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1. #1
   On October 2nd, 2009 at 12:36 pm, Patronedheart said:

   Way to go with the success of your book, Michelle! We have them on the run. We need to keep up the fight.

2. #2
   On October 2nd, 2009 at 12:40 pm, Kingfish said:

   But, but, but this is the MOST ethical(ly challenged) congress evah!

3. #3
   On October 2nd, 2009 at 12:41 pm, Radiojoe1470 said:

   They’ll blame the loss on the U.S.’ “bad image with the rest of the world,” which they’ll blame on Bush.

   See, poor B.O. just didn’t have enough time yet to turn that around.

4. #4
   On October 2nd, 2009 at 12:42 pm, formerwm said:

   Economics and corruption are strating to be one and the same. Good people are hurting. Three years and two months to go. Keep the hope, I want my change NOW.

5. #5
   On October 2nd, 2009 at 12:43 pm, letget said:

   And yet those brain dead dc bunch continue to go ahead with this health care crud! I am hopeful enough will come around and not pass anything to harm our Republic this year.

   Keep up your great work for us Michelle. It is wonderful to see you so often on Fox.
   L

6. #6
   On October 2nd, 2009 at 12:45 pm, SpeakEasy said:

   Chalk the overinflated disappointment up to our overinflated sense of importance. We have enough issues here at home we can adress. Moving on…….

7. #7
   On October 2nd, 2009 at 12:46 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

   The chrome wheels are coming off the Macdaddylac! It will be cash for clunker before you know it. Hope for change.

8. #8
   On October 2nd, 2009 at 12:51 pm, tre said:

   That Americans are realizing how corrupt democrats are is good.

   But, if Republicans can’t get their act together and offer a viable alternative, then it’s all for nothing.

9. #9
   On October 2nd, 2009 at 12:57 pm, d1carter said:

   The Chicago Way is not the American way…

10. #10
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:02 pm, Ron said:

    Who knew George Bush was responsible for denying Chicago the 2016 Olympics? Man, glad he’s gone, right?

    /sarcoff

11. #11
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:03 pm, walterc said:

    But, if Republicans can’t get their act together and offer a viable alternative, then it’s all for nothing.

    First we have to get rid of the corrupt Republicans.

    Re-elect no one, beat the incumbents in the primary.

    Then we will have a viable alternative.

12. #12
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:03 pm, Cathy B said:

    Took the words right out of my mouth..
    The Chicago way only works in Chicago…

13. #13
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:07 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On October 2nd, 2009 at 12:51 pm, tre said:
    That Americans are realizing how corrupt democrats are is good.

    But, if Republicans can’t get their act together and offer a viable alternative, then it’s all for nothing.

    Aren”t we past Democrats and Republicans yet? They aren’t listening to you! Time to move on!

14. #14
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:12 pm, iamsaved said:

    It’s not just Bush’s fault – it’s the fault of investigative journalists and talking heads on Foxnews and conservative radio, armed with irrefutable facts, who will also be blamed.

    Darn those facts – they just keep getting in the way. Can facts be racist?

    Now, we need to turn our attention to both fronts in the domestic arena – the Healthcare bill and the Cap N’ Trade bill. Both have the potential to change our economy and politics for decades.

    The socialistic/communistic insect needs to be squashed once and for all.

15. #15
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:16 pm, verogolfer said:

    Hope American is waking up to the culture of corruption. If so, it means the mainstream media can’t continue to ignore it forever. And one of the people we have to thank for this is a certain brilliant and charming author and columnist.

16. #16
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:16 pm, Patronedheart said:

    I can’t wait till 2010 when we get to flush the toilet on congress. My only fear is that they realize how unpopular they are right now, and how much more so they will be by the next elections. This may cause them to ratchet up their efforts to damage our country more than they already have before they get the boot. It’s going to be an interesting year.

17. #17
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:17 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Masterful job explaining and promoting the book on Hewitt last night.

18. #18
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:17 pm, Truesoldier said:

    The only book I forsee knocking Michelle’s out of the number one spot will be Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue”. Of course that will piss the libs off that Palin will be up there; yet the libs cant seem to field a top book at all.

19. #19
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:19 pm, vickisoup said:

    Thank you for continuing to spread the word.

    No, Michelle; thank YOU.

