The two attacks of domestic terrorism this past week and the nomination of empathetic Latina judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court give us the opportunity to explain clearly why leftism is wrong and has no business being the basis of ANY government; especially a government that was supposedly established to maximize individual liberty and prevent the tyranny of any group.

Judge Sotomayor and President Obama believe that blind justice based upon the rule of law is unfair and not to be chosen over the "justice" of those who identify with the struggles and oppressed feelings of certain preferred groups. Instead of wearing a blindfold, Lady Justice should wear tinted glasses that permits her to peek into the race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, backgrounds and life experiences of those who appear before her.

The murder of George Tiller and the shooting of two military recruiters is, quite frankly, very similar from a factual perspective. Both shooters were religious extremists. Both shooters were anti-government. One shooter was violently anti-abortion, the other shooter was violently anti-military. Both shooters appear to have acted with premeditation and deliberation. Empathy, leftist styled empathy, would view the shooters and the crimes very differently.

First, George Tiller was a hero to the Left. I'm not sure how killing babies later than other abortionists makes you a hero, but then again, I'm not a leftist. William Long and Quinton Ezeagwula were soldiers. If you ask Janet Napolitano that makes them one step away from being domestic terrorists themselves. Therefore, on the leftist empathy scale, Dr. Mengele, I mean Tiller, is more worthy.

Dr. Tiller's suspected murderer, Scott Roeder, was anti-government because of his views regarding tax policy and government control over American citizens. Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad is anti-government because of its military power and most likely because of perceived racism. Thus, to the leftist mind, actually the leftist heart, (I'm not sure leftists have minds) Muhammad's anger is understandable.

Roeder is white, Muhammad is black, so much of what Muhammad did can be blamed on rich white people rather than placed at his door. Further, leftists know that everyone who opposes abortion is violent and Muslims have been driven to their violence by American policies.

If we use Judge Sotomayor's reasoning, should both shooters be found guilty, Roeder would be entitled to a harsher sentence than Muhammad. And yes, if I were a judge and relied upon my sympathies and empathy, I might reach the opposite result.

That is precisely why empathy has no place on the bench. Judges are supposed to be impartial in their application of the law. If you're watching the Lakers vs. the Magic, you don't want to see the referees wearing a Lakers jersey. President Obama and Judge Sotomayor believe that a judge's prejudices, as long as they are the correct kind of prejudices, make him or her a better judge. In other words, President Obama doesn't want judges, he wants "enlightened" philosopher kings using the bench to advance toward a tyrannical utopia.

The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment says,"no state shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws". Article VI of the Constitution says, "...all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution...." Nowhere does the Constitution promise empathy or require an oath to be empathetic. It does, however, promise equal protection and requires Presidents and judges to swear to support the Constitution.

You can't be bound by the Equal Protection Clause and rule on the basis of empathy. Either you support the rule of law or the rule of your own subjective empathy. You can't do both.

If the polls and pundits are right, less than 48 hours from now, the United States of America will have the most historic election result in its history. No, not because we will have elected an African American as President, but because we will have elected someone with a paper thin resume who has, throughout his history, associated with those who view America in fundamentally different ways than the vast majority of Americans. Further, we will have elected a man who, by his very words and deeds, distrusts capitalism, believes in Marxist redistribution and considers small town and rural Americans to be bitter, clingy racists. Apparently, though none of this matters.

There's no question that Barack Obama said that small town and rural Americans were bitter because (he believes) government hasn't done enough to take care of us. This bitterness (he believes) has caused us to "...cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them...." That statement alone should guarantee that 90% of those who live in small towns or rural areas or take their religion seriously or believe in the Second Amendment would vote against him. Apparently, though, it doesn't matter.

Barack Obama spent twenty years in Reverend Wright's racist America hating church. He used Reverend Wright's words in his book title. After twenty years, he claimed that he didn't hear the incendiary remarks Wright made, and expressed shock after learning them. Of course, that's ridiculous. No one with even a single brain cell believes that. Apparently, though, it doesn't matter.

Barack Obama, as a youth, was mentored by admitted communist Frank Marshall Davis. Davis was important enough to young Obama to deserve mention in his memoirs. Apparently, though, it doesn't matter.

