The Democrat lie and the truth about the world of the Progressive Big Bank/Big Corporation world.

The Weekly Standard.com carries this story:  Acting Labor Secretary Seth D. Harris addressed the Annual Legislative Conference of the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) on Monday. As part of a scathing attack on attempts to reform public employee labor unions, Harris told a joke that he said was “making the rounds a few years ago”:

 A unionized public employee, a small-government conservative, and a CEO are sitting around a table with a plate that has a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, looks at the conservative and says: "Watch out for that union guy, he wants a piece of your cookie."

Now,  here is the problem.  The Democrat party is the party of Big Banking and the large corporate CEO.  Despite all the rhetoric to the contrary,  it is the Obama Administration who over-saw the largest transfer of wealth in world history, somewhere between 7 and 24 trillion dollars via TARP,  into banking coffers.  While Obama touts the success of TARP and his willingness to have acted “immediately,”  the fact remains that Wall Street dropped another 4,000 points after TARP.  TARP prevented nothing.  Its original purpose was derailed from the very beginning,  and Big Banking was the only benefactor;  retirement funds were permanently lost and the small investor never recovered her investments.  Instead,  Big Banking has recorded record profits and "too big to fail" has simply gotten bigger,  under the green king,  Obama,  and his BS leadership  ("BS" of course,  standing for Bio Sensitive).  

It is a well known fact that the larger corporations in America  are run by Progressives.  It is small business that has a majority conservative vote,  not Big Business.  And Seth Harris knows this to be the fact,  but he continues the lie at the expense of the truth,  knowing full well that the Compliant Media will not call him on his distortions. 

Understand that Obama and the Socialist Democrats spent 3 billion,  total,  on the past election,  while the Romney campaign and the conservative collective spend 2 billion. Unions gave nearly 700 million,  George Soros and related concerns including the large business CEO community,  gave another 1.4 billion;  smaller donations made up the remainder.   Certainly “big money” exists on the GOP side,  but the point of this post,  is this:  Obama and his Socialist Combine owns the world of the Big Bank and Big Business,  period.  

If Obama's inability to keep up with Romney is sign of a failing campaign, then, with this report, he has cause to worry.

<<<< Understand that it was Obama who broke his promise to abide by campaign finance rules, back in 2008.  While he whines about the money being raised against his presidency,  he is the one who set the standard for the recent rush of campaign contributions,  not the GOP.  

Obama Trails Romney Again in Battle for Campaign Cash for second consecutive month

Several top Obama donors said privately that Mr. Obama’s attacks on Mr. Romney’s private equity career, the president’s handling of White House relations with business leaders and his criticisms of tax rates for the wealthy had made it harder for some of his allies to raise money on Mr. Obama’s behalf from the financial sector and other industries.

“He will not have the same level of support from the business community as last time — either in endorsements, money or support,” said one Obama backer who declined to be identified because of his relationship with the campaign. “That’s clear.” . . . . .  read the full article here.

Editor's notes: Understand that comparing Obama 2012 to Obama 2008 is not the only comparison that is worth the mention.  

When we compare the GOP 2008 financial campaign ($530 million) to the GOP 2012 campaign season,  with Romney on track to raise $800,  the difference is telling and adds to the cautious warning in the words of our news blub. 

Last month (June),  Obama raised $70 million compared to Romney’s $106 million and is spending at three times the rate of Romney.  In Iowa,  for example,  Obama has purchased 42,000 advertising ratings points,   the bulk of which are extremely negative ads railing against Romney on a personal level.   You should know that the media industry recommends the purchase of 1,000 ratings points to ensure full saturation for a particular advertisement. In short,  Obama is flooding the Iowa market with negative adds in this state. 

In the end and to date,  he is polling down in the black community,  with young college aged voters,  with women  ---  traditionally,  his voting strength. 

Rahm leaves the dance behind and moves into the heart of Chicago politics.

Yes, this really is Rahm Emanuel. He did the dance, some years ago as well as serving as a commando in the Israeli army. He was an "incrementalist" in the Obama Administration, maybe the only one, who knows.

Rahm's gone: New day, new tone for the White House
WASHINGTON (AP) - Reshaping the tone and tenor of the White House, President Barack Obama on Friday replaced the colorful and caustic Rahm Emanuel with the private Pete Rouse as his chief of staff, shifting to a new phase of his presidency with a drastically different aide as trusted gatekeeper . . . . .

Editor's notes: the headlined article speaks of a "new tone" now that Rahm is gone. Rubbish, of course. The "tone" of the White House is a top-down affair. It all comes from Obama.

It is clear to this editor that the next two years will be about Novice Obama winning re-election and returning his party's majority to the halls of Congress. He will continue his belligerent rhetoric, hoping to drive a wedge between the voter and the GOP.

The morning's scuttlebutt has to do with Obama cutting back on his agenda; not being so aggressive in the pursuit of the European/African transformation he has in mind. Our response?

Duh !!

