Those thundering hoofbeats you hear in the distance aren't re-runs of "Bonanza". They're Democrat politicians facing an election in November running as hard as they can AWAY from President Obama, who's accurately assumed to be the Kiss of Death.

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Why should anyone be surprised by the revelation of hitherto secret memos circulating in Obama's administration showing the hatching of a plot to bypass congress--and the law--to permit de facto amnesty for illegal aliens? After all, the bossman has made it clear that affirmation of his own citizenship is so unimportant that he's spent millions (of other people's money) to avoid proving it. Devaluing U. S. citizenship is obviously a prime Obama objective. And the Democratic party colludes. The pot boils, and the pressure builds...

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The "race card" may finally be losing its utility as a tactic for evading legitimate responsibility. When it seems every black criminal, from street thug to congressman, cries "racism" upon being caught, who can take them seriously?

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There's increasing speculation out of Washington that an attack on Iran's nuclear weapons facilities may be inevitable. Please! Does anyone really expect Obama to attack fellow Muslims? He's more likely to order a hit on Tel Aviv. Then the question would become, "Will the military obey him?" Unlikely as it seems, this may be the divisive presidency that prompts a constitutional crisis.

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Tax warning. Beware of Democrats pushing a VAT--value-added tax--which is nothing more than a disguised national sales tax. Once in place, it's a virtual certainty that it will never be repealed by EITHER party, because politicians will rapidly become addicted to the hugely increased funds it will make available to them.

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Message for ignorant Democrats who are eager to raise taxes on "the rich". Did you fools learn nothing from the tax-cutting by you hero, JFK? Try reading your own party history.

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If Mexicans on both sides of the border assume they have the right to tell us what our laws should be, why do we not have the right to point out the blindingly obvious fact that, based upon the (feckless or corrupt--your choice) governments they have consistently elected to power, they are clearly incapable of self-government.

How did the world's superpower so quickly turned into a failing, directionless, pitiful giant...object of contempt by its enemies? Simple. Too many politicians, largely but not exclusively Democrat, promising things they couldn't possibly do...too many voters, largely but not exclusively Democrat, who chose to believe those promises.

Is Lindsay Lohan really out of jail? Why?