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Islam: Religion of peace.	8:65 O Prophet (Muhammad)! Urge the believers to fight. If there are twenty steadfast persons amongst you, they will overcome two hundred, and if there be a hundred steadfast persons they will overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they (the disbelievers) are people who do not understand. Tafsir: 1 2

Why Kevin McCullough Dropped Mitt for Fred

Once AGAIN, Townhall comments for Townhall authors is DOWN. This is why I have moved to WORDPRESS. I wanted to leave Kevin a message but could not. Hopefully, he will get the pingback.

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Why I dropped Mitt for Fred…

Posted by: Kevin McCullough at 12:13 PM

In the election cycle that has been underway this incredibly early part of 2007, I have had a chance to shake the hands and speak personally with all of the presidential candidates.

I have to say in the early going, and largely due to a few factors – his defense of marriage in Massachusetts, his stunning credentials and record of CEO success, and because of my good friend’s great book “A Mormon in the White House” by Hugh Hewitt – I was leaning strongly Romney.

Here on TownHall, Dean Barnett has challenged all of us to articulate clearly who we are supporting so that we have the most honest debate possible. He said so, and then immediately proclaimed his loyalty to fellow New Englander – Mitt Romney.

Matt Lewis has not fully endorsed John McCain but he has definitely been faithful to keep some of us more anti-McCain cranks honest about the facts of Senator Cranky.

Patrick Ruffini has openly admitted his connection to the Rudy 2008 campaign and in doing so is benefitting TownHall readership by giving us a perspective that would more than likely be absent were he not to do so.

I have never done so in a campaign cycle – certainly never this early – but I am proud to announce that today (really as of mid-day yesterday) I am an eagerly, enthusiastic, anticipatory supporter of Fred Thompson. I have leaned his direction ever since first hearing the possibility but had to tell myself that focusing on the declared candidates was the reality – everything else just speculation.

I believe Thompson will win for a variety of reasons. He understands technology, and the total scope of the blogosphere in a far more superior way to any of the rest of the candidates. But he has also not abandoned the gray hairs – of which there are far more of than ever before for an election cycle in America. He’s gone from last place to tied for first without spending any money – and behind the laid back calm gentile facade is a fierce defender of America.

So I figured – why hide it anymore. I’m a Fred-head. So yes – the Musclehead blog will have a Fred-bias to it – as the Hewitt blog has a Mitt-bias, and as the Medved blog as an Amnesty-bias. The important thing is that we are honest about the views from which we are coming from and allow you the TownHall reader to examine our rationale for itself.

So what pushed me over the edge? Well, Fred has had some bang-up speeches and television appearances. He’s written a weekly column for us here on TownHall bringing his common sense directly to us, and in doing so he’s eliminated a lot of the filters by which messages can usually get mangled. He also speaks so that everybody in the room can understand – and funny enough according to the poll numbers – they do. I do look forward to seeing Fred in the debates and when he arrives, look for him to shoo away the attacks of the others with the ease that he puffed cigar smoke into the face of Michael Moore.

But if you really have to know what pushed me from Mitt to Fred: National Right To Life 100% rating… and the rest of what he says in this video to the NRLC that met in Washington last night.

The video is here and on my VODPOD

Plain speak on life, culture, and terror… He is unequivocal – and none of the others are.

HOW REFRESHING!

The Leftinistra WILL not be like this because they CANNOT!

CENTCOM Briefs

13TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT BEGINS OPERATIONS IN AL ANBAR Posted: 15 Jun 2007 03:03 PM GMT-06:00 13TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT BEGINS OPERATIONS IN AL ANBAR

Iraqi Security Forces foil suicide car bomb attack.aspx Posted: 15 Jun 2007 04:55 AM CDT BAGHDAD — Iraqi Security Forces prevented a suicide car bomb attack on a Coalition forces combat outpost in Khan Bani Sa’ad, located in the Diyala province, Tuesday.

Reconstruction Advisory Team working with Iraqis in Baghdad.aspx Posted: 15 Jun 2007 04:41 AM CDT BAGHDAD — When President George W. Bush ordered troops to “surge” into Baghdad he was not just sending Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines, he was also sending little-known teams of reconstruction experts as well.

Marines Train Servicemembers in Martial Arts.aspx Posted: 14 Jun 2007 04:40 AM CDT CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti — Sailors and soldiers of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s Camp Lemonier are learning non-lethal self defense moves from the U.S. Marine Corps by participating in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP).

