Thomas J. Basile's Blog
The Obama campaign released a web video the other day introducing all of us to Julia. Julia seems nice and normal enough. The story of Julia as told by the Obama campaign is of an American girl who grows up dreaming big American dreams. She advances through her youth, middle age and into retirement as a successful individual - something we all hope for our children.
Here's the catch. Julia is the new mascot of American socialism. In Obama's tale about Julia…
May 04
7:47 AM
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Last night, Governor Romney brought the longer than necessary primary season to a close with landslide victories in NY, PA, CT, RI and DE. In his victory speech in swinging New Hampshire he left his audience with a simple question - Are you better off? It was a nod to Reagan's juggernaut campaign against Jimmy Carter in 1980. But as the President's class warfare rhetoric heats up and the echo chamber out of the White House and the DNC push the "fairness" message, the campaign…
April 25
2:15 PM
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It struck me the other day when I was listening to the President address reporters about the scandal in Columbia involving the Secret Service, that President Obama just doesn't understand that not everything deserves his comment. Presidents should comment on issues of national importance and on those occasions where it is appropriate for the leader of the free world to send a message. He shouldn't looked bullied, embarassed or on the defense if at all possible.
Obama takes a…
April 18
4:01 PM
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I know that sounds a little mean spirited - but what the heck, so is Rick Santorum. It's finally happened. Rick Santorum ended his no-shot campaign for the GOP nomination clearing the way for the best prepared candidate in the field to head into the convention with most of the party united behind him. So why am I still harping on him? The answer is simple, Rick Santorum's campaign was a mirage. To a person, if you spoke to pundits and political professionals on…
April 14
2:16 PM
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For some reason after watching this president operate for the last three years I'm still amazed at the tactics employed by he and his team of progressive hacks. Just think about it America - in the last four weeks our president, who once bemoaned the Bush White House's "endless campaign," has again proven he has no shame. First, the president, in a blatant attempt to energize African Americans voters, politicized the shooting of a black teenager in Florida. That's right, Obama…
April 14
1:04 PM
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The presidential campaign has been nothing much more than a reality tv drama for the last ten days - and Newt Gingrich is Snookie. Listen, I'm the first to defend my neighbors to the South in New Jersey for getting a bad rap over the shockilngly shallow and downright poor human behavior exhibited on the Jersey Shore. I hate the show but then again, none of those folks are running for president of the united states. The fact of the matter is the personal attacks on Gingrich's…
January 26
7:21 PM
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Maybe now they'll 'get it' over there in Romney-land. He needs to release his tax returns. Everybody gets it. Even my Golden Retriver has been shaking her head at it for a week now. If the Romney campaign wants to put SC in the rear-view mirror then the issue that impacted his debate performances the most needs to be in the rear-view mirror as well. If Romney gave a big chunk of money to the Mormon Church he needs to just get it out there and deal with it. If Christian…
January 22
8:36 AM
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While everyone has been looking for the Romney alternative, conservatives have been shifting wildly from candidate to candidate hoping for a legitimate social and fiscal conservative. They went for Bachmann, to Perry, to Cain, to Gingrich and now to Santorum. All this while, conservatives, particularly in the early states have been projecting their hopes for a candidate cut from the cloth of the traditional Republican base. In the process they've given rise to a number of unelectable…
January 07
6:52 PM
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Amid the holiday rush, a simple ceremony last week presided over by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta marked the official conclusion of America's military involvement in Iraq. Notably absent from the event were Prime Minister Maliki and President Talibani. President Obama's decision to pull nearly all of our forces out of Iraq leaves the country and our investment there - paid for with blood and treasure - without an insurance policy against secratian forces influencing the…
December 28, 2011
7:36 AM
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Not the best photo of me ever taken, but I was still honored to be asked by Time Magazine to participate in this Person of the Year compilation. As Co-Founders of Tea Party 365 in New York - one of the nation's first independent Tea Party organizations - David Webb and I were asked to represent the movement in this spread they were doing about activism that aims to make a difference in government. I was more than a little uncomfortable because David and I are well aware that the Tea…
December 14, 2011
11:21 AM
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