Twitter in Iran … and on Delmarva

Maryland Del. Mike Smigiel (R-36) has a great post on the impact Twitter is having is having with the freedom loving protesters in Iran.  While I’ve never had the honor of meeting Del. Smigiel, and didn’t know he had a blog until yesterday, I’m glad I found it.

How did I?  Twitter.  One of the good people I follow on Twitter made mention of the post.  Social media like Twitter can be a great tool for political organizing – both in Iran … and on the Delmarva peninsula.

Biden In the Peanut Gallery

While his hometown paper attempts to prop up the faltering reputation of Delaware’s favorite son, Joe Biden seems destined for the typical role a Vice President, if that.  Candidate Obama may have felt a need for Biden to help bolster non-existent foreign policy credentials.  President-elect Obama has a team that seems to make Biden redundant at best.

I Didn’t Know That John Kerry Was Running in Maryland

I had to “opportunity” to attend the Frank Kratovil dog and pony show in Salisbury yesterday.  As Yogi Bera said – it was deja vu all over again.  I thought that I was having a flashback from the John Kerry for President campaign.  We were treated to Kratovil’s having opposed the federal bailout before he supported it and Kratovil again stated his support for amnesty for illegal aliens.

For purposes of disclosure, yesterday’s show was a Young Dem event.  This was NOT mentioned in the press release I received regarding the event.  Had Kratovil’s campaign been honest about the event I wouldn’t have raised a stink about it yesterday.  Of course, I doubt any media would have showed up either.  Kratovil’s release made the event appear as if it was an SU event.

But I digress.  Sen. Barbara Mikulski got up and did her duty for party and the liberal cause.  She explained to the group of students that they all needed to get out and work for Barack Obama and Frank Kratovil.  As usual, she was pretty impressive.  I don’t agree with Sen. Mikulski on much, but I have always admired her constituent service and her willingness to take a stand.

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Goldwater Redux …

… and Barack Obama’s Total Lack of Character.

Human Events editor Jed Babbin wrote an excellent column this week regarding a key strategy being employed by Barack Obama and his handlers. Basically, the Dems want to paint John McCain with the same brush that LBJ and his lefty acolytes painted Sen. Barry Goldwater back in 1964.

Personally, I say let them try. The conservative movement was in its toddling stage back then; and the world is a far different place. If Obama’s folk want to claim that McCain is some sort of war-monger it’s fine by me; and I’m a pacifist. Our post 9/11 America will be more comforted by a military man who isn’t afraid of being tough on our nation’s enemies than Obama – who aspires to be the modern equivalent of Neville Chamberlin.

One item in Babbin’s column that is too often overlooked by most of us is Obama’s complete disdain for the military. It’s almost Clintonesque.

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The Obama Road Show – Blame America First

This doesn’t need any of my commentary. Just read Jim Hoeft’s piece from Bearing Drift and ask yourself -

Is this who we want as President?

Obama – Hypocrisy, the Messiah and the Rapture

Before anyone falls off their chair, this is not a theological post. I’m just going to point out a few interesting items, courtesy of they folks at Q&O.

The Hypocrisy -

Remember the “speech” in Berlin. His campaign was telling the media the speech “is not for campaign purposes.” Yet, within 24 hours, the Obama campaign was email links to the video with a pitch for money.

Standard fair for your average politician, but I thought that Obama was bringing us a NEW politics.

The Rapture -

Bruce McQuain’s superb analysis of “the speech” provides some interesting side points that we should consider. Bruce quotes Der Spiegel -

… he (Obama) wants to lay claim to become the president of the world.

Given all of the Messiah references, and the absolute cult of personality that Obama has developed I started to think back to my Sunday school day. The last time I checked, the guy who fit that description wasn’t the Messiah, but the Anti-Christ.

Makes you wonder. Perhaps my idea of moving to Australia if Obama wins wouldn’t do much good.

If It’s Good Enough for Fidel …

… it should be good enough for us.

How many times have we heard from the Left about the marvels of Cuba’s healthcare system? If only we had something so grand in the United States?

Well, Fidel Castro is ailing. Who’s providing Fidel’s care? It sure isn’t the vaunted Cuban system of socialized medicine.

I’m sure Barack Obama and his cadre of Blame America Firsters will find a way to make this our fault. It must be the trade embargo.

Is Obama Selling Out Israel?

This is the questioned inferred by Christan Hudson’s post on DelawarePolitics.net. The Messiah won’t make any demands of the Palestinians, yet he’s already mapped out concessions for our only true ally in that region of the world.

Wait! Didn’t Obama just tell the world that we would ALWAYS defend Israel?

We ask again? Can America afford Barack Obama?

Why Hugo Chavez is a Threat to America

Four Concerns About Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez

How To Speak Democrat

Thanks to my Red Maryland and Salisbury News colleague Kenny Burns for putting me on to this one:

Speaking Democrat: A Primer by Rep. Thad McCotter (R-MI)

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