GOP GOOP

The National Republican Tust, a political action committee set up to produce anti-Obama commercials featuring Rev. Wright, is back with new radio ads targeting four senators who supported the stimulus package. The lone Democrat in the ads is Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkanasas, who is believed by Republicans to be vulnerable in 2010. The three Republicans--Specter, Snowe and Collins--are targeted for being "disloyal to the country." The PAC announced it would "support challengers in any primaries of any Republicans who voted for the stimulus bill." The group's ads against Obama during the campaign may have affected some voters in Eastern Virginia but provoked a backlash in Pennsylvania, the site of Obama's "Race" Speech.

Maine Senators Snowe and Collins report that e-mails against them ran to about 75,000 but their Maine constituents were overwhelmingly positive about their roles.



Ralph Reed famous for creating the Religious Right and sponsoring gambling casinos on Indian reservations is trying to get evangelicals to adopt another name because he now believes they are associated in people's minds with extremism.



Ken Starr has returned to warn that any judges nominated by Obama will have great difficulty being confirmed since they would be out of the mainstream of recent appointees. Seven out of the last 9 Supreme Court Judges were appointed by Republicans and the judiciary now is a majority Republican, despite complaints from conservatives.



The conservative group Grassfire is urging citizens to join their patriotic resistance to Obama's agenda. Claiming over 428,000 members, it claims its resistance is an alliance of patriotic, resilient and determined conservatives who will not forsake their principles. One is asked to take the pledge," As an American citizen, while I will show respect to President Obama, I oppose the far-Left and socialistic elements that comprise the centerpiece of his agenda, including the massive Government spending spree that is being pushed as an economic stimulus. I recognize that it will take a patriotic and resilient Citizen Resistance to block implementation of this agenda and I join with others who oppose these threats to our liberties."



The group then goes on to ask citizens to resist environmental extremism, liberal court activism, open border anarchy, all tax increases and welfare programs, the Fairness Doctrine,the radical pro-abortion and the homosexual agenda, post-American globalism and any weakening of the Second Amendment.



Several posters on the Freerepublic refuse to sign because it mentions showing respect to President Obama.

New Gingrich, after a shaky start of the week by saying the Obama Administration was characterized by "gross mismanagement", settled down to suggest ways out of the GOP impasse. Gingrich claimed that Republicans will fare better by stressing small government and small business, rather than supporting big business. He also suggested that their past problem was incompetence in implementing their ideas. In his speech, asked about the Bush Presidency, he wiggled saying,"it had some successes and a great many failures."

The RNC has been raising money galore for Norm Coleman's quest to overturn the results of the Minnesota election, which saw Al Franken win by a landslide 225 votes. However, with recent court decisions in Minnesota, Al's lead now has expanded to 245 votes. The RNC is on record that they will try anything to prevent the Democrats from getting 59 seats. I expect now they will challenge Illinois' new Senator Ray Burris, who admits that Hot Rod Blago did ask for campaign contributions. And all this time I thought it was Saxbe Chambliss from Georgia, who was our quarantee against socialism.

Meanwhile in Arizona the state government is in such bad financial shape that school weeks are now cut back to 4 days. Both their Senators voted against the stimulus package as "generational theft."

Poor Mr. Cao, America's first Vietnamese-American congressman. He wanted to vote for the stimulus bill because he said his district was hurting but the Republicans actually stationed someone right beside him during the whole vote to make sure he toed the line.

The severe cuts in funds for building and restoring schools was a result of Repubicans responding to the religious right's objection that the funds could not be used for buildings that hosted religious events or church services.

Old tax rebel, Howard Jarvis has returned to the scene--how old is this guy?-- to resist any deals on the California budget, which would require any raises in taxes.