...what was once an overt bias in reporting...has mutated into a cover-operations/propaganda machine for the Democrat-Socialist Party.An alliance that embraces every enemy of America when a Republican resides in the White House
Sheer brilliance here john, great stuff.!!
I'd rather be feeling angry in FL... ;)
10. A.Hun. #80 We, as conservatives, may never have the opportunity we had after the 2004 election. Instead of standing with our moderate/conservative coalition, everyone went off on a tangent. Every talking head found something to bash Bush on, suddenly he wasn't conservative enough on every issue for some conservatives. There were plenty of warnings on FR about what the consequence of such an approach would have. Oh well...we were in a minority for forty years and the nation survived.
9. Miss Marple. #982 Coulter is right about the victim strategy the Rats use, but there has to be a better way to combat this than rushing headlong into an attack on these supposedly sacrosanct spokespeople. Some of the things I think that would help is defusing the "authority" of these people early, before they get famous and have amassed a war chest. That means when they first show up on a talk show, someone needs to make an effort to appear as soon as possible to refute them. This refutation has to NOT be belligerent, but rather sympathetic. Things like "I understand why Miss X feels that way, but here is why her idea can't work. I really wish it could, because I hate to see anyone suffer." It is disastrous to ignore these people (like Cindy Sheehan) because they simply get more well-known over time and eventually begin to be seen by the public as authorities on whatever they are griping about. And lastly, much as it pains me to say this, as long as the democrats can drag out victims for whatever issue they want to push, we should have people we can use to refute them. We did have some people refute Cindy (parents of soldiers who died in Iraq) but she had the stage by herself for far too long. I don't like the idea of recruiting our own victims, but I don't know how else we will be able to refute them otherwise
8. Peach. #107 Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is expected to take over as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and The (Calif.) Daily Journal reports that Leahy is drafting a bill to undo portions of the new law in an effort to restore habeas corpus rights for enemy combatants. In 1996, Clinton signed the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act which makes it more difficult for murder defendants to have their habeas corpus appeals heard in federal court. So American citizens (albeit murderers) will have a difficult time having their habeas corpus appeals heard, but terrorists will be granted the RIGHT! If we all don't call our elected officials about this, we're just part of the Silent Majority that got us in this position in the first place.
7. Chiller. #118. I suspect the timing was Rummy's call. As soon as he knew Dems won the Senate, Rummy knew he'd be going through two years of congressional hearings. He may be required to testify but I suspect he'll tell 'em to stuff it.
6. Johnny 7 # 435. No perhaps about it... they make a BIG difference. The New Media doesn't report news... it comments/corrects the news the DBM spins/reports. When the DBM decides to spin or even CREATE ALL OF ITS NEWS... New Media is simply out-gunned and it becomes a simple game of media-saturation
5. Anita. #117 Saw this interesting item. Senator-Elect Webb's Surprises for the Moonbat Base He started off by mentioning that "tomorrow is an extremely important day for America," and the crowd went wild, thinking he was talking about taking power. But of course, he launched into his praise of the Marine Corps, and the crowd cheered a little less loudly. Then he thanked all the brave veterans and brave men still fighting, and the crowd cheered a little less loudly again. Then he mentioned that he received a call from Sen. Allen, and the crowd went nuts again. Then he mentioned how pleasant and dignified Allen was, and the crowd grew quiet. Then he said he was having lunch next week with Allen -- and the crowd was dead silent. Finally he told the audience that they should all thank Sen./Gov. Allen for his many years of dedicated service to the people of Virginia -- and you could almost hear the people gathered looking at each other asking, "What the $#@! did we just do?"It was priceless. (Worth Reading in full.)
4 Samantha/Kabar. I am giving a tie for 4th because Samantha and Kabar had a really instructive exchange. Both have a valuable insight to add to the battle of 2008. One side sees the political glass half full the other sees it half empty. We need both. If we assume the battle is all ready won, we will not wage the fight effectively, if we assume the battle is all ready lost, we will not fight at all. We need to balance these two sides of the Conservative Movement to win.