John Kerry is the gift that keeps giving.  He is unable to take responsibility and act like a man and say that he was sorry for the comment.  Instead, he goes into a press conference and make things worse.

It is all Bush's faut.  Imagine that.  John Kerry's comments were from his heart.  And, I am sorry, if that was a joke, it was lame.  Nary one person laughed, oh that's right it was an inside joke!  No one got it, poor Phil Angelides had no clue (normal state of mind).  Kerry wants to claim that he was referring to Bush being stuck in Iraq, even though that is nowhere near what he said.  Then he lights into Tony Snow as a stuffed white suit, nice.

Kerry is going to come out swining.  He is tired of being that whipping boy.  Instead of apologizing or taking responsibility he blames everyone else.  Too bad, the October surprise is John Kerry.  Demeaning the all volunteer military.  He volunteered, Bush volunteered and everyone of the good men and women fighting terrorists in Iraq volunteered.  Many are highly educated.

John Kerry just can't repress his antiwar, antimilitary beliefs.  Campaigning for Phil Angelides, Dimocratic candidate for Governor of California, John Kerry had the following to say:

“You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.” (Audio version)

Slam the military.  Those who can't learn are in the military, the dullards are in the military, smart people are in school.  Yeah, I know, the defense of this speech will merely say that Kerry was expressing his dissatisfaction with the Bush Co. treatment of the War in Iraq.  John Kerry, he's a decorated Vietnam Veteran you know, will never be president as he has absolutely no respect for the military. 

What is really sad is that John Kerry's views are shared by main stream Dimocrats.  Hiding behind Dimocrats that appear on the surface to be more conservative in order to win will dupe voters only for so long.  Eventually, their true intentions will be revealed.  The leadership is far left of the flyover country.

Just heard the candidate for Senate in MD, Benjamin Hardin (D) who is running against Michael Steele (R).  Hardin just made the following arguments:

Bush lied about WMD
He is for Universal Helathcare
He is for Stem Cell Research (what he is for is Federal Funding of stem cell research)


These are the hot buttons that every candidate in the Dimocratic party are for.  Ask him about judges, abortion, minimum wage, erc.

 You just can't trust them...they are kind of like statistics, you can get them to show just about anything.  When polls over sample one party over the other, you just can't trust the poll.  And, since, admittedly, the MSM is biased (go read Hugh Hewitt's interview with Michael Halperin of ABCNews) , you just can't trust the polls.

The polls are all showing that the Dimocrats are going to win the House and maybe the Senate.  Joshua Micah Marshall is giddy that 'if the Dimocrats run the table they may take 20 or more seats.'  Does anyone want to predict what the outcome will be if the Dimocrats LOSE (not if but when)?

What will the Bush Derangement Syndrome become then?  Stolen elections of 2000, 2002, 2004 and now 2006!  There can be now other way that the Republicans could manage to hold on to both Houses without "stealing the elections."  Bush Co. and the Rovian political machinery will have duped the American people, once again.

Oh, the howling then!!!!

We live in a time when there are those who are screaming that our civil liberties are being violated, that Habeas Corpus has been suspended, and that we live in a fascist dictatorship.  Even though not one example can be put forth of an individual losing their liberties let alone an entire group of people, that won't stop the propaganda machine from spewing the vile lies. 

2008.  Bush will step down peacefully, of that I am certain.  He will not suspend the Constitution in order to be the president for another 4 years.  Cheney will not run for office.  Perhaps, just maybe, Jeb might run, doubtful, but there's an outside chance.  If he did all we would hear is "fascist dynasty."  What then? 

No more stolen elections.  The Dimocrats might actually have to put forth a real agenda:

Raise the minimum Wage
Raise Taxes
Repeal the tax cuts
Universal Healthcare
Canadian Style Prescription Drugs
Rationing of Healthcare
Global Warming- no more gas guzzlers (no more jetsetting for George Clooney)
Repeal the PATRIOT ACT
Rescind the NSA Eavesdropping and SWIFT transaction monitoring

Ah, then we will see how the Dimocrats govern.  They have been out of power for 6 years (presidency) and out of the majority in the House and Senate for more...oh the longing for power is palpable.

