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The Bush administration is notorious for its “background briefings” in which reporters are barred from identifying the “senior administration official” who answers questions. But sometimes there are subtle clues as to the briefer’s identity. See if you can out this anonymous source, from an official White House press office transcript titled “INTERVIEW OF A SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL, BY THE TRAVELING PRESS, Aboard Air Force Two, En Route Muscat, Oman.”

SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: “Let me just make one editorial comment here. I’ve seen some press reporting says, ‘Cheney went in to beat up on them, threaten them.’ That’s not the way I work. I don’t know who writes that, or maybe somebody gets it from some source who doesn’t know what I’m doing, or isn’t involved in it. But the idea that I’d go in and threaten someone is an invalid misreading of the way I do business.

“I would describe my sessions both in Pakistan and Afghanistan as very productive. We’ve had notable successes in both places. I’ve often said before and I believe it’s still true that we’ve captured and killed more al Qaeda in Pakistan than anyplace else. And I think we’re making progress in Afghanistan.” –Jess Bravin

One commentor wrote: “it’s Bush.”

Well, the Bush-impeachers are beside themselves.

Seems Governor Flip-Flop is siding with Patty Murray and Jay Inslee in calling Senator Moonbeam’s impeachment memorial a “distraction.”

Now bloggers-with-superior-spines are wanting to give Gregoire their latest super-cool put-down, their so-called “Spineless Citation.”

“Bushtool” says:

I agree with Bill Moyer that Inslee, Murray and now Gregoire all deserve spineless citations (pdf) from the Backbone Campaign.

Chad (The Left) Shue chimes in over at Washblog regarding 2nd CD Rep. Rick Larsen voicing his support of spinelessness also.

Maybe we can issue them all a “Brainless Citation,”  or perhaps a “Dickless Citation.”

Anyone want to come up with a design?

Connecticut’s Senator Joseph Lieberman, who has defied the Democrats in Congress and dared to support President Bush and the U.S. effort to democratize and free Iraq, has just fired a warning shot across the bow of the Democratic Party’s ship of state.  He has more than hinted that he may bolt the party and join the G.O.P. if Congress votes to withhold funds to back the troops and the war in Iraq.

Lieberman, now an independent but still counted among the Democrats, could accomplish many startling things if he decides to carry his threat forward.  First, he could give the President a much needed boost in his effort to stabilize Iraq with the addition of 25,000 troops in the Baghdad area to suppress the insurgents.

Second, he could accomplish what the November election did not and give the Republicans control of the Senate.  At present, the Democrats have a one-vote majority in the upper house, but if Lieberman carries through with his warning and switches to the G.O.P., the Republicans would then have that one-vote majority.

And, third, with his courageous stand as an Independent, Lieberman could send out a strong signal that all is not well in the Democratic Party and that the party is in dire need of a revolutionary switch in tactics and political philosophy.  In that regard, the Republicans could very well go to Lieberman’s support and help accomplish that switch in tactics and policy.

As a matter of fact, I have on several occasions called for Lieberman and those Democrats who have supported him in establishing himself as an Independent force to begun a total restructuring of the Democratic Party — which, in actuality, has become the Socialist Party in its actions toward building Big Government.

Oh, yes, I forgot one more extremely important factor in the Lieberman effort — one that could turn out to be the most important of them all.  In addition to remaking the Democratic Party and ending its dash toward Big and Bigger Government, the Connecticut senator could very well become a national favorite for the presidency in 2008, if he should choose to remain an Independent candidate.  If he should do so, I predict he will win in a landslide.

But, first things first.  Lieberman has supportive friends in both the Democratic and Republican Parties — men and women who think as he does and who also support the move to back President Bush and to win a total victory in Iraq.  Some observers have suggested that Lieberman should consider forming a third party, but I think that would be a mistake.

What is needed more than ever is to return to the days in which both parties supported the President in time of war — and to remake the Democratic Party in the image it once enjoyed prior to the adoption of Socialist measures by FDR and LBJ.  Also, the old Democratic Party needs desperately to return to its support of a strong defense force,  which was weakened considerably by Democratic Presidents Carter and Clinton.

