Black Panther Party members blocking the Philadelphia poll and intimidating Republican voters and poll judges.

The Obama Justice Department has made a clear statement during the administration’s first few months in office. Voter fraud and intimidation will be allowed to continue as long as it benefits B. Hussein Obama. This week, the Justice Department moved to drop a case against three members of the New Black Panther Party who were videotaped standing in front of a Philadelphia polling place in military uniforms with one member brandishing a police-style nightstick during the Presidential Election. The three men were intimidating anyone perceived to be voting against B. Hussein Obama and taunted potential voters with intimidating threats and racial statements. One voter approaching the poll was told by one of the men, “You are about to be ruled by the black man, cracker.” The actions of the Black Panther members harkens back to before the Civil Rights movement when voters were threatened and scared away from the polls because of their race. Somehow, the Justice Department under Attorney General, Eric Holder, decided against protecting voters from intimidation and threats when the career attorneys working on the case were ordered to stop pursuing the case by Obama appointees. Two of the men were not punished at all and the third, the man wielding the weapon, was merely ordered not to display “a weapon within 100 feet of any open polling location on election day in the city of Philadelphia” until November 15, 2012. (Isn’t it nice to know that the court put a timeline on the prohibition from brandishing weapons at a polling place? One can only assume that after the court deadline, he’s free to resume business as usual.) Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time Democrats under President Obama have refused to guarantee the legitimacy of the American election process. Congressional Democrats decided not to investigate ACORN and the Justice Department dropped a case in Missouri over the state’s failure to remove deceased individuals and voters who had moved from the jurisdiction from their voting rolls. When the case was first brought, 29 jurisdictions in Missouri had more registered voters than actual voting-age people living in the area. One county’s voter rolls were 151% of the county’s 2004 census of the voting-age population.

 Wouldn’t this qualify as improper “politicization” of the Justice Department? Democrats pitched a fit because Bush’s Justice Department tried to combat vote fraud. It’s apparent the Obama administration won’t come under the same criticism anytime soon.

Watch the video of the Black Panther members below and decide whether these actions have any place in a “free and open election.” The Justice Department’s decision is a slap in the face to every American.

The story about the potential politics involved in the selection of which Chrysler dealerships closed is gaining momentum. Today, the Washington Examiner ran an article which provided even more damning evidence against the White House. The Examiner article poses the issue like this, “How do we account for the fact that millions of dollars were contributed to GOP candidates by Chrysler who are being closed by the government, but only one has been found so far that is being closed that contributed to the Obama campaign in 2008?” While the article doesn’t mention it, the single Obama donor who saw their dealership axed contributed only $200 to Obama’s presidential campaign. However, other Democrat-supporting owners such as those owned by former Clinton White House chief of staff, Mack McLarty, not only survived the cuts but also received the favor of having his competitors closed.

Even more interesting, as American Thinker mentioned about an Instapundit finding today, A reader notes something about “car czar” Steven Rattner: “Rattner is married to Maureen White, the former National Finance Chair for the Democratic Party.” The comment: “So one of the guys advising SecTreas on this thing is married to someone who used to be one of the people in charge of fundraising for the Democratic Party. This explains so much it’s scary.”  Well, it bears a close look.” Wouldn’t it be interesting if Rattner’s wife was able to look at the list of dealership owners and be able to identify donors to Obama and the Democrats? This does, indeed, deserve a close look.

Today’s article also interviewed Republican Florida Representative, Vern Buchanan, who learned from one of his House colleagues that his dealership in Venice Florida was among those being closed. “It’s an outrage. It’s not about me. I’m going to be fine,” Buchanan told a Florida television station, “You’re talking over 100,000 jobs. We’re supposed to be in the business of creating jobs, not killing jobs.”

The Examiner also expressed the dealership owners’ insistence that the criteria used by Chrysler and the White House’s auto task force to determine which dealers to close is not clear and that many that are currently being closed are actually profitable businesses, despite the current recession.

You can read the Washington Examiner’s article here: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Furor-grows-over-partisan-car-dealer-closings-46261447.html

Check back here frequently because I will post any updates as soon as they appear.

In the name of fairness, it should also be noted that these revelations could be a red herring and purely due to the tendency of small business owners (which car dealership owners are) to be traditionally Republicans. However, it certainly does appear that there are questions which need to be answered.

Obama found his ideal "empathetic" candidate in Judge Sotomayor. She's notorious for not letting the Constitution guide her decisions.

Since the White House is already cautioning Republicans on their objections to Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor, it might be a good time to reach back into the archives and show the “caution” showed by Democrats during the nomination process of Miguel Estrada to the DC Court. While Sotomayor’s nomination results in Republicans being cautioned about how they protest her nomination or else they will offend the Latin American vote, it seems that Democrats weren’t so keen on their own advice back in November of 2001 as they began filibustering judicial appointments.

