The Total Arrogance Of Republican Politicians! :(
We are now witnessing total arrogance of Republican politicians, feeling no need to face news media or participate in debates, and yet expecting the voters to elect or reelect them! 
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer had a "brain freeze" at a debate with her opponent, Attorney General Terry Goddard, yesterday, but more significant than that, was that she refused to answer his charge that she had fabricated the idea that headless corpses have been found in the Arizona desert, an assertion that has been denied by county governments near the border with Mexico, but constantly repeated by Brewer as a way to stir up support for the immigration law passed by Arizona and now in litigation!
As a result of the embarrassing "brain freeze", Brewer has now declared that she will not participate in any more debates during the campaign! What gall and nerve, and it should be rewarded by the voters defeating this woman who is best at lying and being a demagogue than governing the state in a competent manner!
In Florida, gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott, who spent $50 million of his fortune to win the GOP nomination, now refuses to debate Democratic nominee Alex Sink, and has shown a high level of arrogance, including referring to himself as the "bald, handsome guy!"
Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul and Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle have both refused to be interviewed by mainstream media, favoring Fox News Channel only!
None of these or other candidates have any solution to the problems their states or the nation faces, but they seem to think they can ride on the discontent of the population to win office without having to deal with hard questions and real challenges as to their competence for office!
Hopefully, the people of these states and across the nation are not going to reward these arrogant politicians with the responsibility for high office!
America At The End Of World War II And Today–65 Years Later!
World War II ended on this day, September 2, 1945--65 years ago!
America was at its peak of power and on its way to its greatest prosperity, after having suffered through the Great Depression!
Now, America is in the midst of the Great Recession, the greatest economic collapse since the 1930s, and it is challenged by other nations, and has participated in wars it has not been able to win!
The country is bitterly divided as to what its role in the world should be, and how it should deal with its numerous domestic problems!
There is no sense of unity or purpose, and the future is cloudy as to the power, role, and significance of the United States!
This is a time to reflect on the events of 65 years ago, and for Americans to consider how to continue to promote a future America with a sense of pride and hope, the prevalent mood back in 1945!
It is time to stop fighting and to unite behind the concept of joint goals, no matter what political persuasion, what ethnicity, what race, what religion, what part of the nation one lives in!
We all have a responsibility to leave this country better that what it is today for our children and grandchildren!
Alaska GOP Goes Right Wing Tea Party Radical: Joe Miller, Sarah Palin’s Choice! :(
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin triumphed in her home state yesterday, successfully defeating Senator Lisa Murkowski's bid for renomination, just as she personally defeated Senator Murkowski's father, Governor Frank Murkowski when he ran for renomination in 2006!
In so doing, Palin presented us with the most extreme right wing radical candidate yet in Senate races this year--more so, imagine this, than Sharron Angle of Nevada and Rand Paul of Kentucky!
Joe Miller came out of "nowhere", but with Palin's backing, gained the nomination in a close contest, winning by fewer than 1,700 votes over a Senator who could be regarded as somewhat of a moderate!
But what does Joe Miller represent? He represents a belief that we should return to "basic principles", meaning a LITERAL view of the Constitution, meaning no federal government other than defense and security, and a return to states rights, even though that was supposedly settled by the Civil War 150 years ago!
Miller is the most extreme Tea Party candidate of all running this year! Realize what Miller is promoting specifically!
He advocates no unemployment compensation, complete privatization of Social Security, the end of Medicare and Medicaid, and closing down many federal government agencies!
However, the government MUST have the right to force a woman who has been raped to bear the child of her rapist!
The Democrats have nominated Sitka Mayor Scott McAdam, who normally as a Democrat, would have had no chance for election against a comparative moderate such as Lisa Murkowski!
But now there is a fighting chance that McAdam, if he is given sufficient financial support in a state with such a small population as Alaska, might have a shot at defeating Miller!
Hopefully this will happen, because Miller is the nuttiest and whackiest of all GOP candidates for the Senate this year, bar none!
It would also be a way to slap Sarah Palin down, as backing such a candidate makes one wonder about her own sanity and fitness for political office!
Glenn Beck Becomes The Leading Demagogue In America! :(
Glenn Beck has been on a rampage lately, condemning Christianity that promotes social and economic justice, rewriting American history to such an extent that it is unrecognizable, and critical of movements that promoted advancement of equal rights for racial and ethnic minorities, women, and gays!
When ignorant people think they are being educated about American history and religion from Glenn Beck, including on his web based university (a great money maker), we are in a sad state, as Beck totally distorts reality, and has the ability to manipulate and sway people who have no clue as to what is the truth about everything Beck enunciates!
Beck distorts the Founding Fathers, and condemns any President who promotes reform, and hails conservatives such as Calvin Coolidge, Warren G. Harding, and Ronald Reagan who set back progress in so many ways!
When Beck tried to claim, on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s I have a dream speech, that he was reviving what King did, it was a total fabrication, as King denounced states rights, which had led to discrimination, nullification and interposition claims, and Jim Crow segregation in the South! But now Beck and his Tea Party and Fox News followers glorify exactly what King denounced!
