On the Democrat side:
The American Research Group’s July poll numbers released today show:
— Obama has doubled his support in the first-primary state in the past two months and is now in a dead heat with Sen. Hillary Clinton at the top of the Democratic pack, with John Edwards third at 14 percent.
Among Democrats, Obama moved from 25 percent in June to 31 percent, while Clinton dropped 3 percentage points and is also at 31 percent support. Edward picked up 3 percentage points, moving form 11 percent in June to 14 percent.
Senator Clinton had enjoyed a rather large lead in New Hampshire, but that seems to have eroded. It doesn’t matter anyway as all the Democrats are the same. Just pick what you think would be a better story and vote for that candidate.
On the Republican side:
Giuliani has picked up support since late June, while Mitt Romney has leveled off, and the two are in a virtual dead heat. McCain has lost half of his support in the past month, according to the poll.
Among Republicans, Giuliani moved from 19 percent in June to 27 percent, while Romney moved from 27 percent in June to 26 percent.
McCain, who received support of 30 percent of likely GOP voters in the ARG poll in May, dropped to 21 percent in June and to 10 percent in the latest poll.
Unannounced candidate Fred Thompson, even without a visibly active campaign in the state, polled ahead of McCain, at 13 percent. Another non-candidate, former House speaker Newt Gingrich, received 6 percent.
McCain’s stance on the illegal immigration amnesty bill has appeared to take it’s toll on his presidential aspirations. I say, GOOD. Romney had held a lead here, but that has seemingly evaporated. With so much time before the primaries, God only knows what could happen. I don’t believe what the mainstream media is telling us when it comes to who the frontrunners are.
According to this article from thehill.com Senator Joe Lieberman is once again blasting the Democrats. This time it is on what he says is their naivity or unwillingness to use military force during tough times.
“I think either [Democrats] are, in my opinion, respectfully, naïve in thinking we can somehow defeat this enemy with talk, or they’re simply hesitant to use American power, including military power,” Lieberman said in a wide-ranging interview with The Hill.
“There is a very strong group within the party that I think doesn’t take the threat of Islamist terrorism seriously enough.”
This, in my opinion, is an understatement. Not only do they not think the threat of Islamo-fascists is real, they believe that George W Bush is the biggest threat to the world. They believe George W Bush is the worlds leading terrorist. Maybe the Democrat leadership doesn’t believe this, but their base does, and the leadership has to play to their base.
Lieberman says he is annoyed by the mudslinging on Capitol Hill and Democrats’ unwillingness to work with President Bush.
And all this time we have been told that it is President Bush who will not work with the Democrats. Funny how that works, huh?
“I fear that some people take this position also because anything President Bush is for, they’ll be against, and that’s wrong,” said Lieberman.
That statement is something I have been saying for quite a while. The Democrats wait for the president to take a position, and then they take the opposite position. That is no way to run a country, and is one of the main reasons they must be defeated next year. We have already seen with this new congress that when all you do is oppose, and you have no ideas, and it becomes your turn to legislate, you can accomplish nothing. Can you imagine the looming disaster on the horizon at the very real prospect that a party with no ideas other than to oppose the president is on the verge of winning the presidency?
While I don’t agree with most of Lieberman’s positions, I do agree with him on what I believe is the most important issue, terrorism. The Democrats do take this issue way to lightly, and cannot be trusted with national security in my opinion.
I would love to see Lieberman switch parties, not because I believe in most of his causes, but because of the entertainment value at seeing him sparring with the Democrat leadership, who would then be in the minority.
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New York Times Admits the Iraq War is Winnable
In an op-ed piece in the New York Times the author is admitting that we can win in Iraq. Image that? America can win? I thought we had already lost. So, what is going on here? Could it be, as I believe, that with the Democrats inability to end the war and secure America’s defeat that they are now trying to provide cover for the Democrats? By this I mean because the Democrats have failed to deliver on their promise to end the war, the New York Times and the left leaning media will now start to steer the Democrats back into the center. By saying that the war can be won it will minimize the failure of the Democrats to end it, thus saving face. Or could it be their naivety? Now that these writers have been to Iraq they have seen some of the progress and have decided to report it. I believe it is the former. Read more…
Over the weekend I read a news story that claimed that the United States was worried that new British prime minister, Gordon Brown, was ready to withdraw from Iraq. I used italics on the words news story because that hardly seems to be the case.
Mr Brown stunned critics by THANKING President Bush for the fight against Islamic extremism, and insisted the UK-US relationship will be his No1 foreign policy priority.
This seems to me to be journalistic malpractice, but with so many news outlets distorting the truth about the Iraq war this is nothing new. As a matter of fact Gordon Brown offered glowing praise toward president Bush for his leadership in the war on terror.
“We acknowledge the debt the world owes to the US for its leadership in this fight against international terrorism.”
Isn’t it great to hear a world leader step up and state something like this? I know it makes me feel proud. He also went on to mention he wanted to strenthen the ties beween our two countries.
The Prime Minister vowed to take Winston Churchill’s lead and make Britain’s ties with America even stronger.
Any time you hear Winston Churchill’s name brought up in conversation, and you hear the British prime minister claim to want to follow Churchill’s lead you have to feel good. I have to admit when Brown took over I was a little leary about it, as you can read here. Today’s meeting with the president though seems to have gone very well and I hope we can count on Britian to remain a steadfast and true ally in the war on terror.
You can read the whole article here.
