Daily Archives: May 1st, 2007 «

 

President set to veto Iraq cut and run bill

Posted by: ST on May 1, 2007 at 3:23 pm » 9 Comments

… and will address the nation shortly after 6 Eastern Time to explain why to the people who don’t already know. Via Bryan at Hot Air: “Just heard from Tony Snow that President Bush will announce at 6:10 pm tonight that he will veto the war funding bill. He will transmit that veto to Congress [...]

 

Illegal immigration nation

Posted by: ST on May 1, 2007 at 2:51 pm » 4 Comments

Today is “May Day” and illegal immigrants are uniting across the country to stage protests and ‘celebrations.’ Michelle Malkin has the details (more here). The protests are being characterized by the mediots as “pressing for the path to citizenship.” As far as I know, that path has always been available, hasn’t it? Any marches going [...]

 

Going down to the wire in France

Posted by: ST on May 1, 2007 at 2:18 pm » 1 Comment

The Times Online reports today the desperate measures that France’s Socialist candidate for president Ségolène Royal is pulling out all the stops in order to defeat the conservative Nicolas Sarkozy. The type of demonization taking place is something Democrats here who have done similarly would be proud of (emphasis added): Ms Royal, the left-wing candidate [...]

 

Fred Thompson prepping for a presidential run?

Posted by: ST on May 1, 2007 at 9:57 am » 5 Comments

The Politico reports on the possibility of a summer entry into the Republican race for the presidential nomination. C’mon, Fred. Either you want to run or you don’t. Shouldn’t he know by now? The Nashville City Paper reports that certain folks are crawling out of the woodwork to try and find some dirt on Thompsona [...]

 

How the US subsidizes terrorist propaganda and Holocaust denial

Posted by: ST on May 1, 2007 at 9:43 am » Comments Off

Absolutely stunning.

 

Chris Matthews versus Brian Williams

Posted by: ST on May 1, 2007 at 9:22 am » 5 Comments

I enjoyed liveblogging last Thursday’s Democratic presidential candidates’ debate, not so much because I relished watching a bunch of prima donna lefties on national TV, but more because I found it refreshing that MSNBC news anchor Brian Williams maintained the role of impartiality throughout the debate in his questions and I respected overall how he [...]

 

George Tenet on Al Qaeda and Iraq: What the mediots won’t tell you

Posted by: ST on May 1, 2007 at 9:02 am » Comments Off

What we’ve heard so far is a mixed bag on Tenet’s book, which hit the shelves yesterday. Conservatives and others who worked with Tenet are disputing some of his accounts, while the media, of course, is obsessively focusing on anything in the book that paints Tenet’s relationship with the administration as ‘strained.’ With that said, [...]