As frustrating as the Obama administration is likely to be for the next four years, at least Joe Biden’s around to provide a little comic relief. Check out his latest gaffetastic adventure! It was pretty spectacular, even for him (which is really saying something.)

From Barcepundit:

MAN, BIDEN IS A GAFFE WITH LEGS: during his meeting with Spain’s primer minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in Chile yesterday, Biden thanked Zapatero for his effort… in Iraq (link in Spanish, haven’t found this detail in any English-language media).

As everybody knows, the first decision Zapatero made after his unexpected win in 2004, right after the Madrid train terrorist attacks, was to abruptly and unilaterally pull out from Iraq. So either Biden made a gaffe, or he was thanking Zapatero for angering Bush…

So either our Vice President is an absolute imbecile who has no freaking clue who our allies are in Iraq, or yeah, he was thanking the Prime Minister for giving Bush (and the people of Iraq, by the way) the proverbial finger. No matter which way you look at it, this just doesn’t look good for the VP, does it?
But at least it makes us giggle… *sigh*

For a more in depth reaction to this rather ridiculous error, check out Hot Air’s post on the subject. I’d delve into the details myself, but eh, they did such a good job at it I’m not sure I could do much better at the moment. It’s been a rough day. Thank goodness Biden’s around to lighten the mood while digging us deeper into a foreign policy ditch, right?

It looks like I’ll be around for another four years, or however long it takes for the Berg lawsuit to finally prove Obama’s ineligibility, Obama’s impeached, or he’s run out of town by the Peggys of the country who will be so distraught when they find out Obama can’t wave a magic wand and magically fill up her gas tank and pay her mortgage. Let’s all cross our fingers that it’s the former, rather than the latter.

That said, I’ve been putting off writing this post. My mind has been a jumble of disappointment, heartache, and sheer astonishment. I apologize that this post will probably be disjointed, but I’m just going to let my thoughts spill out as they come to me.

I only caught a little bit of Obama’s victory speech, so I can’t really offer a reaction to the whole thing. But was the segment where he declared “Yes, we can” as the new national statement, with the crowd chanting it back at him, did anybody else think that was kinda creepy?

Unlike what the Democrats were hoping, Obama did not receive a mandate. This was a remarkably close race everywhere, which means he does not enjoy such a vast majority that he’ll be able to get away with radical left-of-the-left policies.

I am so incredibly, incredibly disappointed that the Democrats’ fraudulent primary, unimaginable amounts of money, and complete media manipulation has been vindicated. I believe this has set us so far back with regard to campaign reform that it’s absolutely sickening. I keep thinking about all the good that could have been done in this country with the three quarters of a billion dollars at Obama’s disposal during the campaign, it just makes my heart sink.

I’m just in absolute shock that we have a President Hussein.

Since we’ve just elected another Jimmy Carter, I’m rather interested to see if this will lead to another revolution within the Republican party two to four years from now. I really miss Reagan, so I’d be completely happy with a true Reagan successor bringing true honor, respect, and leadership back to the Republican party. I may not be a Republican, but I do believe they have a positive impact on this country and that their influence is needed to balance out the influence of the Democrats.

I am so, so, so, so relieved that enough Republican senators held on to their seats so that we can avoid a supermajority in the Senate. The House is pretty remarkably uneven, but at least the Senate isn’t beyond filibuster. Checks and balances are absolutely integral to our survival, so I am relieved that we have at least managed to retain a portion of that in our government.

President Hussein. Seriously.

I thought McCain’s concession speech was very respectable, eloquent, civilized, and well delivered. Above all else, no one can possibly claim that McCain ever sacrificed his dignity throughout this election. He has remained dignified, classy, and above all else, he was most certainly post-racial, which I believe is to be commended.

Okay, time for something horribly catty, but I just can’t help myself. What the hell was up with Michelle Obama’s dress!?! That was the most unflattering thing I think I have ever seen. It made her hips and behind look gigantic, the way it split up the color made her appear chopped off in unflattering ways, and that red. Holy crap, that splotch of red. Sorry, but it just looked like a blood splatter. She may be our next first lady, but Jackie Kennedy she most certainly is not. I really hope she can find herself a better stylist.

