Blogs For Victory

From NRO’s Campaign Spot:

ince 2000, Sen. Barbara Boxer, California Democrat, has taken 18 trips sponsored by outside organizations, at a value of $97,975.

Naturally, if you want to learn about the Islamic world, you go to . . . Paris, France. With your spouse. For a week. At a cost of $12,272, as Boxer did in 2008.

If you want to become more familiar with the impact of U.S. policy on Latin America, clearly, you go to . . . the Punta de Mita beach resort in Mexico. With your spouse. Three times, in 2006, 2005, and 2002, at a cost of roughly $6,000 per trip.

If you want to learn more about U.S.-Russia-European relations, you go to . . . Dublin, Ireland, for five days, at a cost of more than $6,000, as she did in 2005. (I salute her taste.) Or perhaps you go to London, at a cost of $8,260, as she did in 2002.

The Aspen Institute was most often underwriting the cost of Boxer’s trips; in addition to the destinations above, the group covered the costs of Boxer’s trips to the Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, the outdoor-sports resort town of Banff, Alberta, and Barcelona, Spain…

Now, do all Senators do this? No – as is pointed out later, California’s other Democrat Senator, the equally liberal Diane Feinstein, pretty much pays her own way. The Aspen Institute, itself, is just another one of those global, liberal groups which claims to be in favor of all the peoples of the world, but sure seems to spend a lot of time at swank resorts, with bought Senators in tow.

In Boxer’s defense, she hasn’t proved as arrogant in this as, say, our First Lady – but, then again, that might be because Boxer lacks access to Air Force one and thus can’t bring a massive entourage to lavish resorts in Spain. But, still – come now, liberals: is this a defender of the working class? Are these the actions of those who care about the poor? Or are they just the acts of out-of-touch elites, feeding off the productive people of our nation?

We report, you decide.

A Ruling Class on the run, just can’t get it done, anymore:

The Senate on Tuesday dealt a significant blow to the Obama administration’s efforts to repeal the ban on openly gay people serving in the military.

In a 56-43 vote, Senate Democratic leaders fell short of the 60 votes they needed to proceed to the 2011 defense authorization bill, which included language to repeal the Clinton-era “Don’t ask, don’t tell” law…

It was a bit of dirty pool to attach it to the Defense authorization bill anyway – the merest trick to try and scare up votes for an otherwise unpopular measure. Things like the repeal of DADT should come in a one-item vote…and they’d probably get cloture on that, because nothing would please the GOP more than to force Democrats to take a stand.

Loved this ad as a kid:

Hey, it isn’t just me and the rest of the conservatives saying this:

…a majority of a panel of leading economists surveyed by CNNMoney.com said that the tax cuts should be renewed for everyone.

The first in a series of economic surveys revealed that extending the tax cuts for all taxpayers is the most important thing Congress can do to help the economy. Of the 31 economists surveyed, 18 chose that from a list of options now being debated on Capitol Hill…

Unless you liberals out there want to consider a panel put together by CNN as being part of the Vast, Right Wing Conspiracy, I think its time that everyone admitted that retaining the tax cuts is just economic rationality. I know you liberals out there want to keep playing the class warfare game, but isn’t it time that all good people started to rally ’round their country? Increasing taxes during a recession is suicidal.

Ultimately, of course, it is the debt which threatens us – but the only way to get a handle on debt is by deep cuts to spending. It is far too much to ask a Democrat government to cut spending, but we can at least keep the burden off the backs of the people by retaining the current tax rates…perhaps next year we’ll have a Congress which can cut spending…but, right now, we can and must retain the Bush tax cuts just to keep things afloat for a while.