20. #20
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:20 pm, Ken M. said:

    Congratulations Michelle!!
    Re the Obama-induced stupor, there are more colossal failures to come. Remember, only a couple weeks after taking office, he assured the media that he really enjoys being president, “…and it turns out that I’m very good at it …” (or something close to that). With each new setback/stumble/fail, that quote should be resurrected; as solid testimony as to just how arrogant and out-of-touch with reality he really is.

21. #21
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:21 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Let’s not forget: It’s ALSO the economy!

22. #22
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:26 pm, Misscheryl said:

    Another statistic that was published today on Drudge was that pro-abortion sentiments have declined since Obama took office. It didn’t give an explaination but I would sure like to know why. Are people changing their views or just now speaking up?

23. #23
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:27 pm, Misscheryl said:

    Correction. The article was on Fox not Drudge.

24. #24
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:40 pm, Right By-The-Sea said:

    The new findings come at a time when 43% of voters say the president is doing a poor job addressing government ethics and reducing corruption…

    Given that “the president” BHO is the personification of unethical tactics and corruption, what would make this “43%” think that he would be doing a good job of addressing such? Give me a break. He’s surrounded himself with crooks, thugs, Commies, and other shady types, because he is one of them.

25. #25
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:45 pm, right_on said:

    America waking up to culture of corruption

    We’ll see come election season. I have great expectations, but as with many things outside our control, “glitches, gremlins, and the unexpected” can happen to steal elections and thwart the will of the people.

    If Acorn or any other organization is allowed to register, or transport voters, the election to correct America’s direction will be stolen by the ones we dare to challenge.

    If the people feel strongly about their country, they must walk, or drive themselves to the polling places, and trust NO ONE who claims to be there to “help.”

    We must return to self-suffiency and family, if we truly want the traditions and values of our forefathers to replace this current culture of corruption.

26. #26
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm, Regulus said:

    If people are waking up to the Culture of Corruption, it’s because someone has been sounding the alarm.

    It is for this that I nominate Michelle for the first “Marcus Manlius Sacred Goose Award” (those familiar with early Roman mythology will know what this refers to).

    As there are no other nominations, may I be the first to congratulate the winner!

27. #27
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 2:06 pm, ChicagoRobb said:

    One of the great differences between Bush and Obama is how events relate to them. I feel that Bush did not see it as “All about Me”, while Obama does. An example of this to me is Jenna Bush’s wedding last year. A White House wedding would have probably enhanced the public’s view of Bush, but that did not happen. Another example is the way the Bush adminstration handles the transition compared to Clinton.
    The President is not a king nor a god, but a man. Obama’s lack of humility is striking in comparision to Bush.

28. #28
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 2:08 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    The President is not a king nor a god, but a man. Obama’s lack of humility is striking in comparison to Bush.

    His lack of humility is indeed striking in comparison.

    Sadly, Bush isn’t much better. The only president in my lifetime with any sense of ethics at all was Ronald Reagan.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

29. #29
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 2:30 pm, Hangfire said:

    On October 2nd, 2009 at 1:26 pm, Misscheryl said:
    Another statistic that was published today on Drudge was that pro-abortion sentiments have declined since Obama took office. It didn’t give an explaination but I would sure like to know why. Are people changing their views or just now speaking up?

    I’ve changed my views on abortion. I now believe that abortion should be allowed in the case of imminent danger to the mother, rape, and…

    Democrats

30. #30
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 2:41 pm, Dan Lee said:

    Maybe they were afraid that Olympians would be kidnapped in Chicago, & ransomed..

31. #31
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 2:41 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    “Maybe the ‘machine’ isn’t working.”

    Well call the freaking Maytag repair man, then! Oh, wait. You can’t. The Chicago Machine is no longer under warranty.

    Go fix it your f-ing self!*

    * See Culture of Corrpution

32. #32
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 2:57 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Radiojoe1470 said:

    See, poor B.O. just didn’t have enough time yet to turn that around.

    B.O.? Body Oder? I use Dial and Right Guard; I send the man some in a plain brown envelope: that should cause the Secret Service a nerveous moment.

33. #33
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 3:22 pm, right_on said:

    It just occurred to me…Olympia…home of the Gods?

    Obama – Adonis? (The Adonis Complex: Insecurity, and preoccupation with “image.”)

    Valerie Jarrett - Myrrhra? (Myrrhra, per order of the Greek gods, was turned into a tree and Adonis sprang forth from her.)

