Faith Part 2 vs. ObamaCare - 2nd Term Blues

CNN - Politics: Reports on the costs that would be paid by religious groups should they fail before the Courts, " Some religious-affiliated groups were required to comply with contraception coverage or face hefty fines. ".

Lets Get Real: 

The Republicans and the Tear Party should appeal to those of a religious faith to join the Republicans in pushing the Democrats out of the Congress in the 2014 Mid Terms, the Democrats already have their talking points, that if your a Conservative/Republican, you must hate women, women should not control their bodies, etc, the usual BS out of the Democrats.   If your a religious group or body you have your faith and its rules, if a person can not accept that they can always walk.    The secular LIBERALS want to drive GOD out and to be replaced by pressure groups, this almost destroyed the Democratic Party in the 1970s, to a LIBERAL, if your a pot smoking, gay, anti smoking, anti gun, God has no place in the US then your a perfect LIBERAL Democrat.    If you have any faith in the view of Liberals,  your a racist, women hating, gay hating, tree hating, anti Government, you must be pushed out of the Civic Society, for a Liberal there is no place for God, only what LIBERAL pressure groups want should be taken in to consideration.  That is the harsh truth about Liberals.  

A profile of Governor Christie - 2016

Guardian: Has ten fact about the re-elected Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie, here is a good for Republicans, " Public sector unions regard Christie as a pariah after he cut the pay and pensions of police, firefighters and teachers........The New Jersey governor's attack on the public sector would appear to appeal to Conservative Republicans. But his views on gun control and abortion are far too nuanced for the Tea Party. ".

Lets Get Real:

The perfect candidate for 2016, a fiscal conservative who has stood up to the unions, and moderate enough to get back those Reagan Democrats the Republican Party needs to take the White House.   The Christie Campaign should start to make plans to visit Iowa over 2014, then have discreet talks with a Tea Party favourite to take the VP spot, in fact if the Christie Campaign is clever it should start to close the field down NOW for 2016, the Democrats on mass are going for Hillary Clinton, the Republican Establishment does not need a long drawn out Campaign for 2016, limited debates, do not give arrows to the other side, Governor Christie could well be the new Ronald Reagan. 

Did President Obama WIN? - 2nd Term Blues

CNN - Politics: Has the following commentary in a article, " All of the other energy has been sucked out of Washington. Even with the current deal, the sequestration remains in effect, severely harming government agencies that have undergone cuts as well as those in desperate need of funding increases. ".

Lets Get Real:

Thus standing still is not winning folks, its a bit like trench warfare of World War One, winning is not just keeping the line, its actually moving miles not inches, the Oval has kept ObamaCare but the infamous sequestration is still in place, the planned movement on immigration reform is DOA in the House, the Republicans need to keep together on something, immigration reform is seen a Democratic WIN, so do not give them any wins, if the Oval wants to play hardball then the Republicans have to become better trench fighters, the main point for Republicans is to keep the House after the 2014 Mid Terms, gain more Senate seats or even retake the Senate. If the Democrats want concessions on the sequestration, the Republicans want major cuts in the welfare state, that is the main objective of the tea party movement.   The Republicans should remained their Democratic friends, if they have any. that they face re - election next year, the Oval does not, thus time for some distance between the Oval and the Hill.   Politics never ends folks. 

The Left and the Tea Party - 2nd Term Blues

Guardian: Has the following in its Editorial folks, this what the LEFT really wants, " Let us hope the mid-terms mark the moment when the Tea Party's over. ".

Lets Get Real:

This is the problem with the left folks, they have no toleration for those that do not think like them, they view those with faith, or trust  the people not the Government as alien, even a cancer that should be destroyed.   It is odd folks, that the left never learns, after Watergate and the failed Presidency of Jimmy Carter the left wanted Ronald Reagan to win the Republican Nomination as they thought he was extreme and that the US Voter would NEVER vote for a true Conservative.   That blind spot by liberals is why we had had the great decade of the 80s folks, low taxes, smaller government, big defence spending, and at its end, the end of the USSR.   The question that Democrats have to ask is will the same groups that supported President Obama in 08 and 12 come out for Hillary Clinton.    The election cycle never ends folks, thus in 2014 the fun starts folks, so many polls, you have to love the democratic system. 

