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Sunday, November 21st, 2004I have to admit, this is even more amusing than I originally expected…
Lieberman for Secretary of Homeland Security?
Sunday, November 21st, 2004It’s a scenario that runs from Washington, D.C., to Danbury City Hall. From the Department of Homeland Security to the Connecticut state Senate.
It has local Republicans buzzing, e-mails flying and lukewarm denials rolling off the tongues of intrigued politicians.
And it’s too good not to share.
It goes something like this:
Connecticut Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, a Democrat, could be named secretary of the Department of the Homeland Security, a department he helped to create.
We can write off the idea as merely political gossip, but the idea is still worthy of discussion. There would be many pros and cons to Lieberman taking that post. Whether the pros outweigh the cons, I’m not sure. Some advantages are obvious. Bush would appear to be “reaching across the aisle” – but Democrats have virtually written off Lieberman anyway, since he supported the war in Iraq. Yet, Lieberman heading Homeland Security would put the Democratic party in a position to artificially place their fingerprints on homeland security successes, and just as easily wipe them off at homeland security failures. With Republicans having an advantage on issues like homeland security and terrorism, is giving Democrats an opportunity to adopt this issue as their own a risk worth taking?
An immediate opportunity this hypothetical appointment offers is the vacancy of Lieberman’s seat in the Senate. Whether or not a Republican is electable in Connecticut to the US Senate is questionable… while the state has elected Republican governors in the past, with the scandal that erupted that surrounded Republican Governor John Rowland’s causing him to resign, Connecticut voters might be less likely to vote for a Republican to fill the vacancy left by Lieberman.
That being said, my instinct still tells me this is merely a rumor and nothing more.
Sweet
Sunday, November 21st, 2004Patrick Ruffini reports that Bush received over 61 million votes in the election…
Bush is The Man
Sunday, November 21st, 2004Bush had to settle a little confrontation today down in Chile:
President Bush stepped into the middle of a confrontation and pulled his lead Secret Service agent away from Chilean security officials who barred his bodyguards from entering an elegant dinner for 21 world leaders Saturday night.
Several Chilean and American agents got into a pushing and shoving match outside the cultural center where the dinner was held. The incident happened after Bush and his wife, Laura, had just posed for pictures on a red carpet with the host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and his wife, Luisa Duran.
As Bush stepped inside, Chilean agents closed ranks at the door, blocking the president’s agents from following. Stopping for more pictures, Bush noticed the fracas and turned back. He reached through the dispute and pulled his agent from the scrum and into the building.
And of course, we love it at Blogs For Bush too…
UPDATE: Wizbang has a list of what other presidents would have done.
Out of Power, Democrats Desire “Bipartisanship”
Saturday, November 20th, 2004The Democratic Party, which wouldn’t know the real meaning of bipartisanship if it stared them in the face, are certainly bringing it up a lot now that they have suffered devastating loses in past elections.
Rallying a party stung by presidential and congressional losses, the incoming Senate Democratic leader reminded fellow lawmakers on Saturday of their shared commitment to help the nation.
In his party’s weekly radio address, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid struck a positive message of bipartisanship and determination.
“Americans are counting on their elected officials to be there for them, to pursue policies that will make it a little easier for them to realize their dreams,” he said.
Elevated to minority leader earlier this week, Reid succeeds South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle, who lost his re-election bid on Nov. 2. Senate Democrats head into the new Congress with fewer seats - 44 - than at any time since the Great Depression.
If we learned anything from Bush’s first term, it is that Democrats talk “bipartisanship” but don’t walk it. Let’s stop pretending that Democrats really have the interests of America at heart. They are out of power - probably for many years to come, and their current “desire” for bipartisanship only exists as a desperate attempt to claim genuine interest in “working together” so they can accuse President Bush of failing to reach out to the minority party later on.
If the Democrats were in power today, you wouldn’t see them talking about bipartisanship, or even acting in a bipartisan way. They would be governing as if they had a mandate.
