Posted by Wayne Root at RootForAmerica.com. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.
Russian leader accuses U.S. of abandoning capitalism!
EU leaders says we are headed down “the road to hell.”
China loses faith in our dollar.
Obama tells jokes on Tonight Show and picks March Madness.
By Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee
Obama has WMD’s – Weapons of Mass Distraction. Haven’t you noticed? He appears on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno (the first appearance by a sitting President in the history of the American Presidency). He tells jokes (some of them offensive) so that he can seem like just “one of the guys.” He conducts Town Hall meetings so we believe that he cares about us- average, regular Americans. Of course he forgets to tell you is that while any “regular Joe” can indeed submit a Town Hall question, Obama only picks the ones that he wants to answer. And each of the questioners appears to be a handpicked Democratic operative and loyal Obama supporter. He picks his own March Madness bracket winners (just like a “regular guy” down at the bar or union hall). He instructs his buddies in the Democratic Congress to conduct hearings about the need for a BCS College Football national championship game. All of these distractions dominate the headlines while the economy melts down, banks fail, and the never-ending trillion dollar bailouts dig a deeper and deeper hole.
Most importantly, Obama and his cabinet distract your attention by incessantly demonizing and scapegoating corporate executives at companies like AIG, creating a boogieman for the average American to hate. It’s “us against them”- and Obama positions himself as one of us. His perfectly chosen rhetoric fires up the masses into a frenzy of hate. Obama creates a mob mentality so the average blue-collar American has someone to burn at the stake for our impending economic Armageddon.
And when the economic news gets even worse, what is Obama’s answer? Change the topic. Make the distraction even louder. Take a trip overseas to address adoring crowds; conduct Town Hall meetings in France and Turkey; and make a visit to Iraq where our troops hug and kiss him. These are Obama’s Weapons of Mass Distraction. It’s all meant to distract you from seeing what’s really happening (and what’s really important).
Distraction is President Obama’s greatest weapon against the truth. You see Obama can’t afford to allow the average American to see what’s really happening. Obama’s economic plans are so dangerous and deadly to our future that socialist France is warning us that our spending is suicidal; The President of the European Union is scolding us; Russia’s Vladimir Putin recently criticized America for abandoning the free markets; and China is suggesting a new world reserve currency. Get the hint? When Russia is lecturing us that we’ve abandoned capitalism, America is surely in deep trouble. When Europeans are lecturing us that Obama’s out-of-control spending plans are leading us down “the road to hell” (an exact quote), we are surely headed for insolvency. When China, who owns almost $2 trillion U.S. dollars, is suggesting a new world currency, it’s a subtle hint that the Chinese realize that our dollar is headed for record lows as Obama prints unlimited dollars to pay for his reckless deficit spending. The writing is on the wall- but only if you listen to what smart people the world over are saying. Only if you ignore the adoring overflow crowds. Only if you ignore Obama’s WMD’s.
So what are the leaders of France, the EU, China and Russia clearly seeing that we aren’t? The real storyline is frightening. Obama is destroying capitalism; orchestrating a government takeover of free enterprise; redistributing wealth from those that pay the taxes and create jobs to those that produce little or nothing and expect handouts from government from cradle to grave; expanding the baseline spending of government to unsustainable levels; hiring millions of new government employees and giving them guaranteed jobs and bloated salaries, pensions and health care for life- all in the name of electing and re-electing liberal Democratic politicians; building up so much debt and printing so much money that your life savings are eroding away to nothing, while your children and grandchildren will end up enslaved to big government for the rest of their lives and condemned to an inferior standard of living. Worst of all, virtually every “solution” Obama plans to save our economy is unconstitutional. But that’s just a small, inconvenient detail for a man that knows how to use Weapons of Mass Distraction.
Obama’s favorite little trick is to ask the American people for “sacrifice”- making us all feel guilty by tying sacrifice to patriotism. But Obama’s voters (the poor, entitlement junkies, union members, government employees) aren’t asked to sacrifice a thing. As a matter of fact, Obama is handing out record amounts of government money to them. Obama is perfectly willing to bankrupt America for generations to come and wipe out small business owners with high taxes in order to keep his voters happy, bribed and distracted. And while they are distracted, Obama will pass Cap and Trade legislation that will triple electric bills and raise gasoline back to $4.00 per gallon or higher, all the while making his biggest contributors, who have invested in green technology and politically correct companies, a once-in-a-lifetime windfall. Once the reality hits, and consumers start to notice their utility and gas bills have doubled and tripled, Obama will then shift the blame to greedy capitalists and corporate executives. The script has already been written, all Obama has to do is keep reading it.
