No. 102 – August 21, 2011

OBAMA – OBAMA – OBAMA!!!

Let’s take some facts and figures and see what we come up with.

1.  President Obama is the incumbent.

2.  President Obama has a reported $1,000,000,000 war chest for his 2012 reelection campaign.  That is BILLION.

3.  President Obama has NO CHALLENGER at present – and none in the foreseeable future – within the Democratic Party.

4.  President Obama has the support of all Liberals, most Democrats, all unions across the country, all entitlement recipients, the Chicago Political Machine in full force, Rahm Emanuel as the Mayor of Chicago and David Axelrod on the scene to direct his National reelection campaign headquarters out of The Windy City.

5.  The President’s approval rating is still between 38 – 40%, depending on which news channel you listen to.

Now for the Republicans:

1.  The Republicans are out of the White House.

2.  Every Republican candidate has limited funding and every person is burning up an enormous amount of cash on the primary.

3.  The Republicans are still in disarray and have no real leader thus far.

4.  The Republicans control only the House of Representatives – the Democrats control BOTH the White House and the Senate.

5.  None of the presidential candidates on the GOP side have strong support when compared to President Obama.

The Breakdown:

If the economy comes back to 8% unemployment, and gas prices are down to the $3.00 level (as predicted in an earlier newsletter), Obama’s approval rating will go higher.  He will claim that, “It just takes time, and we are improving.  And don’t forget, I INHERITED this situation.  Now I am simply trying to fix it.”

But the REALLY big “Ace in the Hole” for Obama is what happens in the Middle East.

This afternoon, a friend of mine , who I have referred to in previous newsletters, and the most knowledgeable political mind I know, came through Sacramento on his way down to LA for a security conference somewhere in the South Bay area.  I had time to talk with him for about an hour as he inhaled his lunch at a local eatery downtown.  I try to catch up with him every time he passes through.

“Look, Larry,” he began, “you had better realize what the hell is coming down here.  These jerks running the GOP right now actually think Mickey Mouse could beat Obama.  They don’t know shit from Shinola.”

He is somewhat of an old-timer and uses that phrase with regularity.

He went on.  “If Obama can pull this economy up, even just a little, AND make himself look good in the Middle East, he is going to win in a LANDSLIDE.”

We had little time to go into specifics, but he is definite about one thing; he thinks the GOP are WAY too arrogant to already be counting Obama out.

“When dildos like Dick “the Prick” Morris and Karl “The Draft Dodger” Rove make idiotic pronouncements that ANYBODY could beat Obama, they are showing just how dumb they really are.”

I have known this man for a very long time.  He has forgotten more about politics than I will ever learn. His insight is about the best I have ever encountered.  And he is usually right – sometimes frighteningly so.

The reason for me going into this is because Obama – and his thug organization – is not to be trifled with.  But saying that, Obama is not the REAL problem.  The people who voted for him are the culprits in this scenario.  And if they believed Obama’s first round of lies – then they are overly eager to believe his second round of obfuscation.

As my friend drove off, I recalled a conversation that I had yesterday afternoon.

I was talking with Steve, another good friend of mine at our first ever Estate Sale in Sacramento, and he said something very interesting. He told me that he was with a couple of Liberal friends of his a few nights ago and they were declaring that they would be voting for Obama – again.

Steve pointed out to them that he voted for George Bush for his first term – but not his second because he disagreed with just about everything that Bush had done in his first four years.  Then he added, “And that is the difference between Conservatives and Liberals.  If a Conservative gets angry at their leader, they will vote him out of office.”

He finished by saying, “But if a Liberal gets angry with their leader they WILL NOT vote him out of office because of their blind, stupid pride.”

Steve had a very good point that I had not really considered – Liberals will vote again for Obama, to justify their FIRST vote for him. Liberals love nothing better than to say, “See, I told you so.”

Even if they are completely wrong – they will declare themselves right – because they “just know.”

So, when you throw this into the mix you have a hardcore group of Liberals who will vote for President Obama again – NO MATTER WHAT.

Please remember, the Tea Party is NOT a movement organized by Liberals.  It is always the Conservatives that hold their candidates to their word – or get rid of them.

The Liberals do just the opposite.  They put up with mounds of bullshit – and still try to “reason away” every logical argument that is presented to them.

President Obama is on VERY sound footing to win a second term.

And, if things turn out well in the Middle East, President Obama will be the first to congratulate himself for leading NATO Forces to victory – from the rear.

And the dumb American public will eat it up like a child chomping away at a Snicker’s Bar on Halloween night.

By the way, Steve did NOT vote for Obama.

PERRY, PALIN AND PAUL

If anybody in their right mind thinks that Rick Perry, Sarah Palin or Paul Ryan can beat Obama, then I give up.

The GOP has completely blown it when it comes to picking somebody out of “the shadows.”

You cannot have leadership with out a leader.  It is like an ocean vessel without a captain.

The other thing that my friend mentioned before leaving was that he has word that there is very serious “soundings around the Beltway” that a Third Party is quietly being formed – but he doesn’t have all the details yet.

He said that there are a number of players in the mix, but the best he can tell is that Ron – and Rand Paul, Sarah Palin – and DONALD TRUMP are considering this alternative.

If this ever happens, Obama would be a shoo-in.

I asked why they would even consider a Third Party as an option.  What he said startled me – but in a way made perfect sense.

“The feeling is that now is the time to make a clean break with the GOP – if they go with Mitt Romney – and form a Third Party. possibly calling itself the American Conservative Party.

It would be an intentional slap in the face of the GOP, and might set it on the same course as that of the old Whig Party.

“Larry, if the GOP actually goes with Romney, I think this Third Party thing might just happen.”

After saying goodbye, I came home and immediately started writing this American Telegraph.

I have no idea if what he told me will happen.  But I do know one thing.  I am making a prediction – 16 months out:

If the GOP puts all of us through the circus of a Primary Campaign – and then finally chooses Mitt Romney as its standard bearer – then Obama will be reelected.

And please don’t consider this as “negative thinking.”

It is not wise to confuse negative thinking with the harsh reality of facts.

THE SOLUTION

Up until now, the GOP has been fighting and bickering among themselves ad nauseam.

If they keep it up they will defeat themselves – and hand the Presidency to Obama on the proverbial Silver Platter.

The obvious solution would be to unite NOW behind the best two – and start campaigning from September 1,2011.  To hell with the Primary Campaign Mode.  Get right to the heart of the matter.

If the GOP waits until next year to pick its Presidential Standard Bearer – it will be too late.

Until next time.

Keep thinking positive – and Hope for REAL Change in 2012.

Best wishes,

Lawrence Klepinger
Editor/Publisher
THE AMERICAN TELEGRAPH