The Barking Moonbats are Moonwalking

Y’all are familiar with the moonwalk, right? When someone looks like they are walking forward, but in reality they're sliding backward? Well a bunch of Barking Moonbats are moonwalking.

Team Obama (anticipating losses) blew off the Tuesday elections in advance by downplaying any importance or significance in whatever the results. They even made a point to let everyone know that Obama was so not interested in the elections that he would be watching basketball instead of returns.

This strategy backfired so badly that David Axelrod (who as an ex-newspaper reporter should have known better) was forced to lower himself to interview with Fox, the very network he had vilified as not being a legitimate news network.

Andrew Malcolm discusses this in LA Times

“ Here's how desperate Obama administration spokesmen were Wednesday to fill the info void they'd created by hiding away during the previous night's bad news election returns:

...So, today out trotted Axelrod and press secretary Robert Gibbs to say the same things over and over as damage control: How could the election be about the president when he was not on any ballot? ...

Local issues prevail; Gibbs even dismissed the voting as "local elections." Corzine was in his own deep trouble already. We'll get young people energized next year. And, off-camera, off-the-record, Virginia Democrat Creigh Deeds was an awful candidate who didn't listen to us enough.

But, hey, (insert quick verbal pivot here) look over here at New York's 23d District where a Democrat took advantage of Republican/Conservative infighting and snatched a single GOP House seat.

Axelrod to Garrett:
The other races in Jersey and in Virginia were really state races, very much focused on state issues. In New Jersey it was very much focused on Governor Corzine, but in New York 23, the issues that we’re discussing everyday in Washington were very much on the ballot.

And, particularly because of the purge of the Republican candidate, by the right, it became even more so and what you saw was a pretty vigorous turnout there yesterday in a district that had been held by Republicans for 140 years and the Democratic candidate won. I think that sends a strong message here.

To ABC's Jake Tapper Axelrod quoth:
I think that young people were energized by the President about the set of issues and concerns that he ran on. I think they'll be energized again in 2010. But you know some of it is a personal appeal and we are going to work hard over the next year to make sure that in these national elections that are coming up our voters and particularly young voters are strongly engaged.

However, far more important for this president's future than these aides' scripted media quotes are the political calculations going on silently today in the minds of, say, the 257 Democrat House members who must face angry voters next year when the troubled economy will be even more Obama-owned.

Here's what they see:

Virginia's Gov. Tim Kaine, who's also the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, spent extra national money there and still can't deliver his own state against a tide of voter dissatisfaction.

Also, they'll note that Gov. Corzine couldn't even approach winning New Jersey with that state machine, all the money in the world, a mediocre, overweight Republican opponent, a third-party guy to siphon GOP votes and five presidential appearances in an historically Democratic state that went big for Obama in 2008.

Gee, these realistic professional pols might think to themselves: How eager should I be to be seen doing the roll call bidding of the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Democrat triad from now on? ”

Reuters Reports on the Robert Gibbs Moonwalk

“ White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters the governors races turned on "local issues that didn't involve the president" such as property taxes in New Jersey. "I think voters are concerned about the economy," Gibbs said. "I don't think the president needed an election or an exit poll to come to that conclusion."

However, Julian Zelizer, a political science professor at Princeton University in New Jersey, said the anti-incumbent mood expressed on Tuesday and economic unease may have wider implications for the Democrats in 2010. "Democrats need to be nervous about other states," he said. ”

WA POST does some major Moonwalking:

“ Democrat Bill Owens took a surprising victory in a special election Tuesday in Upstate New York, winning a House seat that Republicans had controlled since 1872 and, in the process, potentially deepening a split that emerged within the GOP during the campaign.

As Democrats rallied around Owens, they said Republicans had revealed their intolerance of moderates through the dumping of Scozzafava. Local officials in New York had nominated her instead of Hoffman and others, but that choice set the stage for a conservative uprising that last month went national.

Leading national Republicans, most notably former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, injected themselves into the race to back Hoffman and blast Scozzafava. In the process, the race turned into a proxy battle for broader questions about the direction of the Republican Party, and the momentum seemed to be irresistibly propelling Hoffman to Washington.

 Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, retorted, "This election represents a double blow for national Republicans and their hopes of translating this summer's 'tea party' energy into victories at the ballot box."

Conservatives, expecting a Hoffman victory, had already started talking about which moderate Republicans they would take on next, suggesting that those who back Democratic initiatives could face trouble winning primaries next year.

GOP leaders in Washington have endorsed Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for a Senate election there next year, but party activists, angry about his appearance with Obama this year to back the stimulus bill, have sided with his Republican challenger, former Florida House speaker Marco Rubio. ”

EXCUSE ME? Dede Scozzafava was not even a RINO, she was more liberal than the Democrat Owens and was no loss whatsoever to the Republicans since she would vote lockstep with the Democrats. Hoffman was a 'Hail Mary' attempt to bring some reason to the 23rd.

EXCUSE ME AGAIN? The objections to Crist has been going on for some time now, NOT since the election in upstate New York. SEE GEORGE WILL IN YOUR OWN NEWSPAPER PRINTED SEP 27.

A MOONBAT SUMMARY ON THE ELECTIONS

“ Republicans are spinning this as a massive referendum against President Obama and a Democratically-controlled Congress. What was really the case was that Deeds was a terrible candidate who got through his primary with some lackluster candidates; and almost immediately went negative on McDonnell, focusing most of his campaign on a 30-year-old doctoral thesis McDonnell once wrote. This allowed McDonnell to run a smart campaign.

He stayed above the fray, managed to run to the center (although he is a far-right conservative) as a populist by focusing on job creation and lowering taxes. It was a winning formula, and it showed yesterday by the results. However, it's more of a case of “good campaign” vs. “bad campaign” than having anything to do with Washington.”

A RIGHT THINKING SUMMARY

“ Let's look at the real lessons from Election 2009. A moderate Republican and a conservative Republican (who ran as a moderate and populist) won races for Governor against generally weak candidates.

A Democrat will be representing a district which has not elected a Democrat in 100 years, because the right-wing of the Republican party ousted a front-runner candidate who was deemed “too liberal”, and backed an ultra-conservative in her place.

An ultra-liberal Lt. Governor John Garamendi overcame an association with deeply-unpopular Governor Schwarzenegger and a more-popular Republican State Senator (David Harmer) to win a Special Election in the California 10th district by 11 points. The seat was formerly held by “blue dog” Democrat Ellen Tauscher. ”

NANCY PELOSI'S MOONBATTERY 

“From our perspective, we won last night," the California Democrat told reporters during a Wednesday photo op. "We had one race that we were engaged in, it was in northern New York, it was a race where a Republican has held the seat since the Civil War. And we won that seat. So, from our standpoint, no, a candidate was victorious who supports health care reform, and his remarks last night said this was a victory for health care reform and other initiatives for the American people." From our standpoint, we picked up votes last night," a cheerful Pelosi said, "one in California and one in New York.” VIDEO HERE

With pinheads on the left like Nancy Pelosi declaring "Victory!" at the same time her party takes devastating losses in Virginia and New Jersey, it's no wonder that people sometimes don't know where to look for honest perspective. Yes, Nancy, the House of Representatives picked up a vote that you guys will carry for a year. It is a loss for the Republican Party.

What you fail to see Mrs Speaker, is that the Conservatives won last night, and that message is the shot across the bow of the GOP. You didn't care to look at the way your guy won. You failed to see the fact that had Deidre Scozzafava stayed in the race unchallenged by a Conservative, you would have had a vote on your side for health care anyway. You gained no ground, whatsoever.

And what a bone-headed move for Team Obama that does not know how to govern except in campaign mode and tries to own every news cycle. It makes me start to reassess my previous thoughts that these Campaigners Extraordinaire can't possibly be so stupid to pull stunts like declaring war on Fox News and Tea Partiers and Seniors and the list goes on.

I had been thinking there had to be a sneakier, more ulterior motive. Surely they couldn't be so stupid as to openly try shutting down any opposition or difference of opinion without some underlying reason such as misdirection (aka prestidigitation.)
 
