Daily Archives: April 4th, 2007 «

 

Bush makes recess appointment – Kerry, Dodd bluster nonsense about Bush ‘trying to change the rules’

Posted by: ST on April 4, 2007 at 9:40 pm » 11 Comments

Via the Associated Press: WASHINGTON — President Bush named Republican fundraiser Sam Fox as U.S. ambassador to Belgium on Wednesday, using a maneuver that allowed him to bypass Congress where Democrats had derailed Fox’s nomination. Democrats had denounced Fox for his 2004 donation to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The group’s TV ads, which [...]

 

Send well wishes to the Edwards on website, get email back asking for a contribution

Posted by: ST on April 4, 2007 at 7:17 pm » 5 Comments

What he says: First of all, there’s not a single person in America that should vote for me because Elizabeth has cancer. Not a one. If you’re considering doing it, don’t do it. Do not vote for us because you feel some sympathy or compassion for us. That would be an enormous mistake. The vote [...]

 

ROTFLMAO!

Posted by: ST on April 4, 2007 at 6:29 pm » 8 Comments

This one gets post of the week: Land of the lost: Left-wing blogs get punked. Some Nutroots fools got April Fooled – big time. Do.not.miss it! More: Here are the before and after pix, and a list of links of bloggers who blogged about it (hat tip: Hizzo in the comments). Hilarious! Update: Jim at [...]

 

More “that was then, this is now”

Posted by: ST on April 4, 2007 at 2:03 pm » 2 Comments

What Democrats used to say on cutting funding for our troops in Iraq.

 

The Pelosi Syria visit and the three Republicans’ Syria visit: The differences and why they matter (MORE-DID PELOSI DELIVER WRONG MESSAGE FROM ISRAEL TO ASSAD?)

Posted by: ST on April 4, 2007 at 12:30 pm » 2 Comments

As we all know by now, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been cozying up to Syrian President Bashar Assad, and we also know that three House Republicans have visited Syria this week to meet with him, too. Certain folks on the left are screaming ‘hypocrisy’ over the administration’s focus on Pelosi’s trip while not saying [...]

 

Breaking: Iran to release captured UK sailors

Posted by: ST on April 4, 2007 at 9:38 am » 13 Comments

The AP is reporting: TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Wednesday that his government would release the detained 15 British sailors and marines as a gift to the British people. He pardoned the sailors and announced their release minutes after he gave medals of honor to the Iranian coast guards who intercepted the [...]

 

Democrats just want ‘global war on terror’ to go away – literally

Posted by: ST on April 4, 2007 at 8:53 am » 8 Comments

Well, we know they want to wash their hands of the Iraq war before (presumably) a Democrat president take office, and now we learn that a House committee wants to ban the use of the phrase ‘global war on terror’ in the 2008 defense budget, and any other legislation that has anything to do with [...]

 

Unhinged protesters in DC throw things at Karl Rove and his car after speech (MORE: HUFFPO COMMENTERS CALL FOR ROVE’S MURDER)

Posted by: ST on April 4, 2007 at 8:39 am » 12 Comments

Now this is a mature way to express your dissent: WASHINGTON — White House Advisor Karl Rove was the target of a protest on the American University campus Tuesday night, NBC 4 reported. Rove was on the campus to talk to the College Republicans, but when he got outside more than a dozen students began [...]