Leaders, Wounded Warriors Celebrate Army Birthday at WRAMC.aspx Posted: 14 Jun 2007 04:27 AM CDT WASHINGTON – Walter Reed Army Medical Center joined installations and commands worldwide this week in celebrating the Army’s 232nd birthday with a cake-cutting ceremony Tuesday in the hospital’s Heaton Pavilion.

REGIONAL COOPERATION 2007, EXECUTIVE SEMINAR Posted: 14 Jun 2007 04:54 AM CDT REGIONAL COOPERATION 2007, EXECUTIVE SEMINAR

209TH AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY CORPS SOLDIERS BATTLE ENEMY FIGHTERS IN KANDAHAR Posted: 13 Jun 2007 01:37 PM CDT 209TH AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY CORPS SOLDIERS BATTLE ENEMY FIGHTERS IN KANDAHAR

205TH ANA CORPS SOLDIERS DEFEAT ENEMY FIGHTERS IN ZABUL AND KANDAHAR Posted: 13 Jun 2007 01:35 PM CDT 205TH ANA CORPS SOLDIERS DEFEAT ENEMY FIGHTERS IN ZABUL AND KANDAHAR

AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR JUNE 12 Posted: 13 Jun 2007 01:31 PM CDT AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR JUNE 12

TWO SUSPECTS DETAINED, WEAPONS CACHE FOUND IN BAGHDAD Posted: 13 Jun 2007 01:29 PM CDT TWO SUSPECTS DETAINED, WEAPONS CACHE FOUND IN BAGHDAD

SPARTANS DETAIN 24, ARREST THREE Posted: 13 Jun 2007 01:27 PM CDT SPARTANS DETAIN 24, ARREST THREE

IRAQI FORCES DETAIN 15 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN WESTERN MOSUL Posted: 13 Jun 2007 01:26 PM CDT IRAQI FORCES DETAIN 15 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN WESTERN MOSUL

AL-QAEDA MILITARY EMIR OF MOSUL KILLED Posted: 13 Jun 2007 01:22 PM CDT AL-QAEDA MILITARY EMIR OF MOSUL KILLED

BOMB CELL TERRORISTS CAUGHT RED-HANDED Posted: 13 Jun 2007 01:21 PM CDT BOMB CELL TERRORISTS CAUGHT RED-HANDED

JOINT STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR RYAN C. CROCKE AND GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS ON THE ATTACK ON THE ASKARI MOSQUE IN SAMARRA Posted: 13 Jun 2007 01:19 PM CDT JOINT STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR RYAN C. CROCKE AND GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS ON THE ATTACK ON THE ASKARI MOSQUE IN SAMARRA

ONE SECRET CELL TERRORIST KILLED, TWO DETAINED Posted: 13 Jun 2007 05:52 AM CDT ONE SECRET CELL TERRORIST KILLED, TWO DETAINED

THREE MILITANTS DETAINED IN KHOWST Posted: 13 Jun 2007 05:47 AM CDT THREE MILITANTS DETAINED IN KHOWST

COALITION, AFGHAN FORCES RETURN FIRE IN NAGARHAR Posted: 13 Jun 2007 05:46 AM CDT COALITION, AFGHAN FORCES RETURN FIRE IN NAGARHAR

VBIED DAMAGES BRIDGE IN DIYALA Posted: 13 Jun 2007 05:44 AM CDT VBIED DAMAGES BRIDGE IN DIYALA

MORTAR ATTACK ON JOINT SECURITY STATION DAMAGES APARTMENT Posted: 13 Jun 2007 05:43 AM CDT MORTAR ATTACK ON JOINT SECURITY STATION DAMAGES APARTMENT

AFGHAN HIGHWAY POLICE, COALITION FORCES REPEL ENEMY ATTACKERS IN KANDAHAR Posted: 12 Jun 2007 07:40 AM CDT AFGHAN HIGHWAY POLICE, COALITION FORCES REPEL ENEMY ATTACKERS IN KANDAHAR

