Trump followers turn nasty on me ~ By Michael Brown

Dr. Michael Brown

Michael Brown shares vitriolic responses to his opinion of candidate

The Republican Caucus here in Iowa is in less than two months. In my vigilant pursuit of the wisdom to make the right choice about which candidate I will support, I came across this column by Dr. Michael Brown. It really struck me that my thoughts were reflected so well in the following excerpt:

As I’ve said repeatedly, there’s much to like about Donald Trump, and it appears that there are certain things he could do well as a president. And under no circumstances could I vote for any of the current Democratic candidates.

But when I see the irrational response of so many of his supporters, coupled with their demonizing of those who oppose him (along with, often, the demonizing of the other candidates), this only heightens my concerns.

I will certainly pray for Donald Trump and for God’s best for America. At the same time, I will raise concerns as I see them, since my goal is to see our nation blessed.

If you actually read the whole column, which would be a wise thing to do, you'll read about the nasty comments from the Trump followers that Dr. Michael Brown received. As I'm finding out, many of my friends and associates are favoring Donald Trump. I have not experienced any vitriol due to my lack of fealty to the Trump cause.  The truth is, I have not decided on who I will support in the Iowa Caucus.  I will avoid having the Trump followers turning nasty on me, because they're going to want my vote and they know they better behave and schmooze me for their cause.  Just sayin'...

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I knew that there would be a strong backlash when I raised concerns about evangelical Christians supporting Donald Trump as the Republican presidential candidate. (I did this by video and column.) But it is the nature of the attacks that concerns me, since it appears that for some staunch Trump supporters, you cannot be a strong…

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VIDEO: Herman Cain hits the 'Dislike Button' for one of the GOP candidates

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VIDEO: Dr Ben Carson on the hope and change America REALLY needs

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VIDEO: Tomi Lahren's stunning rant about leadership and fighting terrorists

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Tomi's Red, White, Blue & Unfiltered Final Thoughts the Slaughter of 4 Marines by Another "Mohammad"

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VIDEO: Cruz: "My advice (to who ever runs) is to stand up and lead!"

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VIDEO: Huck: Democrat's voice of reason is actually voice of insanity

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VIDEO: Allen West weighs in on the new "Ebola Czar," Ron Klain

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VIDEO: The Great Awakening: An inspiring call to action to Conservatives

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VIDEO: The push-back against the panties-in-a-wad people

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A nation divided ~ By Henry Lamb

A nation (or a political party) that is divided cannot stand.

There has not been a day gone by without us seeing more examples of the vast differences between the Tea Party movement and the Occupy Wall Street movement. Did you notice all the reports of violence, felonies being committed, and people advocating the death of those that have succeeded, at Tea Party rallies? Funny, I don't recall any of that ever happening at the Tea Party rallies. Never any violence. Can't say the same for the Occupy Wall Street Mob demonstrations...

Wow, that was weird... None of what I wrote above had to do with the excellent column by Henry Lamb this week. It all just seemed to come out. No, wait, actually it has everything to do with what Henry writes about. If it is a nation divided, the point I made above stands as a testament to how divided this country really is.

Video provided by DefeatObamaCampaign on Oct 22, 2011

And obviously, there is the point that Henry was making that if a political party is divided, it cannot stand. You'll read about that when you read the full column. It's a stark warning to the Republican Party. The GOP better figure out right now that it is Conservative values that it stands for, and anything less in a Republican ticket in 2012 will mean four more years of Obama and the Democrat (Leftist) scheme to "transform America" ... to what? You don't know? Just see what the Occupy Wall Street movement is doing, as I mentioned in my opening. That will give you a very good clue. I'm just sayin'...

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A nation divided

HENRY LAMB

By Henry Lamb

November 11, 2011 ~ 5:45 pm Eastern

© 2011

Congressional Republicans refuse to consider any so-called jobs bill that contains a tax increase that penalizes the successful. The president and his Democratic allies refuse to consider any jobs bill that does not include another tax on the wealthy. This division, so vividly portrayed in Washington, reflects a division that threatens the nation.

That division is amplified by thousands of people who are now occupying Wall Street, Oakland, Denver and various other locations. President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Democrats in general, embrace these protesters. Their embrace includes the Socialist Party, the Nazi Party, the Communist Party, anarchists, people who destroy private property for fun, who defecate on police cars, and people who wallow in sex and drug-filled squalor.

