Is the GOP in Need of a "Leader"?

Riehl World View has a piece up on Instapundit Glenn Reynolds' interview on PJTV with Mark Levin, which touched-on the question of whether or not the GOP and conservatives need a "leader." [10:35].

Note [7:45] Renolds admitting that even he thought that Levin and others on talk-radio were over-the-top in their 2008 rants re. Obama's plans for apppeasement and a massive socialist agenda... when in reality it's all turned out far, far worse than even their direst predictions... with Obama like a "central-casting villain".

And where do you hear this call for a conservative "leader" coming from, anyway?

Primarily the Left and MSM, of course... most conservatives feel that our ideas unite us just fine at this point- as evidenced on 9/12. And we all know new leadership will evolve into 2012... as Levin says, "the grass-roots in leading the way".

But the Alinskyites of Team Obama/DNC/MSM desperately need for us to have a "leader"... so they have a target. One of Alinsky's primary tenents is to personalize the battle, to single-out a class "enemy" and attack him- just like the Bolsheviks that they are. The Left needs this SO badly in-fact that they attempted to crown a GOP "leader" -Rush Limbaugh- pounding this talking point hard, have constructed rhetorical strawmen, and/or attacked Palin when no such "leader" was provided...

Rules for Radicals' # 11: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it. Don’t try to attack abstract corporations or bureaucracies. Identify a responsible individual. Ignore attempts to shift or spread the blame.

One could make the argument that there's really no need for a GOP leader/front-runner until 2011... with the people deciding, not the party... as re. Barack Obama, it was the GOP's base out-there in fly-over country that got it right... and DC-based party leadership that got it oh-so wrong. 2010 will make or break a few careers on both sides of the isle, so let that play-out first. IMO the Democrats will be facing a bloodbath- so we'll just see who emerges once the dust settles.

Sorry Dems- only 14 mos until it's time to face the music... and good luck with that. Now would be a good time to start hedging... you know what you need to do on Obamacare if you plan to stay in the same line of work.

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Why REAL Revolutionaries Should Pretend to Be Something Else- by Barack Obama

Back in 2005 in an open letter to the far-left propaganda rag Daily Kos, Barack Obama spoke to his fellow would-be revolutionaries on how presenting a disingenuous moderate front to the public was the best way to further the progressive cause:

I thought this might be a good opportunity to offer some thoughts about ... how to bring about meaningful change in this country.

There is one way, over the long haul, to guarantee the appointment of judges that are sensitive to issues of social justice, and that is to win the right to appoint them by recapturing the presidency and the Senate. And I don’t believe we get there by vilifying good allies, with a lifetime record of battling for progressive causes, over one vote or position.

We won’t be able to transform the country with such a polarized electorate.

... it is necessary for Democrats to get some backbone, give as good as they get, brook no compromise, drive out Democrats who are interested in “appeasing” the right wing, and enforce a more clearly progressive agenda.

The country, finally knowing what we stand for and seeing a sharp contrast, will rally to our side and thereby usher in a new progressive era.

All this should sound familiar to anyone who's ever juxtaposed Obama's "moderate" spiel against the stealthily-radical, stubbornly partisan, and even bullying legislative actions of his presidency. He suggested back then -in 2005- that his fellow ultra-liberals fight quietly, and talk speciously -as to not scare-off middle America- while pretending to be bipartisan, reasonable, and open to compromise. This strategy was subsequently employed in his tightly-scripted presidential campaign. Obama was showing his fellow disgruntled anti-establishment types at Kos the shining path: Bide your time for when the White House and Senate are in the hands of "progressives"... and then, and only then -as noted today at Stop the ACLU- just ram the whole revolution right-down America's throat.

Well, what else to expect from such a self-proclaimed Trojan-horse, then? One who even let it slip-out on the stump last year that he's a "blank canvas" that people can project their (naive) wishes upon? Saul Alinsky taught his Bolshevik Grasshopper well... how to game the system and mask one's true intentions, while scheming to realize truly radical change. According to Alinsky, the effective radical should "sound like you're from the middle-class, and act like you're for the middle-class... then you destroy the middle-class."

As such -and in violation of many pledges of bipartisanship- the New York Times reports that Obama and the Democrats are indeed planning to go-it-alone if necessary on ObamaCare and inflict this radical, big-government power-grab upon an disapproving majority. This would seem to be a reckless political suicide from where I'm standing... and with the Blue Dogs far from happy yet, no slam-dunk, either.

It's a good thing that most Americans love this country and it's freedoms... and they don't like a fake. The recent contentious debate over ObamaCare has brought harsh reality to vast numbers of those who were mistaken or deluded into thinking Barack was some good-faith regular guy who could be trusted and loved baseball, apple pie, etc. In reality, there's really not much in this society that he plans to spare from the wrecking-ball... and this realization has moderates abandoning his initiatives in droves.

