tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39614452011-09-17T16:48:24.335-04:00Elections and politics with a Conservative bent. If you're a political junkie, get your fix here!PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comBlogger40261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095535704935117912004-09-18T15:16:00.000-04:002004-09-19T01:55:05.530-04:00

In Ohio, a Mason-Dixon poll of 1500 voters conducted for the Plain-Dealer reports that President Bush leads John Kerry 50%-42%. Ohio voters overwhelmingly trust the President on the issues of Iraq and terrorism. In Missouri, a Research 2000 poll has the President leading John Kerry by 7 points, 49%-42%. In Pennsylvania, a Strategic Vision poll has President Bush leading Kerry 49%-45%. Kerry has

Alexander K. McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12707163103746492969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095525287395378882004-09-18T13:33:00.000-04:002004-09-18T12:34:47.396-04:00

I get the feeling that, if Jerry Killian were to return from the dead and disavow the memos, CBS would call him a "partisan political operative" and say, "We continue to stand by our story." Tell your CBS affiliate what you think.

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As many of you may have heard, the Rocky Mountain News released a poll yesterday showing President Bush only ahead of John Kerry by a point, 46%-45%. Now the same paper has released a poll showing Salazar leading Coors by 11%, 53%-42%. My response to this is nonsense. A recent Arizona poll had President Bush leading by double-digits. Given demographic trends in both states, and the results in

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Methinks it might be fun to contact your local CBS affiliate and tell them what you think about RatherGate.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095519198701499462004-09-18T10:52:00.000-04:002004-09-18T10:53:18.700-04:00

Democrats are desperate to talk about anything but RatherGate. But this is a monster of their own creation. They figured they'd spend a crucial few weeks bashing Bush on the TANG thing. Instead, they're wasting crucial weeks on RatherGate. Kerry and Bush can't get their messages out over the din, leaving the Bush poll lead in place. Even better, the longer Dan Rather drags this out, the

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095514445046006082004-09-18T09:33:00.000-04:002004-09-18T09:35:15.890-04:00

InstaPundit writes about his blogads. Ditto from me.

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The Weekly Standard's Jonathan V. Last details how bloggers broke the RatherGate story and annihilated the CBS forgeries.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095505437341066432004-09-18T07:02:00.000-04:002004-09-18T07:03:57.340-04:00

Mark Steyn, on CBS' typewriter-repairman/"document expert":Look, if Dan thinks this guy's theory is correct, let's put him and his IBM Model D and me and my computer in a room at CBS News for an hour and see which one of us emerges with the closest replicas of these four documents. I'll give him ten thousand bucks for every memo he reproduces exactly, and round it up to an even 50 grand if he

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David Brooks writes about the leviathan Kerry campaign:Kerry himself pinpointed the problem. Of advisers, there were not enough! So this month yet more were brought in, mostly from the camp of Clinton. There is McCurry, Lockhart, Carville and Begala. There is Greenberg and Wolfson. And so it came to pass there are no swing voters left, because they've all been hired by campaign Kerry. They form

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095502770378217282004-09-18T06:17:00.000-04:002004-09-18T06:27:12.353-04:00

Even hack liberal judges have consciences. Incredibly, the Florida Supreme Court (yeah, those same guys) has decided to leave Ralph Nader on the ballot.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095499269178407472004-09-18T05:17:00.000-04:002004-09-18T08:51:42.563-04:00

You've probably noticed the 404 errors when trying to access this site. The problem is with BlogSpot/Blogger, which is the hosting provider I use. BlogSpot/Blogger is really, really craptacular, and their support has been unresponsive. Problems with BlogSpot have plagued this site since I started it about two years ago. So, like so many other bloggers, I've decided that 25,000 daily readers

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095498443398870132004-09-18T05:03:00.000-04:002004-09-18T07:01:37.406-04:00

"I talked with Max Cleland. I asked if they wanted to counterattack or ride this [Swiftee stuff] to ground and outlast it, not spending any money. He said counterattack. So I gave them the information to do it with. But none of them have called me back." -- Bill Burkett, in an August 21 e-mail. The Kerry campaign didn't need to call Burkett back. They probably just passed on the memos to CBS,

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095481288894227822004-09-18T01:06:00.000-04:002004-09-18T00:21:28.896-04:00