The Wall Street Journal republished some of the Democrats’ “finer” quotes regarding their partisan attacks on judicial nominations. Illinois Senator, Dick Durbin explained on November 7, 2001 when discussing the interest groups’ protest over certain Bush judicial nominees for political reasons:

“They also identified Migual Estrada (D.C. Circuit) as especially dangerous, because he has a minimal paper trail, he is Latino, and the White House seems to be grooming him for a Supreme Court appointment. They want to hold Estrada off as long as possible.” (Emphasis added.)

One can only wonder what Democrat Senator and former KKK member Robert Byrd was thinking while shaking hands with Miguel Estrada before Democrats denied his appointment because "he's latino." They're certainly a tolerant bunch.

This is just one example of Democrats’ “cautionary” approach to protesting Bush judicial nominations. Anyone recalling these battles remembers that Senate Democrats did not buy into the idea that the presidential election victory meant that the president has carte blanche authority on who he appoints to the courts. Now, Democrats seem to be falling all over themselves to shout “elections have consequences.”

Republicans will not oppose Sotomayor merely on the basis that she’s Latina. Instead, they are concerned about her statements about the appellate courts making policy, her feelings that as a Latina woman she feels her legal rulings are superior to “white males,” and her record of having 60% of her appellate court decisions eventually overturned in cases heard by the Supreme Court. It doesn’t appear she is applying the law too well and has no business in the federal court system, much less receiving a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.

Republicans need to oppose this appointment at all costs, regardless of their critics’ advice. The party does not need to play identity politics. The GOP will never beat Democrats at that game and it goes against the universal equality message at the heart of the Republican Party. Obama’s idea of judging through “empathy” will make the nation take two steps back away from Republican Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision of a “colorblind society.” Instead Republicans should apply their fundamental principles consistently no matter what the subject is. That’s how they will once again start winning elections. Sotomayor has given plenty of material to her opponents and, unlike Democrat opposition to Miguel Estrada, none of the Republican concerns are based on her Latina heritage.

Solar and wind power will ruin the national economy and produce less, more expensive energy.

Speaking in Nevada on Wednesday, President Obama praised both the stimulus and clean energy initiatives. Making a ridiculous statement, B. Hussein Obama said that the stimulus had, “saved or created nearly 150,000 jobs, jobs building solar panels and wind turbines; making homes and buildings more energy efficient.” An earlier post titled, “This is Obama’s Idea of a “Stimulated” Economy?” the dishonesty of this statement was called to light. Claiming to have “created or saved 150,000 jobs” in an economy which has shed close to 1.5 million jobs since the stimulus bill passed in February is more than just putting a favorable spin on the situation; it’s a flat-out lie. However, to be completely fair, let’s suspend reality and assume that the president’s claim is accurate. This means that for every single job “created or saved,” ten other jobs were destroyed. Some may see this as simplified logic, however, once the truth about “green” jobs is examined; this is right in-line with the experiences of just about every other country that has followed Obama’s plan of stimulating “green” growth.

One country that has been held out by the Obama administration as the shining example of green technology progress is Spain. In March, a top Spanish university, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, published the first comprehensive report of its kind on “the effects on employment of public aid to renewable energy sources.” The Spanish findings should make any country thinking of following the same path to run, not walk, away.

One of the main findings of the report was that for every single “green” job created, 2.2 jobs were lost. A RealClearPolitics article on the study stated, “Spain’s experience reveals with a high confidence, by two different methods, that the US should expect a loss of at least 2.2 jobs on average, or about 9 jobs lost for every 4 created.” Making the scenario even worse, was the finding that most of the new green jobs were temporary positions involved in the construction, fabrication, installation, marking and administration of the new renewable energy sources. “Only 10 percent of the green jobs created were permanent jobs actually operating and maintaining the renewable energy sources.” Therefore, Obama’s promise to create 5 million new green jobs will end up destroying over 10 million other American jobs and only result in about 500,000 permanent green jobs.
With the American economy already in a deep recession, it would be suicide to adopt policies that would destroy jobs and raise prices for already struggling families. However, this is exactly what Obama’s investment in “renewable” energy sources will lead to. (more…)

Is anyone ever going to make the simple request that the White House be truthful? Speaking in Nevada today, President B. Hussein Obama made the outrageous claim that the stimulus has “created or saved 150,000 jobs.” Vice President made the same ridiculous claim in a speech on May 14 and it was just as untrue as it was today.

Is anyone listening to the nonsensical claims from the president? Biden's not the only gaffe machine.

