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Since the day after Election Day we have heard pompous platitudes from cut and run conservatives bleating about how they are the true conservatives in the GOP’s big tent. They have talked about how the GOP’s rinos had disappointed them and they needed to clean house and “teach rino Republicans a lesson” Some have now proudly wrapped themselves around the title of “dumb asses” as a rallying point for those who were “way too smart and way to conservative” to turn out or vote for Republicans. This argument, if left un-examined, sounds like it makes sense. Nevertheless, like the classic...

Dubai Ports Worls to divest itself of all American interests

Last week, I skewered Democrat opportunists who have turned into tough-sounding profiling advocates to exploit the White House ports debacle. Today, I must express bottomless disgust with those on the Right who have turned into mush-mouthed race-card players to shift blame away from President Bush for his miserable mishandling of the situation. It's one thing for feckless grievance-mongers on the Left to accuse Americans genuinely concerned about national security of Islamophobia. It's quite another for the Right to sink to such a level in accusing all good-faith critics of demagoguery. Reasonable people can disagree on the process pitfalls and security...

For some people, who they play golf with is more important than the morale of the U.S. troops who are trying to defend us from Arab terrorism. Opps - I’m sorry . . . We are not allowed to say “Arab” terrorism. In fact, even the term Islamic terrorism is a no-no with some. I mean, the Nazis, there weren’t just Germans. There were Arabs for example, who were Nazis. Kosovars who were Nazis, and such. And today, Iranians aren’t Arabs, but many are Islamic terrorists. And so, just as it would have been wrong to call it a war...