Well, the polls are coming faster than I can dissect them. I am working through the innards from the AP/Ipsos and CBS/New York Times polls, and it occurs to me, that since I don't always get the demographics I live for, I might still want to compare the other questions the polls ask for. So, my next look at the National Polls will have a slightly different flavor, still updating the overall

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Anti-Bush reporter Ryan Lizza, writing for the liberal New Republic, has some telling insights from Kerry's National Guard speech in Las Vegas:Beneath the polite applause, this was a hostile audience. At the blackjack tables and on the buffet lines here at the Las Vegas Hilton, when conversations turned to the presidential candidates, Kerry often came in for withering criticism. One Guardsman

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095468891834644152004-09-17T20:48:00.000-04:002004-09-17T20:54:51.836-04:00

I just caught up with yesterday's Rush Limbaugh show at RushLimbaugh.com. Rush was talking to that depressed liberal student who was satirically talking about suicide in the event of a Bush victory. It was a touching conversation, where Rush and the student seemed to surprisingly be on the same wavelength. I feel that way sometimes, talking to some of my uber-liberal friends. The reason is that

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095467880647557362004-09-17T20:34:00.000-04:002004-09-17T20:38:00.646-04:00

Remember that 3-year-old who had her Bush-Cheney sign torn up by rabid Bush-haters? Well, the president is personally going to make it up to her:After seeing the picture of the tearful Sophia on her dad's shoulders, aides said the president was sending her a little note Friday along with a signed campaign poster and an autographed photo of the prez and his dog. "Dear Sophia," Bush penned, "Thank

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095461993991922392004-09-17T18:58:00.000-04:002004-09-17T18:59:53.990-04:00

CBS: 50-41.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095462022183466672004-09-17T18:57:00.000-04:002004-09-17T20:02:47.280-04:00

The over/under for the net results of the U.S. Senate races this Fall is: . . . . . . . drum roll . . . . . . . . . The GOP gains 3 seats. GOP = 54 Democrats = 45 Jeffords Discuss . . .

Jaysonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095459500303281252004-09-17T18:17:00.000-04:002004-09-17T18:18:20.303-04:00

Have you contacted your CBS affiliate yet? You can very easily send them a fax online. The affiliates are hearing from us and CBS will hear from them.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095459036454186112004-09-17T18:09:00.000-04:002004-09-17T18:10:36.456-04:00

This picture is hilarious. And this one is terrifying.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095454991965309792004-09-17T17:02:00.000-04:002004-09-17T17:04:19.756-04:00

Staudt says that CBS is full of hooey.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095449555089788432004-09-17T15:24:00.000-04:002004-09-17T15:42:22.360-04:00

NPR is doing a series of interviews with a "swing" voter from LA called John Ridley. The goal, presumably, is to find out what swing voters are thinking, and who they'll end up voting for on election day. One problem, though. John Ridley donated $500 to John Kerry and Wesley Clark this year. I know you're wondering if there can't be more than one John Ridley in LA. Well, Alert Reader Singapore

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095447546901096312004-09-17T14:52:00.000-04:002004-09-17T14:59:06.900-04:00

The Houston Chronicle takes apart Bill Burkett. I felt guilty reading it, like staring at a car wreck.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095439784393366882004-09-17T13:53:00.000-04:002004-09-17T13:36:19.413-04:00

As the election campaigns approach the final month and a half (46 days left), we are seeing the evolutions of each campaign; the Nader campaign apparently headed for its predicted irrelevancy, the Bush campaign settling into its message, and the Kerry campaign reprising musical chairs. The polls are, however, suddenly unable to reach a concensus. Where before they generally agreed about the

DJ Drummondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583885371076583265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095439264206594262004-09-17T13:39:00.000-04:002004-09-17T12:44:03.546-04:00

With an economic success story like this, I think the Bush campaign should target Hawaii. The President should even consider making a trip to Honolulu. Often we forget about Hawaii, but it has four electoral votes. And putting them in the Bush column is relatively inexpensive.