IA, CF SOLDIERS ATTACKED IN BAQOUBA Posted: 12 Jun 2007 07:38 AM CDT IA, CF SOLDIERS ATTACKED IN BAQOUBA

VBIED ATTACKS IN TIKRIT Posted: 12 Jun 2007 07:36 AM CDT VBIED ATTACKS IN TIKRIT

‘PATRIOTS’ UNCOVER CACHE, CAPTURE SUSPECTED TERRORIST IN WESTERN BAGHDAD Posted: 12 Jun 2007 07:35 AM CDT ‘PATRIOTS’ UNCOVER CACHE, CAPTURE SUSPECTED TERRORIST IN WESTERN BAGHDAD

‘DRAGON’ SOLDIERS SEIZE, DESTROY BOMB FACTORY Posted: 12 Jun 2007 07:33 AM CDT ‘DRAGON’ SOLDIERS SEIZE, DESTROY BOMB FACTORY

Airmen receive first AF Combat Action Medals.aspx Posted: 13 Jun 2007 05:13 AM CDT WASHINGTON (AFPN) — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley awarded six Airmen the Air Force Combat Action Medal during a ceremony June 12 at the Air Force Memorial. These Airmen were the first in the Air Force to receive the new medal.

Dragon’ Soldiers Seize, Destroy Bomb Factory.aspx Posted: 13 Jun 2007 04:48 AM CDT BAGHDAD — Baghdad soldiers seized a bomb-making factory, along with another large weapons cache while on patrol in the eastern portion of the Rashid District of the Iraqi capital June 11.

First LAR always on watch, even in enemy’s nightmares.aspx Posted: 12 Jun 2007 05:17 AM CDT RAWAH, Iraq — There is an old saying, ‘All that is needed for evil to win, is for good men to stand by and do nothing.’ Marines like Lance Cpl. Marco N. Garces and Cpl. Diego A. Romero, like the rest of their battalion, refuse to stand by and do nothing.

New UK commander tells Iraqis ‘We will stand by you’.aspx Posted: 12 Jun 2007 05:07 AM CDT BASRAH — The new UK Brigade Commander in southern Iraq, Brigadier James Bashall, delivered a powerful message to the Iraqi people June 5 aimed at reassuring them that he has their best interests at heart.

Forensic Science Gives Edge to Warfighters.aspx Posted: 12 Jun 2007 04:57 AM CDT BAGHDAD, Iraq – Since opening its doors seven months ago, the Multinational Corps – Iraq Law Enforcement Forensics Laboratory has been enabling warfighters to track down criminals and insurgents throughout Iraq.

U.S. Navy Seabees improve Primary School in Ethiopia.aspx Posted: 12 Jun 2007 04:49 AM CDT ADDIS, Ethiopia – The American Ambassador to Ethiopia, Honorable Donald Yamamoto paid a visit to the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), Detachment Horn of Africa (HOA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Seabees in Addis Ababa have been tasked by the Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) to construct three concrete masonry unit (CMU) block structures for the Abiot Emerja Primary School.

AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR JUNE 10 Posted: 11 Jun 2007 10:26 AM CDT AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR JUNE 10

12 DETAINED IN COALITION RAIDS Posted: 11 Jun 2007 10:24 AM CDT 12 DETAINED IN COALITION RAIDS

STATEMENT FROM MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ CONDEMNING YESTERDAY’S BOMBING OF TIKRIT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUILDING Posted: 11 Jun 2007 10:21 AM CDT STATEMENT FROM MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ CONDEMNING YESTERDAY’S BOMBING OF TIKRIT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUILDING

AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR JUNE 9 Posted: 11 Jun 2007 10:11 AM CDT AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR JUNE 9

‘GOLDEN DRAGONS’ FOIL TRUCK BOMB ATTACK ON PATROL BASE Posted: 11 Jun 2007 09:55 AM CDT ‘GOLDEN DRAGONS’ FOIL TRUCK BOMB ATTACK ON PATROL BASE

VIGILANT IPS PREVENT SVEST ATTACKS IN BAQOUBA Posted: 11 Jun 2007 09:52 AM CDT VIGILANT IPS PREVENT SVEST ATTACKS IN BAQOUBA

IRAQI SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES DETAIN INSURGENT COMMANDER IN BAGHDAD Posted: 11 Jun 2007 09:48 AM CDT IRAQI SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES DETAIN INSURGENT COMMANDER IN BAGHDAD

SECURITY OPERATION NETS WEAPONS CACHE, SUSPECTS Posted: 11 Jun 2007 09:45 AM CDT SECURITY OPERATION NETS WEAPONS CACHE, SUSPECTS

