Saturday, November 06, 2004
THE TIDE IS TURNING AGAINST SPECTER!
We can do this, my friends. We can make certain that RINO Arlen Specter never becomes chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The blogosphere brought down Trent Lott and CBS. It can do the same to the disaster from the Keystone State.
The story has already been picked up by the New York Times. To wit:
Republican lawmakers and top Senate aides, speaking privately for the most part, said the uproar from the right was becoming an impediment for Mr. Specter, a Pennsylvania lawmaker who has coveted the chairmanship. They said while it was likely he would still get the post, it was no longer a certainty.
"He is not out of the woods,'' said one Senate aide who is closely monitoring developments on the Judiciary Committee, echoing a sentiment expressed by Republican senators and other party officials.
Meanwhile, the conservative groundswell against Specter has apparently led one GOP Senator to feel that he has enough cover to go on the record:
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and a member of the panel, said he anticipated "healthy discussion" about Mr. Specter's comments.
"The original comments attributed to Senator Specter were very unnerving,'' said Mr. Graham, who also said Republicans should not endorse a "litmus test'' that they would not accept from Democrats. "His statement clarifying his position is reassuring, and I hope we will work our way through this."
Best of all, Specter is scrambling:
…in subsequent interviews, [Specter]said that his remark at the news conference merely stated an obvious political fact: that just as Democrats had filibustered judicial nominees before, they could expected to do so again, and that Mr. Bush was aware of this.
"I did not warn the president about anything and was very respectful of his constitutional authority," he said in a written statement on Thursday, adding that he would apply no "litmus test" on abortion.
Keep up the pressure, friends. Specter can be stepped over. Call or email the GOP Senator from your state. Here is a list, if you don’t know who they are.
And if your state has no GOP Senator, contact Senate Majority Bill Frist’s office, or one of the offices of the GOP members of the Judiciary Committee, listed below:
Orrin Hatch (202) 224-5251
Chuck Grassley (202)224.3744
John Kyl (202) 224-4521
Mike DeWine (202) 224-2315
Jeff Sessions (202) 224-4124
Lindsey Graham (202) 224-5972
Larry Craig 202/224-2752
Saxby Chambliss (202) 224-3521
John Cornyn 202-224-2934
Do it, my friends, and the Arlen Specter era of the Senate Judiciary Committee will never come to pass.
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Friday, November 05, 2004
AFRAID OF THE SPECTER OF LIBERAL JUDGES?
Then do something about it, and sign the petition!
More on the disaster from the Quaker State at the Corner.
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GO GET 'EM BOYS
Iraqi Prime Minister: Fallujah Assault Imminent
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WHY DID BUSH WIN IOWA?
I was hoping to get this up as my last post the NRO Battlegrounder, but it looks as if NRO won’t be posting to that site any more.
So, since it is now official that Bush won Iowa, let me put this up on my site.
Looking at the CNN exit poll, I can find only one explanation: The Republican GOTV was really as good as the GOP was claiming it would be.
I base this on the fact that Bush did worse among Democrats (-2%) and Independents (-2) this time than in 2000. It is also noteworthy that he did worse among liberals (-3) and moderates (-4) than he did four years ago.
Despite this, the GOP GOTV turned a 4,100-vote deficit in 2000 into a 13,500-vote victory. Turnout was up in Iowa a total of 13% over 2000, but Republican turnout was up more than 17%!
So not only did Hawkeye Republicans win the state for Bush, they debunked the myth that higher turnout hurts the incumbent. A hearty and well-deserved congratulations to all those in Iowa who were involved in the GOP GOTV!
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SCHADENFREUDE, PART III
Like I guessed, Paul Krugman wasn’t generous today
President Bush isn't a conservative. He's a radical - the leader of a coalition that deeply dislikes America as it is.
I know, you are shocked, aren’t you?
But, hey, we can still mock him. So let’s do so.
His ability to spin the election results reeks of his usual deceptiveness:
Mr. Bush did not win in a landslide. Without the fading but still potent aura of 9/11, when the nation was ready to rally around any leader, he wouldn't have won at all.
This is what is known as a counterfactual, and there is no way to prove a counterfactual. But since Krugman has indulged it, let’s—unlike Krugman—apply some logic to the “no 9/11” scenario, shall we?
Krugman has hit Bush repeatedly for his policies that have failed at job creation. In fact, he did it in today’s column:
The resurgence of Al Qaeda, the debacle in Iraq, the explosion of the budget deficit and the failure to create jobs weren't things that just happened to occur on Mr. Bush's watch. They were the consequences of bad policies made by people who let ideology trump reality. [Italics]
But Krugman can’t have it both ways. If there had been no 9/11, then there would have been no adverse economic impact of 9/11 either. Thus, the U.S. would have produced even more jobs, thereby turning around the poll numbers that currently show that the public is not happy with Bush on the economy. That, in turn, casts plenty of doubt on Krugman’s assertion that with that fateful September day, Bush wouldn’t have won.
