The Radical Assault on America's Future

I visited the David Horowitz Freedom Center yesterday. David Swindle, Managing Editor at NewsReal Blog, set me up with some reading material, in including The Politics of Bad Faith: The Radical Assault on America's Future.

Behind the facade of liberalism, the Left has continued to advance its socialist schemes: to redistribute resources according to race, gender, and class and to turn Big Government into Big Brother.

This is the book to read if you're worried about the freakish nihilism of the radical left, or if you've been fooled by the MEDIA-INDUSTRIAL-ISLAMIST-COMPLEX's neo-communist disinformation campaign. A complete masterpiece.

Hate Mail

From Erik Delicath:

Mr. Douglas,

re: the butt-freaks

I'm glad I'm not the only one that when I think of homosexuals and their campaign for equal rights under the constitution I immediately conjure up visions of male on male anal sex. It's quite natural, obviously.

That's why they're so insidious. They know us manly heterosexuals can't help but think of their hard throbbing members penetrating our hairy man-holes. Sometimes I spend hours scouring gay porn websites just to get a better sense of what we're up against. I'm sure you do the same. What better way to steel ourselves against their and the Demoncrats desire to shove things down our throats. Know thy enemy, right?

Unfortunately I've been unable to comment on your blog due to the fact that you've disabled comments. I hope that it's because you're exhausted from defending this great nation of ours from the myriad threats that come from people that don't agree with our( you know, REAL americans) idea of the freedoms we see fit to defend. I certainly hope it's not because you're a fucking coward, unable to defend his bigoted and child-like view of the world.

E

edella@comcast.net

p.s. Don't be surprised if you see some Sasquatch Israel shirts being worn by your/some students. You fucking dolt.

Wide G.O.P. Field Tests the Waters for 2012 Contest

At New York Times:

The Republican presidential field for 2012 is beginning to take shape in a period of intensive upheaval set off by the rise of the Tea Party movement, expanding the roster of potential candidates but presenting a more complicated road to the nomination.

The opportunities and pitfalls were on full display Friday — in some ways a kickoff to the Republican contest — as no fewer than six possible contenders made appearances in Washington and, in one especially closely watched case, here in Iowa, the first stop on the path to the White House. At least as many more Republicans already are taking steps to test candidacies of their own.

At a gathering of conservative activists in the capital, Mitt Romney hewed closely to the issues of small government and low taxes that have driven Tea Party activists this year, suggesting the Obama administration’s economic policies are “one reason they will serve only one term.” Mr. Romney, who has assiduously courted conservative support since his unsuccessful campaign in 2008, mocked those who once declared Republicans an “endangered species.”

But the political spotlight on Friday truly belonged to former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, whose keynote speech at the party’s annual Ronald Reagan dinner here set off a new round of “will-she-won’t-she” speculation that has made it hard for other potential candidates to find their place in the growing field.

She was coy about her intentions, jokingly recalling that her husband, Todd, urged her to skip an afternoon jog to avoid headlines like, “Palin in Iowa, decides to run.” She did not mention her political future, but delivered a sharp critique of party leaders who have been skeptical of some winning Tea Party candidates.

“We can’t blow it, G.O.P., but we won’t wait for that political playbook to be handed to us from on high from the political elites. We won’t do that,” Ms. Palin said, speaking over applause. She added, “It may take some renegades to get us there. It may take folks shaping things up to get us there.”

Watch Palin's speech, c/o Right Scoop:

RELATED: At Big Government, "Dem Congresswoman’s Supporters Participate in ‘Palin-As-Hitler’ Rally" (via Memeorandum).

Cool Jerk

From The Go-Go's:

Cool Jerk
Cool Jerk
Cool Jerk
Cool Jerk

Well I know a cat who can really do the cool jerk
I know a cat who can really do the cool jerk
Well this cat that you're talkin' about
Has nothing, nothing on me
'Cuz I know I'm the heppest cat
The heppest cat that ever could be

Back online later tonight.

