The Right Rev Rowland

UPDATE #2:  Meehan was hired by the DNSC to help Coakley’s struggling campaign with ‘messaging.’ So, ‘technically’ he IS a campaign operative and he apparently attacked a reporter. Oh, and BTW, he is an Obama appointee. Nice.

Regardless of the outcome of the Massachusetts special election for US Senate, this has got to be the defining moment ofthe year 2010:

More of this type of thinking has got to break into the conscience of the American public. Government does not give us our rights, God does. Government, party, and family dynasties do not hold claim to certain positions of power, it belongs always to the people being represented.

If we don’t take that power back from the people in government at ALL levels this year, we are going to lose what has made America great for 200 years. We will be eclipsed by the Chinas, Russias, and Indias of the world.

I’m just sayin……

UPDATE:

Leaving the state of Massachusetts to raise money at the feet of the Washington, DC power elite, MA Attorney General and Democratic candidate for ‘Kennedy’s’ seat in the US Senate witnessed an assault on a reporter for the Weekly Standard.

The dude doing the pushing? One Mr. Meehan, who it turns out, is a Democratic ’strategist’ and a huge Coakley supporter! The guy on the ground? Weekly Standard reporter John McCormack, who was asking Coakley questions she wanted to avoid. Her statement? “I didn’t see what happened.” Look at the photo, does it look like she wasn’t aware?

Here is the video Neal Cavuto played on FOXNews about events immediately after the body-check took place:

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Jerry Doyle

I told my wife and kids I just met Jerry Doyle.

Who?

JERRY DOYLE!! Google him!

He walked the bride down the aisle at a wedding I was officiating on Friday night, and I couldn’t get anyone jazzed about it! Of course, he was wearing flip-flops and a hawaiian shirt but, hey, it’s Jerry Doyle! The bride and groom were Vegas locals, and they were long-time friends. He didn’t know he was in the wedding until he showed up, so he came casual. Quite a picture, the bride in her off-the-shoulder white wedding gown, with her train following behind, and …… Jerry in a Hawaiian shirt. Classic.

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The guy that walked in behind him was a real @$#%, he had to be told to take his cigarette out of the WEDDING CHAPEL, because I guess he wasn’t aware you shouldn’t smoke inside the WEDDING CHAPEL. Then he flicks it out the door to smolder on the stoop just in front of the chapel…. you know, where the bride and groom make their grand exit? First class all the way, baby!

This same clod had to be told to sit down during the ceremony when he starts roaming around with his hand-held camcorder to get all the best angles on his little Sony handicam and completely screw up the background of the video the chapel shoots for the couple. Why do people with a cam-corder think they are invisible? Anyway…… back to the real story-

When I was in high school, there was a scifi show with Bruce Boxleitner about a space station orbiting Earth where all the alien races we’d met held their inter-galactic government and negotiation center. Jerry Doyle played the part of Head of Security, Michael Garibaldi. He was a supporting character, but swooped in to save the day several times.

But Scifi geekification aside, his real genius has come through his talk radio show, The Jerry Doyle Show. Nationally syndicated, his show is based here in Las Vegas. More often than not, Jerry has called the political and economic scenarios facing our nation before the facts have come to light. His commentary as an independent voice has been refreshing and frankly, needed. Jerry was a political independent before it was en vogue.

NO, I didn’t ask for his autograph or pose for a picture with him, just like I didn’t when Don King came to a wedding I officiated. I try to not impose myself on the guests of our ceremonies, especially if they are well-known, because they get it all the time, and I’m there to do my job for the wedding couple.

Getting to meet him in person was a real treat, but I doubt he’ll remember me, it WAS  a Vegas wedding, and the party had started before they got to the chapel, IF you know what I mean….. But the few minutes I had to speak with him was a memorable conversation. Even if nobody in my family knows who he is, at least I enjoyed it!

Keep up the good work, Jerry!

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The Guardian, a UK-based newspaper and online rag, is in a tizzy. Conservative women are becoming more prevalent and garnering more media attention. Even as the GOP becomes more white and more southern, these ladies (from the West, & Midwest?) are rising stars of the ‘right-wing’ movement. They bemoan the rise of Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachmann.

Michelle Bachmann has received a special drubbing by Paul Harris of The Observer in New York and spread abroad by the British tabloid:

“a cursory glance at her(Bachmann’s) career reveals that this rising star has long trafficked in some extreme positions. In October last year Bachmann called some of her fellow congressmen anti-American. She has said Obama holds socialist views. She has attacked global warming by saying that carbon dioxide emissions are a natural part of the atmosphere. “Carbon dioxide is not a harmful gas, it is a harmless gas,” she said. She has fed into fears of a violent backlash against Obama by saying that “having a revolution every now and then is a good thing”. She has spoken of “gangster government” in a speech viewed more than two million times on the internet. She has dubbed Obama’s plans to increase AmeriCorps – a

Scary? c'mon!

government volunteer service group – as a plan to forcibly indoctrinate young people. “I believe there is a very strong chance that we will see young people put into mandatory service…  there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people,” she told an interviewer. Her language in opposing healthcare reform has been bloodcurdling. At a recent event in Colorado she told her audience: “What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass. We will do whatever it takes to make sure this doesn’t pass.” She is also extremely socially conservative, strongly opposing abortion and gay marriage, and deeply religious. She has described herself as a “fool for Christ”.”

