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At this point I’m just wondering what exactly would actually make him [Sen. Obama] unelectable to his supporters. Murder, pedophilia, wife beating, drug dealing…?

To his supporters…to his supporters…dang, that’s a tough one. The list of what does not do the trick, at this point, is getting a little on the long side.

So I came up with a “Letterman Top Ten Style” list of what might kill the whole deal. To his supporters, as you say.

10. The customary dead girl.
9. The customary live boy.
8. Obama ‘fesses up to doing it doggie style, with Michelle standing behind him.
7. Obama asserts Israel’s right to exist.
6. Obama finishes a few too many speeches without using the word “hope.”
5. Obama finishes a few too many speeches without using the word “change.”
4. Obama goes on record saying maybe, just maybe, in some cases, we should think about executing people who really deserve it — who aren’t Republicans.
3. Obama answers a question directly and substantively instead of launching into a diatribe about how badly George Bush has handled something.
2. Obama calls on Jimmy Carter to be quiet, and for once earn this “dignified elder statesman” label people keep putting on him.

And the number one thing that would make Barack Obama unelectable…to his supporters…

1. He says some nice things about America.

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The Three Points
Monday, May 12th, 2008

From I Love Jet Noise…

During WWII, the Japanese were searching for a way to demoralize the American forces that they faced. The Japanese psychological warfare experts came up with a message that they thought would work well. They gave the script to their famous broadcaster “Tokyo Rose” and everyday she would broadcast this same message packaged in various ways hoping to have an impact on American GI morale. What was the message? It had three main points:

1. Your President is lying to you.

2. This war is wrong and illegal.

3. You cannot win the war.

Sound familiar? Maybe it’s because the U.S. mainstream media and the Democrat Party has picked up the same message and is broadcasting it to our troops. The only difference is that they claim to support our troops before they demoralize them.

Yes, it does sound familiar.

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Best Sentence XXIX
Monday, May 12th, 2008

The Best Sentence I’ve Heard Or Read Lately (BSIHORL) award goes to Shrink Wrapped, of whom we learn via Gerard’s Side Lines…

It is very easy, in these days when news is synonymous with entertainment and most people confuse feelings with facts, for our political system to become unbalanced in the face of passionate advocates of the pseudo-science of the day.

In context, the issue under discussion is the hysteria involved in the supposed vaccine-Autism connection, but it could apply to a lot of other things as well.

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What Motherhood Is Not
Sunday, May 11th, 2008

My household is a motherless household. My kid has a Mom and my girlfriend has a Mom, so when you spiral outward to extended families that’s about all the Mom-hood you find. So other than reminding all among you who have Moms to give ‘em a call, I don’t have too much to say here.

Except for a warning. There are many among our future and past-moms who seem to think class and fidelity are mutually-exclusive things; they’re worshiping Mrs. Robinson, Ann Bancroft’s character from The Graduate, as a role model. Yes, they are; it’s true. Perhaps their moms can do something about this before it gets any further out of hand, and so help to preserve the institution.

It’s not indestructible, you know. Motherhood does have weaknesses and as an attribute of culture, it can become shriveled, withered, twisted and mutated from what it once was. Made useless, in other words.

And anyone who doubts that prospect, can feast their eyes on this find from blogger friend Rick: And gosh…I…just…don’t…know…how…to…tease…this…

With Mother’s Day coming up this weekend, Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion business, has a message for moms: send us more money. Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, sent out a fund-raising request this week one pro-life advocate says is grotesque.

Richards honored Mother’s Day by sharing part of an editorial her daughter wrote saying she got her pro-abortion views from her mother and grandmother, former Texas Gov. Ann Richards.

“It’s true that I have had lots of rewarding moments in my career. So did my mother,” Cecile wrote in the email LifeNews.com obtained. “But knowing that my daughter is carrying on the legacy of fighting that my mother passed to me trumps ‘em all.”

Celebrating Mother’s Day by raising funds to perform abortions…thereby stopping motherhood in it’s tracks. Celebrating womanhood by honoring a woman with Narcissistic Personality Disorder who betrayed both her daughter and her husband.

Mothers, your daughters are in danger.

