This focuses on national issues, with Amnesty and ObamaDontCare sandwiching other political

concerns; first, sadly, it is again necessary to provide proof of both the failure of BHOs foreign policy
towards Israel [Four Killed in Attack on Jerusalem Synagogue] and how circumstances seem to force
himultimatelyto do the right thing in other regions [Kurds in Koban say Victory over ISIS in Siege is
Near]. Perhaps the electoral defeat will forestall an agreement with Iran on nukes, for it seems
Congress would be ableprimarily via the Senateboth to stop a bad deal and reimpose sanctions [c/o
Menendez, who swallowed his assertions a year ago @ BHOs behest]; meanwhile Iran is two-faced
during final negotiations with Kerry in Geneva [Iran said enrichment is no longer the main stumbling
block in talks and Iran Will Use Suicide Operations to Send its Message to the World.] In any case,
regarding Israel, pessimistic articles restate the obvious perils of BHO/Kerry constantly referring to the
[currently fanciful] 2-state solution, without noting the prospect of a reversal to sanity on 1/20/2017.
{Also know the depths to which Jewish-Libs will place themselves, as it was revealed that a Mole At a
Jewish Org was Fired For Offering Details of Private Call to Anti-Israel Listserv.}
The major worriment in the news appears to be the potential release today of the
Ferguson Grand-Jury report, which many expect wont critique the police-officer;
Missouri declared a statewide emergency [comparable to when a hurricane nears],
while BHO/AG-Holder can only lie-in-wait, noting that BHO wants Ferguson protestors
to 'Stay on course' and Holder inexplicably Took the Death Penalty off Table for Gang
Members Charged with Killing Cop. BHOs Dems still depend upon the NY-Times to
promote their message, noting that Nicholas Kristof white-splained what whites just
dont get, when he inadvertently laid bare the hard core Marxist position behind
affirmative action. Thus does this reverse-racist POTUS continue to add to The Daily
Caller's ALL-STAR GREATEST HITS Alphabet of Racism.
The major observation I would proffer regarding domestic issues is c/w what Rush discussed on Monday
and conservatives are proclaiming [Shut. It. Down.]; how can the newly-empowered GOP manifest
opposition to the Illegals being granted Amnesty and/or to the funding of ObamaDontCare if any
subsequent government shutdown would automatically be blamed on the GOP [by the Dems/Media
and then, presumably, by the electorate]? Rush notes that, regardless of what had transpired last year,
the GOP did well this year and, thus predicted-damage [by the GOP-Establishment] wasnt incurred; he
also notes that Cruz has high standing among Conservatives, notwithstanding the efforts by the Media
to brand him as an extremist. Thus, Rush feelsas do Ithat the GOP must be forthright, for much will
occur during the next two years that will affect the ability of the GOP to retain Senatorial control. Its
almost as if The GOP punditocracy harbors a fear of winning, while GOP leaders try to redirect their
members immigration rage, creatively, to avert a shutdown.
Republican leaders wanted a quick and clean, drama-free lame-duck session to kick off
their new majority, but they find themselves heading toward a showdown over how to
fund the government. They promised to avoid legislative cliffs, but Republicans are
risking one as they consider a short-term spending bill to pressure Barack Obama on
immigration reform. {It seems the Budget may be GOP's weapon: SHORT-TERM BILLS
ARE SEEN AS LEVERAGE, with the Goal being to make Obama back down on
immigration; also, Obama is poised to veto XL pipeline [despite the fact that the House
passed bill by wide margin and the Senate is likely to do so, also, on Tuesday].}
The media have declared BHO to be READY TO RUMBLE, as Obama Moves to Shield 5 Million Illegals; on
the heels of BHOs defiant post-midterm election remarks last week, he announced a 10 point plan

concerning illegal immigration which will be enacted unilaterally by executive order. Such an effort
garners predictable support from Biden, Big Money, California Lawmakers, the SEIU, and even an
Arizona Catholic Bishop; the New York Times Wants Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants, Unless Theyre
Cuban Doctors Fleeing Communism. Dems Pelosi and Hoyer Joined Gutirrez Call for Amnesty, and
Gutirrez even exclaimed he May Run for President if No Amnesty by Thanksgiving [BECAUSE the GOP
falsely CLAIMED ISIS and EBOLA were CROSSING the BORDER]. A compliant media is attempting to
soften the impending blow, evidenced by Politicos claim that Obama has signed fewer executive orders
than any president [in 130 years], and that multiple Republican presidents have explicitly used executive
action to address immigration; this is a cover-up because it failed to confront the intent and extent of
the orders, for there is no precedent for granting any type of amnesty to groups of unnamed individuals.
