ANN COULTER: BUSH 7, TERRORISTS 0 ("unimaginable calumnies")

AnnCoulter.Com ^ | September 10, 2008 | Ann Coulter

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BUSH 7, TERRORISTS 0
September 10, 2008


Morose that there hasn't been another terrorist attack on American soil for seven long years, liberals were ecstatic when Hurricane Gustav was headed toward New Orleans during the Republican National Convention last week. The networks gave the hurricane plenty of breaking-news coverage -- but unfortunately it was Hurricane Katrina from 2005 they were covering.

On Keith Olbermann's Aug. 29 show on MSNBC, Michael Moore said the possibility of a Category 3 hurricane hitting the United States "is proof that there is a God in heaven." Olbermann responded: "A supremely good point."

Actually, Olbermann said that a few minutes later to some other idiotic point Moore had made, but that's how Moore would have edited the interview for one of his "documentaries," so I will, too. I would only add that Michael Moore's morbid obesity is proof that there is a Buddha.

Hurricane Gustav came and went without a hitch. What a difference a Republican governor makes!

As many have pointed out, the reason elected officials tend to neglect infrastructure project issues, like reinforcing levees in New Orleans and bridges in Minneapolis, is that there's no glory when a bridge doesn't collapse. There are no round-the-clock news specials when the levees hold. You can't even name an overpass retrofitting project after yourself -- it just looks too silly. But everyone's taxes go up to pay for the reinforcements.

Preventing another terrorist attack is like that. There is no media coverage when another 9/11 doesn't happen. We can thank God that President George Bush didn't care about doing the safe thing for himself; he cared about keeping Americans safe. And he has, for seven years.

If Bush's only concern were about his approval ratings, like a certain impeached president I could name, he would not have fought for the Patriot Act and the war in Iraq. He would not have resisted the howling ninnies demanding that we withdraw from Iraq, year after year. By liberals' own standard, Bush's war on terrorism has been a smashing, unimaginable success.

A year after the 9/11 attack, The New York Times' Frank Rich was carping about Bush's national security plans, saying we could judge Bush's war on terror by whether there was a major al-Qaida attack in 2003, which -- according to Rich -- would have been on al-Qaida's normal schedule.

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George Bush is Gary Cooper in the classic western "High Noon." The sheriff is about to leave office when a marauding gang is coming to town. He could leave, but he waits to face the killers as all his friends and all the townspeople, who supported him during his years of keeping them safe, slowly abandon him. In the end, he walks alone to meet the killers, because someone has to.

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Here's a little more of the column:

Rich wrote: "Since major al-Qaida attacks are planned well in advance and have historically been separated by intervals of 12 to 24 months, we will find out how much we've been distracted soon enough." ("Never Forget What?" New York Times, Sept. 14, 2002.)

There wasn't a major al-Qaida attack in 2003. Nor in 2004, 2005, 2006 or 2007. Manifestly, liberals thought there would be: They announced a standard of success that they expected Bush to fail.

As Bush has said, we have to be right 100 percent of the time, the terrorists only have to be right one time. Bush has been right 100 percent of the time for seven years -- so much so that Americans have completely forgotten about the threat of Islamic terrorism.

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[petercooper]

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[Marysecretary]

Excellent. Nobody can beat Ann Coulter...

[samtheman]

Excellent. Everytime I get angry at Bush for his tepid domestic policies, I force myself to remember what a great leader he is on defense, foreign policy and anti-terrorism.

[DuncanWaring]

Hitler brought "change," promoted clean, energy-efficient mass transit by making the trains run on time,

I thought it was Mussolini that made the trains run on time.

[xp38]

a must read...just for the ending alone

[Flo Nightengale]

I thought it was Mussolini that made the trains run on time.

I was just thinking the same thing.

[PEACE ENFORCER]

Hey!!! haven’t heard from you in a while, how are you? Good post enjoyed reading it, I was watching PMSNBC when they had this interview it was repulsive at best!

[y6162]

“If Bush’s only concern were about his approval ratings, like a certain impeached president I could name, he would not have fought for the Patriot Act and the war in Iraq”

W did his duty. He will be rewarded.

Pres Reagan was revered on his death. I think W will receive an equal outpouring of love.

[HighWheeler]

“I thought it was Mussolini that made the trains run on time.”

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I understand your point. All libs love mass-transit for the massess of asses that have to be lead around by the nose. It’s confusing trying to keep track of the miniscule differences between all the socialists out there.

[Marysecretary]

Yes, I believe he will be vindicated, too. He has so many good qualities and he’s a man of good character and integrity.

[loveliberty2]

An e-mailer to Coulter's site had this to say:

"Coincidentally, [my wife] and I were in Miami last week, and ended up striking a conversation with an older Cuban couple in the next table. When it emerged that they came from Cuba in 1960, I said: "Right after Fidel." The guy did not miss a beat before responding: "Yes, we know what "change' looks like."

[Kenny Bunk]

I thought it was Mussolini who made the trains run on time.

Nah. He just adjusted the schedules to match the trains.

[DuncanWaring]

The German trains always ran on time. They’re German, for goodness sake. Teutonic precision, clockwork, and all that.

[Syncro]

Mussolini didn't do it actually, it's a myth.

So might as well attribute it to Hitler too...

[RedMonqey]

I thought it was Mussolini that made the trains run on time.

I think she implied (where and what the cargoes was so) the trains run on time

[VR4]

Agree samtheman, and would add Justices Roberts and Alito.

[Verginius Rufus]

It worries me when I’m in Italy if a train is exactly on schedule. Is this a sign that fascism is returning?

[Sherman Logan]

Hitler didn’t need to make the trains run on time.

German trains ALWAYS ran on time.

Italian trains didn’t until Musso came along.