LIE OF THE WEEK: 02-29-2008

Senator Hillary Clinton on NAFTA:

"I have been a critic of NAFTA from the very beginning. I didn't have a public position on it, because I was part of the administration."

THE TRUTH: Senator Clinton continues to misrepresent her past positions in an attempt to pander her way to victory. This quote is especially ironic because she always claims her "experience" in the Clinton administration as a major qualification for her presidential bid, but doesn't want to take responsibility for anything that would hurt her chances of winning now. It's gratifying to see the American people are not fooled by these lies and are voting against her in the Democratic Party primary elections.

COLUMN: 02-27-2008

Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright's new book is the worst advice anyone running for president could take. Just because the Bush Administration has an even worse foreign policy does not mean that the Clinton era was a good one in this regard. While the American economy was good during that period (with President Clinton deserving none of the credit for having the internet boom occur on his watch), every other policy was a miserable failure as the administration focused on political scandals and insider agendas and not anything that would benefit the American people. Secretary Albright inherited a solid cold war foreign policy from the Reagan and first Bush administrations and wallowed in it's wake for the entire Clinton administration, focusing more on showmanship than on any major policy initiative. The final straw was when President Clinton ordered the bombing of an innocent pharmaceutical plant in Sudan on the same day as his impeachment hearing for perjury. Albright is clearly trying to rewrite history in her favor, but contrasting yourself to one of the worst administrations in history will not erase the evidence that you were part of what was probably the second worst administration in history.

In other news, it's clear that the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign is desperate because they have not been able to convince the American people of their lies and have thus lost 11 primary elections in a row. From being "outraged" because of political mailings one day to being "upset" about media bias the next, it's clear they are floundering from one failed campaign strategy to the next and it's actually enjoyable to watch them sink under the weight of their failure to win through disreputable tactics. America will definitely have a brighter future when the Clintons have left the political scene and taken their lowest form of self-interest politics with them.

LIE OF THE WEEK: 02-22-2008

Senator Hillary Clinton on comparing herself to Senator Obama:

"It's time that we move from good words to good works, from sound bites to sound solutions."

THE TRUTH: The Clintons have always been about spin and "good words" to gain and exploit power and not much else. They have basically no positive record to stand on, which is why they always focus on the surpluses of the Clinton era, which had much more to do with their luck of being in power when the internet boom occurred and nothing to do with their policies. (In fact, it was their policies that allowed the internet bust to occur after the unrestrained growth of IPOs of completely unprofitable companies based purely on hype). Although it is also true that Senator Obama also doesn't have much of a positive record to stand on either, he's not stuck with the Clintons' very large negative record. Any return of the Clintons to power would just continue the acceleration of decline of America's public integrity and values and the voters of America need to continue to defy their lies by voting against them in every case.

COLUMN: 02-20-2008

The U.S. Supreme Court made a huge mistake yesterday by turning down an appeal by the ACLU in regards to the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program. It's clear that the court is not fulfilling it's role of checking the power of the executive branch of government when it goes astray. Continuing to support President Bush's flaunting of so many laws and government rules in the name of national security should be recognized as the slippery slope it is. This is especially true when viewed in the light of every dictatorial regime in the world who invokes national security as the excuse for their oppression of their own people. We need strong conservative judges who upload the original libertarian aspects of the U.S. Constitution. Unfortunately, it may take several decades to correct this situation, considering the lifetime tenure of Supreme Court justices. In the meantime, we should rebalance government powers by only electing (both to the presidency and to congress) those will clearly stand up for individual liberties while defending us against our foreign and domestic enemies.

LIE OF THE WEEK: 02-15-2008

U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader John Boehner on walking out on a vote to hold members of the Bush Administration in contempt of congress for failing to respond to subpoenas:

"We will not stand here and watch this floor be abused for pure political grandstanding at the expense of our national security."

THE TRUTH: If anyone is grandstanding, it is the Republicans who walked out on a vote that they were going to lose anyway. They are foolishly defending a corrupt secretive administration whose mistakes are rightfully being exposed by congress. Unfortunately, any hope of the American public voting based on their conservative values are being thrown away by the actions of these Washington Republicans. This is because the public will always vote for the opposition party just to reduce the stench of corruption in Washington until the conservatives can bring them a new leader who stands for their values without the taint of past misdeeds.

COLUMN: 02-13-2008

President George W. Bush's endorsement of Senator John McCain as a "true conservative" should be reported accurately by the media for what it actually stands for. It is President Bush telling his party's insiders that Senator McCain will be good for them and has nothing to do with conservatism. By any reasonable measure, Senator McCain has a very conservative record. The excuses used by some pundits to label his current and past positions as non-conservative or even liberal are focused on his political benefit to them and their cronies, not his actual values.