Rumors had spread across the internet over the weekend that there were shots being fired at Ed and Elaine Brown’s house. There were massive calls from across the country to 911 causing a second dispatcher to come in to help handle the calls. Authorities have denied the rumors.
U.S. Marshal Steve Monier said yesterday that no law enforcement officers were at the Browns’ residence over the weekend.
“I don’t know anything about it,” Monier said. “It’s not us, we’re not there.”
Residents of Plainfield also denied hearing any gunshots.
Plainfield residents living near the Browns said there were no disturbances Saturday night, Gillens said.
“It’s a complete fabrication,” he said. “There was absolutely no report from anyone up there that there were fireworks or firearms or anything like that.”
Supporters on the Brown’s residence are also claiming that someone outside was trying to provoke a violent confrontation by shaking a trailor that some supporters are staying in.
Brown supporters also claimed someone had been physically shaking the trailer that houses Jim Hobbs, who is staying on the Browns’ property, and theorized that federal agents were trying to provoke a violent clash.
None of this has been confirmed, and it appears that the beat goes on. This story cannot have a happy ending.
“This is it. This is it,” Riley said during the interview, breathing heavily. “This is the beginning€¦ Enough is enough.” Riley said he’s prepared to die for the Browns’ cause. “I don’t know what else to say. I’m lost for words. I’m sweating bullets. I’m wrapped in bulletproof vests, I’ve got helmets on, and I’m sweating bullets. I’ve got a guy in the tower. We’re ready to go.”
To read my earlier posts on the Brown’s, click here.
Residents of Merrimack New Hampshire claim that they pay an unfair amount in toll because of where they live. There was a proposal by Executive Councilor Debora Pignatelli to provide residents with two free passes through the tolls daily, but that proposal went nowhere, angering Merrimack residents. Why did it go nowhere? Because Gov. John had passed legislation to strip the Executive Council of its power to regulate toll rates and discounts in 2005.
Now the residents are planning a toll revolt day, which was also voted on and passed by the town council. On August 27th all Merrimack residents are being asked to pay the tolls in pennies. This now seems to be gaining steam and a motorcade has now been formed for the 27th that will simulate a route an average resident takes to run errands.
The motorcade route will start at Abbie Griffin Park, and cars will get on the F.E. Everett Turnpike at Exit 12 southbound, exit at Exit 11 and get back on Exit 11 continuing southbound, then get off Exit 10 and get back on Exit 10 northbound and continue the loop back to Exit 12, near the park.
“We are pretending we’re running errand in our own town,” McCray said. “The purpose is to show that people can never leave town and pay (only) $1.50 to drive around to do their errands.”
Why did the house vote to strip the Executive Council of it’s power to set toll fees? My guess is so that Governor John Lynch can get his greedy little fingers on it. The fact is that while you may not like paying the tolls, you will pay the tolls and like it. You are not going to get a tax break from a Democrat majority in the state. It’s almost laughable to suggest it would work. The best way to revolt would be to vote against John Lynch next year. That is the only chance we have of lowering any of the new taxes and fees that have been implemented. By the way, there is talk of raising the tolls, so get your quarters out.
I do like the idea though, and I hope it makes someone look. Gov. Lynch will probably raise the tolls on everyone else and leave them the same for Merrimack residents as a sort of de-facto discount.
New Hampshire GOP Gun Fundraiser Under Attack
As I wrote about here, the New Hampshire GOP is going to have a fundraiser. What is the big deal with that? They were going to go to a fish and game club and fire machine guns. This wrankled state Democrats, naturally. The presidential candidates also decided to sit it out.
Now many weak kneed city and state Republicans are going to pass on it.
A few raised moral objections, saying they would not support a fundraiser that packs a pro-gun message.
God forbid you are actually for the 2nd amendment. That is the new Blue Hampshire mindset now. When will Republicans stand up for what they believe in and stop hiding in the corner? You can read the article here.
MoveOn.org to Pressure Fox News Advertisers
MoveOn.org has found it’s latest target. They will be going after Fox News. What is the best way to go after a media outlet? By going after the advertisers on that outlet. Take away the money and you take away the outlet.
MoveOn.org, the Campaign for America’s Future and liberal blogs like DailyKos.com are asking thousands of supporters to monitor who is advertising on the network. Once a database is gathered, an organized phone-calling campaign will begin, said Jim Gilliam, vice president of media strategy for Brave New Films, a company that has made anti-Fox videos.
You may wonder if such censorship could have legs. Read more…
With everything else that president Bush has done coming under scrutiny and investigation, it was only a matter of time before his supreme court appointees would come under fire too. The left knows what a remarkable impact Roberts and Alito could have for years to come. I have said before that Bush’s supreme court appointees will be his most lasting accomplishment. What is most disheartening is that the first shot fired was from Republican Arlen Spector, you can read about that here.
Democrats, like sharks that smell blood, will now begin to circle around Roberts and Alito. The first example of this is an article in the New York Times that says there is a way to change the court to have a more liberal position. Jean Edward Smith, a biographer and political science professor at Marshall University wrote the following:
The number of justices on the Supreme Court should be increased because the “current five-man [conservative] majority persists in thumbing its nose at popular values,
Because he doesn’t like the direction that the court has gone, he proposes adding to liberal judges to make the court more fair. Fair to him, of course, meaning refecting his beliefs better.
There is some precident for this. This is just another reason we need to do everything we can to get another Republican in the whitehouse. The left wants to have the courts install a liberal agenda into law if they can’t get the American people to go along willingly.
The Democrats have been given their battle plan by the New York Times and now we will see who follows it.
You can read the whole article here.
