RNC Talking Points

Whiny, Gay Easter Warriors

2006-04-16T08:46:00.000-07:00

Wah, wah, wah!

First, they decided to wage a War on Easter. It's what they threatened to do, and they did it. Gay, lesbian and bi-sexual families laid siege to the White House, demanding tickets to the Annual Easter Egg Roll, which takes place on Monday.

They got the tickets. The White House actually gave these people tickets to interact with children on the White House lawn!

The fact that they got the tickets wasn't good enough for them, though. Not this crowd. They wanted a specific kind of ticket, and since they didn't get it, they're raising hell.

All of those who spent hours waiting in line got tickets.

But members of the Family Pride Coalition said they received some of the first timed-entry tickets distributed, but they are for noon, well after the 8 a.m. start. Members of the coalition believe it was an effort to keep them away from the high-profile opening of the event with first lady Laura Bush.

The White House said a large contingent of youth volunteers were given tickets for the opening, but all families are welcome to attend.

Critics of the gay and lesbian initiative said it's inappropriate to use a children's event to make a political statement.

However, Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Family Pride Coalition said it's only being made political by people "pushing an agenda of discrimination."

The White House said all families are welcome to attend the Easter Monday event.

Members of the coalition believe it was an effort to keep them away from the high-profile opening of the event with first lady Laura Bush.

Well, duh! What did they expect? You think First Lady Laura Bush should have to pollute her beautiful mind with the thought of what those people do when they're together? I wouldn't let them in at all, but the White House, in a definate show of Compassionate Conservatism, decided to love the sinner and hate the sin. That's why they got the tickets! So what, if they don't get to roll their eggs before noon? So what?

Quit whining!

Weep, America. Weep for Tom DeLay!

2006-04-04T03:32:00.000-07:00

The liberals continue their efforts to destroy Team America, even while the country is at war.

The Army of Angels has lost one of its mightiest, most holey warriors.

Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), a primary architect of the Republican majority who became one of the most powerful and feared leaders in Washington, told House allies last night that he will give up his seat rather than face a reelection fight that appears increasingly unwinnable.

The decision came three days after Tony C. Rudy, his former deputy chief of staff, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and corruption charges, telling federal prosecutors of a criminal enterprise being run out of DeLay's leadership offices. Rudy's plea agreement did not implicate DeLay in any illegal activities, but by placing the influence-buying efforts of disgraced Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff directly in DeLay's operation, the former aide may have made an already difficult reelection bid all but out of reach.

DeLay, who will turn 59 on Saturday, did not say precisely when he would step down, but under Texas law he must either die, be convicted of a felony, or move out of his district to be removed from the November ballot. DeLay told Time magazine that he is likely to change his official residence from Sugar Land, Tex., to Alexandria by the end of May. He said he informed President Bush of his decision yesterday afternoon.

"This had become a referendum on me," he told Time in an article posted on the magazine's Web site last night. "So it's better for me to step aside and let it be a referendum on ideas, Republican values and what's important for this district."

The disgusting liberals (yes, YOU, Ronnie Earle!!!) are even driving him out of his beloved Texas!

If there is another attack on America, we know who to blame, liberals. We will hold you accountabel..

Ditto

2006-02-21T17:54:00.000-08:00

Sorry, Anita, but I gotta go with Mikey on this one.

This could almost make me re-think the whole Unitarian Executive thing. I mean, friggin' Dubai?

Why don't we just elect Osama Ben Laden mayor of New York?

"Take his word for it...?"

2006-02-21T17:47:00.000-08:00

"I don't know how it will turn out, but we can't go wrong by presenting a united front in support of our president."

For the record, and despite my personal affection for her, I think Anita is out of her motherfucking mind.

UAE Port Deal

2006-02-21T17:44:00.000-08:00

For the record, and despite the uproar from undercover RINOs like Denny Hastert, I think we need to trust the president on this one.

Republican lawmakers should take Mr. Bush's word for it when he says:

They ought to listen to what I have to say about this," the president said after inviting pool reporters on his plane back to his compartment to talk. "They ought to look at the facts, and understand the consequences of what they're going to do. But if they pass a law, I'll deal with it, with a veto."

Bush said he did not consider this a political fight and stressed that he felt the sale had been carefully vetted for security concerns.

I don't know how it will turn out, but we can't go wrong by presenting a united front in support of our president.

VICTORY!!