ATTACK HELICOPTERS DESTROY AIF AMBUSH SITE Posted: 11 Jun 2007 09:36 AM CDT ATTACK HELICOPTERS DESTROY AIF AMBUSH SITE

MND-B ATTACK AVIATION ASSETS DESTROY BUILDING CONTAINING HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES SOUTH OF BAGHDAD Posted: 11 Jun 2007 09:34 AM CDT MND-B ATTACK AVIATION ASSETS DESTROY BUILDING CONTAINING HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES SOUTH OF BAGHDAD

ANA aviators partner with U.S. counterparts.aspx Posted: 11 Jun 2007 07:49 AM CDT BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Two Afghan National Army Air Corps Mi-17 “Hip” helicopters pilots, a crew chief and a flight engineer accompanied Chinook crews from Company B, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade on a recent re-supply mission to observe how the Army executes combat missions June 5.

IRAQI AND COALITION FORCES ATTACKED IN BAQUBAH Posted: 11 Jun 2007 05:47 AM CDT IRAQI AND COALITION FORCES ATTACKED IN BAQUBAH

IRAQI FORCES BREAKUP TERRORIST CELL IN TIKRIT MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS Posted: 11 Jun 2007 05:42 AM CDT IRAQI FORCES BREAKUP TERRORIST CELL IN TIKRIT MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS

IRAQI ARMY FORCES DETAIN TWO INSURGENT LEADERS, NINE OTHER SUSPECTED INSURGENTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ Posted: 11 Jun 2007 05:35 AM CDT IRAQI ARMY FORCES DETAIN TWO INSURGENT LEADERS, NINE OTHER SUSPECTED INSURGENTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ

NATIONAL POLICE, COALITION FORCES INVESTIGATE MOSQUE ATTACK IN SOUTHWEST BAGHDAD Posted: 11 Jun 2007 05:33 AM CDT NATIONAL POLICE, COALITION FORCES INVESTIGATE MOSQUE ATTACK IN SOUTHWEST BAGHDAD

INDIRECT FIRE ATTACK ON THEATER INTERNMENT FACILITY AT BUCCA Posted: 11 Jun 2007 05:31 AM CDT INDIRECT FIRE ATTACK ON THEATER INTERNMENT FACILITY AT BUCCA

CREDIBLE EVIDENCE LEADS TO ENEMY DEFEAT, WEAPONS DESTROYED Posted: 11 Jun 2007 05:29 AM CDT CREDIBLE EVIDENCE LEADS TO ENEMY DEFEAT, WEAPONS DESTROYED

FIVE TERRORISTS KILLED, 11 DETAINED IN COALITION RAIDS Posted: 11 Jun 2007 05:25 AM CDT FIVE TERRORISTS KILLED, 11 DETAINED IN COALITION RAIDS

ONE SECRET CELL TERRORIST KILLED, THREE DETAINED Posted: 11 Jun 2007 05:23 AM CDT ONE SECRET CELL TERRORIST KILLED, THREE DETAINED   AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR JUNE 7 Posted: 08 Jun 2007 10:39 AM CDT AIRPOWER SUMMARY FOR JUNE 7 CONGRATULATORY STATEMENT BY BRIG GEN KEVIN BERGNER ON IRAQ’S SOCCER SUCCESS Posted: 08 Jun 2007 08:26 AM CDT CONGRATULATORY STATEMENT BY BRIG GEN KEVIN BERGNER ON IRAQ’S SOCCER SUCCESS 1 KILLED, 12 DETAINED IN RAID ON AL-QAEDA NETWORK Posted: 08 Jun 2007 08:21 AM CDT 1 KILLED, 12 DETAINED IN RAID ON AL-QAEDA NETWORK AFGHAN CIVILIANS PUSH ENEMY INSURGENTS FROM THEIR DISTRICTS Posted: 08 Jun 2007 08:19 AM CDT AFGHAN CIVILIANS PUSH ENEMY INSURGENTS FROM THEIR DISTRICTS

Pelosi Believes In Murder

This yet another card of a character that has not graduated from the school of the sane.

From One News Now:

Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback is denouncing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for implying that God supports embryo-destructive research.

House Democrats recently celebrated passage of a bill that would expand federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research (ESCR). On the House floor, Speaker Pelosi (D-California) described research on embryonic stem cells as “a gift from God” and “biblical in its power to cure.”

