As long as an uninformed electorate continues to be spoon-fed liberal “views” on national TV (guess who mostly watches daytime talk shows?), conservatives will be forced to fight an uphill battle to win elections. Opinions are being shaped without balance — without intellectual challenge. In this example, you’ve got a major network program dedicated to Bush-bashing and shilling for terrorists and rogue nations.

Cue the applause.

Whoever posted this clip to Youtube referred to Rosie’s “meltdown”. Unfortunately, it won’t be apparent to the casual viewer. Despite her far-left ideology, she comes across as assertive and confident - which, to some, may suggest being “informed.”

Nothing could be further from the truth in this case, but that’s entertainment. If being outspoken is what makes ratings, we strongly encourage ABC to hire Ann Coulter to sit on the other end of the table and spend some time with Rosie.

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I recently wrote that John Murtha thinks that al Qa’ida will disappear if we leave Iraq. Based on this article, it appears as though the Fever Swamp fever has afflicted another foreign policy disaster. Here’s just one of the inflammatory things that Zbigniew Brzezinski said:

Brzezinski said there’s no reason to think a bloodbath would necessarily follow a U.S. withdrawal. “We expected that the U.S. leaving Vietnam would result in massive killings and genocide and so forth, and collapse of the dominoes in Southeast Asia,” he said. “It didn’t happen. How certain are we of the horror scenarios that have been mentioned in what will take place in Iraq?”

Listen to that idiot. He’s saying that the genocide in Pol Pot’s Cambodia didn’t happen. He’s saying that the Saigon massacre didn’t happen. That Zbigniew Brzezinski would dispute Pol Pot’s genocide is simply stunning. Pol Pot murdered over 1.5 million people so he could establish a communist Cambodia.

It should scare every sane American that Brzezinski is accorded any respect at all, especially in light of these comments and the significant role he played in the Iran Hostage Crisis disaster. (continue reading post »)

My friend Cal just emailed me this link of a letter to the editor of the SF Chronicle. Look no further if you’re in need of some Friday afternoon levity. Here’s the LTE:

Here’s the ticket — Barack and Nancy!

Editor — Let’s cut short all the campaigning and political blather — it’s Barack and Nancy in ‘08! What a fabulous team — the wise, legislatively experienced, culturally aware, politically astute House speaker, paired with the most charismatic, articulate American politician to appear on the landscape in decades — U.S. Sen. Barack Obama!

Both Nancy and Barack have integrity, a sound vision of the values this country should represent, are fair-minded and have few ties to the corporate corruption that is rampant in politics.

U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, for all her virtues, and she has many, has too much baggage; lost baggage at that. She’s too spineless and will compromise too easily for her own political survival. (continue reading post »)

The House GOP leadership team has essentially sent a letter to Ms. Pelosi, urging her to not recess the House as planned:

Today House Democrats will vote to pass the largest tax increase in American history, raising taxes on middle class families and small businesses - and then they’ll vote to leave town for two weeks, without passing a clean war spending bill that funds American troops in harm’s way.

With astonishing speed, House Democrats have confirmed for the American people that they are exactly who we thought they were when they took over the Capitol three months ago. They’re raising taxes on middle class families, and spending billions of dollars on pork-barrel projects the American people don’t want. They’re providing billions of dollars in funding for projects the American people didn’t ask for, while denying precious funds and support to American troops overseas who are putting their lives on the line for our freedom. And now, having accomplished all this, they’re going to reward themselves with a two-week vacation.

House Republicans must stand united against this, and we will. We urge you to vote NO on the Democrats’ adjournment resolution today. Congress should not leave town without passing a clean war spending bill that gives our troops the full support they need to accomplish their mission and return home safely.

Sincerely,

Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
Republican Leader

Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Republican Whip

Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL)
Conference Chairman

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Chief Deputy Whip

While this letter was sent to GOP representatives, the message is clear: The House GOP will oppose Pelosi’s Democrats a clean getaway if they don’t first fund the troops. This puts it all on the Democrats’ shoulders. If they leave without funding the troops, Republicans will belittle them in every swing district across the nation. They’ll make House Democrats feel like this is the longest two week recess in history.

In addition to highlighting the Democrats’ irresponsibility on national security, the House leadership is also highlighting the Democrats’ pro tax increase disposition. In other words, the House GOP leadership have sharpened the debate by giving activists something to fight for. Now it’s time that the activists started getting behind these guys by writing letters to the editor, selling the GOP’s pro-victory, pro-security agenda to their co-workers, neighbors and friends.

It’s also a time to let Ms. Pelosi and her minions know that they’ll have hell to pay at the polls in November, 2008 if they don’t start getting serious about stabilizing Iraq. It’s time that they know we expect them to give Gen. Petraeus’ plan a chance to work. Finally, it’s time we told them that they can’t continue pretending that Gen. Petraeus hasn’t devised and implemented a new strategy and that the new strategy isn’t working.

