He's a worldbeater, all right (Mark Steyn beats up on the Dems!)

Chicago Sun Times ^ | January 23, 2005 | Mark Steyn

[Rummyfan]

Thanks for the phone number.

[basque]

Why do the libs have their knickers in a knot? W was simply echoing The Declaration of Indepence and the Democrats Wilson and FDR.

[Dog Gone]

The Democrat party is bankrupt of ideas. Totally out.

It's remarkable to observe and it's never happened before in my lifetime.

Their entire agenda consists of two words:

No

and

Don't.

All they can do is complain that the Republicans are not doing things the right way. They need to come up with something more substantive or they'll never be the majority party again.

[MeekOneGOP]

Well, I'm heading out for the day.

I'll see ya'll when I get back online sometime tomorrow.

Have a great Sunday. :^D

[ride the whirlwind]

...West Virginia porkmeister Robert C. Byrd...

LOL

[Dog Gone]

Where the heck do you think you're going, and did you get permission?

[Brian Allen]

<< The Democrats' big phrase is "exit strategy." .... The correct answer is: There isn't one, and there shouldn't be one, and it's a dumb expression. ....

If you want an example of "exit strategy" thinking, look no further than the southern "border." A century ago, American policy in Mexico was all exit and no strategy. That week's President-for-Life gets out of hand? Go in, whack him, exit, and let the locals figure out who gets to be the new bad guy. If the new guy gets out of hand, go back, whack him and exit again. The result of that stunted policy is that three-quarters of Mexico's population is now living in California and Arizona -- and, as fine upstanding members of the Undocumented-American community, they've got no exit strategy at all.

By contrast, the British went in to India without an "exit strategy," stayed for generations and midwifed the world's most populous democracy and a key U.S. ally in the years ahead. Which looks like the smarter approach now? ''Most Indians Say 'Thumbs Up' To Second Bush Term,'' reported the Christian Science Monitor this week, "and no, that doesn't mean something rude in Indian culture.'' >>

Classic Steyn: Two perfect analogies vis-à-vis exit strategy -- and two perfect examples of the same improperly and properly applied!

What a genius -- and, in India -- what a wonderful ally to have whipped out of the former Soviet camp!

Thanks for the ping, Pokes.

[wildehunt]

Damn..
he's good..

[WestTexasWend]

What's also significant about Joyce Smith is that Coalgate is on the western edge of "Little Dixie", the part of OK that's been a dem stronghold forever...most recently under Gene Stipe, a state senator who pleaded guilty in April to two felony charges and a misdemeanor in a congressional campaign funding scandal. The fact that people in this part of OK saw through Kerry and went for Bush, should tell the dems they're only fooling themselves.

[lilmsdangrus]

bump for Mark Steyn!!

[lilmsdangrus]

right on the money! You said it all in one paragraph, unfortunately, libs have their heads (or @sses, same thing) buried in the sand.

[nothingnew]

Thanks.

FMCDH(BITS)

[rockrr]

" Once anyone gets to this level, in any party, all they are is party hacks"

This morning on FNS, Diane Fineswine says, "Many times I disagree with my party and the Republicans..." and then goes on to parrot the 'rat talking points.

It's too bad that some of us can't just accept that, if it's on TV, then it MUST be true ;'}

[shield]

if you've got a few hundred bucks and an ATM card you can come to America and blow it up

Who but Mark could be it that way....I Love this guy....

[dead]

The article he cites in the intro, and the bashing it took at the hands of freepers, can be read here:

The Eve of Destruction: Bush will stop at nothing until everybody and everything is ruined forever!

I’ve received a few Freepmails from the author (Rick Perlstein) that lamely tried to defend himself against the beating. He didn’t bother to contest a single factual point anybody brought up though.

[brooklin]

Cut off their money and they all will go away.
have you noticed that once they get elected to any position, they have a job for life in some part of the public sector. They just can't seem to get a job on their own.

[hattend]

BTTT

[OldFriend]

I make at least one phone call every day. Since the call comes thru the Capitol switchboard the politician can't tell if it's a constituent or not.

I always identify myself as a constituent.......

[MissAmericanPie]

"The problem with "exit strategy" fetishization is that these days everywhere's Mexico -- literally, in the sense that four of the 9/11 killers obtained the picture ID they used to board their flights that morning through the support network for "undocumented" workers, and only a few days ago the suspected terrorists supposedly en route to Boston were said to have entered the country via the Mexican smuggling route."

Given this event, and the fact that 2/3 of Mexico's population is in Arizona and California, what is Bush's strategy in dealing with this threat, other than giving illegals and terrorists a free pass?

[America's Resolve]

''The Eve Of Destruction: George W. Bush's Four-Year Plan To Wreck The World.''

More democrat delusion.

What will it take to make them understand? President Bush, VP Cheney and AG Ashcroft are NOT nazi's! They're NOT going to destroy America! They're NOT going to 'Wreck the World'!

The American people understand this full well. This is NO way to win votes.

But, I guess like many of you are thinking, YIPEE! The more delusional the left is, the better for the right!

Though I shiver inside when I think how close the last election came. 3.5 million votes out of about 120mil cast???

*shiver*

Godspeed