Trolling for Dirt on the President's List

Wall Street Journal; Kimberley Strassel  "Here's what happens when the president of the United States publicly targets a private citizen for the crime of supporting his opponent."
...."Three weeks ago, an Obama campaign website, "Keeping GOP Honest," took the extraordinary step of publicly naming and assailing eight private citizens backing Mr. Romney. Titled "Behind the curtain: a brief history of Romney's donors," the post accused the eight of being "wealthy individuals with less-than-reputable records." Mr. VanderSloot was one of the eight, smeared particularly as being "litigious, combative and a bitter foe of the gay rights movement." " 
Businessman Says He Lost Hundreds of Customers After Attacks by Obama Campaign  "Obama's enemies list is working"
Fox News has this report:

This president is worse than inept; he is corrupt, yet his sycophantic press does not care one bit. We keep looking for signs of an awakening in the White House press corps, but no, just more adoration of this juvenile holding the office. Case in point here.  TD

Death by 1000 Papercuts

Romney to be Fully Vetted by the Press  "If you are wondering whether the press plans to fully vet Mitt Romney in a manner it failed to do four years ago with then-Sen. Barack Obama, have a look at this article from the Washington Post."
...."I’m just wondering. Does anybody remember an article of similar detail on the life of Obama from 2008? I don’t."

(Video from Fox News Watch) Judy Miller on WaPo's Romney Smear: 'Where Are the Comparable Pieces About Obama?'  

You know what? I don't care what Mitt Romney or Barack Obama did when they were fifteen or seventeen or in law school. I really don't care. I want to know where they stand now on the issues, and I think that's what we should be concentrating on. And frankly, I'm just puzzled by the Washington Post's play to this story.

Good Grief…White House Attacks Private Citizens David and Charles Koch Again "The White House told reporters that the Koch brothers have “spent millions of dollars attacking the President in an attempt to maintain taxpayer subsidies for oil and gas companies.” Not only was it an outrageous attack on two private citizens and entrepreneurs, it was completely false."


The American Spectator, 2009: Obama's Enemies List Grows  "Just having the appearance of someone who might possibly vote for an opponent of Barack Obama could land them on the President's enemies list where proxies do the dirty work." 

Stopping the Largest Tax Hike in History

Heritage  "How could nearly half a trillion dollars in higher taxes hit the American people so fast? What hath prior Congresses wrought? Heritage’s Curtis Dubay explains that the tax hikes come from a series of expiring tax cuts and the imposition of even more new taxes. And Heritage’s J.D. Foster writes that Americans can expect to see the following tax consequences starting next year:

- Income tax rates shoot up,- The child credit is cut in half,- The marriage penalty roars back,- The capital gains tax rate goes up,- The dividend tax rate soars,- The payroll tax rate jumps two percentage points,- The death tax is restored to its punitive past,- The Alternative Minimum Tax relief expires, and- A uniquely pernicious additional payroll tax hike from Obamacare takes effect.

...."On Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced that his chamber will take up the issue before the November election. Knowing Washington’s general reluctance to do anything of substance in an election year, Boehner’s announcement was welcome news given the disastrous ramifications the threat of such a massive tax hike is already having on the economy. " 

http://www.usnews.com/cartoons/barack-obama-cartoons

Obama Keeps Recycling Failed Tax Policies  "There he goes again. It seems that President Obama just can’t help himself. He keeps pushing Congress to pass policies it has rejected in the past or has foolishly passed to little beneficial effect."

http://obamacartoon.blogspot.com/2011/09/flushing-taxpayer-money-down-toilet.html

http://www.politicalmathblog.com/?p=1748

Obama's intel twofer: Undermined US national security and compromised Brit intelligence

Rick Moran "If Obama is trying to reshape his image as a warrior-president for the election, he's doing more harm than good. No doubt the Brits have been angered by the exposure of their asset who now must come in from the cold or face certain death. And less cooperation with the British - as well as the Saudis who apparently set the whole operation in motion - means that the leaks inhibit our ability to work with them, undermining our security.
"A helliuva price to pay to score points with the voters."


 Update- Legal Insurrection: Oh shut up, we’ve got a football to spike here   "These leaks, meant to tout the success of a double-agent operation, have not been leaks in the traditional sense of someone acting against the wishes of or to damage the Commander in Chief.