Why Commie-Dems Can't Win on Taxes

Taxes confiscate personal property. That's the bottom line. But my BFF's at Sadly No! not only want more taxes, they are attacking "the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest of the wealthy" and they want to punish "the most privileged amongst us." Here! here! for the neo-communist agit-prop. Now for the facts: (1) Americans in the highest income brackets pay the highest proportion of income taxes, and (2) the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 cut marginal income tax rates at every income level, so the left's push to raise taxes won't just fall on the "wealthiest of the wealthy." Taxes redistribute resources away from the producers of wealth. The revenues fund the expansion of state, which is why leftists always want more. Taxes crush initiative and kill opportunity, two goals central to radical ideology. The American people know this and the Demo-Socialists in Congress are having a hard reckoning with it. Kim Strassel has more:

There comes a point in Washington debates when the losing side has little left but bluff, and here's a good example. What Democrats know, but won't say, is that the party has walked itself into a lose-lose-lose tax fight. Their choices now range from bad to worse to problematic.

Joe Biden Going Down With Sinking Ship

Via HotAirPundit, "Joe Biden: 'We Are Gonna Retain Control of the House, We Are Gonna Retain Control of the Senate'"

Revving Up Weekend Rule 5 — Rachel Maddow Masturbation Edition!

You think the butch MSNBC host might get off on this? From Theo's:

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Oh, and since I missed Rule 5 last weekend, be sure to check out the entry at American Perspective: "Vote: Who do you like for Transformers, Megan Fox or the New Victoria's Secret Model."

Karl Rove Hedges on Christine O'Donnell

Dan Riehl and his stable (harem) of bloggers have been on fire. See, "Karl Rove in the doghouse? You betcha."

And in addition to Karl Rove, the guys at Power Line are hedge, "Thinking about the Buckley rule." I link to Patterico, but the production is dead over there.

Anyway, more campaign stuff at Memeorandum. See also The Caucus, "Palin Steers O'Donnell to Fox News."

Sadly No! Tailpipe Porn

Conservative dudes like to post hotties and link around to friends. Left wing extremists like to masturbate to photoshops of despised right-wing bloggers, like Don Surber. Pretty disgusting, I know, but these people are f**ked up: "Can't Possibly Argue With That."

'ABOVE: Why there are no little Surbers running around Poca, W. Va.'

And as I've already pointed out, these demonic porno-pricks get off on bashing Jews. Giving a pass to eliminationist anti-Semitism is the Sadly No! bonus prize.

The Political Success of Tea Party Express

At WSJ, "The Tea Party Express has proved especially skilled at winning elections":

The Tea Party Express played a central role upending Republican primaries in Nevada, Alaska and, this week, Delaware, raising millions of dollars to help topple candidates favored by GOP bosses.

Most groups in the populist tea-party movement channel their energies through grass-roots organizing and social networking. The Tea Party Express, by contrast, is driven by a Republican consultant with a more conventional approach.

Sal Russo, 63 years old, a longtime California GOP operative and former aide to Ronald Reagan, runs Tea Party Express out of his Sacramento, Calif., consulting firm.

As chief strategist, he sends out solicitation emails to the group's list of 400,000 addresses—carrying subject lines such as "Harry Reid Doesn't Want You to See This"—and crafts the messages carried in TV and radio ads and in mailings.

"The establishment in the Washington beltway gets it wrong all the time," Mr. Russo said. Republican Party leaders too often recruit candidates who fit the ideological profiles of their states and districts, he argued, rather than seeking out dynamic, new voices.

"The answer is having bold colors, not pale pastels, to create a clear contrast with the opposition," he said.

That, he added, was what the Tea Party Express did best. It also picks its shots in small states, where limited spending can turn the tide.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska sees it differently. She called the Express "an outside extremist group" that "hijacked" the state GOP. The Express spent $590,000 in support of her opponent, Joe Miller, in Alaska's Aug. 24 primary for the Republican Senate nomination. Mr. Miller won.

In Delaware, antipathy toward the group went farther. The Delaware Republican Party was backing Rep. Mike Castle in this week's GOP Senate primary. The Express supported Christine O'Donnell, the eventual winner. The state Republican party has filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission alleging illegal coordination between Ms. O'Donnell and the group—a charge denied by both.

GOP officials are hoping the Express will be as committed to defeating Democrats in the general election as it was to beating up Republicans in the primaries.

