Every Black Jimmy Carter Has a Silver Lining

Barack Obama will probably turn out to be the Black Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter was elected after a very controversial administration as a liberal, family values, intellectual Democrat. Does this sound familiar? Of course, people soon realized how poorly suited Carter was for the job, but America was stuck with him for four years.

This four-year period was a time of tremendous inflation, rampant liberalism, foreign policy humiliations, and domestic despair. This period of suffering and malaise forced conservative Democrats to look outside of their party for relief. In 1980, Reagan soundly defeated Carter, ushered in one of the greatest times in American history, and created the gold standard of conservatism.

Since Obama is so much like Carter, one must wonder if Obama's administration will also be a tremendous failure. If it is, maybe Obama will pave the way for another great conservative. Right now, the only potential shinning candidate on a hill is Sarah Palin. If she doesn't rise to the occasion, maybe Jeb Bush can grow a beard, change his name to Jeb Shrubbery, and try to make it through the election before people figure out he has some famous relatives. Beyond that, it will have to be Joe the Plumber, Ted Nugent, or some sort of reanimated Thomas Jefferson zombie. (Great conservatives are hard to come by these days.)

The point is we had to suffer through four years of Carter to get eight years of Reagan and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Maybe Obama will wake up America (a nation which has been asleep since the fall of Baghdad), and we will get to see another great eight years and the fall of the Chinese Communist government and the Soviet Union II, which will probably be established by Vladimir Putin just after Obama takes the oath of office in January.

"Mr. Putin, tear down that wall again."

Time for Some Campaignin' by JibJab

JibJab has made a funny and smart video about the 2008 election to the tune of Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a-Changin'." See it here.

"Time for Some Campaignin'"

President Bush Defies the Fourth Amendment with Surveillance Bill Signature

President George W. Bush has once again struck another major blow to the Fourth Amendment by signing the Surveillance Bill. The Surveillance Bill gives greater power to the Federal government’s initiatives to spy on law-abiding Americans without court approval. It also grants protection to companies, which voluntarily comply with the Federal government in violating your rights. In short, the government wants to continue to spy on you, and give you little recourse, if any.

By signing the Surveillance Bill, President George W. Bush has extended a shameful era where you, as a private citizen, may be put under intrusive investigation without a warrant. And, by the way, the surveillance warrants are available. The Bush administration just does not want to be troubled with requesting them through proper channels. Apparently, convenience trumps your Fourth Amendment rights.

Condoleezza Rice Would Not Be a Good Vice Presidential Choice

A buzz is beginning to develop about Secretary Condoleezza Rice becoming John McCain’s Vice President. This is an attractive prospect because Rice is smart, educated, experienced, attractive, groomed, connected, talented, etc. If that were not enough, she is also a “double minority.” To the politically correct crowd, Rice is doubly attractive because she is black and female. By being a black woman she trumps Hillary Clinton’s gender credentials and Barack Obama’s race credentials. Neither Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama can “out minority” Secretary Rice.

The problem with Condoleezza Rice is that she is President George W. Bush’s person, and everyone knows it. W’s Presidency has been horribly unpopular and has been a lighting rod for liberals, conservatives, and everyone in between. If John McCain wants to govern the country, he needs to make a clean break from the W administration. America needs a fresh start, and the choice of Vice President Rice just tells the country that President McCain plans to continue along the path of W. How many people really want another four years of the W administration? McCain needs to pick someone fresh. When McCain picks his VP, he needs to go very conservative to energize the base or rather liberal to attract the moderates. Whomever McCain chooses, he needs to show the country he plans on making changes, because change is what the voters want. Who can blame them?