The Day The Wheels Fell Off (American Spectator Article Authored by FREEPER)

American Spectator ^ | 1/10/05 | Patrick Hynes (freeper)

[crushkerry]

On October 13, 2004, Senator Mark Dayton (D-Minn.) gave his staff the rest of the month off, locked up his office, and hunkered down back in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, so convinced was he that terrorists would strike Washington, D.C. on or before Election Day. So when Mark Dayton tells you that you need to sit back, close your eyes, and find your happy place, you can be sure he knows of what he speaks.

His colleague Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) ought to have listened to him. Dayton used all due decorum last Thursday to remind Boxer to take her meds during the "historic" debate over the certification of President George W. Bush's victory. "It's not often that I find myself rising in disagreement with [Boxer], but I must today emphatically disagree," Dayton said on the Senate floor. "I believe that those involved in this … are seriously misguided and leading us all into a very unfortunate precedent."

This exchange occurred after Boxer was reduced to tears while she announced she would mount the challenge in the Senate after having been approached by a few radical members of the Lower Chamber. It's something she had always wanted to do, she confessed. She wanted to do it in 2000, but Al Gore of all people talked her off the ledge.

Boxer was the lone vote in the United States Senate to hold up the certification of President Bush's re-election. But let's give her a break. She has admitted to being "despondent" over the passing of Rep. Robert Matsui (D-Calif.). (Despondency: depression of spirits from loss of hope ...) (Emphasis added.)

Boxer's rebellion was only the highlight in one of the most bizarre days in congressional history, January 6, 2005.

Over in the House of Representatives, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) dedicated her testimony in opposition to the certification of President Bush's victory to "Mike" Moore. She thanked the obese low-budget filmmaker "for educating the world on the threats to our democracy."

That's because, according to John Conyers (D-Mich.) "the only place in the election of 2000 that you saw the Congressional Black Caucus going over there to the Senate to try to be recognized was in Michael Moore's documentary. No place else." Like the cast from the original Real World, these folks will do anything to extend their fifteen minutes.

If there is any question that lingers as to who runs the laboratory these days, look no further than the white rats themselves.

Over in the Judiciary Committee, where Alberto Gonzales was facing his inquisitors, Senator Ted Kennedy was condemning the act of "water-boarding" in which an interrogation subject is given the sensation that he is drowning as an incentive to cough up information. Unfortunately, Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable to testify on Mr. Gonzales' behalf.

Moments earlier, Senator Pat Leahy openly accused President Bush of violating numerous federal laws in his execution of the war on terror. He even said Attorney General John Ashcroft questioned his patriotism. "The few times Attorney General Ashcroft consented to appear before this Senate oversight committee, he brandished intimidation as a weapon, sometimes going so far as to say that questioning the administration's policy somehow gave aid and comfort to the enemy," said Leahy. Only this has never happened. Sounds like Pat Leahy's guilty conscience speaking, not John Ashcroft.

Still earlier in the hearing Leahy provided a short history of the succession of the Judiciary Committee Chairmanship. "We have many people who have chaired this committee who have stayed on: Senator Hatch, now Senator Specter, Senator Kennedy, Senator Biden. And I think it has helped the committee and improved the committee with that experience." At which point some fool blurted out, "Soon it will be Herb Kohl," the senior Democratic senator from Wisconsin. The official transcript ascribes the outburst to "Unknown." Perhaps it was Herb Kohl himself. Heck, if John Kerry can be the fake president, why can't Herb Kohl be the fake Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee?

By any measure November 2, 2004, was a bad day for the Democrats. But January 6, 2005, was the day the wheels officially came off.

Patrick Hynes is senior account executive with the Republican consulting firm Marsh Copsey + Scott and proprietor of the website www.crushkerry.com.

[crushkerry]

Pat Hynes's freeper screen name is Kerry Crusher. He's also the proprietor of the website www.crushkerry.com.

[stylin_geek]

The original was linked to by Poweline. Excellent roundup, by the way.

First Ted sits in judgement of Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings, now he says this crap?

No sense of shame when it comes to the Dems.

