What is it with the far right wingers these days?

Instead of working towards creation and rebuilding … they seem to want to destroy our unity fabric as they spend their wasted efforts on impeaching our President of the United States. Do they really think they will win impeaching the President of the United States after their heads were handed to them on a silver platter during the last election Presidential cycle?

Each day, the Tea Party Republicans appear more and more obstructionist and they will not win more people over to their side with their vile, destructive and vindictive behavior.  It is when you work towards reaching a consensus that breaks glass ceilings — not the reverse. If the Republicans want to change their image, they must forge ahead with new ideas.  Right now they continue to participate with gutter politics — opposite of visionary ideas.

More importantly, Townhall seems to think that if you are not part of the 1% — according to them you know little.

They write:

“Even more troubling, the wealthiest 1% of Americans, who typically know the most….”

Really?  Did they just go there with their elitism?  Does that make the 99% dumb in their view?

I received this information below from the Townhall Magazine people today and it confirms why and how disgusted I am with extreme politics.

Obama’s Latest Screw Up May Lead to Impeachment.

Dear Concerned Reader,

Fearing the very worst, the nation’s super-rich are unloading their stocks at an alarming rate.

Even more troubling, the wealthiest 1% of Americans, who typically know the most, are the ones most anxious to sell.

You see, Obama just allowed 13 new tax increases to further slow the economy, wreck the stock market and make it even harder on the 12 million Americans already looking for work.

The bigger question is this…

Is Obama’s Latest Tax
Screw Up Grounds
For Impeachment?

The poll results are likely to shock you.

Cast your vote now to see what America thinks.

Yes, impeach President Obama? Or No, higher taxes were necessary?

Thanks for your time on this urgent matter.

Robert Williams

The Republican woes of 2012 rests ultimately on the extremism of Tea Party people — not on Karl Rove. Several Tea Party candidates and supporters were very abrasive towards Mexican-Americans / Latinos and women.  President Obama won strong support from women and the Mexican-Americans.

That said, Karl Rove should not have supported Mr. Mitt Romney since Romney embraced self-deporatation ideas that does not help our economy.

In 2004, I predicted internal strife within the GOP would occur in light of the Dixiecrats who have thoroughly hijacked the Republican Party.  Now is the time for Karl Rove to re-invent himself and we will be watching to see if he will be strong enough to push back.  Will the moderates win?  Or, will the Dixie-GOP win?

Internal GOP clash pits tea party conservatives against Karl Rove

www.washingtonpost.com

Conservative activists and tea party officials resist an establishment effort to blame them for GOP’s 2012 woes.

Congratulations to President Obamafrom Arizona!

Photo taken by DeeDee Blase in Phoenix while watching Obama’s re-election speech.

The best line in his speech last night was when he said:

“We are and forever will be the United States of America.”

It was my first time voting for a Democratic President – ever.

Indeed it has been a crazy election year, and I am glad to retire from hard core grassroots activism now.

I was surprised to learn that it was the Republican Presidential Candidate via Mitt Romney who profited  approximately $50 million in the abortion industry via Stericycle despite their pro life platform.  How did the Republican Party support a man who made $50 million dollars regarding abortions?  Did the GOP change that much?  Indeed they did; in fact, the RNC included an anti-immigrant official platform one week before their 2012 Convention in Florida.  The John Tanton Network and FAIR thoroughly hijacked them. Republicans are now being viewed more and more each day as the modern-day Dixiecrats of old (reminiscent of the pre Civil Rights era).

What must the Democratic Party do in order to prevent Latinos from registering as independent voters?

Indeed we did listen to Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s victory speech on television last night where he told the whole world that “he is merely enforcing the law” and if “people” have a problem with the law then the law should be changed.  This should be a clear signal to all how Arpaio and his minions are hungry to place more blame on the Democratic Party and this is precisely why the Democratic Party must act swiftly.

We all know that Latino and immigration activists sent the Democratic Party a signal earlier this year by threatening not voting for Democratic candidates if they did not see fixes to immigration reform.

We then saw the Deferred Action take place.

Indeed the deferred action is a temporary fix, but it beats the self-deportation policies the Republicans were supporting.  That said, the Democratic Party must act fast and not insult the intelligence of Latino voters anymore.  We are glad to learn that the Nevada Senator Harry Reid has vowed to work on legal immigration reform.

She lost her daughter when she left them to a “Christian” couple to take care of when she had to leave for a bit. When she returned to take them back, they refused and she filed a lawsuit. She lost.

The Democratic Party has less than two years (well before the 2014 midterm election cycle) to fix the broken immigration system while offering a legal immigration comprehensive plan.  If and when the Democratic Party finds itself becoming threatened by restrictionist, isolationist and protectionist Republicans in the House of Representatives … the Democratic Party must outwit them and micro-target 2014 House seats where an increase and heavy Latino voting population exists.

