No Reports On Voting Fraud When Democrats Win

Now that the Democrats have taken over both the House and the Senate, has anyone noticed that there have been no reports of voting fraud? But wasn't it the Left going ballistic up until the last minute with whines that the GOP would "steal" another election? Yet, there still hasn't been any reports on "fixed" machines. Nor questions surrounding alleged software tampering. Or reports on "black box voting". Not even an accusation of Karl Rowe sticking a gun to voter heads and forcing them to vote Republican. Wow.

Julie Seymour over at the Business & Media Institute has more:

Like claims the U.S. was responsible for 9/11 and Republicans were fixing gas prices, the media promoted the left-wing electronic vote-rigging conspiracy.

Now that the votes have been cast and counted, Republicans lost, and the silence of the national media has been deafening.

The idea was that somehow the company Diebold had programmed the machines to let Republicans win. The theory, perpetuated by left-wingers posting on Daily Kos and The Huffington Post and Bev Harris’ book, “Black Box Voting,” was embraced by all three broadcast networks, as well as CNN and MSNBC.

Following Sen. John Kerry’s (D-Mass.) defeat in 2004, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann ignored statements by the candidate’s own Ohio attorney about the lack of evidence of “confirmed fraud.” Instead, Olbermann ranted for days about fraud causing the Kerry defeat during his show “Countdown with Keith Olbermann.”

Leading up to the 2006 election. Lou Dobbs and Kitty Pilgrim waged a five-month long, two-person war against electronic voting in regular “Democracy at Risk” segments during CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight.”

Dobbs fostered mistrust of electronic voting throughout his broadcasts. “When it comes to the federal government, don’t expect much assurance that your electronic vote will be counted accurately. New standards for electronic voting machines may not be ready in fact, for years,” he warned on Oct. 29, 2006.

And on election day 2006, NBC’s Brian Williams said there were complaints of “plain old trickery at the polls.” As Williams tossed the story to reporter Chip Reid, the response came, “Well, most of it, Brian, is electronic voting.”

Ironically, electronic voting went national because of a bipartisan push for election reform after the disastrous 2000 Florida recount. But that bipartisan support for such voting machines turned into allegations and conspiracy theories after the 2004 elections.

Quote Of The Day

"I felt the other day watching Bush that he was almost relieved in a way about losing the House and the Senate. I know that sounds weird, but it was as though, ‘Okay, now I really have permission. I can take my father's advice.’ And, also, that it's not all on him anymore. It's not all on the Republicans. The Democrats are going to have to take a lot of the responsibility now."

- Washington Post reporter Sally Quinn

Props: Newsbusters

Liberal Kingpin Russ Feingold Not Running For President

This bit of news came as somewhat of a shocker. Not that I thought he had much of a chance anyway, but who knows maybe Feingold looked at what happened to Ned Lamont and realized that when your sole backing is a bunch of lunatics, running for President would just be a wasted effort.

Reuters:

WASHINGTON - Sen. Russell Feingold, a leading liberal in Congress and an outspoken foe of the Iraq war, announced on Sunday that he would not seek the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

"I'm sure a campaign for president would have been a great adventure and helpful in advancing a progressive agenda," wrote Feingold, who is from Wisconsin, in a letter e-mailed to supporters and posted on his Senate campaign web site.

"At this time, however, I believe I can best advance that progressive agenda as a senator with significant seniority in the new Senate serving on the Foreign Relations, Intelligence, Judiciary and Budget committees," the three-term senator said.

Like many members of Congress, Feingold has been mulling for months a possible run for the White House in 2008.

His announcement that he has decided against a presidential bid came in the wake of Democrats winning control of the Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in last week's elections.

The new 110th Congress will convene in January with Democrats in control of both chambers for the first time in 12 years.

During the next couple of months, a number of Democrats and Republicans are expected to announce if they will run for president in 2008.

Politiks As Usual 11/12/06

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Gerald Levert R.I.P.

