Dim bulbs

According to "The Politico", New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer...said Friday the Senate should not confirm another U.S. Supreme Court nominee under President Bush “except in extraordinary circumstances.”  

Not too surprising, I suppose.  This just follows the same pattern the Dims have established for Federal judge appointments. 

Partisanship anyone?  Just what does Sen. Chuck think Republicans should do the next time a Dimocratic president (shudder) nominates a judge? 

 

More aid and comfort to the enemy

Pentagon Rebukes Clinton on Iraq

Jul 19, 1:43 PM (ET)

By DEVLIN BARRETT

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon has issued a stinging rebuke to Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, arguing that she is boosting enemy propaganda by asking how the U.S. plans to eventually withdraw from Iraq.

Under Secretary of Defense Eric Edelman wrote a biting reply to questions Clinton raised in May, urging the Pentagon to start planning now for the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

A copy of Edelman's response, dated July 16, was obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.

"Premature and public discussion of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq reinforces enemy propaganda that the United States will abandon its allies in Iraq, much as we are perceived to have done in Vietnam, Lebanon and Somalia," Edelman wrote.

He added that "such talk understandably unnerves the very same Iraqi allies we are asking to assume enormous personal risks."

 

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070719/D8QFQ61G0.html

 

GOP Leadership Challenge

…on one issue, the [GOP] candidates should not run from the president, in fact they should run toward him and close any distance or doubt between them: the battle of our lifetime, the global war against Islamic terrorism and its battleground Iraq.  We propose they do so as soon as possible, in one press conference where they all stand united in one voice and say:

 

“On this issue, on the war against Islamic terror, in the battle for Iraq, we stand with one voice and one policy: Victory. We support both the troops and the mission and you cannot divide that support. The troops and their generals believe in what they are doing, that they can win if they are given the necessary support. We believe them, we believe in them, and will do everything in our political power to help see them through to victory. On this issue, there is no daylight among the president, our servicemen and women in Iraq, and us. We will not support premature withdrawal or surrender.”                      --William J. Bennett & Seth Leibsohn (link)

 

Lampson at the Alamo?

I see that my Congressman, Nick Lampson, voted on Thursday for the "Responsible Redeployment From Iraq Act", the latest attempt by Democrats to guarantee a major defeat for the US in the war against terrorists.
We're lucky the congressman wasn't at the Alamo; Texans in 1835 were made of sterner stuff.

Conservative vs Liberal

I'm having an interesting debate with Chris Pirillo, the "oracle" of Lockergnome.com. It started off about Bush' commutaion of Lewis Libby's jail time, but is now moving to bigger and better things.  His site is excellent source for computer-related information, but he has a bad habit of revealing his political biases on occasion.

 

Bush shouldn't have commuted Libby's sentence

He should have pardoned him.
Libby's forgetfulness pales in comparison to Sandy Berger's stealing secret documents from the National Archives. And the number of pardons that Bush granted (29 his first term) pales in comparison to the 396 by Bill Clinton, 534 by Jim Carter, 960 by Lyndon Johnson and 1913 by Harry Truman! (See http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/actions_administration.htm.)
What in the hell are the libs so upset about? They really do need to get over their irrational hatred of George W. Bush.