Category: Politics

Surprise endorsement

From Power Line, an interview with Curt Schilling: GIBSON: “Well, well said, Curt and Shonda. You both have certainly lifelong membership now in the Red Sox nation. It was a great thing to watch, and I think everybody ? whether they were great Red Sox fans or not — had to admire what this team … Continue reading “Surprise endorsement”

From Power Line, an interview with Curt Schilling:

GIBSON: “Well, well said, Curt and Shonda. You both have certainly lifelong membership now in the Red Sox nation. It was a great thing to watch, and I think everybody ? whether they were great Red Sox fans or not — had to admire what this team did. It was extraordinary, and one of the great stories of sport. And sport always produces such great stories. Curt, Shonda, great to have you with us. Congratulations.”

SCHILLING: “And make sure you tell everybody to vote, and vote Bush next week.”

There you have it.

Iraqi explosives story

So CBS had planned to run the story about 380 tons of explosives missing in Iraq (out of 600,000 total) this weekend in order to sink the Bush re-elect effort, but the NY Times beat them to the punch. Unfortunately, NBC News has busted them: An NBC News crew that accompanied U.S. soldiers who seized … Continue reading “Iraqi explosives story”

So CBS had planned to run the story about 380 tons of explosives missing in Iraq (out of 600,000 total) this weekend in order to sink the Bush re-elect effort, but the NY Times beat them to the punch. Unfortunately, NBC News has busted them:

An NBC News crew that accompanied U.S. soldiers who seized the Al-Qaqaa base three weeks into the war in Iraq reported that troops discovered significant stockpiles of bombs, but no sign of the missing HMX and RDX explosives.

Reporter Lai Ling Jew, who was embedded with the Army?s 101st Airborne, Second Brigade, said Tuesday on MSNBC TV that the news team stayed at the Al-Qaqaa base for about 24 hours.

?No move to secure the weapons?
?There wasn?t a search,? she said. ?The mission that the brigade had was to get to Baghdad. That was more of a pit stop there for us. And, you know, the searching, I mean certainly some of the soldiers headed off on their own, looked through the bunkers just to look at the vast amount of ordnance lying around.

The fact that this story comes from a UN official desperate to shut down the Oil-for-Palaces scam is very disturbing, but not so disturbing that the Soros Brigade of Marshall, Brock, and Black didn’t run with it.

Reading the polls

President Bush is ahead of Kerry in the national polls right now by an average of 3.1 percent (see Real Clear Politics.) Over the past several months, his trend line is up while Kerry’s is flat (see Stephen den Beste.) Michael Barone explains why this is happening: Bush’s most effective opposition this year has come … Continue reading “Reading the polls”

President Bush is ahead of Kerry in the national polls right now by an average of 3.1 percent (see Real Clear Politics.) Over the past several months, his trend line is up while Kerry’s is flat (see Stephen den Beste.)

Michael Barone explains why this is happening:

Bush’s most effective opposition this year has come not from Kerry and the Democrats but from Old Media, the New York Times and the news pages of the Washington Post, along with the broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC. Old Media gave very heavy coverage to stories that tended to hurt Bush?violence in Iraq, Abu Ghraib, the false charges of Richard Clarke and Joseph Wilson, etc. And during the first eight months of the year Bush did a poor job of making his case.

Then, suddenly, that case was made with maximum effectiveness at the Republican National Convention in New York?by John McCain and Rudolph Giuliani, by Zell Miller and Arnold Schwarzenegger, by Laura Bush and Dick Cheney and George W. Bush himself. Bush was able to get his message out unmediated by Old Media. (Fox News Channel had more viewers during the Republican National Convention than any of the old-line broadcast networks.) The message was simple: We need this president to protect the nation. Bush muffed the chance to deliver that message effectively in the first debate. But he made up for it in the second and third debates.

Kerry helped confirm the Bush message in the debates?by saying American action had to pass a global test, by saying that Saddam Hussein’s Iraq both was and was not a threat, by arguing that Saddam would “not necessarily” have remained in power if Kerry’s course had been taken. He remains the man who volunteered the words “I did actually vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.” So in all the polls Bush continues to score better than Kerry on handling the war on terrorism and on handling Iraq.

