Biden Apologies, Obama Confirms He's a Fence-Sitter

The Huffington Post reports today that Vice President Joe Biden apologized to the President for speaking on behalf of the Commander-in-Chief on the issue of gay marriage.

According to the Huffington Post (emphasis mine):

Obama accepted his vice president's apology, saying he knew Biden was speaking from his heart when he declared in a television interview that he was "absolutely comfortable" with gay couples marrying. 

Biden's comments pushed gay marriage to the forefront of the presidential race and focused a fresh spotlight on Obama's vague position on the matter. The president, who once opposed gay marriage, had been saying for more than a year that his personal views were "evolving." 

The vice president spoke out on gay marriage without White House consent, leaving Obama aides deeply frustrated. 

In an interview with ABC News, Obama said he wasn't angry at Biden, though he thought the vice president had gotten "a little bit over his skis" by voicing his support for gay marriage ahead of his boss. 

"Would I have preferred to have done this in my own way, in my own terms, without I think, there being a lot of notice to everybody? Sure," Obama said. "But all's well that ends well."

In other words, had Biden stayed out of the way, Obama would have again voted "present" and skirted the issue.  He could have "done this" in his own way by continuing to ride the fence and ignore the topic, all the while "without...a lot of notice to everybody." Silly, Gaffer, for ruining those plans.


~Gee

Barack Obama on Amendment One: Champion of Civil Rights or Political Campaigning?

All Hail President Barack Obama, Champion of Civil Rights, Defender of Equality.

After waiting for 29 other states to make similar provisions regarding "gay marriage," he finally stepped off the fence and made a statement. He supports gay marriage.  I'd like to say that he "took a stand" in favor of equality, but that's not the case. While diehard Obama fanatics will defend his new-found position to their graves, claiming it marks him as a brave defender of the underdog, the protector of the little person, the representative for downtrodden, unprotected minority, the real world sees this ploy for what it is: a desperate chance to cling to supporters he has been losing.  Nothing more.

In the same day that news spread that his voter base would rather vote for an inmate than continue supporting the President, Mr. Obama did not cast his support in favor of anything. He simply appealed to the voter base he is afraid of losing. Make no mistake about it, before he made his casting his support for gay marriage -- effectively making a statement against North Carolina's Amendment One -- he was losing support. Big time. (Feel free to visit Change.org's website to view a plethora of petitions to change the site of the upcoming DNC to a different location in protest of North Carolina's decision as one such example. Note: some of the petitions have been removed since Barack's endorsement in favor of gay marriage.)

His conveniently-timed reversal means one thing: money. The man is the Fundraiser In-Chief.  Now, if you missed your opportunity on Twitter to get a free dinner and photo op with Obama and actor George Clooney, you still have a mulligan opportunity: throw down $40,000 for a fundraising dinner to support Barry's campaign. 

Yes, we know he still thinks the United States military is out in the world defending him and him alone, but is he really returning the favor to the world by defending the civil rights of the helpless? No. Barack Obama had 29 other state vote opportunities to take a stand, but he chose to sit on the fence. His support of gay marriage would have been historic if he had lead the way, if he had been in campaigning in North Carolina as the debate slowly swung in favor of passing the amendment, or you know, if he would have been actually leading the issue. Instead, he let Biden go out and do the talking for him "on behalf of the administration," because he couldn't be caught dead making a statement if he didn't have to. Mr. Obama spends the majority of his president snaking silently along, avoiding answers to hard questions, acting appalled when people have the audacity to question his political question mark of a track record, and continuing to vote "present" instead of giving a firm 'Yay' or 'Nay' on hot topic issues.

On the issue of gay marriage, the president has quietly sat in the shadows for the last three years hoping that the nation's vision is actually based on movement, and so long as he stayed still, we'd never know he was there. Saying nothing. Taking a stand for nothing. Voting "present."

Biden, FREEZE!

Despite his propaganda spinning the "war on women," despite his condemnation and meddling in the Trayvon Martin case, and despite his stance on homosexual marriages yesterday, the fact still remains:

If Barack Obama REALLY wants to defend the downtrodden and protect the unprotected in the name of civil rights, he needs to let his stance on abortion do some "evolving" as well.

Until Mr. Obama is willing to fight for the constitutional right to life for the unborn human children that are being systematically murdered each year, Obama's words are empty. To champion liberty and civil rights, the president can't selectively pick which group he wants to defend and which he wants to ignore.  Sure, various civil liberty groups may cheer in the meantime and erect statues in his name, but to those of us who understand the grave implications of a nation who does not value the lives of its most vulnerable, the most helpless underdog segment of our community, we will continue to wait for the President's statement condemning abortion.

Let the outrage continuing to bubble up among the civil rights community at the atrocities of injustice and inequality start and end with a presidential statement affirming our most basic civil and constitutional right: life.

~Gee

America's Real Bullying Crisis - Liberal Scare Tactics

This week CNN has been hosting a series of specials on "America's Bullying Crisis" addressing the supposed problem of young students and children terrorizing each other in the playgrounds and at schools.  My initial response is to laugh and shake my head, especially when I see the straight-faced Anderson Cooper dishing out ridiculous statistics like: "fifty-six percent of all children are bullies, or victims, or both."  

Surely there must be issues of greater importance in the world than excessive coverage of kids testing the boundaries of social interaction and competition? 

I can think of a few topics that seem slightly more newsworthy, like the failed Iranian terrorist plot, our nation's current unemployment rate, or even how billionaire Warren Buffet's company, Berkshire Hathaway, has compiled around one billion dollars in back taxes over the past decade. 

Yet, the more I think about it, the more bullying might actually be a legitimate topic of conversation -- just not in the way CNN imagines it. Consider Vice President Joe Biden's line of reasoning, for example, during a speech to gain support for Obama's jobs bill on his recent visit to Flint, Michigan this past week (video below):

According to Mr. Biden (emphasis mine)

In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city,” the vice president said. “In 2010, when Flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65 and rapes–just to pick two categories–climbed to 229. In 2011, you now only have 125 shields. God only knows what the numbers will be this year for Flint if we don’t rectify it.

In other words, America, pass this bill or rapes and murders will increase. Flashback to 4th grade recess, anyone? Give me your lunch money, or you'll be sorry! The media would have you believe that this "bullying" problem affects our youth, but they clearly do not understand the full implications of bullying to leave it as a childhood epidemic.

...which is why CNN invites puppets from Sesame Street as experts on addressing the problem. 

Little bullies grow up to be big bullies. Little children who don't get their way stomp their feet, slap classmates, and steal lunch money. Big bullies who don't get their way use fear tactics to scare the population into legislating the change they demand. In the adult world, bullying is known as political scare tactics (a.k.a. argumentum in terrorem or argumentum ad metum) and seems to be the reigning line of reason that liberals are currently using to get their way in the political world.

Pass this jobs bill or rapes and murders will increase.

Pass this environmental regulation or the oceans will rise and drown half our population.

Pass this stimulus package or our economy will blow up.
Pass this health care legislation or grandma will die of influenza.


It's a shame the "Worldwide Leader in News" can't make that connection to America's real bullying crisis.

~Gee