Elton John Wants Organized Religion Banned

Study: New HIV Patients Can Expect To Live Up To 24 Years

Christian Landscapers Turn Down Gay Clients

Illegal Immigrant Kills New York City Actress

Hugo Chavez: Bush Should Be Executed

Bill Clinton's Former Right-Hand Man Disses Howard Dean

Ed Bradley Dies From Leukemia

From CNN:

Ed Bradley, the longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent whose probing questions and deceptively relaxed interviewing manner graced some of that show's most notable reports, has died. He was 65.

Bradley died Thursday at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital of leukemia, according to staff members at the CBS program.

Bradley joined "60 Minutes" during the 1981-82 season after two years as White House correspondent for CBS News and three years at "CBS Reports." His reporting over the years won him a Peabody Award, 19 Emmys and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, among many others. He was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.

His most recent Emmy was for a segment about the reopening of the 1950s racial murder case of Emmett Till in Mississippi.

Ed Bradley was all about cool and class. He made me watch "60 Minutes" because as a teen, every time I'd be lucky enough to catch him doing a feature, I knew that it was not only something that I needed to be aware of in general, but something that affected me as a Black man living in America.

Republicans Can Only Blame Themselves . . .

Karl Marx is their God and John Lennon is their Saint. Their song "Imagine" (practically a communist manifesto) is a hymn sung by their entire congregation. Their religion is individual freedom, which denies any and all boundaries. Their motivation is the will to power because power is all that's important when there is no transcendent truth governing all tribes.

The modern "liberal" is not a liberal at all, at least not in a practical sense, he is of his own creation defended by a cohesive and articulate dogma and when this is attacked he becomes contemptuous, derisive, replying with verbal formulas and sarcasm. But most Americans aren't politically astute enough to know the difference or the damage it's done to this country, much less this planet. Instead they gravitate to platitudes and recite them with the passing conviction that "freedom" in place of moral responsibility is the end that justifies the means.

When will conservatives - who really control the electorate, not the ignoramus' on the extreme Right or the lunatics on the Left - learn that the future of this country is in our hands? We are the ones willing to look at most sides of the equation. We are the ones who hold all the people's interests generally at heart. All of the cultural power belongs to the Left, while the extreme Right pollute God's will under the 'guise of moral authority.

Yet, how can a party lose when it's President is presiding over a roaring economy and the lowest unemployment in recent history?

Because Republicans just don't get. They have a great message and mission, but instead of sticking to their plan and going on the offense, they've allowed a party without a plan to make them look like sputtering idiots by consistently putting them on the defense with their lies. Never in my life have I seen something so good argued so poorly. I could write better speeches for the President. I could argue better for why we went into Iraq. I could argue better that the Democratic party have been corrupted by the immoral Left. Yet, I'm just a lowly blogger.

So now we'll get higher taxes, paralysis in Iraq, filibusters, more illegal aliens, more activist judges and Nancy Pelosi.

Thanks Republicans.

Ted Haggard's Mis-Adventures Is A Boon To Liberals

Ted Haggard is an idiot and the outing of his carnal adventures couldn't come at a better time for Godless liberals who live for moments when supposed men of cloth are exposed as hypocrites. Here he is speaking to a reporter the other day and admitting to buying meth from that hooker, but refusing to admit that he ever used it. Who the hell buys drugs but doesn’t use it?! OK, maybe Bill Clinton, but you get the point. Haggard also denied ever having homosexual love with Mike Jones, the hooker. He only admitted to getting a “massage” from him. Yeah, right.

Below is a clip from the movie "Jesus Camp" in which Haggard calls homosexuality a sin, one of many instances in which Haggard has used the pulpit to condemn gays, all the while he's the one engaged in a 3-year affair with a man. Yet, the biggest issue here and the one we should all be concerned about is Haggard's wife and kids--the ones who get talked about the least, but end up the most hurt by the ex-preacher lies. Good thing the church didn't waste any time kicking Haggard's dumb ass out.

Black Democrats Voting For Rep. Richard Steele

From WaPo:

A coalition of black Democratic political leaders from Prince George's County led by former county executive Wayne K. Curry endorsed Republican Michael S. Steele's bid for the U.S. Senate yesterday.