Sounds about right, but there’s one other thing: Kerry’s messages are very appealing to the audidences for which they’re tailored, but it takes the voters a while to figure out that he’s pandering; they’ve more or less done that by now.

Quote of the Day

From Gen. Tommy Franks: Today we are asking our servicemen and women to do more, in more places, than we have in decades. They deserve honest, consistent, no-spin leadership that respects them, their families and their sacrifices. The war against terrorism is the right war at the right time for the right reasons. And Iraq … Continue reading “Quote of the Day”

From Gen. Tommy Franks:

Today we are asking our servicemen and women to do more, in more places, than we have in decades. They deserve honest, consistent, no-spin leadership that respects them, their families and their sacrifices. The war against terrorism is the right war at the right time for the right reasons. And Iraq is one of the places that war must be fought and won. George W. Bush has his eye on that ball and Senator John Kerry does not.

Amen.

President widens lead

The President must have won the debate in the eyes of the people, as he’s widened his lead according to the daily tracking poll from Zogby International: A day after the final debate, President Bush has opened a four-point lead over Democratic rival Senator John Kerry, according to a new Reuters/Zogby daily tracking poll. The … Continue reading “President widens lead”

The President must have won the debate in the eyes of the people, as he’s widened his lead according to the daily tracking poll from Zogby International:

A day after the final debate, President Bush has opened a four-point lead over Democratic rival Senator John Kerry, according to a new Reuters/Zogby daily tracking poll. The telephone poll of 1220 likely voters was conducted from Tuesday through Thursday (October 12-14, 2004)…

Pollster John Zogby: ?While Bush– now at 48%– had another good night continuing his upward trend, Kerry appears stuck at 44%. The good news for the President is that he has improved his performance among the small group of undecideds. Nearly a quarter now say that he deserves to be re-elected?up from 18% in our last poll.

Rasmussen has similar results: 3.5% lead for the President, Kerry slowly losing ground.

UPDATE: TIPP has similar results, 47-44 for Bush, and the Washington Post has an outlier poll showing a 48-48 deadlock with no post-debate movement. This isn’t cherry-picking, folks, this is the whole spectrum of tracking polls.

Voter fraud

The centerpiece of the Kerry election strategy appears to be voter fraud. Plus George Soros’ money and media bias. Nov. 2nd is going to be dicier than the polls indicate, as these bastards will stop at nothing to take away our freedom.

The centerpiece of the Kerry election strategy appears to be voter fraud.

Plus George Soros’ money and media bias. Nov. 2nd is going to be dicier than the polls indicate, as these bastards will stop at nothing to take away our freedom.

Bush Job Approval

Bush Job Approval: Thursday October 14, 2004 — Fifty-three percent (53%) of American voters say they approve of the way George W. Bush is performing his role as President. Forty-six percent (46%) disapprove. The President’s Job Approval has not dipped below 51% since the Republican National Convention. Since Labor Day, it has moved in a … Continue reading “Bush Job Approval”

Bush Job Approval:

Thursday October 14, 2004 — Fifty-three percent (53%) of American voters say they approve of the way George W. Bush is performing his role as President. Forty-six percent (46%) disapprove.

The President’s Job Approval has not dipped below 51% since the Republican National Convention. Since Labor Day, it has moved in a narrower range from 51% to 54%.

During all of 2004, it has ranged from a high of 57% in early January to a low of 48% on May 17.

Today’s job approval rating is higher than yesterday’s, owing to a positive response to the President’s debate performance.

Foreign leaders prefer Bush

Here’s an endorsement from prominent foreign leader Koizumi of Japan: Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 21:37 JST TOKYO ? Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday he wants George W Bush to retain the U.S. presidency in the country’s upcoming election. “I don’t want to interfere with another country’s election but since I’m well-acquainted with President … Continue reading “Foreign leaders prefer Bush”

Here’s an endorsement from prominent foreign leader Koizumi of Japan:

Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 21:37 JST
TOKYO ? Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday he wants George W Bush to retain the U.S. presidency in the country’s upcoming election.

“I don’t want to interfere with another country’s election but since I’m well-acquainted with President Bush, I want him to carry on,” Koizumi told reporters at his office when asked about Democratic rival Sen John Kerry’s [alleged] lead in [some flakey] poll.

Koizumi is a stand-up guy.