Pedro's Podium: Memos from Monday 12-19-11

Do Nothing Democrats:
For 4 years the Democrat Party had total control of the Congress with 2 of those years they controlled the White House and Congress with a super majority. But it has been over 900 days since Congress passed a budget. The President and his party continue to claim that the Republicans are standing in the way.

Harry Reid has the job of standing in the way of everything that the Republican controlled House passes. The biggest problem that I see in the Left Stream Media is that they do not report this simple fact. I’m not surprised that this is happening, but because of this lack of accurate reporting there are many people who pay no attention who will be easily manipulated. Instead of seeing that the Democrats have played politics with the nation’s health, they will blame those who are actually trying to do the people’s business.

It seems to me that there is more going on here than is being reported. The House passed a one year extension of the FICA tax cut. The Senate passed a 2 month extension. It may be that the President wants to see how much traction his message of “do nothing Congress” plays with the American people. He attacked the Republicans today without saying that the deadlock is actually in the Senate which is controlled by his party. It is very clear that he and his advisors think that the only way he can win next year is to blame everything on someone else. It is definitely true that the Democrats in Congress are in full “reelect Obama” mode. With no bill before Christmas, the topic of 24 hour news cycle will be; how the Republicans took away a tax cut from the Americans. This will make it a major topic of discussion as people gather for the holidays.

For a minute let’s look at what has been purposed. Two months would make the Congress revisit this issue in February. This would allow the Democrats to crow again about the “deadlock” in Congress. This would hit the media just as the Republican Primaries are beginning to heat up. The Presidents hit squad would be working the Left Stream Media and the Sunday morning shows hard to deflect blame from the President. The “news” programs will lead every hour with stories of how many are being harmed by the Republicans failure to compromise with the President and holding up progress. I see two months of whining by various partisan political types who will tell us how the evil conservatives want to destroy the President, economy, pollute the water, starve the poor, and cause a black man to look bad.

A one year extension will put the next renewal vote after the election. At that time a lot of the political motives will be gone. The Congress will be in lame duck mode with many of the members of Congress will (I can only hope) be on their way out the door. This will change the thought process of those who are leaving and may actually cause them to put the country before party.

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There is no doubt, in my mind, that this entire vote was timed to create a crisis for the President at the end of the year. They hope to take advantage of the emotions of people who are willing to believe the worst. I only hope that enough people are actually paying attention to understand what type of political games are being played and see how transparent the whole episode is when looked at it with open eyes. It is important to remember how President Obama thinks about the American people. He is the one who defined anyone who disagrees with him as the enemy.

Uncle Joe Opens His Mouth, Inserts Foot…Again:
The hardest part of any war is enemy identification. Many “friendly fire” incidences occur when people become confused. It is far too common on the battlefield, but you expect a person a single heartbeat from the presidency to be aware of those who wish to kill Americans and destroy the nation. But it appears that our VP is unaware of the support the Taliban gave to el Qaida and how many of our sons in arms have been killed by them and their proxies.

The Taliban are not only our enemy but are the enemy of all free people and those who crave freedom. The spin from the left is saying that his statement was taken out of context; but how could that be? The Obama Administration has been reaching out to our enemies ever since they took office. They seem to think that they can make peace with people who believe that the only way to obtain peace is by destroying any who disagree with them. This President has telegraphed every move to our enemies and put our brave soldiers at risk.

Maybe it is time to but Ole’ Joe out to pasture. His gaffes are not only an embarrassment to the country, but a danger to the future of the nation. He is like that crazy uncle you see in the movies that should be in a home, but no one have the heart to lock him away. Just think if something were to happen to the president then we would hear the two most frightening words that I could ever imagine: President Biden.

AG shows his cards:
When the going gets tough, some people look for excuses. AG Holder has proven to be an unreliable guardian of the nation’s constitution. His tenure at the Justice Department has been marked with lawsuits again multiple states for obeying federal law, failure to enforce voter intimidation laws, and apparently looking the other way while a program allow thousands of guns to be sent across the border to the south.

It is important to remember that he was a player in the Mark Rich pardon. I not only have and will continue to question his judgment and honesty, but now I have to question his sanity. In the New York Times he made the assertion that he was being attacked because of his race. It seems that he may be beginning to believe the notion put forth in the press; that anyone who disagrees with a “black” man is only doing because of his race. This playing of the race card is ridicules. It seems that he must really think that he must be right, due to nothing more than his race. This from the man who said: Americans were cowards when it came to talking about race. It seems that he thinks that he can deflect all criticism by claiming racism. Well that charge doe not change my mind about this man. I still believe that he is not qualified for the job. That has nothing to do with his race, but everything to do with his performance at the Justice Department. The truth must be known about his involvement in Fast and Furious plus the voter intimidation case.

This has nothing to do about the race of a man and everything to make sure that all American citizens are treated fairly, based upon the laws and the Constitution. This man seems to not care about either. Once again I call for him to step aside and let someone of higher morals and character to protect all Americans, not just the ones he believes to be more deserving.