The Oval, can it be TRUSTED? - 2nd Term Blues

Fox News: Reports the following from the Hill, " House Republicans eye short-term debt ceiling fix, ahead of White House meeting".

Lets Get Real:

The Tea Party and Conservative members of the House have to make sure that Speaker Boehner does not sell them out because the Oval has frightened the Republican Establishment over the debt ceiling, any raise in the debt ceiling has to be very short term, three to six weeks, and the Oval has to agree what the Hill and the Oval will talk about, the Democrats will say anything to get the debt ceiling risen, then go back on their word, and we are back here over the Christmas period.    The Republicans should make firm demands to reform the welfare system, deep cuts, the US can not carry on every year with a rise in the debt ceiling, time for the Republicans to hold their nerve, make sure the Republican Establishment does not SELL OUT, that they are not WIMPS when faced by the Oval. 

Ecuador vs. Obama's Oval

Guardian: Reports that Ecuador the suppose destination of Edward Snowden has as the article notes, " ...renounces Andean Trade Preference Act even as Snowden's prospects of reaching Ecuador from Moscow dimmed ".

Lets Get Real:

This what happens folks when an informal Empire is on the slide, the US has a 16 trillion debt, there is a stark differences between the lives of the rich and main street, on Wall Street there having a Party, while Mine Street can barely pay its bills by the end of the week.    The US in voting for Obama in 2008 wanted to be liked around the World, well after the Berlin Speech the love has gone, it tends to happen when non US Citizens find that they have been spied on by the US NSA and in the UK its cousin.   The Obama Era failed to live up to expectations folks, its better to under promise and achieve more than over achieve and under deliver, the War in Afghanistan is still going on, the Arab Spring has been a disaster, in Syria the most effective rebels are Al Qaeda franchise groups, it has been reported of late that a hundred thousand Syrians have been killed in the Syrian Civil War.   The chance of Israel taking military action against Iran is growing month by month, the time frame for action is getting closer folks, Iran within a few months will have the bomb, and US/Israel will not be able to act, the above folks is why Obama is seen as weak, and therefore End of Empires comes to all folks. 

Obama and the IRS Part 2 - 2nd Term Blues

Guardian: Reports on the latest developments on the IRS scandal, " ..lists used by screeners to find groups to examine included terms 'Israel', 'progressive' and 'occupy' ".

Lets Get Real:

Why is this blog not surprised that we suddenly find that left and liberal wings groups were also targeted, when was this done, and how many groups came under close inspection, this smells folks, like someone saw a scandal coming and added these groups to give them cover, just something this blog would do, cover one scandal with another and cause confusion, so Chicago politics.   Lets recall hundreds of Tea Party groups came under close inspection, did these SUDDEN left wing targets reach in to the hundreds, one has doubts.   This sounds so phony folks, the Republican House needs to check if is a major league Chicago con, sounds and smells folks, its the Chicago way folks. 

Obama Poll DIVE - 2nd Term Blues

Gallup: Reports that POTUS has a 45% Approval rating for his job performance, while his Disapproval rating stands at 49%.

Lets Get Real:

This is not good for the Oval folks if he wants to get his Agenda through the Republican House, the next big bill to hit the House will be Immigration Reform Bill, that allows those in the US illegally to start on the road to becoming US Citizens.   The Bill is over a 1000 + pages folks, its hard to call the result in the House, the Republican House was elected to STOP the Obama Agenda, on this Bill the House should approve the measure and get his off the table, 1. It the right thing to do, your not going to throw out nearly 12 million illegals and their families, 2. Its good on the political front, allows the Republicans to show they understand and can show compassion to their fellow man.   On the other hand after ObamaCare there is not much trust in the Obama Administration, thus it might go down because the Oval does not have the political juice to get through, politics is a hard business folks, 50/50 on the Bill folks. 

Obama and the IRS - 2nd Term Blues

The White House: Here is the latest paper statement by the Oval on the IRS scandal, " The President was briefed this afternoon by Secretary Lew and Principal Deputy Commissioner Werfel on today’s report. The President appreciates the effort put into reviewing operations within the IRS, and most importantly, making sure that agency moves quickly to restore the public’s trust.

