At just after 10 p.m. EST on Nov 2nd, CNN projected Republicans would take over the House of Representatives. Simultaneously, on NBC News, Brian Williams was pointing out that the elections were guaranteeing that the new Congress would have fewer Democrats in it than any Congress in more than 40 years. And the headlines on Drudge vacillated between “Tsunami Alert for House,” “Russ Feingold Out,” and “Pelosi in Denial.” And through it all, I couldn’t help but think of the fact that President Obama had given his only Election Day interview to pop culture’s Ryan Seacrest.

That’s right: Instead of sitting in front of a real journalist or news anchor who might have asked tough questions or demanded an account for the Democrat Party’s failures to this point, Obama gave an interview to a guy who’s day job includes interviewing the families of American Idol’s tone-deaf first-rounders, whose appearances on that show are only memorable because of how embarrassingly horrible they are.

And while I mean no offense to Seacrest, who actually deserves credit for landing such an interview, the facts are that Obama should have been sitting across from Chris Wallace at FOX NEWS. Instead, he placed himself in another situation where he’s lucky he got out of the interview without being referred to as “dude” again.

Maybe Obama bemoans the fact that he’s President as much the American electorate has come to bemoan it? (I’m being serious.) Or maybe he just saw the writing on the wall, and couldn’t cope with the fact that the repudiation voters handed him on November 2^nd actually signaled the end of his 2008 election mandate, while consequently demonstrating the momentum Conservatives are enjoying? (more…)

On July 14, 2010, Cybercast News Service (CNS) reported that the health care reform legislation Obama signed into law on March 23, 2010 will soon employ tax-payer funds to pay for abortions in Pennsylvania. According to CNS, the “Health and Human Services Department is giving Pennsylvania $160 million to set up a new high-risk insurance pool that will cover any abortion that is legal in the state.”

And in addition to the $160 million going to Pennsylvania, the federal government is also dispersing $12.5 billion for “community health centers” which can then, in turn, “fund abortions.”

In other words: When Obama issued an Executive Order barring the use of federal monies for abortion, it meant nothing. (Yes, it meant Congressman Bart Stupak (D-MI) was gullible, but other than that it meant absolutely nothing.)

Not only is Obama’s administration doing what he promised it wouldn’t do, but it’s trying to cover its tracks while doing it. Thus, instead of sending money directly to abortion providers, monies go to “community health centers” which then pay for abortions as needed. Or, in the case of Pennsylvania, tax-payer monies are placed at the discretion of state administrators for high risk insurance pools who then distribute the funds to abortion clinics. (more…)