Gore Missing From DNC, But Ted Kennedy Was There

Some far left agitators have been wondering just where George W. Bush has been this election season. As has been repeated ad nauseum, he’s engaged in the time honored practice of staying out of politics once out of office. Except for the 2nd Worst President Ever (Jimmy Carter), who’ll show up to say how great the Worst President Ever is, and Bill Clinton, serial misogynist, credibly accused rapist, and guy who had sexual relations with a girl young enough to be a daughter, who’ll give a keynote speech at the DNC. But, what of Al Gore?

(Politico) In 2008, Al Gore strode onto the stage at Denver’s Invesco Field to a hero’s welcome, throwing his support behind Barack Obama to take on the “global climate crisis.”

When Obama takes the stage this week, Gore will be nowhere in sight.

Gore will be hanging out leading the way for his Current TV, which no one watches, and most cannot even get.

Gore’s evolution over the past four years — from a central figure in the Democratic Party to a no-show at its biggest event — matches what has happened to the issue of climate change itself, which moved to the sidelines alongside its chief crusader, environmentalists and some Democrats say.

Even Obama doesn’t care that much about globull warming. At least in terms of Doing Something. What we do know is that Gore’s religion has by dying a hard, slow death since his prime speaking slot at the 2008 DNC on the same night Obama was immaculated. Besides, the DNC already has enough cranks speaking, ones like Sandra Fluke, Debbie Wasserman Liar, er, Schultz, the president of NARAL, and a host of other who pushed/will push abortion on demand and the ginned up war on women.

Speaking of the war on women, guess who received a speaking part at the DNC Tuesday night? That’s right, the ghost of Ted Kennedy

(Washington Examiner) Democrats have adopted the one-word slogan “Forward” to describe President Obama’s re-election campaign and the party’s philosophy in general.  All the speakers on the convention’s first night made some sort of reference to it.  But for a party that is so intently focused on the future, the biggest, loudest, and most emotional moment of the night came not when the delegates welcomed one promising face of the future (keynote speaker Julian Castro), nor the face of the present (First Lady Michelle Obama), but instead when the crowd watched a video tribute to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, who would have run for president 40 years ago, in 1972, had he not suffered the political effects of fleeing and failing to report a fatal auto accident, and did run for the White House 32 years ago, in 1980, when he unsuccessfully challenged a sitting Democratic president.

And there you have it. Byron York continues on to show that the video of Swimmer Ted received the biggest applause and cheers of any of the speakers Tuesday. Unfortunately, Mary Jo was unavailable for comment. Since she’s still dead. Because this guy the Democrats lionize left a woman to drown as the car slowly sank over two hours into the river, all while he lawyered up and worked on his alibi.

Kennedy was know to treat young women like playthings, some young enough to be his grandchildren, and some underage. His wife stayed home in Massachussets while Ted constantly cheated on her, turning her into an alcoholic. He was also a major drinker, and a cheater. But, on a night during a convention that is supposed to say that “women are super awesome”, the DNC featured a guy who left a woman to die.

Allahpundit, who has the video, opines “They’re all but admitting that their pretense of moral superiority really is just a pose taken for political effect.”

Also missing from the DNC is “God” and pro-Israel language.

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DNC Vid: “Gov’t Is The Only Thing We All Belong To”

Via DrewM at Ace of Spades, who asks “Are you freaking kidding me?” Unfortunately, nyet. Listen at around the 7 second mark

Don’t know about you, but I don’t belong to the government.

Michelle Malkin: “Speak for yourselves, tyrants”

Mitt Romney tweets: “We don’t belong to government, the government belongs to us.”

Twitchy has more tweets. Buzzfeed buzzfeeds. Others: The Jawa Report, Sister Toldjah, Blue Crab Boulevard and Babalú Blog

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If All You See…

…is a planet healing mode of transportation for a flooded world, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Coyote Blog, with a post about the risks of QE.