A new NBC poll now shows a plurality of Americans believe that ObamaCare would worsen the quality of HC in this country... and a weak 40% support the President's handling of the issue. Looks like he's lost that legendary mojo on the stump, too- the President's recent streak of town-hall and other campaigning for HC reform has had no positive effect whatsoever... rather, it's rallied the opposition.

For anyone still out-there (take that how you like) that actually still believes Obama's hollow promises to be "bipartisan", "post-partisan", "moderate", or even "open to listening to opposing views" (LOL)... it's time to take a hard look at the gaping chasm between the rhetoric and the reality of today's Obama Administration. NOW would be an excellent time to come out of the wishful-thinking ether and realize that not only have you been lied to... but you yourself have committed an act of negligence by not having the gumption to do any due diligence on this treacherous radical before you ran-out and voted for him.

Perhaps you just went-along with the crowd last November, felt racially-guilt tripped, or maybe it was the "soaring rhetoric" got to you... but it's hard to understand or excuse those who ignored the myriad Obama red-flags regarding Rezko, Daley, and Blago... bad-faith political maneuvering... and ultra-radical mentors from Frank Marshall Davis-to-Saul Alinsky-to-Bill Ayers.... well, there were ample warning signs for those who cared to look. The least you could do now would be to help the rest of us put the brakes on the Obama-Pelosi-Reid triumvirate's legislative and spending blitz... as they're completely out-of-control.

Someday a lot of people are going to lie to their grandchildren about who they voted for back in '08... as we'll all wince at the very mention of the name Obama. But it won't take that long for Americans to realize that putting this calculating, habitually-dishonest, and vengeful subversive in the WH with a powerful congressional majority might be the biggest mistake that this country's ever made... and the awakening has already begun.

► h/t Memeorandum

► h/t Sweetness and Light

► h/t Gateway Pundit

► h/t Hot Air

► h/t Stop the ACLU

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158 Documented Lies from America's Prevaricator-in-Chief

It takes a pretty concerted effort to flippantly explain away/sweep-under-the-rug 158 intentional falsehoods from the habitually dishonest Barack Obama in little under a year... but that's what the American MSM have done. And in neglecting their Constitutionally-implied duties, they've become little more than the administration's propaganda arm and shameless Obamapologists... with their already thin credibility now down to one quark.

The tactics of the president's rabble-rousing mentor Saul Alinsky call for deception and deflection- how many times has Barack Obama said one thing but done another? Alinsky's techniques were also employed in the disinformation campaign against Rush Limbaugh et. al.

And Obama seems to think that everybody's as stupid as the people who voted for him. When not lying blatantly, he makes the loosest, most general statements possible- then implies deliberate falsehoods, i.e. that George W Bush is responsible for all the current rampant spending and quadrupling of the budget deficit because it started under him.

The Dear Leader's really pretty squirelly, and changes his story at-will... while we plebes are expected to just swallow this ever-morphing and malleable version of reality as it goes along. Obama also contradicts himself constantly, while the press does idiotic stories on his puppy vetting process and how he and Joey Pluggs like to go out for cheeseburgers.

Chairman O wants the state to be your mother and father- and seems to feel that it’s his right to lie to you if he wishes… just like your parents when you were five. Government will be one you come to for money, ask permission when you want to think or speak, and who handles all your finances for you since of course you can’t be trusted.

The blog Obama WTF (What's the Facts?) has done a great job compiling a list of 158 Documented Obama Lies... obviously a substantial ongoing endeavor, since the author of these whoppers is a such a prolific reprobate. And as noted yesterday at RedState, Obama's fiction is getting more brazen, if anything.

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158 Obama claims he wrote letter to US Treasurer to try to prevent the housing crisis; but he acted only AFTER he had caused it by blocking McCain's bill

157 Obama claims he is bipartisan ; Congressional Quarterly shows he voted with his party 97% of the time

156 Obama's dirty lie scares seniors: falsely claims McCain plans to cut $880 billion from Medicare: liar liar liar says Annenberg Factcheck

155 Obama lies about his mother turning to food stamps AND still sending him to top schools; his grandmother paid for education

154 Obama lied about being asked to wear dead soldier's bracelet: family had asked Obama to stop wearing it

153 Obama claimed all new spending is economic plan was self-funding; short by $3.5 Trillion says nonpartisan Tax Policy Center

152 Obama denied Admiral Mike Mullen had called Obama's Iraqi troop plan "dangerous"; Mullen made comment on Fox in July 2008 according to WaPo

151 Obama lied about Kissinger's views of diplomacy during first debate; Kissinger confirms the lie

150 During Debate 1 Obama denied voting to tax some people making
$42000 a year: Annenburg Factcheck,org confirms Obama is lying

149 After Debate 1, Team Obama denied Obama ever said, "Iran's not a threat": Video proves Obama DID say "Iran is NOT a threat."