The Democratic Party must take proactive moves and outmaneuver the isolationists or risk alienating Mexican-Americans (the fast growing ethnic group within the Latino population).

The responsibility does not rest on the Democratic Party either because we will be watching so-called Latino leaders and immigration activists accountable, too, to see if they hold Democratic Party leadership and their feet to the fire.  Will Latino and immigration activists look the other way and continue to be sheeple?  Or will they be more assertive with regard to the immigration issue?

Time will tell.

In any event, the Democratic Party must make moves to the legal immigration regard or else deal with Ruben Navarrette’s continued finger pointing.

Mexican-Americans are tired of the immigration issue being used as a political football, and now that Latinos and women essentially helped vote in  President Obama … and in light of key Democratic U.S. Senate seats being won – there are no excuses with regard to taking care of Homeland issues.  Indeed Americans are tired of spending millions of dollars on war and abroad – it is time to fix things here at home that will only benefit the American economy and our aging population.

A healthy and legal immigration solution will secure our borders, create a safer North American Continent and promote a stronger relationship with our contiguous neighbors.  Enforcement-only initiatives promote a situation that emulates the failed days of Prohibition, which serves only to encourage the underground labor market.  Our government needs the additional tax revenues that new immigrants generate in order to sustain the burgeoning entitlement programs baby boomers require as they continue to retire.  By developing a reasonable legal immigration plan, we create a system where immigrants share American tax burdens as they continue to contribute millions of dollars into our tax coffers.  New immigrants sharing our tax burdens will help discourage our government from increasing taxes, because under the current system these entitlement programs will drain all federal revenues within 15 years.

Boy,  we enjoyed watching how Libertarian Gary Johnson scared the GOP this past year!  We knew he would.

Who Is Gary Johnson? And Why Is the GOP So Mad at Him? | TIME

Turns out Libertarian Candidate pulled 1% via 1,139,562 votes.  Even though I voted for President Obama (because Mitt Romney killed his chances when he received an endorsement by Kris Kobach who authorized many of these anti-immigration laws across the Country), Gary Johnson still was able to bring that 3rd light on issues like immigration.   When Gary Johnson used to be a Republican voter and a candidate, he had the most reasonable legal immigration plan out of all the Republican Presidential Candidates of 2012.

It’s absolute irony to me to see how Gary Johnson pulled 1% of the national vote in light of the 99% Occupy Wall Street era this past year.

I believe the Republican Party is on a path to extinction, particularly when the RNC adopted an anti-immigrant and anti-Latino platform approximately 1 week before the RNC convention of  2012.

We support 3rd party candidates.  We support anything and everything that keeps the 2 major party system in check — as we are the true rebels of traditional thought process.

Congrats to Gary Johnson and the “L” Libertarian factor this year.  Republicans have strayed far from the free market principles and we are glad to see your party put them in check to this regard and degree.

We were glad to see Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson scare the shit out of the GOP.

Allow this to be a post-election analysis that comes from the heart of the Mexican-American /Chicana community.

Women, Latinas and Hispanics carried Obama through a re-election. The GOP needs a major overhaul and they need to eliminate their anti-immigrant platform they adopted one week before the Florida RNC Convention of 2012.

We were watching the Senate seats very closely last night because the last thing we need is more obstructionism and gridlock.  American voters made it clear last night that we are seeking bipartisanship.  We are tired of partisanship tactics – and we want to see people at the Hill work on solutions and not Party bickering.  They are hired as public servants to do a job for the American people that will serve in the best interest of the United States and not necessarily their Party.

We knew that the pro legal immigrant candidates needed to beat the Tea Party Republican U.S. Candidates last night and were happy that several Tea Party people lost — it began with learning of the demise of the former Tea Party favorite Scott Brown from Massachusetts when he lost against Elizabeth Warren.  I believe the loss of Brown marks the decline of Tea Party extremism at the Senate level.

Last night got better for us when we learned the extremist Tea Party candidate Richard Mourdock was defeated by Joe Donnelly, and even though Donnelly cannot receive praise from the Mexican-American community in light of his failure to support the DREAM Act in 2010 — we are glad the extremist Mourdock was defeated.   The National Tequila Party Movement (woman-led organization) went to Indiana and held a Get Out the Vote Concert Rally where we spoke to students from 5 different universities that included Indiana University and Notre Dame.  We went there to support the last decent Republican Senator via Dick Lugar because he was 1 of only 3 GOPers who voted for the DREAM Act at the Senate level.  Hell, Senator John McCain didn’t even support the DREAM (and we attribute this to grudge holding he has against us since he lost to Obama in 2008).

