November 2, 2006 Posts
09:48 Dean Accuses President Bush Of Spying On Political Enemies 12:58 Strib Runs "Halp Us Jon Carry" 15:08 Lt. Governor Shouldn't be Expected To Know All the Issues 18:35 Pelosi Isn't Fit For Leadership 21:02 Mountain and Pacific Time Zone Voters: Just Vote 23:25 Republicans Rallying For Negron
Dean Accuses President Bush Of Spying On Political Enemies
Though the title of the article doesn't reveal that, that's what Dean is saying in this quote:
"I think there's a lot of similarities between Nixon and Agnew and Bush and Cheney," Dean said, referring to vice presidents Spiro Agnew, also forced to resign from office, and Vice President Richard Cheney. "They're both using the IRS for political purposes. They're both spying on people they don't like and not just terrorists, but also American citizens. Neither one of them particularly believes in judicial rights. They've both been dishonest with the American people."This isn't just some nonchalant swipe at the President. He's accusing the President of the United States of using the government to destroy his political enemies in the manner that Richard Nixon did in the Watergate era. I'm sure that the sickos on the moonbat left agree with that but it isn't reality. If it were, he'd leak the proof to the NY Times who would run it on the front page for 53 straight days like they did with Abu Ghraib. He's flinging nasty accusations at the President without proof of his accusations.
It's also revealing that he's giving voice to the covert Democratic plan of impeaching the President. If President Bush is wiretapping political enemies, that's certainly grounds for impeachment. Yes, I know that Nancy Pelosi has given us the 'guarantee' that they wouldn't impeach the President while she's speaker. Does anyone think that that's the truth? To believe that that's the truth, we'd have to believe that she's persuaded John Conyers, one of the most BDS-afflicted moonbats in our nation's history, that he shouldn't start impeachment hearing minutes after they take control.
If you believe that, call me because I've got a bridge to sell you.
By the way, what is Dean talking about when he talks about "judicial rights"? I'd understand it if he said something like "President Bush doesn't believe in Constitutional rights." I'd think he wasn't being honest but I'd be familiar with the terminology. Is Dean saying that the President doesn't believe in the type of activist judges that he prefers? If that's what he meant, I suspect that most Americans wouldn't like the notion of activist judges.
They certainly didn't like the activist justices that ruled against private property rights in Kelo v. New London. We know that they didn't agree with the Massachusetts liberals who created gay marriage by ordering the Massachusetts legislature to write legislation that legalized gay marriage.
If Dean wants to put Democrats on that side of the judicial debate, then he's welcome to do so. Somehow, I don't think that's a position that Democrats want to be in.
Posted Thursday, November 2, 2006 9:50 AM
Comment 1 by Clark Baker at 02-Nov-06 06:13 PM
Where was Dean during Bill Clinton's "FILEGATE" scandal? How upset is Dean about the three IRS audits that Bill O'Reilly endured during Clinton's presidency?
Oh Howard... you protesteth too much!
Strib Runs "Halp Us Jon Carry"
Believe it or not, the Strib is now reporting the story about the "Halp Us Jon Carry" picture, thus becoming the first Agenda Media outlet to run the picture.
Under the headline "GIS DROP SMART BOMB ON KERRY / HILARIOUS HEROES FIRE BACK OVER DEM AND DUMBER CRACK ABOUT IRAQ," the Post said a picture of the sign first appeared on the website of Milwaukee talk radio host Charlie Sykes, who said he got it from a buddy in the unit.There you have it. The picture is finally going 'national'. Of course it's only a day after the internet was winging it around the world.
The sign, painted in thick, blue letters across a white banner says, "Halp us Jon Carry - We R stuck hear n Irak."
Posted Thursday, November 2, 2006 12:58 PM
Comment 1 by prying1 at 02-Nov-06 09:20 PM
Do you think they would have run it had it been anything other than a Minnesota Guard members unit????
Lt. Governor Shouldn't be Expected To Know All the Issues
That's the official position of the Hatch campaign according to this KSTP article. Here's the exchange in question:
Reporter: "I'm just basically asking about E85 in general, how we've turned around a lot economies out here, saved some small towns...That's the type of exchange that'll sink a political career. Before you think that's the end of it, here's Hatch's initial response:
Dutcher: Can't even comment on it, I'm sorry. It's like you've asked me the college quiz bowl question. What is E85?
Reporter: That's fine, that's fine.
Dutcher: What is it?
Reporter: E85, the gas.
Dutcher: E85 gas...
Dutcher: "He's asking me about E85 gas. It's like the college...
Man off camera: It's Ethanol.
Dutcher: Thank you, Thank you. What has he said about ethanol?
Man off camera: Oh, Mike [Hatch]? He's 100 percent for ethanol.
Dutcher: Yea, but, I can't tell you specific programs. I'm sorry. I bombed out. Sorry."