148 Obama claims under McCain employers would be taxed on the health care benefits it grants to workers; he's lying

147 Obama refers to an Iraqi surplus of $79 billion and says US should have it; its $60 billion and dwindling

146 Obama claims only 5% of Americans would see tax increase; he's grossly understating the number of people effected

145 Obama accuses McCain of lying about Biden being against clean coal; video proves Obama is lying

144 Obama claims McCain is opposed to abortion in cases of rape or incest; McCain has never held that position.

143 Obama accuses McCain of making an ad about Obama's vote to approve leaving babies who survive abortion procedures to die; McCain did not
make the ad

142 Obama's ad on abortion claims BHO always supported medical care to protect infants; text of the Bill he supported shows he wanted babies born alive after abortions to be left to die

141 Obama's ad on abortion uses quotes by journalists who made negative comments about a McCain ad; but Obama is misleading because both journalists have been proven to be incorrect

140 Obama's lying when he says McCain's ad misstated BHO's Sex Ed for Kindergartners Bill: McCain's ad was accurate; here's the Sex Ed Bill text

139 Obama and Biden both truncate McCain's comments on the strength of the economy's fundamentals: deliberate distortion

138 Biden claims McCain tried to hurt our veterans by denying them educational benefits; NewsWeek confirms Biden is lying

137 Obama claims under McCain, Elderly would have had Social Security tied up in the Stock market; Newsweek cries BS

136 Obama claims his opponent will cut social security in half: NOT true; Obama guilty of scare-mongering aimed at Seniors

135 Biden claims McCain wouldn't help small borrowers hurt by housing crisis; this is untrue according to Newsweek

134 Obama claimed during the primary he had more Ex President Clinton Foreign Policy advisers than Sen. Clinton; she had 70% more

133 Obama claimed his father served in World War 2: his Kenyan-born father never served

132 Obama grossly misquoted Sen.Clinton about her vote on a banking bill; BHO used the false quote to show why voters don't trust
Government

131 Obama claimed employers are more likely to be struck by lightning than be prosecuted for employing illegals; Gov stats prove he's lying

130 Pushing his Green agenda Obama claimed Japanese Car average 45 mpg fuel efficiency; its actually around 29 mph

129 Obama disparaged the President saying he hadn't met with auto makers until the sixth year of his presidency; GWB met automakers in
April 2003

128 Obama disparaged the efficiency of our healthcare system saying
the U.S. spends twice per capita than other countries: WaPo proves he's lying

127 Obama claims President Clinton's Labor Secretary said BHO's healthcare plan, "Does more than anybody to reduce costs"; Robert Reich did NOT say it

126 Obama falsely claimed he won the Michigan Democrat primary: he was not on the ballot

125 Obama's Spanish language ad lies about McCain's position on immigration; tries to stir race-war: lies debunked by ABC

124 Obama lies about his interference in Iraqi negotiations; but his campaign admits his treachery

123 Obama took credit for the economic stimulus package passed in Feb 08; BHO's colleagues on Capitol Hill cry BS

122 Obama claims Big Oil is ignoring 68 million acres of oil fields they could be drilling; most fields are being worked

121 Obama claims never questions his opponent's patriotism; asks of McCain "WHICH country first?": ABC says he's questioning McCain's
patriotism

120 Obama claims personal savings rates are lowest since the Great
Depression; currently higher than under President Clinton

119 Obama claims on this video that he doesn't switch positions; list of 31 flip flops show he's lying

118 In the Primaries Obama puffed his resume claiming he was a "Professor"; State Senate bio shows he was not ; he now agrees

117 When Obama ran for US Senate his web site claimed "5 years as a community organizer"; he admits it was only 3 years

116 Obama's attack ad in Michigan claims McCain doesn't support loan guarantees for auto-industry. McCain DOES support them

115 Obama says "if we're STILL in recession when he takes office...etc"; the economy is NOT in recession

114 Obama claims he signed up for Selective Service when he graduated from High School; records show he did NOT until he'd been at college 1 year

113 Attacking Palin, Obama has the audacity to claim,"Words mean something; you can't just make things up "; BHO makes stuff up

112 Biden claims McCain will increase taxes for workers & Obama will only increase taxes on those making $435k: he's lying

111 Biden claims Obama drew the Nation's attention to problems at Walter Reed Army Hospital; it was two WaPo reporters that reported the issues to the Nation

110 to make Obama seems more American/less exotic, Biden tells Scranton crowd Obama grew up in Kansas; BHO grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia

109 Obama lies yet again to disparage Gov. Palin; ignores her executive experience as Governor of Alaska

108 Obama says the US economy has failed under Bush; World Bank stats proves Obama's been lying; US a world leader in growth, employment, incomes

107 Obama claims if you are born into poverty in America you are on your own: there are many government programs

106 Obama claims he's bi-partisan: voting records prove Obama is #11 most partisan

105 Claimed Hillary would be on anyone's short-list; Hillary wasn't on Obama's short-list

104 Obama claims abortion rates have not gone down under the Bush Administration; stats show they have gone down

103 Obama dismissed Bomber Bill Ayers as "some guy who lives in the neighborhood";they had a close working relationship

102 Obama claims there's no charge to attend his acceptance speech: CBS 4 in Denver proves he's lying; some tickets cost $1000

