tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58969662011-04-21T19:15:06.778-06:00Political FigsIsa 32:5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.Budnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1921100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-38707845734770512402008-11-06T19:08:00.001-07:002008-11-06T19:09:44.078-07:00 Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to cross the aisle.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-44940821842433000292008-10-28T10:17:00.002-06:002008-10-28T10:19:00.102-06:00The Democratic Agenda for Americaby Patrick Buchanan What does the triumvirate of Obama-Pelosi-Reid offer? Rep. Barney Frank is calling for new tax hikes on the most successful and a 25 percent across-the-board slash in national defense. Sen. John Kerry is talking up new and massive federal spending, a la FDR's New Deal. Specifically, we can almost surely expect: -- Swift amnestyBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-26128853932429964412008-10-27T19:43:00.000-06:002008-10-27T19:43:45.325-06:00ABC News: Media's Presidential Bias and DeclineABC News: Media's Presidential Bias and Decline: "My hard-living -- and when I knew her, scary -- grandmother was one of the first women reporters for the Los Angeles Times. And my father, though profoundly dyslexic, followed a long career in intelligence to finish his life (thanks to word processors and spellcheckers) as a very successful freelance writer. I've spent 30 years in every part of Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-44739607650398982512008-10-07T11:50:00.011-06:002008-10-08T05:06:13.571-06:00Worked for Hillary!Two hundred and fifty times in sworn testimony, Hillary Clinton said "I don't recall." This was nothing compared to what others from Arkansas said to protect her and her philandering husband. Patsy Thomasson, who was in charge of drug matters in the Clinton White House, had a lapse of memory 420 times. Jennifer O'Connor 343 times; Dwight Holton 348 times; and Jeff Eller 697. ItBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-3231398744968526852008-10-06T16:53:00.001-06:002008-10-06T16:56:50.849-06:00Look! and Wonder!---------Maybe it is a good think that Baldwin didn't leave the US as he promised he would do if Bush were elected.He rightly blames the Democrat party for the present financial meltdown. Isn't is a wonder that the party that bemoans the fact that everyone in the world hates the U.S. has arranged to sell the banks of the world bogus paper backed by politically correct housing Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-39985520760410218122008-09-15T20:43:00.002-06:002008-09-15T20:48:40.473-06:00Sarah Palin Makes Her Sick. Mary Mitchell, a "real" feminist, writing in the Chicago Sun [not to be confused with the real sun which lights instead of darkening the earth], says that Palin makes her sick, and goes on to give the worn-out democratic talking points that have been exploded in less than two weeks.But Mary should keep it up, for every article like hers pushes the polls for McCain/Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-67052422591302760412008-09-13T09:56:00.003-06:002008-09-13T10:01:38.775-06:00McCain Flies His Campaign Past ObamaBy Michael Barone"John McCain was trained as a fighter pilot. In his selection of Sarah Palin, and in his convention and campaigning since, he has shown that he learned an important lesson from his fighter pilot days: He has gotten inside Barack Obama's OODA loop."-------If the quotation above is provocative, the article will be even more so. Read it here Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-3039360417647037972008-09-12T03:33:00.012-06:002008-09-12T04:28:00.745-06:00To laugh out loud, be sure to read the post at PowerLine, which gives a response to Howard Kurtz's ridiculous tirade in the Washington Post   yesterday about why the media is very angry at Palin and McCain. Be sure especially to go to the comments section afterwards. Reminds me of Dan Rather's implosion four years ago when he got caught trying to rig the election against Bush.It is Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-64586767049592257812008-09-11T06:54:00.005-06:002008-09-11T07:12:28.588-06:00Autumn Angst: Dems fret about Obama - David Paul Kuhn and Bill Nichols - Politico.com: "Lake joined other Democratic veterans, some speaking not for attribution, in emphasizing a classic liberal woe: that the Democrat let the Republican define him. “Obama needed to define himself,” Lake said. “I do think that during the Democratic convention we should have done a better job of defining McCain.”" Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-59367782370975556202008-09-10T11:23:00.004-06:002008-09-10T11:47:08.924-06:00It is either stupid or malicious.One of the marks of leadership is to know the times and seasons. If Obama had a lick of sense he would not have used the figure of lipstick on a pig after the nomination of Governor Palin. Governor Palin has completely changed the nature of the campaign and anyone with sense knows it.If Obama knows that the campaign has changed, then it is unforgivable that he Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-43059842043426367112008-09-09T04:56:00.003-06:002008-09-09T05:12:39.391-06:00But they wouldn't be liberals if they had or respected values!"[Learning respect] will be hard. They will have to develop some regard for the values that the middle of the country expresses when it votes Republican. Religion. Unembarrassed flag-waving patriotism. Freedom to succeed or fail through one’s own efforts. Refusal to be pitied, bossed around or talked down to. And all those other Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-44152968260685677722008-08-21T23:53:00.002-06:002008-08-22T00:01:12.060-06:00Newsmax.com – Obama Slammed Over Clarence Thomas Remark: "Kmiec noted that Thomas is the only Supreme Court Justice who prior to his appointment “recognized the relationship between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution — that the Constitution is a means of indicating the inalienable rights that are traceable to our Creator.”Obama added that he also wouldn't have nominated Antonin Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-91351050524508602862008-08-18T19:44:00.000-06:002008-08-18T19:44:24.081-06:00California doctors lose gay discrimination caseCalifornia doctors lose gay discrimination case: "Doctors in California may not discriminate against gay patients on the basis of their religious beliefs, the state's supreme court ruled on Monday."=============Then I suspect that this will mean that some of California's best doctors will leave the state. Then will California enslave them to make them stay?Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-42221037349969286542008-08-14T04:43:00.002-06:002008-08-14T04:46:57.982-06:00Maureen Dowd: Yes, she can - International Herald Tribune: "You can almost hear her mind whirring: She's amazed at how easy it was to snatch Denver away from the Obama saps. Like taking candy from a baby, except Beanpole Guy doesn't eat candy. In just a couple of weeks, Bill and Hill were able to drag No Drama Obama into a swamp of Clinton drama."--------Oh, Maureen, you doll. How unfaithful and Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-86671312798675585072008-08-13T12:40:00.002-06:002008-08-13T12:47:42.179-06:00Say! Are these things related:Nancy Pelosi is against drilling for oilShe has a financial connect to T Boone Pickens who wants windmills.The price of oil is high.Russia is making obscene profits from the high price of oilThe Russian army that invaded Georgia is very modern and new, high tech and formidable.Hmmmmmm.Why do liberal democrats always support policies that advance the cause of Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-23950212852135082142008-08-12T10:51:00.004-06:002008-08-12T11:07:31.289-06:00A return to Fun and Games.It has been almost two years since I posted to this blog, but there is so much material for good humor and ridicule out there, that I just cannot refrain any longer.For instance. Barack tells us to inflate our tires. Thank you, Mama Barack. All we need is a president to institute the Cabinet position of Tire Inflation. Will they have random checking like they do for Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1165464601438121762006-12-06T21:09:00.000-07:002006-12-06T21:10:01.456-07:00This site is being temporarily [perhaps] discontinued for an experiment with a new site. Please go hereBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1155933023642334082006-08-18T14:30:00.000-06:002006-08-18T14:30:23.656-06:00FOXNews.com - Democrats Want to Punish Violators of Presidential Nomination Schedule - You Decide 2006: "Top Democrats, however, fear that a number of states, particularly New Hampshire, will ignore the new voting lineup and choose to hold their nominating contests even earlier. Hoping to put teeth into the new schedule, rules committee members moved to discipline candidates who dare to campaign Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1107811988846841772005-02-07T14:33:00.000-07:002005-02-07T14:34:11.550-07:00The New Republic Online: Tipping Point: "So much harder, in fact, that slashing taxes would actually raise more revenue than before. 'People change their behavior when their marginal incentives change,' explained supply-side guru Arthur Laffer. The resulting 1981 tax cut helped triple the deficit by 1983."
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This is a prime example how the people over at the New Republic are willing Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1107810458620260312005-02-07T14:07:00.000-07:002005-02-07T14:07:38.620-07:00The Dems' Week from Hell: "A former kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan berating a cultured black woman, one of whose childhood friends was blown up in Birmingham: This is the image you want to create for your party? Call it strike one."
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As fine an analysis of liberal bankruptcy as you will find on the web.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1104167981306791482004-12-27T10:19:00.000-07:002004-12-27T10:19:41.306-07:00Thomas Sowell: The Joseph Goebbels award: "Events of this past year have shown the need for a special award in journalism for those who think that the purpose of reporting news is to cause the public to adopt the political views of those who do the reporting. Therefore this column announces the first annual Joseph Goebbels award for that journalist who best exemplifies the spirit and the practiceBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1103678045994608652004-12-21T18:14:00.000-07:002004-12-21T18:14:05.993-07:00Telegraph | Opinion | Say 'Merry Christmas' while you still can: "In Britain, by contrast, the formal symbols remain in place: the Queen is still Supreme Governor of the Church of England, and the Archbishop of York still sits in the House of Lords. But, underneath all that, Christianity has collapsed, the churches are empty and the new Europe is as officious about public expressions of faith butBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1103677367403315112004-12-21T18:02:00.000-07:002004-12-21T18:02:47.403-07:00Conservative students sue over academic freedom - Courttv.com - Top News: "To many professors, there's a new and deeply troubling aspect to this latest chapter in the debate over academic freedom: students trying to dictate what they don't want to be taught."
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Of course. Christians have known it for a generation. They are just getting tired of left-wing, biggotted, biased, and immoralBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1103627344729185322004-12-21T04:09:00.000-07:002004-12-21T04:09:04.730-07:00Frist draws the line on filibusters: "This is the ''nuclear option'' that creates fear and loathing among Democrats and weak knees for some Republicans, including conservative opinion leaders. Ever since Frist publicly embraced the nuclear option, he has been accused of abusing the Senate's cherished tradition of extended debate. In truth, during six years as majority leader, Democrat Robert C. Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1102048280401973892004-12-02T21:31:00.000-07:002004-12-02T21:31:20.400-07:00David Frum's Diary on National Review Online: "Meanwhile, I spent yesterday afternoon fielding calls from Canadians and especially Canadian journalists by no means friendly to the president who just could not stop enthusing about the wit, charm, warmth, and understanding of the president's speech. "
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Hurrah for our good friends north of the border.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1102040055782739392004-12-02T19:14:00.000-07:002004-12-02T19:14:15.783-07:00=============
OpinionJournal - Peggy Noonan: "My first thought: It is a hard world. We all know this in the abstract, but it can take you aback in the particular. In public life the entire body of your work--an entire career of almost 50 years--can now essentially be summed up and dismissed by the last headline on your career, which in this case is 'Rather Retires Under Cloud After Forged Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1100816413884063842004-11-18T15:00:00.000-07:002004-11-19T15:05:40.320-07:00I have a close relative who lives in a blue West Coast state. The results of the last election were very hard on her, and she could only take comfort in the polls that show that more intelligent people voted for John Kerry.