When men are being idiots, typically they’re shouting things to each other like “If Iraq is such a good idea, how come you’re not there, you chickenhawk?” Yes, that’s pretty much stuck on stupid right there…it’s a betrayal of what manhood is supposed to be, in which manly men challenge other men to be manly men, rather than belittling third-parties for showing that respect to the manly-men. Manhood is suffering from an ailment in which wimpy men dare to bully real men into becoming wimpy men, rather than the other way around. But there is a common affliction among females, something several orders of magnitude beyond this — although the common thread of betraying the foundation of the gender in question, remains. Our girls, in addition to confusing real-women with phony-women, are also confusing loyalty with treachery, order with chaos, honor with ignominy.

Or at the very least, are tempted to.

Celebrating Mrs. Robinson. My goodness.

Mrs. Robinson has a presence as she enters a room. Her smile radiates the energy that she will share with those who accept it. Most are intrigued as she walks with poise and welcome in her glance. Those lucky enough to join her will be greeted with a gentle yet firm hand, a delicate kiss or a warm embrace. Her words are composed of praise and inspiration. Those who listen will do so intently, and often enjoy great laughter. Her plan to make the environment in which she resides a place of comfort and joy is instantly revealed. Thank you, Mrs. Robinson, for your class within the laws of attraction. I look forward to my continued education in the art of fulfillment. Submitted by Ms. Smith, San Francisco [emphasis mine]

Pure Yang, in other words.

And unbrazen infidelity…

Mrs. Robinson would buy the shoes, seduce the man, kiss the boy, protect the innocent, forget her pantyhose, wear the lingerie, upset the balance, hear the neighbors, play the game, forget her bank account number, lust after the pool boy, decide to remember, desire the wrong one, mistake her pregnancy test and generally, love her unbelievable life. That’s what Mrs. Robinson would do. Submitted by Ms. L. Miller, San Francisco

Mrs. Robinson, in the movie, left a wake of dysfunction, distrust, misery, anger, intense sadness, suffering, confusion, broken relationships, shattered pieces of where a family once stood, and general chaos. To see her celebrated as a feminist icon, to me, is shocking. Just as much so as seeing a solicitation for abortion funds in “celebration” of Mother’s Day.

Anonymous, as quoted by Cassy Fiano in her follow-up post to the whole “real men” exchange, I think nails shut the difference between womanhood as many seem to see it, and womanhood as it can exist to earn the respect they crave:

…from the male perspective, sex is the greatest compliment that a woman can pay to a man. A woman who sleeps around devalues the compliment.

Just something to think about, ladies. Back in the days when timeless legends were written, did we play to the male fantasy by having the knight in shining armor slay the dragon so he can scale the walls of the impenetrable fortress, and wait for his turn to gang bang the princess? Nope. In the same way the princess paid her compliment to the knight, the knight paid the princess a compliment by deeming her worthy of facing down that dragon and near-certain death. It’s a timeless tale about enduring love and respect, not about a roll in the hay. In fact, the closing scenes of your favorite movie, Mrs. Robinson fans, reprises this timeless tale yet again. And Ann Bancroft ends up being one of the dragons. Weren’t you paying attention?

Maybe, just maybe, some of the gals in the Mrs. Robinson Society will follow a trackback here, and learn what they need to learn. If one mind can be changed, so the cliche goes, then it’s worth it.

Happy Mother’s Day.

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Fred Thompson on Judges
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Also via Pajamas Media.

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Dr. Helen on Push Presents
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

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Hillary’s Downfall
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

H/T: Fake Steve, via Vodkapundit.

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Tagger Gets Tagged
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Yes, I like. Hotel Manager Dion Cooper caught the tagger red-handed, which is already pretty good…then he asked the tagger to stop and clean-up. The tagger gave him a bunch of guff.

So he grabbed McKelvey and his thick green paint pen and started drawing on his face.

“I asked him, ‘How do you like that, mate? How do you like being drawn on?’ I put a bit on his clothes, said, ‘Oh sorry, mate, I’ve just wrecked your clothes, like you wrecked my wall, how did you like it?”‘

He then tossed McKelvey into the garden bar, and threw the pen at him.

“There were about 80 to 100 people cheering.”

The story goes on to say the tagger learned his lesson, after being sentenced to 150 hours community service. He’s good & sorry. Yeah…sorry he got caught.

Dion Cooper, I like your style. H/T: FARK.

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What Has The Left Done to Reduce Gas Prices?
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Isn’t it about time we started asking that question? So far, I have…

1. Don’t let us build nuclear power plants;
2. Don’t let us drill for oil stateside;
3. Tax our gas purchases, ostensibly for research of “alternative fuels”;
4. Make it more expensive to sell oil and gas, so those companies pass on the costs to US.

