By: Chuck Muth
Muth’s News and Views
B.O. LOSING HIS LUSTER
“A surprising thing I observe among loyal Democrats in informal settings and conversations: No one loves Barack Obama. Half the American people say they support him, and Democrats are still with him. But there were Bill Clinton supporters who really loved him. George W. Bush had people who loved him. A lot of people loved Jack Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. But no one seems to love Mr. Obama now; they’re not dazzled and head over heels. That’s gone away.”
– Columnist Peggy Noonan
ANOTHER BROKEN PROMISE
“If elected, he said he would change the way business is done in Washington, end the partisan deadlock and the ideological polarization. . . . Washington is more partisan than ever, and more polarized. Even on a purely procedural vote to begin Senate debate on health-care reform this past Saturday, every Democrat voted one way (yes), every Republican the other (no).”
– Columnist Fred Barnes
OBAMA-CARE LESS POPULAR THAN HILLARY-CARE
“A Washington Post-ABC poll found that 52% of the public believes ObamaCare will increase their personal health costs and that 37% expect their quality of care will deteriorate. They’re right. A survey of registered voters by Public Opinion Strategies found that the more people hear about the plan, the less they like it, and that voter hostility is higher now than it ever was for HillaryCare.”
– Wall Street Journal editorial
WALKING ALL OVER B.O.
“Brazil, Japan, China, Russia and Israel are all countries with their own national interests that do not necessarily comport with those of the United States. All have come to see Obama as a diffident, dithering, doubting dilettante who can be dissed with impunity. And none of these nations is going to sacrifice what it considers critical to win a smile from Barack Obama.
“Multilateralism and globalism are on the way out. Unilateralism and nationalism are on the way in. As other countries look out for their national interests first, why do we not do the same? If we Americans will not put America first, who will?”
– Columnist Patrick Buchanan
ESTABLISHMENT GOP VS. TEA PARTIERS IN FL
“Former (Florida) state House Speaker Marco Rubio is a conservative darling and the face of a possible new generation of Republicans. He’s 38, the son of Cuban immigrants and a strong retail politician. His campaign to take the seat formerly held by Republican Sen. Mel Martinez has generated national excitement on the right.
“On the other side of this matchup is 57-year-old Gov. Charlie Crist — an old-school Republican whose rush to the middle after Barack Obama won the presidency — and Florida’s 27 electoral votes — is now causing him heartburn.
“The Crist-Rubio race will be a proxy battle between the Republican establishment and the tea-party insurgency. The Senate campaign wing of the national party is backing Crist and conservative, libertarian groups like the Club for Growth are backing Rubio.”
– Chris Stirewalt, Washington Examiner, 11/27/09
BIG LABOR: SMALL NUMBERS, BIG BUCKS
“According to FollowTheMoney.org unions were some of the most generous with donations to political candidates and causes during the 2007-2008 donation cycle. Out of the top 50 highest amounts given to political efforts unions donated $223,533,678 to political causes showing that, while unions make up less than 20 percent of the American work force, they account for some of the largest in political donations.”
– Warner Todd Huston, The Union Label Blog, 11/27/09
SURVEY SAYS!
Should charges against the three Navy SEALS who captured terrorist Ahmed Hashim Abed be dropped immediately or should the court martial process move forward and take its course?
- Drop the charges immediately
- Let the court martial process move forward
To cast your vote in today’s online survey, click here!
MUTH’S TRUTHS
Talk about adding insult to injury. It’s bad enough that three Navy SEALS are being court-martialed because the terrorist scumbag they caught claims he was punched in the stomach and given a bloody lip while in custody. But to arraign these Navy SEALS on December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day? What jackass is running the circus at the Pentagon these days anyway?
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
“This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as we do when the baby gets hold of a hammer. It’s just a question of how much damage he can do with it before you take it away from him.”
– Will Rogers