The night still got better when we learned Senator Bill Nelson beat the Tea Party Connie Mack.  (Now if we can just see and get the Puerto Rican community to ensure that Cuban-American Senator Marco Rubio will be a one term Senator since Rubio supported Arizona’s SB 1070 and did not support the DREAM Act when we needed him to be a light instead of jaws).

As the night progressed, we learned Sen. Claire McCaskill easily defeated Tea Party Republican Todd Akin, and last but not least we are happy that New Mexico’s Martin Heinrich beat Heather Wilson.

We are disappointed that Bob Kerrey did not defeat Debbie Fisher in Nebraska, but the former Democratic U.S. Candidate Ben Nelson of Nebraska didn’t vote for the DREAM Act in December 2010 anyway, and we believe Nebraska will not support the immigrant community even though the Midwest benefits economically from immigrant and competitive labor.

Meanwhile in Arizona, last night we all witnessed a strong Tea Party Republican stronghold when Jeff Flake killed Richard Carmona.   Both Carmona and Flake spent millions of dollars in order to win and I wanted to see Richard take the seat.  I am surprised at Marc Victor’s 4% pull but it wasn’t enough to hurt Flake.  For those who may not know this, Jeff Flake is despised by the Mexican-American community in Arizona for not supporting the DREAM Act in 2010 and Chicanos know that it is a matter of time with our growing demographics that our voting clout will continue to increase.  We hope to eventually vote out uncompassionate politicians like Jeff Flake.  It is only a matter of time and our numbers are working for us as the aging population continues to … well, age.

I’m surprised with the Arizona Mormon community in Arizona – particularly those who claim to spread the Mormon gospel.  I watched them bash the ousted Mormon Russell Pearce for his self-deportation ideas, but on the other hand, they turned a blind eye to Jeff Flake and his failure to support the 2010 DREAM Act and legal immigration reform … in fact, these Mormon leaders supported Mitt Romney even though Romney made Arpaio his chair in 2008, and Mitt received campaign advice this past year from Kris Kobach (the legal architect behind many of these anti-immigrant laws).   I’m disappointed.  They will never understand the collateral damage Romney has created for them.

On a positive note, I am happy to see more WOMEN in the U.S. Senate!  The Tequila Party (woman-led counter movement to the Tea Party) is extremely happy to see more women rise.

Congratulations to Elizabeth Warren, Claire McCaskill and Tammy Baldwin!

First of all, a vote for Gary Johnson is a vote for Gary Johnson, but nativists and birthers are scared to death of the “L” Libertarian factor and how it will affect GOP races across the nation.  What is it with people who are concerned about how others CHOOSE to vote?  We each have the free will born right to vote however the hell we feel, and those who say otherwise are merely afraid that their candidate of choice is not strong enough to win on their own merit and accord.  There is NO SUCH THING AS A WASTED VOTE as long as the individual believes in the candidate’s platform!

More importantly, if Gary Johnson receives at least 5% of the popular vote, the Libertarian Party will be eligible for Presidential funding in 2016.

I wrote about that here:

2016 Matching Funds an incentive for Libertarian – Republican voters to vote for Gary Johnson this year

More importantly, I am all about punishing the 2 major party system since both major parties have failed the American people with their partisanship. Tea Party people are the worst with their obstructionism in my view, and it is high time we work on methods that will bring our nation together and instead of the divisiveness the 2 major parties bring along with their fringe groups.  Our Nation has already experienced a Civil War, and we don’t need another one. 

Personally, I’m an independent voter for life, and plan on staying an independent voter who will cast my vote based on the person who is running for office — and not necessarily a Party.

Below is the paranoid tweet from Donald Trump who wants to bring our Nation back to the Ice Ages and archaic belief systems:

Brace for lawsuits:  More Storms Hitting Northeast affecting polling and voting — It’s going to be a long night tonight.

From HUFFPO:

NEW YORK — From trying to figure out where people would live to how they would be able to vote and when all the lights will finally come on, government officials are still facing multiple fronts in the efforts to recover from Superstorm Sandy. All that, and there’s another storm coming.

Where to house potentially tens of thousands of people left homeless by the storm is the most pressing crisis, as cold weather sets in.

“It’s not going to be a simple task. It’s going to be one of the most complicated and long-term recovery efforts in U.S. history,” said Mark Merritt, president of Witt Associates, a Washington crisis management consulting firm founded by former Federal Emergency Management Agency director James Lee Witt.

FEMA said it has already dispensed close to $200 million in emergency housing assistance and has put 34,000 people in New York and New Jersey up in hotels and motels. But local, state and federal officials have yet to lay out a specific, comprehensive plan for finding them long-term places to live. And given the scarcity and high cost of housing there and the lack of open space, it could prove a monumental undertaking.

