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Political Commentary

What Republicans Shouldn’t Settle For

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Mitt Romney:

His campaign called his refusal principled: “Citizens of states should be able to make decisions . . . on their own.” Got it? People cannot make “their own” decisions if Romney expresses an opinion. His flinch from leadership looks ludicrous after his endorsement three months ago of a right-to-work bill that the New Hampshire legislature was considering. So, the rule in New England expires across the Appalachian Mountains?

A day after refusing to oppose repeal of Kasich’s measure, Romney waffled about his straddle, saying he opposed repeal “110 percent.” He did not, however, endorse the anti-mandate measure, remaining semi-faithful to the trans-Appalachian codicil pertaining to principles, thereby seeming to lack the courage of his absence of convictions.

Romney, supposedly the Republican most electable next November, is a recidivist reviser of his principles who is not only becoming less electable; he might damage GOP chances of capturing the Senate. Republican successes down the ticket will depend on the energies of the Tea Party and other conservatives, who will be deflated by a nominee whose blurry profile in caution communicates only calculated trimming.

Sigh…

I think that the Republicans best hope (in terms of getting a good candidate) is for a brokered convention, in which none of the current pack win. It would allow one of those unwilling to run a brutal campaign to reconsider the possibility of a shorter one. But that’s probably not very realistic.

Media Criticism, Political Commentary, War Commentary

The Tragic Iraq Withdrawal

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The administration never even tried.

[Update a few minutes later]

Though I’ve noted it in the past, this is worth commenting on again:

He also undercut his own negotiating team by regularly bragging—in political speeches delivered while talks were ongoing—of his plans to “end” the “war in Iraq.” Even more damaging was his August decision to commit only 3,000 to 5,000 troops to a possible mission in Iraq post-2011. This was far below the number judged necessary by our military commanders. They had asked for nearly 20,000 personnel to carry out counterterrorist operations, support American diplomats, and provide training and support to the Iraqi security forces. That figure was whittled down by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to 10,000, which they judged to be the absolute minimum needed.

My emphasis. This is the standard rhetoric of the Democrats, and was very common throughout the war and particularly in the 2006 and 2008 campaigns. Their only solution to wars is to “end” them — we are never allowed to actually win one by the left, or even consider the possibility, and haven’t been since World War II.

Business, Economics, Education, Media Criticism, Political Commentary

More Tax Money Down The Toilet

…but at least it will be an eco-friendly toilet. It’s really infuriating that the administration continues to bail out the foolish and irresponsible with the money of the productive.

[Update a couple minutes later]

More brilliant government “investment” decisions. As he notes, these clueless idiots think that any dollar spent by the government is an “investment.”

Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Science And Society

The “Science”

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…continues to be unsettled:

So we have an expert on birds guessing that white blobs on a photo are drowned polar bears.

That’s it.

That’s the science.

He called it a parsimonious explanation. I call it Rorschach.

I call it the deliberate raising of hysteria by lies, in the service of a leftist agenda. And the foremost liar, or deluded fool, is Al Gore.

[Update a few minutes later]

Another food fight breaks out in the climate “science” community.

[Update a while later]

Lying, cheating climate “scientists” caught lying and cheating again.

Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Social Commentary

The “Occupy” Movement

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…should be occupying prison:

The media has by and large been very supportive of the various Occupy stunts organized by unions and radical groups. The allegations of rape, pimping underage girls and underage drinking are largely ignored by a national press that repeatedly lied about the peaceful, law-abiding Tea Party movement. With Occupy, police have had to arrest more than 1,000 Occupiers — even as police ignore permit violations, camping violations and pot-smoking. I cannot recall police arresting a single Tea Party member, even though there were 100 times as many of them.

My hope is the American people will see through this charade and vote Republican next year in a backlash against this group of freeloaders.

I hope so, too. I wish there were a better alternative, though.

[Update a while later]

A message for #OWS from an oil rigger’s wife.

Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Social Commentary

A Unified Theory

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..of left-wing causes:

Isn’t it interesting that no matter what the current global crisis is, according to leftists, the solution is always the same: a benevolent world dictatorship of the enlightened elite, and mass transfer of wealth from rich nations to poor nations.

That’s what they want to do about global warming. It’s what they wanted to do about overpopulation. It’s what they wanted to do about endangered species.

I’m sure it’s just coincidence. But anyway, it will be a benevolent dictatorship, so that’s OK.

Media Criticism, Political Commentary

Time To Go

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…Eric Holder. I doubt that he’ll go voluntarily, though. The House might want to start to think about impeachment.

[Update a while later]

This is almost certainly about the administration pushing a gun-control agenda:

AR-15 rifles routinely cost $750 for the most basic versions, and quality versions can easily run more than $1000 each. The cartels raid armories and buy selective-fire M-16 and M-4 rifles from deserting or corrupt Mexican military members for far less than the semi-automatic rifles finding their way to the cartels with federal government assistance, or obtain them from the same South American armories that they get their grenades from. It is a bit harder to pin-down a “street price” for an M-16/M-4 in Mexico, but cartels can probably obtain them for $5o0 or less.

The point, of course, is that it isn’t remotely cost-effective for cartels to buy these weapons in the U.S.

Yet the AK- and AR-pattern weapons that are most bitterly opposed by gun-grabbing groups and politicians in the United States are the most common weapons purchased by Operation Fast and Furious.

So they deliberately allowed hundreds to be murdered, here and in Mexico, so they could slander law-abiding gun dealers and subvert the Second Amendment. They shouldn’t be allowed to resign. They should be doing hard time.

[Update a while later]

Gang control, not gun control.

[Update a couple minutes later]

I hadn’t read the whole piece when I first posted the link (the first one in this post). Toward the end:

Prominent anti gun politicians who had been aggressively promoting the “90-percent lie” were in a position to use agencies under their control to carry out a gunwalking plot that planted the evidence to support their contentions. The very guns that these politicians wanted to most control or ban outright with far stricter gun control measures were then pushed to the cartels. No wonder the president laughed about his plot to advance gun control “under the radar.”

Hard time.