Hennessy's View

You would think that the basement of the White House was gushing 60,000 barrels of oil a day, wouldn’t you?  After all, President Obama’s entire response to the greatest ecological disaster of modern times has been empower Washington, DC. 

The disasters are in the Gulf of Mexico, Mr. President, and in the latest Gallup and Rasmussen polls.

Politicians who worship at the alter of omnipotent government have no answers to problems outside of government.  That’s why they fail—fail themselves, the victims, their parties, and their country.

The slippery slope to a failed presidency is now greased with BP oil.

In the two months—Two Months—since the crisis began, the President has thrown a dozen social events, played numerous rounds of golf, vacationed, changed  the number one priority of the nation three times, and demeaned the office  . . . daily, really.

He took almost two months to even speak to the company allegedly responsible for the disaster. 

He held a glib, pointless, rambling Oval Office address (sans reporters) that lacked courage, vision, and hope.  Worst of all, his make-up seemed to have been applied by an out-of-work mortician. 

Obama’s impotent attempt at a plan?  Uh, more power for Washington. Forced conversion to clean fuels.  Oh, and more salary dictates.

Even a heavily Democrat Congress yawned.

I really enjoyed the points where the script called for the president to act, as in:

POTUS:  Frowning. I will not [pound desk] stand for this [pause, glare into camera] anymore.

At moments I was almost convinced of his sincerity.  And I’m his harshest critic.

The bottom line:  In the most serious crisis of his presidency, Barack Obama abandoned the office.  As Democrat consultant Pat Caddell said, “No one is in charge.”

I  have heard Obama called many names. No one is a new one and likely the most damaging.

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ST. LOUIS TEA PARTY HOSTS A PARTY

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AT SKY MUSIC LOUNGE IN BALLWIN

Folks, we decided that we can’t be all serious all the time! We need to have some fun, too! Sky Music Lounge in Ballwin is a fabulous place to share some adult beverages and have a good time.

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Come join Dana Loesch of 97.1 FM, Jim Hoft, our very own GatewayPundit, Bill Hennessy of the St. Louis Tea Party, Jim Durbin of 24thState, John Burns, and a large throng of Block Captains and patriots!

DON’T BE SHY! BRING 3 FRIENDS!

Come and join us this Thursday, June 17th, from 6-11 p.m. at Sky Music Lounge in Ballwin (930 Kehrs Mill Road, Ballwin, MO.63011)

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We’re suggesting a $5 donation as your cover at the door, but if you feel generous, thanks!

Donations go to St. Louis Tea Party’s Block Captain/Liberty Evangelist Program (we’re handing out thousands of constitutions door-to-door around St. Louis and training patriots to get politically active)

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Please register so we can see how many people are going to come out and join us.

PS: Sky Music Lounge is definitely one of the best and most enjoyable music, bar and grill locations in the entire St. Louis Region. You really won’t want to miss out. Check out their website:

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Democrat Congressman attacks college student

In less than twenty-four hours, the left has demonstrated its incapacity for civilized living by physically assaulting a college student, then exclaiming the virtues of physical assaults on reporters.

Background

A Democrat member of Congress assaulted a college student.  The assault, shown on two video angles, was unprovoked (unless asking a simple, closed question is now cause for violence) and continuing long past the point at which the victim said stop.

Then, throughout the day, the left rallied around the perpetrator, blaming the victim AND blaming people who weren’t even there.  The Washington Post begs to know who the reporters were, as if that’s the most important information.  Mediaite says “Etheridge’s actions are only partially defensible.”

What? Partially defensible? Are you kidding? Perhaps Mediaite wanted the Congressman to whack the kid. After all, the Obama regime would cover for him, right? And CNN won’t mention it. MSNBC thinks Etheridge is a hero.

For kicks, let’s reverse this. Let’s say that a conservative Republican beat up a Code Pink freak.  What would today’s events have looked like?

1o:00 a.m. President Obama releases statement saying, “While no one has all the facts, I believe Congressman Wingnut should resign immediately. I have ordered the Attorney General to immediately investigate this case as a federal criminal civil rights violation, and my administration will prosecute Congressman Wingnut to the fullest extent of the law.”

10:18 a.m. A shaken Nancy Pelosi holds a press conference in the media suite of her $18,000 a month office.  She has asked the ethics committee to dispense with normal procedure and hold a vote on expulsion tomorrow unless Congressman Wingnut resigns sooner. “And he can’t come back into the House chamber because I have obtained an order of protection against this animal.”

10: 24 a.m. Republican Minority Leader, John Boehner, holds a press conference stating he stands by Congressman Wingnut.

10:26 a.m. Republican Minority Leader Boehner issues a statement that “I have regrettably asked Mike to resign  for the good of the Congress and the country.”

11:00 a.m. Congressman Wingnut resigns.

2:30 p.m. Wingnut surrneders to FBI agents after the DoJ issued a warrant for his arrest on suspicion of civil rights violation.

3:30 p.m. The uninjured Code Pinko nut is a national celebrity, forcing her doctors to double her lithium dosage.

Wow.  Did you think  the American left would sink so low so fast. And, aren’t you a little worried that they feel immune from prosecution. What chilling memo from the White House gave the Etheridge the green light to go postal on a kid? Can anyone seriously, with a straight face, claim that the Democratic party is still a civilized organization?

Seriously.  Who thunk up this strategy?  Biden?  I can hear the meeting now.

RAHM:   . . . and the Gallup numbers suck even worse. We’re down in the low forties  . . . um . . . what now, Joe?

JOE:  Are there going to be refreshments?  My secretary said something about refreshments.

