Posted on 06/24/2005 9:35:51 AM PDT by CHARLITE
The Senate Democrats' #2 compares the American military to Nazis, Stalinists, and Pol Pot's killer, and the story never gets near to the cover of the Washington Post. Karl Rove makes a valid assertion about the behavior of liberals, backed by evidence, and the fake outrage of those Senate Democrats makes page 1, but in a story without the pointed reply of George Pataki which happens to pivot on Durbin's slander. At least the New York Times included a portion of the Pataki quote, which has now vanished from the original Newsday article.
But there is no MSM bias, right? My World column looks at the Minneapolis Star Tribune's repulsive editorial on Durbin's speech, but that's just the obvious bias against truth at work. Placement and pitch matter just as much. The contrast between the MSM's smothering of Durbin's slander and his non-apology versus its treatment of the false outrage directed at Rove joins the massive set of examples of MSM bias which, while it will never be corrected, will always be there to explain the collapse of credibility among the elite media.
Just so you don't miss it, here's what Governor Pataki said:
"I think it is a little hypocritical of Senator Clinton to call on me to repudiate a political figure's comments when she never asked Senator Durbin to repudiate his comments. Senator Clinton might think about her propensity to allow outrageous statements from the other side that are far beyond political dialogue --insulting every Republican, comparing our soldiers to Nazis or Soviet gulag guards-- and never protesting when she serves with them."
The evidence to support Rove is here. And don't miss Teddy Kennedy's attack on Donald Rumsfeld and the war. RogerLSimon brands the Democrats as deeply reactionary, and he's right. Every action taken by the party's leaders in recent months, from obstruction across the board on Social Security, to the blocking of judicial appointments and Bolton, to the Dean and Durbin rhetoric and now to the war against the war are tied together by a bitter hatred of George W. Bush that makes the right's antipathy of Clinton seem like child's play. The GOP recovered from Clinton-induced derangement, but it is not at all clear that there is anyone in the Democratic Party who wants to recover from its current fevers.
MartiniPundit has great analysis of Rove's speech and its aftermath, as does Stylish Since This Morning, Hoystory, and Let Freedom Ring. But the best analysis comes, as it often has, from Victor Davis Hanson, who writes in part: "As September 11 faded in our collective memory, Muslim extremists were insidiously but systematically reinvented in our elite presentations as near underprivileged victims, and themselves often adept critics of purported rapacious Western consumerism, oil profiteering, heavy-handed militarism, and spiritual desolation."
2006 will tell quite a story, because though I thought it impossible to have a starker choice than that offered in 2004, the Democrats have indeed upped the ante. While Democrats pat ritual homage to the memory of 9/11, they seem to have lost the concrete knowledge of American vulnerability to more terrorist attacks and the resolution to take the steps necessary to prevent them.
The GOP has only one vulnerability: border security. I will broadcast an entire show on that subject from San Diego today.
He's awfully late to the party but better late than never. Thanks for positng this, I'll listen.
by Dick McDonald
"Hillary Clinton says Democrats supported the war in Afghanistan and were patriotic. She asserted that nothing Karl Rove said about Democrats was true. According to her(and we know her memory for details like the Rose Law billing records is infallible-oops I left them under the bed) Democrats stood united for the war. Oh yeah, Karl's rant must be another right-wing conspiracy (just like the one in her husband’s pants.) Today, Hugh Hewitt provides the irrefutable truth in the words of the leftists that said them. http://www.hughhewitt.com/#postid1733
"The left in this country is defeatist, harshly critical of the American military, and always eager to blame America for creating terrorists as though our actions in defense of ourselves and innocents everywhere are the root cause of terrorism. With Dick Durbin's and Nancy Pelosi's shameful attacks on the military this week, the gloves are coming off, and the debate about what the Democrats believe will be an excellent one for the entire country to observe."
The party that wants to lose us another war is fast at it. Their motives are simple. Destroy Republicans and then surrender to the United Nations. Their response to a group ready to commit suicide on the basis of the ramblings of some power-deluded warrior of the 6th Century is therapy and chat. “Real warriors” ready to protect the homeland? Right. No, just cowards ready to be intimidated by any two-bit bully dictator they encounter.
You will be shocked to read Hugh’s thumbnail recollection of what the Democrat response to 9/11 was. Especially the response of the left-wing of the Democrat party that now controls it. If you enjoy evidence, read on. How Americans put up with the lies of the left will just astound you. Current babblings obscure the overwhelming acts of cowardice and appeasement that one forgets too easily.
If only Michael Medved weren't a border wimp.
I just saw Senator Frist on the Senate floor talking about border security---
He said that NEXT WEEK--during debate on the Homeland Security Spending Bill, they will be taking up border control, illegal immigration, immigration reform...
THIS OUGHTA BE GOOD, FOLKS,--The Kennedy-McCain bill is an amnesty bill for illegals....oopsy!!!
The party that wants to lose us another war is fast at it. Their motives are simple. Destroy Republicans and then surrender to the United Nations. Their response to a group ready to commit suicide on the basis of the ramblings of some power-deluded warrior of the 6th Century is therapy and chat. “Real warriors” ready to protect the homeland? Right. No, just cowards ready to be intimidated by any two-bit bully dictator they encounter.
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And their "hidden agenda" nicely detailed above, would have become reality, had this country put Kerry in the Oval Office. The radical left is the bane of America, in the process of happening. They have to be stopped.
He said that NEXT WEEK--during debate on the Homeland Security Spending Bill, they will be taking up border control, illegal immigration, immigration reform...
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This should be good if the Repubs are REALLY going to face off with RINO-McCain.
Frist said that whenever any of the Senators go home, the first or second question asked is ALWAYS about border control---
So, I think they have gotten the message..plus, I heard that the congress had a briefing in private the other day, that was particularly alarming about some middle easterners that have infiltrated the drug cartels and gangs, and are being smuggled in with them---and they have some pretty nasty weapons, like suitcase nukes...
THAT might have scared the congresscritters enough to do this NOW--I was under the impression that they were gonna wait until later in the year...but, now it is on for next week...
I don't know whether to cheer, or be very afraid...
yeah, i remember michael reagan broadcasting from san diego, and going out to dairy mart road to watch the illegals at night. this was in the late 1990s.
It's worse than just amnesty .. according to Roger Hedgecock (who is HOT on this border stuff) McCain/Kennedy bill would also provide illegals with SUBSIDIZED HOUSING - so not only do the taxpayers get to pay their medical bills and feed them through food stamps - now we are going to pay for their housing ..??
Eeeegads!! Typical of the arrogant liberals.
Did I miss that? Oh. But *now* they insist they love America. Now they adore the human freedom of the fascist West. Now *their* "patriotism" is beyond dispute. Now they're terribly upset that anyone dare question their loyalty to a system they hate.
ping
I hope everyone will call their congress people to tell them to vote NO on AMNESTY (that's what it is).
There's free pre-addressed, pre-written faxes to send at:
www.numbersusa.com
No on amnesty!
Brazos!
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Be Ever Vigilant!
Minutemen Patriots ~ Bump!
MSM is biased
Char why didn't you post this in
Breaking News? :>)
Didn't think it necessary, since I posted it in all capital letters. But, you're probably right. I should have. Will try to do better with this kind of time-sensitive material next time.
Char :)
this can't be true
I'd say, They have been kicking us in the kiesters for years now because we won't roll over and take illegal immigration without a fight. Where was he 8 years ago? Or even 5?
This really says a lot. My, how things do change.
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