John Ziegler is at it again. The man who brought us the ten minute video "How Obama got elected" featuring 12 Obama Voters that were misinformed by the MSM, and subsequently was viewed by over 1.6 Million people on Youtube. Due to the overwhelming response and the Public Outcry from the Obama followers, Zeigler has run another poll, this time asking questions of both McCain and Obama supporters. The results confirmed what most of us already knew, McCain Voters were significantly more informed than Obama Voters. But the poll is not designed to make Obama voters look stupid, the purpose was to be an Indictment of the Media for their Negligence in informing the Public. The second study also offered some interesting results about Where the informed get their Information.
Those “exposed” to Fox News voted 70-29 for McCain.
Those “exposed” to CNN voted 63-37 for Obama.
Those “exposed” to MSNBC voted 73-26 for Obama.
Those “exposed” to network newscasts voted 62-37 for Obama.
Those “exposed” to national newspapers voted 64-36 for Obama.
Those “exposed” to talk radio voted 61-38 for McCain.
Ziegler was on Hannity Colmes earlier this week:
Some of the highlights:
35 % of McCain voters got 10 or more of 13 questions correct.
18% of Obama voters got 10 or more of 13 questions correct.
McCain voters knew which party controls congress by a 63-27 margin.
Obama voters got the “congressional control” question wrong by 43-41.
Those that got "congressional control" correct voted 56-43 for McCain.
Those that got "congressional control" wrong voted 65-35 for Obama.
One of the other more interesting tidbits from this survey is that only 48% of CNN Viewers surveyed got the "congressional control" question correct. They had a 50-50 chance just by guessing. Yet, CNN is still considered a viable source of "news" by some Americans.
What is wrong with Pennsylvania? First they re-elect Governor Ed Rendell, over Pittsburgh Steelers legend, HOF and Super Bowl MVP Lynn Swann. While there are other much more valid reasons to Vote for 'Swanni', that should have been a good enough reason for at least Half the State. Yes, Western Pennsylvania I'm talking to you.
The same people who re-elected John "Marines are cold blooded murders" Murtha, You traded your PORK, for your souls with his victory. I would love to hear from just ONE person why they cast a Vote for Murtha. Was it because he accused our troops of War Crimes? Or because he called you a Racist that finally convinced you that He was Your Candidate? Maybe it was the over $300,000 in ads dumped into the campaign two weeks prior to the election that was funded by his democratic buddies that pushed you over the edge....Whatever the case, PA's 12th District, you should be ashamed of yourselves. But you are not alone, it took a consorted effort by the entire state to elect the man who called you "Bitter...clinging to YOUR guns and Religion".
Obama mocked you to his liberal donors out in San Fransisco. He mentioned Pennsylvainians by Name. Yet the majority of you still Voted for him. Even when it was found out just days before the election that Obama planned to fine the Coal companies out of business, which would elimate a huge number of Jobs in Pennsylvania, still you Voted for him. That doesn't even make sense. And you can't just blame Philly, although it's tempting.
Tell me something Pennsylvania when will you learn? Murtha's back, Obama's President and we have you to Thank for it. Now your Governor, Fast Eddie Rendell is at it again. This time caught being his sexist self on video tape. Apparently Fast Eddie thinks only Childless women should hold powerful office. CNN's Cambell Brown in a rare moment of clarity in the segment, takes to task the Governor's idea that Janet Napalatanio's "perfect" because she has "No Life"
As you watch him speak his mind, remember this man is a Prominent Democrat. The Party of what exactly again? Enjoy!
For once I agree with Cambell Brown, write that down. But when has a Man's children ever entered the conversation about qualifications? Never. But Fast Eddie's kind of known for his prejudices... In February of this year, when he was supporting a Woman with a Grown Child and absent husband, I'm assuming that qualifies Hillary in his mind. Rendell insinuated PA was too Racist to Vote for Obama in the General so they should vote for Hillary in the Primary. Well at least we found something he and Murtha have in common, they both think their constiutients are Racist. He gave this "Racist reasoning" for his Victory over Lynn Swann.... As Allahpundit reported back in February at HotAir.com, here's a quote from a Pittsburgh Post Gazette article....
“You’ve got conservative whites here, and I think there are some whites who are probably not ready to vote for an African-American candidate,” he said bluntly. Our eyes only met briefly, perhaps because the governor wanted to spare the only black guy in the room from feeling self-conscious for backing an obvious loser. “I believe, looking at the returns in my election, that had Lynn Swann [2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate] been the identical candidate that he was –well-spoken [note: Mr. Rendell did not call the brother "articulate"], charismatic, good-looking — but white instead of black, instead of winning by 22 points, I would have won by 17 or so.”
