Mike Johanns: Danks, but no Danks on More Bailouts

In the debate on Tuesday, Mike ignored the Monroe Doctrine and completely turned his back to our neighbors to the south by viciously attacking Hugo Chavez.

To quote a fellow listener, “The bullshit and bad ideas express has been here, and the crash site looks worse than Metrolink.”

“No More Bailouts”

It might have sounded good, but O how wrong it was. One can be sure that Johanns had little expertise on the matter, but what little he did pointed to him favoring a selling out of Nebraskans and their fellow countrymen down the river.

It got us thinking here at the Watchtower of those that spurn their party have been called mavericks recently. ‘Maverick’ evokes Old West images of bad asses on horseback, lynching the bad guys. But what were their lesser, dumber sidekicks called? The short guy who rode the donkey backward and almost always mucked up the gangs’ plans?

I’m sure that these unfortunate folks have had different monikers over the years but one that is never applied is ‘Nebraska Senator.’

Johanns’ comments have illustrated the vast lack of comprehension that he has for the severity of the financial crisis that this country finds itself in. One would think that he would disassociate himself from his former cabinet post and not refer to his time spent in the administration that got us into this mess. But as long as he is willing to do so, one is led to assume that he thinks he has done something wonderful and wants to impress the people of Nebraska. As if he is a hunting dog who has killed a meadowlark and proudly returned it to its owner. Little does the dumb animal know he has killed the state bird of Nebraska.

Johanns was a member of the cabinet that pushed an agenda of misleading and destructive policies that have left us in a lurch. It not only seems idiotic, but criminal to allow anyone with Mike’s credentials to continue in our national government.

One of Lucifer’s minions is our midst, we can smell the sulfur.







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Mike Johanns: A Plan for Action?

According to Project Vote Smart, when asked if the federal government should continue affirmative action, Johanns said no.

We at the Watchtower would like to know what his opinions on the same issue at the state level would be, specifically in reference to the plebiscite known as the Nebraska “Civil Rights” Initiative.

It's interesting that he has not taken a stand against this clearly racist initiative.

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Mike Johanns: Push it, Push it Real Good!

An article that was posted on the official Johanns website is touting the evils of push polls, which the Watchtower in no way, shape, or form supports. But not supporting a specific type of polling does not exempt us from agreeing with a few of the statements that offended a few of the voters reached by the polls.

"The first few questions, it was pretty normal," said Marcucci, who is a Republican but not involved in Johanns' campaign.

But Marcucci said the caller then asked for reaction to statements about Johanns, such as that he would "continue the failed policy of the Bush Administration."

"They were so clearly loaded, it dawned on me, this isn't right," Marcucci said. He told the caller he planned to vote for Johanns and hung up.

http://mikejohanns2008.com/newsdisplay.php?vid=129

Marcucci was right about one thing, it wasn't Right. But was it Correct?

We are also glad that he contacted the "proper authorities" when he discovered this crime.

In fact, we at the Watchtower have also just received a phone call this weekend, during dinner time no less, from the "Good Times League" located in Siberia

They asked a few normal sounding questions like, "2 + 2 = 4, wouldn't you agree?" and, "The capital of the U.S. is Washington D.C. isn't it?"

But when they asked, "Is the sky blue?" we had had enough. The questions were so clearly loaded. We told them that we in fact hated Good Times, and promptly hung up the phone.

Implying that the sky was blue was obviously a horrible, liberal ploy, even if only 30-some percent of people think that the sky is green.

The Watchtower thought to alert the Mike Johanns campaign headquarters, but thought they had enough to worry about.

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Mike Johanns: The Jovial Former Governor

Magnificent Mike

Omnipotent Owen

Jovial Johanns

Our voices here at the Watchtower were very hoarse from chanting U.S.A. at the TV all last week.

And there has been a lot of evil media sludge to sift through, i.e. throwing darts at a picture of Keith Olbermann on the wall.

But there was another glorious moment for the former governor and agriculture secretary to make his positions known.

There he goes again. One could even say that he has been reckless.

"Reckless" is a good word. Some might even say "all powerful." But if you, like the Jovial Johanns, could affect market prices at will, wouldn't you?



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Mike Johanns: RNC Day # 3 – I appreciate it because of the big screen and the jokes, but somewhere Tina Fey is missing her body double

There is nothing like a Rudolph Giuliani speech.

If a person ever wanted a definition of the word “asshole,” (a word that is never used lightly by the Watchtower, but always on purpose) one would only have to listen to the former New York City Mayor huff and puff and blow his way down a speech.

