March 6th, 2012
My Dear America:
Well, Super Tuesday is finally here. Yay.
And while the conversations should be dominated by talk of the Republican Candidates for President battling it out all across the country, the conversation still seems to be mainly about Rush Limbaugh's rude and obnoxoius comments about Susan Fluke, A Georgetown Law Student who had the nerve to testify before a congressional hearing in favor of contraception.
Her reward for her audacity was to be called by Rush Limbaugh not only a "Slut" but also a "Prostitute." Mr Limbaugh also stated that she should have sex and put it on the World Wide Web.
Senator Al Franken said it best when he tagged Mr. Limbaugh as a "Big Fat Idiot" but this BFI has continued his lunatic fringe rants for many, many years now favoring the Republicans, defending every stupid thing that President Bush ever did and ranting and raving about how bad every thing was that President Obama has done.
Nothing seems to have been able to stop this Multi Millionaire Drug Addled Monster up to now. His "Dittoheads" (I would sibstitute SH for the beginning D in that word) follow his every rant and apparently say "Ditto Rush" to every maniacal thing he says.
But the truth is that Rush may have finally gone too far. Although Republicans have been timid in their reactions to Rush's comments none of them are being Dittoheads on this matter of calling a smart, sensible Law Student a prostitute. In addition Rush's sponsors seem to be rushing out the door at what must be, to Rush, an alarming rate. They are leaving or have left at such a rapid rate that Rush has even apologized. Translation, he has been forced to say he was wrong in this case because he was trying to be "humorous."
Hey Rush. What in God's name is so funny about calling anyone a Slut and a Prostitute?
Those of us on the right side of sanity may be hoping right now that Rush's days of being an American Demagogue may be over but I don't think we should be doing too much rejoicing yet. This BFI has sailed through other scandals with slimy ease and knowing Rush he will be continuing to paint himself as the Victim in this case instead of the Real Victim in this case, who to her credit, has made it clear that she does not accept Rush's half baked apology.
Good for her.
Living in the Land of The Free does have it's drawbacks. Certainly in many less than free Nations of the World a Super Critic of the Government would be short lived. But we live in America where the only thing that seems to be able to stop a Super Critic like Limbaugh is the sound of his sponsors slamming the door on him.
Unfortunately the price of being free in America is that you need to put up with Madmen like Rush Limbaugh spewing their poison over the airwaves. Would we want it any other way?
I Think Not.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Rick Santorum's Messages from Heaven
March 1st, 2012
My Dear America:
This week provided more excitement in the Republican Primary Race for the Presidency. Mitt Romney narrowly won the race in Michigan and convincingly won the matchup with Rick Santorum in Arizona. Rick appealed to Democrats in Michigan and claimed that he had done well with Democrats, who were eligible to vote in that primary.
This week also Mitt was apparently asked about what is being called the Blount Rubio Bill in Congress that would not only allow employers to deny Abortion and Contraception to their employee's under what the Republicans love to call Obamacare. Employers under this bill would have carte blanche to take away any part of health care they are required to provide that they do not agree with in principle. Mitt was asked about his support for the bill and initially stated that he did not support the bill, although after his Republican Right Wing Base let him have it on that issue he quickly changed his tune and got on board the Right Wing Express to complete control over Americian Women's Reproductive Rights.
Contraception was the issue that Rick Santorum was pounding away at prior to the Michigan and Arizona Primaries. He spoke about the limiting of contraception as though he had received messages from the Almighty that told him "NO ABORTION AND NO CONTRACEPTION." Rick was kind enough to let us all in on the Lord's prounouncements on Abortion and Contraception. It seems stunning to me, though, that God would be against contraception since that would be a reasonable way of keeping women from getting pregnant, which would, of course, eliminate the need for countless abortions. Rick's leadership over the Contraception and Abortion Cliff might be in jeopardy, however, unless God has some sort of miracle in store for Rick on Super Tuesday. I guess we will just have to see about that when Super Tuesday arrives.
At the present time, however, we will just have to be satisfied with our knowledge that in all things, even Republican Politics, God Truly does Work in Mysterious Ways.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
My Dear America:
This week provided more excitement in the Republican Primary Race for the Presidency. Mitt Romney narrowly won the race in Michigan and convincingly won the matchup with Rick Santorum in Arizona. Rick appealed to Democrats in Michigan and claimed that he had done well with Democrats, who were eligible to vote in that primary.
This week also Mitt was apparently asked about what is being called the Blount Rubio Bill in Congress that would not only allow employers to deny Abortion and Contraception to their employee's under what the Republicans love to call Obamacare. Employers under this bill would have carte blanche to take away any part of health care they are required to provide that they do not agree with in principle. Mitt was asked about his support for the bill and initially stated that he did not support the bill, although after his Republican Right Wing Base let him have it on that issue he quickly changed his tune and got on board the Right Wing Express to complete control over Americian Women's Reproductive Rights.
Contraception was the issue that Rick Santorum was pounding away at prior to the Michigan and Arizona Primaries. He spoke about the limiting of contraception as though he had received messages from the Almighty that told him "NO ABORTION AND NO CONTRACEPTION." Rick was kind enough to let us all in on the Lord's prounouncements on Abortion and Contraception. It seems stunning to me, though, that God would be against contraception since that would be a reasonable way of keeping women from getting pregnant, which would, of course, eliminate the need for countless abortions. Rick's leadership over the Contraception and Abortion Cliff might be in jeopardy, however, unless God has some sort of miracle in store for Rick on Super Tuesday. I guess we will just have to see about that when Super Tuesday arrives.