This movement is also embraced by many labor unions. At the root of the protest is the commitment to "fundamentally transform the United States of America" by ending capitalism and replacing it with a government-managed economy.

The other side of the great divide is reflected in the tea party movement that began a couple of years ago. The goal of this movement is very clear: to return the nation to its constitutional foundation by reducing taxes, ending the deficit and reducing the size and scope of the federal government. Tea partiers have assembled peacefully in various places around the country, and then returned to their homes and jobs – and to study groups to organize a more effective campaign to rid the government of those who wish to transform it.

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There's trouble in Obama's Paradise ~ By Erik Rush

There is trouble in Paradise. Obama and his haughty, arrogant minions are not as confident as they portray themselves to be. The exit of key advisers and Cabinet members indicates this, as does the dissolution of support within his base. Aside from the seemingly imprudent measures many agree Obama has taken, others appear blatantly self-destructive in the political sense. There have been murmurings of secret informants leaking information to press sources, of fear, shock and disgust among people who either work or have worked in this administration.

To add to this, the president doesn't look good. While many chief executives experience marked aging in the job, Obama looks increasingly drawn and stressed. One can only speculate as to whether he has sought chemical assistance in managing himself during his presidency, but I have heard it suggested. And while I'm no physician, I've enough experience with chemical dependency to say that I would not be surprised, given his demeanor and comportment in recent months. As I write this, Obama is creating a train wreck of decorum during his trip to the United Kingdom, babbling insensibly to Irish citizens who entertained him, botching a toast to the queen and forgetting what year it was.

Asking an individual what year it is, as you may be aware, is one of the often-employed indicators of mental capacity when a head injury or psychological impairment is suspected.

I realized something today. The column written by Erik Rush touched on about every emotion I hold at this time. I can not add to it. In fact, I've been finding that thought hitting me in the face quite often, lately:

The goal is to defeat President Obama.

So, after long, prayerful consideration, I believe that I've made the correct decision: I have decided not to run for President in 2012. We (Republicans) have many potential candidates to choose from. Enough, already! If we're divided by choosing between a Conservative and a Moderate, it will be another 2008. In fact, is there really any way for us to unite in the GOP? Do we really need more candidates in the mix? Isn't it about time to quit throwing hats into the ring?

Enough, already!

Just remember this, and I'll say it once again: The goal is to defeat President Obama.

United we win and survive, for our children and grandchildren. Divided we fall. I'm just sayin'...

There's trouble in Obama's Paradise

ERIK RUSH

By Erik Rush

May 26, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

– Ephesians 6:12 (NIV)

Within the Christian concept of spiritual warfare, the notion is that the outward manifestations of evil and strife in our lives and in the world are but a representation of the exertions of evil forces in unseen planes of existence. Given such a scenario, it is easy to see how unbelievers (non-Christians) would remain wholly oblivious to the significance of developments on either side.

Likewise, there are a host of occurrences taking place in America and on the world stage of which most people are ignorant. I speak not of shady, sinister New World Order conspiracies, but of events and machinations that lie in plain sight (at least to some), but which have gleaned little attention, either by design or because we have been conditioned to complacency and intellectual indolence.

Conservative news junkies are well apprised of President Obama's craven betrayal of the nation of Israel (vis-à-vis his declaration that borders for Israel and a new Palestinian state should be based on those in existence in 1967), as well as his having subsequently backpedaled those statements in the face of a popular backlash. Now, they are witnessing the likely disintegration of American Jewish support for Obama; since most American Jews are not blind leftist ideologues, they are beginning to seriously question the president's Israel policy and perhaps his very worldview where the Jewish people are concerned.

My assessment is that this is a no-brainer; the worldview with which Obama was raised, coupled with such things as his affiliations with anti-Semitic factions and individuals (The Nation of Islam's Louis Farrakhan and Rev. Jeremiah Wright, to name but two) and his tenure at Trinity United Church in Chicago speak for themselves. They reek of anti-Semitism. Why would one be surprised that he's leaving Israel to the wolves?

Not just leaving that nation to the wolves; actually, Obama has executed the equivalent of starving the wolves and pouring meat sauce on our ally. As reported by WND in February, Obama emissaries fomented riots and the subsequent chaos in Egypt, in order to oust that nation's government and position the Muslim Brotherhood for the installation of an Islamist regime. The president has also taken an inordinately aggressive and presumptuously dynamic role in addressing unrest in the Middle East.

