OBAMA: Plays the Liberal race card against Justice Thomas

This article in today's (Aug 18,08) Wall St. Journal opinion page puts a light on Obama's far Left bias against anyone who is a Conservative- in this case Assoc. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. He's bought and sold the line that anyone who is a conservative is obviously 'dumb' since they disagree with their dogma.

When asked last Saturday night at the debate which Supreme court judge they would not have nominated, Obama's reply was Clarence Thomas- not "strong enough jurist or legal thinker " he also named Scalia and Roberts but at least they were smart enough for the job. Thomas is dumb because he is a Conservative or because he is Black or both... Obama?

My take: the whole racial preferences AKA "affirmative action" (the PC version)- is based on liberalthink that Black people are not smart enough to compete with other races so they need racial preference legislation. This is pure BS wrapped up in judicial manure wagons and rulings. Base job hiring, contracts, school entrance on merit not skin color and all can and will compete on a level playing field. Racial preferences have undermined fully earned accomplishments of "minorities" - to me the term itself sets up the victimhood mentality.

Example: you have a life/death operation on yourself or your child/loved one. You need to chose between three "highly educated and qualified surgeons" with comparable experience to do the delicate surgery- An Asian, an African-American and a Caucasian. Which do you choose?

Democrats have been using the dumb label on all Republican Presidential candidates and Presidents for over a hundred years. Reagan was bombarded with dumb jokes for 8 years and Pres. Bush, even though his grades were higher than Sen. Kerry at Yale and ALGORE dropped out of divinity school while Bush earned an MBA from Harvard, has had this same tired label hung on him for the last 10 years.

Olympians on Pres. Bush

I guess not ALL Amercians hate our President.... "The President Is Watching, It's Time To Step It Up" U.S. Olympians Comment On President Bush's Robust Support Of Their Efforts "The Olympics] exceeded my expectations. ... I think the highlight was getting my picture taken with the teams. ... They were so gracious, and grateful, and excited. It's just a very energetic feeling. You know, they represent the best of U.S. athletics. And they were really excited about their events, and they're full of hope. It was just a very uplifting experience." – President George W. Bush, 8/11/08 "For Our President To Come To Watch Us Play The Game ... Makes It Even More Significant" Michael Phelps (Swimming): "Afterwards, I looked up and saw President Bush giving me the thumbs-up and holding the American flag." "That was pretty cool." (Simon Barnes, "Phelps Proves He Is In A World Of His Own, Times Online [ UK ], 8/11/08) Kobe Bryant (Basketball): "For our president to come to watch us play the game and try to bring back the gold medal makes it even more significant." "This means the entire country is rallying around this kind of road to redemption theme that we have." ("Bush Looking To Instill Patriotism In NBA Hoopsters," Agence France-Presse, 8/7/08) Larsen Jensen (Swimming): "The President is watching, it's time to step it up." "There is no greater honor as an athlete to compete in front of the President." (Aimee Berg, "Olympic Notebook #1 – Presidential Visits," TeamUSA Blog, 8/10/08) Sylvia Fowles (Basketball): "[T]hat our President was out here was good ... Now I feel like an Olympian." (Doug Feinberg, "President Bush Watches US Rout Czech In Opener," The Associated Press, 8/10/08) LeBron James (Basketball): "It's not every day you get to play in front of a president and a king." (Jeff Duncan, "Star-Studded Audience Sees U.S. Women Cruise," The Times-Picayune [LA], 8/10/08) Dwyane Wade (Basketball): "We get support of our president. That means a lot. That means a lot of people ... back home want us to succeed." "So we have to go out there and play like we're representing the US of A. If we do that ... we'll win it." (Paul Alexander, "Bush Gives Pep Talks To US Olympians In Beijing ," The Associated Press) Lisa Leslie (Basketball): "It was awesome." "It's an honor that he came out and watched us perform and that he is a fan of the women's basketball." (Doug Feinberg, "President Bush Watches US Rout Czech In Opener," The Associated Press, 8/10/08) Chris Bosh (Basketball): "It was just a thrill to have the leader of our country there." "It was pretty patriotic for us and for the citizens all across the world who are United States citizens." (Parke Brewer, "US Men's Olympic Basketball Team Beats China ," Voice Of America , 8/10/08)

Alexander Solzhenitsyn 1978 calling OBAMA in 2008

Those who do not know history........

Notable & QuotableAugust 5, 2008; Page A19 WALL ST. JOURNAL

Alexander Solzhenitsyn speaking at Harvard in 1978:

Very well-known representatives of your society, such as George Kennan, say: We cannot apply moral criteria to politics. Thus we mix good and evil, right and wrong and make space for the absolute triumph of absolute Evil in the world. On the contrary, only moral criteria can help the West against communism's well-planned world strategy. There are no other criteria. . . .

In spite of the abundance of information, or maybe because of it, the West has difficulties in understanding reality such as it is. There have been naive predictions by some American experts who believed that Angola would become the Soviet Union's Vietnam or that Cuban expeditions in Africa would best be stopped by special U.S. courtesy to Cuba. Kennan's advice to his own country -- to begin unilateral disarmament -- belongs to the same category. If you only knew how the youngest of the Moscow Old Square officials laugh at your political wizards! As to Fidel Castro, he frankly scorns the United States, sending his troops to distant adventures from his country right next to yours.

However, the most cruel mistake occurred with the failure to understand the Vietnam war. Some people sincerely wanted all wars to stop just as soon as possible; others believed that there should be room for national, or communist, self-determination in Vietnam, or in Cambodia, as we see today with particular clarity.

But members of the U.S. antiwar movement wound up being involved in the betrayal of Far Eastern nations, in a genocide and in the suffering today imposed on 30 million people there. Do those convinced pacifists hear the moans coming from there? Do they understand their responsibility today? Or do they prefer not to hear? The American Intelligentsia lost its [nerve] and as a consequence thereof danger has come much closer to the United States.

But there is no awareness of this. Your shortsighted politicians who signed the hasty Vietnam capitulation seemingly gave America a carefree breathing pause; however, a hundredfold Vietnam now looms over you. That small Vietnam had been a warning and an occasion to mobilize the nation's courage. But if a full-fledged America suffered a real defeat from a small communist half-country, how can the West hope to stand firm in the future?

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