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Florida race may be "tighter than expected"

 

A new InsiderAdvantage poll conducted Sunday night of likely Republican voters in the state of Florida shows a significant surge for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. The poll has former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leading with 36 percent of voters, followed by Gingrich at 31 percent.

The Sunday results of 646 likely GOP voters are as follows:

• Romney 36 percent
• Gingrich 31 percent
• Santorum 12 percent
• Paul 12 percent
• Other/Undecided 9 percent

"The race will be tighter than expected," Matt Towery, chief pollster of InsiderAdvantage told Newsmax....

 

 

Dhimmedia is a Disgrace!

@ Newsbusters

7:00PM ET TEASE:

BRIAN WILLIAMS: Also, finger pointing. That photo everybody was talking about today. Who have you ever seen talking to the president like this and what was this all about?

 

7:06PM ET SEGMENT:

WILLIAMS: All of this takes us to the photo everybody's been talking about today. The governor of Arizona with her finger in the face of the President of the United States. You don't see that often or maybe ever

 

Now brace yourselves; this flashback is heart-breaking. Not only does Brian Williams point at President Bush,

 

 

but his entire approach was beyond disrespectful:

 

 

 

Those were the days. Little did we know that just a couple of years later, Williams would be BOWING to President Obama.

 

AUGH. Dhimmedia is such a disgrace!

Keep Going

Today's Daily Dose from Chabad.org:

On their exodus from Egypt, towards Mount Sinai, the Jewish people arrived at an obstacle—the Red Sea.

They divided into four parties.

One advocated mass suicide.

One said to surrender and return.

One prepared to fight.

One began to pray.

G‑d spoke to Moses and said, “Why are you crying out to Me? I told you to travel straight ahead. Keep going and you will see there is no obstacle!”

The Jewish people kept going
and the obstacle became a miracle. 

 

First Lady goes shopping... not at Target this time

 

It seems like only yesterday that our state-run media was celebrating Michelle Obama's "incognito" trip to Target, and Rush Limbaugh was being castigated for calling it a "phony-baloney plastic banana ... photo op."

I wouldn't hold my breath, however, if you're waiting to see her latest shopping trip reported in the U.S.

Our thanks to Brother Jack, who found the story at The Telegraph (UK): 

 

Agent Provocateur saw sales jump by more than 12pc, helped by US First Lady Michelle Obama spending $50,000 (£31,794) in one shopping spree.

The First Lady ... along with the Queen of Qatar, Sheikha Mozah, closed off part of Madison Avenue to spend time in the luxury lingerie shop.

Their purchases contributed to a market-spanking 12.5pc lift in sales...

 

The Mirror (UK) has some gorey details you may not want to know. They report that the First Lady "bought posh pants and a £900 ($1,415) corset..."  

I'm sure the First Lady was simply trying to boost the economy, with some stimulus of her own. According to the International Business Times:

Their lavish purchases contributed to a 12 percent increase in sales of the company...

 

Never heard of Mrs. Obama's shopping buddy, Sheikhah Mozah? Where have you been? The third wife of the Emir of Qatar, she was named among Vanity Fair's Best Dressed in 2011 and according to the Huffington Post, is the "First Lady of the World."

 

From Left: (1) Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's daughter Aisha Muammar Gaddafi; (2) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's wife Fauzia Gilani; (3) Syrian President Bashar Assad's wife Asma Assad; (4) Qatar Amir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani's wife Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned; (5) Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's wife Emine Erdogan; (6) Jordanian Queen Rania; (7) Lebanese President Michel Suleiman's wife Wafaa Suleyman and (8) Vice Speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament Bahar Muradova -- pose for a family photo at the Istanbul Meeting in Support of Gaza ... January 10, 2009.

Can't. Stand It.

 

Official 'Palestinian Authority' television praises

murderer of Fogel family

 

 

I'll let Carl explain:  http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2012/01/official-palestinian-authority.html

"Send it to the New York Times

and tell them to write about it."

 

Green Energy: More Flops

 

 

Drip, Drip, Drip: Yet Another Green Energy Stimulus Recipient Hits the Skids (the third this week!)

 

Earlier this week, Stimulus beneficiary Evergreen Energy bit the dust.

