Author: Fritz Pettyjohn

Why  not get Congressional supporters of the BBA to testify before their state legislature?  Sen. Coburn (OK) is a big supporter.  Why couldn’t he appear as a witness at a committee hearing of the OK legislature?

Why, indeed.  He goes home to OK during recesses.  The committee could make special arrangements for him.  It would be highly symbolic, and very newsworthy, it seems to me.  To have a U.S. Senator ask a state legislative committee to fix the federal government is a perfect illustration of what Article V is all about.

Sen. Johnson of WS is another big supporter.  He should testify.  Sen. Crapo (ID), same deal.  Sen. Thune (SD), Sen. Vitter (LA) might do it as well.  If this happened I’ve got to believe we would bust through the media blackout we’ve been operating under.  I’m going to push this idea as much as I can.  If we get just one Senator to do it, great.  It could start a trend.

Why would they do it?  Because it gives them cred with the Tea Party, and other angry Republicans.  It’s a cheap and easy way to score points with the base.  And there really isn’t any downside.  A few Birchers might be upset, oh well.

Heard on the CC today that Gov. Snyder of Michigan used his state of the state last night to strongly support the BBA in MI.  The political wind continues to blow our way.  I’ll be in touch with the MI people next week, trying to figure a way to get some national press when they become our 21st state.  There should be a way.

Made my first talk show appearance today, with Fred Forman in Yankton, SD.  Went great.  I was a little nervous.  I’ve been blowing my own horn about how I can do talk radio, and the time came to put up or shut up. 

It was like eating chocolate ice cream.

I’ll be doing all I can in the next ten days to get on Oklahoma talk radio in order to promote the IAmAmerican OK events on Jan.22 and 23.  It won’t be easy.  Article V is still a political cult, and until we go mainstream we’ll b e ignored.  That’s frustrating.

What’s it going to take?  Ohio’s passage, and Kasich’s letter, had no impact.  Michigan probably won’t either. 

We need to get on Fox News.  How the hell do we do that?  Connections, a chance to make the pitch.  We should go to a prominent supporter and get them on the case.  Kasich, Pence, Jindal and Sen. Johnson (WS) need to be approached, through their press aides.  We should be able to get through to these guys.  Give them the pitch — how kit helps their boss to b e in the public vanguard for Article V.  These guys have got to have connections to Fox News.  Get them jacked, and they’ll make the pitch for us.  It’s an  angle.  I’m going to try it.

The other way is some publicity stunt.  That’s hard.  Got to be creative.  Think.  Have the RGA do a presser announcing their support?  I’ll have to ask the press aides of governor supporters about that.  Keep an eye on the Tea Party.  Hopefully, they’ll be having rallies and stuff.  They get coverage.  Horn in on it.  Something.

Keep knocking on the door, and you might get in.

 

 

 I’m addicted to it.  If I don’t get a daily dose I’m depressed and irritable.  On days when I get a double or triple shot I’m in a great mood.

I’m talking about news stories or analyses that predict doom for Obamacare.  Right now there’s a lot of chatter about the death spiral that will take place because not enough young and healthy people are signing up.  It all makes sense to me.  I know they’ll be bringing out all the pop stars and such to convince these kids to sign up.  I’m betting it doesn’t work.  We’ll see.

The problem the D’s have is that Obamacare is little more than a massive scheme of wealth redistribution.  Take $ from the middle class and give it to the lower class.  It’s not a winner, politically, so it was marketed fraudulently.  They lied, repeatedly, and deliberately, with all the sincerity and conviction they could muster.  And now their lies have personally impacted tens of millions of relatively apolitical voters.  Will these people remember all this come November?  Early signs are that the R’s get it.  Clear the deck of other issues.  Let November be all about Obamacare.  This explains the budget deals the R’s are making in D.C.  They’re giving up on a lot, but they have to in order to get a deal.  Do what you have to do to clear the deck — no more shutdowns or other distractions.

The D’s are pushing income equality.  Good luck with that — but it’s about all they’ve got, other than racism.  A family that lost its health insurance and is forced into an inferior and expensive alternative isn’t going to vote based on someone else’s income inequality.

It all adds up to the tsunami I’ve been feeling in my bones the last three months.

When is the media going to pay the price for their criminal negligence in failing to expose the lies of Obama?  A gradual process, I guess; a slow awakening that the networks are completely full of it.  Gotta happen.

Without the media to cover for them, the D’s would be toast.

We are advised today by Virginia Rep. Jim LeMunyon that the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Bill Goodlatte, has volunteered to send letters of support on our behalf to state legislative leaders around the country.  This is huge.  Mainly because one of the points naysayers make against us is that once we get to 34 Congress will then step in to control, or sabotage, the whole enterprise.  This fear is based on ignorance and paranoid fantasy.  The fact that the House Judiciary Chairman says this is all bullshit will carry some weight.  We’re drafting a letter fro Goodlatte to sign, and will provide him with names and addresses of legislative leaders in target states.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has come out in full support of the BBA through Article V.  He’s not real popular with the Republicans in the LA legislature, so it’s not like he’ll push this through for us.  But it does, once again, demonstrate the political attractiveness of embracing our effort.  Jindal is usually mentioned as one of those Governors who could get the R nomination, along with Christie, Walker, Pence, and Kasich.  With him now on board, and Walker shortly to follow (I think) we’ll have a solid base of support in Presidential candidates.  I don’t care about Christie.  The media talk him up, and he’s ahead in some polling, but it’s all bullshit.  Christie won’t get the nomination.  The NRA will see to that.

For the second time lately, a piece in the American Thinker talked about Article V, giving the CoS position its approval.  For the second time, I submitted a comment pointing out the superiority of the BBA4USA approach.  And for the second time my comment was deleted.  The boys at AT are in the tank for Mike Farris of CoS, I’m betting.  No biggie.  Time will tell.  And the truth will out.

And the truth is, we’re picking up steam.

Every four years, right before a Presidential election, Republicans are always worried about an “October surprise”, some last minute attack on our candidate.  They did it to Bush in 2000 with the DUI story.  Almost worked.  They did it to the elder Bush in 1992, with the indictments of Weinberger et al by the Special Prosecutor.  That did work.  In 2016, no matter who our candidate is, we’ll worry about it again. 

How come we never spring any October surprises on the Democrats?  Partly because of the biased media, but that’s not a good enough answer. 

It sure looks like Ms. Hilary is the D choice for 2016.  There’s so much dirt on her in Arkansas that it makes me think there might be a little surprise for her in there somewhere.  Or later in her career.  There are a lot of people who can’t stand her, starting with Dick Morris.  I wouldn’t be surprised if the old toe licker isn’t scheming right now about how he can stab her in the back.

Who knows, maybe I’ll get a chance to talk to him about it someday.