Dick Cheney sings the Air Force song during his visit to the Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Posted on 03/26/2006 5:13:53 PM PST by Wolfstar
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and First Lady, accompanied by the Secretary of State, returned from Camp David earlier today. It will be a momentous week in Washington as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on a military commissions case, and the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on Sen. Russ Feingold's call to censure the President over the wiretap controversy. In this mix of venality and stupidity, there is some happier news:
Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - The Cincinnati Reds announced Friday that President George W. Bush will throw out the first pitch prior to the Reds' opening game against the Chicago Cubs on Monday April 3, at 2:10 p.m. (et) at Great American Ball Park.President Bush's father, George Herbert Walker Bush, threw out the first pitch at the inaugural regular-season game at Great American Ball Park in 2003.
George W. Bush will be the first sitting president ever to throw out an opening day first pitch in the city of Cincinnati and just the second sitting president to attend a baseball game in the Queen City, William Howard Taft being the other in 1912.
The Washington Post story about the military tribunals Supreme Court case:
Court Case Challenges Power of President (click title link to read complete story)
Military Tribunals' Legitimacy at Issue
By Charles Lane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 26, 2006Seized by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Osama bin Laden's former chauffeur is now seeking victory over President Bush in a new arena: the Supreme Court.
In oral arguments Tuesday, an attorney for Salim Ahmed Hamdan will ask the justices to declare unconstitutional the U.S. military commission that plans to try him for conspiring with his former boss to carry out terrorist attacks.
This story is great! Vice President Cheney took on the Democrats for their attacks on the President over the wiretap matter.
Cheney on attack after Dems call Bush 'dangerously incompetent' (click title link to read complete story)
Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:46 PM CSTORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney blasted Democrats for opposing provisions of the Patriot Act and criticizing President Bush's approval of secret wiretaps for domestic surveillance at a fundraising lunch Friday.
Two days after Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid called Bush “dangerously incompetent,” Cheney said if Democrats were capable of handling the war on terror, “Then I ought to be singing on American Idol.”
“The president and I welcome the debate, because every voter in America needs to know how the leaders of the Democratic party view the war on terror,” he said at the event for U.S. Rep. Ric Keller, R-Orlando.
THE WEEK AHEAD: Not much news available today about next week's presidential schedule. I was only able to find this: President Bush will welcome President Olusegun Obasanjo of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the White House March 29.
Yes, it is nice. I like her hair like that. Classic page boy.
OK... How about may favorite Barbara Bush the daughter. :)
"...Hope you've had a nice Sunday, the first Sunday this spring." Same to you!
They look like safety shoes to me
Hi prairie. I agree. Somewhere along the line, our politicians have totally lost the perspective that politics ends at the water's edge. Private citizens can say and do what they want overseas, but elected and former elected officials should leave the politics at home when they travel.
I loathe Feingold and most of the denizens of the Senate these days.
"...Barbara Bush the daughter. :)" Funny! Enjoy YOUR toaster...I'll race you for one another day!:)
It's such a fun photo. Whatever he's really saying, he's clearly joking around.
Thanks. :)
Dick Cheney sings the Air Force song during his visit to the Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, Tuesday, March 21, 2006
OK will do
Oh, no snugs, I didn't see that photo. What fun and what a nice photo it is.
Believe or not there have been quite a few goods ones of the VP the last couple of weeks.
Okay, Ping races are the best! Are you on Pookie18 cartoon list in the mornings? those are fun too! :)
Sorry to rant on the Dose, I've just been fuming since I caught up on some of the weekend news before dinner.
How dare he make these comments. How dare he grandstand all over the backs of our brave coalition soldiers. Oh, and now I read that Udall is pulling a Murtha and saying we should "redeploy" our troops to Kuwait and neighboring countries.
How about we redeploy many of the Democrat Senators and Critters straight out of the United States of America? For good.
OK, I'm dropping it. grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
This photographer is outstanding!! The tulip picture looks like a painting.
I love Laura's outfits.
Would have loved to see her in a deep pink lipstick with that gorgeous pink suit ; )
Suits appear to be a bit better fitted, maybe it's just my imagination ? )
The light pink looks fantastic on the first lady. Very feminine, very spring-time. Lovely.
Hi, everybody. Thank you Wolfstar. I Like the picture of Condi. She sure has good taste.
Oh Wolfstar, that is the BEST Photo Of The Day! WOO-HOO!
MUST READS:
NEW . . .
DEMOCRACY AND SECURITY
The Bush Doctrine is alive and well.
The publication earlier this month of the Bush Administration's National Security Strategy was greeted with a combination of media indifference and contempt. "Bush clings to pre-emptive force," was one news agency's sum-up of the 49-page document. Readers of these columns might prefer to draw their own conclusions by actually reading it: www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss/2006. What they'll find is a strategy that's admirably specific and, in the issues that matter most, broadly right.
You can read the entire article at
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008141
'INCOMPENTENT' PRESIDENT HEAPED WITH ABUSE
By Ian Robinson
I recently ran across the text of a letter, penned by liberal historian and former Secretary of the U.S. Navy George Bancroft, about the president of the U.S.
