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Honorable Mention Awards for December 31, 2006 (in alphabetical order)

Alas Babylon!

#35; "... 'Dick (Lugar), the dems don't need any help attacking the administration. Your 'attempts' to sound fair have made you a laughingstock.'"
#50; "Then like I said, it's all politics. That's why Luger should be ashamed. He's a republican trashing a sitting Republican President over politics. Is it any wonder why the Republicans lost the Congress? ... Lugar, you old senile fool, you lost your committee chair over backstabbing crap like this. You and Specter, Hagel, McCain, DeWine, and all the other DBM butt kissing idiots. Will you ever learn? Dems stick together. Is it asking too much for you to do the same?"

anita

#15; "Wishing EveryOne Happy & Prosperous New Year! ... Here 's this Sunday's Media Nuggets... " (Note: great list, as usual - follow the link and read them all)

Arizona Carolyn

#356; "I watched Late Edition with those two... my take on the conversation is Lieberman is more in step with most of us on the WOT AND Foreign Relations than Specter. I was proud to hear Liberman explain why he refuses to go to Syria and meet with Asad and then there was Specter saying we have separation of powers and the Senate has every right to run their own trips to visit other leaders in other countries and the State Department has nothing to say about it.... I was sick listening to this man, our President campaigned to re-elect, talk like a liberal Democrat."
#368; "Speaking of Muslims. I happened to catch Newswatch on Fox later last night and one of the rounds was on most important stories not covered by the media. Cal Thomas really hit the other four as well as the viewers right between the eyes when he said: Muslim Mosques being built all over this country like Starbucks and no one is asking why or even covering this phemomen. ... He went on to say they may not be up to anything with all the mosques, but who knows, since no one is paying attention and we all know the mosques are where so much radicalism takes place and can take place out of the public view. ... I think one reason this grabbed me is because of the controversy right now in Katy Texas about a mosque, training school, etc., being built and the residents don't want it.. that, alone, is a long story few are covering, though NPR did have a story a week ago on it."

Bernard

#55; "... the violence will stop when US politicians step up to the plate and act united for victory and peace. ... How's that?"

BusterBear

#87; "... It's amazing how some of the loudest voices expressing outrage over Saddam's execution. were not only silent when Saddam was perpetrating his atrocities but concluding extremely profitable business deals with him. Where was the outrage then?"

bvw

#287; "The Doctrine of Overwhelming Force doesn't apply against this kind of enemy today. The meltaways. ... The Doctrine of Overwhelming Force did apply when we invaded Iraq, and we did indeed have overwhelming force. That's why we took Baghdad so quickly. ... We won. ... Just like the Ethiopians just did in Somalia. ... NO AMOUNT OF OVERWHELMING FORCE WILL WORK AGAINST SUCH MELTAWAY IRREGULAR FORCES. ... " (Note: there's considerably more to the post)

cardinal4

#345; "Happy New Year all! I just got home, so I missed the puff piece with Edwards and his 'Wendys' wife. But it really appears as if Breckgirl is going full bore in this race. He doesn't appear to be worried about Hussein Obama or Hillary. He is running on the Katrina/Africa ticket, so there is nothing a merger with Clinton or Hussein can offer his race. And Hillary has been soooo quiet and Hussein's coming out euphoria seems to have abated somewhat. I guess what Im trying to say is that Edwards would get get the nod if the caucuses were held today, without Hussein/Hillary even getting into the race.."
#348; "Another thing about Edwards' Katrina/Africa ticket-it will appeal to the voters who will vote with themselves in mind. 'What will an Edwards administration do for ME ?'"
#377; "'Hillary Clinton will be out of the running for her party's nomination for the presidency by late 2007.' ... I think thats a pretty good assumption. Even the average dolt will be questioning why The View, CNN, and the rest of the DNC propagana machine, never ask any tough questions and why she has no past, why no one mentions her husband, what happened to Hillary care, just why did Billy Dale get prosecuted....etc..." (Note: in response to PerConPat's predictions in post #351)
#383; "'One Congressman, Virgil Goode tried to...and has been excoriated by the MSM and any and all Muslim groups.' ... I heard the letter he wrote read aloud on the radio. It wasnt divisive, it plainly stated facts. Yet he is excoriated and Ellison is elevated. Why dont we just skip procedure and tradition and coronate Hussein/Ellison now, and order our prayer rugs and embrace Sharia Law now?"

chiller

#114; "One interesting comment from Robinson, imho; he acknowledged that the Powell Doctrine of 'overwhelming force' has been ignored, and almost seemed to say it should be an option. His implication caught me off guard, coming from a lefty. Nonetheless, he as much as admits we're fighting a PC war."

