FREEDOM EDEN

• Michelle Obama and Jimmy Fallon (Video)
  Jimmy Fallon takes on Michelle Obama in a series of physical competitions at the White House.
  
  Guess who wins?
  
  The spot raises awareness for Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" initiative.
  
  Here's video:
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Jon Huntsman and Jay Leno (Video)
  Jay Leno is really getting annoying.
  
  I'm so sick of his political yapping.
  
  Jon Huntsman was his guest on Tuesday night. Leno fawned all over him and Huntsman lapped it up.
  
  Of course, lib Leno would never have supported him over Obama. Nonetheless, he kept singing Huntsman's praises.
  
  Huntsman, for his part, all but denounced his Republican party affiliation and endorsed Obama.
  

  JON HUNTSMAN: I think this kind of churning, this kind of debate is actually very good for the party, because the party I'm not sure knows what it is.
  
  JAY LENO: See, I don't know what it is. When I was a kid, Republicans were about defense and fiscal responsibility. Now it's about, 'A condom! Oh my God! Get that outta here!' I mean, when did it become the party of all these social issues?
  
  HUNTSMAN: Well, so, you know, if you believe in science as I do, if you're in favor of civil unions as I am, uh, then sometimes you get a few doors closed on you.
  
  But I say, OK, let's go back to the origins of the Republican party, back, you know, to 1864, 1865, where you had our first election. That guy lost, John Frémont. And then Abraham Lincoln won in 1860. He did OK.
  
  So you drop from Abraham Lincoln, who stood for individual respect and dignity; and then you had Theodore Roosevelt who cared about the land and environmental issues; you had Eisenhower who built the interstate, who cared about infrastructure. People forget that Richard Nixon, despite all of his travails and drama, he created the EPA. He created the National Cancer Institute, the National Institutes of Health.
  
  And so I say we're drawing from a broad literature of successes. We forget, you know, that there's some history to the Republican party, and I think we do ourselves a disservice in this nation when we forget about that. But I'm also convinced that we're at a point in time where we're likely to see a third party movement that is very significant in the years to come.

  
  Obviously, Huntsman has some problems with his dates.
  
  It's also clear that Huntsman wants to be the go-to guy for a third party.
  
  When Leno asked him if he'd run again, he was open to it.
  
  Leno ended the interview by calling Huntsman a "true gentleman" and "great American." Leno said he hopes he gets back in the race again.
  
  Right. As if Leno would ever vote for a Republican for president.
  
  I'm sick of the Left's mantra that the Republican party is a bunch of extremists who focus foremost on social issues.
  
  That's false.
  
  Leno's constant reiteration of that Leftist lie is pure propaganda. Drives me nuts.
  
  The Democrats/Leftists are ruthless when it comes to their pet "social issues." They go for the jugular. Their viciousness and bullying is really jawdropping. Think of the Komen - Planned Parenthood rumble.
  
  If a Leftist doesn't tow the party line, the individual is not only booted out from under the tent, the person is ripped to shreds.
  
  Democrats/Leftists set out to completely destroy conservatives. Respectful disagreement is out of the question.
  
  Leno has to stop stating that Republicans are the extremists and the Democrats are moderates.
  
  It's not true.
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  Here's video from the segment:
  
  Jon Huntsman on Newt Gingrich
  
  
  
  Jon Huntsman on Donald Trump
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Rush Limbaugh: Clint Eastwood 'Halftime in America' Parody
  Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl ad, "Halftime in America," is perhaps generating the most discussion of all the commercials.
  
  Here's the ad:
  
  
  
  Kind of weird coming from Clint Eastwood.
  
  Leftists are thrilled, claiming Eastwood embraced the bailout of Chrysler and is on board with Obama.
  
  Eastwood begs to differ, sort of:
  

  Clint Eastwood is setting the record straight on the Chrysler Super Bowl ad and claims in the liberal blogosphere and elsewhere that it was an implicit endorsement of President Obama and his decision to support the bailout of the U.S. auto industry.
  
  "I am certainly not affiliated with Mr. Obama," Mr. Eastwood told a Fox News producer for "The O'Reilly Factor" on Monday. "It was meant to be a message just about job growth and the spirit of America. I think all politicians will agree with it. I thought the spirit was OK."
  
  The gripping spot heralded the car industry's comeback — for which Mr. Obama increasingly has sought to claim credit in recent weeks — and rallied Americans to work together to help rebuild the entire economy, using Mr. Eastwood's trademark no-nonsense language.
  
