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Another vulnerable Dem caves on Alito

Senator Robert “Sheets” Byrd (D-KKK…er, WV), vulnerable this year in increasingly red (formerly reliably blue) West Virginia, decides to throw his party under the bus on the confirmation of Sam Alito. Details:

The people of West Viriginia in no uncertain terms were, frankly, appalled by the Alito hearings. I don’t want to say it, but I must. They were appalled. In the reams of correspondece that I received during the Alito hearings, West Virginians–the people I represent–West Virignians who wrote to criticize the way in which the hearings were conducted used the same two words. People with no connection to one another. People of different faiths. Different views. Different opinions. [They] independently and respectively used the same two words to describe the hearings. They called them called an outrage and a disgrace.

Almost as outrageous as disgraceful as the Dems looking up to a Senator who was actually in the Klan…while blasting the GOP for being racist!

Anywho, it looks like Byrd is going to support Alito, bringing the total number of Democrat supporters thus far to three: Byrd, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, and Tim Johnson of South Dakota. Don’t be stunned if a couple of other vulnerable red staters (like Byron Dorgan of North Dakota or Bill Nelson of Florida) jump on the bandwagon.

January 26, 2006 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Kennedy pulls a Kerry on "individualism"

Ted Kennedrunk has always been an opponent of individual rights and even the concept of the individual. Yet what does the Chancellor of Chappaquiddick have to say about Sam Alito? This:

Kennedy said, “The nominee is deficient in his commitment … to individual rights, individual liberties, women’s rights and racial equality.”

“Racial equality” is leftist-speak for “affirmative action”, a program whose definition demands racial inequality and discrimination. Anyway, reconcile this newly found “respect” for the individual with past rhetoric:

A "See, I Told You So" moment

Well, sorta. Recall in a prior post where I wondered how Senator Tim Johnson, Democrat from cherry-red state South Dakota, would vote on the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court, especially in light of SD’s eagerness to ban abortion? Johnson is up for re-election in 2008, and he saw in 2004 how his state deals with liberal Democrats: they tossed Tom Dasshole out on his kiester.

Johnson has good political survival skills, it seems. From Breitbart/AP:

Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito picked up his second Democratic supporter on Thursday, with Tim Johnson of South Dakota announcing he will vote for the conservative judge to become the nation’s 110th justice.
Johnson joins fellow Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska as the only members of their party to announce Senate support for the conservative judge.

Fifty-one Republicans are supporting Alito, guaranteeing his confirmation as the replacement for retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who throughout her years on the high court often has been a key fifth vote on contentious social issues including abortion, affirmative action and the death penalty.

“I am troubled by Judge Alito’s apparent views on matters such as executive power, his past opposition to the principle of one person, one vote, and his narrow interpretation of certain civil rights laws,” Johnson said. “Even so, I cannot accept an argument that his views are so radical that the Senate is justified in denying his confirmation.”

Translation: “I’ve known former Senator Tom Daschle for a while now…and to paraphrase that Texas relic Lloyd Bentsen in 1988, ‘I’m no Tom Daschle!’ Seriously, I’m not. You do believe me, right? Please?

“I really like this corner office I have in the Senate building. I’m not ready to part with the perks yet! Have you seen my receptionist? She’s a hottie! I’m not ready to lose that piece of eye candy yet! Plus, a lobbyist from the AARP is taking me to dinner at a five-star tonight, and I damned sure don’t want to lose that kind of privilege!

“Oh, yeah…Alito? He’s got my vote!”

January 26, 2006 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Quote of the day

From Michelle Malkin:

Meanwhile, potty-training my son is like dealing with post-9/11 liberals. No matter how much patient educating and explaining you do to convince them to take responsibility for their actions and prevent future disasters, the end result is always the same: soiled pants.

January 26, 2006 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Palestinians choose terrorism

The Middle East peace process was derailed for the foreseeable future last night. From the AP:

Hamas’ top official told Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday the Islamic militant group is ready for a partnership after defeating the ruling Fatah Party in parliamentary elections — a shocking upset sure to throw Mideast peacemaking into turmoil.

Officials in both parties said Hamas appeared to have captured a large majority of seats in Wednesday’s elections. The Central Election Commission said the vote count had not been completed and that it would make an official announcement Thursday evening.
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Israel and the United States have said they would not deal with a government led by Hamas, which has carried out dozens of suicide bombings and which they consider a terrorist group.
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“Israel can’t accept a situation in which Hamas, in its present form as a terror group calling for the destruction of Israel, will be part of the Palestinian Authority without disarming,” (Acting Prime Minister Ehud) Olmert said in a statement issued by his office.

Isreal won’t accept it, and neither will the U.S. However, leave it to the moral relativists around the world to ho-hum the results:

Reactions to the Hamas victory streamed in from around the world. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, according to news reports, called it a “very, very, very bad result.” But Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European Union’s external relations commissioner, said Hamas must be “ready to work for peace” with Israel if it joins the Palestinian government.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan congratulated the Palestinian people on the peaceful elections, which he views as an important step toward a Palestinian state.
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International observers, including former President Carter, reported no major problems with fraud.

Yeah, big shocker there, huh? Jimmah, the EU and UN thinking that a terrorist group running a country is no big whoop is par for the course for these idiots.

Well, the bloodthirsty savages who live in the Palestinian terrortory can sleep better, now resting on the knowledge that those evil Jooooooooooos will be getting their just desserts on busses, cafes, malls, day cares, etc. However, I look at it this way: now when a suicide attack is launched, Israel can (although I don’t know if they will) officially and correctly blame the Palestinian government and wipe them out.

This is a sad day for the world.

January 26, 2006 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Google panders to Chinese censors, invites Congressional meddling

We just don’t have enough Congressional investigations (or calls for investigations), do we? However, Google’s Faustian bargain invited this. From the Financial Times:

Google will be called to task in Washington next month following a controversial decision by the internet search engine to launch a China-based version of its website that will censor results to avoid angering the country’s Communist government.

The decision by Chris Smith, a Republican congressman from New Jersey who chairs a House subcommittee on Human Rights, to call for a February 16 hearing to examine the operating procedures of US internet companies in China, represents the first signs of what could become a serious backlash against Google and other internet companies in Washington that are perceived as capitulating to the Chinese government.

Mr Smith on Wednesday accused Google of “collaborating .. with persecutors” who imprison and torture Chinese citizens “in the service of truth”.

“It is astounding that Google, whose corporate philosophy is ‘don’t be evil’ would enable evil by cooperating with China’s censorship policies just to make a buck,” he said.

I praised Google for not giving in to the porn snoops at DOJ, but I revoke my prior praise in light of them jumping in bed with the ChiComs so as not to offend them.

Could be Google’s new logo?

January 26, 2006 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Hildabitch in trouble for ’08?

Her Highness (Shrillary Clinton) will see no trouble getting re-elected to her Senate seat later this year. However, the Hildabeast and her myrmidons may find this CNN/Gallup Poll shocking:

Most voters now say there’s no way they’d vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton if she runs for president in 2008 – while just 16 percent are firmly in her camp, a stunning new poll shows.

CNNGALLUP found that 51 percent say they definitely won’t vote for Clinton (D-N.Y.) in 2008, another 32 percent might consider it, and only 16 percent vow to back her. That means committed anti-Hillary voters outnumber pro-Hillary voters by 3-1. The poll suggests she can forget about crossover votes – 90 percent of Republicans and 75 percent of conservatives say there’s no way they’d back her.

Granted, two years is a political lifetime, but it’s nice to know that there is hope, indeed!

January 26, 2006 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment