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WASHINGTON – New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said he doesn’t regret calling President Trump the “grand wizard” of the White House and called on the commander-in-chief to own up to his decades of “colorful” behavior. “It’s colorful language,” Jeffries (D-Brooklyn) said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “And I think that the president is going to have to own his pattern of behavior that has taken place not year after year, but decade after decade.” Jeffries, who was recently elected to House leadership as Democratic Caucus Chairman, used a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event to refer to Trump by the...

Hearing Mitt Romney’s surrogate Bill Bennett refer to me as a bigot and Jon Huntsman call me a “moron” last week after my controversial comments on Mormonism, amid calls for civility and tolerance in public discourse, reminds me of the exclamation: “We will not tolerate intolerance!”-SNIP- Any candidate who claims his religion has no influence on his decisions is either a dishonest politician or a shallow follower of his faith. -SNIP- I realize I might very well end up voting for Romney if he is the Republican nominee. While I prefer a competent Christian over a competent non-Christian, religion is...

American ThinkerNovember 26, 2009Senator Conrad's insulting defense of trying KSM in New York David Jeffers:Democrat Senator from North Dakota, Kent Conrad, while defending the Obama Administration's decision to try al Qaeda terrorists in civilian courts, said: "If people don't believe in our system, maybe they ought to go somewhere else."  Really Senator Conrad? Would you like to retract that statement? I am a Gold-Star Father, meaning my son Sergeant Eddie Jeffers was killed in Iraq.  I am opposed to terrorists being tried in civilian courts.  Did I mention that I am a 22 year Army veteran?  Is it okay with...

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 The Man Who Went to Sea The Time Magazine article Into the Heart of Najaf is entirely atmospheric. Let the prose speak for itself. "We are going to the shrine,” one said. “You can follow us." The boy who wanted to show us the way was not older than fourteen. ... We turned the corner, following the kids and found ourselves completely behind al Mahdi lines. The fighters hidden in the windows of a bombed out building recognized our guides and waved to us. Then the shooting started and we ran for cover. We heard the...