The Most Important Woman In America

The liberals of this country hate her. The Conservatives love her and can't get enough of her.

Love her or hate her, there is no denying that Sarah Palin has pretty much become The Most Important Woman in America.

She has a second book coming out soon, a guaranteed #1 bestseller.

She has a television series with the Discovery channel about to debut.

If you are a Republican candidate running for office, you pray that Sarah Palin endorses you and swings by your state for a fundraiser.

There isn't much about Sarahs life that isn't going well lately.

And then there's that pesky little issue of an election coming up in 2012.......

Conservatives vs. Liberals

Here is what the National Mall in Washington D.C. looks like after hundreds of thousands attend the "Restoring Honor" rally with Glenn Back and Sarah Palin on 8/28.

And here is what it looks like after the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. You know, all those touchy feely save the earth types.....

The Trouble with Carly

I have already made clear in a previous blog post that I do not intend to vote for Meg Whitman for Governor.

I won't be voting against her, I just feel that she is unjustified in seeking support from the very same people she refused to support in the past. Like George W. Bush, loyalty is extremely important to me. You have to know who your friends are. Your enemies will always self-identify themselves.

Just because Meg Whitman comes around waving her millions of dollars at the voters - no, that doesn't get me interested. I still see a low-quality candidate with a troubling lack of moral clarity.

Now, in addition to the Meg problem, the GOP is now also burdened with Carly Fiorina... yet another candidate I find troubling and difficult to support. Carly, at least, has been a part of the team ...she campaigned for John McCain in 2008 and spoke at the 2008 Republican National Convention. She had been a vocal supporter of McCain in 2008, but to me this was counteracted by the fact that she admitted in her primary debates that she didn't vote for Tom Campbell when he ran against Dianne Feinstein in 2000.

Fiorina claims to hold Conservative views, but she is basically another big-government RINO like Whitman.

When Fiorina runs ads saying things like "Conservatives like us.." I always feel as though I have stepped on an electrical wire. My other complaints against Fiorina...

1) Again, her vote against Campbell is very troublesome.

2) Like Meg Whitman, she refused to vote for many years, showing her true lack of support of other Republican candidates.

3) Fiorina has issued some statements of fawning praise towards Islam, a religion I consider to be a violent and dangerous threat to world security. This leads me to believe her support of Israel would probably be weak or half-hearted.

4) Fiorina was caught on an open mic making shrill comments about Barbara Boxers hair and making backhanded comments about Sean Hannity. Videos like this conjure up the "B" word in the minds of voters.

5) During the primary, Fiorina made some backhanded slaps at Chuck DeVore, who I consider to be a great Conservative. Fiorina's comments made her look petty and condescending.

6) Fiorina has not been vocal enough about her opposition to Sotomayor or Kagan being named to the Supreme Court. Their presence there is a threat to Americas future.

7) Like McCain, Fiorina is a big-government RINO who will vote for TARP and other hideous programs. At least Chuck DeVore would have opposed this type of aggression against taxpayers.

8) Unlike Meg Whitman, who gave money to everyone, including Barbara Boxer, Fiorina has been less than generous when it comes to her wealth. Carly gave to McCain , but almost nobody else.

9) Fiorina ran the "Demon Sheep " ad, hitting a new high in the watermark for bizarre campaign ads.

10) Fiorina has been less than forthcoming about her support or opposition to some crucial subjects.

Now, for all the criticism I heap on Fiorina, there is room for a small amount of praise.

Fiorina claims to be Conservative.

She has expressed Conservative views on a few crucial subjects.

She says she is against gay marriage.

She seems to be against the global warming nonsense.

Fiorina started out as a secretary in the business world and worked her way to the top of the corporate ladder.

That shows me drive and dedication.

Overall, though, I am inclined not to support her.

Much like with Whitman, my litmus test is

1) Are they team players/good Republicans? and

2) Would they support me if our positions were reversed?

With Whitman, the answers were No and No. With Fiorina, I get to 50%. Kind of.

