[BigWaveBetty]

Quote from Kennedy's blatherings:

The Administration had a brilliant plan to fight the war, but no plan to win the peace. It had a brilliant plan to overthrow a government, but no plan to deliver on the promise of democracy.

Now I ask Mr. Kennedy aka drunken murderer, this administration brilliantly plans a war but then doesn't bother to plan for the post war?

Keep blathering Teddy boy, you only continue to illustrate who is telling the truth and who isn't.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[over3Owithabrain]

Great article! I only hope there are enough sensible american to see the clear difference between Bush's leadership and the Democrats' muckraking.

[mathluv]

Of course, teddie has no idea about dealing with peace, except turn it over to the UN, which does nothing but talk about doing something.

[wjcsux]

Bump for later read.

[prairiebreeze]

These "elder statesmen" of the Dimocratic party have, IMO, been asked to assume the role of "fall guys"--for lack of better term. Actually "lackey" might be more correct. And they have accepted. Their careers are both nearly finished from a chronological standpoint. They have little or nothing to lose (Kennedy presumably a bit more than Byrd) by this outrageous behavior. The Dims have tried to foster legitimacy on the Senate floor in this manner.

So they spew. Of course, the 10 dwarves spew as well but that can all be done under the auspices of "campaigning".

O'Reilley hit it on the head when he said that the Democratic Party has been taken over or hijacked by extreme leftists and their tactics. And it is sad to see.

Prairie

[MeekOneGOP]

Byrd said in part, "I think we try to have good will. My old mom told me, `Robert, you can't go to heaven if you hate anybody.' We practice that. There are white ni**ers. I've seen a lot of white ni**ers in my time. I'm going to use that word."

See this Michelle Malkin article about Robert Byrd from March 7, 2001

Former KKK Clansman,
Senator Robert Byrd……

[MeekOneGOP]

Senator Teddy, wearing his controversial neck brace, leaves St. Vincent's
Church with his wife, Joan, after the funeral Mass for Mary Jo Kopechne.

[Burlem]

Notice the date of this article? Seems the dear liberals are doing as instructed. Almost exactly........Now that is sick!
help me spread this article..it is important that the folks know what the libs. are doing.




ELECTION 2004
Democrats to raise
doubts about America
Strategy memo calls for undermining public confidence in Bush
Posted: January 8, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Jon Dougherty
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

Hoping for significant gains in the 2004 elections, Democrats plan to undermine public confidence in President Bush by questioning his credibility while raising doubts about the U.S. at a time when American troops are deploying for war against Iraq, political website Capitol Hill Blue reports.

According to the report, a Democratic talking-points memo devised last year by senior party consultants and elected leaders outlines "a strategy to raise public doubts of the president's real intentions," including:


Claims that the war against Iraq is being fought over oil and for oil companies loyal to Bush and Republicans;




Claiming the administration "manufactured" evidence against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to convince Britain and other allies to join the war;


Suggestions that a wartime economy is the only way the White House can boost a sagging economic picture."It is clear that the current approval ratings of the administration are tied directly to strong American feelings toward traditional values," the memo says, according to CHB, which obtained a copy. "To counter this, doubt must be raised as to America's true position within the world community and the true intent of the Bush administration in waging war."

"The talking points were developed before the end of last year and sent out to operatives and friendly media," one Democratic consultant said. "No Democratic member of Congress will question the president's patriotism openly, but we will use the media and other surrogates to raise doubts."

CHB indicates that in the coming weeks Democratic lawmakers will question Bush's intentions regarding the looming Iraq war. Writers and broadcasters friendly to the Democratic Party "have already been provided talking points suggesting the war is about oil, not terrorism," CHB reported.

Not all Democrats are taking part, the newssite reported.

"My boss doesn't want anything to do with it," one senior Senate aide said Monday. "You don't undermine this country to win elections."

But others are willing to try any tactic to put the White House on the defensive and regain Democratic control of Congress.

"The real war isn't in Iraq," one Democratic consultant said. "It's right here at home, at the ballot box in 2004."

Other points Democrats will try to make in the coming weeks include the alleged influence and control over Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney by the oil and defense industries, as well as other special interest groups; that the war on terrorism has failed thus far because al-Qaida founder and leader Osama bin Laden is reportedly still alive; that the U.S. is not prepared for another terror attack on its soil because the administration is preoccupied with Iraq; and that Bush will be forced to raise taxes to finance the Iraqi war.

"It's time to take the battle to the people and make them understand just how dangerous George W. Bush's policies are to the future of America," says the talking points memo, according to CHB.

Unnamed Democratic sources named Democratic National Committee chief Terry McAuliffe, former Clinton campaign strategist James Carville, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle and former House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt as party leaders who developed the talking-points memo.

"This is a classic, Jim Carville, scorched-earth campaign," one DNC staffer said. "Take no prisoners. That's how you win elections."

So far, at least, Democrats may have trouble getting traction with their strategy.

Bush unveiled yesterday a $674 billion, 10-year plan to cut dividend taxes while imploring Congress to make his $1.35 trillion tax cut plan passed in 2001 permanent.

"Americans are scheduled to receive tax cuts in 2004 and 2006 ... and the time to deliver tax rate reductions is now, when they can do the most good for American businesses," Bush said in a speech to the Economic Club in Chicago.

The president also called on Congress to accelerate the tax break for married couples, scheduled for 2009, and speed up the tax credit for families with children, who aren't scheduled to get the break until 2010.

"I am asking the United States to abolish the double taxation of dividends," Bush said. "By ending this investment penalty, we will strengthen investor confidence. By ending double taxation of dividends, we will increase the return on investing to draw more money into the markets, to provide capital to build factories, to buy equipment, hire more people."

On Monday, the U.S. dollar rose against the euro and Japanese yen on news of Bush's stimulus package. Wall Street also responded positively to Bush's plan.

And according to at least one new survey, released yesterday, nearly two-thirds of Americans say when the stock market goes up it benefits the economy and all Americans.

Among investors, the poll found, 77 percent said a healthy stock market benefits everyone.

Meanwhile, surveys continue to show strong support across the country for Bush regarding a possible war with Iraq.

[My2Cents]

Let's face it: at this time in our history, the big divide, politically, is between those who GET IT, and those who DON'T, vis-a-vis the War on Terror. Let's forget left vs. right, as if we actually have the luxury of playing an ideological parlor game. The War on Terror is still the biggest issue, and George W. Bush is really the only candidate in the Presidential race who GETS IT. The UN doesn't get it; the European Union doesn't get it; the media doesn't get it; clearly the Democrats (with perhaps Lieberman as the sole exception) don't get it either. That's the great divide in America right now.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Kennedy is in an alcoholic stupor. He needs to go into rehab. Byrd is in full blown dementia. Perhaps they both suffer from both ailments. But regardless, they are both mentally and physically ill.

[MEGoody]

"Yesterday morning, minutes after Bush had spoken to the United Nations General Assembly, Kennedy was demanding to know all sorts of things, including when Bush would seek help from the U.N."

LOL When I heard Kennedy was demanding this, I couldn't help but think he had totally lost it. Had he no idea where the President had just been???

Kennedy was apparently on yet another of his drinking binges and was incoherent.

[Rummyfan]

These men are either deluded or possessed of a very uncommon wisdom. It can't be both.

I vote for deluded! God help us that men such as these - 'leaders' - are in the Senate. When will the people in Massachusetts and West Virginia throw these two out?

[StriperSniper]

What I saw of Leavitt's confirmation hearing for EPA chief was as much a joke as the Bremer grillings/railing at the administration. Exact same MO.