WHAT?

“You destroy life to get these embryonic stem cells,” the presidential hopeful notes. “It’s like she avoids that portion of the discussion; and on top of that, we’ve just had even another breakthrough where they’ve been able to reprogram skin cells to act like embryonic stem cells …. we don’t have to destroy human life.”

Exactly so, Sir!

Pelosi has called on President Bush to reconsider his plan to veto the measure, saying that “with his cruel veto pen” last year, the president “dashed the hopes of many for the healing potential of stem-cell research.”

Pelosi is a moron. Pelosi is a murderer. Perhaps she should be euthanized?

From a commenter at the site:

Nancy Pelosi continually demonstrates that she has a huge mouth and an infinitesimal brain. She is constantly backing out-of-date ideas and erroneous concepts that tear at the very fabric of American life. Sam Brownback readily recognized, as did many of us, the false concepts that Pelosi espoused. Stem-cell research has accomplished much – but not thru the use of embryos! So why is she pushing ESCR? To waste more taxpayer money on the wealthy big PHARMA!

What gives Speaker Pelosi the right to use our tax money to visit other nations and governments? That’s what we have a State Dept. for! “Speaker of the House” does not mean “I speak for the nation” but Pelosi thinks she has free rein.

So, What’s the Deal?

Has there been some secret deal made someplace? My kids act this way from time to time.

From One News Now:

An immigration reform group says President Bush continues to refuse to listen to the American people. The organization is questioning why the president remains determined to pass what it considers a massive amnesty bill, despite the fact that it has already been soundly rejected by the American public.

We have all missed something here.

Trent Lott the Bonehead

He is another one that doesn’t get it. As I have posted previously here, Trent Lott needs a refresher class on what the United States Constitution says about how government is to serve “We The People” and NOT the other way around. He was whining the other day at The People’s House as were several others how some of us rallied together to defeat the non-amnesty amnesty for ILLEGAL immigration bill.

From the NYSlimes:

Comments by Republican senators on Thursday suggested that they were feeling the heat from conservative critics of the bill, who object to provisions offering legal status. The Republican whip, Trent Lott of Mississippi, who supports the bill, said: “Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.”

There are several phrases I would love to place here but I would not want my family to know how low I can go with my vocabulary…small children may run across this one day and it just would not be appropriate. Suffice it to say that Lott can kiss my ass. Who in the hell does he think he is? Some moron that has no intention of bowing to the will of the MAJORITY of Americans? Moron.

Miss Beth, a contributing author to this blog, and maintains her own blog here, and is eventually and apparently migrating to here, sent me a link to a blog that I have become very fond of in a very short period of time. The site has some very “interesting” takes on several subjects.

On Lott’s oratory exposing his utter contempt for the American People, the owner of the blog afore mentioned has a special post:

 

“Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.”

– Trent Lott (R-Mexico)

 

There! Dealt With!!

 

Short, sweet and to the point. The American People do NOT want this non-amnesty amnesty travesty.

I have this same post over at my other blog at Townhall. I haven’t closed down the comments area like I had planned and I may not. Especially since I get comments such as the one I am going to transplant in a moment. It is an all-telling comment and is indicative of the backlash Lott and others are experiencing…and they don’t like it. Too bloody bad.

So here is the comment from Take Our Country Back:

sue writes:	Monday, June, 18, 2007 8:17 PM
THE WELFARE/REWARD IMMIGRATION BILL
TO SENATOR LOTT: **TODAY, I NOTED YOU WERE SUPPORTING PASSAGE OF THIS BILL !!. I CAN NOT BELIEVE YOU ARE INVOLVED IN AN EFFORT TO PUSH THIS WELFARE/REWARD TO ILLEGAL’S BILL! DO YOU NOT CARE THAT U.S. CITIZENS DO NOT WANT THIS BILL ?? WHY ARE YOU SCREWING THE TAXPAYERS? WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM ? YOU ARE COMPLICIT IN THIS REWARD TO ILLEGALS & AGAINST THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY… IF THIS BILL PASSES, KNOW YOU WILL HAVE MADE THE DEMOCRATS (& YUK KENNEDY) AND MEXICO VERY HAPPY!   AND THE PEOPLE, YOU PRETEND TO SERVE, VERY UNHAPPY.   POLITICS ABOVE THE PEOPLE. YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN WHO YOU SERVE. NOW YOU DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THIS FROM TALK RADIO ! OR THE CITIZENS ON THIS.??? YOUR PREFER SNEAKY BACKROOM DEALS OVER THE CITIZENS OF U.S. ??? YOU NEED TO RETIRE WITH YOUR EGO..