At the present time, however, we will just have to be satisfied with our knowledge that in all things, even Republican Politics, God Truly does Work in Mysterious Ways.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum: Even The Losers Get Lucky Sometimes
Sunday February 12th, 2012
My Dear America:
It has been a good week for Rick Santorum. After several disappointing matchups between Santorum and his Republican Rivals he won three contests this week, Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado. None of these contests provided him with any solid delegates, although certainly none of these State's Republican Party Leaders will be able to count Santorum out when it comes to appointing delegates to the 2012 Republican Convention.
Everywhere I looked on Television this morning I saw Rick smiling and basking in the glory and the momentum that his victories this week have given him.
Yesterday, he had what I assume were his family members, at least his wife and kids, spread across the stage at the C PAC Convention as he spoke and basked in his glory there as the latest Republican Flavor of the Week for the Tea Party and the Republican Party.
Never mind the fact that Rick Santorum proved in his last Pennsylvania Senate Race against Bob Casey that Rick was one of the Biggest Losers of all time in Pennsylvania Politics. This is a fact that most Republicans either don't know or don't care about at this point in the Presidential Race. Certainly Richard Nixon proved that Losers can sometimes be Winners when, after losing the Presidency to John Kennedy and the California Governorship to Edmund "Pat" Brown, he came back from virtual obscurity to win the Presidency in 1968 and 1972. And, Of course, we all know how well that Presidency went.
Santorum is not the only Loser to have won a State Republican Primary. Newt Gingrich did it in South Carolina, a state that he virtually stole from Mitt Romney. Newt campaigned aggressively in South Carolina brutalizing Romney's reputation and pandering to whoever he needed to in order to win.
Romney, who allowed Gingrich to decimate Mitt's reputation in South Carolina learned a valuable lesson in that state. In Florida Romney outspent Newt 3 to 1 on negative ads which reminded Floridians in no uncertain terms what a flawed candidate Newt Gingrich is. Floridians voted for Romney gave him another State Primary victory.
Now the Romney Juggernaut may have been thrown off the tracks this week for a bit but it is quite doubtful that either Santorum, Gingich or Ron Paul will be able to beat Romney in the end. Mitt's Campaign is loaded with money but it looks like he is going to have to spend a lot of that money beating back the Republican Boys of Spring and possibly Summer. It is going to be a long race to the finish line for the Republicans, while President Obama sits back and does his job and saves whatever money he has in his War Chest. One thing is for certain, if all four Republican Candidates stay in the Race they are all going to be Less Rich and far Bloodier by the time that September, October and November come around.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
My Dear America:
It has been a good week for Rick Santorum. After several disappointing matchups between Santorum and his Republican Rivals he won three contests this week, Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado. None of these contests provided him with any solid delegates, although certainly none of these State's Republican Party Leaders will be able to count Santorum out when it comes to appointing delegates to the 2012 Republican Convention.
Everywhere I looked on Television this morning I saw Rick smiling and basking in the glory and the momentum that his victories this week have given him.
Yesterday, he had what I assume were his family members, at least his wife and kids, spread across the stage at the C PAC Convention as he spoke and basked in his glory there as the latest Republican Flavor of the Week for the Tea Party and the Republican Party.
Never mind the fact that Rick Santorum proved in his last Pennsylvania Senate Race against Bob Casey that Rick was one of the Biggest Losers of all time in Pennsylvania Politics. This is a fact that most Republicans either don't know or don't care about at this point in the Presidential Race. Certainly Richard Nixon proved that Losers can sometimes be Winners when, after losing the Presidency to John Kennedy and the California Governorship to Edmund "Pat" Brown, he came back from virtual obscurity to win the Presidency in 1968 and 1972. And, Of course, we all know how well that Presidency went.
Santorum is not the only Loser to have won a State Republican Primary. Newt Gingrich did it in South Carolina, a state that he virtually stole from Mitt Romney. Newt campaigned aggressively in South Carolina brutalizing Romney's reputation and pandering to whoever he needed to in order to win.
Romney, who allowed Gingrich to decimate Mitt's reputation in South Carolina learned a valuable lesson in that state. In Florida Romney outspent Newt 3 to 1 on negative ads which reminded Floridians in no uncertain terms what a flawed candidate Newt Gingrich is. Floridians voted for Romney gave him another State Primary victory.
Now the Romney Juggernaut may have been thrown off the tracks this week for a bit but it is quite doubtful that either Santorum, Gingich or Ron Paul will be able to beat Romney in the end. Mitt's Campaign is loaded with money but it looks like he is going to have to spend a lot of that money beating back the Republican Boys of Spring and possibly Summer. It is going to be a long race to the finish line for the Republicans, while President Obama sits back and does his job and saves whatever money he has in his War Chest. One thing is for certain, if all four Republican Candidates stay in the Race they are all going to be Less Rich and far Bloodier by the time that September, October and November come around.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
Saturday, January 21, 2012
The Chickens Come Home To Roost in South Carolina or The Scum Also Rises
January 21st, 2012
My Dear America:
It has been one hell of a week for the Republican Presidential Candidates still seeking a Victory in today's South Carolina Primary. The only Candidates left in the battle for Republican supremacy in this key southern state are Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum (What, this Loser is still in there). Yes he is and this week was a good one for Santorum. Iowa, after recounting the votes in their Caucus Primary Election, certified not Mitt Romney, but Rick Santorum as the final winner in their state wide Caucus election.
