Republicans Say: When Faced With Tough Choice, Do Nothing!

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By Roland Charlemagne
Political Times Daily.org Writer

In a move which illustrates exactly what is wrong with politicians, Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican, announced he wants to put off a decision to expel convicted felon Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens from the GOP.

Why?

Well it seems he and his other dwindling party members want to first see whether Stevens wins another term before voting to sanction him.

Coincidentally, in a move which illustrates exactly what is wrong with mindless partisan voters, Stevens, who was convicted of multiple felonies BEFORE the Nov. 4th election, was still able to garner so many votes in opposition to his challenger, who by my count has no felony convictions, that Alaska is continuing its ridiculously long recount as we speak.

And so faced with a clear moral choice, Senate Republicans do nothing, hoping beyond hope that the American people will get them off the hook.  I mean why act now.  No need to be hasty and do the right thing. If they just slink into the corner and wait in a puddle of their own cowardice Stevens might loose his re-elected bid and they wont have to do anything at all.

But why take the time and effort to start proceedings if he is just going to be voted out?

I’ll tell you why. Because its the right thing to do. Because it’s the right message to send. Because a man convicted of seven felonies should not have the privilege of serving in the United States Senate.  Because for those who stand on the soap box of values and adherence to to letter of the law when it come to say, immigration status, action should be swift and decisive.

Gosh I just can’t imagine why the GOP “brand” has suffered so.

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November 18, 2008 at 5:14 pm

Economic Past Holds Bad Predictions. Future Looks Worse.

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By Roland Charlemagne
Political Times Daily.org Writer

So you wish you could predict the future? Well you can. It is actually quite simple if you can account for and properly interpret all of the possible variables within a situation.

You don’t believe me. Ok. Lets say a stockbroker  is standing on the top of a 57 story skyscraper in Manhattan. Why is not important here.

Now if our subject decides to jump I will be able to accurately predict what will happen to him given his mass, the air density at his altitude, average wind currents and earths gravitational pull.

Yeah, he will splat. Well if you scale the scenario up to say, life in general, it gets a bit tougher to identify and account for ALL variables but if you scale it down a bit to say, the financial markets, it is definitely an achievable feat although not something easily accomplished.

If we were to take a trip in the way back machine to 2006 who among us could have predicted the current economic crisis we now face. Could Reagan economist Arthur Betz Laffer, Sr have foreseen our nations troubles and help steer us back on course. Well in August 2006 Arthur’s predictably partisan view was that the economy had never been stronger and that Americans had more wealth than they had ever had.

And Arthur was not alone in thinking positive over the future of the American economy. Tom Adkins, a  ReMax real estate agent and former head of common conservatives gave his highly biased view in December of 2006 stating real estate prices would go up 10% in 2007.

Ben Stein, Republican Presidential speech writer and long time conservative not only believes the theory of evolution was inspiration for the Holocaust but in August of 2007 said the credit crunch was overblown, the sub prime fiasco was just a tiny problem, stocks would be higher in a year and it was the perfect buying opportunity for “astonishingly well run” companies like Merrill Lynch who went on to report  a $9.83 billion fourth quarter loss for 2007 followed a net loss of $1.97 billion for the first quarter of 2008 before being sold to Bank of America. Truly Astonishing.

Well surely then someone like Charles Payne founder of  Wall Street Strategies would have some relatively non partisan view points, well for a free market wall street type anyway. Well he did, in fact back in August of 2007 he said the worst was over.. Oh thank God!! Yeah.. and in December of 2007 he said the financial companies like Behr Stern and Goldman Sachs was a great place to invest, Oh and that the housing market would rebound, the auto market would be better, unemployment would drop to around 4.7% and the DOW would be at 16000..16000!!!!

How could these people be so fuckin wrong! I mean either they are stupid, which is possible, or they were being overly optimistic to encourage confidence, or they were simply spewing partisan rhetoric in the face of the longest elections cycle in history. You decide.

However there was one man who has been screaming the sky is falling since 2006.  His name is  Peter Schiff. Now trust me this man is no Democratic operative vomiting doom and gloom about the economy for political gain. He believes Obama’s plans will just dig us a deeper hole. Can we really do that? Yes We Can!!

Back in 2006 Peter Schiff was laughed at and mocked on national television, his ideas were dismissed as uniformed ravings and looked upon with contempt by every person mentioned above(except Obama).

However what he was being attacked for turned out to be accurate predictions of unsustainable home prices, crashing stock markets and tightening credit. He he.. oops..

But he didn’t just predict these things in a vacuum, he saw the variables in play and read them correctly. He described the U.S. economy as a consumer driven economy with no savings at all. He pointed to bad lending practices in the real estate collapse and saw the real value of financial stocks were not reflected in company forecasts.