Yet Obama continues to prattle on about the "struggle for democracy" in which the oppressed in Muslim nations seek to overthrow their autocratic overlords. In truth, Obama is helping to set the stage for Islamist regimes to replace those of the autocrats, thus essentially sealing Israel's fate, as advocated by his own National Security Council special adviser Samantha Power.

Apparently, the left is attempting to redefine the concept of democracy itself, as it increasingly ascribes the term to that which more strongly resembles collectivist totalitarianism.

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Why is no one talking about this? ~ By Joseph Farah

The dirty, little secret Boehner and the entire Washington establishment don't want Americans to know is that he can – with one vote – enact the most sweeping cuts in federal spending in a century, by simply blocking an increase in the debt limit in the next 30 days.

If Boehner came out tomorrow in support of this position, the entire bloc of 241 House Republicans would stand behind him. They want him to do it. Most of them support this position right now. They want to say no. And this is the one thing Republicans can do this year that will have a dramatic, historic impact on policy – helping to return us right now to limited constitutional government once again.

It's simply the most important vote that will be cast in Congress in the next two years and, perhaps, the most important in the last century.

Joseph Farah explains how Congress and the President can be stopped from more unconstitutional spending. All they have to do is vote no to raising the national debt limit. That seems to make sense. What doesn't make sense is that the mainstream media has blacked out any news about the fact that more and more Republicans in the House of Representative are planning to vote no, and Speaker Boehner still doesn't support that position. This is the biggest opportunity in years for Republicans to "just say no" to more deficits and more debt!

Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) should get on board, especially when knowing that is what most Americans would want him to do. And we need to keep up the pressure on Republicans in the House. It's time to remind them that the Tea Party Movement has not faded away, as Senator Harry Reid would like you to believe.

Why is no one talking about this?

JOSEPH FARAH

By Joseph Farah

April 01, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

As a newsman, sometimes I just shake my head and wonder why everyone in the media are missing the biggest story of all.

No, I'm not talking about Barack Obama's apparent ineligibility. Donald Trump has actually managed to get that story on everyone's radar after three years of work by WND.

I'm talking about a political earthquake about to strike Washington.

No one besides WND has been counting heads among House Republicans on stopping what has been assumed to be an inevitable raise in the debt limit in the next few weeks.

Yet, every day, more House Republicans are of a mind to just say no.

This week, WND polled House Republicans again to learn there are 142 solid votes against it and only 20 in favor!

If just 218 of the 241 Republicans ultimately vote no on raising the debt limit past $14.3 trillion, the whole house of cards falls down for Barack Obama and the Democrats. Not only do they have to stop spending, they will be forced to start cutting – and I mean cutting a lot.

Say goodbye to Obamacare. Say goodbye to the Department of Education. Say goodbye to NPR and PBS funding. Say goodbye to Planned Parenthood subsidies. Say goodbye to hundreds of billions of unconstitutional spending. It all has to go. That's how important this one impending vote really is.

I've been doing my best to make this a national issue for the last eight weeks with the "No More Red Ink" campaign. And I want to thank all the people who have participated so far. You are on the verge of making history!

We have sent nearly 1 million red letters to the House Republicans urging them to realize the power they have in their hands and to use it.

We are on the verge of victory. Votes are changing. The trend is toward stopping all further borrowing. Yet, the blackout continues.

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Same as the old boss? ~ By John Stossel

This column by John Stossel really does make a person wonder if anything will really change.

This is a revolution? Republicans will have to learn that there is no budget line labeled "waste, fraud, abuse." If they are serious about cutting government, they will ax entire programs, departments and missions.

I'm not confident they have it in them. I hope I'm wrong, but they're politicians, after all. I'm reminded of Spencer Abraham. When he was a senator, he sponsored a bill to abolish the Department of Energy. But then George W. Bush appointed him to head the department. Suddenly, he saw the importance of the Energy Department. "I changed my mind after Congress passed legislation in 2000 reorganizing the department," Abraham explained to his former Senate colleagues. Yeah, yeah.

That's why I fear that the new Congress will soon remind me of that line by the Who: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."

Well, of course, since John Stossel referred to this song by the Who, I felt obligated to include it here, along a small portion of the lyrics:

WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN - By The Who

Video provided by TORGHOOVER ~ December 18, 2006

From the lyrics of "WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN" By The Who

There's nothing in the street
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Is now the parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around me
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

That's the problem. Is Stossel right? Is The Who right? I hope not!

