During the 2008 Presidential race, candidate Obama proposed a $50 billion ‘Emergency Economic Plan‘. This plan included issuing rebate payments of $1000 to assist with rising energy costs, extending unemployment benefits, and distributing additional funds to the states. It was planned to be funded from the excess profits of big oil companies, which the Obama campaign also touted would provide an economic stimulus to the economy. In the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, it was revealed $77,051 had been donated to Obama campaigns by BP. In hindsight, the $50 billion ‘Stimulus Jr’ plan funded by big oil, was either the typical antics of a ‘Community Organizer’, or the perfect shakedown from Obama for campaign donations.

Obama was renown during the 2008 campaign for conducted immense finger pointing over the economy, and most especially towards it’s perceived architects. So it came as no surprise very early on for the Obama Administration to use TARP recipient AIG, and their bank bonuses as the target to stir public indignation towards the bank bail-outs.

“I’m going to start out just by talking about these AIG bonuses you’ve been hearing about.

Now, I know a lot of you are outraged about this — rightfully so. I’m outraged, too. It’s hard to understand that a company that’s relying on extraordinary assistance from taxpayers to keep its doors open would be paying anybody lavish bonuses. It goes against our most basic sense of what’s fair and what’s right. It offends our values.

But these bonuses, outrageous as they are, are a symptom of a much larger problem. And that’s the system and culture that made them possible, a culture where people made enormous sums of money, taking irresponsible risks that have now put the entire economy at risk. So we’re going to do everything we can to deal with these specific bonuses”.

– President Obama – Costa Mesa Town Hall meeting – March 18, 2009 -

The Class War Rhetoric stunt would later backfire on Obama.  It was later revealed the language used in the TARP bill was drafted by Democrat Sen. Christopher Dodd, to include and honor existing contracts for bonuses for TARP recipients fully prompted by the Treasury Department.  After which, Obama backed down on the Class War maneuver towards AIG, and in his own words would “take responsibility” for AIG bonuses.   The AIG attack was sanction enough for ‘Rhetoric Swallowers’ ACORN, to protest outside the Connecticut residential homes of AIG executives.  One of the more ‘Inconvenient Factors’ of the 2008 TARP bill, were the ‘Yes votes’ coming from then Senators Clinton, Biden, and Obama, something a complaisant media allowed to pass by unnoticed at the height of the AIG incident.

“To kick these problems (the economy) down the road for another four years or eight years, that would be to continue the same irresponsibility that led us to this point in the first place. And I did not run for President to pass on our problems to the next generation. I ran for President to solve these problems for the next generation and for the next President”.

- President Obama – Los Angeles town hall meeting - March 19, 2009 -

To some degree, the previous quote of Obama’s self-analysis from 2009 over his handling of the economy, is becoming extremely prophetic. At each step of the way towards 2012, Obama has merely given passing acknowledgment towards economic issues, rather than addressing them.  When the going gets too tough for Obama, frequent Class War Rhetoric is never too far away, and the it’s same tactic Obama continues to use during the Debt Ceiling discussions with Congressional Republicans.

Class War Rhetoric is a non-solution answer in dealing with problems, and also to imply it’s merit outweighs the practicality of adhering to economics.  That would relegate Obama as ineligible in with dealing, or comprehending any economic negotiations.   The current economic outlook for Obama, will be his kicking of the problem to the next President to fix. At that point, it will become another practical example that using Class War Rhetoric, is an ineffective manner to combat issues with.

Craig Edwards

Neil Cavuto is dialing the Capitol main number live on his show.  He can’t get through.  All of you who are making calls, keep dialing.  This vote is obviously going down to the wire.

The Dems have got to be shaking in their boots over this.  Wait until these jokers come back to their districts for the Easter break. I bet last August’s Town Halls look like a neighbor hood ice cream social by comparison!

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~~John Cronin~~

The Solid Principles Report: March 12th, 2010

John Cronin comments on President Obama’s recent visit to St.Louis, MO. A sneak preview of our interview with Ed Martin candidate for the 3rd Congressional District of Missouri.