101 Obama used being a first-time-buyer to justify consulting with Rezko before he bought his house; BHO had already purchased a residence

100 Obama lies about his support for infanticide; campaign concedes in 03 he opposed a bill stopping the killing of kids born alive after abortions

99 Obama overstates Oil Industry's contributions to McCain; ignores cash the Oil industry gave BHO; Newsweek debunks

98 To belittle America,Obama exaggerated the growth in Debt under the current Administration; debunked by WaPo

97 Obama claims President George W Bush had not left the country before he became President; WaPo confirms he's lying

96 To promote "green", Obama claimed he drove a vehicle that uses ethanol; GM confirmed the model was NOT ethanol-ready

95 Obama claims he's taking his family for a week's rest in Hawaii with no campaigning; schedules a rally for first day

94: Obama claims "properly inflating tires" will save as much energy as we could drill offshore; analysis shows not even close

93 Obama denies accusing McCain of using race against him; ABC, NYT confirm Obama did accuse McCain of making racial attacks

92 Obama claims he's not being political when he's flip-flopping; timing & direction of major flip-flops show he's lying

91: Obama INVENTS a wall between Christians and Jews; deceptively omits the major religious wall is caused by a "fatwah" to kill American Christians and Jews

90 Obama claims he made a substantive call for Germany to help in Iraq; Berlin speech transcript proves he's lying

89: Obama admits he underestimated the decline in violence from the Surge; falsely claims McCain made same mistake

88 Obama turned a disappointing crowd of 20,000 into media reports of 200,000

87 Obama lied about his father's religious upbringing! half-brother confirms Obama's father was "RAISED Muslim"

86 Obama claimed we only made one fundraising trip to Florida during the Primary; Florida papers proved he lied

85 Claims reducing obesity to 80's levels would save Medicaid ONE TRILLION DOLLARS; not even close

84 To make Iraq/Afghan Wars look bad, Obama claimed demands on Nat Guard personnel hurt flood relief; Guards prove lying

83 Claimed due to overseas commitments, too few helecopters were available to help with Midwest flood relief; now concedes not true

82 Starting in Iowa, Obama claimed Clinton's healthcare plan would "punish families that couldn't afford healthcare"; NYT calls BS

81 Obama claims McCain's tax plan will do nothing to help the middle-class: The Tax Policy Center proves he's lying

80 claims the use of an Email with a big red DONATE button is NOT a fundraising solicitation

79 Obama claims his trip to Europe was non-political: uses video of Berlin speech to raise money within hours

78 Tells NBC that during the debate on the Surge he said the Surge would work in Baghdad; video proves during the debate he said the opposite

77 Obama's "Changing World" ad claims he'll fast-track alternatives to oil to stop us buying from hostile nations; "fast track" is totally misleading

76 Obama tells Israeli media that he's a member of the Senate Banking Committee; CNN confirms he's delusional

75 Obama claims Lou Dobbs caused hate crimes against Latinos to double; the FBI and CNN confirm Obama is lying

74 Obama claims the military brass think like he does; top US commanders say his plan for Iraq is unworkable

73: Obama promised to filibust FISA; later Obama voted for FISA and now denies changing his position

72 Obama belittles Americans claiming we can't speak European languages; he's talking merde; mierda; Scheiße

71 Obama denied he accused President Bush of starting the War for political reasons; Russert transcript proves Obama made that false claim

70 Obama claims there has been substantial job losses from NAFTA; Independent studies show its at least" job neutral"

69 Claimed in Feb 08 he got 90% of funds from donors giving $25, $50; fed filings show he got only about a third from donors below $200

68 Obama rewrites history about what specifically he had said during his October 2002 anti-war speech

67 Obama claimed in 04 that he had never supported bringing troops out of Iraq; rare video of 03 Teamsters rally shows he's lying

66 Obama lied about the softness of the Stock Market to support his false claim the War was being used to distract the public

65 To justify move to private funds, Obama claims McCain's campaign is" fuelled" by PACs and Lobbyists; its less than 2% of McCain's money

64 Obama's "Dignity" ad claims he "worked his way" thru college and law school; campaign admits only two summer jobs

63 Obama's "Dignity" ad gives him credit for reducing Welfare rolls by 80%: he's deceptive as he was opposed to Fed Welfare Reform in '96

62 In Obama's The Country I love ad, he takes credit for passing a healthcare bill he did NOT vote for

61 Claims he first ran in Chicago as an unendorsed candidate; his '96 election questionnaire proves he had several

60 Obama claims he wants a vigorous and open debate on the issues: then goes out of his way to avoid it

59 Obama omits key details about a false rumor re video of Michelle's "whitey" rant to justify breaking his public funding promise

58 Obama tries to deceive about why he voted "present" more than 100 times in the Illinois Senate; Chicago paper reveals the truth

