Obama Will Be Re-elected By Republicans‏?

I suggest that Mr. Obama will be re-elected. Why? Because the Republicans chose not to put a very valid candidate against him.

Republicans did it to themselves.

It is like flipping a coin. Heads I win, tails you lose.  

Then there is the Dr. Ron Paul incident at the Tampa convention. Change the rules on a voice vote? You have to be kidding me . . .  

Nothing they could ever have dreamed of could have alienated more   Republicans than that voice vote.  

When you have 2 million potential video recordings of the "voice vote" on everyone's telephone promptly uploaded to websites, what part of "cheating" does Mr. Boehner not understand? All anyone has in this world is an honest name. What that name means is everything. Are you honest or dishonest, what does that name mean to you?  

Mr. Boehner's name is not a good one at this point in time after what was done at the Tampa Convention. Everyone that is Republican and a supporter of Dr. Paul is going to the voting booth in November. Guess who I would vote for? It isn't Mr. Romney at this point in time. It was obvious cheating and they both knew it. Mr. Romney and Mr. Boehner staged it as the teleprompter confirmed. U-tube is full of it. The voice vote went down as the majority of people voted it down.  

So do you vote for the devil that you have, or the devil that you do not know? If they had not cheated then Mr. Romney might have had a chance.  

As it stands, anything the man has to say has to be considered less than truthful at this point in time. He has invalidated his own election attempt with that voice vote.  

Only Obama can get him elected President. Again, why are people so disrespectful that they have to consistently tell less than the truth when they speak? All Mr. Obama has to do is let the Republicans hang themselves with their own words. Simply point out the inaccuracies of their advertisements to the people. And he will get re-elected.  

What do the Republicans have to gain by losing? I suggest they hope to gain both houses of Congress in the next two years if history serves.  

They are hoping bad management will get them back in power.  

All I can say is, I won't vote for Mr. Boehner after his act at the Republican Convention. I would have until I saw that action. He danced very well in step with the Romney group. It was disgusting. It was political machine politics. I am ashamed that Mr. Boehner came from Ohio.  

(authored by Dave Webb, Democrat)

9 Famous Quotes From Democrats

#1 "It depends what your definition of 'is' is.'' - Bill Clinton

#2 "Those rumors are false ... I believe in the sanctity of marriage." - John Edwards

#3 "I invented the Internet." - Al Gore

#4 "The next person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary beads up their butt." - Joe Biden

#5 "America is no longer, uh, what it, uh, could be, uh, what it was once was - uh, and I say to myself, uh, I don't want that future, uh, for my children." - Barack Obama

#6 "I have campaigned in all 57 states." - Barack Obama (Quoted 2008)

#7 "You don't need God anymore, you have us Democrats." - Nancy Pelosi (Quoted 2006)

#8 "Bill is the greatest husband and father I know; no one is more faithful, true, and honest than he." - Hillary Clinton (Quoted 1998)

#9 "We just have to pass the Healthcare Bill to see what's in it." - Nancy Pelosi (Quoted March, 2010)

My Work Here Is Done

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"    --Winston Churchill 

The following was emailed to me the other day....

These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read:

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the

wealth out of prosperity.

2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.

5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to

work because the other half is going to take care of them;

and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work,

because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.

Can you think of any reason for not

sharing this?

Neither could I....

God bless and protect us AND, our Constitution....

Dogs Against Obama

It has recently come to light that Barack Obama has admitted eating dog meat when he was a child in Indonesia. The following YouTube video which was produced by "Dogs Against Obama" features some very funny pictures that find humor in this....

The Things That Barack Obama Doesn't Want The American People To Think About

The following was emailed to me earlier today....

WHEN - he refused to disclose who donated money to his election campaign, as other candidates had done, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he received endorsements from people like Louis Farrakhan, Mur! Amar Kaddafi and Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - it was pointed out that he was a total newcomer and had absolutely no experience at anything except community organizing, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he chose friends and acquaintances such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn who were revolutionary radicals, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - his voting record in the Illinois Senate and in the U.S. Senate came into question, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he refused to wear a flag lapel pin and did so only after a public outcry, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - people started treating him as a Messiah and children in schools were taught to sing his praises, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he stood with his hands over his groin area for the playing of the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he surrounded himself in the White House with advisors who were pro-gun control, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual marriage and wanting to curtail freedom of speech to silence the opposition, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he said he favors sex education in kindergarten, including homosexual indoctrination, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - his personal background was either scrubbed or hidden and nothing could be found about him, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - the place of his birth was called into question, and he refused to produce a birth certificate, people said it didn't matter.