And, today, the economy gave Krugman another blow to his “bad Bush policies” argument:
337,000 new jobs created in October.
In your face, Paul!
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AND…
Krugman also writes:
Heads up to readers: I'll be starting a long-planned break next week, to work on a economics textbook. I'll be back in January.
I keep waking up every day since Tuesday telling myself this week can’t get any better. And I’m wrong.
P.S. If you want even more enjoyment, visit the comment sections on Krugman sycophant Bobby’s website.
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Thursday, November 04, 2004
MICHAEL MOORE IS A…
For the last day, the thing I have been proudest of is that I nailed it on my Senate and Electoral College predictions.
However, that has just changed. During the summer, I made a promise to myself to not see Fahrenheit 9/11 before the election, as giving Michael Moore money would mean giving money to the anti-Bush cause. I kept that promise, and now it is the thing about the election of which I am proudest.
Why?
Because Michael Moore is a FUCKTARD!
To my regular readers, I apologize for using obscenity. I almost always put up asterisks in the place of the letters. But this time is different, and I can only hope my regular readers will forgive me.
After visiting his website, it has to be said. And let me say it again: Michael Moore is a giant, despicable, ugly, propagandizing, smug, arrogant, know-it-all, bitter, deceptive, hypocritical, not-worth-wiping-my-butt-with, fat, needs-Slim-Fast-and-an-exercise-bike FUCKTARD!
The FUCKTARD! is now listing the names of dead soldiers to score cheap political points and express sore-loser sentiments.
At the end of the list he writes, “May they rest in peace. And may they forgive us someday.”
First, how does FUCKTARD! have a clue that these dead soldiers are angry at America for sending them to fight? Can he channel with their souls? Does he have a direct phone line to God? Oh wait, that’s right: FUCKTARD! is God. At least in his mind, he is.
The possibility that these soldiers, assuming they could somehow speak to us from beyond the grave, might still be proud that they fought for their country never enters into FUCKTARD!’s brain. No, he is so certain of his righteousness, so certain of his monopoly on the truth, he doesn’t hesitate to presume he can speak for the dead.
One last time for good measure: Michael Moore you are forever the king FUCKTARD!
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THE DUMB MOOT REGISTER
Yep, the Dumb Moot Register just doesn’t get it. Yesterday, the editorialists tried to tell President Bush and the rest of the political right what they needed to do:
Then, it means focusing honestly on the real needs of the nation - the big needs such as accelerating the development of alternate energy, boosting the middle class, getting health insurance for everyone, coming to grips with the long-term actuarial problems in Social Security and Medicare, improving homeland security without eroding liberties, rebuilding international cooperation and respect, all while combating terrorism and trying to stop the carnage in Iraq.
Since when does the losing team in a championship game get to decide where in the display case to put the trophy?
So, in the words of the wife of the Register’s preferred candidate, “Shove it!”
We won, so we get to decide what the agenda is for the next four years.
And the creeping socialism favored by the Dumb Moot Register is not it.
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AND JUST FOR THE RECORD…
In today’s editorial, the Dumb Moot Register writes,
…we're more inclined to think the country, and the Bush presidency, has a better chance of success if the president in his second term turns to the center, if he becomes the compassionate conservative, the uniter he pledged to be before his first term.
A good place to begin would be to follow up Wednesday's call to unity with a reshuffling of his Cabinet and his advisers to assemble a more centrist team.
Confused? Don’t be. Just substitute the word “left” for “center”, “left-wing” for “centris”, and “the liberal we hope and pray he will be” for “the compassionate conservative, the uniter he pledged to be before his first term” and it is easily understandable.
Sorry, Dumb Moot Register, but you aren’t fooling anyone.
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THEN AGAIN…
One thing I will be gracious about—and so should everyone else—is the news that Elizabeth Edwards has breast cancer.
The only ill I wish on the other side is the loss of elections. True illness is not something I would wish on any of them.
So God bless, and get well soon Mrs. Edwards.
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ON BEING GRACIOUS
I was listening to Michael Graham on the radio this morning, urging us to be nice to Democrats and liberals. He even tried to find some good news for Democrats, namely that they carried Fairfax County in Virginia for the first time since 1964.
I like Graham, but sometimes I think he is a bit too much of a softy.
Be nice? Gracious? Don’t gloat?
Two words, friends: SCREW THAT!
I, like many of you, have taken it from the left-wing…er, mainstream…media, left-wing blogs, raving Democrats like Howard Dean, Al Sharpton and Ted Kennedy, and a propagandist more frighteningly talented than Leni Riefenstahl these many months.