Then, Ener1, a manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles and recipient of Stimulus largesse, filed for bankruptcy.

And [Friday], the Las Vegas Sun report[ed] that Amonix, Inc., a manufacturer of solar panels that received $5.9 million from the Porkulus, will cut two-thirds of its workforce, about 200 employees, only seven months after opening a factory in Nevada.

 

 

The [D]evolution of Obamanomic Theory

In the 2008 presidential election, exit polls suggested that the economy was by far the dominant concern ... with 62% citing it as the most important issue facing the US.

 

Three months into office, Barack Obama gave his seminal speech on the economy at Georgetown University, known in retrospect as the "pile of sand" speech.

 

 

.... There is a parable at the end of the Sermon on the Mount that tells the story of two men. The first built his house on a pile of sand, and it was destroyed as soon as the storm hit. But the second is known as the wise man, for when "...the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house...it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock."

We cannot rebuild this economy on the same pile of sand. We must build our house upon a rock. We must lay a new foundation for growth and prosperity - a foundation that will move us from an era of borrow and spend to one where we save and invest; where we consume less at home and send more exports abroad.

It's a foundation built upon five pillars [ * ]  that will grow our economy and make this new century another American century:

1. new rules for Wall Street that will reward drive and innovation;
2. new investments in education that will make our workforce more skilled and competitive;
3. new investments in renewable energy and technology that will create new jobs and industries;
4. new investments in health care that will cut costs for families and businesses; and
5. new savings in our federal budget that will bring down the debt for future generations.

That is the new foundation we must build. That must be our future - and my Administration's policies are designed to achieve that future."

 

Nearly three years later it is worth examining how his pillars have fared.

 

New Rules? 

 

 

 

New investments? 

 

 

 

New savings in our federal budget to bring down the debt? A foundation "that will move us from an era of borrow and spend to one where we save and invest"?

Eh... not so much.

 

 

 

How far we have come! In just three years, the pile of sand has run out, the pillars have crumbled, the foundation has cracked.  

But not to worry, His Presidency has a blueprint.

 

 

 On Tuesday, in my State of the Union Address, I laid out a blueprint for an economy built to last – an economy built on - 

 

American manufacturing,

American energy,

skills for American workers and

a renewal of American values.

 

 

 

Shomrei

A recently released survey shows that some

80 percent of Israelis believe in God...

 

I was surprised to see a higher ratio in America -- where according to Gallup 92 percent believe in Gd -- but maybe I'm comparing apples and oranges.

Moving right along...

The study, conducted by the Guttman Center at the Israel Democracy Institute, was conducted in 2009 and polled 2,083 Israeli Jews. The survey is a continuation of previous studies conducted in 1991 and 1999.

According to Ynet, the survey showed an increase in religious affinity:

.... In general, a higher number of Jews defined themselves as religious or ultra-Orthodox compared to the previous decade.

3% were "anti-religious seculars" (compared to 6% in 1999),

43% were "seculars" (compared to 46%),

32% "traditional" (compared to 33%),

15% "religious" (compared to 11%)

and 7% "haredi" (compared to 5%).

 

Hmm... Traditional, religious and haredi combined = 54 pct OR 3 x Chai (18).

 

The survey also found that Israeli Jews view religious ceremonies as important milestones.

94% said so about circumcision,

92% about the seven days of mourning after a relative's death,

91% about the bar mitzvah ceremony,

90% about saying the Kaddish prayer over deceased parents,

86% about Jewish burial, and

83% about the bat mitzvah ceremony.

 

While less than a majority of Israeli Jews observe Shabbat fully, a great number celebrate Shabbat in some way:

84% spend time with their family,

69% hold a special meal,

66% light candles and

60% say the Kiddush prayer.

On the other hand, 65% watch television or listen to the radio on the day of rest, and 52% surf the Internet. Thirty-seven percent engage in sports activities or go to the beach, 29% eat out, 16% go shopping and 11% work.

 

 

100% American

 

 

 

See also ~ at Legal Insurrection:

Allen West being redistricted out of existence in effort led by Romney Florida spokesman

 

Palin West 2012... anyone?