That is your Governor, Pennsylvania. Nice work. Well, since Fast Eddie has reached his two term limit as Governor, now he's considering a run at the Senate. I bet Rendell was jealous of Michael Bloomberg route of just extending the term limits to the office, probably wishes he had thought of it first. Lord knows the people of PA would surely elect him again...
Updated: Looks like those in the Keystone state will have another excellent choice in 2010. MSNBC "Host" and Moonbat king, Chris Matthews. Turns out that tingle that Obama caused to run up his leg ignited a desire to Run for Senate. In where else, Pennsylvania. I'm telling you if PA elects this guy.....
With the AP now reporting a Saxby Chambliss victory in the US Senate Run off race in GA, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. We've held off a 60 Seat Democrat Super Majority, meaning we can still throw a few road bumps in the way of Socialism with a big "S" when we need to. It's not great, but it's a start.
One other bright spot in this Chambliss Victory, is that we got to see Sarah Palin again, as she did a four stop tour of the State yesterday. Polls had Chambliss up by 7 points late last week, tonights early numbers have his margin of Victory at around 18%, Think it might have had something to do with this?
You know Sarah's a Rock star when even the AP calls her Chambliss' "closer". What would you expect from the Woman that Joe Biden said he wanted to hang out with so the Press would notice him. Her positive Conservative message is still resonating with Americans....so not all is lost. Although some are wondering what it means for Obama....and wondering if the outcome would have been different if The One had come on down to Georgia, himself.
We have to start preparing now for 2010. Check out your local senate races, see where we can make some progress, find a good candidate to support and Do it. In the meanwhile as I've said countless times, Stay in touch with your representatives in Congress, remind them as often as necessary who writes their paycheck. Those remaining members of Congress with "R"'s beside their name will really need our support now. Remember that the phone calls and e-mails from consitiuients is what stopped the first Bailout Package. Never underestimate the desire for Politicians to get re-elected.
Having said that, tonight I will sleep just a little easier knowing that the Congress can't just rubber stamp every liberal policy Obama throws out. We still have a small form of checks and balance. Thank you Georgia! America should be thanking you as well! Thanks to Sarah Palin and the Voters in the great state of Georgia, We're Bringing Saxby Back!
All the headlines are screaming "Hillary Clinton Secretary of State", like that is the real story of the day. In truth that was last week's story and they leaked it in my opinion to see how everybody would react. The real story isn't the assumed nomination of Mrs. Clinton, but instead the 'woman' who will be guiding the New Secretary of State, Samantha Powers.
If you just thought who is Samantha Powers, you are not alone. Until recently I didn't know who she was either. It's partially because her name surfaced briefly in the primaries just after Super Tuesday, a time when most Conservatives had stopped paying attention. 'Ms.' Powers was named an early foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama's campaign, something that got the Jews attention but was largely ignored by the OLM. That was until Powers gave an interview with The Scotsman where she called Hil a "Monster" and get this..."unattractive". At that point she immediately assumed the position under the Bus and resigned, as the Obama express rolled over her on the way to the White House. She was out of the public spotlight long before the General Election.
With Obama naming Samantha Powers to his Transition Team, America should be taking a closer look at the person who will act as a Liaison between Secretary of State Clinton, and President Obama. ( editor's note: I'm going to have to practice saying both of those, because writing it just now made me a little ill.) Anyway, Who is Samantha Powers and why is Obama so fond of her?
Prior to going to work for Obama in 2005, Powers was a Professor at Harvard who was best known for her Pulitzer Prize winning book, "A Problem from Hell", which according to complete-review.com was less "finger pointing".....
Earlier working titles apparently included The Guilty Bystander and Again and Again: Fifty Years of Genocide and American Bystanderhood, but it was presumably determined that these hit too close to home and so the benign, non-finger pointing title won out
According to the review, "It's an America Bashing Book" but that doesn't appear to deter the reviewer's enjoyment of the book.
For some it heightened the Importance of the book...
"Power's critique of American policy is devastating and fully substantiated by the evidence she brings to bear." - Warren I. Cohen, Times Literary Supplement
It's not surprising that Liberals would enjoy a book criticizing America. What was shocking was when I found out that "Problem from Hell" seemed a little too Anti-American for one L.A.Times Reviewer...
