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There’s no alternative to Bush
http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php?table=§ion=&issue=2006-01-14&id=7182 ^
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 01/12/2006 5:20:34 AM PST by mal
Just because Ted Kennedy is busy working on a childrens book about a lovable anthropomorphised character called Splash (thats the name of his Portuguese water dog, not his car) doesnt mean hes not playing his usual incisive role on the Senate judicial committee. Last week he attacked Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito for having been influenced by the Goldwater presidency. This week he was back from his alternative universe and more concerned with actual presidencies. Undeterred by the public outcry, he fumed, the President vows to continue spying on American citizens.
What public outcry? Senator Kennedy is referring to the latest scandal du jour: the National Security Agency has been conducting warrantless surveillance of communications between al-Qaeda types overseas and their contacts in the US. And though the polls on the subject vary a bit, all have produced majorities in favour of the administration. Thats to say, if Im getting calls in New Hampshire from Abu Musab al-Zarkawi, the American people see nothing wrong with the NSA eavesdropping on such calls. Back in President Goldwaters day, there might have been a public outcry. But there isnt now. As George W. Bush put it, with disarming straightforwardness, If somebody from al-Qaeda is calling you, wed like to know why.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; marksteyn
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To: Pokey78
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posted on
01/12/2006 6:35:54 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(D-minus-12.)
To: mal
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posted on
01/12/2006 6:44:33 AM PST
by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots. Semper Fi!)
To: mal
Just because Ted Kennedy is busy working on a childrens book about a lovable anthropomorphised character called SplashFor real? LOL!
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posted on
01/12/2006 6:48:46 AM PST
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: Pokey78
We should book odds that Kennedy's publisher will change the name of the dog.
For Kennedy, "Splash" is not very smart.
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posted on
01/12/2006 6:52:55 AM PST
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: glock rocks
"You must have missed the senator's rant."
I pray that I miss every one, henceforth.
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posted on
01/12/2006 6:54:03 AM PST
by
Flightdeck
(Longhorns+January=Rose Bowl Repeat)
To: Pokey78
We are in the middle of regime change in Germany, spluttered the Spiegel editor. OMG-Irony...twice in a single day.
Thanks Pokey.
Warm regards,
L
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posted on
01/12/2006 6:56:28 AM PST
by
Lurker
(You don't let a pack of wolves into the house just because they're related to the family dog.)
To: Pokey78
Thanks for de-excerpting!
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:02:44 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: mal
and the reality is that Bush is like the monster in an old creature feature: there might well be a silver bullet that will take him out for good but, unless youve got one, standing there and just pumping round after round into him will prove completely ineffectual. The Bushmonster will just swat you aside like a fly and stagger on to terrorise the townsfolk yet againI see Steyn lurks on DU.
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:43:26 AM PST
by
Paradox
(What "tax cuts for the rich". They are paying more taxes now than ever!)
To: popdonnelly
I think a Saint Bernard with a little barrel hung on its neck would have been more appropriate.To paraphrase a movie set in the waters around the fleshy senator's state - "You're going to need a bigger cask."
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posted on
01/12/2006 7:50:06 AM PST
by
headsonpikes
(The Liberal Party of Canada are not b*stards - b*stards have mothers!)
To: Pokey78
>Im not talking about sanctions. I thought you and the UK and France were.
You arent?
Im not talking about sanctions, repeated Rumsfeld. Youve got the lead. Well, lead!
You mean the Europeans? said the bewildered German, still not getting it.
Sure. My goodness, Iran is your neighbour, said Rumsfeld. We dont have to do everything!
We are in the middle of regime change in Germany, spluttered the Spiegel editor.
Thats hardly the phrase I would have selected, remarked Rummy.<
Oh, dear! This is absolutely classic!!!
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posted on
01/12/2006 8:08:58 AM PST
by
Darnright
(Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.)
To: Pokey78
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posted on
01/12/2006 8:13:04 AM PST
by
cgk
(I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
To: popdonnelly
Here's a working Portuguese Water Dog (poor critter is too spindley to ever rescue Fat Ted):
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posted on
01/12/2006 8:15:20 AM PST
by
Darnright
(Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.)
To: mal
Alert! Alert! Clear the beach area immedately!!!! Splash and his monster....master, Tsunamina, have just arrived.
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posted on
01/12/2006 8:18:16 AM PST
by
F.J. Mitchell
(Maturity has brought me the wisdom to realize just what a world class dumb ass I really am.)
To: mal
Sure. My goodness, Iran is your neighbour, said Rumsfeld. We dont have to do everything! Give 'em Hell, Rummy!
To: sgtbono2002
He should name his next one "Swill."
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posted on
01/12/2006 8:37:55 AM PST
by
.cnI redruM
(To Live in the past is to die in the Present - Bill Belichick)
To: Pokey78
Thanks for the full-text ping!!! So many Steyn gems, so little time. . .
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posted on
01/12/2006 8:54:57 AM PST
by
alwaysconservative
(If a liberal cries out in the forest, is he still wrong?)
To: sgtbono2002; shezza
>>Is he really that stupid? Or is it arrogance?
Why does it have to be "either/or"?
I'm thinking "both/and".
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posted on
01/12/2006 9:14:38 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: mal
Just because Ted Kennedy is busy working on a childrens book
Is he finishing up "Tookie's" final work?
To: sgtbono2002; mal
<< Is he really that stupid? Or is it arrogance? >>
Yes.
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posted on
01/12/2006 9:41:52 AM PST
by
Brian Allen
(How arrogant are we to believe our career political-power-lusting lumpen somehow superior to theirs?)
To: Pokey78
Thanks for the ping and the full text, Pokey78.
Some classic Rummy in there, eh?
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:01:58 AM PST
by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
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