Eric Florack on February 11th, 2004

Everything I Know Is Wrong. is an encouraging site. Here’s a reformed Democrat who sees clearly what’s what:

“After Clinton had been in office just a short time I realized what a mistake I had made voting for him. He was such an obvious sleazball. The way Democrats rallied around him was worse than the way the Republicans had rallied around Nixon. Worse for two reasons. First, I had voted for him. He was a Democrat! They weren’t supposed to do things like that. Second, his bald faced lying and manipulation of an obviously willing-to-be-manipulated press left no doubt of his moral bankruptcy (and the bankruptcy of the press). The way his party rallied around him left no doubt about their bankruptcy as well. Because of his success in beating scandals that no one had ever beaten before, his tactics were studied, improved, and implemented by other Democrats.

They got better and better at parsing the things they said so that anything they said couldn’t hurt them in court. The louder they talked the less they said. They became accustomed to talking a lot and saying nothing. Their ideas disappeared. They became more and more willing to be anything it took to get and keep votes. The stopped standing for anything. They lost me completely.

In my search for a new party I began to really research the facts, something that had been difficult, if not impossible, before the internet (it’s a good thing Al Gore invented it). I began to see that the Democratic party never really had stood for the things they said they stood for. Racial equality, individual liberties, civil rights, protecting the weak and poor… none of it. Their record speaks for itself. I felt cheated on a whole slough of levels. The things that I believed in, that I thought the Democrats represented, that they told me they represented, were much more in line with the Republicans. Racial equality, individual liberties, civil rights, protecting the weak and poor.

This latest primary brings it home in capitol letters. With nothing to stand for and a willingness to become whatever the moment demands, the Democratic flip-flopping on issues is unrivaled by anything short of the deck of a North Sea fishing trawler (no offence to North Sea Trawlers). Democratic voters have joined the flip-flopping and scrapped their beliefs, trading them in for a vague idea about which candidate is most likely to beat George Bush.

Democrats, the anti-war party of record, are actually trying to sell the idea that only a military man can legitimately run the country. They are trying to convince the public that Bush’s service in the National Guard was not really military service and that he is not really qualified to be Commander in Chief. This after George Bush has run what is, arguably, the most successful military operation of all time. They are trying to convince the public that our economy is in trouble despite all of the evidence to the contrary (and ignoring the fact that Republicans are cleaning up after an economy that began spiraling downward on Clinton’s watch and was accelerated by an unprecedented attack on our soil).

I don’t think the public is that stupid.”

Odd; The Democrat leadership does…

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Eric Florack on February 11th, 2004

Right Wing News has BitsBlog listed as Blog of the Day today.

Well, *I’m* stoked.

Thanks, John….

Update: I’ve added RWN to the ‘what others are saying’ list.  One of these days I’ll remember to add links to the authors. I’m trying to figure out how to do that without screwing up the ranking bots. Oh, well.

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Eric Florack on February 11th, 2004

Clark has booked the Peabody Hotel in Little Rock at the last minute, for 3pm today.
Guess why.

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Eric Florack on February 11th, 2004

I noted Dick Morris on Hanity and Colmes last night. So did Boortz, apparently.
Morris is still convinced based on his understanding of the Clintons, that Hillary will run.
I am, as well. At the least, she will try.

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Eric Florack on February 11th, 2004

Last Sunday Kerry was grave of look and speech and intoned:

“The issue here is was he present and active on duty in Alabama at the times he was supposed to be?”

So, Monday morning the pay stubs show up, showing Bush did exactly what he’d said… he did what he was supposed to do.  Kerry’s comment?

“It’s not an issue that I’ve chosen to create.”

Amazing how quickly he backpeddals on his claims, isn’t it?

And let’s call this the way it is; even assuming we didn’t have the evdience produced on Monday.. and even assuming we had any question whatever in our minds on this…. we KNOW where John F’ing Kerry was when Mr. Bush was serving his country…  Kerry was trailing around Hanoi Jane Fonda, protesting against not the war, but our country. Those records are all too available,a nd will be used soon, I doubt not. In fact, I suspect that the Republicans won’t need to respond, so loud will the outcry be against this lothesome slimeball, Kerry.