2006-01-31T09:34:00.000-08:00

Thank you, President Bush for leading us into the promised land. With the ascension of Mr. Justice Alito to the Supreme Court, our long trek through the wilderness is over. Free at last! FREE AT LAST!!

What are the fruits of our victory? Oh, my friends let us count the ways!

Abortion - DEAD

Gay Rights - DEAD

Frivolous Lawsuits - DEAD

Affirmative Action - DEAD

Socialized Medicine - DEAD

Separation of Church and State - DEAD

Breathe deep the fragrant air of FREEDOM, fellow conservatives. This moment belongs to us. This moment belongs to the patriots who have never wavered from their belief in and pursuit of an America that cherishes Moral Values and the Free Market. Liberalism is dead. It belongs to the ashbin of history. Justice Alito will show us the way. Thank you, President Bush. Thank you!

Brokeback Maryland II

2006-01-23T06:26:00.000-08:00

The FRC's Tony Perkins issued the following statement on the activist Maryland judge who devalued marriage by striking down the tradition of "one man-one woman" marriage.

"Just as they have in numerous other states, another aberrant judge has launched a judicial assault on the bedrock of our society. We now look to the Maryland Appeals Court to restore some sanity to the judicial process and overturn yesterday's court decision for if it is upheld will wreak havoc on our society, redefining the institution of marriage and denying children a mother or a father.

"This is emblematic of a concentrated effort across the country to cause social upheaval by abusing our court system. Groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union, who represented the plaintiffs, have also been instrumental in similar suits across the country.

"This ruling will bolster efforts in Congress to vote on and pass a Marriage Protection Amendment. Many states, including Maryland and neighboring Virginia, are moving forward to place marriage protection amendments on state ballots. This judicial assault reinforces the need to fully protect marriage before the next judicial attack on society's most basic institution."

We are appalled by the threat to American families embodied in this hedonistic ruling. The "if it feels good, do it" mentality has no business in American courtrooms. If men have the right to marry men and women have the right to marry women, then the traditional marriages of men and women have absolutely no meaning. American families deserve better than this.

Brokeback Maryland

2006-01-21T05:21:00.000-08:00

Mary-land is about to go the way of Kerry-land (Massachussettes) and let men marry men, women marry women, and bicycles marry billy goats.

Liberal activist Judge M. Brooke Murdock has struck down a state law against same-sex marriage.

... Murdock ruled in favor of 19 homosexual men and women who claimed in a lawsuit that the same-sex marriage ban violates equal rights and due process provisions of Maryland's constitution.

"After much study and serious reflection," wrote Murdock in Friday's ruling, "this court holds that Maryland's statutory prohibition against same-sex marriage cannot withstand this constitutional challenge."

She said the law violates the Maryland Declaration of Rights because it discriminates against a "suspect class" based on gender.She said the law "is not narrowly tailored to serve any compelling governmental interests."

What about families, judge? Aren't they a "compelling interest?" What about the church? Isn't it a compelling interest? What about values? If this is a Christian nation, which it is, then it is up to the judges to enforce pro-family laws, not throw them out.

How can Maryland say that it values families when marriage itself is devalued?

Thankfully, the state is appealing this ruling, which amounts to nothing more than communist tyranny. Christians with traditional marriages deserve better.

Snicker

2006-01-20T05:00:00.000-08:00

Anita,

Mr. President, victory is yours. We thank you. We love you.

Need a date, or something? ;-)

Seriously, though, I agree with every word.

Osama on the Run - Thank you, President Bush!

2006-01-20T04:22:00.000-08:00

George W. Bush is winning the War on Terror. Osama Bin Laden is weakened and on the run.

Despite his threats against the United States and the Europeans (old and new), what truley sticks out about his taped message Thursday is this:

"We don't mind offering you a long-term truce on fair conditions that we adhere to. We are a nation that God has forbidden to lie and cheat. So both sides can enjoy security and stability under this truce so we can build Iraq and Afghanistan, which have been destroyed in this war."

Nobody who thinks he can win would offer his enemy a truce.

The New York Sun agrees, writing:

It would be nice to think that this would present an opportunity for the antiwar crowd to reconsider its approach. For it is clear that Al Qaeda has underestimated not only the president but also the American people. Far from bin Laden's boasts that his holy warriors are succeeding, his offer of truce is an act of desperation. After all the terror Al Qaeda has sought to inflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has been unable to prevent successive and successful elections and the writing of constitutions.

