This week our guest was Matt Margolis of Blogs for Bush. We looked toward a second Bush term and wondered about his mandate as we talked judicial appointments, social security reform, health savings accounts, tax reform and of course the war on terror.
We also looked back at the election and examined why Bush won, Kerry lost and what role the new media played in the whole process.
It was a lot of fun and we thank Matt for spending part of his Saturday with us on Pundit Review Radio
And I thought Howell Raines was bad? I used to find it amusing when the Times displayed it’s bias on the obituary page. I got used to it when they had opinions infused throughout their news coverage. When they spun like crazy for Kerry during the campaign, who was surprised?
A typical smear of the President by the New York Times goes something like this,
White House reporter Elisabeth Bumiller twice treated a
left-wing Internet-based conspiracy theory as legitimate news.What was that bulge in the back of President Bush’s suit jacket at the presidential debate in Miami last week? According to rumors racing across the Internet this week, the rectangular bulge visible between Mr. Bush’s shoulder blades was a radio
receiver, getting answers from an offstage counselor into a hidden presidential
earpiece. The prime suspect was Karl Rove, Mr. Bush’s powerful political
adviser. When the online magazine Salon published an article about the rumors on
Friday, the speculation reached such a pitch that White House and campaign
officials were inundated with calls.She followed up a week later in her October 18 “White House Letter,”
after the last presidential debate: “There are also two story lines from the
presidential debates that to the exasperation of President Bush’s advisers won’t
go away: the bubble and the bulge.”
The paper of record engaging in tawdry gossip mongering. This week, The Hill newspaper broke the story of Bushâ??s Bulge,
Call off the conspiracy freaks. Now it can be told: That mysterious bulge on
President Bushâ??s back during the first presidential debate was not an electronic
device feeding him answers, but a strap holding his bulletproof vest in
place.But sources in the Secret Service told The Hill that Bush
was wearing a bulletproof vest, as he does most of the time when appearing in
public. The presidentâ??s handlers did not want to admit as much during the
campaign, for fear of disclosing information related to his personal security
while he was on the campaign trail.
However, the latest example of hostility toward George W. Bush is really disturbing and I hope people notice and take action. I’m going to call and re-cancel my subscription.
Blog Lone Star Realtity sets the stage,
Unbelievably, in this article entitled “Can History Save The Democrats”, the New York Times compares the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln and McKinley to
“Acts of God.” They then compare Bush to Lincoln and McKinley, and end up in a
barely veiled request for another assassination.
John Hinderacker at Powerline is wondering,
are Murphy and the Times suggesting that the assassination of President Bush is a possible solution to the Democrats’ problems? Normally I would assume not. But Murphy’s piece begins with the assassination of Lincoln, discusses the political impact of the assassination of McKinley, and concludes:
Professor Wilentz of Princeton said that even if the 2004 victory was an
incremental one, that should not comfort the Democrats. He said Mr. Rove and Mr.
Bush now have a chance to do what Hanna and McKinley never did: Lay the
foundation for lasting Republican dominance. “The Republicans are basically unchecked,” Professor Wilentz said. “There is no check in the federal government and no check in the world. They have an unfettered playing field.”Until the next act of God, that is.
I don’t know, maybe he was talking about a really big hurricane.
Dean Esmay says,
Well. It appears that we’ve gone from “an illegitimate moron in the White House”
to â??half of America is stupid and evil and we hope Chimpboy gets his head blown
off.â?Â
When will the little nuggest of joy end? We’ve seen liberal columnsits like Richard Cohen at the Washington Post saying, “From a Democratic perspective, what this country needs is a good recession”, we’ve had pathetic columns by Maureen Dowd and Paul Krugman and a host of others.
Now Liberal blogger and darling of the media, The Daily Kos, is worried. Since the 15 candidates he helped raise money for went 0-15, his career as a political consultant is in question, unless Shrum is hiring. No wonder The Daily Was is fretting about his financial future,
By CARL BIALIK THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE
November 5, 2004 7:31 p.m.
Markos Moulitsas, one of the Internet’s better-known left-wing bloggers, is
disappointed about John Kerry’s defeat in the presidential election — and a bit
worried about his own livelihood.Mr. Moulitsas, who runs the popular Web log DailyKos.com, has been
reaping more than $10,000 per month in advertising revenue in the past half year
— nearly $20,000 in each of the last two months — as hundreds of thousands of
like-minded political junkies visited his site. But much of the spending was by
political campaigns, and new advertising dried up just a few days before the
election.“I’m not in danger of being thrown out on the street, but it does make
me nervous,” said Mr. Moulitsas, 33 years old. “For me to get to the point where
it’s this quiet… I’m a little nervous about it right now.”
Newsweek has an exhaustive look inside the Kerry campaign. What a mess. The highlight so far is the passage about John Edwards reaction when he learned some of the Swift Boat Veterans charges were TRUE.
Hair Brush: $4
Running for President after only 4 years in the Senate: $25 million
Not knowing your running mate met with the Communist enemy during the Vietnam War: Priceless.
Stephanie Cutter, the boss of the Kerry communications shop, explained that the campaign didn’t need to give the Swift Boat vets any more attention than they were already getting.
Edwards played along, but his aides were indignant. They warned the veep candidate that the story was already out of control and about to get worse. Historian Douglas Brinkley, author of a wartime biography of Kerry, cautioned that Kerry’s diary included mention of a meeting with some North Vietnamese terrorists in Paris. Edwards was flabbergasted. “Let me get this straight,” the senator said. “He met with terrorists? Oh, that’s good.”