And in all of this, one more thing has come out to raise serous questions about Kerry; He’s equated Guard service with ‘running to Canada’. Since the largest segment of the military is reservists… well, not only will this not sell with the military vote (Who won’t vote for him anyway) but it raises serious issues of how he really feels about our military. For all his “I served in Vietnam’ nonsense, he’s just revealed himself as another one who lothes the nature of the military.

Speaking of which; isn’t it interesting that suddenly Military service is of import to the Democrats? Interesting shift from a few years back when we were told that Clinton’s draft-dodge didn’t matter.

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Eric Florack on February 10th, 2004

Weasely Clark is toast.
News from all the wire services and a number of blogs, that he’s been cancelling appearences.
And Clark’s campaign site is showing a rather strange lack of events after tonight.

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Eric Florack on February 10th, 2004

Taegan Goddard’s Political Wirehas a report up of interest:

“‘The network of soft-money fundraising groups known as the ‘shadow’ Democratic Party has fallen significantly short of its fundraising goals even as the presumptive Democratic nominee, Sen. John Kerry, faces heavy Republican attacks in coming months,’ The Hill reports.

‘Eight of the largest and most prominent liberal soft-money funds — known as 527s after a section of the federal tax code — have raised less than 10 percent of their expected outlays for the 2004 election.’ “

Which is about what I predicted as you’ll recall.

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Eric Florack on February 10th, 2004

Dhimmi Watch is reporting something which the RNC should be all over in about 30 seconds or less:

“Yesterday we posted an article reporting that Iran’s mullahs are hoping Bush loses the presidential election. Some comments criticized us for bringing politics into the struggle against global jihad. Well, actually I would love to keep politics out of it. In Onward Muslim Soldiers I make the case that the struggle against jihad terror is not a conservative issue, but should be one taken up by all those who value universal human rights.
Nevertheless, as Al Pacino would say, just when we think we’re out, they pull us back in. Now the Tehran Times is reporting that John Kerry’s office has warmed the mullahs’ hearts, such as they are, by sending a note to an Iranian news agency promising to repair the damage Bush has done. (Thanks to dtrini.)”

Go to the site.

Update: I see LGF is on this one, too.

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Eric Florack on February 10th, 2004

Exit polls are showing Kerry up front, with around 55 percent in both states.

A look into history shows that the last two Democrats who were nominated AND won Tennesee, were Mondale and Dukakas.

How’s THAT for a trend? 😉

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Eric Florack on February 10th, 2004

Reuters is reporting:

“A massive car bomb killed about 50 people at a police station south of Baghdad on Tuesday as civilians lined up to apply for jobs, in one of the deadliest attacks on Iraqis working with U.S. occupation forces. ”

It stirkes me in reading this that the aid being called for in that intercepted memo has already begun.

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Eric Florack on February 10th, 2004

I’ve been asked via email why I haven’t commented on THIS yet:

“STEVENS POINT, Wis., Feb. 9 – In an abrupt reversal, Howard Dean said Monday that he would not back out of the Democratic presidential race regardless of what happened in Wisconsin’s primary on Feb. 17.”

I guess the biggest reason is this kind of reversals form Dean are no shock to anyone. I will add though that were the stuations different, and were Kerry losing his shirt like Dean is, we’d see Kerry doing the same flip-flops…. It’s endemic to the breed, I think.

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Eric Florack on February 10th, 2004

PR Newswire

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ — The late Dr. Robert Atkins is being smeared for his alleged obesity at the time of his death, by a phony doctors organization that has been exposed as a front group for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and has been censured by the American Medical Association (AMA).  The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has taken in over $1 million from PETA and the animal rights movement.  PCRM and PETA also share office space, board members, and staff.  The AMA has formally censured PCRM in the past, calling its recommendations “irresponsible” and “potentially dangerous to the health and welfare of Americans.”  The AMA has also called PCRM a “fringe organization” that uses “unethical tactics” and is “interested in perverting medical science.”

PCRM’s attacks on diets including meat, fish and dairy foods, and its constant demands for a vegetarian America are rooted in an animal-rights philosophy.