UPDATE!!

The Fairness Doctrine and Michelle Malkin

Go to Maggie’s Notebook…you won’t regret it; if you don’t go, you will.

 

The Leftists C.N.N. STILL Doesn’t Get It

Go figure. The Communist News Network has a propensity to prove itself inept in every possible and conceivable manner. Roughly 12 hours ago, some meat whistle in the CNN Election Center 2008 wrote a piece and is being touted as self-intellectual. The article has the usual “see we told you so” bullshit overtones. It has some good points within the article due to the fact that it quoted true conservatives.

This particular entry, the very last one, I call questionable. Knowing how The Captain’s Quarters is and knowing what it represents, I highly doubt the inference CNN emotes is true to form of the Captain’s Quarters.

 

Said Morrissey: “I think that they are going to continue to support him on the war on terror. As for the rest of it, they are looking for ways to reshape the party agenda going into the next election. That’s a nice way of saying they are going to consider him irrelevant.”

No, we don’t consider GWB a lame duck. We ARE disappointed in the Amnesty For Illegal Aliens Campaign he so adamantly espouses. We ARE disgruntled that the southern borders are not secure. We ARE angry that the Border Patrol, when performing their duties, go to jail for performing those duties.

The article I am ripping into here is entitled “Conservative bloggers in full revolt over immigration”. Now…see what I mean about the bullshit overtones? How wrong can CNN be on a constant basis? That which we are in “full revolt” over is the AMNESTY for ILLEGAL immigrants. CNN – get it right. You are acting like the incompetent Senator Reid.

 

Different conservative blogs have different pet issues — government transparency, federal judges, Fred Thompson, to name a few.

 

But no issue in recent memory has united conservative bloggers like the debate over immigration. Their frustration has culminated in a full-scale revolt against the Bush administration and a Senate bill that activists say does little to solve the country’s border security problems.

Again…it is ILLEGAL immigration. And yes, we all have our pet issues and one of mine is the Leftinistra Communist News Network that couldn’t get a story straight if a Jihadist was cutting their heads off.

 

President Bush’s pledge to support $4.4 billion in additional border security funds has breathed new life into the bill, but the drumbeat against the legislation shows no signs of quieting. (Watch how senators revived the immigration bill )

And where in the hell is this money coming from? Why, it will be collected from all those ILLEGAL aliens coming forward and “paying their fines”. WTF? LSD. Has to be. Somebody slipped LSD into the beverage dispensers in the White House and in the Halls of CONgress. That is the only viable explanation I can come up with. My friend Boaz has a different explanation and he may be correct…something about bugs.

It’s increasingly clear from Web postings and interviews with top conservative bloggers that the immigration bill has done serious damage to the president’s credibility among the conservative netroots, the grassroots bloggers on the Web.

Erick Erickson, managing editor of the popular conservative blog RedState.com, says he receives between 800 and 900 e-mails a day from readers, most of whom are “enraged” by the White House’s immigration efforts.

“Of all the issues the president has picked to make his hill to die on, he has picked the one that has divided his base,” said Erickson, who lives in Macon, Georgia. “I am shocked by the anger and outrage out there … You’ve got war against the president within the Republican party.”

When details of an immigration compromise were announced this spring, conservative bloggers were immediately incensed. Michelle Malkin labeled it “a White House betrayal.”

Another popular blogger, Hugh Hewitt, called the bill a “fiasco” and wrote: “this push for this bill is a disaster, Mr. President.”

OK. CNN gets a pass on that part. I beg to differ on a particular connotation but it is so minuscule it isn’t worth the effort.

Conservative bloggers make various arguments against the bill. Some say the bill grants amnesty to illegal immigrants who have already broken the law. Others say normalizing millions of new workers would depress wages and harm American workers.

Most conservative bloggers see border enforcement as the priority, an issue they say the president can enforce on his own without having to push a bill through Congress.

According to several top conservative bloggers, Bush simply has a credibility problem when it comes to border security.