Alexander K. McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12707163103746492969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095433727414720482004-09-17T10:59:00.000-04:002004-09-17T11:08:47.413-04:00

Back in 1996, when Saint Bill stood for re-election, the media kept telling us that we were in the midst of the greatest economy of all time. Now, however, with a Republican (gasp!) standing for re-election, the media is all gloomy and depressed about the country's economic prospects. Well, you can fool some of the people all of the time; but it's tough to fool all of the people for even part

Jaysonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095429444941190122004-09-17T09:56:00.000-04:002004-09-17T10:04:44.100-04:00

According to the Kerry Spot, James Pierce, the only remaining CBS document expert, says, "CBS is wrong, CBS is wrong."

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095428697440479162004-09-17T09:40:00.000-04:002004-09-18T09:19:41.426-04:00

The new Swiftee ad is dazzling. When John O'Neill said on Fox News the other day that John Kerry would be the star of their next commercial, he wasn't kidding. If you want to see this ad on your TV, give whatever little you can to the Swiftees.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095420831188449482004-09-17T07:26:00.000-04:002004-09-17T10:57:06.800-04:00

Unimpeachable sources tell me that Dan Rather smacks his wife around on a regular basis. I have memos proving this, written by Dan Rather to Dan Rather. I can send you copies via e-mail. Some partisan political operatives are saying the memos are fake. They're wrong, of course, because they're working off second-generation copies in their pajamas. Even though I only have photocopies, and my

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095419271362950002004-09-17T07:04:00.000-04:002004-09-17T07:11:06.380-04:00

Dick Morris says that Kerry is playing short-sighted checkers, while Bush is playing chess. He's certainly got a point. Kerry's slogan-a-day ("W" is for wrong) approach has no coherent theme. In contrast, the Bush campaign has been relentlessly painting Kerry as a liberal flip-flopper for 8 months. The Republican Convention brought the flip-flopper attack to a crescendo and ensured that Kerry

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095418613699496922004-09-17T06:54:00.000-04:002004-09-17T06:56:53.700-04:00

I wish the Bush campaign would issue an ultimatum to the presidential debates commisssion: Bob Schieffer, of CBS News, cannot be allowed to moderate one of the three debates because of the personal vendetta his "news" organization seems to have against the president. It's a win-win. If Schieffer stays, Bush has an excuse for missing that debate. If Schieffer goes, Bush can press his advantage by

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095394780475849362004-09-17T01:18:00.000-04:002004-09-17T00:19:40.476-04:00

This picture at Power Line will just make you mad.

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095387997422268262004-09-16T22:20:00.000-04:002004-09-16T22:26:37.423-04:00

This statement from Bob Dole is great! The title of this post is a quote from Jim Geraghty. (Thanks to Betsy's Page)

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095386963789078482004-09-16T22:08:00.000-04:002004-09-16T22:09:23.790-04:00

The numbers have been released, but we will not see the internals until tomorrow. Bush 54% Kerry 40% Nader 3% Expect the panic to begin any moment now.

Alexander K. McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12707163103746492969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095384143962377722004-09-16T21:53:00.000-04:002004-09-16T21:56:49.320-04:00

The following is a post written by a regular reader of this site known to those who visit the comments section as "Oak Leaf". He is an active reservist with over twenty years of service that includes both the National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve. He has extensive experience in personnel programs management and has served on the faculty at a senior service college.Air Guard Service Without Pay

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095383708418625182004-09-16T21:12:00.000-04:002004-09-16T21:15:08.416-04:00

Another scoop from CBS "News":Following two weeks of Kerry campaign reorganization, optimism flourishes among Democratic insiders.Meanwhile, Gallup is going to show a 54-40 lead for President Bush tomorrow (thanks Alert Reader Jeremy.)

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095375723872705032004-09-16T19:00:00.000-04:002004-09-16T19:02:03.873-04:00

GayPatriot has found an explosive new memo. He's following the same high standards as Dan Rather. It's up to his partisan critics to provide definitive evidence that the memo is not authentic.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095375011069688792004-09-16T18:48:00.000-04:002004-09-16T18:50:11.070-04:00

John Kerry claims to own a "Communist Chinese assault rifle." Well, Senator Kerry, did you violate the "assault weapons" ban?

