Category: Politics

Atrios is a Saudi agent (and so is Willis)

Now that we know that Atrios is a fellow named Duncan Black who works for the George Soros-funded Media Matters organization, we can apply some Michael Moore logic and uncover his motivation. Soros is a major investor in the Carlyle Group, which Moore has explained is a vehicle through which the Saudis control American politics … Continue reading “Atrios is a Saudi agent (and so is Willis)”

Now that we know that Atrios is a fellow named Duncan Black who works for the George Soros-funded Media Matters organization, we can apply some Michael Moore logic and uncover his motivation. Soros is a major investor in the Carlyle Group, which Moore has explained is a vehicle through which the Saudis control American politics and media. (According to Moore, President Bush flew Saudis out of the country after Sept. 11 as a favor to the Saudis, who had paid him $1.4 billion.) Soros has $100 million invested in Carlyle, so he’s clearly 100 times more a tool of the Saudis than the entire bin Laden family, who only had $1 million at their peak (they’ve since dis-invested.)

So here’s the way it works: the Saudis want to keep Iraqi oil off the market, to maintain high prices for their own crude, so they support an anti-war movement in the US through Soros’ funding of Moveon.org, Media Matters, Atrios, and Oliver Willis. They can’t get what they want from Bush, so they try and replace him with Kerry. Atrios wants to keep his Saudi connection hidden, so he blogs anonymously. Now that the Saudis have their boy Kerry in the race, he can safely unmask.

This is a completely insane theory, of course, as anyone on his right mind can see; but it’s no more insane than the crap that readers of Atrios and viewers of Michael Moore swallow every day.

Atrios is a Saudi agent – pass it on.

H/T Jarvis.

Kerry Trails Bush in Electoral Votes

The AP reports Kerry Trails Bush in Electoral Votes at the start of his convention: BOSTON – John Kerry (news – web sites) narrowly trails President Bush (news – web sites) in the battle for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, as he makes his case at the Democratic National Convention … Continue reading “Kerry Trails Bush in Electoral Votes”

The AP reports Kerry Trails Bush in Electoral Votes at the start of his convention:

BOSTON – John Kerry (news – web sites) narrowly trails President Bush (news – web sites) in the battle for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, as he makes his case at the Democratic National Convention this week to topple the Republican incumbent. Tall hurdles remain in his path, including Electoral College (news – web sites) math that favors Bush.

The girlie-man pitch at the Yankees/Bosox game Sunday didn’t help – Kerry lined up two-thirds of the way from the mound to the plate, and still threw a bouncer.

Second quote of the week

From Ann Coulter’s Too Hot for USA Today column: For 20 years, the Democrats wouldn?t let Jimmy Carter within 100 miles of a Convention podium. The fact that Carter is now their most respectable speaker tells you where that party is today. Maybe they just want to remind Americans who got us into this Middle … Continue reading “Second quote of the week”

From Ann Coulter’s Too Hot for USA Today column:

For 20 years, the Democrats wouldn?t let Jimmy Carter within 100 miles of a Convention podium. The fact that Carter is now their most respectable speaker tells you where that party is today. Maybe they just want to remind Americans who got us into this Middle East mess in the first place. We?ve got millions of fanatical Muslims trying to slaughter Americans while shouting ?Allah Akbar!? Yeah, let?s turn the nation over to these guys.

Right on; I was shocked that the Democrats’ political judgment is so impaired that they let Carter speak in prime time. All he did was remind people of the sanctimonious, ineffectual, narcissistic positions that stirred up the anger against us in the Middle East and gutted the CIA.

It was a clear case of political malpractice.

Another reason Democrats should vote for Bush

We’ve pointed out that a Kerry victory this year will all but end Hillary Clinton’s presidential hopes, and now a leading union boss says it will also retard progress toward needed reforms in the labor movement: BOSTON, July 26 — Breaking sharply with the enforced harmony of the Democratic National Convention, the president of the … Continue reading “Another reason Democrats should vote for Bush”

We’ve pointed out that a Kerry victory this year will all but end Hillary Clinton’s presidential hopes, and now a leading union boss says it will also retard progress toward needed reforms in the labor movement:

BOSTON, July 26 — Breaking sharply with the enforced harmony of the Democratic National Convention, the president of the largest AFL-CIO union said Monday that both organized labor and the Democratic Party might be better off in the long run if Sen. John F. Kerry loses the election.

Andrew L. Stern, the head of the 1.6 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), said in an interview with The Washington Post that both the party and its longtime ally, the labor movement, are “in deep crisis,” devoid of new ideas and working with archaic structures.

Stern argued that Kerry’s election might stifle needed reform within the party and the labor movement. He said he still believes that Kerry overall would make a better president than President Bush, and his union has poured huge resources into that effort. But he contends that Kerry’s election would have the effect of slowing the “evolution” of the dialogue within the party.

