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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003It seems that we keep saying, “The Democrats have hit a new low,” all too often in recent years. It never ceases to amaze me how their actions constantly reflect how determined they are to enforce their radical ideology on mainstream America.
Justice Janice Rogers Brown of the California Supreme Court should be confirmed. End of story. She’s intelligent. She’s extremely qualified.
She’s also black. She’s a conservative. A black conservative woman has the DemoKKKrats sweating, because the idea of her being confirmed to the federal Court of Appeals, considered to be a stepping stone to the Supreme Court, doesn’t mesh with their big plan to legislate their agenda from the bench with far left-wing judges.
Now, Janice Rogers Brown is the target of a lynch mob by the DemoKKKrats. A lynch mob sure to make Senator Robert Byrd feel like he’s back in the old days when his sheets were still white.
Janice Rogers Brown has more in common with the mainstream than any DemoKKKrat who’s fighting to tighten the noose around her neck.
What makes her so dangerous to left-wing ideologues? She voted to uphold Proposition 209. 4.5 million Californians voted to ban racial quotas, and she voted to uphold the will of the voters.
Why are the DemoKKKrats filibustering her? Because she voted to uphold the will of the majority of the voters, not the liberals who wanted the state Supreme Court to overrule them.
The DemoKKKrats will do anything, even subvert democracy, to push their agenda on the American people.
When the will of the voters is not the will of the DemoKKKrats, the DemoKKKrats run to the courts, hoping to find a bench saturated in liberal judges to tell the voters what they want.
How do the DemoKKKrats accomplish this? The call nominees like Janice Rogers Brown an “extremist” or an “activist” to instill fear into the unquestioning public, and to give the media a headline.
Janice Rogers Brown, who grew up in the segregated South, excelled academically, and made something of her life despite her lack of privilege.
The black community should be praising her accomplishments, and be supporting her 100%.
But that’s not what’s happening. The National Association for the Advancement of Color People (NAACP) and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) have joined in the on the lynching. Two organizations that should be behind a qualified black woman have turn their heads and unleashed their claws against her, solely because she is conservative, and amongst other things, is pro-life and against racial quotas.
Are black conservatives to be separated from the courts, but equal everywhere else? Are blacks to be equal in the workforce, but not on the bench? Are blacks to be equal in education, but not in the judiciary?
The DemoKKKrats have thrown a burning cross into the judicial nomination process. Should this continue, only the charred remains of democracy will be left.
Bush Did The Right Thing
Saturday, October 4th, 2003It is completely outrageous the way the media has handled the story of David Kay’s congressional testimony. I remember walking into the Starbucks the morning after, and seeing headlines like “No WMD in Iraq” on the papers in the stands. This sounded bad initially - as it would to anyone who skims headlines and doesn’t follow up with reading the full text of the story, or even checking out other sources.
When papers such as the Boston Globe or The New York Times run headlines like this, it empowers the naysayers into believing they were right from the get-go. To them, the headline that reaffirms their initial assumptions is good enough. The headline, however, was not enough to satisfy, and after reaching my office that morning, I looked online for more information since I had arrived early.
It wasn’t long before located a story painting a very different picture than the Times and the Globe had implied with their headlines. It was obvious to me what was going on. Anyone who took the time to delve further into this story would discover the same thing I had. However, knowing the determination of the Left to discredit Bush over anything, I knew it would take a bit more than cross checking a headline to a different story to satisfy the anti-Bush ideologues.
So, I had to read a transcript of Kay’s testimony myself. To prove to those who seem hell-bent on attacking me and discrediting my positions on any given issue, I’ve personally gone through the entire testimony and highlighted portions that I find extremely relevant and that show unequivocally that President George W. Bush was right to topple Saddam’s regime.
Howard Dean Against America
Saturday, September 27th, 2003Howard Dean was in Boston this week - my city. Preaching his political hate speech to his left wing choir, the former governor of Vermont and abortionist for Planned Parenthood stood in Copley Square blaspheming local history and attacking our Commander-In-Chief, George W. Bush. Fallaciously using references to “patriots” and the Sons of Liberty, Dean mistakenly paralleled his crusade for the White House to the American Revolution.
Dean’s vile and calculated choice of metaphors spoke of the Boston Tea Party, recalling the actions of the Sons of Liberty, who “boarded three ships in Boston Harbor to protest a government more concerned with moneyed interests than its own people.”
Dean has set the stage for his own Liberal Theatre. His choice of words here indicates the direction he is going. This is revisionist history in the making.
He called the Boston Tea Party a “grassroots campaign” - a description often attached to his own quest for the presidency. Here, he is telling his audience “You are my Sons of Liberty - my campaign is the Boston Tea Party.” In Dean’s sick mind, he believes his campaign is going to set this country “on the path to freedom and democracy.”
