Posted: 16 March, 2011 | Author: Scott Schaefer | Filed under: Barack Obama, Budget Crisis, Health Care Reform, ObamaCare | Tags: barack obama, budget, congress, congressional democrats, congressional elections, democrats, leadership, liberals, obama, obamacare, president |
Democrats in Congress say they have grown frustrated with Obama because of his lack of leadership in their ongoing battle with Republicans over spending cuts, but with nothing in Obama’s career to suggest that he is one for political rough riding, it is odd for Democrats to express dismay that Obama isn’t leading the charge.
During the bloody 14-month fight over ObamaCare, Obama opted not to fully engage until the final three weeks. Since Obama declined to take the lead when it came to a multi-trillion-dollar law that will forever be associated with his name, Democrats should know that he isn’t jumping into the fight over funding the government for six months. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted: 16 January, 2011 | Author: Scott Schaefer | Filed under: Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, ObamaCare | Tags: aarp, barack obama, Health Care, health care reform, obamacare, political corruption |
The health insurance industry and its supporters have a new criticism of ObamaCare. Information is coming to light which indicates that the AARP is getting preferential treatment under ObamaCare regulations released just before Christmas. This news caused me to really think about those who supported Obama’s hostile takeover of the health care system. So was there anyone who supported ObamaCare whose support wasn’t somehow extorted or paid for?
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Posted: 14 November, 2010 | Author: Scott Schaefer | Filed under: Barack Obama, Health Care, Mid Term Election, ObamaCare, Politics, Progressive Agenda, Tea Party | Tags: barack obama, congressional elections, dear leader, democratic party, health care reform, liar, liberal agenda, obamacare, progressive agenda, Tea Party |
Some months ago, I wrote an article about Congressman Alan Grayson which wasn’t my finest literary work ever, but it was generally well received and, more importantly, writing it quelled my urge to throw the guy a beating. I’m sure there were thousands of people who wanted to throw him a beating as well, but I realized it just wasn’t a productive idea. In case you don’t recall the circumstances which compelled me to write the article, Grayson, a Democrat from Florida, delivered a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives which purported to describe the Republican plan for health care reform. He explained, that the Republican plan was die quickly.
Knowing, as I do, that Democratic politicians have a propensity for lying, I shouldn’t have been surprised, but I was nonetheless. It saddened me that any American politician would lie so outrageously. Surely the Democratic leadership would denounce Grayson for this outrage. Nope, I was let down again, when Barack Obama called Grayson “an outstanding member of Congress,” rather than condemning this heinous act. Support from the Dear Leader was, at the very least, tacit approval of Grayson’s deplorable behavior. Grayson and Obama it seems, are two peas in a pod.
But, I wrote the article, calmed down and moved on, forgetting Grayson just like everyone else. But this idiot just wouldn’t go away. As we entered the 2010 midterm election season, Grayson crawled out from under his rock again, this time producing a personal attack television commercial condemning his Republican opponent Dan Webster, who Grayson called Taliban Dan. The commercial was a hack job using a 3 second video clip from a speech which Mr. Webster had delivered to his prayer group and reversed the context by 180 degrees. More than one political think tank went on to declare Grayson’s commercial the most dishonest ad to air in more than two decades.
So, it is in this post election wrap-up that I am thrilled to report that the good people of Florida saw through the never ending avalanche of bulls#!t from Grayson, and ousted him from Congress on November 2 in favor of a quiet conservative by the name of Dan Webster. And it wasn’t close. The final tally: Webster 56 percent to Grayson’s 38 percent.
In an interview later in that week on MSNBC, Grayson evaluated his strategy and defeat explaining that he lost because Democrats nationally didn’t get out the vote. “If Democrats don’t vote, Democrats can’t win.” He went on to explain that “Democrats are saddened and demoralized by this policy of appeasement” that he believes always leads to defeat where compromise is not an option. Compromise, he continued, was not possible with Republicans because their entire strategy is “no.”
While every savvy political pundit universally agrees that Democrats took a beating as a repudiation of Obama’s socialist policies, this idiot thinks that the Democrats weren’t liberal enough. I can only pray the Democratic Party keeps fielding candidates just like this one.