57 Trying to claim patriotism Obama says his grandad signed up the day after Pearl Harbor; army records disagree

56 Claims race and party not important to how people vote as they put America first; 93% block vote disproves

55 On June 5, Obama stated that Israel must remain undivided; June 6 on CNN he reversed his position, but denied he had done so

54 To further his own agenda, Obama grossly overstates the number of potential African-American votes in MS, GA, SC

53 Promise of $2500 reduction in Healthcare premiums needs billions in Admin cost savings by 2012: not possible

52 Obama omits to mention his 3 week trip to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan until it slips out trying to out-do Clinton

51 Obama claims McCain wants to wage a lengthy war in Iraq: Video proves Obama's lying

50 Obama claimed he never prayed in a mosque; his campaign had to retract that statement

49 Obama dishonestly used endorsements in ads to pump up his healthcare plan

48 Claims he never discussed politics with Pastor; rebutted by photo of Obama with team of lobbyists led by Wright

47 Obama, an expert at parsing words, claimed he wasn't familiar with the word "Clintonian"; then changed his story

46 Despite reeking of cigarettes, Obama denied smoking to ABC; now admits smoking on MSNBC

45 Obama said he'd meet unconditionally with Leader of Iran: now claims he "didn't have Ahmadinejad in mind"

44 Obama claims he is using public financing to avoid special interests: WSJ nails his switcheroo

43 Obama's rhetoric claims more young black men in jail than college: BoJ Stats disprove

42 Claims he never said he was a proponent of single-payer universal healthcare; Video proves he did

41 Obama claims remarks to industrialists were greeted with silence, shows he can deliver tough message: video of ovation

40 Obamas claim you dont rip opponents & leave on roadside:he did to Alice Palmer

39 Obama denies saying Indiana could be tie-breaker: he did

38 Obama omits that Pastor Wright led divestiture campaign from Israel

37 Obama claims Church not controversial; he knew it was controversial since 86

36 Lied about intention of taking US out of NAFTA

35 Obamas claim poverty growing up: both distort reality

34 Obama denies meeting Saddam's Auchi; sworn Fed. witness places
Obama at undisclosed party for Auchi at Rezkos

33 Obama lies about not attacking Clinton over her Bosnia lies

32 Obama claims he passed ethics reform; ABC News shows he lied

31 Obama says he's consistently opposed NAFTA; in October 2007 he supported expansion to Peru

30 Obama claims he's above dirty political tricks; Clinton proves he lies

29 Obama claims his "bitter" remarks were mangled; then repeats attacks on guns religion and angry people

28 Obama claims never said he wouldn't wear US flag-pin; video shows he did

27 Obama says he did no favors for Rezko;untrue; he lobbied for him

26 Changes story repeatedly re Rezko's help in buying mansion

25 Obama claims he never supported a ban on handguns; he has twice

24 Obama claims stays at UCC as Pastor acknowledged comments were inappropriate; Wright never made this statement

23 Campaign is beholden to "only the people" as unlike McCain/Clinton he does not take lobbyist /PAC money; LIES!

22 Claims campaign never called Canada to say Obama not truthful re wanting leave NAFTA; smoking gun memo proves lied

21 Mrs Obama admits she's never been proud of America; Video disproves Sen. Obama's later claim she was misquoted

20 Claimed would not run for President, as he would not be qualified by 2008: confirmed 3 times to Tim Russert in one 2006 interview

19 Claims famous in Il. for not letting lobbyists even buy him lunch; took from teachers, trial lawyers, hospital admins

18 Claims his parents met at Selma civil rights march; Washington Post noted it occurred 4 yrs after Obama's birth

17 BO claims courageously opposed war in 2002 during US Senate campaign; He did not announce his senate bid until 2003

16 Claims he passes tough Nuclear Law; NYT uncovers he took Nuclear Industry pay-off and watered down the bill

15 Claimed he didn't know Rezko was corrupt when did a real estate deal with him; Chicago papers prove he lied

14 Claims does not accept money from Big Oil: Real Clear Politics proves he lied

13 Denies using his Hopefund PAC to influence endorsers; but the Washington Post reviewed the record and disagreed

12 Claims his State Chair is not a drug company lobbyist; Time magazine cries Bull@#$%

11 Lies about how much he received in campaign funds from Rezko; forced to significantly increase the amount twice

10 Claims he did not fill out the 1996 candidate questionaire; Politico proves he lied

9 Took credit for achievement of others in Chicago; resume puffing exposed by LA Times

8 Claims he kept no State Senate records; now he changes his story

7 Denies doubling wife's salary was due to becoming US Senator; omits within months he earmarked $1 million for hospital

6 Denied meeting Saddam bagman Auchi; now admits he was at his dinner but does not remember talking to him

5 Denies using his church for politics: IRS disagree

4 Claims he was unaware of Pastor Wrights 911 comments: NYT proves he lied

3 Claims his father was a goat-herd; actually he was a man of privilige

2 Claims not an active muslim as child; Indonesian paper proves he lied

1 Claims father linked to Kennedys; Washington Post proves he lied

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Obama WTF defines DOCUMENTED LIE as :

1) a statement by one or more reliable news agencies or credible authorities citing supporting verifiable facts which rebut a reported statement by Obama.
2) observable video/transcript contradictions
3) the omission of an important fact the exclusion of which defies common sense unless the intent is to deceive

This therefore EXCLUDES unintentional gaffes, i.e. Auschwitz Memorial Day blip; the 57 States, etc. which can be found at New Gaffe City.

