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If Democrats win back the Congress in the 2006 midterm elections, they could make President Bush's last two years in office so miserable it would be impossible for any Republican to win the 2008 presidential election - thus ensuring that Hillary Clinton becomes president. So says Dick Morris, the only political strategist to engineer a successful presidential reelection campaign for Democrats since the days of FDR. If the GOP doesn't reconnect with the American people on key issues like border enforcement, "they will lose the House and they will lose the Senate," Morris told ABC Radio's Sean Hannity on Thursday....

The same man said all of the following things. Can you guess who it was? "Our borders have overflowed with illegal immigrants placing tremendous burdens on our criminal justice system, schools and social programs." "Our federal wallet is stretched to the limit by illegal aliens getting welfare, food stamps, medical care and other benefits, often without paying taxes." "Safeguards like welfare and free medical care are in place to boost Americans in need of short-term assistance. These programs were not meant to entice freeloaders and scam artists from around the world." "Even worse, Americans have seen heinous crimes committed by...

Allah 's apostle said, " I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,' (Hadith 4:52:196*) Islam's Intent:  Force or Persuasion Islam’s number one priority is to make all the world Islam, either by persuasion or force, and during his term, President Clinton provided both by weakening our defenses and surrendering our children in public school without a whimper. "Negotiations for peace" would be better described as laying down dead. Each time America suffered a terrorist attack, President Clinton issued statements promising to "find the terrorists" only to:...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Sen. Patty Murray said Friday that returning contributions from Indian tribes represented by Jack Abramoff would "taint" the tribes. The state's senior senator, a Seattle Democrat, said there was nothing wrong with accepting more than $40,000 in campaign donations from out-of-state tribes represented by the disgraced lobbyist. Abramoff's excesses have been halted and Congress is considering myriad ethics reforms, she said. The donations, from 1999 to 2005, placed Murray second among Senate Democrats and ninth overall in the Senate, according to records compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington, D.C., organization that tracks money in...

From across the country, I continually receive feedback from readers who are frustrated by the apparent lack of political will which seems to afflict so many Republicans in Washington. Using words such as “weak” and “spineless,” many readers express dismay as attack after attack by the Democrats goes unanswered by Republicans. Even worse, are those occasions where, after withstanding a Democratic tongue-lashing, the Republicans’ next move is to actually give in to the demands of the liberal left. The American public is saying, “Enough is enough!” This brings us to the debate late last week over the situation in Iraq....

Europe It's fascinating that this should come out of Europe. Matthias Dapfner, Chief Executive of the huge German publisher Axel Springer AG, has written a blistering attack in DIE WELT, Germany's largest daily paper, against the timid reaction of Europe in the face of the Islamic threat. This is a must read by all Americans. History will certify its correctness. EUROPE - THY NAME IS COWARDICE (Commentary by Mathias Dapfner CEO, Axel Springer, AG) A few days ago Henry Broder wrote in Welt am Sonntag, "Europe - your family name is appeasement." It's a phrase you can't get out of...

An old friend may prove a roadblock to Hillary Clinton's plans to win the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 2008 - Al Gore. Gore says he has no plans of running in 2008. But Gore's friends view his recent political and business moves as a sign that he's preparing for another run for the White House, U.S. News & World Report column Washington Whispers reports. In recent speeches Gore has been increasingly airing his views on domestic and international issues. "And in raising money for his Current TV network, which targets the critical youth market, Big Al has built...

Given Iran's nuclear history and support for terrorism, the United States is particularly concerned about Iran providing nuclear technology to other countries, the State Department said on Thursday. Spokesman Adam Ereli was responding to Iranian media reports quoting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying that Iran was "ready to transfer nuclear know-how" to fellow Islamic states. The comment, made during a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the U.N. summit in New York, comes amid a serious dispute between the West and Iran over Tehran's nuclear intentions.

A copy of the Able Danger chart that identified lead 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta as a terrorist operating inside the U.S. a year before the 9/11 attacks is clearly visible in a video of a 2002 speech by delivered by Rep. Curt Weldon to the Heritage Foundation. The Pentagon, the 9/11 Commission and the Senate Intelligence Committee are currently seeking evidence that the bombshell chart, featuring a photo Atta, ever existed - as claimed by three members of the Able Danger team, along with Rep. Weldon. But so far, no physical evidence of the controversial document has surfaced. Until now....

Someone – still anonymous – sold on eBay a "bloody bandage" from Ariel Sharon's head. It was a relic from Israel's 1973 Yom Kippur War with several Arab states. A resupplied Israeli army, led by masterful and courageous military leaders such as tank commander Brigadier General Sharon, were able to turn the tables on the invading armies. Soon Israel was advancing on the Arabs, and their armies were driven deep into Syria and Egypt. As a result of the war, Sharon became a veritable hero and a self-professed hawk in Israeli politics for decades to follow. Nearly two decades later,...