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Posted: 3 November, 2010 | Author: Scott Schaefer | Filed under: Barack Obama, Health Care, Immigration, Mid Term Election, Politics, Tea Party | Tags: barack obama, congressional elections, democrats, haley barbour, Mid Term Election, obama, Politics, progressive agenda, referendum, republicans |
The question of whether or not this election was a referendum on Barack Obama was hotly debated on the Sunday morning news shows and thousands of times since. The debate began when it became apparent that the Democrats were going to lose massively at the polls.
Is the election a referendum on Barack Obama and his progressive policies?
On Meet the Press, Republican Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi said that the voters were ultimately casting their ballots against the Obama White House.
Not surprisingly, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine took the opposite position, saying that any discussion of a referendum on the president is overblown. I almost feel sorry for Kaine, being, as he is, in the unenviable position of supporting Barack Obama and his socialist agenda.
Despite Kaine’s claim, the only thing overblown is the belief among Democrats that they have anything more than a hope and a prayer of having a good day at the polls. Governor Barbour said, “there’s no question that this election is a referendum on Obama’s policies.” Barbour added that he’d be surprised if the Republicans didn’t take control of the House but hedged a bit on the Senate.
Democrat Kaine was ready to counter the widely-held view of a major GOP victory Tuesday night. “I think the Republicans are saying they’re going to take both houses. We believe we’re going to hold on to both houses and we’re going to see. I’m not going to predict. I believe we will hold on to both houses, but the margins will get narrower, as the American public isn’t a 51-49 nation the margins will get narrower. This is a choice, a clear choice, not a referendum.”
It is a clear choice. A very clear choice, Mr. Kaine, and Americans are very clearly choosing. They don’t want Obama’s brand of socialism here. Make no mistake about it, regardless of how it is reported by the liberal media, the defeat Democrats are going to suffer today will be a beat down, and the only thing that’s overblown are the Democrats hopes of maintaining a majority in the House.
On the issue of health care reform, Barbour said it very well, “Democrats are running from Barack Obama on health care reform like scalded dogs.”
Kaine acknowledged that while some Democrats are avoiding the issue, “the overwhelming majority of candidates that I am standing up with, they’re proud of the party, proud of the president, proud of the accomplishments and they’re thrilled that they have reformed the health care system to stop insurance company abuses, make sure that young people can stay on family policies ‘til age 26, help seniors and help small businesses. So sure, if somebody stands up as a Democrat and says they’re against it, that’s going to be newsworthy, but all the Democrats that are out there campaigning for it, that’s not so newsworthy.”
I had to rub my eyes to make sure it was Kaine, and not Pinocchio making the statement. His nose should have grown as he said it. Make no mistake about it. I want to be very clear on this, (my apologies for making fun of Obama’s standard style of demagoguery) virtually every Democrat running for office is hiding from the health care issue. Most Democrats are even hiding from Obama. One candidate, a Democrat from Rhode Island, told Obama to “shove it.”
Now there’s a party proud of their president! Kaine was right about one thing though, the choice today is, indeed, very clear. And it is with total clarity that America will send a message to the Democrats. This was a clear, concise and resounding referendum on Barack Obama, and we hope you enjoy the beat down.
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Posted: 3 November, 2010 | Author: Scott Schaefer | Filed under: Demographics, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Health Care, Mid Term Election, Politics, Tea Party | Tags: baby boomers, barack obama, Mid Term Election, midterm election, obama, seniors |
Older American voters are the voting block most likely to vote in any election. This year, however, they are going to do so in record numbers. Seniors are supporting Republicans more than any other demographic group, in this election cycle, and they are poised to vote at historic levels.
Republicans, who are usually more likely to vote than Democrats, are far more likely to vote than are their Democratic counterparts this year, in every age group. But, older Republicans and independents who are leaning right, are creating a political tsunami that is crashing down on thousands of Democratic candidates.
This generational tidal wave of seniors and baby boomers, are mad as hell and they’re apparently not going to take it anymore. They are more enthusiastic about voting than at any time in the past, according to the Pew Research Center, and they are invested in the outcome of this election. By comparison, the group which includes young voters and 30-49 year old adults, are likely to turn out to vote in numbers typical for midterm election cycles.