This therefore also excludes flip-flops unless:

a) Obama is seen to be holding multiple positions depending on the audience, eg The Jerusalem flip flop...where his position was altered with 18 hours, talking to different audiences.
or b) Obama lies about holding a different position e.g denying he favored gun control

Credit to each of the following news outlets who are some of the most cited in the

List of Documented Lies:

1. Annenberg Factcheck.org; at U Penn
   
2. At the St Petersberg Times; www.politifact.com
3. Washington Post Fact Checker ...Michael Dobbs
4. Top of the Ticket Blog at the LA Times
5. Political Punch at ABC News.com.
6. Dozens of other major news orgs are quoted to provide support for one -or more- lies

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Palin Not Seeking 2nd Term as Governor

A spokesman has confirmed that Sarah Palin will be resigning as Governor of Alaska on July 26th... a mere three weeks from now.

We all know what that probably means- and of course hope there is no family issue or other problem that is forcing her hand. But just politically, Palin's brave to do it- and also perhaps wise: if she's committed in her mind to running for president, this move is perhaps better made ASAP, as it removes a number of angles-of-attack upon her by the Alinskyite left.

Palin would have been under quite a bit of addtional scrutiny as a lame-duck governor with distractful national ambitions if she served out the rest of her term, no doubt... and the attacks from the left in the press and with 35 frivilous lawsuits did what they were designed to do, keep her from being able to be governor, mother, wife, defendant, and presidential candidate all at the same time. But sadly for liberals, she appears to have prioritized family and running for president against Barack Obama in 2012. However, there will be some explaining to do as to why she is not completing her current term- is there some other compelling reason?

But with the antidote to Obamamania now waiting in the wings, this move puts yet more pressure on Obama to finally get some results, as the soaring rhetoric isn't hypnotizing the plebes like it used to. This week Helen Thomas, Colin Powell, and Warren Buffet all turned on him. And polls are looking droopy for The One lately. The Democrats' porkulus program is a train wreck, all it's done is bump interest rates and tank the dollar... while unemployment soars. We are being laughed-at by those who would like to nuke us, like Tehran, Pyongyang, and Al Qaida- all of whom amazingly turned-down Barack's pitiful friend-requests.

At least there will be no more lawsuits about her weekend snowmobile outfits filed by DNC operatives and questions regarding her increasing extra-gubernatorial obligations. With Palin free to finish her book, strategize, raise money, and campaign for three years... she will be in a far stronger position to deal with those on the left who are out to get her.

A number of bloggers and journalists on both the left and right are speculating that she's been hounded out of politics by the MSM/left, never to return- but frankly, I don't see it. She has too much spark, determination, and sense of purpose to bail-out now. As a matter of fact, in my observations I feel Sarah Palin had mostly defeated her attackers, and was just hitting her stride... this is almost certainly a stepping stone on the way to the nomination. It's a gamble, but in my mind she's more in the game then ever now... we shall all know soon enough.

Now if we can only get that big, fat DNC blogger chick up in Alaska to finally get off Sarah's case...

UPDATE 5:00 PM EST: On Twitter, Palin promised supporters more details: "We'll soon attach info on decision to not seek re-election ... this is in Alaska's best interest, my family's happy ... it is good. Stay tuned"

5:45 PM EST: Bill Kristol sees shrewd move on the part of the Alaskan Governor-

6:15 PM EST: Alaska Lt. Governor Parnell's statement here...

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Go get em, Sarah- and don’t mind the press, nobody will be listening to them anymore after the pending Obamamania implosion- It will soon be time for the Gipper-in-Heels to bring them free enterprise, low taxes, common sense, and a defense posture with some backbone in 2012.

Doors are opening for you now-

Sunday July 5th: Rumors in the left fringes of the blogosphere regarding Palin being under some sort of FBI investigation -thus explaining her sudden resignation- have proven false, as Dan Riehl tells us, the FBI denied they had any case working. Sounds like more psy-op shenanigans from David Plouffe's internet trolls to me.

Yes-We-Can Internet Op Morphs Into Orwellian Thought-Control

What was accomplished by Team Obama in last fall's presidential campaign regarding the Internet has been widely considered to be historic- changing the way that political campaigns are organized, strategized,  financed, and implemented.   


Julius Genachowski -who worked on the Harvard Law Review with Obama- is the high-tech entrepreneur behind the use of  technology in the presidential campaign. He is the one that convinced Obama that the Web had powerful implications for his ideas about "empowerment" and connecting people. 

