Countdown to Rapture

Carol Bauer issued her Capital Prayer Alert asking her prayer group at American Values to try and persuade Christians who are waiting for the imminent return of Jesus Christ not to simply give up and wait but also to vote. "You can be a modern Esther 'for a time like this'. Also you can donate.

Bryan Fischer writes for the website Rightly Concerned a piece entitled, "Would Jesus sign the Arizona immigration law? In a heartbeat." Fischer is the policy director of a Beltway Christian values organization. Clearly, he must be a compassionate conservative.

Whatever Jesus may or may not sign, Latinos are abandoning the Republican party in droves. Obama enjoys a 68% approval rating and Democrats enjoy a 54-21 approval/disapproval rating. the Republicans are now at 22% approval and 44% disapproval. In 2010 races, Democrats are topping their 2008 high in getting the Latino vote--now 58%. Polls are showing White in Texas is gaining Latino support and Democratic Senatorial candidate in Arizona Glassman is now seizing the majority.

Libertarians feel betrayed by Rand Paul and are thinking about running a candidate against him in Kentucky. Mitch McConnell said that Paul has "talked enough."

One of the Republicans 'Top Gun" recruits for this year--Vaughn Ward-- lost his primary race to Raul Labrador in Idaho's 1st District. Vaughn had announced his candidacy by literally repeating Barack Obama's speech at the 2004 Convention. It was also discovered that all his policy positions had been lifted verbatim from the websites of other candidates around the country. In his debate with Labrador, Ward did not know whether Puerto Rico was a country and suggested we did not want it as part of the United States. It was thought that Ward would be a shoe-in against Democrat Walt Minnick, who won in 2008. Sarah Palin flew into the state to endorse him but actually faced demonstrations by Republicans.

Sarah Palin's other big pick Nikki Haley, candidate for governor of South Carolina, really was naughty and had an affair with Will Folks, a Republican operative and blogger. In the e-mails discovered by the press, it appears there is even a photo. The e-mails also document that Nikki asked Will how to handle this issue with the media. What is strange by now is that neither party is denying the e-mails. But Haley is denying the affair.

Dino Rossi has entered the Republican field in Washington State after months of arm-twisting by the National Republican Senatorial Committee. They believe he can beat Patty Murray, who currently has about an 8pt lead over him. But teabaggers aren't taking this lying down and vow to run a candidate against him. Dino Rossi has run perpetually as long as I can remember.

Today I endorse another Republican for office. Young Boozer--really his name--for Treasurer of the Great State of Alabama.

The Republican mayor of Reno, Nevada, the city made famous in the television series RENO 911, proclaimed his friendship with Chicken Lady Sue Lowden but insisted on calling her Suicidal Sue.

While Obama bounces around between 48-52% approval rating, the generic lead for Democrats in congressional races now clicks in at 4-6% over Republicans. Even Tan Man Boehner admitted to Fox News that taking over the house will be a "heavy lift". This is a dramatic change of tone from just two weeks ago when he said that the GOP could pick upwards to 70 seats and that over 100 were in play. Yesterday, he suggested that Republicans could pick up 30.

While the majority of Americans believe the stimulus package didn't work, the CBO has a new report out today that says it created upwards of 2.8 million jobs and meant between 1.7-4.1% higher in the GDP. By September, the report says that the total jobs created will be 3.7 million, which exceeds President Obama's predictions.

For such a screw-up, President Obama seems to have the Midas touch. He made money from the bank bailouts. He got paid back with interests on the GM loans. And even with the disasterous BP oil spill, it looks like the government will make over $30 billion in fines. And his stimulus package will have created 700,000 more jobs than he promised. What a loser.

It looks like DADT will finally come to a close by the end of this week. A CNN poll shows that 78% of Americans support open gays serving in the military. Even 60% of Republicans support the idea.

Large majorities of Americans now support immigration reform, even among Republicans.

