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Meg Whitnam Spends $100 Million of Her Personal Wealth for CA. Gov.

She could have binged, and started 10 million new business projects,hiring 100-thousand new people instead of this ego driven pig like demand to satisfy her own ego.

Television stations will be happy with the new income.  Otherwise the voters---"let them eat cake."

If she wins, the first thing she will do----is start downsizing government, throwing middle class workers on the street.

These are wonderful people with terrific families...but not good enough for MS. Whitman, who probably pays her domestic help----making her beds, cleaning up, etc., for minimum wage.

-----Bob Kholos

Should VP Joe Biden be Obama's new Chief of Staff?

President Obama's current C of S, Rahm Emananuel, will probably vacate that position, in order to run for Mayor of Chicago.

With the Obama administration looking weak against the GOP during falls election, we need a "tough guy," in  the upcoming eleciion.

Mr. Biden is a true blue collar democat, and can help the party get back on its feet.

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Has President Obama Lost His " Mo-Jo"?

   As Chris Mathews, of Hardball, on MSNBC says, even in small groups, President Obama uses a teleprompter.

  Perhaps this is the reason, the president looks so laid back in his news presentations.

  In reality.  the Republicans are beating him to the ground, politically, and as a result may take over congress in this falls election.

  I support President Obama, but when I watch his 20 second news bites on the evening news, he looks politically boring.

  We still have two months in order to save the Democratic majority.

  He is doing a great job with important issues, such as health care.  You would think people would be lining the streets  to kiss his feet.

  Instead, he is being tossed aside, with such things as, "Obama care".  This while the soon to be Republican majority are touting no social security until 70 years of age and investing your Social Security money into the stock market.

If I were in charge, I would bring in a new political team.

----Bob Kholos

My Cancer - Democrats- Glenn Beck-President Obama

     After two adult stem cell transplants,and three years of trying to defeat my various cancers, I have been cancer free.

     However, today I noticed a major lump near my belly button, and my doctor will do a biopsy on Monday.    

Like worrying about right winger, Glenn Beck and his speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in D.C, on Saturday ...I have no idea of the results of this political biopsy.   

Will multi-millionaire Beck catch on as a new GOP messiah and destroy any chance of the Democratic party holding and controlling Congress majority?    

Because President Obama pushed through important health care legislation, toned down Wall Street, and got over 100,000 teachers, firefighters and police without any taxation, he has been called a "racist," by the recovering alcoholic, Beck, has whipped up all of the crazies from the extreme right.   

You know that President Obama made sure that children with pre-existing conditions, such as cancer, can now be helped, with this new health care legislation.   

Beck has lied his way to the top. Yet the news media have bought into his craziness.   

In recent polling, Sarah Palin has a popularity rating of 70% among republicans in Iowa and New Hampshire , which gives her a leg up for the for the GOP nomination in 2012.   

However,  should Beck go over the top in Saturday's speech, he may enter the Presidential race in competition with Palin, who will speak, along with  baseball player Albert Pulholtz . 

I hope I don't have cancer, and I hope against hope that Glenn Beck will fail.

Bob Kholos

   

    

Healthcare law backers plan counteroffensive - latimes.com

Healthcare law backers plan counteroffensive - latimes.com.

Does Obama Deserve a Vacation?

  Of course, he deserves a vacation.

  Mr. Obama is bringing with him, the National Security Adviser---which doesn't sound like much of a holiday to me.

Candidate Obama promised an end to the Iraq war, which has cost us over 1 trillion dollars (just think what that amount of money,put into our states, would have done) and over 4,000 lives.

He has come through with a lot of promises made--Iraq, Wall Street, money to hire and rehire over 100,000 teachers, firefighters and police, and a vibrant health care policy, where every American will eventually  will have medical insurance.

Now, that 100,000 combat troops have been removed from Iraq (two weeks earlier than publicly stated by the President), I am happy that he is taking time off in Martha's Vineyard.

 As President, he has given every American  hope------so he deserves some down time.

The truth is:  The President of the United States brings the White House with him, wherever he travels.I'm happy he can take some time off with his family.

---Bob Kholos

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President Obama Getting Bad Advice?

