Let The Over-Reach Begin

Lott has stepped down, which means that I do not have to shred my registration card. I am glad they did the right thing, and I am glad we can move on. Except we can’t. The left is now, to use one of their favorite terms, ’emboldened,’ and we are going to have to weather a number of blatant acts of race-baiting and pandering in the next couple of months. They think they can now tar the entire GOP as racist, and they are going to be doing anything they can to claim every last Republican is a racist fascist. Check out these comments posted by readers of the Daily Kos:

The Dems should figure out some kind of civil rights bill to introduce and let’s see how these “all inclusive” Repubs vote.

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Let’s be “Perfectly Clear”. The only reason Trent Lott is resigning is because he got caught being too far out in public with his racist remarks. Other Republicans do the same things behind the scenes as President Clinton so aptly put it. The Republican Party is the party of racists and bigots, openly, actively, and behind the scenes. Let us Democrats say this loudly and forthrightly. It is the Truth.

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Some sort of civil rights bill needs to be placed in the hopper on the first day of the next Congress. This bill needs to be introduced w/ great fanfare. It needs to be one that the GOP really will not like but will not have the courage to openly oppose. Let’s put the “party of Lincoln” on the spot.

Civil Rights ain’t about civil rights, you see. It is about political gain. It is about keeping African-Americans voting for Democrats. It is not about the dream of a color-blind society, but rather the Orwellian “All animals are equal, some are just more equal than others.” And, of course, if you oppose any of their proposals, no matter how bad they might be, you are a racist- why you are no better than Lott, or David Duke. This is how they intend to hijack the dialogue, with demagoguery, race-baiting, propoganda, and name-calling. And they will over-reach.

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I went to go see LOTR today, and guess what? Every showing is sold out. You know why? Because they gave precisely ONE FRIGGING SCREEN for what everyone knows will be the best movie of the year. One screen.

Have no fear, though. If you want to sit through 2 hours of sophomoric penis jokes, there are plenty of seats available for Rob Schneider’s The Hot Chick. An entire wasted screen for someone who can’t even spell funny, let alone entertaining.

Bastards.

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New Republic Jackasses

The dolts at the New Republic have me defending Ted Turner:

Five years ago, zillionaire Ted Turner was showered with praise when he announced he would give $1 billion to the United Nations by the end of the year 2002. Since then, in addition to constantly wringing his hands over the implosion of AOL-Time-Warner-General-Motors, or whatever it’s now called, Turner has bragged, bragged, bragged about what a great guy he is because of his incredible generosity.

Turner’s current net worth, according to Forbes, is $2.2 billion. This means he could easily keep his word, give the $500 million immediately and remain filthy rich, instead of endlessly promising. But why should he follow through when the media strokes and lauds him as if he already has–while Turner keeps the whole bundle for himself like a run-of-the-mill selfish rich guy, cackling as he counts his gold?

Point Number One: I know you hate the rich, but you come off as supreme ass-pirates when you call someone a zillionaire for effect and then state his wealth a 2.2 BILLION.

Point Number Two: Is it any of your Damned business what he does with his money? Is it any of your business how he fulfills his promise? When did you give a billion to the U.N.? Is the U.N. bitching?

They are probably just pissed that it is a billion less for them to confiscate when he dies. Then the billion could be spent on some asinine social program and REALLY wasted (although it is hard to compete with the U.N. for waste).

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My Friend Caz on Nelson Mandela’s Criticism of the U.S. (link is to Reuters story):

Former South African President Nelson Mandela criticized the United States
Tuesday for disregarding the international community as it prepares to wage war
against Iraq. He demanded respect for the authority of the U.N., urged the U.S.
to respect those democratic principles it holds dear in its domestic affairs,
stated that the long-term peace and security of our world depend upon scrupulous
adherence to the founding principles of the United Nations, and blah blah
friggin’ blah.

It’s easy to dole out socialism and anti-American sentiment from their NYC
highrise, choosing alliance with terrorists, ruthless dictators, and murderers
rather than the evil United States. Perhaps the UN will be the next terrorist
target, then they can pass another “tough” resolution and feel important. But I
doubt the terrorists would bite the hand that feeds them.

Well said, Caz.

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Media Bias

Several weeks ago, Gore and Daschle railed about the ‘Conservative media bias.’ Gore went so far as to call conservative influence in the media a ‘fifth column.’ To prove that there exists a massive conservative media bias, go check the NY Times fawning lead editorial congratulating Al Gore for essentially doing nothing:

Al Gore deserves the gratitude of the nation, and not just conflicted Democrats, for his unquestionably painful decision not to run in 2004 for the presidency. With liberating decisiveness, the former vice president is forgoing his ultimate goal

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