Joe Biden would make a "powerful pinch hitter", if Hillary chooses not to run, says delusional Democrat.

By Rob Janicki

Ed Rendell, former Governor of Pennsylvania, and a 'player' in his own right in liberal Democrat political circles, seems to have gone off the rails of reason with some comments on the Democrats' lineup card for the 2016 Presidential race.  I always thought of Rendell as being a sober political pragmatic strategist, not some starry eyed young political neophyte.  Perhaps I was wrong.  To prove my point, here's an insight into why Rendell may have overstepped

reason and logic.

“We have a very powerful pinch hitter and that’s Joe Biden. People who underestimate Joe Biden do it at their own peril. If Hillary says no he’ll be tough to beat,” Rendell said.

Tough to beat?  Seriously, Ed?  Ed's stock just took a nose dive in my book with the idea that Biden would be tough to beat in the 2016 presidential campaign, if it comes to that scenario.  Ed, I thought you were a serious thinker.  I guess I was 'seriously' wrong.  Read on to see where Biden is polling according to the Puffington Host.

The former Pennsylvania governor’s backhanded compliment evidences Biden’s continued struggle to escape Clinton’s shadow as both consider 2016 runs. Biden currently trails Clinton by 55 percent in a Huffington Post compilation of National Democratic primary polls. Read more FreeBeacon

I can see Republicans drooling over the thought of Joe Biden running in 2016.  Biden's multitude of gaffes, which run into the scores, if not a hundreds, of memorable and meaningful gaffes, will be featured wall to wall on every media buy for the Republicans.  We'll see more Biden gaffes than anyone can imagine.  At least they will be entertaining in a comedic sense.

There is also a better than even chance that the Republican candidate would pillory Biden to the point of creating an apoplectic attack for Joe in a candidate debate.  Old Slow Joe never was the best of debaters in his prime and his prospects of even returning to his best days, is rather remote no matter who  the Republicans put up as their candidate.  Should the Republicans put up one of their better prospects, Biden will, by his vary nature, implode at some point in time and possibly more than once over a long campaign.  The gaffe master will appear, should Biden make it into the Democrat presidential primary, and it would be even worse if he becomes the Democrats nominee with Hillary bowing out for whatever reason or set of reasons.

All of this Biden conjecture is just that, conjecture at this point in time.  Even if Hillary announces her candidacy, I'm not certain what shape she will be in cognitively speaking to compete toe to toe with some of the much younger Republican possibilities.  That doesn't even take into account how Hillary will fare in the outcome of the Benghazi scandal.  Hillary's face and the phrase, "What difference does it make?" in regard to her testimony before Congress will be played ad nauseam during the campaign.

News flash! Kathleen Sebelius cancels sex change operation

By Rob Janicki

This is going to be one of those, "Damned if you do, damned if don't" kind of moments or whatever.


National attention to Medicare’s move to consider paying for sex-change operations forced the arm of the Department of Health and Human Services to withdraw its plan...

Damn, I was hoping they would keep that in, since I was really looking forward to that scurrilous, congenital lying *****, Kathleen Sebelius, undergoing the first Medicare paid for, sex change operation.  That way she/he would be one son of a ***** of a Secretary of HHS.

A day after Secrets Friday morning reported that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was moving to reversing its 1981 rejection of funding sex-change operations because they were deemed “experimental,” HHS pulled the plug. They even removed the website which detailed their plans...

Go here for the remaining details. Apparently in the face of failure, HHS decided it was better to put the entire concept down the memory hole, rather than have to face the humiliation of a public slap down, at least for the time being.

Polling and trolling for Obama

By Rob Janicki
Why should you accept political polling reporting in this presidential election cycle?  You shouldn't.  As more and more analysis is done investigating the MSM polling, the more suspect this polling becomes.  Why are MSM polls to be questioned?  Because MSM polls now appear to be in the bag for Obama.  Analysis of the internals of the polls shows an obvious bias toward oversampling of Democrats and even Independents, while under sampling Republicans.  In other words to construct polling to achieve their predetermine outcome choice, Obama.

