Randy Newman, I thought I had a friend in you.

Who doesn't love this song?

Well, sad to say, Mr. Newman is not my friend.   Here is one of his recent pieces of satire: (Printed lyrics below.)

“I’m Dreaming” Lyrics

George Washington was a white man

Adams and Jefferson too

Abe Lincoln was a white man, probably

And William McKinley the whitest of them all

Was shot down by an immigrant in Buffalo

And a star fell out of heaven

I’m dreaming of a white President

Just like the ones we’ve always had

A real live white man

Who knows the score

How to handle money or start a war

Wouldn’t even have to tell me what we were fighting for

He’d be the right man

If he were a

I’m dreaming of a white President

Someone whom we can understand

Someone who knows where we’re coming from

And that the law of the jungle is not the law of this land

In deepest darkest Africa nineteen three

A little boy says, “Daddy, I just discovered relativity.

A big eclipse is coming

And I’ll prove it. Wait and see!”

“You better eclipse yourself outta here, son

And find yourself a tree

There’s a lion in the front yard

And he knows he won’t catch me.”

How many little Albert Einsteins

Cut down in their prime?

How many little Ronald Reagans

Gobbled up before their time?

I don’t believe in evolution

But it does occur to me,

What if little William Howard Taft had to face a lion

Or God forbid, climb a tree?

Where would this country be?

I’m dreaming of a white President

Buh buh buh buh

‘Cause things have never been this bad

So he won’t run the hundred in ten seconds flat

So he won’t have a pretty jump shot

Or be an Olympic acrobat

So he won’t know much about global warming

Is that really where you’re at?

He won’t be the brightest, perhaps

But he’ll be the whitest

And I’ll vote for that

Whiter than this?

Yes

Whiter than this?

Yes

Whiter than this?

Yes

Whiter than this?

Oh yeah

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If you disagree with a president with a failing record because of his policies of increasing socialistic government, who happens to be black .... well then it MUST be because of his skin color!  His record CAN'T be the problem!  

(Note:  You might notice, if you watch the video, that -- along with the pictures of Reagan, Bush, Ford, Nixon, etc. -- shots of Carter and Clinton, both white presidents, were not included.  I wonder why.)

Long post made short ....  Ask any conservative Republican this question:  

Which would you prefer -- nine conservative black Supreme Court justices, or nine liberal white justices?

Their overwhelming answer, which says it all, would be the bottom line.  

And Mr. Newman, along with Leftist America, doesn't get it ....  Or he doesn't want to get it.  I'm not sure which.  Either way, a tremendous talent is wasted on perpetuating a lie.

And that was MY bottom line.

The Speech They Think Won Them the Election

I watched as much of the Democratic National Convention as I could stand and in the process, nearly drove off all my facebook friends with my rants.  The potential blogging material that came from it, could fill volumes.  I don't really know how much of it I have time to address.  But I'll start with the speech of former president, Bill Clinton.

Note:  Although he smartly stayed away from the topic of women's rights, that theme was covered repeatedly by other speakers at the DNC.  Bill Clinton deeply hurt the two women closest to him.  And he hurt a much too young female White House aide.  And a number of other women have stepped forward with claims of his unwanted advances, one claiming rape.  Not all of these other claims were pursued legally, yet common sense says when there's smoke time after time after time, there generally is fire.  Add to that, he is a documented liar, and was impeached because of perjury.

Now to his speech, which is overly long, so I'll just draw out some quotes.  His words are in blue.

We Democrats, we think the country works better with a
strong middle class, with real opportunities for poor folks to
work their way into it, with a relentless focus on the future,
with business and government actually working together to
promote growth and broadly shared prosperity.  You see, we
believe that ``We're all in this together'' is a far better
philosophy than ``You're on your own.''

Is he saying that Republicans don't care about others?  That we only care about ourselves?  It's well known that Republicans donate more money, time, and service to charities.  Look at Republican Representative Michelle Bachman, for example.  She and her husband cared for 23 foster children.  Read the speeches given at the RNC about Mitt Romney's selfless service to others.  Does that hold to what Mr. Clinton implies?

Now, there's something I've noticed lately.  You probably
have, too.  And it's this.  Maybe just because I grew up in a
different time, but though I often disagree with Republicans, I
actually never learned to hate them the way the far right that
now controls their party seems to hate our president and a lot
of other Democrats.

Is he kidding??  Remember the hatred towards George Bush?  "Bush lied, people died!"  He was mocked, derided, scorned, and vilified by the Left.   

One of the main reasons we ought to re-elect President
Obama is that he is still committed to constructive cooperation.

Upon hearing those words, I can imagine the looks on the faces of the Republican members of Congress who submitted ideas and proposals which were never used.  Phone calls to the White House which were never returned.  Deals taking place late at night or behind closed doors.  The Health Care Bill, which is the biggest piece of legislation in recent history, happened with very little Republican input allowed.  It was ramrodded through while Democrats had control of both the White House and Congress.  Even the outraged voice of the people didn't deter them.  Remember the town hall meetings?  Congressmen were reluctant to go home and face the wrath of their constituents.