I rue the day that they control it all...so will the country.

The latest from the Corker vs. Ford Senate race in TN.  The most recent debate featured the following quote from Harold Ford, Jr.:

"My friend Lincoln Davis who chairs our campaign says there are, there’s one big difference between us and misfortunate Republicans when it comes to our faith: he said that Republicans fear the Lord; he said Democrats fear AND love the Lord."

So, according to some Dimocrats we are now merely fearful of the Lord.  The Republicans, according to author Kuo (Tempting Faith), are just giving lip service to Evangelicals.

Hopefully, this will turn out the faithful.  Not for Ford, but rather against.  I don't believe any political party has a lock on Christianity.  No one party can count the Lord as on their side, and against the other.  Your heart and personal relationship with the Lord is what matters.  If I were to hear a politician make the statement that a vote he/she is a vote for the Lord, I would immediately be wary.  I believe that many issues are likely to be supported more by Conservatives than Liberal and that would align an individual more toward the Republicans, but there are many conservative Democrats. 

One must examine his/her heart and decide which candidate best represents their beliefs.  Jesus never uttered the word Republican, nor Dimocrat. 

I was channel surfing on the radio this afternoon and stopped for a moment on  Air Amerika, and I now see more evidence of why they are bankrupt financially as they are bereft of ideas.

The host of the Saturday afternoon show (is his name Scooter?) was commenting (if you can call it that) on the race between Obama, you know that suave, debonair African-American gentleman, against that "cracker Corker."  His words, verbatim.  Cracker.  This is the stuff that is wrong with American political dialogue.  The left is off it's rocker with Bush Derangement Syndrome, and it has filtered down to local politics.  Unbelievable.

Here's a talk show host with absolutely no compunction about calling someone a cracker.  I am going to go out on a limb and say he more than likely has called Bush a monkey, stupid, insipid lair, a puppet, etc.  I would imagine he has bought into the 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, too...sickening.

If I hear the same drivel from Republican, I will be the first to call him/her on it.  Again, the Dimocrats and the loony left are touting nothing.  No agenda, no new ideas, nothing that will ensure the safety and security of the American people.  They pedal hatred and can only say that they have a better plan.  No plan.  I guess that is a plan...

Judges
Border Security
NSA Eavesdropping
SWIFT Transaction tracking
Missile Defense
Tax Cut Permanency
Social Security Reform- yes privatization
Reform AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax)
Reform Education- take funds away from the unions and give it to true Educators
Illegal Immigration
Reform the UN or Pull out
Iraq= win the peace
Iran and North Korean Nuclear Proliferation
Strong Military- strengthen it, more ships, planes, tanks, everything to prepare for the coming clash againt Islamofascism
Repeal the Estate Tax
Secure our nation's energy capabilities, drill in ANWAR, in the Gulf, off the Coast of California, and ensure it is done safely and environmentally sound.

Do you hear any Dimocrat making arguments as to how he/she will ensure that any one, two or three of these issues are addressed?  And, if so what is their plan.

Increase the minimum wage
Repeal tax cuts
Investigate and potentially impeach Bush/Cheney
Pull out of Iraq
Unilateral talks with the NorKs
Nothing on Iran but more talk and rely on the UN
Repeal the free trade agreements and pullout of any further talks
Universal Healthcare, one payor system
Appoint activist judges to ensure Roe v. Wade and Gay Marriage

People, open those eyes and ears...

This is the most incredible election cycle I have ever experienced.  Not that my 40 years exactly qualify me as a historian by any means.  But, I listened to a little of Lynne Cheney on CNN's Situation Report(?) with Wolf Blitzer.  Disgusting.  Astounding, and they call themselves a News outlet, and Wolf calls himself a journalist.  Excuse me while I pick myself up off of the floor. 

Pick up the transcript over at Hugh Hewitt.  Lynne Cheney has released a new book, The 50 States, she shows up on the show to pedal her book, and she is ambushed by Wolf with Dimocratic National Committee talking points...