Same as the old boss?

JOHN STOSSEL

By John Stossel

January 12, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

Last year, I reported that the United States fell from sixth to eighth place – behind Canada – in the Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal's 2010 Index of Economic Freedom. Now, we've fallen further. In the just-released 2011 Index, the United States is in ninth place. That's behind Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Canada, Ireland and Denmark.

The biggest reason for the continued slide? Spending as a percentage of gross domestic product. (State and local spending is not counted.)

The debt picture is dismal, too. We are heading into Greece's territory.

Are we doomed? Not necessarily. Economist David R. Henderson points out that our neighbors to the north faced a similar crisis. In 1994, the debt Canada owed to investors was 67 percent of GDP. Today, it's less than 30 percent.

What did Canada do? It cut spending from 17.5 percent of GDP to 11.3 percent.

This wasn't merely a cut in the growth of spending, a favorite trick of congressional committees. These were actual reductions in absolute spending.

"If a cabinet minister wanted a smaller cut in one program, he had to come up with a bigger cut in another program," writes Henderson in "Canada's Budget Triumph," published by the Mercatus Center. All but one of Canada's 22 federal departments experienced real cuts in spending. While Canada raised taxes slightly, spending was cut six to seven times more.

These supposedly painful cuts didn't cause terrible pain. In fact, there was much more gain than pain. Unemployment dropped, the economy boomed, and the Canadian dollar – then worth about 71 cents U.S. – today is about equal to the American dollar.

If Canada can do it, we can, too. But the signs aren't good. New Speaker John Boehner, leader of the Republicans who now control the House, says he wants to cut spending. When he was sworn in last week, he declared: "Our spending has caught up with us. ... No longer can we kick the can down the road."

But when NBC anchorman Brian Williams asked him to name a program "we could do without," he said, "I don't think I have one off the top of my head."

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Republicans: Time to play chess – for keeps ~ By Robert Ringer

If Republicans don't man up soon, the job of fundamentally transforming the United States into a left-wing dictatorship cannot be more than a few short years away.

Robert Ringer explains why the Republicans shouldn't have given Obama the tax compromise, and had they played the game of politics like it was a chess game, they could have done much better. Robert believes that "the most important reason Republicans should not have gone along with the tax compromise is that it was a continuation of their decades-old habit of acquiescing to Democratic blackmail."

Republicans: Time to play chess – for keeps

ROBERT RINGER

By Robert Ringer

Posted: December 31, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

Thomas Paine said that "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." With Congress' approval rating at a stunning 13 percent, it doesn't appear that many people disagree with Paine's analysis.

Now, with a new Congress ready to take charge, many are excited about the possibility that the accelerating, anti-constitutional power of government over its citizen serfs will be reversed. But what's the likelihood it will really happen?

In an outgoing flurry of activity, Democrats and progressive Republicans flipped one last gigantic bird to America's Main Streeters. Some were shocked at the audacity, but those of us who have become cynical watching decades of political sewage pouring out of Washington were not surprised by the government's contempt for voters.

Now, the big question is, will Republicans be able to start turning things around before 2012? I believe the answer to that question lies in how successful they will be at cornering Obama into no-win situations. Politics, you say? Yes! Do you believe these fire-breathing, anything-goes political animals are going to respond positively to reason? BHO's entire adult life has been one big game of political one-upsmanship.

For example, regardless of which way the economy appears to be going, BHO will be prepared to take the high road. If the tax compromise produces a temporary, illusory effect on the economy, he will claim that he turned things around by endorsing a tax cut for all Americans.

On the other hand, if the illusion of a turnaround does not come about, his position will be, "To show bipartisanship, I decided to give Republicans a chance and go along with their insane idea to give billions of dollars away to the wealthiest Americans, and, predictably, it didn't work. Now we're going to get back to doing things my way so we can grow this economy." That will give him a perfect excuse for returning to policies that are based on a system that all straight-thinking people realize has never worked: socialism.

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Conviction: What conservatives lack ~ By Robert Ringer

Just after the election on November 2, 2010, I wrote the following tweet:

Republicans, do not ever, ever COMPROMISE!! Read this for further information: http://bit.ly/9M9UhM

It was my worst fear that once the election was over, and especially once the new Republican-controlled House of Representatives was seated in January, that Conservative Republicans would start compromising in order to get their bills passed. Compromise is the negation of conviction! One of the definitions of compromise that I read is, "a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands." Now, when you read what Robert Ringer says about the difference between "preference" and "conviction," and you will understand why I so vociferously told the Conservative Republicans NEVER EVER compromise!


