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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Pandering to the Military
Whistleblower Senior National Political Affairs Analyst Britt Humus says Obama tried to honor himself in his Memorial Day campaign speech, pandering for votes from families of fallen American troops on Memorial Day. Some people say this was a new low for Obama, but with only “159” days until Election Day, Whistleblower Pollster Ron Rasmussen says maybe Obama’s Re-election Team at the White House panicked after they saw that new Gallup Poll showing Military Veterans supporting Romney over Obama 58% to 34%.
And did you see where one of Obama’s Supporters at PMSNBC was forced to say he was sorry for not wanting to call America’s fallen military “heroes,” after the Veterans for Foreign Wars demanded his apology.
Disgraced DemocRAT, Massachusetts Congressman Bawney Fwank is also apologizing for comments he made about the Trayvon Martin case at Rob “Fighting for Fame and Fortune” Portman’s alma mater Dartmouth’s weekend graduation ceremony.
Hurley the Historian says on this date in 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. See what happens when women are allowed to serve in combat?
And today from Weasel Zippers, we have Reason #4,682,987 Taliban Jihadists should think twice about taking up arms against America.
An Obama heckler got thrown out after he interrupted Senator John McCain at a Memorial Day event at the Veterans Museum & Memorial Center in San Diego with Mitt Romney. After the guy was taken out, McCain called him a “jerk.” If that’s not “Quote for Today” material, we don’t know what is.- Speaking of jerks, when CNN’s Candy Crowley tried to claim Mitt Romney’s vast business experience was not a qualification for president, her guest Rudy Giuliani replied, “That’s really jerky.”
- And while we’re talking about war heroes, apparently, “Bronze Star Brad’s” campaign mangler needs an updated map of the Second Congressional District. Brad was the keynote speaker at the City of Mason parade kick-off, however, Mason became part of the 1st Congressional District last year. This was Brad’s only official appearance on Memorial Day. Many in the crowd of Mason residents were puzzled by his appearance, while residents in West Union were lamenting that last year, as bad as she was, Mean Jean appeared in five different Memorial Day parades throughout the District. The Blower hopes Blue Chip Young Republicans remembered to send directions to Thursday night’s meeting place where Bronze Star is scheduled to speak.
Bronze Star Brad’s campaign is being “managed” by Career Courthouse Crony Mike Robison, who’s never had to think on his feet for a living or really do any work. The sheer ineptitude and laziness of Hamilton County RINO Preserve Game Warden Alex Trebeck’s Hand-Picked Hack is putting this previously safe seat in serious “JEOPARDY!” And at this point, political observers are beginning to wonder if Bronze Star Brad is still even running.
- And where will Alex T. now find a Republican to run against Disingenuous DemocRAT Hamilton County Commissioner Odd Todd Opportune now that Charterite Chris Bortz bailed out? Award Winning Photo Illustrator Artis Conception says maybe Chris was tired of carrying all that dead weight.
Meanwhile, the Obama Re-election Campaign is opening up another local office today. This one is right in the middle of Chabothead Country on Harrison Avenue in Cheviot. There goes that neighborhood.- And are the Dysfunctional DemocRATS still looking for a real candidate to run against Greg Hartmann? Wouldn’t it be funny to look back on the promises made 15-16 years ago regarding the tremendous benefits promised from the Stadium Sales Tax by Bob Bungalhaus and Jeff Balding? With the anniversary of that fateful vote on the horizon on Friday, perhaps our leaders could discover if the promises of “competitive teams” and the redevelopment of Downtown Hamilton County have panned out and at what expense. Now that the soon to be elected HC Commissioners will be faced with the Hobson’s choice of 1) increasing the existing HC sales tax to generate the additional $15,000,000 required for the bonded indebtedness for the stadia, or 2) repeal the promised sales tax credit that benefits homeowners and the ridiculously high property tax rates, or 3) consider declaring a structured Bankruptcy filing for Hamilton County and letting the bondholders and sports team owners share in the upcoming “haircut” that over-taxed payers are going to feel in any of these three options.
- After receiving another e-mail Spam-gram from Obama’s Billion Dollar Re-election Campaign at the White House (this one, supposedly from Bill Clinton), Obsessive Obama Supporters sent in even more donations so they would be included in that raffle to win a free dinner with our First Gay President and our First Black President.
But doesn’t the disclaimer on that e-mail say “No purchase, payment, or contribution necessary to enter or win” and “Contributing will not improve chances of winning?” Wasn’t there even a place you could click here to enter without contributing? How smart are those Obama Supporters anyway?
Finally, at yesterday’s meeting of the Conservative Agenda, Political Insiders were asking Beloved Whistleblower Publisher Charles Foster Kane what he thought about the way various politicians sent out Memorial Day e-mails wishing their constituents a “Happy” Memorial Day. (Of course, these politicians never served a day in uniform in defense of this country and so they would do anything to try to wrap themselves in the flag and associate themselves with veterans.)
“Since when is Memorial Day something to be ‘Happy’ about?” Kane asked.
Bluegrass Battalions
Bluegrass Bureau Chief Ken CamBoo was watching a Memorial Day parade in Northern Kentucky when a veteran asked him if he remembered when Obama backed off his decision to require members of the military to pay for their own war injuries. Obama’s proposal was to require veterans carry private health insurance to cover the estimated $540 billion annual cost to the federal government of treatment for injuries to military personnel received during their tours on active duty.
“Look, it’s an all volunteer force,” Obama complained. “Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice? It doesn’t compute.”
“I thought these were people who were proud to sacrifice for their country, “Obama continued “I wasn’t asking for blood, just money. With the country facing the worst financial crisis in its history, I’d have thought that the patriotic thing to do would be to try to help reduce the nation’s deficit. I guess I underestimated the selfishness of some of my fellow Americans.”
If the mainstream media were truly unbiased, non-partisan, and seeking the truth, there would’ve been at least a mention of Obama’s true feelings for the military yesterday.
More Memorial Day Reflections
It’s the soldier, not the reporter who has given us Freedom of the Press.
It’s the soldier, not the poet, who has given us Freedom of Speech.
It’s the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the Freedom to Demonstrate.
It’s the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the Right to a Fair Trial. It’s the soldier who salutes the flag, serves under the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives the protestor the right to burn the flag.
~Father Dennis Edward O’Brien, USMC
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