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Release the Videotape LA Times! Media Double Standard Out in the Open

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 4:30:06 PM
You would know about it in seconds if there was a tape of McCain or Palin out there that made them look bad.     But there is one on Obama that probably makes him look bad.    Notice you haven't seen it!   It because the LA Times refuses to show it.  

If you are one of those folks out there who STILL thinks the "mainstream" media is fair and balanced,  you are living under a rock or your head is buried deep in the sand.  

To the editors and owners of the LA Times:  

As a news organization you owe it to the American voters to show this tape before the election.   IF you had a similar tape on the Republican candidate you would have no problem with showing the tape.    But since you favor the Democratic candidate you have a problem.    

If you cause Obama to lose,  it isn't your fault.  If you continue to help Obama it is your fault.   It is Obama's big mouth that will cost him the presidency.   You do not owe him anything and you do a great disservice to yourselves and your readers by withholding this tape. 

The LA Times and many others in your business have not covered the 2008 election fairly.   It is very easy to see who you favor for president.    This tape needs to be seen and not hidden until after the election.  

Release this tape immediately!
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Some Comments on the 2008 Election

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:55:32 PM
In a lot of ways this election has been very disappointing.   In spite of the fact that the majority of American's are conservative,  the far left candidate has a good chance of winning the presidency next week.    I just don't get the reasons why people want to vote for Obama.   Many of those reasons are so lame! 

We need change! 

That seems to be the biggest  reason why folks are voting for Obama.   How Obama represents change,  I don't know.   His small record sure doesn't show that he represents change.   In fact it indicates  the opposite.   He has stood by corruption every time.  He has never challenged  the corrupt in Illinois.  Never!

The policies that he has even put out in the open (and those he is still hiding) indicate that wants to go back to the policies of the "Great Society"  and FDR.    He talks about the failures of the last eight years but never talks about the  failure of liberalism for the last eighty!    He wants to bring those failed policies BACK!  I have never heard any other reason besides that he isn't George Bush,  so if you can give me a reason why Obama represents change I would love to hear it.

Obama has been dogged by lies about his character by Republicans.  

This one is really annoying to me.   Why would that make you want to vote for someone?     Its one of the reasons that Colin Powell used to say he would be voting for the anointed one.     The reality is that many of the "lies" are in fact true.  Sure some of the stories out there aren't true,  but many of them are!      Obama not answering questions about those things don't inspire confidence, so in my book that is a reason for NOT voting for someone,  not one for voting FOR someone.  

The past eight years have been a complete failure.

How has the last eight years been a complete failure?   The economy has been good,  terrorists haven't returned to our soil since 9/11.   Nobody notes that most of the financial problems have cropped up in the last two years,  the time the congress has been controlled by Democrats!    It's poll numbers are lower then the last Republican congress and President Bush.   So why is the congress likely to become more Democrat?    Its has been the Republican Party that has allowed the economy to boom for the last twenty or so years in spite of Democrats!

Back in 1972,  the "mainstream" media was hoping for a McGovern win.   They hated Nixon as much as they hate President Bush today.     Back then, there wasn't much in the way of conservative media, even less then today.     Yet McGovern never got more then twenty or so percent in polls before the election.    What did the general population know that kept them from voting for McGovern that voters don't seem to know about Obama  today?    Nixon had one of the largest majorities ever.   Why isn't McCain (or any Republican presidential candidate for that matter)  have a huge majority of the vote?   Obama is so far from the majority of  voters nearly nobody should be voting for him.  

But yet they are!  

Even if Republicans weren't so "unpopular"   with the media,   why isn't Obama doing the opposite and putting McCain away?   In spite of all the media basically campaigning for him,   huge amounts of money from who know where,   and Republicans made to look like the devil it stays close!    Is the silent majority out there?  It seems to be.    I hope it is so!

The Polls are Wrong!
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Mitch Daniel's for Governor of Indiana!

