Presidential Pensions

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

I received an email concerning how to save the government (or, more accurately, the taxpayers) $5 Million. It was, of course, about this year's election. Here's the email: A president's pension currently is $191,300 per year. Assuming the next president lives to age 80. Sen McCain would receive ZERO pension ...

Yes We Can!

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

I don't know about the rest of the country, but I want a president whose mantra is "Yes we can!" on issues that are in keeping with the Ideals of American Independence, and then delivers on it. "Yes we can" as in: Drill in ANWR? Yes we can. Drill in the continental shelf? ...

Obama On Patriotism

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Barack Obama had a bit to say about Patriotism during a campaign stop in Independence, Missouri. His statement at least indicates he has some understanding of what patriotism is. From BreitBart: "I have found, for the first time, my patriotism challenged-at times as a result of my own carelessness, more often as ...

Moonbats Attack McCain’s Military Service

Monday, June 30th, 2008

The Moonbats of the hard-Left are out again, this time attacking John McCain's military record, with retired general Wesley Clark leading the way. From the International Herald Tribune: McCain frequently points out that he led "the largest squadron in the U.S. Navy," but Clark said on CBS television that that was ...

Obama Breaks Campaign Pledge On Financing

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Barack Obama, finding himself way out in front of John McCain where campaign fund raising is concerned, with $265 MILLION in the bank (that is a quarter of a BILLION dollars), versus McCain's paltry $115 Million, has decided that he is better off breaking his campaign promise of using public ...

Obama Campaign Fields Internet Thought Police

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

According to the Daily Telegraph in the U.K., the Obama campaign is launching a new unit to combat internet "smear" campaigns. The focus seems to be on sites that insist that Obama is neither Christian nor Patriotic. Quite frankly, I always thought it was bad form to question a candidate ...

Who’s The Running Mate

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

It looks as though Barack "Dances With Terrorists" Obama will definitely be on the top of the ticket for the Democratic Party this November. It comes as no surprise as he has been the Media's "darling" since winning his bid for the U.S. Senate a few short years ago in ...

Kyoto McCain

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

John McCain has just lost the 2008 Election. Prepare all ye who live for the arrival of a hard-left Marxist president to be determined later. The next president will be either Obama or Clinton. Based on current trends, it will most likely Obama. Why do I say that McCain has lost ...

Michelle Obama on Sacrifice, Choices, and Struggle

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Yesterday, on the Hugh Hewitt Show, Hugh played a number of audio clips of Michelle Obama talking about how much Obama has struggled, the choices he made, and how his mother, as an "18-year old single mother in the '60s" had to struggle to complete her PhD. Say what? I looked ...