Two of the Candidates that weren't catching fire in South Carolina, or anywhere else, for that matter, Rick Perry and John Huntsman, jumped off the expensive primary path just prior to the South Carolina Primary. Huntsman threw his meager support to Romney while Perry threw in with Newt Gingrich maybe with visions of the Vice Presidency in his head.
On Monday of this week the media was not only crowning Romney as the leader and eventual Winner in South Carolina but also the winner of the eventual Republican Presidential Nomination. A funny thing, in fact a couple of funny things, happened on the way to the Romney Victory Celebration. Two things that happened were two Republican Debates in which Romney tried to be a Gentleman Debater, while Newt Gingrich took the gloves off and proudly beat the bejesus out of not only Mitt Romney but also John King, CNN Debate moderator on Thursday, who had the audacity to bring up a question about an interview that was scheduled to run on Thursday Evening's Nightline Program on ABC in which Newt's second wife, Marianne Gingrich, revealed what an immoral scumbag Newt was. Newt was "appalled" at the question by Mr. King about Newt's damaged moral compass and the South Carolina crowd seemed to love it when Newt tore into the CNN Debate Moderator.
What's more is that following the airing of Newt Gingrich's extremely dirty laundry on ABC the reaction of the public on ABC.com was almost overwhelrmingly pro Newt and anti Marianne Gingrich, anti ABC and anti media.
Suddenly the Family Values voters seemed to rise up in anger saying things like "What about Clinton," apparently forgetting the fact that Bill Clinton did not leave his wife for his girlfriends. The Family Values voters also did not seem to be disturbed by the fact that while Gingrich, as Speaker of the House was leading the impeachment charge against Bill Clinton because of Clinton's cheating on his wife, Newt was doing the same thing with his mistress, and now wife Callista. The Family Values Voters also seemed to forget about the pattern that Newt Gingrich had established of not only cheating on his wives but cheating on them for years before dumping them for new wives (Ex mistresses)when the old wives got sick (Cancer or MS), or "too old" or not pretty enough. Old Pretty Boy Newt was such a handsome devil that he shouldn't have to be saddled with a wife who wasn't up to his beauty standards.
No, In South Carolina the Evangelical Christian Voters seemed to only care about Morality and Family Values when those values were violated by Democrats. With Newt Gingrich, one of the most reprehensible Serial Adulterers and Certified Liars of all times, suddenly Family Values was something that wasn't all that important, after all.
If, indeed, Newt Gingrich wins in South Carolina and, worse yet, win's the Nomination I think that he will lose to President Obama in the final tally for the Presidency.
But, as a friend reminded me just today, there are a lot of people in the United States who hate President Obama with a vengeance and might be willing to vote for a Candidate as morally corrupt, as well as physically ugly as Newt Gingrich.
I hope and pray that corruption and hatefulness in our country has not gone so far as to make Newt Gingrich look like Presidential Material.
God forbid that we would ever live in a nation governed by a corrupt contemptable misanthrope like Newt Gingrich.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
My Dear America:
It has been one hell of a week for the Republican Presidential Candidates still seeking a Victory in today's South Carolina Primary. The only Candidates left in the battle for Republican supremacy in this key southern state are Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum (What, this Loser is still in there). Yes he is and this week was a good one for Santorum. Iowa, after recounting the votes in their Caucus Primary Election, certified not Mitt Romney, but Rick Santorum as the final winner in their state wide Caucus election.
Two of the Candidates that weren't catching fire in South Carolina, or anywhere else, for that matter, Rick Perry and John Huntsman, jumped off the expensive primary path just prior to the South Carolina Primary. Huntsman threw his meager support to Romney while Perry threw in with Newt Gingrich maybe with visions of the Vice Presidency in his head.
On Monday of this week the media was not only crowning Romney as the leader and eventual Winner in South Carolina but also the winner of the eventual Republican Presidential Nomination. A funny thing, in fact a couple of funny things, happened on the way to the Romney Victory Celebration. Two things that happened were two Republican Debates in which Romney tried to be a Gentleman Debater, while Newt Gingrich took the gloves off and proudly beat the bejesus out of not only Mitt Romney but also John King, CNN Debate moderator on Thursday, who had the audacity to bring up a question about an interview that was scheduled to run on Thursday Evening's Nightline Program on ABC in which Newt's second wife, Marianne Gingrich, revealed what an immoral scumbag Newt was. Newt was "appalled" at the question by Mr. King about Newt's damaged moral compass and the South Carolina crowd seemed to love it when Newt tore into the CNN Debate Moderator.
What's more is that following the airing of Newt Gingrich's extremely dirty laundry on ABC the reaction of the public on ABC.com was almost overwhelrmingly pro Newt and anti Marianne Gingrich, anti ABC and anti media.