All of this is being orchestrated by Obama’s hand-picked team- the most arrogant and corrupt bunch of criminals and tax cheats ever seen in Washington D.C. (and that’s really saying something). Those are the things he doesn’t want you to see. So he distracts you with his WMD magic act. Obama can’t afford to let you figure out that his friends in government not only caused this entire economic crisis, they actually benefited from it, so he has thrown up a smokescreen blaming Wall Street and “greedy corporate executives.” Obama forgets to mention that it was liberal Democrat politicians under Clinton who pushed for the Community Reinvestment Act, a law that forced banks to make loans to people who couldn’t afford them. Obama forgets to mention that his organization ACORN carried out the scheme to perfection by intimidating and suing bankers who didn’t cooperate by loaning billions of dollars to minority and low income Americans. He forgets to mention that it was liberal Democratic politicians like Senator Chris Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank who oversaw the very companies and programs that led to this economic crisis – despite the most glaring conflicts of interest imaginable.
Congressman Barney Frank was DATING a Fannie Mae executive who ran the program that helped to bankrupt the company (and the country). Chris Dodd is even worse because his own wife worked for AIG and got big, fat checks from them, all while Chris was getting sweetheart mortgage deals from Countrywide. Meanwhile, both Frank and Dodd were getting huge campaign contributions from the very firms and industries they were overseeing on behalf of the American people. Somehow, like Sgt. Schultz on “Hogan’s Heroes,” they both saw nothing. Worse, they both defended and protected AIG and Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac from further regulation and increased oversight. They should both be in prison.
But it gets worse. Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel was on the Board of Directors of Freddie Mac during the scandal and made $325,000 in one year. Obama’s chief economic advisor Lawrence Summers made almost $3 million in speaking and consulting fees from Wall Street companies that received billions in bailout funds. Obama’s chief economic advisor during his Presidential campaign was Franklin Raines, the CEO of Fannie Mae. Obama himself was the third-highest recipient of campaign contributions from Fannie Mae in the past 20 years (and he was only in the Senate since 2004). Are you starting to smell the rotting fish? Are you starting to understand why Obama must distract you from the real storyline? Are you starting to understand why Obama is so desperate to get you to hate the executives at these corporations? If he doesn’t get you to blame the greedy, rich executives, you might notice who’s really to blame.
If Obama doesn’t distract you, you might notice a new FBI report that shows how corrupt government is. The FBI conducted an undercover investigation and found that thousands of government employees across the USA are corrupt and guilty of criminal activities. What a surprise. But if you noticed that, you might question why Obama wants to hire millions of new government employees and transform the U.S. economy from a private sector success where 75% of all new jobs are created by small business, to a stagnant, socialist, public sector economy where everything revolves around government.
Without the distractions, you might notice Obama’s new laws (many unconstitutional) that give amazing new powers to government- allowing him and his cronies to run American business, decide what executives are hired and fired, and what salaries are “reasonable” or “allowed.” You might notice that we are putting our entire economy in the hands of government employees- people that often either failed in the private sector, or couldn’t get a job in the private sector. You might notice that Obama and his government cronies have never started or run a successful business, and never created a job. You might notice that we are letting corrupt government bureaucrats give orders and make all the decisions for business- something that has never worked anywhere, at any time, in world history (see Cuba, the former Soviet Union, Latin America).
Obama couldn’t allow you to notice those things, could he? So he trots out the circus: he puts on the big smile, tells jokes on the Tonight Show, jokes about pot during Town Hall meetings, and publicly offers his March Madness picks. The Obama publicity machine makes sure his wife Michelle’s designer wardrobe is the main topic on the cover of People and Us. And here’s the oldest trick in the book- they find a rich greedy Wall Street executive to scapegoat. Anything to make sure that the public is not focused on Chris Dodd, or Barney Frank, or Rahm Emanuel, or clueless Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, or Larry Summers, or the massive bailouts, who got them, how much they got, and who got them because of campaign contributions to Obama. Weapons of Mass Distraction are the only way to go.