I am entitled to some of it back, and I’m going to spend the next few days enjoying it as it is delivered to my doorstep.
And for those of you who feel even the slightest bit guilty about this, ask yourself, is the other side going to be gracious? Other than John Kerry’s dignified speech yesterday, do you see a conciliatory attitude on the left? Does Maureen Dowd look gracious today? Michael Moore? Do you think Paul Krugman will be gracious tomorrow? I’m already hearing that the Democrats are spinning that the reason we won was anti-gay bigotry. And for more, take a look at this:
Pretty gracious, huh?
Also remember that you are going to be taking a lot more of this junk in the next four years, as the President pursues his agenda. You are going to be called uncaring, cold-hearted, baby-hating, senior-citizen loathing, war-mongering, puppy-kicking, murderous fascists. If you want any chance at redress, you need get in some good licks now while you can.
So revel in it while you can folks. Gloat. Taunt. Rub their noses in it.
Right now, I’m going to go watch Terry McAuliffe on TV. I’m sure he will twist, turn and roast like a weenie on a spit. I think you should too and enjoy it.
I know I am.
UPDATE: Well, McAuliffe backed out. Am I disappointed? Nope. I just thought about why he backed out. And I am smiling again.
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SCHADENFREUDE, PART II
Oh, there is so much fun to be had. Hesiod got so discouraged, that yesterday he wrote the was going to “delete this blog by the end of the day. This old soldier is retiring.” Apparently he has made good on his threat.
Meanwhile, take a gander to some of the comment sections over at Atrios. For that matter, take a look at Atrios.
Meltdown. Absolute, complete meltdown.
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SOMETHING NON-ELECTION
Icon Wars! Hilarious.
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WHY KERRY LOST
My new column at the Spectator.
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Wednesday, November 03, 2004
SCHADENFREUDE, PART I
Let me just run down the score for you:
George Soros: 0
MoveOn.org: 0
America Coming Together: 0
Jacques Chirac: 0
Gerhard Schroeder: 0
Kofi Annan: 0
United Nations: 0
Terrorists: 0
International A.N.S.W.E.R.: 0
Howell Raines: 0
New York Times: 0
Maureen Dowd: 0
Bob Herbert: 0
Paul Krugman :0
The Nation: 0
The American Prospect: 0
CBS News: 0
Mary “How Is She Still Employed?” Mapes: 0
60 Minutes: 0
Dan “Fake, But Accurate” Rather: 0
Terry “Global Crossing” McAuliffe: 0
Al Gore: 0
Howard Dean: 0
Al Sharpton: 0
Michael Moore: 0
Bruce Springstein: 0
Rock the Vote: 0
P. Diddy: 0
Tom Harkin: 0
Tom Daschle: 0
Ted Kennedy: 0
Robert Fisk: 0
Ted Rall: 0
Robert Scheer: 0
EuroWeenies: 0
Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys: 0
Hesiod: 0
Atrios: 0
Daily KOS: 0
Wonkette: 0
The Political Left: 0
Soggy Hamsters: 0
Ambulance Chasers: 0
Democrats: 0
Elizabeth Edwards: 0
Teresa Heinz Kerry: 0
John Edwards: 0
John Kerry: 0
George W. Bush: 1
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I AM ENTITLED TO BE A BIT SMUG
If everything holds up as the way it is projected, I called every state in electoral college right, and every senate race right.
Heh.
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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a certain Vermont governor might say.
It is all but over.
I cannot tell you how great I feel right now.
My best thought of the night: The War on Terror just got four years shorter.
Feel free to share your thoughts below.
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Tuesday, November 02, 2004
LIVE BLOGGING?
I am going to the ATR party this evening, and if they have wi-fi there I will do some live blogging. I just don't know if they do have wi-fi, so if you don't see a post here by 8pm EST, then I'm not live blogging.
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RADIO INTERVIEW THIS EVENING
I am scheduled to do a radio interview with StopDemocrats.com. Supposedly at 8:10 to 8:40pm EST. Might check the website to see if you can listen online.
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DAILY BUMPER STICKER
Election day bonus. Two today:
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VOTER ALERT! CHANGE OF DATE!
Please remember that, because of the high turnout expected at the polls this year, Republicans will be voting on Tuesday, November 2nd, and Democrats will be voting on Wednesday, November 3rd.
Be sure to remind your friends. Thanks!!
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286 TO 252
My last electoal college prediction at the Spectator.
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Monday, November 01, 2004
DAILY BUMPER STICKER
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GOP SENATE GAINS
My latest at the Spectator.
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Sunday, October 31, 2004
DAILY BUMPER STICKER
Two for today since I did not get to it yesterday.
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