The most pressing reason for voting for Fiorina is because Barbara Boxer is just so awful.

Boxer is an arrogant, entitled egomaniac who refused to show respect to a general who risked his life to guarantee her freedom.

The defeat of Boxer is so crucial, and the possibility of flipping control in the Congress is so intensely important, that I might be forced to pull the lever for a RINO.

Sarah Palin speaks at "Restoring Honor" Rally

This was the highlight of the day for many attendees.

Palin is becoming such a dominant force in Republican politics that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is using her as a symbol to create fear among their supporters.

Villaraigosa: Damn it feels good to be a gangster

In biographical information on the early years of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, there are sometimes a few passing references to the fact that Villaraigosa had been a gang member in his youth.

Oblivious to this inherent character flaw, voters in L.A. elected him Mayor in 2005, and re-elected him in 2009. The City might never recover financially from this decision.

It has always been my assertion that nothing about Villaraigosa ever changed:

Antonio Villaraigosa never stopped being a gangster.

His crimes just got bigger and more complex.

There is a long list of his crimes against taxpayers...

In 2008, Villaraigosa used public money to pay for himself and his security staff to go traveling around the country as part of the sideshow of the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Clinton wanted to pander to Hispanics, and for some odd reason, thought that Villaraigosa might have some pull there.

Villaraigosa was in full-on gangster mode, likely cutting a backroom deal with Clinton for a job in her Cabinet should she be elected. That pipe dream went up in smoke when Clintons campaign cratered.

Villaraigosa and his staff will argue that they were "doing the work of the citizens of Los Angeles".

Yeah, yeah. Spare me.

Voters in L.A. had no specific interest in seeing Hillary Clinton elected, and in fact, most of L.A. voted for Barack Obama. So Villaraigosas travels were a big fart in the wind and a waste of taxpayer money.

I consider it embezzlement of public funds for a singular selfish purpose: Villaraigosa was promoting his own career ambitions at taxpayer expense.

The massive transfers of funds to Unions and to the CRA have been a total perversion of City government.

The losses have been mind-boggling. Even City lackeys on the fourth floor have no answers.

Giveaways, sweetheart deals... the list goes on and on.

We have a totally, criminally corrupt Mayor and City Council.

We need to seek charges and indictments against them.

In Walter Moore's latest blog post, the sickness of L.A. City government comes into razor-sharp focus.

At a time when the City is laying off teachers and closing libraries, Villaraigosa makes sure to look out for the financial best interests of his "thug" friends.

Our corrupt Mayor and City Council voted to approve paying nearly $1 million dollars to an ex-con named Ansar Muhammed. Muhammed spent time in prison for selling dope at the corner of Westminster and 6th Avenue. Muhammed is also a follower of Louis Farrakhan.

Allegedly the money is for "anti-gang" activities. I call it theft of taxpayer funds.

The City government has no business turning over funds to an ex-con to supervise anti-crime activities.

Because of behavior like this, our City is approaching a financial catastrophe.

Cutting Hazmat teams, but handing cash to criminals.

Our leaders are morally bankrupt, and can no longer to be trusted as stewards of public funds.

It is my full intention, upon achieving elected power in Los Angeles, to have Antonio Villaraigosa arrested and charged with multiple financial crimes.

I hope the voters in the 4th District will heed my call this March.

Alaskan Thunder!!

News is slowly filtering out of Alaska that Sarah Palin may have helped deal a death blow to the career of Senator Lisa Murkowski. Sarah Palin routed Murkowski's father, Frank , in the 2006 Gubernatorial election.

Now, it seems as if she has loosened the grip that the Murkowski's had on that Alaskan Senate seat.

Frank Murkowski had held the Senate seat from 1980 to 2002, when he was elected Governor of Alaska.

Joe Miller is a little known attorney and judge in Alaska, but with Sarah Palins support, it looks like he will become the next U.S. Senator from Alaska.

Why Meg Whitman won't get my vote

I've made my decision. I cannot support the California Republican Party in this election.

I will not vote for Meg Whitman for Governor.