But Obama's 2008 campaign has never ended- it's now employed to to push-through massive spending programs and other initiatives, as well as keep real (and perceived) enemies back-on-their-heels.   Barack is still out there on the stump, on YouTube, in tightly scripted-and-'Prompted pressers... with continuing grassroots door-to-door operations and TV ads funded by the DNC. Of course, Team Obama web-based efforts continue as a high priority... and this seems to include a comprehensive and organized effort to control political discourse on the Internet-with a disciplined message and Obamamania cheerleading, coupled with Alinsky-style attacks and diversions when useful.  

According to Politico, "Obama for America, the fundraising juggernaut that powered Obama's ascent to the presidency, spent nearly $9.5 million in the first three months of this year", including on telemarketing and print and online advertising, event staging, money for the DNC, the Obama political group Organizing for America, and the Obama family. The report also shows that Obama for America contributed $4 million to the DNC.  Organizing for America is funded by the DNC... and operates Obama's continuing effort on the web.

Vladimir Lenin had said of the cutting-edge media of his day: "Of all the arts, for us (communists), the cinema is most important."  The Bolshevik was clearly not referring to artistic or cultural value of the film industry; rather, cinema's usefulness as a medium for propaganda and tool of agitation.  


Today's equivalent -the Internet- is more far-reaching, wide-ranging, powerful, and effective than Vlad ever dreamed of.  But it's also harder to control-  thus the unprecedented efforts we are seeing from Team Obama to both utilize and contain it.

And the Democrats appear to have all avenues covered:  far-left to moderate, as well as more innocuous Hope-n-Changey blogs supporting the President; systematic trolling on blogs' comments sections; manipulating political message boards; mass-rating of news items on aggregators such as Digg, etc.  Team Obama also installed tracking-cookies on the computers of those visiting the Obama '08 website to track their online history for use in a DNC data base.

And anyone reading message boards these days -such as Politico, Topix, or Yahoo!- can see what appears to be organized Obama-ites jumping on fresh conversation threads thoroughly and promptly, gaming the ratings-system with multiple IDs (I once had a message on Yahoo! rated over 100 times- curiously, with zero written responses)- as well as attempting any other imaginable manipulation perceived to be to their propaganda advantage.  Sometimes, the goal seems simply to clog the board with so many new posts and topics as to render conservative messages unreadable.

There are taunting statements and personal attacks on what they call the "cons"- burying their posts in gobbledygook.  Steer the topic.  Change the subject.  Deflect and divert. And they're at it all day long- in a comprehensive and systematic way.  It is hard to avoid the conclusion that there are organized trolls attempting to hijack and control all internet debate, all to maintain momentum for The One as he rams-through an ultra-liberal agenda while also focused on 2010... and 2012.

Using ID's as "Little Bam" and "USA_4_Obama", you see them on there spinning every reality like the Tasmanian Devil...  i.e.- the New Deal was just great (but perhaps not big enough), everybody loves Barack, all his opponents are retrograde racist/anti-progressives in the "Party of No"... or are somehow allied with the evil and greedy "rich".  

They interestingly stick tightly to DNC talking-points ala JournoList regarding Michael Steele, Rush Limbaugh, anything to trash Palin, Jindal... even shameful slander of Ronald Reagan's legacy, all in an obvious effort to distort the truth and destroy any potential GOP rallying-points for 2010/2012.  They seem to be working off the same list of accusations, targets, and historical revisionism as the White House and their media allies- as they display precious little variance that would indicate free-thinking, good faith discourse.   

And it's not difficult to see why the Democrats might prefer to banter playfully about made-up GOP "scandals" and irrelevancies like Meghan McCain's latest drivel than debate Obama's ongoing destruction of the country.  When most of his domestic and foreign policies are a carbon copy of serial-failure Jimmy Carter's, and there's no other historical prededent to suggest potential for success -and when today's Republicans demand proven solutions- might as well just attack them personally, or employ some diversion, eh? 

Breitbart.com actually polices nonpartisan newswire stories for such obviously coordinated attacks. According to Andrew Breitbart "Much of Mr. Obama’s vaunted online strategy involved utilizing “Internet trolls” to invade enemy lines under false names and trying to derail discussion.  In the real world, that’s called “vandalism.” But in a political movement that embraces “graffiti” as avant-garde art , that’s business as usual. It relishes the ability to destroy other people’s property in pursuit of electoral victory."  Other right-leaning sites such as Instapundit and Nadtional Review Online even refuse to allow comments, so as to not provide a platform for the mischievious activist left. 

Sadly, similar efforts from the Democrats have been with us for some time, and in various forms. During the Clinton impeachment scandal, a then-new leftist group out of California called MoveOn.org employed a plan to get its members to dial into right-leaning talk radio shows such as Rush Limbaugh with scripted talking points falsely claiming that they were Republicans. They then feigned revulsion and said they "would never vote for the GOP again if the case against Bill Clinton was pursued."  The same MoveOn.org is, of course, today in the vanguard of the web's leftist-activists.

