THE FOUNDATION
"The invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents, but from acts in which the Government is the mere instrument of the major number of the Constituents." --James Madison, letter to Thomas Jefferson, 1788EDITOR'S NOTE
Due to a technical glitch, yesterday's Digest was not broadcast by email. Unfortunately, we fared no better than Healthcare.gov, which crashed on the last day for enrolling in ObamaCare. You can view the Digest as a whole here, or in its constituent parts here. We apologize for the inconvenience.TOP 5 RIGHT HOOKS
War on Religion Spreads
Patrick Air Force Base in Florida took down its Missing Man Table display all because a Bible in the display was causing "controversy and division." According to the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, "The Bible represents the strength gained through faith in our country, founded as one nation under God, to sustain those lost from our midst," and, therefore, the Bible is a key element in the display. Because someone objected, all that remains is a POW/MIA flag. Mark Alexander has documented the war on religion being waged at the Air Force Academy here and here, though Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh denies there's any such thing. "The single biggest frustration I've had in this job," he told Congress, "is the perception that somehow there is religious persecution inside the United States Air Force. It is not true." Judge for yourself.Comment | Share
Which Party Is Rich?
If there's one saying that's tried and "true" in DC, it's that Republicans are the "party of the rich." Except it's a lie. The latest example is a report that of the 10 wealthiest House districts, eight are represented by Democrats, including the top six. Most of them are in New York and California, and the three that aren't are outside New York City or Washington, DC. The AP helpfully notes, "Democrats say the 'party of the rich' label is more about policies than constituents." We suppose there's some truth to that, because Republican -- well, conservative -- policies help people get rich. Democrats prefer to keep their subjects poor while raking in the dough from the rich.Comment | Share
Speechless for ObamaCare
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has been hitting the talk shows for years now to push ObamaCare, so it's rather amazing when she's rendered speechless. Such was the case, however, in an interview with an Oklahoma City TV news crew. The anchor asked Sebelius about the "64% of Oklahomans [who] aren't buying into the health care plan, adding, "They don't like ObamaCare, and they've been pretty vocal about it. Now that's going to still continue to be a tough sell, but we'll see how that plays out over the coming months." Sebelius answered with total silence for an eternal seven seconds before the anchor gave up, thinking they had "lost sound." She replied, "Well, I can hear you, but -- thanks for having me." Maybe she's realizing that words just aren't going to cut it anymore.Comment | Share
ObamaCare? No Such Thing
Running on ObamaCare isn't working well for Democrats, but neither is running against it. Maine Sen. Angus King seems to think the better strategy is to pretend it doesn't exist. "There's no such thing as ObamaCare," King told Fox News. "You can't sign up for ObamaCare -- you're signing up for an Anthem policy or at Aetna policy, or a WellPoint policy. It's private insurance." It's important to note that King isn't running for re-election this year and he's also not technically a Democrat, but rather an "independent" who caucuses with Democrats. And clearly the Donkey Party fears ObamaCare this year.Comment | Share
Only Racist When Whites Say It
HBO's Bill Maher is a leftist of leftists who holds no punches when it comes to fighting the Right, but he tripped up some fellow travellers on race. First he quoted Paul Ryan on the causes of poverty and led a panel discussion on whether racism was at play in those comments. Predictably, the two leftists on the panel, one of whom was black comedian W. Kamau Bell, thought Ryan's comments belied racism. So Maher asked them to weigh in on this statement: "When it comes to getting an education, too many of our young people just can't be bothered. They're sitting on couches for hours playing video games, watching TV. Instead of dreaming of being a teacher or a lawyer or a business leader, they're fantasizing about being a baller or a rapper." When he revealed that it was Michelle Obama, not Paul Ryan, who said that, his guests had to wipe egg off their faces. Bell pathetically explained, "She was talking to black people -- we talk to each other differently than how we talk in front of you." That's precisely the point.Comment | Share
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RIGHT ANALYSIS
The Writing Is on the Wall for Democrats
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How is it that the party that claimed a "permanent" majority after Obama's re-election in 2012 came to find themselves in such dire straits? ObamaCare. The law that Democrats rammed down America's throat with a strict party-line vote in 2010 is now unraveling in spectacular fashion just like we said it would. The costs of the program are becoming more evident to the American people. The ineffectiveness of the government's ability to handle the program is a regular late-night talk show punch line.
The White House won't be able to help congressional Democrats in 2014, though. Obama's low approval ratings match George W. Bush's in 2006 when the Democrats reclaimed Congress, and his own in 2010, when the Tea Party helped swing the House back into Republican control. The albatross that is ObamaCare will also prove a tough obstacle for Democrats to get over this fall. Unlike Obama himself, the Affordable Care Act was never popular, and now that it's "law," anyone associated with it faces a tough re-election bid.
There are some who don't see the writing on the wall. Assistant House Minority Leader James Clyburn (D-SC), for one, believes that the White House could be doing more in helping turn the tide for the Democrats. "I don't know if they're doing everything they possibly can," he said in a recent interview.
Other Democrats would rather shoot the messenger than listen to what he has to say. Nate Silver, who gained national fame and leftist sainthood for accurately predicting Barack Obama's 2012 re-election victory, is now being thrown under the bus for predicting that Republicans have a 60% chance of winning the congressional midterms and taking the Senate. Two years ago, the Left was calling Silver one of the most brilliant minds in politics. But now that he is reporting a different outcome using the same statistical analysis, they're accusing him of bias, ignorance and defamation. Imagine how they'll view the American electorate in November if he's right.
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Why 'Noah' Matters
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TOP 5 RIGHT OPINION COLUMNS
- Dennis Prager: Judaism, Christianity, Environmentalism
- Arnold Ahlert: The False Iraq-Crimea Analogy
- Thomas Sowell: How Foreign Is Our Policy?
- Ed Feulner: Honoring Hobby Lobby & Conestoga Wood Specialties
- David Limbaugh: 'It Was Important for Us to Suffer'
OPINION IN BRIEF
Economist Thomas Sowell: "Anti-Americanism was the rule, not the exception, among Obama's mentors over the years, beginning in his childhood. When the young Obama and his mother lived in Indonesia, her Indonesian husband wanted her to accompany him to social gatherings with American businessmen -- and was puzzled when she refused. He reminded her that these were her own people. According to Barack Obama's own eyewitness account, her voice rose 'almost to a shout' when she replied: 'They are not my people.' Most of Barack Obama's foreign policy decisions since becoming president are consistent with this mindset. He has acted repeatedly as a citizen of the world, even though he was elected to be President of the United States. Virtually every major move of the Obama administration has reduced the power, security and influence of America and its allies."Comment | Share
Philosopher and educator Bertrand Russell (1872-1970): "When the state intervenes to insure the indoctrination of some doctrine, it does so because there is no conclusive evidence in favor of that doctrine."
Radio talk-show host Dennis Prager: "For the left, the earth has supplanted patriotism. ... This is the trend. Nature over man. This is why environmentalists oppose the Keystone pipeline. ... The pipeline will provide work for thousands of people and it will enable Canada and the United States to increasingly break away from dependence on other countries for their energy needs. But to the true believers who make up much of the environmentalist movement, none of that matters. Just as they didn't care about the millions of Africans who died of malaria as a result of those environmentalists' efforts to ban DDT. ... As G.K. Chesterton prophesied over a hundred years ago: 'When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing -- they believe in anything.' Now it's the environment."
Comedian Argus Hamilton: "Obama arrived in Rome Thursday where he held a joint press conference with Italy's prime minister before driving across town to met with Pope Francis. The president could hardly contain his joy when he walked into the Vatican. He thought the sign said Vacation."
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