Mr. President, victory is yours. We thank you. We love you.

The CLINTON Ethics Coverup

2006-01-19T04:11:00.000-08:00

Well, well, well!

The ugly, unethical head of President BILL CLINTON rears its head again.

While the MSM media and other liberals fall all over themselves trying to pin the bi-partisan Abramoff scandal on the Republican Party, it turns out that the Clinton Administration tried to coverup the wrongdoing of his own Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros.

Who reports this important news? The National Review? The Free Republic? RNC Talking Points?

No, it's the liberal's own New York Times.

After the longest independent counsel investigation in history, the prosecutor in the case of former Housing Secretary Henry G. Cisneros is finally closing his operation with a scathing report accusing Clinton administration officials of thwarting an inquiry into whether Mr. Cisneros evaded paying income taxes.

The legal inquiry by the prosecutor, David M. Barrett, lasted more than a decade, consumed some $21 million and came to be a symbol of the flawed effort to prosecute high-level corruption through the use of independent prosecutors.

Mr. Barrett began his investigation with the narrower issue of whether Mr. Cisneros lied to the Federal Bureau of Investigation when he was being considered for the cabinet position. He ended his inquiry accusing the Clinton administration of a possible cover-up.

His report says Justice Department officials refused to grant him the broad jurisdiction he wanted; for example, Attorney General Janet Reno said he could look at only one tax year. And after Internal Revenue Service officials in Washington took a Cisneros investigation out of the hands of district-level officials in Texas, the agency deemed the evidence too weak to merit a criminal inquiry, a conclusion strongly disputed by one Texas investigator.

Former officials of the Justice Department and the I.R.S. dismissed Mr. Barrett's conclusions in appendices attached to the report, saying the findings were the product of an inquiry that was incompetently managed from the start.

After being indicted on 18 felony counts, Mr. Cisneros pleaded guilty in 1999 to a misdemeanor charge of lying to investigators. He was later pardoned by President Bill Clinton.

This is all we need to know about the liberals who are trying to investigate Republicans about Abramoff. They are HYPOCRATES!

RINO Hall of Shame - PRCB

2006-01-18T11:43:00.000-08:00

What are these people thinking?

A group of so-called conservatives have broken with tradition and common sense and decided to oppose our President in defending America.

Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances (PRCB) today called upon Congress to hold open, substantive oversight hearings examining the President's authorization of the National Security Agency (NSA) to violate domestic surveillance requirements outlined in the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

The traitors:

I never would have figured this group could be taken over by the liberal MSM. They have lost their minds, obviously in a Manchurian Candidate sort of way.

Write to their spokeswoman and let her know that this is unacceptible.

The Gay War on Easter

2006-01-18T09:02:00.000-08:00

They weren't able to destroy Christmas, so now Easter is the latest target of the liberal, homosexual agenda.

The so-called GLBT (gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transsexual) community is making plans to crash the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt. Nice. They can't think of a better use of their time than to traumatize innocent children by bringing Fire Island to Easter Sunday.

The Weekly Standard sounds the alarm:

FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS children have gathered on the South Lawn of the White House on the Monday after Easter to roll Easter eggs across the yard and meet the Easter Bunny. Seemingly few (if any) Washingtonians have ever tried to exploit the annual White House Easter Egg Roll for political purposes. Until now. A church-based homosexual rights group is planning to crash the event with a "family visibility action" to spotlight their non-traditional families.

"On April 17, 2006, when the White House lawn is opened to families for the Annual Easter Egg Roll, imagine if the first 1,000 families onto the lawn were LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender] families," enthused a January 4 email alert from Soulforce. Once America sees the White House lawn awash in LGBT families, "there will be no going back," Soulforce promised.

Soulforce is the political organizing tool of self-described "militant gay activist" Mel White, the former Jerry Falwell speech writer who discovered his gayness and became a clergyman in the predominantly homosexual Metropolitan Community Churches.

White and his supporters routinely show up at church conventions and other events to protest, perform acts of civil disobedience and demand that denominations change their teachings about homosexuality. They apply the "soul force" of principles from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi to the "struggle for justice for sexual minorities."

According to Soulforce, "LGBT" participants are being urged to gather at the White House gate the night before so as to be the
first to enter the next morning. Volunteers will stand in line for "LGBT" parents who cannot do it themselves.

