Mark Steyn: Democrats quagmire: petty politics -

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | September 21, 2003 | Mark Steyn

[Clara Lou]

Steyn is the best.

[tioga]

Democrats' quagmire: petty politics

I'd be willing to bet that they will sink into this quagmire of their own making with whatever issues they come up with -- quagmire/lockbox -- whatever - they are either sinking out of sight or locked out of 69% of flag-waving Americans voting plans....American's are focused on a real man as president and the only pettiness in sight are the whining lefty, liberal dems and their vocal supporters...

[Paul_B]

What a rip! Touche`!

Steyn ping.

[cake_crumb]

"What do you think that 69 percent of Americans make of Katie and Hillary marking the anniversary of 9/11 with a discussion on environmental regulatory compliance? Or previously sensible Democratic senators twisting themselves into pretzels to explain why their vote for war was in fact a principled vote against war? Or a four-star general whose general position is that real men don't have positions unless they're approved by the French? How many of that 69 percent want to trust their national security to these fellows? Or want them handling North Korea and Iran? "

Steyne is as good and pithy as Ann Coulter. It's almost impossible to come up with just one favorite quote, but THAT is a great one. 'Specially the part about Wussly Clark.

[Congressman Billybob]

Steyn is, of course and as usual, a breath of fresh air and common sense. Think about Hillary!'s stupid and long after-the-fact position on air quality. She's saying that the EPA should have told the NY Police and Firefighters that they shouldn't have gone into Ground Zero to recover their trapped members, and recover the bodies of their dead.

Lady MacBeth has not changed her spots one whit. She's the same b*tch who got roundly booed at that benefit concert by New York City's Finest.

On the larger issue of the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq, it IS going well, especially as compared to the last time we did such a thing in a defeated nation with a population containing significant hostile elements -- namely Germany. Click below.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "Lessons for Iraq from General Washington, Major Andre, and Der Fuhrer Adolf Hitler," discussion thread on FR. Article is also on ChronWatch.

[Timesink]

It's hard to be a writer and read Mark Steyn. You come away feeling like such an amateur.

[I'mAllRightJack]

WE need a REPUBLICAN Primary for the nomination of a PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
…and we need it now! Its only equal time.
I propose the following candidates:

1. George W. Bush
2. John Cheney
3. Rudy Giuliano
4. Condy Rice
5. J C Watts
6. Rush Limbaugh
7. George Will
8. Dr Monica Crowley
9. Michael Barone

W and Cheney can talk progress and vision

The others can shine a beacon of truth on what the 10 little Dims are up to.

[Gunslingr3]

no point in excerpting anything, Steyn rocks in whole...

[Conservative til I die]

I mistakenly turned on the Today show on Wed or Thur before work, and Couric interviewed some lady who I think was a moderate or liberal talking about the 9th Circuit's decision to postpone the recall. The lady said in her opinion, this was just politics by the court. Katie said something along the lines of "Yes, politics being allowing blacks and minorities an equal right to vote?"

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

George W. Bush is vulnerable in 2004 . . . not on the war . . . [but] to . . .[Democrats] argu[ing] that Bush has done such a fabulous job on the war -- Afghanistan and Iraq liberated, the Taliban gone, al-Qaida gutted, Saddam on the run, etc. -- that the whole anti-terror thing has been pretty much wrapped up and we urgently need to get back to focusing on new federal standards for mandatory bicycling helmets, or whatever Democrats consider important these days.

You know, this time next year that could very easily be Bush's political problem. The economy and the WOT could be looking very good by then.

Nah! What have the Democrats proposed that Bush hasn't coopted? About the only thing that might be left would be the budget deficit.

[Verginius Rufus]

Who is John Cheney?

Is Monica Crowley old enough to be President? She graduated from college in 1990. I suppose she may be 35 by January 20, 2005.

[xzins]

I see Howard Dean now wants to launch a major new mental health initiative. Given that he's turned a handful of hitherto dull but sane senators into gibbering, frothing lunatics, it's the least he could do.

ROTHLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

[capt. norm]

Love this:

"Sixty-nine percent of Americans beg to differ. You may say that just shows what a bunch of morons they are, which is fine and dandy if you're a Fleet Street hack or a European foreign minister. But it's not a viable position for a Democratic Party candidate. Unfortunately, the Dems need a good third of that moron vote if they're not to be humiliated at the polls next November."

Steyn is so good at "precision prose".
Heavy on meaning, light on ink.

[BobS]

Hey, you stumbled upon a fascinating idea! W can urge 10 or 20 other folks to run around and spread ideas and entertainment! Those RATs are jokes, so why not play them like a fiddle?!! Those 10 or 20 Pubbies can get federal matching funds, too! W is going to refuse federal funding, anyway! Stunning effect on the int'l press too! We can have the funnest election season ever! Rush can fly around from city to city making fun of RATs, with various levels of seriousness by the others! KickAss! Get a line to Karl Rove, by all means, with your idea! This IS the way to go!

[yoe]

“Bush was far too slow to act on doubtful intelligence re: 9/11
but far too quick to act on doubtful intelligence re: Iraq.”

Poor Mrs. Clinton, her husband didn’t react to protect America at all – he did however, react to protect himself. There is a huge difference Mrs. Clinton and what had you in mind about the air quality during those terrible weeks after 9/11? Shut the place down until the air cleared? It would have been far more helpful if you had gone down to the site and passed out more of the instructions for wearing protective breathing apparatus.

Katie and Mrs. Clinton really are a piece of work; air heads indeed! just pitiful the two of them.

[I'mAllRightJack]

Of course its Dick Cheney. I just wanted to see if you were paying attention.

[baseballmom]

Steyn is so spot on.

I'm one of those "morons" comprising the 69% of Americans who think that Saddam/Iraq was involved in Sept. 11. I also think they were involved in the Oklahoma City bombing as well as the WTC bombing in 1993. I can't prove it, but neither has anyone proved, to date, they were definitely not.

[Maigrey]

Yes, they are two air heads: they have some of the concrete and steel dust in their heads, and it's rotted holes in their brains.

Well, I'm giving them a reasonable explanation...

[I'mAllRightJack]

Think back to what hurt GHW Bush back in 1982. He was getting blasted regularly from the "seven dwarfs" of the Democrat Party without a murmur. It looks like history is being repeated unless we are intelligent enough to learn from past errors.