McCain to denounce Investors Business Daily from the floor of the Senate
The charge: “unwarranted and unfounded attacks” against honorable citizens. Or maybe not. But John McCain was happy to denounce Michelle Bachmann for doing her job as a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, in July of 2012, when she raised concerns, also expressed by the Center for Security Policy, that the Muslim Brotherhood had infiltrated several U.S. government institutions. Michele Bachmann raised the issue with respect to Huma Abedin Weiner for her Muslim Brotherhood connections and castigated the State Dept. for not properly vetting her before she became Hillary’s closest confidant.
IBD reported in yesterday’s editorial
At least six American Islamist activists who work closely with the Obama administration are Muslim Brotherhood operatives who enjoy strong influence over U.S. policy, according to the Investigative Project on Terrorism and the Center for Security Policy in Washington.
As we list the worst of these subversives, bear in mind that the FBI in 2004 uncovered the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood’s strategic plan to infiltrate the U.S. government and sabotage it “from within.” . . .
If the Obama administration will not properly vet the advisers it plucks from the Muslim community, Congress has a duty to step in and do its job for it.
Given the degree of infiltration, a counterintelligence damage assessment should be ordered
Graphic News About Obama!
Well not salacious but perhaps inspiring in that hope springs eternal. The graphic by Daniel Doherty writing at Townhall shows the erosion of positive support for Barack Obama as President among all demographic groups. View it here.
Last December President Obama boasted a 53 percent (average) approval rating. Eleven months later, however, only 41 percent on average now approve of the job he’s doing as president — a remarkable reversal. Millennials, in other words, mustn’t be the only ones losing faith in their president. As it happens, so are Hispanics, non-whites, moderates, the poor, and just about everyone else:
What Do You Expect From the Anti-Christ?
As hard as he tries, the Pope gets no respect from Obama. The Washington Times reports more thoroughly on what the Obama White House is characterizing as merely a cost saving measure: the consolidation of the United States Vatican Embassy to the grounds of the United States’ Italian embassy. Keep in mind that reticulation between the Italian government and the Vatican is immensely different in type an scope.
It’s a “massive downgrade of U.S.-Vatican ties,” said former U.S. Ambassador James Nicholson in the National Catholic Reporter. “It’s turning this embassy into a stepchild of the embassy to Italy. The Holy See is a pivot point for international affairs and a major listening post for the United States, and … [it’s] an insult to American Catholics and to the Vatican.”
Read the Washington Times report here. The bold typeface above is our emphasis. Thanks to VM for the particular forward and the acerbic quip.
Chris Christie on crash diet?
Christopher Adamo writing at GOPUSA thinks so, but it relates to his political weight. The set up to his conclusion is not unlike what we have been saying about the Republican establishment and their disdain for or obliviousness to the Party’s base. Read the entire well written article Governor Christie’s Vanishing Mystique Is Good News. at GOPUSA. Adamo concludes:
On Monday, a story broke in the New York Post asserting that Christie was not ready to support Rob Astorino, the likely Republican candidate to run against Andrew Cuomo, the current governor of New York. Attempts by the Post to get to the bottom of the controversy were dodged and evaded by members of the Christie staff. Finally, Christie offered a tepid assurance to doubters that he would indeed support the Republican, once that candidate was determined. In short, while political expediency may dictate that Christie offer a perfunctory support for his party’s candidate, it is entirely unclear that he is trusted to do so. Romney and Cuccinelli can offer their own bitter testimony to explain all of the misgivings.
In so many ways however, Christie’s devious machinations define the Washington GOP Establishment. Nothing speaks of Republican “business as usual” as strongly as this manner of betrayal of conservatism by one of the party’s most prominent members. And more than conservatism, the Constitution, or the viability of the United States of America, it is the status quo that the party insiders seek to preserve. But while their efforts may seem worthwhile among themselves, they fail to resonate with real conservatives out in the Heartland. As Christie dispels any lingering doubts that he represents the most self-serving wing of the Republican Party, his credibility among the grassroots is evaporating, and thus paving the way for a real conservative to take the field in 2016.
DLH, R Mall with VM
