Obama begins his jump over the shark.

What Obama did today should surprise no one. He is a liar. Liars lie. Obama's lie in February regarding retroactive immunity for criminal Telecom companies - that became clear today when he caved in (real liberals like Russ Feingold did not) is precisely why this blog will continue to repeat over and over again one simple phrase: Obama is a Fraud. The DNC gamed the system to defeat the best candidate in a generation, who won the most votes, and grew in strength all year, in favor of an untested, rancid, corrupt Chicago politician - who gives good speech. (provided a TelePrompter is present.) Obama has no real values. His entire career is a sham, created and paid for by a sickening cabal of far Left terrorists, middle class resentment driven socialists, bigots hiding behind history, and the corrupt to the core Daley machine.

Let's be as clear as possible about what Obama did today. After caving in he said as President he would work to over turn the law. Here's what that means - his political calculation is more important than your 4th amendment rights. He is willing to submerge YOUR constitution on the chance he will win. OBAMA IS A FRAUD.

The pods are losing it on the Cheetos Blog and Ms. Huffington's electronic bullshit festival, too.

WE TOLD YOU SO.

Obama is a coward who acts out of expediency - whether it's lying about public financing or lying about FISA. Or flipping off a sitting senator after he had a bad debate.

Here is what it looks like when the Kool Aid begins to wear off and the Pods wake up:

From Huffy:
Deal breaker! I have given hundreds of dollars to the Obama campaign, but not a penny more. I can't even begin to express my contempt for his chicken "s" crap. The one thing that Barack Obama doesn't have is a track record. So his statement that he will take a close look at this later, when he is president, is way, way too little too late. If Barack Obama can't be counted on to stand up for what is a clear and unambiguous threat to out constitutional form of government, then I can only conclude that his "new politics" is little more than a hollow slogan. This blows!

And:

This wasn't "compromise." It was a total, complete, humiliating capitulation. Gave Bush everything he wanted. Even Republicans are bragging about how they got exactly what they wanted.

And:

Oh, I see. It's okay for Obama, but not okay for, McCain. Why would we vote for the same? Obama is constantly proving that he's the same old politician. McCain-Obama, what's the difference?

From the Cheetos Blog:

Obama represented himself as being the change, hold Washington accountable and I'm a constitutional scholar. His statemant is just BS. Civil rights my ass, this wipes out the 4th amendment and there is no need for it. Fisa is bad enough but this is just insane. Inherent rights are not democratic. This is Ass Covering and pumping the inherent rights of the executive branch. How can political gain be had? It's legalizing a crime after the fact.
I worked my ass off and donated a lot of money this is not what I was working for.

And:

If anyone wants to cancel their monthly contribution to Obama, there is nothing on his web page about how to do that (surprise!).
Send an e-mail to ddozier@barackobama.com and tell that person to cancel your contribution. They will need your name, type of credit card you used and the last four digits.

My Favorite:

I want to stop feeling this way -- to fall in "rational love" all over again with Barack.
I want to love my candidate. To vote them in.

Rational love. Wow. They are dumber than even I thought.

More:

This is not a minor issue. This is a foundational Constitutional right we're talking about here and the rule of law in general. Obama dropped the ball big time on this.

Finally:

I emailed his campaign asking to be removed from their lists.

If any of these people had done some actual heavy lifting and examined Obama earlier they would not be surprised now. Then again, falling in love is rarely examined.

When all is said and done the Obama cult has risen so fast for 2 reasons. He's "cool" (or was until today) and he's black. There is nothing else. There has never been anything else. Thoughtful people and other adults knew all along this man was rotten to the core.

Obama's other massive flip flop this week on public financing will have to be left for another post.

Jumping the Shark

Every fad, every phenomenon, all P.R. created fame, every long lasting television show - jumps the shark at some point. This phrase comes from the episode of the 70's television show Happy Days in which the Fonz literally jumps a shark in a tank while riding a motorcycle. The show had clearly run out of ideas.

Jumping the Shark is the point that the phenomenon passes its peak and usually can only be perceived later. Politically, the shark jump moment often goes unnoticed. When Bush 1 was surprised and amazed by the common grocery store scanner he jumped the shark. He was still quite popular at the time - but in that moment he passed his peak. Many would say Bush 2 jumped during Katrina. But it was months earlier. By getting on a plane in the dead of night to interfere with the Shiavo case he passed the the point of no return politically. 9 months later blundering through the Katrina crisis served as painful confirmation for what many suspected: He was sublimely out of touch. Howard Dean screaming is the moment he became the Fonz over the tank.

So has Obama Jumped the Shark yet? Hard to say. The complete lack of the traditional bump in the polls seems to indicate a weakness in the underpinnings of the campaign. It is hard to fathom that after months of adoring press, a free ride until Wright, a speech maker of his skill is no more than 3 points up on the old guy.

I suspect that the unprecedented move of bulk of the DNC to Chicago gave even the most ardent pro-Obama Democrats pause. It is a remarkable power grab. A power grab made by a campaign that limped across the finish line, and that received a clear minority of votes. Obama is increasingly disliked and distrusted by a large chunk of those who should be his base - yet he moved the DNC lock,stock and barrel (almost) to the most politically corrupt big city in America in order to control it. Is this the moment that the Pro-Obama Democratic establishment starts to quietly question what they have signed on to? If I was a blue dog congressman up for reelection in a swing district I would be getting uncomfortable.

Maybe it has not happened yet. This may just be a lull.

Or maybe its Dean floating the idea that Hillary Clinton's name not be put in nomination. Is this point the arrogance of the Obama machine crossed the line? If Dean succeeds in making the Democratic Convention a gathering of the Comintern - with no dissenting opinions aloud - then the shark will probably have been jumped. Gratefully, I am not longer a Democrat. I don't see this latest power grab as a personal affront - not my party - not my people. Still, I know a thrown elbow when I see one. (it is also an Obama Classic move: get the competitor off the ballot.)

One could argue that the exposure of the Wright Tapes were the Obama shark jumping moment. It took an enormous amount of massaging from the media and manipulation by the Dean/Brazille Brown Shirts to keep the Obama coronation on track after that.

We shall see. The shark has either been jumped by Obama - or will be eventually. It is going to be so much fun to watch him fade.

and yes, I know since I wrote something about BHO tonight that is not adoring I am a racist. Blah, blah, blah...