So there you go, Donks, another reason to send Kerry home to the Heinz fortune this November: do it for the workers.

H/T stinky liberal Marc Cooper.

Kerry swirls ’round the toilet

The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll is super-bad news for Kerry: Kerry has lost support against Bush in trust to handle five of six issues tested in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, including terrorism, Iraq, taxes and even health care. And Kerry’s ratings on personal attributes ? honesty, strong leadership, consistency, empathy and others … Continue reading “Kerry swirls ’round the toilet”

The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll is super-bad news for Kerry:

Kerry has lost support against Bush in trust to handle five of six issues tested in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, including terrorism, Iraq, taxes and even health care. And Kerry’s ratings on personal attributes ? honesty, strong leadership, consistency, empathy and others ? have softened as well.

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Probably the single most important advance for Bush on the issues in this poll is his rating for handling terrorism. Fifty-seven percent of Americans now approve, up from 50 percent last month. And registered voters trust Bush over Kerry to handle terrorism by 55 percent to 37 percent, compared with an even split, 48 percent to 47 percent, a month ago.

Among specific groups that are key to Kerry’s chances, since June he has lost 13 points among women in trust to handle terrorism, 11 points among moderates and eight points among independents.

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There’s a significant gender gap in this race: Kerry has an 11-point lead over Bush among women, while Bush is +15 among men. Bush’s support has gained a bit among men in the past month, while women’s preferences remained about the same.

So instead of some pre-convention bounce, we see Kerry’s support eroding significantly; as we approach the election, Iraq will get significantly better, the economy will continue to improve, and the sanctimoniousness of Democratic Party all-stars Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton will alienate voters even further.

Things are looking pretty good for Mr. Bush.

Edwards’ malpractice suits

A recent John Stossel report in ABC’s 20/20 points out that 76% of Las Vegas obstetricians have been sued by lawyers like John Edwards, who famously won huge awards in dubious cases: Cerebral palsy is a central nervous system defect that makes it hard for people to control their muscles. At the time of Edwards’ … Continue reading “Edwards’ malpractice suits”

A recent John Stossel report in ABC’s 20/20 points out that 76% of Las Vegas obstetricians have been sued by lawyers like John Edwards, who famously won huge awards in dubious cases:

Cerebral palsy is a central nervous system defect that makes it hard for people to control their muscles. At the time of Edwards’ cases, the defect was often said to be caused by a lack of oxygen to the baby’s brain during delivery. Edwards and other lawyers have argued that if the doctor involved had only done a Caesarean section, the child’s cerebral palsy could have been prevented.

He won a record verdict in a cerebral palsy case after he told the jury he was speaking for the injured infant, in the womb. He was very convincing and the jury awarded his clients over $6 million. Scruggs told me, “Wouldn’t you want your lawyer to be just as clever and just as effective?”

One thing doctors may have learned from these kinds of cases was to do more C-sections. The procedure is more common today for many reasons, including scheduling convenience, but doctors say fear of a cerebral palsy lawsuit has had a big impact.

Since 1970 C-sections have gone from 6 percent of all births to 26 percent. “And there has not been one small decrease in the cerebral palsy rate across the board,” said Mandeville.

See ABC’s message boards for some discussion of the unusual disclaimer.

H/T Mr. Reynolds.

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

Get your red-hot 9/11 Commission report here; no Bush-bashing, but plenty of Michael Moore-debunking. UPDATE: Apparently not much finger-pointing either.

Get your red-hot 9/11 Commission report here; no Bush-bashing, but plenty of Michael Moore-debunking.

UPDATE: Apparently not much finger-pointing either.

Rich Lowry: The double binds of George W. Bush

Sometimes you just can’t please anybody: Sometimes a political figure becomes so hated that he can’t do anything right in the eyes of his enemies. President Bush has achieved this rare and exalted status. His critics are so blinded by animus that the internal consistency of their attacks on him no longer matters. For them, … Continue reading “Rich Lowry: The double binds of George W. Bush”

Sometimes you just can’t please anybody:

Sometimes a political figure becomes so hated that he can’t do anything right in the eyes of his enemies. President Bush has achieved this rare and exalted status. His critics are so blinded by animus that the internal consistency of their attacks on him no longer matters. For them, Bush is the double-bind president.

If he stumbles over his words, he is an embarrassing idiot. If he manages to cut taxes or wage a war against Saddam Hussein with bipartisan support, he is a manipulative genius.

If he hasn’t been able to capture Osama bin Laden, he is endangering U.S. security. If he catches bin Laden, it is only a ploy to influence the elections.

…so you just have to do the right thing and damn the consequences. And with Democrats in such a tizzy covering up for Kerry advisers Lyin’ Joe Wilson and Sandy “Socks” Berger, there probably won’t be any.