As the American public grows bored with President Obama and other leftists demonizing conservatives for existing and breathing air, the leftist bomb-throwers remain obtuse. They truly believe that the bomb-throwing is appropriate, but that they have yet to find the right target.
President George W. Bush is retired and happy on his ranch.
Sarah Palin is a private citizen making millions on the speaking circuit.
Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck are laughing all the way to the bank.
Now President Obama and the leftist character assassins are going after the Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber of Commerce?
Can anybody think of a more boring, non-controversial group? Does any sane person really believe that number crunchers at debit conventions wearing red and blue diagonal neckties are a threat to democracy?
Think of the Democrats as a cheating spouse. Because they are lying and cheating, they become paranoid and assume that they are being lied to and cheated on because “everybody does it.”
No. Lying cheaters lie and cheat. Thieves steal. Plenty of good people do none of this.
The Democratic National Committee and Barack Obama have accused the Chamber of Commerce of conspiring with Karl Rove to funnel foreign money into entities against Barack Obama’s agenda.
This is not mere crying about political opponents, which our Crybaby in Chief does in spades. This is an accusation of financial criminality, with no proof to back it up.
The solution is obvious, but the irony is worth some reminders.
The Democratic National Committee was a criminal enterprise in the mid-1990s. Remember John Huang? Did we ever find Charlie Trie? Yes, and no.
We learned from the 1996 election two very important things. First of all, nobody cares about campaign finance reform. It is inside baseball. Also, there is no penalty for violating campaign finance laws. Giving the money back after the election is useless. The left will argue for more laws that they will disobey anyway.
Like cheating spouses, they rail about “big oil,” and “big pharma,” while George Soros owns them lock, stock, and barrel. He most likely owns the toilet paper companies used to clean up their (redacted).
The second thing we learned in 1996 is that voters want a healthy economy, and that the rest (outside of national security) is boring.
Barack Obama and the DNC are crashing and burning because there is no economic recovery. They have no way to keep power but to slash and burn everything in sight and hope they are the only ones left standing.
So what should the Democrats do?
They should put up or shut up. Either present evidence of malfeasance, or knock it off.
When Bob Schieffer asked David Axelrod if he had evidence, Axelrod replied that the Chamber offered no proof that the allegations were false, as if guilty until proven innocent existed in America.
Under those guidelines, Axelrod has failed to prove to me that he does not enjoy sexual relations with homosexual Arab goats.
Assuming the evidence against the Chamber does not exist, the Chamber of Commerce has an option. It might be considered “going nuclear,” but as I have said many times, the only thing bullies understand is force.
The Chamber of Commerce should sue the President and the DNC.
Tie them up in court for years and bury them in paperwork so that they never get out from under.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in the Bill Clinton vs Paula Jones case that presidents could be sued civilly while in office.
(Full disclosure: I totally disagreed with the ruling, and still do.)
Some will say that subjecting the president to lawsuits will distract him from his duties.
What duties?
Golfing? Campaigning? Slandering innocent people? What does this man actually do of consequence that makes this argument work?
The economy did fine while Bill Clinton was “distracted.” In fact, the only times when he got into trouble (with the voters) was when he felt the need to meddle and “do things.” Once he realized he was irrelevant, he left things the heck alone, got out of the way, and successfully took credit for failing to screw it up as he won reelection.
What President Obama and the DNC is doing to the Chamber of Commerce is not typical “politics as usual.”
For those wanting proof of the other side, look at Carl Paladino in New York. He has called Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver a criminal.
(I personally agree with his assessment.)
Yet without any proof, this is slander.
(I suspect that Speaker Silver does not sue because the allegations are true, and he would rather Paladino just lose the election and disappear.)
Suing Barack Obama and the DNC does not mean paralyzing the country. A simple “cease and desist” order from a judge will actually free Mr. Obama from his distractions and allow him to spend more time doing his job, which he is supposed to do anyway.
If the President is going to accuse his political opponents of crimes, he had better have the evidence to back it up. Otherwise he is just a tired blowhard desperate to distract the nation from his own failures.
The Chamber of Commerce is a pro-business organization. They see Obamacare as bad for business. They see his raising taxes as bad for business. They are not taking to the streets with flamethrowers. They are using Bic pens, most likely black medium point.
They disagree with him. This is legitimate political discourse.
President Obama still fails to grasp that honest people can have honest disagreements in an honest manner.
There is no vast right-wing conspiracy. If anything, Karl Rove should be delighted about all of this. Every time he is accused of nefarious plotting, his book sales and speaking fees skyrocket.
There is a vast left-wing conspiracy, because again, cheats and liars think everybody else is the same. Only cheats and liars would fund their entire apparatus with George Soros blood money and then hurl accusations.
George Soros is a convicted criminal (insider trading). He was convicted in a court of law. This is who owns and funds the left.
The Chamber of Commerce consists of productive people who are tired of lazy, free-loading leeches (the leftist constituency) dragging everybody down.
Barack Obama does not understand productive people because he has never been one.
Before he bungled his way to the top in a way that would make Dilbert proud, he had never run a city, a state, a business, or anything else of consequence. He taught people how to yell “No justice, no peace,” as if that is a positive societal contribution.
Although the American people will completely ignore this attack on the Chamber of Commerce as the desperate and inconsequential rantings of a desperate and inconsequential man and political party, letting these attacks go is not an option. Karl Rove admits to this day that his biggest failing while serving President George W. Bush was his refusal to insist that scurrilous attacks be loudly and quickly debunked. Silence is seen as acquiescence.
So in the spirit of beating the left at their own tactics, the option for retaliation must be the courts. Liberals have spent decades suing people for sport, because again it is easier to take from productive people than to actually try and become one.
The Chamber of Commerce should sue President Obama and the DNC until they are bankrupt. Then and only then will these liberal bullies stop the baseless attacks and focus on the American people they falsely claim to give a whit about.
eric
“Can anybody think of a more boring, non-controversial group? Does any sane person really believe that number crunchers at debit conventions wearing red and blue diagonal neckties are a threat to democracy?”
Ah yes, the Chamber of Commerce. How boring… zzzzzz…
You must’ve had the biggest $#@!-eating grin on your face when you wrote that. Yes, top your average Americvan moron, the Chamber is a snooze-fest. For those of us who know better, like you, and don’t prentend otherwise, the Chamber is one of the most powerful institutions on the planet. Now that the Robert’s Court has made full-blown, in-your-face, commercial electioneering legal, the Chamber, the face of all things commercial in the US, is going to make sure they game the race. They’re spending HALF their annual budget on the campaign. 75 MILLION dollars. But they’re just boring guys with red and blue diagonal neckties. How could they possibly be a threat to our democracy?
Boy, you conservatives would just have us all for fools, huh? Just how much evil will you guys tolerate to get what you want, anyway?
JMJ