As usual, Dean, avoiding discussing the issues, focuses directly on making an attack on George W. Bush in the flow of his fairy tale, “a King named George — who had forgotten his own people in favor of special interests — was replaced by a government of, by and for the people.” This is just sad. It’s no mistake that he refers to “a King named George” - it is one of those fortunate coincidences for Dean to make his story have just a smidgen more impact.
But what Dean doesn’t realize (or is just deliberately trying to distort) is that the Sons of Liberty were protesting taxes on tea. The Sons of Liberty today are not the people rallying behind Dean in Copley Square - not even close. Howard Dean’s “Sons of Liberty” are rallying behind a man who stands for higher taxes and big government - the exact opposite ideals of the Sons of Liberty of the American Revolution.
Howard Dean, while governor of Vermont, taxed his constituency far greater than King George III taxed the colonists. The Boston Tea Party was not about “special interests,” it was about taxes. High taxes. Howard Dean has taken history and revised it to suit his political agenda.
Unplanned Parenthood … Unplanned Death
Saturday, September 20th, 2003Former Vermont Governor, and Democratic candidate for President, Howard Dean has said he would veto any parental notification law as President.
Howard Dean, once involved with Planned Parenthood, would rather lead this country down a path where little girls can get abortions � a serious procedure no matter how you feel about the issue � and leave their parents, the people legally and morally responsible for their child, in the dark.
This is an attack on parenthood itself. This is not a pro-life or pro-abortion issue. This is about the welfare of young girls… children. It�s about life and death.
Howard Dean, the left wing, pro-abortion ideologue may as well be working at McDonald�s asking �Would you like an abortion with that?� when a young girl orders a Happy Meal.
A Test of Our Own
Thursday, September 11th, 2003The following post is an editorial I wrote for my school paper, The Informer, after September 11, 2001. Before I write a reflection on these past two years, I thought it would be appropriate to look at my words from two years ago, to see just how much (or how little) things have changed. I shall post my thoughts on the two-year anniversary of 9-11 in the next couple days.
A Test of our Own
Matt Margolis
Informer Columnist
8:45 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, Tuesday, September 11, I was asleep. Eighteen minutes later, I was still asleep, unaware of what was taking place a couple hundred miles away. 9:30 a.m., President George W. Bush declared: “We have had a national tragedy. Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country.”
I have never been to the World Trade Center. I almost visited it this past summer. I saw the towers from the Brooklyn Bridge, and that was as close as I ever got to it. The two buildings meant very little to me before that Tuesday morning when one of my roommates woke me up shouting “The World Trade Center just collapsed!” I got to the TV shortly before the second tower collapsed, it was a moment that I feel will stick with me for the rest of my life. My roommates and I gathered in front of the TV, and watched on.
1:04 p.m., Bush vows to hunt down and punish those responsible for the attacks… “Make no mistake: The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts.” We heard what we had been waiting to hear: the leadership we had hoped for. We watched on.
1:27 p.m., A state of emergency is declared by Washington. By now, all the images of World Trade Center collapsing and the Pentagon attack are burned into our memories. Who knew what was going to happen next? Was another target going to be hit? There were no answers. We barely knew what all the questions were.
I have been thinking about the words of our President, George W. Bush, “The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake: We will show the world that we will pass this test.” These words reinforced my confidence in Bush’s leadership.
7:00 p.m. I was one of about two thousand students who assembled at the Sports Center. I wanted to see how my fellow students reacted to the day’s events. I did not come for answers, or for comfort. I came to see how my community here was going to bond. The vigil that was held was only the beginning of a new kind of unity on this campus. Sometimes it takes a tragedy to bring us together. However, it takes a lot more for us to remain united.
8:30 p.m., Bush spoke again: “Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature. And we responded with the best of America.” I have seen people on TV, tirelessly working to save lives at the site of the tragedy. Here, I have seen students expressing their concerns, comforting others, and wanting to donate blood. I hope we are responding with the best of the University of Hartford.
I said last week in my editorial that I felt good about this upcoming year. I wrote and submitted that editorial the day before the attacks. Yet, I still feel the same way, even with the events of last week, because I see an opportunity. I see the opportunity for this campus to come together. That is how the University of Hartford is being tested.
Will we learn from this experience that we all can be one community instead of a bunch of cliques? I think if there is ever a time for us to unite, now is the time. I do not mean the kind of spirit that occurs at a sports game on campus, when crowds of students cheer on our teams. I am referring to a unity of a higher, deeper, and more genuine kind. I hope our University will pass this test, because what happened September 11, 2001 is only the beginning. We need to stand together for everything that follows.
