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We’re All Bigots Now

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by Ann Coulter

After Tuesday’s election, the fresh new faces of the Democratic Party are … Harry Reid and Jerry Brown! (Who had the worst election night? Chuck Schumer, who’s been waiting in the wings to replace Reid as Senate majority leader. Who had the second worst election night? The people who live below Barney Frank’s apartment.)

With the addition of new Republican senators Ron Johnson (Wisconsin), Rand Paul (Kentucky) and Marco Rubio (Florida) — among others — the average IQ of Senate Republicans has just increased by about 20 points. Also, liberals won’t have Sharron Angle to kick around anymore. Now that Angle, Christine O’Donnell, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina are gone, Keith Olbermann is indefinitely suspending his “Worst Persons of the World” segment.

Republicans added two magnificent new black faces to the Congress with Allen West in Florida, who beat sore loser Ron Klein 54.3 percent to 45.7 percent (with 97 percent counted, Klein wouldn’t concede), and Tim Scott in South Carolina, who crushed Democrat Ben Frasier, 65-29.

Republicans also launched two new Hispanic stars this election: Sen.-elect Marco Rubio from Florida and the new governor of New Mexico, Susanna Martinez. And we got a bonus Sikh — Nikki Haley, the new governor of South Carolina. MSNBC is still searching for the “Republicans are racist” angle in all of this.

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Republicans Projected to Take Control of House

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Fox News is projecting that the Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives from the Democrats with a likely pick-up of around 60 seats, give or take a few.

As it is likely that the power in the Senate will be retained by Democrats, the overwhelming sweep by the Republicans an their takeover of the House is major news. As is the transfer of power from Pelosi to Boehner.

Topics that helped get voters out include the economy and health care. And, it is these hot issues, among others, that helped get people out early and in advance.

It is only the hope of many people across America that the outcome and enthusiasm from these elections is carried through to 2012.

Election Day: When “We The People” Rule

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by Wayne LaPierre

At Gettysburg, President Abraham Lincoln distilled the essence of American freedom as “government of the people, by the people and for the people.” In honoring those who gave their all for that unique principle, he pledged it would “not perish from the earth.”

But Lincoln could not have envisioned U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sens. Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein, or Reps. Alcee Hastings and Pete Stark as keepers of that torch.

Today, with the ruling class’s singular arrogance of power exercised from the White House to the halls of Congress, Americans could well see the end of President Lincoln’s vision.

I have never seen anything like the nightmare of “change” the Obama administration and its allies in Congress have brought, or the distortion and dishonesty and outright lies that mark their governing strategy.

Consent of the governed is built around rules and an honorable process beginning with the Constitution. It is built around openness, where ordinary Americans can examine and question both executive and legislative measures. In both houses of Congress that process has historically meant stability, where time is on the side of citizens to study and react to open consideration of legislative action. It is essential to successful grassroots activism.

In writing the original rules of the U.S. Senate, Thomas Jefferson penned a short first section, “The Importance Of Adhering To Rules,” in which he warned, “There should be a rule to go by … It is very material that order, decency and regularity, be preserved in a dignified public body.”

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Voter Fraud: Open and In your Face

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by Michelle Malkin

Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt. It’s the Democrats’ coping mechanism for midterm election voter fraud. Faced with multiple reports of early voting irregularities and election shenanigans across the country, left-wing groups are playing dumb, deaf and blind. Voter fraud? What voter fraud?

More cunningly, these organizations are seeking to marginalize complaints about election integrity by casting citizen watchdog efforts as racist “scare tactics.” Echoing President Obama’s message to the Democratic faithful on the campaign trail, they are accusing political opponents of suppressing the votes of minorities and the poor. On Tuesday, The New York Times quoted a liberal voting rights advocate, Wendy R. Weiser, wringing her hands over individual Americans taking clean elections seriously:

“Private efforts to police the polls create a real risk of vote suppression, regardless of their intent,” said Weiser, director of the Voting Rights and Elections Project at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. “People need to know that any form of discrimination, intimidation or challenge to voters without adequate basis is illegal or improper.”

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Clinton Stumping For Clinton

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It should come as no surprise that former President Bill Clinton would be out stumping for his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, when she started campaigning again for office.

And, while there have been talks of Obama picking Clinton as running mate for 2012, Bill is out to save the Clinton name. Separating the Clinton name from Obama and what he has done, is a saving grace for Hillary come campaign season.

Not wanting to be tied to Obama and his policies, Hillary has Bill out on the stumping block to do just that. Separation is key for anyone in the Democratic party if they look for a chance of victory. And, if the upcoming elections in November are a telling sign of a dominating victory, sending out a party powerhouse like President Bill Clinton might not be enough.