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095368233083657352004-09-16T16:53:00.000-04:002004-09-16T16:57:13.083-04:00

Jim Geraghty answers Dan Rather's call to contest the story, not the documents. It's just too easy. All Rather has are two highly partisan Democrats, who each tell a part of the story. However, there is no one else who can corroborate (we pajama-bloggers can spell, unlike suit-and-tie CBS President Andrew Heyward) the story. On the other side, there are the official records, Killian's wife and

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095366486648839492004-09-16T16:25:00.000-04:002004-09-16T16:28:06.650-04:00

I was going to post a link to Betsy Newmark's post about how the National Guard records are stored in Colorado, rather than Texas, but she has lots of good stuff today, as usual, so I am just posting a link to Betsy's Page. It's all good.

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095364811143693522004-09-16T15:59:00.000-04:002004-09-16T16:00:11.143-04:00

American Research Group has embarked on an ambitious 50 state poll…Here are the ones which have already been done: Alaska-Bush 57%, Kerry 30%, Nader 5% California-Bush 41%, Kerry 52% Colorado-Bush 46%, Kerry 45% Hawaii-Bush 41%, Kerry 51%, Nader 4% Idaho-Bush 59%, Kerry 30%, Nader 3% Kentucky-Bush 57%, Kerry 39%, Nader 1% Maine-Bush 44%, Kerry 48%, Nader 4% Maryland-Bush 43%, Kerry 52%, Nader 2%

Alexander K. McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12707163103746492969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095364202892422792004-09-16T15:40:00.000-04:002004-09-16T15:50:02.893-04:00

Good question, huh? Andrew McCarthy's answer is pretty close to the answer in that famous song -- absolutely nothing.The first and second Iraq wars, the G-8, NATO, and various other international conglomerations illustrate that we are fully capable of forming ad-hoc coalitions of responsible, interested, contributing nations to attack, with reasonable expeditiousness, the world's problems. The

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095360389893939952004-09-16T14:43:00.000-04:002004-09-16T14:46:29.893-04:00

Check this out: September 14, 1996 - Clinton Four-week average of initial jobless claims = 334,000 Jobless claims (layoffs) as a percentage of total workforce = 0.25 percent September 16, 2004 - Bush 43 Four-week average of initial jobless claims = 338,000 Jobless claims (layoffs) as a percentage of total workforce = 0.23 percent Hmm. Who would have thunk it? (Note: historical data on

Jaysonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095359732861477612004-09-16T14:28:00.000-04:002004-09-16T15:07:22.023-04:00

Power Line has a great piece (inspired by the female PowerLine family members) about how every time the picture of Bush in his old guard uniform is shown it helps him because he looks so handsome in it, especially compared to Kerry's pictures from his Vietnam days. I especially love this line from an "update" by Deacon:My 16 year-old daughter agrees with Mrs. Rocket. She writes: "I saw the cover

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095355701567931492004-09-16T13:26:00.000-04:002004-09-16T13:28:53.706-04:00

You've seen the stunning polls from states like New Jersey and Illinois. Now NRO's Rich Lowry has a tip on the national Gallup poll:I'm hearing that the new Gallup number is going to have Bush up BIG.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095347823613334292004-09-16T12:51:00.000-04:002004-09-16T12:51:30.256-04:00

A long time ago, when I worked for a different industry and company than I do now, the Board of my company elected to build a state-of-the-art facility, spending millions of dollars. They weren't worried about the cost, because they were certain that the place would pay for itself within a couple years. I recall the champagne-and-gourmet-buffet opening ceremony, the visits from the Mayor and

DJ Drummondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583885371076583265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095349903930063842004-09-16T11:50:00.000-04:002004-09-16T11:58:04.246-04:00

Drudge:CBS executives on both coasts have become concerned in recent days that Dan Rather's EVENING NEWS broadcast has plunged in the ratings since the anchor presented questionable documents about Bush's National Guard service. NIELSEN numbers released this week show Rather fading and trailing his rivals in every Top 10 city, other than San Francisco, with audience margins in some cities

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095346780193935582004-09-16T10:59:00.000-04:002004-09-16T10:59:40.193-04:00

Football Fans for Truth

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095342208266264802004-09-16T09:39:00.000-04:002004-09-16T14:10:26.053-04:00

Dan Rather is trying to slander our president, using forged documents, 50 days before the election, in a time of war. You'd think that the rest of the lying liberal media, which largely ackowledges that the documents are forgeries, would have something to say about this. But the only non-conservative editorial I can find, at the LA Times, bemoans the forgeries because they spoil a good story!

