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London plot exposes Left
Townhall.com ^ | August 14, 2006 | By Michael Barone

Posted on 08/14/2006 8:38:13 PM PDT by garbageseeker

Tuesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, anti-Iraq war candidate Ned Lamont beat Sen. Joseph Lieberman in Connecticut's Democratic primary. On Thursday, British authorities arrested more than 20 British Muslims who were plotting to blow up American airliners over the Atlantic Ocean.

Tuesday was a victory for the angry antiwar Left that set the tone in the Democrats' 2003-04 presidential cycle and seems likely to set the tone again in 2007-08. Thursday was a reminder that there are, as George W. Bush has finally taken to calling them, Islamic fascist terrorists who want to kill us and destroy our way of life.

Thursday's lesson was not one Tuesday's victors wanted to learn. Left-wing bloggers played an important part in Lamont's victory. Here's the reaction of one of them, John Aravosis, to the red alert ordered here in response to the British arrests: "Do I sound as if I don't believe this alert? Why, yes, that would be correct. I just don't believe it. Read the article. They say the plot had an 'Al Qaeda footprint.' Ooh, are you scared yet?"

What we are looking at here is cognitive dissonance. The mindset of the Left blogosphere is that there's no real terrorist threat out there. We wouldn't have any serious problem if we'd just do something different — raise the minimum wage or reduce the number without health insurance (the first issue Lamont mentioned on election night), withdraw from Iraq or (as some Left bloggers suggest) sell out Israel.

As for Lamont, on victory night he mentioned his policy to handle the nuclear threat posed by ......

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2006election; barone; connecticut; joelieberman; lamont; leftists; liberals; lieberman; repost; searchisyourfriend

1 posted on 08/14/2006 8:38:14 PM PDT by garbageseeker
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To: jwalsh07
Prose poetry ping.

"At least Neville Chamberlain was made of sterner stuff."

That is a rather arresting sentence, which Barone then proceeds to back up. And so it goes.

2 posted on 08/14/2006 8:46:06 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Admin Moderator



3 posted on 08/14/2006 8:46:06 PM PDT by garbageseeker (Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men. -General George Patton)
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To: garbageseeker

The first post was 6 hours ago, don't sweat it, gs.



For those who don't know, Michael Barone's wife was in the plane that hit the Pentagon.


4 posted on 08/14/2006 8:54:08 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Free Iran! WARNING! Forbidden Cartoon: .. . *-O(( :-{>. . . .)
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To: SaxxonWoods

I did not know that. He is such a fine, optimistic guy.


5 posted on 08/14/2006 8:57:21 PM PDT by bethtopaz (There will be peace in the Mideast when Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel. -Meir)
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To: garbageseeker
Thursday's lesson was not one Tuesday's victors wanted to learn...many callers to C-Span on Thursday were so deluded and deep in denial that they were insisting that the British terrorism incident was really a plot by Bush et al to scare the public and gain advantage in the upcoming elections - "it happens every time we have an election" growled on - it's terrifying to think that such blind fools might actually help put someone as out of touch as Lamont in office one day.......
6 posted on 08/14/2006 8:58:25 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: SaxxonWoods

It was Theodore Olsen's(the former U.S. Solicitor general's) wife was on the plane that hit the Pentagon.
Thanks for your support.


7 posted on 08/14/2006 9:00:53 PM PDT by garbageseeker (Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men. -General George Patton)
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To: bethtopaz

Most fine guys act that way.

Too bad Newt's latest ex wasn't on it. It would have saved him some trouble.


8 posted on 08/14/2006 9:01:46 PM PDT by 308MBR ( "She pulled up her petticoat, and I pulled out for Tulsa!" Abstinence training from Bob Wills.)
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To: garbageseeker

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL


9 posted on 08/14/2006 9:06:46 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (404 Page Error Found)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

That is one of my favorites.


10 posted on 08/14/2006 9:07:20 PM PDT by garbageseeker (Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men. -General George Patton)
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To: SaxxonWoods

I know lawyer Olsen's was. Was Barone's on it too?


11 posted on 08/14/2006 9:13:39 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Torie; garbageseeker

A google search indicates garbageseeker is right, I stand corrected. It was Olsen's wife, the writer, not Barone's wife on the plane.


12 posted on 08/14/2006 9:21:12 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Free Iran! WARNING! Forbidden Cartoon: .. . *-O(( :-{>. . . .)
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To: Torie; garbageseeker

I raced to read Barone's article.. He says it so well.


13 posted on 08/14/2006 9:21:43 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: MEG33; IronJack
He most certainly does. The article is very well crafted. I knew the guy was talented as a political analyst, but this shows stylistic writing gifts I did not know he had. He is close on this one to being in the Steyn category.
14 posted on 08/14/2006 9:24:07 PM PDT by Torie
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To: SaxxonWoods

It happens. I am glad both were not touched with such a horror. One is too many.


15 posted on 08/14/2006 9:25:27 PM PDT by Torie
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To: garbageseeker
But Chamberlain stayed true to his countrymen, yielding his place to Churchill and strenuously supporting him when Britain was in peril.

Can we expect as much of our Left? It seems doubtful.

Great column. Thanks for posting it.

Why do the Lefties love foreign bullies so much?

16 posted on 08/15/2006 4:10:56 AM PDT by syriacus (A vote 4 Lamont is a vote 4 the right of abusive men to kill women + children, here + abroad.)
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To: Torie

When Michael Barone speaks, I listen.


17 posted on 08/15/2006 6:03:24 AM PDT by rightazrain (“Ceasefire” is just another word for “reload.")
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To: garbageseeker

The left doesn't mind being exposed as anti-war, or even anti-American, what they don't want the world to find out is that their reasons for both are based in Marxist anti-capitalism.


18 posted on 08/15/2006 6:29:24 AM PDT by wayoverontheright
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To: Torie
I'm with you. I have never been particularly impressed by Barone's stylistic gifts, but this piece wowed me. It takes talent to not only SEE the idiocy of the Left, but to DESCRIBE it in a way that does it the most damage.

It has been said that an artist's stock in trade is Truth. This work makes Barone an artist.

19 posted on 08/15/2006 8:32:04 AM PDT by IronJack (ALL)
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