How silly of these people. They are trying to erase the truth by attacking the Christian symbol of the Easter Egg. If God wanted gay people to have families, he wouldn't have made them gay. Think about it.

Thanks to the 'Standard for bringing to light this appalling threat to American Christian family values.

Liberals are fear-mongering over "unitarian executive" power for Bush

2006-01-17T14:04:00.000-08:00

Don't let the liberals spread any more fear and hate over Judge Alito's belief in Unitarian Executive powers for President Bush. There is nothing to fear.

The Family Research Council's Tony Perkins explains why:

That Scary, Scary Unitary Theory of the Executive

During three days of testimony by Samuel Alito, Senate Judiciary Committee liberals repeatedly hammered the judge with hostile questions about his support for the "unitary theory of the executive." The senators charged that Judge Alito's acceptance of this doctrine would render him too deferential to the President in civil liberties cases. Such implications are false. The "unitary theory of the executive" is a complex-sounding term that actually describes a simple concept. The Constitution vests "the executive Power" of the United States "in a President..." Thus, Judge Alito and many serious scholars believe that the power to control the executive branch of the United States government resides solely in the President of the U.S. Put another way, the President, they believe, is empowered to dismiss all federal employees who exercise executive power. French philosopher Baron de Montesquieu would surely have recognized the concept. In fact, he probably invented it. The Founding Fathers all looked to Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws when they framed our government. Why should liberals find that so alarming? After all, it's French, isn't it?

God bless you, Tony Perkins. Thank you for that truth to help us fight the liberal lies.

MLK and the RNC: Letting Freedom Ring

2006-01-17T13:54:00.000-08:00

Ken Mehlman reminds us why the Party of Lincoln has so much more to offer black people than the Democrat Party does:

Under this President's leadership, we have made great strides towards fulfilling the promise of opportunity for every American. Thanks to the President's bold education reforms, we have narrowed the achievement gap between white and African American children. The homeownership rate among African Americans is near record highs, and African Americans are starting new businesses at a rate double the national average. And President Bush is leading the way in reforming Social Security and Medicare so that those who most rely on these programs have more choices and better benefits.

In this President's Administration and at the highest levels of our party, African Americans are leading the way. We are proud to be the party of Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Alphonso Jackson and Rod Paige. Leaders like Michael Steele from my native Maryland make me proud to be a Republican - and Michael is joined by a growing number of African American candidates and officeholders in our Republican family.

We have come a long way, but we are only part way along in this journey of progress and opportunity. Let me be clear. No matter how many elections Republicans win, no matter how many times we hold the White House, no matter how many seats in Congress, the party of Lincoln will not be whole again until more African Americans come back home.

Quoting scripture, Dr. King said "Let justice roll down like the waters and righteousness like a mighty stream." These words remind us that the principles of freedom and equal opportunity for which Dr. King heroically stood endure beyond the life of one man, and must be advanced not just on this day, but every day.

Free at last, free at last! Good God almighty, they are free at last!

Organized Labor & the Gay Agenda - Estranged Bedfellows

2005-07-25T16:27:00.000-07:00

There really is nothing to add to the message below from the Family Research Council. FRC President Tony Perkins points out the connection between the liberal social agenda (gay marriage, abortion, etc.) and the complete collapse of America's so-called labor movement:

Looking Away from the Union Labels

Four major unions, The Teamsters, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and Unite Here, walked out of the AFL-CIO's convention in Chicago. It is anticipated the four disaffected unions, consisting of a total 5 million members, made the move in anticipation of leaving the union federation completely. The move follows years of AFL-CIO involvement in issues that closely tied union members, normally seen as socially conservative, to very liberal causes such as gay marriage and abortion (emphasis added).

Last year, the AFL-CIO came out against the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment that defined marriage as between one man and one woman. Just this last March the union passed a resolution titled "Support for the Full Inclusion & Equal Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender People in the Workplace," which advocated for full marriage rights for homosexuals. Former Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa once said, "I have many faults but being wrong isn't one of them." Until the AFL-CIO realizes its mistakes and turns away from a liberal agenda and back to issues that actually affect workers, they can expect to stagnate and to alienate many Americans.

Enough said.

