Today's Nuze: August 05, 2008 

OBAMA SHOULD TRY THAT SEAL THINGY AGAIN

After all, just because the American people didn't get it the first time ... maybe the second time's the charm? You do know what I'm referring to, don't you? Several weeks ago Obama thought that he was so close to being a shoo-in for the presidency that he even created his own presidential seal. There it was ... the Eagle, the olive branches, the arrow .. and a nifty little Latin slogan "Vero Possemus" or something like that.

Actually ... I sort of miss Obama's seal. Maybe he really should try again. Instead of an Eagle he could use a turkey. No arrows .. the turkey could be grasping some weed. That would really play well with the just-out-of-college-and-I-know-all-there-is-to-know crowd. I have a suggestion for another Latin slogan too. "Magnum opus, nulli secundum, optimum cognito, ergo sum!" Work on it and let me know if you figure it out.

There are other possibilities for Obama's new Latin slogan:

• Margaritas ante porcos
• Vae puto deus fio
• Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareis
• Cedo nulli
• Cum catapultae proscriptae erat, tum soli prescript catapultas habeunt.
• Hunc tu cavetto
• Magister Mundi scum!
• Nihil est--in vita priore ego imperator Romanus fui
• Nimiast miseria nimis pulchrum esse hominum
• Mandamus

(Yes ... I learned all of this at Texas A&M .. a huge center of learning for the Latin language on the Brazos!)

OK ... enough fun. No ... I'm not going to give you the translations. That's up to you. Well ... I will tell you that the "mandamus" thing works awfully well, actually. It simply means "we command." Pretty much describes the big "O" to a "T", wouldn't you say?

The "Big O", say ... I kinda like that!

There, we fixed that for him.

OBAMABOTS ... PLAYING THE RACE CARD AGAIN

This time it's over that very funny ad that the McCain folks created for the Internet: the "Celebrity" ad. Some Obama surrogates immediately attacked the ad as in some way being racist. Racist how? Well, because there was a picture of Paris Hilton --- and clearly the McCain people put that picture of Paris Hilton in that ad to appeal to the primal fears of racist whites everywhere of a black man and a white woman.

But then again ... just who brought up Paris Hilton in connection with the Obama campaign first? Why, it would seem that this would be nobody other than The Chosen One himself!

This from an article last February in the Washington Post:

There's nothing exotic or complicated about how phenoms are made in Washington, and, more to the point, how they are broken.

"Andy Warhol said we all get our 15 minutes of fame," says Barack Obama. "I've already had an hour and a half. I mean, I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton look like a recluse."

So .. the Obama - Paris stuff started with Obama. Makes you wanna go hmmmmmmm.

OOPS ...

Well we know someone who has been knocked off Barack Obama's short list for VP. Colorado governor Bill Ritter was on some talk show the other day and man did he stick his foot in his mouth.

The talk show host apparently asked Governor Ritter why he didn't feel he was a good choice for Obama's VP. Ritter's response was, "Well, just because, I think there are a lot of things that he has to take into consideration. I've been governor for 18 months. My experience before that was as a district attorney. I loved being a district attorney...but I don't think that's what Barack Obama's looking for in a vice president. I've been governor for 18 months. It's been a great experience. But it's just 18 months...Obama has to think about experience...levels of experience..."

Oh really, governor. Ya don't say...

Well it took a winsome caller to ask the question that all of us are now thinking ... "Governor, you said 18 months' experience wasn't enough experience as governor to be the vice president. Would you want to contrast that with the 143 days' experience Obama as senator before he decided he had enough experience to be president."

Zing. But Bill Ritter's response tells it all: "All I can tell ya is I am a fan of Barack Obama's. Met him in 2004 during his campaign for Senate...You meet him and discover there's something very different about him. That's all I'll say."

There is something different about the guy? Is that really all he has going for him? Clearly Bill Ritter couldn't attest to Obama's experience because he has none. He couldn't even manage to come up with the fact that he defeated the Clinton machine for the nomination ... that would at least be something.

