Friday, April 30, 2004
Terrorists Cheer Kerry's Rhetoric
J. Michael Waller: "Playing directly into the terrorists' hands is Bush's increasingly shrill challenger, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.). Democracies long have been vulnerable to manipulation by hostile foreign powers."
"Part of al-Qaeda's "counterpropaganda strategy" is to "turn people's eyes toward their leaders to put enemy [U.S. and coalition partners] on defensive, and take the initiative to affect public opinion."
"The Kerry campaign, meanwhile, is reported to have e-mailed messages to foreign media outlets, pledging to "repair the damage" that President Bush allegedly has inflicted on the world."
"The Tehran Times, an English-language newspaper in the Iranian capital, reported Feb. 8 that unnamed Kerry staffers sent an e-mail to the Tehran-based Mehr News Agency apologizing for the conduct of the United States in the war on terrorism and saying that Kerry is the man to make things new again."
"Disappointment with current U.S. leadership is widespread, extending not just to the corridors of power and politics but to the man and woman on the street as well," the message said.
"We also remain convinced that John Kerry has the best chance of beating the incumbent in November and putting America on a new course that will lead to a safer, more secure and more stable world."
"Kerry steadily has become more and more shrill in his denunciations of the president as a leader, a man and a politician."
"Al-Jazeera and other anti-U.S. propaganda outlets have been quick to magnify whatever Kerry says in an attempt to show what a failure the United States has become under the Bush presidency."
"His (Kerry's) foul-mouthed interview with Rolling Stone became part of an Al-Jazeera feature on March 16..."He has suggested Bush's handling of the campaign is 'f-ed up.'"
"Bush misled Americans on the degree Iraq posed a threat," Kerry said in the Al-Jazeera broadcast, and the president is not "working closely enough with the international community."
"Bush's exclusion of France and Germany from competition for U.S. taxpayer-funded contracts to rebuild Iraq, Kerry said, was "dumb and insulting."
" Al-Jazeera rebroadcast, in Arabic, Kerry's allegation that in combating terrorist structures inside the United States, Bush and the Department of Justice have smeared "innocent Muslims and Arabs who pose no danger."
Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:
Kerry in 1971: 'Our Democracy is a Farce'
Al Jazeera Praises Kerry
Poll: Americans Think Terrorists Want Kerry
Kerry Joins 'Osama Mama' Murray, 'Baghdad' McDermott, 'Loony' McKinney ...
Dictators, Tyrants and Weasels for Kerry
J. Michael Waller: "Playing directly into the terrorists' hands is Bush's increasingly shrill challenger, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.). Democracies long have been vulnerable to manipulation by hostile foreign powers."
"Part of al-Qaeda's "counterpropaganda strategy" is to "turn people's eyes toward their leaders to put enemy [U.S. and coalition partners] on defensive, and take the initiative to affect public opinion."
"The Kerry campaign, meanwhile, is reported to have e-mailed messages to foreign media outlets, pledging to "repair the damage" that President Bush allegedly has inflicted on the world."
"The Tehran Times, an English-language newspaper in the Iranian capital, reported Feb. 8 that unnamed Kerry staffers sent an e-mail to the Tehran-based Mehr News Agency apologizing for the conduct of the United States in the war on terrorism and saying that Kerry is the man to make things new again."
"Disappointment with current U.S. leadership is widespread, extending not just to the corridors of power and politics but to the man and woman on the street as well," the message said.
"We also remain convinced that John Kerry has the best chance of beating the incumbent in November and putting America on a new course that will lead to a safer, more secure and more stable world."
"Kerry steadily has become more and more shrill in his denunciations of the president as a leader, a man and a politician."
"Al-Jazeera and other anti-U.S. propaganda outlets have been quick to magnify whatever Kerry says in an attempt to show what a failure the United States has become under the Bush presidency."
"His (Kerry's) foul-mouthed interview with Rolling Stone became part of an Al-Jazeera feature on March 16..."He has suggested Bush's handling of the campaign is 'f-ed up.'"
"Bush misled Americans on the degree Iraq posed a threat," Kerry said in the Al-Jazeera broadcast, and the president is not "working closely enough with the international community."
"Bush's exclusion of France and Germany from competition for U.S. taxpayer-funded contracts to rebuild Iraq, Kerry said, was "dumb and insulting."
" Al-Jazeera rebroadcast, in Arabic, Kerry's allegation that in combating terrorist structures inside the United States, Bush and the Department of Justice have smeared "innocent Muslims and Arabs who pose no danger."
Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:
Kerry in 1971: 'Our Democracy is a Farce'
Al Jazeera Praises Kerry
Poll: Americans Think Terrorists Want Kerry
Kerry Joins 'Osama Mama' Murray, 'Baghdad' McDermott, 'Loony' McKinney ...
Dictators, Tyrants and Weasels for Kerry
Thursday, April 29, 2004
'Uh-oh, We've Nominated a Turkey' Part 2
The DNC (Democrats) has a new Web Site! (Click Here)
JohnKerryIsADouchebagButI'mVotingForHimAnyway.com
"Why it's Crucial That You, I, Everyone Else Cast A Vote For Kerry This Fall-DON'T MATTER WHAT"
"It seemed that every time I saw, heard, or read something about Kerry, his doucheness factor increased."
Slate: Synecdoche got the best of me: The issue of course in all the cases above (and the I-never-said-I-was-Irish business and the It's-not-my-SUV business, etc.) is less Kerry's relation to the Navy or his medals than his relation to the truth. ..."
Rush: Democrats Unhappy with John Kerry
Rush: "I've been telling you that in the deep, dark secretive bowels of the Democratic Party -- which is where they exist these days, in the bowels -- they are asking themselves, "What have we done? What can we do? How do we get through this? What's actually going to happen?"
"Let me just give you a sample of some of the news headlines..."
" From the New York Daily News: "Youthful Errors Captured on Tape Will Haunt Kerry." From Townhall.com, Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online: "Contradictions at the Core of Kerry Campaign." Richard Wolf of Newsweek on MSNBC.com: "When Will Kerry be Ready for Prime Time?" Hugh Hewitt, WorldNetDaily, "the Torricelli Option -- Will the Dems Dump Kerry?"
"Tony Blankley in the Washington Times: "Kerry's Fatal Flaw," and the Dallas Morning News, an editorial: "Kerry's Medals," and they're all worried. Then you go to the Village Voice..."John Kerry Must Go." It's by James Ridgeway, "It's not too late to nominate somebody, anybody, else."
More bizarre, strange, weird and wonderful articles in the Media Today. Look at:
WAITING FOR KERRY TO HIT BOTTOM
Kerry's fatal flaw
When Will Kerry Be Ready for Prime Time?
Kerry Draws Fire Over Lack of Minorities
John Kerry Must Go
Jiggy Fly Kerry
Kerry’s do-gooder liberalism does no one any good
JOHN KERRY'S QUIET COLLAPSE
Rage and Hate Destroying Democrats
Kerry Campaigns With His Butler
Bringing Kerry Back From the Dead
Have another fun Day!
The DNC (Democrats) has a new Web Site! (Click Here)
JohnKerryIsADouchebagButI'mVotingForHimAnyway.com
"Why it's Crucial That You, I, Everyone Else Cast A Vote For Kerry This Fall-DON'T MATTER WHAT"
"It seemed that every time I saw, heard, or read something about Kerry, his doucheness factor increased."
Slate: Synecdoche got the best of me: The issue of course in all the cases above (and the I-never-said-I-was-Irish business and the It's-not-my-SUV business, etc.) is less Kerry's relation to the Navy or his medals than his relation to the truth. ..."
Rush: Democrats Unhappy with John Kerry
Rush: "I've been telling you that in the deep, dark secretive bowels of the Democratic Party -- which is where they exist these days, in the bowels -- they are asking themselves, "What have we done? What can we do? How do we get through this? What's actually going to happen?"
"Let me just give you a sample of some of the news headlines..."
" From the New York Daily News: "Youthful Errors Captured on Tape Will Haunt Kerry." From Townhall.com, Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online: "Contradictions at the Core of Kerry Campaign." Richard Wolf of Newsweek on MSNBC.com: "When Will Kerry be Ready for Prime Time?" Hugh Hewitt, WorldNetDaily, "the Torricelli Option -- Will the Dems Dump Kerry?"
"Tony Blankley in the Washington Times: "Kerry's Fatal Flaw," and the Dallas Morning News, an editorial: "Kerry's Medals," and they're all worried. Then you go to the Village Voice..."John Kerry Must Go." It's by James Ridgeway, "It's not too late to nominate somebody, anybody, else."
More bizarre, strange, weird and wonderful articles in the Media Today. Look at:
WAITING FOR KERRY TO HIT BOTTOM
Kerry's fatal flaw
When Will Kerry Be Ready for Prime Time?
Kerry Draws Fire Over Lack of Minorities
John Kerry Must Go
Jiggy Fly Kerry
Kerry’s do-gooder liberalism does no one any good
JOHN KERRY'S QUIET COLLAPSE
Rage and Hate Destroying Democrats
Kerry Campaigns With His Butler
Bringing Kerry Back From the Dead
Have another fun Day!
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Notable Quotables
A bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous, sometimes humorous,
quotes in the liberal media.
Mocking Bush’s Freedom Push
Bob Woodward: “The President still believes...that he has the duty to free people, to liberate people, and this was his moment.”
Mike Wallace: “Who gave George Bush the duty to free people around the world?”
Woodward: “That’s a really good question. The Constitution doesn’t say that’s part of the Commander-in-Chief’s duties.... That’s his stated purpose. It is far-reaching, and ambitious, and I think will cause many people to tremble.”
— Exchange on CBS’s 60 Minutes, April 18.
Kerry’s Loyal Media Servants
“How do you explain to Americans how you got that so wrong, and how do you answer your opponents who say that you took this nation to war on the basis of what have turned out to be a series of false premises?”
— ABC’s Terry Moran to President Bush at his prime time news conference on April 13.
“Two and a half years later, do you feel any sense of personal responsibility for September 11th?”— New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller to Bush.
“Two weeks ago... Richard Clarke, offered an unequivocal apology to the American people for failing them prior to 9/11. Do you believe the American people deserve a similar apology from you, and would you be prepared to give them one?”
— CBS’s John Roberts to Bush.
“One of the biggest criticisms of you is that whether ... this administration did enough to ward off 9/11, you never admit a mistake... And do you believe that there were any errors in judgment that you made related to any of those topics I brought up?”
— NBC’s David Gregory to Bush.
“With public support for your policies in Iraq falling off... I’d like to know if you feel that you’ve failed as a communicator?”— National Public Radio’s Don Gonyea to Bush.
Bush Ducked My Great Question
“This isn’t the Monica Lewinsky scandal or Social Security reform. These are matters of life and death.... he feels that he’s made a mistake or any errors in judgment, and I think he really didn’t answer the question.”
— NBC’s David Gregory discussing the President’s news conference on MSNBC’s Imus in the Morning, April 14.
ABC: Inflame First, Verify Later
“Arab language TV channels reporting from the battle zone, and local residents who witnessed the fighting, say the 40 killed in one mosque included people taking part in afternoon prayers."
"The main hospital is overflowing. The casualties appear to include many civilians. ‘Why do they have to do this?’ said this boy from his hospital bed. ‘So many dead and I can’t walk anymore. Why?’
"The Marines have sealed off Fallujah completely. Even the phone lines are down. There’s no way to independently verify the facts.”
— ABC’s David Wright reporting over matching video from al-Jazeera, on the April 7 World News Tonight.
NY Times Just Not Liberal Enough
“Another disturbing development, was that a small enclave of neoconservative editors was making accusations of ‘political correctness’ in order to block stories or slant them against minorities and traditional social welfare programs.”
— Former New York Times Executive Editor Howell Raines in “My Times,” a 21,000-word article about the obstacles he faced at the Times, published in the May 2004 edition of The Atlantic.
Diane: Changing Presidents Is Okay
Diane Sawyer: “Bruce Willis flew into war-torn Iraq not long ago to thank the troops.”
Actor Bruce Willis: “They are doing really great things in Iraq. They’re opening schools, they’re getting the power turned back on. It may take some time, but it would be a terrible sin to abandon the Iraqi people now."
"I think it would be a drastic mistake to change administrations now while we’re still at war.”
Sawyer: “Well, somebody might argue that changing American presidents doesn’t mean abandoning the Iraqi people.”
— Exchange on ABC’s Good Morning America, April 7.
A bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous, sometimes humorous,
quotes in the liberal media.
Mocking Bush’s Freedom Push
Bob Woodward: “The President still believes...that he has the duty to free people, to liberate people, and this was his moment.”
Mike Wallace: “Who gave George Bush the duty to free people around the world?”
Woodward: “That’s a really good question. The Constitution doesn’t say that’s part of the Commander-in-Chief’s duties.... That’s his stated purpose. It is far-reaching, and ambitious, and I think will cause many people to tremble.”
— Exchange on CBS’s 60 Minutes, April 18.
Kerry’s Loyal Media Servants
“How do you explain to Americans how you got that so wrong, and how do you answer your opponents who say that you took this nation to war on the basis of what have turned out to be a series of false premises?”
— ABC’s Terry Moran to President Bush at his prime time news conference on April 13.
“Two and a half years later, do you feel any sense of personal responsibility for September 11th?”— New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller to Bush.
“Two weeks ago... Richard Clarke, offered an unequivocal apology to the American people for failing them prior to 9/11. Do you believe the American people deserve a similar apology from you, and would you be prepared to give them one?”
