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If this doesn’t get politicians attention, nothing will.

Eric Cantor, of all people has been defeated in the VA primary.

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WOW!

There are a lot of people that wouldn’t really care. I personally was shocked to see it happen.

Cantor is a very conservative republican. Some thought he was next in line to take John Boehner’s position.

The take away in my less than humble opinion is that no-one in congress is safe. I suspect that the men and women who have actually been doing their jobs will likely be safe from the growing anti-incumbent movement. but all the rest of congress who have been going along to just get along…

They’d better watch out.

It’s entirely possible that both Democrats and Republicans are going to find themselves clearing out their offices.

Personally I think it’s a great thing.

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I’ve long believed that we the people needed to crack the whip over the heads of congress, to remind them who was really supposed to be in charge.

I’d personally love to see Pelosi, Reid, Boxer, Feinstein, and Cummings out, and some new blood installed in their place.

Yeah, I know those are all Democrats, I don’t even care if new Democrats are put in their place I just want these folks out of office because time and again they’ve demonstrated a special contempt for average American People.

They’ve all been in office too long and have become steeped in Washington Politics. They serve the interests of their party, their donors, or themselves, they’ve forgotten that they’re supposed to serve We The People. I Strongly suspect that they’ve forgotten that they too are part of We The People, having been in elitist positions for so long.

The pundits and wags are still trying to figure out why Cantor lost. The analysis will no doubt take some time. I rather suspect it was over the immigration bill.

It’s not that Americans don’t appreciate immigrants, but Americans have a particular disdain for cheats. After all the folks crossing the border without permission are in fact cheating the system. They’re cutting in line, in front of those good folks that are trying to come to America with cash in their pockets, great ideas, and who have been waiting in the  line patiently, sometimes for years.

As a people we don’t like cheating. Cantor’s support of the amnesty bill (and that is what the bill is, amnesty) probably didn’t set well with the fine hardworking folks in VA. 

In this age of Obama, where at every turn it seems the President is breaking the law, it might just have NewImage een that the people decided ‘’No More”. The folks in VA expressed their general opinion of lawbreakers at the same time they expressed their distrust of a conservative Republican that suddenly started championing a system that in effect rewarded lawbreakers.

For the VA voters, it was a two-fer. They put the fear of god in their Senators, and Congressmen in Washington and  they got rid of someone that they didn’t feel was representing their interests.

I’d imagine this morning all over Virginia, there are Mayors, Council members, and County commissioners who are all wondering just how safe their jobs are.

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Does anyone wonder why we don’t trust the president?

There was an article this morning in Brietbart pointing out that the President, after taking the credit for the Bergdahl release and all the negotiations is saying it was Chuck Hagel’s call.

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So now that it’s obvious the American people are PISSED that you freed five people that have VOWED, and have really good reason to exact revenge on the United States… NOW you’re obviously trying to blame someone else?

Let’s not forget Mr President that you claimed LAST week that you were standing behind YOUR decision to make this deal with the Taliban.

DAMN!!

What kind of person do we have in the White House?

I have no doubt that our allies and even those countries who only had a grudging respect for the United States all all doing major “facepalms” and trying to remove any photos from the web of President Obama and their leaders.

Vladimir Putin may be a bastard with desires to rebuilt the former Soviet Union, but at least that guy is fairly consistent.

I guess that President Obama is consistent too.

The President consistently misreads situations. He accepts responsibility only until he figures out that he’s going to have his feet held to the fire, then shifts the blame to his underlings. And finally, when things really go sideways he stomps his foot and describes just how angry he is about V, W, X, Y, & Z

This isn’t CHANGE.

We need change. Much as I am loathe to consider it, perhaps its time to start talking about impeachment and prosecution of entire the Obama Administration for criminal wrongdoing.

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Stompy Foot Can’t catch a break

I’ve been watching with some amusement the blowback from the deal to release Sgt. Bergdahl.

While the jury isn’t in yet on if Bergdahl is a deserter, (It seems likely that he is, based on various published reports over the last few days) I can’t believe that ol’ Stompy engaged in a trade in the first place. 

I think it sets a bad precedent that the exchange rate is now established at 5 Taliban to one American. All that has to happen now is for a tour bus of Americans in Egypt to be hijacked and 200 Gitmo detainees are suddenly free.

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Worse yet as was observed in an article this weekend at Real Clear Politics The President no longer enjoys the absolute tightlipped loyalty and respect from his military.  In times past, the President as Commander in Chief of the Armed forces enjoyed silence in the ranks.  Obama has managed to break even that long tradition and now has commanders speaking out about his policies.

It’s sad that President DIVIDER has alienated the troops as well as the citizens.

On the plus side, I suspect that if he were to give an illegal order to the troops today, that there’d be no infighting or discussion about refusing to comply. I’d bet the military would simply say “No”.

The blowback over Bergdahl will intensify to be sure. However I doubt that it will result in the impeachment of the President.  As I’ve commented before if Obama is impeached the country would rapidly devolve into a racially charged civil war of words if not deeds. 

This too is part of the Obama legacy. 

I think he’s going to be safe and will finish out his term in office. 

I’d love to see him given what the Japanese call a “Window Seat”. Essentially this is what happens to high ranking failures in Japanese companies who do not have the good graces to resign. They’re given a beautiful office with no responsibilities or power what so ever. He’d just be trotted out for official photos but the real power would be outside what is now thought of as a horribly corrupt administration.

The really sad thing is that Stompy could have done things so much differently.