We better prepare ourselves for four gaffe-tastic years with Joe Biden as the VP, and the inevitable plethora of teleprompter-free moments with Obama. In the gaffe department, the two of them are going to make Dan Quayle look like an intellectual.

I’m still really curious to know how much of an influence ACORN and voter fraud in general had on this election.

Please, PUMA Democrats, do not give up on your fight now! Your party needs reform now more than ever. Please don’t give up, don’t let them to continue to walk all over you now that they have ultimate power, now that their behavior has been vindicated. Don’t give up, don’t give in!

I’m cheering for Philip J. Berg even harder now.

I cannot believe that we have elected a President who flat out would not qualify for an upper level security clearance. That boggles my mind.

Damn, my liberal brother is going to be insufferable during Thanksgiving.

My biggest hope is that we will somehow find a way to prevent the Democrats from instituting socialized medicine. If we cannot avoid this, I honestly have no clue what options I will have left. Where could I go on this Earth to avoid socialized medicine?

In other news, my desktop died today. Man, it was just a bad day all the way around.

Almost more than anything else, I feel so cheated that I cannot be thoroughly thrilled over the fact that we just elected the first African American President of the United States. I am so disappointed that I can’t be happy about this. Ever since I left that segregated first grade classroom all those years ago, I have been looking forward to the day when we could get beyond that bigotry and look up to a black President. But I am literally so disheartened that of all the African American presidents we could have had, we got him. Of all the brilliant, qualified, dignified, exceptional African Americans we could have had, we got Obama. We got a man with no experience, no credentials, no solid record, a plethora of questionable associates, and goodness knows what else.
And worst of all, if he fails spectacularly, if his leadership leaves us more vulnerable, more unstable, and more bitter, he will have made the climb to the Presidency that much harder for an African American leader who is qualified, who is exceptional, who is experienced, who is a good and proven leader. I really wish I could be happy about this historic day, but I can’t, because of who this leader is.

Lastly, President Obama is not my President. He will not be, unless by some miracle, he really can turn this country around without digging us deeper into the hell hole of socialism. Barring that, Barack Hussein Obama will never be my president. And that makes me so very sad indeed.

Please feel free to share your thoughts. I’ll probably add more as I continue to make sense of the thoughts whirling through my mind.

This is why Joe matters, because he’s John Doe, he’s the average man, he’s the little punk the world revolves around.

Barack Obama’s treatment of Joe the Plumber exemplifies Obama’s general attitude toward all of us average guys of this country. It’s that brand of elitism that has spoiled this country, turned it sour. It’s that elitism that has led to our detachment from our representatives. When we elect people who don’t understand us, who look down their noses at us, who openly mock us for the whole world to see, how can we possibly expect them to work for us in Washington?
Wake up, John Doe, you’re the hope of the world. Now more than ever.

*sigh* This is a new low. A really, really sad, shameful new low. Take a look at what Obama and Biden have been doing to my beloved Joe:

So Obama complains that McCain’s ads are putting a negative spin on this campaign, and yet they think it’s perfectly okay for them to attack, discredit, laugh at, and completely mock an average working man? Really? And that’s not wrong?

Aside from that, apparently we also need to get Jay Leno a tinfoil hat, since he’s apparently all afraid there’s some massive conspiracy behind an average guy asking Obama a perfectly reasonable question. That’s a little, um, bizarre.