RAHM:  into intercom but staring at Joe Debbie, can  you bring the vice president a  . . . ? gestures with hands, palms up, shrugs

JOE:  Oh, Scotch.  Neat. Something good, like from an Island.

RAHM:  At Joe. Yeah. To intercom. An Isle of Jura. Neat.  No, that’s good enough. Back to Joe.  So we need to do something to get the president’s numbers back up  . . . Joe’s raised his hand is making a moaning sound.  Yeah, Joe. Again?  Really? What?

JOE: I know!  I got it!  Let’s beat the crap out of those kids with with video cameras. You know, like that guy that ambushed the guy from Illinois or Idaho or somewhere funky like that?  Let’s just, ya know, beat ‘em up. That’s how we did things back in Scranton.  My mom wouldn’t spit on me if I didn’t kick some kid’s ass two or three times a week.

RAHM:  You get right on that, Mr. Vice President. I’m sure the President will appreciate it.

JOE:  You betcha.  Hey, you think that drink’s ready yet?

[Exit Joe, stage left.]

The American left: not just wrong–dangerous.  So keep your hands in the car, the windows rolled up, and, whatever you do, don’t feed the Democrats.

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No, I’m not a war monger. But peace is not the absence of war. It’s the presence of peace.

If you live in Israel, you are not at peace. You are at war. War against a massive body of people who want to destroy you before they move on to destroy Christendom. If Christendom doesn’t destroy itself first.

So let’s all thank Israel for standing tall on the front lines of this epic battle between good and evil.  And thanks to Saudi Arabia for seeing the light.

And let’s stop pretending that it’s anything less than that.

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A Washington Post/ABC News poll shows a major shift in sentiment toward (against?) the tea party movement.

I would not challenge the accuracy of the results which show the tea party’s popularity waning among Southerners and people 18 to 29. In fact, the poll shows that a full 50 percent of Americans now have a negative view of the tea party.

Sure, there may have been some chicanery with the questions to skew the results. But only a true shift in sentiment would result in change this big. After a year of wall-to-wall coverage of “tea party,” I’d expect a downshift.

I think there are several issues here:

1.  Rand Paul’s performance since the primary has been a net negative.  I pointed out on Kudlow the day after Kentucky primary that his candidacy is not a referendum on the tea party movement. Nothing is. But he and some tea partyers insisted on linking the two, and his handling of controversy has been less than spectacular.

2.  In Nevada, Michigan, and elsewhere, leftists have created fake “tea party” parties that have damaged the brand by running Democrats pretending to be tea partyers. The idea is to split the center-right vote to allow the like of Harry Reid back into Congress.

3.  In-fighting among tea partyers has left a foul taste in the mouths of many. This development shouldn’t be a surprise. The tea party movement has no structure or hierarchy to keep order, and it’s filled with people who are new to this arena. We make mistakes, people.  Get over it.

4.  Some disenchanted Republicans who were early tea partyers have returned to the GOP. That doesn’t mean they won’t continue to fight the good fight. It means they’ll do so under a banner they’re more familiar with.

5.  Zealots and purists have splintered off and driven away more pragmatic reformers. We’ve seen this in numerous places across the country.  When the zealots lose, they tend to take their balls and go home. They also tend to turn off the people who just want their country back.

6.  After a year of hearing “tea party, tea party, tea party,” many people are probably just tired of hearing about it.  I am tired of hearing about it. I want to rack up some damn wins and get about fixing the country, and really don’t care what was call the thing that does it.

7.  We’re in The Dip

What makes Ensuring Liberty (and similar orgs) so interesting to me is that they allow the tea party passion to yield actual results. The tea party movement is indispensable for its passion and energy and new blood, but 10,000 angry people don’t win elections:  10,000 voters do.

So what do you do?  How do you take this passion, this glorious coming together that we’ve experienced since February 27, 2009, and turn it into a wild victory celebration on November 2?  Let’s start with this list:

1. Invest in an organization that is engineered to win important races AND to hold the new Congress accountable.  I helped launch Ensuring Liberty to do just that, and we need your support to get there.  Please join today.
2. Take personal responsibility to register everyone in your house to vote. In Missouri, it’s easy.  Just fill out this form and send it to your election board—directions on the back.
3. Join the St. Louis Tea Party’s Block Captain/Liberty Evangelism project. Give people the power of personal freedom by handing them a Constitution with your email address on it, saying, “Please take this as  gift. Please read it and decide for yourself whether Washington is living up to the promises in those documents.”
4. Use the buddy system to make sure everyone you recruit votes in the primary (on August 3 in Missouri) and on November 2.  That means you will commit to ensuring one other person gets to the polls, and someone commits to ensuring you get to the polls.  Take ownership of this job.  Let nothing stop you.
5. Put in for vacation on November 1, 2, and 3.  Do it right now. You will be needed to get out the vote.  Let nothing stop you. (You will still be partying on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., so you might as well not even think about working that day.)
6. Vote early and get your friends and neighbors who agree with you to vote early.
7. Every night before you go to bed, write a positive journal entry describing the feeling, the sounds, the news on November 2 and 3.  Describe Ed Martin’s victory speech or Robin Carnahan’s concession.  What will Frank Rich Say?  Paul Krugman?  Maureen Dowd?  Keith Olbermann? Chris Matthews?  Would could be more fun that Matthews describing the “Tea bagger temper tantrum” that overturned Congress?   Write Rush Limbaugh’s opening monologue for November 3.  Who will get Dana Loesch’s cool points?

The name of the movement doesn’t matter. It never did.  Names are symbols.  The name came from the name of an event—a “tea party” held to demonstrate that we’d had enough. That phase is over.  Everyone knows we’ve had enough.  Now it’s time to act.

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