The Hatch campaign did release a statement late Wednesday.Mr. Hatch, If the voters of Minnesota suddenly went crazy and elected you, Ms. Dutcher would be a heartbeat away from the Governor's office. What makes you think that she shouldn't know the issues of the day? That's insane thinking.
"It should not be expected that a candidate for Lieutenant Governor who has served the past four years in the private sector, know all the issues."
I wish Mr. Hatch a happy 'retirement' as a high-priced attorney/lobbyist.
It's amazing that people even gave the back-stabbing Hatch 40 percent of the vote. He's clearly not ready for primetime.
Posted Thursday, November 2, 2006 3:08 PM
Comment 1 by Scott W at 03-Nov-06 03:48 PM
Dutcher's mistake was stupid, but then again, so were the last four years of Pawlenty's rule.
I just blogged about the E85 debacle at http://www.moderateliberal.com
Pelosi Isn't Fit For Leadership
That's the only conclusion thinking people can draw from Ms. Pelosi's 60 minutes interview, according to this Jack Kingston Washington Times op-ed.
In a stunning performance on "60 Minutes," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi proved again why she cannot be trusted to keep America safe from the threat of global terrorism and Islamic extremists. Mrs. Pelosi demonstrated that she does not understand the global nature of the threat when she stated flatly "the war on terror is the war in Afghanistan."I'd tell Jack Kingston, one of my favorite congressmen, that he shouldn't limit his statements to Ms. Pelosi. All of the Democratic candidates sing from the same hymnal: "Iraq isn't part of the war on terror" they say. "He diverted troops from the real war on terror in Afghanistan", they'll tell you. Except that they think we've forgotten President Bush's greatest speech from the well of the House on September 20, 2001, where he said:
Al Qaeda is to terror what the mafia is to crime. But its goal is not making money; its goal is remaking the world, and imposing its radical beliefs on people everywhere.Is Ms. Pelosi now saying that "more than 60 countries" have now been shrunk to Afghanistan? God help us if that's what she's saying. Seriously, the President's plan for keeping us safe is complex, multi-faceted and multi-pronged. Most importantly, it's protected us while preventing future attacks, attacks which had been planned but were thwarted by intelligence services using the SWIFT program, the NSA Terrorist Surveillance Program and through CIA interrogations that have yielded a treasure trove of information.
The terrorists practice a fringe form of Islamic extremism that has been rejected by Muslim scholars and the vast majority of Muslim clerics, a fringe movement that perverts the peaceful teachings of Islam. The terrorists' directive commands them to kill Christians and Jews, to kill all Americans, and make no distinction among military and civilians, including women and children.
This group and its leader, a person named Osama bin Laden, are linked to many other organizations in different countries, including the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. There are thousands of these terrorists in more than 60 countries. They are recruited from their own nations and neighborhoods and brought to camps in places like Afghanistan, where they are trained in the tactics of terror. They are sent back to their homes or sent to hide in countries around the world to plot evil and destruction.
Al Qaeda's No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a letter to the leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq, was clear about the location of the global jihad and the importance of victory in Iraq:Shouldn't we trust Ms. Pelosi's judgment? After all, wouldn't she know more about where the GWOT is than Zawahiri? Who knows more about the GWOT: Ms. Pelosi, sitting on her backside in Washington or Zawahiri, directing his troops from a cave in Afghanistan or Pakistan?
"Victory of Islam will never take place until a Muslim state is established in the manner of the Prophet in the heart of the Islamic world...As for the battles that are going on in the far flung regions of the Islamic world, such as Chechnya, Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Bosnia, they are just the groundwork and the vanguard for the major battles which have begun in the heart of the Islamic world."
All kidding aside, the truth is that we can't afford a Speaker Pelosi, a Judiciary
Posted Thursday, November 2, 2006 6:37 PM
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Mountain and Pacific Time Zone Voters: Just Vote
The American Thinker's Richard Baehr has written this must read article to prepare Mountain and Pacific time zone voters of what to prepare for. Here's Mr. Baehr's alert:
Betsy Newmark has commented on the fact that with the GOP seeming to be doing well in early and absentee voting, it might therefore fare less well in voting on Election Day itself, which is when exit pollsters do their interviews. Those numbers, the manna of the 2004 "Ohio was stolen conspiracy theorists", will then suggest a bad night for the GOP, maybe depressing GOP turnout in the Rocky Mountain area and the West coast.In other words, ignore the reports and just get to the voting booth and cast your ballots for the people who take the terrorists' threats seriously. Just remember this important thing: Democrats can't win if Republicans vote because conservatism is still the most powerful force in American politics.
This is all true. And there is another problem. The first states to report Tuesday night are Indiana and Kentucky. There are 5 vulnerable GOP House incumbents in those two states. If the Democrats pick off 2 or 3 right away, that could also lend some credence to the the building wave theory among the left leaning media, that might also depress turnout in the West.