Now to the topic of taxes. Obama wants to raise them considerably- but only on “the rich.” What he doesn’t want you to see is that he and his rich connected friends don’t pay those taxes. Tim Geithner cheated on his taxes- yet Obama made him Treasury Secretary. How did he get confirmed? WMD. Obama distracted Congress by scaring the American people. He frightened us all by claiming that the entire American economy hung in the balance if Geithner wasn’t confirmed. Obama forgot to mention that Geithner was in charge of the New York Federal Reserve when all of this happened in the first place. He was THE oversight guy in government when Wall Street was about to explode; yet somehow he never noticed a thing. Now Obama says we can’t survive without him. Geithner has to save us from the very thing he let happen (and never saw coming). Confusing, isn’t it?
But let’s not single out poor Tim Geithner. It seems that half of Obama’s cabinet picks didn’t pay their taxes. Tom Daschle, Hilda Solis, Ron Kirk, Nancy Killefer. Gosh, if Obama keeps appointing tax cheats, we might find enough money to close our massive budget deficit.
Don’t forget New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. He was supposed to serve as Commerce Secretary. He didn’t cheat on his taxes; he’s just under a garden-variety political fraud investigation. Then there’s Charles Rangel, the leading Democrat in Congress who decides tax policy for the good ‘ole USA- it turns out he cheated on his taxes and Congressional disclosure forms. If you or I did that we’d be in jail. Not Rangel. He still heads the powerful Ways and Means Committee, where he is in charge of raising taxes on the rest of us. It’s pretty obvious why Obama must distract us from all of this. Without the distractions and smiling and jokes and Town Hall meetings, and March Madness picks, the American public might wake up and realize that our government is run by a group of thieves, frauds, and tax cheats, only in enriching themselves. Without the distractions, the mob might be standing outside the White House with pitchforks right about now.
Without Obama’s weapons of mass distraction, Americans might notice that our deficit is 4 times higher than in the worst year under Bush; that our national debt will triple under Obama (by his own projections); that our first Obama budget is bigger than all other budgets in U.S. history COMBINED from George Washington to George W. Bush. Without all these distractions, Americans might notice that our estimated national debt of $10 trillion does not include $10 trillion in bailouts- much of which we’ll never get back. They might notice that the out-of-control Federal Reserve refuses to disclose where all this taxpayer money went. Without all these distractions, Americans might notice that our estimated national debt of $10 trillion does not include as much as $52 trillion in unfunded liabilities for Social Security and Medicare (“unfunded” means we have no idea where we’re getting the money to pay the bills).
Without the distractions, the public might notice that our government is bankrupt and printing money at a record pace, surely leading soon to the kind of massive inflation usually only seen in a banana republic. Without distractions, the American public might notice that we are on the way (economically) to becoming Zimbabwe (the Big 3 factors that characterize Zimbabwe are out of control spending, massive inflation, and corrupt government).
But here’s the most important thing that Obama must distract Americans from noticing- as my good friend and economic advisor Kip Herraige points out: our largest bank Citibank is now for all intensive purposes insolvent, owned by taxpayers, and controlled by the government; the same is true for at least 2 of our 3 largest automakers (if not soon to be all 3); the same is true for our largest mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; the same is true for our largest insurance company AIG. All of this was unimaginable only months ago. Smart people can only imagine where it will all lead. Russia knows. China knows. France knows. The head of the EU knows. They all see the writing on the wall. Hint: the story does not end well.
Obama cannot afford to have you notice that our economy is in ruins; our government spending is unsustainable and leading us (as our European friends say) “down the road to hell.” Obama cannot afford for you to notice that both his GDP (revenue) and tax projections are better described as “fairy tales” than credible projections, therefore leading to budget deficits and national debt levels far higher than he has projected. This will lead our country down the road to the unthinkable: DEFAULT. That’s what the EU leader meant by “the road to hell.”
Obama can’t afford for you to notice that we have over $5 trillion of unfunded liabilities for federal government employees (and even more for state and local government employees); yet his solution to “save” the economy is to hire millions of new government employees. Obama can’t afford for you to notice that his friends helped cause this crisis; or that his friends benefited from this crisis; or that his bailouts lack transparency or accountability (we don’t know where the money is going, or if it will ever end).
