Riehl World View

McCain Steps In It! Uh Oh!

h/t Instapundit via McCain's website:

Tumulty did not correct her post, she simply responded “I grew up in Texas. I know what this stuff looks like.” Well, now we all know what hysterical liberal bias looks like as well.

Counting down the minutes until the liberal feminist blogs start ranting that, not only is McCain a racist, he's now obviously a sexist and a misogynist, as well. We ALL know using the word "hysterical" is simply code for, she's just a gal.

According to them, there are only two words officially approved for use in responding to liberals these days: I and agree. Anything else just brings about more aggrievement and causes them deep-seated pain they are desperate for someone to "feel."

I can't say as I honestly "feel" it. But I do enjoy watching them suffer as they do it so well!

Report: Democrats Voting On Race, Republicans Not So Much

A new study out suggests Obama may have a problem winning the White House because of his race. Seems that too many danged Democrats just don't like black people. I can hardly wait to hear Kanye West of George Bush doesn't like black people fame weigh in.

Here's a thought - were Obama conservative to Right-leaning, I'd vote for a guy like that in a minute and I suspect many other Right-siders would, too. In my opinion, were a Colin Powell or a Condaleezza Rice slightly more to the Right and able to appeal to values voters, they'd have strong backing from Right-side voters throughout much of the land, despite some existing stereotypes propagated by the media.

Unlike Obama, they've actually accomplished something relatively significant in their lives through hard work and not just talked a good game to get ahead.

Lots of Republicans harbor prejudices, too, but the survey found they weren't voting against Obama because of his race. Most Republicans wouldn't vote for any Democrat for president — white, black or brown.

More than a third of all white Democrats and independents — voters Obama can't win the White House without — agreed with at least one negative adjective about blacks, according to the survey, and they are significantly less likely to vote for Obama than those who don't have such views.

ABC Be-clowns Itself With Alleged Palin "Scoop"

You would think ABC would be embarrassed by running a headline such as this over what amounts to nothing at all. And the headline is mostly untrue. The document serves little to raise any serious doubts and contradicts nothing at all.

Exclusive: New Doubts Over Palin's Troopergate Claims

Internal Government Document Contradicts Sarah Palin, Campaign

It's a document approving a trip Palin stated was tangential to her reasoning for firing former Public Safety Director Walt Monegan.

An internal government document obtained by ABC News appears to contradict Sarah Palin's most recent explanation for why she fired her public safety chief, the move which prompted the now-contested state probe into "Troopergate."

The document does not disclose what Monegan intended to do on the trip - that's what he was fired for according to Palin - not simply that he was taking some trip to DC. A Palin aide responded:

According to Ruaro, Monegan asked for -- and received -- approval for the travel without telling Palin's staff his reason for going. "As a matter of routine, the travel was approved by Mike Nizich ... weeks before the actual purpose was made clear by former Commissioner Monegan," Ruaro wrote.

"When you receive permission to travel, it does not mean that you receive blanket authorization to discuss or do whatever you would like on that trip," he added.

Nothing to see here folks, move along. Unless you want to pause and enjoy the increasingly irrelevant media be-clowning itself in its bias once again. I'll leave you with this thought on ABC.

Holy ... War?

If you haven't seen it. h/t Instapundit

Obama's Inexperienced, Unprincipled, Self-Serving And Unpatriotic Actions In Iraq

Update: Drew at Ace's has a post that claims Obama didn't cross any lines in the meeting based on other sources present.

As there has basically already been a confession by Obama that he interfered in International negotiations during a period in which America was at war, good to see we are finally getting around to issuing an indictment, such as it is.

Obama should not have discussed the government-to-government negotiations with the Iraqis. That he did, surprised the Iraqis no end. Raising the issue with them, especially the way he did, meant that he was telling them that he did not trust his own government. The Iraqis could not be blamed for wondering why they should trust a government that is not trusted by the leader of its own loyal opposition. (There was also no point in raising the matter, because Obama did not know the content of the negotiations.)

Obama might have attended a session of the new Iraqi parliament and congratulated the people of Iraq for defying death to go through one referendum and two general elections to build a new democracy.

He might have visited some of the good work done by over 1.2 million Americans, both military and civilian, who have heroically served in Iraq since its liberation.

He might have visited some of the wounded victims of terrorism, both U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians, to comfort them, and assure them of continued U.S. determination to fight the forces of evil.

He did none of those things during his eight-hour photo-op visit.

How's that saying go? Not God Bless America, No! Goddamn America ... and all known international rules of protocol ... just bless me, as I have an election to win.

Obama was irresponsible, repulsive and un-American in his behavior. Yet, a media cowed by race and political correctness likely won't utter a harsh word about Oba-neophyte's terrible and dangerous indiscretions in Iraq. He wanted as many of our troops at risk for as long as possible hoping to ride the headlines chronicling American dead and wounded to the White House.