Suddenly the Family Values voters seemed to rise up in anger saying things like "What about Clinton," apparently forgetting the fact that Bill Clinton did not leave his wife for his girlfriends. The Family Values voters also did not seem to be disturbed by the fact that while Gingrich, as Speaker of the House was leading the impeachment charge against Bill Clinton because of Clinton's cheating on his wife, Newt was doing the same thing with his mistress, and now wife Callista. The Family Values Voters also seemed to forget about the pattern that Newt Gingrich had established of not only cheating on his wives but cheating on them for years before dumping them for new wives (Ex mistresses)when the old wives got sick (Cancer or MS), or "too old" or not pretty enough. Old Pretty Boy Newt was such a handsome devil that he shouldn't have to be saddled with a wife who wasn't up to his beauty standards.
No, In South Carolina the Evangelical Christian Voters seemed to only care about Morality and Family Values when those values were violated by Democrats. With Newt Gingrich, one of the most reprehensible Serial Adulterers and Certified Liars of all times, suddenly Family Values was something that wasn't all that important, after all.
If, indeed, Newt Gingrich wins in South Carolina and, worse yet, win's the Nomination I think that he will lose to President Obama in the final tally for the Presidency.
But, as a friend reminded me just today, there are a lot of people in the United States who hate President Obama with a vengeance and might be willing to vote for a Candidate as morally corrupt, as well as physically ugly as Newt Gingrich.
I hope and pray that corruption and hatefulness in our country has not gone so far as to make Newt Gingrich look like Presidential Material.
God forbid that we would ever live in a nation governed by a corrupt contemptable misanthrope like Newt Gingrich.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
Monday, January 2, 2012
Bashing Newt Gingrich: It's not just for Democrats Anymore.
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
My Dear America:
It is one day after New Years and one day before the Iowa Caucuses, which will be the first real Primary Election Event in 2012.
It has been a very interesting Primary Season, thus far, as the Republican Field of Primary Candidates have had a season of bashing and crashing against one another in what seemed like an endless season of Republican Primary Debates in 2012. The result of the debates and the beginning of the Primary Season has been a whack a mole series of exploding and imploding candidacies in which the Primary Republican Poll Leaders have shifted over time like a series of earthquakes over Iowa changing poll leaders sometimes weekly and sometimes daily.
Most of the truly serious Iowa Republican Presidential Contenders seem to have had their special moment at the top pf the Polls. Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich have all had their moment at the top of the heap. Ron Paul who has had slow but steady support over time seems to have surged a bit after Hemain Cain did the honorable thing and went home to his wife after being accused of sexual harassment and having a 13 year relationship with a woman who was not his wife.
Following Hermain Cain's Campaign Implosion, in which his questionable moral judgements seemed to drive him from the race, Newt Gingrich suddenly began to surge in the Iowa polls. Newt had continued to have a steady debate performance, unlike Rick Perry who came into the Primary race like a house on fire. Perry's continuing debate flubs pretty quickly put the fire out. Michelle Bachman, despite continuing inaccurate historical fact statements that would have gotten her thrown off "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" Bachman has been rather surprising in her debate performances, which consist mainly of bashing President Barack Obama and statements appeasing the Tea Party.
Newt Gingrich probably gained more from Herman Cain's departure from the Republican Presidential Pack than anyone else. As Herman Cain's numbers went down and finally out, Newt Gingrich's poll numbers began to surge. This is particualrly difficult to explain since Iowa voters who rejected Herman Cain in the end were mainly values voters and although there have been many things that Newt Gingrich has been accused of in his political and personal life, being a man of high moral values is not one of them. As Newt's poll numbers began to surge, both media representatives and other Candidates began to take Newt more seriously and both Mitt Romney and Ron Paul began to send out their well funded Campaign's truth squads to try to straighten out the lies and distortions that Newt Gingrich had tried to pull off. Newt, who has been particularly cruel to his first two wives, as he moved forward to marry his last two mistresses has been fully exposed as a liar and a cheat on the home front, as well as on the campaign front. As a result Newt has seen his previously considerable lead dwindle to that of an also ran.
In the closing days of the Iowa Campaign as Mitt Romney and Ron Paul seem to be very close to each other in First and Second place, something else surprising has also happened in Iowa.
Rick Santorum, A man who was soundly defeated in his last Pennsylvania fight for his United States Senate Seat by present Senator Bob Casey, has touted his low rent Presidential candidacy by presenting himself as a big winner in his Pennsylvania Congressional and Senate races. Apparently he seems to have amnesia about his last Senate race trouncing. Nevertheless, as Republican candidate after candidate has bit the Iowa dust, Rick Santorum has surged in the last weeks as Newt Gingrigh has faded fast under the hot glow of the reality microscope.
Santorum for President. This, to me, is almost as bad a prospect as a Newt Gingrich Presidency.
As the Republicans have cannibalized each other's candidacies in 2011 we will finally have more than polls to tell us what is happening in the 2012 Presidential race.
The Republicans will continue to beat the living daylights out of one another and President Obama,
I have visions of President Obama, who the last time around had his candidacy taken seriously after Iowa made him a Democratic Star, sitting around the White House laughing hysterically at the Republican Presidential Primary Side Show. He, of course, is sitting pretty as the only Democrat in the Iowa Caucus voting. It is hard to conceive of how he could lose his standing in the Iowa caucus.