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095333761705623282004-09-16T07:14:00.000-04:002004-09-16T14:58:29.183-04:00

This morning I awoke to see a story on Fox News that Kofi Annan had declared the U.S. action in Iraq an "illegal" war. So what would he call the U.N. Oil for Food program? Or the U.N. inaction in the Sudan? I wonder how he would describe his buddy, Saddam's, human rights record before he ended up in a spider hole? I suspect he is doing what he can to brace himself and the U.N. for the coming

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095310443323641782004-09-16T01:48:00.000-04:002004-09-16T00:58:50.646-04:00

Notes the KerrySpot:Marion Carr Knox, the secretary to Col. Jerry Killian, President Bush's National Guard commander, this evening, during her interview with Dan Rather:"And there are words in there that belong in the Army, not to the Air Guard. We never used those terms."From the Veterans for Peace web site:Lt. Col. Bill Burkett completed 28 years of decorated service and was medically retired

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095311600027726462004-09-16T01:41:00.000-04:002004-09-16T01:16:07.496-04:00

Crush Kerry has made a discovery that would be funny if it weren't so pathetic. Okay, it is still pretty funny, but mostly just embarrassing -- for John Kerry and his speechwriters.

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095309799903835932004-09-16T01:39:00.000-04:002004-09-16T00:51:15.850-04:00

Courtesy of Lucianne.com. UPDATE: This picture actually makes a good companion piece to my post earlier comparing Rather's five year story on Bush's National Guard service to his non-coverage of the Swiftboat Vet claims against Kerry.

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095305292840493072004-09-15T23:26:00.000-04:002004-09-15T23:31:13.020-04:00

I just saw Ron Reagan on MSNBC. He is in Pensacola, Florida doing hurricane duty.

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095304585515338382004-09-15T23:13:00.000-04:002004-09-15T23:16:25.516-04:00

Teresa Heinz Kerry, thought by many to be missing a few screws, apparently said the following to people preparing packages for hurricane victims... " "Clothing is wonderful, but let them go naked for a while, at least the kids.." Karl Rove...if you're reading this blog, do me a favor...take the first half of that quote, and put it up all over Florida. 1. Floridians will not find it funny. 2.

Alexander K. McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12707163103746492969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095303705098693812004-09-15T23:00:00.000-04:002004-09-16T00:05:59.046-04:00

All signs point to Bill Burkett as the source of the forgeries. But will someone please tell me why that's so exciting? Is there something special about Burkett that I'm missing? UPDATE Alert Reader Jason pointed me to this thorough fisking of Burkett's credibility as a source. UPDATE 2: And Alert Reader Newton pointed me here.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095300788644967532004-09-15T22:17:00.000-04:002004-09-15T22:13:08.643-04:00

here's my take on the latest pack o' fibs: CBS Release Wed Sep 15 2004 19:39:35 ET "The CBS News report was based on a preponderance of evidence: many interviews, both on- and off-camera, with individuals with direct and indirect knowledge of the situation, atmosphere and events of the period in question, as well as the procedures, character and thinking of Lt. Col. Killian, Lt. Bush's squadron

DJ Drummondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583885371076583265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095301077566192192004-09-15T22:08:00.000-04:002004-09-15T22:17:57.566-04:00

Please check out the new posts and pictures at Terrorism Unveiled.

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095298692404795522004-09-15T21:35:00.000-04:002004-09-15T21:38:12.406-04:00

Pat Caddell is preaching a "come to Jesus" sermon to his fellow Democrats on Hannity & Colmes right now. Luckily for Republicans, I don't think many of them are going to accept the call.

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095296239737995632004-09-15T21:16:00.000-04:002004-09-15T21:17:35.023-04:00

Here is my two cents worth on the CBS statement and on the matter in general. I agree with everything Polipundit said and think his question of where John McCain has been while George Bush was being smeared is a heck of a good question, but sadly I am not surprised in the least that we haven't heard much, if anything, from him on the subject. The tenacity and vigor with which CBS pursued the

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095296444456696652004-09-15T20:59:00.000-04:002004-09-15T21:34:58.256-04:00

Dan Rather is a lying hack Democrat scumbag conman fraudster. Discuss.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095296236668261192004-09-15T20:48:00.000-04:002004-09-15T20:57:16.670-04:00

As many of you saw in my post this morning, Quinnipiac released a poll of NY voters showing President Bush 5 points behind. Then later this afternoon, Marist University released another poll of NY voters also showing a close race. New York now moves from the solid Kerry column to the lean Kerry column. If he has not pulled back ahead by early October, then it is a toss-up. Tonight, more

Alexander K. McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12707163103746492969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095295464710185862004-09-15T20:39:00.000-04:002004-09-15T20:44:24.710-04:00

Imagine if the U.S. Government approached journalistic fraud the same way that the Chinese Government deals with banking fraud. Ah, yes. The sweat would be running down ol' Hoss's neck, don't you think?

Jaysonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095293068201182792004-09-15T20:01:00.000-04:002004-09-15T20:04:28.200-04:00

40 members of Congress have now written a letter expressing their outrage at Dan Rather's attempt to slander a president, using forged documents, 50 days before an election, in a time of war. I ask again: Will the lying liberal media hold their lying liberal brethren at CBS accountable? Or is Congress going to have to step in?

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095292843261949152004-09-15T19:55:00.000-04:002004-09-15T20:00:43.260-04:00

This is the most disingenuous, truth-parsing, two-bit lying I've seen in a long time:The CBS News report was based on a preponderance of evidence: many interviews, both on- and off-camera, with individuals with direct and indirect knowledge of the situation, atmosphere and events of the period in question, as well as the procedures, character and thinking of Lt. Col. Killian, Lt. Bush's squadron

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095291612791785712004-09-15T19:38:00.000-04:002004-09-15T19:40:12.790-04:00

Drudge has the CBS Evening News transcript for today. Looks like Dan Rather is determined to slander the president, based on forged documents, 50 days before an election, in a time of war. However, others at CBS News seem to be defying Rather's hubris.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095290958059409652004-09-15T19:28:00.000-04:002004-09-15T19:29:18.060-04:00

Here's the statement:We established to our satisfaction that the memos were accurate or we would not have put them on television. There was a great deal of coroborating [sic] evidence from people in a position to know. Having said that, given all the questions about them, we believe we should redouble our efforts to answer those questions, so that's what we are doing.What the hell does that mean?

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095285983080472442004-09-15T18:03:00.000-04:002004-09-15T18:06:23.080-04:00

How come John McCain is nowhere to be seen? When the Swiftees made their charges, he immediately denounced 250 decorated Vietnam vets as "dishonest and dishonorable" for telling the truth. Now we have the president's military record being slandered, with cheap forgeries, 50 days before an election, in a time of war, by a news network over which one of McCain's Senate committees has oversight,

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095282590164186342004-09-15T17:08:00.000-04:002004-09-15T17:09:50.163-04:00

Could this be the smoking gun linking the Kerry campaign to the cheap forgeries? (via InstaPundit)

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095281700775921712004-09-15T16:54:00.000-04:002004-09-15T16:55:00.776-04:00

This poll is instructive on so many levels.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095278225998234092004-09-15T15:56:00.000-04:002004-09-15T15:57:05.996-04:00

If you'd like to write to your local CBS affiliate, you can find a list here.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095277984699856562004-09-15T15:48:00.000-04:002004-09-15T15:53:04.700-04:00

It appears that CBS has delayed its statement until 5 PM. From this Dan Rather interview (via RatherBiased.com), it seems that they will continue to vouch for the forgeries. This is a moment of truth for the lying liberal media. Should CBS be allowed to slander our president with forged documents 50 days before an election in a time of war? There are only two watchdogs that can step in and

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095272701241013702004-09-15T14:13:00.000-04:002004-09-15T14:25:01.243-04:00

Mediabistro reports a press release from Meet the Press saying they will again host debates between the candidates in the most hotly contested Senate races. I enjoyed watching these during the last election. It beats watching Joe Wilson talk to Tim Russert for an hour. I am still waiting for the Meet the Press apology for giving so much airtime to that agenda driven prevaricator. Mediabistro

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095267896026181172004-09-15T13:03:00.000-04:002004-09-15T13:04:56.026-04:00

Where's the ballyhooed CBS statement that was supposed to be released an hour ago? Did CBS just lie to us again?