We The People demand the truth. We The People demand real leadership based on verifiable facts. We The People demand that ‘politics by diatribe’ stops this instant.

Technorati Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Iraq War, Cut And Run, Tax Increases, Defeatocrats, Election 2008, John Boehner, Roy Blunt, Adam Putnam, Eric Cantor, Easter Recess, GOP Activists

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

Bottom Line Up Front: A soldier serving in Iraq injured by an IED re-enlisted for 3 more years of service from his hospital bed, but main stream media outlets continue ot focus on bogus stories painting soldiers in a negative light.

If the main stream media were reporting this story, it would go something like this:

Staff Sergeant (SSG) Andrew McMann re-enlisted today in a hospital in Balad, Iraq, after sustaining head trauma when his Hum-V hit an EID. Morale among the troops is at an all time low, and despite statements from SSG McMann to the contrary, it is presumed that the traumatic experience of surviving an EID attack has confused this young, uneducated and vulnerable soldier.

After extensive interviews, although he would not admit to it, it is believed that SSG had no alternative as a young minority male but to reenlist with the Army or face a future in the ghettos of America. Mrs. McMann declined to confirm our suspicions.

In actuality, SSG McMann wanted to re-enlist and serve his country. Just 48 hours earlier, he survived an EID explosion with just a broken foot, and every soldier in the attack survived. McMann credited God with saving their lives.

McMann oringinally enlisted after 9/11 saying,

“As soon as those attacks happened, I knew it was something I wanted to be a part of. I wanted to serve.”

“The Army’s been good to me. It’s given me a chance to be (part of) something bigger than myself.”

Even his wife was supportive of his enlistment, despite the obvious risks. McMann was determined to reenlist anyway, but referring to his recovery from his injury he said, “This break in the hospital is the first time I’ve had to sign my contract.” Now he’s eager to return to duty.

Of course, the main stream media isn’t reporting this story. It was buried on the Defense website among other stories of valor, courage and patriotism. However, the New York Times did showcase a fraudulent piece about a Ms. Randall, a female sailor who claimed to have served in Iraq and was raped several times by her fellow sailors. Let’s just say she never did serve in Iraq, although the Times says “Ms. Randall did not serve in Iraq, but may have become convinced she did”, nor was she raped. A retraction followed a week later in small print in the correction area. Their bad.

The main stream media cannot have its way with this one. SSG McMann volunteered, was injured and hospitalized in Iraq, and reenlisted on his hospital bed for 3 more years of service. The leftists of the world will always be puzzled by this sort of man, this sort of valor and this kind of determined bravery, which puts the soldier willingly in the line of fire. There is an explanation for this kind of man….LTC Randolph White said last August at graduation speech at the Infantry Graduation at Ft. Benning, GA, “There are two kinds of men who walk the earth: there are men of action, and all others.”

SSG Andrew McMann is a man of action. Then there’s everyone else. HOOAH.

Cross-posted @: Bottom Line Up Front

Joe Lieberman has written an op-ed in today’s edition of USA Today. Here’s Sen. Lieberman’s perspective on what’s happening in Iraq:

Since taking command, Gen. Petraeus has been true to his word. The result? Sectarian violence is down in Baghdad. The radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has fled. The Mahdi Army, which terrorized Baghdad last year, appears to be splintering. And the Iraqi government, its spine stiffened thanks to our renewed support, is taking the critical steps for political reconciliation.

In other words, conditions in Iraq are dramatically improving. The Democrats’ reaction to that improvement has been predictable:

Amazingly, however, just at the moment things are at last beginning to look up in Iraq, a narrow majority in Congress has decided that it’s time to force our military to retreat. Rather than supporting Gen. Petraeus, they are threatening to strip him of the troops he says he needs and sabotage his strategy.

This is outrageous.

I’m thankful that Sen. Lieberman sticks to his beliefs. That’s what happens when a man thinks things through instead of shifting because of the polls. It’s obvious that Sen. Lieberman doesn’t have much in common with his former colleagues anymore. It’s equally obvious that that rift exists because Senate Democrats don’t believe in victory. If they did, they’d be for giving Gen. Petraeus’ plan a chance to work. As I’ve said before, Democrats political fortunes would plummet if we stabilized Iraq.

The deadline for retreat that Congress wants to impose is both arbitrary and inflexible. American troops would be forced to begin withdrawing regardless of conditions in Iraq, regardless of the recommendations of our military commanders, and regardless of what impact a hasty retreat would have on America’s security and credibility, in short, regardless of reality.

Weren’t Democrats whining that President Bush wasn’t “listening to the generals” this time last year? Anytime a general said anything negative about Iraq, the Democrats would accuse President Bush of ignoring that general. Now these same self-righteous Democrats aren’t ignoring “a” general. They’re telling “THE GENERAL” in Baghdad that they know better.