— CBS’s John Roberts to Bush.
“One of the biggest criticisms of you is that whether ... this administration did enough to ward off 9/11, you never admit a mistake... And do you believe that there were any errors in judgment that you made related to any of those topics I brought up?”
— NBC’s David Gregory to Bush.
“With public support for your policies in Iraq falling off... I’d like to know if you feel that you’ve failed as a communicator?”— National Public Radio’s Don Gonyea to Bush.
Bush Ducked My Great Question
“This isn’t the Monica Lewinsky scandal or Social Security reform. These are matters of life and death.... he feels that he’s made a mistake or any errors in judgment, and I think he really didn’t answer the question.”
— NBC’s David Gregory discussing the President’s news conference on MSNBC’s Imus in the Morning, April 14.
ABC: Inflame First, Verify Later
“Arab language TV channels reporting from the battle zone, and local residents who witnessed the fighting, say the 40 killed in one mosque included people taking part in afternoon prayers."
"The main hospital is overflowing. The casualties appear to include many civilians. ‘Why do they have to do this?’ said this boy from his hospital bed. ‘So many dead and I can’t walk anymore. Why?’
"The Marines have sealed off Fallujah completely. Even the phone lines are down. There’s no way to independently verify the facts.”
— ABC’s David Wright reporting over matching video from al-Jazeera, on the April 7 World News Tonight.
NY Times Just Not Liberal Enough
“Another disturbing development, was that a small enclave of neoconservative editors was making accusations of ‘political correctness’ in order to block stories or slant them against minorities and traditional social welfare programs.”
— Former New York Times Executive Editor Howell Raines in “My Times,” a 21,000-word article about the obstacles he faced at the Times, published in the May 2004 edition of The Atlantic.
Diane: Changing Presidents Is Okay
Diane Sawyer: “Bruce Willis flew into war-torn Iraq not long ago to thank the troops.”
Actor Bruce Willis: “They are doing really great things in Iraq. They’re opening schools, they’re getting the power turned back on. It may take some time, but it would be a terrible sin to abandon the Iraqi people now."
"I think it would be a drastic mistake to change administrations now while we’re still at war.”
Sawyer: “Well, somebody might argue that changing American presidents doesn’t mean abandoning the Iraqi people.”
— Exchange on ABC’s Good Morning America, April 7.
Letterman’s “Top Ten Chapter Titles in Bill Clinton's Memoirs”
From the April 27 Late Show with David Letterman, prompted by the announcement that former President Clinton’s book will be released in late June, the “Top Ten Chapter Titles in Bill Clinton's Memoirs.” Late Show home page: www.cbs.com
10. "I'm Writing This Chapter Naked"
9. "I Pray Hillary Doesn't Read Pages 6, 18, 41-49, 76 And Everything Past 200"
8. "Protecting The Constitution: How To Get Gravy Stains Out Of The Parchment"
7. "A Few Of My Favorite Subpoenas"
6. "From Gennifer to Paula to Monica: Why It Pays To Keep Lowering Your Standards"
5. "1995-1998: The Extra-Pasty Years"
4. "Kneel To The Chief"
3. "What's The Deal With That Moron You Guys Replaced Me With?"
2. "NAFTA -- Bringing America Into... Ah Screw That, Who Wants To Read Some More About Bubba Gettin' Down?"
1. "The Night I Accidentally Slept With Hillary"
From the April 27 Late Show with David Letterman, prompted by the announcement that former President Clinton’s book will be released in late June, the “Top Ten Chapter Titles in Bill Clinton's Memoirs.” Late Show home page: www.cbs.com
10. "I'm Writing This Chapter Naked"
9. "I Pray Hillary Doesn't Read Pages 6, 18, 41-49, 76 And Everything Past 200"
8. "Protecting The Constitution: How To Get Gravy Stains Out Of The Parchment"
7. "A Few Of My Favorite Subpoenas"
6. "From Gennifer to Paula to Monica: Why It Pays To Keep Lowering Your Standards"
5. "1995-1998: The Extra-Pasty Years"
4. "Kneel To The Chief"
3. "What's The Deal With That Moron You Guys Replaced Me With?"
2. "NAFTA -- Bringing America Into... Ah Screw That, Who Wants To Read Some More About Bubba Gettin' Down?"
1. "The Night I Accidentally Slept With Hillary"
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
John Kerry stepped in it yet again
KERRY: I expressed there was great sense of wrench being the whole thing. many of us ... we had a long argument the night before, Charlie.
"It is a matter of record. as to how we were going to do it, and the vote was taken. I was not in favor of throwing them over the fence. I thought we ought to lay them on a table and put them in front of people in a way that, you know, wouldn't be as challenging to many Americans.
Other veterans felt otherwise. they took a vote. the vote was made, they voted to throw. I threw my ribbons. I didn't have my medals.
Get This Question to ABC
RUSH: It is Frank in Pittsburgh, as we start. Welcome, sir, great to have you with us.
CALLER: Thank you, Rush. I caught an inconsistency in the tape you played of JFK there. He said that they voted the night before to throw the medals over and he wanted to just put 'em on a table, right?
RUSH: That's right.
CALLER: Well, why wouldn't he -- how could he forget to take his medals, then? If he voted the night before to take the medals and throw them over, how did he happen to forget it, because he said the next day he didn't have time to go back and get 'em.
RUSH: You know, that is an excellent question... I'm glad you had that reaction because I missed it.... when I heard him say we voted the night before, and the vote was to throw the medals, my first reaction was, well, if you really didn't think that was right, why didn't you still go on your conscience, which is what your Vietnam protesting was all about? I mean, but you didn't stand up for yourself."
"But yours is a much better point. If they took the vote the night before to throw the medals and he shows up and leaves his at home, but he had his ribbons?
CALLER: And he only took his ribbons.
RUSH: It's a great question, why didn't he take his medals? If the vote the night before was... somebody get this question to Peter Jennings, somebody get this question to ABC. Because this is not over.
At the end of the interview on "Good Morning America," Kerry was unknowingly recorded complaining about the interview with Gibson.
"Geez," Kerry exclaimed. "They're working for the Republican National Committee."
No Kerry, RNC didn't do this to you. You did it to yourself. You lied to
Peter Jennings.
Jennings Gets Payback For Kerry Lie
RUSH: "You did, senator -- and you lied to Peter Jennings. This is worse than lying to the Supreme Court... This is worse than lying to the FBI. This is worse than what Martha Stewart did. You lied to Peter Jennings.
"That's why you're in the vise grips of ABC News today, senator, and there's no way out. There's no way out. You lied! If you would have just stuck with what you did, but you can't."
" [Kerry sing-song voice:] "I voted before it, before I voted against it." That's John Kerry in a nutshell. [Kerry sing-song voice:] "I was for abortion before I was against it," -- or, "No, I was against it before I was for it, and my wife is still against it, but she's never had to vote."
Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:
John Kerry interview with Charlie Gibson on Good Morning America-Transcript
KERRY: I expressed there was great sense of wrench being the whole thing. many of us ... we had a long argument the night before, Charlie.
"It is a matter of record. as to how we were going to do it, and the vote was taken. I was not in favor of throwing them over the fence. I thought we ought to lay them on a table and put them in front of people in a way that, you know, wouldn't be as challenging to many Americans.
Other veterans felt otherwise. they took a vote. the vote was made, they voted to throw. I threw my ribbons. I didn't have my medals.
Get This Question to ABC
RUSH: It is Frank in Pittsburgh, as we start. Welcome, sir, great to have you with us.
CALLER: Thank you, Rush. I caught an inconsistency in the tape you played of JFK there. He said that they voted the night before to throw the medals over and he wanted to just put 'em on a table, right?
RUSH: That's right.
CALLER: Well, why wouldn't he -- how could he forget to take his medals, then? If he voted the night before to take the medals and throw them over, how did he happen to forget it, because he said the next day he didn't have time to go back and get 'em.
RUSH: You know, that is an excellent question... I'm glad you had that reaction because I missed it.... when I heard him say we voted the night before, and the vote was to throw the medals, my first reaction was, well, if you really didn't think that was right, why didn't you still go on your conscience, which is what your Vietnam protesting was all about? I mean, but you didn't stand up for yourself."
"But yours is a much better point. If they took the vote the night before to throw the medals and he shows up and leaves his at home, but he had his ribbons?
CALLER: And he only took his ribbons.
RUSH: It's a great question, why didn't he take his medals? If the vote the night before was... somebody get this question to Peter Jennings, somebody get this question to ABC. Because this is not over.
At the end of the interview on "Good Morning America," Kerry was unknowingly recorded complaining about the interview with Gibson.
"Geez," Kerry exclaimed. "They're working for the Republican National Committee."
No Kerry, RNC didn't do this to you. You did it to yourself. You lied to
Peter Jennings.
Jennings Gets Payback For Kerry Lie
RUSH: "You did, senator -- and you lied to Peter Jennings. This is worse than lying to the Supreme Court... This is worse than lying to the FBI. This is worse than what Martha Stewart did. You lied to Peter Jennings.
"That's why you're in the vise grips of ABC News today, senator, and there's no way out. There's no way out. You lied! If you would have just stuck with what you did, but you can't."
" [Kerry sing-song voice:] "I voted before it, before I voted against it." That's John Kerry in a nutshell. [Kerry sing-song voice:] "I was for abortion before I was against it," -- or, "No, I was against it before I was for it, and my wife is still against it, but she's never had to vote."
Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:
John Kerry interview with Charlie Gibson on Good Morning America-Transcript
Monday, April 26, 2004
Republican 'Moderates' Only Advance Liberalism
Slowly, reluctantly, grassroots conservatives are waking up to the fact that their agenda is being systematically undermined and thwarted. Worse yet, this is consistently happening at the hands of Republicans. The GOP controls the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the White House. The overwhelming majority of Supreme Court Justices are Republican appointees. And Republicans hold the majority of state governorships. Yet the moral bankruptcy of the counterculture relentlessly advances.
The upcoming primary election in Pennsylvania stands as a sterling example of just what is wrong with the system, as well as the best (and perhaps the only) means of fixing it.
Incumbent "Republican" Senator Arlen Specter, an unabashed opponent of virtually every facet of conservatism, now finds himself in a tight race against State Senator Pat Toomey, who has steadfastly championed conservatism throughout his political life. Yet for all his devotion to principle, Toomey has been virtually abandoned by conservative organizations such as the College Republicans. President Bush is actively supporting Specter, along with conservative "lightning rod" Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania's junior Senator.
In many respects, this situation bears a dismal similarity to the 1997 New Jersey Governor's race, in which ultra-liberal "Republican" incumbent Christine Todd Whitman would certainly have lost but for the prominent social and moral conservatives who rallied to her aid. In return Whitman, once reelected, continued to press forward with her liberal agenda. And when Bret Schundler, a true conservative, might likewise have benefited from a call to solidarity by Whitman during his own 2001 bid for governor, she opted instead to deliver him a political "knife in the back," helping to ensure his defeat. If Specter wins, does anyone really expect him to act differently?
Among Toomey's contentions is that Specter has received support from radical leftist financier George Soros. Feeling the heat, Specter found it necessary to call Rush Limbaugh's radio program last week, in an attempt to vindicate himself. Sounding rather "Clintonian," Specter disputed a few of the details, and generally feigned ignorance as to the nature and intent of the Soros donation. Conspicuously absent from Specter's hollow disclaimer was any explanation of why a God-hating anti-American like George Soros would, under any circumstances, feel comfortable assisting in the election of someone like Specter. Clearly, Soros knows that in Specter's world, liberal ideology trumps party affiliation.
Things are apparently no better in Washington State. Congressman George Nethercutt, another "moderate," is being challenged in that state's U.S. Senate primary by conservative Reed Davis. But the state's Republican Party is withholding assistance from Davis on the grounds that he refuses to sign a pledge to abide by the so-called "Eleventh Commandment." Originally the brainchild of Ronald Reagan, the "Eleventh Commandment" simply states that one Republican candidate should never "attack" another.
Davis fully realizes that the final arbiters of what constitutes an "attack" will be none other than the "moderate" insiders who run the Washington Republican Party. Moreover, just as the "Dole Republicans" perverted Reagan's "Big Tent" to lower party standards in hopes of making liberals feel welcome, the new "Eleventh Commandment" has been thoroughly distorted with the intention of hamstringing conservatives from confronting the liberalism of their "moderate" opponents.
In contrast, "moderates" are increasingly brazen in their efforts to derail conservative candidates who were not pre-selected by the party elite. This they regularly do with impunity. Furthermore "moderates" have a vested interest in sabotaging conservative candidacies. For when such conservatives fall victim to these underhanded tactics and are defeated, it is the "moderates" who most loudly trumpet the notion that conservatism is a "losing strategy."
In recent years, "moderate" Republican Party operatives have become extremely adept at convincing conservatives to support liberal candidates, "for the good of the party," ostensibly on a one-time basis. Invariably, each successive situation is portrayed as a unique event, in which conservatives must "rise above" their own interests and look to the greater good. And each time, they are rewarded with a candidate they helped elect, who then proceeds to do everything possible to marginalize them.
During the past four years, the Republican dominated federal government has implemented budget-busting socialism, trampled the First Amendment, and virtually abolished the nation's southern border. Meanwhile, the Federal Marriage Amendment is quietly being taken off life support, leaving a foundational institution of Western civilization vulnerable to eventual eradication. If conservatives have any true intention of eventually restoring the values they cherish, they had better resolve to support individuals who are honestly committed to doing so.
