Megyn Kelly Reminds Us, Republican and Sexist are not Synonyms

It is not often that pen gets put to paper here and it is not about something negative that has bubbled its way forth to my attention. Last week there was an excellent segment on the news that I would like to call attention to...

Megyn Kelly featured pundit Erick Erickson, of the (admittedly Republican, but that's not the point) blog RedState. Erick was defending a stance against working mothers; arguing that it is natural for the female of a species to be "submissive" and that the male of the species was the protector and provider.

Don't mention that to her

Ms. Kelly's remarks are a reminder that successful women are not necessarily the wilting flowers that Dem Terry McAuliffe would like you to believe they are, and illustrates that McAuliffe is trying to play Virginia's women to win the governorship.

The story  was referring to these new statistics. They have found that 40% of females are now the breadwinners in their homes. Erickson was in the middle of a poorly-reasoned argument that gender roles are not interchangeable (well, that's what he was trying to say anyway) and tumbled down the road to damn-near-misogyny. Kelly took Erickson's pseudo-science to the net,

"In this country in the ’50s and ’60s there were huge numbers of people that … said it was science and fact if you were the child of a black father and white mother or vice versa you were inferior and not set up for success. Tell that to Barack Obama." 

"Why is this important?" you may ask. Well, it really is heartening to see a strong Republican woman who is standing up to idiotic and archaic absolutes of gender roles without someone dropping misplaced blame at the feet of conservatism. 

The backdrop of this campaign in the Commonwealth, and Terry McAuliffe's underhanded half-truthing antics make for a lot of misdirection and smoke-and-mirrors for Virginia's women. This is the Terry McAuliffe who left his newborn and recovering wife in the car and ditched her on the way to the hospital BOTH so he could collect a check . Oh, he also got kicked out of the delivery room in 1993 for yelling at the doctor about healthcare reform.

Terry McAuliffe's respect for women only reaches the exact distance to the bank; naturally, he wants to demonize his opponent. 

Terry would have you believe that Ken Cuccinelli and all Republicans behind him are cackling boogeymen, come to take away the Nineteenth Amendment and cast us all into the Dark Ages! That is false.

This is the perfect illustration to respond to the tripe that the McAuliffe campaign is spewing about the Attorney General waging a war on women. Republican and sexist are not synonyms and that is not always acknowledged in less-than-sportsman-like Dem campaigns. Megyn Kelly has reminded us of that.

Ken Cuccinelli is no more fighting a war on women than Megyn Kelly is. Terry and the Democratic party are trying to play those women for chumps by saying so. That tired old rhetoric out of the 19-whatever Democratic campaign book is getting old and no one believes it anymore.

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The Little Boy Who Cried "Racism"

The modern definition of "racist" is someone who is winning an argument with a Liberal.

-Peter Brimelow

The New York Times writer, Adolph Reed, published an Editorial piece today on the "Puzzle of Black Republicans". In it, Reed outlines reasons that Black Republicans have a choice; Reed's basic quandary is that either they(black Republicans) don't count as black, or they don't count as Republican. Reed compares the appointment of Congressman Tim Scott to "poll taxes, grandfather clauses, literacy tests". 

The Op. Ed. is littered with such baseless assumptions, broad generalizations, and maybe a touch of bigotry. Reed states that the reason for South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley's (an Indian-American Republican, herself) appointment of Rep. Tim Scott to replace retiring Senator Jim DeMint is that the whites of the GOP "don’t want to have to think of themselves, or be thought of by others, as racist." This is followed by a rambling history of civil rights going back to before Reconstruction.

Why does the Left immediately swarm on anyone of a different race that is succeeding and happens to be a Republican? It seems that every time a minority candidate from the GOP is advanced for their merits, they are either "blacks to undermine black interests" or "more tokens than signs of progress"? 

Strange that only the Democratic side of the media wants to turn this into a racial issue. Left-wingers are afraid to lose the traditionally-blue votes that come from the black community; so they rush to disqualify any minority that is gaining notoriety and happens to be a Republican. 

It is a favorite Dem tactic to force black and Republican to be thought of as mutually exclusive. It seems that whenever an accomplished, capable black person, who happens to be a Republican, is given an opportunity in politics, they are labeled as a sort of double agent against their race? Or against the Republican ethos? 

Is being conservative a pre-requisite move against the black community? Of course not, and the people that are distributing that drivel are simply trying to force partisanism on the black community. This kind of divisive and, to be frank, petty writing really has no merit. To make base assumptions about people based on the color of their skin? That's racism in and of itself, and it has no place in a conscience driven political system. 

President Obama's 7-Eleven Spending Nightmare

While even now Barack Obama is on the campaign trail in Iowa and Ohio, right here in the shadow of the Beltway the Treasury Department has released a study that snap-shot's the President's horrendous handling of this economy, and why . The summary of Federal spending for fiscal year 2012 (which ended September 30) has come out.

For every seven dollars that our government had, it has spent eleven (precisely $10.95).

Stir in the scope of our government, and the difference in those numbers and let that thought mull for a moment. With no regard for our fiscal integrity, this year Obama's giganto-government-machine has been burning through cash like dry lint and firewood.

Jeffrey Anderson of the Weekly Standard elucidates the reality of this problem clearly in a recent article.

"To illustrate this a bit differently, for every Jackson ($20) we’ve had available to spend under Obama, we’ve also borrowed a Hamilton ($10) and a Washington ($1) and spent those too.  The only thing is that, under Obama, we’ve (literally) spent the equivalent of 342 billion Jacksons, 342 billion Hamiltons, and 342 billion Washingtons — borrowing all of the Hamiltons and Washingtons."

