And The Heads Start Rolling

One incumbent down... Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT)...

Bennett was a distant third in the second round of voting among nearly 3,500 delegates, netting about 27 percent of the vote.

Wiping away tears, Bennett called the political atmosphere "toxic" and said it's, "Clear some of the votes I've cast have added to that toxic environment, looking back with one or two minor exceptions, I wouldn't cast any any differently, even if I knew it would cost me my career."

The three-term senator was targeted by Tea Party activists and other groups for supporting the first traunch of TARP, or Troubled Assets Relief Program.

Bennett, 76, is the first incumbent to lose his seat in Washington this year.

FYI: "toxic" is career politicalese for "sour grapes". Enjoy your retirement Bob. Like I've said, Republicans have as much to fear this year as Democrats.

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When Liberals Attack... Each Other...

Isn't it funny how liberals always end up apologizing for actions that they normally lay at the feet of conservatives?

New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D) apologizes for using N word

New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a Democrat, apologized Monday for using the N word in a recent interview while recounting a phone call she had received.

"I apologize for having repeated a word I find disgusting," Maloney said in a statement. "It's no excuse but I was so caught up in relaying the story exactly as it was told to me that, in doing so, I repeated a word that should never be repeated."

Maloney, who is challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for the 2010 Democratic Senate nomination in New York, used the full racial slur in an interview with the Web site City Hall while taking aim at Gillibrand's record.

"I got a call from someone from Puerto Rico, said [Gillibrand] went to Puerto Rico and came out for English-only [education]. And he said, 'It was like saying n—r to a Puerto Rican,'" Maloney said. "I don't know-I don't know if that's true or not. I just called. I'm just throwing that out. All of her-well, what does she stand for?"

Fascinating isn't it?

Unrelated Side Note

RE: Puerto Rico ~ Get IN or Get OUT. This "Commonwealth" B.S. is getting old...

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Forty Years Ago: Mary Jo Kopechne

"Senator Kennedy killed that girl [Mary Jo Kopechne] the same as if he put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger." ~ George Killen - State Police Detective-Lieutenant who investigated the accident

Chappaquiddick Incident: Refers to circumstances surrounding the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, a former campaign worker for the assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York.

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Feeling Duped Yet?

You know that Obama's empty campaign rhetoric is becoming more and more transparent if the Human Rights Campaign is starting to notice. In response to the current administration's backing of DOMA, HRC president Joe Solmonese does what most liberals do when push comes to shove...

... Write a strongly worded letter.

As an American, a civil rights advocate, and a human being, I hold this administration to a higher standard than this brief. In the course of your campaign, I became convinced—and I still want to believe—that you do, too. I have seen your administration aspire and achieve. Protecting women from employment discrimination. Insuring millions of children. Enabling stem cell research to go forward. These are powerful achievements. And they serve as evidence to me that this brief should not be good enough for you. The question is, Mr. President—do you believe that it’s good enough for us?

One would imagine that the majority of the gay community who bought into all the hope and change would begin to see that it was nothing more than a slick politician playing a demographic to get elected. But considering Obama's stance on marriage has always been "between a man and a woman" (at least while he was running for the White House) and they still voted for him, I'm not holding my breath that his lack of action will give gay liberals that wake up call they so desperately need.

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Start Packing Nance...

Pelosi Fuels Fire on Interrogations

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (Calif.) assertion at a press conference this morning that the Bush administration and the Central Intelligence Agency misled her and the Congress regarding the treatment of suspected terrorists adds further fuel to the fire on an issue that has been on a low boil for weeks.

Asked whether she was accusing the CIA of lying to her during a 2002 briefing on the use of so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques," Pelosi said: "Yes, misleading the Congress of the United States, misleading the Congress of the United States. I am."


It's time for you to leave Nancy. At least the Speaker's office at minimum...

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Puppies, The Supreme Court, And Aristotle

S.E. CUPP: Obama’s Wacky Supreme Court Vision

What is “empathy,” exactly? Heinz Kohut, an Austrian-born psychoanalyst, said, “Empathy is the capacity to think and feel oneself into the inner life of another person.” Does our legal system really hinge on our judges’ ability to think and feel themselves into the inner life of plaintiffs and defendants? Sounds more like a job for Oprah or the dog whisperer.

The word “empathy,” according to its Greek derivation, means “physical affection, passion, and partiality.” I thought Aristotle said the law is reason free from passion? And, if justice is blind, I’m fairly certain she’s also impartial.

But more importantly who is on the receiving end of it by Obama’s definition?

How do we administer an empathy test? Will the Judiciary Committee present potential appointees with a hypothetical empathy stress test? “Box of Puppies: Good or Bad?”

Puppies? Good. Empathetic judges? Bad.

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Word Of The Day:

Id-i-ot [id-ee-uht] -noun: See Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski




From the al-Qaeda Times:

Ted Kulongoski, the governor of Oregon, thinks that Americans will need to scale back their consumerism because it is harming the environment.

“There’s a lifestyle issue involved in this, about our penchant for consumerism and consumption,” he said, while discussing his support for a state emissions cap-and-trade scheme during a recent interview in Portland.

Interesting idea. To curb all that consumerism goin' on, I suggest that anybody with plans for business or personal trips to Oregon ought to cancel them. I can see the chamber of commerce and travel board ads now:

"Oregon: We Don't Need Your Stinkin' Money!"

No wonder Oregon's yet another failed state. Maybe Chairman Obama can take over and drive them into bankruptcy.

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How About Gutless PC-ism?

The DHS released a lexicon of what they consider to be domestic extremist threats.

Finally, at long last, we are confronting the clear and present danger posed by "racial Nordic mysticism" and the "tax resistance movement".

Conspicuously missing from the 12-page document is the group that hijacked a couple planes and murdered over 3000 people.

I guess what they're saying is that Muslim extremism isn't a threat....?

Or maybe just not extremist enough...?

Or just not domestic....?

Can't say I'm having any luck figuring this one out.

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Hmmm... Color Me Skeptical

Jeb Bush, GOP: Time To Leave Reagan Behind

I'm deeply suspicious of any group that includes John McCain and a Bush helping the GOP regain its bearings. Mitt Romney too.

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Dear Arlen...

Arlen Specter confirms what we already knew...

Unreliable: –adjective
not reliable; not to be relied or depended on.

Synonyms:
undependable, irresponsible, untrustworthy.

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