IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE: John Edwards & His "Sycophantic" "Butt Boy"

America, take solace. For those who lament the fact that President Barack Obama is turning the country inside out, here's one consolation: It could have been worse.

Instead of dealing with BHO and his gang of purple union thugs, America could have had a redneck, his dying wife, his mistress and his love child occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue....along with the same gang of purple union thugs, PLUS an aide with Fatal Attraction-like qualities.

You see, in addition to cheating on his cancer-stricken wife while she was out campaigning for him in between chemo treatments, and despite having a 'love child' with the hired help, the man who was almost Vice President of the United States in 2004 and who had his sights set on becoming President, former Senator John Edwards, has something else haunting him.

That something else turns out to be Edwards' former aide-turned-spurned-lapdog, Andrew Young.

According to a blistering account of Young's seeming infatuation and Edwards' seeming hypocritical narcissism, Politico lays out a more detailed accounting of the sordid tale of sexual cover-ups and menage a trois betrayals than anyone else thus far has.

John Edwards & His 'Butt Boy'

From the very start of the piece, Politico writers set the stage for a weird saga of a lapdog doing anything for its master--including putting his own life and reputation into the meat grinder of public ridicule, pity and humiliation.

When John Edwards returned to North Carolina in the course of his long quest for the presidency, Andrew Young always met him at the airport in Edwards’s big black Chevy Tahoe. Young drove, and Edwards rode shotgun, silently raising his left hand whenever he wanted a Diet Coke, which Young would wordlessly supply.

Ouch. But it gets harsher from there...

Young sometimes described himself as Edwards’s “special assistant” and dreamed of serving in an Edwards White House. Other aides, with a combination of disgust — and, perhaps, a bit of envy — referred to him as Edwards’s “personal servant,” or worse, Edwards’s “butt boy.”

Politico goes on to explain the Edwards affair with new mommy Rielle Hunter, Elizabeth Edwards' suspicion and jealousy, all set against a backdrop of Andrew Young's self-sacrifice for his version of "John Kennedy."

Here are some excerpts:

“He believed that Edwards was the next Kennedy,” said a person who was close to Young. “It’s not enough to say that he idolized the guy — there’s something deeper and weirder than that.”
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First he was the fall guy, and now he’s the sellout, peddling his story in a tell-all book. But the real story of Young is about the passions of politics and the classic political triangle of the candidate, his wife and the sometimes sycophantic aide.

If you thought Barry & Co. was bad, one can only imagine what it would have been like if the former North Carolina senator had made it all the way to the White House.

Go here to read the entire Politico piece.

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THE NEW MESSIAH: PLEASE SPELL IT AN 'O'...

With nut jobs like this, it is little wonder that Obama represents the Messiah to some and the Anti-Christ to others...



Hat tip: Michelle Malkin

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HEY KIDS! THE PREZ SAYZ MORE SCHOOL 4 U!

We don't need no education!

We dont need no thought control!

No dark sarcasm in the classroom!

Teachers leave them kids alone!

Another Brick in the Wall

Pink Floyd

Among President Barack Obama's most ardent fans is America's youth. That is, until now.

As videos circulate around the internet and on cable news showing children singing propaganda-(ad)ministered praises to President Barack Obama, the Teacher-in-Chief is making a new proposal that is sure to cause his poll numbers to plummet, especially among America's youngsters.

The President wants kids to stay in school later and longer, according to the Associated Press.

Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.

Obama says American kids spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with other students around the globe.
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"Our school calendar is based upon the agrarian economy and not too many of our kids are working the fields today," Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.

Fifth-grader Nakany Camara is of two minds. She likes the four-week summer program at her school, Brookhaven Elementary School in Rockville, Md. Nakany enjoys seeing her friends there and thinks summer school helped boost her grades from two Cs to the honor roll.

But she doesn't want a longer school day. "I would walk straight out the door," she said.

Of course, the Teacher-in-Chief and his minions may just have an ulterior motive:

Aside from improving academic performance, Education Secretary Duncan has a vision of schools as the heart of the community. Duncan, who was Chicago's schools chief, grew up studying alongside poor kids on the city's South Side as part of the tutoring program his mother still runs. [Emphasis added.]