Make no mistake, it is older voters who will carry the day today, and their enthusiasm is measurable. Here are some of those measures. Beating by 9% their previous high water mark, 84% of seniors and boomers say they will Definitely vote and 60% of them have given the election alot of thought. Historically, enthusiasm of this magnitude is usually a predictor of a very high voter turnout.
This senior wave represents a tremendous paradigm shift. Think about election cycles of the past, for a moment, and see if you can visualize the impact senior voters had. There really isn’t anything that jumps to mind. The impact of senior voters – and their voices – are typically minimized. Not so, this year. As another journalist recently put it, this time around seniors are concerned about the future. And, having lived through the ascendency of America as a superpower, they don’t like the fragile state America is now in. The way things are now in America isn’t exactly what they had in mind for their golden years.
They are pessimistic about the economy and 70% of them now say they plan on working after retirement and 60% say that Obama’s progressive policies have made the economy worse. In an amazing declination of support, at the beginning of the Obama administration, 60% approved of Obama, while now only 40% do. They are far more skeptical of healthcare reform than are younger voters, and they prefer a small government over a large one.
Some 80% view the economy negatively, while two-thirds of them believe their children’s generation will have it worse than their generation did. Never before in our history has a generation of Americans believed the next generation would be worse off. They believe that the US government is too big and spends too much, which translates into the evaporation of their safety net.
Gallup estimates that the senior turnout this year will be 11% higher than it was in the 2006 midterm election cycle, and in 2006, seniors turned out to vote at double the rate of younger voters. Rasmussen reports that seniors favor the Republican in their district by an18% margin, 53% to 35%. Seniors turning out in these kind of numbers and favoring Republicans as strongly as they are, are causing a political tsunami which will crash down on Democrats all across America.
I’ve cited enough numbers to make my point. However, two more numbers are certainly noteworthy. The Tea Party has hugely impacted older voters. More than 30% of the Tea Party are seniors, and almost 50% are Baby Boomers.
Since it is approaching closing time for the polls on the east coast, I’ll wrap this up. I want to conclude by giving thanks. Thank you, seniors and boomers, for standing up for what you believe and thank you for having the strength to back it up with your vote.
I would be remiss if I didn’t thank the one man who, I believe, had the greatest single impact on the electorate of any man in history. And, were it not for him, the resurgence of patriotism and ascendancy of the Tea Party – forces that will bring America back from the brink – would never have been possible. Thus, it is with a full heart that I thank Glenn Beck. There is no doubt in my mind, we would have been lost without you.
There is one thing about which seniors and boomers are completely certain: they’re not racists. They are sure of it and so am I, despite the almost daily attempts of the liberal media and Democratic leadership to the contrary.
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Posted: 10 April, 2010 | Author: Scott Schaefer | Filed under: Health Care, Mid Term Election, Politics, Tea Party | Tags: Health Care, healthcare, liar, liberal agenda, liberals, obama, obama is lying, obamacare, obamunism, Politics, progressive agenda, progressives, redistribution of wealth, Scott Schaefer, socialism, stop obama now, stop obamacare, Tea Party, tea party patriots, vote buying |
I remember it like it was yesterday. It was presidential election season in the run-up to the 1980 election between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. I was 16 years old and paying a great deal of attention to the election which remains the widest chasm between candidates that I have ever seen. I started, being very excited about observing American democracy at work.
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Posted: 2 April, 2010 | Author: Scott Schaefer | Filed under: Health Care, Mid Term Election, Politics, Tea Party | Tags: Health Care, liberal agenda, liberal media, obama, obamacare, obamunism, president reagan, progressive agenda, progressives, ronald reagan, Scott Schaefer, socialism, socialized medicine, Tea Party, tea party patriots, vote buying |
As Barack Obama continues his assault on the American way of life, governing with contempt for the American people, Americans continue to rebel against ObamaCare as the seeds of dissent spread.
The seeds of dissent are spreading across America like wildfire, as voter rebellion against ObamaCare continues, driven by our fundamental disagreement with the legislation, not by lack of understanding or our own ignorance, as Obama and the left would have you believe.