Obama can’t afford for you to know that it’s going to get much worse, simply because the federal government screws up EVERYTHING it touches, and he’s now put the federal government in charge of Wall Street and the biggest companies in America. Obama only knows one way to run things- put big unions and big government in charge. Someone should point out to him that experiment has already been done- it is called France. The experiment didn’t work out too well. While the French (and EU) economy was stagnant for the past 25 years, American free market capitalism has created unimaginable wealth and 40 million new jobs.
Meanwhile teacher unions have destroyed our public school system, wasting billions of dollars, and producing horrific results (only to demand more money without fixing the underlying problems)…while auto unions have destroyed the U.S. auto industry, the city of Detroit, and the state of Michigan in one foul swoop. It is an understatement to report that the union experiment did not work out quite as well (in either America or France) as capitalism. This is the future Obama has planned for all of us, as he puts government bureaucrats, lawyers, and unions in charge of the American economy. Obama’s plan will turn America into one big Detroit. God help us all.
My advice to investors: Don’t be fooled by Obama’s WMD’s. Look for the Dow in the range of 3000 to 4000. Look for record-setting inflation by 2011. Look for gold in the range of $2000 or higher. And buy gold bullion and gold coins- by the barrel.
But let’s look at the bright side: it certainly will be amusing when the day comes that Putin calls Obama a communist. That day is coming soon.
Wayne Allyn Root was the 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate. His new book will be released by John Wiley & Sons this Spring entitled, “The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts.” The book is available for pre-sale at Amazon.com. For more of Wayne’s views, commentaries, or to watch his many media interviews, please visit his web site at: www.ROOTforAmerica.com
50 responses so far ↓
1 Peter Orvetti // Apr 10, 2009 at 2:11 am
Root would be more effective if he could shorten his essays a bit — to the standard 800 words for an op-ed, perhaps.
2 Trent Hill // Apr 10, 2009 at 3:13 am
Yea, I find myself scrolling through his essays first and losing interest when I see a 2000 word essay. I’d read what Mises or Thomas E. Woods had to say about the subject in 2000 words…but not Root. No offense to him, he’s a good writer–but in a message that long, you expect some pretty impressive content.
3 William Mize // Apr 10, 2009 at 6:00 am
Good lord, Root. Take a deep breath.
It’s too bad that he seems to write as he speaks, in a fever pitch voice, fast and loose, like a car salesman or revival minister.
When your volume is constantly cranked up to 11, people begin to tune you out.
If you can’t convince me in 1,000 words, I highly doubt you’re going to convince me in 2,000.
4 Robert Capozzi // Apr 10, 2009 at 7:05 am
Root might consider losing the catastrophizing, LRC analysis. There’s certainly highly likely to be price inflation at some point, as velocity rebounds in an environment where more dollars are in circulation.
But the Dow 3,000-4,000 prediction is one that may or may not happen. Could be that price inflation makes that less likely. If Root plans to run in 2012, he might not want to be in the stock market prognostication business. Boy Crying Wolf, Chicken Little is poor positioning.
5 Rich Paul // Apr 10, 2009 at 7:06 am
I enjoyed the content, though I wish he had noted the Federal Reserve much earlier.
If only the CRA had been involved, banks would have just stopped lending. They would not have knowingly made bad loans to bankrupt themselves. The massive credit expansion which followed 9/11 was *required* in order to trick the banks into their lending spree.
6 Tomcat // Apr 10, 2009 at 8:30 am
While I don’t necessarily disagree with much of what he’s saying, I can’t help but think that this piece will do more to energize those who agree with him already (or are predisposed to), than to convince anyone that he’s right.
Step away for just a minute Wayne. Tone down the language for just a minute, and you can say the same things in a way that doesn’t make you come across like a kook.
7 paulie // Apr 10, 2009 at 10:05 am
Root might consider losing the catastrophizing, LRC analysis.
Root is being criticized for being too radical/extreme now?
8 Thomas L. Knapp // Apr 10, 2009 at 10:45 am
“catastrophizing, LRC analysis”
Is LRC intended to refer to the Libertarian Reform Caucus? When did they become catastrophists?
9 paulie // Apr 10, 2009 at 11:01 am
LOL.