That’s the definition of chutzpah. It’s proof that Democrats are willing to ignore reality if it suits their needs at the time. I can’t say that that’s a surprise since some of the Democrats’ leadership thinks that al Qa’ida will disappear if we leave:

JACK MURTHA (D), PENNSYLVANIA REPRESENTATIVE: People tend to say, well, if we leave there’s going to be chaos. I don’t believe that. Seventy-eight percent of the Iraqis say that’s not going to happen, 78 percent of the Iraqis say it’ll be…we’re the ones that are causing this and al Qaeda’s going to be…al Qaeda’s going to disappear.

The only way to stop the Democrats’ insanity is to let them know in uncertain terms that they’ll be staring at defeat if they insist of unilaterally declaring defeat in Iraq.

Technorati Tags: Joe Lieberman, Victory Caucus, Iraq War, John Murtha, Defeatocrats, Election 2008

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

Based on this response, I’d answer that CAIR is definitely in full backpedal. We have Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, and Gerry Nolting. We also owe Katherine Kersten a debt of gratitude, too, for her WSJ op-ed. Here’s why I think CAIR is in full backpedal mode:

CAIR characterized the Becket Fund’s letter as “misleading” and based on false allegations against the imams. In his letter to Becket Fund for Religious Liberty President Kevin J. Hasson, CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad wrote in part:
“The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) would like to respond to your open letter dated March 23, 2007, regarding Shqeirat et. al. v. US Airways Group, Inc. et. al.
“We trust that the Becket Fund and CAIR share the same objective of upholding the Constitution and preventing violations of religious and civil rights.
“Unfortunately, your letter was misleading and mischaracterized the lawsuit brought against US Airways by the six imams. It appears you believe the false allegations promoted by irresponsible and unaccountable parties on the Internet that the imams and their lawyers intend to target “ordinary citizens” who were simply reporting suspicious activity.
“Mr. Omar Mohammedi, the attorney representing the imams, has repeatedly asserted that this is not the case. The only individuals against whom suit may be raised in this litigation are those who may have knowingly made false reports against the imams with the intent to discriminate against them.
“The imams will not sue any passengers who reported suspicious activity in good faith, even when the ’suspicious’ behavior included the imams’ constitutionally-protected right to practice their religion without fear or intimidation…”

This is patently false. (continue reading post »)

That’s what will happen if this vote stands:

Democratic-controlled Senate narrowly signaled support Tuesday for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next March, triggering an instant veto threat from the White House in a deepening dispute between Congress and commander in chief.

Republican attempts to scuttle the nonbinding timeline failed, 50-48, largely along party lines.

The vote marked the Senate’s most forceful challenge to date of the administration’s handling of a war that has claimed the lives of more than 3,200 U.S. troops. It came days after the House approved a binding withdrawal deadline of Sept. 1, 2008, and increased the likelihood of a veto confrontation this spring.

President Bush will veto the legislation. After that, the House and Senate will have to figure out if they truly want to own defeat in Iraq or if they’ll be responsible statesmen who care about American foreign policy. At this point, it’s anybody’s guess which way they’ll go.

Technorati: Harry Reid, Iraq War, Election 2008, Defeatocrats

Cross-posted at California Conservative

Neal Katyal has written an op-ed in the NY Times for the ‘Crisis That Wasn’t a Crisis’. His solution to this non-crisis? An independent prosecutor. No Thanks!!!

Today, the only way to get to the bottom of the United States attorney scandal, which involved the administration’s firing of nearly 10 percent of America’s top prosecutors, is to use these rules and appoint a special prosecutor. The nightmare has now come true.

It is unclear whether any criminal wrongdoing has occurred in this case. Some administration critics claim obstruction of justice. Others, including Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, insist that no wrong was done. A sense of justice, and commitment to the American process, requires that we credit the explanation of our nation’s chief law enforcement officer, but only until an independent investigation concludes its work and agrees. As 500-year-old bedrock legal principle dictates, no one can be a judge in his own cause, not even, of course, an attorney general.

Look at Mr. Katyal’s premise. He starts off by calling it a scandal, which it isn’t. Then he throws in an ominous-sounding phrase “the administration’s firing of nearly 10 percent of America’s top prosecutors”. (continue reading post »)

Bottom Line Up Front: Most soldiers aren’t buying the “we support the troops but not the mission” line.

MSNBC’s War Zone Diary with Richard Engel aired Sunday night with remarkable “inside baseball” type coverage of the war. Richard Engel spent 4 years as a reporter in Iraq beginning with the start of operations in March 2003. He was there for “Shock and Awe”, the fall of Baghdad, the beginning of the insurgency and lends some great insight into a war zone. His situation was similar to a soldiers; he even lost his marriage the war.

Below is a short clip in which Engel interviews the troops, asking if the “We love the troops but hate the mission” rhetoric “works for them”. The soldiers’ consensus turns out to be “Support the Troops or get out of the way.” It’s hard for a soldier to imagine love meaning trying to screw up their mission. Despite what John Kerry might think, the troops are smarter than that.

Cross-posted @: Bottom Line Up Front