEKS?

Call/email President Bush and tell him to call a special session of Congress in order to fix the fuel crisis:

Phone Numbers Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 FAX: 202-456-2461

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E-Mail

comments@whitehouse.gov

DO IT NOW!

Best Wishes,

Jim