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Imagine how humiliating it is for The One to actually have to go on the network he tried to excommunicate not that long ago:

 

 

Well, if you were a deity forced to descend from heaven with a growl, the voice of Gibbsy, and teleprompter of God, and actually have to pretend to be a mere president actually accountable to these 300,000,000 glob flies otherwise known as the American people, wouldn't you be "combative" too?  Heck, Baier kept interrupting Lucifer's filibuster with questions, like this was some sort of (ugh) "interview" or something, instead of rolling out his prayer rug and bowing down to him instead, as he was supposed to.

So OF COURSE Barry O is not concerned with the rules - why would he be?  His congressional minions sure as hell aren't.  And neither should we be, because we're keeping His Infernal Majesty from "fixing" health care, and that's against one of his commandments.

This is the face of Hopenchange, peeps.  Hope it was everything you dreamed it'd be.

Meanwhile, this strikes me as entirely plausible and hopelessly naive.  If I were a blue dog, I'd want to make this whole thing just go away, too, but their special agony is that the only way to make this go away is to actually come off the fence.  Or, in other words, the only way out of the hellfire is right straight through it.  Which side they land on will determine whether what's on the other side unfolds in another line of work.

Annnnnnd the states take a stand.  Seems they think the Tenth Amendment is still something more substantive than a moist towellete.  Time will tell if it makes a bean-hill's difference, but I tend to think that, practically speaking, state "sovereignty" perished decades ago.

Hope I'm wrong, fear I'm right.

UPDATE: A panoply of lies....

 

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TCCSOSBanner
Dear Conservative Friend,


The Conservative Caucus (TCC) is conducting a survey of as many as 5,000,000 Americans (who vote regularly in elections) concerning President Obama's Socialist Agenda for America.

Our Primary Goal with This Poll: To show members of Congress that most Americans believe in liberty and are overwhelmingly OPPOSED to President Obama's Socialist Agenda for America.

This might be the largest public opinion poll ever conducted on any public policy issue.

I very much hope you will take a few minutes of your time to click this link and fill out your survey.

We will deliver a report on the results of this survey to every member of Congress, President Obama, and key news media.

My name is Howard Phillips. I am Chairman of The Conservative Caucus (TCC), a non-partisan, non-profit public policy action organization founded in 1974.

For more than 35 years, TCC and I have been in the forefront of dozens of successful campaigns to block the plans of the Left-wing elites, including the U.N. Law of the Sea Treaty (UNLOST) and the North American Union (NAU).

I've commissioned this survey for three important reasons:

REASON #1: We will use the results of this survey to send a strong message to Congress, President Obama, and the news media that the American people are overwhelmingly opposed to the Socialist direction President Obama is taking America.

SOSlogoWith the all-important 2010 Congressional elections fast-approaching, members of Congress are especially sensitive to public opinion right now.

Democrats in Congress are becoming increasingly worried about President Obama's plummeting job approval ratings. According to Gallup, only two Presidents since World War II have had lower job approval ratings than President Obama at this stage in office ...because his Socialist Agenda is not popular with the American people.

This survey will show these nervous Democrats in Congress just how STRONGLY and INTENSELY Americans OPPOSE the enormous growth in government we've seen already from President Obama and Leftists who run Congress ...and OPPOSE the all-out assault on liberty we are seeing from our own government in Washington at every level.

If merely 20% of Democrats in Congress rise up and say "NO MORE OBAMA SOCIALISM," this will be enough to STOP most of what President Obama wants to do -- until we can pick up more conservative seats in the 2010 Congressional Elections and (hopefully) roll back the damage Obama has done to America already.

I believe this survey of 5,000,000 registered voters showing OVERWHELMING pubic OPPOSITION to President Obama's neo-Marxist Agenda for America will be enough to persuade 20% of the Democrats in Congress to REJECT President Obama's plans to dismantle America's Constitutional heritage.