Anything I missed?

Well, Phil has been doing some slant-drilling in cartoon land, and he seems to have hit a mother-lode of sorts.

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Tuba Player 1, Bratty Kid 0
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Via Boortz.

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How Many States
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

You know, I don’t recall Dan Quayle doing anything quite like this:

H/T: Cassy.

Kathryn Jean Lopez put together a lapel pin that maybe, just maybe, the Obamamessiah wouldn’t mind wearing:

H/T: Ace.

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Beer: The Conservative Beverage
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

As I’ve written before a few times, it being a recent obsession of mine: Conservatism is all about the symbiotic relationship pre-existing — liberalism is all about requiring a governmental program to make one. Conservatives believe, before we even begin to figure out what we’re going to do on any given day, separate classes are already united in common struggles and laboring under common interests. Liberals believe each class is tearing at the jugular of the next one…or else, is having it’s jugular so targeted by the previous one.

That’s what the issues are all about. All of them. Each and every single one, even the ones that appear to be constructed upside-down from this. Terrorism, for example, in which conservatives say we should carpet-bomb the terrorists and liberals say we should drink tea with them. That isn’t about a symbiotic relationship with the terrorists, you know; the terrorists already decided whether or not that was possible, when they started trying to kill us. That issue is about the inherent right to self-defense: Liberals don’t think we’re worth it. Still think liberals are all about universal brotherhood? Here, try this. Lift up all the pablum a liberal has to say about terrorists, how we need to look for “common ground” with them, hear their “grievances,” “negotiate,” make “peace.” Now take all those empty catchphrases, strip them of all the euphemisms for “terrorist” and in the place of those words, put in “conservative” and “Republican.”

Will the liberal still step up to those words and put his name under them?

I rest my case.

But I digress. Liberals don’t think labor shares common interests with management, straights share common interests with homosexuals, women share common interests with men, ethnic share common interests with whites. They don’t believe in any of that stuff. When they want to do something, half the time, supposedly it has to do with making such a symbiotic relationship where it didn’t exist before. The other half of the time, they want to give special privileges and rights to one class, at the expense of another. But they never, ever, ever believe any two classes among us can be swimming in the same direction…can help each other out…can both mutually benefit from a common action.

Voice your belief in Trickle-Down economics, for example — and a whole gaggle of liberals will be down your throat, chastising you, scolding you, bullying you, screeching away. It isn’t that they know you’re wrong. It’s that they can’t afford to have anyone thinking this way.

With that in mind:

Beer: The conservative drink.

Yes, I know they didn’t title it that way, and they aren’t presenting it that way, for they cannot afford to. But it’s true. And there’s a reason this fills you with pleasant thoughts. It’s the way the Good Lord built you. We’re all God’s children. Except for those hate-filled scumbags who walk Creation for no greater purpose than to snuff a few of us out.

Beer: Celebrating our universal brotherhood and our inherent sense of togetherness, Republican style.

H/T: Buck. Although, of course, my raving lunatic liberal-bashing comments are my own, as always.

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Too Successful For a Mate?
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Here we go again with this myth…which must look quite reasonable on the female side of the gender line, I understand. But a myth it is. We gentlemen are supposed to be callously rejecting the ladies who make more cheddar than we do.

The majority of my most successful, good-looking, educated, talented girlfriends are still single.

If they had Y chromosomes, they would have been married a decade ago. Instead, like successful single women all over the country, they trek into their mid- to late 30s on their own — experiencing fabulous professional success, buying real estate and making savvy investments for the future, without much going on in the relationship department.
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But there’s another factor at work for women at the top of their game: They’re intimidating to men. No matter how enlightened most men claim they are, few are ready to pair up with a woman who is more successful, better paid and better educated — not to mention better traveled, more connected and more socially savvy than they are.

By now, I’ve been out of the dating scene for quite awhile. But I can tell you this is hogwash. It’s a case of women laying out the rejection so naturally, and so easily, that they don’t even realize they’re doing it — chalking it up to the other party as a form of psychological projection.

Men objecting to their wives & girlfriends making more money, is Thing I Doubt Number One, and it is that for a reason. Nobody on the male side has stepped forward to confirm for me this is so, or even to suggest that it is so. I’ve talked to other men about this. So far everyone’s response is the same as mine: I’m virginal to the situation of a woman monogamously involved with me earning more money, and it sounds like a kick-ass change of pace.