"Power seeks to show that American policymakers have knowingly turned a blind eye to massacres. In her view, the United States' policy of nonintervention in the face of genocide has not been a failure but precisely what diplomats wanted." - Jacob Heilbrun, The Los Angeles Times
I haven't actually read the entire book myself, but if the LA Times can see through Powers attempt to veil her Hatred for America in this book supposedly about "genocide" it must be spelled out in Capital Letters. (Twice)
Guess how Powers met Obama? Wait for it...according to an interview with Salon.com, Obama contacted Powers after reading her book!! What was the other book Obama was reading on the campaign trail....(The Post American World)
"He had just read "A Problem From Hell" and wanted to meet to discuss fixing American foreign policy. I thought, "Well that's interesting -- clearly he's in some other league."
"In some other league", Well that's one way to look at it. If Obama's reading list is any indication, America's going to "Change" alright......By the end of their first meeting, Powers had agreed to quit her job at Harvard to go to work for Senator Obama.
But Wait! There's More! The reason the Jews paid attention when Obama named her as an advisor in the Primaries, is because she has openly criticized Americas relationship with Israel, suggesting we should take a more "even handed approach" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, like not supporting Israel and backing the Palestinians as she does in this video from April of 2002
This should give us some insight into the foreign-policy objectives of Barack Obama, who had Power as an adviser from 2005 until the “monster” comment in March of this year. He didn’t bounce her from his team over her views on Israel and … well, let’s recall how she described the pro-Israel lobby:
Putting something on the line might mean alienating a domestic constituency of tremendous political and financial import.
For those who may not catch the reference, Power means the Joooooos. And why would that alienate the Jewishcabalthatsecretlyrunseverything? For one thing, Power wants to spend billions on bolstering Palestinian military strength, instead of spending it on helping the Israelis to defend themselves. Bear in mind that this interview takes place about seven months after 9/11, when people supposedly still knew how dangerous radical Islamist groups like Hamas and al-Qaeda were. Power wanted to send them money and stop funding Israeli efforts to fight them.
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse Powers is an advocate for Negotiations with Iran without Pre-conditions. In January, she wrote an opinion piece for Time entitled "Rethinking Iran" where she dismisses the incident between a US Naval Ship and five Iranian speed boats as a scare tactic, not by the Iranians of course...by who else...George W. Bush.
The war scare that wasn't stands as a metaphor for the incoherence of our policy toward Iran: the Bush Administration attempts to gin up international outrage by making a claim of imminent danger, only to be met with international eye rolling when the claim is disproved. Sound familiar? The speedboat episode bore an uncanny resemblance to the Administration's allegations about the advanced state of Iran's weapons program--allegations refuted in December by the National Intelligence Estimate.
And now The One has selected Samantha Powers to Advise the State Department....Does this sound like a good idea to any thinking person?
It certainly didn't sound good to this blogger at JBlog Central, The Jewish and Israeli Blog network:
The messiah-elect got rid of Power so that he wouldn’t lose the Jewish vote.Now that he got the Jewish vote, she’s back in.......To all Jews who voted for Barack Hussein Obama, may the blood of your brethren be on...
Obviously The One hasn't strayed too far from his Far Left Roots, I'm starting to think the Hillary and the other Clinton retreads are merely a cover, a figure head if you will for him to operate his Radical agenda through his hand picked "Liaisons" that Do Not Have to go through the confirmation process. For the sake of ourselves and Israel we cannot afford to stop paying attention even for a second. Samantha Powers is proof of that.
Stalin was Right. America is full of "Useful Idiots". The latest example of Liberals love affair with Communist Ideal...Where else? Central Park. It is being widely reported on the Web, and of course completely ignored by the OLM, that a statue has been erected in Central Park honoring cold blooded murderer Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
In his column, Visiting Che Guevara in Central Park, Jack Kemp wrote, "I read in AT that a statue of bloodthirsty revolutionary Che Guevara has appeared in Central Park, so I went to 5th Ave. & 60th street to see it for myself." I feel you, Jack, it truly is something you would have to see with your own eyes. In fact I waited to publish this blog until I was able to get confirmation from the reports over the weekend. I just couldn't believe that Anyone would want a statue honoring, Cuba's Communist Dictator, Fidel Castro's personal killing machine. I don't know why I'm surprised. My husband says I give people too much credit, that I'm always hoping they are 'better' than they turn out to be. Maybe he's right.
