http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/elitist/ en-us Tue, 5 Jan 2010 16:36:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421430/posts Since it's an ill wind that blows nobody good, even downwind from Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and his deadly skivvies, we may owe a profound debt of gratitude to the Detroit underwear bomber. He's the instrument, maybe, of Barack Obama getting a little religion, and if so it's not the stuff of Arabia, but real, heartfelt attitude-changing religion. The president has apparently decided that Islamic terror is real, and aimed straight at America. He's even calling terror "terror" (just like George W. Bush). This was no doubt difficult for the messiah from Hyde Park, who arrived in Washington persuaded that "terrorism"... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421430/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 16:36:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371721/posts First Lady continues her misunderstanding of California's vehicular lawsVigilant paparazzi have been keeping extra close tabs on California's First Lady Maria Shriver ever since she was caught breaking the state's hands-free law. Once again, it appears Shriver has been busted. Shriver allegedly parked her non-emergency vehicle in a red zone, TMZ reported Monday: Arnold's really gonna be seeing red after this because his scofflaw wife once again blatantly disobeyed the rules of the road ... and parked her non-emergency vehicle in a red zone!!!! We're told Maria Shriver left her Escalade in the verboten spot for almost an hour while... NBC Bay Area http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371721/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:06:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2313440/posts Many Republican critics of ObamaCare point to various estimates of cost to forward the argument it is going to be much more costly than its advocates are willing to admit. Followed to its logical conclusion, this argument suggests there is an “affordable” amount of ObamaCare that would be acceptable. Similar arguments were forwarded in opposition to the two stimulus packages that somehow these would be acceptable if they were trimmed down by the right “amendments”. The idea that ObamaCare and so-called stimulus spending by Congress are both unconstitutional were ignored as the debate focused on whether or not the estimates... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2313440/posts#comment Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:08:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2300866/posts Dame Peggy is now hoping that “Common Sense May Sink Obamacare.” This is why she gets the big bucks: | This is big, what’s happening. President Obama | appears to have misstepped on a major initiative | defining issue. He has misjudged the nation’s mood… Oh, has he now? Maybe a few other people did too? Like–perhaps yourself–you ego-bloated twit? I have news for you, Peggy…[Pardon me, I don't usually do this, but I feel a sudden need to switch to all caps and channel Mark Levin....THERE] …HEY PEGGY, COMMON SENSE WOULD HAVE SUNK THIS FRAUDULENT JACKASS BACK WHEN HE... Amused Cynic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2300866/posts#comment Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:18:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2300077/posts If you are a Baby Boomer you, no doubt, remember the television series Bewitched, starring Elizabeth Montgomery. Ms. Montgomery played Samantha Stevens, a witch who was married to a mortal and who lived in a quintessential American suburb. One of the regular characters – and one of the funnier characters – was a neighbor of the Stevens’, Gladys Kravitz, played by Alice Pearce and then Sandra Gould. An incredibly nosey neighbor, Gladys Kravitz was always just moments away from being able to prove to her husband, Abner, that “something very strange is going on over at the Stevens’ house.” Gladys... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2300077/posts#comment Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:09:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290132/posts In an interview to be published in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she thought the landmark Roe v. Wade decision on abortion was predicated on the Supreme Court majority's desire to diminish “populations that we don’t want to have too many of.” In the 90-minute interview in Ginsburg’s temporary chambers, Ginsburg gave the Times her perspective on Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s first high court nomination. She also discussed her views on abortion. Her comment about her belief that the court had wanted to limit certain populations through abortion came after the interviewer... Cybercast News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290132/posts#comment Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:08:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267804/posts On May 30th The Obama’s hit Manhattan for dinner and a Broadway show as the First Couple had a date night. Michelle Obama’s fashion sense is understated and never obvious so when she touched down in NYC, style watchers clamored to find out what she was wearing. All the talk has been about the bold, statement clutch she carried because it was GORGE! Obama accessorized her formfitting, ruffled black sheath with a VBH Ballerina Clutch in shocking Colbalt Blue. The clutch retails for $1500 famespy.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267804/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:17:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2214380/posts After only two months of the Obama presidency, Americans are horrified, angry, depressed, and on the verge of full-scale revolt against the president and his toadying Socialist acolytes for doing their best to destroy our once-vibrant economy, inflict decades of debt on our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and usher in what historians will surely record as The Age of The Hubristic and Incompetent Presidency. This assessment is borne out by polls, man-and-woman-in-the-street interviews, escalating unemployment figures, and creeping inflation which threatens to become the hyperinflation that will put the final nail in an economy that up until 2006 – when... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2214380/posts#comment Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:05:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2190711/posts SAN FRANCISCO – It's safe to say Stephen Fowler probably wishes he never appeared on "Wife Swap." Fowler's stint on the ABC reality show last month, in which he called a rural Missouri woman spending two weeks in his San Francisco home stupid and simple, has made him famous in the worst way. His performance has inspired a Web site, StephenFowlerSucks.com, a Facebook group, "I Can not Stand Stephen Fowler from `Wife Swap,'" and public condemnation by his own wife, who on her blog urged him to get professional help. What has generated such wrath is Fowler's condescending treatment... AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2190711/posts#comment Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:02:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183978/posts It's 2009, the end of a decade which -- when it comes to television -- was defined in large part by reality shows. By now, most of us reality fans have become a bit jaded. Backstabbing, catfights, rants, breakdowns - there's just not much shock value left anymore. So after Valleywag ran this story about public reaction to one man's behavior on (of all shows) "Wife Swap" a few weeks ago, it got me thinking about how this particular guy had disturbed and outraged so many people. If you've never seen the show, it's a basic enough concept. Two women,... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183978/posts#comment Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:08:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174344/posts "I am the Speaker of the House. I don’t get into that." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is defiantly ignoring Rush Limbaugh and Matt Drudge -- who spent much of the week nitpicking her stimulus bill on issues ranging from STD prevention funding to cash for the re-sodding the National Mall. "I am the Speaker of the House. I don’t get into that," she said at her weekly press conference just now, when asked about their impact on the stimulus debate. The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2174344/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:55:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154800/posts Barack Obama and his family are vacationing in his native Hawaii, far from the wintry snows of Chicago -- and far from almost every other American politician. There's a metaphor here for how I think Obama is going to conduct himself as president: He's going to try to keep his distance from other politicians, including his fellow Democrats. I see him trying to remain aloof from his party, much as Dwight Eisenhower did five decades ago. Like Eisenhower, I think he's drawn the conclusion that his party needs him more than he needs his party. What's my evidence for this?... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154800/posts#comment Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:01:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153299/posts President-elect Barack Obama’s vacation in Hawaii at $9 million mansion demonstrates his limousine liberal side — just a week after he called for “new ethics” on Wall Street, which he has condemned for “greed” for and luxury living while the rest of the U.S. is grinding through a recession. The economic downturn, moreover, Obama recently told reporters, “is going to get worse.” As far as the President-elect is concerned, however, these economic realities for regular folks don’t apply to him. Obama, his wife, and his children, as well as leftist apparatchiks, have rented three mansions on the beach in Hawaii.... Republican Liberty Caucus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2153299/posts#comment Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:39:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2150115/posts Barack Obama's path to the presidency included beating what had been one of the nation's most powerful families. But, in an unusual twist, his election last month is helping accelerate the trend toward dynasty politics. His secretary of state will be Hillary Clinton, the wife of the former president. The Senate seat she’ll vacate is being pursued by Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of a president and the niece of two senators. Joe Biden’s Senate seat may go to his son Beau. Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar, Obama’s pick for Interior Secretary, could end up being replaced by his brother, Rep. John... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2150115/posts#comment Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:40:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141488/posts The Capitol Visitors Center, which opened this morning, may have tripled its original budget and fallen years behind schedule, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found a silver lining for members of Congress: tourists won't offend them with their B.O. anymore. "My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway," said Reid in his remarks. "In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it's true." But it's no longer going to be true, noted Reid, thanks to... The Examiner, Washington, DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141488/posts#comment Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:36:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128379/posts Now the daggers come out. The paleocons and Obamacons and many others will plunge them into the back of John McCain. This is shameful. The American people have issued a