WB: Democrats are now complaining bitterly in this Virginia race. George Allen using novels, novels that Jim Webb, his Democratic challenger, has written, in which there are sexual references. And they’re making a big deal out of this. I want you to listen to what Jim Webb said today in responding to this very sharp attack from George Allen.

LC: Now do you promise, Wolf, that we’re going to talk about my book?

WB: I do promise.

LC: Because this seems to me a mighty long trip around the merry-go-round.

WB: I want you to respond. This is in the news today, and your name has come up, so that’s why we’re talking about it. But listen to this:

James Webb: There’s nothing that’s been in any of my novels that in my view, hasn’t been either illuminating the surroundings, or defining a character, or moving a plot. I’m a serious writer. I mean, we can go and read Lynne Cheney’s lesbian love scenes if you want to, you know, get graphic on stuff.

So, Wolfie has nicely pulled Lynne Cheney into the Virginia Senate Race.  And another blogger, OCBlogger,  has nicley grabbed the portion of Lynne's book called 'Sisters' that contains a paragraph.  But, Wolfie is basically saying, what is good to hammer Jim Webb with is okay to hammer Lynne Cheney with.  If it is okay for Lynne to write that way, it's okay for Jim...and the DimNC talking point is that Jim Webb's writing was from soooo long ago that it doesn't really matter, and it is fiction. 

So much for intellectual honesty.  The DNC is vilifying George Allen for comments he may or may not have made from 30 or more years age in high school or college. And, the testimony is pretty flimsy, one or two individuals who may have heard him.  Juxtaposed with written documentation of rather graphic scenes, and not just one, two or three novels, but many over a rather lengthy time frame.

And, here is what has really got my goat:

We have serious issues to solve:
     Islamofascism
     Iraq- beating back terrorists, securing the peace    
     Iran and North Korea- nuclear weapons in the hands of madmen intent on destruction
           both have threatened America, and Iran (Ahminwhackjob) annihilate Israel
     Border Security- illegal immigration and protection from terrorists   
     Education reform, meaningful reforms
     Social Security Reform- yes, privatization or at least partial
     Dependence on Foreign oil, drill in ANWAR and the Gulf, etc.
     And, one of the single most important decisions we face when we vote: JUDGES

Here we are discussing everything but the issues.  Something has to change.  Something has to give.  This is the most disgusting election cycle, on both sides, that I have experienced.  One side doesn't want the issues debated, as they have no real answers other than we are better than the other guys.  And, we are so trapped in the corruption of those around us that we are constantly battling to get above the fray (even that is not eclusively a Republican issue).  The Senate and House have to ethics training.  If I were to pull half the crap in the corporate world I'd get canned immediately.  There is no accountability on either side. 

I don't have an answer, I am just getting tired of it...

Here is an exhaustive (in my mind) voter's guide from the Neophyte Pundit (ed note: note the use of third person,heh):

First, I see this morning a post by Bill Quick at the Daily Pundit that he has voted against the Republicans and has a lengthy List as to why.  As disappointed as I am with the ways in which the Republicans have managed the country, I am eminently convinced that the direction the country will take under Dimocrats is far worse.  Our lives and security depend upon a Republican Congress and Presidency.

Then I read this over at the Washington Times:

Some Republicans aren't sharing the wealth

So, not only have the Republicans lost some voters due to the "punishment rage" but the Republicans that have the ability to  potentially help turn the tide in tight races are equivocating.

Here's my reply:

Good Morning Madame Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Reid.

Good Morning Chairman Rangel, Chairman Dingel...

People, say it ain't so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, can Oprah help propel Barack Obama into the presidency?  Just caught him on FOXNews, and see that he spent an hour on Oprah.

He seems to be a very personable guy, but the only thing that comes to my mind is the politics of "feel good."  He makes us feel good...but what has he done?  What are his accomplishments in the Senate?  Two years as the rising star of the Dimocratic Party, but the only thing I can think of that he has done is author a book...



Hope is back...feel good.  He talks about wanting both sides of the political aisle to tone down the rhetoric and work together.  Great idea, and it seems to be a mantra we've heard before.  A good question to ask Obama, when has he reached out to the other side and accomplished a law that benefited us?