After tomorrow it will be done in Iowa. A Republican winner will be leaving Iowa to pursue other treasures in other American States and Iowa will just be a distant and painful memory to those who did battle there. Whoever is left after their Iowa bloodbath will be moving on to New Hampshire and South Carolina and on and on and on in this battle of the New Presidential Election Year.
As Tiny Tim would say in Dicken's A Christmas Carol, "God Bless us, Every One."
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
My Dear America:
It is one day after New Years and one day before the Iowa Caucuses, which will be the first real Primary Election Event in 2012.
It has been a very interesting Primary Season, thus far, as the Republican Field of Primary Candidates have had a season of bashing and crashing against one another in what seemed like an endless season of Republican Primary Debates in 2012. The result of the debates and the beginning of the Primary Season has been a whack a mole series of exploding and imploding candidacies in which the Primary Republican Poll Leaders have shifted over time like a series of earthquakes over Iowa changing poll leaders sometimes weekly and sometimes daily.
Most of the truly serious Iowa Republican Presidential Contenders seem to have had their special moment at the top pf the Polls. Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich have all had their moment at the top of the heap. Ron Paul who has had slow but steady support over time seems to have surged a bit after Hemain Cain did the honorable thing and went home to his wife after being accused of sexual harassment and having a 13 year relationship with a woman who was not his wife.
Following Hermain Cain's Campaign Implosion, in which his questionable moral judgements seemed to drive him from the race, Newt Gingrich suddenly began to surge in the Iowa polls. Newt had continued to have a steady debate performance, unlike Rick Perry who came into the Primary race like a house on fire. Perry's continuing debate flubs pretty quickly put the fire out. Michelle Bachman, despite continuing inaccurate historical fact statements that would have gotten her thrown off "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" Bachman has been rather surprising in her debate performances, which consist mainly of bashing President Barack Obama and statements appeasing the Tea Party.
Newt Gingrich probably gained more from Herman Cain's departure from the Republican Presidential Pack than anyone else. As Herman Cain's numbers went down and finally out, Newt Gingrich's poll numbers began to surge. This is particualrly difficult to explain since Iowa voters who rejected Herman Cain in the end were mainly values voters and although there have been many things that Newt Gingrich has been accused of in his political and personal life, being a man of high moral values is not one of them. As Newt's poll numbers began to surge, both media representatives and other Candidates began to take Newt more seriously and both Mitt Romney and Ron Paul began to send out their well funded Campaign's truth squads to try to straighten out the lies and distortions that Newt Gingrich had tried to pull off. Newt, who has been particularly cruel to his first two wives, as he moved forward to marry his last two mistresses has been fully exposed as a liar and a cheat on the home front, as well as on the campaign front. As a result Newt has seen his previously considerable lead dwindle to that of an also ran.
In the closing days of the Iowa Campaign as Mitt Romney and Ron Paul seem to be very close to each other in First and Second place, something else surprising has also happened in Iowa.
Rick Santorum, A man who was soundly defeated in his last Pennsylvania fight for his United States Senate Seat by present Senator Bob Casey, has touted his low rent Presidential candidacy by presenting himself as a big winner in his Pennsylvania Congressional and Senate races. Apparently he seems to have amnesia about his last Senate race trouncing. Nevertheless, as Republican candidate after candidate has bit the Iowa dust, Rick Santorum has surged in the last weeks as Newt Gingrigh has faded fast under the hot glow of the reality microscope.
Santorum for President. This, to me, is almost as bad a prospect as a Newt Gingrich Presidency.
As the Republicans have cannibalized each other's candidacies in 2011 we will finally have more than polls to tell us what is happening in the 2012 Presidential race.
The Republicans will continue to beat the living daylights out of one another and President Obama,
I have visions of President Obama, who the last time around had his candidacy taken seriously after Iowa made him a Democratic Star, sitting around the White House laughing hysterically at the Republican Presidential Primary Side Show. He, of course, is sitting pretty as the only Democrat in the Iowa Caucus voting. It is hard to conceive of how he could lose his standing in the Iowa caucus.
After tomorrow it will be done in Iowa. A Republican winner will be leaving Iowa to pursue other treasures in other American States and Iowa will just be a distant and painful memory to those who did battle there. Whoever is left after their Iowa bloodbath will be moving on to New Hampshire and South Carolina and on and on and on in this battle of the New Presidential Election Year.
As Tiny Tim would say in Dicken's A Christmas Carol, "God Bless us, Every One."
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Welcome To Wall Street: The Birthplace Of The New American Revolution
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
My Dear America:
As you well know by now the New American Revolution has begun and oddly enough it has begun on Wall Street, probably the least likely place for a Revolution to start.
Occupy Wall Street is a determined bunch of Americans who have had it, who are fed up and who are, Like Peter Finch in the movie "Network," "Mad as hell and are not going to take it anymore."
What are they mad at and what is it they are not going to take anymore. Well, they're mad at a lot of things.
They are mad that the 99 percent of Americans are buckling under incredible debt and financial burdens while the 1 percent of Americans, who are the Super Rich are doing well and getting the tax breaks that the 99 percent need and deserve.