In any case, while DEPORTATIONS PLUMMET, it seems WH Advisers are Split on Delay due to the
potential [negative] impact on other priorities [budget and Senatorial approval of appointments].
Meanwhile, the negative-impact of illegal-aliens upon America accumulates [Drunk
Driver Charged in Crash Leaving 3-Yr-Old Dead, Confirmed as Illegal Alien and TX
OFFICIAL SAVES LIFE OF TWICE-DEPORTED, SMUGGLER-FUNDING ILLEGAL ALIEN] while
ILLEGALS TAUNT AGENTS AS AMNESTY NEARS, explaining why BHO would want to
increase their salary *for combat duty due to flagging morale+.
LIMBAUGH warned that such an effort would prove IRREVERSIBLE and KRAUTHAMMER declared it to be
an 'IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE' [although he warned 'Absolutely' not to Impeach+; thats why GOP Reps
exclaim 'Nobody is [seriously] talking about Impeachment' for BOEHNER instead is warning OBAMA that
he will SEE YOU IN COURT. On lib-NPR, even New York Times columnist David Brooks warned Obama
Against 'Ted Cruz Maneuver' With Amnesty Executive Order; David Brooks explained that, while he
supports immigration reform [in particular status for Illegals], Obama's proposed executive amnesty is a
step too far. Another ominous sign was the Oregon anti-immigration vote and, thus, GOP Can Thwart
Obama's Immigration Plan by cutting Immigration Funding, a view promoted inter alia by Sen. Crapo.
Contradictory forces-at-play in the Illegals arena are mirrored in todays Keystone-XL
Pipeline vote; while Pretty Much Everyone Supports Building the Keystone Pipeline
[Except Liberal Democrats], Obama wants to Go around Senate on Climate Change and,
thus, the White House Hinted at Keystone Veto Even as Fuel Prices Plunge. Meanwhile,
Sen. Jim Inhofe feels the Senate Can Override Obama Keystone Veto while others
predict that the Keystone pipeline vote will fail in the Senate [dooming Mary Landrieu];
thats why Landrieu scrambles for 60th vote for Keystone, for the situation is larger than
approval of an oil pipeline. {Politico claimed BHO didnt set out to be an environmental
president, but he is now.}
For these reasons, there is turmoil among Dems, as Even Democrats Want the Democratic Party to
Move In A Moderate Direction and Infighting broke-out in Hillaryland; this was manifest when
Democrats are lashing out at Pelosi and Six Democratic Senators Admitted Voting against Harry Reid for
Leader, despite Reids having released his iron grip on Senate floor [allowing amendments to a major
intelligence reform bill, a move that Politico claims could quickly create chaos].
The pleas of extremist-defenders of the status-quo [Dean: Harry Reid Saved the
Constitution from 'Crackpot Tea Party' and Maher: If Obama Had Lost, US Wouldn't
Have Fruit or Jobs] and rationalizations of the Dem-Establishment [Biden: Middle Class
'Was Declining' During Clinton Years] no longer work.

Rebellion has arisen unpredictably [HUNGER GAMES: 85% participated in student-led boycott of
Michelle O lunches], as evidence of media-manipulation emerged [70% of Obama TWITTER followers are
fake]. Overall, even his defenders are worried [Todd: Obama Sometimes Has Sense of Tone Deafness],
as pundits tiptoe into unknown territory to explain his eccentricities [After Six Years, Obama Adviser
Valerie Jarrett Finally Scrutinized by Media]. It may have dawned on the electorate that, for
progressives, the success of government programs takes a backseat to their own moral grandstanding.
