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| Medved, Murphy, Barbour |
RJC PANEL DISCUSSION at the Centre Club in Tampa with former
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and radio pundits Michael Medved and Michael
Murphy.
Below are some of their ideas…….
Haley Barbour -- prospects are better for the Republicans
than in 1980 with Reagan’s victory over Jimmy Carter. At this time in his campaign, Reagan was trailing Carter by
14%, today Romney is virtually in a dead-heat with Obama.
Michael Medved -- Obama’s approval ratings in Israel recently
have “soared to 6%.” This factoid
stands in stark contrast to 2008 when Obama received 78% of the Jewish vote,
though that number is lower now. Perhaps part of the reason for declining
support is explained in the RJC’s
website
www.mybuyersremorse.com
Haley Barbour --- warned about Romney’s seeming success in
the money race. He stated that
labor union money is not included in these sums since unions commonly do not
raise political money from membership, they simply dip into their own tills
which are filled to overflowing with dues from their members and then give to
the Democrats.
2016: OBAMA’S AMERICA by Dinesh S’Souza
came out of nowhere to burn up the box office
2016themovie.com/media/
Since the convention events were canceled on Monday night, we
went to a nearby AMC megatheater to see “2016: Obama’s America.” Using Obama’s
voice, the film quoted directly from Obama’s book, “Dreams From My Father,”
The movie then reflected on many of the president’s actions while
in the Oval Office -----
returning
the bust of Winston Churchill to the English upon taking office
supporting
Argentina against England in the Falkland Islands dispute
reducing
America’s footprint in the world
making
UN approval necessary for international intervention
undertaking
unilateral arms reduction
general
distributionist attitude to wealth
giving
Brazil money to drill oil off their shore (as in reparations)
supporting
the Palestinians and while alienating Israel
All these actions can be understood to fall within the
category of ANTI-COLONIALISM.
Obama’s father’s dreams, which emerge from his personal life history
were ant-colonialist in the extreme.
To this base, D’Souza adds Ann Dunham’s worldview, and the politics of Frank
Davis, Bill Ayres, Edward Said, Rashid Khalidi, and Reverend Wright. Then, the
positions of the President gain consistency and we gain understanding. The film
concludes with the impact to the US of another four years of these policy
pursuits, unchecked by the need for reelection. Could America recover?