Go get ‘em, Joe!  True Americans are with you, and, in truth, the future of the United States may be hanging in the balance as the war against international terrorism heats up.

I was just emailed this clip from a recent MSNBC broadcast featuring Keith Olbermann.

It’s an eight-and-a-half minute take-down of Secretary of State Condoleza Rice.  It’s viscious, sexist and racist.  If you hate Bush, I guess it’s okay to for a white man to degrade a black woman of high office to a national audience.  (See movie review about a civil rights documentary a few posts below).

Olbermann goes over the top.  He is no Eric Severeid and never will be.

I post it because I was disgusted by him, I was appalled by his behavior on national television, but I thought you should know the hate and anger that’s inside America’s Left and media today. This is their raw nerve exposed. Will you ever trust anything on MSNBC after this?

Hello.  Governor Gregoire?  You there?

Call it the disappearing act as the Viaduct issue goes to a vote of Sleezeattle.

Governor flip-flop is no where to be found.  No, wait.  She’s attending a confab of five western governors who are pledging to do more to fight carbon emissions than the feds.  Oh, God, what’s that going to cost?

Meantime, real leaders, former Governors Dan Evans, a Republican, and Gary Locke, a Democrat, wrote an op-ed in today’s Times urging a “no” vote on rebuilding the viaduct.

The current viaduct was built in the 1950s and was a solution that fit the times. The waterfront was a dirty and dangerous place, and it made sense for Seattleites to drive above it.

However, the consequences of that decision have been profound. Seattle’s waterfront is disconnected from the city as the viaduct has literally put a wall between Seattle and its waterfront. The area beneath and around the viaduct is dark, dirty and noisy. Areas under the viaduct prove to be dangerous breeding grounds for theft and crime, discouraging people from walking on this public land.

Taking the viaduct off the waterfront and returning this precious waterfront to public use will be a great gift to future generations. It will help our economy and environment, inviting people and jobs to Seattle and surrounding areas. More downtown green space will also encourage residents to live downtown and reduce sprawl.

In our state, former governors seem to lead more effectively than the one holding the office.

For Further Information, Contact:
Nicole Williams, (615) 383-6431
editor@tennesseepolicy.org
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Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own “Inconvenient Truth”
Gore’s home uses more than 20 times the national average 

Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.

Gore’s mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).

In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.

The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh–more than 20 times the national average.

Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh–guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.

Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.

Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.

“As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk the walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.

In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.

I want to know why Gore needs so much electricity.  Any ideas?

While Hollywierd celebrates Al Gore’s work of fiction, An Inconsistent Truth, here’s one documentary that is totally ignored, but far more factual: Emancipation, Revelation, Revolution.

It’s a work focussing on civil rights by Nashville native Nina May who was inspired when Bill Clinton said that Republicans were racist.

 ”Coming out of the South, knowing the history of segregation — you couldn’t be a Republican in the South,” she said, recalling the “Solid South” era of Democratic dominance in Dixie. “I’m tired of being called a racist. The Republican Party is the party of civil rights. … So I said, I’ve got to do something about this.”

So, she interviewed black conservatives and put together a movie to set the record straight.

“The Republican Party was founded specifically to abolish slavery,” says Mrs. May, a writer who lives in McLean. “The first nine planks for the Republican Party dealt with civil rights for blacks. Republicans fought for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments … [against] total opposition from the Democrats.”

So far, the movie is getting scattered screenings and reviews around the country.  DVD’s are available for purchase.

The film was praised by leading black conservatives. “Our history has long been ignored by Hollywood filmmakers, and this film corrects that oversight,” said Frances Rice, chairman of the National Black Republican Association…

“Look at [Republican Lt. Gov.] Michael Steele up in Maryland — he had Oreo cookies thrown at him” during his 2006 Senate campaign, Mrs. May said. “Nobody in the Democratic Party stood up to condemn that.”