I’m fairly sure the reference is to LewRockwell.com, as I suspect you know.
10 Rocky Eades // Apr 10, 2009 at 11:34 am
@ #2 and others – And 3% of those words are “Obama”. And “Obama” appears in the lead sentence of 16 of the 25 paragraphs. The guy’s obsession with Obama is real tiresome for me.
11 Thomas L. Knapp // Apr 10, 2009 at 11:36 am
Paulie,
Ah … that explains it. And no, I was honestly mistaken there.
There are too many things with R, L and C in them:
Libertarian Reform Caucus
LewRockwell.Com
Republican Liberty Caucus
Coalition for Libertarian Responsibility (or maybe it’s Coalition for Responsible Libertarianism — it’s hard to keep these fringe crazies straight)
Etc.
12 Thomas L. Knapp // Apr 10, 2009 at 11:39 am
Rocky,
We’re the opposition. We fight the party/people in power. Right now, that’s the Democrats and Obama.
Wayne is attempting to position himself as “the anti-Obama.” I’m not sure that’s the best strategy, but it’s not an unreasonable strategy.
Regards,
Tom Knapp
13 robert capozzi // Apr 10, 2009 at 11:40 am
yes, lewrockwell.com.
one can be “moderate” and believe the market’s going to dive, so I don’t see this as salient. One can be “radical” and yet believe the economy will muddle along.
I would suggest that Ls — esp those running for high office — take care (and probably steer clear of) making the sorts of hysterical predictions the Rothbardians and other catastrophizers made in the late 70s. They made doom and gloom predictions with passion and certainty, and they were collossally incorrect.
14 paulie // Apr 10, 2009 at 11:48 am
Wayne on Savage:
15 paulie // Apr 10, 2009 at 11:51 am
Google search for LRC:
http://www.google.com/search?q=lrc&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRC
16 paulie // Apr 10, 2009 at 11:53 am
more recent Root media appearances….
17 Thomas L. Knapp // Apr 10, 2009 at 11:55 am
Wow … this would bother me if it wasn’t Savage. His listeners are used to piss-poor delivery of hype and false content (apparently that’s his entire market niche), so it probably doesn’t hurt the LP too much.
18 libertaraiangirl // Apr 10, 2009 at 12:50 pm
his essays are long , thats one place I would agree and suggest to him to shorten up some.
some of his tv appearances are better than others , you cant hit a homerun everytime.
why dont you post your major media appearences TomK so we can compare.
19 Thomas L. Knapp // Apr 10, 2009 at 1:57 pm
libertariangirl,
In case you didn’t notice, I defended Wayne’s express targeting of Obama.
You seem to think that one is only allowed to critique how someone does X if the critic is also doing X, i.e. I’m only permitted to critique Wayne’s major media appearances if I’m also doing major media appearances.
If we all adhere to that logic, though, you’re only allowed to critique my presidential candidacy if you’re also a presidential candidate.
So you might want to re-think your logic.
As a presidential candidate, I haven’t attempted to schedule any media appearances yet. If you’re that interested, here I am representing a presidential candidate in 2004:
http://www.harrybrowne.org/harrybrowne/04-05-22a.mp3
Disclaimer: Since I was representing Russo, many of the views I represented were his rather than my own. My own answers to the questions had I been the candidate would have likely been different both for that reason, and because my own views have changed over time (for example, I now agree with Harry, in part because of the arguments he made in that inteview, that the word “Libertarian” should be more prominently featured than it was in Russo’s campaign).
Regards,
Tom Knapp
20 libertaraiangirl // Apr 10, 2009 at 2:22 pm
TK__You seem to think that one is only allowed to critique how someone does X if the critic is also doing X, i.e. I’m only permitted to critique Wayne’s major media appearances if I’m also doing major media appearances.
If we all adhere to that logic, though, you’re only allowed to critique my presidential candidacy if you’re also a presidential candidate.
me__ you sure read alot of faulty premise into the things I say.
anybody can critique anybody , its easy to critique , its hard to perform.
I loved AAron Russo , may he rest in peace.