Americans cannot be educated into agreeing with the legislation. They understand it and reject it. New talking points and high-budget road shows will not change unalterable facts. ObamaCare is socialized medicine, big government control over the economy and our lives. It is unconstitutional and is, quite simply, un-American, and we refuse to accept it.
Americans are equally incensed by the heavy-handed tactics employed by Obama and the Democratic Party in ramming it down our throats. Rather than governing for the people, as our forefathers intended in our founding documents, Obama and the Democrats have completely ignored the wishes of the people. With total disdain for those he purports to govern, the Dear Leader proclaimed that government knows best, telling the little people to shut up and fall in line. No, Mr. President, we won’t shut up and fall in line; we’re mad as hell and we’re not gonna take it anymore.
We reject the content of this legislation, we reject the methods employed to pass it, and we reject it because government screws up everything it touches. This is as sure as death and taxes.
Social Security is broke, Medicare is broke, and the Post Office is broke. And yet now, despite this ridiculous track record, we are to believe that the same monumentally incompetent morons responsible for bankrupting these institutions know what’s best for us? These idiots presume to tell us they should run health care? They failed in competently delivering mail.
No private for profit institution would employ these statesmen to run their company, but the progressives have nationalized our health care system – and fully 1/6 of the US economy with it – employing a style remarkably similar to the governing style practiced by Hugo Chavez.
In his first inaugural address – 30 years and 180 degrees of political philosophy ago – Ronald Reagan proclaimed that “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” Reagan was right then and he would be right now.
Until now, it could be said that our government was instituted among men, deriving its just powers from the consent of the governed. That philosophy is dead. It was killed by Barack Obama and the leaders of the Democratic Party, exhibiting disdain for those they were entrusted to govern.
Well spoken though he may be, Obama governs like an elegant street thug, declaring that he demanded passage of this controversial legislation. Narcissistic Democrats in the Congress assured him it would comply, by any means necessary. These progressives have shredded the Constitution – and with it our liberty – in the process.
Americans will always have contentious debate over volatile issues, but at the end of the day, we have time-honored ways to reach consensus; which is what this president and this Congress have completely ignored, igniting a furious backlash, as their disdain for the voters becomes increasingly obvious.
Scores of millions of Americans are now telling Washington they do not want ObamaCare. But, rather than build consensus and govern, Obama and his political operatives attack those who dare disagree with them. My 65 year old saint of a mother – a woman who has never hurt anyone in her life – has been called un-American and dangerous by the President of the United States. Shame on you, sir. Other Democratic Party leaders have called her a terrorist. Shame on you all.
I warn you now, America. Do not to expect their brutal political tactics to abate. Obama’s progressive political operatives will continue to shred the Constitution with their jack boots, in their zeal to redistribute wealth and fundamentally transform America.
I, like the scores of millions of American who now protest, like the Tea Party Patriots, like most Americans, don’t want the country to be fundamentally transformed.
As I have previously written, like the Twilight Zone episode of 50 years ago, the playbook Obama and his progressive ilk are following is a cookbook; and we are the ingredients. America, you must make a choice. You can drink your Obama Kool-Aid, to lessen the pain of being cooked, or you can stand up and fight.
As a patriot, my course is clear and my resolve firm. I’m going to fight. I’m going to win just one more for the Gipper. If you care about America, as I do, contact me and learn how we can work together, to preserve our liberty, the Constitution and our very way of life.
Oh, and to the mainstream media and those shameless journalists who every day claim that our dissent is driven by racism, go to hell. We are Americans and we don’t care about the color of our skin, your skin or Obama’s skin. We refuse to be led blindly to the socialist slaughter and we’re not going to take it anymore.
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Posted: 29 March, 2010 | Author: Scott Schaefer | Filed under: Health Care, Immigration, Politics | Tags: congressional elections, corruption, Health Care, Immigration, obamacare, Politics, progressive agenda, Scott Schaefer, Tea Party, vote buying |
Barack Obama and the Democratic leadership passed legislation that takes over the US health care system and 1/6 of the American economy, despite overwhelming voter opposition, by buying votes and achieving levels of political corruption never before witnessed in history.
