Where Are My Keys?

Bill Whittle rules.

He is an infrequent contributor to National Review (a column here, a column there), and one of my favorite essayists.  Make sure to look in my blogroll (His blog is Eject! Eject! Eject!) and look for his essay called Tribes.  Great piece on the aftermath of Katrina, and how people acted.  Anyway, he wrote a brief piece after Obama's win.  Make sure to read the whole thing, as Whittle has a knack of pulling things out of history to mirror current events.  The guy can write.  Here's a teaser, but read the whole thing:

So consider this, my fellows in arms: On Tuesday, the Left — armed with the most attractive, eloquent, young, hip, and charismatic candidate I have seen with my adult eyes, a candidate shielded by a media so overtly that it can never be such a shield again, who appeared after eight years of a historically unpopular President, in the midst of two undefended wars and at the time of the worst financial crisis since the Depression and whose praises were sung by every movie, television, and musical icon without pause or challenge for 20 months . . . who ran against the oldest nominee in the country’s history, against a campaign rent with internal disarray and determined not to attack in the one area where attack could have succeeded, and who was out-spent no less than seven-to-one in a cycle where not a single debate question was unfavorable to his opponent — that historic victory, that perfect storm of opportunity . . .

Yielded a result of 53 percent.

A sampling of Obama voters..

Granted, it's not scientific.  But it's interesting to see what people remember from the campaign, and what they had no clue about.  While I recognize that not everyone is as fully engaged in all things politics (like WAMK readers), it would be nice to see the people that are deciding who runs our Country have a little better grasp on who they are voting for.  It's interesting that the majority of them don't know who the Speaker of the House is, but know how much Palin's wardrobe costs.

They also comissioned a Zogby telephone poll, with these results:

Zogby Poll

512 Obama Voters 11/13/08-11/15/08 MOE +/- 4.4 points

97.1% High School Graduate or higher, 55% College Graduates

Results to 12 simple Multiple Choice Questions

57.4% could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing)

81.8% could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing)

82.6% could NOT correctly say that Barack Obama won his first election by getting opponents kicked off the ballot (25% chance by guessing)

88.4% could NOT correctly say that Obama said his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket (25% chance by guessing)

56.1% could NOT correctly say Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground (25% chance by guessing).

And yet.....

Only 13.7% failed to identify Sarah Palin as the person on which their party spent $150,000 in clothes

Only 6.2% failed to identify Palin as the one with a pregnant teenage daughter

And 86.9 % thought that Palin said that she could see Russia from her "house," even though that was Tina Fey who said that!!

Only 2.4% got at least 11 correct.

Only .5% got all of them correct. (And we "gave" one answer that was technically not Palin, but actually Tina Fey)

Who rescues the rescuer?

I must say I'm surprised..

If Hillary! does accept the job of Secretary of State, I'll be very surprised.  She would have to give up her seat in the Senate, and then serve at the will of the President.  That means she could get fired at any time, for any reason.  I'm not saying that Obama would bring her on, only to get rid of her, but she does have some exposure as SoS that she doesn't have as a Senator.  It's not like she needs the SoS position to increase her visibilty..

By staying on in the Senate, she is insulated from an Obama Administration, and is in a great spot if he winds up being a one-term President.  The Media loves the notion, because in their view, it brings the PUMAs back in the fold.

I'm having a hard time understanding how this is a good move for Hillary!.

Would you pay $50 billion for a Company that was worth around $7 billion?

That is essentially what the bailout of the U.S. Automakers would be.  And they want to pay $50 billion for that $7 billion Company with YOUR money.

It's NOT a bailout of the Big Three, it's a bailout of the UAW.

And for those of you tooting the "This time it's different, the Big Three are getting better" horn, read this.

More Schiff..

A good one from GWK..

Got this gem in my email from GWK:

Guess you heard that 68% of "the youth vote" went to Obama. My granddaughter called this morning to tell me she was one of them. I replied with this e-mail: The election of Obama comes down to this. Your grandmother and I, your mother and other productive wage-earning taxpayers will have their taxes increased and that means less income. Less income means we will have to cut back on basic purchases, gifts and handouts. That includes firing the Hispanic lady who cleans our house twice a month. She just lost her job. We can't afford her anymore. What is the economic effect of Obama's election on you personally? Over the years, your grandmother and I have given you thousands of dollars in food, housing, cash, clothing, gifts, etc., etc. By your vote, you have chosen another family over ours for help. So in the future, if you need assistance with your rent, money for gas, tires for your car, someone to bring you lunch, etc....call 202-456-1111. That's the telephone number for the Office of the President of the United States. I'm sure Mr. Obama will be happy to send a check from his personal or business accounts or leave cash in an envelope taped to his front door. It's like this. Those who vote for the president should consider what the impact of an election will be on the nation as a whole and not just be concerned with what they can get for themselves (welfare, etc.). What Obama voters don't seem to realize is that the government's money comes from taxes collected from taxpaying families. Raising taxes on productive people means they will have less money to spend on their families. Congratulations on your choice. For future reference, you might attempt to add up all you've received from us, your mom, Mike's parents and others and compare it to what you expect to get over the next four years from Mr. Obama. To congratulate Mr. Obama and to make sure you're on the list for handouts, write to: The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington , DC 20500 Love you Lauren, but call the number listed above when you need help.   Granddad

Way to go, UAW.

The UAW has ruled out any concessions to help ailing automakers as their industry tanks.  Way to see the big picture.  Let the Big Three fail, and let these guys go down with the ship.  Or car, as it were.

I wonder if The Surge worked?

Your thoughts, Mr. Obama?

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy!

Cuban gets busted.  Maybe he can get the Martha Stewart suite.