Mighty Democrats have struck out.. A statement released by Robert Luskin;
On June 12, 2006, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald formally advised us that he does not anticipate seeking charges against Karl Rove.
In deference to the pending case, we will not make any further public statements about the subject matter of the investigation. We believe that the Special Counsel’s decision should put an end to the baseless speculation about Mr. Rove’s conduct.
Read this , too. It concludes;
In the end, it is highly doubtful that any of these networks or their representatives will actually acknowledge getting this story wrong, or apologize for impugning the character of one of America’s most important political figures this decade. Instead, they are likely to take the Matthews approach, and continue to focus on guilt that a special prosecutor couldn’t find after two and a half years of trying. Or, they’ll luck out like Cafferty and not have to face the music at all.
One can only hope that Americans will take heed of what has transpired in the past three years since Bob Novak’s now-infamous column revealed Plame’s name, and recognize that as much as they might distrust politicians, the media are to be held in even lower esteem.
Of course, most polls already suggest such a condition exists. What a shock.
Some are sad just because we’re happy.
Hamas’s reaction to the death of Zarqawi caused the contempt of so many Iraqis. The printed and watched Iraqi media lashed out vigorously on Hamas, politicians and ordinary people on the streets are just equally angered by some Arabic official and media reactions which spoke of the criminal as if he were a hero.
It is totally unimaginable why someone would describe the head chopping, children murdering terrorist as a hero. It’s disgusting and infuriating beyond words.
This wrongful description of evil is a major reason for misery in this region and it only contributes to justifying more unjustifiable death and violence. This makes one sometimes wishes that Iraq is somehow lifted away from these perverted sociopaths who surround us.
It’s encouraging to see that unlike Neutralsam Iraq the Model understands the BBC.
On th Death of Zarqawi
“To say I was angry is the least I can say to describe how I felt reading the comments from Arabs on a BBC forum. There was no surprise that all Iraqi commentators were pleased that we got rid of that vicious terrorists but on the other hand there was probably 90% of non-Iraqi Arab commentators who mourned him as a martyr.”
Time for a “re-write” of my last post.
It’s encouraging to see that unlike Neutralsam Iraq the Model understands the BBC.
On the Death of Zarqawi
“Some are sad just because we’re happy.
Hamas’s reaction to the death of Zarqawi caused the contempt of so many Iraqis. The printed and watched Iraqi media lashed out vigorously on Hamas, politicians and ordinary people on the streets are just equally angered by some Arabic official and media reactions which spoke of the criminal as if he were a hero.
It is totally unimaginable why someone would describe the head chopping, children murdering terrorist as a hero. It’s disgusting and infuriating beyond words.
This wrongful description of evil is a major reason for misery in this region and it only contributes to justifying more unjustifiable death and violence. This makes one sometimes wishes that Iraq is somehow lifted away from these perverted sociopaths who surround us.
To say I was angry is the least I can say to describe how I felt reading the comments from Arabs on a BBC forum. There was no surprise that all Iraqi commentators were pleased that we got rid of that vicious terrorists but on the other hand there was probably 90% of non-Iraqi Arab commentators who mourned him as a martyr.”
“If you need more send less”
sd
Sad, but not surprised to see you still don’t get it. You don’t need more (except patience) if nore will retard the pace of the Iraqis assuming the responsibility of defending themselves.
Does this help you?
Terry Gain
You needed more in the first place so as to gain control of the country. There is only one area that they planned to control and did, the oil. The entire country should have been controlled then the insurgency would not have been able to take root and grow. That is why it is now a quagmire. Now it is too late. The insurgency has taken root and organized and drawn in all types of outsiders. Now the insurgents will decide when and if the fighting will end.
Terry Gain: I feel your pain 🙁
“Extreme leftists have little regard for the truth.”
Posted by: Terry Gain at June 14, 2006 12:00 AM
Well,we certainly witness that here day in and day out,don’t we?(not that extreme righties are any less bunkered in their mentality)
It is often easy to forget the lefties who hang out here are of a unique breed,even among their own ranks.To aid and abet the enemy purely for the reason of whipping up conservative’s emotions is sick.They prove their ultimate liberal-fueled selfishness by unwittingly helping the enemy in this crucially important theatre of propaganda!(or,I guess,they may know EXACTLY what they are up to)
And,in the BEST tradition of the LPC,they lie and deny when confronted by this fact and then spin some excuses for why consistently attacking our allies in a time of war is actually a good thing.
Of course,they would be neutered if people would stop gobbling the bait they dangle here,but alas,far too many are far too gullible to ignore these shiny lures,and thus set the stage for them to spew their own anti-american,anti-right agenda!
It is shocking that conservatives have to think instead of happily back slapping their way through their utopian illusory world view.