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 4:26:02 PM
If you don't know who Mitch Daniel's is, he is the Republican  first term governor of Indiana.   He was elected in 2004 replacing Democrat Joe Kernan.     Before he was governor Daniel's worked in the Bush Administration.   Since he worked for Bush he is hated by the far left almost as much as they hate the President.  Thankfully left-wingers are very few in number in Indiana. 

As governor he has done a remarkably good job in spite of the Democrats in the statehouse.   Indiana is no longer in the red financially,  in fact it has a surplus,  the only midwestern state  to do so.     He has managed to outsource some of the states business,  saving money in the process.     Daniel's has funded road construction  projects for many years to come with the money from the lease of the Indiana Toll Road.    Indiana now is the only midwestern state with fully funded road projects,  no other state nearby has done so. 

Indiana is most likely the only midwestern state that isn't in a recession.   The business climate has improved,  and the corrupt unions "representing" state employees has been stopped finally.    Hopefully he can privately the states airports as well as get the Illiana Expressway built.     The tasks that remain are the finishing of property tax reform and the making permeant the tax caps. 

Mitch Daniel's should have a second term.   It should be easy for him to be reelected,  but the current political climate has  taken that away.     The Democrat candidate Jill Long Thompson would turn back the clock in Indiana returning us to red ink and other bad things.   The Democrats have been mismanaging most other Midwestern states,  Indiana should not return to that state!

Indiana should reelect "My Man" Mitch Daniel's,  Governor of Indiana!
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Obama Bad Idea Number 788,978,992,384,920,928,394

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:40:42 PM
Yet another Bad Idea from Barack Obama and his campaign.  Senior Ditch Day,,,,,,  no sorry,,,,,  skip work (or school)  on November 4!    Where do they come up with these bad ideas?  Read about it here.   Obama would like folks to skip work (like all his supporters have jobs or something)  to help his campaign on the fourth.   

I guess it does show how the campaign and Obama really thinks about the value of work.   Its not very important to them.   To the lefty Democrats that run that party,   working for a living is stupid.     How we are going to pay for all the things that they want to spend money on,  who knows!   

How many "professors"  are going to cancel their classes next Tuesday?    There will be some.  

I just hope that we don't get stuck with this guy next week!
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I don't know about you, but I am sick of the endless polls!

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:49:19 AM
I don't know about you,  but I am sick of the endless polls!   One day one candidate is ahead,  the next not.    They are all over the place right now.     So who really is ahead?    The "mainstream" media  wants you to think that Obama is so far ahead,  all you McCain voters might as well not bother voting.   But I don't believe it.   Its closer,  or surprise,  surprise McCain is probably leading. 

Pollsters Struggle to Handicap Presidential Race

If you look at the last two elections,  if the person "leading"  the polls won,   there wouldn't have been a second President Bush.

Hummmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,



UPDATE 10/29  Looks like I have been Quoted on the main page of TownHall.com!   Cool
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How Low Can You Go? Illinois Governor Blagojevich Popularity at 13%

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:09:27 AM
How low can your popularity go?  For Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) its 13%!   Hard to believe he was reelected a mere two years ago.   In spite of Obama-mania the Democratic governor is incredibility unpopular.  Too bad he isn't up for reelection this year,  even Obama can't save him.    Even President Bush has never had numbers this low!

How things can change in two years!   Of course in two years things could be way different when Democrats realize that Republicans will get the governorship back fairly easy  if nothing changes.  

Of course the Republicans don't seem to have a leading candidate to replace Blagojevich yet.    Illinois really is in need of new leadership.   It looks like this governor could end up in prison too.  

Illinois has a lot of political problems.   Unfortunately we may be sending the biggest one to the White House.     Of course a few have been sent to the Big House,  and many more need to go there.    Republicans could take big gains in Illinois but it is so weak it really can't .    Sad to think this is the state of Lincoln,  the greatest Republican.    

