Thursday, May 13, 2004
I CALLED THIS ONE AFTER THE FACT
Yesterday on the program I said that it will only be a matter of time before
some Democrat steps forward and blames the death of Nick Berg on George
Bush. I suggested that this Democrat would say that Berg was job hunting
in Iraq because of Bush's economic policies shipping all of our jobs
overseas. Well, folks. I was a bit late. A Democrat had
already beat me to the punch. It was none other than New York's Charlie
Rangel. As early as Tuesday night Rangel was saying that if the "Bush
economy" hadn't lost 3 million jobs people like Berg wouldn't have had to
go over to Iraq looking for work.
Imagine the self-satisfied smirks on the faces of the Islamic killers who
sawed Nick Berg's head off. "Yeah, we killed the infidel, and then we
sent them a tape! But now American politicians are blaming his death on
the evil Bush!"
Berg's murderers can't vote in November, but if they could, just who do you
think they would cast their ballot for? Would they vote for the candidate
who wants to go crawling on all fours to beg forgiveness from the United
Nations, France and Germany? Or would they vote for the man who has
pledged to destroy them, and has shown a determination to do so. If you
think that these Islamic terrorists want Bush to win ... then you're
unsalvageable. Why wouldn't they draw comfort and encouragement from
the likes of Rangel, Kennedy, McDermott, Daschle and the the list of
Democrats for whom a victory in the November election is more important than a
victory in the war against terror.
LOOKING AT THE TOP STORIES
This morning in most of the newspapers I scanned during my preparation for
the show the top story was still the Iraqi prison abuse scandal. Nick Berg
had already disappeared from many front pages, but the prison abuse stories
remain. May I suggest to you that there is a reason for this? Maybe it's
just this simple: The prison abuse scandal can damage Bush, the Nick Berg
story can only help him. Given the choice many editors will chose the
stories that serve their cause, getting Bush out of the White House, rather than
one that hurts it.
Yesterday, when the Nick Burg was clearly the hottest topic on talk radio in
Atlanta, the leftist Atlanta Journal-Constitution had a different top
story. Philips Arena, where the Atlanta Thrashers play Hockey and where
Shania Twain makes grown men (like me) sweat, hasn't had a recent fire
inspection. Nick Berg is being shipped home in parts, but top billing goes
to a fire inspection for Philips Arena. Nice going.
The media also continues to pound the "Rumsfeld should resign"
story. The New York Times today reports that "Rumsfeld is said to
weigh every day whether he can continue to effectively run the world's largest
military." Wow! We're at war, the Secretary of Defense is under
relentless attack from the so-called "loyal opposition" and the
nation's media, and he continuously weighs whether or not he can effectively
serve under this onslaught? Only a self-involved fool wouldn't weigh that
question daily under these circumstances.
JESSE JACKSON -- DESPERATELY SEEKING THE SPOTLIGHT
It seems just a few days ago when Jesse Jackson made another desperate grab
for headlines and face time on television .. he was suggesting that he might go
to Iraq to negotiate for the release of some American hostages over there.
Nobody bit, so Jesse slithered back into his well-earned obscurity to plan his
next attempt for the limelight. Well, yesterday he made his move.
The Sloganmaster is now saying that calls for Donald Rumsfeld to resign aren't
enough. Rumsfeld, says Jackson, ought to be tried for war crimes.
Again ... the same theme. Saying outrageous things that can only make
the enemy smile. Just how many American causalities can we chalk up to the
Democrats constant stream of statements, charges and accusations against Bush's
conduct of the war, and the very fact that the war is taking place.
Imagine how much better things might be going in Iraq if the terrorists knew
that while Democrats might have some domestic policy differences with the
president, but that they were solidly behind him in his determination to destroy
Islamic terrorism?
WHY KERRY IS CONCENTRATING ON HEALTH CARE
The last thing that The Poodle wanted to do yesterday during his visit to
Jacksonville and Orlando was to talk about the murder of Nick Berg. In
Jacksonville the Poodle's handlers and groomers instructed the news media
present at a rally that they would be permitted one question each ... and that
question must deal with The Poodle's health care proposal. Nothing else.