The facts on the late Dr. Robert Atkins:

(1) Dr. Stuart Trager MD, chairman of the Atkins Physicians Council, told the Wall Street Journal that Atkins’ heart disease stemmed from cardiomyopathy, a condition that was thought to result from a viral infection.  Atkins’ weight was due to bloating and water-retention associated with his condition, and the time he spent in a coma after his head injury.

(2) Trager’s own release this morning reads in part: “Due to water retention … [Atkins] had a weight that varied between 180 and 195.  During his coma, as he deteriorated and his major organs failed, fluid retention and bloating dramatically distorted his body and left him at 258 pounds at the time of his death, a documented weight gain of over 60 pounds.”

The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit coalition supported by restaurants, food companies, and consumers working together to promote personal responsibility and protect consumer choices.

SOURCE Center for Consumer Freedom

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Eric Florack on February 10th, 2004

The Guardian says:

“As John Kerry’s campaign to secure the Democrat nomination – and with it a crack at the White House – continues to gather pace, it has emerged that it is being bankrolled by key executives from News Corporation, MTV-owner Viacom and Sony…..

Unsurprisingly, the donation from News Corp’s boardroom came not from chairman Rupert Murdoch, a committed Republican, but from the company’s chief operating officer, Peter Chernin.

Mr Chernin, one of Mr Murdoch’s most trusted lieutenants, is among several media chiefs who have pledged to raise between $50,000 and $100,000 to support the Vietnam war veteran’s campaign for the White House.”

Go ahead.
Tell me about a media bias that swings right.

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Eric Florack on February 10th, 2004

Cam Edwards came up with what is perhaps a preview to the re-election.


This was blogged by Margaret Kieler. I hadn’t seen it for a while and decided to repost.
Kerry cannot beat Bush. Imagine the debate:

Kerry–The No Child Left Behind Act is not working.
Bush–You voted for it.

Kerry–The Patriot Act is unconsitutional.
Bush–You voted for it.

Kerry–The War in Iraq was wrong.
Bush–You voted for it and then didn’t vote to give $87 Billion to help the troops.

Kerry–The working people of America will be worse off now that they cannot get overtime.
Bush–You were too busy campaigning to vote against the Omnibus bill.

Kerry–The war on drugs is not successful.
Bush–You perpetuate the problem by pretending to smoke a joint during a rally in Iowa.

Kerry–The problems of race still exist in America.
Bush–You thought the historical significance of letter X on the baseball
cap of a man was the number 10. I’m a moron but I still understand what it is.

Kerry–The Medicare Bill steals from our seniors.
Bush–You didn’t vote for or against it.

(And a couple more from BCMW)

Kerry–I’m going to stand up for the rights of average Americans.
Bush–You are a multi-millionaire.

Kerry–It’s time to kick lobbyists out of Washington DC and give government back to the people.
Bush–You’ve received hundreds of thousands of dollars from lobbyists.

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Eric Florack on February 9th, 2004

Keith Burgess-Jackson, otherwise known as the Anal Philosopher apparently reads Sullivan, of late, the same way I do:

“Andrew Sullivan has lost his bloody mind……  His otherwise sound intellect fails him repeatedly when it comes to homosexual marriage (or homosexuality generally). Please, Andrew, get a grip. You’re embarrassing yourself.”

I’ve been saying the same for months, now;

“But his reason leaves him when this subject comes up. ” (July 03)

I’ve been reading Andrew Sullivan’s blog again this morning, and I’m shaking my head a bit. What is it about homosexual activists, (of which Sullivan is unquestionably one) that when homosexuality is brought up, all the rules go out the window, in order to justify their chosen behavior? (August,03)

Is Sullivan really this stupid?
I’ve said it before; Sullivan, usually so smart about things, gets downright stupid when it comes to homosexual activism. He pukes this one up today, that is really astonishing in it’s blatant stupidity (Dec 03)

…. his own internal conflicts are causing logic failures. Sad to see, frankly…. (January 04)

No, this isn’t piling on. It’s sounding the alarm and hoping he wakes the beep UP.

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