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Here at Solid Principles, we acknowledge we are not experts in ‘Climate Change’, nor have we watched Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’.  While not wanting to enter the quagmire of ‘Climate Gate’ or Global Warming Deniers, we thought it was noting what our current President recent said about the subject.  During his campaigning Town Hall for Harry Reid in Nevada, Obama played the Al Gore card.

First of all, we just got five feet of snow in Washington and so everybody is like – a lot of the people who are opponents of climate change, they say, see, look at that, there’s all this snow on the ground, this doesn’t mean anything. I want to just be clear that the science of climate change doesn’t mean that every place is getting warmer; it means the planet as a whole is getting warmer. But what it may mean is, for example, Vancouver, which is supposed to be getting snow during the Olympics, suddenly is at 55 degrees, and Dallas suddenly is getting seven inches of snow.

The idea is, is that as the planet as a whole gets warmer, you start seeing changing weather patterns, and that creates more violent storm systems, more unpredictable weather. So any single place might end up being warmer; another place might end up being a little bit cooler; there might end up being more precipitation in the air, more monsoons, more hurricanes, more tornadoes, more drought in some places, floods in other places.

So I just – that’s one aspect of the science that I think everybody should understand. That’s point number one.

Point number two: The best way for us to unleash the free market – the best way for us to unleash the free market and capitalism and innovation and dynamism in the energy sector is for us to fully take into account all the costs that go into producing energy and using energy.

President Obama: Remarks Before Henderson Town Hall, NV 2-19-2010

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In what is known as a “beauty contest,” Mike Huckabee has won the Family Research Council’s “Values Voters Summit” poll. The vote can also be called a “straw poll” in that it has no binding effect, but is a preference poll that measures a candidate’s appeal to a very narrowly defined segment of the electorate.

Mike Huckabee continues his strong appeal to that portion of the voting public that places “family values” first in order of importance when it comes to issues that they fell very passionate about.

Having recognized that Gov. Huckabee is strong in the “Evangelical” wing of the Republican Party, I still have reservations about his ability to break out of that mold and broaden his appeal to the rest of the various interest groups that collectively form a voting bloc big enough to sweep Democrats out of office in 2010 in sufficient numbers to slow down the headlong plunge we have taken into a government controlled economy.

We saw what happens to a party in 2008 when it nominates a candidate who fails to excite the party’s “base” and is so unfocused and undefined in his message, that he manages to turn off moderate Democrats and the Independents as well. What happens? Defeat.

Obama happens, cap and trade bills happen, massive borrowing and spending happens, Van Jones happens……..and, thankfully, Town Hall push back happens.

We all have our favorite candidate and it is not my purpose here to beat the drums for a particular nominee, but rather to suggest that the best interests of the conservative movement lie in promoting a candidate whose message appeals to as wide a swath of the country as is consistent with remaining faithful to a core set of principles.

Remember the dictum in politics that if you craft your message too narrowly and win 100% of a group in the electorate that comprises 25% of likely voters, you lose the election 75%-25%!

~~John Cronin~~

Washington, D.C. - Mike Huckabee has convincingly won Family Research Council’s second-ever Values Voter Summit Straw Poll. Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Sarah Palin, and Mike Pence finished roughly tied for second place.

Only registered participants of the Summit who were present at the event were allowed to vote.

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement in reaction to the second ever Values Voter Summit Straw Poll:

“We were surprised that the event’s turnout was more than double our expectations, clearly showing intensity among social conservatives. This was the first time potential conservative candidates could present their vision for change. We have over 1,800 registrants and over 175,000 unique online viewers.”

The following are the straw poll results:

Candidate Name Total Votes Percentage

1. Mike Huckabee 170 28.48%
2. Mitt Romney 74 12.40%
3. Tim Pawlenty 73 12.23%
4. Sarah Palin 72 12.06%
5. Mike Pence 71 11.89%
6. Newt Gingrich 40 6.70%
7. Bobby Jindal 28 4.69%
8. Rick Santorum 15 2.51%
9. Ron Paul 13 2.18%
10. Undecided 31 5.19%
11. Other 10 1.68%

* The full results can be accessed at www.frcaction.org

Members of FRC Action are only allowed to vote once. For more information on The Values Voter Summit, log onto www.valuesvotersummit.org