Day: November 14, 2005

Hot posts: 11/14 7:20 PM

class=”linktitle”>BUSH BATTLES BACK, ROUND II (8 links)
Michelle Malkin
The RNC has just e-mailed an advance copy of the remarks President Bush will deliver this evening at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. Here’s a key excerpt:
Reasonable people can disagree about the conduct of the war
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KausTV!

Good lord, it’s
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus hook up via some kind of ‘net link, set their matching blank-yet-knowing stares towards a pair of webcams, and blather on about whatever issues of the day strike their fancy. It’s Left, Right & Center, but with less interesting visuals.
It’s exquisite. I watched three episodes in a row, which was most likely unhealthy. Wright and Kaus are a disturbingly well-matched set: both exceedingly well-informed and sharp, and yet dorky enough to provide the viewer with a pleasantly smug sense of superiority.
Definitely must-see TV. Go watch it.

Hot posts: 11/14 5:20 PM

class=”linktitle”>Bush Whacks Situational Hawks (7 links)
Don Surber
37% approval? No problem. On his way to Japan tonight, the president is stopping in Alaska. According to Katie MacGuidwin of the RNC eCampaign, Bush’s speech includes:”Some call this evil Islamic radicalism

Hot posts: 11/14 4:20 PM

class=”linktitle”>Pat Robertson preaches gross heresy (aga (7 links)
Making Light
The perennially appalling Pat Robertson has self-confidently announced the supersession of divine mercy, the Holy Spirit, the noachide covenant, the…

Hot posts: 11/14 3:27 PM

class=”linktitle”>Alito on Abortion, Circa 1985 (7 links)
Confirm Them
The Washington Times is reporting on Monday about a 1985 document that details Samuel Alitos position on Roe v. Wade at that time. Heres how the article by Bill Sammon begins:
Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., President Bushs Suprem
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Alito Finds No Right to Abortion in Constitution (7 links)
TMH’s Bacon Bits
Conservatives will cheer this news, even as Liberals will pull out their medieval political spin machine, with which they shall torture us with tirades and punish the sensibilities of the American people on this issue.]]>
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Instapundit.com
MORE PUSHBACK: The White House raps the Washington Post. I wonder if they're going to start doing this sort of thing daily? It would be smart. Maybe the press should learn to use Google. Instead of, you know, hoping that we don't. . . . UP
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Target digs itself a deeper hole in emergency contraceptive scandal (7 links)
AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth
AMERICAblog reader, and fellow blogger, Joseph Hughes of Hughes for America, just sent me the latest response from Target about their growing emergency con

Bush Continues Pushback

In case there was still any doubt that counteroffensive against the “Bush lied” meme wasn’t just a one-day event, see the exerpt below, taken from the prepared text of remarks President Bush will be delivering at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska:
THE PRESIDENT: Reasonable people can disagree about the conduct of the war — but it is irresponsible for Democrats to now claim that we misled them and the American people. Leaders in my Administration and members of Congress from both parties looked at the same intelligence on Iraq — and reached the conclusion that Saddam Hussein was a threat. Let me give you quotes from three senior Democrats: First, quote, “There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons.” End quote. Here’s another one, quote, “The war against terrorism will not be finished as long as [Saddam Hussein] is in power.” End quote. And here’s the way another Democratic leader summed it up, quote, “Saddam Hussein, in effect, has thumbed his nose at the world community. And I think that the President’s approaching this in the right fashion.”
The truth is that investigations of the intelligence on Iraq have concluded that only one person manipulated evidence and misled the world — and that person was Saddam Hussein. In early 2004, when weapons inspector David Kay testified that he had not found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, he also testified that, quote, “Iraq was in clear material violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1441. They maintained programs and activities, and they certainly had the intentions at a point to resume their programs. So there was a lot they wanted to hide because it showed what they were doing that was illegal.” Eight months later, weapons inspector Charles Duelfer issued a report that found, quote, “Saddam Hussein so dominated the Iraqi Regime that its strategic intent was his alone. He wanted to end sanctions while preserving the capability to reconstitute his weapons of mass destruction when sanctions were lifted.”
Some of our elected leaders have opposed this war all along. I disagree with them, but I respect their willingness to take a consistent stand. Yet some Democrats who voted to authorize the use of force are now rewriting the past. They are playing politics with this issue and sending mixed signals to our troops and the enemy. That is irresponsible.
As our troops fight a ruthless enemy determined to destroy our way of life, they deserve to know that their elected leaders who voted to send them to war continue to stand behind them. Our troops deserve to know that this support will remain firm when the going gets tough. And our troops deserve to know that whatever our differences in Washington, our will is strong, our nation is united, and we will settle for nothing less than victory.
Nicely done. You think he’s been reading Maguire?

Hot posts: 11/14 9:34 AM

class=”linktitle”>Spend Less, No Spend More (7 links)
Don Surber
To its credit, the Washington Post in editorials has flogged the administration for spending too much money. Last month, it noticed a 51% increase in VA spending and duly flogged the administration.
That wa

Hardly Seems Fair To Quote Them Now (7 links)
JustOneMinute
I haven't found Ted Kennedy's floor speech prior to the October 2002 vote on the war resolution, but here he is at SAIS on Sept 27, 2002. Early laugh lines include these: But there is a difference between honest public…

Hot posts: 11/14 7:25 AM

class=”linktitle”>Alito: Abortion is Not a Right (8 links)
Stop The ACLU
Washington Times
Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., President Bush’s Supreme Court nominee, wrote that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortio
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Best of Me Symphony (7 links)
The Owner’s Manual

THE DISH RE-LOADED: I’m glad to say that in the ne… (7 links)
www.AndrewSullivan.com – Daily Dish
THE DISH RE-LOADED: I’m glad to say that in the near future, this blog will have a new home. We’re moving to Time.com’s home-page and will be hosted by their server. My invaluable business partner, Rober
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#103 Best of Me Symphony (7 links)
The Owner’s Manual
Idler-Yet has a guy who gets it right and one who doesn't even come close in Stupid Non-victim story. God has no gender. If that's the case, then everything needs to be rewritten now, right now. Screwtape #20: Understanding…
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