In it, he wrote: "How can we reach our president with advice? He is ignorant, self-willed, and is surrounded by men, some of whom are almost as ignorant as himself.
"So we have the dilemma put to us. What to do when his power must continue for two years longer and when the existence of our country may be endangered before he can be replaced by a man of sense. How hard, in order to save the country, to sustain a man who is incompetent."
Make sure you read the ENTIRE article:
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Robinson_Ian/2006/03/26/1506134.html
RE-POSTS (Just in case you missed them the first time) . . .
LAY OFF BUSH: HE'S A CONSERVATIVE
by Rabbi Aryeh Spero
Posted Mar 23, 2006
President Bush is receiving too much criticism from our side complaining he is not conservative. Using the historic criteria, he is conservative enough for me.
. . . During Reagan's two terms, conservatives would implore those surrounding Reagan to "let Reagan be Reagan." The feeling was that Reagan was at times not acting conservatively because his inner circle was shielding him from important facts or obstructing him from acting the way he truly would have wanted. We now know that Reagan was always Reagan. Even the most conservative President knows the limitations to total implementation of any philosophy, no matter how correct and noble. The presidency is no different than any other category of life where reality reigns among even the most philosophically strong.
Though his polls are at what they call "a low point," the President has not made any attempt to refashion long-held principles in an effort to regain popularity and create a rise in his numbers. I am astounded and heart-warmed by this man's ability to stay the course during this time of war and to choose principle over popularity. I respect him for that.
To me -- a Conservative first and Republican second -- it is beyond doubt that George Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Donald Rumsfeld, Andrew Card and even Condi Rice constitute the most conservative administration -- and vocally so -- we have ever seen, and one stronger and more resolute than even that of Ronald Reagan. It remains Conservative even in its second term.
. . . when it comes to inner steel, I think Bush has ingot loads, as well as a heart with firm muscle. He is a terrific sheriff. That's why I have my synagogue make a special blessing for him, every Sabbath at 12 pm -- at High Noon.
You can read the entire commentary at
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=13452
Rabbi Spero is a radio talk show host, a pulpit rabbi, and president of Caucus for America. He can be reached at www.caucusforamerica.com
ANNE COULTER makes this point in the following article
[Finally, she writes something worth reading!]:
Poll: Americans Love Coulter Columns!
by Ann Coulter
Posted Mar 22, 2006
Bush has lost his momentum, Americans' support for the Iraq war is dwindling, and opposition to Bush policies is hardening. That's according to a recent New York Times/CBS News poll being covered as if it were a real news story.
Like callers to talk radio claiming to be Republicans angry with Republicans, liberals love to pretend public opinion is always in the process of shifting in their direction. They can't win elections -- Democrats have gotten a majority vote in a national election only two times since FDR was president (Lyndon Johnson in '64 and Jimmy Carter in '76). But they're always experiencing an upswing in the polls.
Clinton could never get a majority of Americans to vote for him but, according to the polls, as soon as the public found out about his sex romps with Monica, his support shot up to above 80 percent. Bush did get a majority of the country to vote for him less than two years ago. Now we're told 70 percent of Americans hate the man.
Indeed, according to the polls, the public's feeling about the war in Iraq began three years ago with fear, skepticism and dread -- and steadily went downhill.
If these poll results were accurate, support for the war should be about negative 3,000 percent by now. The public would have stormed the White House, seized the president and flogged him to death.
You can read the entire commentary at
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=13435&o=ANN001
A current poll worth reading:
BUSH, CHENEY APPROVAL NUMBERS REMAIN STRONG AMONG REPUBLICANS
Republicans Choose Fox News Channel, Bill O’Reilly for News and Commentary
NEW YORK, March 23, 2006 – Republican voters are split in their support of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain for president in 2008, with Bush supporters preferring Giuliani and Republicans who disapprove of Bush preferring McCain. In a head-to-head presidential primary match-up among Republicans voters, McCain and Giuliani are statistically tied (42% Giuliani, 40% McCain), but Bush supporters back Giuliani 45%-38%, while Republicans who disapprove of Bush prefer McCain 51%-34%.
President Bush’s . . . support among Republican voters remains strong, with 80% of Republican voters approving of his job performance, and 84% expressing a strongly or somewhat favorable opinion of him. Evangelicals report an 85% approval rating of Bush, and 89% have a favorable opinion of the president.
. . . Contrary to national polls (surprise, surprise) VP CHENEY'S popularity among Republican voters remains strong . . . 76% of Republicans have a favorable view of the VP including 80% of Evangelical Republicans. By comparison, only 62% of Republicans and 56% of Evangelical Republicans have a favorable view of JOHN MCCAIN.
[This Ed Rollins (R) and Ed Reilly (D) poll exposes the media (and FR) created lie that President Bush and VP Cheney have lost the support of their Republican base!!! Actually, it's John McCain who lacks Republican support NOT the President or VP!!!]
You will find a link to this poll's topline results at
http://www.diageohotlinepoll.com/
Thanks!
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