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095262856917471952004-09-15T11:40:00.000-04:002004-09-15T11:40:56.916-04:00

When it comes to CBS News, presidential candidates, and Vietnam, the network makes Pravda look fair.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095262141460107362004-09-15T11:26:00.000-04:002004-09-15T11:29:01.460-04:00

Ed Carson has a good article about the rising influence of blogs. (Link via Instapundit)

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095261213339661782004-09-15T11:07:00.000-04:002004-09-15T11:17:53.986-04:00

The new word for the day, kids, is brought to you courtesy of The Kerry Spot. It is "pajamahadeen" and it can be seen used in context here. (Hat tip to Lucianne.com for spotting my favorite new word.) I wonder if this word will appear in the formal written history of the revolution which led to the fall of the Old Media.

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095258058804246482004-09-15T10:18:00.000-04:002004-09-15T10:26:59.463-04:00

A pajama alternative for bloggers. (Courtesy of Prestopundit) Find lots of other cool Right Wing Stuff at the same site by clicking on their blog ad on the right side of the screen.

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095255084092211292004-09-15T09:30:00.000-04:002004-09-15T09:31:24.093-04:00

CBS News will issue a statement at noon Eastern.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095254967026587302004-09-15T09:23:00.000-04:002004-09-15T09:29:27.026-04:00

New York (31 electoral votes)-A new Quinnipiac Poll reports that President Bush has cut John Kerry's lead from 18 points to just 6. Kerry leads with 47%, President Bush wins 41%, and Ralph Nader 4%. The President's approval rating has climbed to 43%. While it is still too early to say if New York will be a fall battleground, it must be said that this is a very bad sign for the Kerry campaign,

Alexander K. McClurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12707163103746492969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095253991164423882004-09-15T09:11:00.000-04:002004-09-15T09:13:48.860-04:00

Now that even the LA Times editorial page is acknowledging that the memories are forgeries, what's next for RatherGate? Will Rather be able to stonewall even at Congressional hearings? Click Comments and discuss.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095253839257569152004-09-15T09:10:00.000-04:002004-09-15T09:10:39.256-04:00

RatherGate is only the latest of Dan Rather's many egregious frauds.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095227408494343282004-09-15T01:44:00.000-04:002004-09-15T01:50:08.493-04:00

New England Republican has an understandably outraged take on Dan Rather's most recent performance, including his jab at the First Lady. He has a link to the transcript and a good roundup of reaction from the blogosphere.

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095227125274050442004-09-15T01:36:00.000-04:002004-09-15T01:45:25.273-04:00

John Kerry has been too busy lately to answer a questionnaire. More specifically, to answer a questionnaire submitted to him by a 300,000-plus member public-employee union. A large public-sector union made up of . . . . drum roll . . . . . police officers! The group has since endorsed President Bush. It's literally beginning to boggle my mind that the Democratic primary base nominated Kerry.

Jaysonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095226547851353642004-09-15T01:31:00.000-04:002004-09-15T01:35:47.850-04:00

Dan Rather's insistence that his forged documents are authentic seems bordering on delusional to me, but a reader of The Corner has another explanation. "Do you think CBS is standing by the story just to improve its ratings? I know I watched it for the first time in years. I wasn't even sure what time it came on."

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095225468675252762004-09-15T01:26:00.000-04:002004-09-15T01:26:35.730-04:00

Brendan Miniter has an article at OpinionJournal.com about the descendancy of the Democrats to a minority party. Republicans really do have a lot of celebrate. Even the election of Bill Clinton, who ran on welfare reform and a middle class tax cut, showed it was necessary to run on Republican ideas to win the presidency.

Lorie Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14947095198006013519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095225823283332542004-09-15T01:20:00.000-04:002004-09-15T01:46:49.303-04:00

Reader Ed writes in the Comments section about RatherGate:You know, since I was a small boy I always dreamed of one day being part of a revolution. I admired the founding fathers and wished that perhaps in my lifetime there would be an event that I could partake in that would be as meaningful, as momentous, and as thrilling as a revolution. In a very small way this past week has been that for

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095199639491835762004-09-15T01:13:00.000-04:002004-09-15T01:14:30.520-04:00

When President Bush is re-elected, he can put genuinely conservative judges on the federal bench for the next four years. We need to send a message to Senate Democrats: they cannot obstruct these nominations. We need to make an example of the obstructionist-in-chief, Tom Daschle. John Thune is our candidate to do this. He has a slight lead in the polls, but he's being vastly outspent by Daschle.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095220351046891602004-09-14T23:48:00.000-04:002004-09-14T23:55:29.720-04:00