Perhaps it is after all it is their Audacity of Stupidity that they thumb their nose at and continue to underestimate We The People.

Never Underestimate the American People

Click on READ MORE to jump to more links including a summary by Reuters, Moonbattery by MSNBC and the DNC Head Moonbat Tim Kaine, WA Post, WSJ, Some Blue Dogs who GET IT and a nice essay by a young conservative.

CRUISIN' and MUSIN'

MOONBAT SIGHTING: NY Times Frank Rich finds a reason to sympathize with and excuse Richard Heene, the father in the Balloon Boy hoax. How could anyone possibly find reason to excuse this "Bad Dad?" BLAME BUSH, of course.  No, I am not kidding. Check it out.

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
NY Times's Frank Rich Finds Anti-Bush Argument in Balloon Boy Saga
By: Clay Waters

NY TIMES: "In Defense of the ‘Balloon Boy' Dad," by Frank Rich

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GLENN BECK GETS TWEETS FROM THE LOVING LEFT
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/videos/?uri=channels/338017/592940

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SAY NO TO ACORN
The defunding of ACORN passed by Congress will expire this Saturday. We need to hold elected officials feet to the fire and demand a permanent defunding or they will slip it back in while we are busy with something else like the disasterous ObamaCare.

STORY BY BYRON YORK IN WA EXAMINER
Anti-Fox website takes up ACORN cause

With Congress getting ready to pass a continuing resolution that might -- or might not -- extend the ban on federal funds for ACORN, there's a new campaign urging lawmakers to restore federal funding for the community organizing group. The website DeFOX America, which is devoted both to attacking Fox News and defending ACORN, is asking readers to sign a petition urging Congress "to stand up to [Fox's] McCarthyite tactics by voting against any unconstitutional legislation that singles out specific organizations. This includes the continuing resolution that cuts off Federal support to the national anti-poverty group ACORN."

I reported yesterday that the congressional defunding of ACORN, which some observers assumed was permanent, was actually written to last just for the duration of the current continuing resolution that keeps money flowing to the federal government. That resolution expires at midnight October 31...

 SCREEN CAPTURE OF THE DEFOX AMERICA WEBSITE

Americans for Prosperity-IL have been running ads on cable tv and internet this week, pointing out the problems and connections with the public sector unions and community organizing groups such as ACORN.  They're collecting signatures to present to Governor Quinn this week in Springfield.  Go to www.saynotoacorn.com today to be included in the public outrage against bestowing more power on ACORN.

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BIAS? WHAT BIAS?
Katie Couric, bless her heart, is worried about the GOP being hijacked by the likes of Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh. Check out this report from Media Research Center:
Couric: GOP 'Hijacked' by 'Far-Right Conservatives...Like Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin'

Another Media Research Center Report alerts us to Media Bias in the reporting of Obama awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the first popularly-elected Black US Senator, Edward Brooke.

ABC anchor Charles Gibson on Wednesday night had time to convey President Barack Obama's praise of Edward Brooke for “breaking barriers” as the first popularly-elected black U.S. Senator, but not to inform viewers he broke that barrier as a Republican.

NBC's David Gregory noted Brooke's party affiliation: “The Massachusetts Republican urged the lawmakers who gathered to congratulate him to put aside partisan differences and work together.”

Neither network  mentioned that Brooke was defeated in 1978 by a darling of left, Paul Tsongas, who was a white guy. They also did not mention that the award for Brooke was approved over a year ago.

List of all Congressional Gold Metal Recipients

CBS did not report the story on their Evening News at all.

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INDOCTRINATION? WHAT INDOCTRINATION?
In case you missed it, here is the video clip of O'Reilly playing the cross dressing cartoon being shown to California school kids.

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OBAMA GOLF UPDATE
"While the President golfs Afghanistan, once a necessary war, is downgraded to someone else's mess." -- James Taranto, Best of the Web, WSJ

Politico reports: Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years.

CBS' Mark Knoller -- an unofficial documentarian and statistician of all things White House-related--wrote on his Twitter feed [Saturday] that, "Today - Obama ties Pres. Bush in the number of rounds of golf played in office: 24. Took Bush 2 yrs & 10 months."