Through it all, the GOP continues to point-out the hypocrisy of the Dems [NYT: Buffett
Uses Tax Dodges as He Calls for Tax Increases on Rich+ while recognizing that BHOs
policies have led to an economic environment in which 40% women, 28% men, 39%
youth don't want a job; Republicans may feel Stymied on issues such as Fannie And
Freddie Despite Midterms, but they feel their priorities are reinforced when they learn,
for example, that the buffalo-pd is trying to confiscate-guns of people who just died.
Fortunately, as the pope reaffirmed his commitment to speaking out in support of the
sanctity of life, the Pro-Abortion Crowd was reduced to Complaining that the GOP Won
by 'Moderating' Stance on Birth Control and Abortion.
Overall, now that THE 2014 ELECTIONS ARE OVER, INTERPRETATIONS predictably vary; Republicans have
two schools of thought [the Establishment school and the Populist school], but it seems the Populists
[manifest as Conservatives who dominate the TEA Party Movement] did a better job of catching the
2014 Zeitgeist. [Cotton was cited because this GOP challenger ended-up benefitting from a blistering
national issue, the Illegals; he nationalized what had been a local election and rode the Red Wave by
defeating Pryor by a whopping 18 points.] Thats why, for example, Dems never really had a chance in
Texas.
In contrast, New-Jerseys-Jeff-Bell illustrated How-an-Open-Borders-Republican-Lost-toan-Obama-Clone; Bells platform offered a case study of the insularity of conservative
thought leaders in the post-Reagan era. [They have dumped the proven Hamiltonian,
nation-building model of political economy for discredited libertarian approaches such
as open borders and trade schemes favoring rival nations two sides of the
globalization coin that have, in Pat Buchanans words, carpet-bombed Middle
America and killed the Nixon-Reagan coalition that used to give the GOP 49-state
landslides.]
For these reasons [and others], it is felt that Mary Landrieu doesnt have a prayer; indeed,
Demographics Favor Cassidy over Landrieu in Louisiana Runoff. {One final clarification is in-order;
although Proponents Say Common Core was 'Invisible' in Midterm Elections, opponents thereto note it
was one of the issues folded into the overall-conservative message that was heard throughout the
country.}
Discussion of POTUS-16 nominee of the GOP c/o Jim Geraghty [during the NRO-cruise]:
Allen West pointed out that you dont often see two presidential candidates from the
same state competing against each other for long their bases of support among
donors, activists, and volunteers usually overlap and they cant sustain two candidates
simultaneously. At this very early date, the potential Republican 2016 field includes two

candidates from Florida (Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio), two from Texas (Ted Cruz and Rick
Perry), and two from Wisconsin (Scott Walker and perhaps Paul Ryan).
Ned Ryun, founder of American Majority and CEO of Voter Gravity, mentioned Carly
Fiorinas name more than once as possible figure on the 2016 GOP ticket.
West named Ohio governor John Kasich as a potential presidential candidate who could
come on strong; Ryun could not suppress his sense that Ohio conservative grassroots
activists have some serious gripes with Kasich.
John Fund pointed out that theres actually several mini-primaries playing out in the
coming year: the money primary, the staffing primary (who can build a national network
of supporters), the consultant primary (whos hiring the campaign managers, ad men,
pollsters, organizers, and so on, with big wins under their belt from previous cycles), the
ideas primary, and for lack of a better term, the voice of social conservatives primary.
I asked my panel of Ryun, West, Eliana Johnson, Guy Benson, and Fund to name the
2016 Republican ticket. Most hesitated to make a public prediction, but said it was likely
to be a governor and someone who had demonstrated an ability to win in blue or purple
states. When I declared, tongue-in-cheek, that ticket had already been decided in
advance and that the correct answer was Scott Walker-Susana Martinez, the audience
seemed pretty darn pleased by that combination.
Gruber said ObamaDontCare was passed due to deceit, as the media ignored the serial videos:
Grubers comments were brought out of the shadows last week by a Philadelphia financial adviser
named Rich Weinstein. [The story metastasized when Penn briefly pulled the original video.]