As the President has made clear, the misconduct identified in last month’s Inspector General report is unacceptable. He will not tolerate inappropriate behavior in any agency and the President believes that IRS personnel must operate with absolute integrity, fairness and neutrality.

The President believes Principal Deputy Commissioner Werfel’s report is an important step in ensuring accountability for any staff that acted inappropriately, identifies the failures in their systems that allowed the misconduct to happen, and takes a forward-looking systemic view at the agency’s management.  The Administration is committed to making sure the IRS continues to reform itself with the goals of providing the highest quality service and reflecting the principles of fairness and neutrality.  ".

Lets Get Real:

Quite funny and cynical by the White House, as stressed in red above by this blog its down to the  " systems that allowed the misconduct to happen, and takes a forward - looking systemic view of the agency's management ", therefore the Oval has decide that is the system fault first, not a people fault, the same people running ObamaCare, the IRS scandal has gone quite of late, so has Libya, press investigations and the State Department, lets see if any of them has legs, to keep a story current and in the minds of the people the Republicans have to have more people before Congress, even better if they take the 5th.  The Republicans have to recall that the liberal press are not their friends, the liberal press will try to divert to any other story, so keep the heat on the Oval Republicans, this is THE Chicago political mob, there is always something there, unlike POTUS, there is no there with Obama, there never was as Berlin shows, and his failure to get Hong Kong and Russia to hand over Edward Snowden shows how weak Obama REALLY IS, a weak US President gets rolled by its enemies, just look at Jimmy Carter. 

Obama FALLS in CNN Poll - 2nd Term Blues

CNN - Politics: Reports on a new CNN/ORC Poll that finds that President Obama has a 45%  job approval rating, while 54% disapprove of the Oval performance. 

Lets Get Real: 

Thus folks the political hits of the scandals are starting to have an effect, this really hurts the Oval on the Hill, the major bill  that the Oval is pushing is Immigration reform, if the poll numbers of the Oval are in the tank, those in the House and Senate might think its better to oppose the Oval, also lets recall it could get worse folks, ObamaCare comes in to effect at the end of the year, thus many US voters might find that the IRS starts to charge them if they do not have the right kind of healthcare insurance, that is going to go down well, the Oval promised that if people had heath care they were happy with they could keep it, well its cheaper for employers to pay the penalty than offer health care, thus millions of Americans are finding that employers are cutting hours as to avoid offering healthcare, also the States are being very slow to offer the internal markets for ObamaCare, this leaves it to the Federal Government, in other words its a train wreck as a Democratic Senator called the move to ObamaCare.   The scandals are not going to go away folks, thus Obama might find that he has the same bad numbers as Bush 43, that would be so ironic and funny folks. 

Woe and Woe, Obama AND his Agenda - Obama 2nd Term Blues

Gallup: Reports in its daily tracking poll on the approval rating for POTUS, that President has a 45% Approval rating, while his Disapproval rating stands at 47%.

Lets Get Real:

One is hardly surprised that the Oval has taken a hit after the last few weeks folks, scandal upon scandal, and ObamaCare starts to come in to force from October,  the problem is that these scandals will take weeks, they will suck up the political oxygen and the Obama Agenda will take the hit, the Immigration Reform Bill is the one thing that could be a real legacy for the Oval, but first it has to pass the Senate and then the House, if the Oval's ratings do not improve then Democrats worried about 2014 will move away from the Oval, they want to get re-elected, what could really hurt Democrats is when the IRS starts to go after people that have not paid for medical cover, so you would have the IRS under a cloud for the targeting of Tea Party supporters and taking people to Court for not having medical cover, yes a major storm cloud could damage the Democrats in 2014 and 2016 folks.  Watch this space folks. 

Clapper on the Chopping Block - Obama 2nd Term Blues

Guardian: Reports the following on the career prospects of DCI James Clapper, " Admission that James Clapper gave 'least truthful answer' on domestic surveillance could become a problem for the president ".