    Michelle Obama – The Kraken? (A immense multi-tentacled monster, who sinks ships (of state?), and lies in wait still, for more victims of her vengeance.)

34. #34
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 3:52 pm, Bruce said:

    Anyone venture onto Amazon Books to pre-order Sarah’s book? The lefties are already at it with the offensive remarks, weeks before the book is scheduled for release. Same situation as with Michelle’s “Culture of Corruption” and Becks newest. They are scared to death!

35. #35
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 3:57 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Read MM’s book – a must have for anyone who is concerned about these fools in the WH.

36. #36
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 4:20 pm, emjem24 said:

    Now the majority of Americans are haters? Where’s RSS with his tiniest violin? Boohoo… hows that hope and change for ya now, America? Here’s the running tally:

    1. No jobs.
    2. Emasculated military.
    3. Lost Olympics bid.
    4. Astronomical deficits.
    5. Nationalizations of multiple industries.
    6. Another lost car brand- Saturn. Thanks, GM. Way to mismanage and ruin a good car model.
    7. Record-setting foreclosures.
    8. Governmental meddling in healthcare.
    9. Wide-spread democrat corruption.
    10. The world laughing at us.

    Wow… and libs thought W was a disaster. Ummmm… okay, don’t be too hasty there.

37. #37
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 5:33 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    Anyone venture onto Amazon Books to pre-order Sarah’s book? The lefties are already at it with the offensive remarks, weeks before the book is scheduled for release. Same situation as with Michelle’s “Culture of Corruption” and Becks newest. They are scared to death!

    Interesting, isn’t it? They have opinions about the book but have no idea what it says! Basically, Amazon’s comments area is just a way for liberals to vent their spleens because their authors just offer “socialism as the cure-all.” (See Chomsky)

    When Jonah Goldberg released Liberal Fascism, the libtards when ape because he proved what the intelligent people knew all along; Hitler and Mussolini were both left wing socialists.

    It’s the same on Wikipedia. You can’t get those retards to understand that National Socialism is, well…socialism! They continually use the term “Nazi” instead of National Socialist. Are they afraid of people putting 1+1 together and coming up with 2? (Socialism is left wing, Hitler’s party was the National Socialists, so Hitler was left wing.) Can’t have that!

    Liberal. Losers.

38. #38
    On October 2nd, 2009 at 8:05 pm, Papa Louie said:

    There is so much corruption in government right now that it’s impossible to keep track of it all. I read an article on American Thinker called “Culture of corruption knows no party boundaries“. It talks about a loophole in campaign finance and ethics laws that allow lobbyists and others to indirectly give money to politicians by way of Leadership PAC’s:

    “But the rules are incredibly loose and realistically, the member can spend the money on almost anything as long as it’s not his own campaign. With this kind of loophole, lobbyists and others have stepped in and now contribute to these funds while the member will use those funds for his personal piggy bank.

    It used to be only a handful of members had these PAC’s. Now, 70% of Congress have them and lobbyists contribute to them to the tune of $355 million. …

    But of the $112 million that leadership PACs spent during the two-year campaign cycle that led up to the 2008 elections, less than half was passed on to candidates or party committees… The rest paid for entertainment, administrative costs, fundraising and other categories that are so vague that it’s impossible to know for sure how the money was spent.

    Leadership PACs have paid for visits to Churchill Downs, Disney World and the Country Music Hall of Fame. They’ve paid for funerals, flowers and farewell parties. Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) used $64,500 from his PAC to commission a portrait of himself. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid of Nevada used more than $57,000 from his PAC to entertain at Las Vegas casinos. Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) spent more than $47,000 from his PAC on New York Yankees and New York Giants tickets.

    All this is legal, even if it appears to make a mockery of the 2007 ethics reforms and the contribution limits at the very heart of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.”

    The most ethical Congress in history has found a way to legalize bribes right under our noses. Is anyone paying attention?

39. #39
    On October 3rd, 2009 at 2:11 pm, dan708 said:

    The self-immolation of the Zero started when he filled his cabinet with tax cheats. It got worse when he signed the porkulus. It will keep getting worse until he stops shooting himself in the foot.