This means that your intelligence is validated by losing. After all, you wouldn't want to be identified with the unwashed people who milk cows and raise hogs.
I think thatBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1100658978201503542004-11-16T19:36:00.000-07:002004-11-16T19:36:18.200-07:00Take It to the Blue States: "If we govern from the Blue States, it may be possible to bring the labor movement back. What do I mean by 'governing from the Blue States'? Use state law as much as possible to set up the kind of social democracy we would like to see for the country as a whole. "
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I told you that liberals are cracking up. This is a wonderful idea and the red states should Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1100620116120356102004-11-16T08:45:00.000-07:002004-11-16T08:50:22.303-07:00Physician, Heal Thyself?
Chirac, why didn't you call for U.N. sanctions and dialog in the Ivory Coast. You do you think you are in acting unilaterally in Africa without a consensus of the United Nations? Or is it different in the Ivory Coast, where no one is paying bribes from oil money designed to feed the starving citizens as Saddam was to you and your fellow criminals in the U.N. You are Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1100524227321953062004-11-15T06:10:00.000-07:002004-11-15T06:10:27.320-07:00The Senate vs. the U.N.: "'The extent of the corruption is staggering,'' Sen. Norm Coleman told me. He is a freshman Republican from Minnesota completing his second year in Washington, and he was talking about the United Nations and its pious secretary-general, Kofi Annan. Coleman's comments are not the mere musings of an insignificant rookie senator, but the considered judgment of a committee Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1100438844211600402004-11-14T06:27:00.000-07:002004-11-14T06:27:24.210-07:00Rocky Mountain News: Opinion: "My wife is a Democrat. Her family home in Chicago is lined with photos of the Kennedys. As a child, she remembers Saul Alinsky organizing neighborhood groups in her living room at the invitation of her mother and father. She volunteered on the Eugene McCarthy campaign. She worked as a floor runner at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Adlai Stevenson was a household Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1100373268021919382004-11-13T13:14:00.000-07:002004-11-14T06:03:11.573-07:00The first shot was fired by Hillary Clinton this week. She said that Democrats need to tie their socialist agenda to the teachings of Christ. Afterall, Jesus said to take care of the poor.
They still don't get it. America understands socialism and the church-going American knows far better than the Eastern elite who grew up in liberal churches, went off to elite schools to learn about how to Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1100089206533660122004-11-10T05:16:00.000-07:002004-11-10T05:20:06.533-07:00I confess to being conflicted on Sen. Arlen Spector as chair of the Senate Judicial Committee.
He ought to be punished for his opposition to Robert Bork. But the nation needs to be grateful to him for his support of Clarence Thomas. Without Spector we probably would have Bork, but not Thomas.
It isn't easy.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1100087325452727642004-11-10T04:48:00.000-07:002004-11-10T05:07:01.400-07:00OpinionJournal - Extra:
"If you consider that Mr. Bush won re-election in part because of his firm stand on family values and other moral issues, it becomes apparent that Europe and United States are drifting apart not only on foreign policy but also on their vision of a democratic society and of the proper relationship between politics and ethics.
"One of America's founding fathers, Alexander Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1081775070280384682004-04-12T07:04:00.000-06:002004-04-12T07:08:24.043-06:00Paul Greenberg: Condi Rice vs. Dick Clarke: Think of it as office politics: "In the end, after both Dick Clarke and Condi Rice have had their say, some of us are left with the question we began with: Can anyone imagine Richard Clarke making these accusations if he'd gotten that No. 2 job he wanted in Homeland Security?
Instead, he had to settle for best-sellerdom."
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'Way to go, Paul.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1079115995421605432004-03-12T11:26:00.000-07:002004-03-12T11:29:46.623-07:00Kerry fails to back up foreign 'endorsements' - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics: "Sen. John Kerry refuses to provide any information to support his assertion earlier this week that he has met with foreign leaders who beseeched him to prevail over President Bush in November's election."
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Liar, Liar, pants on fire!Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1077519473245566672004-02-22T23:57:00.000-07:002004-02-23T00:00:38.653-07:00Bush is winning war that matters now: "It's been said that America is divided into Sept. 11 people and Sept. 10 people. The former category are those for whom Sept. 11, 2001, changed everything. The latter are those for whom Sept. 10, 1972, changed everything. That's when Bush didn't show up at the Air National Guard base because he was dancing naked on a bar in Acapulco with Conchita the surly Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1077368564737549552004-02-21T06:02:00.000-07:002004-02-21T06:05:28.496-07:00NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story: "CBS 'Face the Nation' host Bob Schieffer warned Friday that if Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry can't decisively defeat Sen. John Edwards in the remaining primaries, Democrats will likely turn to New York Sen. Hillary Clinton to be their party's standard-bearer in July."