In just his first year in office, Barack Obama has proven to be the most profoundly dishonest President in American history. In what is only the latest example of the corruption which is widespread in the Obama White House, and his perversion of the American political system, Barrack Obama succeeded in securing an eleventh hour endorsement from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus of ObamaCare legislation.
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Posted: 21 March, 2010 | Author: Scott Schaefer | Filed under: Economy, Health Care, Politics | Tags: congressional elections, corruption, Health Care, Immigration, obamacare, Politics, progressive agenda, Scott Schaefer, Tea Party, vote buying |
Barrack Obama continues buying votes in his effort to seize control of the US health care industry. The latest effort of this profoundly dishonest President buys votes from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, promising amnesty for illegal aliens.
In his latest example of corruption – and his perversion of the American political system – Barrack Obama succeeded in securing the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’s endorsement of ObamaCare legislation by pledging to push an amnesty plan for millions of illegal aliens.
In this apparent quid pro quo, the president’s promise to push amnesty in 2010 coincidentally came just hours after members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus promised their support for the health care reform bill. The announcement further coincided with the release of an outline for amnesty legislation authored by Senators Chuck Schumer and Lindsey Graham.
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Posted: 20 March, 2010 | Author: Scott Schaefer | Filed under: Economy, Health Care | Tags: credit rating, economics, Economy, federal budget, federal deficit, Health Care, moody's, national debt, obamacare, Scott Schaefer, treasury bonds |
Even before yet-to-be-determined costs of nationalized health care are added to the federal budget, crushing deficits added to national debt by Obama and the Democrats are forcing credit rating agencies to consider lowering America’s gold-plated AAA credit rating.
The gold-plated credit rating of the United States may be at risk as the nation copes with growing debt.
Moody’s states that even AAA-rated US Treasury bonds, considered the safest of investments, could be downgraded if Washington continues on its current path of failing to manage the federal debt.
Moody’s said the United States and other major Western nations, particularly Britain, have moved substantially closer to losing their gilt-edged ratings. The ratings are stable, but their ‘distance-to-downgrade’ has in all cases substantially diminished,” the credit rating agency said.
Preserving debt affordability at levels consistent with AAA ratings will invariably require fiscal adjustments of a magnitude that, in some cases, will test social cohesion.
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A downgrade would negatively affect the country’s ability to keep borrowing money on favorable terms. If cut, investors will demand higher interest rates on Treasury Bonds.
Those higher rates, in turn, add to the country’s overall debt burden and can force the government to reduce spending, increase taxes or both. That difficulty has been well-illustrated recently in Greece and Portugal, with strikes and protests as citizens march in the streets to oppose tough austerity measures that directly reduce entitlements and state benefits.
“Preserving debt affordability” — the ratio of interest payments to government revenue — “at levels consistent with AAA ratings will invariably require fiscal adjustments of a magnitude that, in some cases, will test social cohesion” said Moody’s, with the United States and Britain in the toughest position.
Believe a downgrade to the US Credit Rating can’t happen? Remember that Moody’s cut Japan’s AAA rating last May as the market grew increasingly uneasy with Japan’s debt burden.
The Obama administration estimates that the US deficit will rise to 10.6 percent of gross domestic product in the current fiscal year – the highest since World War II – and federal debt will reach 64 percent of gross domestic product. Government expenditures under Obama will rise to a postwar high of 25.4 percent of GDP this year.
Growth will support some governments’ adjustment plans, but no government can rely on it. There is also a danger that, with governments unwilling or unable to begin withdrawing stimulus, central banks could take the initiative to raise interest rates before the economy is ready, which will compound an already complicated debt equation, with abrupt rating consequences becoming necessary.
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In just his first year in office, Barack Obama has proven to be the most profoundly dishonest President in American history. In what is only the latest example of the corruption which is widespread in the Obama White House, and his perversion of the American political system, Barrack Obama succeeded in securing an eleventh hour endorsement from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus of ObamaCare legislation.
The gold-plated credit rating of the United States may be at risk as the nation copes with growing debt. Moody’s states that even AAA-rated US Treasury bonds, considered the safest of investments, could be downgraded if Washington continues on its current path of failing to manage the federal debt.
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