We're sure this proposal from our Teacher-in-Chief is going to really sit well with all his suburban soccer-mom fans as they field the whining complaints from their state-controlled kids.

NOTE: Dienekes' Place will be focus group-testing the President's proposal tonight...Of course, not until after school is out and the homework is done.

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LA RAZA'S HEALTH CARE MISSION: ASTRO-TURFING FOR ILLEGALS

We've all heard the term "astro-turf" coined by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to apply to grassroots opposition to the nationalization of Americans' health care.

And, we've heard President Obama state that illegal aliens would not be covered under Obamacare (which we exposed as another "You Lie" moment a couple of weeks ago).

However, today, we read that Liberals are seeking health-care access for illegals:

"Fearful that they're losing ground on immigration and health care, a group of House Democrats is pushing back and arguing that any health care bill should extend to all legal immigrants and allow illegal immigrants some access."

"The Democrats, trying to stiffen their party's spines on the contentious issue, say it's unfair to bar illegal immigrants from paying their own way in a government-sponsored exchange. Legal immigrants, they say, regardless of how long they've been in the United States, should be able to get government-subsidized health care if they meet the other eligibility requirements."

This is different from the president's plan to exclude illegals (while they're illegal), then grant amnesty under "immigration reform" to make formerly-excluded illegal aliens into fully- included legal citizens.

And, joining in the chorus for illegals to have access to the nationalized health care coverage is one of the first astro-turfing organization out there, La Raza:

"The National Council of La Raza launched its own 'flood their voice mail' campaign last week to put pressure on Mr. Baucus to expand coverage in his proposal to include all legal immigrants and to drop verification language in the legislation that would prevent illegal immigrants from obtaining coverage."

Of course, with nationalization (and, ultimately, unionization) of the entire health care industry and the inclusion of 11 million or so illegal aliens under a Democrat-imposed bill, the Democrats are aiming to be the party in power for generations to come.

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OBAMA DROPS OBJECTION TO DROPPING HABEAS CORPUS

This little gem seemed to slip through the main stream media's hands...and apparently civil libertarians have missed it as well.

President Barack Obama has quietly decided to bypass Congress and allow the indefinite detention of terrorist suspects without charges.

The move, which was controversial when the idea was first floated in The Washington Post in May, has sparked serious concern among civil liberties advocates. Such a decision allows the president to unilaterally hold "combatants" without habeas corpus -- a legal term literally meaning "you shall have the body" -- which forces prosecutors to charge a suspect with a crime to justify the suspect's detention.

More...

So much for "change" we you can believe in...

Hat-tip Freedom's Phoenix

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THY BROTHERS KEEPER: REFUSE GOV'T INSURANCE, GO TO JAIL

If you doubt the government's intent to control your body and your health care, consider this:

If you refuse to accept government-imposed health insurance, you will be fined $1900. If you refuse to pay, you can be charged with a misdemeanor, fined up to $25,000 and jailed up to a year.

Here is the post from Politico:

Ensign receives handwritten confirmation

This doesn't happen often enough.

Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff Tom Barthold confirming the penalty for failing to pay the up to $1,900 fee for not buying health insurance.

Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor and could face up to a year in jail or a $25,000 penalty, Barthold wrote on JCT letterhead. He signed it "Sincerely, Thomas A. Barthold."

The note was a follow-up to Ensign's questioning at the markup.

Here is the letter given to Ensign.

Remember, according to the President, you are your brother's keeper...and he is yours!

WERE THE 'BRAINWASHING THE KIDS' CLAIMS OVERBLOWN...?

By watching this video, the resounding answer is "NO!"

AS THE LEFT ACCUSES THE RIGHT OF RACISM, HISTORY PROVES THEM WRONG

It has become a cacaphony from the Left: Opposition to President Barack Obama's policies is rooted in racism.
It has gone from the subtle to the super-hyperbolic, like when Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), speculated that Rep. Joe Wilson’s shout of "You lie!" during the President's speech a few weeks ago could signal the return of “folks putting on white hoods and white uniforms again, riding through the countryside.” [Yeah, it's gotten that pathetic.]

