Daily Archives: July 21st, 2007 «

 

WaPo editorial board slams Harry Reid’s leadership, and the ‘all-nighter’ debate on Iraq

Posted by: ST on July 21, 2007 at 10:53 am » 8 Comments

The Washington Post editorial board, showing its more moderate tone towards Iraq and issues related to it, skewers Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s stifling of meaningful debate on potential alternatives to the Democrat cut and run plan for Iraq: THE SENATE Democratic leadership spent the past week trying to prove that Congress is deeply divided [...]

 

Congressional Democrats nix “John Doe” provision out of Homeland Security legislation

Posted by: ST on July 21, 2007 at 9:35 am » 1 Comment

Want to be protected from frivolous lawsuits aiming at intimidating you from reporting suspicious behavior that you feel may lead to a terror attack? The Democrats don’t think you should be, and made that crystal clear this week: Congressional Democrats today failed to include a provision in homeland security legislation that would protect the public [...]

 

Moonbat of the week: Edwards supporter “RG”

Posted by: ST on July 21, 2007 at 9:18 am » 9 Comments

Full name withheld in an effort to show that I can be a real compassionate conservative – trying to protect idiots from themselves – when I want to be Someone needs to care about the impoverished in America!! You need to take a long, hard look in the mirror with your half truths (lies), cynicism [...]

 

Candidate Obama: Genocide in Iraq is not worth keeping US forces there

Posted by: ST on July 21, 2007 at 8:47 am » 2 Comments

Via the Associated Press: SUNAPEE, N.H. – Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday the United States cannot use its military to solve humanitarian problems and that preventing a potential genocide in Iraq isn’t a good enough reason to keep U.S. forces there. “Well, look, if that’s the criteria by which we are making decisions [...]

 

James Taranto on Hillary Clinton’s “they’re questioning my patriotism” cry – PLUS: Hillary showing a little cleavage?

Posted by: ST on July 21, 2007 at 1:35 am » 4 Comments

Senator Clinton, as do so many other Democrats, appears to believe that her criticisms of the mission in Iraq should be done with impunity. Case in point: [Mrs.] Clinton, D-N.Y., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has since May requested a briefing from Pentagon officials as to whether they have undertaken any serious [...]

 

Cheney to be president briefly on Saturday

Posted by: ST on July 21, 2007 at 12:33 am » Comments Off

While the President undergoes a colonoscopy: WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Bush will undergo a routine colonoscopy Saturday, and will transfer power to Vice President Dick Cheney during the procedure, expected to take about two and a half hours, the chief White House spokesman said. Tony Snow said Friday that the procedure, during which a doctor [...]