How to scare the bejabbers out of Democrats…

Barack Milhouse Obama?

Will Obama face the press after Tuesday?

On the Rally to Restore Fatwas…

Kerry figures we’re insane ’cause we’re voting TEA Party. That’s ok – Kerry’s an a**, so what he says is entirely unimportant.

Yest, we can, but…

From NRO’s The Corner:

…Republicans will make significant gains in state legislatures on November 2nd, according to our election projections.

The Republican Party is poised to gain control of up to 18 state legislative chambers on election night. Going into the elections,Democrats control 28 state senates while Republicans control 20…

The crucial aspect of this is the re-districting which will follow upon the 2010 census. If these projections hold true (and I strongly suspect they will – if not being even more of a crushing loss to the Democrats) then the Republican party will be in charge of drawing most of the legislative districts for the next 10 years. The last time we re-districted, the Democrats had had a pretty good year in 2000; the time before that (1990), the Democrats were in pretty solid control of the process. This will be the first time in a very long time where the Republican party will have such a large advantage in this process.

What is means is that a large number of districts which have been drawn to help Democrats will now be re-drawn – and that means the Democrats will have a much harder time recapturing what they are about to lose. We Republicans should take the very high road on this and draw the districts as fairly as possible – but given the realities of politics and human nature, there will probably be a scramble to pay Democrats back in their own Gerrymandering coin. But the effort should be made to reform the process with fairness in mind – this doesn’t worry me because I believe in fair contests, we’ll continue to do well.

Be that as it may, the Democrats look to be in quite a lot of trouble not just now, but for at least the next ten years. If the Republican party can deliver on the demands of the people, then we might (at very long last) genuinely get that re-alignment we’ve been working and hoping for since 1980.

From Life News:

A prominent dissident Catholic priest has launched an assault against Catholic bishops are who are saying pro-life issues are the most important in the upcoming election.

But new polling data of Catholics makes it appear they’re not listening to him, as a New York Times/CBS poll shows a shocking 34 point swing of Catholic voters switching from pro-abortion Barack Obama to pro-life Republican candidates…

The priest in question is Father Curran – one of those sad specimens who figures that the Church has to get with it and be ok with married priests, divorce, birth control and homosexuality and, most alarming, that we shouldn’t fret too much about that silly, old abortion issue and concentrate on getting socialized medicine as that is more important than the lives of the unborn. It is people like Curran who have provided a bit of cover for those allegedly Catholic politicians who vote in favor of abortion, as well as those lay Catholics who wish to ignore crucial moral teachings in favor of backing Democrats.

The very harsh truth is that no Catholic can in good conscience vote for a Democrat right now. Even voting for a pro-life Democrat merely adds power to the pro-abortion Democrats who will then advance the Culture of Death in our country. Until the Democrat party gives up its support for a federally funded right to abortion, they are simply outside the realm of possibility for a Catholic voter. This huge swing to the GOP may well be, finally!, the realization of Catholics that this is the case.

Don’t get me wrong here – in a lot of ways, Catholics can be very liberal and still be good Catholics. There is nothing immoral in advocating for high taxes and big government spending on social issues. There is nothing immoral in being opposed to large defense budgets. There is nothing immoral in being opposed to the death penalty (as I am). There is nothing immoral in being in favor of comprehensive immigration reform. But the most crucial issue of our times – an issue which simply outweighs all others as a lead brick outweighs a feather – is the issue of life. If we do not have a right to life, then we have no rights, at all…and, furthermore, an adherence to a Culture of Death which advances abortion means the nation is on the path to utter destruction, moral and physical.

This doesn’t mean there are no other important issues – nor that there aren’t issues which, at the moment, preempt others. Right now, for instance, we must concentrate on getting our financial house in order lest the whole nation fall apart via bankruptcy. But the issue of the day is abortion – and until elective abortion is banned in the United States, it will remain the issue. To be a good nation – to be a nation in accordance with our Declaration of Independence – we must be a pro-life nation.

People like Curran will continue to try and muddy the waters – sad, twilight creatures who seem to think that a bit of fame in the dying MSM is more important than their immortal souls. But the indicators are that fewer and fewer people are listening to them – and that America’s moral health is reviving.

Obama was heckled in Connecticut at a rally for Blumenthal today.