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Why, Yes, The Democrat Platform Does Address The Climate Change Hoax

If they really cared, they wouldn’t be engaging in a convention that uses enormous amounts of power, resources, and bringing people in from across the country with fossil fueled travel

(GetEnergySmartNow!)Not surprisingly, the environment section has direct discussion of climate change issues.

We know that global climate change is one of the biggest threats of this generation – an economic, environmental, and national security catastrophe in the making. We affirm the science of climate change, commit to significantly reducing the pollution that causes climate change, and know we have to meet this challenge by driving smart policies that lead to greater growth in clean energy generation and result in a range of economic and social benefits.

This is a straightforward and accurate paragraph that highlights the seriousness of the issue while outlining that tackling climate change with “smart policies” will create many benefits for society.

Smart policies apparently refers to shoveling money to campaign contributors whose projects are bound to fail.

The next paragraph begins:

President Obama has been a leader on this issue.

Sadly, that first sentence stretches the reality. President Obama entered office speaking seriously about climate change and the need for fidelity to science. Sadly, in the past few years, “climate change has been the Voldemort of the Obama Administration: ”The Threat-That-Must-Not-Be-Named.”” The silence from the Administration and the Obama-Biden election team on climate issues has been deafening … at least until the past few days.

So, even Warmists think Obama has been a SCOAMF when it comes to tackling an imaginary issue.

And, yeah, they are still pushing their failed “green” agenda as part of their “economic” platform

ECONOMY BUILT TO LAST
All-of-the-Above Energy Policy. In the last four years, President Obama and the Democratic Party have taken concrete steps to make us more energy independent. We’ve supported nearly 225,000 clean energy jobs and Americans are importing less oil, breathing cleaner air, and saving money on energy costs. Historic investments in clean energy technologies have helped double the electricity we get from wind and solar. New emissions and fuel efficiency standards for American cars are reducing our oil use, saving consumers at the pump, and putting Americans back to work. Our dependence on foreign oil is now at a 16-year low, and a new era of cheap, abundant natural gas is helping to bring jobs and industry back to the United States.

You can read the whole platform here. I’m not responsible for coffee on your monitor.

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Things To Watch At DNC Tonight

So, you’re bored, the NFL doesn’t kick off till tomorrow night, nothing good is out on DVD, so, you tune into the Democratic National Abortionfest Convention. What are the top 5 things to watch for? USA Today tells us

1) Look for Michelle Obama to talk about how the president’s policies are moving the country forward, even in the face of a slow economic recovery. Unlike Ann Romney, who helped soften her spouse’s edges at last week’s GOP convention, the first lady doesn’t need to dwell much on the president as a husband and a father. With two-thirds of Americans holding a favorable view of Michelle Obama, she has proven to be a positive force for the White House.

Look for Michelle’s nose to grow as she lies about Obama’s record while he moves America forward to the same falls Greece is going over. Keep an ear on whether Michelle starts getting snotty and pushes race.

2) Political parties like to spotlight their up-and-comers….

Listen for how they push what they think is the #1 issue for women, abortion on demand.

3) There will be plenty of videos shown at the convention, highlighting issues such as pay equity for women and immigration. Two big Democratic names get their own screen time tonight: former President Jimmy Carter will tout Obama’s presidency and another film will be devoted to the legacy of senator and presidential mentor Edward Kennedy, who died in 2009.

Oh, good, the 2nd worst president ever behind Obama will be on display. Oh, and Mike Dukakis will be in the house. Fortunately, the Dems will show a video dedicated to a man who left a woman to slowly drown while he lawyered up and worked on his alibi.

4) The Democratic Party’s diversity will be on display at practically every turn….

Over here we’ll see someone who supports abortion on demand, over there we’ll see someone who supports late term abortion, here’s someone else who wants taxpayers to pony up so that this person can get free contraception and abortifacients. Oh, and look, we have a liberal debating a progressive!

5) What, exactly, do delegates do at political conventions besides hear speeches and nominate their choice for president? The party’s platform, including planks endorsing same-sex marriage and abortion rights, will be formally adopted.