Conviction: What conservatives lack

ROBERT RINGER

By Robert Ringer

December 10, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

Thomas Paine could just as well have been referring to the year 2010 when he said, "These are the times that try men's souls." Valley Forge was an epoch event in our history, an event that played a major role in giving birth to the greatest nation the world has ever known. But today men's souls are being tested at a time when that same nation is collapsing before our very eyes.

Which brings us back to preference versus conviction. When the American Revolutionaries made a choice to declare themselves free of King George III, they pledged to each other "their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor." Their desire to be free of the king's tyranny was not a preference; it was a conviction. They made the choice to risk death by standing by their belief that they had a natural right to be free.

Today, politicians are not faced with death if they do not go along with popular opinion. Instead, they are faced with the possibility of being voted out of office. I say, bless those progressive politicians who are still willing, even after the recent bloodbath elections, to vote for what they sincerely believe in – more government control over people's lives and more redistribution of wealth. But a pox on those conservatives who claim to believe that these things are immoral, yet vote for legislation such as extending unemployment benefits on the grounds that it's "the compassionate thing to do."

An even worse excuse that we often hear politicians use is that "anyone who is familiar with the way Washington works knows that you never get everything you want – that compromise is the only way you can ever get anything done." Translation: They are devoid of convictions.

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Republican Party needs new playbook ~ By Tom Tancredo

Tom Tancredo uses an analogy of football in reflecting on what the Republicans have been doing wrong in the last few decades.  Now, please allow me to expand on Tom's analogy to magnify his point.  The Republicans played ball control offense in George W. Bush's first term of office. They had the White House and Congress in their control.  However, they didn't use that time to move the ball down the field except to get "W" re-elected to his second term.  They had the chance to score, and even had the ball in the Red Zone (20 yards to go to score a touchdown) following the election in 2004.  What did they do? 

It was like they had tried several running plays up the middle for no gain, and then fumbled the snap on a field goal attempt. The fans were so upset, that in 2006 they either didn't go to the game, or they rooted for the other team.

Tom is right. The Republicans desperately need not just a playbook, but a game plan. Even after the Massachusetts Miracle when Scott Brown became the Republican Senator from a state that hasn't elected a Republican to that office for most of my life time, Obama and the Democrats were still able to execute an end run, and pass health care.  The Socialists, I mean Democrats, not only have a playbook, they know how to execute their offense and game plan.  

When it comes to 2012, and if the Republicans should win, they are going to need a good coach and an All-American quarterback, a good playbook, and of course, a solid, Conservative, Constitutional GAME PLAN if they want to bring the fans back and enjoy victory.

Republicans often lose even when they win, because they have no plan for actually governing in a manner consistent with their platform and principles, which is to say, a plan for restoring constitutional government. Making government bigger is easy, but making it smaller is hard work and can be dangerous to your health.

The Republican mission must be restoring constitutional government, not protecting or preserving it, because the Constitution has been lost. The great dividing line today between conservative Republicans and "RINO" Republicans – Republicans in name only – is between people who understand that our Constitution has already been undermined and those who think "good government" is possible under the socialist principles of progressivism.

By Tom Tancredo

Posted: April 10, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

Republicans need more than a new quarterback for 2012. They need a new playbook.

I am more of a baseball fan than a football fan, and I think it is because baseball is more like real life. Baseball players must play both offense and defense, unlike football, where there are two separate teams for offense and defense. Unfortunately, politics is more like football, which leads me to wonder why Republicans play only defense and never play offense.

Republicans are against "big government," but have no plan for getting to "small government." Maybe political parties should give up their old-fashioned baseball way of life and adopt rules and strategies more akin to football.

Under new football rules, a political party would field two teams, one team to fight and win elections, and then another to actually run the government. Under the existing baseball rules, Republicans can win elections but not govern. That is because they are good only at defense – stopping bad things from happening, but have no game plan or playbook for scoring touchdowns. Republicans never move the football into enemy territory, never get to the "red zone."