As Obama launched into his stump speech at an arena in Bridgeport, a group of protesters began heckling him over funding for the global fight against AIDS.

“Excuse me … excuse me,” an irritated looking Obama said before he could finally talk over the shouting. “You’ve been appearing at every rally we’ve been doing. And we’re funding global AIDS (prevention). And the other side is not. So I don’t know why you think this is a useful strategy to take.”

Now this is sad. President Bush increased funding to fight AIDS in Africa to the point where even liberals like Bono were cheering his efforts. Meanwhile, Obama actually scaled back funding.

President Obama has been a huge disappointment to many global health advocates, especially in the HIV/AIDS community. In July, South Africa’s retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu penned an op-ed in the New York Times taking Obama to task for letting anti- AIDS funding stagnate. At the International AIDS conference in Vienna a week later, the president was all but burned in effigy. Now, in the buildup to an important  United Nations summit starting Sept. 20, he’s being targeted by a congressional campaign led by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) to double the U.S. contribution to the multilateral Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

It be nice if once in his life, Obama told the truth.

I really don’t quite get the point of it, but various stories I’ve read suggest a self-righteous rally of left wingers pretending to be concerned about the tone of political discourse today, while pointing the blame at conservatives for the deterioration.

Here’s how one story described it:

The idea was to provide a counterweight to all the shouting and flying insults of these polarized times. But there were political undertones, too, pushing back against conservatives ahead of Tuesday’s election.

Well, so much for that idea. Here’s a photo from the event.

Do you know anyone who went?

It just goes to show that in the end, the left is motivated by hatred, and dare I say bigotry. Let’s think about this. Jon Stewart’s rally was conceived as a counter rally to the hugely successful August rally on the National Mall held by Glenn Beck. Okay, so let’s compare… The Beck rally brought together people who believe in small government, less taxes and cutting spending… The Stewart/Colbert “Rally for Sanity” brought together a bunch of left wing cynics who don’t believe in anything… but they think Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are funny.

UPDATE: More bizarre photos from the rally.

UPDATE: Interesting.

UPDATE: and more photos..

Saw this over at IMAO and it certainly seems worthy of support:

Project Valour-IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss, helps provide voice-controlled/adaptive laptop computers and other technology to support Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand wounds and other severe injuries. Technology supplied includes:

# Voice-controlled Laptops – Operated by speaking into a microphone or using other adaptive technologies, they allow the wounded to maintain connections with the rest of the world during recovery.

# Wii Video Game Systems – Whole-body game systems increase motivation and speed recovery when used under the guidance of physical therapists in therapy sessions (donated only to medical facilities).

# Personal GPS – Handheld GPS devices build self-confidence and independence by compensating for short-term memory loss and organizational challenges related to severe TBI and severe PTSD.

Times are rough, but if you can give a bit, it’ll help in a good cause. This website has all the details, and how you can donate.

From the Wall Street Journal:

The Democrats’ final push to woo undecided voters appears to have fizzled, potentially putting dozens of competitive House races beyond reach and undermining the party’s chances in at least four toss-up Senate seats, according to party strategists and officials.

Independents, a crucial swing bloc, seem to be breaking sharply for Republicans in the final days of the campaign.

One nonpartisan prognosticator, Stuart Rothenberg, said Friday he thought the Republicans could pick up as many as 70 House seats—something no party has achieved since 1948. The Republicans need 39 seats to take the majority. Fading Democratic support among independents is also keeping alive the GOP’s longer-shot hopes of taking the Senate…

That is the crucial thing – if enough Independents swing GOP, then the Senate comes in reach. Will it happen? There is no way to tell – the betting would have to be on the Democrats holding the Senate, but I wouldn’t bet much on that.

Well, it seems that there is on group of people completely pleased with our Democrats: fat cats.

The race for governor of Massachusetts is a dead heat. You wonder if this will be a year when Taxachusetts goes “red”?

Real Clear Politics projecting at least 222 GOP House seats, total gain could be as high as 63. We’ll see what the Monday polls say, but there have already been a large number of votes cast…pretty much, whatever is going to happen might already be irreversible.

Big question: will the wave be high enough to life the GOP to 10 Senate victories? That, I think, no one can really say one way or the other…