Beck is a very dangerous man, as he stirs up mostly older white people to hate everyone else, and to try to "take back" America! If those who believe in progressive reform and change, and advancement of civil rights and civil liberties remain silent, then lunatics such as Beck will succeed in distorting our freedom of religion, our education system, and our civil harmony!
Beck is exploiting for his own financial benefit and his own sick ego, and he must be answered and challenged, rather than ignoring him and giving him slack!
Beck is coming close to the Supreme Court definition in Schenck V. US (1919) of speech becoming a "clear and present danger"--that is, speech which provokes and endangers, as in the concept of shouting fire in a crowded theater! He could very well incite loony followers to engage in violence, with him having no motivation except his own aggrandizement!
The Latest Gallup Poll: An Electoral Armageddon For The Democrats? :(
The Gallup poll results reported today are an alarm bell for Democrats across the nation, particularly in the House of Representatives!
Asking voters whether they will favor a generic Republican or a generic Democrat, the result today is a ten point lead, 51 to 41 percent, the greatest margin in the history of Gallup polling! It indicates a possible massive swing of support to the GOP in November, with some observers predicting a gain of as many as 60 seats in the House of Representatives, with only 39 needed for GOP control!
There are still nine weeks to turn this situation around, but it seen as an electoral "Armageddon" for Democrats, with the major problem being the lack of enthusiasm by liberals and Democrats to go out to the polls this fall, while the level of interest in voting is very high for Republicans!
Also, Independents seem to be very unhappy with the situation that exists, and therefore, seem to favor voting for the Republicans as a protest vote to demonstrate their dissatisfaction!
The question that arises is why so many people seem to have no problem that the Republican party has no agenda, except to repeal the past two years! The party offers no new ideas, and yet it seems as if many Americans have amnesia as to what caused the nation to be in such a economic free fall these past three years!
It is almost as if it is just a question of dissatisfaction, and a resultant "throw the rascals out!" reaction, without careful thought as to why one would wish to return to failed policies in place of giving a real trial to the Obama agenda!
So the future seems grim, but Democrats MUST mount a national campaign, and fight with vigor to get the message out to the American people!
While there can be a sense of defeatism at this point, the effort MUST be made to convince Independents, liberals and progressives, and registered Democrats to get out there and work for the party and vote, as despite gloomy predictions, polls have been wrong in the past, and it is not yet a "fait accompli"!
Or as the saying goes, "It ain't over till it's over!"
“Obama Derangement Syndome” And The Republican Party
The Republican party has a disease which is spreading widely, and making them look totally ridiculous to anyone who has any brains or common sense!
That disease is "Obama Derangement Syndrome", which is a condition that blames President Obama for EVERYTHING that goes wrong, even when the President has NOTHING to do with what went wrong!
So it is Obama's fault that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie failed to win $400 billion in federal aid for the state education system in the competition for federal funds, because the state failed to provide necessary information! It apparently is Obama's job to make sure every state competing for the grants has filled out the forms correctly!
It is Obama's fault that we entered into the Afghanistan War in 2001, according to Republican National Chairman Michael Steele, even though Obama was a state senator in Illinois at the time and George W. Bush was President!
It is Obama's fault that a mosque will be built at Ground Zero despite the fact the New York City Planning Commission approved the project, and another mosque is already there for many years, two blocks from the site of the new project!
It is Obama's fault that British Petroleum failed to follow basic rules and regulations, resulting in the oil spill, even though the government reacted quickly to start dealing with the crisis, which BP could not figure out rapidly to resolve satisfactorily!
It is Obama's fault that his father was born in Kenya and was a Muslim, even though his dad left early and his mother's white family was Christian!
It is Obama's fault that the economy has not turned around "on a dime", rapidly overcoming the mistakes of eight years of the Bush Administration!
We could go on and on and on, but the point is that Obama is being blamed for everything, including original sin, by the opposition--more than any President has been blamed after only 19 months in office, and really even in a complete term of office!
The fact that the Republican party has not come up with one original idea on any government policy, and expects the American people to put them back in control, simply by employing "Obama Derangement Syndrome", shows exactly why they SHOULD NOT be given back power, as they drove our country "into the ditch", and now want the keys to take over the country again, a description Obama gave himself as a joke at several public appearances!
The real disease of America is not "Obama Derangement Syndrome", but instead "Republican Derangement Syndrome", as they are themselves dividing and fighting in an internal civil war between right wing and far right wing within their party!
Witness the refusal of the losers in Nevada, Arizona, Florida, and Alaska to endorse their opponents, and the loony people such as Michele Bachmann who raved after the Washington Mall rally of Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin that there had been one million people there, while CBS News estimated the crowd at about 87,000!
The Republican party is bitterly divided on the far right, and delusional about who should take responsibility for mistakes or failures, and even on basic facts such as size of crowds!
Is this the group that the American people want to take us into the future? Certainly, we can hope that they have more common sense than that, but we shall see in two months!