Fishtalk

#264; "Okay...tada....before it even gets posted on my Blog....presenting.... Pat Fish's political predictions fro 2007: ... " (Note: interesting list)

Gritty

#17; great Ramirez cartoon

longtermmemmory

#107; "It is amazing how the MSM has now finally finished with their "President Ford was a bipartisan" back handed bash of GW Bush. ... Lets not forget in 1974 Turkey invaded Cyprus on Fords watch. If he had stepped aside in 1976 we might have had a Reagan four years earlier. ... Interesting to compare how subsequent republican presidents responded to threats. (Grenada, Panama, Kuwait) ... We just should keep in mind that when the MSM praises are republican for bein bipartisan it is really praise for being politically weak."

maica

#40; "(Lugar) Says he hasn't been 'informed.' &&&& His staff must be on vacation. ... What a totally stupid thing to say on camera. Perhaps this is an example of why Chuckie, Dick, Harry and Nancy are so giddy. They know how clueless our Republicans on the Capitol really are, and they are anticipating a free ride for the next two years to do whatever they will."

Miss Marple

#30; "Lugar says we need to think about stability in the region. Lugar says he doesn't know whether he supports a surge in troops or not. Says administration needs to take Congress seriously, and lately they have not. (Miss Marple agrees with the President...I don't take them seriously, either.)"
#45; "Gag me with a spoon. Vilsack compares Kennedy's actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis (working for peace) vs. Bush going to war in Iraq. ICK! ... Wallace trying to pin Vilsack on whether he will take on Democrat special interests. Vilsack won't answer and is doing a tap dance about ANWR. HA!"

OldFriend

#320; "As if the people in the middle east were unaware of Saddam's war on Iran, Kuwait, and his own people? ... They need reminders of what happened when he gassed the Kurds?"
#324; "I heard Edwards speaking at a commencement and he was asking why we are not caring for the desperately poor people in India. ... Just about everyone in the audience was nearly comatose."
#331; "Edwards also clearly thinks we haven't done enough to rebuild New Orleans. No mention of all the dollars wasted down there! He doesn't realize we are not amused by the political corruption in the state of Louisiana."

PerConPat

#351; "As an aside and other than the Kraut's cryptic take on Saddam's necktie party, the shows were pretty much, IMHO, the same bill of fare as usual today. ... Here are a few predictions for 2007: ... " (Note: much more, good list)

shrinkermd

#13; "Yes that’s right folks; it’s stampede time! ... HAJJ DISASTERS..."
#128; "I am watching Krauthammer on Fox News Sunday. He is complaining that the trial was botched, Krauthammer felt 'queasy' about the hanging and so forth. ... As Winston Churchill has noted, 'There is no good way to kill a man.' Especially difficult is up front and in your face killing. Proof positive of how hard it is to kill seeing what you are killing is the common medical finding that women view a sonogram of their fetus they are much less likely to have an abortion. ... This is not about abortion, however. What it is about is that seeing and being responsible for a death even symbolically is hard. ... Not seeing all Saddam's victims is another part of the problem. Too long between crime and punishment is used by liberals everywhere to diminish the likelihood of punishment. Another common human experience. ... All told, this man deserved to die and there never was a right time or a right way to do it that would placate everyone."

snugs

#293; "The worse bit to me was when (Chris Wallace) kept saying that Dick Cheney had been a Congressman before he was Chief of Staff I was practically spitting feathers at that and he kept repeating it. ... I am amazed that the editor did not correct him though Wallace to his credit did later apologize for that error. ... I am used to the BBC covering such events and as much as I despise the BBC on certain things they cover these type of events very well. If this was a funeral or wedding or memorial service or some other major event in London they would have had someone who knew everyone who entered the building, they would also have had some military expert as well as political expert with the commentator who would point out the finer points etc etc. I know there was sort of but to me no one had that authority that I am used to when covering such events. ... One of my biggest complaints with Wallace was his knowledge of who the people were and their careers. If I knew more about the Vice President's career than he did how much of the rest of what he said was wrong he lost creditability for me over not knowing the order of VP Cheney's political career."
#308; "Indeed one can tell Lynne Cheney is a strong women and has strong views etc but it is obvious that this does not make the VP look less manly. ... I get the impression he likes strong women it is often interesting to see when in group of politicians you often see him talking to women some of them actual politicians themselves or wives of politicians. None of this comes over as gushing or sexual or in any way patronizing to me it is genuine interest in how strong women operate and enjoyment of their company. ... He has 2 strong women as children and certainly from photos of them and comments made particularly of the oldest grand daughter strong female grand daughters. None of this IMHO makes him look less masculine in fact I think it enhances it and shows how a real man can handle the situation without making him less of a man. ... The opposite is true of both the Clinton's and Edwards."

STARWISE

#221; "... Working out and taking your vitamins for the indescribably challenging days ahead? I swear, I don't know how we'll handle the nausea of that we're about to see, read and hear. God help US. I may have to retreat to my sewing room more for deliberate escape from it all. ... You saw BillyJeff's words about Pres. Ford? Note the conditional words he chooses and the predictable focus on H I M. ... 'After Gerald Ford left the White House, I was grateful for his counsel, for his occasional support on important national issues, for the respectful way in which he articulated his honest disagreements with my policies, for a few unforgettable golf games and for the partnership he forged with President Carter, which I have tried to emulate in my work with former president Bush.'"

texicali

#167; "Lugar was pathetic...looked like a Pinnochio on steroids...totally clueless....our leaders in the Senate need to rope them all back the barn...he should be on the permanent do not call list"
#173; "this is why he got pubbies votes and got re-elected...he gets the WOT....specter is in the same barn as lugar and on the same do not call list..."