The conservative need for homeostasis in a dynamic world is a rather stultifying way of exercising one’s intellect.
Oh how conservatives long for a world wherein everything is black and white, good and evil, left and right.
SHINY LURES!! SHINY LURES!!
It’s interesting that the media’s posting of this Anti-American view that has been so roundly criticized in this thread is being used by the Islamists to recruit. See, even the American say that the sons of Islam are being butchered.
Every time it’s printed it kills more Americans.
Pity
steve d:
I personally appreciate your posts because it is clear that you are a thoughtful and intelligent person.
That said, it is generally accepted that the “historical” consensus of a major political person usually requires at least a couple of decades of analysis for a definitive opinion of “good” or “bad” to be developed…
What I’d like you to consider is this…had you been blogging, say, a couple of days after Dunkirk…would you have been talking “quagmire”? Or after D-Day, when operations were severely bogged down, would the “Q word” have been part of your vocabulary?
Or God forbid, when the troops were fighting for a few yards of territory in the hedgerows would you have used the “Q” word?
And when you consider Bush’s comtribution to world peace, remember to consider the fact that after he demontrated that the US actully had BALLS, Quadaffi caved….
Me No Dhimmi said:
“Mark Steyn has coined a lovely phrase for it: Incumbistan. I heard a news item recently about a 14-term congressman. FOURTEEN!
Here’s my simple solution: congressional term limits: ONE term. Get back to the quaint notion of public service EXCEPT make the pay very attractive so that ordinary Joes and Janes don’t have to make impossible personal sacrifices to serve. ONE TERM.”
Couldn’t agree more IND. Too many in the belt-line view elected public service as a “career”. and career bureucrats see congress and the oval office as just a temporary employer who they can “work around” with their own departmental agendas.
This degenerating attitude towards “public service” in the beltline has created an American federal bureaucracy and regimes which are statist, monolithic, unresponsive and focused only on expanding the state and consolidating power and control on key officials and departments which are not accoutable to the electorate via a ballot…..not a good scenario for Constitutionalist Americans who want to see big obtrusive government put back in the box the founding fathers built for it.
Canadian Observer…after reading your post…I realized you were correct. They are only shiny lures that troll along offering little in the way of fulfillment for those that attach themselves.
It is just that they are so ripe for the picking..that you forget that it is really a road to nowhere.
shiny lures: 🙂 good.
And YET, trolls, even if totally insincere and closed to new ideas, DO have this potential benefit: the clarification of our own ideas which results from attempts to persuade. Let’s face it, we don’t advance intellectually in echo chambers. That said, a better form of troll baiting would be to ASK more questions and solutions of the troll and then cruelly watch the wriggling. Our own “shiny lures” might be a) sweet reason and gentleness (no ad hominem attacks) and b) the Socratic approach. As Bawm-Bawerk, teacher of von Mises put it, “socialists are excellent critics but poor theorists”. We see this over and over again on the hard left. Critiques without alternate solutions.
Steved: ” American weapons did most of the killing in that war [Iran/Iraq] and of Saddams enemies’ … hope you have a established source for that historical tid bit Steved, but I’m betting you don’t
bd911
MICHELLE MALKIN SLAYING LIBS: “THE NIGHT BEFORE FITZMAS”
Bawwaahahahahhhaaaaawwww …-
bd911
The US supplied arms too both sides, including chemical weapons and the precursors to nuclear capabilities.
Silly why would the US sell arms to both sides in a conflict? Because they make more money then.
“Iran and Iraq war” just cut and paste into your search then pick the site you trust the most. They all say the same thing.
Bruce
You are correct of course it does take time to know for certain whether a president has been ahead of his time or out of his mind.
There is a lot of evidence that he is incompetent. Maybe he will bungle his way to fame. If I were a betting man you know where my bet would be.
SHINY LURES!! SHINY LURES!!
neutralsam – no doubt about it, “The US supplied arms too both sides, including chemical weapons and the precursors to nuclear capabilities”, but that’s not the contention of Steved that I take issue with. His claim: ” American weapons did most of the killing in that war [Iran/Iraq] and of Saddams enemies”. The (then) USSR and France were much larger “merchants” than the US.
So, neutralism, please stick to the point being disputed and don’t muddy the debate by dragging your tail
bd911
steved your bet would be in my pocket because you are backing the wrong horse. i.e. socialist BS
Free
Socialist BS, Conservative BS, Liberal BS, is there really a difference? I have yet to see it.
BS is just BS.
The real problem occurs when one’s BS is given power. Then that is a different kettle of BS.
It is harder to ignore then.
It seems you know all about BS. I think we are all sick of you spewing it. I know I am.
free
What? no tolerance? I love reading your BS.