21 libertaraiangirl // Apr 10, 2009 at 2:26 pm
You did real good in that clip BTW, you have plenty of skills w/o all the tearing down:)
22 paulie // Apr 10, 2009 at 2:29 pm
I like the idea mdh had for being first to officiate gay marriages in Iowa, and the one Tom had an Knappster for civil disobedience against Missouri’s law making it illegal for clergy to perform gay marriages. Could be some good media out of that…
23 libertaraiangirl // Apr 10, 2009 at 2:36 pm
those are awesome ideas if he performed the first gay marriage , he could parlay that into some major media for sure
24 Ross Levin // Apr 10, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Hey, this might interest you guys. Amy Goodman interviewed someone from a town that has started printing its own currency:
25 Thomas L. Knapp // Apr 10, 2009 at 2:51 pm
I suspect that there will be a bunch of “first gay marriage in Iowa” claimants as of one second after midnight on the date it goes into effect.
If I manage to locate an Iowan couple who want me to come up there and help them jump the broom, I’ll happily do so.
So far, I haven’t found a couple in Missouri who are interested in holding an “illegal” wedding ceremony on the Capitol steps. Maybe next summer in St. Louis, there’ll be some national convention attendees who’d like to get married … the Old Courthouse, where Dred Scott was originally freed before the Supreme Court ordered him back into slavery, is within walking distance of the convention hotel, I think. The steps there would be a very nice wedding venue.
26 paulie // Apr 10, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Might be worth an ad or two on craigslist..
27 Thomas L. Knapp // Apr 10, 2009 at 2:54 pm
libertariangirl,
Sometimes building up something (like, say, a political party) requires tearing down other things (like, say, a candidate who doesn’t represent it well).
Obviously you disagree with me that this is the case with respect to Wayne Root … and that’s okay. Libertarians are going to disagree, and sometimes Libertarians are going to find each other disagreeable.
My hope is that the tearing down can be done and the wreckage cleared relatively soon. While I’m willing to do tearing down when necessary, I like building up a lot better.
Regards,
Tom
28 Jerry Shoc+** ** // Apr 10, 2009 at 4:22 pm
I’m glad to see WWIII continuing his O’ fensive assault on Obammy. However SADLY Still sounds like a loyal Republican (notice no attacks on the equally guilty red staters) to me. EXCUSE me ladies, He seems to still have a hard on against his former schoolmate. Is it as hard as Prof. Phillies still has against elements of the LP ? Who knows/who cares.
If this had been published in the Washington Post and/or NY Times instead of RootforAmerica.com it would really matter. As is, not much progress for some very GOOD points!
The D’s mentioned, need to be sweeping the courtyard at a federal prison instead of “ruling” the world. Rangel is one of the most powerful people in the world. Should he be in an orange jumpsuit or not? H%XX “Y” !
Overall OUR Jewish Used Car Salesman (& “millionair repub’) could be doing worse. He certainly has a HUGE target to fire upon, and he only aimed at half of it…
29 paulie // Apr 10, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Why is his etnicity relevant to this?
30 Jerry Shoc+** ** // Apr 10, 2009 at 8:31 pm
I jew them down every chance I get, and I’m not PC. Are you a Russian Jew or Zionist ? Ever gone Dutch? Ever lived near a hillbilly, redneck or just plain trailor trash. I’m an American Jew (Gal.c.III) what I consider a true Jew ! (not a fan,but) No hate intended toward WAR, but FREE SPEECH forever…
31 paulie // Apr 10, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Are you a Russian Jew
Yes
Zionist ?
No
Ever gone Dutch?
Yes
Ever lived near a hillbilly, redneck or just plain trailer trash.
Not just near, but with.
Gal.c.III
?
As for Wayne:
I’m just not sure why his ethnicity is relevant in this case.
Would it matter if he was Irish or Korean?
32 libertariangirl // Apr 10, 2009 at 9:24 pm
I cant quite catch the wit(?) in Jerry’s style of writing?
Its leaving me confused , like maybe he’s on the tinfoil hat committee?
33 paulie // Apr 10, 2009 at 9:34 pm
like maybe he’s on the tinfoil hat committee?
34 Jerry Shoc+** ** // Apr 11, 2009 at 6:53 am
I use microwaves to heat my meals NOT get my political instructions. If we want to “poke” a little I’ll say “young minds FULL of mushROOMS” !!! I’m old enough to be most of you “alls” UNCLE! I was fortunate to learn LONG ago things aren’t exactly as “they” taught you. If you remain a mushroom you WILL stay in the dark and continue to be fed S()%X ALL your days……….