While James Carville was screaming at President Obama to come to Louisiana, (which he's doing on Friday)the President has sent 22,000 people to the Gulf and has over 1,000 vessels out at sea near the leak. A few weeks ago he sent Steven Chu to Houston with a team of hand-picked scientists to figure out a solution. One of these scientists was an expert on the engineering problems involved with Mars. Apparently, they are comparable to the operations 5,000 feet below the sea.

The Senate Republicans invited President Obama to lunch to talk policy. However, it has been reported that the exchanges were heated. We know about them because the hosts within minutes of the lunch breaking up repeated verbatim what they said to the President. But no one reported on what the President said. The last time this happened, Obama ate the House Republicans for lunch because it was aired on television. This time the Southern Senators made sure they got the final word. A pretty rude display considering they invited the President of the United States. But then again he is black and they are Southerners, who know how to handle these things.

Jeffrey Beauregard Sessions says that he may delay the Elena Kagan hearings until he has read all the memos she wrote in the Clinton Administration. Interesting statement. He's not the chairman and he can't dictate the schedule. And the Boy won't wait for you either.

Elena Kagan doesn't cross her legs like a lady when she sits. That passes for thought around here.

If you listen to Baked Alaska, Glenn Beck and watch Drudge, there is a creepy writer snooping around the Palins. He's even rented a house near them in Wasilla. He's like a stalker even though it was Sarah Palin who took a photo of the author reading on his deck. Beck has demanded Random House cancel the author's contract or his viewers will boycott them. Who is the mysterious creep--none other than Joe McGinness! Random House issued a statement vouching for the record and accomplishments of their long-time author, including his book on Alaska. Apparently, Baked Alaska never read it. Afterall, her father last week said pointedly that "she doesn't make any decisions." I wonder who around her does.

Glenn Beck is concerned that Christians don't understand that they will lose their religious freedoms. He says that Barack Obama is orchestrating an advertising boycott of his show to silence him. Anthony Weiner, the SEIU, the AFL-CIO, Van Jones, and others are in on the plot and meeting regularly with Barack Obama to discuss this. He says that Barack and Michelle Obama listened to Jeremiah Wright about the issue of religious freedom. And, I am sure, Glenn, he said to shut down the churches.

The name Jeremiah Wright is what they call "the tell" in gambling. Jeremiah Wright is known in certain Christian circles as being one of the leading crusaders against the so-called "Gospel of Wealth". You know the people that say Jesus doesn't want you poor, he wants you rich. He has been battling the in-roads they have made in the black community and been trying to get black churches to affirm their historical mission. While people remember the Republicans playing Wright's "Chickens have come home to roost" sermon, they do not realize how connected the Wealth Gospel people are to Republicans. That is why Glenn Beck tells everyone to leave any church which has a social gospel. The only ones without one are these well-paid Elmer Gantrys,peddling get rich schemes.


The Republican-wing of the Tea Party led by Mark Williams, our Nixon dirty trickster, has vowed to defeat Scott Brown because he betrayed the Tea Party. The more I listen to the teabaggers I get the distinct impression that their ideal of America existed under the Articles of Confederation. During a Connecticut tea party led by Dick Armey, the audience enthusiastically called for secession from the United States and a convention of states, which would withhold federal incomes taxes from the national government until it capitulated to its demands. One of the big fights against our Constitution was brought about because states feared a national government. I get the sense these people did time travel back to that debate. Unfortunately, for them, many of the states like Texas, which have suggested secession, get far more in federal spending than they give. To Dick Armey's credit, he tried to put a damper on such discussion. You get a distinct feeling that the tea baggers are no longer useful and are an embarassment to Republicans. But it's too late.

Tom Tancredo wants to organize rallies in Arizona in favor of their immigration bill. But William Gheen of the Americans for Legal Immigration PAC has pulled out of the June 5th rally because its being organized by a man named Dan Smerglio, who has links to neo-Nazis and skinheads. On Smeglio's Facebook page , he lists as his favorite band SAGA, the Swedish Neo Nazi Rock band. Gheen is no angel himself because he called on Lindsey Graham to come out of the closet and admit his homosexuality. Gheen suggested people were blackmailing Graham so he would support immigration reform. You can imagine what these rallies will look like.