It a taste of what Washington could be if Obama gets elected.    Democrats had been waiting 40 years to have both the Illinois statehouse and the governors mansion.    Now they have it,  and all they do is fight each other.    Democrats have wanted a bigger piece of congress and the White House for a long time.   They may get that,  and if Illinois is the test-case,   they are going to fall to pieces.     Maybe it will be fun to watch as they self-destruct.  

But hopefully we won't.   


UPDATE: 10/24  Blagojevich wants voters to "love me again".    What a joke this governor is.   He even thinks he would be reelected if the election was this year.   My question is when did voters love him to begin with? 
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Early Voter Turnout Low in Northwest Indiana

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Monday, October 20, 2008 5:19:15 PM
Thankfully the voter turnout has been low for the illegal (by Indiana state law, but "allowed" by a Democrat judge) satellite locations for early voting in Lake County Indiana.  Early Voting Impact Questionable.  If you haven't seen my blog before check out my older posts on what is going on here in Northwest Indiana:  

10/14 Let the Fraud Begin: Lake County Indiana Judge Opens Early Voting

10/7 Fixing the Election so Obama can win: Lake County Edition Continued

10/6  ACORN: Fixing the election so Obama can win, Lake County Indiana Edition

If the voting here is any indication of voter turnout,  it may be way lower then the Obama campaign is hoping for.     Voter turnout is hoped to be higher then normal and it will likely be higher.    However,  it will be lower then what the "mainstream" media and the other Obama fans think it will be.   Why?

Young people don't vote in large numbers!   They just don't,  even when a candidate is exciting to them.   It was low for even JFK in 1960, the last candidate that was this exciting to Democrats (McGovern was never that popular outside the elite folks so he doesn't count).   They think they are going to change it every time and guess what?   It doesn't!     It was going to be higher for Kerry?  Nope!  Gore? Nope! 

Will more young people vote for Obama then Kerry and Gore?   Probably,  but still not in numbers that will change anything. 

Don't forget that Republican voters are fired up as well!   We may not be big McCain fans,  but the thought of an Obama presidency will bring us to the voting booth in November. 

If Obama does wins by a small margin,  it will be because of voter fraud in places like Lake County Indiana.   ACORN has been committing fraud in a number of states.    It must be stopped!

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Has the Chicago Tribune lost it? Endorses Dick Durbin?

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Monday, October 20, 2008 4:14:37 PM
Has the Chicago Tribune lost its mind?   It seems so,  with the Obama endorsement  a couple of days ago.    Now it has endorsed Dick Durbin!  

Dick Durbin is one of the worst senators out there today.   He is very partisan,  and manages to take the wrong side of almost every issue.   He is also one of the most liberal members of congress as well.   Not a good combination. 

It seems to me, for a Republican to get endorsed by the Tribune today,  you are not allowed to criticize the Democratic candidate at all (the Democrat can be as negative about you as much as possible).    It seems like that is the reason for not endorsing Steve Sauerberg or even John McCain.   Pretty lame reason,  Chicago Tribune. 

On a side-note,  I was coming into the city from the southwest suburbs (from my brothers house) to the Sox game,  and saw a billboard.   This billboard was a Dick Durbin reelection ad,  with the following.  "One of America's top ten senators".   That  got a good laugh in the car.   But then we were trying to figure out who would be that stupid to think Durbin is a good senator.    Its Time magazine by the way.  

I had gotten so used to seeing Durbins name on top ten lists of worst senators,  that somehow he got on a different list for once.   But Time magazine is pretty liberal so thats why. 

Republican Steve Sauerberg has no chance of unseating Dick Durbin.  Illinois is stuck with him for another six years,  hopefully they will be "stuck" with Obama a few more years too.    The Republican party is hopeless in Illinois with the "moderates"  and liberals running things there.   Sauerberg has had little to no press coverage so he has no name recognition.   Its a sad state of affairs  and has been for a long time with no end in sight.