As for WAR, it is politically UN correct, but down here (dixieland) I have heard all my life “jew” him (them,etc.) down when I was sent to purchase most items at places which NEGOCIATE (sic?) prices. A Jew is considered a “WISE” businessman (person)! It’s not a racist, or hate thing, We didn’t have enough around where I grew up to learn to HATE them! It was actually a positive thing for WAR to add the Jewish to “USED CAR SALESMAN” a most derogatory comment where I come from! He’s at least a “WISE” used car salesman!
***Our current R Governor actually was a used car salesman at one time, it SHOWS at times !
Just because he destroyed Ruwart’s campaign or got up claiming a deal to receive the ’12 nomination near the end of the ’08 convention, WAR and his VP part in the ’08 – 0.4 % LP POTUS failure doesn’t make him the ’12 LP nominee in my mind. In fact it should make him DISQUALIFIED. Our good friends Imperato, Milnes and Finan could have equalled or beat that pathetic figure! One shot to prove ineptness is ENOUGH for me. What’s the Einstein quote ? …same thing over and over, expecting a different result is INSANITY !
I don’t mind him giving Obammy H. E. double L from now until 11/6/12, but he still needs MUCH schooling in many libertarian areas to head the ticket . He’s not the “Next Inline” to the LP throne. I like FACTS, fact-KNAPP would be a far better rep of the libertarian philosophy than WAR. WAR is a good rep for a far right wing republican on certain issues.
BTW, I’ve been away for weeks upon weeks from this most interesting site, hope my stirring the pot is still welcome. I wholeheartily assure you Paulie and all, I hate not Jews, MexicOns or Eskimoes, ETC as whole groups. I’m into JUDGING (disliking) individuals. I can find enough “problems” individually, not looking at entire groups, to last me a lifetime. I’m mainly a BIGOT against gov’t employees, IF YOU MUST KNOW………
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The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. – Mark Twain
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. – Edward Langley
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35 paulie // Apr 11, 2009 at 10:36 am
it is politically UN correct, but down here (dixieland) I have heard all my life “jew” him (them,etc.) down
It’s not just politically incorrect, and it’s not a regional expression.
WAR and his VP part in the ‘08 – 0.4 % LP POTUS failure doesn’t make him the ‘12 LP nominee in my mind. In fact it should make him DISQUALIFIED.
I don’t think it does either one. 0.4% is the standard LP performance in presidential races. Since 1984, they have all been between 0.3 and 0.5%. As VP candidate, Wayne had little influence on the campaign or its results.
He’ll have to earn the 2012 nomination, or lose it, on his own merits.
hope my stirring the pot is still welcome.
Sure. Everyone is welcome here, except people we don’t like
36 libertariangirl // Apr 11, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Jerry__Our good friends Imperato, Milnes and Finan could have equalled or beat that pathetic figure!
me__ROFLMAO , you have got to be kidding me! those 3 couldnt even get past the first round of balloting , no offense to them , I like them just fine.But come on…
Jerry__Just because he destroyed Ruwart’s campaign
Me__ its really going to become a full time job for me dispelling lies about Wayne.
Wayne had nothing to do with ‘destroying Ruwarts campaign’. ( I assume he’s he’s talkig about the child porn release that Shane had to resign for)
Incidentally I thought that was a mean move by Shane but did it really destroy Ruwarts campaign? I think most Libs saw right thru it and Mary’s supporters paid it no mind.
37 paulie // Apr 11, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Given how close the last ballot was, it may well have played a role. For example, that was the main reason Gravel and some of his people went for Root over Ruwart. Wayne did go after Mary some on that “issue” during state conventions, while Barr people played it more behind the scenes (since Barr hadn’t declared yet).
In Denver, IIRC it was the Barr people who passed around a news story about it (and may have planted it).
The first person to tell me there were “some big problems” in Ruwart’s book was Phillies, but I asked him and he didn’t say what problems – he just said “read her book carefully.” This was before the “story” hit.
38 libertariangirl // Apr 11, 2009 at 1:37 pm
How many people we’re really on the fence though? I honestly don’t think too many people we’re swayed , certainly not any of Mary’ supporters . Newbies like Gravel’ team , maybe we’re but they we’re fw in number.
