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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Why 40% Of The People Still Likes Obama
by Jim Hammock
"Who the hell are the 40% of the American people that like the policies, actions, and results of Barrack Hussein Obama?" was the question posed by Butch Jackson. Folks at the Cafe were somewhat shocked because Butch doesn't ask many questions. He is more likely apt to make pronouncements and things like that.He continued, "They like that Obama is such a job killer that 1 of 5 people are unemployed or underemployed."
"They like that Obama's economy is not growing and may go back into recession."
"They like that when Obama does something and it fails badly, he explains that he just didn't do enough of it. It is like in the old days when they bled sick people and when the patient got worse, the prognosis was they didn't bleed them enough."
"They like that when Obama spends money, that we don't have, he does it NOW. When he raises taxes, he does it NOW. When he cuts government spending, he does it over TEN YEARS (like never!)."
"They like that Obama's proposed budget which didn’t get one vote in the Senate increased our national debt more than all previous President’s combined, and his tax and spend policies are bankrupting our children before they even get started in life."
"They like that Obama would throw away $500 million of tax payer money just to get photo opportunities for himself and Biden as supporters of Green Energy at a company named Solyndra financed by sleazy Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist who used their government connections to bail them out of a stupid investment driven by Algore’s Global Warming SCAM."
"They like paying almost $4 per gallon of gasoline as Obama is doing everything possible to destroy US sources of energy (oil, coal, nuclear) making us more dependent on the Middle East while stuffing money in the pockets of Man Caused Global Warming Scammers in the name of Green Energy. They like forcing unemployed welfare families to pay more for their inflated groceries associated with rising energy costs."
"They like that Obama is way more supportive of people who are trying to kill Americans around the world like Ahmadinejad in Iran than Netanyahu in Israel, our only ally and the only real democracy in the Middle East. Ahmadinejad who poses a greater threat then Adolph Hitler once he gets nuclear weapons. Ahmadinejad who is so popular in some elite circles that he has a planned luncheon with students at
"They like how Obama has thrown other supporters of
"They like that Obama's supporters call Tea Party people SOBs, barbarians at the gate, racists, and say they can go to hell. Why? Because Tea Partiers want smaller government, lower taxes, and a reduction in our national debt. What sane American wouldn't be a Tea Partier?"
"And what really croaks me is to hear wimps say, 'I like Obama. He is a bright, articulate, and nice person. I just don't like his policies.' What crap? People want to be politically correct because he is our first black President. The truth is no matter what color he is this is not a likable person. He is more deceitful than
"So who likes this guy and why?"
And of course Billy Roy Mitchum answered:
"First, people who want the government to take away other people’s money and give it to them in the name of fairness and bad luck. These folks think Obama is Robin Hood."
"Next, come people who want to be part of the Ruling Elite because they want CONTROL for their own personal gain and because they ‘know best’ that you just can’t trust ordinary people and particularly free enterprise. Even though they believe you can't trust the American people, the elitist believe you can trick them."
"And there are still some of those really bright people whose ancestors were Democrats, and therefore they will always be Democrats."
"There are weird people who worship some social issue like aborting babies, hating religion, or wanting to live a life style outside the traditional family without guilt (gays, polygamists, child pornographers, etc.). They love to trade their votes for Obama's support of their perversions."
"And then of course you have some people who prostitute themselves to organizations (like unions) who they falsely think will get them special privileges and security. And of course any special privileges would come at the expense of others. Unions have always been the foundations of Communism and the enemy of individual liberty."
My thanks to Butch and BM for another timely topic as Obama's numbers shrink below the 40% mark and the CARING number surges past 60%.
Think about it and keep the momentum going,
Jim
Friday, February 10, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Romney’s Florida Win: Conservative Christians Picking Their Man
by Jordan Sekulow, David French, Matthew Clark
Gov. Mitt Romney’s big win in
Buried in the exit polls from Romney’s nearly 15 point win over Newt Gingrich is the fact that Romney won Protestants, Catholics, and evangelicals. Tea Partiers too broke for Romney.