They are mad at the fact that a college education has become out of reach for many deserving young people as college costs in public, as well as private schools have put those who have graduated in an economy with no jobs, no heath care and outragous debt for their college loans. Many other students have found that the prohibitive costs of College has forced them to drop out, without a college education and with a lot of debt, but no degree.
My daughter, an incredibly gifted student, who went to a great private college and just recently completed Law School understands what Occupy Wall Street is all about. She is looking at upwards of two hundred thousand dollars of debt and is unable to get credit without a co signer for a loan. She and all the other students who are Occupying Wall Street know what a crock of lies the American Dream has become for young people under the oppressive yoke of the Obstructionist Republican Congress.
We are in a period of time where we need a Revolution of epic proportions. We certainly don't want the blood of any Americans running in the streets. But we do need to show those in positions of power that the middle and lower classes in America are no longer satisfied to sit home and tolerate their destruction at the hands of the rich and powerful.
What we need is for the anger and disgust with what is happening to America to be channeled in a positive manner, namely at the ballot box. The Democratic party has, unfortunately, become as dependent on corporations as Republicans have. I have had friends talk to me recently about their disappointment with President Obama and their plans not to vote for him again.
My response to my friends is "Who are you going to vote for, then." Their answers are usually that they will not vote or will vote for an alternative candidate.
I tell my friends that now is not the time to give up on Obama. Has he been a disappointment?
Yes, he has.
But the main reason that he is a disappointment is that Republicans have done everything they could do to stand in the way of everything he has tried
to do to help the average American.
Even now, when everyone in the country knows that the main concern on every American's mind is jobs, the Republicans continue to stand in the way of Obama's Jobs Bill with some Republicans even going on record saying that the jobs bill will not be passed because the Republicans do not want to give Obama Any credit for Anything. The Republican Party has become a heartless and uncaring party, who seem to care about nothing except defeating President Obama in the next Presidential election and keeping Millionaires satisfied.
Any and every Progressive who looks at the present Republican field of candidates has to feel a cold chill go down their back as they think that any one of this field of has beens and wack jobs might actually become President of the United States.
We think that we are in rough shape now. Think about the prospect of one of these Republican "Contenders" in the oval office.
If that is not enough to get us down to Wall Street with the Revolutionaries then get ready for this country to hit the skids even harder than it has so far. I would urge everyone who has not completely given up to dust yourself off, get down to Wall Street or wherever they are protesting in your area and get on board the Revolution Train and don't lose sight of that light at the end of the tunnel on this train.
President Obama
Barack Obama may not be everybody's cup of tea but in the era of the Tea Party Takeover of the Republican Pary, it is time for the Occupy Wall Street Movement to start thinking about Occupying the Democratic Party and fighting for the ideals that John Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey believed in. We need not only to re elect Obama but to load him down with a Congress of Democrats who will not stand in the way of progress but will help Obama to make progress happen for all Americans.
Occupy Wall Street also needs to continue their Non Violent Power boosted and keep out the Anarchists who will destroy their credibility and their movement.
In my opinion:
Long Live Occupy Wall Street and Long Live the Democratic Party.
They need to work together, the sooner the better.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
My Dear America:
As you well know by now the New American Revolution has begun and oddly enough it has begun on Wall Street, probably the least likely place for a Revolution to start.
Occupy Wall Street is a determined bunch of Americans who have had it, who are fed up and who are, Like Peter Finch in the movie "Network," "Mad as hell and are not going to take it anymore."
What are they mad at and what is it they are not going to take anymore. Well, they're mad at a lot of things.
They are mad that the 99 percent of Americans are buckling under incredible debt and financial burdens while the 1 percent of Americans, who are the Super Rich are doing well and getting the tax breaks that the 99 percent need and deserve.
They are mad at the fact that a college education has become out of reach for many deserving young people as college costs in public, as well as private schools have put those who have graduated in an economy with no jobs, no heath care and outragous debt for their college loans. Many other students have found that the prohibitive costs of College has forced them to drop out, without a college education and with a lot of debt, but no degree.
My daughter, an incredibly gifted student, who went to a great private college and just recently completed Law School understands what Occupy Wall Street is all about. She is looking at upwards of two hundred thousand dollars of debt and is unable to get credit without a co signer for a loan. She and all the other students who are Occupying Wall Street know what a crock of lies the American Dream has become for young people under the oppressive yoke of the Obstructionist Republican Congress.
We are in a period of time where we need a Revolution of epic proportions. We certainly don't want the blood of any Americans running in the streets. But we do need to show those in positions of power that the middle and lower classes in America are no longer satisfied to sit home and tolerate their destruction at the hands of the rich and powerful.
What we need is for the anger and disgust with what is happening to America to be channeled in a positive manner, namely at the ballot box. The Democratic party has, unfortunately, become as dependent on corporations as Republicans have. I have had friends talk to me recently about their disappointment with President Obama and their plans not to vote for him again.
My response to my friends is "Who are you going to vote for, then." Their answers are usually that they will not vote or will vote for an alternative candidate.
I tell my friends that now is not the time to give up on Obama. Has he been a disappointment?
Yes, he has.
But the main reason that he is a disappointment is that Republicans have done everything they could do to stand in the way of everything he has tried
to do to help the average American.