President Obama desperately needs to take a leaf out of the books of Republican governors and legislatures.  While the Feds have dug the hole of debt even deeper, our own Governor McDonnell has the numbers on his side; posting a surplus and attracting both businesses and individuals to the Commonwealth. Fiscal responsibility isn't just common-sense, good policy.

Our deficit is passing $16.02 Trillion as I write this. the kind of reckless spending, strangling regulation, and backwards job "creation" policies that we have seen from this administration are outright dangerous.

Mr. President, Common Sense is on Line 1

The Federal government has been quietly slipping by a tax to the American people that costs as much as 20 C-130 cargo planes. "What for?", you might ask.

 Free cell phones.

Let that sink in. For cell service, one and a quarter billion dollars (yes with a b) has been spent by Uncle Sam every year since 2008 and the cost has not stopped rising. Some people even have multiple phones that are being subsidized by ALL OF US.

Does this sound ludicrous to anyone else?

Basically, the Universal Service fee that you will see on every one of your phone bills constitutes the passing on of a mandatory payment from the phone company to you. The federal government requires companies pay into the Universal Service fund and they pass the buck, so to speak, to the consumer.

Originally the program only serviced land lines. That sounds reasonable, right? Well in 2008 the program was expanded to include cell phones and to say the cost skyrocketed would be an understatement. Rep. Tim Griffin of Tennessee has posted an excellent video explaining this lunacy to youtube, and it is embedded below.

With our economy severely recessed, and a pile of debt as tall as the Chrysler Building and growing, what on Earth is our government doing paying for data and minutes? This kind of idiotic and reckless spending has to be brought to someone's attention; it doesn't even sound rational.

Woodward Calls Out Obama on Hyper-Partisanism

Photo Credit to The Daily Beast

Over the weekend, Washington Examiner writer Conn Carroll wrote an insightful synopsis of author Bob Woodward's new book, "The Price of Politics". In it, Carroll notes Woodward's feelings on Obama's miserable mishandling of the presidency and the damning consequences of Obama's hyper-partisanism.

In the book, the President himself is quoted as shooting down a bi-partisan Republican stimulus plan early in his term with the words "I can go it alone, I have the polls". His own chief-of-staff, Rahm Emanuel, has spoken on the fact that Obama's final stimulus plan had zero contribution from House Republicans, "We have the votes. (expletive) them." 

It is a well-known fact that this President has mishandled the problems that America faces. It is a well-known fact that Obama does not have a bi-partisan bone in his body. But for a President to not only mishandle a situation, but to metaphorically spit in the face of a concerned Republican Party that is willing and able to help...

It just isn't something you do.

Obama has derisively described House Majority Leader John Boehner as a "cigarette-smoking, country-clubbing Republican who makes deals." Deals are a part of legislating effectively and compromise is important to America's democracy. Boehner has tried to make many deals in his years in Congress. But appeals to reason in the White House often fall on deaf ears.

We have a President who cannot handle the job himself; who refuses to compromise for the good of his nation; and who slaps bi-partisanism off of the table. The facts are as plain as day. America can only hope for a change.

Two Different Worlds: O'Malley and McDonnell

The Potomac River divides more than just a pair of states. On one side of the river,a flagship Democrat, Gov. Martin O'Malley, has been dealing with a flagging economy with his party's job creation "plan". On the other side, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, a promiment Republican, has been using conservative values to influence his jobs creation plan. Which one has been more effective? 

Wall Street Journal has come out with a very insightful article today about the difference between these two starkly opposite administrations.

Bob McDonnell has shown across the board that common-sense, conservative values are the answer to our current economic situation. Virginia is holding fast at 5.9% unemployment, while O'Malley's "reforms" have put Maryland jobless numbers up to 7%. O'Malley has seen an exodus of 30,000 taxpayers from the wealthiest tax areas, costing the state 1.7 Billion dollars in tax revenue over the last 5 years.

Businesses have flooded across the Potomac since these two polarizing plans have come into effect. Gov. O'Malley has lost valuable corporate taxes since companies such as Northrop Grumman, Bechtel, and Hilton Hotels move south into Virginia with jobs and cashflow behind them.

This comparison is significant beyond our 2 respective states. The two governors of which we speak are the heads of their respective Governors' Associations. They are both nationally prominent in the media. This is a nationally important example of conservative principles healing an economically stagnant business environment. Governor McDonnell has led the Commonwealth to a surplus, and we are top tier in job creation.

Really, Democrats? False Robo-calls Come Off as Desperate

During one of the most contested elections in modern times, Maryland Democrats are so  

                    desperate to win that they are willing to out and out lie to do it. 

Right in our own back yard, the truth seems to be taking a back seat to partisan politics.

Starting recently, constituents of Virginia's 2nd District (Scott Rigell-R), and Maryland's 6th District (Roscoe Bartlett-R) have been receiving robo-calls attempting to link Rep. Rigell and Rep. Bartlett to renegade Missouri Congressional candidate Todd Akin's outrageous "Legitimate rape" comments. 

The problem? BOTH representatives have publicly condemned Akin's comments and have asserted that they do not share his views. Where does the line lay when it comes to Democratic mudslinging? Its obvious that they are trying to divert the eyes of voters from the real issues facing America. 

The mad dash to tie an entire party to the comments of one rogue-integer candidate has been evident across the country and (ever so conveniently?) comes as Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and the Republican National Committee step into the spotlight for the Republican National Convention. This kind of petty partisanship should show America what some Democrats are willing to do in pursuit of the win. 

Have a look at the full article from the Washington Examiner HERE