It's ironic that President Bush is somehow given credibility as a conservative by the media when he has been responsible for the biggest growth of the federal government in history along with a major increase in the irresponsible deficit spending once associated with the Democratic Party. Yes, he did cut taxes, but in an irresponsible manner creating more and more loopholes for special interests instead of an across the board cut for everyone equally. He has done very little on all other conservative issues as his administration has wasted five of its seven years in office on an unnecessary war, driven more by the ideology than any threat to American national security.

Senator McCain does, unfortunately, need the party insiders to help sell his message to the Republican grass roots. However, he should seek their support in such a fashion as to distance himself from any commitment to anyone who will continue the corrupt influence peddling that Senator McCain has stood against throughout his career in public office. He needs to clearly show that taking money out of politics is a conservative position that goes back to the intentions of the founding fathers and not let the corrupt party insiders continue their bogus claim that it is somehow a violation of First Amendment free speech rights.

LIE OF THE WEEK: 02-08-2008

Former Governor Mitt Romney on ending his 2008 presidential campaign:

"I feel I must now stand aside, for our party and for our country. I will continue to stand for conservative principles. I will fight alongside you for all the things we believe in."

THE TRUTH: Romney never stood for conservative principles before running for president. In fact, he did quite the opposite when running both successfully for Governor of Massachusetts and unsuccessfully for U.S. Senator. He proclaimed his liberalism in those days as exceeding those of stalwart liberal Senator Ted Kennedy. Since deciding to run for the Republican nomination for president however, he has become an ultra-conservative who "realized his previous mistakes" and who feels so emboldened by his convictions that he is be able to criticize the conservative credentials of two lifelong conservatives (Senator McCain and Governor Huckabee) just because they don't always tow the party line. Romney is a hypocrite and no amount of standing for conservative principles now can make up for years of doing the opposite when it was politically expedient. No matter how much of his vast personal wealth he spends to fight for conservatism now, he will always be correctly perceived by the American people as the phony that he is and we should be hopeful that he never fools enough people to be put into a position of power in the future.

COLUMN: 02-06-2008

Yesterday's "Super Tuesday" primaries were an extremely positive sign in the American political landscape. On the Republican side, Senator John McCain dominated the field with Governor Mike Huckabee making a strong showing as well. The fact that this "maverick" senator (so-called because he doesn't always tow the party line and actually does what he thinks is right in many cases) is winning shows that the American people are not deceived by the lies of the corrupt party insiders who are doing everything in their power to derail his candidacy. People of faith are flocking to Huckabee because he is one of their own and that is not a bad thing considering he is the genuine article and not a fraudulent panderer in that regard. Happily, the true panderer of this campaign, Governor Mitt Romney, has been rightly shown that he cannot buy the election. Other than winning Michigan (where his father was governor), Massachusetts (where he was governor), and a handful of states with large Mormon populations (who want to see one of their own as president), the only other states Romney has won have been caucus states where he paid for the buses and food to get people to go to caucus locations and that should be proof enough that this election method should be eliminated.

On the Democratic side, the corrupt party insiders are also being defeated with the swelling of popular support for the hopeful message of Senator Barack Obama. Though he is relatively young for the presidency, his record is long enough to show that he actually has worked for positive change in American politics. This is in stark contrast to the very disreputable record of Senator Hillary Clinton, who continues in the trend of her husband's presidency and both of their earlier lives in terms of dealing with the shadiest of characters for both the financing of campaigns and for personal investments. Though they are now statistically tied, Senator Obama has the momentum and will hopefully continue to carry the day until we can have a presidential election in November where both candidates are actually possible good outcomes for America (even if one is a liberal with a naive view of how the government should work) and not just a choice picking the lesser of two evils.

LIE OF THE WEEK: 02-01-2008

Senator Hillary Clinton on being "an agent of change":

"So we [Obama and Clinton] have differences both at home and around the world, but, again, I would emphasize that what really is important here, because the Republicans were in California debating yesterday, they are more of the same.

Neither of us, just by looking at us, you can tell, we are not more of the same. We will change our country."

THE TRUTH: It's too early to tell whether Senator Obama is truly an agent of change or just hot air, but Senator Clinton has a clear history showing that she is not only a part of the corruption of Washington, but she is, in fact, a leader in most of the corrupt activities, such as illicit campaign fund-raising and influence peddling. Claiming that she is automatically not "more of the same" just because she is a woman and that Obama is that way because he is African-American is ridiculous gender- and race-bating. Democrats claim to be about equal justice and fairness in all things, but the truth is that the Clintons have not hesitated to play the race and gender cards in their favor when necessary. They always use despicable tactics when they perceive a threat to their return to power. The only change another Clinton presidency will cause is an acceleration of the decline of American values.