In Tampa, the Republican argument against the president's
re- election was actually pretty simple, pretty snappy.  It went
something like this:  ``We left him a total mess.  He hasn't
cleaned it up fast enough, so fire him and put us back in.''

Here's an interesting exercise:  Try googling "Bill Clinton and deregulation".  There is a lot of opinion out there that during the last part of his administration, he enacted some legislation that loosened up some banking laws (that were put in place after the crash of 1929) and the business of underwriting loans sprang to life.  This gave birth to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and Sen. Barney Frank's assertions right before the collapse, that all was well.  Now I don't understand it all very well, so I recommend doing the google exercise and see what you find. 

Look at his (Obama's) record.  Look at his record.  Look at his
record.
 
Yes, let's.

They want to cut taxes for high-income Americans even more
than President Bush did.  They want to get rid of those pesky
financial regulations designed to prevent another crash and
prohibit federal bailouts. 

The truth:  Republicans want to simplify the tax code and lower taxes for everyone.  But obviously, for those who pay NO income taxes, their rate cannot go any lower.  And does he mean to get rid of pesky financial regulations, like HE did?

And they want to make enormous cuts in the rest of budget,
especially programs that help the middle class and poor
children.

Classic Leftism:  Scare people with lies and exaggerations about the Right.  Look at what some Republican governors have done in their states.  They loosened the grip of public unions and reduced costly pensions and employee benefits --- allowing them to KEEP the services/programs.  Remember the cries of the teachers' unions when threatened with budget cuts?  "It'll hurt the children!!" they cried.  Instead, by making the changes I just mentioned, no teachers were fired, and the children were unaffected.  

Now -- but he has -- he has laid the foundations
for a new, modern, successful economy of shared prosperity.  And
if you will renew the president's contract, you will feel it.
You will feel it.
.
AKA ...... socialism.

I believe it because President Obama's approach embodies the
values, the ideas, and the direction America has to take to
build a 21st-century version of the American dream, a nation of
shared opportunities, shared responsibilities, shared
prosperity, a shared sense of community.

"Shared":  Code word for some people paying a higher (and continually rising) bill for those that pay nothing.  With the number of people paying the bill, shrinking --- and the number of people who pay nothing, growing.  It's simply not sustainable.

During this period -- during this period, more than 500,000
manufacturing jobs have been created under President Obama.
That's the first time manufacturing jobs have increased sincethe 1990s.

"Obama has claimed an increase of some 500,000 manufacturing jobs over the past 29 months. But this is cherry picking by the president. From the beginning of Obama's term 3 1/2 years ago, manufacturing jobs have declined by more than 500,000, according to the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Manufacturing jobs have been on a steady decline for nearly two decades."speech-article-1.1154028#ixzz25tfzAEz

First, individuals and businesses have already gotten more
than $1 billion in refunds from insurance companies because the
new law requires 80 percent to 85 percent of your premium to go
to your health care, not profits or promotion.

Have you seen a refund or a decrease in health insurance cost?  Me neither.  

Romney's plan is "going to end Medicare as we know it."  

Do you really believe this?  Do you really believe that Romney/Ryan plans to "push granny off the cliff", as the ads tells us?  That's absolutely insane!!  Again, the ONE thing that the Left does BRILLIANTLY, is to demonize the Right.  Everything else they touch becomes damaged.  Their message is:  Vote for us because the Right are MONSTERS WHO WANT TO HURT YOU!  It's so ridiculous it's almost funny!  Go here for the other side. 

Now let's talk about the debt.  Today, interest rates are
low, lower than the rate of inflation.  People are practically
paying us to borrow money, to hold their money for them.  But it
will become a big problem when the economy grows and interest
rates start to rise. We've got to deal with this big long-term
debt problem or it will deal with us.  It'll gobble up a bigger
and bigger percentage of the federal budget we'd rather spend on
education and health care and science and technology.  It --
we've got to deal with it.
   Now, what has the president done?  He has offered a
reasonable plan of $4 trillion in debt reduction over a decade,
with $2.5 trillion coming from -- for every $2.5 trillion inspending cuts, he raises a dollar in new revenues, 2.5 to 1.

Feb. 13, 2009, from the White House:  “Today I’m pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office. This will not be easy. It will require us to make difficult decisions and face challenges we’ve long neglected. But I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay — and that means taking responsibility right now, in this administration, for getting our spending under control.”
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/obamas-broken-deficit-promise/

Obama inherited a deficit of 1.3 trillion.  As of 2011, it has remained about the same.  The deficit is the difference between what the government takes in, and what it spends.  It is what grows the debt.  And we all know that the national debt has doubled since he took office.  Therefore, if he failed to do as he promised when he was first elected, WHY should we elect him again?  

President Obama's plan cuts the debt, honors our values,
brightens the future of our children, our families, and our nation. It's a heck of a lot better.  It passes the arithmetic
test and, far more important, it passes the values test.

GIVE ME A BREAK.