We said in a July 29 blog that liberal media would push the ‘danger’ narrative.

It tugs the heartstrings, which they hope will pull the Hispanic voter out to the polls, and, of course, pull the lever for Democrats in November.

Now the narrative builds, and, surprise, its the New York Times leading the way.

Expect it to keep building. Congressman like Gutierrez need it to attack Republicans.

There’s a reason why Democrat and Demagogue both start with D-e-m…

The irony drips…

A Democrat Congressman, who, with Obama and other Democrats endanger the lives of thousands of kids by luring them 2000 miles away from Central American homes…

…accuses Republicans of scapegoating the kids that make it here alive…?

Given the stories of hundreds of corpses (many kids) being found in their efforts to get here, doesn’t he realize that – even if true – those kids would rather be scapegoated…

…then dead?

By Democrat standards, it’s okay to manipulate and endanger lives of kids for votes…

…but not okay for Republicans to try protecting future kids from further endangerment.

When a fair-minded economist like Irwin Stelzer finds reason to be cautious about the quarterly economic report put out by the Obama administration, strap in and hold on.

First of all, the 4% growth reported in the Apr-thru-Jun* 2nd quarter numbers is subject to revision anyway; add to that ‘inventory replacement’ made up almost half the growth.

That happens every year: after the 1st quarter holiday buying spree, shelves are bare, so removing that ‘seasonal adjustment’, growth was a paltry 2.3% (IF the 4% is real).

And the investment houses are warning clients at least 1% of the ‘growth’ reported is in line with catching up from bad weather that depressed the economy in the 1st quarter.

Add that to ‘seasonal adjustment’; now 2nd quarter growth is 1.3%, again if 4% is real.

Then there’s the jobs number, reported as 209,000. While the media hypes it up as more good news for Obama policy (remember…it’s less than 100 days to elections):

1. new jobs are 10% lower than the 230,000 expected,
2. those jobs may be more part-time jobs, not full-time jobs,
3. they may have been temporary jobs to help build post-holiday inventories (which explains ‘unexpected’ rise in new jobless claims, because temps were laid off?),
4. that ‘new jobless claim’ rise was 302,000 newly unemployed workers…

Incredibly, Obama has recently started touting the economy as a major achievement! It might seem ridiculous to many, based on the ‘misery index’ evidence…

…but not so ridiculous when you consider he can control gov’t economic reporting!

Discussing this Friday, even Rush Limbaugh missed a chance to expose Obama’s ploy.

He pointed out that govt numbers can’t be trusted, and the economy’s still suffering, but the reason Obama plans to pivot to the economy is because he can build uncertainty.

Obama knows, if he can create uncertainty by making enough voters feel the economic conditions MIGHT be improving (so then, why change?), he could keep the Senate.

For fence-sitting voters to vote GOP, Republican candidates must convince them the GOP has a better plan…to keep fence-sitters, Obama only has to make them uncertain.

Between now and November, Obama will hammer at how Republicans are only out for themselves…and the only thing that might help voters is to stick with Democrats.

Two things you can count on when reading Gov’t economic and jobs reports, between now and the November mid-terms: expect the numbers to be rosy…and bogus.

Republican candidates would be well-advised to plan accordingly…

…and message effectively.

(*Updated to correct 2nd quarter months as Apr-thru-Jun)

The DC District Court has ordered the Justice Dept. to release Fast-&-Furious info.

They have to turn over a ‘Vaughn Index’ by Oct 1st, listing documents withheld, specific statutory reasons, and how any disclosure would damage that statutory claim.

We can hear echoes of hard-drives crashing already.

A National Defense Panel report is a clarion call: our Western Pacific position is weakening, vis-a-vis China, and Islamic terrorism threats are greater than pre-9/11.

Russia’s threatening Europe, the Mid-East is in flames, Africa is smoldering…

…and the Obama administration wants further military reductions?

Boiled down, the money quote is on page 6 of the report: “…national defense needs should drive national defense budgets, not the opposite…” (emphasis added)

Billions are thrown at failed Green projects (Solyndra, etc);

Billions are requested for immigration when enforcement, not funding, is the problem;

Billions are requested in VA reforms, when greed, not funding, is the problem;

Billions are back-doored for Obamacare Big Insurer bailouts, and overpaid in O-care subsidies; billions are handed out in crony-exemptions and sweetheart tax deals…

…while our National Defense needs are driven by… budget constraints?

News reports indicate the House GOP has ok’d the lawsuit against Obama.

The complaint is that he acted lawlessly (which he did, twice) to delay implementation of the Obamacare law’s harmful employer-mandate sections, until after 2014 elections.

Before they pull that lawsuit trigger, they better re-think their logic.

Republicans stated before Obama’s illegal delays that an employer mandate would be harmful to employers, their employees, the economy, and job growth…

…but now they’re suing Obama… because no one is being harmed?

What happens if a court finds in favor of the GOP, or if Obama throws up his hands and says ‘okay, you see what Republicans have done, they knew this employer mandate was a problem, and with this lawsuit they forced me to hurt Americans’…?

Talk about bad optics!?!