Touring Africa was nice.  Giving people hope is admirable, but it doesn't solve problems.  So, I would think that a 2008 presidential bid is ambitious, winning would be fantastical. 

Again, just so the nutters don't get me wrong, he's a nice guy, just not presidential material, yet.  And, no I am not attacking his patriotism either...

Here is a reason to get out to the voting booth this November:

 

Democrats would reverse Bush's work (Free Sub. Req.)

By Donald Lambro
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
October 19, 2006

The Democrats' election-year agenda, which says what they will do if the voters put them back in charge of Congress, would seek to overturn or change just about everything President Bush and the Republicans have done since 2001.
    Key parts of their agenda call for repealing the bulk of the administration's tax cuts, ending the ban on federal funding for new lines of stem-cell research and limiting some of the investigative, prosecutorial and surveillance methods in the counterterrorism USA Patriot Act. (Emphasis mine)

Say it: Madame Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Reid, Chairman Rangel...

We reap what we sow, if the base doesn't show up and vote, then we will get what we deserve...

Tax cuts, repealed.
PATRIOT ACT, gutted
NSA Surveilance, gone
Impeachment procedures, get ready

Instant raise in the minimum wage, which is a tax raise for everyone, and inflationary, goodbye low interest rates, low unemployment.

Not to mention Iraq...

This is the stuff that drives me absolutely insane.  Jimmy Carter, ignoring history and the actions of the NorK's, blames Bush for the current stand off between NorKo and the world.  His effort to rewrite history just as Bill Clinton does ignores the single most important fact: the blame for the current situation is the NORTH KOREAN government, led by a wee little madman.

Carter even says in his little discussion that the world was on the brink of war in 1994.  If that was so then, was it George W. Bush's fault?  That is ridiculous.

This is what is wrong with the Dimocratic Party, led by "elder statesmen" like Carter and Clinton.  Instead of labeling the NorK's as the problem, the problem is Bush.  NO, NO, NO.  The problem is NORTH KOREA.  the fact that the Chinese won't put more pressure on the NorKs is a problem.  The NorKs having a nuclear weapon will cause the world to be far less safe.  A nuclear weapons race in Asia will spell problems of apic proportions.  Japan, South Korea and Taiwan will want the bomb...

Jimmy Carter needs to place blame squarely where it belongs, and quit pointing the finger at Bush.  He would then to point at himself, Clinton, and a milieu of other world leaders. The Dimocratic party needs to place blame on the NorKs. 

Placing himself at the head of the table, that his deal was sacrosanct is bunch of malarkey, the NorKs began cheating before the ink was dry...they just bought themselves time, just as they are now, just as the Tehran is doing now, too.

I am sure that little Kim sat up after the president's speech and boo hooed htat he was labled in the Axis of Evil.  He may have called Ahminawhackjob and cried on his shoulder, then marched out and decided at that very moment to start his nuclear program, yeah right...

Harry Reid is in trouble...but is it enough to bring him down?

Harry Reid is in Trouble

What is it about liberals caught in a scandal that they are able  hang on so long?  Why does one scandal of sexual impropriety bring down a Mark Foley and raises the political fortunes of another, Gary Studds?  Why is it that one is vilified as a sick, sick man that preyed upon innocent children and the other is held out as a trailblazer for coming out of the closet?

Why is Harry Reid getting a pass in the MSM and the front page of the NYTimes yesterday was about thte scandalous Tony Snow raising money for, oh say it ain't so, Republican candidates?

The Culture of Corruption is a Republican issue even though one of the most egregious acts by a lawmaker was a certain Dimocrat that was caught with $90,000 in his freezer. 

Why is it that myopia has set in about the NorKs?  The 194 Agreed Framework was violated by the NorKs but all we can see is how much of a failure Bush has been in presuading the NorKs to drop their nuclear weapons making?  We seem to have forgotten that Jimmy Carter negotiated a deal by which the NorKs got millions of dollars?  And, why is the MSM not furious at the Chinese for their failure to do more?