Sandy killed more 100 people in 10 states but vented the worst of its fury on New Jersey and New York. A week after the storm slammed the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, more than 1 million homes and businesses remained without power.

Another storm – a nor’easter packing heavy rain and gusts of 50 to 60 mph – was headed for the area Wednesday, threatening more flooding and power outages that could undo some of the repairs made in the past few days.

With the temperatures dropping into the 30s overnight, people in dark, unheated homes were urged to go to overnight shelters or daytime warming centers.

Because so many people have been displaced by the storm, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order allowing people to vote in Tuesday’s statewide and presidential elections at any polling place in the state. New Jersey had already taken similar measures.

“Just because you are displaced doesn’t mean you are disenfranchised,” Cuomo said. “Compared to what we have had to deal with in the past week, this will be a walk in the park when it comes to voting.”

As for long-term housing for the homeless, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday that the government is looking into using everything from hotels and motels to FEMA trailers and prefab homes.

“Given the extent of need, no option is off the table,” she said. “All of them will have some place in this puzzle.”

Officials have yet to even establish the magnitude of the problem.

In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday that officials are going door-to-door in hard-hit areas to assess the need for shelter. He said the worst-case estimate is 40,000 people, half of them in public housing.

But he said as many as 20,000 will probably get their heat and power back within a few days. Ultimately, the number of people who need longer-term housing could be under 10,000, he said.

In New Jersey, state officials said they are still trying to figure out how many people will need long-term housing. At least 4,000 residents were in New Jersey shelters.

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Contributing to this report were Michael Hill, Larry Neumeister, Cara Anna and Christina Rexrode in New York, Alicia Caldwell in Washington and Frank Eltman in Long Beach, N.Y.

We are hearing too many stories where folks are having to stand in line for hours and hours.  The Florida Governor will not extend voting hours.  I believe this will pose a problem tonight that is reminiscent of what occurred in Bush/Gore 2000 election.

From the HUFFPO:

 

8:28 AM – Today

Voters Wait More Than 3 Hours To Vote In Miami-Dade County

In light of the misinformation that is out there, and political candidates telling people to go to the wrong voting booth (Arizona Election Alert: Calls from Jeff Flake Campaign give wrong voting locations to voters), we feel it is important to inform the public on how to acquire accurate information via GOOGLE.

All you have to do is use GOOGLE‘s feature by typing the address where you are registered to vote for a polling place lookup.

It’s easy.

2012 PREDICTION:  Another Bush/Gore election fiasco reminiscent of 2000, but ultimately we predict the electoral college vote will look like this:

Obama 285, Romney 191, tossup 62

I hope I am wrong, but we are hearing too  many complaints with regard to voter suppression laws, and Republicans are the ones behind those voter suppression laws causing people to wait for 6 hours in order to vote, and the Florida Gov. Scott refuses to extend voting hours.

But in Florida this year, it has been a nightmare for voters, who have faced record wait times, long lines in the sun and a Republican governor, Rick Scott, who has refused to budge and extend early voting hours.

“People are getting out to vote. That’s what’s very good,” said Scott.

People are getting out to vote — but many of them are having to wait in line for three or four hours to do so. One contributor to DailyKos claimed it took 9 hours to vote. In Miami-Dade on Saturday, people who had gotten in line by 7:00 p.m. were allowed to vote; the last person wasn’t checked in until 1 a.m., meaning it took some individuals six hours to cast a ballot.

“We’re looking at an election meltdown that is eerily similar to 2000, minus the hanging chads,” said Dan Smith, a political science professor at the University of Florida.  FULL STORY HERE>>>

If you are not sold yet by the above headlines, it gets worse …  several Counties in the northeastern part of the United States are not fully up and operating in light of the Hurricane and storms hitting the coast.

Hurricane Sandy: Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York And More States Recover From Storm

And last but certainly not least…..

Hurricane Sandy Leaves 1.3 Million Still Without Power As Nor’easter Approaches

Nearly a full week after Hurricane Sandy made landfall, more than 1.3 million electricity customersfrom West Virgina to Connecticut are still without power as temperatures plunge below the freezing point at night.

Electrical utilities are turning into punching bags for elected officials and ordinary residents alike. A gathering Nor’easter storm, meanwhile, threatens the same region affected by Sandy with high winds, heavy rainfall and, in some regions of Appalachia, snowfall as early as Wednesday. The storm could further complicate power restoration efforts.

In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Saturday night that the two-week-long restoration times proposed by the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) for parts of the Rockaways are “unacceptable.” The city warned that temperatures had fallen so low that seniors and others were at risk of hypothermia, and urged those affected to seek city shelters or warming centers.  FULL STORY>>>

Lord knows I hope the Bush/Gore prediction is wrong, but there is just too much strange energy out there to get me to believe otherwise.

In any event, get out and vote. Be a voice for the voiceless.