Nearly half of Mexican adults would move to the U.S. if they could – and one in five say they would do so illegally, new surveys reveal. These same surveys suggest that America's problem with illegals will only get worse in the years to come. Waves of illegals continue to wreak havoc on America's southern border, and this past weekend New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson ordered a state of emergency in four of his state's counties that border Mexico "because of the urgency of the situation and, unfortunately, because of the total inaction and lack of resources from the federal...

Conservative icon Richard Viguerie has come out with all guns blazing against Washington Republicans, saying they've abandoned their conservative principles and risk defeat in the 2006 elections. In an open letter addressed to "Conservative Leaders," Viguerie writes: "It has become increasingly clear that Republicans in Washington care little or nothing about grassroots conservatives and the values they hold dear. "After we spent decades defeating the Rockefeller wing of the Party, it seems we have a new enemy - the Washington wing of the GOP. They're not just wasting money; they're actually massively growing government in direct contravention of everything Republicans...

Even before the Federal Reserve announced its tenth recent increase in interest rates Tuesday, key financial players already knew that the housing bust had arrived.   Home prices continue to rise, and new building is frenetic - but that's typical of the last gasps of a bubble. At the same time, those on the inside at major home-building companies are selling shares of their companies' stock - and at a brisk pace. Do they sense that the housing bubble is about to burst?   We think they know better than most.   For the first half of this year, executives...

1. Warning: Hillary Can Win the Presidency A new report from a top financial services company has a warning for those who dismiss Hillary Clinton's chances of gaining the White House: Underestimate her at your own peril. "We're not making a flat prediction, but a plausible case can be made that she will become president on Jan. 20, 2009," writes Greg Valliere, chief political strategist with the Stanford Group Company, a research group. Here's Valliere's year-by-year scenario. Her 2005 plan: Keep moving toward the center on national security and social issues. A litmus test will be the senator's vote on the...

© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Al-Qaida's prime targets for launching nuclear terrorist attacks are the nine U.S. cities with the highest Jewish populations, according to captured leaders and documents. As first revealed last week in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium, online intelligence newsletter published by the founder of WND, Osama bin Laden is planning what he calls an "American Hiroshima," the ultimate terrorist attack on U.S. cities, using nuclear weapons already smuggled into the country across the Mexican border along with thousands of sleeper agents. The series of attacks is designed to kill 4 million, destroy the economy and fundamentally alter the course...

The EU superstate- future base of Antichrist. by British newspaper editor Alan Franklin Major Prophecies in Daniel 2 and 7 indicate that the Holy Roman Empire will be the dominant force in the world when our Lord returns. Twenty five hundred years ago Daniel saw the Roman Empire revived from the dead in the end times. Those prophecies are today being fulfilled in Europe. I have often spoken about the rebirth of the Roman Empire in the form of The European Union, the superstate of 25 nations that has replaced most of the individual countries of Europe, a country with...

Hannity Bucks Pressure on Hillary Book Talk show host Sean Hannity broke the media censorship of the details of the new book by Edward Klein,"The Truth About Hillary." But one of the nation's top conservative talkers said the book had ignited a "huge controversy" and that even he was under enormous pressure to cancel his planned interviews with Klein for his ABC syndicated radio program and Fox News TV show. "I've had more political pressure than I've ever had in all my years in radio," Hannity said to Klein after a blockbuster 90-minute interview with the controversial author. Hannity did...

"We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." ~ John F. Kennedy Contrast that statement, made 44 years ago during JFK's inaugural address, with the whining, anti-American claptrap coming from the leaders of the former president's party today. Indeed, based on his hawkish defense of America against communism during his 1,000-day tenure, the nation's 35th president would be ashamed if he could hear the likes of Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), DNC Chair Howard Dean and JFK's own brother,...

Vice President Dick Cheney became the highest-ranking Bush administration official yet to castigate Sen. Dick Durbin on Friday for comparing U.S. troops to Nazis. And Cheney's words were, by far - the harshest yet uttered against the top Democratby any senior elected Republican. But so far, at least, mainstream reporters have steadfastly ignored Cheney's remarks - perhaps because they know that the VP's reaction ratchets the story up to Defcon 3 level, and covering it would make it impossible for Democrats to continue their silence. In an interview Friday with WWTN Nashville radio host Steve Gill, Cheney said he was...

NewsMax has learned that Edward Klein, the author of the controversial new book about Hillary Clinton will break his silence this Tuesday in exclusive interviews with Sean Hannity. The highly anticipated book that has outraged Hillary Clinton and her closest friends will be officially released that day. Klein's first interview will be on Hannity's nationally syndicated ABC Radio Network show - heard over 400 stations. Later Tuesday night, Klein will again be interviewed by Hannity on Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" program. Expect fireworks from Hillary friend and Hannity co-host Alan Colmes. The book is so hot it has...