Tit for tat

If this is racist,

then this is antisemitic.    

 

Obama's Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds Quote of the Day

 

"We weren't sent here to

wage perpetual political campaigns..."

-- His Presidency's Weekly Address

 

Carole Devillers via Gateway Pundit 

Romney Owns The Schism

 

 That the attack on Newt’s Reagan bona fides came from someone who openly ran against Reaganism and against the conservative agenda in 1994 was an irony lost only on the pro-Romney Republican establishment and media."

 

Todah RABAH to Wiliam A. Jacobson for being willing - and so very able - to put this mess into words. I urge you to read it all - at Legal Insurrection:

 

Romney is winning his battles, but losing our war

If you asked me even a couple of weeks ago whether the Republican Party could heal from the wounds of this election cycle in time to unite against Obama, I would have said ”Yes.”

I’m not so sure anymore.  After the South Carolina primary the Republican establishment, and media supporters like Matt Drudge, launched Scorched Earth II on Newt, while pro-Romney pundits like Ann Coulter heaped scorn on the conservative and Tea Party voters who sided with Newt.

It may just be “not-beanbag” to the Romney campaign and its supporters, but people hear them loud and clear.

Two lines of attack have exposed a schism between the Republican political haves and have nots which will not easily heal:  The attempt to rewrite the history of the Reagan revolution and the embrace of Nancy Pelosi’s partisan ethics attack and blackmail.

As to Reagan, I have documented many times here how the story line espoused by the Romney campaign and its supporters was false.  Newt was an important part of the Reagan revolution, and was not anti-Reagan as various pro-Romney pundits claimed.

This line of attack on Newt was pushed by Drudge even as the individual charges highlighted at the top of Drudge were disproved one by one.

There was a backlash on Thursday and Friday among talk radio hosts and a variety of people who were in a first hand position to observe Newt’s interaction with Reagan, culminating in Sarah Palin’s Facebook post on Friday afternoon denouncing the neo-Stalinist attempt to rewrite history.

That the attack on Newt’s Reagan bona fides came from someone who openly ran against Reaganism and against the conservative agenda in 1994 was an irony lost only on the pro-Romney Republican establishment and media.

Romney’s attacks on Newt’s late 1990s ethics charge also were distinctly from the left, echoing the talking points of anti-conservative Democrats like Nancy Pelosi.  It took people like Byron York and Mark Levin to expose the truth that the charges were part of a Democratic Party vendetta, and that substantively Newt did nothing wrong and was vindicated.

But mostly, the Republican establishment and conservative media who howled with outrage when Newt and Rick Perry were seen (wrongly in my view) as attacking Romney “from the left” were silent, even as the Romney camp openly embraced Nancy Pelosi’s blackmail and ran ads featuring Pelosi threatening to reveal secret information about Newt after Pelosi already had backed away from the threat.

The embrace of Nancy Pelosi by the Romney campaign should have met with an avalanche of criticism from the Republican establishment, but almost nothing was said.

Romney is back at it in Florida, with a last minute and massive ad buy running a clip of Tom Brokaw from 1997 about Newt’s plea to a single ethics charge.  Romney not only attacked Newt again from the left in the spirit of Pelosi, but did so using a mainstream news media figure from a network notoriously hostile to conservatives.  Yet again, near silence from the Republican establishment and conservative media.

As Palin pointed out, this no longer is about Romney and Newt.  It’s a schism between the Republican political haves and have nots, with the have nots furious at the double standard applied to their candidate by the political haves.

The schism need not have occurred.  It entirely is an outgrowth of the way in which the Romney campaign and Republican political and media establishments have conducted themselves.

Continue reading at LI.

 

Shabbat shalom

photograph © Cincy Lieberman

Mark Levin defends Newt

 

rightscoop:

.... This quote from Levin probably sums up his point about Newt more than anything else:

“Newt Gingrich, if he does nothing else, did more for the conservative movement and to stop the liberal Democrats in the House of Representatives than virtually everybody today who is criticizing him!”

He also plays the full audio in context, of the so-called Reagan-bashing that Newt did back in 1988, that absolutely disproves the idea that Newt was bashing Reagan at all.

Listen to the full segment. It is excellent...