The support from Curry, five County Council members and others barely a week before Election Day reflects their continued disappointment that the Democratic Party has no African American candidates at the top of the ticket and a sense that the county is being ignored, officials said.

"They show us a pie, but we never get a slice," said Major F. Riddick Jr., a former aide to then-Gov. Parris N. Glendening and a former county executive candidate. "We are here today to say we've waited and we've waited and we're waiting no longer."

Steele, who as lieutenant governor is the first African American elected statewide in Maryland, said he was humbled by the support. "I said I did not want this [campaign] to be so much about party but about the people," he said. "And these people understand that."

Ron Walters, a political science professor at the University of Maryland, said the endorsements could be significant. "This is going to go through the black community like a rocket," he said. "It's going to be the talk of the county, the state, maybe even the nation."

I don't support Michael Steele. As long as he's against affirmative-action, he'll never get my vote. But it's good to see some Black people getting fed up with a Democratic party that more than takes their vote for granted, caters to the wants and needs of white liberals and provides a comfort zone for those same white liberals to use racist terminology against Black people who are members of the GOP.

Quote Of The Week: Don Imus

"Please stop it. Stop talking. Go home, get on the bike, go windsurfing, anything. Stop it. You’re going to ruin this."

- radio personality Don Imus to John Kerry, begging the junior senator from Massachusetts to stay in Washington DC and far away from the Democratic campaign trail

Sore Loser John Kerry Disses Troops

This is making news all over the blogosphere, but I just caught up to it. Michelle Malkin has a lot more on it, including updates and quotes from troops.

From CNN:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republicans unleashed a firestorm of criticism Tuesday against Sen. John Kerry after the Vietnam veteran told college students they'd "get stuck in Iraq" if they didn't work hard in school.

Kerry later said the remark was a "botched joke" meant to target the president, not U.S. troops.

Before the clarification, White House press secretary Tony Snow, House Majority Leader John Boehner and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, lambasted the four-term senator and demanded he apologize. (Watch Kerry's 'botched joke' that launched the political stink -- 1:50 )

A CNN poll suggests that Iraq is the second-most important issue behind the economy as voters ponder for whom to cast their ballots in next week's midterms.

"This is an absolute insult," Snow said at a daily press briefing. "Senator Kerry not only owes an apology to those who are serving, but also to the families of those who've given their lives in this."

I dont necessarily agree with those who think that Kerry has completely gone nuts. I think this is just John Kerry showing his true colors. TIME magazine ran an extended piece about 2 years ago covering Kerry's campaign run and amongst other things, you found a Kerry who was remarkedly indecisive, arrogant, elitist and downright mean. In other words, a prick. An angry prick who still can't believe he lost his one chance at becoming President of the United States.

Kerry just cant come to grips that he himself is to blame for his loss in 2004, instead choosing to still focus his ire at Karl Rove and the Swift Boat Veterans for supposedly smearing him. This still eats at Kerry not only because it cost him his one shot at the White House, but because personally he feels betrayed by fellow veterans of war. That's why Kerry's tirade at Tony Snow shouldn't come as a surprise, nor should the fact that he refuses to apologize for dissing the troops. It's just Kerry being Kerry: a miserable and bitter man lashing out at anyone who'll still listen, but refusing to realize that every time he opens his mouth he just finds a way to make things worse.

A Side To Iraq "They" Won't Tell You About . . .

And amazingly enough this was shown on CNN:

Quote Of The Week: Camille Paglia

"Mark Foley was never on the radar of anyone outside the small circle of news junkies. So his fall and banishment from Washington were nothing but a drip in the torrential flood of current geopolitical problems. The way the Democratic leadership was in clear collusion with the major media to push this story in the month before the midterm election seems to me to have been a big fat gift to Ann Coulter and the other conservative commentators who say the mainstream media are simply the lapdogs of the Democrats. Every time I turned on the news it was "Foley, Foley, Foley!" -- and in suspiciously similar language and repetitive talking points. After three or four days of it, as soon as I heard Foley's name, I turned the sound off or switched channels. It was gargantuan overkill, and I felt the Democrats were shooting themselves in the foot."

