Huckabee Slammed By Senior Aide
From CNN:
A senior aide to Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee admitted Friday that the former Arkansas governor had “no foreign policy credentials” after his comments reacting to the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto raised questions.
When a candidate’s senior aide admits the candidate knows nothing about the world beyond Arkansas, USA, the voters must take the aide seriously.
A vote for Huckabee might be more un-American than a vote for a Democrat. Either is vote for America’s collapse, but at least the Democrats know they’ll cause our downfall. Huckabee’s just plain clueless. The guy can’t point out Cananda on a map of Canada.
Previously, Huckabee was unaware of the National Intelligence Assessment that concluded Iran suspended its nuke program in 2003. He also thought Pakistan was west of Afghanistan, so don’t let him drive.
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Blog Burst Works! $248,000 for Fred
Congratulations, Fred. (Official announcement of success here.)
Congratulations, bloggers, especially Rick Moran.
Finally, good luck to Iowa. You have a chance to set us back on track.
blog burst, fred thompson
Hillary: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Lawyers don’t like to ask questions of a witness unless they know the answer the witness will give and can compel the witness to give it.
Hillary Clinton, whose troubles with questions from the people are the stuff of political legend, is employing the reverse of this lawyer’s rule: don’t take questions if you don’t have a good answer.
As Riehl World View explains that Hillary’s take NO questions in an attempt to avoid further gaffes, like not knowing how many children her close, personal friend Benazir Bhutto had. (Answer: 3. Hillary’s answer: 2)
hillary clinton, Iowa Caucuses
The Joy of Common Purpose
I planned to get new brakes on my car and to rearrange the storage room in the basement with my week off between Christmas and New Year’s. Solitary tasks.
Yesterday, though, like many of you, I read about the Blog Burst for Fred Thompson. I linked to Captain’s Quarter’s (where I first read the story), then to Rick Moran and John Hawkins, who seem to have launched the effort. For the rest of the day, I found myself e-mailing friends and posting updates about the effort to raise enough money for Fred to run a commercial in Iowa lead up to the caucuses.
My solitary plans fell asunder, as I took part in something larger than myself and my little goals.
With three and a half hours to go, it looks like Fred will get the quarter of a million dollars he needs. The money is only one part of his ambition; the other part is to close the 15-point gap between him and the Huckster. By comparison, the money raising has been a walk in the park.
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Helping, in a very tiny way, the noble aims of a larger group gives a satisfaction nothing else matches. Being a team sport athlete (hockey, baseball, basketball, football) and an actor, I am familiar with the feeling. Still, everytime it returns, whether it’s during the opening night performance of a musical or on the internet advancing a cause, I’m surprised. Surprised by joy, to steal a line from C. S. Lewis.
This is all a very long approach to thanking Sean, Rick, Fred, Captain Ed, and the others who’ve put this effort together. It cost me some time and a few dollars, but I’ve already earned interest in satisfaction. I’m sure others have, too. With all the complaining we do about politics, it offers an opportunity for ordinary folks to work on an extraordinary experiment in self-governance–the same experiment Lincoln spoke of “testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.”
Well, 140 years later, that nation breathes on. A little worse for wear in places. Few of us remember why Jefferson, Washington, Jay, Hamilton, Adams, and others launched this experiment. The notion of small government, educated self-interest, and federalism have become concepts that some can define but few can feel.
Fred Thompson feels these tenets of freedom as vigorously as Hamilton and Madison ever did. The concepts that founded our experiment and to which we are so conceived and so dedicated endure in his heart and mind. They permeate his words.
By taking a few hours and a few dollars to fuel such a noble campaign is tiny sacrifice. With the world ready shovel into America’s grave, Fred–and, if I may be so bold, you and I–stand between the grave diggers and our beloved experiment, yelling “Stop!”
Thank you all.
***UPDATE***
Gribbit offers much deserved praise for John Hawkins efforts on behalf of Fred.
Also, Fred08 leads off with a video thanking you for your support and a request, from Fred himself, for the final few dollars to put the ad buy blog burst over the top.
blog burst, federalism, fred thompson, gettysburg
Group: Bin Laden to release Iraq message - Yahoo! News
***UPDATE***
Michael Yon reports that UBL’s announcement has reached Western ears. Shockingly, UBL calls for uprisings in Iraq. [h/t Instapundit]
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Terror leader Osama bin Laden will release a new Internet message that focuses on Iraq and an al-Qaida linked insurgent group, a terrorism monitoring group said Thursday.The SITE intelligence group said the al-Qaida leader will discuss Iraq and the group the Islamic State of Iraq, a longtime foe of the Iraqi government and U.S. forces.SITE, which provides counter-terrorism information to government and private groups, said the announcement of the impending message was posted to Islamic militant Web sites earlier in the day.
Group: Bin Laden to release Iraq message - Yahoo! News
Perhaps this one will feature Brittney Spears, as this blog reported earlier this year.
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