We need to stand behind our President and our government. Our country will fight back, and we will win. We are all victims of this act of war. We will all remember this for the rest of our lives. When we look back on this in future years, we will remember that when this happened we were students at the University of Hartford. That is why our actions here, from 8:45 a.m. last Tuesday through the rest of this school year are so important. That is why we are being tested.
One of the most incredible moments I can remember from the past week and half was during President Bush’s visit to the rubble where the World Trade Center towers once stood. He spoke to a crowd of people with a bullhorn; someone shouted that he could not hear him, to which the President replied “I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon…” The crowd cheered and began chanting “USA! USA! USA! USA…”
My roommates and I cheered. That was an incredible scene. I believe all of us watching were surged with a new sense of patriotism for our country from watching that.
In the course of a few days, a country that seemed generally indifferent to each other and to the nation became unified and patriotic. American flag sales have jumped beyond expectation and supply. We have not yet begun a war, but we have already won the hardest battle. We must continue to show the world what it means to be an American.
1:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, Monday, September 17, 2001, I submitted this editorial… a little wiser and a lot more patriotic then I was just a week earlier.
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Originally published September 20, 2001
Freedom’s Cause
Sunday, September 7th, 2003President Bush spoke to our country tonight. Recalling the beginning of the War on Terror, nearly two ago, Bush said, “These months have been a time of new responsibilities, and sacrifice, and national resolve and great progress.”
From Afghanistan to Iraq, we continue this lengthy war. As Bush laid out the details of our progress, you couldn’t help but think, “We’ve accomplished so much.”
As great as our accomplishments have been thus far; we still have work to do. The main front of the War on Terror is now in Iraq, but progress is being made all over. In Afghanistan, Bush told us “nearly two-thirds of al Qaeda’s known leaders have been captured or killed,” and “We have exposed terrorist front groups, seized terrorist accounts, taken new measures to protect our homeland, and uncovered sleeper cells inside the United States.”
Progress occurs in Iraq as well. When the United States chose to enforce the demands of the United Nations Security Council, we launched “one of the swiftest and most humane military campaigns in history.” A nation is free, and we’re even safer from terrorism today, thanks to the steadfastness of George W. Bush.
Bush said that “The Middle East will either become a place of progress and peace, or it will be an exporter of violence and terror that takes more lives in America and in other free nations.” Bush understands that the presence of a stable democracy in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, weakens the core of international terrorism. “Everywhere that freedom takes hold,” Bush said, “terror will retreat.”
This is why we’ve seen a desperate, but organized few, attempting to hijack the progress made in Iraq. While media reports would make us believe the attacks we’ve endure have been all over, Bush explained they’ve been focused mainly in one area of the country, “between Baghdad and Tikrit — Saddam Hussein’s former stronghold.” The north and south regions are generally stable, and continue progressing with reconstruction and self-government.
Separating the hawks and the doves, Bush clearly stated the difference between himself and the Democratic presidential candidates who want us to run away from Iraq, “The terrorists have a strategic goal. They want us to leave Iraq before our work is done… In the past, the terrorists have cited the examples of Beirut and Somalia, claiming that if you inflict harm on Americans, we will run from a challenge. In this, they are mistaken.”
Bill Clinton ran from these challenges. His presidency will forever be stained with his poor decisions of inaction against terrorism, and dovish responses to attacks against our country. Clinton looked the other way at the sight of terrorism. George W. Bush has stared terrorism straight in the eye, demonstrating his resolve, and the threat of terrorism against us has diminished - not obliterated yet, but weakened. We have achieved great progress in making our country more secure.
Bush then laid out the three objectives of our strategy in Iraq: (1) destroying the terrorists, (2) enlisting the support of other nations for a free Iraq and (3) helping Iraqis assume responsibility for their own defense and their own future.
(1) Bush gave us some details on how we are combating terrorism in Iraq…from precise strikes against enemy targets, to a series of raids. To date, we’ve captured or killed 42 of the 55 most wanted former Iraqi leaders…” We are sending a clear message,” Bush said, “anyone who seeks to harm our soldiers can know that our soldiers are hunting for them.”
(2) Bush assured us that we had an appropriate number of troops in Iraq to complete our mission. A multilateral force currently occupies Iraqi, “over 20,000 service members from 29 other countries” join our troops in Iraq, helping to stabilize the formerly oppressed country. “Members of the United Nations now have an opportunity — and the responsibility — to assume a broader role in assuring that Iraq becomes a free and democratic nation.”
(3) Bush told us of the progress being made in getting the Iraqi people ready to run the country on their own. “Our coalition came to Iraq as liberators and we will depart as liberator,” Bush assured. “Iraq is ready to take the next steps toward self-government. The Security Council resolution we introduce will encourage Iraq’s Governing Council to submit a plan and a timetable for the drafting of a constitution and for free elections.”