But what kills me is that Obama and Biden don’t seem capable of just telling the truth about Joe! They can’t just outright answer the man’s question, they can’t just be upfront about the effect Obama’s tax plan will have on average guys. Not only that, but they also seemingly have no clue about just how much money plumbers make, how much average businesses make, and how Obama’s tax plan will hurt those people. That complete lack of knowledge is a bit concerning.
But what’s even more concerning is how they’ve decided to react to this situation. No, they can’t just treat Joe like a human being. No, because he disagrees with them, because he dared speak up and voice a dissenting opinion, the almighty Obama and his henchman Biden have decided to mock Joe. They’ve decided to try to discredit him. They’ve decided to look down their noses at plumbers everywhere.
Does this make anybody else mad? Ugh. We’ve heard all sorts of people claim that Obama’s an elitist snob, but for me, this kind of clinches it. Apparently he doesn’t think plumbers are worthy of him and his campaign, and that McCain is somehow inferior for daring to speak up for the plumbers of the world.
Bleugh. Those are exactly the kind of people our government SHOULD be representing!!! The average guys, or as Gary Cooper put it in one of my favorite movies of all time – Meet John Doe – all those ‘little punks’ out there that make the world go round. They’re the ones who make this country great, they’re the ones who our representatives should answer to. Yet Obama feels they’re not worthy of him?

Honestly, this did at least bring one pleasant thought to my mind. What was that old Gandhi quote? Oh yeah, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” That one’s for you, Joe.

This won’t be the comprehensive response and analysis that I’m planning: that will have to wait until after I’ve gotten some sleep. Thanks to a horrendous fever that has so rudely kept me up all night, this initial reaction is also much, much later than I was hoping it would be. Oh well, that’s life. But there are a few things that I at least want to touch on as soon as possible, while I’m still in the initial reaction phase.

First off, I’m going to have to check the rules, but does anyone remember any VP debate in the past where – at the same time – each candidate was asked a completely different question? There was at least one specific instance where the moderator, Gwen Ifill, presented one question to Biden, while simultaneously presenting a separate question to Palin. Um, granted, I’m not exacty an expert on debate rules, but I don’t remember seeing a single debate where that has ever happened. Besides being seemingly unfair, it was also extremely confusing.
Thankfully my Tivo was working this time, so I’ll be able to provide video later on about the instance (or instances..) I’m referring to, after I’ve gotten some sleep.

Second, beyond just the strange dual questioning, Ms. Ifill was just plain not very good about allowing for rebuttals. She was unfair in both directions, I felt, as on several instances, one candidate was allowed a rebuttal, while the other was completely snubbed. And this happened to both of them fairly equally, as far as I could tell. Still, not very professional, and it seemed fairly shoddy to me. Again, I’ll provide video later in my full comprehensive analysis.

And lastly, addressing something specific that one of the candidates mentioned: Mr. Biden, you stated that you and Barack Obama wanted to “double” the amount of foreign aid the United States is currently doling out.
Really? Seriously?! This is definitely a specific policy issue that I was completely unaware of, and quite frankly, I’m utterly shocked. I cannot fathom that in the midst of our ridiculous national debt, this insane economic crisis, and all the major issues we need to address right here in our own country, why Obama would even think to double what we’re already sending overseas! Do Mr. Biden and Mr. Obama realize exactly how much we’re already spending on foreign aid? Well, I’ll tell you.
$700 billion dollars. Billion. $7,000,000,000. That’s a LOT of zeros; a LOT of money. OUR money. A significant, huge, massive, behemoth, gargantuan butt-load of taxpayer money.
And they want to double it. Double it.

Now, I could probably understand not reducing the amount of foreign aid – after all, we do a lot of good work with that money. But, um, doubling it? Seriously? With everything that we’re dealing with right now, right here at home, you want to send $1.4 trillion American taxpayer dollars overseas? Let’s put those zeros on it, that’s $1,400,000,000. That’s a LOT of money!!
And where’s that money going to come from? If you don’t want to increase our debt, where are you going to get it? On top of the additional $1 trillion dollars in new spending your ticket is proposing, how are you going to spend another $700 billion – in addition to the $700 billion we’re already spending – on foreign aid, without raising taxes on everybody? Sorry, but even the wealthy 1% you so despise can’t shoulder all of that on their own.