Where to start? A lot of our current representatives in Congress espouse ideals that are distinctly anti-American and against the Constitution. Recently, one congressman admitted that there was no Constitutional basis for the healthcare legislation. His defense? ‘most’ of what Congress deals with has no basis in the Constitution. nice. So, Bachmann 1 , Harris 0.

She called Obama a socialist? um…… hello? ’spread the wealth around?’; ‘redistributive change?’; ’single-payer healthcare plan?’     Bachmann 2, Harris 0.

She believes Carbon Dioxide is not a harmful greenhouse gas. Wow, this one floors me. Every breath we take, we exhale carbon dioxide, it is a natural part of life. And what happens to it? PLANTS use it for photosynthesis and make OXYGEN!!! You would think the liberals who revere the Circle of Life would pick up on the mutually-beneficial nature of this relationship! Want to save the rainforest? EXPEL MORE CO2!!!! DUH!  Bachmann 3, Harris 0.

She has promoted a ‘violent backlash’ by stating: “Having a revolution every now and then is a good thing.” Why does it have to be physical violence? Can’t it be a ‘revolt’ at the ballot box? Aside from that, does Mr. Harris know his history? The Founding Fathers spoke of the need for vigilance, for defense of  Liberty FROM governmental tyranny, and don’t even get me started on Jefferson’s quote about watering the Tree of Liberty with the blood of tyrants. Bachmann 4, Harris 0.

Americorps leading to mandatory service? um…. it was Rham Emanuel, Obama’s CHIEF of STAFF, who endorses and promotes forced volunteerism by young people! And with all of the Obama kids school videos coming out, how much of a stretch would would re-education camps be? Look at what the WH is doing with FOX News and the media. Report favorably to us, or we’ll attack you and threaten you. That’s the same as Mr. Harris’ next worry, ‘gangster government.’ Any casual observer of this administration can see the thuggish nature it operates in.

Firing the CEO of GM, the war with FOX, the trashing of GM investors when they wouldn’t bend over and take a loss in favor of the UAW, etc. etc. the list goes on. This is the most pro-actively intimidating administration since Nixon.

Bachmann 6, Harris 0.

‘Bloodcurdling’ language to oppose healthcare? Making a blood oath is something we understood growing up, as a solemn vow. Making a small cut on the hands or the wrist and then pressing hands or wrists together meant that you were indivisible in your cause. (that was before HIV Aids was big) Ever heard of the term, ‘Blood Brothers’? It was an imaginative term she used to express the dedication to  opposition to becoming the slave of a government-run healthcare system!

Dude! get a clue, already! Bachmann 7, Harris 0.

“fool for Christ”? This is a common statement in Christianity, stemming from King David’s vow to his wife: ““I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me above your father and his family! He appointed me as the leader of Israel, the people of the LORD. So I am willing to act like a fool in order to show my joy in the LORD. 22 Yes, and I am willing to look even more foolish than this…” 2 Samuel 6:21, 22.

OR, it could be rooted in the Apostle Paul’s assertion: “Instead, God deliberately chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose those who are powerless to shame those who are powerful.” 1 Corinthians 1:27

AND in 1 Corinthians 4:9,10 “ We have become a spectacle to the entire world – to people and angels alike. 10 Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools, but you are so wise! We are weak, but you are so powerful! You are well thought of, but we are laughed at.”

It’s a statement of being willing to take a hit for what you believe in and not waver. It is a mark of true faith. People with little or no faith don’t understand such devotion, and can’t grasp what it is like. So they fear it.

I don’t know where they grow NY journalists, but I think it’s somewhere in France. The ability to have your head so far up your rear and still write for a nationally-recognized paper and even get international reprints is amazing. But…. wait, so is the National Enquirer, so I guess it has precedent.

I’m Just sayin….

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UPDATE: #2. Scozzafava endorses the Democratic candidate, Bill Owens, over her conservative challenger, Doug Hoffman. This move only serves to underscore the reason for Hoffman’s candidacy. Dede was so much like Owens that her bid for the seat was redundant.

Go Doug!

-We now return you to our original post:

Finally! Some reality begins to set in as the LIBERAL candidate endorsed by the Republican Party (&Newt) in New York’s 23rd District special election steps out of the running. Her reasons? Not enough support, not enough money. Does that tell you anything? In her statement she says:

Dede Scozzafava

“In recent days, polls have indicated that my chances of winning this election are not as strong as we would like them to be. The reality that I’ve come to accept is that in today’s political arena, you must be able to back up your message with money—and as I’ve been outspent on both sides, I’ve been unable to effectively address many of the charges that have been made about my record. But as I’ve said from the start of this campaign, this election is not about me, it’s about the people of this District. And, as always, today I will do what I believe serves their interests best.