- cultural scholar and liberal Democrat Camille Paglia

Politiks As Usual: In The News 10/29/06

Obama For Lamont

President Bush Signs U.S.-Mexico Border Fence Bill

Canada Says No To Amnesty

Report: College Degree Is Worth An Extra $23,000 A Year

This Time Model Naomi Campbell Beats Up Her Drug Therapist

College Student Uses Fake Boarding Pass To Bypass Airport Security

Dixie Chicks At Center Of Advertising Controversy

Don't Forget To Turn Your Clock Back An Hour Tonight!

"South Park" Mocks Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin

From CNN:

LONDON, England (CNN) -- The cartoon series "South Park" has never been shy of courting controversy, but its latest episode has caused outrage by featuring the recently deceased Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin.

Swearing and random death and destruction are staples of the cartoon, which has been broadcast since 1997. Irwin, killed by a stingray's barb while snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef in September is the latest celebrity to be lampooned by the show.

The episode, aired in the U.S. earlier this week, shows Satan preparing to host a Halloween fancy dress party. Other guests include Princess Diana, Hitler and rapper Notorious B.I.G. Critics have been appalled by the Irwin character's depiction in a bloodstained shirt and with a stingray still attached to his chest.

John Beyer of UK TV watchdog Mediawatch said: "This is such bad taste and the makers of 'South Park' should review their decision to show it. Steve's family are still grieving.

"To lampoon somebody's death like that is unacceptable and so soon after the event is grossly insensitive.''

I have to admit that I watched the show last night and laughed my ass off. I know I'm a horrible person, but at least I can admit it.

Others Blogging: Savage Distortion, The Bullwinkle, DaBoysOf905

Bush: "Marriage Is A Sacred Institution Between a Man and a Woman"

And most Americans agree, but liberal, activist judges don't care what you think:

President Bush said the "sacred institution" of marriage between a man and awoman must be defended against what he called activist court rulings.

Bush briefly brought up the topic, unprompted, while raising money here for a Republican congressional candidate, a day after the New Jersey Supreme Court decided that same-sex couples must be given the same rights as married people.

The court left it up to the state's Legislature to decide whether to extend those rights under the structure of marriage, civil unions or something else.

The president said the ruling "raises doubts about the institution of marriage."

"I believe marriage is a union between a man and a woman," he said. "I believe it's a sacred institution that is critical to the health of our society and the well-being of families, and it must be defended."

Bush did not say how it must be defended. But he has advocated a federal ban on gay marriage. Earlier this year, a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage failed to win the needed two-thirds support in both the Senate and House.

Liberal activist judges continue to overturn the will of voters as well as the will of our elected representatives. And Senate Democrats continue to block votes on conservative judicial nominees all in the name of Leftist special interest groups who fill their pockets and dominate the Democrat agenda. More than any time ever a grass-roots coalition needs to form and confront a run-away judiciary as well as politicians who turn a deaf ear to their activism.

Others blogging: Stop The ACLU, Debunking God, Wake Up America

Unhinged Liberal Of The Week: Hans Blix

Yesterday, former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix described the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq as a “pure failure” that left the country worse off than under the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein.

Mr. Blix said the situation would have been better if the war had not taken place.

“Saddam would still have been sitting in office. OK, that is negative and it would not have been joyful for the Iraqi people. But what we have gotten is undoubtedly worse,” he was quoted as saying.

Feeding right into the eager embrace of the liberal press and providing new fodder for the upcoming November elections.

Genocide is not joyful, but capturing Hussein was worse.

And how much worse could it have gotten under Hussein? Mass graves are still being excavated, and according to the Documental Center for Human Rights in Iraq, estimated counts of civilian executions lie around 600,000, during his regime.

That is just the number of executions. Now, what about the tortures?

In 2001, Amnesty International released a report outlining the Hussein regime's legacy of torture. This report stated "methods of torture include extinguishing of cigarettes on various parts of the body, extraction of finger nails and toenails and piercing of the hands with an electric drill. Some have been sexually abused and others have had objects, including broken bottles, forced into their anus. In addition to physical torture, detainees have been threatened with rape and subjected to mock executions."

and let's not forget about the plastic shredders . . .