William Ayers is a Marxist. William Ayers is an unrepentant terrorist. William Ayers considered Barack Obama to be enough of a kindred spirit to have him dole out money to meet Ayers' education goals. Ayers has praised Hugo Chavez' education system and has never changed his belief in Marxism. There was something about Barack Obama that Ayers liked. Apparently, though, it doesn't matter.

Barack Obama believes that GOVERNMENT forcibly taking more money from those who earn more in order for the GOVERNMENT to redistribute it to those who earn less is no different than sharing a peanut butter sandwich. Never mind that sharing is a voluntary act and government force is actually a taking. Apparently, though, it doesn't matter.

Barack Obama demands that we help the poor by having our money forcibly taken from us, but he doesn't even GIVE to help his own family who is living in poverty. Apparently, though, it doesn't matter.

Barack Obama believes that wealth redistribution is a proper function of the tax code. "Spreading the wealth" he calls it. Apparently, though, it doesn't matter.

Barack Obama believes that bankrupting the coal industry to curb greenhouse gases is good for the nation. Apparently, though, it doesn't matter.

Barack Obama believes that our enemies will make nice with us if we talk to them and become more international in our thinking. Apparently, though, it doesn't matter.

Barack Obama is convinced that his presidency will "change the world". No one ever asks him how the world will be changed and if that change will benefit the United States of America. Apparently, though, it doesn't matter.

From his days in college, those who hear Barack Obama speak talk about how his vague eloquence leaves everyone with the impression that he agrees with them. This is a scary attribute that is more akin to Juan Peron or Benito Mussolini than it is a principled statesman. Apparently, though, it doesn't matter.

Repeatedly, throughout this election, Barack Obama and his team have taken steps to silence those who dare to criticize him. Joe the Plumber gets investigated. TV stations that ask tough questions get blackballed and newspapers that refuse to endorse him get thrown off the plane. Private citizens like Gianna Jessen, an abortion survivor who is openly critical of Obama's record on abortion, are subject to silencing efforts by Obama's campaign. Combined with the efforts of ACORN and you have a modern version of the Gestapo in action. Apparently, though, it doesn't matter.

If you poll the American people on each one of the issues I've raised, and leave out the names and political affiliations, you will find that most Americans would not support Politician X who has such connections and has made such statements. Somehow, though, when the politician is Barack Obama all can be excused or forgiven or ignored.

Regardless of your opinions of President Bush, or the wars, or the economy, it is hard to see America changing its fundamental nature the way an Obama presidency would with the help of huge Democrat majorities in Congress.

What kind of nation have we become, if it doesn't matter?

It's no secret that the mainstream media is leftist.  Excuse me, progressive.  Polls have shown since the 1980s that around 80 percent of journalists vote Democrat.  Conservative Christians have long been viewed by the mainstream media the way jihadists should be viewed.  I say "should be viewed" because the media makes excuses for the behavior of jihadists.  Remember when the news media took umbrage with Ronald Reagan's "evil empire" statement?  The mainstream media is leftist and most of us on the right have learned to live with that.

This election cycle, though, truth and journalism have completely disappeared.  The mainstream media, in 2008, has outGoebbels Joseph Goebbels himself.  Remember the Soviet newspaper, Pravda?  "Pravda" is the Russian word for "truth".  Of course the paper printed nothing but Communist propaganda, but hey, it still claimed it was the "truth".  That's what we have now.  The mainstream media doesn't care about the truth.  It has become the propaganda arm of the Messiah, Barry "Dear Leader" Obama.

Imagine if a white Republican had burst on to the political stage seeking the presidency with a resume as thin as the Dear Leader's.  The media would be filled with story after story about whether this person was fit, ready, competent.  If you don't believe me, look at how they've gone after Governor Palin and she actually has executive experience and real world experience other than as a street agitator or a leftist guest lecturer.  Yet, even when Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden tried to bring up Barry's thin resume, the media passed on it with barely a comment.

Imagine if a Republican had been mentored, as a young boy, by a member of the American Nazi Party.  ABC, MSNBC et al would lead every night for weeks with that Nazi's writings, statements, etc.  Barack Obama was mentored by Frank Marshall Davis.  Davis was a Communist Party member who was very open about his beliefs.  Does the mainstream media care?  Not in the least. 

