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How soon before China owns the USA? Mortgaging America. Geopolitically smart of China, because they already have us over a barrel.

Time to loosen up on Havana? I think so. Our approach to Cuba is a Cold War relic. The world is full of terrible governments.

Class warfare returns to Washington. Politico. Related: What's wrong with income inequality anyway?

The era of big government arrives. USA Today

Lib David Broder is worried about Obama

Old Europe finally getting involved in Iraq. For the oil!

Obama's war against coal

Phony Indian tribe's casino plan nixed by Supremes

Why does Obama keep arguing against straw men? Answer: Folks believe him. (H/T, NEONEO)

Krauthammer begins:

Not a great speech, but extremely consequential. If Barack Obama succeeds, his joint address to Congress will be seen as historic -- indeed as the foundational document of Obamaism. As it stands, it constitutes the boldest social democratic manifesto ever issued by a U.S. president.

Read the whole thing.

Conservative strategies: Who needs Joe the Plumber? A quote:

Conservatives should not need Joe the Plumber to prove their middle class bona fides. We are naturally the party of the middle, and we don't need gimmicks to prove it. Demographically, Democrats rely on being the party of the upper sixth and the lower third, while Republicans tend to do better with everyone in between. When we start losing the middle class and the suburbs, we lose big like we did in 2008.

What Conservatives need are compelling candidates who can communicate.

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I see evidence of that but I don't get it. Why do the democrats get the upper 6th and the lower 3rd? Why is every mercedes and lexus and jaguar and audi plastered with Obama stickers?
I don't get the upper 6th. Please enlighten me if you do.

#1 The Distributist (Link) on 2009-02-27 21:36 (Reply)

White guilt?

#2 astreak on 2009-02-27 22:13 (Reply)

What's with the "white guilt?" As someone said last week about Eric Holder's stupid accusation,"I've never owned a slave, and you've never chopped cotton," so shut up about it. I don't feel guilty about anything connected to black folks, and none of the rest of us should either. This is a giant liberal con, and because we're decent people, we've allowed them to make us feel guilty. I'm not feeling guilty any more, if I ever did. I know of and respect some great Negroes, like Thomas Sowell, and some real ugly demagogues, like Charles Rangel, Jesse Jackson, Obama's Pastor Wright and Obama himself. I will treat each one as an individual and give each the respect he deserves. If any.

Marianne

#3 Marianne Matthews on 2009-02-27 23:15 (Reply)

I will treat each one as an individual and give each the respect he deserves.

And therein lies the fundamental difference between America's Right and its Left.

#3.1 Anonymous on 2009-02-28 07:05 (Reply)

Conservatives should not need Joe the Plumber to prove their middle class bona fides. We are naturally the party of the middle, and we don't need gimmicks to prove it. Demographically, Democrats rely on being the party of the upper sixth and the lower third, while Republicans tend to do better with everyone in between. When we start losing the middle class and the suburbs, we lose big like we did in 2008.�

That statment exactly depicts the way Repubs look here in the midwest!

I suggest do not be either a repub or demo Be a godd*m individual.

Best wishes

#4 "What are you smokin?" on 2009-02-28 01:54 (Reply)

I think your link above, about the Strawman argument, is wrong.

In NeoNeo's link, she directs to a Karl Rove article.

Here on MF the link goes to The Chronicle of Higher Ed - Poets' Puffery.

#5 Lunacy on 2009-02-28 08:19 (Reply)

woops

#6 Bird Dog on 2009-02-28 08:42 (Reply)

They keep pushing , pushing, pushing but I think they have overplayed their hand by at least a half. We are in for shock waves via intervening, unplanned, random events, both foreign and domestic, as well as the logical outcomes of Obama's fool's audacity.

The folks are not going to swallow this one, big trouble ahead I predict. The Obamas wanted to know how far they could push and I think they already have their answer- unless they back up quite a few steps, we are going to have some very unpleasant events unfolding.

I can feel it in my bones the level of anger out there against Obama, never seen or heard anything like it. This man is the biggest fool we have ever elected President, a bigger fool than even Jimmy Carter, and he has already cemented his historical legacy as such. What the hell does he expect after declaring war on the American people?

#7 greenmtnpunter on 2009-02-28 12:40 (Reply)

A.G. Eric Holder is 100%, correct, this is a nation of cowards.
Having been in the making for the last forty years. First put into place by the Federal Government and liberal social
engineers, other special interest groups or self-serving organizations, to fix something that wasn't broken.
The middle class was responsible or was to be held accountable
for the ills of the country.

The thought police, speech police, political correctness groups, hate crime laws along with the Main Stream Media
has taught/mandated middle class America to roll over
on command. ...It culminated with the election of a socialist clown to the highest office in the land .

Eric Holder is correct we are cowards, but if he would remove
his foot off our necks and call for a level playing field by doing
away with the shackles that his kind has crafted for the middle
class, he would have a fair debate and fair elections.
He won't do that because it is he that is the coward/crook..
.. and considers it bravery to call names from behind the protective shield of his office.

.

#7.1 jester~ on 2009-02-28 14:53 (Reply)

I met a fella at the Satellite coffee shop who expressed a desire to go to Cuba if Obama is elected.

I like to tease him , because he ain't gone yet.

He's pulled into his shell like a boo, and is learning to ignore me.

I note, the internationalist loons who are supporting the cause in your link are signaling the Furher, Hernn Dictator, to do what he does so well, ignore democratic process and surrender to Cuba by executive fiat.

Would that make Cuba a Muhammadan state, too?

#8 Leag on 2009-02-28 14:40 (Reply)

Yeah, there are a lot more Americans who emigrate to Cuba than the other way around, aren't there? Because Cuba is such a Socialist paradise? Why, the Cuban consulate in San Fransisco has a line that winds around the block with visa applicants every day.

#8.1 class factotum (Link) on 2009-03-01 10:36 (Reply)

If only, whoever in China has a copy of the agreement Missy Hillary is said to have signed and can be cajoled to supply it to the public; Hernn Dictator Hussein can be impeached and the US can be rid of the bastard sooner than 2013.

#9 Leag on 2009-02-28 16:50 (Reply)

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