Linking over to here, which is the Grand O Partisan website of Michael Zak, so you can take a short quiz on Republican heritage. After you take the quiz go to another post on the website to read about Robert Terrell who was appointed by and served under two Republican Presidents in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Then from the same website go here to read about the Democrats enacting the black codes in 1865 which did not allow blacks to vote, serve on a jury and travel without permission just to name a few.
Folks are quick to point to Republicans for being a racist party, but fail to do any checking on the Democrat Party in their historical contributions to racism. I have gone back and forth in chatrooms and other kinds of online forums about the past behaviors of both political parties when it comes to black people. Many blacks just put up some enormous mental blocking object when it comes to facing the Democrat Party's racist past. See one of my previous posts that featured a video on this subject.
It appears that Conservative Party’s Doug Hoffman could be New York’s 23rd congressional district’s representative after all. This 3rd Party candidate has unconceded since absentee ballots have yet to be fully counted. It was reported that Mr. Hoffman had lost to Democrat candidate Bill Owens by a little over 5000 votes, but it was actually close to 3000 votes.
Remember, the Republican moderate, liberal candidate, Deidra Scozzafava dropped out a few days before the election. Though Mr. Hoffman lost, the vote total for him was very respectable for a third party candidate. He needs to have 65 percent of the absentee ballots in his favor in order to pull off the upset win and remove Rep. Bill Owens from office. Read more here.
Doug Hoffman a conservative ran as a third party candidate. I have yet to get on the third party bandwagon. I feel that the third party hurts one of the two major political parties while being an enormous indirect help to the other party and rarely ever wins against either of the two major party candidates.
The day after the November election, I blogged on how Mr. Hoffman’s candidacy resulted in the first Democratic Party win in that congressional district since the Civil War. Now there is a possibility that I may have to eat crow though Mr. Hoffman says that his possible victory after the full count of the absentee votes is a long shot.
Being a Fox Newser, I tend to only catch Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World" segment at one its rerun times every so often. I find it to be comedic entertainment. Last night, I caught MSNBC program from the beginning. First thing, he went into diatribe against Rep. Bart Stupak.
Rep. Stupak is a Democrat against abortion and was able to get an amendment against any federal funding abortion on demand in the House version of the health care bill(some say it will be gone in the Senate version of the bill). Mr. Olbermann proudly boasts of the legality of abortion i.e. infanticide i.e. baby killing and that it is officially supported in the Democrat platform.
Mr. Olbermann putting his finger on the print-out of the Democrat Party Platform where it says they support the abortion decision of "Roe vs Wade" should make anti abortion Democrats cringe and convicted. I know was spiritually convicted during my years as a Democrat over the topic of Democrat support for infanticide came up.
NOTE: It is no secrete that there are some Republicans that are okay with infanticide and call themselves pro-choice, but the Republican Party officially takes the stand against abortion, while the Democrat Party's official stand support abortion on demand.
The election outcomes of the 2 gubernatorial races and the one congressional race in upstate New York take center stage today. The conservative Republican party leadership is very happy with the gubernatorial victories in Virgnia and New Jersey. National Democrat leaders are saying the elections were local and do not speak to the Obama administration/policies.
Even though third party conservative candidate Doug Hoffman lost his congressional bid, conservative Republicans feel they have served notice on moderate rhino styled Republicans. Mr. Hoffman's second place showing was within respectable range for a third party candidate. Personally I am trying to go with the conservative Republicans' take on the outcome of this particular race, but it is a little hard.
Political third parties usually get in the way and Mr. Hoffman's lost gave the Democrats their first victory since the Civil War for that 23rd congressional district. Democrats love this Republican infighting that results in a victory for the Donkey Party. I feel the true blame goes to the local Republican leaders that gave the candidacy to extreme moderate i.e. downright leftist Deidre Scozzafava who eventually dropped out and threw her support to the Democrat victor Bill Owens. What were those Republican leader folks thinking?
The Bob McDonnell gubernatorial victory in Virginia was a given. He had a double digit lead in the polls. The voters returned Virginia back into the hands of the Republicans with Mr. McDonnell and voting in Republicans for other state offices. In New Jersey, it was continually being reported that Gov. Jon Corzine and Chris Christie were at a dead heat.
Pres. Obama coming in to campaign in the final days was reported to have helped Gov. Corzine according to polls a day before the election. That did not happen. Democrats say that Mr. Christie's victory over Gov. Corzine has no bearing on Pres. Obama and Democrat leadership. But Pres. Obama went to Jersey to stump for the Gov. Look what happened! It looks like his campaigning gave Chris Christie the bump he needed to get elected New Jersey's next governor.
The gubernatorial wins give Republicans increased hope for 2010 and give strong indication that they are not a dead party as many in my neck of the woods believe.
It's election day all across the country. In my neck of woods, the election is not considered a major one. I am voting for judges, tax collector, borough mayor, school board members and local etc. Regardless of political party and who and what is at stake, every registered voter should be doing their civic duty by casting their vote. Non voting excuses are not acceptable. Please get to your polling place and vote.
