Immigration Reform and the Republican House

The Washington Post: Has the liberal line on the chances of the Immigration reform passing the Republican House, the article notes the following, " ..that House Republicans may kill reform on behalf of a GOP base that can’t accept it. ".

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This is a tricky problem for Speaker Boehner, he wants to see a Republican in the White House in 2017, thus the Republican Party needs to get more of the vote from those than consider Immigration a deal breaker, on the other hand in the 2014 Mid Terms he needs the Party base to come OUT to VOTE, those on the right of the Republican Party see the latest reform idea as a blanket amnesty to those in the US in an illegal context.   On this issue the Speaker should stand up to his base, its right when looked on as a morel issue, and its right when it comes to the politics, so it is time for Speaker Boehner to show leadership, if the Gipper can do it, then Boehner can take a stand, lets see what matters more to the Speaker, his job or the Republican Party, in this case they are not the same thing 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' ".

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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%.

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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 World Stage

BBC News: Reports on the critical reaction from the White House to the State Department by the fact that Hong Kong ( China ) and Russia have did not have not taken the US traitor US Edward Snowden in to custody.

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This is what happens folks when you have a weak President, lets recall what happened to Jimmy Carter in 1979, the new Iranian Government took US diplomats hostage for 444 days and the then USSR went in to Afghanistan, you might ask why bring up these historical cases, lets see, Obama wants a deal with Iran on its nuclear plans, not going to happen folks, Tehran sees Obama as weak and easy to roll over, then we come to Afghanistan, the Oval wants talks with the Taliban as to give the Oval a fig leaf to leave Afghanistan with honour, not going to happen, the Taliban just have to wait in till 2014 when NATO leaves, the US plans to leave a small force inside Afghanistan to go after Al Qaeda, this would be a mistake, they would be target from day one to the Taliban and Al Qaeda, the above is due to a weak President, when a US President is weak and out of his depth the enemies of the US will roll him, that is why Obama = Carter 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's Berlin Speech - Review

Telegraph: Here is a review of President Obama's Berlin Speech, following in the steps of President Kennedy and President Reagan, the article notes the following, " Barack Obama bombs in Berlin: a weak, underwhelming address from a floundering president ".

Lets Get Real:

Thus folks the Obama " Star Show " is over, 2nd terms never go well, just ask Nixon, Reagan, Clinton and Bush 43, but the BIG BUT when talking about Obama's speech is the fact that Reagan had gone through Iran - Contra in late 1986, and then a Congress started hearings, that did not stop Reagan from being Leader of the West, he demanded that President Gorbachev, " .....if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! "*  The 2nd Obama Term is going through its scandals, from Libya to the IRS, and a few other in between, the Obama of 2013 is not the Obama of 2008, a weak President is a weak leader, the US needs another Reagan in 2017. 

* “  Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin June 12, 1987.” The Public Papers of President Ronald W. Reagan.  Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Obama's FAILURE on Afghanistan - Afghanistan Update

Guardian: Reports the first attempts for talks between the US and the Afghan Taliban, the article notes the following, " Afghan government anger at opening of Taliban office in Qatar leads US to suspend plans to attend talks  ".

Lets Get Real:

Advice to the Oval, when POTUS gets back to the Oval has really has to sit down and work what he wants to do with Afghanistan, the news that the US was to start talks with the Afghan Taliban looked good at first, but then the Afghan Government threw a wobble and the US has had to back down, the Afghan War was the War that Candidate Obama wanted to fight, it was the GOOD WAR, going after those that had killed three thousand people in New York in 2001.   But there is a difference between being a Candidate and President, the War is not popular, it has cost to much in US lives and in US money.  The US Voter wants OUT of Afghanistan, thus this rush to start talks before all the dots had been connected folks, with the Taliban and the Afghan Government.   After 2014 the Oval can not afford for the Taliban to take over Afghanistan, this would look like Vietnam all OVER AGAIN, Obama does not want to be seen as another LBJ, when one thinks of the Johnson Administration one thinks of Vietnam not the Great Society, one has to give some credit to the Oval for getting out of Iraq, even if there was no agreement on a post war stay for the US, thus the present problems, in Afghanistan Obama does not want to be in the Oval and see people feeling on the last helicopter as was the fate of President Ford in 1975.    The US should get OUT in 2014, leave a shaky Government and make it known, that should Afghanistan become a threat again, the US will nuke them, be very clear on that, the powers never win Afghanistan, its just how much damage the Powers suffer before they get out, time to get out of Afghanistan folks.