Posted on 09/16/2009 8:35:25 AM PDT by rhema
Remember the days when the press ooohed and aaaahed every time Barack Obama and Michelle went out to dinner? The President's jump shot … the First Lady's arms … the adorable kids … the dog search … the vegetable garden … it was Operation Razzle Dazzle run by an image machine working overtime. Team Obama believed that if people saw the First Family as cool and fun, they would be more likely to think Obama's "remaking of America" was cool and fun, too. Of course, it didn't work out this way.
Americans, it turns out, are sophisticated enough to separate their personal appreciation for the Obamas from their views on the President's policies. At this point, the entire White House operation is starting to have the look and feel of a tired Vegas lounge act. . . .
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This feels like 1993, the last time I recall such widespread, intense anger with Washington. Back then, Gingrich's Contract with America tacked its sail to these prevailing winds, helping a demoralized GOP coast to a stunning 54-seat congressional coup. We need a new blueprint for a new age that our fellow Americans can read and think about. I suppose we could just sit back and hope to beat Democrats by default, but that would be foolhardy. Obama is a master campaigner and loves competition. The GOP needs to outline a coherent platform of specific ideas that every Republican candidate can run on in 2010 … that way there's a clear post-election agenda that, assuming big GOP pick-ups, brings its own mandate. Call it "10 for 2010."
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishworldreview.com ...
From Laura’s website....
TEN FOR ‘10: WINNING WASHINGTON BY EMPOWERING AMERICANS
1) Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights (TABOR). Limit federal spending growth to the percentage in population growth plus the rate of inflation; provide taxpayers the option of filing a post-card sized return using a low, flat tax rate of 25%
2) End Tax-funded abortions. Stop federal payments to Planned Parenthood and prohibit any taxpayer-subsidized health insurance plan from covering abortion
3) Defend American Borders. Complete America’s border-protection initiatives using remaining funds from the so-called stimulus bill
4) King Dollar. Preserve a strong dollar so that Americans’ savings aren’t wiped out by inflation and the U.S. dollar remains the world’s reserve currency
5) Empower American Business. Immediately slash corporate tax rates to 15% and scrap the corporate capital-gains tax altogether
6) Defend America. Strengthen America to defend our homeland and fully fund an operational, layered missile-defense system
7) Statism Exit Plan. De-fund czars; immediately cease bailout payments to failed companies; ban future bailouts
8) End Generational Theft. As few believe America’s entitlement programs will be able to pay benefits to future generations, provide younger workers the choice of diverting payroll/Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts
9) Restore America’s System of Justice. Introduce British-style penalties for frivolous lawsuits, where those who launch unsuccessful lawsuits are liable for the defendants’ legal bills
10) American Energy Independence. All-of-the-Above strategy that embraces alternatives, expands and accelerates exploration and production of oil and natural gas, and jumpstarts dramatic increases in nuclear power
I’ll lift a toast to that
THERE IS MORE WASTE AND NONSENSE THAN THAT.
when something like this gets passed ... immediately the press/medias begin to say O the police force must be reduced, and the firemen ...
the seniors services must be cut severely ...
the homeless are suffering
the children are paying the price for the new cutbacks
And so on ... it is not true but it scares lots of peoples, making it difficult to sustain the cutbacks.
We fall for the same rhetoric ... over and over.
The powers of the medias/press are stunning.
I would like to add term limits for ALL levels of elected officials plus reduction and caps on elected officials’ pay. Reductions and caps on their support staff and less time in D.C., more time with their constituents.
I completely agree.
Way to go Laura, Im in!!!
11. English First - English should be the language of government; whatever you want to speak/write in your home/office is up to you
12. Preserve American Sovereignity - Reject LOST, the ICC, and any other supranational treaty that attempts to circumvent our citizens' constitutional protections
13. Education First - eliminate public school teacher tenure, add pay for performance, update certification requirements, renew the curriculum to eliminate ant-American bias, stop bilingual education
14. Just say NO - to unions in government jobs; organizing to extort more money from your fellow citizens is wrong
15. No Amnesty - closing our borders without eliminating the costly and dangerous trespassers already here places American lives, liberty, and values at risk
One more thing - until we break the stranglehold the Left has on education, most of our efforts at reform will be transitory at best...
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