As IF Times

Source: Oprah Winfrey endorses Hillary Clinton: Its a seminal moment for women – Washington Times

There are those that blame Oprah for the mess that has befallen the US of A the past 7-1/2 years; and I’m one of them.  The former queen of daytime talk TV, cursed with overactive tear ducts, was single handedly responsible for introducing the current president to the nation.  As we know, Oprah’s book recommendations would send a particular tome soaring in sales and elevate the author to instant celebrity with a simple blink of her teary eyes.   We cannot underestimate the power and influence of Oprah’s army, which I dub the AWW; the Army Of Weepy Women.  As much as her influence has done wonders for Kleenex stock, her support for otherwise obscure authors is even more powerful.

Oprah’s effusive support of Obama’s book set him on a path from nobody to Nero in just one year.  I believe one of the reasons touted for his suitability for President was that ‘it was time’, in this case for a black person to hold the office.   In her recent plead for Hilary’s election to the same office, we are not surprised to hear that, ‘it’s time’ in this case, for a woman to hold that role.

The natural question is, why was it not time for Hilary back in 2008 when she was a candidate opposing Obama for the same office?  This is illogical since women have been around at least as long as any conspicuous minority.  How did Hilary get bumped into only next in line?  When you compare the skillsets of both, they are comically similar, that is, both are acclaimed speechmakers but also both are conspicuously lacking in any actual achievement outside of reading a teleprompter.  But now, it’s Hilary’s turn.  Maybe there was a rock/paper/scissors decision at the time.

We should note that Oprah’s sincere endorsement of authors is to be commended for bringing forth authors and stories that would otherwise not be exposed.  Some were commendable.  Unfortunately some, notably James Frey, were frauds and she was genuinely duped like everyone else, falling for the ‘compelling’ story.  It just so happens that some people are quite good at telling stories….especially to a gullible audience.

Getting back to Hilary, I wonder why it wasn’t time for a female VP when Sarah Palin was running.  Or when Carly Fiorina was running for the GOP?  Or Meg Whitman.  Stating that it’s time for a female President makes as much sense as declaring that it’s time for Chinese food for dinner because Pizza was last night.  Or to send a Chihuahua on a rescue mission instead of a St. Bernard because it was the little dog’s turn.  In fact, this entire ‘it’s time’ rationale should encourage all kinds of constituents to clamor for ‘their time’.  Think midgets, red headed people, Hispanics, dyslexics and singers.  They should all have their turn.  Following this logic, the path to the presidency can be like a board game, in which the spin of the arrow dictates who’s up next.  Ability is moot.  Can you imagine the losers you’d have running?  Oh wait…

Source: Obama: ‘We’ are to blame, not Islamic terrorism, for massacre | New York Post

This stuff you can’t make up. In the immediate aftermath of the worst massacre on US soil by an admitted terrorist group since 9-11, the finger has been pointed right back at the American people as the root cause.   How do we know that the murders were inspired by an Islamic terror group?  Well there was the phone call to the police by the perpetrator exclaiming that ‘this is in the name of ISIS’, but I suppose that could have been misconstrued. Closer scrutiny of the tape may eventually show that he called the police help line because he wanted to know ‘where the ice is’.  But I wouldn’t bet on it.

We expect the progressive media to offer the standard offerings of half truths in their reportage; we are accustomed to that.   When the leader of the nation is confused as to the nature of the event and calls a spade a girdle, then there’s something very frightening about his grip on reality.  He may as well be Joe Izuzu.  It goes beyond lack of judgment; his entire stock of credibility is at stake.

As usual, the only elephant in the room he addresses is the Republican one, blaming the supporters of that party for ‘easy’ access to guns which led to the tragedy.  The more obvious elephant, the one that is never invoked, Islamist militancy, is ignored like a white crayon.  The logic of reducing legal access to guns by law abiding citizens as being the cure all for Islamic terror incidents is as reasonable as banning airplanes post 9-11. The veritable mountain of evidence pointing to Islamists as the ongoing danger to the country is swept aside for the partisan, tired narrative of gun access.

Reason and logic are not qualities found in abundance these days among the snowflake populace, but there should be some evidence of it in the leaders.  The main priority of the presumptive leader of any nation is to provide security for its people, not to prevent it.  America has always been fortunate enough to have a tradition of self reliance among its people.  There’s a reason that people from all over the world are clamoring to get in to the country.  They should not go down the road of depending on the nation state to protect them.  For any of those still in doubt, I present North Korea as exhibit A.