GOP Moderates Bemoan Majority
My friends, I want you to cry when you read the story I discuss in the audio link below – I want you to cry tears of joy. AP's Jim Abrams writes a profile of Congressman Amo Houghton (R-NY), a "throwback" to a time when moderates ruled the roost in the House. First, there's no such thing as a "moderate Republican." They're liberals. Second, these are lawmakers lamenting that they're in the majority!
So these moderates – who in the late 90s were saying they held the power in the House -- are leaving, but before they leave they are complaining. They're whining for "the good old days" when Republicans' were down 150 seats in the House and Majority Leader Bob Michel was the nondescript, Peoria-born GOP leader whose big claim to fame was getting invitations to play golf with Democrat Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill!
Marvel at this sentence: "It hasn't been easy for GOP moderates in the decade since Newt Gingrich led the party back into power in the House with an aggressive conservative agenda." They cite moderate former-Congressman Tom Campbell (R-CA). AP: "'Republicans before the revolution were a gentle folk,' he said, led by pragmatists such as Gerald Ford and Bob Michel whose accepted role was trying to improve legislation written by majority Democrats."
We have some Democrats who don't know how to get power back, and some Republicans who have power and are cursing it! "As an old, disgruntled Eisenhower Republican,' Houghton said, he was 'worried that conservatives are having a far more dramatic impact on the Republican party than they ever had before.'" Yes! Let us exalt, ladies and gentlemen, because these moderates who claim to be the power base in the House of Representatives for all these years are quitting! I have never heard such whining and bellyaching over being in power. This is unintelligible.
Fact: these moderates aren't lamenting being in power; they're lamenting a loss of power – because they are not Republicans at all. They are telling us how their fellow Democrats feel. Why do you think it was more fun for them when the Democrats ran the show? Because that's who they got along with! That's who their buds were. That's who they worked with legislation on. They were Republicans In Name Only because that's what it took to get elected in their districts. So if you want to know what real Democrats feel today, read this story.
Wallowing in nuance, Dems lack resolve
Hopefuls swamp Capitol
“…Congressman Mac Collins of Jackson also showed up with supporters to qualify as U.S. Senate candidates for the July 20 Republican primary. Collins called Isakson a "moderate" — a nasty word in some GOP circles — and labeled himself the ‘true conservative’ in the contest.”
Message to Moderates: Yo Time Is Up
Specter Win: Triumph Of Moderates?
Survey: Moderates Don't Know Diddlysquat
Study Reveals Moderates, Kerry Lemmings
Moderates, “The Base” & the Politicization of Marriage
There Is No Vacuum In The Center
There Are No Moderate Democrats
Slowly, reluctantly, grassroots conservatives are waking up to the fact that their agenda is being systematically undermined and thwarted. Worse yet, this is consistently happening at the hands of Republicans. The GOP controls the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the White House. The overwhelming majority of Supreme Court Justices are Republican appointees. And Republicans hold the majority of state governorships. Yet the moral bankruptcy of the counterculture relentlessly advances.
The upcoming primary election in Pennsylvania stands as a sterling example of just what is wrong with the system, as well as the best (and perhaps the only) means of fixing it.
Incumbent "Republican" Senator Arlen Specter, an unabashed opponent of virtually every facet of conservatism, now finds himself in a tight race against State Senator Pat Toomey, who has steadfastly championed conservatism throughout his political life. Yet for all his devotion to principle, Toomey has been virtually abandoned by conservative organizations such as the College Republicans. President Bush is actively supporting Specter, along with conservative "lightning rod" Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania's junior Senator.
In many respects, this situation bears a dismal similarity to the 1997 New Jersey Governor's race, in which ultra-liberal "Republican" incumbent Christine Todd Whitman would certainly have lost but for the prominent social and moral conservatives who rallied to her aid. In return Whitman, once reelected, continued to press forward with her liberal agenda. And when Bret Schundler, a true conservative, might likewise have benefited from a call to solidarity by Whitman during his own 2001 bid for governor, she opted instead to deliver him a political "knife in the back," helping to ensure his defeat. If Specter wins, does anyone really expect him to act differently?
Among Toomey's contentions is that Specter has received support from radical leftist financier George Soros. Feeling the heat, Specter found it necessary to call Rush Limbaugh's radio program last week, in an attempt to vindicate himself. Sounding rather "Clintonian," Specter disputed a few of the details, and generally feigned ignorance as to the nature and intent of the Soros donation. Conspicuously absent from Specter's hollow disclaimer was any explanation of why a God-hating anti-American like George Soros would, under any circumstances, feel comfortable assisting in the election of someone like Specter. Clearly, Soros knows that in Specter's world, liberal ideology trumps party affiliation.
Things are apparently no better in Washington State. Congressman George Nethercutt, another "moderate," is being challenged in that state's U.S. Senate primary by conservative Reed Davis. But the state's Republican Party is withholding assistance from Davis on the grounds that he refuses to sign a pledge to abide by the so-called "Eleventh Commandment." Originally the brainchild of Ronald Reagan, the "Eleventh Commandment" simply states that one Republican candidate should never "attack" another.
Davis fully realizes that the final arbiters of what constitutes an "attack" will be none other than the "moderate" insiders who run the Washington Republican Party. Moreover, just as the "Dole Republicans" perverted Reagan's "Big Tent" to lower party standards in hopes of making liberals feel welcome, the new "Eleventh Commandment" has been thoroughly distorted with the intention of hamstringing conservatives from confronting the liberalism of their "moderate" opponents.
In contrast, "moderates" are increasingly brazen in their efforts to derail conservative candidates who were not pre-selected by the party elite. This they regularly do with impunity. Furthermore "moderates" have a vested interest in sabotaging conservative candidacies. For when such conservatives fall victim to these underhanded tactics and are defeated, it is the "moderates" who most loudly trumpet the notion that conservatism is a "losing strategy."
In recent years, "moderate" Republican Party operatives have become extremely adept at convincing conservatives to support liberal candidates, "for the good of the party," ostensibly on a one-time basis. Invariably, each successive situation is portrayed as a unique event, in which conservatives must "rise above" their own interests and look to the greater good. And each time, they are rewarded with a candidate they helped elect, who then proceeds to do everything possible to marginalize them.
During the past four years, the Republican dominated federal government has implemented budget-busting socialism, trampled the First Amendment, and virtually abolished the nation's southern border. Meanwhile, the Federal Marriage Amendment is quietly being taken off life support, leaving a foundational institution of Western civilization vulnerable to eventual eradication. If conservatives have any true intention of eventually restoring the values they cherish, they had better resolve to support individuals who are honestly committed to doing so.
GOP Moderates Bemoan Majority
My friends, I want you to cry when you read the story I discuss in the audio link below – I want you to cry tears of joy. AP's Jim Abrams writes a profile of Congressman Amo Houghton (R-NY), a "throwback" to a time when moderates ruled the roost in the House. First, there's no such thing as a "moderate Republican." They're liberals. Second, these are lawmakers lamenting that they're in the majority!
So these moderates – who in the late 90s were saying they held the power in the House -- are leaving, but before they leave they are complaining. They're whining for "the good old days" when Republicans' were down 150 seats in the House and Majority Leader Bob Michel was the nondescript, Peoria-born GOP leader whose big claim to fame was getting invitations to play golf with Democrat Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill!
Marvel at this sentence: "It hasn't been easy for GOP moderates in the decade since Newt Gingrich led the party back into power in the House with an aggressive conservative agenda." They cite moderate former-Congressman Tom Campbell (R-CA). AP: "'Republicans before the revolution were a gentle folk,' he said, led by pragmatists such as Gerald Ford and Bob Michel whose accepted role was trying to improve legislation written by majority Democrats."
We have some Democrats who don't know how to get power back, and some Republicans who have power and are cursing it! "As an old, disgruntled Eisenhower Republican,' Houghton said, he was 'worried that conservatives are having a far more dramatic impact on the Republican party than they ever had before.'" Yes! Let us exalt, ladies and gentlemen, because these moderates who claim to be the power base in the House of Representatives for all these years are quitting! I have never heard such whining and bellyaching over being in power. This is unintelligible.
Fact: these moderates aren't lamenting being in power; they're lamenting a loss of power – because they are not Republicans at all. They are telling us how their fellow Democrats feel. Why do you think it was more fun for them when the Democrats ran the show? Because that's who they got along with! That's who their buds were. That's who they worked with legislation on. They were Republicans In Name Only because that's what it took to get elected in their districts. So if you want to know what real Democrats feel today, read this story.
Wallowing in nuance, Dems lack resolve
Hopefuls swamp Capitol
“…Congressman Mac Collins of Jackson also showed up with supporters to qualify as U.S. Senate candidates for the July 20 Republican primary. Collins called Isakson a "moderate" — a nasty word in some GOP circles — and labeled himself the ‘true conservative’ in the contest.”
Message to Moderates: Yo Time Is Up
Specter Win: Triumph Of Moderates?
Survey: Moderates Don't Know Diddlysquat
Study Reveals Moderates, Kerry Lemmings
Moderates, “The Base” & the Politicization of Marriage
There Is No Vacuum In The Center
There Are No Moderate Democrats
Cheney's Speech On Kerry
Democrats to Target Cheney
Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.
Cheney Criticizes Kerry on Security Issue
McAuliffe Defends Kerry After Cheney Rap
Democrats to Target Cheney
Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.
Cheney Criticizes Kerry on Security Issue
McAuliffe Defends Kerry After Cheney Rap
Bandar on the Saudi, on Meet the Press
Bandar on the Saudi link to 9/11
April 25: Prince Bandar tells Tim Russert that the events of Sept. 11, 2001, spurred a great deal of reform within Saudi Arabia.
Meet The Press
Transcript for April 25
Meet the Press Transcripts
MR. RUSSERT: In terms of oil supplies, this is the exact captions from Bob Woodward's book: "`I'm worried about the adequacy of the oil market,' the president stated, expressing concern for the world market's ability to absorb temporary shortfalls during a war in the Middle East. The ripple effect in the U.S. Economy could be gigantic, and he asked about the excess production capability of the" United Arab Emirates "and Saudi Arabia. Saudi oil policy could be the saving grace. According to Prince Bandar, the Saudis hoped to fine-tune oil prices over 10 months to prime the economy for 2004. What was key, Bandar knew," was "the economic conditions before a presidential election, not at the moment of the election."
Senator Charles Schumer of New York has called on the president to revoke your diplomatic visa for interfering in the presidential election of 2004 by promising the president that you might lower prices before the November election to help his cause.
PRINCE BANDAR: So what's the question, Tim?
MR. RUSSERT: Did you, in fact, make such a promise to the president?
PRINCE BANDAR: I did not. The president talked with me for months about the high oil prices and how that could be damaging to the American economy and the world economy as it's recovering. And I informed him my government's policy, which is to maintain oil prices between $22 to $28. And we prefer $25 as sort of a medium, and that's the extent of that. There was no deal, no election--no connection to the election. And this is not the first time. In 2000, President Clinton asked us to do the same thing because the prices were getting too high, above $30.
MR. RUSSERT: But in October of 2000, crude oil was $35 a barrel, so you didn't keep your end of the deal.
PRINCE BANDAR: Well, there is a reason, because it's not a matter of crude. The reason you have high prices in the United States is the refineries are not enough to refine. There is a one-million-barrel shortage of refined products. So even if tomorrow we send you all the oil we have as crude, it will not change the facts here. Do you know, Tim, that the United States has not built a refinery for about 15 years? And like our oil minister said the other day in Dallas, we are willing to invest in refineries in the United States of America and that will be really the best route to go.
MR. RUSSERT: What do you think the price of Saudi oil will be in October of 2004?
PRINCE BANDAR: I wish I know, but I can assure you now we've been working very diligently to make sure that the prices will go down below $28, and this is a public position we have taken. We convinced OPEC to agree with us on that. And I don't understand; what's so wrong with oil prices going low? I thought that is good for America, American economy, for the American people, and it's definitely good for us and my country.
MR. RUSSERT: It may be good for George Bush's re-election.
PRINCE BANDAR: It may be good for anybody in the White House and the American people. And we don't see the difference.
Bandar on the Saudi link to 9/11
April 25: Prince Bandar tells Tim Russert that the events of Sept. 11, 2001, spurred a great deal of reform within Saudi Arabia.
Meet The Press
Transcript for April 25
Meet the Press Transcripts
MR. RUSSERT: In terms of oil supplies, this is the exact captions from Bob Woodward's book: "`I'm worried about the adequacy of the oil market,' the president stated, expressing concern for the world market's ability to absorb temporary shortfalls during a war in the Middle East. The ripple effect in the U.S. Economy could be gigantic, and he asked about the excess production capability of the" United Arab Emirates "and Saudi Arabia. Saudi oil policy could be the saving grace. According to Prince Bandar, the Saudis hoped to fine-tune oil prices over 10 months to prime the economy for 2004. What was key, Bandar knew," was "the economic conditions before a presidential election, not at the moment of the election."
Senator Charles Schumer of New York has called on the president to revoke your diplomatic visa for interfering in the presidential election of 2004 by promising the president that you might lower prices before the November election to help his cause.
PRINCE BANDAR: So what's the question, Tim?
MR. RUSSERT: Did you, in fact, make such a promise to the president?
PRINCE BANDAR: I did not. The president talked with me for months about the high oil prices and how that could be damaging to the American economy and the world economy as it's recovering. And I informed him my government's policy, which is to maintain oil prices between $22 to $28. And we prefer $25 as sort of a medium, and that's the extent of that. There was no deal, no election--no connection to the election. And this is not the first time. In 2000, President Clinton asked us to do the same thing because the prices were getting too high, above $30.