[crushkerry]

ping

[popdonnelly]

Dayton is correct that this business sets a bad precedent. How is it we've had 200 years of electing Presidents, without having these dog and pony shows over challenging the results? The trend towards phoney challenges needs to be stopped, now. Apparently we will have re-runs every four years, unless the Democrats win big.

[.cnI redruM]

The Dems are on the way to turning themselves into a caricature. This is not a good thing. Without serious competition from a legitimate alternative, the GOP will see no reason to govern decently either.

[PGalt]

Outstanding! Great work Patrick!

[crushkerry]

I'll pass it on to him. Pat is Kerry Crusher. I'm the writing partner at crushkerry.com

[Raycpa]

The dems have backed themselves into a corner. There support comes from fruitcakes like Moore and his adoring fans. They have no choice but to pay homage to these wackos.

[OldFriend]

Sorry, but in my opinion, President George W Bush does not need democrats for him to govern with decency.

[Gabz]

Excellent article.

[Beckwith]

I don't understand how Californians can elect a person to the US Senate who suffers from chronic depression?

[nuconvert]

BUMP
Very Good!

[.cnI redruM]

With any luck at all, you'll be correct. I tend not to believe this is the case. Our House of Representatives and Senate our both in GOP hands and are in the process of spending our future generations in penury. We'll see how much of a mandate The President really is when he tries to pass a no-frills budget. Not a large one, would be my initial guess.

[cricket]

Congratulations! Good one, CK and well said.

As for Maxine 'I love Fidel' Waters; thanking America's biggest propagandist. for his warnings re our Democracy. . .well, words fail right now. . .so I am still just pinching myself.

No question that these Demrats have 'protested too much'. I think now it is tied to to their guilt of knowing that they are so good at cheating; they simply cannot believe they lost.

If they persist. . .we should counter that maybe some of the 'blue states' need to be checked for irregularities. Dems never take a vote for granted; we know, 'they have been there'.

Maybe THAT would shut them up. . .or might make them howl a different tune at least.

[John_Galt518]

Thanks Crush, your cogent article on the left is why we keep winning. I visited CrushKerry.com often during the campaign to keep my sanity

[knuthom]

Dayton used all due decorum last Thursday to remind Boxer to take her meds during the "historic" debate over the certification of President George W. Bush's victory.

That should be "histrionic" debate.

[oldbrowser]

I don't understand how Californians can elect a person to the US Senate who suffers from chronic depression?

We got Boxer
We got Pelosi
We got Waters
We got Waxman
We have more idiots representing us than all the other states in the union combined. Well Massachusetts might have us beat.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Over in the Judiciary Committee, where Alberto Gonzales was facing his inquisitors, Senator Ted Kennedy was condemning the act of "water-boarding" in which an interrogation subject is given the sensation that he is drowning as an incentive to cough up information. Unfortunately, Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable to testify on Mr. Gonzales' behalf.

Hahahaha, high fives! Kennedy, Boxer, Waters, etc. No wonder people laugh at us...

[Grampa Dave]

Dayton used all due decorum last Thursday to remind Boxer to take her meds during the "historic" debate over the certification of President George W. Bush's victory. "It's not often that I find myself rising in disagreement with [Boxer], but I must today emphatically disagree," Dayton said on the Senate floor. "I believe that those involved in this … are seriously misguided and leading us all into a very unfortunate precedent."

This exchange occurred after Boxer was reduced to tears while she announced she would mount the challenge in the Senate after having been approached by a few radical members of the Lower Chamber. It's something she had always wanted to do, she confessed. She wanted to do it in 2000, but Al Gore of all people talked her off the ledge.

Boxer was the lone vote in the United States Senate to hold up the certification of President Bush's re-election. But let's give her a break. She has admitted to being "despondent" over the passing of Rep. Robert Matsui (D-Calif.). (Despondency: depression of spirits from loss of hope ...) (Emphasis added.)

Feel the pain Barbara!

[o_zarkman44]

Winning fair and square is no longer the standard. The standard has been lowered to "victory by deceit". It isn't about how you win, just win. Democrats cannot win outright and they know it. They prefer subversive tactics, much to the pleasure of socialists world wide.