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National Review ^ | 5/21/2015 | Jay Nordlinger

Posted on 05/21/2015 8:40:45 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross

For years, the Left in Britain had a taunt: “There are more pandas in Scotland than there are Tory MPs.” Ha ha ha!

Yes, there were two pandas in the Edinburgh Zoo and only one Conservative representing a Scottish constituency in parliament. Activists used to dress as pandas to remind David Cameron and the Conservatives of this fact.

Well, guess what? There are now more pandas in Scotland than there are Labour MPs. Yup: After its wipeout at the hands of the Scottish National Party, Labour has a single MP representing a Scottish constituency. Just as the Tories (still) have a single MP.

Look: The fact that people won’t vote for a party does not necessarily reflect badly on the party. It could reflect badly on the voters.

All of my life, I’ve been taunted with, “Black people won’t vote for your party, the Republican party.” Ha ha ha!

Yeah? Well, I think black America, and all of America, would be better off with more Republican victories.

Anyway, I’m kind of pleased with this panda business.

Another way of saying what I’m saying, above, is: What’s right is not necessarily popular. And what’s popular is not necessarily right.

Agreed?

The other week, President Obama was speaking of his “bucket list.” Actually, he made the following joke: “After the midterm elections, my advisers asked me, ‘Mr. President, do you have a bucket list?’ And I said, ‘Well, I have something that rhymes with ‘bucket list.’”

I wonder what’s on it. A unilateral amnesty for illegal aliens, he has checked off. Embrace of the Castro dictatorship — ditto. What’s next? What will he do before he checks out on January 20, 2017?

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: impromptus; nordlinger; pandas; politics
And if you were watching MSNBC and all this stuff, and — you’re thinking, ‘Oh, man, I love Obama, but what’s going on here?’” ...BH0

BH0 is sickening and disgusting ... but is the sycophantic press who adores him and embraces him like he does the Castro dictatorship ... even worse?

1 posted on 05/21/2015 8:40:45 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
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To: Servant of the Cross

This assumes he will leave on January 20, 2017.


2 posted on 05/21/2015 9:11:11 AM PDT by jim_trent
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