The platform will also push for “comprehensive immigration reform”, ie, amnesty, as well as whining about campaign finance reform (ie, limiting the ability of groups that support Republicans from spending their own money) and pushing for more health care regulations. There will be a little bit on the economy, essentially the same old failed policies of tax and spend.

And a special guest will appear on the big board

All glory to the hypnotoad! Oh, and while you’re listening to the huge number of speeches patronizing women through abortion and free contraception, and hearing very little on the economy, also listen to see if any Democrats spontaneously break out into chants of “USA USA USA”. Won’t happen.

And don’t forget the blamestorming!

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Paul Ryan: “Carter Years Were The Good Old Days”

As the Democratic National Abortionfest Convention opens up today in Charlotte, the Party faithful are concerned about what Obama’s plans are for the #1 issue, the economy. Team Obama is asking them and others to look forward, not backward. Except when they are whining about Bush and Republicans. A majority of The Hill voters say the country is worse off under Obama and he doesn’t deserve reelection. And here’s Paul Ryan!

(ABC News) Paul Ryan today compared the president to Jimmy Carter, using a line Democrats have been asked over the past two days,  saying the country is not “better off” than four years ago and “simply put, the Jimmy Carter years look like the good old days compared to where we are right now.”

What Obama and his zombie-like supporters forget is that every president gets dealt good cards and bad cards: what matters is how they react to them. Obama reacted exactly like you would expect of someone with no executive experience who had a far left agenda, surrounded himself with advisors with little real world experience, and treated the job as if it was a vacation.

“Folks, there’s a little gathering going on in Charlotte,” Ryan said to a crowd at East Carolina University,  some 230 miles from where the Democratic National Convention is being held in Charlotte. ”President Obama is going to be giving a big speech, there’s going to be lots of speeches, lots of words. Let me quote President Obama four years ago. ‘If you don’t have a record to run on then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from.’ Ladies and gentleman that is exactly what Barack Obama is doing today. The president has no record to run on. In fact every president since the Great Depression who asked Americans to send them in to a second term could say that you were better off than you were four years ago except for Jimmy Carter and President Barack Obama.”

“When you take a look at what we’re going to hear in Charlotte today, the president can say a lot of things, and he will, but he can’t tell you that you’re better off,” Ryan continued.

This economy is what Obama and the Democrats built, and it can’t turn around till Obama is safely ensconced in his Chicago home contemplating his memoirs.

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Voter Integrity Group Finds 30k Dead Voters On NC Rolls

Good thing we require ID to vote in NC….oh, right, dismal failure Dem Gov Bev Perdue vetoed that

(Raleigh N&O) A Raleigh-based group devoted to reducing the potential for voter fraud presented the N.C. Board of Elections on Friday with a list of nearly 30,000 names of dead people statewide who are still registered to vote.

The Voter Integrity Project compiled the list after obtaining death records from the state Department of Public Health from 2002 to March 31 and comparing them to the voter rolls.

No worries. I’m sure Democrats will be more than willing to investigate this.

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If All You See…

…is a rain forest that could heal Mother Earth, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Proof Positive, with another in long line of DNC logos.

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Europe’s Eco-Fascism On Display

This is what modern Progressivism looks like (via The New Nostradamus of the North)

(Spiegel Online) Now that 100-, 75- and 60-watt bulbs have already been eliminated, as of Sept. 1 the smaller 25- and 40-watt bulbs will also slowly disappear from the lives of 500 million Europeans — without any of those citizens having ever been asked about the ban. Nowhere is the bureaucratic influence of European government agencies as powerful as in the delirium of energy efficiency.

“The EU has made a decision without consulting citizens and, in doing so, it has massively intervened in our quality of life,” says Hannot, the light-bulb activist. This paternalism and lack of transparency almost aggravates him more than doing without the stronger, warmer light of incandescent light bulbs. The makers of the documentary film “Bulb Fiction” even speculate that the European light-bulb lobby, including major companies like Philips and Osram, are behind the demise of the cheaper incandescent light bulb given the much larger profit margins associated with more expensive energy-saving light bulbs.