 

WHEN - he had an association in Chicago with Tony Rezco - a man of questionable character and who is now in prison and had helped Obama to a sweet deal on the purchase of his home - people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - it became known that George Soros, a multi-billionaire Marxist, spent a ton of money to get him elected, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he started appointing White House Czars that were radicals, revolutionaries, and even avowed Marxist /Communists, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he stood before the Nation and told us that his intentions were to "fundamentally transform this Nation" into something else, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - it became known that he had trained ACORN workers in Chicago and served as an attorney for ACORN, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he appointed cabinet members and several advisors who were tax cheats and socialists, people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he appointed a Science Czar, John Holdren, who believes in forced abortions, mass sterilizations and seizing babies from teen mothers, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he appointed Cass Sunstein as Regulatory Czar who believes in "Explicit Consent," harvesting human organs without family consent and allowing animals to be represented in court, while banning all hunting, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he appointed Kevin Jennings, a homosexual and organizer of a group called Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education Network as Safe School Czar and it became known that he had a history of bad advice to teenagers, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he appointed Mark Lloyd as Diversity Czar who believes in curtailing free speech, taking from one and giving to another to spread the wealth, who supports Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - Valerie Jarrett, an avowed Socialist, was selected as Obama's Senior White House Advisor, people said it didn't matter,

WHEN - Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director, said Mao Tse Tung was her favorite philosopher and the person she turned to most for inspiration, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he appointed Carol Browner, a well known socialist as Global Warming Czar working on Cap and Trade as the nation's largest tax, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he appointed Van Jones, an ex-con and avowed Communist as Green Energy Czar, who since had to resign when this was made known, people said it didn't matter. (Valerie Jarrett is a long time promoter of Van Jones).

WHEN - Tom Daschle, Obama's pick for Health and Human Services Secretary could not be confirmed because he was a tax cheat, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - as President of the United States , he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia , people said it didn't matter.

WHEN - he traveled around the world criticizing America and never once talking of her greatness, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - his actions concerning the Middle East seemed to support the Palestinians over Israel , our long time ally, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he took American tax dollars to resettle thousands of Palestinians from Gaza to the United States , people! said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he upset the Europeans by removing plans for a missile defense system against the Russians, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he played politics in Afghanistan by not sending troops early-on when the Field Commanders said they were necessary to win, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he started spending us into a debt that was so big we could not pay it off, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he took a huge spending bill under the guise of stimulus and used it to pay off organizations, unions, and individuals that got him elected, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he took over insurance companies, car companies, banks, etc., people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he took away student loans from the banks and put it through the government, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he designed plans to take over the health care system and put it under government control, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he claimed he was a Christian during the election and tapes were later made public that showed Obama speaking to a Muslim group and 'stating' that he was raised a Muslim, was educated as a Muslim, and is still a Muslim, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he set into motion a plan to take over the control of all energy in the United States through Cap and Trade, people said it didn't matter.
 
WHEN - he finally completed his transformation of America into a Socialist State , people woke up--- but it was too late. Add these up one by one and you get a phenomenal score that points to the fact that Barrack Hussein Obama is determined to turn America into a Marxist-Socialist society. All of the items in the preceding paragraphs have been put into place. All can be documented very easily. Before you disavow this, do an Internet search. The last paragraph alone is not yet cast in stone. You and I will write that paragraph. 

Will it read as above or will it be a more happy ending for most of America ?

Don't just belittle the opposition. Search for the truth. We all need to pull together or watch the demise of a free society.

Pray for Americans to seek the truth and take action for it will keep us FREE.

Obamopoly

Barack Obama Has Lost Almost Half Of His Jewish Support

Barack Obama is losing support rapidly among a key group of voters.  A new poll by the McLaughlin Group shows that Obama has lost nearly half of his support among Jews living in the United States.  In 2008, approximately 78% of Jewish voters supported Obama, but in the new poll, only 42% of Jewish voters said that they would vote for Obama again, and 46% indicated that they would vote for someone else.  That is an extraordinary swing in less than two years.

The loss of support is especially pronounced among conservative Jews.  For example, among Orthodox/Hassidic voters, 69% indicated that they would vote for someone else, while only 17% said they would be voting for Obama next time.

So why this dramatic loss of support?

Well, the truth is that there are a lot of reasons, but one of the biggest is the fact that Barack Obama intends to shove a Palestinian state down the throats of the Israeli people.