"Ultimately, for those who care about limited government and lower spending, winning back a Republican majority in the Senate should be a shared priority," said Brian Walsh, spokesman for the Republicans' Senate campaign committee.

RELATED: At The Other McCain, "Why Christine O’Donnell Is Surging: Three Ads From Tea Party Express."

DNC Unveils New Logo — More Better Fail

At The Other McCain, "The New Democrat Party Logo Revealed" (c/o No Sheeples Here!):

And from the Dept. of You Can't Make This Stuff Up: "Democrats Spend on Anti-Health-Reform Advertisements." (Via Doug Powers and Memeorandum.)

'Tactical Elan ... Unmatched Competitor ...'

That's the header to an e-mail in my in-box right now, from Carl Symons:

sadly, no!

I'd say that you were seriously overmatched.

http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/33231.html

"So, a hearty F*** You to the lot of you, assholes." Now, that's Machiavellian!

sasquatchisreal. what a dubmass.

cgsymons@gmail.com

That would be "outmatched" and "dumbass," but who's counting poor wording and misspellings? Besides, now Carl gets his e-mail published on the Intertubes! All c/o the towering intellectual demonologists of Sadly No! — who're apparently getting a lot of mileage off the episode:

So, yeah, F*** You, buttfreaks.

Make my day.

Christine O'Donnell

An interview, c/o R.S. McCain:

Additional commentary at Legal Insurrection, "Christine O'Donnell's HISTORIC Nomination."

Have You Read it? The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945

Don't neglect your history.

I recommend, especially in these troubled times, Saul Friedlander's, The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 (Vol 2).

I wrote previously about the book here.

The Tsunami Heads to Shore

At WSJ, "The GOP casualties are over. Now the voter uprising is aiming right at the Democrats":

The pros tell us that 2010 will be a "wave" election, and if that's true then think of Republicans as passengers on a ship who have just watched the tsunami roll over them. A few were washed overboard on the port side, but the GOP is likely to suffer no more losses. Now the huge wave is roaring toward shore, heading directly for the Democrats who are running American government.

Democrats and their media retinue are pointing to the tea party upset in Delaware as a sign of GOP "civil war" that will cost them at least a Senate seat. And so it probably will. Christine O'Donnell is the weakest of the successful tea party primary challengers this year, with little career achievement and a history of suing her friends. She is already a two-time loser in the state that President Obama carried with 62% of the vote.

Yet the mere fact of her improbable primary victory speaks to the depth of the public uprising against the ruling political class. The upset owed less to Ms. O'Donnell's virtues than to Mike Castle's 18-year voting record in a primary season when Republican voters want candidates who will clean out the Augean stables, not find a corner to lie in. Until the very end, Mr. Castle's TV commercials were aimed at general election voters, bragging about the pork he had brought home. This is not a pork-selling year, and after 44 years in public life Mr. Castle had lost touch with his small state's primary voters.

The challenge now for Sarah Palin, South Carolina GOP Senator Jim DeMint and the tea partiers who endorsed Ms. O'Donnell is to show they can deliver seats in the Senate rather than merely conduct an intra-party cleansing. If they really want to change Washington with a revived GOP, they will have to deliver Senate victories in November in most of the states where their candidates prevailed—Kentucky, Colorado, Nevada, Alaska and Delaware. Otherwise their insurrection will merely have helped Democrats retain their majority.

The challenge for the GOP establishment, meanwhile, is to focus on feeding the tsunami rather than engage in recriminations over who lost Delaware. The peevish leaks to the media on Election Night that the party apparatus won't support Ms. O'Donnell in November (since repudiated) will only alienate tea party and independent voters who mistrust Republicans as much as they do Democrats.

Even if it does cost the GOP a Senate seat, Mr. Castle's defeat will nonetheless be highly educational for Republicans who have dodged or survived the wave. For the most part in the primaries, the voter revolt against Washington ousted those Republicans who were the least Republican. Don't expect many GOP votes next year for cap and tax or another round of spending stimulus.

More at the link.