[...] In a campaign season which is on track to go down as the worst ever for cooked polling, one from CBS News and the New York Times has outdone everyone to this point.

Clearly, they didn't like what a properly weighted result would have told them, which is that Mitt Romney is in a deadlock with Barack Obama if one uses Gallup's party affiliation numbers from before Democratic National Convention, or that he's up by five points if one opts for Rasmussen's affiliation numbers. In their latest poll, with registered voters, CBS/NYT not only oversampled Democrats, but they took the number of actual responses and further weighted them towards Dems, as seen after the jump. [...]
Look at that last sentence.  CBS/NYT wasn't satisfied simply improperly weighting the party affiliations, it had to go deeper into the numbers to really cook the data.  So, why would the CBS/NYT poll want to bake the cake for Obama?  Isn't Obama already leading over 'Romney?  Maybe not and that is why the CBS/NYT polling is doing its very best to lead the public perception that Obama is winning going away.  For years now, we have seen the MSM make the news, rather than reporting the news.  Polling is no different.

You have two very large and prestigious MSM organizations that simply have a very liberal bias.  These two institutions aren't simply passive supporters of Obama.  They have now crossed over from professional non partisan journalists to become active propagandists for Obama.  

What's amazing is these two organizations simply see nothing wrong in what they are doing.  I will give them the benefit of the doubt and say they honestly believe that what they are doing is justified in the end with the re-election of Obama.  The ends then justify the means to these liberal media bastions.  Unfortunately this is straight out of Marxist theory.

[...] The CBS/NYT poll says that Obama is ahead by eight points with registered voters and by three points among likely voters. Sure, guys. You're not fooling us.

Flynn's wrap: "The polls confirm that the media aren't really biased. Rather, they are active players for the other team." Dishonestly active. [...]

Go here  for all the internals of the CBS/NYT polling and judge for yourself whether this was a legitimate poll and whether the outcome was an accurate representation of how voters are viewing the presidential race.

Obama sends Israel a poison pen letter

By Rob Janicki

Financial Times
[...]  Feuding between the US and Israel burst into the open when Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, sharply criticised recent US statements about Iran while the White House said President Barack Obama would not meet Mr Netanyahu in the US this month. [...]

Either Obama is too busy campaigning and cannot be bothered with foreign relations issues or Obama is sending Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu a not so subtle message in code that says, "All those platitudes I spoke of in regard to support for Israel, were for political purposes of obtaining votes from American Jews and their campaign contributions."  This is not an either/or proposition.  Obama's decision compromises both considerations.

Obama views Israel as the single reason that peace has not been established in the Middle East and I'm not even convinced that Obama wants peace between Israel and the Palestinians.  Frankly, I believe that Obama would just as soon see the state of Israel disappear from the world map just as much as Muslim world like it too.  To Obama, Israel is the millstone around his neck that prevents him from becoming the greatest peace maker in the history of the world.  How else can The One be recognized as the greatest being to ever walk the face of the earth, greater even than Jesus Christ of Nazareth?

Israel is just an inconvenient speed bump along the way to Obama's coronation as The Messiah and they better understand that or else The One will be mightily upset.

On the other hand ...

[...] Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, is an old friend of Mr Netanyahu and has consistently criticised Mr Obama for not taking a harder line with Tehran on its nuclear ambitions. The Republicans hope their candidate’s position on Iran and support for the Israeli government could win him backing from Jewish voters in key states such as Florida and Ohio.

The White House said on Tuesday that Mr Obama would not meet Mr Netanyahu when he travels to the US this month for the UN General Assembly session because the two men would not be in New York on the same day. However, Israeli media reported on Tuesday evening that Mr Netanyahu had offered to travel to Washington for a meeting. This was denied by the White House. [...]

I can see clown face Jay Carney, like Debbie Wasserman Schultz, denying the undeniable in the face of the facts.  Good one Jay.