referendum on the 2008 mutation of the Republican Party, whose ticket John McCain had the misfortune to lead. Let's recount briefly: enough bribe taking, page preying, foot tapping felons and filchers to fill the local jail; a record deficit; a financial crisis; a badly managed war; an incompetent response to a hurricane; an incumbent in the White House with record-low levels of approval. Against all this and into a headwind... The San Antonio Express-News via The Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128379/posts#comment Sat, 8 Nov 2008 02:35:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122683/posts The Democratic nominee brushes off a question from ABC News reporter Jake Tapper Sunday morning, suggests it wasn't appropriate for him to answer questions on the tarmac. Asked why he doesn't hold a press conference in these last few days then, he replies: "I will. On Wednesday." http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122683/posts#comment Sun, 2 Nov 2008 18:31:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115860/posts DURANGO, Colo. -- There's no question about it, John McCain's supporters said. We are the real Americans, and folks who support Barack Obama aren't. If Obama wins, said Craig Jederline, an Albuquerque radio station programming director, "It wouldn't be God Bless America, but God help America." At rally after rally, McCain's supporters chant "USA, USA, USA," wave bright blue "Country First" signs and shake little American flags high in the air. In the Durango High School bleachers, people made it clear that they're part of what GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin called "these wonderful little pockets of what I... The Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115860/posts#comment Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:50:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114957/posts CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago officials say Barack Obama's plan to spend election night outdoors will cost an estimated $2 million. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114957/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:41:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107872/posts THOUGH he's battling GOP accusations that he's an Ivy League elitist, Barack Obama has a lifestyle of the rich and famous,(clip)While he was at a meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Michelle Obama called room service and ordered lobster hors d'oeuvres, two whole steamed lobsters, Iranian caviar and champagne,(clip) NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107872/posts#comment Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:43:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098974/posts NEW HOLLAND, Ohio -- Joshua Rea, 30, heard the news while having a bite at CC's White Cottage restaurant. "This is crazy, man," he said incredulously, reaching for a phone to call his dad. "Obama's ancestors lived right down the road," he told his father, a local farmer. "Our ancestors were probably kicking it with his ancestors." Here in rural Pickaway County, 30 minutes south of Columbus, word is spreading that a pair of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's ancestors are buried just a few miles away and that the Democratic nominee has loads of distant relatives living in southern Ohio.... Cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098974/posts#comment Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:23:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097758/posts what ads should MCcain use , hopefully showing obama / biden in their own words, being who they really are? first, obama's assertion that "he was happy with $4 gas, only that it came quicker than he thought" second, biden: "isreal should get used to a nuclear armed Iran". self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097758/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 02:59:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2084072/posts "The one thing that I want to insist on is that, as I travel around the country, the American people are a decent people. Now they get confused sometimes. You know, they listen to the wrong talk radio shows or watch the wrong TV networks, um, but they’re, they’re basically decent, they’re basically sound." - Barack Obama, speaking at a Planned Parenthood rally National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2084072/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:25:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083354/posts The nation's financials may be in a spiral, but cash is flowing into the Obama campaign faster than Marvin Hamlisch can play "Niagara"! Yesterday, Obama declared how we are in "the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression." Today he will host a dinner in Beverly Hills --- costing attendees $28,500 dollars each! Hundreds of high rollers, including some of the biggest executives in film, television and music, will munch gourmet chow and hang out with the candidate. Streisand will then sing at the five-star Beverly Wilshire, no doubt reviving the Depression-era standard "Happy Days Are Here Again" with... DrudgeReport.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083354/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:26:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078087/posts John McCain's campaign acknowledged this weekend that Sarah Palin is unprepared to be vice president or president of the United States. Of course, McCain's people said no such thing. But their actions told you all you needed to know. McCain, Barack Obama and Joe Biden all subjected themselves to tough questioning on the regular Sunday news programs. Palin was the only no-show. And it's not just the Sunday interviews. She has not opened herself to any serious questioning since McCain picked her to be next in line for the presidency. WashingtonPost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078087/posts#comment Tue, 9 Sep 2008 14:27:06 GMT