No, I was for a brief time a suitor to a lady who was a doctor, making about $30k more than me. That one really didn’t go anywhere. I didn’t even make the first-cut, because I didn’t have anything to offer. That’s not to suggest all the high-earning gals are demanding an opportunity to marry-up — although that certainly is the case with most of them, I think I can suggest…since Dr. Carolyn Kaufman, the expert quoted in the story linked above, comes out and says as much:

She is a perfect example of a woman who has everything except a date. “I have this crazy belief that I have the right to expect my potential partner to be at least as successful as I am, and to have as many things to offer as I do,” she says.

Eminently reasonable. But it substantiates my point. Women are supplying the rejection here, and then rationalizing to themselves that it must be coming from us dudes.

That this is not a universality, might be of some benefit to some charismatic under-achievers hoping to snag a sugar-momma. Fortunately, that’s not me. The high-earning woman who might be willing to consider taking on a beau who earns far less — a very rare breed, that, let’s get that one thing straight — has a short list of adequate substitutes in mind for his compensating attributes. First and foremost, he should be able to change her mood for the better, significantly, and consistently. Be a gift-of-gabber. Be a laughy-talky-jokey guy. A Guy-Smiley. I suppose the relationship could be purely sexual, and on the other hand, I suppose it could be purely compatriotic. He and me against the world, so to speak. That could work; but I fail to see how.

I dunno. Maybe if I was magically transformed into a high earning, single lady for twelve months, my perspective could be changed. I’m convinced that in that situation, it might seem that “men are intimidated by a strong woman”; given the number of such gals who say such a thing, I’m sure that must be the case. But appearances aren’t always reality. Perhaps such women are far less accepting of compromise than their “softer” sisters…and if that’s the case, wouldn’t it be reasonable for the bachelor to favor the more financially humble bride, who would better promise him a future with some domestic tranquility?

Because I can confirm, in a heartbeat, that over on our side of the fence the domestic tranquility has become an ingredient in high demand and short supply. We’ve learned the hard way that our entire personal lives will rise and fall based on this one characteristic derived from our mates. When you’re a guy, and you’re united with a gal who doesn’t appreciate or value your opinion on anything…it’s a walking death. The sun is harsh and not soothing, the food doesn’t taste good, the air is poison in your lungs, and sleep is the only solace around the clock. It’s a miserable existence you wouldn’t wish on your worst freakin’ enemy. Smart guys will avoid the situation like the Black Plague. And it’s late, so we’re pretty-much all smart. We’re not going to stay stupid for too long.

So maybe the gals who earn a lot of money, need to take a few steps backward and ask themselves — seriously, now — how do they treat the fellas who make less, assuming they’re open to dating them at all? And be honest.

The landscape is littered with articles like this one, asserting that men are “intimidated” by high-earning women. Out of all those articles, I’ve not yet seen a single one articulating the challenge written in the paragraph above.

Not one.

Include me out. My salary, when I have it, is higher than my gal’s…and whether that’s what makes us happy together, or not, is a question I’ll leave to the philosophers. I couldn’t care less.

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The Three PointsMonday, May 12th, 2008

Best Sentence XXIXMonday, May 12th, 2008

What Motherhood Is NotSunday, May 11th, 2008

Fred Thompson on JudgesSaturday, May 10th, 2008

Dr. Helen on Push PresentsSaturday, May 10th, 2008

Hillary’s DownfallSaturday, May 10th, 2008

Tagger Gets TaggedSaturday, May 10th, 2008

What Has The Left Done to Reduce Gas Prices?Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Tuba Player 1, Bratty Kid 0Saturday, May 10th, 2008

How Many StatesSaturday, May 10th, 2008

Beer: The Conservative BeverageSaturday, May 10th, 2008

Too Successful For a Mate?Saturday, May 10th, 2008

What Would Make Him Unelectable
Monday, May 12th, 2008

The Three Points
Monday, May 12th, 2008

Best Sentence XXIX
Monday, May 12th, 2008

What Motherhood Is Not
Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Fred Thompson on Judges
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Dr. Helen on Push Presents
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Hillary’s Downfall
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Tagger Gets Tagged
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

What Has The Left Done to Reduce Gas Prices?
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Tuba Player 1, Bratty Kid 0
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

How Many States
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Beer: The Conservative Beverage
Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Too Successful For a Mate?
Saturday, May 10th, 2008