Even now, when everyone in the country knows that the main concern on every American's mind is jobs, the Republicans continue to stand in the way of Obama's Jobs Bill with some Republicans even going on record saying that the jobs bill will not be passed because the Republicans do not want to give Obama Any credit for Anything. The Republican Party has become a heartless and uncaring party, who seem to care about nothing except defeating President Obama in the next Presidential election and keeping Millionaires satisfied.
Any and every Progressive who looks at the present Republican field of candidates has to feel a cold chill go down their back as they think that any one of this field of has beens and wack jobs might actually become President of the United States.
We think that we are in rough shape now. Think about the prospect of one of these Republican "Contenders" in the oval office.
If that is not enough to get us down to Wall Street with the Revolutionaries then get ready for this country to hit the skids even harder than it has so far. I would urge everyone who has not completely given up to dust yourself off, get down to Wall Street or wherever they are protesting in your area and get on board the Revolution Train and don't lose sight of that light at the end of the tunnel on this train.
President Obama
Barack Obama may not be everybody's cup of tea but in the era of the Tea Party Takeover of the Republican Pary, it is time for the Occupy Wall Street Movement to start thinking about Occupying the Democratic Party and fighting for the ideals that John Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey believed in. We need not only to re elect Obama but to load him down with a Congress of Democrats who will not stand in the way of progress but will help Obama to make progress happen for all Americans.
Occupy Wall Street also needs to continue their Non Violent Power boosted and keep out the Anarchists who will destroy their credibility and their movement.
In my opinion:
Long Live Occupy Wall Street and Long Live the Democratic Party.
They need to work together, the sooner the better.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Straw Poll On The Planet Of The Apes
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
My Dear America:
My friend, Larry, just went to see "Rise of the Planet of the Apes." He gave it a Thumbs Up and said he liked it a lot. Larry is not alone. Last Saturday, the day of the Iowa Straw Poll, the latest installment of the Planet of the Apes movie franchise was the highest grossing movie in our country for the second weekend in a row.
I still recall the first time that I saw Charlton Heston in the first "Planet of the Apes," movie toward the end of the film riding on a horse escaping from the apes and suddenly seeing the almost destroyed remains of the Statue of Liberty and realizing, along with the audience, that The Planet of the Apes was really planet Earth.
It was a very heavy scene and one that still gives me chills when I look around and realize that although we don't have a lot of apes running around the Earth, we certainly have our share of apes disguised as humans and a heck of a lot of apelike behavior by humans.
On the Planet of the Apes humans were subservient to apes and violent apes were generally in charge and very brutal. On our Planet of the Apes in 2011 we don't have to look very far to see brutish, stupid and apelike behavior.
Take the debate on the national debt, for instance. The Apes of the Republican Party and, in particular, the Tea Party, won by failing to debate and whipping what should have been a simple bipartisan political decision into a nightmare for President Obama and the Democrats, as well as the American people, by holding out for no taxing of the rich and extraordinary cuts of valuable programs. What Obama had to give up to get the Tea Party Republicans on board was too much.
In Iowa we finally had a referendum on who might be the Contenders for the Republican nomination for President. On Rise of the Planet of the Apes second weekend in the theaters some very fresh and interesting political theater was taking place in Iowa, as well as in South Carolina.
Just prior to the Straw Poll we saw a debate that took place there among the Republican Contenders. Tim Pawenty and Michelle Bachman, Minnesota's entrants in the Presidential race sliced each other up pretty well, Rick Santorum acted like a kid on the playground that wasn't picked for a game and Newt Gingrich sounded good but would not place well in the straw poll. Too many people were onto Newt's two faced, self aggrandizing brand of politics.
While Bachman stirred up her base in Iowa, like a shark circling its victims Sleezy Rider, Sarah Palin breezed into Iowa on her bus to attend the Iowa State Fair. What odd timing for her to come charging into Iowa. One would almost think that she was trying to take the spotlight away from the other Presidential Contenders. And, to some extent, It worked.
Also, in a state far away from Iowa, South Carolina, in fact, some additional political theater was taking place that was clearly designed to take the focus off the Straw Poll and put it on Texas Governor, Rick Perry. This strategy worked even better than Sarah Palin's, to draw attention to Perry's announcement that he was indeed going to be a Contender for the Republican Nomination for President.
The Straw Poll, itself, became almost an also ran. Michelle Bachman won it, Ron Paul came in second and Tim Pawlenty, third and Rick Santorum, the former Senator from Pennsylvania who had been tossed out of office by a bone chilling loss to Present PA Senator, Robert Casey, came in 4th. Pawlenty, quit the race after losing to Bachman, Ron Paul proved once again that his power in the Republican race is not with the party but with the people.
The rest of the large Republican field did not see their poor showing in Iowa in the same light that Pawlenty did. Some, like Rick Santorum, have nothing better to do, of course, but for him the 4th place showing breathes new life for his poorly financed and lackluster campaign. The rest of the Straw Poll losers left Iowa, not only discouraged by their showing the in straw poll, but also discouraged by the new look look of the Republican field of Front runners.
Michelle Bachman soaked up her victory on every Sunday Morning Television Political Talk Show that she could find. Her front runner status was quickly challenged by Rick Perry accepting a speaking engagement in Michelle's home town of Waterloo, Iowa. Although she had initially not accepted a spot on the speakers platform of this Republican Fund raising event, she quickly got herself added to the candidate spotlight show and raced home to Waterloo for the Sunday Fund Raiser.
