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Congratulations Michelle!

The Iowa Straw Poll may prove meaningless in the long run (it often does) but it is important to note that Iowa Republicans who really want to work for a change of leadership in Washington turned out in bunches to campaign for Congressman Bachmann and to pick her as their early favorite for the presidency. Tim Pawlenty worked Iowa hard for nearly a year getting ready for this straw poll, spent lots of money, and developed an impressive organization. Finishing a distant third place, he called it quits the day after the straw poll. Pawlenty has been looked at since 2008 as a formidable contender to take on heir-apparent Mitt Romney. His attempt to smear her as the failure who somehow allowed Obamacare to pass helped sink him. It became obvious in their last debate that Pawlenty resented the upstart from his own state stealing his thunder.

Michelle Bachmann is routinely ridiculed by most of the "serious" media and is subjected to outright abuse by liberal pundits and bloggers. The latest issue of Newsweek Magazine for instance featured an unflattering cover photo with the headline "Queen of Rage." Inside was the typical hit piece masquerading as an informative profile. It's not surprising that US Weekly outsells Newsweek by numbers that approach national debt proportions. The scandal mongers at US don't care about fairness in reporting either but then they don't pretend to. I've watched Michelle Bachmann closely ever since she started this inevitable campaign two years ago and I've seen no rage.

So what happened here? Bachmann isn't the most articulate speaker in the Republican field. She is not the most experienced by far. She's never even sponsored a major piece of legislation. Why does she impress? It's not because she's pretty. Sarah Palin is pretty (drop-dead gorgeous actually) but the Republican establishment despises her and many Republican women hate her living guts because she's so pretty. Same with Bachmann on that count.

Michelle Bachmann is so successful thus far for two reasons. First,she's a tireless campaigner and a shameless fundraiser - qualities she shares with His Imperial Emptiness, Mr. Obama. Second and most important is the big reason. She is completely honest and uncompromisingly devoted to her core beliefs - the rarest qualities of all in a national-level politician.

How formidable is she? Time will tell. She has to develop a detailed and effective policy message that goes beyond soundbites and slogans. Those are fine for campaign stump speeches but when the party faithful vote in the primaries they will be looking for not just the happy warrior that is Michelle Bachmann. They also will be looking for a strong and articulate statesman who explains why people should follow her. She needs to give us a strategic vision for the future and show us how it will make the USA a better country and America a better society. Time will tell.

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The Silent Extermination of Iraq's 'Christian Dogs'

Christians are being sysematially exterminated in Iraq by the Muslim majority while the U.S. looks the other way.

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The Tolerant Left

Here we see the typical brainwashed losers who get their information from MSNBC and Time Magazine. No need for further commentary. Just watch the video.

MLK Day in Columbia S.C. All About Hating Whitey

The MLK Day observance was a truly ugly affair in Columbia South Carolina. Dr. King's legacay of equal opportunity based on merit was besmirched by local NAACP organizers who used the day to campaign for equal outcomes or "social" justice. In other words, "Just Us." So blatantly hateful was the NAACP rally that they even covered the statue of George Washington with a wooden box. The organizers claimed that the statue might offend someone. This is the fruits we harvest from allowing generations of Americans to be indoctrinated with lies and hatred for the very people most responsible for their liberty.
It's quite easy to be offended when your purpose in life is to look for excuses to be offended. The NAACP has lost its way. Once the champion of oppressed black Americans, it is now a radical fringe interest group whose mission is Hatin' Whitey and delivering Democrat votes. If there are still any members of the NAACP who use their intellect to develop public positions, they really ought to think about reforming it from within. As it now stands, the organization amounts to nothing more than an agitating front group for the white fascists who run the Democrat party. How amazingly stupid are the leaders of the NAACP. Their devotion to radical socialism ensures that if there is ever a truly equal outcome for everyone, it will be equally miserable for all but a few.

Hate-Mongering: Progressives Wrote the Book

The all too familiar refrain from the Left Wing Media Machine is that conservative political speech somehow caused a young nihilist nut-job to go on a shooting rampage in Arizona. That he targeted a Democrat congresswoman is all the evidence needed for the hate mongering liars of the left. It doesn't matter that every one of these acts over the past two years was committed by either a leftist or a Muslim. What's important is that the act be pinned on the political right regardless of the facts. CBS news is leading the charge. Paragon of journalistic even-handedness Katie Couric started the ball rolling the day of the shooting by connecting the shooter's act to a map that appeared on Sarah Palin's PAC website.
The map showed 21 districts "targeted" for action by hi-lighting them with a cross-hair symbol. Couric's reporting can be easily seen for the political cheap shot that it is. As far back as 2004, the Democrat National Committe was using BULLSEYE symbols to show their potential donors the states that needed to be "targeted." It is so typically predictable of the Left Media to make political hay out of a horrible tragedy like this. Here is a link to a post by Michelle Malkin depicting just a few of the inciteful acts of hatred perpetrated by the left with impunity.

http://michellemalkin.com/2011/01/10/the-progressive-climate-of-hate-an-illustrated-primer-2000-2010/