No Presidential Debates in 2012

While waiting for my Tea Party speech to be posted on you tube I thought it would be fun to do one of my political prognostications again.

The Presidential debates between the Democratic and Republican nominees have occurred every four years since 1976. But I predict 2012 will be different.

The first reason is that GOP voters are now going to demand that FOX News be included in the debates as there is must distrust among the rank and file as to what is perceived as liberal bias in the Old media. Now Fox News may be the 800 pound gorilla of cable news but its viewers are still less than the staid evening news on ABC, CBS, and NBC. In addition the Obama administration has made it pretty clear they have no love for Fox and after Obama's embarrassing interview on FOX concerning health care it is doubtful he will ever be interviewed again by a Fox employee.

The other reason Barack Obama has shown a continual propensity for going to the liberal new media in his press conferences such as the Huffinton Post. In doing so he has showed a continual contempt and disdain for his loyal lapdogs of the old media establishment. In two years if unemployment does not improve some of these old lap dogs may turn to bite at their master. But that is another story.

But finally the real reason is that Fox News hired Sarah Palin a couple of months ago and this gave Obama an automatic out. The GOP in order to save face will demand that FOX News be included in the debates and thus a Mexican standoff will be established.

There will be negotiations on Presidential debates up to the last minute in 2012 and both sides will announce that an agreement could not be made. More is the pity.


A Voice In the Wilderness

Courage and Fear

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer is a famous quote by General George Patton. I have to admit I am a little afraid about this Thursday April 15 2010. You see I am attending a Tea Party in downtown San Francisco and I plan on giving a speech at that event. I could be attending a Tea Party in Sacramento with 10,000 like minded people in a flag waving love fest but instead I am choosing to go into the belly of the liberal beast. I have mentioned my choice to several of my conservative friends and this caused all of them to raise their eyebrows. One even asked me " Will you be wearing a riot helmet?"

What do you have to fear you may ask? For one thing anarchists have made several Internet postings that they want to break up Tea Party's on April 15th and cause disturbances . Two weeks ago I went to Golden Gate Park to view the King Tut exhibit. There at the entrance to the park was a little event going on called the anarchists book sale. An anarchist book sale is not an event that your going to see in middle America but one that is quite at home in the Bay Area.

In addition liberal activist groups regularly post want ads in local newspapers As a result paid protesters ( Rent a Mobs) show up for any Bay Area event worthy of liberal interest. In 2003 anti war protesters held a "vomit in" at the Federal Courthouse. That conjures up all kinds of positive images now doesn't it?

So why go into the face of potential trouble?

I go to carry a sign in defiance of Nancy Pelosi in her backyard. I go to deliver a speech that I could not give in an event controlled by the GOP because our country deserves better. I go because I am afraid and no one should ever be afraid to attend a lawful peaceful assembly with the fear of physical retribution occurring in these United States.


I go because I believe in Free Speech, even in San Francisco.

A Voice Crying In the Wilderness

Epilogue: The Tea Party in San Francisco went off yesterday without a hitch due to the amazing organizational skills of the Bay Area Patriots and the event's chief organizer Sally Zelikovsky in particular. The San Francisco police were there and did a great job. I have been to church picnics with more controversy.