OBAMA'S ARROGANCE

The latest snafu on the Obama trail is a picture of Obama's seat on O-Force One (his fancy plane where the American flag was replaced with the Obama seal). Anyway, the picture shows Obama's chair with the word "President" listed on it. Big deal? Not really. But if you collectively look at these little things, they are adding up to a very big picture: the arrogance of Barack Obama.

Here's a lame explanation of Obama's arrogance from UCLA political scientist Mark Sawyer. He says, "There's an interesting line building on Obama that somehow success and intelligence are a handicap ... If he wasn't extraordinary, he wouldn't be there. But then he is extraordinary and it becomes, 'He is just too good, too well spoken, too accomplished.' "

Well we have clearly covered the "accomplished" argument ... but being "too good and too well spoken" does not mean that you can go around acting as if you are the greatest gift to the world. As a columnist last week said, the people of this country are just waiting for Barack Obama to get his designer shoes dirty. People who are criticizing Obama aren't criticizing him because he is intelligent or successful - they are criticizing him because of his policies ... and now his arrogance.

JUST ONE MORE THING:

I found this gem in the book "The Case Against Barack Obama" by David Freddoso. It's apart of a letter to the editor written by some Obama disciple:

"I'm taking a special look at Barack Obama because he's a lot closer to a Jesus-type than the other candidates, by quite a bit. What if God decided to incarnate as men preaching "hope and change." And what if we didn't recognize them, because we are so dull, and let them slip away, not availing ourselves of the opportunity to be led by God!"

No .. I didn't make it up. It's a letter from one Steve Davis to the East Illinois Journal Gazette - Times Courier dated March 31, 2008. Gotta love it. This character thinks that Obama may be God as man on earth?

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE?

It's about darn time something lit a fire underneath Republican butts up there in Washington. The Republicans have stayed behind to continue debating on energy policy, despite the fact that Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats are well on their way to vacation. Maybe this is just an act of desperation. The Republicans know what has been coming to them for a while now - they are going to have their behinds handed to them on a platter this election. Desperate times call for these measures, and only now do they wake up and realize that Americans support offshore drilling in a big way.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

THURSDAY'S GUEST: Thursday, Texas Governor Rick Perry will be a guest on the show at around 11:30am ET to discuss his book On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For. Atlanta folks, meet Gov. Perry at Borders in Buckhead at 7:30pm that night where he'll be signing copies of the book.

Could the tides really be turning? John McCain is enjoying a slight lead over Barack Obama in the latest Rasmussen polls. What's the deal here? Is the second coming going to be put off?

Obama wants clean energy for our nation. And just in case you weren't aware, this is "the great test of our time." I rather think that Islamic terrorism is a bigger test.

The White House says that it will not call for special session of Congress because it won't make a difference ... "Democrats are unwilling to bring up a bill for an up-down vote." Typical weak reaction from the White House. At least a special session would put the Democrat desire for a continuation of high gas prices on a pedestal for all to see.

Make sure that you've had your coffee before reading this article about convincing "the few" climate change skeptics that humans are the cause of global warming.

I know that you all can breathe a sigh of relief ... Bill Clinton says that he is not a racist.

"It's not by accident that rationism and fascism sound so much alike" ... this is for all you global warmers out there who believe the government should control our lives.

This should be comforting ... Iranian officials say they have tested a new weapon that can be used at sea. What are they calling it? A spear gun?

Perhaps the greatest economic threat to our nation ... the cost of entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. But don't worry about the future ... just as long as you get yours now.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, a visual representation of Obama's plan for the oil industry. So simple .. yet so accurate.

One district in Tennessee is having some real racial issues over the renaming of a stinking park.

The nanny state government of San Francisco is proposing a fine of up to $1,000 for people who fail to properly sort their garbage.

The first paragraph of a story - seriously! "It's getting tougher for the dishonest, the mentally unstable and the overweight to get hired as Cook County jail guards these days. As a result, fewer guards are getting hired."

Government school students in Fairfax, Virginia now have to be monitored by surveillance cameras in the lunch rooms because students have stolen $1 million in food.

Looks like our intern, Borat, didn't realize that the mankini was a joke. Seriously, what kind of a demented jerk would wear something like this? He just HAS to be a Euro-weenie.

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