The governor's race in New Jersey and Virgina are in the national spotlight do to possible Republican victories. New Jersey Incumbent Governor Jon S. Corzine could lose to Republican challenger Chris Christie, but it is being reported that Pres. Obama's last minute campaigning for Gov. Corzine has given him a few percentage points over Mr. Christie in a few polls. Other poll have them neck in neck. Third party candidate Chris Daggett is proving to be thorn in both the sides of Gov. Corzine and Chris Christie. In Virgina Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell has kept a double digit lead in the polls over his Democrat opponent R. Creigh Deeds for some time.
Also in the national spotlight is the congressional race where the Republican candidate Dierdre Scozzafava has been deemed a rhino Republican who is even to the left of some Democrats has bowed out of the election just a couple of day ago and endorsed the Democrat candidate Bill Owens. She had received endorsements from Republican notables such as Newt Gingrich. 3rd party candidate Doug Hoffman who is very conservative received endorsements from notable Republicans such as Fred Thompson and Sarah Palin.
Eyes are upon this race to see if there will be a third party victory. Republicans already got served in the 2006 and the 2008 elections with a national Democrat Victory and now they may get served albeit a smaller serving, but nevertheless a stinging victory from the rejected conservative Doug Hoffman, because he is leading in the polls. Vote Today
Here are a few controversial aspects to consider about the unveiled health care bill:
Raises Taxes on Middle Class Families - Up to 2.5 of individual taxpayer income earning as little as $9,350.
Massive Medicare Cuts to Seniors - Cuts hundreds of billions of dollars.
No Small Business Protection - Does not exempt small businesses from 8% "pay or play" employer mandate. Democrat leaders said it would.
Budget-Busting Cost Cleverly Hidden as the Debt Increases for Future Generations - Not deficit neutral as promoted by Democrat leaders. Costly provisions have been swept under the rug, including the $245 billion 'doc fix.'
Government-Run Insurance is the End All. Private Insurance Will Be a Thing of the Past by 2012 - Page 94 of the House Health Care Bill prohibits the sale of private health care plans after Dec 31, 2012. This will trigger job losts in the millions.
The End Of Life Counseling Also Known as Death Panels is Back in Place - Just think a government program telling you when to pull the plug on an elderly loved one.
For more information, you can go here, here (End of Life provision) and here for 1990 paged health care bill in pdf.
There are Democrats against abortion! Well I knew that. I live with some. There are some Democrats rising up in objection to the funds in the proposed health care bill to pay for abortion on demand. There are about 40 congressional House Democrats including Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich) who will side with Republicans and prevent the health-care bill from coming to the floor for a vote if an amendment with language similar to the Hyde Amendment which did not allow federal funded abortions is not allowed.
Democrats and Speaker Pelosi are not happy with Rep. Stupak, who is adamant about taxpayers not paying for abortions. Rep. Stupak who is the Energy and Commerce subcommittee chairman wants a vote on the House floor to strike language on federal funds paying for abortion. Otherwise Rep. Stupak desires health care reform. He has been working with Democrat leaders, but have yet to come to an agreement over the abortion issue. He has been on C-SPAN and I saw him on Fox and Friends stating his case against funding abortion on demand in the health care bill. Read more here and/or here.
Rep Stupak says,"This is who I am. It's reflective of my district. If it costs me my seat, so be it."
Now, I have found out that Rep. Stupak has been caught telling folks in a town hall meeting that he will go along with abortion i.e federally funded abortion on demand in the health care bill. Read all about that here. The video in the link of his go along with abortion in the health care bill statement has been removed.
What is believable? I guess we will have to wait and see if Rep. Bart Stupak will eventually fall into place, be a good Democrat, hold down the party line and turn his head the other way on the abortion issue with the health care bill. Personally, I hope what I have seen of him on the these news programs is the real deal.
Remember the recent controversy over Sarah Palin's "Death Panels" branding of the "End of Life" counseling provision in relation to the health care bill? Remember Rep. Alan Grayson saying that "Republicans want you to die quickly?" Listen to former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich in 2007 addressing an audience of UC Berkeley college students. Pay close attention to what he said about health care and the elderly.
Mr. Reich is currently an economic advisor to Pres. Obama. Isn't this more of an indication of this Democrat Administration being okay with death panels and quick deaths? Now the "End of Life" counseling provision was reportedly dumped in the Senate version of the health care bill, but will it be in the final version masked as something else?
Linking over to here, which is the Grand O Partisan website of Michael Zak, so you can take a short quiz on Republican heritage. After you take the quiz go to another post on the website to read about Robert Terrell who was appointed by and served under two Republican Presidents in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Then from the same website go here to read about the Democrats enacting the black codes in 1865 which did not allow blacks to vote, serve on a jury and travel without permission just to name a few. 
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