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Posted at 10:14pm on Jul. 9, 2008 Newsweek via NPR: Obama "frankly naïve" (or: Obama, "Candidate of Change," Changes His Positions as Often as His BVDs)
By Crowe
(Another alternate title: Obamas, in fit of laughter, allow daughters to be violated)
By now most of you know that Obama went back on his word once again and allowed his daughters to take part in an interview on Access Hollywood. This, of course, is contrary to his consistent position that his daughters would be off-limits to interviewers during the campaign.
Then, this morning, he explained to Matt Lauer why this breach of his consistent position, something which he felt strongly about, was allowed to occur... He "got carried away in the moment," because "everybody was laughing." He assures us that it merely "cropped up" and that he simply "didn't catch it quickly enough." (H/T Michelle Malkin)
But then later today we found out more details on how the Obamas simply "got carried away." Richard Wolffe, a Senior Correspondent for Newsweek who has been covering the Obama campaign, was interviewed today on NPR's All Things Considered. (The audio is available via the All Things Considered website, sorry, no direct link available day of) He said that it was seven-year-old Malia's birthday and they were spending it in Montana [and, of course, this camera crew from Access Hollywood just happened to be there.]
Read on...
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Posted at 4:46pm on Jun. 27, 2008 Modern Liberalism Kills a Baby Boy
By Crowe
From the diaries by Leon...
A 14 year-old girl in Texas gave birth in her junior high bathroom, stuffed her son's mouth full of toilet paper when he started to cry, and then flushed her son in the toilet, thereby killing him.
I cannot imagine the terror and despair this girl must have been experiencing during her pregnancy -- knowing how fundamentally altered her life would be once the child was born, fearing her parents' reactions, fearing the sideways looks and hushed glances from classmates and people in general, fearing the great unknown of motherhood. Her fears were real and resulted in the death of a baby boy. She was paralyzed by those fears during the pregnancy, undoubtedly wishing it would "just go away," but without the means or wherewithal to procure an abortion -- who knows about the father of her child. But wishing her pregnancy would simply go away only resulted in that paralysis that allows time to pass and the natural consequences of chosen behavior to come to fulfillment. She gave birth nearly nine months after having sex, as nature dictates, after weeks of fear-induced inaction and useless wishing it away. She was afraid. Her son is dead. Her fears, however, were based entirely on a lie.
(More...)
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Posted at 1:26am on Jun. 15, 2008 Bush Campaigns(?) For McCain...?
By Crowe
Bush, though he still wracks up cash in fundraisers, mostly has been persona non grata on the campaign trail. But I wonder. Is Bush actually governing in such a way to help McCain's candidacy?
I haven't fleshed this out completely and I may just be tired, but please consider a few things that struck me this evening. I'm sure the good and sharp people 'round these parts will well assist me in putting this theory through a wringer.
Please read on...
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Posted at 11:34am on Jun. 10, 2008 Thanks, Andrea, for that moment of honesty...
By Crowe
So Andrea Mitchell threw the Obama camp (or at least "Democrat Strategists") under the bus in her apology to Bristol, Virginia for describing it as, "redneck, sort of bordering-on-Appalachia country.” The local paper "seethed" at this characterization and Mitchell apologized, revealing the source of that characterization...
I owe and [sic] apology to the good people of Bristol, Virginia, for something stupid that I said last week. I was trying to explain based on reporting from Democratic strategists why Barack Obama was campaigning in southwest Virginia. But without attribution or explanation, I used a term strategists often use to demean an entire community.
(emphasis mine).
more...
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Posted at 8:59am on Jul. 14, 2005 She already IS "American"
By Crowe
If you've not found Michael Yon's blog about his day-to-day experiences in Iraq as an author riding with the Command Sergeant Major and meeting ordinary Iraqis in their villages, you need to start reading him.
Especially the story about the future Dr. Viana...
"I want to be American. I will be American someday."
..."I will study to be doctor in London. Then I will move to Paris. Then I will move to San Francisco and be American."