Associated Press reports from Kabul that  "eight American troops were killed in two separate bomb attacks Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month of the war for U.S. forces since the 2001 invasion to oust the Taliban."

The downgrade from The Good, Necessary War to Someone Else's Mess came via White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel who told CNN:

It's clear that basically we had a war for eight years that was going on, that's adrift. That we're beginning at scratch, and just from the starting point, after eight years. . . . Before you commit troops, which is--not irreversible, but puts you down a certain path--before you make that decision, there's a set of questions that have to have answers that have never been asked. And it's clear after eight years of war, that's basically starting from the beginning, and those questions never got asked. And what I find interesting and just intriguing from this debate in Washington, is that a lot of people who all of a sudden say, this is now the epicenter of the war on terror, you must do this now, immediately approve what the general said--where, before, it never even got on the radar screen for them.

James Taranto asks and reports:

Hang on a second. It has now been 51 weeks since Obama was elected president, and more than nine months since he took office, and he's just now getting around to asking the "questions . . . that have never been asked"?

But that's not really fair to Obama. After all, he has a busy schedule, what with golf games and pitching the International Olympic Committee and date nights and Democratic fund-raisers and health care and the U.N. Security Council and Sunday morning talk shows and saving the planet from global warming and celebrating the dog's birthday and defending himself against Fox News and all.

"I will never rush the solemn decision of sending you into harm's way," FoxNews.com quotes the president as telling servicemen. As for the servicemen who are already in harm's way: Jeez, guys, be patient! He'll figure out what to do about Afghanistan as soon as he gets around to it.

Then again, when he accepted the nomination for president back in August 2008, he seemed to know just what to do:

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When John McCain said we could just "muddle through" in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources and more troops to finish the fight against the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11, and made clear that we must take out Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants if we have them in our sights. John McCain likes to say that he'll follow bin Laden to the Gates of Hell--but he won't even go to the cave where he lives. . . .
I will . . . finish the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
***** END QUOTE *****

As John Kerry* once said, "You could get whiplash watching the administration policy on Afghanistan change from day to day."

* The haughty, French-looking Massachusetts Democrat who, by the way, served in Vietnam.

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AMAZING STORY OF GOD WATCHING OVER HIS PEOPLE

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Demwit Definition: Moonbat

MOONBAT: (Shortened version of BARKING MOONBAT) An unthinking or crazed leftist -- in other words, a modern liberal on the extreme edge of whatever their -ism happens to be.

Moonbats are prone to fits of rage and hysteria due to their frustrations with conservative policies. Moonbats may often be found protesting the Iraq War, President Bush and the U.S. Military.  The mental state of Moonbats is rumored to be effected by the cycles of the moon--much like werewolves.  They also tend to be quite batty.

USAGE:
A Moonbat is a liberal who has abandoned fact & logic in the pursuit of spewing their socialist propaganda, (ie Al Franken, Michael Moore, and Janeane Garafalo, to name but a few.) Ronald Reagan was the absolute antithesis of a Moonbat.

A Moonbat is a liberal who has sacrificed sanity for the sake of their pro-evil ideology. A Barking Moonbat will accept and loudly repeat ANY lie that advances their political agenda.

The Moonbat believes that guns are the cause of crime – and soldiers are the cause of war and that his Utopia would exist if it wasn’t for the conservative patriot. John Lennon chronicled it in the Moonbat anthem “Imagine.”  They imagine “no countries” and that starts first and foremost with the destruction of the greatest country in the history of the world.  The Moonbats also dream of a world where no God exists to compete with their own self-importance (think Barack Obama) and the most telling line in their anthem is for everyone to imagine a time where anything and everything is devalued to the point where “There’s nothing (left) to kill or die for.” (adapted from the wise words of Evan Sayat)

A different Beatle song that parodies Liberals seems appropriate here. Look at the opening picture of the video (taken at an anti-war rally), in the forefront is Jane Fonda; go behind her and count three to the left and there is John Kerry.

ALL THE LIBERAL PEOPLE