Imagine if a Republican attended a church for TWENTY years where the pastor preached racism, treated "middleclassness" as a vice, cursed America and expressed obvious glee over the United States being attacked by Islamists.  Well, you know what would happen. All Barry O'Messiah had to say was "I wasn't there.  I didn't hear that.  He's not the man I thought he was."  Hello!!!  Barry used phrases from sermons by Reverend Jermiah Wright all the time.  Michelle even talked about rejecting "middleclassness" on the stump.  The mainstream media doesn't care.  Actually, they do care.  They are actively suppressing this information in order to protect the "Dear Leader".

I could go on and on.  William Ayers is ignored by the media.  The influence of Saul Alinsky on Barry's view of the masses and what that really means is never discussed.  The mainstream media is determined to get Barack Hussein Obama elected President, Fuhrer, Dear Leader, Messiah or whatever. 

The media coverage of the financial crisis is the latest example.  Jim Johnson and Franklin Raines (big Obama adivsors) are neck deep in the Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac mess, but the media is more interested in Rick Davis who is McCain's campaign manager.  Even after the New York Times story on Davis was debunked, the Obama Propaganda Service, otherwise known as ABC, MSNBC et al, still won't mention Raines' or Johnson's role in this scandal.

That's another thing.  The leftist media continues to portray this as a scandal of free market greed.  Have you internet junkies seen the video of Democrat House members actively protecting Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac from scrutiny in 2004?  Here it is? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs

If Republicans had engaged in such blatant cronyism, the media would have had them all completely discredited in the press.  If you aren't an internet junkie or a listener to conservative talk radio, you wouldn't know about this.  The media is ACTIVELY covering up for the Democrats.  Why?  Because they are determined to help the Messiah get elected.

This is a scandal created by government FORCE.  Leftists, not conservatives, LEFTISTS forced lenders to give money to deadbeats.  All in the name of "fairness".  No, the Republicans didn't have the balls to stop it, but Leftists used Republican weakness and created this mess.

Now, the Ministry of "Truth" is actively trying to blame this idiocy on capitalism and Republicans.  It pisses me off that McCain, Bush and many of the inside the Beltway "conservatives" are letting them get away with it, but the fact is that JOURNALISTS should be looking into this.  They aren't.  They are in the tank, no, up the rear, of Barry and the leftists.

Liberal journalists want to blame the end of journalism on talk radio and FoxNews.  That's garbage.  All Rush, Hannity and FoxNews have done is give us a voice.  They don't pretend to be without opinion.  The Leftist Ministry of "Truth" claims to be objective.  The mainstream media hasn't been objective for decades.  They've finally reached the point where they don't care even about pretense.

If Barry gets elected, it will be because of an effective propaganda campaign and a media that actively suppresses the truth in order to achieve their desired result.  As Lenin said, "A lie told often enough becomes the truth."  The only truth the mainstream media has is that Barry is the Savior.

 

 

Today, I learned that the BBC has conducted a poll that indicates that the citizens of 22 countries that were polled favor Barack Obama in the Presidential election.  The mainstream media reported this because they believe, along with most enlightened liberals, that this should show us that Obama is who we need to elect.  The media, most college educated liberals, academics all admire modern Western Europe.  They admire Europeans' supposed sophistication.  They admire their ability to separate their religion from their day to day decision making.  They admire their aversion to war and they admire their commitment to socialist ideals.

Liberals, and most media members are liberal, believe that the United States would be better off if we emulated those above described attitudes.  Peace and fairness are the Holy (if I can use that word) Grails of liberal elitism and those goals require the diluting of religious belief and an increase of governmental control over "selfish" capitalist impulses.

Liberals believe that they know what is best for the masses.  They want (sincerely I believe) to improve the lives of ignorant trailer trash.  Ignorant?  Look at the social programs devised by leftists.  Go back to the beginning of socialism in America.  Social Security was based upon the belief by leftist elites that the average American was too stupid, too oppressed and incapable of planning for his own seniority.  Gun control laws are based upon the belief that we are children who shouldn't be allowed to play with dangerous toys.  The Department of Education was based upon the belief that Washington DC elites knew better than local parents and educators what our children needed.