Even today, as reported by Politico, members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) continue pushing the race issue.

[A]n underlying sense of nervousness and concern about the shifting political landscape in the eight months since Obama was sworn in. The sudden explosion of tea party groups, with right-wing protesters carrying signs depicting Obama as an African witch doctor or in a Nazi uniform, has infuriated some black lawmakers, who say such behavior wouldn’t be tolerated for a white president. [Emphasis added.]

The problem for the CBC and the rest of the Liberal Left, is that their memory is too brief.

A quick google image search of the words "Bush" and "Hitler" yield over two million hits.

The images posted here are just a few, but they show that the Liberal Left is lying when they claim the 'virulence' in opposing Obama's policies are based in racism.

In fact, if nothing else, the images demonstrate that the Right is using the same tactics that the Left has used for years.

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SENATE NEWS: ...AND THEN THERE WAS 58

A glass half-empty to one man may be half-full to another.

West Virginia's Senator Robert Byrd (D), who is the third in the presidential line of succession (after House Speaker and ultra-frightening Nancy Pelosi), was rushed to the hospital this morning after falling, according to Politico.

As a former Exalted Cyclops (no kidding!) of the Ku Klux Klan, the 93-year old Byrd is the longest-serving senator in U.S. history but has been missing in the Senate much of this year due to health issues.

According to Politico:

Byrd, a pillar of the Senate who has first elected in 1958, has become increasingly frail in recent years. After running the powerful Appropriations Committee, he relinquished his gavel in January but continues to chair a powerful homeland security spending subcommittee. He was hospitalized in May for what his aides described as a “minor infection,” but was admitted for nearly two months after his ailment turned into a much-worse staph infection.

Since then, he’s been recovering at his McLean home, and his presence in the Senate
has been exceedingly rare. On Sept. 10, Byrd delivered a speech on the Senate floor in honor of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, who died last month after a 47-year Senate career.

“As I look at his desk, draped with black cloth and covered with flowers, I still have difficulty believing he is gone,” Byrd said in an emotional tribute, delivered in a quivering voice as he sat from his chair. “My ebullient Irish-to-the-core friend has departed this life forever. How bleakly somber. How utterly final. How totally unlike Ted Kennedy in life.”

While we are no predictors in matters of life and death, it does seem that Byrd may not be quick in returning to the Senate chambers, thereby continuing to temporarily deprive Democrats of another vote in shoving their statist agenda down the throats of ordinary Americans.

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DISSENTION NO LONGER WELCOME IN AMERICA

The United States of America was born out of dissention and revolution. A repressed people revolting against a king and his British minions.

The right of citizens to dissent is codified in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution where it states:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

In fact, it is the First Amendment that allegedly guarantees the citizens of the United States to dissent to whatever the government is doing. For as long as the Republic has stood, the right to dissent under the First Amendment has been (for the most part) honored.

Unfortunately, that tradition of dissention has been under attack by the very government that is sworn to uphold that right. Nowhere is that more evident than that which the Obama Administration and his Democratic Party is attempting to do with the debate over the nationalization of health care.

According to the Associated Press yesterday, the Obama Administration is "investigating a major insurance company for allegedly trying to scare seniors with a mailer warning they could lose important benefits under health care legislation in Congress."

In a warning letter to Humana, HHS said the government is concerned that the mailer "is misleading and confusing" partly because the company's lobbying campaign could be mistaken for an official communication about Medicare benefits.

HHS ordered the company to immediately halt any such mailings, and remove any related materials from its Web site. In the letter, the government also said it may take other action against Humana, which is based in Louisville, Ky. [Emphasis added.]

Irrespective of whether the insurance company (Humana) is accurate in its mailers to seniors (which, based on reports of Congress' initial draft legislation, it probably is), the precedent that the Administration is setting by attacking a deep-pocketed insurance company sends a dangerous shot across the bow of every American who dares exercising their First Amendment right of dissent against this government.

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