Obama must be defeated on November 6 to restore any semblance of sanity and reason in creating and exercising a rational foreign policy that serves the purpose of defending America from its many enemies.  Anything less than an Obama defeat will merely perpetuate America's decline in prestige and power around the world.

Are you smarter than a fifth grader? Kariem McFarlin isn't.

By Rob Janicki
Are you smarter than a fifth grader?  Somebody isn't and we'll find out who that is shortly.

No clowning around here.  Apparently Kenny the Street Clown got caught by the San Fransisco police with an i-Pad belonging to the late Steve Jobs.  The good news for clowns everywhere is that Kenny was not the thief who stole the i-Pad from Steve Jobs' home.  Whew!  That's a relief.  I'll bet there are a lot of clowns out there that gave a collective sigh of relief over this revelation.  Okay, maybe not.

[...] "The thing that is embarrassing to me is I'm a huge fan of Steve Jobs," said Kenneth Kahn, 47, a professional entertainer who police say unwittingly received a silver 64GB iPad pilfered from the home of the Apple co-founder last month. "It's just bizarre."

Kahn's friend, Kariem McFarlin, 35, of Alameda was arrested on suspicion of breaking into Jobs' Palo Alto residence on Aug. 2.

Apple investigators identified McFarlin after he used the stolen device to connect to his iTunes account on the Internet, police said. He acknowledged to police that he broke into Jobs' residence, as well as other homes, and wrote an apology letter to Jobs' widow, according to a police report. [...]

McFarlin apparently is not technically sophisticated enough to have figured out that by connecting the stolen i-Pad to his personal  i-Tunes account, it could be traced to the specific i-Pad stolen from Steve Jobs' home.  McFarlin should have asked any fifth grader how to cover his electronic digital trail.  Obviously McFarlin is not smarter than a fifth grader.

[...] McFarlin remained jailed on $500,000 bail and was expected to appear in court Monday. If convicted, he could face almost eight years in prison. [...]

Deval Patrick Channels His Inner Obama

By Rob Janicki
Apparently Massachusetts Governor, Deval Patrick, is a devotee of Barack Obama's leadership and management style.  LIke Obama, Patrick has decided to selectively enforce Massachusetts laws.  The latest law deals with food stamps otherwise known as Electronic Benefits Transfer cards.  EBT's have replaced the old style food stamps and are like debit cards.  Basically Patrick would only enforce the more egregious misuse of EBT's and ignore violations of use for liquor, cigarettes, and other similar non-essential items. 

[...] A defiant Gov. Deval Patrick finally signed a welfare reform bill into law yesterday — only to say he won’t enforce key parts of the measure, drawing the wrath of lawmakers working to crack down on widespread abuses of the system.

“He’s saying he’s not going to enforce the law. That’s a first for me,” said state Rep. Shaunna O’Connell (R-Taunton), who is leading the charge for reform.

“Just because we don’t have somebody to follow every person around doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have rules in place, or that we shouldn’t tell people they can’t purchase certain items,” O’Connell said. [...]

Does anyone else see a parallel here with Obama's stance on immigration laws on the books and so many other laws he has chosen to ignore?

Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Still Barking At The Moon

By Rob Janicki
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Obama's attack dog, has, in the past week, attacked Mitt Romney for having investments in offshore accounts from the Cayman Islands to a Swiss bank account.  There's just a little problem with those charges.

[...]  Disclosure forms reveal that Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a member of Congress from Florida, previously held funds with investments in Swiss banks, foreign drug companies, and the state bank of India. This revelation comes mere days after the Democratic chair attacked presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for holding money in Swiss bank accounts in the past.  [...]

The problem, beyond Wasserman Schultz's own personal investments, is that anyone in a 401k plan is highly likely to be invested in international funds comprising foreign investments.  401k plans diversify their assets across a host of sectors including international investments.  Diversification makes sense to investors because it limits exposure to volatile movements in a complete portfolio.