Leftists do care about us in Red State America, but they think we're trailer trash.  Barack Obama admitted as much when talking to fellow elites in San Francisco.  He believes we're bitter.  He believes that bitterness is due to the fact that we don't have our needs met by an enlightened benevolent government.  He believes that bitterness causes us to "cling" to unsophisticated things like religion, guns and patriotism.  In his eyes, enlightened people don't cling to those things and content happy masses don't need to cling to those things.

I'm one of those "bitter clingers".  I'm part of trailer trash America.  I was born, raised and live in rural East Tennessee.  My Daddy (yes I really called him "Daddy") only had an eighth grade education.  He raised my brother and me on a farm while also working in a factory.  My mother taught Sunday School for decades.  I learned to shoot before I was eight.  My first experience with wine was with the homeade variety.  My first car was a truck.  In fact I even lived in a mobile home for two years.  I'm the folks that the liberal elites want to help and I'm the folks that don't want their help. 

I actually believe in God and believe the Bible is the Word of God.  (Ewww!  Did he really say that?)  I'm a flag waving patriot that believes that the United States is the greatest nation on Earth and has been specially blessed by God.  (He's one of them!)  I don't immediately look to Washington DC when trouble comes.  (Well now, that's just dumb.)  I actually believe that the right to keep and bear arms is just as important as any other right.  (Gun nut!)

The media is shocked that so many people in small town America have identified with Sarah Palin.  The media is less than thrilled that so many people in small town America have been humbled by John McCain's personal story.  They are convinced we must be simpletons.  They don't get it.  Sarah Palin is one of us.  Of course we identify with her.  Senator McCain's story exhibits the patriotism, honor, and self sacrifice we admire.

We aren't Europe.  We don't want to be Europe.  I know that is horrifying to the elites, but it's the truth.  That's the one thing that liberals don't get.  We may be trailer trash, but we are American trailer trash.  And there's more of us than there are of the "enlightened" media and the "enlightened" liberal elites.  And for most of us, Jesus is the only Messiah we need.  Sorry, Barry.

 

It's no secret, John McCain was not my first choice for President.  He wasn't my second choice and probably wasn't my third or fourth.  Senator McCain alienated me on two issues, campaign finance reform and his willingness to compromise with Democrats regarding the confirmation of originalist judges.  The First Amendment to the Constitution says "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech."  Either the sentence means what it says or it doesn't, and I want judges who believe it means what it says. 

I knew John McCain's story and was thankful for his  service and heroism, but that wasn't enough.  I believe in limited government.  I mean really limited government, and while I was disappointed with President Bush for not fighting for limited government, I didn't and don't believe McCain truly understands the benefits of limited government.

Last night, though, as I listened to Senator McCain's acceptance speech, the contrasts in this election hit me like a sledgehammer.  "Country first".  "Service".  "This Country saved me".  "Stand up".  "Fight".  Those were the key phrases from a powerful speech by a remarkable man.  Hokey?  Perhaps.  Parochial?  Of course.  However, John McCain isn't running for President of the World.  He isn't trying to be the leader of a Gene Roddenberry dream world wide utopia.  He is running for President of what he believes is the greatest country on earth.

Unlike Michelle Obama, John McCain didn't have to wait until 2008 to be proud of his country.  Unlike Michelle Obama, John McCain doesn't believe this is a "downright mean country".  Unlike Barack Obama, John McCain doesn't believe that America isn't what it once was.  John McCain believes, "In America, we change things that need to be changed.  Each generation makes its contribution to our greatness."  That is a stark contrast.

Another stark contrast is the fact that John McCain showed himself as a man of principle who isn't afraid to take on the power.  Leftist Democrats like to use the phrase, "speak truth to power".  A confusing statement that implies that the powerful are lying to you and they must be confronted.  Senator Obama, though, got where is today, by being part of the most corrupt political machine in American history.  He has never challenged the Cook County Democratic party.  He has been a loyal lap dog of that party.  Senator Obama has never stood up to the Daily Kos, Moveon.org left wing kooks who want to see this country ruined. 