...As I walked away, I wondered where courage is born to dream with such determination while living in a tent without running water tottering on the border between Iraq and Iran.
She already is "American." If not in citizenship, then certainly in optimism and daring to dream.
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Posted at 11:15am on Jul. 1, 2005 O'Connor's retirement imminent
By Crowe
FOX News' Brian Wilson is reporting as I type. Nothing online yet to link to.
Let the games begin.
My prediction: the filibuster's days are numbered.
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Posted at 11:30pm on Jun. 26, 2005 Ta-ta for Now...
By Crowe
I'll not be posting much here at Redstate for the forseeable future. Before I get to the reasons why, indulge me for a moment on what I think needs to happen for Redstate to be a better forum for its stated mission.
I've been on Redstate since darn near its inception. I remember when the founders were setting it up and the launch, and starting my account, not quite sure what to expect. It has really taken off, I like it lots. I've learned quite a bit, been challenged on some topics, and met some great people. There are some very smart, well-spoken people here who are genuinely interested in furthering Republican and conservative causes and spread the messages. There are some very smart and well-spoken people here who flatly disagree with the conservative and/or the Republican message, but who nonetheless present the "loyal opposition" and challenge well the conservatives and Republicans here... keeps us honest. We appreciate it. No, really.
But... (See the big "but" and my personal send-off below the fold...)
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Posted at 12:11pm on Jun. 18, 2005 "Progressives" Destroying Civilization
By Crowe
I know it's not right to just link to others' work from Redstate, but this essay simply cannot be missed.
an excerpt below the fold...
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Posted at 3:23pm on Jun. 16, 2005 Gitmo Opponents Make No Sense
By Crowe
"Those who are most urgently advocating that we shut down Guantanamo probably don't agree with our policies anyway." - Vice President Dick Cheney
They just won't let up. The hordes who, out of malice, ignorance, or some naïve desire for the United States to be "liked" - as though shutting down one detention facility will bring a springtime of good feelings the world over - continue demanding that Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay be shut down.
What, exactly, the United States should do with the 540-plus souls currently held there isn't quite clear though. Demcrat Senator Joe Biden insisted, "I think we should end up shutting it down, moving those prisoners." One of his donkey colleagues, Pat Leahy of Vermont agreed, "I think that eventually we have to [shut it down] because either that or at least have the administration come out and be honest about it, say who's being held there, why they're being held there."
The Senator from Vermont apparently misses a couple very important facts.
Read on.
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Posted at 9:36am on Jun. 6, 2005 D-Day: 51 years hence. French worth it?
By Crowe
51 years ago today began the liberation of an ungrateful people from their latest conquerors.
All talk about the evil of Naziism aside, considering the French themselves at that time and since then, was it worth it to free them? Or was that only a necessary by-product of defeating German National Socialism and the (then) rumored mass murder taking place in the name of the German people with or without their willful collaboration?
A few more thoughts below the fold...
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Posted at 10:23pm on Mar. 31, 2005 Terri Schiavo and speeding stops
By Crowe
As I skimmed the long thread about Schiavo's death, one theme among those who sided with Mr. Schiavo in this case is the necessity for the rule of law to be absolutely followed in every case lest the entire fabric of our nation be ripped to rags.
My thought is, how many of those same people appreciate that cops give leeway, at their discretion, on speed limits? A police officer, if he sees a minivan with a woman at the wheel going 55 in a 45, but otherwise being safe -- seatbelt, two hands on wheel, not swerving, it's a straight road -- he would likely let her go her merry way. But a sports car, little, red, tinted windows, loud music, etc., the police officer may be prone to pull that car over for going 49 on the same straight road...
Is the police officer justified in disregarding the absolute process of the law in the first case but not in the second, even though the former was guilty of a mroe egregious breaking of the law?