The conservative base probably realizes that exit polling is not to be trusted, after the experience of 2004. But it wouldn't hurt to prepare for early bad news, and not be discouraged.
This is as good a time as any to tell you what I see shaping up this election. Here's my observations:
1. Ignore the polling. Forget exit polling. Forget what the media polls say, too. They're meant not as a snapshot but as a GOP voter suppression tool. Here's how Hugh put it:
My strong belief is that most pollsters, like publishers, are lost in a world they never imagined would exist, afraid to announce that they don't have a clue.2. Demographics and national security will drive this election. That means that the dominant issues are illegal immigration, Iraq and programs like the TSP and SWIFT. A significant percentage of incumbents that voted against the Secure Fence Act, the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act and the bill that would've codified into law the NSA Terrorist Surveillance Program will get defeated.
3. National pundits are talking about the wave election. It ain't happening. That's the media's fiction.
4. Expect some Democratic incumbents to lose, starting with John Murtha. I've studied that race every which way and I can't see a situation where he wins. Also, expect the GOP to keep Bob Ney's and Mark Foley's seats. Both are heavily Republican districts in states with superior GOTV operations. Ney and Foley won with upwards of 65% of the vote in 2004. Joy Padgett and Joe Negron might not get that high a percentage of the vote but they'll win nonetheless. Negron has Jeb Bush campaigning with him and the NRCC dumping money into his coffers. Ms. Padgett is right on the issues of spending sanity, low taxes and anti-amnesty.
5. Expect Randy Graf to win in AZ-8. Everyone's written that off for the GOP. Big mistake. I recently looked into the Tuscon newspapers to see where sentiment lied on immigration. Randy Graf is a perfect fit based on what I read. The newspaper article I read allowed comments on it. I didn't tally it up but I think 75+ percent of the commenters were vehemently opposed to comprehensive immigration reform, which they considered code for granting amnesty to the illegal immigrants that are wrecking their local economy.
6. Expect the GOP to pick up the open seat in Maryland , with a decent chance of winning Minnesota's open seat and Michigan where Mike Bouchard is giving "Dangerously Incompetent" first term incumbent Debbie Stabenow all she can handle. President Bush visited Michigan recently, holding a fundraiser that put $700,000 into Bouchard's campaign coffers. Jim Talent and Bob Corker will also win, ending any chance of a Democratic Senate.
Keep your chin up. Do as Ronald Reagan would tell you: TRUST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. Are you gonna trust President Reagan or the Agenda Media? That's an easy choice in my books.
One last thing. Don't cast protest ballots. Cast the real thing, then unleash the frustration you feel towards some of these RINO's during 2008's primary season.
Posted Thursday, November 2, 2006 9:04 PM
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Republicans Rallying For Negron
That's paraphrasing the headline from this NY Times article. Here's what they're reporting:
With the NRCC pouring nearly $2 million into the race and Gov. Jeb Bush campaigning at his side, Mr. Negron, a member of the Florida House, is hoping that even the misfortune of having Mr. Foley's name on the ballot instead of his own, a consequence of the last-minute nature of the change, can be turned to his advantage. Republicans are posting signs urging voters to "Punch Foley for Joe," a reminder that a vote in the Foley column is actually a vote for Mr. Negron.Whoever came up with the "punch Foley for Joe" slogan is a genius. That's rallying people in that district. Expect this seat to stay in the GOP's hands.
"I know this district, and we are not going to allow ourselves to be defined by the disgraceful actions of our former congressman," Mr. Negron said in an interview Wednesday. "I feel this tremendous momentum and energy among Republicans and conservative Democrats to keep this district in the Republican column."
The numbers are on his side: 42 percent of voters here in the 16th Congressional District, which spans the state from Palm Beach to Charlotte County, are Republicans, and 36 percent Democrats. President Bush won here comfortably in 2000 and 2004, and most of the district (its boundaries were redrawn in 2002) has not sent a Democrat to Congress since the 1970's.Demographics matter. They're far better predictors of Tuesday's election results. I fully expect Negron and Sekula-Gibbs to win Tuesday night. I wouldn't be shocked if Negron wins handily, either. Florida is a very red state with a great GOTV operation. Combine the GOP infrastructure with a 6 point GOP registration advantage and there's only one conclusion that thoughtful people can come up with: GOP victory.
Mr. Mahoney said a new internal poll showed not only that he was still ahead, but that the margin was widening. "What's going to put me over the top," he said, "is I'm getting virtually all the Democrats, the vast majority of independents and about 20 percent of the Republicans to vote for me."If you believe that after taking the registration advantage into account, then I've got a bridge to sell you.
Posted Thursday, November 2, 2006 11:26 PM
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