Ellison Barber and Sharyl Attkisson Discussed Bias in Medias Coverage of Gruber Comments
Obama denied Gruber as yet another video surfaces
Inside the Comic Book Jonathan Gruber Wrote to Sell Obamacare to America
ABC-NBC-PBS-NPR-NYT-LAT-AP Censored Gruber 'Stupid' Americans Video
NYT Writer Defended Gruber: Voters Are 'Incoherent' on Health Care
Jonathan Gruber In 2010: 'I'm An Ivory Tower Guy'
Washington Post: Nancy Pelosi Lied about Not Knowing Jonathan Gruber
Obamacare and the 'Stupidity of the American Voter'
6TH GRUBER VIDEO: DEMOCRATS LIED AND SCHEMED TO TAX EVERYONE'S HEALTH PLANS
Chuck Todd Grilled HHS Secretary: Is Gruber Welcome Back At White House?
RNC Hit ObamaCare Proponents with '#Grubering' Video
Obamacare 'stupidity'? New energy for repeal push
WASHINGTON POST REQUESTED THAT GRUBERGATE BE INVESTIGATED BY FOX NEWS?
Obama Addressed Gruber's Obamacare Comments
POLL: 32% Think Americans Too Stupid to Understand Obamacare
Controversial adviser Gruber paid hundreds of thousands by taxpayers
Michael Reagan: 'Stupid' Public Wises Up on Obamacare
Charles Krauthammer: Obamacare 'Architect' Proves the Lie
Mika (Of MSNBC) Admitted: If Gruber Were Republican, MSM Would Be Exploding
Obama personally crafted a major Obamacare deception with Jonathan Gruber at one of Grubers
numerous White House meetings, according to a 2012 Gruber interview with PBS.

BHO feels American Voters are Apparently Too Stupid to Understand that Obamacare is
Working - As the second enrollment period for Obamacare opens, Americans continue
to display their reticent stupidity (HT Jonathan Gruber) about all the amazing things that
Obamacare has brought into their lives, as Gallup reports that Obamacares
unfavorability is at an all time high, and favorability is also at an all time low. As Gallup
graphically demonstrates, the trend lines are incredibly getting even worse, which is not
what you might expect from a government run healthcare program. It would appear
that despite the rosy pronouncements from Democrats and the Obama administration,
the stupid American people stubbornly insist on believing their own lying eyes when it
comes to whether the law is working or not.
Karl Rove correctly noted that This Is About More Than Jonathan Gruber, for Every single major
promise used to sell the Affordable Care Act has turned out to be wrong and more importantly,
everybody [health economists and others] knew it was wrong at the time. On FNCs Special Report,
the method by which his research was processed by proponents of ObamaDontCare *media, Dems,
academics+ was shown to have exaggerated greatly its alleged benefits *based on fundamental lies+.
Thats why Dems are Giving Up on Obamacare and even New Yorks Senator Kirsten Gillibrand tried to
spin the Obamacare deception and offered her own brand of defense that seems to center on the ends
justified the means in terms of lying to the American people; she said, No, we all knew the whole
point of the plan is to cover things people need like preventive care, birth control, pregnancy. As the
premiums start rising and Washington's Obamacare Exchange Is Already Shut Down, there are Three
things WH doesn't want you to know about law *Bureaucracy, Taxes, Huge Deficits+. Thats why, when
attempting to Cure the Health Care Debate, the GOP should NOT choose ObamaDontCare Capitulation.
{In this environment, otherwise problematic events seems irrelevant, such as when a Court Packed with
Democrats Ruled with Obama on Obamacare.}
The Gruber Blackout and a Partisan Media
By Jonathan S. Tobin
It will be some time before we know for certain whether the fallout from Jonathan
Grubers embarrassingly candid revelations about the deceptions at the heart of
ObamaCare will have a substantive impact on its future. Given the relevance of much of
what hes said to the Supreme Courts deliberations about a challenge to the legality of
its crucial subsidies, dont bet against what some are calling GruberGate being
considered a turning point in the history of this misbegotten legislation. But no matter
what happens in the Court or in Congress, the story has already provided us with a
fascinating insight into another kind of pretense: the supposed objectivity of the
mainstream media which has, for the most part, ignored this story.