This baffles me. Normally I’m pretty good about understanding where people are coming from with their opinions on policies, even when I disagree. But this? I seriously do not understand this at all. I do not understand why any politician would propose doubling it, I do not understand why anyone would vote to support it. Is it because Obama thinks that we can somehow restore the respect of nations that don’t like us through buying their good will? That would seem rather naive to me – they can’t possibly think that respect can ever be purchased, can they? It doesn’t work on a person-to-person basis, it sure as hell doesn’t work nation-to-nation. I’m sure those nations would take our money with a smile, but you just can’t buy respect. It just doesn’t work that way.
Or do they think this will solve our problems with terrorism? Do they really think that radical Islam has initiated a jihad over money? That would be downright laughable and just plain sad. Seriously.

I really don’t get this. I could understand not lowering it, although I wouldn’t agree with it. But given the mess that we’re in, seriously, why? We need that money here, desperately! $1,400,000,000… wow. I find it so hard to believe that on top of all the new spending their proposing, and now this, that they won’t end up raising everyone’s taxes. I don’t just mean income tax, because there are so many other ways in which your taxes can skyrocket without your income tax ever being touched. It’s just nonsensical to see such elaborate proposals for enormous new spending and not think that the taxpayers won’t feel it. It just makes no sense to me.

Well, that’s my initial reaction. Got a bit longer than I thought, but man, that foreign aid thing… blows my mind. For me, that was the biggest shocker of the night and I hope more people paid attention to it, because that’s a big freaking deal.
Anyway, I’m off to sleep for now. I’ll try to provide a much more comprehensive analysis later on after I’ve gotten some rest. If you have any light to shed on Obama’s whole foreign aid policy, I’d love to hear it.

It’s time to get ready for the Vice Presidential debate! I’ve been looking forward to this for some time now, but I’ll admit, I am a little worried after hearing about who’s going to be the moderator tonight. Right on the heels of my yellow journalism post, I discover that our moderator will be Gwen Ifill, long-time political reporter for PBS.
Why is this concerning? I want to be abundantly clear that this has nothing whatsoever to do with the color of her skin. The reason this is concerning is because of two specific instances where she has put pen to paper about Barack Obama, in ways that are very congratulatory and less than impartial.
The first of which is the one that the main steam media is talking about – set for publication on inauguration day is her book, “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.” Here’s the online description of the book from Doubleday, which says Ifill “surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning presidential campaign and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power.”
That’s honestly not too terribly concerning. So she’s an African American political correspondent writing a book about African American politicians. I can understand that, I suppose. But that’s not what’s really at issue here as far as I’m concerned.

What is concerning is what the main stream media is completely ignoring. Ms. Ifill recently wrote an incredibly adulatory cover story about Barack Obama and his family for Essence magazine. It’s the combination of the book and the ultra-syrupy article that turns a mild concern into an outright quandary. Of all the political journalists to choose as moderator, of all the respected journalists out there, why choose one who has written so extensively – and so exceedingly positively – about Barack Obama? Why? Why even bother inviting such questions and concerns in an already concerning environment of yellow journalism and media bias? It seems a bit questionable, don’t you think?

That said, I will say that I sincerely hope that Ms. Ifill will maintain her professional integrity and fulfill her duties as an impartial moderator. But because of this situation, I would urge you to please be sure to keep your eye out for any hint of media bias. Don’t allow yourself to forget that it’s the moderator’s job to be completely and utterly impartial. Don’t let clever manipulation get in the way of your ability to fairly evaluate what each candidate says. I’m not saying it will definitely happen, but at least be aware of the possibility.
I’m still looking forward to it and can’t wait to see how both the candidates perform. Best of luck to both of them and I’ll see you back here later on!

For quite a while now I’ve been compiling interesting videos on YouTube, separating them into separate playlists dedicated to various categories relevant to the campaign. I’ll be posting these playlists to the video directory of this site soon, but I thought I’d give you a sneak peek now by offering you a new playlist – a selection of the best of the best! For the discerning voter, I’ve pulled together the videos I think are most important into one easy-to-watch must see list. Watch these and you’ll be well on your way to understanding several major issues of Obama’s campaign.
As always, don’t believe me flat out, but here’s some food for thought and fuel to get your research started!

The NObama YouTube Must See Videos

For a complete listing of the videos and what they mean, click “more”!