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Dem Congresswoman: Media "no longer in our hands"

Boy, talk about stepping in it! Hat tip to King Blogger himself, aka Instapundit:

THE FINAL WORD ON RATHERGATE, I think, is found in this statement from Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) on Wolf Blitzer’s CNN program: “The media certainly is not in our hands any longer.”

Funny…the MSM (mainstream media) hasn’t got the memo yet, Ms. Sanchez! Granted, though, I actually agree with you on this one!

November 24, 2004 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Republican wins Washington state governor race, but…

Leave it to a Democrat to be unsatisfied with a losing election result, and request yet another recount. For those who haven’t followed, here’s the condensed version.

Election Day ended for most folks on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Washington state had a gubernatorial race that was tight. The final tally was that the GOP won by about 160 votes or so, out of 2.8 million votes cast. All absentee ballots and provisional ballots (the ones ruled eligible to be counted) were tallied, and the GOP won by about 260 votes. By law, the state had a machine recount. The GOP won again, though this time…by a mere 42 votes!

Wow…only 42 votes! Anyway, the Dem is now requesting a hand recount. To be fair, I guess I can see why. When you’re that close, you want to make sure it’s correct.

Awww…who am I kidding? This is a liberal who lost, therefore she’s attempting to engineer a theft of a close election! You watch…she’ll be challenging the hell out of the GOP votes, to get them rejected!

Full story is here.

November 24, 2004 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

"Red states" more free than "blue states"

No surprise there. Pacific Research Institute’s “U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2004 Report,” published in association with Forbes magazine, figures in more than 100 variables in calculating economic freedom, including regulatory and fiscal burdens imposed on residents.

The report, written by Ying Huang and Robert E. McCormick of Clemson University and Lawrence J. McQuillan of PRI, shows how more economic freedom leads to more economic security. Such findings are a wake-up call to old-fashioned politicians who still want voters to believe that more government and less liberty means more economic security.

In order, America’s top 5 most free states: Kansas, Colorado, Virginia, Idaho and Utah. All Bush states.

In order, America’s top 5 least free states: New York, California, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Illinois. All Kerry/Gore states.

The index shows that the 25 states with above-average freedom include only two “blue” states, New Hampshire (which Kerry barely won and Bush won in 2000) and Delaware. The 25 subpar states included 17 Kerry states.

November 24, 2004 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Kathleen Willey to Hillary: Beware the Swifties

Kathleen Willey has a heads-up warning for Shrillary should she plan on running for president in 2008: Remember the Swiftboat Vets’ successful tactics this year.

From NewsMax:

When Hillary Clinton runs for president, she may have to face her own version of the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth – in the form of her husband’s accusers, the women the Clintons have been trying to erase from the national memory of Bill’s presidency.

Remember the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, indeed.

November 24, 2004 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Norfolk paper bans Michelle Malkin

For those who don’t know, Michelle Malkin is an Asian conservative columnist. I’m pretty sure I recall hearing that she’s Filipino. Her latest column is here. It’s short, and it best reflects her intellect, as well as her observant AND oftentimes humorous style of writing.

Anyway, the Norfolk daily paper has banned her columns…which is interesting, considering that the city of Norfolk is mostly conservative, with the military base being there. Further proof that the media uber-elite is far removed from media consumers, and in the case of the Norfolk paper, far removed.

The full story is here: link.

Basically, a reader of the op-eds got mad and asked the editors to ban future columns. Consider it done. Their rationale? Virginian-Pilot editorial board member Bronwyn Lance Chester, who went so far as to invoke Malkin’s race, sums it up thusly: “She’s an Asian Ann Coulter. … She says outrageous things just to get TV appearances and book deals. She’s the worst of what’s wrong with punditry today. She adds absolutely nothing to genuine political discourse.” Of course, Chester had a column recently that was entitled “For country’s sake, ‘liberal’ shouldn’t be a slur.” For WHOSE sake??

The Asian Ann Coulter? Is that supposed to be insightful, or maybe funny, or an attempt at a “put her in her place” cutdown?

I’ve done my part to voice my disgust at their bigotry and their bias. Chester can be reached at bronwyn.chester@pilotonline.com. Marvin Lake, the public editor over the editorial department, can be reached at marvin.lake@pilotonline.com. They’ve heard from me…let them hear from you, too.

November 24, 2004 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment