The Conservative Sage

Presidents Obama's desperation to save his presidency has been clearly evident over the past few weeks. He has appeared on every network show except Rachel Ray in attempts to galvanize his base. His latest appearance was on the Daily Show with John Stewart. To his credit Stewart was tough on the President, and frequently injected his trademark wit when the opportunity presented itself-the President gave him perfect setups. One of the more awkward moments came when the President used described former economic advisor Lawrence Summers as doing a "heck of a job" Stewart quipped " You don't not want to use that phrase dude". This of one of many instances where Obama hasn't looked presidential. In addition to his bowing before world leaders, being referred to as "Dude" certainly is not becoming of the leader of the free world. The truth is President Obama has diminished the office of in his attempts to appeal to certain groups. Some of these Appea...

As expected during an election cycle, the flames of racism have been stoked by the left. The NAACP has a perfect straw man with the rise of the Tea party movement. Its overwhelmingly white participants and "take our country back" slogans are a perfect set-up for racism claims. As this blogger has pointed out, the lack of blacks in the Tea party says more about blacks and the grotesquely monolithic thinking of blacks than it does the Tea Party. To grant its charge of racism an heir of credibility, the NAACP has issued a 94 page report which details alleges Tea party ties to racist and anti-Semites. One would have to suspend common sense to deny that this is nothing more than a pre-election smear campaign intended to get blacks to the polls. Ironically, the biggest manipulators of blacks are black left wing organizations like the NAACP. Its almost customary for charges of racism to emerge before an election to galvanize black voters-the Democratic party's best friends. The ...