Why was sKerry concentrating on his trillion-dollar health care
proposals? Well, he's trying to create an image connected with something
other than Vietnam. What better place than health care? Kerry knows
that socialized medicine in America is inevitable. It's inevitable because
Americans have come to believe that they are in no way responsible for their own
health care. Their employer is responsible, not them. Or it's the
government's job.
Ask the average voter about Freedom: "Freedom? To hell with
freedom! Leave me free to do the things that don't really have any
long-term consequences in my life. As for the meaningful things ... like
health care ... well, that's the government's job." Kerry knows
this. There are votes to be found among those who are afraid of liberty.
THE HILDABEAST SAYS SHE'S NOT RUNNING
New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday that she has no interest
in being Senator John Kerry's running mate this year. She also says she
intends to seek re-election to the Senate in 2006. When asked if she would
be running for president herself some day, she lied and said "All I'm
thinking about is electing John Kerry." Actually, all she's thinking
about is defeating The Poodle. This is all part of The Plan. So what is
The Plan, you ask? Keep reading. Remember ... Hillary is a liar.
Believe what she says at your own risk.
The Clintons don't want sKerry to win the White House at all this year.
They know that if The Poodle gets elected, then that ruins Hillary's plans to
use the state of New York as a stepping stone and run for president in
'08. If Kerry wins, then she's stuck in the Senate for the rest of her
life. Anything else happening throws a wrench in their plans. She
will do everything in her power to defeat Kerry. Bill Clinton is already going
to be doing that by stealing the spotlight this summer with his memoirs.
If Kerry's numbers are way down going into the Democratic National Convention,
you'll know the Hildabeast will be quietly celebrating the success of her plan
to ensure the defeat of The Poodle. If sKerry is riding high, expect
Hillary to do something to knock him down a peg. You watch.
MARYLAND GOVERNOR REJECTS MULTICULTURALISM
This is rare in American politics...forget rare, it's almost
extinct. Imagine a politician saying something, then getting criticized
for being insensitive, then standing by his remarks. It happened recently
with Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (a Republican.) So just what
is causing all of the uproar? You're going to love this.
His original comments came in the defense of a political ally, the state
Comptroller William Donald Schaefer (who's a Democrat, by the way.)
Schaefer had said he would no longer eat at a particular fast-food restaurant
because of an encounter with a cashier struggling with English. That is
irritating, to be sure. Ehrlich's response? He said "I reject
the idea of multiculturalism. Once you get into this multicultural crap,
this bunk, you run into a problem. With respect to this culture, English
is the language." Amen to that. Three cheers for the Governor of
Maryland!
Judging by the response, you would have thought the governor had joined
Al-Qaeda. The Montgomery County Council passed a resolution demanding an
apology. The Mayor of Baltimore addressed the issue in his weekly radio
address, in Spanish no less. Immigrant leaders and advocates gathered to protest
his "far right" remarks and demand the government do more to teach
them English, which by the way, should solely be their responsibility.
So after all this, what does Governor Ehrlich do? Did he apologize?
Did he "clarify his remarks?" No, he did not. He came right out
and said it again: "The words stand on their own. We should celebrate
the common American culture , the common American values and the common American
language." He's got that right. We need more politicians like him.
If you are going to live in the United States of America, learn the
language. If you are not going to learn to speak English, then get out
(that is, after you empty my trash cans.)
Mas ingles, mas dinero. That simple.
CLINTON SACRIFICES TRADITION FOR BOOK SALES
 For
decades, there has been a long-standing tradition that former presidents don't
criticize their successors, especially on matters of national security.
Unfortunately, Slick Willie has thrown that out the window. The reason? Of
course, it's his new book coming out this summer. He needs to make some
headlines and get back in the news! The Poodle's campaign needs to be
buried under an avalanche of Bill-news. And an all-too willing mainstream
media is right there at his beck and call.
When the first President Bush left office after being defeated, he refused for
years to criticize Clinton, citing tradition. What a class act. Too
bad Clinton can't return the favor, because now he's jumped squarely onto the
Bush-bashing train. Yet another liberal Democrat trashing the
Commander In Chief during a time of war. Think a Republican would be able
to get away with that? Of course not.