Although, wouldn’t it be interesting to see Billy-Boy in the White House again, only this time as the First-Man?

Obama Challenges For Ideas

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The time has come for Obama to get desperate. He was out giving a speech the other day and offered that those who don’t agree with him or his administration could take the time to share their ideas. If they were as good as everyone argued they were, he wanted to hear them.

So, what’s wrong with that? It shows that he is desperate for ideas. He has recognized that what he has to offer isn’t exactly working and he needs new ideas. This is all strategy by Obama and his minions.

What this comes to is positioning himself for another run in 2012. He sees that the tides of the ocean he spoke of are pulling away from him, and that his power in both the House and Senate will be diminished.

But, he is smart enough to see that people may become less involved and less in tune with his agenda as they see less Democrats in office. Taking the opportunity to then say that they had two years to try and change things and didn’t will be his mantra. It will be the platform that could get him re-elected.

This is why he is willing to lend an ear to those ideas that the people have. He is lost at sea and doesn’t have a compass to point the way. His position with this is exactly why those with ideas should be silent. Silence in this case would cause the Obama team to go nuts.

They want the peoples ideas so they can take the credit. At least then it will make stump speeches possible for his run in 2012.

7 Things The Establishment Gets Wrong About The Tea Party

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by John Hawkins

You can barely look at a political website these days without reading a post about the Tea Party movement. Of course, we’ve heard plenty from liberals. “They’re fascist-racist KKK-Nazis!” The Rockefeller Republicans have tut-tutted their opinions from the cocktail circuit as well, “Egads! Some of these people look as if they shop at Wal-Mart!”

However, there are plenty of old school Republicans who don’t hate the Tea Party movement per se; they simply don’t understand it. So, let’s talk about some of the perceptions the establishment Republicans have about the Tea Party movement and why they’re mistaken.

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The Establishment is Failing

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The victory for Christine O’Donnell was a slap in the face for those who are considered as the republican establishment. Karl Rove and Charles Krauthammer are very respected in the political arena. However, when people go against them or what they say, it is viewed by some as re-posturing.

A posture not necessarily moving away from their original stance, but more of one from the failing establishment. The right is seen by the Tea Partiers as just as guilty as the left. They are sick of seeing so-called conservatives stand on issues only to fold and side with the left.

Now, when Tea Party candidates take a lead in the polls, political machines like Rove go nuts. Why? Because the Rovian establishment cannont have their way. Those like Rove want nothing more than to be able to sculpt the outcome and be able to manipulate constituants to take their stance. And when Rove was unable to flex his political power, he attacked.

The other problem with the establishment is that they are faced with a two-front war. A was waged by the people and those who are considered to be the elites. After all, it is the people who are in charge, and when they take charge the establishment gets scared. It is almost as if the right is connecting with the left to wage a political war against Tea Partiers.

The failing establishment is quickly learing that they must either echo frustrations of those on the faux right or embrace the new movement. This could be the end of the political elitists and cunstructionists like Rove and the rising of the voice of the people. A Voice that the country was founded on. The Same voice that caused the Founding Fathers to pen and contruct the nations documents.

Momentum Key Factor For 2012

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Right now there is about to be a wave of change in Washington come November. And there is no doubt that the sea will calm following the elections, but the big thing that seems to be giving Obama and a handful of his minions an ounce of confidence for 2012 is if the momentum will carry over or not.

You see, momentum will be the key factor when it comes time to elect a new president. The hope for the Obama team is that it will stall and that he will be able to campaign against the idea that all the newly elected conservatives haven’t done all that much and that he will need a little more time. But, will time be on his side?

If momentum was to carry through, the answer would be a resounding no. After all, Obama said himself he would rather be a great one-termer than a minimal two-termer. However, he never said anything about being a failing one-termer. And for many that is exactly where he is headed.

Poll numbers are showing a lackluster following and it doesn’t look to improve anytime soon. With unemployment numbers failing to get better. With a health care initiative unbacked by the people. With little to no respect internationally. Obama may want to start searching the want ads. But that all hinges on whether momentum can carry him out of office or keep him in place.

Missouri Prop C Gets Yes Vote

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While the polls in Missouri closed, the nation looks on as the votes are being counted in the highly debated Prop C. And, as the polls have been closed for almost two hours now, the naiton waits no longer. The people have spoken with resounding support for a ‘YES’ vote.

A yes vote on Prop C says that MO would basically opt out of Obamacare, while a no vote says that you are for government takeover of the health care industry.

And, as some say, ‘How the midwest goes, so does the nation.’ With as much attention as Prop C has had, and with the weight of the nation on the shoulders of the Missouri voters, polls are showing 70% of the voters voted YES.

It is only a matter of time before other states follow suit, and before the administration steps in and says shame on MO for trying to shut Obamacare down.