So what of the future then? Well Schiff, being a free market believer sees government bailouts as part of the problem. He calls the current economy a fake economy and see tax cuts covered by printing more money as a path to hyper-inflation(I think its worse than regular inflation because of the hyper part) and an economic crisis that could eclipse the great depression.

Merry Christmas!!!

November 17, 2008 at 6:38 pm

Democrat Win Energizes Young Voters… great!

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By Roland Charlemagne
Political Times Daily.org Writer

So the youth of America has a leader they can finally believe in. Barack Obama struck a cord in college campuses all over the land, getting the youth of our country to snap themselves out of their collective drug induced haze, drag themselves out of bed at 2:00pm on a Tuesday(they didn’t have class till 3:30) and get involved with national politics, wonderful(sarcasm).

Look, I don’t hate college kids or anything, hell I used to be one, which is precisely why I’m not thrilled over the prospect of having beer soaked, bags of hormones with a mob mentality being difference makers in the political arena. I know I’m painting with a broad brush, but common, how far off base am I really. Have you seen what happens to our nations upstanding young citizens when their school wins an NCAA championship in one sport or another?

Now its not that they voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama that bothers me, If my vote counted(I live in NY) I would have voted for him too. What pains me about the youth, even when I was a youth, is that for them the cult of personality reigns above all others.  I can hear some crunchy, hairy chick somewhere choking on her granola trying to shout out, “not me man”… yes you too.

If I had a nickle for every time one of these wisdom-challenged baby monkeys did something incredibly, stupid or dangerous or thoughtless or brainless simply because it was “cool”, you’d be lookin at the next T. Boone Pickins right now(he’s a rich guy). Please I wouldn’t trust an 18 year old with my car but I’m supposed to take their ideas as a voting block seriously.

Case in point, 3 time incumbent treasurer Republican Carol Elliott lost her re-election bid this past week when the Democratic Party, lead by the personality of Barack Obama, made sweeping gains across the nation. But what is special about this victory is the Democratic challenger was 20 year old Dartmouth junior Vanessa Sievers who was able to collect enough votes by targeting fellow students at Dartmouth and Plymouth State University through a $42 ad on the Web site Facebook.

But no worries Grafton County N.H. its not like the treasurer is an important post. Sievers will only be responsible for keeping tabs on ALL  your money, making investments and making payments ordered by county commissioners.

And it’s not like she has no experience for goodness sake. I mean the girl did work as a bookkeeper and she  managed her family’s finances, which I understand were pretty tricky the year they bought that Roth IRA.

Managed her families finances, really, your going to list that as experience. Hell put her to work solving the sub prime fiasco this chick is Qualified with a capital Palin.

Well Grafton County N.H., it seems the youth of your area, who by the way are transitory residents, have elected you a totally unqualified child to hold your purse strings. Why?

Well I can only assume it’s because it was cool!

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November 13, 2008 at 7:12 pm

Sarah Sell Sympathy
(by the seashore)

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By Roland Charlemagne
Political Times Daily.org Writer

Or the Bering Strait…. whatever.

So the election is over and no one in recent memory has gone from savior to albatross as quickly as Sarah Palin.

Heralded as the mavericky side kick with moxie to John McCain’s mavickry long lived Senate super hero, Sarah created buzz, mystery and energized a sluggish base for Republicans.  However, due in great part to her own short comings, Palin quickly devolved into a caricature of herself, artfully brought to life by SNL’s TIna Fey.

While some argue the down home folksy “realness” of Palin was a positive, base energizing breath of fresh air, others saw it as an uncultured facade masking hard core religious conservative values which turned off moderate voters.

Either way recent attacks by unnamed McCain campaign staffers has riled up Palin who denies charges she is unaware Africa is a continent, threw tantrums and requested hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cloths from high end retailers.

Where most people would think the charges are an aggressive case of finger pointing to place blame on Palin for a solid Republican defeat,(which they are) I see a secondary effort to generate sympathy for Palin who gets to show just how moxiefied she is by fighting back against those cowardly jerks don’t ya know!!

The picture is made even more sad thinking about Palin boxing up her RNC rented duds and shipping them back to whatever corner of hell the RNC has their headquarters.

But just because the campaign is over, the politicking is far from done.  Fending off the verbal barbs Pailin gets to change her image from inept airhead to righteous victim as she heads back to Alaska to plan her 2012 bid for world domination.

It is exactly the lasting impression the Republian base can use to rally around especially if Palin get the opportunity to appoint herself to the Senate.

November 12, 2008 at 7:53 pm