Lets Get Real:

Thus Mr Clapper is for the chop folks, he lied to a Senate Committee, it was a direct question, and worse he lied to a Democratic Senator, who had warned him about the question in advance, therefore you have AG Holder who liked to a House Committee, now the DCI, the scandal at the IRS, the search of emails of a Fox reporter and lets not forget Libya, also the new scandal that there are allegations that the Clinton State Department placed pressure for illegal acts done by State staff to be covered up, so the Oval can not afford for his Administration to be seen as a bunch of liars with ego's not based on reality.    Thus expect Mr Clapper after a decent period to resign to spend more time with his family. 

The NSA and The US Public - 2nd Term Blues

Telegraph: Reports the following on the opinions of the US public to the PRISM leaks, " A solid majority of Americans support the US government's programs tracking telephone records to try to uncover terror, a Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll has found. ".

Lets Get Real:

If Obama was not always trying to end the War on Terror, he could use this support to close down the affair, but he is in a hole of his own making, he wants to end the WAR, without winning it, but also keep tracking ALL US Citizens and reading the Internet content of everyone not in the US, that is a problem folks, that is why the Oval needs a RFK or a Nancy Reagan, SOMEONE who can tell the Oval to get his EGO out of his HUBRIS, someone he can not fire and someone who knows were the secrets are, everyone has secrets folks.   The press are not going to allow this go, and the Oval can not closed down PRISM, what if there is another 9/11, thus the Oval is is caught between his ego and his hubris, lets see if the expert Chicago Pol can find a exit from this mess, without losing his LIBERAL base or allowing Republicans to paint the Oval as weak and a appeaser, fun times not in the Oval folks. 

The NSA Debate and the Oval - 2nd Term Blues

Guardian: Reports that the Democratic Senator, " Ron Wyden suggests US intelligence chief James Clapper may have misled him as international pressure builds ".

Lets Get Real:

This is the problem that the Oval find itself, it has stated that the War on Terror is OVER, even after Boston, thus its a fair question, why is the NSA tracking ALL telephone calls of US Citizens, and reading the Internet content of the rest of the World, are we to trust the Oval after the scandal at the IRS, give me a break, you would have to be naive fool to think that the NSA is  not listening to US calls,  of course they are, it is a given, also its the Obama Administration, that great Liberal hope, it makes Richard Nixon look liberal, he did not want to bug everyone, just liberals and the press, well you would, that is a given, that is a joke by the way, since the NSA is of course reading this blog.    This blog has seen the Senate question from above and it has to be stated that James Clapper was either being very economic with the truth, or he can not hear, is he deaf?, it was  a clear question, and the answer was a LIE, simple as that folks, the Oval should not treat people as fools, that is the greatest insult of ALL. 

Clinton SEX scandals and the Cover Up - 2016

BBC News: Reports that the US State Department under Secretary Hillary Clinton has been accused of covering up illegal acts of US State Department Staff.  

Lets Get Real: 

This is the last thing that the Clinton Camp needs, it faces problems of the lack of action by Secretary Clinton when the US Consulate in Libya was attacked by terrorists, there are doubts about the information that Secretary Clinton gave to the US Congress, how much she knew and when, now this, these cover ups cover serious illegal actions, the Clinton Camp in pure political terms needs to put this fire out, even the Titanic sank folks due to enough holes under the water, one can guess that those that want to oppose Hillary Clinton in 2016 will be making sure that all these scandals lead to the Clinton Camp, the lack of Hillary Clinton dealing with these scandals shows why she lost the 2008 Democratic race to President Obama, she is not Bill, she is not that good a politician, thus ends the hope of Hillary and Bill Clinton to return to the White House, it is that serious folks. 

NYT and the Obama's Nixon Bugging - 2nd Term Blues

The New York Times: Reports on the "..domestic surveillance program under which it is collecting business communications records involving Americans under a hotly debated section of the Patriot  Act,...".

Lets Get Real:

Half of the article is a defence of the action by the Obama Administration by a Obama Official , of course off the record, think folks if this was Richard Nixon just after Watergate, Ronald Reagan at the height of Iran - Contra or Bush 43 after Iraq and his anti terrorist polices, would the uber liberal NYT give the Administration so much space for the defence, one has great doubts, this blog can not even find a critical editorial on the news.  Lets be clear this blog support the policy, bug everyone if it saves lives, that is the WORLD after 9/11, the World still in the War on Terror, what ever President Obama says on the matter on any given day.   Lets recall the uber liberal NYT covered for Stalin, one would have thought it would have learned from that lesson, IT HAS NOT, that is why the NYT is going broke and blind in both eyes, if you refuse to see the truth and only report YOUR TRUTH you are bound to fail folks, such a pity for once great Newspaper, thank goodness for modern media.  