Of course he is going to cut back. After November 2, regardless as to which party controls congress, his agenda is screwed.

The dismantling of Constitutional freedoms, the massive intrusion of government, the idiocy of ObamaCare processes, the near criminalization of an entire segment of the population, the continuing legal battles against FoxNews and privately funded conservative talk radio, rule by regulation (EPA, FTC, SEC, FCC), the advanced "czar" population and Obama's contempt for the balance of powers, especially the Congressional review process. and the blatant misappropriation of federal funds (i.e. who the heck paid off the GM loan "five years early"?) -- all this and more are contrary to the ideology of the Right. OF COURSE, the Right opposes Obama on these matters.

Point of post: nothing has changed in the absence of Rahm Emanuel. In fact, the harshness of Obama speak will manifestly increase as will the deceptiveness of his reelection politic. Understand that Obama's race for reelection begins NOW. One of the first acts of the Lame Duck Congress will be to pass a campaign finance "reform" bill that will off-set the supposed damage done by the Supreme Court in the Citizens United decision. For the first time in a hundred years, the Court allowed for corporate speech to be considered "protected speech."

In normal times, we would be against corporate monies in an election, but Obama's reform bill will limit that activity while leaving the unions to do what they will with their monies - upwards of 300 million dollars given to the Dems. Unless and until that is given remedy, campaign reform must be rejected. Its all or nothing on this one.

A little truth talk about corporate dollars and the Democrat Party.

A few days ago, this week, it was reported that News Corps donated a million dollars to the GOP. That donation was made in or before the month of August. It made news because a thin-skinned Obama, via his party minions, was critical of the donation in spite of the fact that NBC and Comcast have both contributed to Democrat front organizations. We are told that all of this is perfectly legal and above board. Understand that GE owns the NBC/MSNBC news network, so who controls who ??

One of the greatest American myths of our day is that the Dems are not tied to corporate money . . . . . such is a flat-out lie. Prior to the most recent contribution, News Corps' political donations have been split between the Dems (with 54% ) and the GOP (with 46%) . It is the worst kind of hypocrisy to pretend that they, the Dems, reject corporate funding. Understand that before the 2002 McCain/Feingold campaign finance reforms, the Democrat Party took in millions from unions and corporate donations. Even after the campaign reforms of 2002, hundreds of liberal and Marxist groups not governed by campaign law received corporate money and funneled those donations into the coffers of the Marxist run party - again, all of it legal. In fact, part of the Dem's funding strategies is the creation of hundreds of tax-exempt organizations created for the sole purpose of funneling money into the DNC. There are many more such organizations collecting for the Dems than for the Republicans.

Keep in mind this little unknown fact: of the 770 million dollars raised by the Obama campaign, only $178 million came from small and private donors (approximately 3.5 million individuals in total). What of the remaining funding? At least $400 million came from entities that remain unknown to this day. So let's not allow the Dems to pretend they are the party of the people to the exclusion of big money. The Dems are owned by the green corporate world at all levels, trial lawyers and nearly every large union in the country.

Of course the Republicans are not "pure" in this regard, either. But it is a disgraceful lie to pretend that the Dems are not in bed with big big money.

Obama slams GOP for protecting contributors - kind of like what he did with the 400 million in undisclosed campaign funding back in 2008

By Roxana Tiron - 09/18/10 06:00 AM ET

President Obama on Saturday slammed congressional Republicans for opposing efforts that would force special-interest groups to disclose their donors for campaign-related activities.

Obama’s salvo comes in the midst of an intense midterm election season in which the GOP has been gaining momentum and is seen as potentially gaining enough seats in the House to be in majority and diminish the Democratic majority in the Senate. . . . . READ MORE >>>>

Editor's notes: The old campaign record was around 360 million for a presidential candidate. McCain and Obama promised to limit their spending in keeping with the Feingold/McCain Campaign Finance bill. At the last minute, Obama bailed out of that agreement, leaving McCain to die by his own campaign finance sword. In the end, McCain revealed his sources. He collected 330 million for his campaign - a near record.

Obama officially received 770 million dollars, destroying the previous campaign record. He refused to reveal the sources for 400 million of the money received. Understand that, during the '08 campaign, Obama refused a $84 public grant for his campaign and in that refusal, protected himself from the likelihood of a federal (FEC) audit. A primary complaint leveled against the Obama campaign is his decision to forgo credit card fraud checks. In a 2008 Politico article, we have this summary statement of any pending investigations:

The Federal Election Commission is unlikely to conduct a potentially embarrassing audit of how Barack Obama raised and spent his presidential campaign’s record-shattering windfall, despite allegations of questionable donations and accounting that had the McCain campaign crying foul. Adding insult to injury for Republicans: The FEC is obligated to complete a rigorous audit of McCain’s campaign coffers, which will take months, if not years, and cost McCain millions of dollars to defend.

Point of post: Obama was NEVER a "different kind of politician." Being black and beautiful is not the kind of change any of us had in mind.