REASON #2: We will use this survey to help The Conservative Caucus(TCC)identify and mobilize a large grassroots army of millions of pro-freedom Americans to put pressure on Congress to REJECT President Obama's Socialist Agenda for America.

Members of Congress react when they feel public pressure ...because the #1 goal of most members of Congress (and most elected officials) is to win re-election.

No, we probably can't change the true ideologues -- such as Barney Frank, or House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, or Maxine Waters.

But there is a good number of Democrats in Congress who represent conservative districts and will turn against President Obama's Socialist Agenda for America if they feel heat from voters at home.

That's why it's so important to have a grassroots army in every Congressional district in America whose members can be counted on to ...


Call their Congressman and two U.S. Senators
    Write letters
      • Confront their representatives in Congress at town hall meetings and public events (which is having great impact)
      • Show up in person at their offices to make their views known on key issues

      Time and again, I have seen public pressure of this kind cause members of Congress to change their votes -- because they see their own political survival as far more important than whatever personal views they might have on an issue.


      REASON #3: We will use the results of this survey to help The Conservative Caucus (TCC)identify and mobilize millions of activists.

      President Obama and the Left already sense their power slipping away. And they know they will almost certainly lose seats in both the House and Senate in the 2010 Congressional elections.

      That's why President Obama and his allies in Congress are trying to move America toward Socialism as fast as they possibly can, before Americans have a chance to fully understand what's happening.

      Our job here at The Conservative Caucus (TCC) is to slow down (or, if possible, STOP) President Obama's Socialist Express until the 2010 Congressional elections.


      We do this by generating overwhelming public pressure on Congress to REJECT President Obama's Socialist plans for America.
      • He is waging war on our economic liberties
      • He is waging war on private property rights
      • He is waging war on our freedom to have our own doctor decide our medical treatment (and wants government bureaucrats deciding instead)
      • He is packing our courts with ultra-left judges who are waging war on our religious liberties and Second Amendment gun rights
      • He is waging war on a free press (specifically broadcast freedom) by looking for ways to influence the broadcast content of radio stations that carry conservative programming (i.e.Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham)
      • He favors amnesty for illegal aliens (so he can have tens of millions of new voters to cement his hold on the Presidency)

      The list of assaults on liberty and our Constitution by the Obama White House goes on and on.

      So our job (with your help and support) is to keep building public pressure on Congress.

      Completing this survey of as many as 5,000,000 registered voters will allow us to mobilize this grassroots conservative army of millions of citizens -- so we can continue to build massive and overwhelming public pressure on Congress to REJECT President Obama's Socialist vision for America.



      This Conservative Mobilization Program is costly.

      It takes money to identify, educate, and mobilize citizens conservative to become politically active -- including showing them how to make their views known to our elected officials in Washington, DC...and how to recruit additional activists and voters to do the same.

      Identifying, educating and mobilizing 2,000,000 conservative activists to pressure Congress to REJECT President Obama's Socialist Agenda for America will cost about $30,000,000.

      That's the budget I'm trying to raise right now -- in part with this message.

      Your decision to go here right now and join the battle with your best contribution will help raise the funds we now urgently need to fund the Battle Plan I've described to you here -- a Battle Plan that has a realistic chance to STOP President Obama in his tracks.

      Freedom right now hangs in the balance. Liberty is under attack from our own government like never before.

      But we have a chance to save our great country if most of the millions of readers of this message complete our survey and sends the
      best contribution they possibly can.


      THIS IS IMPORTANT: Our only source of funds to pay for this Battle Plan is the voluntary donations we receive from patriotic Americans who value freedom and who understand the all-out assault our own government is waging against liberty in America.

      Most of our supporters send gifts in the $25 to $50 range.

      Some are in a position to send $100 or $1,000. A few send even bigger gifts -- while others are making a sacrifice by sending $15 or even $10.

      The amount of your donation is not as important as you making a point right now to just contribute what you can.

      This really might be our last chance to rescue our great nation from President Obama's Socialist vision.

      So I hope you make a special point right now to
      go here and answer my survey along with sending your best contribution.