And, for that matter, why is so much made of the Clinton economy when today the Dow is ready to break all previous records?  My 401K has soared and I am quite pleased with the performance...but this is the worst economy since Herbert Hoover...

The world is upside down, Gary Studds is a hero and Mark Foley is scum (well, really, Foley is but so was Studds). 

Update: Investors Business Daily has this to say re: Reid:

We never cease to be amazed at the double standard applied to the morals and ethics of Democrats and Republicans in Congress. We've already commented on how Republican Mark Foley was forced to resign for sending lewd e-mails to congressional pages, while Democrat Gerry Studds received mere censure and standing ovations after actually having sex with one, being allowed to serve until he decided to retire.

But the case of Senate Minority Leader Reid is a double standard on steroids. The latest episode is his request to file an "amended" ethics statement after the Associated Press revealed he made $1.1 million on a $400,000 investment on property he hadn't owned for three years; it was the subject of an earlier editorial on these pages.

In a statement issued after the AP story, Reid said: "I directed my staff to file amended financial disclosure forms noting that in 2001 I transferred title to the land to a Limited Liability Corporation."

RealClear Politics has the advantage at more than 12%:
                                                         Lieberman | Lamont

RCP Average

09/21 to 10/10

-

50.8%

38.4%

Lieberman +12.4%

So, the Kossacks have picked another loser: Ned Lamont.  He ran to the center following the primary defeat of Joe Lieberman, much to the chagrin of the nutter Huffers.  Typical primary, candidate runs far, far left of the mainstream, wins, then tacks back to the center.  That is what we can expect of the presidential candidate of 2008 (Hil-Gor-Ker-Edw-).  The Dimocratic nominee can't stand in a national debate and stand closer to Michael Moore/Jimmy Carter Dimocrats than he/she can stand to a Joe Lieberman (Joe Lieberman is no moderate, voting 80% or better for the party line).  If the electorate is 50-50 (which it is not) the average voter will tend to be center-right than he/she does left of center.  I don't believe any Dimocratic nominee can gain momentum to garner more than 50% of the vote.  The best showing for a Dimocrat for president will always be less than 49%, therefore their only hope is that McCain goes RINO AWOL and is a maverick 3rd party candidate, ala Perot...
I am happy to see DailyKos-sacks endorse any candidate, it outright labels that candidate not just liberal, but LIBERAL.  Notice those who stood with Ned Lamont: Kennedy, Weasley Clark, Chris Dodd, John 'Silky Pony' Edwards, at the Yearly Kos event in Las Vegas...

I personally can't wait to see the 2008 campaign.  I am more excited about that than I am for this election.  If the Republicans lose either House or both, then they have done it to themselves.  The losses certainly aren't due to any grand design that the Dimocrats have.  The Dimocrats have no real plan, other than Bush lied, Bush is wrong, yada, yada, yada.  The 2008 election will be about the Clash of Civilization that is brewing, without Bush-Cheney to blame for the world's ailments or that they stole the election.  Who will position themselves to protect the American way of life without wavering?  Who will continue the NSA program, the PATRIOT Act, the SWIFT program of financial tracking?  Who will prosecute the war against Islamo-fascism?  Al Gore who believes the greatest threat to mankind is Global Warming?    John Kerry who wants the French to take over America's diplomatic corps?  Hillary Clinton and a return to Clinton era law enforcement tactics?  Do we really want Nancy Pelosi a heart beat away from the presidency?  Or Harry Reid (well, I want him in charge of my Real Estate portfolio)...Wes Clark as the Secretary of State?  Bill Clinton as our Ambassador to the United Nations, maybe even Secretary General...who will become the Republican dummy with Bush Co. gone?  History will judge President Bush as a great leader, one closer to President Reagan, who virtually every Dimocrat called a dunce, too.  Jimmy Carter will be the epitome of a failed president and Clinton will forever be fighting to change history's perception of an impreached liar who was asleep at the wheel (or preoccupied with cigars and phone trysts than with protecting the homeland).