Clinton's big complaint? In a speech on Tuesday, he repeated the
same nonsense about how the Bush administration wasted the goodwill bestowed on
us by the rest of the world after 9/11 on the invasion of Iraq. Like
always, he failed to mention that we won the war in Afghanistan, and Iraq was
merely the next terrorist haven on the list. It's also an outrage that he
is criticizing Bush for carrying out the same policy he supported during his 8
years in office: regime change in Iraq. That's right...it was the stated
policy of the Clinton administration that Saddam be removed. Clinton just
didn't have the guts to do it. George W. Bush does.
He also whined about how Bush has made the euro-weenies mad by rejecting the
nuclear test ban treaty and not signing the Kyoto accord (despite other
countries not signing it either.) He also repeated the lie that
there is not a shred of evidence that Saddam had anything to do with 9/11, when
we know the truth to be otherwise. Clinton also complained that the war in Iraq
came without the approval of the United Nations. That, of course, is just
plain factually incorrect. But wait...didn't he drag us into the war in
Kosovo without United Nations approval? What a phony.
President Bush will defend the United States of America from the
terrorists that chopped off Nick Berg's head. The Poodle and his buddies
like Clinton will beg for a permission slip from the United Nations. Which
will make you sleep better at night?
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Yeah .. it's celebrity worship time in France. I don't know what's
worse, jock-sniffers or people who swoon at the sight of a movie star. Ohhhh,
the celebrities! The limos! The red carpets! Look!
There's Woody Allen with his step-daughter! Wow! They sure look
friendly, don't they!
OK .. here's my prediction. Whatever film wins the festival, it will
have a leftist, anti-American slant. We'll check back when it's over to
see if I'm on target here.
AND MORE BAD NEWS FOR AIR AMERICA
That dark cloud continues to hang above the much-anticipated liberal talk
radio network, Air America. General Motors has pulled all of its
advertising. It seems that GM doesn't like the "insensitive"
comments about Jews and the Catholic Church.
I guess that GM didn't see the knee-slapping humor in the comparison of the
concept of troops "pulling out" of Iraq and the Catholic Church's view
of premarital sex.
Executives leaving ... advertisers bailing .. employees not getting
paid. It looks like the only way for Air America to succeed would be to
hire conservatives who know something about business to run the place.
READING ASSIGNMENTS
Jose Ramos-Horta. Heard of him? He won the Nobel Peace Prize
in 1996. Since he won the Nobel Peace Prize he must be a real hero to the
left, right? Well ... probably not any more. Ramos-Horta
has written this essay in support of the war in Iraq. Bad Jose.
The
New York Times is reporting that Rumsfeld may still resign. Think the
media doesn't have an agenda in the prison abuse case? Think again.
When Peggy Noonan writes a column all I should have to do is say ... here's
a column from Peggy Noonan.
Some
Arabs are saying the beheading of Nick Berg was justified. The
peaceful religion of Islam strikes again.
CBS keeps hammering away at our troops and the Bush administration....this
time by airing a soldier's video diary.
Rumsfeld is backing
the interrogation methods used against prisoners in Iraq. If it would
save one American life, does anyone care?
Democrats are touting the Abu Ghraib prisoner scandal as
the "silver bullet" to defeat President Bush in November.
Democrats are perfectly willing to denigrate and shame our men and women in
uniform if it means winning the White House in November. No wonder here
... it's exactly the tactic that their candidate used to gain notoriety when he
came back from Vietnam (early). No surprise here...the left has been
playing politics with national security for years.
In part two of his series on the 50th anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of
Education Supreme Court decision, Thomas
Sowell looks at the effects it has had over the last half-century.
If you were listening to the show yesterday you may have heard UNC professor
Mike Adams talking about Ben Shapiro and his new book
"Brainwashed." Here's
an Adams column about that very same book.
Liberals love to bash the Fox News Channel and everyone who watches it, because
it doesn't tilt to the left like the rest of the news media. Ann
Coulter tells you why Fox has them so upset.
People who are shocked by the images at Abu Ghraib apparently lack experience
with war. Larry
Elder says it's time for some perspective.
So some Coalition soldiers abused some prisoners at the Abu Ghraib
prison. Ross
Mackenzie examines where we go from here.
Ted Kennedy made the statement that the torture chambers in Iraq have now opened
under new management. Linda
Chavez sets the record straight.
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