JUNE 27, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
June 27 is … National Columnists Day
Now this is a day worth having.
The Republicans better wake-up and it better be sooner rather than later if they are really going to challenge President Obama in the 2012 election and deny him a second term. A recent poll from Iowa shows Mitt Romney leading, followed by Michelle Bachmann and Herman Cain. None of these people are electable on a national basis and every expert I have heard speak on the subject or write about it is aware of that fact. Republicans and Democrats have realized recycling candidates does not improve them or their chances of winning. That knocks Romney out of serious contention. We do not elect millionaire Mormons, just wouldn’t be prudent.
Michelle Bachmann appeared on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace on Sunday. Mr. Wallace asked her if she was “a flake.” Fox News is home turf for Republicans. That is just a sampling of questions she will be asked. She will also have to defend many of the outlandish statements she has a history of making. America has serious problems and needs a serious leader not a punch line to a cocktail party joke.
A new Iowa Poll shows national Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney and Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann leading among the state's likely GOP caucus-goers. The poll conducted for The Des Moines Register shows Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, with support from 23 percent in Iowa. Bachmann, the Minnesota representative who plans to launch her campaign in Iowa on Monday, has support from 22 percent.
According to the survey, former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain is running in third in the Hawkeye State at 10 percent. While perhaps not as well known as some of his rival GOP contenders, Cain has found success in appealing to conservative voters on the trail since announcing his candidacy last month.
Romney was the No. 2 finisher in the caucuses in his bid for the 2008 GOP nomination. Bachmann is a three-term congresswoman and newer face in the 2012 White House mix. The results are based on telephone interviews with 400 likely Republican Iowa caucus-goers from June 19 to 22. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.
Romney has said he plans to run a scaled-down Iowa campaign, compared to the all-out, $10-million effort he waged for the 2008 caucuses. Tim Pawlenty has been the most aggressive about campaigning in Iowa, having lined up top Iowa and national consultants, been a frequent visitor to the state and ran the 2012 campaign's first Republican candidate television advertisements last week.
However, only 6 percent of Iowa Republicans expected to attend the 2012 caucuses prefer the former Minnesota governor as their choice, according to the poll. Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose campaign has struggled since widespread staff departures this month, has support from 7 percent, the same as Texas Representative Ron Paul. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has 4 percent, followed by former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who has said he will not campaign in Iowa, with 2 percent.
I do not think the person that will get the Republican Party’s nomination has announced his candidacy yet.
Chicago has once again made a mistake in hiring its top police official. The lies this guy told Chicago about the closing of beaches on Memorial Day “because it was too hot” was immediately ridiculed and has been proven to be a lie. If he were not the top cop he would be arrested for obstruction of justice. Now he calls law abiding, gun owning citizens racists and says our government sponsors racism and the killing of blacks and Latinos through gun control laws.
Gun rights advocates and other right-wing groups responded harshly on Friday to some strong words on gun control by Chicago's new top cop. Garry McCarthy, brought in as the superintendent of police by newly elected mayor Rahm Emanuel, made the comments at St. Sabina, a liberal black church in the heart of Chicago's South Side. The Auburn-Gresham neighborhood where the church is located has struggled with gun violence for years, and its pastor, Father Michael Pfleger, is an outspoken supporter of limiting gun rights. "So here’s what I want to tell you. See; let’s see if we can make a connection here. Slavery. Segregation. Black codes. Jim Crow. What did they all have in common? Anybody getting’ scared? Government sponsored racism. I told you I wasn't afraid [of race]. I told you I wasn't afraid.
"Now I want you to connect one more dot on that chain of the African American history in this country, and tell me if I’m crazy: Federal gun laws that facilitate the flow of illegal firearms into our urban centers across this country, that are killing our black and brown children."
Well buddy, I will tell you; you are crazy. This is not that sinkhole of the east coast Newark, NJ. This is the god fearing, hard working, “hey jackass, just tell us the truth” Midwest. It is so easy to blame everybody else when you cannot do your job. If you see a problem with illegal guns, clean it up, make arrests; don’t tell the law abiding citizens it is their fault. You get over a quarter of a million dollars a year to fight, prevent and solve crime not to call me and millions like me a racist. Why don’t you go back under the rock you crawled out from under. A monkey with ears could do your job.
Immediately after those remarks, he also insisted, as he has often said since coming over to Chicago from Newark, N.J., that the gun control debate has to move "back to the center." Most conservative commentators overlooked that more moderate position in their response to the recently-surfaced video as well they should have. Cops should not fire first and ask questions later.
“After several minutes of gratuitous self-promotion, McCarthy launched into a racially charged tirade in which he accused the NRA and law-abiding gun owners of participating in a government-sponsored program to kill black people," Richard Pearson, executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association, wrote on the group’s website. "Like most of you, we believe an assertion such as McCarthy’s is too nutty to dignify with a response."
Andrew Breitbart's Big Government blog goes for guilt by association: "McCarthy states his comfort speaking to the “right audience” about his views," blogger Rebel Pundit writes. "Could this be because outspoken radical activist Rev. Dr. Michael L. Pfleger is the Pastor of the Faith Community of Saint Sabina? Pfleger is known for his strong anti-gun views, outreach to prostitutes, anti-drug campaigns, and warm relationships with Louis Farrakhan, Al Sharpton and Jeremiah Wright."
And a vitriolic blog post on ChicagoNow pulled no punches. "[W]e have a top cop more interested in appearing at racist churches making race-baiting speeches than doing his job," writes Warner Todd Huston. "Emanuel better watch out because what we obviously have here is just another arrogant jack-booted thug that thinks he should be allowed to make up his own laws instead of enforcing the laws actually on the books. McCarthy issued a relatively toned-down statement on Friday. "Strong gun laws against illegal firearms are critical in order to maintain public safety and private rights,” McCarthy said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “Gang and drug activity intersect with guns, and all three must be the focus of violence-reduction efforts in our communities.”
Just a couple of thoughts I had and you should too.
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