WSJ likes the tidal wave metaphor. I like bloodbath. Either way, many, many Dems will be wiped out in November. A few Republicans too, but RINOs aren't getting very far in politics these days, thank Goodness.

RELATED: Also at WSJ, "Primaries Stoke Turmoil: 31 Democrats Rebel on Taxes as Tea-Party Gains Pose Dilemma for GOP Leaders."

Animation of the New World Trade Center

I recall seeing this video previously, although I'm just coming across it again after visiting JBW's crib. Note how an atheist remembers the fallen: "I won't pray for those lost in the attacks on 9/11 but my heart does go out to their families and loved ones." Actually, I doubt those folks want your prayers, JBW. People like this love America and have a deep, abiding faith in God — the fact that you don't is irrelevant to respecting the memory of the dead. Just bid your well wishes without the digs at religion. Sick bastard.

'Everybody Draw Mohammed' Cartoonist Goes Into Hiding

That's Molly Norris of Seattle.

The story's at WaPo, "'Draw Muhammad' Cartoonist Changes Name, Goes Into Hiding at FBI's Insistence." Also, at Seattle Weekly, "On the Advice of the FBI, Cartoonist Molly Norris Disappears From View."

Morris was placed on an "execution hit list" by fanatical Islamist Anwar al-Awlaki. I understand her fears. But I'm sick to my stomach (and my heart) that it's come to this. Anyone speaking out is subject to a fatwa. (I'm sure a lot of my leftist enemies would cheer that.)

Ann Althouse is sympathetic, if not a bit amused by Morris' plight. But she adds:

There's a big Metafilter thread about it, which I'm reading after writing that. A surprising number of people are blaming Norris for bringing the death threats on herself.

The Leftist Feminist Death Spiral

William Jacobson has a canny ability to really dig down to the heart of an issue. And this essay is gold, "Rachel Maddow Sexualizes Christine O'Donnell."

An almost 15-year old video was all the excuse Maddow needed to take the story national. Because the fate of the nation turns on whether O'Donnell masturbates, at least to Maddow.

One can understand why Alan Colmes would get all excited about the subject, but why the person who runs the liberal feminist blog Feministe?

Because liberal feminism is dead, and has been for years.

Liberal feminism began its death spiral no later than when Democratic Party loyalists defended serial abuser Bill Clinton and demonized his victims (right around the time of O'Donnell's interview, as coincidence would have it).

The liberal feminist death march has continued through the sexualized attacks on Sarah Palin and other conservative women in more recent times.

But, it's not like I didn't see this coming.

Via Memeorandum.

'Don Douglas Hearts Juses'

So "SASQUATCH ISRAEL" is really truly "SASQUATCH IS REAL." And there's even a website for that, on Facebook.

Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I'm dumb.

I stand by what I wrote, either way.

That said, the towering intellects at Sadly No! are all too ready to point out any discrepancies, throwing in a little snide dig at the "Juses" for good measure: "Don Douglas Hearts Juses."

Yes, I do.

But that begs the question: The brilliant leading lights at Sadly No! don't?

Actually, I'm not surprised.

Leftists hate moral clarity. And they hate Israel. We don't need a Sasquatch myth to figure that out. So, a hearty F*** You to the lot of you, assholes.

NRSC Backs O'Donnell — AmPow Get Results!

I tweeted NRSC Chairman last night to see if he was gonna get with the program, and boy, American Power sure gets result!

At The Hill, "NRSC Backs O'Donnell, Donates $42,000" (via Memeorandum):

The NRSC backed Rep. Mike Castle and opposed Christine O'Donnell in the lead-up to Delaware's GOP primary.

The Senate Republican campaign arm on Wednesday pledged to support Christine O'Donnell, the Tea Party favorite who shocked the political establishment Tuesday by winning Delaware's GOP primary.

Sen. John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, spoke to O'Donnell Wednesday and told her she would have the NRSC's backing like any other Republican Senate candidate.

"Let there be no mistake: The National Republican Senatorial Committee — and I personally as the committee’s chairman — strongly stand by all of our Republican nominees, including Christine O’Donnell in Delaware," Cornyn said in a statement.

That support includes a $42,000 check, the maximum allowable direct donation to a campaign, Cornyn said.