The film does not pull any punches.

Do you think the Federal Way School District which okays the screening of An Inconvenient Truth would okay this film?

Hey, Ron Sims.  Hey, Chrisitine Gregoire.  Hey, Frank Chopp.

Have any comment about the sad story in the Sleazeattle Times today, that 83 high-risk felons including level three sex offenders were released last week because of overcrowded jails?

As you push your socialism agenda “in the name of the children,” your lack of leadership in crime prevention means our children have a higher probability of getting raped or murdered.

School and the doctor’s office, dear Dems, means nothing if you are dead.

“We’ve had officers killed, we’ve had officers injured, and all of them at the hands of somebody who should have been in prison,” Seattle Police Officers’ Guild President Rich O’Neill said Monday. “You make a judgment call; you better be right. If one of these sex offenders gets out and re-offends, who is responsible for it?”

Once again, the Dems screw up priorities as they push their agenda of socialism, unionization and environmentalism.

As if Patty Murray and Jay Inslee weren’t liberal enough, the dingbats want to issue them ’spineless citations’ for lobbying against State Senator Eric Oemig’s impeachment memorial.

Rep. Inslee and Sen. Murray are the ones who are out of bounds. Truly progressive representatives would never try to keep the people they represent at bay. To the contrary, they would take off their tennis shoes and loafers, put on some “shit kickers” and fight with us, not against us.

This is another example of how the anti-war, far-left are pressuring Democrat elected officials to jump off the cliff. The same groups also think holding a ‘Liberal Pride Day’ Parade March 4th in Sleazeattle would benefit them in the same way Gay Pride Parades have benifited the gay and lesbian community.  Ah, street theatre.  How tribal.

Ah, the people taking to the streets.  Show the brute force of the people’s muscle.

Don’t these people have jobs and a family?

David Postman writes about the disciples of Al Gore and their evangelical mission.

Gore is being coy, but can you imagine a Hillary-Obama-Gore free for all?  We could sell tickets.

Whatcom’s Wally has posted a satirical re-write of Chicken Little as background info for an Inconvenient Truth.

Once upon a time there was a tiny, tiny chicken VP named Chicken Little Al Gore. One day Chicken Little Al Gore was scratching in the garden when something fell on her head.
“Oh,” cried Chicken Little Al Gore, “the sky is falling globe is warming. I must go tell the king American People Hollywood!

Great use of strike-through.  Worth a quick read.  Makes me glad Al Gore invented the internet.

You wouldn’t know it reading the Seattle Times, but government-run health care is being engineered by the Democrats in Olympia.

Bills relating to universal health care are progressing through committees and hearings.

They include:

HB 1886 - Creates a single payer, government-run universal health care system

HB 2098 - Governor’s proposal to mandate “Blue Ribbon Panel Recommendations”

HJM 4005 - Joint Memorial to Congress petitioning for a Universal Health Care System run by the ever-so-efficient government

Universal health care for 600,000 Washingtonians (HB 1886) gets a hearing tonight (Tuesday) in the House Health and Wellness Committee.  As this bill tracks, you can expect Chair Eileen Cody [D-West Seattle] to once again ignore Republican requests to see a fiscal note before voting.  The Dem’s are not only socialistic, but also fiscally irresponsible for passing costly legislation that will sap the budget in the years to come.

If you think I am wrong about socialism, then read the memorial to Congress to establish universal health care.  It calls for Congress to provide health care including mental health and long-term care to everybody including non-citizens.  This is Eileen Cody’s road map and apparently Speaker Chopp is letting his caucus run with it.

HB 2098 has a hearing in Appropriations this afternoon (Tuesday).

And the memorial has passed out of Rules for second reading.

Wake up, Washington, you are getting socialized medicine.

Interesting article by Bruce Bartlett that should give Republicans cheer.

He analyzes the electoral college results of 2000 and 2004 and concludes:

Although we are two years away from the first ballot being cast in the 2008 presidential election and don’t even know who the candidates will be, we already know a great deal about how the race will turn out. Historical trends tell us that the Republican candidate will be very tough to beat regardless of who he is.