It is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting on many of my supporters to shift their support. Consequently, I hereby release those individuals who have endorsed and supported my campaign to transfer their support as they see fit to do so.”

She couldn’t bring herself to endorse the conservative, of course. I’m sure there is quite a bit of sting in Hoffman’s complete usurpation of her run for national office. Her name is still on the ballot, as there is not enough time (or money) to print new ballots before Tuesday, but no votes for her will count. Of course, if the residents of NY 23 wanted to sent a sharp rebuke to the national Tea Party movement, they would overwhelmingly write-in Scozzafava as their candidate. But don’t hold your breath for that to happen.

Newt Gingrich said in his endorsement of her that she was the choice of the local GOP voters, but it seems that is not the case. The whole problem with the political process in America is that too few voters pay attention during the primaries. If there is a political machine in place in a district or state, they can easily push their anointed candidate in the party primary, and when the rest of the voters wake up, they are stuck with the establishment candidate.

What Hoffman was able to pull of will resonate across the country in 2010. He was able to highlight the contrast between his conservative stance with the identical liberal stances of the Republican and Democrat candidates. When voters began to fully see what their choices were, the momentum began to mount behind Hoffman.

ARE YOU LISTENING YET, GOP???

Newt’s complaint was that money wasn’t being raised in the district, but was coming from outside the district, from activists and activist organizations. Hello? Is that not an indication of the national mood? And WHEN the

voters of NY23 overwhelmingly vote for Hoffman on Nov. 3rd, will Newt then change his stance about local politics? Is Newt against giving voters a full airing of what their choices really are? Because when people in NY23 began to see who they really had in a Republican candidate, they moved instead to the Independent Conservative candidate.

This is a victory for the Tea Party movement and Conservatism. Go Doug!

No response from Scozzafava-endorsing, ‘local-politics’ supporting Newt Gingrich as yet. But the day is young.

we’ll see.

UPDATE: Gingrich put out a non-statement-statement on National Review Online late in the day on Halloween. Note that it doesn’t address Dede dropping out or his endorsement of a RINO:

Hoffman Emerges [Newt Gingrich]

“The emergence of Doug Hoffman as the only alternative to a pro-tax increase, pro-Pelosi liberal is a victory for Mike Long and the Conservative party, in alliance with the national conservative movement and talk radio.

The challenge for the next three days is to convince every Republican who opposes Pelosi and opposes tax increases that Doug Hoffman is the only vote that can stop the Left on tuesday.

In a district that has double-digit unemployment, tax increases are a threat to further crush the economy.

If taxes are the key issue, the Democrats will suffer a significant defeat.

In all three elections Tuesday the Democrat is going to run ten to twenty points behind Obama’s share a year ago.”

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It’s a dream come true for conservatives and independents. In the New York District 23 special election, the Independent candidate for the Conservative Party of New York, is ahead of both the Republican and Democratic candidates. Doug Hoffman is a CPA and CPNY member that was nominated when Dierdre Scozzafava, or ‘Dede’ became the GOP candidate.

CPNY refused to nominate a candidate with Scozzafava’s record, so they ran their own candidate. It is a shot across the bow of the establishment GOP by conservatives. Her record of playing the middle in supporting tax hikes and in accepting endorsements from groups like the Working Families Party (closely tied to ACORN), and even drawing an endorsement from the Daily Kos founder, Markos Moulitsas.

Notwithstanding endorsements from Newt Gingrich and Susan Collins, Republican Senator from Maine (who was the ONLY GOP member in the Senate to vote for Max Baucus’ 1500-page health care bill), Hoffman has surged in recent days ahead of both the Democrat and Republican candidates.  Add to that a one-day fundraising total of over $116,000, and the momentum is clearly with the Independent candidate.

Perhaps the endorsement of Gov. Sarah Palin had something to do with it? The NY Times reported it thusly: “Mrs. Palin announced her endorsement on her Facebook page, writing that in an election in which ‘there is no real difference between the Democrat and the Republican,’ ‘Doug Hoffman has not been anointed by any political machine.’”

Fred Thompson and the Club for Growth along with a long list of other conservative, pro-family groups have endorsed Hoffman over Scozzafava. Why the GOP thought running a candidate that was virtually indistinguishable (voted in favor of gay marriage twice, in favor of tax hikes, pro-abortion, etc.) from the liberal Democratic candidate is beyond most conservatives, and they are pushing back. Time for the GOP to wake up, both nationally and locally. Conservatives want better choices, and won’t be taken for granted any more. Party loyalties are falling, and core values are rising to the top.

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