Democrat Obstructionists - Goin' Fishin

2005-07-25T14:12:00.000-07:00

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins shares these thoughts on Democrat Senators and their attempts to smear soon-to-be Justice John Roberts:

Goin' Fishin'

In most of America "going fishing" brings up images of Mayberry's Sheriff Andy Taylor and his son Opie with their fishing poles heading off to Myers Lake. In Washington, D.C. "going fishing" instead conjures up the picture of desperate Democrats looking for anything bad to pin on President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, Judge John Roberts. Yesterday, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) indicated he would demand every internal legal memorandum written by the nominee when he served as deputy solicitor general for past Administrations. The ultimate goal is to find among the horde of memos some little tidbit the left can use against the nominee. This is not the first time the Democrats have tried this strategy. Currently the nomination of John Bolton to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations is being held up by a similar strategy. Previously the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the U.S. Court of Appeals was held up by a similar request for documents from the solicitor general's office. In response to this outrageous request for priveleged memos, every living past solicitor general, both Democrat and Republican, wrote the Judiciary Committee warning that "any attempt (referring to document requests) to intrude into the Office's highly privileged deliberations would come at the cost of the Solicitor General's ability to defend the United States' litigation interests." These attempts by Senator Schumer using Barney Fife-type tactics exposing priveleged documents should be quickly nipped in the bud. The signs have been posted: No fishing allowed.

Democrats want to know everything about Judge Roberts so that they can have ammunition to destroy his nomination. We will not let it happen.

Fight them with the truth.

Here we go!

2005-07-25T13:09:00.000-07:00

The liberal MSM, as expected, are accelerating their campaign to bring down our president with this so-called scandal over the outing of non-undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame.

The Washington Post actually has the nerve to ask "what did the president know?"

... get ready for more and more talk about the parallels between this story and the Clinton intern scandal -- and of course, Watergate.

We're already hearing some of the prototypical questions being raised. Here's former presidential adviser David Gergen, on ABC's "This Week" yesterday: "What did the president know and when did he know it?"

I'll tell you what the president knows.

He knows that Vice-president Cheney did not send Joe Wilson to Africa as Mr. Wilson claims. This fact by itself entirely undercuts Wilson's credibility.

I can't think of anything more President Bush would have to know.

Karl Rove tried to keep a false story from making it into the media. For that, he is being crucified, and the liberal MSM are only too happy to help.

We are a nation at war, people. This is not a game. The president needs our suppport, and as patriotic Americans it is our duty to give him that support. The vice-president and Karl Rove are warriors in the War on Terror. They must not be distracted from this important task with all of this nonsense.

Valerie Plame was going to work every day at CIA headquarters. How secret is that?

This so-called scandal is a distraction from the real jobs of our president and his staff. If we are attacked while they are defending themselves against the the liberal MSM, the media will have to bear the blame.

Democrats Choose Partisan Politics Over Investigatory Process

2005-07-25T12:24:00.000-07:00

The Democrat senators and commentators calling for the heads of Karl Rove and Scooter Libby and John Roberts have no ground to stand on. They are hypocrates!

Consider the sorry history of these liberals on matters of national security:

“Democrats’ eagerness to hold faux hearings illustrates the partisan nature of their attacks. If Democrats had any confidence in the investigatory process, they would hold their fire and let the investigation proceed rather than rushing to judgment. Considering their own dubious history where sensitive intelligence is concerned, Democrats would be better served embracing restraint.”

-Tracey Schmitt, RNC Press Secretary

Senate Democrat Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) On Senate Floor Referred To Judicial Nominee’s FBI File:

“Minority Leader Harry Reid Strayed From His Prepared Remarks On The Senate Floor Yesterday And Promised To Continue Opposing One Of President Bush’s Judicial Nominees Based On ‘A Problem’ He Said Is In The Nominee’s ‘Confidential Report From The FBI.’” (Charles Hurt, “Reid Cites FBI File On Judicial Pick,” The Washington Times, 5/13/05)

Reid: “Henry Saad Would Have Been Filibustered Anyway … All You Need To Do Is Have A Member Go Upstairs And Look At His Confidential Report From The FBI, And I Think We Would All Agree That There Is A Problem There.” (Charles Hurt, “Reid Cites FBI File On Judicial Pick,” The Washington Times, 5/13/05)

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) Revealed Name Of Undercover CIA Officer In Senate Hearing:

“John R. Bolton, President Bush’s Nominee To Be Ambassador To The United Nations, Delicately Referred To The Undercover Officer As ‘Mr. Smith’ At His Confirmation Hearing On Monday.” (Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Loose Lips Let Slip Agent’s Name At Hearing,” The New York Times, 4/13/05)