That sounds familiar, except here it’s legislators who are unresponsive to the people who elect them. One is not allowed to manufacture or import incandescent bulbs. Supposedly, fines for that can range up to $70k (US). Fortunately, there is a loophole in the bureaucratic rules allowing them to be sold for “industrial uses“. That will surely be closed.

For Holger Krahmer, a member of the European Parliament for Germany’s business-friendly Free Democratic Party (FDP), the reform is a complete failure. “We are heading for a dictatorship of bureaucrats,” he says. Krahmer is on the energy committee, which is using the Ecodesign Directive to make more and more products more energy-efficient.

For example, plans call for mandating that the heating plates of coffee makers are designed to only stay on for a specific amount of time. Vacuum cleaners are supposed to become more efficient with the additional of moveable suction mouths. Laundry detergent could be reformulated so that it dissolves fats at only 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit). And laundry itself could soon be cleaned using microwave or vacuum technology.

A debate over the showerhead of the future is also causing a certain amount of stress. Germany opposes water-saving showerheads. The country’s sewage pipes already threaten to dry up today because water-saving plumbing devices are making it so that not enough water is being flushed through the system. Everything from stoves to heating systems, ovens, windows and insulation is being tested and made more efficient by the EU.

When a refrigerator makes a beeping noise because the door has been left open too long, it’s probably because of the efforts of people working for EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger. It might not even be long before bureaucrats will be telling Europeans how brown their toast and how hot their showers can be.

The long term goal of the far left, ie, Progressives, is control. Control of people, control of companies, control of economies, all put in the hands of a central government, all in the guise of some sort of “we’re just here to help” issue. In this case, stopping globull warming and/or “protecting the environment”. Interestingly, the solutions create more problems which require more government regulations which create more problems which require more regulations. Wash, rinse, repeat.

You get the same thing in all facets of life when Progressives are involved. You have the so-called “death panels”, which have been regulating who gets access to health procedures in Europe for a long time. In America, Obamacare calls for the Independent Payment Advisory Board, made up of unelected bureaucrats, unresponsive to the American People, who will make decisions as to what health care you will have access to. This is what Progressives do: Big Government that Knows Better Than You.

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Will Obama Address “You Didn’t Build That” At Convention?

The Washington Post thinks the answer is “no”

After being pummeled for days at the Republican National Convention for his remark that business owners “didn’t build that,” President Obama heads to the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina this week facing mounting questions about how he will respond to charges that he is hostile to free enterprise.

On Sunday, senior Obama advisers suggested that they will not address the anti-business allegations directly but will instead try to turn the tables on their GOP rivals by accusing them of being dishonest about what Obama meant. David Plouffe, a senior White House adviser, said in an interview Sunday on ABC News that Republican Mitt Romney’s campaign is engaged in a broader pattern of dishonesty and is “built on a tripod of lies.” Plouffe cited accusations that Obama has gutted the work requirement for welfare and “raided” Medicare to pay for the nation’s new health-care law as other examples of untruths coming from the GOP.

So, it sounds like it is going to be a typical Democrat whine-fest, blaming everyone and everything else for what’s happened during this “recovery“.

Adviser David Axelrod, traveling with the president in Colorado on Sunday, said the public will come away from the convention “with a very clear sense” of Obama’s values, including his faith in private enterprise.

We already know what Obama’s view of private enterprise is. And his capabilities as president.

The economic recover has done so well that Axelrod deflected time and time again in answering the question “are better off than you were 4 years ago?” And what does that recovery look like?

Other Democrats refused to answer the question, as well.

Bill Kristol thinks that the “war on women” meme that has been pushed is just a head fake. I doubt it. Look at the freakshow that will actually be on display. Take a look at the extremists who will be on stage. Does anyone think Obama wants to talk about the economy? Well, maybe in terms of blamestorming. After almost 4 years as president, he refuses to take responsibility for anything, and his plans have been abject failures. There’s no reason to think that trying the same for another four years will make it better.

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