A few hours ago, NRO's Jim Geraghty asked:And when do we start to see the first non-conservative editorials and columns ripping the network?Well, here you go. The LA Times can't restrain its snarkiness:CBS News has been had. ... CBS may have managed to place Bush's Vietnam-era service off-limits as a campaign issue, after weeks when John F. Kerry's impressive record has been under savage attack

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095218644366719032004-09-14T23:23:00.000-04:002004-09-14T23:24:04.366-04:00

Says Tony Blankley:For three-quarters of a century until last week, when CBS News had entered a fight it had been an unfair mismatch for its adversary. The credibility, research capacity and gatekeeping monopoly of CBS would overwhelm its victim. But last week it was breathtaking to see, moment by moment, the Internet blogger's advantage.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095216399105862552004-09-14T22:46:00.000-04:002004-09-14T22:46:39.106-04:00

CBS News has found life on Mars.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095216295324245552004-09-14T22:43:00.000-04:002004-09-14T22:48:50.746-04:00

I was watching Scarborough Country on MSNBC and there was this clip of a Congressman asking on the House floor, "What did Dan Rather know and when did he know it?" Rather, who made his bones by helping bring down Richard Nixon, has become the caricature of Nixon that liberals despised.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095214229939100132004-09-14T22:03:00.000-04:002004-09-14T22:49:47.396-04:00

Readers should stop worrying if RatherGate could somehow hurt President Bush. All that the president needs to do now is sit on his lead and run out the clock. Meanwhile, with all the oxygen being sucked up by RatherGate, TANG, and a probable new Swiftee attack, John Kerry will find it impossible to talk about his best issues. He'll be stuck with his deficit in the polls. As I've explained before,

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095213735260660302004-09-14T21:59:00.000-04:002004-09-14T22:02:15.260-04:00

When Hugh Hewitt suggested Congressional hearings on the CBS forgeries, I wondered if that would be possible. But lo and behold, hearings we shall have.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095211202926801572004-09-14T21:16:00.000-04:002004-09-14T21:27:46.356-04:00

The full ABC News story is online. It's devastating for CBS. Turns out that the experts hired by CBS warned them that the documents were fake. One expert even said, "I told them that all the questions I was asking them on Tuesday night, they were going to be asked by hundreds of other document examiners on Thursday if they ran that story." And indeed the questions were asked by rapidfire

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095208880520001412004-09-14T20:38:00.000-04:002004-09-14T20:41:59.540-04:00

NRO KerrySpot's Jim Geraghty on the atmosphere at CBS:My source familiar with the internal discussions at CBS describes the atmosphere at the network offices tonight as "madness" and "toxic". Apparently a real bunker mentality is setting in; there is reportedly a great deal of anger at ABC for running a scathing report about the memos. I didn't see the ABC report (the CBS report was so

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095201902456657832004-09-14T18:43:00.000-04:002004-09-14T18:45:02.456-04:00

NBC and CBS have just done the DNC an enormous favor by asking them to pull their "fortunate son" ad. For more on why I think this is a favor to the DNC, click here.

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095199435282422742004-09-14T17:52:00.000-04:002004-09-14T18:03:55.283-04:00

It's recognized by those who follow polls, that most polling agencies weight their polls to match what they believe to be the proper demographic balance. That's not really their fault; The National Council on Public Polls expects its members to adhere to common guidelines, which bases its demographics on the 2000 Census. So, why is there a gut feeling among bloggers, that the polls might be

DJ Drummondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583885371076583265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095197915371494212004-09-14T17:37:00.000-04:002004-09-14T17:46:42.183-04:00

Now that CBS News has been exposed as a fraudulent "news" organization, why should CBS News representative Bob Schieffer keep one of the coveted presidential debate moderating slots?

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961445.post-1095197088574643062004-09-14T17:21:00.000-04:002004-09-14T17:27:24.546-04:00

If you're worried about how liberals will feel when President Bush is re-elected, you're not alone. Here's one liberal's take (via Best of the Web):And so it's not hard to imagine that on November 3rd, if the election can be called by then, there might be a sort of grim mass exodus from this sad planet should Bush pull this election out. My generation may be particularly vulnerable to the urge to

PoliPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672958820800098878noreply@blogger.com