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Wait, wait, wait, Bob Schieffer. The delegates decide the convention. Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1077134624143211352004-02-18T13:03:00.000-07:002004-02-18T13:06:24.186-07:00NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story: "Although John Kerry narrowly won Wisconsin's primary last night, the big story is his poor showing among mainstream voters, a disastrous trend for him in the general election in November."
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Surprise? Kerry is a Jane Fonda liberal. But isn't Edwards? Who are these guys kidding? Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1076630464804296292004-02-12T17:01:00.000-07:002004-02-12T17:07:20.793-07:00Jonah Goldberg's Goldberg File on National Review Online
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Kerry is the man--for someone else.
"Kerry's speeches," in the words of Richard Goldstein of the Village Voice, "bristle with suck-on-this epigrams." He talks about how much he knows about aircraft carriers, he yells "bring it on!" constantly. A consultant to the Kerry campaign even told the Washington Post, "That's our slogan — 'JohnBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1076344596548717012004-02-09T09:36:00.000-07:002004-02-09T09:39:03.500-07:00Cash and Kerry - Presidential election 2004 -City Politic: "But a sobering reality lurked beneath all the boozy enthusiasm. If and when Kerry did win the nomination, he would roll off the Democratic-primary assembly line right into the $200 million-plus buzz-saw otherwise known as the Bush reelection apparatus. If the big New York money didn't throw its weight and resources behind Kerry right nowBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1076242401526883182004-02-08T05:13:00.000-07:002004-02-08T05:15:47.153-07:00David Limbaugh: I'm glad they're nominating Kerry: "Sure, I still think Bush is an odds-on favorite for reelection, but my gut tells me that Edwards could be a more formidable opponent. He has the Clinton schtick down, if not the height, he stays on message like a bulldog, and he hasn't amassed the problematic paper trail that Kerry has. Both Kerry's woefully inconsistent positions and his Jane Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1076025534038957332004-02-05T16:58:00.000-07:002004-02-05T17:01:16.403-07:00Dennis Prager: My minute with President Bush: "Those who believe that a Bush re-election is indispensable to a better world can only pray that the Democrats continue to regard George W. Bush as intellectually challenged. He never was, and he has grown in these past four years so greatly that his Democratic opponent will not know what hits him in the fall debates.
A great man resides in the White Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1075808966562734242004-02-03T04:49:00.000-07:002004-02-03T04:51:44.983-07:00War Hero -- and Waffling Windbag: "But a lot of Kerry's speech was pure partisan windbaggery. 'The Bush administration,' he claimed, 'has pursued the most arrogant, inept, reckless and ideological foreign policy in modern history.' Really? More inept than Jimmy Carter's, Lyndon Johnson's or Woodrow Wilson's? Kerry also rapped Bush for failing to achieve peace between Israel and its neighbors. He Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1075808274406834142004-02-03T04:37:00.000-07:002004-02-03T04:40:12.950-07:00TIME.com: Why I'm Rooting for Dean -- Feb. 09, 2004: "So why do I keep coming back to the fireplug from Vermont? No, I'm not cynically trying to engineer a Bush landslide. And, no, it's not because John Kerry seems such a tired and faded figure (although that's part of it). I just think that the Democrats' sudden panic about Dean's electability is overblown and that the urge to find someone more Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1075703162741834502004-02-01T23:26:00.000-07:002004-02-01T23:28:19.640-07:00OpinionJournal - Extra: "Clinton & Clinton
To maintain their hold on the party, Howard Dean had to be destroyed. "
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If you only read one article this week, read this one.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1075527530093557572004-01-30T22:38:00.000-07:002004-01-30T22:41:04.153-07:00Accuracy In Media - Weekly Column - IS TERESA HEINZ ANOTHER HILLARY?
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I just had a wonderful thought. Hilary and Teresa slugging it out in the democratic primary in 2008, which the democratic ticket being Hilary/Teresa or Teresa/Hilary. Now wouldn't that be something? Political mud-wrestling at its best!Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1075443463918445802004-01-29T23:17:00.000-07:002004-01-29T23:21:30.670-07:00The BIG Theory: It's Not Working!: "The Big Theory, softening people's view of conservatism by making Americans work more for government and less for themselves, isn't working. How can it? If you act like a liberal to get Democrat votes, you can't do something conservative when you win without losing those new voters. Bush requested $15 billion to fight AIDS in Africa and let Ted Kennedy write anBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1075435005643631152004-01-29T20:56:00.000-07:002004-01-29T20:58:58.653-07:00Excite News: "Howard Dean challenged John Kerry's effectiveness as a senator Thursday night, contending that in 20 years, 'not one' of the 11 health care bills introduced by the Democratic presidential front-runner has passed Congress."
Well, why not. If Bush is blamed by Democrats for not finding Bin Ladin by now, why can't they blame each other for not passing a health bill?Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1075410850417277252004-01-29T14:14:00.000-07:002004-01-29T14:16:22.826-07:00Savage Exposes 'The Enemy Within'
Newsmax has an interview with Michael Savage. If you haven't heard of him, you will. Not for the faint of heart.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1075321001340327642004-01-28T13:16:00.000-07:002004-01-28T13:18:52.280-07:00My Way News: "'I ask Democrats everywhere to join us so we can defeat George W. Bush and the economy of privilege,' Kerry told supporters, promising to 'reduce the poverty of millions rather than reducing the taxes of millionaires.'"
