[RonDog]

And, from www.HughHewitt.com:

December 10, 2002

Posted at 9:15 AM, Pacific 

Trent Lott apologized for his foot-in-mouth performance at Strom Thurmond's farewell party. The story won't be gone for a few days more, however, because Democrats foolishly overreacted, and once again underestimated the common sense of the American people. I'll write about this tomorrow in my WorldNetDaily column, but the over-the-top attempts by Al Gore and Jesse Jackson to turn Lott into a Dixiecrat also remind us that Bill Clinton lied again last week when he told a Democratic leadership group that the Dems lacked a "destruction machine." They have a destruction machine --it just isn't very good when Bill and James Carville aren't in control of it.

Fred Barnes wrote a very incisive piece at yesterday's WeeklyStandard.com, entitled "Six Democratic Myths." Don't miss it. Fred is right to note that Dems generally fall for the self-interested spin emerging from the failed Democratic leadership, they will dig themselves into an enormous hole.

Over at today's American Prowler, Wlady Pleszczynki has conferred a "Conason Prize" on blogger Joshua Marshall. Marshall is a brass-knuckled Dem-booster, and I visit his site often and have invited him onto the show, something that I would never do with Conason, who is so often simply hysterical that he is of no consequence. Marshall, who you can read for yourself at www.talkingpointsmemo.com, is a very different pundit, and bears watching because he anticipates the news cycle and helps guide it. Along with The New Republic's Peter Beinart and the rest of the gang at that magazine, Marshall is the best the center-left and the left have, so keep reading their stuff.

Neil Lewis in the New York Times reports that Douglas Kmiec, dean of the law school at Catholic University, is under consideration for nomination to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. This would be an extraordinarily good appointment to an important court. The left is already noting that Kmiec is a natural rights scholar, and suggesting that this is somehow disqualifying. What a debate this would be, as Kmiec would slice and dice his critics if given the opportunity, and their attacks would inevitably be revealed as nothing more than blatant anti-Catholicism which does animate a lot of the left's thinking on many matters concerning the pro-life debate.

Finally, the Washington Post's Dan Balz reports that North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan has called on Al Gore not to run for president. This is a stunning bit of candor from a senior Dem about their leading man: Gore's way out there, and absent the protection of a Clinton White House and a fawning press corps, he'll self-destruct, but in doing so may run the entire party into a huge ditch. Where's my Gore in '04 button?

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[RonDog]

Hugh Hewitt PING, please.

[RonDog]

See also:

LOTT SAID IT BEFORE (Drudge Siren)
Drudge ^ | 12/10/02 | Drudge
Posted on 12/10/2002 6:58 PM PST by walrus954

After a fiery speech by Thurmond at a Mississippi campaign rally for Ronald Reagan in November 1980, Lott, then a congressman, told a crowd in Jackson: "You know, if we had elected this man 30 years ago, we wouldn't be in the mess we are today."

More to follow...

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After a fiery speech by Strom Thurmond at a Mississippi campaign rally in November 1980, Lott, then a congressman, told a crowd: 'You know, if we had elected this man 30 years ago, we wouldn't be in the mess we are today'... MORE... Quotation appeared in an account of the rally on Nov. 3, 1980, in Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss...

LOTT SAID IT BEFORE

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[RonDog]

"...Krugman used leading questions to deepen Lott's self-inflicted wound:

"What exactly did Mr. Lott mean by 'all these problems' ... Is it possible that a major modern political figure has sympathy for such views?"

See – the safe ground of ridiculous but stinging insinuation. Not the nutty invention of Gore.
Big difference. Important difference. Krugman knows there are lines you cannot cross without losing all credibility, even with a narrow spectrum of very-left readers.
Al Gore has no such brakes. Gore literally appears unable to stop himself.

Which is why, I think, North Dakota's Byron Dorgan went public on Monday with an appeal for Al Gore to take a pass on '04..." - Hugh Hewitt

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Dorgan Urges Gore to Give Up on Presidency
The Washington Post ^ | 12/10/02 | Dan Balz
Posted on 12/10/2002 8:04 AM PST by Gothmog

As Al Gore contemplates another run for president, Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.) has some crisp advice: Don't do it again.