It’s almost as if Rudy went to an ad lib service for speeches, and then entered the words pussies, wimps, awesome explosions, and annoying slogans for rich people to chant off beat, and off key.

But enough talk about the poor first five rows that got a good soaking.

A thought occurred to the crew burning the midnight oil at the Watchtower.

Why didn’t the Grand Ole Party want the current commander and chef (yes we said chef) in St. Paul? Well that question answers itself, but what about his pals, where were his partners in crime? Could the average Fox News viewer pick them out of the mayonnaise colored crowd? A difficult task to be sure, and those that endured found only a few.

Men of reason can discern why the Republicans do not want the current President to show up in the flesh at his own party’s convention. The same must hold true for his associates, his cabinet members, his closest advisors

Is the country so dissatisfied with the job that they have done that their own party has abandoned them?

Interesting then to see the new GOP platform

“The Government should end mandates for ethanol and let the free market work”

Nebraskans should ask themselves two questions in response.

1. What would the elimination of the renewable fuel standard do to the Nebraska economy?
2. What would happen to the price of gas?

Also interesting, are Mike’s Comments about the unfortunate closing of the De Witt Vise-Grip plant:


“I want to do everything I can to fight that, to keep those jobs here.”

With fuel costs rising, Johanns said it’s going to be harder for businesses to send their manufacturing operations all over the world because shipping is becoming too expensive.”

By his logic, increasing fuel costs are good for Americans because it makes it more expensive to outsource overseas.

It then makes sense for his party to favor a repeal of the ethanol standard, because they're just trying to raise fuel prices to pad the oil and gas company coffers.

And the most horrendous part is that they are trying to hoodwink the hardworking American public into thinking it will save American jobs.



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Mike Johanns: RNC Day # 2 - The Dustbin of History

From a World Herald article published today Sept. 2 written by Paul Goodsell:


Under Bush, the federal deficit has soared. He inherited a budget surplus when he took office in 2001 but has since posted a deficit every year. The projected deficit for fiscal 2009 is $482 billion.

Johanns, who isn't attending the GOP convention, acknowledged that some Nebraskans dislike the president. But he contends that Bush's standing in Nebraska - pro or con - isn't likely to have much impact on future elections, including his own.Come January, Johanns said, there will be a new Congress and a new president, and Bush will get on a plane and leave Washington. “He's just fading away into history,” Johanns said.


As long as Mike is willing to bring up the topic of history, why not elaborate?

It seems that those who were connected to the Bush administration are already planning to remove Bush from the national memory while still continuing many of his atrocious policies. It brings to mind the de-Stalinization tactics of Nikita Khrushchev. Joseph Stalin was completely removed from all state films and his image was wiped away from public places. However, many historians will tell you that life in Soviet Russia generally stayed the same during the 1950s and 1960s.

Wouldn’t it have been nice if after the death of Stalin, a new leader of the same party could have taken the country in a new positive direction? But as our good old friend History tells us, new leaders of the same regime never bring any worthwhile change, only the superficial meant to placate the masses so business as usual can continue. If a person wanted a definition of “business as usual,” they could simply refer to the World Herald article quoted above.

If your history cannot be used to your advantage, it seems best to sweep it under the rug. In the meantime, the same candidate, the candidate of dams (beaver, not hydroelectric), swims with the current for a while until he can gather up enough sticks to start all over again.

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Mike Johanns: RNC Day #1

Since the former Nebraska Governor and cabinet secretary is not going to be in attendance in St. Paul this week, those of us at the Watchtower thought that Mike could use a few suggestions as to what to do with his time.

1. Polish “Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award”, as well as his childhood baseball medals for participation, since he got both just for being on the team.
2. Dry Clean/Purchase new sweaters
3. Spend time with your buddy from Crawford Ranch in Texas, who also will not be in attendance
4. Come up with a better slogan than “I like Mike”
5. Prepare more statements to shoot himself in the foot with at the upcoming debate
6. Spend at least five minutes in the mirror going over different ways to say “very, very”
7. Make upgrades to Mr. Freeze suit
8. Go to the Homey Inn and practice being a friend to the average man, attempt to order a Martini
9. Wonder if he switched parties again, would his old one take him back.
10. Eat lunch at Romeo’s, reconsider his nacho typical deportation plan
11. Upon finishing a plate of endless chicken fingers at Applebee’s, decide that enchiladas are just too saucy, and are taking hard working eaters away from Cheeseburgers


Here at the Watchtower, “the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.”




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