Class warfare, ala Teddy Kennedy. I hope Republicans everywhere run ads where Kerry morphs into Kennedy, because they offer the same snake oil.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1075229840639547532004-01-27T11:57:00.000-07:002004-01-27T11:59:30.390-07:00STAR-TELEGRAM.COM - Fort Worth Dallas news, sports, cars, and jobs: "We who work in the news media owe Howard Dean an apology about the way we reported his primal scream during the past week. We are responsible for a grave injustice.
After he placed third in the Iowa caucuses, Dean screamed during his concession speech. On the Drudge Report Web site, Matt Drudge reported the scream with these Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074940622117458502004-01-24T03:37:00.000-07:002004-01-24T03:39:06.733-07:00Yahoo! News - Top Stories: "U.S. Democratic presidential candidate retired General Wesley Clark (news - web sites) carries his lunch of a croissant and an eclair at Bread and Chocolate in Concord, New Hampshire January 23, 2004. "
Can you really trust someone who like French cuisine?Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074813969959336462004-01-22T16:26:00.000-07:002004-01-29T21:01:05.186-07:00The Mercury News: "As in the guy who'll have his finger on the button. As in the guy who will decide how much of your paycheck you get to keep. As in what does Tom Brady know about any of that?"
Where were the complaints about Barbra, and other entertainment types stumping for BC? What does Barbra know about anything that she deserves to testify before Congress, let alone make a campaign Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074796029481781642004-01-22T11:27:00.000-07:002004-01-22T11:29:12.030-07:00WORLD January 24, 2004: Bush league: "It is true that the current Democratic Party establishment hates President Bush with a passion and a paranoia that borders on mental illness. If their party were to nominate him, the most virulent Bush-haters would suffer a nervous breakdown, whereupon they could receive the help they need. More importantly, they would leave the party, probably to join the Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074792554953918542004-01-22T10:29:00.000-07:002004-01-22T10:31:17.310-07:00FYI
Victor Davis Hanson on SOTU on National Review Online
"In reaction, the tortured expressions of a Ted Kennedy or Hillary Clinton were testament to the strength of his message, and the accompanying fear that the president's words could only have a powerful effect in reminding Americans that they should be proud of their sacrifice and idealism as they see the war and its aftermath through. Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074791764852123342004-01-22T10:16:00.000-07:002004-01-22T10:26:47.373-07:00New York Daily News - Ideas & Opinions - Sidney Zion: Bush's run looks harder after Iowa: "It wasn't there on Tuesday night. The general impression was gravitas, a word seldom connected to this son of privilege who won the White House by judicial dictat against the popular vote."
These guys never give up, which shows their determination to overthrow the constitution. The popular vote has never Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074788081290114452004-01-22T09:14:00.000-07:002004-01-22T09:16:43.763-07:00uReach.com
"So, forget President Bush, Vice President Cheney and the pro-war "neo-cons." Just listen to the Democrats. On the issue of the "unilateral" invasion of Iraq, they make a pretty strong case."
Libs think that the people have short memories, just as they do. However, those who refrain from pot have longer memories. Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074740440562858272004-01-21T20:00:00.000-07:002004-01-21T20:02:42.483-07:00New York Post Online Edition: postopinion: "Still, if John Kerry or John Edwards or Wesley Clark does prevail in Dean's stead, he will still have to make a case that as president he will do a better job keeping America safe and secure. And last night the president removed a hidden arrow from his quiver and shot it straight at them.
"That arrow is called the Patriot Act - the legislation passed Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074740281529382172004-01-21T19:58:00.000-07:002004-01-21T20:00:02.640-07:00RealClear Politics - Commentary: "Here's a harrowing pair of facts for Democrats: In 60 years, no Democrat has ever won the presidency without carrying the youth vote. And right now President Bush's approval rating among 18- to 29-year-olds is 62 percent, higher than his nationwide rating. "
Youth is rebellious, and conservatism is rebellion nowadays.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074740140626151652004-01-21T19:55:00.000-07:002004-01-21T19:57:41.763-07:00FOXNews.com - Politics - Senate Judiciary Dems to Make Stink on Pickering: "Bush is trying to 'pack the courts with right-wing ideologues,' said Sen. Tom Daschle in a story posted on Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal Online. The Senate minority leader also denounced the president for exploiting a 'procedural tactic.' "
Hmmm. Let's see now. Isn't a filibuster a "procedural tactic"? The Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074706241492907222004-01-21T10:30:00.000-07:002004-01-21T10:33:30.090-07:00Excite - News: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush will visit states key to his reelection bid on Wednesday in an effort to build political momentum after a State of the Union speech in which he urged Americans to stick with his leadership and defiantly defended the Iraq war."