Those SECRET Obama Emails - 2nd Term Blues

Fox News: Has the following commentary on the discovery of secret US Government emails, " Since addresses are unknown, their contents are unknowable by reporters. One cannot file a Freedom of Information Act request for what one does not know exists. ".

Lets Get Real:

The question that Congressional Republicans and the press should be asking are there any links from the IRS to the White House or to the Obama/Biden Campaign of 2012, why was the head of the IRS in the White House for over 150 meetings, his comment that he went for the egg rolling shows a disdain for the US Congress and the US Constitution, it seems from reports that the IRS Chief was more in the White House that the US Secretary of Sate, while a former head of the IRS had about one visit, ObamaCare does not take over 150 visits.  Thus the US Congress should request ALL emails between the IRS and the White House and the Obama Campaign.   This could be the smoking gun folks, we will have to wait and see folks. 

What is the Obama Administration HIDING - Secret Emails

Guardian: Reports the following on the secret Obama Administration emails, " ..most US agencies have failed to turn over lists of political appointees' email addresses, which the AP sought under the Freedom of Information Act more than three months ago.. ".

Lets Get Real: 

One can be assured folks, that Congressional Republicans will be checking to see if there are any secret emails when it comes to the Libyan terrorist attack of last year, the IRS targeting of Tea Party Groups and the search of emails of reports from Fox News and AP.   There only needs to be a link to the White House or the Obama/Biden Campaign of 2012 for Obama to have another Watergate on his hands, or TAXGATE, one can not jump to verdicts but it will be interesting to see how the rest of the press will deal with this issue, Fox and AP have been burned by the Obama Oval, will the rest of the press core start to get in on the act, once the press smell political blood in the water they will go after the Oval or other Obama officials, like a Jaws, needing a good lunch.   One can see a few Obama officials deleting their emails, these is a Chicago Administration after all folks, how dirty to you think they are at the moment. 

Obama and TAXGATE - 2nd Term Blues

CNN - Politics: Reports the following on TAXGATE, ".... IRS employees say direction came from Washington ".

Lets Get Real: 

Thus folks those that work within the IRS are starting to follow the old Washington advice, CYA, they have seen past staff thrown under the bus while the elite get away, if there is a link to the White House or to the Obama/Biden 2012 Campaign its a get out of jail  card, and it will be used folks, as with Watergate it can be  postulated that the Obama/Biden hoped that this mess would not come out in till after the election, and then it would go away, that is bad politic folks, after the election the race started for the 2014 Mid Terms and the 2016 Presidential race, if there is any link to the the Oval, then the tax scandal will get a lot worse folks and the Obama Agenda will be dead on the Hill, lets see what the Congressional Committees find, it could be that the Oval is clean, do you trust a Chicago Pol, if you do you are a fool, but there could be a first time, the legal language used by the Oval makes this blogger think that the Oval has something to hide, so WINDY in the Windy City folks, what secrets will the Congressional wind find, someone is going to jail folks, tax targeting can hit anyone, thus the Congress will find someone to jail folks. 

Obama and the TAX SCANDAL - 2nd Term Blues

Guardian: Reports the following on TAXGATE, " Three new congressional hearings expected to focus on whether Obama knew Tea Party groups were singled out for scrutiny ".

Lets Get Real:

Lets give President Obama the benefit of doubt, lets say that the White House knew that the IRS had targeted the Tea Party, but did not order it , but did not stop it either,  as the targeting took in hundred of groups and individuals it can be a fair assumption that someone somewhere in the White House knew and smiled, since the White House staff seem to keep a lot form the Oval, the question is WHO KNEW and how long can they stay on the White House Staff if their role comes out, at the end of the day staff are staff, when it comes to who has to fall on their sword, the Staff or the Oval, it always has to be the Staff, the only problem is how close are they to the Oval, if they are close no one is going to believe that the Oval did not know, that is the problem folks, it might not be the reality that counts but the perception of reality, is Obama the New Nixon, by a trick of the light.