Mitt gets a hit. But, the Dems are not talking

Mitt Romney won the Michigan primary and rightly so after McCain basically told the people of Michigan that the good paying middle class jobs are not coming back and have a nice day. This is one of the reasons why McCain should not be President. Straight talk my ass. Except for Iraq McCain is more like a surrender monkey. Look how easily he wanted to give amnesty to illegals despite the fact that they violated our borders and U.S. laws for years. Of the two I'd go for Romney over McCain any day.

Meanwhile the the Democrats are going into the see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil of other Democrats. Hardball it ain't and they are basically following Republican Ronald Reagan's dictum of not speaking badly of candidates of one's own party. It worked for Reagan will it work for the Dems? Stay tuned!

Something was missing from the Democratic debate

"And so let me introduce them from left to right. We have with us former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico and Senator Hillary Clinton from New York."

There was something missing from the ABC NEWS Democratic debate last night. Namely two presidential candidates Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich. One thing that was not missing is the feeling that the fix is in on who the mainstream media thinks should be be the candidates and that should be a concern of everyone who votes in this country. Mike Gravel I think sums up the situation pretty good:

What Clinton, Obama & Bush don't understand.

While Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards continue to do a John Kerry on the issue of illegal immigration. They just don't seem to get what is so infuriating to many Americans on the issue of illegal immigration. These political elites just do not seem to understand the anger of U.S. citizens. John Derbyshire at the National Review has an excellent primer for these clueless elites:

"It was noticed years ago that the gap between elite opinion and public opinion on immigration issues is extraordinarily wide, as these gaps go. Some of this is naked self-interest: wealthy business types liking cheap, docile labor forces, rich folk of all stripes appreciating cheap & meek domestic servants. Some part arises from the guilty conscience that rich people always have, even in the U.S.A., known that all wealth and success is to some degree a product of dumb luck. From this you get patronizing noblesse oblige attitudes directed most particularly at those who are obviously poor. (The lower-middle classes don't seem to get much noblesse oblige directed their way.) Some comes from the "diversity" indoctrination that most elite types got while passing through their elite colleges and law schools. A big part arises from the simple and inescapable fact that elites don't share the anxieties of ordinary folk. They don't worry, as the rest of us do, about property values, losing a job, or affording health care."

He also has a spot on explanation the surprise that those in Washington got when they tried to ram through the "Comprehensive" Immigration Amnesty Bill earlier this year:

"Our Senators stir themselves from their oak-paneled offices and antique-leather armchairs to cook up a new scheme to amnesty all those polite, nice folk who are doing their yard work for them. Seems like a great idea! Then suddenly they can't hear themselves talk for the roar of phone calls and faxes coming in from their constituents. Elite Back-Down Two. It's all totally baffling to them. Who are these people making such a fuss about a perfectly reasonable, humane proposal?
It's us, buddy, the great unwashed. This is still a democracy we have here. Try to keep that in mind, eh?"

I would also add that these elites had also better understand that the United States is a Republic and not an employment agency for Mexico or any other country.

Hey Hillary Clinton! I got your shadow right here.

It appears that some in the mainstream media are finally waking up to the issue of illegal immigration. It was certainly highlighted as an issue that Clinton has been trying to avoid. At the Democratic debate her liberal mindset showed where her feelings on the issue are. They certainly are not with her constituents in New York State or in the rest of the country. So her campaign people are in full damage control mode:

"Senator Clinton supports governors like Governor Spitzer who believe they need such a measure to deal with the crisis caused by this administration's failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform. As President, her goal will be to pass comprehensive immigration reform that would make this unnecessary," the statement said. Campaign advisers, pressed to explain her view more clearly, said that she ultimately supports the driver's-license proposal." -Washington Post

Translation: Because George Bush and some of the Democrats had failed to push the Illegal Immigrant Amnesty Bill through the Senate against the wishes of the American people where she could have swept the illegal immigrant problem under the rug. She is now forced to side with Governor Spitzer because giving drivers licenses to illegals may allow for enough massive voter fraud allowing her and the Democratic party to win the elections.

Clinton and Spitzer keep blowing smoke on the issue with statements like that by giving licenses to illegal immigrants will allow them to "come out of the shadows":

Does this look like the illegal immigrants are hiding in the shadows Hillary?

What's next from Hillary Clinton? Perhaps Scrappleface has a tongue in cheek look at Clinton/Spitzers next big idea:

"2007-11-01) — As Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton continues to work round the clock with advisers to determine exactly how she feels about granting automobile driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, the Senator today announced she may support New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer’s new proposal to allow undocumented workers to receive airline transport pilot certification from the FAA, allowing them to fly commercial jets.
“Giving a pre-documented immigrant a license to fly a jumbo jet would certainly bring him out of the shadows,” said Sen. Clinton. “In addition, since the flight certificate requires fluency in English, it would inspire him to learn one of our nation’s most important languages. So there’s a big potential upside.”

Rushing toward failure in Iraq and the U.S.

"Army Gen. David H. Petraeus told Congress yesterday that the deployment of 30,000 more troops to Iraq has made enough progress that the additional combat forces can be pulled out by next summer, but he cautioned against "rushing to failure" with a larger and speedier withdrawal."- Washington Post

While it's pretty clear that George Bush and his neocon cheerleaders have pretty much lost the Iraq war. General Petraeus is just trying to minimize the chaos that a rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops. The good news is that the surge did have some positive results, Much like flooding a crime ridden area should benefit from an influx of Police officers. If only the George Bush had listened to the military (not just Don Rumsfeld and Richard Perle) and put in more troops at the begining we would never have been in this quagmire today.

Meanwhile here in the U.S. the Dumbocrats were on parade at the Univision debate Sunday night. Once again the pandering was pathetic as they all spoke of "comprehensive immigration reform" aka AMNESTY for illegal immigrants who have broken our laws. It just has reinforced the fact that I will not be voting for a Democratic candidate for President next year even though I am a life long registered Democrat. The Dems are also rushing toward failure with all this talk of giving an amnesty to those who have not respected our laws. They like George Bush just don't get it and so will not be getting my vote.

DNC denying democrats democracy

"The Democratic National Committee sought to seize control of its unraveling nominating process yesterday, rejecting pleas from state party leaders and cracking down on Florida for scheduling a Jan. 29 presidential primary."-Washington Post

You can almost feel the strong arm of the Democratic Washington elites twisting the Florida Democrats on this one. Whose party is this anyway? Hmmm, is that a third party I keep smelling in the wind?

Dems at the Debate

I watched the Democratic debate last night on CNN and was impressed with the choice of candidates despite the "staged" appearance of the the top three Edwards, Clinton and Obama standing next to each other. I think Mike Gravel (who I never saw before ) impressed me most with his "inconvenient truth" comment on the war:"Former senator Mike Gravel (Alaska) accused Democrats of complicity in Iraq. "Sure, it's George Bush's war. But it's the Democrats' war also," he said."
If he's in the New York Primary I'm pulling his lever. As for the others they lost me on there immigration positions especially Bill Richardson.