"Defiantly?" Who was he defying? The American people? No, they support the war. The Democratic party? Don't Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074628328934324752004-01-20T12:52:00.000-07:002004-01-20T12:54:51.356-07:00FYI
Mark Alexander: The house that hate built...: "These Demo-gogues hate the military, and they hate the idea of defending our nation against such enemies as Jihadi terrorists -- much less without UN permission. Indeed, they hate the very idea of spending money on a missile-defense system, when the same money could instead be earmarked for lemming-luring largesse. Of course, to ensure an Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074610250050585142004-01-20T07:50:00.000-07:002004-01-20T07:52:50.000-07:00Domestic Issues Hurt Bush in Poll (washingtonpost.com): "When matched against a generic Democratic presidential candidate -- the party held its first nominating contest last night in Iowa -- Bush narrowly wins, 48 percent to 46 percent. On the question of who is trusted to handle the nation's major problems, Bush is roughly even with Democrats, ahead 45 percent to 44 percent -- down from an 18-Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074512719347036602004-01-19T04:45:00.000-07:002004-01-19T04:47:17.043-07:00Good article. FYI
Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/18/2004 | Little seems left for liberal religious activists: "Evangelicals who previously voted Democratic because of economic issues are trending Republican because of cultural issues, Tooley said.
'But at the same time, most of those people are still, by and large, not activists by nature,' he said. 'They are largely middle-class, suburban people Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-107451237251401832004-01-19T04:39:00.000-07:002004-01-19T04:41:30.296-07:00FYI
Dems don't want this general in command: "So I'd say Howard Dean is a sane man pretending to be crazy. Whereas General Clark gives every indication of a crazy man pretending to be sane. "Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074445479390644082004-01-18T10:04:00.000-07:002004-01-18T10:06:36.576-07:00Bushies didn't vote for him to spend, spend, spend. The government is not the answer; it is usually the problem.
My Way - News: "Republicans in Congress have privately told the White House to do more to rein in government spending and reduce the federal budget deficit -- or risk a potential backlash against some of President Bush's budget priorities, congressional aides said on Saturday."Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1074296993956493242004-01-16T16:49:00.000-07:002004-01-16T16:51:48.153-07:00Conservative groups break with Republican leadership - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics: " 'If the president doesn't take a stand on this, there's a real chance the Republicans' voter base will not be enthusiastic about turning out in November, no matter who the Democrats nominate,' Mr. Beckner said. "
Talk about politics of self-destruction. Conservatives do not need Kennedy and company Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1073972302779323642004-01-12T22:38:00.000-07:002004-01-12T22:38:43.676-07:00Leading Calif. Dem blasts Arnold's budget - (United Press International): "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed $99 billion California state budget ran into more flack Monday from a key Democratic lawmaker."
Oh, now there's a surprise. Grey's buddies would rather have a return to the day of raping the California treasury and taxpayers.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1073972118719541962004-01-12T22:35:00.000-07:002004-01-12T22:35:39.633-07:00Welcome to WGOP - DC Radio 700: "That's a wonderful image: The hyper-lefty from San Francisco leading a crusade to turn Texas into a Democratic state. I hope someone brings a video camera. Sore loser rhetoric, of course, but amusing in the extreme considering that the redistricting battle has always been about undoing a deeply unfair incumbent protection plan cooked up by judges that saddled Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1073971709980655822004-01-12T22:28:00.000-07:002004-01-12T22:28:50.980-07:00WORLD January 17, 2004: Dizzy Dean: "From one Iowan to the others: The Democrats are headed for total silliness if they nominate the former governor of Vermont"
fyiBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1073970733702952012004-01-12T22:12:00.000-07:002004-01-12T22:12:34.916-07:00USATODAY.com - Attacks down 22% since Saddam's capture: "Attacks against coalition forces in Iraq have dropped 22% in the four weeks since Saddam Hussein's capture, military records show."
This is bad news for Democratic candidates, especially Howard Dean.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1073911040262313352004-01-12T05:37:00.000-07:002004-01-12T22:29:22.746-07:00O'Neill: Plan to Hit Iraq Began Pre-9/11 (washingtonpost.com): "A senior administration official said O'Neill's 'suggestion that the administration was planning an invasion of Iraq days after taking office is laughable. Nobody listened to him when he was in office. Why should anybody now?' "
Let's see now. O'Neill was fired, wasn't he? Sour grapes, perhaps.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1073734985074847092004-01-10T04:43:00.000-07:002004-01-10T04:43:23.450-07:00OpinionJournal - Featured Article: "As for the politics, Mr. Bush is said to be playing for Hispanic votes, as if attracting voters wasn't part of getting elected. But the initial opposition also suggests that this is a controversy that Mr. Bush could easily have dodged. The pessimist conservative wing of his own party is opposed and will give him an especially hard time in the House. Meanwhile, Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1073712699724137712004-01-09T22:31:00.000-07:002004-01-09T22:31:59.890-07:00NewsMax.com: America's News Page
"Remember, NewsMax Magazine reports on exclusive stories not found on the web or by other major media.
"You won’t ever hear on CNN or read in TIME that Al Sharpton has vowed to teach the Democratic Party a lesson – but you can find out what is really happening by getting the April edition of NewsMax Magazine.
"In NewsMax Magazine, you’ll find out Sharpton's Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1073694037172877842004-01-09T17:20:00.000-07:002004-01-09T17:20:57.426-07:00The Spectator.co.uk: "The last refuge of the defeated"
It's the "S" word. You know, for "Stupid." That's what Democrats are calling Bush supporters now.
