Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' warns Hillary Clinton will 'finish off' the country

In his highly anticipated new book and movie "America," conservative author Dinesh D'Souza is warning that Hillary Clinton won't be a clone of her moderate husband, but will instead take the baton fromPresident Obama to continue radicalizing the country and “undo the nation's founding ideals.”

"America -- Imagine a World Without Her," published by Regnery and set for release Monday, charges that as students of radical organizer Saul Alinsky, Obama and Clinton could have enough time to “unmake and then remake America” into a nation the founding fathers wouldn't recognize.

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It's Crunch Time for Israel on Iran

WALL STREET JOURNAL, OPINION, 7/29/2009 by John Bolton - Legions of senior American officials have descended on Jerusalem recently, but the most important of them has been Defense Secretary Robert Gates. His central objective was to dissuade Israel from carrying out military strikes against Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities. Under the guise of counseling “patience,” Mr. Gates again conveyed President Barack Obama’s emphatic thumbs down on military force. ∴ The public outcome of Mr. Gates’s visit appeared polite but inconclusive. Yet Iran’s progress with nuclear weapons and air defenses means Israel’s military option is declining over time. It will have to make a decision soon, and it will be no surprise if Israel strikes by year’s end. Israel’s choice could determine whether Iran obtains nuclear weapons in the foreseeable future. Read more at the WSJ... Read More......

Gingrich: What Republicans need to focus on

From BCRW December posts
Fox News Channel - Hannity & Colmes, December 5, 2007

Sean Hannity to Newt Gingrich: What do the Republicans need to do to beat Hillary, assuming she’s the nominee? What do they need to focus on?”

Newt Gingrich: “Three things,” said the former Speaker of the House. “Be for very real change, represent clearly the values of the American people…and force Senator Clinton or the Democratic nominee, whoever it is, to choose between the values of the left and the values of the vast majority of Americans … If they do that in a positive, issue-oriented way, I think that they have a very real chance of turning 2008 into a historic referendum.” Read More......

Hillary Pretends She Voted Against MoveOn Ad

Sweetness & Light, September 23, 2007
From the transcript of Mrs. Bill Clinton’s appearance Sept. 23, 2007 on NBC’s “Meet the Press”:

MR. RUSSERT: Let me show you an ad that has caused a lot of controversy in this debate about Iraq. MoveOn.org took this ad out, “General Petraeus or General Betray Us?: Cooking the Books for the White House.” Do you believe that General David Petraeus has betrayed the American people?

SEN. CLINTON: Absolutely not. He is a man of great honor and distinction who has served admirably. I don’t condone anything like that, and I have voted against those who would impugn the patriotism and the service of the people who wear the uniform of our country. I don’t believe that that should be said about General Petraeus, and I condemn that…

Of course this is simply a deliberate misrepresentation.

Mrs. Clinton voted against the Senate resolution condemning MoveOn’s “Betray Us” ad: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress - 1st Session as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate Question: On the Amendment (Cornyn Amdt. No. 2934)

Statement of Purpose:To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces…

YEAs 72

NAYs 25

Not Voting 3

Clinton (D-NY), Nay

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Snake Oil Medical Reform

Democracy Project, September 17, 2007 - Bruce Kesler wrote,

Hillary Clinton’s latest campaign pledge on health care reform is another of the chicken-in-every-pot variety we get from almost all politicians: Everyone in the United States will have top-flight, affordable medical care and it won’t cost us more (unless one includes taxpayers, and those deemed “affluent” by Democrat standards).

This Plan covers every American - finally addressing the needs of the 47 million uninsured and the tens of millions of workers with coverage who fear they could be one pink slip away from losing their health coverage - with no overall increase in health spending or taxes.

She proposes tax subsidies to individuals and small employers to offset the costs of insurance, which will be required of all. She doesn’t mention the high penalties that would be needed to enforce mandated coverage.

She proposes that Bush’s tax cuts be rolled back, but doesn’t mention the corresponding roll back in productivity and tax revenues that results from reduced incentive to succeed.
She proposes expansion of existing government programs to guaranteed coverage for all, but doesn’t mention that the states that have instituted guaranteed coverage regardless of health condition, and community rating to provide the same premium regardless of age, location or condition, have seen sharp escalation in premiums for the younger and healthier, increased government costs, and have not reduced the number of uninsured. (See this multi-year study.)

She proposes that costs of health care won’t increase because she will accomplish more than the current major efforts to increase efficiencies and effectiveness of health care delivery:

Most Savings Come Through Lowering Spending Due to Quality and Modernization: Over half the savings come from the public savings generated from Senator Clinton’s broader agenda to modernize the heath systems and reduce wasteful health spending.

She proposes that all this will not come at increased government regulation, but ignores that her proposals would gut the private insurance industry while placing the remainder under tight government controls, in effect establishing a semi-private sham for nationalized health care.

She, also, doesn’t mention the uniformity, sluggishness in keeping abreast of the latest developments and the squelching of the incentives to develop them, and ultimately treatment rationing that is inevitable when the overwhelming costs come due of the promises.

But, by then, the promises' hollowness although seen and suffered will be virtually irreversible as the private market no longer exists.

Oh, and she doesn’t mention that her and others’ figure of 47-million uninsured is inflated by at least double, as it includes a majority who are here illegally or who can afford coverage but choose not to be self-responsible.

Even nationalized health care apologist Ezra Klein notes that all her promises almost sound like she “washes your car.”

The devil will be in the details, if Hillary, and others, ever get down to presenting complete honest analyses rather than stump rhetoric.

Hillary keeps repeating the word “choice” in describing her plan. The New York Times' politics blog comments:

Her choice of words also reflects her evolution and her recognition that she needs to appeal to a broad spectrum of people who don’t want their most personal decisions to be decided for them, and to try to assuage (or at least hold at bay) some critics. The “choice” word will be perceived as code, in an effort to address the absolute balking of people who don’t want their personal physicians — even in the wake of health-maintenance organizations and beyond — taken from them.

The question is whether voters will choose to be fooled by her.

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Clinton Unveils Health Care Plan

Well, sort of...
Breitbart News, September 17, 2007

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a call for universal health care on Monday, plunging back into a political battle she memorably waged and lost as first lady more than a decade ago.

"This is not government-run," Clinton said of her plan to extend coverage to an estimated 47 million Americans who now go without.

She called for a requirement for businesses to obtain insurance for employees, and said the wealthy should pay higher taxes to help defray the cost for those less able to pay for it. She put the government's cost at $110 billion a year.

"Perhaps more than anybody else I know just how hard this fight will be," said the New York senator.

Dismissing the inevitable Republican criticism, Clinton admonished the crowd. "I know my Republican opponents will try to equate health care for all Americans with government-run health care. Don't let them fool us again. This is not government-run."

A front-running contender for her party's nomination, Clinton drew criticism this time from fellow Democrats as well as Republicans. Continued...

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"I want to TAKE those profits..."

Well worth remembering...

At the DNC Winter meeting, presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton made a statement that should have shocked Americans but her words were met with applause instead. Clinton said,

Clinton: "The Democrats know what needs to be done. Again, we're working to try to push this agenda forward. The other day the oil companies reported the highest profits in the history of the world. I want to take those profits, and I want to put them into a strategic energy fund that will begin to fund alternative smart energy, alternative and technologies that will begin to actually move us in the direction of energy independence." [Emphasis added]

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