Thompson in South Carolina
27 June 2007I has the privilege today of attending a luncheon sponsored by the South Carolina Republican Convention. The luncheon was held in Columbia and the keynote speaker was Fred Dalton Thompson. When the opportunity to go to this presented itself, there was no chance I was going to pass it up.
Thompson spoke for about 25 minutes [...]
Is the War in Iraq Worth Supporting?
22 January 2007Unless you live on a deserted island you are aware that 2/3 of American no longer support the war in Iraq. That coincided precisely with President Bush’s approval ratings which are the lowest of his presidency and one of the lowest of all time. For a multiplicity of reasons, Americans simply do not support the [...]
Democrat Schizophrenia
5 November 2006Today Saddam Hussein was found Guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging. Predictably Democrats charged George Bush and Karl Rove with orchestrating the timing of the verdict to influence the election on Tuesday. Even Larry Sabato, Director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia said on FOX News [...]
A Failure of Diplomacy?
11 October 2006Any aggressive action by a foreign enemy is always characterized by Democrats as a failure of diplomacy in general and specifically, a failure of the Bush administration’s diplomatic policy. That leads to an obvious question. Do the Democrats believe that every problem around the world has a diplomatic solution? Conversely, do they believe that there [...]
It’s About Survival Stupid
11 October 2006On Townhall.com, Cal Thomas has a column that makes an astounding statement. “This election isn’t about House pages; it’s about survival” said Thomas. He’s exactly right. When Clinton defeated Bush 41, the Democrat tag line was “it’s the economy, stupid.” Today’s Republican tag line ought to be, “it’s about survival, stupid.”
Thomas says that congressional Republicans [...]
Polls, Politics and Real Leadership
29 September 2006There are many and varied people who disagree with George Bush’s approach to national security and the war with Islamic fascism. Some of those disagreements are serious and principled. But the DNC’s strategy in the mid-term election is not.
Whatever you think of Bush’s management of the war, no one honestly argues that he throws his [...]
NIE Games
26 September 2006The Democrats have made much hay over the last day or so over leaks from the NIE (national intelligence estimate). The claim is that the NIE shows that the US presence in Iraq has contributed to al Qaeda recruitment with the result that we are less secure than we were before 9/11.
President Bush has fired [...]
Islamic Bluster
16 September 2006Why is it that Islamic cleric and Imams can say pretty much anything about any religion or nation and they are never called to account for it. But let anyone say anything about Islam and all hell breaks loose?
Speaking at an academic conference in Germany the Pope quoted from 14th century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II [...]
The Moral Emptiness of the Left
13 September 2006I just read what was, perhaps, the best article I’ve ever read. It was written by James Lewis at The American Thinker and I wish I’d written it. It embodies what I have been thinking and writing in my head for some time. Since I can’t improve on Lewis’ work I’ll just let him speak [...]
The Power of a Name
7 September 2006For almost five years the term for the war we are engaged in has been the War on Terror. Many have rightly pointed out that terror is a tactic, not an enemy. You cannot wage a war against a tactic. But the larger point is why such a term was used in [...]