When the conventional wisdom is so heavily against the Republicans, the MSM has written the election off, what will the Dimocrats do if they pick up neither House?  Will we actually see governance?  Or will we see more obstructionism?  As we have seen, the Culture of Corruption is not just a Republican matter, Harry Reid's feet are being held to the fire now.  Neither party has cornered the market on sexual deviancy as the Foley matter has proven. 

We have a war being waged, and men and women dying everyday, and we as a  nation are not taking the world very seriously.  When North Korea tests a nuclear weapon and all we hear within the first 5 minutes is that Bush failed, Bush ignored, Bush lied, we are in a very dangerous place.  We need to rally as a nation before a nuclear weapon is used in NY city during the World Series...When Israel is attacked by an Iranian nuclear bomb that flows through Syria into Lebanon via Hezbollah, then we as a nation have failed.  Not Republicans, not Democrats...we will have failed as a nation to prevent what was ultimately preventable while squabbling over who is/was at fault.

Air Amerika...bankrupt, that has a nice ring to it.  Well, if the station had a true calling, a true reason for existing they never found it.  The concept lasted longer than I figured, but it couldn't outlast the man it tried so vociferously to take take down: Bush...

You see, the audience it had to promote it's hate Bush rhetoric wasn't enough to keep it viable.  The revenues just didn't flow.  Hmmm...all day hate Bush...advertiser were loathe to buy ad time.

Battery low, more later

First, Foleygate is no longer on the front page.  The Little NorKo MadMan blew that off page A1 of the NYTimes frontpage on Monday am.  The tragedy in New York with visions of 9/11 helped keep Foleygate relegated to page A9 (or thereabouts).  And now on Thursday the stench of the Culture of Corruption erupted in the form of a land deal secured by none other the Harry Reid.

Oh poor Harry Reid, forgot to report the $1.1 million deal, land he hadn't personally owned for at least 3 years.  Ooops.  But, hey what is really important is the scandalous emails that a Congressman had with a page, a page that wasn't even underage...sexual relations between consenting adults, we were told by Clintonistas, is a personal matter, unless you're a gay Republican.  Oh, and real estate deals that stink to high heaven are offenses to bring down a Congressman (sorry, Duke), well, when he is a Republican.   When you are the highest ranking Dimocratic Senator from Nevada, well, it's a normal business practice.  Hugh Hewitt is all over it, and looking for recruits to do some financial forensics...

Front page of the NYTimes, nothing about Foley or Reid for that matter.  The Culture of Corruption is not just a Republican matter, it is unfortunately, a political matter.  Absolute power corrupts absolutely.  Gonna bite the Dims in the arse...

No Foley on the Bostn Globe front page today either...nope not even the Washington Post.

Not a good week for Dimocrats.  They couldn't stick to the real issues at hand.

~NorK Going Nuclear- the ramifications are deadly serious, and the response: Bush screwed up

Korean test seen as only partial blast

By Bill Gertz

Four days after North Korea tried to set off its first nuclear bomb, U.S. intelligence agencies think the blast detected by seismic sensors was a plutonium-fueled device that did not fully explode

~Terrorist Plotter "Guilty"-

Man pleads guilty in U.S. bomb plot

By Jill Lawless

A British man identified by U.S. officials as a senior al Qaeda figure pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to murder in a plot to bomb high-profile targets in the United States including the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington and the New York Stock Exchange.

~Tax Cuts Work

GOP focuses on taxes again

By Ralph Z. Hallow

President Bush and Republican Senate and House candidates are talking more about taxes in speeches, debates and TV spots after polls showed it is the Republican Party's best issue in a tough midterm election season.

~Stock Markets are Setting Records:

The Dow industrials jumped 95.57 points, or 0.8%, to 11947.70 and crossed 11900 for the first time as investors weighed the beige-book report and solid earnings from Costco and Yum Brands. The Nasdaq surged 1.6%.  12:00 a.m.

~Oil Prices Continue Downward SLide:

Gasoline Prices Continue Slide

From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Pump prices continued to fall in California and the rest of the nation, a government energy forecasting agency said Tuesday, as oil prices sank to their lowest level in nearly eight months amid doubts that OPEC was on the verge of slashing its output.

Oh, those issues are losers for Dimocrats because they are on the wrong side of history...