We're not comdemning Wasserman Schultz for having invested in foreign entities.  We are highlighting Wasserman Schultz's absolute hypocrisy in condemning Mitt Romney for doing exactly what she has done and millions of Americans have also done.   Wasserman Schultz knows better, but the truth does not fit the liberal Obama narrative that Romney is out of touch with the people and so DWS continues her deceitful attack with lies and misrepresentations aimed at the ignorant masses of voters 

[...]  “Americans need to ask themselves, why does an American businessman need a Swiss bank account and secretive investments like that?” the DNC chair, a chief surrogate for President Obama’s reelection team, said on Fox News Sunday two days ago. “Just something, a thought, that I’d like to leave folks with.”  [...]

I don't know about CP readers, but most people of any means, like to keep their financial business to themselves.  Why should Mitt Romney be any different.  Where is the moral or ethical imperative for Romney or any other candidate for office to show any financial records beyond what is required for Senators or Congressmen?  If Wasserman Schultz can hide behind this rather flimsy congressional requirement, why should a presidential candidate be held to a higher standard?  Of course this begs the question of why congress critters aren't held to the same standard that Debbie Shrill Shriek demands of Romney?

To be fair DWS is not the only liberal Democrat pulling off this hypocritical act.  David Axelrod, the architect of this smear campaign along with other liberal flacks, is just pushing this negative campaign tactic because he believes it will work.  If he didn't so, he wouldn't keep pounding the concept.

The sweet irony to this story is that it is strongly rumored within the D.C. Beltway that DWS will be dumped as the DNC Chairwoman as soon as the election is over.  It can't happen soon enough for me.  However, dumpster rats around D.C, will be relieved, as DWS has been known to drive a rat off a dumpster with just a "look".

Recount: Wisconsin Recall Election Drones On

By Rob Janicki
We thought the Wisconsin recall elections were over.  Governor Walker and Lt. Governor Kleefisch won.  End of story.  Right?  Not so fast.  There were four contested Republican WI Senate seats at stake.  Prior to the recall election on June 5, the Republicans held four seats under recall, with the fourth Republican Senator choosing not to run in the recall election.  The Republicans held a one seat majority in the WI Senate prior to the recall election.  The recall election saw three Republicans winning and one Republican losing.  At least that was the prevailing view after the initial vote count.  The outcome may change.

[...]  Although Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker survived his June 5 recall election, Democrats won control of the senate when John Lehman (D) prevailed over incumbent Sen. Van Wanggaard (R) by a 1.2% margin. But as the Center for Media and Democracy predicted, Wisconsin Republicans are raising the spectre of "voter fraud" to cast doubt on Lehman's victory and justify Wanggaard's request for a recount -- which could return control of the Senate to Republicans.  [...]

Voter fraud by Democrats?  Is that hard to believe or what.  Not hard to believe at all, as it seems to historically be a Democrat tactic in close elections.

[...]  The vote canvass showed Wanggaard lost to Democrat John Lehman by 834 votes out of 72,000 cast. 

Because the difference in votes was greater that 0.5%, Wanggaard will have to pay for the recount, rather than the state. The same statutory provision that allowed Walker to accept unlimited contributions during the recall period will also allow Wanggaard to receive unlimited donations to fund his recount expenses.  [...]


The above source would appear to have a left leaning bias, but the facts of the article are what they are and do form the basis of a recount.  The motivation for the recount is left to the reader to decide in an election that had a vote differential of only 834 votes out of 72,000 cast.

Democrats are claiming that Republicans were complaining of voter fraud before the election even took place.  Perhaps Republicans had a good reason to complain since voter registration laws may have been systematically ignored in some voting districts.
[...]  [Racine, Wisc...] Thousands of voters who registered at the polls on recall election day in the City of Racine may not have signed the supplemental poll list as required by law, theMacIver News Service has learned.