"Al Gore is a fine person, and I like him," Dorgan said in an interview. "My feeling is that our party must turn the page."

Dorgan, burned by the way Gore and the national Democratic Party ran the 2000 presidential campaign, sent the former vice president a three-page letter in April outlining his complaints. He blamed Gore for issuing an "I give up" message in North Dakota and many other states long before the campaign was over.

"It's one thing to try and fail," Dorgan said in the letter. "But I think it is unforgivable to fail to try. . . . I want a presidential candidate who will give us a fighting chance in the heartland states."

Dorgan said over the weekend that his views haven't changed. "Vice President Gore is pretty much a known commodity," he said. "My own view is that, at this point, I hope he will make a decision not to seek the presidency."

Dorgan's letter carries an inherent warning to other Democrats thinking of running in 2004. Democratic candidates in Republican-leaning states need financial and rhetorical support from the party's presidential nominee and national organization to avoid what happened in North Dakota in 2000, which was a Republican sweep.

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No surprise -- Dorgan is up for 2004 and is afraid of losing w/ a popular President at the head of the ticket. Such honor among thieves, ha ha ha.

1 posted on 12/10/2002 8:04 AM PST by Gothmog
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It becomes more apparent daily that Gore is most likely a better candidate for self-committment than a presidential run. He is so confused on every issue. It really smacks of MPD.

2 posted on 12/10/2002 8:08 AM PST by widowithfoursons
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I'm torn between wanting to see Gore get crushed by Bush and the sick feeling I get anytime I hear or see Gore on tv.

3 posted on 12/10/2002 8:10 AM PST by KansasConservative
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We'll be seeing a lot more of these articles from the Clymers in the coming weeks and months. The Rats are deathly afraid of Gore running and know he will lose. Their problem is that he is so stupid, he won't take the clue and will plod on. Go Al Go....

4 posted on 12/10/2002 8:11 AM PST by eureka!
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To: KansasConservative

I'm torn between wanting to see Gore get crushed by Bush and the sick feeling I get anytime I hear or see Gore on tv.

Ditto.

5 posted on 12/10/2002 8:12 AM PST by VRWC_minion
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Don't bother Al. Right now he's out looking for "evidence" that Saddam Hussein supports terrorism.

6 posted on 12/10/2002 8:13 AM PST by angkor
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The national Democrats regarding Gore are starting to sound a lot like the Florida Democrats earlier this year, when they realized Reno couldn't win.

7 posted on 12/10/2002 8:19 AM PST by Coop
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Yep. It will be interesting to see how it plays if he plods on. I'm sure he'll be saying some more silly stuff in the meanwhile to upstage Kerry and whoever else announces--and it'll just drive the Rats crazier...

8 posted on 12/10/2002 8:24 AM PST by eureka!
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"It's one thing to try and fail," Dorgan said...

9 posted on 12/10/2002 8:25 AM PST by 69ConvertibleFirebird

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[RonDog]

Where's my Gore in '04 button?

You can get THESE buttons right now - from www.campaignbuttons-etc.com:

[RonDog]

BTW, Hugh - I understand that your rotator cuff surgery is scheduled for TODAY...

I pray that all goes VERY WELL, and that you "Get Well SOON!"

[BJungNan]

bttt

[let freedom sing]

How can dimRATs let Algore come out with such regularity, when the man is so constipating?

Please ping me for Hewie.

[PistolPaknMama]

Here's what Trent Lott said at a farewell party for Strom Thurmond: "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over these years, either."

I sure don't see anything racist or "offensive" about Lott's comments. It sickens me that President Bush came out on the apologetic side of this debate. Instead of going along with Al Gore, Bush should have said something like "Senator Thurmond has been an exemplary leader his very long and very productive life. His attitudes have changed in the last 30 years just like the rest of the country. That Mr. Lott recognizes greatness in leadership, regardless of past attitudes, says much about Mr. Lott as well."

Instead, the first time somebody plays the race card, conservatives start peeing in their pants and apologizing. They should look the whiners in the face and say firmly, "shut up."