  The republicans are having a field day with Obama's support of the Mosque( actually a community center) which may be built a few blocks away from ground zero. 

There is nothing wrong with the issue of Muslim's who want to build this project on private property.  However, all the President had to say was, "The government should not get involved in religious freedom, because we cannot support one religion over another---the government is prevented from choosing any religion, due to the US Constitution which provides a protection and separation of church and state." 

Is the President getting bad advice from senior advisers:  the short answer is, YES.

He signed legislation to support the jobs of over 100,000 teachers, thousand of police and fire--yet he can't get through the media noise of issues such as the Mosque, and Mrs. Obama's vacation to Spain, among other distractions.  

The fact is that everyone in the United States will have health insurance by 2014, and children, who have life threatening diseases,will now be treated.  They were denied such care in the past. 

He pushed wall street reform, and got it, over protests by the GOP. 

Mr. Obama has already begun the draw down of troops in Iraq, saving billions of dollars---yet has hardly  made enough news noise to breakthrough.   

He has also signed legislation providing $600 million dollars to provide protection along our border. 

Yet, the President has barely made his case on these issues, and the republicans have the entire Executive Branch on the defensive. 

Even his Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, has gotten into a fight with the democratic base. 

All of these issues, makes me think that the President of the United States, is getting bad or no advice at all.  I hope he gets it together prior to the November election.  Otherwise we will see a GOP takeover of the House of Representatives, and draw even in the United States Senate.

---Bob Kholos

Democrats: Save Congress and Obama---Shop in September

  One of the ways to get out of our recession, is for average folks to spend money.

  Everyone is so afraid, that many who have jobs and are middle class, are saving money, waiting for this crisis to end. 

  The government is spending gobs of taxpayer money, but it doesn't seem to help much, at this point.

  However, if private citizens spend a little more money in September, it may kick start the economy, prior to this years fall election where the republicans are geared to win the majority seats in the House of Representatives and come close to winning the US Senate

The only chance we have (democrats) is to kick start the economy ourselves. 
 Save Obama and congress, and start spending in September. 
----bob kholos

The Case of Robert Gibbs

 Robert Gibbs, who is the current Press Secretary to President Barack Obama, has been criticized, particularly on cable news, for his caustic comments about dealing with the new left within the democratic party. 

  As a former Press Secretary to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley (his first--1973) i have been very impressed on how Gibbs handled himself on the campaign trail, as well as, in front of the White House press corps. 

There is a problem, however: The spokesperson for the President of the United States, must not get involved in controversy, which may overshadow the issues that, in this case, Mr. Obama is trying to get out to the public.  These distractions are bad for the Executive Branch.

It is not unusual, behind the scenes for politicians to be caustic and critical at their base.   I remember when California Speaker of the Assembly, Jesse Unruh, would regularly refer to the powerful l unions, who were a major basis of his support, as "labor fakers."  It was never for public consumption....but it was a way of releasing frustration for impossible demands by them.

It is therefore, probably a benefit to the Obama administration, for Mr. Gibbs to take another job within the administration.
---Bob Kholos

Democrats: Beware of the Humphrey-Nixon Syndrome

  As a democrat, are you thinking of sitting on your hands during this November mid term election? 

  During the 1968 general election, VP Hubert Humphrey lost to Nixon by a few votes, because liberals were upset with how close Humphrey was to LBJ and the Vietnam war.Nixon said he had a secret plan to end the war, but years later the war was still raging.

Most analysts knew that HHH would get us out of Vietnam, but liberals stayed home during that election and threw the Presidency to Nixon, for six years.

President Obama has done everything possible to get us out of Iraq, and will start withdrawing troops from the corrupt country, known as Afghanistan, next year.

He has also come to bat for health care, and funding schools and teachers, among other issues.Yet, polling shows that democratic voters are less enthusiastic when it comes to voting this fall, than their republican counterparts.

If we (democrats) lose the House and US Senate to the GOP.....the front burner of politics will be abortion, not allowing citizens to get Social Security until age 70, and investing your Social Security money into the stock Market(privatization).

I'm enthused about Obama and speaker Pelosi, now.Please don't hand over the power of the legislative branch to the conservative, BP types during this year's fall election.

---Bob Kholos