MR. RUSSERT: But in October of 2000, crude oil was $35 a barrel, so you didn't keep your end of the deal.
PRINCE BANDAR: Well, there is a reason, because it's not a matter of crude. The reason you have high prices in the United States is the refineries are not enough to refine. There is a one-million-barrel shortage of refined products. So even if tomorrow we send you all the oil we have as crude, it will not change the facts here. Do you know, Tim, that the United States has not built a refinery for about 15 years? And like our oil minister said the other day in Dallas, we are willing to invest in refineries in the United States of America and that will be really the best route to go.
MR. RUSSERT: What do you think the price of Saudi oil will be in October of 2004?
PRINCE BANDAR: I wish I know, but I can assure you now we've been working very diligently to make sure that the prices will go down below $28, and this is a public position we have taken. We convinced OPEC to agree with us on that. And I don't understand; what's so wrong with oil prices going low? I thought that is good for America, American economy, for the American people, and it's definitely good for us and my country.
MR. RUSSERT: It may be good for George Bush's re-election.
PRINCE BANDAR: It may be good for anybody in the White House and the American people. And we don't see the difference.
Despite Iraq news, Bush hangs on
President seen as stronger on national security
Two national surveys released this week, the Washington Post poll and the Gallup poll, show President Bush ahead of John Kerry — this despite three weeks of grim news from Iraq, TV images of U.S. casualties and criticism of Bush from witnesses before the Sept. 11 commission.
Here are two remarkable — and remarkably discordant — numbers from the Washington Post poll: six out of 10 respondents say the United States is bogged down in Iraq, but Bush’s approval rating stands at 51 percent.
One might think the Iraq turmoil would be bad news for Bush’s chances of re-election, yet voters see Bush as stronger and more capable of dealing with national security. Two-thirds of the people in the Post survey said the United States should stay in Iraq until order is restored.
Bush, emphatically running on a national security platform, reminded Americans this week the country is still vulnerable to attack: Americans “saw what happened in Madrid” with the last month’s train bombing, implying it could happen here as well. “This is a hard country to defend.”
But he touted the USA Patriot Act — loathed by civil libertarians — as the way to give investigators more power to find terrorists before they strike.
The Saudi factor
Kerry this week tried to tie Bush to the Saudi regime, blaming both the president and the Saudis for keeping gasoline prices high and conspiring to lower them right before we drive — or perhaps take the bus — to the polls on Nov. 2.
"If, as Bob Woodward reports, it is true that gas supplies and prices in America are tied to the American election, tied to a secret White House deal, that is outrageous and unacceptable to the American people,” Kerry said in Florida. “It is my prayer that Americans are not being held hostage by a secret deal between the White House and a Saudi prince."
Bandar said there was no clandestine deal on oil supplies and wryly noted, “you (Americans) are going through your seasonable tribal warfare now so it's very dangerous to open one's mouth here on any issue.”
Even as he’s on the offensive, Kerry is under sniping from Ralph Nader. In the 1968 race, maverick George Wallace used to say “there’s not a dime worth of difference” between Republican candidate Richard Nixon and Democrat Hubert Humphrey. This week Nader played the Wallace role, telling reporters that Kerry is not offering voters an Iraq policy much different from Bush’s.
Peace movement's 'interesting choice'
"The peace movement in this country's going to have a very interesting choice: whether they're going to basically support two pro-war candidates or whether they're going to support a muscular peace candidate,” he said.
For his part, Kerry said on "Meet the Press," “I'd love to meet with Ralph Nader. I've known Ralph for 30 years. I have great respect for so much of what he has done through his lifetime … I'm going to be talking to people who supported Ralph Nader, and I hope that by the end of this campaign those people will decide John Kerry is going to change the direction of our country.”
For the Nader-Kerry meeting to bear fruit for Kerry, the senator would have to change direction on Iraq.
Although it's too soon to tell in how many states Nader’s name will appear on the ballot, this week he did jump the first hurdle in mounting a fiscally credible candidacy, filing with the Federal Election Commission to show he has met the requirements for matching funds.
Polls Give Encouraging News to Bush
Why the race is looking so good for Bush
President seen as stronger on national security
Two national surveys released this week, the Washington Post poll and the Gallup poll, show President Bush ahead of John Kerry — this despite three weeks of grim news from Iraq, TV images of U.S. casualties and criticism of Bush from witnesses before the Sept. 11 commission.
Here are two remarkable — and remarkably discordant — numbers from the Washington Post poll: six out of 10 respondents say the United States is bogged down in Iraq, but Bush’s approval rating stands at 51 percent.
One might think the Iraq turmoil would be bad news for Bush’s chances of re-election, yet voters see Bush as stronger and more capable of dealing with national security. Two-thirds of the people in the Post survey said the United States should stay in Iraq until order is restored.
Bush, emphatically running on a national security platform, reminded Americans this week the country is still vulnerable to attack: Americans “saw what happened in Madrid” with the last month’s train bombing, implying it could happen here as well. “This is a hard country to defend.”
But he touted the USA Patriot Act — loathed by civil libertarians — as the way to give investigators more power to find terrorists before they strike.
The Saudi factor
Kerry this week tried to tie Bush to the Saudi regime, blaming both the president and the Saudis for keeping gasoline prices high and conspiring to lower them right before we drive — or perhaps take the bus — to the polls on Nov. 2.
"If, as Bob Woodward reports, it is true that gas supplies and prices in America are tied to the American election, tied to a secret White House deal, that is outrageous and unacceptable to the American people,” Kerry said in Florida. “It is my prayer that Americans are not being held hostage by a secret deal between the White House and a Saudi prince."
Bandar said there was no clandestine deal on oil supplies and wryly noted, “you (Americans) are going through your seasonable tribal warfare now so it's very dangerous to open one's mouth here on any issue.”
Even as he’s on the offensive, Kerry is under sniping from Ralph Nader. In the 1968 race, maverick George Wallace used to say “there’s not a dime worth of difference” between Republican candidate Richard Nixon and Democrat Hubert Humphrey. This week Nader played the Wallace role, telling reporters that Kerry is not offering voters an Iraq policy much different from Bush’s.
Peace movement's 'interesting choice'
"The peace movement in this country's going to have a very interesting choice: whether they're going to basically support two pro-war candidates or whether they're going to support a muscular peace candidate,” he said.
For his part, Kerry said on "Meet the Press," “I'd love to meet with Ralph Nader. I've known Ralph for 30 years. I have great respect for so much of what he has done through his lifetime … I'm going to be talking to people who supported Ralph Nader, and I hope that by the end of this campaign those people will decide John Kerry is going to change the direction of our country.”
For the Nader-Kerry meeting to bear fruit for Kerry, the senator would have to change direction on Iraq.
Although it's too soon to tell in how many states Nader’s name will appear on the ballot, this week he did jump the first hurdle in mounting a fiscally credible candidacy, filing with the Federal Election Commission to show he has met the requirements for matching funds.
Polls Give Encouraging News to Bush
Why the race is looking so good for Bush
Teresa Heinz Kerry: Abortion 'Stops Process of Life'
In the current issue of Newsweek, Teresa Heinz Kerry tells Contributing Editor Melinda Henneberger: "I'm more old-fashioned than a lot of women...I don't view abortion as just a nothing. It is stopping the process of life."
Henneberger profiles Heinz Kerry in the May 3 Newsweek cover, "Teresa," (on newsstands Monday, April 26).
For three weeks, Henneberger followed the wife of Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry from Chicago to Baltimore, Boston, New York and Los Angeles. She doesn't stick to the standard political wife script, which calls for confident predictions of victory.
When asked for her read on how things are going in her husband's race, she says: "I can't tell. The only people I see now are Democrats."
Over Margaritas and quesadillas at a Mexican restaurant in Baltimore, Heinz Kerry shows how traditional she really is.
On the subject of abortion, she says, "My belief-and I maybe am very wrong-is that women, generally speaking, do not want to have abortions. With the exception of people who are mindless -- and there will always be mindless people of both sexes -- most women wouldn't want to. So starting on that premise, I'd say it's our duty as a society to help women arrive at the best conclusion."
She does, "on the other hand," wish the Roman Catholic Church would reverse itself on birth control.
Later, Henneberger asks about an interview she gave five years ago, in which she described herself as "not 100 percent pro-choice," and she says she is no longer allowed the luxury of such qualifiers. "Ultimately you're either for choice or you're not, so I am" for abortion rights, she says. "I ask myself if I had a 13-year-old daughter who got drunk one night and got pregnant, what would I do. Christ, I'd go nuts."
When Henneberger asks Sen. Kerry if their views are similar, he says, "I do not know the answer to that. We've never-she's never had to vote.") After an Earth Day event in Franklin Canyon Park outside Los Angeles, she took some press questions about why she hasn't released her tax returns. ("People don't understand family trusts, but I hate to put what's my kids' out there," she tells Henneberger later. "I think one of my kids, maybe two, would not like that, and if it comes to that my husband will have to talk to them."
At a recent fund-raiser, she met up with Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York and confesses that Secret Service protection has her slightly freaked out.
At this stage of the race, "It's just not as personal" as it was back in the Iowa and New Hampshire, where she really enjoyed long chats with voters.
"All politics is personal," Maloney tells her. When Maloney asks her what she thought of the president's speech on Iraq, though, Heinz Kerry stiffens.
"If this is what America wants, then God bless us all," she answers. I'm sure he's a good guy deep down, but a little thought" would be appreciated, she says, tapping a finger against her temple.
She declares herself a fan of the lost art of flirtation, and finds overt sexuality in the culture both sad and demeaning.
"We should start emphasizing mystery; save it for another day. I came from a more romantic time." During another conversation, she expands on this: "It would be interesting to show young people that sexuality and sensuality are very different, and that being sensuous is more charming, more sustainable, more beautiful."
When she was raising her boys, in any case, her husband took care of the sex talks, but she set down three nonnegotiable rules: you treat people with respect, you never drink and drive, and if you do drugs, "tell me, because I want to know what it was like. But if you ever do cocaine, I will kill you.'"
In Los Angeles, Heinz Kerry frets about the perception that she sometimes looks dialed out at her husband's side. "I'm old-fashioned and very shy," she says.
"People say I look bored onstage, but first of all, I listen, and second, I don't know what-I'm not going to go, 'Hello!' I'm sure sometimes I had an apprehensive look on my face, because I was watching other people's faces and sometimes I'd see faces that didn't look friendly."
Still, she says, "I refuse to be censored. I should be always delicate and diplomatic so as not to hurt someone's feelings because that's unnecessary, but the moment I start to control my deepest beliefs and my actions, I lose who I am. None of us are perfect and my imperfections are easy to see, but I don't want to be bottled. I'm not ketchup," she says.
Also in the cover package, General Editor Susannah Meadows profiles John Kerry's first wife Julia Thorne, who threw herself into Kerry's first election in 1972.
But Kerry took a lot of heat for being antiwar, and lost. The nastiness of the race soured Thorne. When they finally separated in 1982, she was determined to find the privacy she'd craved for 12 years as a political wife, asking friends never to talk to the press about her.
But now that Kerry is the presumptive Democratic nominee, her dreams of escaping politics may be dashed for good.
Her daughters, with whom she speaks every few days, call her from the campaign trail. Thorne laughs at their stories from the road and she's told friends that she's proud her daughters are campaigning for their father.
But daughter Vanessa says her mother's reaction has been more mixed. "The risk of us becoming more public is concerning for her. It's been a funny balancing act, trying to not make [her] an enigma but also to let her have her own life."
Teresa: Abortion ends a life
In the current issue of Newsweek, Teresa Heinz Kerry tells Contributing Editor Melinda Henneberger: "I'm more old-fashioned than a lot of women...I don't view abortion as just a nothing. It is stopping the process of life."
Henneberger profiles Heinz Kerry in the May 3 Newsweek cover, "Teresa," (on newsstands Monday, April 26).
For three weeks, Henneberger followed the wife of Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry from Chicago to Baltimore, Boston, New York and Los Angeles. She doesn't stick to the standard political wife script, which calls for confident predictions of victory.
When asked for her read on how things are going in her husband's race, she says: "I can't tell. The only people I see now are Democrats."
Over Margaritas and quesadillas at a Mexican restaurant in Baltimore, Heinz Kerry shows how traditional she really is.
On the subject of abortion, she says, "My belief-and I maybe am very wrong-is that women, generally speaking, do not want to have abortions. With the exception of people who are mindless -- and there will always be mindless people of both sexes -- most women wouldn't want to. So starting on that premise, I'd say it's our duty as a society to help women arrive at the best conclusion."
She does, "on the other hand," wish the Roman Catholic Church would reverse itself on birth control.
Later, Henneberger asks about an interview she gave five years ago, in which she described herself as "not 100 percent pro-choice," and she says she is no longer allowed the luxury of such qualifiers. "Ultimately you're either for choice or you're not, so I am" for abortion rights, she says. "I ask myself if I had a 13-year-old daughter who got drunk one night and got pregnant, what would I do. Christ, I'd go nuts."
When Henneberger asks Sen. Kerry if their views are similar, he says, "I do not know the answer to that. We've never-she's never had to vote.") After an Earth Day event in Franklin Canyon Park outside Los Angeles, she took some press questions about why she hasn't released her tax returns. ("People don't understand family trusts, but I hate to put what's my kids' out there," she tells Henneberger later. "I think one of my kids, maybe two, would not like that, and if it comes to that my husband will have to talk to them."
At a recent fund-raiser, she met up with Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York and confesses that Secret Service protection has her slightly freaked out.
At this stage of the race, "It's just not as personal" as it was back in the Iowa and New Hampshire, where she really enjoyed long chats with voters.
"All politics is personal," Maloney tells her. When Maloney asks her what she thought of the president's speech on Iraq, though, Heinz Kerry stiffens.
"If this is what America wants, then God bless us all," she answers. I'm sure he's a good guy deep down, but a little thought" would be appreciated, she says, tapping a finger against her temple.
She declares herself a fan of the lost art of flirtation, and finds overt sexuality in the culture both sad and demeaning.
"We should start emphasizing mystery; save it for another day. I came from a more romantic time." During another conversation, she expands on this: "It would be interesting to show young people that sexuality and sensuality are very different, and that being sensuous is more charming, more sustainable, more beautiful."
When she was raising her boys, in any case, her husband took care of the sex talks, but she set down three nonnegotiable rules: you treat people with respect, you never drink and drive, and if you do drugs, "tell me, because I want to know what it was like. But if you ever do cocaine, I will kill you.'"
In Los Angeles, Heinz Kerry frets about the perception that she sometimes looks dialed out at her husband's side. "I'm old-fashioned and very shy," she says.
"People say I look bored onstage, but first of all, I listen, and second, I don't know what-I'm not going to go, 'Hello!' I'm sure sometimes I had an apprehensive look on my face, because I was watching other people's faces and sometimes I'd see faces that didn't look friendly."
Still, she says, "I refuse to be censored. I should be always delicate and diplomatic so as not to hurt someone's feelings because that's unnecessary, but the moment I start to control my deepest beliefs and my actions, I lose who I am. None of us are perfect and my imperfections are easy to see, but I don't want to be bottled. I'm not ketchup," she says.
Also in the cover package, General Editor Susannah Meadows profiles John Kerry's first wife Julia Thorne, who threw herself into Kerry's first election in 1972.
But Kerry took a lot of heat for being antiwar, and lost. The nastiness of the race soured Thorne. When they finally separated in 1982, she was determined to find the privacy she'd craved for 12 years as a political wife, asking friends never to talk to the press about her.
But now that Kerry is the presumptive Democratic nominee, her dreams of escaping politics may be dashed for good.
Her daughters, with whom she speaks every few days, call her from the campaign trail. Thorne laughs at their stories from the road and she's told friends that she's proud her daughters are campaigning for their father.
But daughter Vanessa says her mother's reaction has been more mixed. "The risk of us becoming more public is concerning for her. It's been a funny balancing act, trying to not make [her] an enigma but also to let her have her own life."
Teresa: Abortion ends a life
Sunday, April 25, 2004
Kerry in 1971: 'Our Democracy is a Farce'
John Kerry, the presumed Democratic nominee for president, was quoted by a student newspaper at West Virginia's Bethany College in 1971 as saying, "Our democracy is a farce; it is not the best in the world."
Kerry made the remarks on Nov. 2, 1971, according to the Bethany College student newspaper, The Tower . CNSNews.com has obtained a copy of the article written by John Majors, which details Kerry's visit to the college and appeared in the Nov. 11, 1971 issue of the newspaper. At the time, Kerry was still a leader of the anti-war group, Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW).
"There is a disbelief in the American Dream," Kerry was quoted as saying. "People are questioning if it is really a dream or if the dream still exists," Kerry reportedly told the students gathered in the school's Weimer Lecture Hall.
Two weeks after his appearance at Bethany College, Kerry resigned as a leader of the VVAW during the group's meeting in Kansas City. That's the same meeting, in which VVAW members allegedly discussed the possibility of assassinating U.S. senators still committed to the American war effort in Vietnam.
During his speech to Bethany College students, Kerry was quoted as saying that communism did not pose any kind of threat to the United States.
"The soldier went to Vietnam to defend the country from aggressive communism in the tradition of World War II," Kerry reportedly said. "But the soldier learned he was not fighting communism. Communism was not a threat to our country and the war was not moral," he added.
The college newspaper also reported that Kerry was critical of the federal government's power.
"The government can kick people around," Kerry told students. "We have allowed public officials to exercise too much power."
Kerry reportedly backed up his belief that the U.S. "democracy is a farce" by citing statistics showing that only 25 percent of those eligible to vote in the 18-21 age bracket had in fact voted. But Kerry cautioned that, "Voting is not the only way change will come.
"There will be a confrontation, but it must be a non-violent effort," Kerry was quoted as saying. "If we are interested in overall change, we must demobilize society in the direction it is headed. We can't sit around and support this kind of society," he added.
A large part of Kerry's speech was devoted to what he believed were the negative effects of the Vietnam War on American veterans.
"[Some veterans] came back with a heroin habit that cost $12 a day in Vietnam. That same habit costs $175 to $250 a day in the U.S.," Kerry reportedly said. "[S]till other veterans came back with psychological problems, such as those who sleep with knives under their pillows, or those whose wives have to wake them up with code words so they won't get stabbed."
Kerry ended his speech warning about the challenges ahead.
"The greatest of all dangers is the future. Americans know the difference between right and wrong. We must make a positive commitment. Something can be done," the Bethany College newspaper quoted Kerry as saying.
Larry Sabato, a political science professor from the University of Virginia, predicted that Kerry will try to write off his 1971 comments as "young and foolish," but that it won't be an easy task.
"Just because he was young and foolish does not mean he will not have to explain these things," Sabato told CNSNews.com . "It will cause him a problem and these quotes will be widely circulated," he added.
B. G. Burkett, a military researcher and author of the book, Stolen Valor , said Kerry's speech to Bethany College students is further proof of the presidential candidate's "hypocrisy."
"During and after the Vietnam War, [Kerry] denigrated honorable men who served this nation well in Vietnam by calling them drug addicts, rapists, murderers, war criminals," Burkett told CNSNews.com .
"He is now trying to act like he is proud of his service when at the time he renounced the U.S. government, he renounced the U.S. military and he renounced and threw away the very medals he now claims he is proud of," Burkett said.
Repeated phone calls to Kerry's campaign for reaction to his 1971 speech to Bethany College students were not returned.
John Kerry, the presumed Democratic nominee for president, was quoted by a student newspaper at West Virginia's Bethany College in 1971 as saying, "Our democracy is a farce; it is not the best in the world."
Kerry made the remarks on Nov. 2, 1971, according to the Bethany College student newspaper, The Tower . CNSNews.com has obtained a copy of the article written by John Majors, which details Kerry's visit to the college and appeared in the Nov. 11, 1971 issue of the newspaper. At the time, Kerry was still a leader of the anti-war group, Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW).
"There is a disbelief in the American Dream," Kerry was quoted as saying. "People are questioning if it is really a dream or if the dream still exists," Kerry reportedly told the students gathered in the school's Weimer Lecture Hall.
Two weeks after his appearance at Bethany College, Kerry resigned as a leader of the VVAW during the group's meeting in Kansas City. That's the same meeting, in which VVAW members allegedly discussed the possibility of assassinating U.S. senators still committed to the American war effort in Vietnam.
During his speech to Bethany College students, Kerry was quoted as saying that communism did not pose any kind of threat to the United States.
"The soldier went to Vietnam to defend the country from aggressive communism in the tradition of World War II," Kerry reportedly said. "But the soldier learned he was not fighting communism. Communism was not a threat to our country and the war was not moral," he added.
The college newspaper also reported that Kerry was critical of the federal government's power.
"The government can kick people around," Kerry told students. "We have allowed public officials to exercise too much power."
Kerry reportedly backed up his belief that the U.S. "democracy is a farce" by citing statistics showing that only 25 percent of those eligible to vote in the 18-21 age bracket had in fact voted. But Kerry cautioned that, "Voting is not the only way change will come.
"There will be a confrontation, but it must be a non-violent effort," Kerry was quoted as saying. "If we are interested in overall change, we must demobilize society in the direction it is headed. We can't sit around and support this kind of society," he added.
A large part of Kerry's speech was devoted to what he believed were the negative effects of the Vietnam War on American veterans.
"[Some veterans] came back with a heroin habit that cost $12 a day in Vietnam. That same habit costs $175 to $250 a day in the U.S.," Kerry reportedly said. "[S]till other veterans came back with psychological problems, such as those who sleep with knives under their pillows, or those whose wives have to wake them up with code words so they won't get stabbed."
Kerry ended his speech warning about the challenges ahead.
"The greatest of all dangers is the future. Americans know the difference between right and wrong. We must make a positive commitment. Something can be done," the Bethany College newspaper quoted Kerry as saying.
Larry Sabato, a political science professor from the University of Virginia, predicted that Kerry will try to write off his 1971 comments as "young and foolish," but that it won't be an easy task.
"Just because he was young and foolish does not mean he will not have to explain these things," Sabato told CNSNews.com . "It will cause him a problem and these quotes will be widely circulated," he added.
B. G. Burkett, a military researcher and author of the book, Stolen Valor , said Kerry's speech to Bethany College students is further proof of the presidential candidate's "hypocrisy."
"During and after the Vietnam War, [Kerry] denigrated honorable men who served this nation well in Vietnam by calling them drug addicts, rapists, murderers, war criminals," Burkett told CNSNews.com .
"He is now trying to act like he is proud of his service when at the time he renounced the U.S. government, he renounced the U.S. military and he renounced and threw away the very medals he now claims he is proud of," Burkett said.
Repeated phone calls to Kerry's campaign for reaction to his 1971 speech to Bethany College students were not returned.
Saturday, April 24, 2004
Boy Wins Fight With Dog (Sent to Us By Ed and Norma Bzdyk)
Two boys in Boston were playing basketball when one of them was attacked by a vicious Rottweiler..
Thinking quickly, the other boy ripped a board off a nearby fence, wedged it into the dog's collar and twisted it, breaking the dog's neck.
A newspaper reporter from the Boston Herald witnessed the incident and rushed over to interview the boy.
The reporter began entering data into his laptop, beginning with the headline: "Brave Young Celtics Fan Saves Friend From Jaws Of Vicious Animal."
"But I'm not a Celtics fan," the little hero interjected.
"Sorry," replied the reporter. "But since we're in Boston, Mass, I just assumed you were."
Hitting the delete key, the reporter begins again, "John Kerry Fan rescues Friend From Horrific Dog Attack."
"But I'm not a Kerry fan either," the boy responds.
The reporter says, "I assumed everybody in this state was either for the Celtics or Kerry or Kennedy. What team or person do you support?"
"I'm a Houston Rockets fan and I really like George W. Bush" the boy says.
Hitting the delete key, the reporter begins again: "Arrogant Little Conservative Bast**d Kills Beloved Family Pet."
Thanks to Ed and Norma Bzdyk Of Milledgeville Ga
Two boys in Boston were playing basketball when one of them was attacked by a vicious Rottweiler..
Thinking quickly, the other boy ripped a board off a nearby fence, wedged it into the dog's collar and twisted it, breaking the dog's neck.
A newspaper reporter from the Boston Herald witnessed the incident and rushed over to interview the boy.
The reporter began entering data into his laptop, beginning with the headline: "Brave Young Celtics Fan Saves Friend From Jaws Of Vicious Animal."
"But I'm not a Celtics fan," the little hero interjected.
"Sorry," replied the reporter. "But since we're in Boston, Mass, I just assumed you were."
Hitting the delete key, the reporter begins again, "John Kerry Fan rescues Friend From Horrific Dog Attack."
"But I'm not a Kerry fan either," the boy responds.
The reporter says, "I assumed everybody in this state was either for the Celtics or Kerry or Kennedy. What team or person do you support?"
"I'm a Houston Rockets fan and I really like George W. Bush" the boy says.
Hitting the delete key, the reporter begins again: "Arrogant Little Conservative Bast**d Kills Beloved Family Pet."
Thanks to Ed and Norma Bzdyk Of Milledgeville Ga
CBS Avoids Kerry’s Atrocities Claims, Paint Him as a Victim
CBS News' Jim Stewart reminded viewers that a "lot of veterans got mad at [John] Kerry" because of his 1971 Senate testimony. Stewart skipped over the most controversial charges from Kerry -- the future Senator claimed Americans regularly committed atrocities in Vietnam -- and painted Kerry as a victim, who's currently "paying a price" for his anti-war activism of 30 years ago.
'Hanoi John'
Kerry: Yes, Yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities.
(Videotape, MEET THE PRESS, April 18, 1971):
MR. KERRY (Vietnam Veterans Against the War): "There are all kinds of atrocities and I would have to say that,"
"Yes,yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free-fire zones."
"I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50-caliber machine guns which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people.".
"I took part in search-and-destroy missions, in the burning of villages."
"All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare. All of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions...."
Lieutenant Calley was tried for committing the "same kind of atrocities". Will Kerry, now be tried?
MSNBC: Kerry grapples with wars in Vietnam, Iraq.
Kerry on Meet The Press- Transcript for April 18 (Click Here)
Story still developing……..
So come back to CBlountBlog and look for Updates.
Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:
Kerry Inflates Combat Action in 'Meet the Press' Account
Kerry:"We were in combat. We were in a very, very - probably one of the most frightening - if you ask anybody who was with me, the two guys who were with me, was probably the most frightening night that they had that they were in Vietnam."
"But in his account to biograpger Brinkley, Kerry dismissed the altercation as "a minor skirmish."
"It was a half-assed action that hardly qualified as combat," he confessed, in a discrepancy first reported Sunday by FreeRepublic.com."
Kerry's War Wound Called 'Fingernail Scrape'
"Retired Lt. Cmdr. Grant Hibbard tells the Boston Globe that he can still recall Kerry's wound, and that "it resembled a scrape from a fingernail," the paper said."
"I've had thorns from a rose that were worse," Hibbard insists."
"Still, the former Navy man remembered that Kerry insisted on receiving a Purple Heart for the wound he said was incurred during a Dec. 3, 1968 skirmish with Viet Cong near Cam Ranh Bay."
"He had a little scratch on his forearm, and he was holding a piece of shrapnel," Hibbard told the Globe. "People in the office were saying, 'I don't think we got any fire,' and there is a guy holding a little piece of shrapnel in his palm."
"Kerry was awarded two additional Purple Hearts for subsequent wounds that have also been described as minor."
"He then invoked a little-used regulation that entitled a triple Purple Heart winner to return to the United States."
Former Sen. Max Cleland, a Kerry supporter who lost three limbs in Vietnam, was never awarded a Purple Heart.
Kerry: My Vietnam Med Records Already Public
"Asked if he would "agree to release all your military records," Kerry told NBC's "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert: "I have. I've shown them."
"In the next breath, however, a clearly agitated Kerry pulled back from the claim that he had publicly released his Vietnam records, telling Russert: "They're available to you to come and look at. ... People can come and see them at headquarters and take a look at them."
"Moments later Kerry seemed to suggest that he would not publicly release copies of the records to the press, saying, "I'm not going to ..., " before changing the subject in mid-sentence."
Kerry just opened up another can of worms. See how MajorMedia will not Cover this story.
Go to InternetMedia, Where Researchers, Analysis, and Bloggers go first for today's News.
CBS News' Jim Stewart reminded viewers that a "lot of veterans got mad at [John] Kerry" because of his 1971 Senate testimony. Stewart skipped over the most controversial charges from Kerry -- the future Senator claimed Americans regularly committed atrocities in Vietnam -- and painted Kerry as a victim, who's currently "paying a price" for his anti-war activism of 30 years ago.
'Hanoi John'
Kerry: Yes, Yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities.
(Videotape, MEET THE PRESS, April 18, 1971):
MR. KERRY (Vietnam Veterans Against the War): "There are all kinds of atrocities and I would have to say that,"
"Yes,yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free-fire zones."
"I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50-caliber machine guns which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people.".
"I took part in search-and-destroy missions, in the burning of villages."
"All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare. All of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions...."
Lieutenant Calley was tried for committing the "same kind of atrocities". Will Kerry, now be tried?
MSNBC: Kerry grapples with wars in Vietnam, Iraq.
Kerry on Meet The Press- Transcript for April 18 (Click Here)
Story still developing……..
So come back to CBlountBlog and look for Updates.
Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:
Kerry Inflates Combat Action in 'Meet the Press' Account
Kerry:"We were in combat. We were in a very, very - probably one of the most frightening - if you ask anybody who was with me, the two guys who were with me, was probably the most frightening night that they had that they were in Vietnam."
"But in his account to biograpger Brinkley, Kerry dismissed the altercation as "a minor skirmish."
"It was a half-assed action that hardly qualified as combat," he confessed, in a discrepancy first reported Sunday by FreeRepublic.com."
Kerry's War Wound Called 'Fingernail Scrape'
"Retired Lt. Cmdr. Grant Hibbard tells the Boston Globe that he can still recall Kerry's wound, and that "it resembled a scrape from a fingernail," the paper said."
"I've had thorns from a rose that were worse," Hibbard insists."
"Still, the former Navy man remembered that Kerry insisted on receiving a Purple Heart for the wound he said was incurred during a Dec. 3, 1968 skirmish with Viet Cong near Cam Ranh Bay."
"He had a little scratch on his forearm, and he was holding a piece of shrapnel," Hibbard told the Globe. "People in the office were saying, 'I don't think we got any fire,' and there is a guy holding a little piece of shrapnel in his palm."
"Kerry was awarded two additional Purple Hearts for subsequent wounds that have also been described as minor."
"He then invoked a little-used regulation that entitled a triple Purple Heart winner to return to the United States."
Former Sen. Max Cleland, a Kerry supporter who lost three limbs in Vietnam, was never awarded a Purple Heart.
Kerry: My Vietnam Med Records Already Public
"Asked if he would "agree to release all your military records," Kerry told NBC's "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert: "I have. I've shown them."
"In the next breath, however, a clearly agitated Kerry pulled back from the claim that he had publicly released his Vietnam records, telling Russert: "They're available to you to come and look at. ... People can come and see them at headquarters and take a look at them."
"Moments later Kerry seemed to suggest that he would not publicly release copies of the records to the press, saying, "I'm not going to ..., " before changing the subject in mid-sentence."
Kerry just opened up another can of worms. See how MajorMedia will not Cover this story.
Go to InternetMedia, Where Researchers, Analysis, and Bloggers go first for today's News.
Big Boo-Boo on the Beer Baron
Thursday's New York Times misidentified GOP Senate candidate Pete Coors as a Ku Klux Klan member who murdered a black sharecropper.
The Coors campaign found the error "so outrageous it's kind of funny," said spokeswoman Cinamon Watson.
"It could have been worse," she joked. "Pete could have been identified as John Kerry."
The story indicated the accompanying photo was of Avants. But the picture actually was of Coors on the day the Golden beer baron announced he was running in Colorado's open Senate race.
Watson said she notified the Times after the Rocky Mountain News spotted the mistake.
"I think there will be a correction," she deadpanned.
Colo. GOP's Statement on Kerry Draws Fire
Democrats are furious about a statement by Republicans saying that comparing one of their candidates to presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) would be worse than comparing someone to the Ku Klux Klan.
Cinamon Watson, spokeswoman for Coors, said the error was "so outrageous it's kind of funny. It could have been worse. Pete could have been identified as John Kerry."
Chris Gates, chairman of the Colorado Democratic Party, demanded an apology. He said Democrats are "out there campaigning positively on the issues, and the Republicans can't help but resort to the lowest level of insult and name-calling."
Kerry spokesman Phil Singer said the comment was "the kind of thing people hate about politics."
Coors, head of the Coors brewing empire, is seeking the Republican nomination to fill the seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who is retiring.
Thursday's New York Times misidentified GOP Senate candidate Pete Coors as a Ku Klux Klan member who murdered a black sharecropper.
The Coors campaign found the error "so outrageous it's kind of funny," said spokeswoman Cinamon Watson.
"It could have been worse," she joked. "Pete could have been identified as John Kerry."
The story indicated the accompanying photo was of Avants. But the picture actually was of Coors on the day the Golden beer baron announced he was running in Colorado's open Senate race.
Watson said she notified the Times after the Rocky Mountain News spotted the mistake.
"I think there will be a correction," she deadpanned.
Colo. GOP's Statement on Kerry Draws Fire
Democrats are furious about a statement by Republicans saying that comparing one of their candidates to presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) would be worse than comparing someone to the Ku Klux Klan.
Cinamon Watson, spokeswoman for Coors, said the error was "so outrageous it's kind of funny. It could have been worse. Pete could have been identified as John Kerry."
Chris Gates, chairman of the Colorado Democratic Party, demanded an apology. He said Democrats are "out there campaigning positively on the issues, and the Republicans can't help but resort to the lowest level of insult and name-calling."
Kerry spokesman Phil Singer said the comment was "the kind of thing people hate about politics."
Coors, head of the Coors brewing empire, is seeking the Republican nomination to fill the seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who is retiring.
Kennedy: "I've never worked a [bleeping] day in my life"
"Back in February, Mr. Kennedy said something I found outrageous. Mr. Kennedy said, and I must paraphrase due to his embarrassing use of profanity:
"I don't need Bush's tax cut. I have never worked a [blanking] day in my life."
"Let me say two things:
First we don’t need a foul-mouthed congressman representing us in Washington.
Second, I don't want to continue to cover my children’s ears every time Congressman Kennedy speaks."
"If his arrogant comment makes you as upset as me then please make your most generous contribution and help me defeat Patrick Kennedy."
"I (Dave Rogers) have announced my candidacy for the United States House of Representatives against Congressman Patrick Kennedy, the liberal son of Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy."
"And I need your help. We are going to run the strongest most determined campaign and in November, God willing, together we will win."
Dave Rogers For Congress (Click Here)
"Back in February, Mr. Kennedy said something I found outrageous. Mr. Kennedy said, and I must paraphrase due to his embarrassing use of profanity:
"I don't need Bush's tax cut. I have never worked a [blanking] day in my life."
"Let me say two things:
First we don’t need a foul-mouthed congressman representing us in Washington.
Second, I don't want to continue to cover my children’s ears every time Congressman Kennedy speaks."
"If his arrogant comment makes you as upset as me then please make your most generous contribution and help me defeat Patrick Kennedy."
"I (Dave Rogers) have announced my candidacy for the United States House of Representatives against Congressman Patrick Kennedy, the liberal son of Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy."
"And I need your help. We are going to run the strongest most determined campaign and in November, God willing, together we will win."
Dave Rogers For Congress (Click Here)
Friday, April 23, 2004
Leno
"Earth Day is Al Gore’s favorite day. You know his least favorite day? Election Day."
"A lot of people marked earth day by walking to work. They're not environmentalists, they just can't afford the gas."
"Spain, could they run any faster? Apparently they were thrilled when they found out the Baghdad Hilton has express checkout."
"In a surprise move on Monday, the CEO of U.S. Airways resigned under pressure. He was asked to leave out the front, the back or the two side exits."
"Martha Stewart took her daughter to work and they practiced making license plates together."
"As you know John Kerry has a purple heart from shrapnel. And of course Dick Cheney has a purple heart from cheeseburgers and deep dish pizza."
"Yesterday the Walt Disney Company fired the entire top management structure at ABC. I was shocked. I didn’t know anybody was even running ABC."
"Earth Day is Al Gore’s favorite day. You know his least favorite day? Election Day."
"A lot of people marked earth day by walking to work. They're not environmentalists, they just can't afford the gas."
"Spain, could they run any faster? Apparently they were thrilled when they found out the Baghdad Hilton has express checkout."
"In a surprise move on Monday, the CEO of U.S. Airways resigned under pressure. He was asked to leave out the front, the back or the two side exits."
"Martha Stewart took her daughter to work and they practiced making license plates together."
"As you know John Kerry has a purple heart from shrapnel. And of course Dick Cheney has a purple heart from cheeseburgers and deep dish pizza."
"Yesterday the Walt Disney Company fired the entire top management structure at ABC. I was shocked. I didn’t know anybody was even running ABC."
From Thursday, April 01, 2004
Kerry is a 'post turtle' (Sent to Us By Ed and Norma Bzdyk)
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 70-year-old Massachusetts business tycoon (whose hand had been caught in a fence while working at his country home), a doctor and the old man were talking about Senator John Kerry possibly being in the White House one day.
The old tycoon said, "Well, ya know, Kerry is a 'post turtle'."
Not knowing what the old man meant, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was?
The old man said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle"
The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain:
You know he didn't get there by himself.
He doesn't belong there.
He can't get anything done while he's up there.
And you just want to help the poor bastard get down.
We can't let Kerry be the 'Post Turtle'.
Thanks to Ed and Norma Bzdyk Of Milledgeville Ga
Leno
"Today John Kerry had surgery on his shoulder. Actually, when he showed up, out of force of habit the doctor gave him a Botox shot."
"There was one scary moment during John Kerry’s operation. The hospital transfusion room ran out of blue blood."
"The doctors told him not to lift anything heavy – like your head."
David Letterman
"John Kerry ... had shoulder surgery recently, he's a tough guy, he had no anesthesia for the operation, he just listened to one of his speeches
Kerry is a 'post turtle' (Sent to Us By Ed and Norma Bzdyk)
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 70-year-old Massachusetts business tycoon (whose hand had been caught in a fence while working at his country home), a doctor and the old man were talking about Senator John Kerry possibly being in the White House one day.
The old tycoon said, "Well, ya know, Kerry is a 'post turtle'."
Not knowing what the old man meant, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was?
The old man said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle"
The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain:
You know he didn't get there by himself.
He doesn't belong there.
He can't get anything done while he's up there.
And you just want to help the poor bastard get down.
We can't let Kerry be the 'Post Turtle'.
Thanks to Ed and Norma Bzdyk Of Milledgeville Ga
Leno
"Today John Kerry had surgery on his shoulder. Actually, when he showed up, out of force of habit the doctor gave him a Botox shot."
"There was one scary moment during John Kerry’s operation. The hospital transfusion room ran out of blue blood."
"The doctors told him not to lift anything heavy – like your head."
David Letterman
"John Kerry ... had shoulder surgery recently, he's a tough guy, he had no anesthesia for the operation, he just listened to one of his speeches
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Mac Collins: Voting record speaks for itself
By David Burch-Marietta Daily Journal Staff Writer
"In his campaign for the U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep. Michael "Mac" Collins says his record in Washington speaks for itself."
"During the course of the campaign, Isakson has been painted largely as a moderate Republican while Collins and Cain have been deemed the more conservative candidates headed into the primaries."
"He (Isakson) and I have a voting record, and whoever wants to, can look at that record and make a decision who they want to support," Collins said Monday.
"Collins' positions include opposition to abortion except when the life of the mother is threatened; support for an overhaul to the federal tax system, including the establishment of a national sales tax and elimination of the death tax and support for tougher enforcement of existing trade agreements by the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Trade Representative's Office."
"He also introduced the American Competition Enhancement Act, aimed at lessening "government regulations that hurt businesses and cause them to either downsize their workforce or relocate overseas."
"Collins - who now touts himself as a conservative Republican and strong supporter of President Bush - began his political career as a Democrat, not uncommon during the days of one-party rule in Southern states like Georgia."
Collins said, "I had always voted Republican on the national ticket, but in Butts County, we didn't have enough Republicans to have a good meal together,"
"He was one of a number of members of Congress in Iraq when the president arrived to visit troops last Thanksgiving."
Look at Monday, April 05, 2004, CBlountBlog
Georgia Democrats have Johnny Isakson
Jeff Dickerson said:"Lots of folks say Democrats have no candidate in the Senate race. Wrong. They've got Johnny Isakson."
"Of course, Georgia voters don't know Denise Majette from Adam -- well, from Eve -- and they have no intention of giving her the nod over the likes of Johnny Isakson.... Doggonit, Denise! What were you thinking?"
Johnny Isakson is the Liberal Republican, running against Mac Collins for the U.S. Senate.
Isakson is not a "moderate"." He voted on opposite sides of most issues from Mac Collins and Saxby Chambliss.
Johnny Isakson voted on the same sides as Nancy Polosi and Dick Gephardt.
In a 1996 Senate race Guy Millner, said: "Isakson isn't conservative enough for Georgia."
Now, even Georgia Democrats think of Isakson as a Liberal Democrat.
Mac Collins's conservative philosophy won him a seat on the Ways and Means Committee, serving on the subcommittees for Social Security and Select Revenue Measures.
Mac is on the House permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and serves as Deputy Majority Whip and Regional Representative to the GOP Steering Committee in the Republican leadership. Mac is serving his sixth term in the United States Congress. (Click Here) For his new website- ibackmac.com.
Johnny Isakson's voting record will also speak for itself.
Johnny, you are not a "moderate", when you vote on the same sides as Nancy Polosi and opposite sides of most issues from President Bush and Saxby Chambliss.
By David Burch-Marietta Daily Journal Staff Writer
"In his campaign for the U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep. Michael "Mac" Collins says his record in Washington speaks for itself."
"During the course of the campaign, Isakson has been painted largely as a moderate Republican while Collins and Cain have been deemed the more conservative candidates headed into the primaries."
"He (Isakson) and I have a voting record, and whoever wants to, can look at that record and make a decision who they want to support," Collins said Monday.
"Collins' positions include opposition to abortion except when the life of the mother is threatened; support for an overhaul to the federal tax system, including the establishment of a national sales tax and elimination of the death tax and support for tougher enforcement of existing trade agreements by the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Trade Representative's Office."
"He also introduced the American Competition Enhancement Act, aimed at lessening "government regulations that hurt businesses and cause them to either downsize their workforce or relocate overseas."
"Collins - who now touts himself as a conservative Republican and strong supporter of President Bush - began his political career as a Democrat, not uncommon during the days of one-party rule in Southern states like Georgia."
Collins said, "I had always voted Republican on the national ticket, but in Butts County, we didn't have enough Republicans to have a good meal together,"
"He was one of a number of members of Congress in Iraq when the president arrived to visit troops last Thanksgiving."
Look at Monday, April 05, 2004, CBlountBlog
Georgia Democrats have Johnny Isakson
Jeff Dickerson said:"Lots of folks say Democrats have no candidate in the Senate race. Wrong. They've got Johnny Isakson."
"Of course, Georgia voters don't know Denise Majette from Adam -- well, from Eve -- and they have no intention of giving her the nod over the likes of Johnny Isakson.... Doggonit, Denise! What were you thinking?"
Johnny Isakson is the Liberal Republican, running against Mac Collins for the U.S. Senate.
Isakson is not a "moderate"." He voted on opposite sides of most issues from Mac Collins and Saxby Chambliss.
Johnny Isakson voted on the same sides as Nancy Polosi and Dick Gephardt.
In a 1996 Senate race Guy Millner, said: "Isakson isn't conservative enough for Georgia."
Now, even Georgia Democrats think of Isakson as a Liberal Democrat.
Mac Collins's conservative philosophy won him a seat on the Ways and Means Committee, serving on the subcommittees for Social Security and Select Revenue Measures.
Mac is on the House permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and serves as Deputy Majority Whip and Regional Representative to the GOP Steering Committee in the Republican leadership. Mac is serving his sixth term in the United States Congress. (Click Here) For his new website- ibackmac.com.
Johnny Isakson's voting record will also speak for itself.
Johnny, you are not a "moderate", when you vote on the same sides as Nancy Polosi and opposite sides of most issues from President Bush and Saxby Chambliss.
Sunday, April 18, 2004
Neil Cavuto: Shut Up, Move On, Watch Out!
"No offense to the 9-11 Commission, but I'm sick of the 9-11 Commission. I know it hasn't even released its report on what led to the tragic unfolding of events that day, but I'm no longer obsessing over that day. I'm focused on "this" day, "these" days."
"Let's be very frank. Sept. 11 has come and gone. Nothing can bring those nearly 3,000 poor souls back. Mistakes were made, miscues were apparent, intelligence was anything but. But this isn't about correcting wrongs. This is about settling political scores."
"And here's what I think: The terrorists are laughing at us. They're laughing at our political infighting. They're laughing at our obsession with all things shallow and nothing substantive. They're laughing at a country more concerned with scoring points than getting answers. And here's the killer, they're laughing at us ignoring real killers."
"I heard some insipid questioner asking Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that we owed it to those who lost their lives that we learned something from this."
Learned something from this?! You must be kidding!
"No offense to the 9-11 Commission, but I'm sick of the 9-11 Commission. I know it hasn't even released its report on what led to the tragic unfolding of events that day, but I'm no longer obsessing over that day. I'm focused on "this" day, "these" days."
"Let's be very frank. Sept. 11 has come and gone. Nothing can bring those nearly 3,000 poor souls back. Mistakes were made, miscues were apparent, intelligence was anything but. But this isn't about correcting wrongs. This is about settling political scores."
"And here's what I think: The terrorists are laughing at us. They're laughing at our political infighting. They're laughing at our obsession with all things shallow and nothing substantive. They're laughing at a country more concerned with scoring points than getting answers. And here's the killer, they're laughing at us ignoring real killers."
"I heard some insipid questioner asking Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that we owed it to those who lost their lives that we learned something from this."
Learned something from this?! You must be kidding!
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Sen. Dodd making racist comment
"A mini-scandal has erupted in Congress as some Senate Republicans question whether comments made by Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., were racist."
"Dodd said the West Virginia Democrat, (Byrd), member of the Ku Klux Klan before taking office and opponent of the 1964 Civil Right Act, "would have been right during the great conflict of Civil War in this nation."
"Dodd's comments struck some as similar to remarks made by former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., that led to his losing the position."
"Lott claimed at a private party for former Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday that if Lott's 1948 segregationist presidential bid had succeeded, "We wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years."
"While some Republicans on Capitol Hill and conservative blacks pundits have ripped Dodd's comment -- in light of the Lott scandal -- Democratic leaders dismissed such comparisons."
Story still developing……..
Update #1
DODD: Robert C. Byrd in my view, Mr. President, would have been right at any time... he would have been right during the great conflict of Civil War in this nation.... I can't think of a single moment in this nation's 220-year-plus history where you would not have been a valuable asset to this country.
Juan Williams was on the Brit Hume show, and Juan Williams weighed in.
WILLIAMS: I'm amazed. I mean I don't see how Dodd could not have been thinking about the time he was in the KKK.
"Who in this town doesn't know of Senator Byrd's history? I mean, on Fox News Sunday he was calling people the white N-word. I don't even want to use the word.
"I just think it's offensive, let me just say it for the record before you go on. It's offensive that, somehow in the Democratic Party given the tremendous support the Democrats have from the black vote in this country, that you'd have people just go on and do this kind of thing with impunity, that's ridiculous.
Update #2
"Mr. Byrd has admitted he joined the Ku Klux Klan in 1942. In a 1946 letter to a national Klan leader, Mr. Byrd wrote that he had held the rank of "kleagle" in the KKK."
In the Senate in June 1964, Mr. Byrd made a 14-hour filibuster speech in an unsuccessful effort to block passage of the Civil Rights Act.
Update #3
Media Silent on Dodd Comments, Intense When Covering Lott
"One week after a Democratic senator made remarks praising a colleague who was once part of the Ku Klux Klan, the mainstream media have been noticeably silent."
"However, in what appears to be a clear example of the double standard in the mainstream press.
"However, Dodd's own words about Lott in 2002 may come back to haunt him in 2004 in light of his ill-advised praise of Byrd."
"If a Democratic leader had made [Lott's] statements, we would have to call for his stepping aside, without any question whatsoever."
"He continued, "If Tom Daschle or another Democratic leader were to have made similar statements, the reaction would have been very swift. I don't think several hours would have gone by without there being an almost unanimous call for the leader to step aside."
At press time, no Democrats have come forward to denounce Dodd's controversial comments about Byrd.
"A mini-scandal has erupted in Congress as some Senate Republicans question whether comments made by Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., were racist."
"Dodd said the West Virginia Democrat, (Byrd), member of the Ku Klux Klan before taking office and opponent of the 1964 Civil Right Act, "would have been right during the great conflict of Civil War in this nation."
"Dodd's comments struck some as similar to remarks made by former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., that led to his losing the position."
"Lott claimed at a private party for former Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday that if Lott's 1948 segregationist presidential bid had succeeded, "We wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years."
"While some Republicans on Capitol Hill and conservative blacks pundits have ripped Dodd's comment -- in light of the Lott scandal -- Democratic leaders dismissed such comparisons."
Story still developing……..
Update #1
DODD: Robert C. Byrd in my view, Mr. President, would have been right at any time... he would have been right during the great conflict of Civil War in this nation.... I can't think of a single moment in this nation's 220-year-plus history where you would not have been a valuable asset to this country.
Juan Williams was on the Brit Hume show, and Juan Williams weighed in.
WILLIAMS: I'm amazed. I mean I don't see how Dodd could not have been thinking about the time he was in the KKK.
"Who in this town doesn't know of Senator Byrd's history? I mean, on Fox News Sunday he was calling people the white N-word. I don't even want to use the word.
"I just think it's offensive, let me just say it for the record before you go on. It's offensive that, somehow in the Democratic Party given the tremendous support the Democrats have from the black vote in this country, that you'd have people just go on and do this kind of thing with impunity, that's ridiculous.
Update #2
"Mr. Byrd has admitted he joined the Ku Klux Klan in 1942. In a 1946 letter to a national Klan leader, Mr. Byrd wrote that he had held the rank of "kleagle" in the KKK."
In the Senate in June 1964, Mr. Byrd made a 14-hour filibuster speech in an unsuccessful effort to block passage of the Civil Rights Act.
Update #3
Media Silent on Dodd Comments, Intense When Covering Lott
"One week after a Democratic senator made remarks praising a colleague who was once part of the Ku Klux Klan, the mainstream media have been noticeably silent."
"However, in what appears to be a clear example of the double standard in the mainstream press.
"However, Dodd's own words about Lott in 2002 may come back to haunt him in 2004 in light of his ill-advised praise of Byrd."
"If a Democratic leader had made [Lott's] statements, we would have to call for his stepping aside, without any question whatsoever."
"He continued, "If Tom Daschle or another Democratic leader were to have made similar statements, the reaction would have been very swift. I don't think several hours would have gone by without there being an almost unanimous call for the leader to step aside."
At press time, no Democrats have come forward to denounce Dodd's controversial comments about Byrd.
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Sen. Dodd making racist comment
"A mini-scandal has erupted in Congress as some Senate Republicans question whether comments made by Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., were racist."
"Dodd said the West Virginia Democrat, (Byrd), member of the Ku Klux Klan before taking office and opponent of the 1964 Civil Right Act, "would have been right during the great conflict of Civil War in this nation."
"Dodd's comments struck some as similar to remarks made by former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., that led to his losing the position."
"Lott claimed at a private party for former Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday that if Lott's 1948 segregationist presidential bid had succeeded, "We wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years."
"While some Republicans on Capitol Hill and conservative blacks pundits have ripped Dodd's comment -- in light of the Lott scandal -- Democratic leaders dismissed such comparisons."
Story still developing……..
Update #1
DODD: Robert C. Byrd in my view, Mr. President, would have been right at any time... he would have been right during the great conflict of Civil War in this nation.... I can't think of a single moment in this nation's 220-year-plus history where you would not have been a valuable asset to this country.
Juan Williams was on the Brit Hume show, and Juan Williams weighed in.
WILLIAMS: I'm amazed. I mean I don't see how Dodd could not have been thinking about the time he was in the KKK.
"Who in this town doesn't know of Senator Byrd's history? I mean, on Fox News Sunday he was calling people the white N-word. I don't even want to use the word.
"I just think it's offensive, let me just say it for the record before you go on. It's offensive that, somehow in the Democratic Party given the tremendous support the Democrats have from the black vote in this country, that you'd have people just go on and do this kind of thing with impunity, that's ridiculous.
Update #2
"Mr. Byrd has admitted he joined the Ku Klux Klan in 1942. In a 1946 letter to a national Klan leader, Mr. Byrd wrote that he had held the rank of "kleagle" in the KKK."
In the Senate in June 1964, Mr. Byrd made a 14-hour filibuster speech in an unsuccessful effort to block passage of the Civil Rights Act.
Update #3
Media Silent on Dodd Comments, Intense When Covering Lott.
"One week after a Democratic senator made remarks praising a colleague who was once part of the Ku Klux Klan, the mainstream media have been noticeably silent."
"However, in what appears to be a clear example of the double standard in the mainstream press.
"However, Dodd's own words about Lott in 2002 may come back to haunt him in 2004 in light of his ill-advised praise of Byrd."
"If a Democratic leader had made [Lott's] statements, we would have to call for his stepping aside, without any question whatsoever."
"He continued, "If Tom Daschle or another Democratic leader were to have made similar statements, the reaction would have been very swift. I don't think several hours would have gone by without there being an almost unanimous call for the leader to step aside."
At press time, no Democrats have come forward to denounce Dodd's controversial comments about Byrd.
# posted by Charles : 2:02 AM
"A mini-scandal has erupted in Congress as some Senate Republicans question whether comments made by Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., were racist."
"Dodd said the West Virginia Democrat, (Byrd), member of the Ku Klux Klan before taking office and opponent of the 1964 Civil Right Act, "would have been right during the great conflict of Civil War in this nation."
"Dodd's comments struck some as similar to remarks made by former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., that led to his losing the position."
"Lott claimed at a private party for former Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday that if Lott's 1948 segregationist presidential bid had succeeded, "We wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years."
"While some Republicans on Capitol Hill and conservative blacks pundits have ripped Dodd's comment -- in light of the Lott scandal -- Democratic leaders dismissed such comparisons."
Story still developing……..
Update #1
DODD: Robert C. Byrd in my view, Mr. President, would have been right at any time... he would have been right during the great conflict of Civil War in this nation.... I can't think of a single moment in this nation's 220-year-plus history where you would not have been a valuable asset to this country.
Juan Williams was on the Brit Hume show, and Juan Williams weighed in.
WILLIAMS: I'm amazed. I mean I don't see how Dodd could not have been thinking about the time he was in the KKK.
"Who in this town doesn't know of Senator Byrd's history? I mean, on Fox News Sunday he was calling people the white N-word. I don't even want to use the word.
"I just think it's offensive, let me just say it for the record before you go on. It's offensive that, somehow in the Democratic Party given the tremendous support the Democrats have from the black vote in this country, that you'd have people just go on and do this kind of thing with impunity, that's ridiculous.
Update #2
"Mr. Byrd has admitted he joined the Ku Klux Klan in 1942. In a 1946 letter to a national Klan leader, Mr. Byrd wrote that he had held the rank of "kleagle" in the KKK."
In the Senate in June 1964, Mr. Byrd made a 14-hour filibuster speech in an unsuccessful effort to block passage of the Civil Rights Act.
Update #3
Media Silent on Dodd Comments, Intense When Covering Lott.
"One week after a Democratic senator made remarks praising a colleague who was once part of the Ku Klux Klan, the mainstream media have been noticeably silent."
"However, in what appears to be a clear example of the double standard in the mainstream press.
"However, Dodd's own words about Lott in 2002 may come back to haunt him in 2004 in light of his ill-advised praise of Byrd."
"If a Democratic leader had made [Lott's] statements, we would have to call for his stepping aside, without any question whatsoever."
"He continued, "If Tom Daschle or another Democratic leader were to have made similar statements, the reaction would have been very swift. I don't think several hours would have gone by without there being an almost unanimous call for the leader to step aside."
At press time, no Democrats have come forward to denounce Dodd's controversial comments about Byrd.
# posted by Charles : 2:02 AM
Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Georgia Democrats have Johnny Isakson
In the Atlanta Business Chronicle, April 2, 2004, Denise, what were you thinking? Jeff Dickerson said:
"Lots of folks say Democrats have no candidate in the Senate race. Wrong. They've got Johnny Isakson."
About the Democrat Denise Majette run for the U.S. Senate.
"I have seen many strange things in politics, but this ranks among the strangest."
"It is inexplicable why Denise Majette, against the sage advice of so many people, decided she would abandon those who had supported her in an outrageous run for the U.S. Senate."
"Of course, Georgia voters don't know Denise Majette from Adam -- well, from Eve -- and they have no intention of giving her the nod over the likes of Johnny Isakson.... Doggonit, Denise! What were you thinking?"
Johnny Isakson is the Liberal Republican, running against Mac Collins for the U.S. Senate.
Isakson is not a "moderate." He voted on opposite sides of most issues from Mac Collins and Saxby Chambliss.
Johnny Isakson voted on the same sides as Nancy Polosi and Dick Gephardt.
In a 1996 Senate race Guy Millner, said: "Isakson isn't conservative enough for Georgia."
Now, even Georgia Democrats think of Isakson as a Liberal Democrat.
Mac Collins's conservative philosophy won him a seat on the Ways and Means Committee, serving on the subcommittees for Social Security and Select Revenue Measures.
Mac is on the House permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and serves as Deputy Majority Whip and Regional Representative to the GOP Steering Committee in the Republican leadership. Mac is serving his sixth term in the United States Congress. (Click Here) For his new website- ibackmac.com
In the Atlanta Business Chronicle, April 2, 2004, Denise, what were you thinking? Jeff Dickerson said:
"Lots of folks say Democrats have no candidate in the Senate race. Wrong. They've got Johnny Isakson."
About the Democrat Denise Majette run for the U.S. Senate.
"I have seen many strange things in politics, but this ranks among the strangest."
"It is inexplicable why Denise Majette, against the sage advice of so many people, decided she would abandon those who had supported her in an outrageous run for the U.S. Senate."
"Of course, Georgia voters don't know Denise Majette from Adam -- well, from Eve -- and they have no intention of giving her the nod over the likes of Johnny Isakson.... Doggonit, Denise! What were you thinking?"
Johnny Isakson is the Liberal Republican, running against Mac Collins for the U.S. Senate.
Isakson is not a "moderate." He voted on opposite sides of most issues from Mac Collins and Saxby Chambliss.
Johnny Isakson voted on the same sides as Nancy Polosi and Dick Gephardt.
In a 1996 Senate race Guy Millner, said: "Isakson isn't conservative enough for Georgia."
Now, even Georgia Democrats think of Isakson as a Liberal Democrat.
Mac Collins's conservative philosophy won him a seat on the Ways and Means Committee, serving on the subcommittees for Social Security and Select Revenue Measures.
Mac is on the House permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and serves as Deputy Majority Whip and Regional Representative to the GOP Steering Committee in the Republican leadership. Mac is serving his sixth term in the United States Congress. (Click Here) For his new website- ibackmac.com
Friday, April 02, 2004
"I'm a George Bush fan"
A teacher in a small Vermont town asks her class how many of them are John Kerry fans.
Not really knowing what a John Kerry fan is, but wanting to be liked by the teacher, all the kids raise their hands except one boy.
The teacher asks Johnny why he has decided to be different. Johnny says, "I'm not a John Kerry fan."
The teacher says, "Why aren't you a John Kerry fan?"
Johnny says, "I'm a George Bush fan."
The teacher asks why he's a George Bush fan.
The boy says, "Well, my mom's a George Bush fan and my dad's a George Bush fan, so I'm a George Bush fan!"
The teacher is kind of angry, because this is Vermont, so she asks, "What if your mom was a moron and your dad was an idiot, what would that make you?"
Johnny says, "That would make me a John Kerry fan."
A teacher in a small Vermont town asks her class how many of them are John Kerry fans.
Not really knowing what a John Kerry fan is, but wanting to be liked by the teacher, all the kids raise their hands except one boy.
The teacher asks Johnny why he has decided to be different. Johnny says, "I'm not a John Kerry fan."
The teacher says, "Why aren't you a John Kerry fan?"
Johnny says, "I'm a George Bush fan."
The teacher asks why he's a George Bush fan.
The boy says, "Well, my mom's a George Bush fan and my dad's a George Bush fan, so I'm a George Bush fan!"
The teacher is kind of angry, because this is Vermont, so she asks, "What if your mom was a moron and your dad was an idiot, what would that make you?"
Johnny says, "That would make me a John Kerry fan."
Papers Show 'First Black President' Ignored Rwanda Genocide
"Papers obtained by the National Security Archive, an independent non-governmental research institute, reveal that Clinton and other high-ranking officials in his administration were aware of the slaughter that eventually took the lives of 800,000 Tutsis and Hutus in the African nation a full month before they began to publicly comment about it."
The U.K. Guardian quoted Alison des Forges, a Human Rights Watch researcher and authority on the genocide, as saying, "They feared this word would generate public opinion which would demand some sort of action and they didn't want to act."
She said of the report, "It's powerful proof that they knew."
"Papers obtained by the National Security Archive, an independent non-governmental research institute, reveal that Clinton and other high-ranking officials in his administration were aware of the slaughter that eventually took the lives of 800,000 Tutsis and Hutus in the African nation a full month before they began to publicly comment about it."
The U.K. Guardian quoted Alison des Forges, a Human Rights Watch researcher and authority on the genocide, as saying, "They feared this word would generate public opinion which would demand some sort of action and they didn't want to act."
She said of the report, "It's powerful proof that they knew."
Deocrats Spin on new jobs reports
Kerry sent Fasio out to fox to put down jobs.
He said the Unemployment went up from 5.6 to 5.7-This is worst
unemployment rate in modern History.
After the Reporter stated that the average for the last 3 decades is 6.1.
He said that many have stopped looking for jobs.
When we have transcripts, we will add more.
NY Times: 308,000 Jobs Created; Growth Beats Expectations
The vigorous increase in jobs was also good news for the administration of President George Bush. Yet Democrats, who had been using the sluggish job market as ammunition against the President on the campaign trail, reacted more guardedly.
"After three years of weak economic activity, today's unemployment report is welcome news for all who have found a job," Rahm Emmanuel, a Democratic member of the House from Illinois, said in a statement. "It only took us three years, $3 trillion of additional debt and $500 billion in annual deficits to get there. We can and should do better."
"The unemployment rate —- measured through a different survey of households - inched up to 5.7 percent from 5.6 percent in February, as the household survey recorded a slight decline of 3,000 jobs against a 179,000 increase in the civilian labor force. The employment to population ratio declined slightly from 62.2 percent to 62.1 percent."
Kerry sent Fasio out to fox to put down jobs.
He said the Unemployment went up from 5.6 to 5.7-This is worst
unemployment rate in modern History.
After the Reporter stated that the average for the last 3 decades is 6.1.
He said that many have stopped looking for jobs.
When we have transcripts, we will add more.
NY Times: 308,000 Jobs Created; Growth Beats Expectations
The vigorous increase in jobs was also good news for the administration of President George Bush. Yet Democrats, who had been using the sluggish job market as ammunition against the President on the campaign trail, reacted more guardedly.
"After three years of weak economic activity, today's unemployment report is welcome news for all who have found a job," Rahm Emmanuel, a Democratic member of the House from Illinois, said in a statement. "It only took us three years, $3 trillion of additional debt and $500 billion in annual deficits to get there. We can and should do better."
"The unemployment rate —- measured through a different survey of households - inched up to 5.7 percent from 5.6 percent in February, as the household survey recorded a slight decline of 3,000 jobs against a 179,000 increase in the civilian labor force. The employment to population ratio declined slightly from 62.2 percent to 62.1 percent."
Thursday, April 01, 2004
Enron and the President (Sent to us by Marquine and Jim Gose)
This is an interesting bit of information that you don't hear much about in the media....
a. Enron's chairman did meet with the president and the vice president in
the Oval Office.
b. Enron gave $420,000 to the president's party over three years.
c. Enron donated $100,000 to the president's inauguration festivities.
d. The Enron chairman stayed at the White House - 11 times.
e. The corporation had access to the administration at its highest levels ever.
Enron enlisted the Commerce and State Departments to grease
deals for it.
f. The taxpayer-supported Export-Import Bank subsidized Enron for more than $600 million in just one transaction. Scandalous!!
g. BUT...the president under whom all this happened WASN'T
George W. Bush.
SURPRISE ....... It was Bill Clinton!
Please pass this on so the whole Country will Know.....The Media Won't.
Thanks... Marquine and Jim Gose Of Sparta Ga
This is an interesting bit of information that you don't hear much about in the media....
a. Enron's chairman did meet with the president and the vice president in
the Oval Office.
b. Enron gave $420,000 to the president's party over three years.
c. Enron donated $100,000 to the president's inauguration festivities.
d. The Enron chairman stayed at the White House - 11 times.
e. The corporation had access to the administration at its highest levels ever.
Enron enlisted the Commerce and State Departments to grease
deals for it.
f. The taxpayer-supported Export-Import Bank subsidized Enron for more than $600 million in just one transaction. Scandalous!!
g. BUT...the president under whom all this happened WASN'T
George W. Bush.
SURPRISE ....... It was Bill Clinton!
Please pass this on so the whole Country will Know.....The Media Won't.
Thanks... Marquine and Jim Gose Of Sparta Ga
Kerry's 'Personal' Campaign Loan Under Scrutiny
"Late last year, Kerry took out a thirty year mortgage of $6.4 million on a house on Boston's Beacon Hill that he co-owns with his wife. The Mellon Bank appraised the property at $12.8 million which is almost double the city's $6.95 million property-value assessment."
"Quite simply, Senator Kerry's loan raises questions and the FEC needs to investigate," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
"Late last year, Kerry took out a thirty year mortgage of $6.4 million on a house on Boston's Beacon Hill that he co-owns with his wife. The Mellon Bank appraised the property at $12.8 million which is almost double the city's $6.95 million property-value assessment."
"Quite simply, Senator Kerry's loan raises questions and the FEC needs to investigate," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