Really, does it get any more repulsive than that, particularly for a man who professes to become Commander in Chief, even though he lacks the experience to run a Wal-Mart?

Shameful and disgusting, there simply are not enough pejoratives to describe this self-indulgent, ignorant little man.

McCain Hits Obama Hard On Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Corruption

You can read his entire remarks at The Corner. I've excerpted McCain's blistering attack on Obama.

Two years ago, I called for reform of this corruption at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Congress did nothing. The Administration did nothing. Senator Obama did nothing, and actually profited from this system of abuse and scandal. While Fannie and Freddie were working to keep Congress away from their house of cards, Senator Obama was taking their money. He got more, in fact, than any other member of Congress, except for the Democratic chairmen of the committee that oversees them. And while Fannie Mae was betraying the public trust, somehow its former CEO had managed to gain my opponent's trust to the point that Senator Obama actually put him in charge of his vice presidential search.

This CEO, Mr. Johnson, walked off with tens of millions of dollars in salary and bonuses for services rendered to Fannie Mae, even after authorities discovered accounting improprieties that padded his compensation. Another CEO for Fannie Mae, Mr. Raines, has been advising Senator Obama on housing policy. This even after Fannie Mae was found to have committed quote "extensive financial fraud" under his leadership. Like Mr. Johnson, Mr. Raines walked away with tens of millions of dollars.

Senator Obama may be taking their advice and he may be taking their money, but in a McCain-Palin administration, there will be no seat for these people at the policy-making table. They won't even get past the front gate at the White House.

My friends, this is the problem with Washington. People like Senator Obama have been too busy gaming the system and haven't ever done a thing to actually challenge the system.

We've heard a lot of words from Senator Obama over the course of this campaign. But maybe just this once he could spare us the lectures, and admit to his own poor judgment in contributing to these problems. The crisis on Wall Street started in the Washington culture of lobbying and influence peddling, and he was square in the middle of it.

Don't Overplay The Raines/Obama Connection

Update: Un. freaking. believable. I knew it would come when I saw the ad - didn't think it would be this fast, but right on Time.

When politicians interject race into a campaign, they seldom do it directly. Consider McCain's new ad, which the campaign says it will be airing nationally....

Yes, any and all criticism of the chosen one, evidently the guy the media wants to be our first affirmative action president, simply must be a racial attack. Good grief, they have this guy's back so bad they of all people should be able to smell the stink.

Heck with this. The ad I want to see is Obama sitting in a front pew at Trinity bopping his head and clapping his hands shouting Glory friggin' Hallelujah as Jeremiah Wright takes off on one of his racist rants. Enough of this crap covering for a typically corrupt Chicago politician with no serious resume at all, college degrees for which no one can see his grades, or senior thesis, and periods of his life that go totally un-examined - you know, because he's black!!

What a farce. It's getting to the point to which if white Americans vote for this empty suit for any reason at all, it'll have to be because he's black. He brings nothing but the ability to read from a teleprompter to the job in the end. Oh, and he's articulate and clean, according to Joe Biden.

Post-racial candidate my ass. Without his mixed race, this clown wouldn't be anything at all.

I don't know what other folks have been reading but considering all the details Raines gave Obama:

advice on mortgage and housing....

maybe the extent of the advice was limited to, "Call Tony Rezko"?

Kinda fits.

Gee, If I Didn't Know Better

Gee, if I didn't know better, I'd almost think this was an orchestrated event. You know, okay, everyone be sure and write a headline with Sarah Palin and "John Birch," or "Bircher" in it.

Problem is, it's already been debunked. That was quick.

ObaMae and ObaMac

The Obaudacious one - bought and paid for by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. That's quite an interesting and corrupt web of corruption the political savior out of Chicago has.

He took more money from Fannie and Freddie than any Senator but the Democratic chairman of the committee that regulates them. He put Fannie Mae's CEO who helped create this disaster in charge of finding his Vice President. Fannie's former General Counsel is a senior advisor to his campaign. Whose side do you think he is on? When I pushed legislation to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Senator Obama was silent. He didn't lift a hand to avert this crisis. While the leaders of Fannie and Freddie were lining the pockets of his campaign, they were sowing the seeds of the financial crisis we see today and enriching themselves with millions of dollars in payments. That's not change, that's what's broken in Washington.

Obama: Well, There Is That

link: Obama has tried to assure donors and voters that he’s been schooled by Chicago politics.

Let's keep this objective, shall we?

Chicago politics is a national cliché, evoking images of a one-party system, dominated by a boss-controlled Democratic political machine whose crafty politicians dangle patronage before competing ethnic and racial groups in return for votes.

Change America needs at the National level? Not quite.