Archive for 'Donkeys'

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

We’ll Mark You Down As “Not A Fan”

George Will on Harry Reid’s transparently phony excuse for pulling the immigration bill:
Harry Reid, the Senate’s majority leader and resident Uriah Heep, affected ‘umble and syrupy sadness about the Senate’s inability to pass the immigration bill that he pulled from the floor last Thursday evening for a transparently meretricious reason. Saying the Senate’s time was […]

5 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs, Harry Reid, Donkeys, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Of Course, You Know, This Means War

War! War! That will be the topic de jure, of course, in tonight’s Democratic debate. CNN has a preview:
What will New Hampshire voters be listening for when 18 presidential hopefuls square off Sunday and Tuesday in presidential debates? It depends on whom you ask, but on one issue, there is widespread agreement: People […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Elephants, Donkeys, Iraq by Mark

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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

Bush Promises To Veto New House Plan

The Democrats are still trying to find a way to placate the left without seeming unwilling to support the troops, and their latest proposal would pony up half of the needed war appropriations now and half in July, provided certain benchmarks are met.  Bush is not having any of it:
President Bush would veto the new […]

No Comments » - Posted in POTUS, Donkeys, Iraq by Mark

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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

That Just About Sums It Up

From President Bush’s address tonight:
Here’s why the bill Congress passed is unacceptable. First, the bill would mandate a rigid and artificial deadline for American troops to begin withdrawing from Iraq. That withdrawal could start as early as July 1st, and it would have to start no later than October 1st regardless of the situation on […]

17 Comments » - Posted in POTUS, Donkeys, Iraq, Election 2008 by Mark

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Saturday, April 21st, 2007

Is Partition The Answer?

There of those of us who still believe in the idea of a united, democratic Iraq, though our hopes have been dashed time and time again and the remnants are fading.  I never thought the idea of a partitioned Iraq was worth fighting and dying over.  You can understand, then, my disappointment that it has come […]

22 Comments » - Posted in Harry Reid, POTUS, Elephants, Donkeys, Iraq by Mark

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Sunday, April 8th, 2007

Senator Levin: We Will Not Stop Funding The War

A Democratic senator with big-time influence and authority is quite publicly sending a message to Harry Reid and other Democrats who have thrown their lot in with the Nutroots®, and the message is this: we won’t stop funding for the war.
The Senate will not stop paying for the Iraq war nor relent from insisting that […]

9 Comments » - Posted in Harry Reid, POTUS, Donkeys, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Are Pigs Flying?

The Wall Street Journal editorial board praises…Charlie Rangel??!!?? On trade???!!!???
Believe it:
How’s that bipartisan thing going in Washington? Not very well, despite those January promises. But Congress and the White House still have a chance to work together on something important–namely trade. The outcome may hang on who runs trade policy in the House: Charlie Rangel, […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs, POTUS, Elephants, Donkeys, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Making The Right Enemies

I’ve been very vocal in my praise of Mitch McConnell’s performance in the minority, and this only raises my estimation:
A tip for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: The liberal blogosphere wants you out in ‘08.
They despise your loyalty to President Bush. They loathe your support of his Iraq war plan and your ability to block […]

6 Comments » - Posted in Elephants, Donkeys, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

More On The Upcoming Veto

I don’t know what else to call it, since the Senate will apparently keep the withdrawal language, as we discussed below; basically, the Senate and House have voted for a veto. Fair enough, a veto they will get:
The Democratic-controlled Senate narrowly signaled support Tuesday for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next […]

3 Comments » - Posted in POTUS, Donkeys, Iraq by Mark

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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Sharpen Your Veto Pen

Senator Mitch McConnell, who has been nothing short of brilliant in outmanuevering his Democratic colleagues on Iraq thus far, in particular ‘Dirty’ Harry Reid, is signalling a temporary retreat on the language requiring troop withdrawals, predicting it will be in the supplemental funding bill that passes the Senate in the expectation that the President will […]

