KEEPING THE FAITH - In The News
COUNTDOWN To November 4th
by Gary L. Bauer
October 18, 2008

The Terrorist and The Plumber

Joe the plumber is in trouble. He has committed an unspeakable act – he spoke up for capitalism and free enterprise. He publicly spoke taboo words: “I don’t want to be taxed more just because I work harder.” But it gets even worse. His words have put the Messiah from Illinois, Barack Obama, on the defensive. There is only one solution: Joe must be destroyed. (With the media fixated on Joe, maybe Sarah Palin will get a break!)

The same media that have done nothing to investigate Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers, the same media that have ignored the relationship between Ayers and Obama, the same big shot reporters who have turned Michelle Obama into a mystery woman whose views are “off limits,” and the same media that left no stone unturned in Alaska trying to embarrass Sarah Palin – that media are now in a feeding frenzy to destroy Blue Collar Joe. And the Obama/Biden campaign is piling on, too.

In the last 24-hours the inquiring minds of the press have discovered that Joe once had a tax lien against him for $1,200. Several press outlets charged that he wasn’t even registered to vote. Then they dropped that attack and replaced it with an even more damaging charge: He is registered, but – GASP! – “He’s a Republican!”

Diane Sawyer wanted to know whether the McCain campaign had talked to Joe before he confronted Obama The Savior. (No, it had not.) Then this news broke last night – he isn’t really a plumber because he didn’t finish the Ohio licensing requirements. Before the day is over, we will know whether he ever said a cross word, had too much to drink or passed gas.

The goal is clear: Destroy Joe before Americans wake up to the fact that they are close to electing the most far left, pro-abortion, anti-military, socialism-advocating candidate in the history of the United States.

Pray for Joe, his family and his friends. Unless he recants and pledges allegiance to Obama in the next few days, Joe is toast.

The Coming “Thugocracy”

Sadly, this is not an isolated incident. The Left’s visceral reaction to Sarah Palin has been unbelievable, and I have been reporting on the growing totalitarian impulse of the Left for some time now. The “tyrants of tolerance” have come totally unhinged during the course of this election, and should they actually attain real power, it is just a taste of things yet to come. Consider the example of Jessica Hughes of Lufkin, Texas.

Recently, Jessica answered a phone call from an Obama phone bank operation. Here is her account of what happened:

“She [the Obama worker] asked if I was an Obama supporter, to which I replied, ‘No, I don’t support him. Your guy is a socialist who voted four times in the state Senate to let little babies die in hospital closets; I think you should find something better to do with your time.’ (And then) I hung up.”


The next day, two Secret Service agents showed up at Hughes’ home to question Jessica about the “death threat” she made against Senator Obama. Needless to say, Hughes is justifiably outraged. She told her local paper that the Obama volunteer “has made a charge that will follow me the rest of my life. I find that repugnant and violating.”

That is how the Left operates. Step out of line and you’re a racist or a homophobe, theocrat or a fascist. Senator John McCain is a war hero who spent more time in a North Vietnamese POW camp than Barack Obama has spent in the United States Senate. But that hasn’t stopped liberal politicians from comparing Senator McCain to George Wallace.

And it’s the Left that is always the first to rush to the streets with its rent-a-mobs. It is the Left that shouts down open debate on college campuses. It is the Left that wants to squelch free speech with the “Fairness Doctrine,” shut down political discourse with so-called “Truth Squads” and restrict religious liberty with “hate crimes” legislation.

For those of you unfamiliar with Michael Barone, he’s not a man prone to hyperbole. He’s a political wonk who can recite the minutiae of voting statistics better than most historians and political science professors. But he recently wrote a chilling opinion piece titled “The Coming Obama Thugocracy.”

Anyone who thinks they can take a pass on this election because the conservative movement will bounce back bigger and stronger from a defeat, like we did in 1994, had better think again. Obama, Ayers, ACORN, the pro-abortion lobby and the militant homosexual movement are not trying to win an election. They are determined to take over the country. They intend to crush the conservative movement and end the culture war over the values we will pass on to our children and grandchildren forever.

I’m not about to give up, and I pray you will fight with me!

Good News!

Our item in yesterday’s report on polling proved prophetic. By the time I got home last night, there was breaking news of a “shock poll,” as the Drudge Report described it, showing the presidential race essentially tied at 49%-to-47%, within the margin of error. The poll was conducted by the Gallup Organization – not exactly a “fly-by-night” operation.

Let me repeat: We can win this, but it will be up to you! I don’t want to read anymore angry e-mails about John McCain’s faults. You will never find perfection on the ballot, so stop looking for it. Either John McCain or Barack Obama will be our next president. This is a time for choosing. Will we take a radical lurch to the left with the most inexperienced and most liberal candidate in history, who has always put his extreme ideology first? Or will we put country first by electing the experienced pro-family, pro-life, pro-reform McCain/Palin ticket?

Don’t get discouraged. Get active!

Go volunteer for your local Republican Party. Get a McCain/Palin sign or bumper sticker. Volunteer for conservative candidates. Make phone calls. Donate to conservative organizations like this one. Talk to friends and family members. Share this report with them. Pray, and then VOTE! This is your country – Fight For It!

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