  ...Mr. Obama's supporters started laying claim to the "Halftime in America" ad after David Axelrod, the president's chief political strategist, tweeted about it Sunday night, deeming it a "powerful spot."
  
  Karl Rove, a former adviser to President George W. Bush, then said the ad "offended" him and accused Mr. Obama's "political minions" of "using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising." White House spokesman Jay Carney on Monday said the Obama administration had absolutely no involvement in ad and didn't even know about it until it aired.
  
  Trying to clear the air, Mr. Eastwood said that he's not supporting any politician at this time and that any money Chrysler paid him went to charity.
  
  "If Obama or any other politician wants to run with the spirit of the ad, go for it," he told Fox News.

  
  Eastwood has decided to balance on the political fence.
  
  From The Hollywood Reporter:
  

  The right and left are having their fun goofing on Clint Eastwood’s controversial Super Bowl ad, with probably the most significant parody being broadcast multiple times Tuesday on Rush Limbaugh’s nationally syndicated radio show.
  
  “When somebody tells me Clint Eastwood did a halftime commercial for Chrysler, I expect it to be something like this,” Limbaugh told his 20 million listeners....

  
  Here's the parody, the Eastwood ad Limbaugh-style:
  
  
  
  
  
  
• GAB Won't Verify Signatures
  The Government Accountability Board is a disgrace.
  
  From MacIver News Service:
  

  Citizens not affiliated with either the recall organizations or the office holders targeted for recall this spring have found scores of problems with the petitions, but Wisconsin’s elections watchdogs have decided they will not consider any of their evidence.
  
  GAB Director and General Counsel Kevin Kennedy said there is no process in place for accepting information from outside groups and individuals. Governor Scott Walker and the four Republican state senators against whom recall petitions were filed last month are the only parties that can contest the validity of signatures, according to Kennedy.
  
  The GAB will not investigate or consider independently-submitted evidence of recall petition fraud. This includes circumstances wherein individuals might notify the board that their own name and forged signature were submitted.
  
  According to the GAB, anyone concerned that their signature was fraudulently included on a recall petition, therefore, must notify not the GAB, but rather the target of the recall. In addition, they must do so by the challenge deadline if they want that signature reviewed and ultimately, possibly, struck.

  
  Can you imagine what the outcry would be like if a board stacked with Republicans issued such a declaration?
  
  Good grief. The shouts of "SHAME, SHAME, SHAME" would echo well beyond the borders of Wisconsin.
  
  The GAB is so wrong on this.
  
  Obviously, it's not an "ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD" at all.
  
  Truly disgraceful.
  
  
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  Mark Belling took time out of his cruise to release this statement on the "Government Accountability Board Refusing To Do Its Job":
  

  In all my years of following Wisconsin politics, the decision by the Jim Doyle-appointed "judges" on the Government Accountability Board is the biggest disgrace I have ever seen. The GAB is making up the law as it goes along in attempt to put the fix in for the Democrat Party. The Board's statement that it will not attempt to verify petition signatures is outrageous enough. It's like a police department saying it won't investigate murder. But the board went on to say it will not accept challenges from the Verify The Recall group or, for that matter, anyone else.
  
  This decision reflects on the lack of character of the members of the board. A
  Wisconsin citizen who finds thast his/her name is wrongly signed on a recall petition now has literally no recourse. Further, since, by law, Verify The Recall cannot coordinate its efforts with Governor Walker's campaign, it will not be able to share the information it has dug up. The GAB executive director, Kevin Kennedy, is a longtime Madison hack whose tenure at the State Board of Election was filled with one outrage after another. But he, and the board he reports to, are outdoing themselves here. These recall petitions are ridiculed with fraud which is precisely why the Doyle-appointed GAB won't do anything about it.
  
  Now we know what it was like to live under Stalin, or in Iran.
  
  ------Mark Belling
  
  February 7, 2012

  
  
  
  
• Karen Handel
  The Planned Parenthood bullying of the Susan G. Komen Foundation continues.
  
  Karen Handel felt she had the responsibility to step aside for the good of the organization. In effect, the Planned Parenthood thugs forced her out via their vicious attacks on the organization.
  
  Here's video of Megyn Kelly interviewing Handel:
  
  Watch the latest video at video.insider.foxnews.com