This is impressive progress. To solidify our commitment to continuing this progress, Bush said he would soon submit to Congress a request for $87 billion. Other countries who stand to benefit from the reconstruction of Afghanistan and Iraq will be expected to contribute to this effort financially as well.
Times will be forever different. Bush noted, “there will be no going back to the era before September the 11th, 2001 — to false comfort in a dangerous world.” However, while many out there may hate us, they’ll be less prone to attack us like they did two years ago. “We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength; they are invited by the perception of weakness,” Bush said, “and the surest way to avoid attacks on our own people is to engage the enemy where he lives and plans. We are fighting that enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan today so that we do not meet him again on our own streets, in our own cities.”
This is going to be our policy on terrorism as long as George W. Bush is our Commander-In-Chief. Former President Bill Clinton’s policy on terrorism proved devastating for America. The line that resonates the most with me was when Bush said “terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength; they are invited by the perception of weakness.”
Bush was absolutely correct. From the beginning of Clinton’s presidency, attacks against our country we not avenged. The Americans who lost their lives as a result of terrorism during the Clinton Administration did not have their deaths avenged until George W. Bush waged the War on Terrorism. We’ve won many battles since then, but the war still goes on. President Bush will seek victory to the end.
Before ending his speech, Bush paid homage to our Armed Forces and our intelligence services. Those who have fallen will always be remembered – those who continue fighting, we pray for. We are grateful for the job continued by them, and for the sacrifice made by many who won’t get to see the results of their efforts.
“We are serving in freedom’s cause,” Bush said, “and that is the cause of all mankind.”
The Real Dangerous Extremists: Liberals, Leftists, and Democrats
Saturday, August 30th, 2003Does anyone really believe that the Democrats are really friends of minorities anymore? While African-Americans and other minorities overwhelming support the Democratic ticket, the party they champion continually seeks to bring them down.
Liberals want to have nothing to do with equality. They don’t care about equal rights. Ideology is the only fuel to their activism. Power is the only motivation for their efforts. Deceit is their method to obtain the power the need to force upon America their dangerous ideology.
Minorities who find success without the liberal “civil rights” movement attached at their hips expose this shocking reality: minorities don’t need the Democrats.
The Democrats’ Vision: Blinded by Their Hate of The Right
Sunday, July 27th, 2003The Democrats have no chance to win elections if they continue the route they’ve been going on since 2000. When the country accepted George W. Bush’s victory, the hard left-wingers of the party chose not to move forward, but to stay in the past. They’ve kept their vision in a standstill. They have not progressed into the present. The county continues to become disengaged from the party because they have no clear agenda anymore. Not to mention the fact the ideal they occasionally pretend to be concerned about are no longer mainstream.
Like it or not, if the Democrats spent less time attacking George W. Bush and more time being concerned with America, then they wouldn’t be in the position they are in today.
Terry McAuliffe, Idiot-In-Chief of the Democratic Party, said earlier this month:
“Our challenge is to make the DNC a more streamlined, leaner, more efficient institution that is maniacally focused on beating George Bush and taking back the White House, and everything we do here between now and Election Day has got to somehow meet that goal.”
This is their goal. Not health care, not Social Security, not abortion rights, gay rights, affirmative action, welfare, etc. etc. etc.
They are “maniacally focused on beating George W. Bush. That’s it. It’s about you. It’s not about America. It’s about them. It’s about power. It’s about control. It’s about them versus us. It’s about winning. They care more about that than about what’s good for America.
As I discussed in my blog entry “The Futility of Debating With Liberals” Gillespie similarly noted that Democrats “serve up raw emotion” rather than solutions. Gillespie pointed out ,”that emotion is anger.”
“Their overheated rhetoric toward the president, bandying about words like ‘lying,’ ‘madman’ and yes, ‘impeachment,’ is designed to distract from the central fact that their policies would not make us safer in the world, and President Bush’s do,” Gillespie said.
Gillespie has it right on. Democrats are throwing out clichés and catch phrases to try and stick them to the voters – distracting them from the ultimate truth that liberal policies don’t work, and America is shifting to the Right.
Predicting that prescription drugs for seniors would be a key issue for the 2004 election, Gillespie has set the tone for how this will be dealt with.
“When it comes to providing a prescription drug benefit for America’s seniors, the days of playing politics are over,” Gillespie said. “And Democrats chose to run on the problem rather than fix it one too many times.”
It sounds like he’s reading right from the Democrats’ Political Strategy Handbook.
While George W. Bush has been addressing the issues as President (and actually trying to do something about them) the Democrats have been addressing him. They advocate nothing and no one but themselves.
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