In a lot of ways,  Illinois Republicans are partly responsible for the success of Obama.     When the Jack Ryan sex scandal knocked him out of the Senate race,   Republicans basically gave the seat (it had been a Republican seat) to Obama.  He would have had to work for it harder at least had that not happened (Ryan would have likely beaten him for the seat).    It put Obama on the national stage,  something he wouldn't have today if he was still in the Illinois statehouse instead of Washington.    He maybe would be looking at running for governor of Illinois  and wouldn't be steps away from becoming president of the United States. 

I can see why the Tribune would endorse Obama,  its easy to jump on the bandwagon and it looks popular.   The press is falling over itself in being Obama's  best buddy.    Durbin,   not so much,  he looks as sleazy as he is.     The Chicago Tribune has got to look at itself,  and wonder why it giving up on its Republican foundations.    Colonel McCormick would be horrified with these endorsements,  and the editorial board does it at its own peril (if he was running the paper he be firing a few folks). 

Thats the state of a lot of newspapers that once leaned Republican.    They blame things like the internet and cable news for the decline in newspaper circulation.    Its the fact that they have changed so much in outlook that the readers left.   I would be canceling my Tribune today,  but I canceled it years ago already.  
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The Bald Eagle Calls For A FBI RICO Investigation On ACORN!

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Saturday, October 18, 2008 2:55:51 AM
Why is there no RICO investigation into ACORN?   Thats a good question.    This group has been accused of election fraud in a  number of states.  That is what RICO laws are for, why aren't they being used?  This group is corrupt and should be shut down!   Don't allow them to ruin an election!
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A Funny Quote

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Saturday, October 18, 2008 2:27:00 AM
I posted this funny quote before the election in 2006.  Here it is again,  since it is so true.



I'm offended by political jokes. Too often they get elected.
-Henny Youngman
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It Isn't Over: McCain and Polls, Biased Toward Obama! Its Closer Then You Think!

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Saturday, October 18, 2008 1:42:32 AM
It isn't over yet for McCain-Palin,  don't give up and think that a Obama presidency is inevitable.    Obama can still be stopped.    Recent polls are looking a little better. But keep in mind that most polls are biased so it not as bad as it can look at times.    It may be closer then you think. 

So don't stay home on election day.   Hopefully ACORN will be stopped from stuffing the ballot box and the "mainstream" media will not  fool too many to change the election.     

Besides if McCain wins,  it will drive liberal nuts!   They have been thinking its their "turn" for the last couple of elections.   Lets make them know that they don't get a "turn" at the White House anymore.

A President Obama would be a disaster and many know it.    You aren't going to change the mind of that die hard liberal, they are brain-washed,   but that undecided person that isn't very political can be brought over to the right side. 

It isn't over til its over.

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Chicago Tribune Drinks the Kool-Ade: Endorses Obama

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Friday, October 17, 2008 7:03:29 PM
The Chicago Tribune did something very unexpected and stupid today.  It endorsed Obama for president.     The Colonel (conservative founder of the Tribune),  must be rolling over in his grave. 

The Obama bandwagon continues.   Hope we can end this nonsense in November,  and make the media look like fools again.

Of course the Tribune hasn't been very conservative for a long time, but at least they would endorse the Republican.  Not anymore. 

I don't see the Sun-Times going for McCain,  ha, ha!

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"Mainstream" Media Hates Joe the Plumber

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Friday, October 17, 2008 6:05:18 PM
It amazing how fast the "mainstream" media works when it wants to.      They have "found" more dirt on Joe the Plumber in two days then they have "found" on the "friends" of Obama in more then two years.   

He really put a pipe wrench in the media's plan to confuse voters into thinking that Obama somehow would be better for the economy.     In spite of how hard that is,  it was working quite well until  Joe showed up.