Alas, Republicans labor under the illusion that politics is about winning elections. When they win an election, they celebrate, and then they go home. But Democrats understand that winning elections is but a means to an end – exercising power and governing the country. The Democratic Party is the party of government, whereas the Republican Party is the party of opposition to government. So, when Republicans do win an election, they are ill prepared to use their powers to make government smaller.

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Exorcise Obamacare! ~ By David Limbaugh

David writes, "Now is not the time for the weak of heart, the complacent, the sycophants or the career politicians who believe collegiality is the highest virtue. Now is the time for principled, bold, peaceful revolution. Full repeal – nothing less; replace, reform!"

While he is right, we have to look at the reality of whether or not the bill could be repealed, especially while Barack Hussein Obama is still President. Is it really feasible or not? You decide.

You don't have to listen to me, but you ignore the grass roots at your peril. The Republican Party must prove to freedom-loving Americans that it has the moral courage to exorcise Obamacare from the depths of this nation's soul. If it "softens its message" in any way, it will completely lose the confidence of the people, and we'll see either a third-party movement – that will have a much tougher uphill battle – or worse.

By David Limbaugh

Posted: March 26, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

The Democrats' corrupt, sleazy and undemocratic methods to cram socialized medicine down our throats were only exceeded by the horrifying substance of the bill itself. But the bell has rung on round one. Round two begins, and we'd better come out swinging.

As distressed as I've been about President Barack Obama's deliberate, senseless acceleration of our national debt, I was heartened by the public's spontaneous reaction against Obama's agenda and optimistic about electing people who would turn it around.

As concerned as I was about the granddaddy of all socialist schemes – Obamacare – I was encouraged by Obama's difficulty in forcing this demon through both chambers of Congress – despite substantial majorities – because of Republican solidarity and pockets of principled Democratic opposition. (And I say "demon" advisedly, because everything about it was a lie, but it was wrapped in a seductive package disguising it as compassionate when it would destroy the best health-care system in the world and achieve none of the good things it promised.)

But I was still nervous. How can you rest easy when you've witnessed the unscrupulous tactics of this administration and the congressional leadership to impose socialism across the board against the will of the people? How could you be confident that the forces for good would finally be able to resist the relentlessness of a statist leadership that fully embraced its hero's "end justifies the means" paradigm and whose members had shown their willingness to sell their votes?

Indeed, as feared, Obama did prevail in round one – not because of superior punching skills or fancy footwork, but because he broke the rules and hit below the belt, while the aging and listless referee let him get away with it.

Yet as depressed as I was over the passage of this bill, I was lifted up by the groundswell of opposition raging through the land – an awesome force whose intensity and resolve we had not seen in decades. As difficult as it would be to maintain the high energy of this resistance through November and beyond, there was still plenty of reason to be sanguine about our prospects for a sea change in Washington in November.

Then, the very day the president smugly and exuberantly (for him) signed this bill into law, the other shoe dropped. Certain Republican leaders expressed their resignation to the fact that this bill is now the law of the land and that full repeal might not be feasible.

The Huffington Post reported that the "entire slate of Republican senatorial candidates" appear poised to run on a full repeal platform. But the main one coordinating their election strategy – National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn, R-Texas – had already begun "softening the message."

What? I couldn't believe what I was reading. No. This couldn't be. Tell me it isn't true. Tell me that after all these years, I won't yet have to get on blood-pressure medicine. Tell me my ongoing optimism is not for naught.

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2010: It could all go 'right' ~ By Herman Cain

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By Herman Cain Posted: January 04, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2010 In my commentary last week I described how 2010 could be better than 2009. I will now be so bold as to describe what that better 2010 would look like. I know that there's a great risk in making predictions, but I decided that my crystal ball is just as good as the next writer, and plenty of writers will be giving their predictions for 2010. Besides, no one will be exactly right or totally wrong. So I'm in the game. The economy will not improve in 2010. It may stabilize a bit more than in 2009, but the Obama administration has not implemented one program that will stimulate businesses to add jobs or grow their businesses. Thus, the unemployment rate will remain high at 9 percent or higher, and GDP growth will remain flat at best. In fact, it is clear that the so-called $787 billion stimulus bill was just a disguised expansion of government on top of back-to-back record fiscal year deficits for 2009 and 2010, respectively. This will cause businesses to remain in a state of "stop" as they plan for 2011. They will stop hiring and stop making plans to grow. Republicans will regain control of the House, and the Senate will be spit 50 to 50. READ FULL STORY >