Reminds me of when I was a boy in the jungle that we called the playground at Eagle Point, Oregon. The last argument of the bully was "You wanna fight about it." I never did of course. I was small, but I wasn't stupid.
I'm not stupid now.Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1073412262730020902004-01-06T11:04:00.000-07:002004-01-06T11:05:32.986-07:00New York Post Online Edition: postopinion: "But I do know what all the rival campaigns know: Howard Dean will walk into the Democratic nomination unless one of the other contenders finds a way to puncture the balloon. Honesty is the issue on which Dean is the most vulnerable right now."
Don't hold your breath. In recent years honesty has been quite far down on the list of values held by Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1073181118803218482004-01-03T18:51:00.000-07:002004-01-03T18:52:17.006-07:00The high priests of the messianic states can also be guilty of hypocrisy.
My Way News: "Presidential hopeful Howard Dean, who accuses President Bush of being weak on homeland security, was warned repeatedly as Vermont governor about security lapses at his state's nuclear power plant and was told the state was ill-prepared for a disaster at its most attractive terrorist target."Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1073180345216132622004-01-03T18:39:00.000-07:002004-01-03T18:39:23.736-07:00FYI
Charge in Limbaugh drug case rarely used, court records show: "If the law against doctor shopping is rarely used in Palm Beach County, it could lend weight to Limbaugh's argument that the investigation is politically motivated.
'The Post's research confirms what we have been saying all along. Rush Limbaugh has been singled out for special prosecution because of who he is,' said Limbaugh's Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1073091270938294312004-01-02T17:54:00.000-07:002004-01-02T17:54:48.800-07:00The Seattle Times: Opinion: Down the slippery slopes of ensuring safety
"BOSTON — Could we rerun the videotape back to Dec. 15 when Howard Dean qualified his pleasure at the capture of Saddam Hussein by saying that it 'has not made America safer"? Dean was instantly lambasted by his opponents, especially Joe Lieberman who said the doctor was climbing "into his own spider hole of denial.' "
Do Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1072971319362468652004-01-01T08:35:00.000-07:002004-01-01T08:35:37.163-07:00FYI
Grills - 2003, December 31
"Howard Dean has joined that elite pool of politicians who use Jesus as a prop on the presidential campaign trail."Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1072757856690718932003-12-29T21:17:00.000-07:002003-12-29T21:17:54.143-07:00Well, no one has ever accused Americans of being rational!
Newsday.com: Poll: Bush, Hillary Clinton Most Admired: "George W. Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton are finally on the same ticket -- the most admired man and woman in America, according to a poll released Monday. "Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1072729032096535582003-12-29T13:17:00.000-07:002003-12-29T13:20:47.713-07:00FOXNews.com - Politics - Analysts Question Dean's New Discussion of God: "'Christ was someone who sought out people who were disenfranchised, people who were left behind,' Dean told the Boston Globe in Christmas Day editions. 'He fought against self-righteousness of people who had everything ... He was a person who set an extraordinary example that has lasted 2,000 years, which is pretty Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1072616191984408842003-12-28T05:56:00.000-07:002003-12-28T05:56:49.206-07:00Difficult position - The Washington Times: Commentary
"All these hapless Democratic presidential hopefuls want to run because they want to be president, not because they believe they have a superior vision, at least where the War on Terror is concerned. But they're all scampering around in search of a foreign policy message that will resonate — something, anything that will give the voters a Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1072615887359422512003-12-28T05:51:00.000-07:002003-12-28T05:51:44.616-07:00George Will raises some interesting questions for next year's election.
Tough Pill For the Democrats (washingtonpost.com): "Does Dean seem like the sort who might lose the nomination with a gracious smile and a graceful quip and retire to Vermont to practice medicine? By leading his true believers out of the Democratic Party and running as an independent, he might win more votes than the Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1072452096776494582003-12-26T08:21:00.000-07:002003-12-26T08:21:53.260-07:00Logic is for the birds, eh? Because we have one friendly dictator in the Muslim world, we should cool our heels on democracy? Liberals are catching at straws nowadays. We are happy for a friend in Jordan, but do we sacrifice the future good because we fear the effects of freedom in Jordan? Bad, bad, bad.
Newsday.com - Bush Should Cool Democracy Sell: "Jordan is one of few countries still Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1072354838064016082003-12-25T05:20:00.000-07:002003-12-25T05:41:16.866-07:00To liberals, perfection is only required of conservatives. All manner of imperfections are tolerated by their own crowd, but every imperfection of their enemies is magnified and trumpeted abroad. But then, politics is a nasty business and those with weak stomachs ought not apply.
Of course, those who believe that Star Wars is history and Genesis 1-3 is not are very apt to think that Osama is Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1071893183387089852003-12-19T21:06:00.000-07:002003-12-19T21:06:38.370-07:00Divided on the War? Not Really (washingtonpost.com): "You could see the public mood reflected in the statements of Sen. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) a couple of weeks ago. One of the most popular Democrats in the country, and also one of the shrewdest, Clinton dismissed the antiwar argument: 'I think that Saddam Hussein was certainly a potential threat' who 'was seeking weapons of mass destruction, Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1071781651904066932003-12-18T14:07:00.000-07:002003-12-18T14:07:46.530-07:00There is only the quagmire of the democratic policital campaign.