"This is nothing more than the Internet version of Soviet disinformation," Human Events editor Jed Babbin told Brietbart. "MoveOn.org and the little boys from Lord of the Flies who run Media Matters want to make it appear that there's huge dissension within conservative ranks on issues on which we're most united."  

Breitbart continued:  "The right, for the most part, embraces basic Judeo-Christian ideals and would not promote nor defend the propaganda techniques that were perfected in godless communist and socialist regimes. The Huffington Post, Daily Kos and other left-leaning sites benefit from the right's belief that there are rules and decorum in political debate and civic engagement. Of course, every now and then, a curious right-winger will go in and engage in discussion at a left-wing site, but rarely under purely disingenuous and mass coordinated means."

I myself have received numerous hostile messages that ring similar and hollow on this blog, the Reaganite Republican Resistance- and I moderate them for that reason:  it's not the specious taunting, but there's a transparent focus and agenda.  This includes repeated messages by the same two or three of the same people attacking the GOP, Reagan, or myself; kindly reminding me that "Ronnie is dead, and so are his ideas"; "the GOP has no leader", I'm a "racist" and a "coward" not to post their messages;  then telling me what mental-problems I have (they obviously operate under the directive that no conservative message should go unchallenged- so do what it takes).  Note that one of Alisky's most valued techniques is "ridicule" to "provoke" the "target" into responding.

Creatively, one of these online charlatans has now taken to informing me that he has "Republican friends who complained that I wouldn't publish their messages"- which is, naturally, sheer fiction- I publish anything that doesn't reek of troll.  There have also been a dozen dubious "I'm a Republican", but shouldn't we all "just get along" and "give Obama a chance"- with almost identical scripts... while the real Obama we're supposed to try and get-along-with charges an ultra-liberal multi-trillion-dollar spending orgy to your great-grandkids' Visa-card.   Things that make you go hmmm.

Young and net-savvy Obama campaign manager David Plouffe has admitted that there is such a web-based effort in support of Obama... he runs it... and it's funded by the DNC:

"David Plouffe, who ran Obama's campaign, now runs "Organizing for America" out of the Democratic National Committee. It uses the same Web-based tactics that won the presidency to mobilize public opinion behind Obama's initiatives." 

The Yes-We-Can wolfpacks on the blogs and message boards may be paid by this program, but who knows-  Plouffe is notoriously stingy with campaign funds.  Regardless, there is surely a  residual supply of enthusiastic volunteers to staff any effort he has organized to flood the net.  Mr. Plouffe operates out of the DNC's offices-- same place the anti-Limbaugh ads came from (some even is Spanish) to dovetail with attacks from Obama, Emanuel, and their media allies.  The DNC is basically evolving into a propaganda ministry for Obama- now with Plouffe bringing ACORN-style community-organizing to the web to support Obama's agenda. 

But employing such a manipulation on blogs and message-boards serepticiously is really not clever, slick, or anything to be proud of... rather, it's underhanded, cowardly, and ethically dubious. If Obama's wisdom and moral supremacy are so self-evident, then why such fear of an open discussion of the issues? 

It's all pretty anti-democratic... un-American... and the whole thing stinks like trash-truck juice: an appalling mix of internet-savvy trickery and borderline fraud, Chicago-Machine thuggery, with a little ITAR-Tass mixed-in.  Such efforts to control public discourse are far more totalitarian-propagandist Stalin-Goebbels-Castro than the fair-play democracy of Washington-Jefferson-Lincoln.  The development and implementation of such tactics by Team Obama should be disturbing to anyone who values the good-faith discourse traditional in our country. 

President Obama is apparently not satisfied with just purporting false intentions and misleading, vague "plans" -like that he intends to halve the deficit while simultaneously spending like a billion drunken sailors-  he has also felt the need to fund a propaganda campaign to drill what he wants (and needs) you to believe into your head... and while neutralizing any opposing voices. But the recent TEA parties seems to have stuck a nerve with the President and his sycophants... they showed that many of the less-smitten amongst us are fast becoming wise to this habitually-dishonest closet socialist. 

Now we are told that pending legislation before the US Congress would allow Obama the power to shut down the entire Internet whenever he deems appropriate- talk about the wolf guarding the henhouse.

According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation "The group (EFF) is particularly worried about the Commander-in-Chief becoming Commander-of-the-Web. It says the bill gives the president “unfettered authority to shut down Internet traffic in an emergency and disconnect critical infrastructure systems on national security grounds.” The bill would permit the White House to declare a "cybersecurity emergency" and shut down or limit Internet traffic in any network the president declares "critical." 

And it's uber-partisan and serial-opportunist Rahm Emanuel that will have the President's ear regarding just what constitutes such an emergency. After the disturbing, politically-motivated DHS report on "right-wing extremists" -in addition to relentless Team Obama online shenanigans- it's pretty difficult to make the case for why we should trust the Machiavellian Obama Administration with the most powerful communication medium that's the world's ever seen- one that ruthless revolutionary and pioneering-propagandist Lenin surely would have stood before in awe... and envy.