Fallujah: It’s coming and we are praying, yes blue states, we are praying, for our incredibly brave troops in Iraq. I thought this editorial in the New York Post was impressively candid. God Bless Them.
New York Post Editorial
November 6, 2004 — A noose was tightening around the Iraqi terrorist stronghold of Fallujah yesterday.
With some 10,000 U.S. Marines and Army troops set to move in, airborne gunships and jet fighter-bombers targeted key defensive positions and key exits from the city were blocked.
Clearly, the long-awaited reduction of Fallujah was about to begin.
Days? Hours?
Soon.
Urban warfare with modern weapons is deadly business, and the defenders intrinsically hold an advantage. But, in this case, it is necessary business if Iraq is to hold meaningful elections in January.
Young Americans will die in Fallujah to fulfill the promise of Iraqi democracy, perhaps in disturbingly large numbers.
But a safer, more secure America is the ultimate objective. For that goal, these brave young men will cheerfully do their duty.
God bless them, every one.
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Election Reflections…
1. Knowing how miserable Michael Moore, Al Franken and George Soros are today makes me all warm inside. These nasty, vile people were so over the top in their criticism of the President it is heartwarming to know that they were rejected by the public.
2. The Democrat Party is a slow motion train wreck under Terry McAuliffe. Zell Miller had it exactly right, A National Party No More. They are the party of the elites, not the middle class. Take a look at this map. It is astonishing. They still believe their ideals and values represent mainstream America. They may represent mainstream Manhattan, but the facts on the ground, and votes in the ballot box, tell a far different story.
Here is Hilalry Clinton endorsing the notion that if young people don’t vote, they will die because of a second Bush administration,
I really think that this year â?? more than any other â?? that young people have
their lives at stake.
Perhaps they should change the slogan to Change or Die, because if they don’t change their ways, their Party is dead. When you rely on college students and people who have never voted before to win elections, you are headed for permanent minority party status.
3. The mainstream media (MSM) is in a credibility free-fall. From the Big 3 TV networks to our major daily newspapers, they have been exposed as Democrat cheerleaders in a way which was just not possible before the rise of the blogs. The frustration of the old guard like Tom Brokaw has been hilarious to watch, (A blogger Jihad against Dan Rather?), Jonathan Klein (bloggers are just guys in their PJ’s). Like the Party they cheerlead for, they are in denial in a big way.
4. Blogs are now the Omudsman of the 21st Century. The influence they had motivating their followers and exposing the myriad of ways in which the MSM spins for the Democrats is one of the big stories of this election. A few examples of the incredible bias that exploded in their face include:
a. Dan Rather’s Memogate fiasco. Don’t miss our interview with Scott Johnson of Powerline.
b. The early exit polls which showed a Kerry landslide
c. The missing weapons story
d. The vilification of the Swift Boat Veterans
Thank you Instapundit, Powerline, LittleGreenFootballs, RealClearPolitics, INDCJournal, BlogsforBush, Don Luskin, Hugh Hewitt, Dean Esmay, OpinionJournal, VodkaPundit, Ann Althouse, Captain’s Quarters, JunkYardBlog, The Corner, Mudville Gazette, Arthur Chernkoff, Roger Simon, NZ Bear, Michelle Malkin and all the other bloggers who been instrumental in exposing the MSM this election season.
5. This was a huge defeat for the secularists who disrespect and look down their nose at people of faith. I had to laugh at the MSM media reaction when most people identified moral issues as the biggest factor when voting. They simply could not understand this. The reasons for this include: Bush’s respect for life, whether on stem cells or abortion; Kerry’s extremism on abortion. However, a stealth factor here is the liberal elite/Hollywood support that was so negative and so nasty towards George Bush. Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, Dave Matthews, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, this entire crowd is the GOP’s secret weapon. The public rejected their hate, rejects their values and rejected the candidate and issues they support.
6. Some bloggers like Jeff Jarvis are signing pledges to be kinder and gentler going forward. Until the Democrat Party changes, I say no thanks. They are on the ropes and we should be (rhetorically) punching them in the nose, not handing them a towel. Their behavior in this campaign, their irresponsible rhetoric, their willingness to jump to the worst conclusions about our military (Abu Ghraib, missing weapons) doesn’t exactly have me in a forgiving mood.
7. Thank you America for sending the world a message that we are strong and resolute in this fight against terrorism. The war being waged against us turns 25 years old today. It was on this day in 1979 when Iranian radicals stormed our embassy and took 52 Americans hostages. For twenty-two of these years, we were not fighting this war. September 11 woke us up, or at least some of us. Thanks to the incredible men and women in our militray and the character, faith and leadership of George W. Bush to make the tough, unpopular but critical decisions, we are now fighting all over the world and winning this difficult war.
8. The GOP has no excuses in this second term. Daschle is gone. Things have to get done, and non-defense spending has to be restrained. They cannot continue to claim to be the party of fiscal responsibility if they continue to spend like, well, like Democrats. Bush should tackle the tough issues that cannot be done by a first term president for political reasons. Social security reform. Immigration reform. Tax reform. Just get it done GOP. You have an expanded majority and now is your time. No more excuses.
9. Yassar Arafat, the man who is the best known terrorist of the 20th century, the man who Bill Clinton helped get a Nobel Peace Prize, is on his death bed (in a French hospital, how perfect) and the gates of hell are open and waiting.
10. The Boston Red Sox are World Series Champions.