“[M]r. Kerry Mentioned [Armstrong] By Name While Questioning Mr. Bolton. The Hearings Were Televised, And Transcripts Were Widely Published.” (Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Loose Lips Let Slip Agent’s Name At Hearing,” The New York Times, 4/13/05)

Sen. Patrick “Leaky” Leahy (D-VT) Forced To Resign Intelligence Committee Post Because Of Loose Lips:

Leahy Was Forced To Resign From The Senate Intelligence Committee After Leaking Information On The Iran-Contra Investigation. “Sen. Patrick Leahy’s admission that he resigned from the Intelligence Committee this year for ‘carelessly’ exposing the panel’s draft report on the Iran-Contra investigation comes at a time of increased political tension over the issue of leaks to the news media.” (George Lobsenz, UPI, 7/29/87)

Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Intelligence Committee Member, Revealed Information On Classified Spy Program:

“Sen. Ron Wyden, During This Month’s Debate On Intelligence Reform, Said A ‘Major Acquisition Program’ Was ‘Too Expensive’ And ‘Unnecessary.’” (Jeff Kosseff, “Wyden Treads Slippery Slope In Intelligence Reform Debate,” The Oregonian, 12/20/04)

“But In The Arcane World Of Intelligence Spending, Where Billions Are Doled Out With No Public Discussion, It Was The Equivalent Of Shouting Fire In A Crowded Theater. Wyden Is A Member Of The Senate Intelligence Committee, Which Typically Meets In Top-Secret, Closed Sessions.” (Jeff Kosseff, “Wyden Treads Slippery Slope In Intelligence Reform Debate,” The Oregonian, 12/20/04)

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Ranking Member, Senate Intelligence Committee, Revealed Information On Classified Spy Program:

“Tucked Inside Congress’ New Blueprint For U.S. Intelligence Spending Is A Highly Classified And Expensive Spy Program.” (Katherine Pfleger Shrader, “Lawmaker Says Mystery Spy Project ‘Dangerous To National Security’,” The Associated Press, 12/9/04)

“In An Unusually Public Rebuke Of A Secret Government Project, Sen. Jay Rockefeller Of West Virginia, The Senior Democrat On The Senate Intelligence Committee, Complained Wednesday That The Program Was ‘Totally Unjustified And Very, Very Wasteful And Dangerous To The National Security.’ He Called The Program ‘Stunningly Expensive.’” (Katherine Pfleger Shrader, “Lawmaker Says Mystery Spy Project ‘Dangerous To National Security’,” The Associated Press, 12/9/04)

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Alluded To Secret Spy Program In ABC Interview:

“Durbin, During An Interview Sunday With ABC’s ‘This Week,’ Alluded To The Secret Dispute Within Congress. ‘Eventually Some Information Will Come Out,’ Durbin Told ABC. ‘But It Does Point To The Weakness In The Whole Process. It Takes A Leak To Understand That Billions Of Taxpayers’ Dollars Are Being Wasted That Could Be Spent To Make America Safer.’” (Ted Bridis, “Feds Urged To Probe Leaks On Spy Project Opposed By Levin,” The Associated Press, 12/15/04)

Clinton National Security Advisor Sandy Berger Stole And Destroyed Classified Documents From National Archives:

“Former National Security Advisor Samuel R. ‘Sandy’ Berger Admitted … That He Had Stolen Classified Documents, Destroyed Some Of Them, Then Lied About What He Had Done. As A Seasoned Foreign Policy Manager Under President Clinton, Berger … Had Also Been Entrusted With The Highest Security Clearance Granted By The Government.” (Johanna Neuman, “Top Clinton Aide Admits He Pilfered Documents,” Los Angeles Times, 4/2/05)

“[H]e Pleaded Guilty To A Misdemeanor And Acknowledged In Painstaking, Often Humiliating Detail How In 2003 He Had Secretly Removed Sensitive Documents Involving Anti-Terrorist Policy From The National Archives, And Afterward Sought To Mislead Investigators And The Public.” (Johanna Neuman, “Top Clinton Aide Admits He Pilfered Documents,” Los Angeles Times, 4/2/05)

Sen. Chuck Schumer Has Repeatedly Opposed Measures To Strengthen Anti-Leak Laws:

Schumer Voted Against “Adoption Of The Conference Report On The Bill To Make It A Felony To Publicly Expose The Identities Of U.S. Covert Intelligence Officers, Agents, Informants And Sources.” (H.R. 4, CQ Vote #125: Adopted: 315-32: R 159-0; D 156-32; 6/3/82, Schumer Voted Nay)

“A New Federal Policy To Prosecute Federal Employees Who Leak Certain Kinds Of Information To The Press Not Only Could Inhibit Whistle-Blowing About Government Abuse, But Also Could Pose A Direct Threat To Reporters’ Use Of Confidential Sources, Legislators And Free-Speech Attorneys Said Thursday.” (Thomas B. Rosenstiel, “Rule May Curb Press’s Use Of Secret Sources,” Los Angles Times, 8/4/89)

Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) Voted Against Law Making It Crime To Disclose Covert Agents’ Names:

Biden Was One Of Only Three Democrats To Vote Against The Intelligence Identities Protection Act. (H.R. 4, CQ Vote #170: Adopted 81-4: R 44-1; D 37-3; 6/10/82, Biden Voted Nay)

“By A Vote Of 81 To 4, The Senate Cleared The Intelligence Identities Protection Act, Which Makes A Crime Of Disclosing The Name Of Covert Agents.” (Michael Wright, William C. Rhoden And Caroline Rand Herron, “Senate Approves Agent Protection,” The New York Times, 6/13/82)

Do not let these liberals and Democrat congressmen get away with their hypocrasy. Stop them with the truth.

He said he had no memory of membership!

2005-07-25T05:23:00.000-07:00

Don't even get started, liberals!

Don't try to spin your ways out of this one. Judge Roberts said he had no memory of having belonged to the Federalist Society. He didn't say he never was a member.

Even your Washington Post admits that:

Over the weekend, The Post obtained a copy of the Federalist Society Lawyers' Division Leadership Directory, 1997-1998. It lists Roberts, then a partner at the law firm Hogan & Hartson, as a member of the steering committee of the organization's Washington chapter and includes his firm's address and telephone number.

Yesterday, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Roberts "has no recollection of being a member of the Federalist Society, or its steering committee." Roberts has acknowledged taking part in some Federalist Society activities, Perino said.

You people make me sick, liberals. It is almost impossible to believe that you would trash the good name of a good man for your petty, partisan motives. This is what we have come to expect from you, though.

Mehlman: Give us a chance

2005-07-23T05:15:00.000-07:00

Ken Mehlman continues his effort to reach out to blacks on behalf of the Republican Party.

He talked to the Black National Chamber of Commerce in Florida. Here's part of what he had to say.

“…We Republicans have a message to all who want expanded opportunity in America: give us a chance, and we’ll give you a choice.”

“…Give us a chance, and we’ll give you a choice to own your own small business. Now that the lunch counter is integrated, we need more minorities to own the restaurant, and the hotel, and the high tech firm, the law firms, in the boardrooms, on the courts, and as university professors.”

“…Give us a chance, and we’ll give you a choice in health care: Today, thanks to President Bush and the Republican Party, people can invest in their own health savings accounts that move from job to job and give you the power to choose your own doctors.”

“…Give us a chance, and we’ll give you a choice to save for your retirement. President Bush will modernize Social Security for today’s generation and for the future, helping those most in need.”

“…Give us a chance and we’ll give you a choice in education: Education is the great equalizer in America, ensuring that here, your aspirations matter more than your origins.”

“…Give us a chance, and we’ll give you a choice to own your own home: Forty years ago, Congress passed Open Housing legislation that ended housing discrimination. Today, we need more minorities to own their own home. The President’s plan has already created 2.3 million new minority homeowners since he was elected.”

“…It’s more than just words, and more than outreach. Republicans are committed to inclusion. Outreach is when you show up to ask for the vote 4 weeks before the election. I’m here 4 years before the next presidential election asking for your help. “

Read the rest.

Rove Investigtion: Perjury? Obstruction of justice?

2005-07-22T22:18:00.000-07:00

According to the Los Angeles Times, Mr. Rove and Mr. Libby could be in very big trouble. If there is anything that federal investigators do not like, and tend to punish very harshly, it is lying.