What an absolutely irresponsible and utterly dumb statement to make, especially for Blix, who one would think might know better, no matter what argument anyone may have about the validity of the war in Iraq. Too bad this sort of backwards thinking could greatly affect us all in 2 weeks.

Politiks As Usual: In The News 10/25/06

Medical Miracle: Twins Born, One Is Black And One Is White

Cindy Sheehan Can't Stand The Truth

"Flags Of Our Fathers" Whitewashes War History

NYC Mayor Bloomberg Admits That WTC Search For Body Parts Was Rushed

Madonna To Oprah: Media To Blame For Adoption Uproar

Howard Dean Refuses To Debate GOP Chairman

Bush Loves Google Earth

Michael J. Fox's Pity Dance . . .

Here is the controversial new commercial featuring Michael J. Fox, paid for by Missouri Senatorial candidate Claire McCaskill. The commercial is pretty shocking and it'll sure to rankle you: which is entirely the point. Either you watch this video and end up feeling so sorry for Foxthat you say "yes" to stem-cell research or you're just an evil person because you don't. No room for debate or the moral linguistics of those who are either on-the-fence or just flat-out oppose stem-cell research.

I happen to agree with some people who find this clip both tasteless and exploitative.

And remember Michael J. Fox is a professional actor.

Oslo Gay Animal Exhibtion

From BBCNews:

Curators say a Norwegian exhibition on homosexuality among animals has been well received, despite initial indications of strong opposition.

The Oslo Natural History Museum opened the show last week and says it has been well attended, not least by families. Organisers reported early criticism of the project, and being told by one opponent they would "burn in hell".

But there has been strong interest in an aspect of animal behaviour the museum says is quite common. It says homosexuality has been observed among 1,500 species, and that in 500 of those it is well documented. The exhibition - entitled Against Nature? - includes photographs of one male giraffe mounting another, of apes stimulating others of the same sex, and two aroused male right whales rubbing against each other.

"We hope to reject the all too well known argument that homosexual behaviour is a crime against nature." - Oslo Natural History Museum

"Homosexuality is a common and widespread phenomenon in the animal world," says an exhibition statement.

"Not only short-lived sexual relationships, but even long-lasting partnerships; partnerships that may last a lifetime." The museum says it is the first exhibition in the world to touch on a subject that has been taboo in the past.

So another chance for liberals, gays and gay "activists" to force their propaganda machine on little boys and girls by making the claim that since same-sex animals mate with each other, there shouldn't be any problem with human beings doing the same. Yet one can't think of a better argument regarding why homosexuality is wrong than to compare the behavior with animals. Which we aren't by the way, contrary to what the immoral Left (i.e. "Darwinists") might think.

Joe Lieberman Leads By 17 Points....

From Boston.com:

ARTFORD, Conn. --Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean delivered a strong endorsement of Ned Lamont Friday, even as a new poll shows the Greenwich businessman trailing U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman by 17 points with less than three weeks until Election Day.

"No one was going to stand up over the Iraq policy until Ned stood up and then the people stood up because Ned was a great leader," Dean said at a rally for Lamont and other Democratic candidates at a downtown sports bar. "We need Ned Lamont."

Dean's appearance came as a new poll showed Lieberman leading Greenwich businessman Lamont 52 percent to 35 percent among likely voters. Lieberman is running as an independent after Lamont rode a wave of anti-war sentiment to an Aug. 8 Democratic primary victory.

According to the poll, released Friday by Quinnipiac University, Republican Alan Schlesinger trailed with 6 percent and 7 percent were undecided. A similar poll released Sept. 28 showed Lieberman with a 10-point lead.

What with the election less than 3 weeks away, it seems as if the Left may be getting a bit concerned about their outrageous backing of One-Issue-Ned Lamont. Mind you, I dont even like Joe Lieberman (except for when he showed some guts by being one of the few Dems to tell Clinton that it's his wife's job to give him blowjobs, not interns). But any person who garners so much hate from the Left, gets nothing but support from me.

Go Joe!