"Whether it was naming Navy SEAL Team 6 as the group which killed bin Laden, or releasing details of how that mission was accomplished, leaking information which presents Obama in a good light is part of the political strategy.

"You can’t properly spike a football without showing it to the crowd."  William A. Jacobson  

Associate Clinical Professor, Cornell Law School

OBAMA SPOILED ANTI-TERROR MISSION TO SPIKE FOOTBALL  "It can be baffling, that is, without this defining caveat: anything for a positive headline. This latest leak, as Scheur notes, is "inexplicable" unless one factors in "tawdry" politics. The timing of this leak screamed for coverage in the vein of "Saved by Obama, Who Also Killed bin Laden." Whether or not it would spoil an ally's intelligence program was irrelevant. The metrics used to measure the United States' safety are now the President's reelection poll numbers."
Let me know if you find one single celebrity who knows or cares about this.

http://www.usnews.com/cartoons/barack-obama-cartoons

Intelligence Leaking: Obama Style  "It was clear from the start that it was someone within the Obama administration who pushed for the information to be released.  
"And the reason was purely political.  Real lives and real security issues are at stake, contrasted with the illusion of security when Valerie Plame's name was released and the Left went ballistic and into meltdown mode."

After Al Qaeda bomb plot leak, someone needs to be held accountable  "But then, out comes word from the White House that “…never fear good Americans, at no point was the public in any danger.”  According to our fearless administration, the President had been kept informed of the plot since April.  

"In case you’re missing the subtlety of this revelation, the White House essentially told AQAP that we had a recruited asset in their midst who kept us informed of the plot as it developed."

 

Wait! Aren't celebrities among the "millionaires and billionaires" that Obama hates?

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Betty White says she favours 1 presidential candidate in 2012 _ Obama   "The "Golden Girls" star said Friday she is very bi-partisan and has stayed away from politics her whole life. She usually never says who she is for or against because she doesn't want to turn off any of her fans.

"White says in this year's election, she likes what Obama has done and "how he represents us."

"Her comments come after Hollywood turned out at George Clooney's home to raise $15 million for Obama's re-election, a record for a single fundraiser."

While this member of the Beach Boys um, doesn't

Gay marriage victory lap: Celebs tweet love for Obama  "For his part, Savage offered up a more cautious view than most. "Gay people better get out there and support the president," he tweeted. "If he loses in November, we'll be blamed."

Obama Gets $2 Million in Donations 24 Hours After Expressing Support for Same Sex Marriage  "However, file this under “fools and their money are soon parted,” because the White House has no intention of including gay marriage in the party platform.

"Notice how it’s usually reported that Obama “personally” supports same sex marriage — as if he’s separating himself privately from the office he holds publicly. There’s his “out” (if you’ll pardon the expression) for not demanding SSM be included in the party’s official platform. 

"That financial windfall comes at a price for Team Obama though, because 23% of independents are now less likely to vote for him in November."

Bill blockbuster: O’s an ‘amateur’

NY Post  "Barack Obama,” Bill Clinton said, according to book excerpts, “is an amateur.”

"The withering criticism is incredible, given the fact that Bill Clinton is actively campaigning for Obama’s re-election.

"But according to the book, Bill Clinton unloaded on Obama and pressed Hillary to run against her boss during a gathering in the ex-president’s home office in Chappaqua last August that included longtime friends, Klein said.

" “The economy’s a mess, it’s dead flat. America has lost its Triple-A rating . . . You know better than Obama does,” Bill said.

"Bill Clinton insisted he had “no relationship” with Obama and had been consulted more frequently by his presidential successor, George W. Bush.

"Obama, Bill Clinton said, “doesn’t know how to be president” and is “incompetent.” "

....
"The book’s explosive claims were shot down last night by spokesmen for the White House and the Clintons, who closed ranks last night."

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/05/10/99172

 

Apparently Joe isn't the only Obamite with a big mouth

UK- Guardian News and Media Limited:  Underwear bomb plot: British and US intelligence rattled over leaks.
"Leak about UK involvement described as despicable by CIA as anger turns to Obama administration for compromising mission"
"Detailed leaks of operational information about the foiled underwear bomb plot are causing growing anger in the US intelligence community, with former agents blaming the Obama administration for undermining national security and compromising the British services, MI6 and MI5.
....This does seem to be a tawdry political thing."
....
"Robert Grenier, former head of the CIA counter-terrorism centre, said: "As for British Intelligence, I suppose, but do not know, that they must be very unhappy. They are often exasperated, quite reasonably, with their American friends, who are far more leak-prone than they.

"In their place, I would think two and three times before sharing with the Americans, and then only do it if I had to. The problem with that dynamic is that you don't know what you don't know, and what opportunities you might be missing when you decide not to share. The Americans are doing a very good job of undermining trust, and the problem starts at the top." (Emphasis added. TD)

Obama administration’s recent leaks about Israel’s possible military plans to to prevent a nuclear Iran have undermined Obama’s assurances. This is not cooperation--it is sabotage  "Now, with the Obama administration regularly interfering with and revealing Israeli military plans, it is impossible for Democrats and their media allies to make the ever-more-ridiculous claim that he is the best friend Israel has had in the White House. 

"Worse, the Obama administration is helping Iran unravel the U.S.-Israel alliance, exposing Israel to attack and allowing Iran to threaten America's interests and stature."

What kind of idiot can still believe Barack Obama belongs in the White House as president?

Obama for America store offers LGBT merchandise

Via Drudge: Obama for America

Echoes of ‘67: Israel unites

Charles Krauthammer  "Netanyahu forfeited September elections that would have given him four more years in power. He chose instead to form a national coalition that guarantees 18 months of stability — 18 months during which, if the world does not act (whether by diplomacy or otherwise) to stop Iran, Israel will.

"And it will not be the work of one man, one party or one ideological faction. As in 1967, it will be the work of a nation."

Jerusalem Post

Believe it or not, Israel may be safer with Obama than Ron Paul. 
No, Obama isn't that much of a mensch; I regard Paul as that much more"dangerous" (Paul's proud title) than Obama in this regard.  Code Pink's hate for Israel and their love for Obama notwithstanding. TD

Democrats and their press expose Romney's evil high school days

Democrats inadvertenly open the door to Obama's past    " In the recent kerfluffle over gay marriage two things have happened: 1) Barack Obama officially declared his support and 2) the Washington Post published a hit piece on Mitt Romney implying that he engaged in gay bashing while in high school (factually incorrect but I digress). It's obvious to anyone with a brain that these two events were coordinated. What's not obvious is the door that has been opened by them.

"The Democrats, in their zeal to destroy Mitt Romney by any means necessary have opened the door to the candidates' histories. There's only one problem. Barack Obama, as his first official act as President, sealed his records."

  
Rush Limbaugh:  What Mitt Romney Hasn't Done...  "Mitt Romney was not at Chappaquiddick.  Mitt Romney has not been accused of rape.  Mitt Romney did not have an affair with a mob babe.  He didn't have an affair with an actress who committed suicide later on.  Mitt Romney did not father a child out of wedlock.  Mitt Romney did not support the tapping of Martin Luther King's phone.  Mitt Romney was never a member of the Ku Klux Klan.  Mitt Romney did not lie about his law school grades. 

"Chappaquiddick is Ted Kennedy.  Accused of rape is Bill Clinton.  Affair with the mob babe and an actress, John Kennedy.  Didn't father a child out of wedlock, that's John Edwards and Democrats too numerous to mention.  Didn't support the tapping of Martin Luther King's phone, that's Robert Kennedy.  Never a member of the Ku Klux Klan, that's Robert Byrd.  Didn't lie about his law school grades, that's Joe Biden.  All Democrats, and all of those Democrats did those things well after high school."....


Neal Boortz: Ohhhh. Romney roughed someone up in high school!  "And just what information did they try to dig up on VanderSloot? You got it. Divorce records. Here we go again. At this point I’ll let Kimberley Strassel of The Wall Street Journal tell you the rest [of] the story. It’s an article titled: Trolling for Dirt on the President’s List. Click and read --- learn the type of man we have in the White House and the type of people who support and work for him. "

White House Gets West Virginia Message: Coal is Back!