The newspaper reports the Plame Name Game has moved from finding the leaker to punishing two of the highest-ranking officials of the Bush White House for allegedly giving false accounts to the grand jury:

The special prosecutor in the CIA leak investigation has shifted his focus from whether White House officials violated a law against exposing undercover agents to determining whether evidence exists to bring perjury or obstruction of justice charges, according to people briefed in recent days on the inquiry's status.Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor, and his team have made no decision on whether to seek indictments, and there could be benign explanations for differences that have arisen in witnesses' statements to federal agents and a grand jury about how the name of Valerie Plame, a CIA agent who had worked undercover, was leaked to the media two years ago.

The investigation focused initially on whether administration officials illegally leaked the identity of Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, in a campaign to discredit Wilson after he wrote an op-ed article in The New York Times criticizing the Bush administration's grounds for going to war in Iraq.

Interesting times.

Mr. Justice Roberts, too

2005-07-22T21:49:00.000-07:00

I want to jump off from something Anita wrote downthread from here.

Is there such as thing as too much of a good thing?

Well, yes. Especially if the liberals are the ones thinking it's a good thing too. And, a lot of liberals seem to be way too comfortable with the idea of Judge Roberts becoming Justice Roberts.

From The New Republic:

Given Roberts's dazzling talents--his intelligence, judgment, devotion to legal craft, and palpable belief in the power of reasoned argument to constrain judges in meaningful ways--it seems quite possible that his vision of the force of precedent might evolve and grow during decades on the Court. I don't mean "evolve" in the sense that liberals hope and conservatives fear--that Roberts will become less conservative and more liberal. I mean, instead, that the application of his determined intelligence to the hardest and most elusive questions of constitutional law will lead Roberts to develop a vision of constitutional stability that is uniquely his own.

Of course, the writer of this piece goes out of his way to explain that he doesn't think Roberts will evolve into a liberal, but what if he evolves into a David Souter-style "conservative?"

We would almost be better off with a genuine liberal on the SCOTUS. At least then, we would know what we are dealing with.

The (not so) Great White North

2005-07-22T20:16:00.000-07:00

Well, isn't this sweet? If you know what I mean.

Tony Perkins reports in this week's Family Research Council newsletter that the Canadians have gone and done it.

Says Bro. Perkins:

Yesterday the Canadian Parliament voted to make Canada the fourth country in the world to allow homosexual "marriage." This reverses the 1999 Parliament vote of 216-55, which reaffirmed the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. Immediately after that loss homosexual activists turned to the courts and strict "hate crime" laws that punish thought to force Canadian legislators to vote on the issue, while leaving Canadian citizens out in the cold. Over the last few years honest debate on homosexual "marriage" has been stifled by "thought crime" legislation that shut down any opposition to the gay agenda. Even a teacher writing a letter to the editor, as Canadian teacher Brian Kempling did, warranted punishment and suspension under Canada's laws.

Many Canadian people of faith have found themselves silenced, unable to even cite Biblical passages without threat of fines or jail time. This repression, surprising in a nation once known for its openness and freedom, coupled with a barrage of lawsuits in Canadian appellate courts, led the Parliament down the aisle to same-sex "marriage," despite opposition from a large number of citizens. This is only further evidence that the U.S. must protect marriage by passing an amendment to the Constitution. It's time for Congress to act before the courts do.

That's it for marriage, I guess. Why would anyone want to stay married now?

We absolutely need a Federal Marriage Amendment NOW, before divorce becomes just as rampant in the United States as it is in Canada and Sweden and France.

Mr. Justice Roberts

2005-07-22T19:36:00.000-07:00

If I had to guess, I'd say this is the reason the MSM have been able to focus back on Mr. Karl Rove so quickly and so intensely after the SCOTUS announcement:

The confirmation process is just beginning, but at this point, there is no reason to expect an ugly personal fight. Like the one over Clarence Thomas.

"His credentials look very good, he seems to be a very nice man," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said.

Is there such as thing as too much of a good thing?

CIA veterans turn on Bush, et al

2005-07-22T13:59:00.000-07:00

Why do ex-CIA officers hate America so much?

In a hearing held by Senate and House Democrats examining the implications of exposing Valerie Plame's identity, the former intelligence officers said Bush's silence has hampered efforts to recruit informants to help the United States fight the war on terror. Federal law forbids government officials from revealing the identity of an undercover intelligence officer.

"I wouldn't be here this morning if President Bush had done the one thing required of him as commander in chief _ protect and defend the Constitution," said Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst. "The minute that Valerie Plame's identity was outed, he should have delivered a strict and strong message to his employees."