[Ann]Coulter: Obama Poll Lead Helps al-Qaida

A recent Newsweek poll showing Democrat Barack Obama leading top Republican presidential hopefuls could have been made up and might help al-Qaida, conservative commentator Ann Coulter said in her latest verbal broadside.

Coulter, a best-selling author known for outrageous and often controversial statements, was asked Sunday on Fox News'"At Large" what she thought about the survey results.

"I think this is Newsweek doing more push polling for al-Qaida," she said, referring to campaign-season telephone calls to voters masquerading as neutral surveys but designed to build opposition to targeted candidates.

Asked by host Geraldo Rivera whether she thought Newsweek would make up the results, Coulter said, "Yes, I do," adding, "In polls where people are actually allowed to vote, Republicans do a lot better."

Coulter did not explain how the poll might help the terrorist group. Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, some Republicans have argued that their party would do a better job of protecting the U.S. against terrorism than Democrats.

Coulter's remark drew a response from Evans Witt, chief executive officer of Princeton Survey Research Associates International, which conducted the Newsweek survey.

"As the 2008 election campaign continues to heat up, I am sure that there will be informed and incisive criticisms of polls from many observers," he said. Coulter's comments "do not fit into this category," he added.

In March, Coulter used a gay slur about Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rudy Giuliani defended his long-standing support for abortion rights anew Tuesday after a report surfaced that the Republican donated to Planned Parenthood in the 1990s.

"Planned Parenthood makes information available," the former New York city mayor said on conservative commentator Laura Ingraham's radio show. "It's consistent with my position."

On abortion, Giuliani said: "I disagree with it. I think it's wrong. I think there should be a choice. If there is going to be a choice there are organizations that are going to give people information about that choice. I just as strongly support the idea that a woman should have information about adoption at that time."

The Politico reported that Giuliani and his then-wife, Donna Hanover, made six contributions totaling $900 to the group that supports abortion rights, according to federal tax returns that the couple filed jointly and that have been public for years.

As he seeks to court conservatives, Giuliani has been dogged by his support for abortion rights. Last week, Giuliani was the only Republican among 10 during a debate who waffled when asked whether it would be a good day if the Supreme Court overturned a 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion.

"It would be OK," Giuliani said. "It would be OK to repeal it. It would be OK also if a strict constructionist viewed it as precedent."

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) - Republican presidential contender John McCain said Tuesday he opposes Iraqi leaders' plans to take a two-month summer vacation, a break that has drawn criticism from congressional Republicans and Democrats.

The Arizona senator, on the second day of a campaign swing in Iowa, was asked about the vacation at a town hall meeting and later by reporters.

"I was as upset as that gentleman who asked the question to hear the rumors that they are going to take two months off," McCain said. "I don't think that's a good thing for them to do obviously."

Lawmakers from both parties have expressed outrage that Iraqi's parliament would consider taking the break while increasing numbers of U.S. troops are fighting in the country.

McCain has made his support of the war a centerpiece of his campaign, but he has been speaking in increasingly negative terms about the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

"This Maliki government is my greatest concern," McCain said. "I'm very worried about that. I'm very nervous about that."

McCain spoke to about 150 people at the Fort Dodge event. McCain was questioned about his earlier opposition to ethanol subsidies. Iowa is a national leader in the production of the corn-based fuel.

"I wasn't opposed to ethanol, I was opposed to ethanol subsidies," said McCain. "I do not and have not supported the subsidies. Most of those subsidies seem to go to large agribusiness instead of the farmers."

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley has offered a rare bit of commentary on the 2008 presidential contest, praising an energy plan offered by Democrat Chris Dodd.

Bradley, whose bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000 nearly upended the campaign of then-Vice President Al Gore, said Dodd's plan was significant because it includes "meaningful" financial incentives for corporations to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases released into the environment.

"These measures may be politically risky, but they are necessary," Bradley said in a statement. "Chris Dodd gets it, and his energy plan reflects the fact that we need honest and bold action if we are going to be serious about ending global warming."

Among other things, the Connecticut senator wants to tax corporations on their carbon emissions, which he said would raise $50 billion annually to fund research and development of renewable technologies.

Nearly all the Democratic presidential candidates have spoken out on issue of climate change. Most back some form of a "cap-and-trade" system that sets limits on carbon emissions and makes companies pay for producing greenhouse gases, but none other than Dodd has called for a corporate carbon tax.

In his book "The New American Way," released in March, Bradley calls for reducing American dependence on foreign oil by raising fuel economy standards and placing a new tax on gasoline.

Associated Press Writers Beth Fouhy and Liz Sidoti in Washington, and Mike Glover in Fort Dodge, Iowa, contributed to this report.

BOTH HOWARD AND COULTER ARE RIGHT !!

TERRORISTS THEMSELVES SAY SO :

“Of course Americans should vote Democrat,” Jihad Jaara, a senior member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group and the infamous leader of the 2002 siege of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, told WND.

“This is why American Muslims will support the Democrats, because there is an atmosphere in America that encourages those who want to withdraw from Iraq. It is time that the American people support those who want to take them out of this Iraqi mud,” said Jaara, speaking to WND (...)

Muhammad Saadi, a senior leader of Islamic Jihad in the northern West Bank town of Jenin, said the Democrats’ talk of withdrawal from Iraq makes him feel “proud.”

“As Arabs and Muslims we feel proud of this talk,” he told WND. “Very proud from the great successes of the Iraqi resistance. This success that brought the big superpower of the world to discuss a possible withdrawal.”

Abu Abdullah, a leader of Hamas’ military wing in the Gaza Strip, said the policy of withdrawal “proves the strategy of the resistance is the right strategy against the occupation.”

He said an American withdrawal from Iraq would “prove the resistance is the most important tool and that this tool works. The victory of the Iraqi revolution will mark an important step in the history of the region and in the attitude regarding the United States.”

Jihad Jaara said an American withdrawal would “mark the beginning of the collapse of this tyrant empire (America).”

“Therefore, a victory in Iraq would be a greater defeat for America than in Vietnam.”

Jaara said vacating Iraq would also “reinforce Palestinian resistance organizations, especially from the moral point of view. But we also learn from these (insurgency) movements militarily. We look and learn from them.”

Hamas’ Abu Abdullah argued a withdrawal from Iraq would “convince those among the Palestinians who still have doubts in the efficiency of the resistance.”

“The victory of the resistance in Iraq would prove once more that when the will and the faith are applied victory is not only a slogan. We saw that in Lebanon (during Israel’s confrontation against Hezbollah there in July and August); we saw it in Gaza (after Israel withdrew from the territory last summer) and we will see it everywhere there is occupation,” Abdullah said.

Terror leaders each independently compelled American citizens to vote for Democratic candidates

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