Bush is going to get things done for the good of the country. He’ll do that with or without the “help” of Democrats.
Kerry: The American People Were Scared Into Voting For Bush
Friday, November 19th, 2004Well, that’s his excuse today…
John Kerry believes he lost to President Bush because of the video from Usama bin Laden (search) that surfaced just days before the Nov. 2 presidential election.
The Massachusetts senator told FOX News’ senior correspondent Geraldo Rivera that he believes he lost because the tape may have scared the American electorate.
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“Tough luck, senator,” Rivera said to Kerry, referring to the Democrat’s election loss.Trying to recount Kerry’s words verbatim, Rivera said Kerry responded by saying:
“It was that Usama tape — it scared them [the American people].”
Amazing isn’t it? There’s always an excuse, a reason, or some explanation for his loss that distances himself from responsibility for his defeat. The most interesting thing this reveals is that in order to make this excuse Kerry has to concede that on issues of national security, he was the weaker candidate.
Did the Kerry camp fail to respond to the tape effectively? They certainly did try to take advantage of it. No one can forget that the Kerry campaign took a poll on the tape, and it certainly gave Kerry the opportunity to rehash the debunked accusation that Bush “let bin Laden get away” in Tora Bora.
For Kerry to suggest that Americans were scared into voting for Bush is essentially saying that Bush not only got lucky, but that people weren’t thinking straight when they voted for him.
It is time for Kerry to be honest… not just with himself, but with everyone. The American people trust Bush more to handle issues like national security and terrorism because he is a proven leader and has decisive leadership.
John Kerry is just an embarrassment.
UPDATE: David Limbaugh also notes the story…
Racism Against Black Conservatives Is OK?
Friday, November 19th, 2004A radio talk show host drew criticism Thursday after calling Condoleezza Rice an “Aunt Jemima” and saying she isn’t competent to be secretary of state.
John Sylvester, the program director and morning personality on WTDY-AM in Madison, said in a phone interview Thursday that he used the term on Wednesday’s show to describe Rice and other blacks as having only a subservient role in the Bush administration.
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Sylvester, who is white, also referred to Powell as an “Uncle Tom” — a contemptuous term for a black whose behavior toward whites is regarded as fawning or servile.
Sylvester says of Condi, “they’re using her for an illusion of inclusion.”
Miraculously, local political leadership actually spoke out condemning the remarks - sort of.
Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz called the remarks “racially insensitive,” while Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., said in a statement he joined “all Wisconsinites in rejecting” the statements.
Linda Hoskins of the NAACP’s Madison branch said she could not comment on Sylvester’s remarks until she had heard them in their entirety.
Sylvester defended himself by claiming he has “a long history of commitment to civil rights and has supported Madison’s black community.”
Who are the real racists here? Democrats find it generally okay to use racially motivated criticisms against black conservatives, but went into a frenzy when Trent Lott tried to honor his friend Strom Thurmond. Former Klansman Senator Robert Byrd also got a virtual pass for publicly-made racist statements.
For someone like John Sylvester to say Condi’s place in the Cabinet is “an illusion of inclusion,” shows at attitude that is by no means restricted to him. To him and other Democrats, Republicans cannot genuinely support anyone who African American or another minority without there being some ulterior motive to be artificially diverse.
All the while the Democratic Party has been taking the black vote for granted for years now. Then even went so far in this election to make claims of racially motivated voter suppression in order to scare black voters into supporting their party.
If Democrats genuinely think that conservative blacks are betraying their race, or that the Republican Party cannot genuine support black candidates and leadership, then the Democratic Party thinks that African Americans are pawns of their party.
Whatchoo Talkin’ ‘Bout Willis?
Friday, November 19th, 2004Lefty blogger Oliver Willis has been entertaining himself creating euphemistic “posters” for the Democratic Party. (See here and here.)
I felt this gave me an opportunity to amuse not only myself, but to my readers here. So, for your enjoyment I’ll post a few of my own Democratic Party posters:
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