October 2006

The New York Slimes has decided not to endorse any Republicans for the first time in over 30 years. I was shocked to learn they ever had!

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Whether or not he ends up victorious, it is possible that the candidacy of Lt. Governor Michael Steele for the U.S. Senate may end up marking the beginning of a political shift in this country. Today, six prominent Maryland African American democrats endorsed Michael Steele for the U.S. Senate, stating that the Democratic party was [...]

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In spite of all the negative press regarding the Republican’s prospects in November, one man remains optimistic. Karl Rove, in an interview on NPR’s All Things Considered states that according to his own internal polls, the Republicans will keep a majority of both houses of Congress. Among the more colorful exchanges:
SIEGEL: We are in the [...]

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Speaking in his first official campaign appearance of 2006, President Bush revived the old “Just say no!” chant in reference to voting Democratic this year. He got the crowd involved chanting and calling back with verve. Hopefully the base will be more energized as shades of Ronald the Great are entering this campaign.

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Count Michael Jackson and R. Kelly in as Hannity listeners today.

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Licking his wounds from a debate the night before, Maryland Democrat Senate candidate Ben Cardin ducked a debate against Republican Mike Steele which was to have been hosted by the NAALCP. This act of cowardice may give Steele the boost he needs to put him over the top.
Polls in Maryland have consistently shown a lack [...]

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Tonight, Senator George Allen’s campaign issued a press release exposing Jim Webb’s sexually explicit writings. This race was over before the bombshell, but now it’s really over. The trouble for Mr. Webb lies not only in the sexually explicit nature of his writings, but also in the fact that some of the sexually graphic excerpts [...]

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I’d like to recommend Jerry Agar’s radio show on WABC in New York City. He is a relatively new addition to the WABC lineup, broadcasting in the 8 PM timeslot. He replaced Laura Ingraham who was bumped to 10 PM. (dumb move WABC). Despite bumping Ingraham, Agar is worth a listen.
I especially appreciate Agar because [...]

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Rush Limbaugh just extended an olive branch to Tom Kean Jr. by endorsing him in his bid for the Senate. According to Rush, NJ voters should vote for Kean because “We need another Lincoln Chafee.” Heh.
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Last night, I listened to Mark Levin on WABC. Responding to a press release for Republican Senate candidate Tom Kean Jr. slandering Rush Limbaugh, Levin stated that he couldn’t vote for Kean. What followed was call after call from conservatives who intend, among other things, to stay home, write in Santorum (my favorite response), or [...]

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Predictions are a difficult business. This is especially true in politics. This is especially true when it comes to the House of Representatives. This is especially true in a year when you have an avalanche of Democrat-oversampled media push polls designed to depress conservative turnout.
I’ve been told many times that I have a pretty good [...]

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Angela Merkel’s government has decided that needs a military of theater/global caliber to be able to join international peace-keeping and stabilization forces in conflicts around the world. It’s about time another member of Old Europe step up besides the Brits!

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Here’s what Barrons has to say about the election in 15 days: watch out Dems, the Republicans could keep Congress if history repeats itself. Not looking a polls of “adults” that oversample Democrats and libs, Barrons looked at the connection between raising money and victory. Since 1972, 93% of House candidates that raise more money [...]

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Just like President Bush, I can see a number of really bad things happening in Iraq if we leave too early or bend to election year political pressure at the expense of national security. Adjusting tactics is just smart if they don’t happen to be working, but that doesn’t mean “redeploying” to Okinawa, handing Southern [...]

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 12,000 today for the first time ever, making today’s close an all-time record. Generally, the DJIA is a stock market that throughout the entire Twentieth Century (especially the 1990s) was a barometer for economic health. Having hit a new high, this may be a good thing.
But, it’s election [...]

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…Watching the UN fail again on North Korea. A pundit on one of the talking head shows the other day said that this diplomatic mess with Iran and North Korea is the failure of the “multilateralism” of Bush’s second term. When we were “unilateral” (a term I can’t stand with 30+ nations having aided something [...]

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Well, here is some optimism about the 2006 election:
Here. Election Projection says its all about turnout.
Here. Hannity talks about Air America.
Here. Rush gets mad at insiders not doing enough, but is optimistic nonetheless.
Here. “The Architect” himself is upbeat about GOP prospects.
I agree that turnout will be the key to victory. Let’s not forget that in [...]

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Brigitte Gabriel has an amazingly sad story that she shares with us in her book “Because They Hate.” The link is an excerpt of a speech she gave in February on the nature of our enemy from someone who lived in Lebanon where she and her family were repeatedly attacked because they were Christian. She [...]

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Adam Gadahn, formerly of the OC, is an American actively recruiting for al Qaeda in foreign lands as “Azzam the American.” So, a federal grand-jury moved forward in charging Gadahn with this thing called “treason.” He has left California and has become an al Qaeda hero for being an American AND for his justification for [...]

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Intelligent design was smacked down again, this time in Michigan. Of course, the article misrepresents Michael J. Behe, Larry Witham and William A. Dembski’s idea that Darwin’s concept of natural selection has serious intellectual and observable, logical scientific fallacies. Behe does not overtly support God as the reason for everything, but he does note, as [...]

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File this one under “anything else,” but apparently there is a child in this world whose name is literally ESPN Montana (after Joe) Real. Supremely ardent Red-America football fans or free-wheeling granola-suckin’ weirdos ready to potentially damn their child to eternal freakdom? Either way, it brings me back to something my 11th Grade English teacher [...]

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On the Mark Foley scandal: Matt Drudge has all sort of headlines today that you’re not hearing ANYWHERE else. I feel silly saying this again and again before a “however,” but Mark Foley did resign in disgrace, even his own conscience tells him he did something wrong, and prosecutions may/should still be coming.
However, Drudge has [...]

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The NSA’s warrantless surveillance program was allowed to continue today by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. Among the reasons cited in this article was that the program’s continuation during the appeals process was in the “public interest.” I think that speaks for itself–if the program had real and serious constitutional issues, then why allow [...]

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Yet another judicial activism from a Liberal judge in the State of MA. This time, a Massachusetts state judge is interpreting Rhode Island law. A Suffolk County Superior Court judge ruled that RI same-sex couples could have marriages performed in MA, because RI law does not expressly prohibit Same-sex marriage. This opens a flood of [...]

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Representative Mark Foley should go to jail no matter how much “rehab” he gets if the allegations are true. Recitivism for these kinds of crimes is ridiculously high and the only hope for our youth is to lock up these predators. Unfortunately, this is not the first time that Congress has had to deal with [...]

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A recent online Time article states that essentially, top-level Republicans are not as panicked about the upcoming Midterm elections as conventional wisdom or the MSM would like you to believe. They cite the huge money flow into local get-out-the-vote drives and a political infrastructure that has been developed by Karl Rove and others since the [...]

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