OK. Here is where we part company with CNN. What is “The Why”? Glad you asked. It has something to do with American-Mexican relations and the United States having to ask Mexico if it is OK to protect our southern border. WTF is that all about? Who gives a rat’s ass what Mexico thinks? How do they address their illegal immigration problems? Morons. It also has something to do with the Compassionate Conservative part of GWB but no one has been able to tell me just what in the hell one of those is.

“The administration has not done anything to fix the border or the visa program,” said Ed Morrissey, the Minnesota-based founder of the blog Captain’s Quarters. “It’s a huge gap in national security. It’s been six years past 9/11 and the administration has done nothing to fix either one.”

Many bloggers said they are disappointed the president has pushed so hard for the immigration bill while letting the war and other issues conservatives care about fall by the wayside.

“The White House will go out and zealously promote Harriet Miers [the former White House counsel who Bush unsuccessfully nominated for the Supreme Court], defend [Attorney General] Alberto Gonzales, promote this bill, but will not take a firm stand on the war,” said Erickson. “I know people who are boiling with rage that the president has been beating up his own side over this bill but won’t take the bully pulpit to beat up Democrats over the war.”

BINGO. But the “BINGO” has been missed by CNN, as usual. CNN has “beat up” GWB about the GWOT and so have the Democrats. GWB had some makings of a “beat up the Democrats” over their bullshit about stabbing our troops in the back but it dwindled away. GWB should be now like he was right after 911, standing on that pile of rubble with the bullhorn in his hands. THAT is the GWB I voted for and NOT the illegal immigrant amnesty program.

Bush did little to help his relationship with bloggers on May 29, when he told a crowd in Glynco, Georgia, that critics of the immigration bill “don’t want to do what’s right for America.”

Kathryn Jean Lopez at the National Review asked, “Is the White House just not paying attention?”

The blog Ace of Spades HQ called Bush “incompetent” and “embarrassingly dimwitted” and urged him to retire.

LOL! I remember that! Anger will do that to folks. LOL!! I was “Rather” incensed as well and so stated that it was proof positive that the lifers in DC no longer represent “We The People”. They represent “We The Special Interest Groups” or “We The Anybody But We The People” groups. I still feel that way. Reviving the AMNESTY bill is more proof of that. The Democrats DESPERATELY want citizenship fir the ILLEGAL immigrants for the voter pool.

 

That guilt-trip tactic of GWB didn’t work. I have a message for GWB. If and when Harry Reid gives YOU kudos for this bill, it is time to step back and ponder that.

Blogs and anti-immigration organizations used the Web to tap into the growing discontent over the immigration bill, using the Internet to organize phone and fax campaigns to urge senators to vote against the bill. It was a plugged-in show of force that would have been beyond comprehension a decade ago.

“The support for this issue has always been there, but the Internet is the platform the issue has needed to become a force in American politics,” said David All, a Republican online strategist based in Washington.

DUH!

When the bill was stymied by a procedural vote on June 7, the blogs claimed victory. A straw poll of conservative bloggers conducted by the Web site Right Wing News showed that 96 percent of bloggers surveyed were “pleased that the Senate immigration bill did not pass.”

 

Now that the bill is back for a second round in the Senate, Bush could have a difficult time making new friends online beyond a relative handful of the bill’s supporters.

 

“It will be very difficult for him to recover with conservative bloggers,” said Robert Bluey, director of the Center for Media & Public Policy at the Heritage Foundation. “When Bush is on to his next issue, I’m not sure if bloggers are going to be there to back him up.”

Which begs the question — is Bush a lame duck among bloggers?

On ILLEGAL immigration? You betcha! On the GWOT…we are behind that one.

The American Flag

The Symbol Of Jihadist Brotherhood

Nice.  Swords with the Koran.  Nice.  Does that mean that “accept the Koran or we will cut your head off”?

 

Some brotherhood.

This Is How I REALLY Feel About Reid

And this is how others feel:

Spree’s blog:

Bagdad Reid offers himself up as a punching bag by opening his big mouth time and again and showing the American people that we, the conservatives are right when we say:

#1. Democrats cannot be trusted on National Security.
#2. Democrats “claims” to support the troops are not followed up with their words and actions.

Democrats do not take Lieberman to task because Lieberman is RIGHT.

It is also nice to see a liberal website point out how weak Harry “Baghdad” Reid really is.

Israeli blog:

Baghdad Reid is nothing more than a punching bag