Specter Makes Actual Party Affiliation Official

It’s been all over the blogosphere, so I’ll just summarize it for you.  Arlen Specter switched to his actual party today, and is now a Democrat.

Oh, he blathered about how he left because the Republicans moved too far to the right, which is an absurd conclusion after eight years of W.  He did as much admit the fact that his vote for the $787 Billion dollar non-stimulus stimulus had caused a schism in his base, which is probably why he switched sides.  Still as opportunistic as ever.

The Democrats probably have their 60 now, so it’s time for what good news can be had from all of this:

  1. Specter was useless, and now he’s a junior Democrat.  That means he’s doing less damage than a senior Republican.
  2. The Democrats have no cover.  All of their damage, and they will be doing a lot of damage, is now their own.  I suspect they might pull the lib twins from Maine from time to time on an issue, but nothing more.
  3. There’s nothing keeping us from cleaning out the rest of the backstabbers.  Cornyn can’t say “We have to retain a filibuster-proof majority” as a scare tactic and have any hope at all that it will work.  There was nothing for it but to rebuild an opposition party anyway, and there was no point in doing that as long as they were the Other Democrats.
  4. Yes, I’ve heard screams of “your ideological purity drive will destroy you” and “the Democrats are a big tent”.  It’s a load of bunk.  The Democrats are monolitically liberal, and those that get elected as moderates or conservatives find out quickly that they don’t get to do things like think.  As for the Republicans or any other party that might have to become the new opposition party should they fail, there is no party without core principles.  One less Republican lack of core principles is now gone.

I wish he had done this in 2004.

We’re Sorry About the Plane…

I couldn’t do something this ridiculous, and most of the time, I’m actively trying.

A photo opportunity caused by Air Force One and a pair of fighter jets over New York caused a panic.  The NY Police said they had been told about it, but were told by the Defense Department to stay quiet.  But don’t worry, the White House apologized for it.  However, there was no word as to whether or not their spokeperson pointed at the sky and yelled “The plane!  The plane!

Having a large plane tailed by fighter jets fly over New York after 9/11?  Osama bin Laden must have laughed himself senseless by now.  But, if Obama’s reaction to the Tea Parties was any indication, he probably wasn’t even aware that this happened.  Kind of like his awareness to what’s going on around him every other day.

So, if you’re having a bad Monday, be glad you didn’t have a day like they had in New York.

Addendum, 4/28/2009:  And now for the even more stupidThey knew in advance that this little flight might cause a panic.

Continued here: 
White House Official Apologizes for Air Force One Photo Op in New York City (Fox News)

Meghan Who?

No jokes now, folks.  It’s zero flak time.

I suspect my millions upon millions of blogging readers, who are always around until the alarm clock goes off and I wake up, are wondering why I make no mention whatsoever of Meghan McCain.  Yes, I know about her comments.  Yes, I know about her book.  And yes, I know that just like her father, she’s become a bit of a media darling.  So why don’t I attack her like the abrasive conservative I supposedly am?

Because I’ve seen this before, and I don’t want to play.

I don’t attack Meghan McCain because I give her absolutely no thought whatsoever.  She’s a non-entity media construct that’s only in the national spotlight because darling daddy was so good at getting all of us angry.  I don’t care about her book, because just like Obama’s two paper wastes, it was written by someone with no experiences, no achievements, and no substance who only got published because of her relation to someone else.

To my fellow conservatives who have been annoyed into acknowledging her existence, I respectfully remind you of the technique the maverick media whore used and which his daughter could emulate.  Attack her, and her coverage grows.  The more you scream to make her go away, the more she can stick in your ribs because the media will just love the frustration and rage she causes you.  In other words, she can use you as stepping stones too.

Hence my conclusion:  I don’t want to play, and don’t recommend you do so either.  To simply get mad without thinking of a better countermove to the media or Democrats means you are theirs, because you can be predicted.  They attack, you defend by getting mad, and it doesn’t really work.  I realize that you become indignant because you want to support your principles, and I agree.  My argument is only that you broaden your repetoire of tactics.

So do what I do with the maverick princess, which is nothing.  Don’t give her any thought, coverage, or comment at all.  If someone asks you about her, the answer is “Yeah, whatever” or your preferred dismissive response.  She’s a mayfly who is not worth your time, and if you assail her simply because the left supports her, you’ll be hearing about her forever.  So if you don’t like her, don’t shift your principles, just your approach.

Addendum:  I completely forgot to mention her latest book deal.  As I only wrote this post to give my opinion to my annoyed fellow conservatives, I’ll just warn you right now not to expect to hear about it, or her, on this site again anytime in the near future.

Obama’s First 100 Days: You Just Have to Laugh

A lot of people like Obama’s job performance, according to a fair number of polls.  But then again, he hasn’t gotten to the good part yet.  By that, I mean the socialist disaster in progress dressed up as Hope and Change policy.

I must concur with one point, though.  Obama is attempting to do exactly what he said he would do.  I don’t like it in the least, and I know where it’s going, but he is trying to keep his promises.

There is that trouble, though, with damaging national security just to tweak a former president your base doesn’t like, and that whole “I can’t stop spending” thing.  Throw in the mob agitation with regards to AIG and capitalism, and you have the makings of a truly epic correction just waiting to happen.  Plus, the only party who might have done something about it is so clueless, weak, and cowed by the press they’d probably self-destruct again if we bothered to rebuild them.

Today, I just have to laugh.  Right now, there’s nothing more I can do but that and hope I survive the wholesale disillusionment I see coming.

See the rest here: 
FOX News Poll: Obama’s First 100 Days (Fox News)