It's not like this is the first time the Liberals on the left have glorified this psychopath, they've been walking around with his Face on their dirty t-shirts for years, much to the dismay of Cuban Americans everywhere. In 2005, the Seattle Times did a story about the growing outrage from Cuban Americans over the continued marketing of Che t-shirts and trinkets. Who doesn't want a mass murder's picture on their Cup filled with overpriced Coffee? It's Seattle.
A Less Truthful version of the following image is what is considered "Trendy" amongst College Students and other mush minded individuals...
From The Seattle Times : Increasingly, when young Latinos wear his image, older Cuban Americans are offended — to the point of shouting matches that threaten to erupt into fistfights.
One recent afternoon, 73-year-old Carlos Barberia was waiting for a bus in Union City, N.J., when he spotted a Guevara T-shirt on a sidewalk rack. He bought the shirt — and promptly set it on fire with a burning newspaper.
"Che Guevara killed my father," he told a police officer, explaining his outburst. "He had my father shot by a firing squad in Cuba."
The officer turned out to be Cuban American, too. "He told me, 'I have not seen anything' and he walked away," Barberia said.
Every time I see a teenager with Che Guevara's picture plastered on a T-shirt I feel sad. I wonder if they even know who this man really was.
During the first years of the Castro regime, Che was the head executioner. He is also responsible for founding the work camps, where the opposition were sent, including my father, who did nothing against the communist regime.
I have to tell you the Che T-shirt phenomenon is something that really gets under my skin, in fact one of the first groups I joined on Facebook was the "Che Guevara is a Murderer and Your T-shirt is Not Cool". Maybe not the catchiest of titles but effective and too the point. Thankfully I am not alone in my desire to openly mock Che t-shirt wearers. Which gives me some solace, but as Jay Nordlinger at National Review online points out, "The world is awash in Che paraphernalia, and this is an ongoing offense to truth, reason, and justice (a fine trio). "
Yet with all the evidence of his Barbaric behavior, Time Magazine still named Ernesto 'Che' Guevarra to their 100 Heroes and Icons list in June of 1999. Again we shouldn't be surprised, Time also featured him on the cover in 1960. They are just one of many OLM news outlets that have been accused of supporting Castro's dictatorship by Cuban exiles over the years.
In 2004 the film "The Motorcycle Diaries" was released to a flurry of praise by all those on the left. Supposedly a story of pre-Revolution Che. The Romantic beginnings that all the Liberals love....the story doesn't go in his later "Violent years" But does clarify one thing, Che was never poor. He was as most Liberals are Upper Middle Class. In one of the Most accurate Movie Reviews ever a reader known only as Zane wrote "It is as if someone were to make a film about Adolf Hitler by portraying him as a vegetarian who loved animals and was against unemployment. This would be true, but would be rather beside the point.Guevara was a violent, oppressive man. 'The Motorcycle Diaries' is the epitome of my generations pretentiousness." Couldn't have said it better myself.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Che Guevara, he was supposedly a doctor in Mexico when he met up with Castro Brothers. He became the third leg of the "Cuban Revolution". Guevara fought side by side with the Castros then took their Revolution to the people. It is estimated that Guevara is personally responsible for anywhere from 2000 to 150,000 Cuban Deaths. Notice the low number is 2000. This man was a viscous henchmen for Castro, his job was to put down any dissenters to "the cause", it was a position he relished. Guevara famously executed political prisoners without fair trial. You want to know the Truth about Che Guevara, take a few minutes and watch the following video. While it in no way covers all of the treachery of this man, it will give you a good idea of what he was Really like.
There are several books available if you are so inclined on the Real History of this assassin, one of which is Exposing Che Guevara. It was while looking at this book written by Humberto Fontova Amazon.com that I came across a review, and the reviewers thoughts seemed to capture my thoughts and convey them in a way, that I think even Liberals could understand....
Even though it's about Che and Cuba, it means a lot to me as well--a Chinese-American. Any book against one dictator is a book against ALL dictators. I imagine you must feel the same rage seeing a Che T-shirt as I do seeing a Mao T-shirt. It bothers me that many people do not think twice about wearing either T-shirt, but if somebody wore a T-shirt with the visage of Hitler, Stalin, bin Laden, or that Virginia Tech guy it'd be all over the news.
Since "History" is now confined to our lifetime in this country, I thought it was a brilliant analogy to use the VA Tech shooter as an example. Something so tragic perpetrated by one individual that caused so much pain for so many. That is what the image of Che Guevara means to Cuban Americans and exiles, yet someone thought it was a good idea to put up a statue in Central Park.
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