BOO HOO, I VOTED FOR OBAMA

An Independent laments: Why I Regret Voting For President Obama.

In her regret-filled missive about why she chose to cast her ballot for Obama, Jill Dorson explains that one deciding factor was the naming of Sarah Palin to run alongside of John McCain.

But as soon as Palin climbed out of her igloo and onto the national scene, well, there was no turning back for me.

You see, I felt my choice was to risk McCain dropping dead and letting the world’s most well-known hockey mom run this country, or to believe that Obama would surround himself with educated people and that he was smart enough to take their advice.

I was right. He is smart enough to seek counsel. I’m just outraged at the counsel he’s seeking these days.

Ms. Dorson has discovered a few political facts of life, one of which is that political leaders will surround themselves with people who think as they do.

One huge fact that Dorson overlooks in her boo-hoo piece: that character and beliefs count for something. Does Dorson believe that Palin would have surrounded herself with the same types of people that Obama did? Of course not: she was more moved by the fact that Palin was a “hockey mom” coming from out of an “igloo”.

Which explains how Obama and his lapdog media cheerleaders were so easily able to persuade Dorson and her compatriots that Obama, who had much less experience at anything, was to be favored over Palin, who had experiences that Dorson couldn’t relate to–regardless of whether they were relevant or not.

Ms. Dorson got the president she deserved.

The unfortunate part is: so did the rest of us.

NOTE: There will be many more of these type of pieces. We’re still waiting for Kathleen Parker and Christopher Buckley to send in their regrets. Chris Brundage has already seen the light.

Doug Ross started keeping track of people who sent their photo regrets on their Obama vote early in 2009.

UPDATE:

Don Surber’s take: Jill Dorson joins Obamaniacs Anonymous.

Dorson is listed as “a freelance writer and small business owner who lives in a blue state but is surrounded by a family of reds.”

Sarah Palin pushed her into Obama’s camp, she said, writing: “But as soon as Palin climbed out of her igloo and onto the national scene, well, there was no turning back for me.”

So we’re not talking about a deep political thinker. Most people aren’t and I respect that. The vast majority of people are citizen-soldiers in the political wars, reporting for duty a month before an election and after the election, reporting once a month to watch a State of the Union address or summit meeting.

When they pay a lot of attention, the country is in trouble.

That is what those Tea Parties and town hall meetings represented.

Count on more people paying closer attention in 2010 and 2011 and 2012–when not only the country, but Obama will be in trouble.

Hilarious video of Obama’s tax policy, as foretold by the Beatles.

h/t: Hot Air Headlines

According to seismologists, Haiti isn’t out the woods for more large aftershocks, while the Dominican Republic, who was spared, should take note of the newest predictions by the USGS.

There’s new predictions that Haiti could, in the near future, suffer several aftershocks in the 6.0 range, and, that an earthquake of up to 7.2, could strike Port Au Prince. A 7.2 earthquake would be 200 times stronger than the 7.0.

The USGS predictions are based on preliminary data from the 7.0 earthquake which struck Haiti on January 12. Data which shows quake lessened the tension in the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone but failed to move the segment which lies east of epicenter, adjacent to Port Au Prince which could lead to aftershocks up to 6.0.

The 7.0 and subsequent aftershocks all occurred in Haiti while the Dominican Republic was spared. The prediction of a bigger, more massive quake includes the Dominican Republic and the Enriquillo fault which runs along the southern edge of the island of Hispaniola which includes both Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Another massive quake may threaten Haiti

Apparently this isn’t new, decorated live beetles for jewelry. The unfortunate beetle was confiscated by U.S. Customs official after a woman tried to enter from Mexico into Brownsville, Tx, and the official saw the beetle crawling on the woman’s clothes tethered by a tiny gold chain and safety pin.

For more on the story and photos go to The bling beetle: Woman entering U.S. was wearing LIVE gem-encrusted insect as brooch.

Oh snap!

The press and youtube are having a field day over U.K. Olympian bobsledder Gillian Cooke’s rather unfortunate spandex-Fail, such as the New York Daily News article’s opening line:

“There was a full moon at the bobsled world championships in Switzerland last weekend.”

And, the Daily Mail’s Bobsleigh rider shows her cheeky side as she splits her pants at World Championships:

“She was aiming for aerodynamic – instead, she got draughty.”

Cooke’s split occurred at a pre-Olympic competition held in St. Maritz.

Bobsled split pants video is giving British Olympian Gillian Cooke a little extra exposure

Hugo Chavez: U.S. “playing God”, this time “only a drill”… U.S.’s real target-Iran.

Our condolences to the people of Venezuela who have to endure this certified nutjob for a President.

UPDATE at End of article.

A plea:

Kevin Dujan of Hill Buzz is NOT a racist and he needs our help

The Daily Kos and Democratic Underground have outed Kevin Dujan as the owner of the blog, Hill Buzz. They are smearing him with the false charge that that he is a racist. They are urging their readers to destroy his career and attack him physically. (I’m not linking them, but you can verify this by Googling. Instead, I suggest you read Hill Buzz here.)

The Right blogosphere should rally to the aid of Dujan and Hill Buzz, as he has tirelessly rallied to ours with dozens of posts teaching Republicans how to campaign effectively and supporting Republicans, including Gov. Sarah Palin and now Sen.-elect Scott Brown. If you are not familiar with Hill Buzz, here is a wonderful sample post — they are observing the first anniversary of Obama’s inauguration with the thank-you letter they wrote to Pres. George W. Bush last year.

Although the author of the passages above is sincere, I am unmoved for several reasons.

1-Who actually reads DU or Kos unless you’re trolling for outrageous comments to post to show how unhinged the Left is? Charles Johnson used to do this on a bi-weekly basis to fire up the converted.

2- To have these folks call you a racist is the equivalent of having Conan say that Jay is “bad”. It’s expected–and ineffectual, because it’s fairly clear that it’s standard operating procedure for those sites. They thrive on pandering to their smallish base anxiously hitting the “refresh” button to rack up pageviews. To them, “racist” is an automatic descriptor for “someone I disagree with”. Same as “Nazi”–only not so German-centric.

3- I’m not underplaying the threat of physical violence, but really–being physically threatened by a denizen of either site? What are they going to do? Throw a hot latte on you?

4- I don’t always agree with Hillbuzz, but I find them to be entertaining and privy to some good info. They were among the first to warn of the thuggish ways of Captain Wonderful. HB also seems sensible and grounded. So they have that going for them, also.

I’m glad that ANCLAY is looking out for HB. It’s always a good thing when that happens–for both the looker and the lookee.

I guess my verdict is: believe what you read at HB. Don’t believe what you read at the DU and Kos.

Unless you want to, of course.

UPDATE:
Apparently, the activity against the Hillbuzz boys is worse than I first thought.

Originally, I thought it was just harassment and, though it’s unpleasant, that’s par for the course. It may be more serious than that. Here’s an update from HB themselves.

They’re trying to identify culprits, some may be linked back (likely) to Captain Wonderful’s operations, like Organizing for America.

Any Internet detectives who want to help Hillbuzz out? Head on over and report for duty!