Clarice Feldman    "Michelle Obama's Mirror catches the May 9-to-May 10 change on the Obama  website energy plan. Clean Coal has now taken the place  once held by  "Fuel Efficiency."  Nothing like losing over 40% of the primary vote to a jailed felon to clear the mind on energy."
Emphasis gleefully added.

http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2012/05/inmate-vs-obama/

West Virginia daze   "My favorite political story of the year is Texas inmate Keith Judd, winning 41% of the vote against Barack Obama in the West Virginia Democratic Presidential primary on Tuesday. Judd carried 9 counties and came close to winning one of the state's three Congressional districts."
Let me repeat that one part in case you didn't hear it the first time: "Judd carried 9 counties and came close to winning one of the state's three Congressional districts."!

Not Obama

John Podhoretz: Bad omens for Bam  "So what are we to make of the fact that Federal Inmate #11593-051 — a k a Keith Judd, in a Texas pen since 1999 after making “violent threats” against people at the University of New Mexico — just got 41 percent of the vote against the sitting Democratic president in the West Virginia primary?

"Yes, I said 41 percent. Against Barack Obama."

.... "It’s too bad Keith Judd isn’t on the ballot in any other state, because he has great slogan possibilities going forward: “I won’t only be your president, I’ll also make your license plate,” “Yes We Can (Get Paroled)” and “Ahmadinejad better not drop the soap.”

"Judd surely has the resources to run, as I gather he’s already raised a record 800 million cigarettes. In an effort to win New Jersey, he has vowed to dig the canceled rail tunnel under the Hudson River all by himself — with a spoon.

Why felon Keith Judd did so well against Obama in West Virginia  "The president angered voters with new Environmental Protection Agency policies, which some see as a “war on coal” and have stalled mining permits for the state’s coal mining industry." 


You knew Jimmy Kimmel wouldn't let this pass, didn't you?

Sheriff Joe vs. Marshall Holder- in the streets at high noon

Justice Dept. accuses Ariz. Sheriff Arpaio of racial profiling  "The Justice Department, which first targeted Sheriff Joe Arpaio four years ago in his suspected mishandling of illegal immigrants arrested in the Phoenix area, filed a civil lawsuit in federal court Thursday accusing the sheriff and his office using “unconstitutional and unlawful actions” in their handling of Hispanics."
...."The sheriff also said the accusations were a foregone conclusion made in bad faith, noting that during one crime sweep by his deputies, “top Homeland Security people were there, and they commended us on our professionalism."

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SHERIFF JOE TO HOLDER: 'CLEAN YOUR OWN HOUSE FIRST!'  "The sheriff charged that the Obama administration is attacking him in an effort to gain Hispanic votes in November for the Democratic Party.
" “This is a coordinated effort directed from the White House to deflect attention from Eric Holder’s failure to cooperate in the congressional investigation into Fast and Furious,” he said.

"Arpaio accused Obama of wanting to make him the “poster boy” in the administration’s public relations effort to deflect attention from Holder."

Frugal Cafe

Perhaps Eric Holder is after Sheriff Joe because of this: "Arpaio also told WND he will not abandon his volunteer team’s investigation into Obama’s eligibility for the Arizona presidential ballot."


This source lets you read the full complaint

 People's  exhibit:  DOJ vs. Sheriff Joe: Hispanic Discrimination in Photo of ‘Mexican Navy Seal’  "I just read the complaint filed by the Holder Justice Department against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. (See also PJ Tatler on the radical lawyers who wrote the complaint.)  The complaint includes a collection of sufficiently insensitive anecdotes by MCSO employees.  One of the acts giving rise to the federal lawsuit is this outrage:

MCSO supervisors involved in immigration enforcement have expressed anti-Latino bias, in one instance widely distributing an email that included a photograph of a Chihuahua dog dressed in swimming gear with the caption “A Rare Photo of a Mexican Navy Seal.”

Immigrants From Former USSR Overwhelmingly Vote GOP: “The Republican Party Was The Party That Brought Them Out of Despair”

Weasel Zippers   "This quote says it all, “Having been seared by statism, they see Democrats as drifting toward statism and see that as dangerous for themselves and for the country.” "
Original Article here.

...." “I am what I am because of capitalism,” Ms. Varzar said, “and Republicans are more capitalistic.” "

...."Sadly, these former Soviet citizens are more patriotic than our homegrown libs."