The Ruthless Party [Fred Barnes]

Weekly Standard ^ | January 29, 2005 | Fred Barnes

[Quilla]

Barnes is right, stronger measures are needed - I just haven't figured out who is strong enough to implement them.

[goldstategop]

Let em continue what they're doing and watch 'em implode. If they want to bring down the President's second term agenda, it will come with a heavy price tag. The Democrats will go down along with it.

Denny Crane: "I want two things. First God and then Fox News."

[The Wizard]

Ann

[Tijeras_Slim]

We are.

[Quilla]

Let's hope so.

[dirtboy]

This is madness, but there is method in it. The talk among congressional Democrats is about the tactics Newt Gingrich used as House minority whip in 1993 and 1994. As they remember it, Gingrich opposed, blocked, attacked, zinged, or at least criticized everything President Clinton and Democratic leaders proposed. It was a scorched-earth approach, Democrats believe. And it worked, crippling Clinton and resulting in the 1994 election that gave Republicans control--lasting control, it turned out--of the House and Senate. Now Democrats, after losing three straight elections, hope brutal tactics will work for them.

Memo to the Democrats: those tactics are much more effective when you have the facts on your side as well.

[samtheman]

Part of the problem is Fox News. They've been pulling their punches way too much. Only Sean Hannity gets to speak out clearly against the madness, but they make him share the stage with Colmes.

[cardinal4]

Barnes is right, stronger measures are needed - I just haven't figured out who is strong enough to implement them.

Nor have I. By the time one reaches the heights where he or she could take stronger measures, they have been compromised. Compromised by lobbyists, special interests, and the like. This, however, I do know-Frist aint the one..

[Chuck54]

bttt

[hflynn]

I hate to say it but if Kennedy keeps on ranting the RNC is going to have to cut him a monthly check for services rendered. Kennedy is the best operative available to the RNC in the last 50 years.

[Unam Sanctam]

With the Michael Moore - George Soros love fest and George Bush hate fest for at least a year leading up to the election, I don't know where Democrats get off with the idea that they aren't mean enough.

[somemoreequalthanothers]

The White House needs a Republican senator as an ally. Unfortunately, nobody seems willing to stand up for issues and forget about their standing with their colleagues.

[Angry Enough]

I agree. We are. Just ask CBS and Dan Rather. It's the voice of the people, baby. Get ready to start the commotion.

[chainsaw]

In Kennedy's own words.

"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." - Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002

and in Al Gore's words

"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power." - Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

[BunnySlippers]

Good article bump ...

[alwaysconservative]

Thanks for posting this great article! Barnes nails it: we are treating the Dems like a legitimate opposition party, while they have all jumped off the cliffs of insanity. NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE of any intellectual caliber will listen to their rantings for any length of time. President Bush has driven the Democrats mad. (Heeheehee.) Kennedy, sKerry, Boxer, sHrillary, Reid, Byrd, Levin, et al., may have once been sane, but are not now. If I were a Democrat (shudder), I'd be ashamed to admit it publicly with "standard bearers" such as these.

[woofie]

My hope is that we are in the middle of a Dem shark jump, when their tactics are laughed at by SNL etc. its over.

[Mr. Buzzcut]

With the Michael Moore - George Soros love fest and George Bush hate fest for at least a year leading up to the election, I don't know where Democrats get off with the idea that they aren't mean enough.

Yeah ... when I hear cr-p like that I wonder if I dreamt the last two years ...!

[razzle]

Thank God for Fox News, conservative radio and Free Republic. Without them, we might be viewing Teddy and Kerry as sane alternatives. And liberals are still calling GW Bush an idiot.

[Pusterfuss]