With this, Romney has won the conservative Christian vote in half of the primary contests so far This critical group makes up a plurality of the Republican primary vote in Florida , over 40 percent.
There are several key factors that have led conservative Christians to rally around Romney. First, Romney stands for the values that evangelicals and social conservatives hold dear. He is strongly pro-life. In addition to winning an award from a major pro-life organization in Massachusetts as governor after vetoing expanded access to the morning-after pill and expanded fetal stem-cell research, Romney pro-family, pro-life values are now touted by Florida ’s pro-life advocates as well as those in other states across the country.
He has been steadfast in his defense of marriage and religious liberty. After the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court legalized same-sex marriage by judicial fiat, then-Gov. Romney went so far as to file a lawsuit to force the Massachusetts legislature to act on a citizen-initiated marriage amendment. His defense of religious liberty earned him the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty’s coveted “Canterbury Medal,” an award given to leaders in the fight for freedom.
Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ (and Jordan’s father), has also strongly endorsed Romney, believing that he best represents our values and has the ability to beat President Obama and enact conservative change.
In addition to supporting Romney’s commitment to conservative values, conservative Christians have also taken a more in-depth look at Former Speaker Newt Gingrich’s words and actions. His history of extramarital affairs, ethics problems, and overwhelming pride are far outside the evangelical mainstream. One can believe redemption is possible and still not trust Gingrich. As David French said yesterday on CNN.com, “No one doubts that God forgives, but only God knows Newt Gingrich’s heart. We only know his actions, and we know that he has a history of deceiving even those who are closest to him.”
Yet, affairs and ethics issues are not the only reasons evangelicals should reject Gingrich. Just this week, audio was uncovered of Gingrich in 2009 – during the heat of the debate over ObamaCare – praising the proposed legislation and advocating for the individual mandate. He stated, “We believe that there should be must carry – that is, everybody should either have health insurance or if you’re an absolute libertarian, we would allow you to post a bond ...”
Conservatives have also grown tired of Gingrich’s all-out assault on free market capitalism, attacking Romney’s achievements in the private sector, more akin to
Occupy Wall Street protesters than a Republican candidate. When Rep. Paul Ryan proposed a budget to scale back our out-of-control national debt – which is a major moral issue – Gingrich called it “right-wing social engineering.”
Occupy Wall Street
Gingrich’s continued incendiary remarks and record of failed leadership are turning evangelicals and Tea Party supporters against him.
With his big win in Florida , Romney takes a commanding lead in the GOP delegate count and he will only build on that momentum through February where he is expected to do very well in Nevada , Arizona , and Michigan . As Super Tuesday quickly approaches, more and more conservative Christians are lining up behind Romney as the candidate to take on Obama.
Jordan Sekulow is Executive Director of the American Center for Law & Justice and writes for On Faith’s blogging network at the Washington Post. David French is a Senior Counsel at the ACLJ, a graduate of Harvard Law School , Lipscomb University , and a Captain in the United States Army Reserve. Matthew Clark is an attorney for the ACLJ.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Romney's Mormon Advantage
by Daniel Allot
In the eyes of many Christians, Mitt Romney's Mormon faith is incompatible with Christian theology.
Ironically, however, Romney can reassure skeptical Christian conservatives by stressing his Mormon values. That's because Mormonism is strongly associated with conservative positions on social issues such as abortion and marriage -- the very issues that are the greatest source of doubt about Romney among religious conservatives.
As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Romney has been downplaying his faith for most of his public life. Romney's 2007 "Faith in America " speech was meant to alleviate concerns that his religion would influence his governing.
Clearly, though, much of the public still associates the former Massachusetts governor primarily with his faith.
When the Washington Post and Pew Research Center recently asked a random sample of more than 1,000 Americans what one word they associate with Romney, "Mormon" was cited more than three times as often as any other.
Romney's faith resurfaced as a campaign issue in October when an evangelical pastor supporting Texas Governor Rick Perry declared Mormonism a cult and Romney "a non-Christian."