For the most part the people that didn’t vote for Mary never would and the folks who did paid the ‘scandal’ no mind.
One note would be if her campaign couldn’t stand a minor assault from the inside what in gods name would have happened when the major media launched it tidal wave?
my feelings we’re it was the Barr campaign that smeared her . Mostly because shane Cory wrote the press release and he worked with the Barr campaign . Isnt that why he resigned?
39 paulie // Apr 11, 2009 at 1:58 pm
How many people we’re really on the fence though? I honestly don’t think too many people we’re swayed , certainly not any of Mary’ supporters . Newbies like Gravel’ team , maybe we’re but they we’re fw in number.
I think enough of the people that supported Gravel, Jingozian, Phillies, etc., were up in the air about who to vote for on the last ballot to make a difference. We even had some Kubby supporters who ended up voting for Barr (I can think of one I know personally, despite my urging him to vote for Ruwart on the last ballot).
http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/05/barr-wins-libertarian-presidential-nomination-on-6th-ballot/
324-276……that means if 25 people switched their votes Ruwart would have won.
Yes, there were a lot of people who would have voted for Ruwart or Barr given those choices no matter what, but I think enough made up their mind at the convention to have left the outcome in doubt.
40 paulie // Apr 11, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Mostly because shane Cory wrote the press release and he worked with the Barr campaign . Isnt that why he resigned?
Actually, I’ve heard that Shane was a Root supporter before the nomination, but he mayhave been a Barr supporter. He did work for Barr, but as far as I know there is no proof (only speculation) that he worked for Barr while he was still employed at LPHQ.
He resigned because he did not like people questioning him over the press release. Shane Cory and Bill Redpath both told me that Bill asked him to stay on.
41 libertariangirl // Apr 11, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Nevada went Gravel to Kubby to Ruwart.
42 paulie // Apr 11, 2009 at 2:06 pm
blast from the past
43 mdh // Apr 11, 2009 at 3:11 pm
I’ve known Jewish hillbilly trailer trash…
44 libertariangirl // Apr 11, 2009 at 3:12 pm
LOL!
45 Jerry Shoc+** ** // Apr 11, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Lies about WAR ? Are you freebasing again?
http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/05/gravel-phillies-behind-republican-takeover-of-lp/
Naughty Girl, he and company played DIRTY to the end!
46 Jerry Shoc+** ** // Apr 11, 2009 at 4:31 pm
“Wayne Allyn Root was overheard trying to get copies of a recent anti-Mary article to the convention floor. The article dealt with her views on child sex.”
In case you missed the LINK…
47 libertariangirl // Apr 11, 2009 at 7:21 pm
He had no part in the writing of the press release.
48 paulie // Apr 11, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Are you freebasing again…Naughty Girl
Better not be, without me there…
49 libertariangirl // Apr 11, 2009 at 9:21 pm
LOL , i was wondering how dude knows who I am
50 paulie // Apr 14, 2009 at 10:49 am
Somewhat offtopic, the only connection being the initials, this was at politics1.com today…
ALASKA. Governor Sarah Palin’s choice to be the next Alaska Attorney General is drawing fire for his controversial past remarks. Wayne Anthony Ross — a bombastic attorney and former two-time gubernatorial candidate who refers to himself by his “W.A.R.” initials — has a history of incendiary comments. In 1993, he authored a newspaper op-ed piece which praised the “courage” of a college student who created a statue of a Ku Klux Klansman with a cross in one hand and a flag in the other. Ross added that it would have been “fun to see [the African-American student who complained about the statue] try to remove the display. Then she could have been arrested and her future as a student of the university could have been resolved through the university disciplinary proceeding.” Ross also has called gays “degenerates” and vowed to undermine the sovereignty of Native American tribes. Most troubling, opponents found remarks purportedly Ross made to Dads Against Discrimination group: ““If a guy can’t rape his wife, who’s he gonna rape?” Child advocate lobbyist Leah Burton sent legislators a letter this week detailing comments Ross made when he debated her in the past, including this one: “If a woman would keep her mouth shut, there wouldn’t be an issue with domestic violence.” The outrage over the nomination — even from Republicans — has grown so intense that Palin may be forced to withdraw Ross’ nomination before it comes up for a confirmation vote later this month.
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