He merely asked what most small business people worry about most from  an Obama presidency.   Even higher taxes on individual and business taxes.    It was a perfectly good question that the media never asks.    Unfortunately for Obama he got videotaped again with the real answer.  

Taxes on small business are a huge problem that nobody talks about.   They are way to high.   Small business create the majority of new jobs and gets it in the rear at tax time.  Taxes should be the lowest on small business to encourage more growth.   

I work as a realtor.    A few of the top folks have assistants, and many more would too,  if it wasn't for the taxes.    If Obama get elected,  I will not have one for at least a decade.   Thats too bad for that person that will not have a job.   I will not be able to afford it,  since they want me to pay more taxes.

Really,  what is better for society as a whole?   That I pay a high percentage of my income in taxes?   Or would it be better for me to keep more of my income,  so I can spend it to increase my business as I see fit?   It would be "spreading the wealth"   if I employed someone instead?  

Easy answer for a business person,  not so much for someone like "The Anointed One". 
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Good News for Hawaii Taxpayers: State Ending "Universal" Child Healthcare Coverage

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Friday, October 17, 2008 5:26:34 PM
Since there isn't any good news for Illinois and Indiana taxpayers today,  I did notice that Hawaii taxpayers did get one today.  Hawaii ending universal child health care coverage.    I know that Hawaii taxpayers have been hit hard in a state that is already an expensive place to call home.    So its good to hear about this.  

Americans for the most part oppose socialized medicine.     Many have seen and heard horror stories of lousy health care in countries stuck with it.   There would be no reason why it would work any better here.   In a lot of ways our healthcare system props up other nations socialized medicine.    Most of the advances in medicine come from the United States private medical system.     When was there a big advance from a country like Canada or France recently?  Thats right, there hasn't been.  There is a reason many  Canadians come to the U.S. for health care.   So if we do socialized medicine,  where are the advances going to come from?  

The amazing advances in medicine will disappear overnight if we nationalized healthcare.   It would be bad for the whole world if we did.    Its one of the things that never get noticed when issues like this come up. 

Back to Hawaii.    Since nationalized medicine cannot happen overnight,  it gets phased in slowly with programs like "universal" child coverage.    How could anybody be against coverage for children.   It makes it easy to make opponents look like monsters.  

But things like this should be opposed.   Children that already have coverage will be dropped from private insurance.   The state cannot afford to cover all of the people enrolled.    These were two of the reasons cited in ending the program.  

Yes, there is a problem with the funding of healthcare.    However gutting the private system that already works for the majority (yes it does work for the majority) is insane.    Getting government out of healthcare is the most affordable thing that could happen to medicine.    Not getting it MORE involved.    Notice the few places in medicine less touched by government (such as plastic surgery) don't have the enormous  cost  increases of the last couple decades.  

"Universal" healthcare can never be.   Not because I oppose it,  but government run systems aren't providing  anywhere near "universal" care.   It just a buzz word to make something sound better then it is (like pro-choice for the anti-life crowd).   It would mean universally bad healthcare for all.   At least for all those without political connections anyway (the majority).
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Because It Would Be Fair: Obama's Lack Of Economic Knowledge On Taxes Is Maddening

Posted by Rich from NW Indiana on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:36:53 PM
Because it would be fair?   Is Obama nuts?   He has got to be.   When Charlie Gibson noted that raising the capital gain tax would result in less revenue this is the answer he gave.  

How would he be able to spend more money when he would have less money to spend.   It so stupid that nobody in his campaign would have noticed that.   They are soooooo brain-washed into thinking that  a tax increases revenue.   They just don't want to understand that economic growth is stunted by high taxes.  Why is that so hard to understand?  

Guess what Senator Obama,  life ain't fair.   And trying to make it "fair" via high taxes on rich people isn't going to make it fair either.   You are very naive to think that spending more government money to help the less well off will help them.   Isn't there enough proof around the world that government "help" hurts the poor more then it helps. 
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