Full audio of Obama’s remarks at Loyola University in 1998

Via The Daily Caller

It seems to me that if Obama had been vetted by the press and his opponents in 2008, and this audio came out, either Hillary Clinton or John McCain would be running for reelection now.

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CBS posts unaired clips of Obama and Romney Interviews

Romney puts the 47% tape in context

Obama admits failure, asks for another term
 

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We should take her word for it

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Senator Jeff Sessions addresses the lack of a federal budget in this week’s GOP address

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Is Mitt Romney getting a pass?

Is Mitt Romney “getting a pass” from the media for only releasing two years of tax returns and a summary of twenty years of returns?

In a column titled The Hypocrisy of the Far Right published in the local Patches, Monmouth County Democratic Chairman Vin Gopal says Romney is getting a pass.

Really Vin?  Really?

It seems to me that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who for weeks lied to the American people with his claim that Romney didn’t pay taxes at all, is the one who is getting a pass.

Did Republicans give Romney a pass?  Gopal would have us believe that Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity are more influential Republican leaders than Governor Chris Christie.  Christie called on Romney to release all of his tax returns back in January. 

Gopal says Limbaugh, Coulter and Hannity have “hijacked” the Republican Party:

So why does Mitt Romney get a pass? Because the Republican Party has been hijacked by Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and their friends, who dedicate every second of their “news” programs in destroying the character of our President.

Really Vin?  Really?

Destroying Obama’s character?  The Obama camp accused Romney of being responsible for woman’s death!

Romney paid $1.9 million in taxes in 2011.  More than he had to pay, because he did not fully take advantage of the charitable giving deduction.  He did not deduct all $4 million + of the charitable donations he made.  How much coverage is that getting in the mainstream media?

Who in American political history has every gotten a bigger pass than Obama?

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New PAC ad airing in swing states ties Obama to Muslim Brotherhood

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Mother Jones tapes have a “1-2 minute” gap

Maybe Rose Mary Woods’ grandson is the ultimate source

We know that former President Jimmy Carter’s grandson brokered the deal that provided the tax exempt non-profit news organization Mother Jones the secretly recorded video of Mitt Romney speaking to donors that the media has made such a fuss over for the last 48 hours.

Turns out there is a “one to two minute” gap in the tape.  Maybe the grandson of former President Nixon’s secretary, Rose Mary Woods, was the shooter of the tapes.  For those readers too young to remember Watergate, Woods admitted to “inadvertently” erasing 5 minutes of the 18 1/2 minute gap in the White House audio tapes that lead to Nixon’s resignation in disgrace.

Mother Jones insists that the gap is only 1-2 minutes, but we’ll never really know unless someone else comes forth with another video of the event.

The gap occured just at the end of Romney’s now famous “47%” remark that those who don’t pay taxes will not vote for him.  When the recording resumes, Romney is talking about China.  A transcript of the video before and after the gap can be found here.

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Bill Clinton was right

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Now it’s Obama’s turn to deal with a leaked recording

Team Obama has another YouTube to blame for their troubles.
This one won’t be blamed for killing our diplomats in the Middle East, but it could terminate Obama’s chances for reelection.

It turns out that Obama did not misspeak or speak inelegantly in 2008 when he told Joe the Plumber that he wants to redistribute the wealth.  He told a 1998 meeting at Loyola University that he “actually believes in redistribution.”

“The trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some [wealth] redistribution — because I actually believe in redistribution, at least at a certain level to make sure that everybody’s got a shot.”

Do you think this video will get as much play in the mainstream media as Mitt Romney’s fundraising videos have gotten?

I can’t wait to hear how the liberal pundits spin this one. 

To all those who taken offense to Obama being called a socialist, what say you now?   I can’t wait to hear it.

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O’Scanlon Blasts Democratic Colleagues, Statehouse Press Corp Over S &P Outlook Spin

The three major credit rating agencies affirmed the credit ratings of New Jersey’s bonds within the last week.   Two of the three, Moody’s and Fitch affirmed the outlook for the State’s credit as stable.  However, while affirming their AA- rating today, Standard and Poor’s lowered their outlook for New Jersey from stable to negative.  S&P’s rationale for lowering their outlook is that they consider Governor Chris Christie’s revenue projections optimistic.

Democratic legislators, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Vincent Prieto, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo and Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald, a potential gubernatorial candidate next year, all jumped on the S&P outlook downgrade to score political points against Christie.  The Statehouse Press Corp was happy to advance the negative spin.

Monmouth County’s Declan O’Scanlon, the Assembly Republican Budget Officer, fired back against the Democrats and the media for “crowing” about the S&P report while falling mute over the Fitch and Moody’s reports is a scathing statement:

“My Democrat colleagues are like vultures seeking to pounce on potential prey despite the fact that their appetite will not be satisfied by one agency’s outlook,” said O’Scanlon, R-Monmouth. “They are always ready to jump on what they perceive to be negative news and many in the media buy into their political theatrics. Instead of working with the governor and Republicans in the Legislature, they continue to wait for gloom and doom predictions.

“The conduct and glee from our leading legislative Democrats is remarkable and disturbing. For days, they sat silent when two ratings agencies affirmed New Jersey’s credit rating in response to the Schools Development Corporation bond offering and today are dancing in the streets when a third rating agency – after also maintaining the state’s credit rating – gave an outlier’s opinion and lowered its outlook,” explained O’Scanlon. “To see this kind of political opportunism and rooting for failure from individuals entrusted with some of the highest leadership positions our government offers is disgraceful. Their Swiss cheese, fragmented perception of reality – with the holes miraculously lining up with anything positive about our state’s fiscal condition – is disturbing, but not surprising.”

“That our Statehouse press corps simply gobbles the partisan nonsense up so willingly is also a real disappointment, stated O’Scanlon. “That is especially so when you see them blindly quoting even those lawmakers who so vigorously fought bipartisan pension and benefits reforms in an effort that would have crippled New Jersey’s long-term efforts to fix our long-term economic health.

“Had we followed the path of the very people now attacking the Governor the outlook for the state’s future would be dramatically worse. They cannot, with a straight face, criticize this Governor with any credibility,” said O’Scanlon. “It was this governor that has started to turn our state around – and he had to fight the very people now attacking him in order to do that. The governor and Republicans know we are in a difficult economy and these are risky times. But we are also not afraid to make tough decisions. Previous Democrat administrations talked about tough times, but never took action. Without taking decisive action to fix many of our state’s problems,New Jerseywould be in a financial abyss.

“The Democrats’ are selling a bill of goods to the public and the media which conveniently ignores their eight-year record of expanding government spending and want us to believe their distorted view of reality,” commented O’Scanlon. “We have more work to do in turning our state around, but I am much more confident entrusting our state’s future with the Christie administration than its Democratic predecessors.”

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