Pardon My Politics

The Republican Party has a penchant for nominating “nobodies” for President lately. Let us remind ourselves of some recent disasters.

When the right’s view of the Con­sti­tu­tion was as­cen­dant 75 years ago, ba­sic pro­tec­tions such as a re­stric­tion on child la­bor were de­clared un­con­sti­tu­tion­al; laws ban­ning dis­crim­i­na­tion were un­think­able; and So­cial Se­cu­ri­ty was wide­ly viewed as next in line for the Supreme Court’s chop­ping block.

Amer­i­ca’s right now wants noth­ing more than to re­vive this dis­cred­it­ed the­o­ry of the Con­sti­tu­tion.

John LeBoutil­li­er, a for­mer U.S. Con­gress­man and a na­tion­al­ly-rec­og­nized po­lit­i­cal com­men­ta­tor, shares his predictions on Iran, President Obama, 2010 mid term elections, John McCain’s angst, Sarah Palin’s increased popularity, the rise of the Tea Party (along with the fall of the Republican Party), and more.

After campaigning against “George Bush’s War” in the Middle East, Obama has escalated that war by transferring thousands of America’s forces from Iraq to Afghanistan, and by sending an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. Now it’s Barack Obama’s war.

The Obama campaign has been scrupulously attacking John McCain, claiming ties to lobbyists hurt the Senator’s credentials. Wait a sec; isn’t Obama linked with Tony Rezko? The Obama campaign can parade around all day long and point fingers at McCain while spouting off rhetoric over lobbyists but Obama is now looking stupid. His ties are [...]