He makes a convincing argument.  And it is strengthened by his analysis of census trends and shifting electoral votes every ten years.  Republicans are winning that trend.  He points out, for instance:

…if the population distribution in 2000 had been reflected in the Electoral College that year, Bush would have won 278 electoral votes instead of the 271 he was officially awarded, and Gore would have had 259 votes instead of the 266 he got. If the final electoral vote had been 278 to 259 instead of the actual 271 to 266, much of the rancor over the results might have been avoided.

And, for the good news.  In 2012:

The 2010 census is likely to accelerate the Republican advantage. According to preliminary estimates by Polidata.org, 13 electoral votes will probably shift before the 2012 election. States that Bush carried twice will gain another seven net electoral votes, and those carried by Gore and Kerry will lose six net seats.

Last week anti-war demonstrators in Bellevue interupted Senator Murray in a meeting with police with an idiotic demonstration.  (See video). 

These same ding-bats will, no doubt, be down in Olympia Thursday when a senate bill to impeach Bush and Cheney gets a hearing at 3:30pm. It’s going to be a circus as anti-war celebs from around the country are planning to be there.

David Postman says the Democrat Congressional delegation is trying to get the bill killed because it is too distracting.

Commenting in today’s Wall Street Journal, Senator Joe Lieberman said Congressional undermining of the war effort will have dire consequences:

In fact, halting the current security operation at midpoint, as virtually all of the congressional proposals seek to do, would have devastating consequences. It would put thousands of American troops already deployed in the heart of Baghdad in even greater danger — forced to choose between trying to hold their position without the required reinforcements or, more likely, abandoning them outright. A precipitous pullout would leave a gaping security vacuum in its wake, which terrorists, insurgents, militias and Iran would rush to fill — probably resulting in a spiral of ethnic cleansing and slaughter on a scale as yet unseen in Iraq.

Lieberbam is worried that Congress will support the ‘bleed’ strategy of Speaker Pelosi and Representative John Murtha, ranking member of Appropriation’s Subcommittee on Defense.  That strategy ducks an unpopilar vote to de-fund the war, but would have nearly the same effect by putting many conditions on future war appropriations which the military would be unable to meet.

I  appeal to my colleagues in Congress to step back and think carefully about what to do next. Instead of undermining Gen. Petraeus before he has been in Iraq for even a month, let us give him and his troops the time and support they need to succeed.

This may be a critical warning to the mommy-crying anti-war crowd:

We are at a critical moment in Iraq — at the beginning of a key battle, in the midst of a war that is irretrievably bound up in an even bigger, global struggle against the totalitarian ideology of radical Islamism. However tired, however frustrated, however angry we may feel, we must remember that our forces in Iraq carry America’s cause — the cause of freedom — which we abandon at our peril.

Lieberman may have to play his trump card and leave the Democrat caucus.  If he does, the senate flips to the Republicans, and secures the future for America.

Newt Gingrich, the brilliant architect of the Republican landslide in 1994, says Republicans need to communicate three messages to the voters:

1. America is faced with historic challenges that require historic responses. That is a much different style and approach than we get out of traditional politicians and their traditional consultants.
2. If we do the right things and implement the right changes, we can build a better, safer, freer and more prosperous America. We should have the nerve to go into every neighborhood and every community and explain why our better future will work. The liberal welfare state has failed, and its bureaucracies cannot be defended if we focus on the human costs of their failures. It is our challenge to focus on the big choices, the big truths and the big contrasts, not on the petty politics of personal viciousness that characterize so much of the current system. 
3. This choice between a failed liberal, welfare-state future and an exciting, successful, conservative, opportunity- society future requires transformation at all levels of American elected office (511,000+ elected officials) and not merely the oval office.

He predicts the campaign will be viscious ala the Johnson-Goldwater campaign of 1964.  The former Speaker has a great mind, and he is a keen political observer.