40. #40
    On October 3rd, 2009 at 9:08 pm, stevevvs said:

    Losing” Our Way to Victory
    Oct 2

    Written by: Diana West
    Friday, October 02, 2009 11:54 AM

    This week’s syndicated column:

    Today’s column is for all hawkish Americans currently wrestling with looming doubts about the pointlessness of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan and clubbing those doubts down with the much-mentioned perils of leaving Afghanistan to “the terrorists.” In short, it’s about how to “lose” Afghanistan and win the war.

    And what war would that be? Since 9/11, the answer to this question has eluded our leaders, civilian and military, but it remains the missing link to a cogent U.S. foreign policy.

    It is not, as our presidents vaguely invoke, a war against “terrorism,” “radicalism” or “extremism”; and it is not, as the current hearts-and-minds-obsessed Afghanistan commander calls it, “a struggle to gain the support of the (Afghan) people.” It is something more specific than presidents describe, and it is something larger than the outlines of Iraq or Afghanistan. The war that has fallen to our generation is to halt the spread of Islamic law (Sharia) in the West, whether driven by the explosive belts of violent jihad, the morality-laundering of petro-dollars or decisive demographic shifts.

    This mission demands a new line of battle around the West itself, one supported by a multilevel strategy in which the purpose of military action is not to nation-build in the Islamic world, but to nation-save in the Western one. Secure the borders, for starters, something “war president” George W. Bush should have done but never did. Eliminate the nuclear capabilities of jihadist nations such as Iran, another thing George W. Bush should have done but never did — Pakistan’s, too. Destroy jihadist actors, camps and havens wherever and whenever needed (the strategy in place and never executed by Bill Clinton in the run-up to 9/11). But not by basing, supplying and supporting a military colossus in Islamic, landlocked Central Asia. It is time, as Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely (USA ret.) first told me last April, to “let Afghanistan go.” It is not in our interests to civilize it.

    But we would “lose face” in leaving Afghanistan, supporters say. News flash: We lose face every day in Afghanistan executing a costly, impotent policy based on massive state bribery, the public devaluation of American life (“population protection” trumps “force protection”), and deference to Islamic custom, as when women Marines are ordered to wind head scarves under their helmets for missions. And the point of this mass American supplication? To win a local popularity contest in which the only competition is the Taliban. Earth to military geniuses: The people are already with you, or they’re against you.

    In other words, it’s time to toss the policy of standing up Sharia states such as Iraq and Afghanistan onto that ash heap of history. It’s time to shore up liberty in the West, which, while we are stretched and distracted by Eastern adventures, is currently contracting in its accommodations of Sharia, a legal system best described as sacralized totalitarianism.

    Such a war — to block Sharia in the West — requires more than military solutions. For starters, it requires an unflinching assessment of Sharia’s incompatibility with the U.S. Constitution, and legal bars to Sharia-compliant petro-dollars now flowing into banking and business centers, into universities and media. It absolutely requires weaning ourselves from Islamic oil — what a concept — and drilling far and widely for our own.

    Halting the spread of Islamic law in the democratic West requires halting Islamic immigration, something I’ve written before. But there’s another aspect to consider. On examining a photo of armed Taliban on an Afghan hill, it occurred to me that these men and others like them can’t hurt us from their hilltops. That is, what happens in Afghanistan stays in Afghanistan — or Pakistan or Saudi Arabia — if we (duh) impose wartime restrictions on travel from and to Sharia states.

    But that cramps our freedom, critics will say. Well, so does standing in line to de-clothe and show our toothpaste because Hani Hanjour might be on the plane. Funny kind of “freedom” we’re now used to. And funny kind of war we now fight to protect it — a war for Sharia states abroad while a growing state of Sharia shrinks freedom at home.

    The faster we extricate our military from the Islamic world, the faster we can figure out how to fight the real war, the Sharia war on the West.

41. #41
    On October 3rd, 2009 at 9:13 pm, gridlock said:

    Ethics and the economy go together. The reason the Obama Administration is promoting huge economy-crushing spending programs is so their cronies can make a killing on the government spending.

    The Crony Class is becoming so large and extracting so much wealth out of the economy that recovery will become impossible until they can be removed.

42. #42
    On October 4th, 2009 at 8:46 am, jangar said:

    Love the above picture. This is what pimps, prostitutes, drug dealers, extortionists and crime bosses look like with a spit-shine.

    Get a close look now…hopefully they will be on a post office wall near you.