But religious conservatives' real problem with Romney is not his faith. (In fact, polls suggest Democrats are more likely than Republicans to view Mormonism negatively.) Rather, it's his shifting positions on marriage and the sanctity of human life.
As a candidate for the U.S. Senate in liberal Massachusetts , Romney tried to position himself to the left of his opponent, the same-sex marriage and abortion-rights champion Edward Kennedy.
Romney supported gay adoption and civil unions for gay couples. He told the Log Cabin Republicans, "As we seek to establish full equality for America 's gay and lesbian citizens, I will provide more effective leadership than my opponent."
Romney now says he opposes same-sex marriage and in August signed a comprehensive pledge to defend traditional marriage. But Romney supports allowing gay couples to form "partnership agreements."
Romney's abortion position has been similarly elastic. He took a pro-abortion-rights position while running against Kennedy.
Campaigning for governor in 2002, he stated, "[A]s governor of the commonwealth, I will protect a woman's right to choose under the laws of the country and the commonwealth. That's the same position I've had for many years." He even attended a fundraising event for the Massachusetts affiliate of the bane of the pro-life movement, Planned Parenthood, to which Romney's wife made a $150 contribution.
Romney says he had a pro-life epiphany while peering through a microscope at embryonic stem cells in 2004. He compiled a mixed record on abortion as governor.
Romney vetoed taxpayer funding for human embryonic stem cell research. He also vetoed a bill that would have made emergency contraception available at pharmacies without a prescription and required emergency room doctors to dispense it to rape victims.
But Romneycare , Massachusetts ' health care insurance reform law passed in 2006, allows women to obtain elective abortions for a $50 co-pay.
Romney now calls himself "firmly pro-life" and has referred to his past support for Roe as his life's "defining mistake." He insists he would be "delighted" to sign a federal ban on abortion if Roe were overturned. Yet Romney remains the least conservative Republican presidential candidate.
Romney can assuage skepticism about his social conservatism by stressing his Mormon values.
Mormons are renowned for being family-oriented, civic-minded and models of self-restraint. According to a 2010 Gallup survey, America 's six million Mormons also compose the country's most conservative voting bloc.
Fifty-nine percent of Mormons self-identify as conservative, and only 8% as liberal. The next most conservative religious group is Protestants/other Christians, 46% of whom self-identify as conservative and 16% as liberal.
Mormons also have the highest share who self-identify as "very conservative," at 16%, and the lowest as "very liberal," at 1%.
A 2009 Pew poll found that Mormons are more likely than any other religion to take a pro-life position on abortion. Seventy percent of Mormons believe abortion should be illegal in most or all circumstances, compared with 42% of the general population.
Finally, a 2009 Pew poll found that 68% of Mormons believe Hollywood threatens their values, compared to 53% of evangelicals and 42% of the general population.
Mormons have been politically active in legislative efforts to protect traditional marriage. Their support (in the form of millions of dollars in donations and countless volunteers) was probably decisive in passing California 's marriage protection amendment in 2008.
Romney has recently started to talk about his faith and values, and to juxtapose them with those of his latest rival, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
In a November debate, Romney mentioned that he's been a member of the same church for his entire life and married to the same woman for 42 years. The Romney campaign makes those same points in an Iowa mailer that touts Romney's social conservatism. "Mitt Romney lives his values," the ad tells Iowa 's socially conservative caucus-goers.
It's not only in his marriage and family life (he has five sons) that Romney lives his values. As a Mormon lay leader, Romney did pastoral work that included counseling fellow Mormons on everything from marriage, adoption, and addiction to how to grieve the death of a loved one. As a bishop, Romney even counseled a woman not to abort her child.
These are stories that would humanize Romney and endear him to voters, including conservatives. He shouldn't be afraid to mention them just because they involve actions he took as a representative of his church.
In the eyes of many religious conservatives, Gov. Romney's problem is not that he is, if you will, too Mormon, but rather that he has not been Mormon enough -- that he hasn't always been true to traditional Mormon support for the sanctity of life and traditional marriage.
But Romney can turn his "Mormon problem" into an advantage by stressing the values and policy positions that derive from his faith.
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