If that makes me a pariah, then so be it!

As a Conservative, to support Whitman would be a betrayal of everything I stand for and everything I believe in. It would be like asking me to change my religious faith.

It is something I cannot and will not do, under any circumstances, whatsoever.

Our party is struggling because of morally "squishy" leadership.

People who are afraid to take a stand or to make an unpopular decision.

Voters smell that weakness, and usually abandon those leaderless parties at the polls.

Ronald Reagan drew millions of Democrats to the polls to vote for him in the Presidential elections in 1984 and 1988. The reason? He had moral clarity, and voters knew it.

He believed what he believed and he didn't back down from his positions.

George W. Bush was reviled to an unprecedented level by the American left.

So much so that the phrase BDS, or "Bush Derangement Syndrome" became popular in Conservative circles.

Bush was elected President twice, because voters sensed that he had more moral clarity than his opponents, Al Gore or the self-admitted flip-flopper John Kerry.

Voters are now being bombarded with slick ads from Meg Whitman.

Whitman recently went on the John and Ken radio show and flip-flopped around like a fish out of water.

Illegal immigration is a crucial component of the California budget catastrophe.

Health care, education, and prison costs for illegal immigrants run into the billions.

Whitman could not come up with a coherent answer as to what her policies would be if she is elected.

She has given conflicting answers on multiples occasions in the past.

To me, this shows a troubling lack of moral clarity.

She is unwilling to come out and say that illegal immigration is wrong.

Or that she will do anything about it.

There are many troubling issues with Whitman.

She gave money to the enemy. She donated money to Barbara Boxer!

To me, this should permanently disqualify her from running for any high-level office for the GOP.

Her supporters will spin it as a business woman trying to survive, but basically it just confirms my fears.

Whitmans only achievement in life has been to rise up through corporate ladders and make a lot of money for herself through stock options. I have no problem with Meg Whitman making a bundle of money in her field of work. That's Capitalism... good for her.

What I do have a problem with is a non-interested, non-involved person with no previous political experience suddenly deciding that they want to be the most powerful political leader in the State of California. That is mind-blowing arrogance and egomania. And it usually ends badly.

It's almost as bad as a few years ago when an arrogant, egomaniac actor with no previous political experience suddenly decided he wanted to be the most powerful political figure in the State of California.

We all know the result of that election. A budget catastrophe and the biggest tax raises in California history!

No, Whitman is a danger just like the current Governor because of her lack of experience. I would prefer a leader who had already served as a Mayor or a County Commissioner. One who had proven Conservative credentials. A leader who respected the Tenth Amendment and would fight for it.

A leader who displays moral clarity and backs it up with his actions.

Instead, we have Meg Whitman.

Meg Whitman doesn't deserve to be Governor because she did not work her way up through the ranks.

Was she ever a Chairman of a local or County GOP organization? Did she walk precincts? Did she make phone calls for or donate money to other GOP candidates? No.

Meg Whitman never gave a damn about any other GOP candidate, ever.

Meg Whitman didn't vote for 28 years!

Was it really so difficult? A five minute drive to her local polling place?

She could have done absentee and voted by mail in 2 minutes for every election.

And now she decides she wants to be Governor of California.

The situation reminds me of a funny story. Years ago, I was living in Northern Spain, and becoming a somewhat decent Spanish speaker out of necessity. One of the funny and colorful idiomatic Spanish phrases I learned there was this:

"La mona, aunque se vista de seda, la mona se queda."

Translated to English, it states that "A monkey, although it may be dressed in a silk suit, is still a monkey."

The correlation?

Meg Whitman -- even though she has over 1 billion dollars of money from Ebay -- is still Meg Whitman.

The candidate who is morally "squishy" and has difficulty defining right and wrong.

The candidate who gave money to our enemies.

The candidate who has no previous experience in government.

The candidate who showed no previous interest in politics.

The candidate who didn't vote for a single other GOP candidate for the last 28 years.

On November 2nd, I will return the favor.

The box next to her name will remain blank.