The parallel here, sure, perhaps Judge Greer was technically correct in the particulars of this case (which I dispute, but that's not the point here) and the application of law, but is man made to serve the law or is law made to serve man? Since there was no hard-and-fast certain way to know what Terri's thoughts were on living in that condition (not here considering the fact that a feeding tube is hardly "life support" -- another very important side topic I'm glossing over for sake of a point) since the only source was a man living with another woman with whom he has two kids while maintaining his "undying" love toward Terri, and who stands to gain a substantial amount of money upon her demise... Not an unconflicted witness if you ask me... Since there was no hard-and-fast way to know, aren't we supposed to err on the side of life? Shouldn't the law be bent to preserve life as it is to allow certain speeders to go on their way?
I won't be around to respond comments, very busy tonight and out of contact for the weekend, but I thought I'd float that...
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Posted at 6:52pm on Mar. 31, 2005 Top 10 Signs Darth Krempasky is on Friggin' FIRE!
By Crowe
Krempasky just finished a panel discussion on matters FEC-related. He did RedState proud. (Transcript isn't up at CSPAN.org yet, I -- or an editor with "update" abilities -- will post it later) A friend just emailed me the following in reference to it...
TOP 10 REASONS MIKE KREMPASKY IS ON FRIGGIN FIRE!
- Just bitchslapped chairman of the FEC Scott Thomas over a quote he made about "Billy Blogger in his basement with a Lyndon LaRouche t-shirt" while sitting right next to him.
- Is wearing his Phantom ring and Chairman Thomas's cranium is tattooed with skull marks.
- Wrestled Chairman Thomas to the ground as he tried to turn into a snake and crawl away.
- Thomas completely deferred to Mike's description of the law and has begun speaking to Mike rather than the moderator.
- As Thomas reformed himself after being frozen by liquid nitrogen, Mike shot him with a rocket launcher and kicked him into the furnace of a steel foundry.
- Compared big money in campaigning to the bubonic plague.
- First time C-SPAN has drawn more ratings among 10-18-year-old males than the scarmbled broadcasts of SPICE.
- His disclaimer in opening statements said, "My views are not that of my employer. They're the views of KREMPASKY THE ROCK, SO YOU CAN SHOVE IT UP YOUR CANDY ASS!"
- Started bellowing at Chairman Thomas "You can't HANDLE the truth! The truth is you WANT me on that blog! You NEED me on that blog!"
And the number one sign that Mike Krempasky is on Friggin' Fire:
1. Steven Hawking is calling Krempasky to ask what he makes of "all this dark matter s**t."
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Posted at 5:10pm on Mar. 28, 2005 Childish. childish.
By Crowe
So the left is trying to do what the Right has been doing and launch a website specifically designed to bring down a particular public official. In this case, it's John Bolton.
If you go to their "In His Words" page, you'll see a picture of the mustachioed future US Ambassador to the UN. If your computer takes a while to load the image, you'll see the "alt" description this picture was given by the folks at Citizens for Global Solutions:
"photo of woman"
(I opened the source code in a text doc and would paste it here, but all that code might do somethign strange to the RedState page. I have it for perusal, assuming they realize their juvenile gaffe and correct it...)
Not sure what kind of an "alt" description that's supposed to be, but it's a lame attempt at an insult.
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Posted at 10:43am on Mar. 16, 2005 Harvard Profs Ever LIKED the President?
By Crowe
"HARVARD FACULTY TURNS ON PRESIDENT"
If I didn't know that Lawrence Summers was in a heap o' trouble up at Harvard, that headline on Drudge linking to the NY Times account of the faculty censuring him would have been a bit of an odd statement, begging the question, "When were they ever with the President?"
Just sayin', that's all...
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Posted at 1:33pm on Mar. 7, 2005 "Human Scum and Bloodsucker" is New US amb. to UN
By Crowe
John Bolton is our new Ambassador to the UN...
Bolton, the former chief arms control official at State, was called human scum and a bloodsucker and was banned from the negotiating table by Pyongyang... sounds like a ringing endorsement of his anti-evil credentials to me.
Bush is not sounding a conciliatory note on international matters by putting Condi as Sec. State -- a woman with more cajones than any of the men she'll be confronting -- and a hard-liner from State as UN Ambassador. This is more of an "eff you."
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