      Sincerely,

      TCC_Howard_sig

      Howard Phillips

      Chairman, The Conservative Caucus (TCC)
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      Never let it be said that Barack Hussein Obama is....shameless:

       

       

      Iranian nukes?  Eh.  Designated the Taliban our "partners in peace"?  No problem.  Groveling before Vlad Putin, Hugo Chavez, the mullahs, Kim jong-Il. et al?  Can't wait.  Israel constructs houses in a part of Jerusalem not even at issue in the "Palestinian Peace Process?  DEFCON 1.

      Remember how a year ago Limbaugh was the only prominent media voice even on the Right who publicly rooted for Red Barry to fail?  It was eminently logical: Obamunist "success" would mean American catastrophe.  Ergo, knowing what he wants to do to the country, why would ANYBODY hope that he would succeed?  Why would the laws of economics, geopolitics, or human nature bow even to a dime-store "messiah", no matter how good his teleprompter is?

      Trust me: however ObamaCare, or the rest of Lucifer's Marxist-Alynskiist rampage turns out, "third-world president" will vidicatorily resonate as well.  Mark my words.

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      I wonder: does this make Joe Biden Bob Todd or Little Jackie Wright?

      via J-Ger

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      An Urgent Message From Our Sponsor, The League of American Voters


      Dear Reader:

      This is the week of the final battle between the forces of freedom and those who want to straitjacket you; those who want you to decide your healthcare and those who want government bureaucrats and mandates to decide.

      Congress and the president are very close to subverting the will of the American people who strongly oppose Obamacare.

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      The Hill reported this week that "dozens" of congressmen remain "undecided" -- including many who voted for Obamacare the first time.

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      Web Bug from http://news.newsmax.com/images/19915/trans.gif


      An Urgent Message from Dick Morris


      Obama and Pelosi Are Frantic. We Must
      Stop Their Desperate Plan to Ram Through Obamacare
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      Utah's lone Democratic Congressman Jim Matheson voted against Obamacare when it first passed the House last year.

      Then the heavens opened up and Obama came forth to nominate his brother Scott to a federal judgeship.

      Will the appointment influence Matheson's vote? Was it a bribe?

      The League of American Voters is asking this question in a very public way through an advertisement it is currently airing on Salt Lake City television, in the middle of Matheson's district.

      The ad poses the question:

      "Our Congressman Jim Matheson voted against Obama's health care proposals and Salt Lake City is saying thanks. He voted against cutting Medicare by $500 billion, against health care rationing, against higher taxes. But then Obama appointed his brother to a federal judgeship. Some people say it was bribe to get Jim to change his vote. Was it? We'll be able to tell if Jim now switches his vote. Hey Jim, we'll be watching!"

      This ad, which costs $77,000 to run, is indicative of the hand-to-hand warfare going in district after district over the health care bill.

      The League of American Voters, a group for which I serve as chief strategist, is at the forefront of efforts to stop Obamacare.

      Right now the League -- thanks to generous donations -- is running ads in eighteen districts of swing Congressmen.

      Meanwhile, Pelosi and Obama are frantic.

      They are trying to find a way to pass health care in the House without having, first, to ask Congressmen to vote for the Senate version of the legislation.

      Pro-lifers don't like the abortion funding provisions in the Senate version, liberals dislike the lack of a public option, those in thrall to big labor hate the tax on high value health policies for union members, and everybody is nauseated by the special favors inserted for Marie Landrieu of Louisiana and Ben Nelson of Nebraska.

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      There are 35 Congressmen who voted "no" the first time around who need reinforcement and another 20 who voted yes who I believe can be persuaded to change their vote. But that will take pressure -- making the League's effort and your help vital.

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      Remember: If Obamacare becomes law, our health system will never recover.

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      The League needs these additional funds today. The vote is coming soon and the League must begin airing ads into these additional Congressional districts.

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      Dick Morris

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      Like the Keymaster to Red Barry's Merovingian....

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      h/t: Uncle
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