Hillary and Me

I’ve been watching the Coakley/Brown  race for Teddy Kennedy’s the People’s Senate seat in Massachusetts with amusement and fascination.

The last few days have shown the world that there is no gutter the desperate Dems won’t get into, no evil or despicable act they will pass on, no lie too big for the Dems and team Obama.  Character assassination?  No problemo!   So what if Brown didn’t really vote to prevent women from getting rape kits!  The pictures looked good didn’t they? Besides isn’t this the same foolproof BS that got the Constitutionally ineligible fraud elected President?

Ya, well I guess you really can fool some of the people all the time, but not this time Sparky!  The people are feed up with back room deals, all the overspending and under-performing. They are tired of the excuses, the phony rhetoric, the bailouts, the 37 Czars, the lack of transparency, and being taken for granted.

CNN is reporting that the White House is predicting a Coakley loss.

Oh, boo hoo! But even better is this, Hot Air is reporting that when the Big O arrived at his venue to speak barely 1,500 people were there … not counting the hecklers … yes, I said hecklers!

Regardless of the motivation, the result speaks for itself. While Scott Brown drew at least 3,000 for his big rally this afternoon, Obama struggled to fill his venue:

But Obama and a parade of Democrats who appeared on stage before a crowd a local fire official put at 1,100 at Northeastern University’s modest gymnasium spent much of their time trying to explain to the audience, and to themselves, how they had lost their grip on the public “anger” – a word that has replaced “hope” as the emotion Democrats seek to channel.

He couldn’t fill a hall for Deval Patrick in October, either. If Coakley was looking for a game-changer, she’s going to be disappointed.

Update: The Boston Globe puts Obama’s rally at 1500 and Brown’s at 2200 (in the main room), but makes the point that the President got overshadowed by the state Senator!

And if you think things can’t get worse, you’d be wrong. Teddy Kennedy’s home town paper, the Cape Cod Times has just endorsed Scott Brown.

In his last re-election to the state Senate in 2008, Brown won by a 59-41 percent margin. Part of his success comes from his willingness to work with Democrats on important issues.

“I would not have been overwhelmingly re-elected if I didn’t know how to work across party lines,” Brown said in the primary. “If the Democrats have a good idea, I’d be happy to vote with them.”

Brown is exactly what Washington needs — someone who will vote his conscience rather than spew party rhetoric.

The notion of change as an important ingredient here cannot be underestimated, not because the Democrats are necessarily on the wrong path, but because good government is enhanced by two viable parties.

In the special Senate election on Tuesday, we recommend Scott Brown.

UPDATED – THE SENATE MOVES INTO ACTION SATURDAY MORNING TRYING TO GATHER VOTES FOR A HEALTH CARE BILL MOST OF AMERICA IS AGAINST BECAUSE 85% ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR COVERAGE!  BUT NO, LET’S BANKRUPT THE COUNTRY EVEN MORE AND PUSH THIS 2,000 PAGE TURKEY THROUGH!

HELLO! IS ANYONE LISTENING?  CONCENTRATE ON JOBS AND FORGET HEALTH CARE … WE CAN’T AFFORD IT AND NEITHER CAN THE GENERATION THAT WILL BE STUCK WITH THE BILLS!

OH, YA AND CONGRESS WILL MAKE SURE THEIR FAMILIES WILL NOT HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE RESTRICTIONS OF THEIR LEGISLATION!

My cookies are really frosted this morning!

I gotta tell ya, with unemployment figures at 10.2% (as high as 16 or 17% in some areas of the country), a Congress intent in spending even more money for a health care plan the majority of Americans DO NOT want, and with Congress harping on what those nasty executives on Wall Street make it almost made me choke to read the following!

The Reformed Broker is reporting that while 1% of the total US population are millionaires,  44% of our Congress men and women are millionaires … yes, these selfless representatives of our Republic who cannot find the time to read the bills they vote on demonstrate what charlatans and hypocrites they are.  We have millionaires trying to pass health care legislation that they will exempt themselves from.  This ghastly legislation is good enough for us but not for our rarefied legislators!

No wonder the approval rate for Congress is in the cellar! We can’t vote these bastards out of office fast enough!

According to Politico

As Washington reels from the news of 10.2 percent unemployment, the Center for Responsive Politics is out with a new report describing the wealth of members of Congress.

1. Two-hundred-and-thirty-seven members (237!) of Congress are millionaires. That’s 44 percent of the body – compared to about 1 percent of Americans overall.
2. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), worth about $244.7 million; Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), worth about $214.5 million; Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), worth about $209.7 million; and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), worth about $208.8 million.
3. All told, at least seven lawmakers have net worth’s greater than $100 million, according to the Center’s 2008 figures.

No wonder Congress is so tone deaf! They don’t have to live like the rest of us … having to make decisions based on an economy of their making. Tarp funds, bail outs for banks and the auto industry … help for everyone but Main Street and Small Business!

Richest Members of Congress

Not listed above is Nancy Pelosi’s net worth, which according to Wikipedia is $19 million. However, according to NNDB her net worth is substantially higher:

Like most members of Congress, Pelosi is a multi-millionaire. Mostly on the strength of her husband’s portfolio of commercial real estate, the Pelosis’ net worth is at least $25M and may be as high at $92M — financial disclosure forms for federal officials report assets and liabilities in broad ranges, so the figure is difficult to pinpoint. The Pelosis own a small office building in San Francisco and another in the suburbs of Marin County, as well as millions of dollars in stock in Microsoft and AT&T, and a minority interest in Piatti Locali, a small chain of Italian restaurants in California.

Harry Reid’s net worth was between $2,613,056 and $6,258,998 in 2007, according to Reid’s mandated financial disclosure statements. For more information on all of our Congressional representatives go to Open Secrets.org.

VOTE THESE BASTARDS OUT OF OFFICE!