In fact, the McLaughlin Group poll definitely showed that to be the case.  52% of those responding to the poll said that they disapproved of the Obama Administration supporting a plan to recognize a Palestinian state within two years.  62% of the respondents said that if given a state, “the Palestinians would continue their campaign of terror to destroy Israel.”

Only 19% of those responding thought that the Palestinians would live peacefully with Israel if given a state.

But Barack Obama seems absolutely determined to give the Palestinians a state anyway - even if it does cost him some crucial votes in the next election.

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The Verdict On This Administration So Far: Everything That Obama Touches Turns To Garbage

Barack Obama has been in the White House for over a year - so what does he and his administration have to show for it?

Well, as it turns out, not a whole heck of a lot.  Obama and his administration have certainly "accomplished" a lot on their legislative agenda, but most of the measures they have gotten through have ended up being total disasters.

*One of the biggest initiatives so far was the massive Wall Street bailouts that Obama backed.  Trillions were pumped into the U.S. economy and all we have to show for it is 2% growth. Oh, and a massively expanding national debt that our children and grandchildren will never, ever be able to pay off.

*So what about working Americans?  Has Obama helped them like he said that he would do?  No.  In fact, the number of unemployed Americans per job opening has started to increase once again, hitting 5.5 in February. Unemployment is at the highest levels in recent memories, and millions of American workers are desperate for answers.  Many of those who do manage to find employment have only been able to get part-time work. Gallup's underemployment measure hit 20.0% on March 15th. This was up from 19.7% two weeks earlier and 19.5% at the start of the year.  Instead of helping American workers, things keep getting worse under Obama and there seems to be no end in sight to all the misery.

*The IMF is forecasting that unemployment will remain high for at least the next two years.  This will mean that millions upon millions of American workers will still be extremely pissed off when the 2012 election season comes rolling around.

*Close to the beginning of his term, Obama announced a huge foreclosure assistance program that was supposed to help millions of Americans keep their homes instead of getting foreclosed on. Well, it turns out that only 168,708 U.S. homeowners have received long-term mortgage modifications under Barack Obama's plan as of the end of February.  This represents less than 3 percent of the 6 million borrowers who are currently more than 60 days behind on their mortgages.  But even those who have been "helped" are still failing.  The number of American homeowners who defaulted on their mortgages even after receiving better terms through Obama's modification program nearly doubled in March.

*And things are expected to get even worse for the U.S. real estate market. RealtyTrac projects that there will be 4.5 million home foreclosures in the United States before the end of the year. If there are approximately 4 people per household, that is another 18 million people that will be forced out of their homes by the end of the year.  So what in the world is Barack Obama going to do about that?

*Perhaps Barack Obama's biggest "achievement" was the health care bill that he was able to ram down the throats of the American people.  In fact, over the past year health care has become one of the most hotly debated political issues of this generation.  Poll after poll said that the American people did not like it, but Obama pushed it through anyway.  So are we all going to get cheaper health insurance now?  No.  Even the Los Angeles Times, which is radically pro-Obama, is openly admitting that the new health care law will not prevent health care premiums from increasing dramatically.  So while we all may not save money, it turns out that we will be coughing up a whole lot more, because the new health care bill is actually the biggest tax increase in U.S. history.

*So will Obama's much-balleyhooed health care law end up providing us all with more hospitals and better health care?  Well, no.  It turns out that the new health care law discriminates against physician-owned hospitals. According to the executive director of Physician Hospitals of America, more than 60 doctor-owned hospitals across the United States that were in the development stage will now be canceled. So why will these badly needed hospitals be canceled? Well, the new health care law singles out doctor-owned hospitals, making new doctor-owned projects ineligible to receive payments for Medicare and Medicaid patients. Without such payments the hospitals are not feasible.  Now who in the world came up with that bright idea?

*Not only that, but the United States will shortly be facing a devastating shortage of doctors. The U.S. health care system was already projected to experience a shortage of about 150,000 doctors over the next decade or so, but thanks to the health care bill passed by Congress, that number is estimated to grow by several hundred thousand more. Talk about a mess!

*Obama's foreign policy has been a complete and total disaster as well.  Not only is he recklessly dismantling America's nuclear arsenal, he is also playing games with Iran and his anti-Israel positions have brought the entire Middle East dangerously close to war.

So is there anything that Obama is doing right?

Not really.

The best thing that he could do for America would be to take a lot of vacations for the rest of his term and do as little as possible.  That way there would be less damage to be undone when the next president takes over.