Thomas Sowell: Quagmire seekers: "The capture of Saddam Hussein is good news to virtually everyone, except those who have been looking for a quagmire in Iraq from day one. Back when the war was just getting under way last spring, a dust storm that temporarily stopped the American troops advancing toward Baghdad was loudly Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1071781402668021462003-12-18T14:03:00.000-07:002003-12-18T14:03:37.313-07:00Albright's joke joins growing list of Bush theories - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics: "Madeleine Albright, the secretary of state in the Clinton administration, in a conversation with Morton Kondracke, executive editor of Roll Call and a Fox News Channel political analyst, suggested that Osama bin Laden has been captured by U.S. forces and will soon be produced to the public.
'Do youBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1071765788483303662003-12-18T09:43:00.000-07:002003-12-18T09:43:22.530-07:00From Newsmax.
"Gore's Liberal TV Network Blocked
In his most humiliating setback since his failed coup attempt
of 2000, Al Gore is seeing his dreams of creating yet another
left-wing media outlet fall like chads from the hands of a
ballot-twisting Florida Democrat recount activist.
Thank Barry Diller, who despite Gore's begging is refusing
to lift his veto over the sale of the News WorldBudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1071520830600154612003-12-15T13:40:00.000-07:002003-12-15T13:41:24.823-07:00Is Slate admitting that Bush actually won in 2000? Isn't this departing from the Democratic conventional wisdom, that Bush stole the election by the justices that his daddy appointed to the Supreme Court?
But on the other hand, it seems that this poor liberal online rag that only survivies because of money infused by liberal moneybags is doing a bit of wishful thinking in the rest of the Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1071169596275228342003-12-11T12:06:00.000-07:002003-12-11T12:08:02.646-07:00Hey, if you don't pay, then you can't play. The fault is squarely on Europe [make that France, Germany, and Russia]. should there be no penalty for support of Saddam? Get real.
The sob sisters will say, "But they will be mad at us." So what's new? Did going to the UN for meaningless resolution after resolution make them friendly? These nations are becoming irrelevant, and they are bitter Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1070990629901544062003-12-09T10:23:00.000-07:002003-12-09T10:24:01.936-07:00This is why the Democrats will not win this time out. We elect presidents in this country by the rule of law, not by the mob. George Bush was elected by the rule of law. Democrats do not understand the idea of transcendent law, preferring to depend upon manipulating and subverting the people who are supposed to interpret and enforce the law. This is why the 2000 election was so bitter to Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1070989045124010392003-12-09T09:57:00.001-07:002003-12-09T09:59:57.673-07:00This is simply delicious! Al Gore is going to save the party from Hillary by endorsing Howard Dean. Beautiful. It's like a guy I knew once who stole tools that had been left at a construction site. "It wasn't really stealing" he said. "They had been left out, and if we hadn't taken them, somebody would have stolen them." Similarly, Gore would keep Hillary from destroying the party by Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1070989036282770722003-12-09T09:57:00.000-07:002003-12-09T09:57:28.583-07:00This is simply delicious! Al Gore is going to save the party from Hillary by endorsing Howard Dean. Beautiful. It's like a guy I knew once who stole tools that had been left at a construction site. "It wasn't really stealing" he said. "They had been left out, and if we hadn't taken them, somebody would have stolen them."
New York Post Online Edition: postopinion: "Dissatisfied at how Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1070647479307966322003-12-05T11:04:00.000-07:002003-12-05T11:04:50.500-07:00Shows you what the lust for power can do. It makes men mad.
Herald.com - Your Miami Everything Guide: "Now, I cannot testify to Howard Dean's sanity before this campaign, but five terms as governor by a man with no visible tics and no history of involuntary confinement is pretty good evidence of a normal mental status. When he avers, however, that ''the most interesting'' theory as to why the Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1070583486458950572003-12-04T17:18:00.000-07:002003-12-04T17:18:17.290-07:00Why do Democrats hate democacy? Because they lose every time it is tried!
Jay Bryant: Undemocratic Democrats: "We should not be surprised by this, since they don't seem to care much for democracy in the U.S. either.
In Florida in 2000, they tried to undo the vote count as certified by mostly their own election night counters because ballots approved by Democratic local officials were (they Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1070574359077552572003-12-04T14:45:00.000-07:002003-12-04T14:46:25.310-07:00Oh, really? Every since Nixon, liberals have not had any other stragety. I suppose it is because they are really very miserable people, not believing the Bible, thinking that Christianity is a conspiracy. If Christianity is a conspiracy, it is the mother of all conspiracies, and those who believe that it is conspiracy have a very morbid and bitter view of history. No wonder they are filled Budnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896966.post-1070410756138497402003-12-02T17:19:00.000-07:002003-12-02T17:19:26.440-07:00The Post shows the silliness of Bush's critics. They are really getting desperate. New York Post Online Edition: postopinion: "If Bush visited a hospital in Germany, they would ask why he wasn't visiting Iraq. If he stayed longer in Iraq, they would want to know why he was using the troops as a campaign prop. If he visited lots of Iraqis in Baghdad, they'd want to know why he wasn't going to Budnoreply@blogger.com