Unemployment in the US has steadily increased since the passage of the non-stimulating, pork-laden economic “stimulus” package was passed. In making his case for the package, Obama claimed that the bill would keep unemployment around 7.8% by the end of April. The president then explained that without the bill, unemployment would explode to 8.7% in the same timeframe. Well, Congress quickly passed the spending bill before even allowing a single legislator to read the entire thousand-plus-page tome. Now that May is drawing to a close, unemployment stands at a current rate of 8.9%, well over the rate that Obama said required the stimulus package to avoid.

Since February, there have been about 1.5 million jobs lost with another 500,000 coming each month. This shows how blatantly dishonest the Obama administration’s claims about 150,000 jobs being “created or saved” by the nearly $1 trillion in stimulus package. Unemployment is over a full percentage point higher than the rate Obama claimed would result from passing the stimulus. It’s obvious that the stimulus was a failure.

Even if we were to accept that Obama has created or saved 150,000 jobs, then that means that the economy has lost 10 jobs for every one saved. If that’s this administration’s idea of helping the economy, the US economy is doomed.

Taking that the Democrats still cling to the belief that Bush lied about everything while in office with little proof, it’s especially interesting to see how Obama flagrantly takes liberties with the truth concerning all of the actions he has taken.

Capone would be proud of B. Hussein Obama's continuation of Chicago's strong-arm thug tactics perfected and utilized by Chicago gangster.

Yesterday, there was an article from Rick Moran at the American Thinker about evidence showing that politics played a role in deciding which Chrysler dealerships were closed. In comparing list of dealership owners with lists of campaign contributors, it’s been discovered that many of the owners who lost their dealerships had donated to multiple Republican candidates and/or the RNC. This has the potential to be a devastating scandal for the White House through showing that there was probably more than profit and sales equations in determining which owners were allowed to keep their businesses and which owners had their livelihoods snatched out from underneath them.

Today, Moran has uncovered more evidence from other sources that are investigating this claim. A story on Reliapundit explains that a lawyer for the closed dealers believes that the orders to close dealerships came, not from Chrysler executives, but from the White House. Attorney, Leonard Bellavia, of Bellavia Gentile & Associates, who represents some of the closed dealerships, explained that after deposing Chrysler President Jim Press yesterday received the impression that Press was not a supporter of the plan to close 25% of Chrysler’s dealerships. “It became clear to us that Chrysler does not see the wisdom of terminating 25 percent of its dealers,” Bellavia said, “It really wasn’t Chrysler’s decision. They are under enormous pressure from the President’s automotive task force.” Moran also points out that the closings were not ordered by the bankruptcy judge. Rather, the White House issued the order.

Moran also cites a piece by Jim Hoff who found information showing that a politically-connected group of Democrats who own six dealerships were not only spared from the closings. They also had their competitors shut down. Hoff referred to a research published by Joey Smith on www.chryslerdealershipshutdown.blogspot.com which explained that these dealerships are owned by RLJ-McLarty-Landers which has three main owners. Smith states, “The owners are Steve Landers (long-time car dealer, 4th-generation dealer), Thomas “Mack” McLarty (former Chief of Staff for President Clinton), and Robert Johnson (founder of Black Entertainment Television and co-owner of the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats). Landers has given money to Republicans in the past, but McLarty campaigned for Obama in 2008, and Johnson has given countless amounts of money to Democrats over the years.”

Moran concludes by explaining that this situation isn’t the product of B. Hussein Obama’s attempt to institute socialism, this is blatant Chicago-style-thuggery. We’ve already the demonization of Chrysler’s secured bondholders in order to reward the UAW. This is just another example of the White House’s willingness to trample on American laws and values to reward his political allies.

Read Moran’s full article here:

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/05/more_evidence_emerges_that_chr.html

I’ll be sure to post any more developments on this disturbing story.

Dealerships may have been closed for reasons other than failures to sell ill-conceived models such as the Caliber. Politics may have played a part.

Rick Moran at the American Thinker is following a story that politics might have played a part in selecting which Chrysler dealerships to close. Moran points to evidence uncovered by Doug Rose who compared the list of names of owners of closed dealerships with lists of political donations. Surprisingly, when looking at owners whose names appeared on donor lists more than once, “every single one had donated exclusively to GOP candidates.” Rose cautions the reliance on his conclusion because it is based on preliminary findings. However, his findings have caused plenty of reasons for him to continue pursuing the matter. So far he has uncovered dozens of names and, as Moran says, it’s perfectly rational to believe that there are hundreds more names that fit the above examples.

Rose also stated, “I have thus far found only a single Obama donor (and a minor one at that: $200 from Jeffrey Hunter of Waco, Texas) on the closing list.”

Since the Obama administration has taken unprecedented control of Chrysler’s business decisions, there is plenty of reason for concern that the dealers given the axe may have been chosen for reasons beyond the equations which Chrysler claimed to have used to guide their decisions. This would point to one of the most flagrant abuses of the American rule of law committed by B. Hussein Obama’s administration which claims to be the “most transparent administration in history.”

I’ll keep an eye out for any further findings from Moran or Rose and will definitely report on any developments here on the Donkey-Riding Commies Corral.

Here is a link to a list of donors posted by an unnamed author on Scribd. It shows the trend of GOP contributors almost exclusively having their dealerships closed.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/15760333/Chrysler-Report

Read Moran’s article here: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/05/did_chrysler_play_politics_wit.html

Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court believes that policies are made in the apellate courts? This is the type of activism that threatens the sovereignty of the Constitution. Judge Sonia Stotomayor represents the first step to B. Hussein Obama’s goal of shaping the courts to create laws for his agenda when he can’t obtain approval through the legislative process. Stotomayor is an awful pick that will have disastrous consequences for the American political system.

Below is the full text of an article referenced in this week’s InsideSTL submission. It was originally written for my pre-election blog, The Anti-Obamassiah Refuge, but is definitely just as relevant as back in October when I first addressed the subject.

October 13, 2008

ACORN and Obama have long been united in their radical agendas.

Across the country, there is a concerted effort to steal the election through voter fraud. Almost daily, there are more reports about fraudulent voter registration efforts through the group, Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN.) ACORN boasts from their website that they have registered over 1.3 million new voters for the November election, mainly from low-income, minority communities which almost exclusively vote Democrat. Over the previous weeks, there have been frequent news reports of ACORN submitting multiple registrations in different voting precincts for individuals. In fact, many voters registered by ACORN are quoted as saying that ACORN’s members pressured them to sign multiple registration cards and some have even admitted to being paid with money and cigarettes to register multiple times. In several states, it has also been discovered that ACORN worked to add many felons to the voter rolls in states where felons are not allowed to vote. Obama’s claims of never being associated with ACORN are just plain false. He partnered with ACORN with his Project Vote during his early years in Chicago and he also served as ACORN’s attorney for several matters. In fact, the FEC discovered that Obama’s campaign attempted to hide an $800,000 payment for voter registration services to an ACORN front group. As more reports continue to surface of blatant voter fraud committed in crucial swing states, it is becoming more and more obvious that Obama supporters will use any means to put Obama in the White House. ACORN has a long history of committing voter fraud and they even have plenty of dirt on their hands from the subprime mortgage meltdown through their efforts to intimidate banks into lowering their lending standards to increase the amount of subprime loans made to people who obviously could not afford them. (more…)

About 100 kindergarteners learned a hard lesson on punctuality Thursday at the White House. A group of children from Stafford County Va. took a chartered bus on a field trip to the White House for a planned meeting with President B. Hussein Obama. Unfortunately for the kids, their bus arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue about 10 minutes late. Those 10 minutes caused the children to be locked out because the president had to prepare for a visit from last year’s Super Bowl winners, the Pittsburg Stealers.  While Obama was posing with his honorary Steelers’ jerseys, a busload of 5-year-old kids was sobbing outside the gates. One such child, Cameron Stine explained, “We were going to the White House, but we couldn’t get in so I felt sad.” Organizers for the school field trip explained that heavy traffic significantly slowed their drive through DC. They were scheduled to arrive at 10:15 AM but, due to traffic, arrived at 10:25 instead. Obama’s spokesmen claim that the group was supposed to arrive at 9:30 instead of the school’s claims of 10:15. So, President Obama is essentially forcing the nation to decide whether his version of events is true or if a group of kindergarteners is lying. What a classy guy. Parent and chaperone, Patty Stine, perhaps explained it best when she said, “Here we have President Obama and his administration saying, ‘Here we are for the common, middle class people,’ and he is not letting 150 5- and 6-year olds into the White House because he’s throwing a lunch for a bunch of grown millionaires.”

What? Obama couldn't risk having kids mess up his new jersey with their grubby little hands. One could only imagine the names Bush would have been called given the same situation.

Stine also explained that the children had been planning their trip for months. All of them paid $20 for a seat on the chartered bus and were extremely excited about meeting the president. While Obama’s staff said they are working to reschedule the children’s visit, parents said that since the school year ends in a few weeks, they doubt that the trip will be possible. Perhaps if the children can win the Super Bowl before the end of the school year, then, just maybe Obama would hold the gates open for them another 10 minutes. What was he expected to do? Make the Steelers wait for a few minutes so Obama could shake hands with little kids? None of those kids will be able to vote by 2012.

Can you imagine the travesy if both the children and the Steelers’ meetings overlapped by a few minutes? It would be a disaster. They may have taken away some of the Steelers’ attention from Obama. Those kids only signed up to meet the president. We can’t have them also meeting professional football players at the same time. Kids need to know that there are limits to this whole “hope” thing, right Mr. President?