Will 2010 Be A Good Year For Barack Obama?

Is 2010 going to be a good year from Barack Obama and the Democrats?

Not likely.

Their poll numbers were already seriously slipping as 2009 came to a close, and the reality is that every sign is pointing to a continuation of that trend in 2010.

The truth is that health care, the economy and national security are all bad issues for Barack Obama and the Democrats right now, and as we go through 2010 they are going to become even more troublesome for the Democratic Party.

You are not convinced?  Just check out the following seven stories....

#1) 11 Clear Signs That The U.S. Economy Is Headed Into The Toilet

#2) 10 Really Nasty Surprises For The American People In The Health Care Reform Bill

#3) The Burdensome Stone: Barack Obama And The Rest Of The World Continues To Pressure Israel To Give Up East Jerusalem

#4) Will The Global Deep Freeze Now Ravaging North America, Europe And Asia Lead To Massive Food Shortages In 2010?

#5) Water Crisis! We Can’t Live Without Water And The United States Is Quickly Running Out Of It

#6) Ponzi Scheme: The Federal Reserve Bought Approximately 80 Percent Of U.S. Treasury Securities Issued In 2009

#7) It’s Official: A Majority Of Americans Would Give Up Liberty In Order To Be Safe From Terrorism

The truth is that every key issue is turning against Barack Obama and the Democrats.  The American people do not like what the Democrats are doing on health care, they don't like what the Democrats are doing on terrorism and national security and they sure don't like what the Democrats are doing with the economy.

All indications point to a very promising year for the Republican Party.

But will they be able to do something with their opportunity?

Nine Days Before He Accepts A Nobel Peace Prize Barack Obama Has Decided To Send 30,000 More Troops To Afghanistan

Nine days before he travels to Oslo, Norway to accept a Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama is sending 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan. This is one top of 20,000 additional troops that he has already sent since he became president. Obama plans to justify this move to his constituents by telling them that these troops will help end the war sooner and that he has definite plans to end the war in Afghanistan and withdraw most U.S. troops from that nation within three years. This new troop deployment will increase the total U.S. commitment in Afghanistan to approximately 100,000 troops - roughly double the amount that George W. Bush had ever committed to that war. Sending these 30,000 additional troops is expected to cost the U.S. government an extra 30 billion dollars a year.

Wait a second - isn't this the same guy who promised to end these wars as soon as he became president?

Now he is sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan?

Don't "anti-War" liberal feel betrayed?

Will they now take to the streets and call for Obama to resign?

No, of course they won't.

They will fall in line and worship Obama as they always do.

The truth is that most "anti-War" liberals are a bunch of personality cultists who have sold out a long time ago.

Most of them will go along with whatever Obama decides to do.

Why?

Because he is the leader of "their team", and they have been taught to pin all of their hopes and dreams on him.

Just like most Republicans continued to support George W. Bush even when he kept making bad decision after bad decision.

The truth is that most Americans do not stand for anything anymore. Rather, most Americans are "personality cultists" who follow the leader of their "political team" no matter what they do.

It would be a grand day in America when people start waking up and start thinking for themselves again.

But instead it is likely that almost everyone will continue to be think and feel what the television tells them to think and feel.

And that is very unfortunate.

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CBS News Is Reporting That Barack Obama Has Made The Decision To Send 40,000 More Troops To Afghanistan

The world severely criticized George W. Bush for his wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but now that Barack Obama is escalating the war in Afghanistan the vast majority of those same critics are strangely quiet. CBS News is reporting that Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama has made the decision to send nearly 40,000 more U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan over the course of 2010. The report CBS filed about this decision put it this way.....

"Informed sources tell CBS news he intends to give General McCrystal most, if not all, the additional troops he is asking for."

So will anti-war liberals stand up and get a backbone, or will they stand down just because their hero Barack Obama is in office?

Of course for the vast majority of them it will be the latter.

This just shows the massive hypocrisy of politics in America these days.

Very few people stand up for what they believe in anymore.

Very few people truly care about political issues.

Instead, most Americans follow their favorite political celebrities with cult-like devotion.

A CBS video report about Obama's decision is posted below.....

The One Cartoon That All Americans Need To Watch

Before Americans agree to sign on to the socialist agenda that Barack Obama and the Democrats are trying to push down our throats, there is one cartoon that they should all watch. Please send the video below out to everyone that you know. It is about 50 years old, but it is extremely pertinent to the political issues of today.....