The virtual blackout of coverage of Grubers remarks in the broadcast networks and
major newspapers such as the New York Times is, on its face, astonishing. That so many
of these outlets that generally fall under the rubric of liberal mainstream media to have
all come to the same conclusion that the Gruber story wasnt news speaks to the way
that members of this herd all tend to walk in lockstep on major political issues. But the
defense of these decisions doesnt wash.

As Howard Kurtz, former media columnist at the Washington Post and CNN said from
his current perch at Fox:
On what planet is this kind of embarrassing admission not news? Maybe
on that comet where the spaceship just landed.
Even Brian Stelter, his successor at CNN, conceded that the decision to ignore the story
was wrong even as he, a liberal as opposed to the more centrist Kurtz, sought to
rationalize the decision:
Whenever you think there is a conspiracy it is really just something
much more mundane, in this case I think it is the fact that this is a video
that is a year plus old, and it is something that, were talking about a
story that has been debated and debated and debated and so covered
endlessly, I think oftentimes in newsrooms, theres a sense that well,
whats actually new here? But, that said, the quote, the word stupid,
that is news. And the way it is being used by conservatives, that is news,
so that is why it should be covered by the nightly newscasts and CNN.
As for the idea that there is nothing new, lets unwrap that contention. Gruber was well
known to be a major player on ObamaCare and his statements about deceiving the
Congressional Budget Office and counting on the stupidity of the American people
would, in any context, be considered newsworthy. Anything that casts further doubt on
the legality of the legislationespecially since some of Grubers comments contradict
the liberal position on the King v. Burwell lawsuitor provide fodder for congressional
opponents who will seek to chip away at the Affordable Care Act is in and of itself also
newsworthy.
The only reason why editors would chose not to treat it as worthy of coverage would be
their desire to help the administration end the debate about its signature legislative
achievement. To those who would say that critics of the mainstream medias blackout
on Gruber are indulging in conspiracy theories, I would answer by simply asking them to
imagine a similar case in which a Republican administration with popularity ratings as
low as those of President Obama in which a key figure in the formation of one of that
governments policies were found to have spoken in such a manner in public on video.
It is simply impossible to imagine that the New York Times would have treated such
statements as a non-story. But thats what they did this week. Search the New York
Times website and, as of Friday afternoon, there isnt a single mention of the Gruber
controversy save for one opinion article in its Upshot section in which the significance of
the story is downplayed. But there is nothing in the news sections or in the print edition
of any part of the paper. Even if, as Neil Irwin wrote in the Upshot, this sort of thing
were business as usual in Congress and the government, the Times would not have
hesitated to treat evidence of such misconductlet alone lies told to facilitate an
attempt to remake one sixth of the American economyby conservatives as front-page
news.
The broadcast networks similarly shut down the story over the course of the week with
no references until the last day and then only in passing. As for the cable networks, Fox

has predictably run with it but with the exception of Jake Tappers show, CNN also
largely kept away from it for days while MSNBC granted Gruber a softball interview with
its least journalistic hostRonan Farrowwhose only intent was to dismiss the whole
thing.
That conservative outlets would treat GruberGate as earthshaking and liberal ones
would say theres nothing to talk about is understandable since there are partisan
implications to the story. But while Fox and MSNBC are understood to be sources whose
political slant is well known and the same is true for print and online publications that
make no secret of their editorial missions, newspapers like the Times and networks like
ABC, NBC, and CBS still hold themselves out as representatives of objective journalism.
That this is an easily exposed pretense has not been much of a secret for a long time.
The networks and the Times are as ideologically biased as the Rush Limbaugh Show on
radio. The only difference is that Rush and other political talkers and writers dont
pretend to be sitting on Mount Olympus impartially giving the people the news.
Even in the world of opinion writing it is necessary to acknowledge the other sides
arguments if only to disprove them. But for liberals in the mainstream media, news that
works against their side is something that must be contained if not simply thrown down
an Orwellian memory hole. While President Obama and the Democrats should be
ashamed of their role in lying to the American people about ObamaCare, their
cheerleaders in the mainstream press should be just as embarrassed. That apologies
wont be forthcoming from either tells us all we need to know about the contempt for
democracy and truth that is now routine in these precincts.