I happened to come across this poll over at Rasmussen on the Maryland Senate race:

…The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Mikulski picking up 54% of the vote, while Wargotz earns 38% support. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate in the race, and another four percent (4%) are undecided…

So, done deal, right? Wargotz hasn’t got a chance – and, indeed, Rasmussen considers this race “Solid Democrat”. But a bit further in the poll results is this:

…Wargotz holds a 10-point lead among voters not affiliated with either major political party…

10 points! That is a lot – and even in deep Blue Maryland, you do need Independents to cobble together a majority. Meanwhile, a search of the past showed that in 2006 Mikulski picked up 65% of the general election ballot. She’s back 11 points from her last outing, and trailing among Independents. This race has not been put to bed, yet – and Wargotz is just our kind of guy:

…Like you, I am outraged by career politicians who care more about their political lives than those of the folks who elected them. Our government, founded in our U.S. Constitution, provides the means by which we can and will correct this. The line has been drawn and “We the People” is the battle cry for election 2010. All of us have had more than enough of “business as usual”…

Anyone who can help Wargotz out, should – there is much to draw our attention these days, but we must leave no stone unturned in fighting against Obama and his liberal Democrats. Especially if you live in a State with no Senate race, or your GOP candidate is cruising to victory, this is the time to stand up and be counted. A little bit now could be a lot, later.

If you do want to help out, you can go to Wargotz’ website.

The Democrats are resorting to acts of desperation:

The Florida Democratic Party sent out a mailer last week detailing Republican congressional challenger Allen West’s 2005 tax lien and court orders to pay delinquent credit card bills. West is challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Klein.

The mailer includes a reproduction of the $11,081 tax lien filed against West in Marion County, Indiana, and paid off four months later. The document, pulled from public records, includes a column titled “Identifying Number” that shows West’s nine-digit Social Security number…

A tax bill paid five years ago being dredged up to try and prove that West is some sort of shifty character…and they are doing this against a man who has served our nation in the military, and is of a family where three of the last four generations have offered military service. He’s a retired Lt. Colonel awarded the Bronze Star and holder of the Air Assault Badge. You Democrats are going to try to make out that West is dishonorable because of a tax bill he paid five years ago? And in doing this, you’ve gone and sent out his SSN to 10,000 Florida homes?

Goodness, this is a Ruling Class in complete melt-down…and this is the sort of dirty trick used in the last weekend of a close election to tip it slightly to one side. That this is coming out in mid-September means they’ve done their internal polling, know they are losing and trying to find some means of shaking up the race.

You’re toast, Democrats – get used to the taste of defeat.

Read it and weep, Democrats:

Since upsetting party-backed Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) in Delaware’s GOP Senate primary Tuesday, Christine O’Donnell has raised nearly $2 million online.

A source with knowledge of the campaign’s online fundraising operation said that not only is the money is coming in as fast as it did for Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) ahead of his special election, but that O’Donnell’s raising money online at a pace that’s two to three times faster than Sharron Angle in Nevada after her win in the primary…

O’Donnell’s people are saying the number of donors is about 30,000 – so, about $67 per donor. This is the people showing the Ruling Class that they are not intimidated.

This is, as I’ve said, a revolution – throw out the rule books. Don’t think that Delaware if Ever Blue and O’Donnell can’t win. Sure, its an uphill battle for her – but in 2010, literally anything is possible, and the fact that it was she, and no one else, who propelled a gigantic increase in GOP primary turnout and has now raised millions from average Americans shows that O’Donnell’s election is a strong possibility.

All we can really do at this point is just see what happens. Work for our side, do our bit – and let things come out as they will. But I think that 2010 will become a watch word in politics…a century from now, people will be asking at times of political crisis, “is another 2010 coming?”.

That is going to leave a mark.

Recovery Summer Update: Reno’s housing depression.

The Christine O’Donnell/Jimmy Carter quiz. Careful who you think is a kook, liberals.

Stop the fighting – we’re against the Democrats: “The object is to win fairly, by the rules – but to win.”

Cantor: Standing firm against tax increases.

The plan: Starve the beast of Big Government of funds.

Least surprising news of the day: Obama and Co to launch new attacks against TEA Party. Because the earlier attacks worked so well.

At times, it does seem that people can get more stupid by the day. The “de-baptism” craze in Britain is a case in point..its sort of a “I want to die” pledge not so much by people who wish to affirm their atheism, but by people who think that nonsense is good.

IMAO: “O’Donnell does seem like a complete nut so I don’t expect her to win by more than a couple percentage points.”