2010 Election Archives - Hennessy's View

Jason Plummer Steps In It

Posted on March 16, 2012 by wiliamthennessy

When you’re the Republican Establishment’s candidate, you have one simple assignment: don’t screw up. Jason Plummer, a 29-year-old lumber heir, is the GOP Establishment’s appointed candidate for US Congress in Illinois’ 12th Congressional District. He’s facing a shockingly tough race from former police detective and former Belleville Mayor, Rodger Cook. (Never underestimate a detective’s tenacity.) In a debate last week, Plummer failed his one simple assignment. Despite a nearly unlimited war chest from his family’s

Generational Change

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Bill Hennessy

A man lost in thought is liable to say anything. Anything at all. A guy sitting behind me at a restaurant in Lambert airport began singing along with the background music. “Burning down the house (do do).” Perfect. November 2, American voters burned down the U.S. House. Before the vote, estimates ranged from 45 to 70 seats switching from Democrats to Republicans. Burning down the house, indeed. The final number was 63. Among the states,

Shady City Votes and Ego-Trip Riders

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Bill Hennessy

Three precincts in the city of St. Louis delivered 3,800 votes for Carnahan in the last hour of counting. Wahby’s district. Wahby’s wife works for Mayor Francis Slay. They waited until they knew how many votes they needed, then they manufactured them–typical Dems, in my view. Now I ask you: how many dead or non-existent people voted in Wahby’s precincts? Ed Martin won, and everyone knows it. City Democrats have no qualms with committing felonies

614 Days

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Bill Hennessy

Six hundred fourteen days from the first Tea Parties to Election Day. That’s 307 days in 2009 and 307 in 2010. In that time, we’ve met so many people. We’ve made too many friends. (Psychologists and sociologists and anthropologists believe that a person can manage no more than 150 human relationships, so there is such a thing as too many friends.) Most of us, I’m afraid, have seen friendships end, too. Some ended because of

Human Decay in the Age of Obama

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Bill Hennessy

In 47BC, Julius Caesar assumed dictatorial power in Rome. He instituted “reforms” that transformed the Republic into the Empire. In the process, he became a dictator. Rome’s decent into oblivion began. In 44BC, seeing the damage Caesar’s tyranny and reforms, three men removed Caesar from power by the method of the day. History moves faster now than it did 2,000 years ago. A megalomaniacal leaders bent on fundamentally transforming a nation can do remarkable damage

The Candidate Who Doesn’t Want You to Know Her

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Bill Hennessy

Political candidates want to meet everyone. “If people would just meet me,” they say, “they’ll realize I’m a regular . . .” guy/gal/tea partier/whatever. This seems a good thing—willing to stand before the voters and be judged. Missouri’s State Auditor, Susan Montee might want to keep her name, her history, and her record out of the spotlight. That’s because Susan Montee is about as hard left as you get. Here’ just a sample: Questionable Ethics

Drowning Beauty

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Bill Hennessy

Someday I’ll write more – much more – on this. But it’s important to remember what’s at stake in America, in the world, this election: beauty. Totalitarian regimes despise beauty. They bury it in palaces where the rulers roam, their cancerous eyes raking over someone’s masterpiece the way raw sewage pollutes a clear stream after a pipe’s failure. Regimes, in their attempts to hoard beauty, bury it. In free America (remember it?) high art never

Let Some Things Go; Fight For Others

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Bill Hennessy

Here’s a passage from a fine roman a clef: [I]f the worst were to happen and a local armed militia were to descend on me and drive me out as a Jewish alien, their offense mainly would be against the Jew, not against the landowner. And in such a case my concern would be for the U.S. Constitution, not for my investment. The rooms, the rocks, the vegetation had no hold on my vital organs.

A Different World

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Bill Hennessy

While we’ve been building the tea party, the world has changed. Our world has changed. Consumers consume less Inflation is limited to food, fuel, and gold Experiences and human connections are more important than possessions and promotions Debt shifted from people and businesses to government—which means to all of us The government took out a $48,000 loan in your name Both major parties looked bad when we examined them When the 112th Congress convenes, the

The Power and the Glory

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Bill Hennessy

"For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children robed in white stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood

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