Shocking Film Of Young School Children Being Forced To Sing A Song Of Praise About Barack Obama

What you will see in the video below should disturb you very much. It is being called an "indoctrination video" in which school children are forced to compose and sing a song that praises Barack Obama.

The song contains this very chilling line: "Red, Yellow, Black or White -
All are equal in his sight"

This video was reportedly filmed on or around June 19th, 2009 at the B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington, New Jersey.

Would you send your kids to school if you knew this is what was going on?.....



The lyrics of this song are posted below.....

----

Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
He said that all must lend a hand
To make this country strong again
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
He said we must be clear today
Equal work means equal pay
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
He said that we must take a stand
To make sure everyone gets a chance
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
He said Red, Yellow, Black or White
All are equal in his sight
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
Yes
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama

Hello, Mr. President we honor you today!
For all your great accomplishments, we all [do? doth??] say "hooray!"
Hooray Mr. President! You're number one!
The first Black American to lead this great na-TION!
Hooray, Mr. President something-something-some
A-something-something-something-some economy is number one again!
Hooray Mr. President, we're really proud of you!
And the same for all Americans [in?] the great Red White and Blue!
So something Mr. President we all just something-some,
So here's a hearty hip-hooray a-something-something-some!
Hip, hip hooray! (3x)

A YouTube Video That Shows The Foolishness Of Obamacare In A Very Humorous Manner

You know, sometimes it takes a really simple explanation for us to get something. That is what is so beautiful about the video below. It is a very simple, yet extremely entertaining comparison between the health care systems of Georgia and Massachusetts.

You see, Massachusetts has already implemented many of the measures contained in Obamacare. Georgia has not.

So how does health care in those two states compare? Well, just watch the short video below and see for yourself. The video is worth watching for entertainment value alone.....

Solid Proof That Barack Obama Was A Member Of The Hyper-Socialist New Party

Posted below is solid proof that Barack Obama was a member of the hyper-socialist New Party. The picture is of a New Party newspaper from 1996 that mentions that Barack Obama is a member of their party on the front page.

If you can't see the writing clearly, just click on the picture below to get a larger version.

This wouldn't be such a big deal if people were not insisting that he never was a member of that socialist political party. The truth is that Barack Obama was a member of a socialist political party in 1996 and he is still a socialist today.

The Anti-Obamacare Ad That ABC Would Not Show

When networks reject conservative television ads that is one thing that really gets to us.

So we are going to show you the anti-Obamacare television ad that ABC refuses to let you see.

Check it out - is this really so bad that it needed to be banned from television?.....

Barack Obama: I Don't Want The Folks Who Created The Mess To Do A Lot Of Talking

Barack Obama seems determined to push Obamacare through no matter what anyone else may think of it.

In response to the increasingly frustrated crowds that Obamacare advocates have been encountering around the nation, Obama basically told them to shut up in the video below.

That's right, instead of reaching out and saying that he is listening to the concerns that have been brought forward, he actually said this in the video below:

"I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking."

That's quite democratic, isn't it?

In fact, Obama is actually asking supporters to inform him of anything they see or hear that is "fishy" - even if it is in casual conversation with their own family and friends, and some of his supporters are already doing that:

http://thefinalhour.blogspot.com/2009/08/democrat-activists-are-already.html

What is happening to this nation?

Watch the video below and then post a comment and tell us what your response is to this outrageous comment by Obama.....



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Super Obama - He's Come To Save The Day

The folks over at JibJab sure know how to make us laugh. This short YouTube video about Barack Obama and current political issues definitely made us chuckle.

But does turning such monumental issues into a joke take away from the seriousness of them?

After all, the United States of America is in a state of national crisis, but it seems that all most people want to do is to make jokes and to mock each other and to get all excited over side issues.

In any event, this is still really, really funny.....

"Prolonged Detention": Barack Obama Favors Indefinite Detention Of Terror Suspects Without A Trial?

Barack Obama has proposed something that not even George W. Bush tried to do.

It is called "prolonged detention".

Obama is actually proposing "indefinite detention" for terror suspects without a trial.

The ironic thing is that he actually promoted this tactic during a speech during in which he criticized the Bush administration's policies on terror suspects.

At least some in the mainstream media are calling Obama on this.....

Barack Obama: Rush Limbaugh Does Not Qualify As A Troubled Asset

If this politics thing doesn't work out, perhaps Barack Obama could get work as a comedian. He seems to really enjoy making fun of Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans: