Those are my new ‘official’ nicknames for Patty Wetterling and Amy Klobuchar. The last I checked, neither had said anything that wasn’t straight from the Democratic policy handbook. You didn’t know that they had a policy handbook? I’d say shame on you if it wasn’t for the fact that it’s more like a policy sheet. Here’s the reported contents of that sheet:

• Bush should have held bilateral talks with Iran & North Korea, and multilateral talks with the rest of the world. Bush Bad.
• Bush didn’t talk with North Korea. That’s why they’ve got nukes now. Bush Bad.
• What terrorists in Iraq? There aren’t any terrorists in Iraq. If you don’t believe us, ask the Mainstream Media. Bush Bad.
• Bush hasn’t enforced the borders. Just say no to border fences. Vote for open borders. Bush Bad.
• Repeal Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy. Bush Bad.

Last night, St. Patty tried getting creative on the taxes issue. She said “Let me reassure you. I DON’T WANT TO RAISE YOUR TAXES. I’ll cut your taxes…unless you’re Paris Hilton.”

Later that night, Sen. Bachmann, Ms. Wetterling and John Binkowski appeared on the Steve Thompson radio program on KSTP-AM 1500. Here’s what an unscripted moment for Ms. Wetterling produced:

Wetterling: She voted to raise property taxes in the Senate. She did that.

Sen. Bachmann jumped all over that like Justin Morneau jumps all over a hanging slider in the middle of the plate. Here’s Sen. Bachmann’s response:

You cannot vote– Patty, I hate to burst your bubble, you can’t vote to raise property taxes.

This falls into the category of separation of powers, not a Democratic strength. Municipal and county governments set property tax rates. That’s beyond the state legislature’s reach. (continue reading post »)

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT observations from Dennis Miller!

(H/T Dick McDonald)

Read this AP article, then compare it with the information that I’ve been posting (information that I’ve gleaned from voter turnout reports and other factually verifiable documents). Then tell me that the AP isn’t better named as PC for Propaganda Central.

The 2006 election is shaping up to be a repeat of 1994. This time, Democrats are favored to sweep Republicans from power in the House after a dozen years of GOP rule.
Less than two weeks before the Nov. 7 election, the latest Associated Press-AOL News poll found that likely voters overwhelmingly prefer Democrats over Republicans. They are angry at President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress, and say Iraq and the economy are their top issues. At the same time, fickle middle-class voters are embracing the Democratic Party and fleeing the GOP, just as they abandoned Democrats a dozen years ago and ushered in an era of Republican control.

How many articles have we seen this fall talking about how voters not being happy with the GOP but that this discontent isn’t helping Democrats? But now this poll tells us that middle class voters are embracing Democrats in droves? That’s insulting to our intelligence. This isn’t a scientific poll; it’s a propaganda tool. It isn’t worth the cost of the sheet of paper it’s printed on. The paper that it’d be printed on would only be ‘valuable’ for lining the bottom of a birdcage.

The AP-AOL News telephone poll of 2,000 adults, 970 of whom are likely voters, was conducted by Ipsos from Oct. 20-25. In it, 56 percent of likely voters said they would vote to send a Democrat to the House and 37 percent said they would vote Republican, a 19-point difference. Democrats had a 10-point edge in early October.

That’s pure propaganda. There hasn’t been a midterm election where one party has had a 19 point margin since I started voting in 1974. That includes 1994, which was an historic election. (continue reading post »)

Things are heating up in Pennsylvania as Election Day nears. Here’s a look at what’s making news in Pennsylvania.

Small-business group backs Swann

“Lynn Swann has earned the respect of small-business owners and working families throughout Pennsylvania,” said Rich Gallo, vice chair of the NFIB Leadership Council for Pennsylvania. Mr. Gallo said the endorsement was based on Mr. Swann’s “strong support” on key small-business issues. He said nearly 90 percent of NFIB’s 20,000 members in Pennsylvania had recommended the backing of Mr. Swann. “He will work to create an environment in this state where small employers can grow and create jobs. Clearly, Lynn Swann understands that high taxes and overregulation have hamstrung Pennsylvania’s job creators,” he said.

Soon-to-be-former Gov. Ed Rendell’s got to see the handwriting on the proverbial wall when he sees 18,000 small businessmen voting against him.

Santorum: Casey lacking on security

In the first of a two-day series of speeches on national security, Mr. Santorum said Mr. Casey fails to recognize the danger of a threat that encompasses both “Islamic fascism” and leaders of countries who are “fully committed to our destruction. (continue reading post »)

Yesterday, President Bush signed the Secure Fence Act into law at a formal signing ceremony. It didn’t take long for the critics to start taking shots at it, starting with Ted Kennedy’s obnoxious statement:

“The president and this Congress had a historic opportunity to pass a tough but fair immigration reform plan this year, but instead that chance was squandered by those Republicans who are more concerned about the ballot box than actually providing real solutions.”

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that this is just another hyperpartisan diatribe from the Senate’s ‘King of Demagoguery’. Other than one sentence, this statement shouldn’t be taken seriously because it’s half demagogic diatribe and half a spoiled brat’s whining that he didn’t get his way.

It’s worth noting Kennedy’s including the ballot box reference in his diatribe. He knows that this legislation is an in-your-face rejection of his open borders legislation and that it’s a ballot box winner for the GOP.

It’s time America told this obnoxious blowhard to sit down and shut up, that we’ve had enough of his spoiled brat diatribes, that we demand legislators that don’t work against America’s interests. In short, the vast majority of sound-thinking Americans reject Kennedy’s vitriol and spoiled brat behavior.

Kennedy isn’t the legislation’s only critic either. Here’s Vicente Fox’s quote:

“It is an embarrassment for the United States,” Fox said. “It is proof, perhaps, that the United States does not see immigration as a subject that corresponds to both countries.”

Fox finally gets it. We don’t see our national sovereignty as something we negotiate. As a sovereign nation, we’ll take the ‘unilateral approach’ to enforcing our sovereignty. (continue reading post »)

That’s what this is.

If things go as planned for liberal bloggers in the next few weeks, searching Google for “Jon Kyl,” the Republican senator from Arizona now running for re-election, will produce high among the returns a link to an April 13 article from The Phoenix New Times, an alternative weekly. Mr. Kyl “has spent his time in Washington kowtowing to the Bush administration and the radical right,” the article suggests, “very often to the detriment of Arizonans.”

This proves how foolish Democrats are. First of all, Arizonans know Jon Kyl. They’ve elected him with substantial majorities each time. What these liberal bloggers are essentially telling Arizonans is that they shouldn’t trust their memories of Jon Kyl; that they should trust the propaganda they’re writing.

Dick Morris said something in 2004 that’s just as applicable today. Appearing on the O’Reilly Factor, he talked about the foolishness of Rathergate. Morris said that this was a foolish attempt because the country knew what type of commander-in-chief President Bush was. (continue reading post »)

Frankly, I can’t wait for the votes to be counted and the Elite (Agenda) Media is exposed as the ‘PR wing’ of the Democratic Party. Jed Babbin asks a most pertinent question here:

The pundits can retreat into clichés. But what will the 527 Media tell their shareholders to explain devalued stock and ruined brand names?

They’ll tell them that they don’t care about their product, just about putting the Democratic Party back into power. It’s obvious that that’s what they’re about. The bad news for them is that they’re really unconvincing in telling us to vote Democrat. By comparison, the Right Blogosphere is filled with people making compelling cases for voting GOP. Considering that, it’s difficult to justify the huge outlays of cash for an inferior product.

Also on Tuesday, WaPo’s Jeffrey Birnbaum wrote that, “The [Democrat’s election] wave is coming…Polls are now showing that the tide of public opinion is flowing [against Republicans] and that voters could vote Republicans out of office in droves this year, returning Democrats to power in the House and possibly in the Senate as well.”

Jeff is typical of ‘inside-the-Beltway’ thinking. The only wave that exists is the ‘wave’ that isn’t apparent (continue reading post »)

It’s safe to say that Michelle Malkin isn’t a timid soul with her opinions. This column certainly won’t change peoples’ opinions on that. Let’s peer into Ms. Malkin’s latest column:

I have many heated differences with the Bush administration over its refusal to fully enforce immigration laws; soft-headed pandering to jihadist lobbying groups; profligate spending on illusory transportation security; failure to confront the spread of Sharia law; and kowtowing to Saudi princes eager to send over more young students to learn aviation in our universities.
For all the White House’s faults, however, there is no doubt in my mind that Republicans as a group are better informed, better equipped and better able to lead this country in a time of war than the Democrats. The donkey party is led by thumb-sucking demagogues…

The adults in the GOP aren’t deluding themselves with regards to President Bush but they also aren’t foolish enough to turn our nation’s national security over to the spineless demagogues in the Democratic Party.

Maybe this is what a prematurely giddy Rep. Nancy Pelosi, (D-CA), meant when she told the Los Angeles Times this week: “The gavel of the speaker of the House is in the hands of special interests, and now it will be in the hands of America’s children.” Yep. Put the gavel in the hands of Pelosi and the Democrats, and you will put the gavel in the hands of children. Couldn’t put it better myself.

Fortunately, the Speaker’s gavel will stay in GOP hands. (continue reading post »)

That’s RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman’s distinct message to the bloggers participating in this afternoon’s conference call.

The call lasted about 20 minutes. The information is best described as uplifting and heading in the right direction. Here’s some of the things I found uplifting:

• Our volunteers are setting a great pace, with volunteers making 1.8 million voter contacts last week alone. Chairman Mehlman said that those volunteers have been making more than a million contacts each week for the past 6 weeks.
• The Missouri senate race between Jim Talent and Democratic challenger Claire McCaskill “will likely be decided in southwestern Missouri, where most of the voters are pro life.” Frankly, I thought that was great news because the ballot initiative ’supporting’ cloning will be defeated by churchgoers.
• In response to my question, which pertained to the strength of the Irey GOTV operation & the strength of the GOTV statewide, Chairman Mehlman said that “there’s great activity statewide” on behalf of Republicans. Chairman Mehlman also said that Bob Casey is notorious for not being a great closer late in the campaign. He also reminded us that “Ed Rendell was in far worse shape in 2002 than Sen. Santorum is this year.” (continue reading post »)

CAIR must be getting nervous about their image. What else explains their ad buy that attempts to distance Muslims from terrorism? It’s obvious that CAIR is in full defensive posture.

Alarmed by the furor surrounding Muslim Fifth Congressional District candidate Keith Ellison, a national Islamic group is targeting Minnesota with an “anti-terror TV ad” blitz disavowing ties between Islam and terrorism. The campaign, “Not in the Name of Islam,” will begin airing today on cable networks statewide and during Monday night’s Vikings game. The new Minnesota ad is meant to distance Islam from terrorism…

Separating CAIR from terrorism is like separating white from rice. It’s perfectly understandable why CAIR would attempt to spin this but it isn’t going to work. Here’s an exchange that explains why:

KAUFMAN: This question is for Ahmed Bedier from CAIR. When the media looks for a quote concerning Sami Al-Arian, they go to you. My question is, how did you become the spokesperson for the leader of the North American faction of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, one of the co-founders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad? And if [Al-Arian] is found guilty in the trial he is in right now in Tampa, where you’re from, will you, if he is found guilty, will you then still like this man and support him?
BEDIER: Was that a question?
KAUFMAN: Yes it was. It was two questions. How did you become his spokesman, and if he’s found guilty, will you still support him and like this man?
BEDIER: [pauses] I don’t think that’s the topic of discussion today.
KAUFMAN: Well, this is about security, and he certainly has been someone that has harmed the security of the United States. He is the North American leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and you are his spokesman.
BEDIER: That’s not true. I’m not his spokesman.
KAUFMAN: You have acted as his spokesman to the media. The media comes to you. Why do you refuse to answer that question? Are you afraid of the answer? (continue reading post »)