Although the press and pundits seem to have made this race a three way race between Bachman, Perry and Romney, I think it is far too early to count out other candidates like Palin.
To tell you the truth it looks like an awful group of Republican Candidates, with the possible exception of John Huntsman and Ron Paul, but to be honest I don't think either of these candidates have a snowball's chance in hell.
What both Rick Perry and Michelle Bachman have going for them is that they both look good on Television and both can give a good speech. As long as no one is paying attention to what they are saying they are going to be good, strong candidates.
God Help Us, America. Suddenly John McCain is looking like a wonderful candidate in comparison to what is available so far in the 2011 Republican Field of Political Dreams.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
My Dear America:
My friend, Larry, just went to see "Rise of the Planet of the Apes." He gave it a Thumbs Up and said he liked it a lot. Larry is not alone. Last Saturday, the day of the Iowa Straw Poll, the latest installment of the Planet of the Apes movie franchise was the highest grossing movie in our country for the second weekend in a row.
I still recall the first time that I saw Charlton Heston in the first "Planet of the Apes," movie toward the end of the film riding on a horse escaping from the apes and suddenly seeing the almost destroyed remains of the Statue of Liberty and realizing, along with the audience, that The Planet of the Apes was really planet Earth.
It was a very heavy scene and one that still gives me chills when I look around and realize that although we don't have a lot of apes running around the Earth, we certainly have our share of apes disguised as humans and a heck of a lot of apelike behavior by humans.
On the Planet of the Apes humans were subservient to apes and violent apes were generally in charge and very brutal. On our Planet of the Apes in 2011 we don't have to look very far to see brutish, stupid and apelike behavior.
Take the debate on the national debt, for instance. The Apes of the Republican Party and, in particular, the Tea Party, won by failing to debate and whipping what should have been a simple bipartisan political decision into a nightmare for President Obama and the Democrats, as well as the American people, by holding out for no taxing of the rich and extraordinary cuts of valuable programs. What Obama had to give up to get the Tea Party Republicans on board was too much.
In Iowa we finally had a referendum on who might be the Contenders for the Republican nomination for President. On Rise of the Planet of the Apes second weekend in the theaters some very fresh and interesting political theater was taking place in Iowa, as well as in South Carolina.
Just prior to the Straw Poll we saw a debate that took place there among the Republican Contenders. Tim Pawenty and Michelle Bachman, Minnesota's entrants in the Presidential race sliced each other up pretty well, Rick Santorum acted like a kid on the playground that wasn't picked for a game and Newt Gingrich sounded good but would not place well in the straw poll. Too many people were onto Newt's two faced, self aggrandizing brand of politics.
While Bachman stirred up her base in Iowa, like a shark circling its victims Sleezy Rider, Sarah Palin breezed into Iowa on her bus to attend the Iowa State Fair. What odd timing for her to come charging into Iowa. One would almost think that she was trying to take the spotlight away from the other Presidential Contenders. And, to some extent, It worked.
Also, in a state far away from Iowa, South Carolina, in fact, some additional political theater was taking place that was clearly designed to take the focus off the Straw Poll and put it on Texas Governor, Rick Perry. This strategy worked even better than Sarah Palin's, to draw attention to Perry's announcement that he was indeed going to be a Contender for the Republican Nomination for President.
The Straw Poll, itself, became almost an also ran. Michelle Bachman won it, Ron Paul came in second and Tim Pawlenty, third and Rick Santorum, the former Senator from Pennsylvania who had been tossed out of office by a bone chilling loss to Present PA Senator, Robert Casey, came in 4th. Pawlenty, quit the race after losing to Bachman, Ron Paul proved once again that his power in the Republican race is not with the party but with the people.
The rest of the large Republican field did not see their poor showing in Iowa in the same light that Pawlenty did. Some, like Rick Santorum, have nothing better to do, of course, but for him the 4th place showing breathes new life for his poorly financed and lackluster campaign. The rest of the Straw Poll losers left Iowa, not only discouraged by their showing the in straw poll, but also discouraged by the new look look of the Republican field of Front runners.
Michelle Bachman soaked up her victory on every Sunday Morning Television Political Talk Show that she could find. Her front runner status was quickly challenged by Rick Perry accepting a speaking engagement in Michelle's home town of Waterloo, Iowa. Although she had initially not accepted a spot on the speakers platform of this Republican Fund raising event, she quickly got herself added to the candidate spotlight show and raced home to Waterloo for the Sunday Fund Raiser.
Although the press and pundits seem to have made this race a three way race between Bachman, Perry and Romney, I think it is far too early to count out other candidates like Palin.
To tell you the truth it looks like an awful group of Republican Candidates, with the possible exception of John Huntsman and Ron Paul, but to be honest I don't think either of these candidates have a snowball's chance in hell.
What both Rick Perry and Michelle Bachman have going for them is that they both look good on Television and both can give a good speech. As long as no one is paying attention to what they are saying they are going to be good, strong candidates.
God Help Us, America. Suddenly John McCain is looking like a wonderful candidate in comparison to what is available so far in the 2011 Republican Field of Political Dreams.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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