No Comments » - Posted in POTUS, Elephants, Donkeys, Iraq by Mark

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Monday, March 26th, 2007

The Shame Of The Democratic Porkers

Does anyone still remember when Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the Democrats swore they were going to clean up the ‘culture of corruption’?  Shame on them, all of them:
The patriotic-sounding bill is dubbed the “U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Health, and Iraq Accountability Act,” but the subtitle could be, “And Don’t Forget Farmers, Shrimpers, NASA […]

16 Comments » - Posted in Donkeys, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Some ‘Victory’

The Wall Street Journal is right on the money today:
“A Triumph For Pelosi” -
That’s how the Associated Press described yesterday’s vote by the House to demand a U.S. retreat from Iraq, and in the perverse calculus of Capitol Hill we suppose it was. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has demonstrated she can pile on enough pork […]

No Comments » - Posted in Donkeys, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Bush’s Statement On The House Vote

A clearly angry President George W. Bush laid into the House Democrats today, and he was absolutely right to do [all points of emphasis mine]:
Here in Washington, members of both parties recognize that our most solemn responsibility is to support our troops in the war on terror. Yet, today, a narrow majority in the House of […]

11 Comments » - Posted in POTUS, Donkeys, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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Friday, March 23rd, 2007

House Vote Will Go Pelosi’s Way, But It Won’t Matter

All indications are that the Democrats will pass their anti-war measure today:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is headed for a big victory in the vote in the House Friday on $124 billion in funds for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
If, as looked likely Thursday night, she does win, her victory will be largely due to […]

6 Comments » - Posted in POTUS, Donkeys, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Uncategorized by Mark

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Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

Life Imitates The Simpsons

From the greatest show on television: 
When Grandpa Simpson starts receiving royalty checks for work he didn’t do, Bart and Lisa ask, “Didn’t you wonder why you were getting checks for doing nothing?” Grandpa responds, “I figured, ‘cuz the Democrats were in power again.”
…to Tom Maguire:
Now that it is Democrats in charge of the process, earmarks are simply […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Donkeys, NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

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Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

A Progress Report: The Taste Of Freedom

Eloquent words from Mohammed Fadhil of Iraq the Model on the state of ‘the surge’:
You look around in Baghdad now and see hundreds of men working in the streets to pick up garbage; to plant flowers and paint the blast walls in joyful colors. Many of Baghdad’s squares are becoming green and clean. The picture […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Donkeys, Iraq, NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

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Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

The Shameless Hacks Of The New York Times

Oh, boy, here we go again:
The House of Representatives now has a chance to lead the nation toward a wiser, more responsible Iraq policy. It is scheduled to vote this week on whether to impose benchmarks for much-needed political progress on the Iraqi government — and link them to the continued presence of American combat […]

1 Comment » - Posted in POTUS, Donkeys, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

Gonzales Showdown Intensifies

Threats of subpeonas lead to threats of withdrawn offers, and away we go:
A House Judiciary subcommittee today authorized subpoenas for Karl Rove, President Bush’s political adviser, and other senior White House officials in the investigation into the firing of eight United States attorneys.
Democrats said the subpoenas, approved on a voice vote of the panel, […]

15 Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs, POTUS, Donkeys by Mark

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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

By Hook Or By Crook

The Democrats resorted to desperate measures to line up the House votes needed for the anti-war spending bill, using strong-arm tactics, stuffing the bill with pork, and engaging in very public wars of words:
One of the Democrats’ chief designated vote counters, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), is actively working against the Iraq war spending bill. The […]

No Comments » - Posted in Donkeys, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

Taking A Stand

President Bush is trying to draw a line in the sand regarding AttorneyGate, but the Democrats are not playing along so far:
President Bush sought yesterday to defuse the controversy over the firings of U.S. attorneys, offering strong support for embattled Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales while proposing to make Karl Rove and other top aides […]

No Comments » - Posted in Domestic Affairs, POTUS, Elephants, Donkeys by Mark

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