Individuals who register as new voters or change their voter registration on election day do not appear on the pre-printed voter rolls maintained by election workers. Those same-day registrants are added to a supplemental poll list, maintained at each polling location across Wisconsin. A space is provided on the Supplemental Poll List for new registrants to sign by their hand-written entry, and by law they are required to do so.

'They are required to sign the poll list, just like everyone else," said Michael Haas, Staff Counsel with the GAB told MacIver News Monday morning.  [...]

And so the Wisconsin recall election continues on in search of a final resolution to one senate seat, which could mean maintaining a Republican senate majority or not

Debbie Wasserman Shultz: Madame Speaker?

By Rob Janicki 
Javier Manjarres over at the Shark Tank is reporting that Debbie Wasserman Shultz's days as DNC Chairwoman are numbered. 

[,,,]  Back in April, the Shark Tank floated the likelihood that Democratic National Committee Chairwoman (DNC) Debbie Wasserman Schultz was perhaps on her way out as DNC Chairwoman. We now have learned that Wasserman Schultz will not be back as DNC Chairwoman after the November elections.

According to our source within the Democratic Party, who is also a close associate of Wasserman Schultz, the arrangements have already been made for her to leave DNC  regardless if President Obama wins re-election or not.

This same source believes that Wasserman Schultz will be forced to resign behind closed doors and then stage a(n) press event in which she tells Americans that her job as the DNC chair was a temporary one and that she is moving on with her congressional career.  [...]

Before anyone jumps for joy with the news of DWS's expected demise as DNC Chairwoman, the article goes on to quote the National Journal which posited the possibility that, should the Democrats take control of the House, DWS could conceivably become Speaker of the House.  Of course this would have to be with the condition that Nancy Pelosi would not seek the position again.  That, in itself, is problematical, as Pelosi has tasted the power, likes the power, is addicted to the power and would not easily forgo the possibility of being the first woman to regain the Speaker's position.

DWS is probably the most polarizing Democrat in the House and thus the darling of the far left radical wing of the Democrat Party in the House.  By the standards of the far left radical wing, DWS would seem to be a very reasonable choice someday for Speaker of the House.  She is, after all, cut from the same far left radical cloth as Nancy Peilosi.

California State Bar supports illegal immigrants practicing law in California

By Rob Janicki
Only in California!  The California State Bar supports illegal immigrants practicing law in California.  No, that's not a misprint.  That's precisely what the Bar is saying.

[...]  An illegal immigrant who passes the bar exam and demonstrates good moral character should be eligible to practice law, the State Bar has declared in a court filing.  [...]

Sergio C. Garcia may be ecstatic over this court filing or not...

[...]  The bar, which oversees California's 225,000 lawyers, told the state Supreme Court on Monday that federal law leaves regulation of the legal profession largely up to the states and does not appear to prohibit Sergio C. Garcia, 35, of Chico from obtaining an attorney's license.  [...]

Garcia's father  [...]  now a legal U.S. resident, sponsored Garcia's application for legal status and a green card in 1994. Garcia told an interviewer last year that he expects to wait another five to 15 years for approval.  [...]

The hang up for Garcia practicing law in California balances on federal law in this area.

[...]  The (California Supreme) court cited two federal laws as potential obstacles. One prohibits illegal immigrants from receiving any "state or local public benefit," including a professional license provided by a "state agency." The other prohibits employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants. [...]

The California Bar is trying to stretch the law with a federal citation.

[...] In Monday's filing, the bar said the first law doesn't apply because the court is a branch of state government, not a "state agency." In 1995, the bar noted, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts aren't government agencies. [...]
There is a loophole that Garcia could possibly use.

[...]  If licensed, Garcia could not work legally for a law firm, corporation or public agency, but could represent clients as an independent contractor, a status not addressed by federal law, the bar said. [...]

Perhaps Mr. Garcia could do legal work in the area of immigration law.  By now he has enough personal experience in that area to possibly be certified as a specialist in immigration law.