John McCain, though, does not owe his allegiance to party or machine.  His allegiance is to the country he fell in love with while in agony in a box in Hanoi.  Even when you disagree with him, you have acknowledge that John McCain is a man of principle who truly does love the United States of America.

John McCain is right when he says that when conservative Republicans took power in Washington since 1994,  they allowed Washington to change them instead of changing Washington.  They became addicted to the power and the pork and the parties and the compulsive need to spend the people's money.  At least, though, conservative Republicans never stopped being patriots.

Leftists deride those of us who bleed red, white and blue as fascists.  They take our love of country and make fun of it using phrases "my mother drunk or sober", implying that we conservatives are willfully blind to our country's faults.  They are the ones who are willfully blind.  We know the United States, through its citizens and its government, have made mistakes.  We also know, though, that no nation in the history of the earth has used its power for good like the United States.

Another thing the left doesn't understand is that a majority of Americans feel the way we do.  We aren't a nation of "bitter clingers".  We embrace our nation.  We embrace our God.  We embrace our freedoms.  I'm not saying that conservatives make up a majority on every issue.  I'm saying that a large majority of Americans believe this is the greatest country on earth.  Leftist elites, of which Obama is one, are uncomfortable with this belief.  John McCain shares our belief in the greatness of America.

Can you ever picture Barack Obama, the man who has made a career of associating with people who dislike this nation, ever talking about "falling in love with my country"?  No way.

I still don't agree with John McCain on every policy point.  Last night, though, it became obviously clear.  Barack Obama isn't worthy to be mentioned in the same sentence with John McCain.  This election shouldn't even be close.  Only one candidate for President is in love with his country.  Why would we even consider the other one?

 

I have forced myself to watch bits and pieces of the Democrats' convention.  It's hard listening to "enlightened" leftist elites trying to act like normal patriotic Americans but occasionally I'm overcome by morbid curiosity.  One thing that is clear is that there is no such thing as THE Democratic Party.  If you look on the floor of the convention in the State delegations you will see what I mean.

Let me preface this by stating that I already knew some of what I'm about to say.  My business partner is a lifelong Democrat, although no liberal by any stretch of the imagination.  She is pro-America, pro-gun ownership, pro-capitalism, pro-God and while pro-choice opposes partial birth abortion and infanticide.  Her politics are very similar to our Circuit Court Clerk who is a client of ours and also a Democrat.  Both have said that Obama is too liberal for them.  They are Democrats because their parents were Democrats and they were raised to believe that Republicans are the party of the rich.

Most rank and file Democrats between the ages of 45 and 80 fall into this category.  If they are Southerners, they have always been Democrats for the same reasons that Robert Byrd has always been a Democrat.  If they are Northerners, then more than likely their families became Democrats because of and during the Great Depression.  It isn't policy driven, it's based upon an emotional belief that has been handed down to them.  Most of their individual views are very conservative, but they can't break away from that emotional attachment to the name "Democrat".

If you look at the young people in the Democrat party, they tend to be naive, spoiled children who have few core values but are convinced that the world needs to be "changed" and have believed their professors when they said that if they fight against corporations and nationalism they can create a world where the lion will lie down with the lamb and no one will ever be hungry.

The elites of the party, though, tend to be unrepentent 60's radicals.  They see little wrong with William Ayers because they agree that the Pentagon is a genocidal tool of malevolent corporate interests.  Privately, they agree with Jeremiah Wright that the United States brought 9/11 on itself.  Michael Moore is considered normal.  Jimmy Carter and Al Gore are considered to be geniuses.  They agree with John Kerry that the United States should submit itself to a "global test" before acting in its self interest.  They agree with Nancy Pelosi that "trying to save the world" is more important than becoming more energy independent.  They agree with Michelle Obama that this is a "downright mean" country.

These are the elite radicals that Barack Obama was talking to in San Francisco when he talked about average Americans "clinging" to guns, God and racism.  These are the elite radicals who claim to be for the common people, but who actually look down their noses at them and in many cases despise them.  These are the elite radicals who actually have power in the Democratic party.  These are the elite radicals who actually make policy.  They are the ones who wink and nod when Barack Obama talks about change.

That should scare all of us.