The Right State

The New York Post has a great editorial in which the leaked NIE is elaborated on.  While I would like to just link to it, there is too much that is just too good to leave alone.

How far will Democrats go for partisan gain?

Far enough to compromise national security?

Looks that way.

Late last week, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) suspended a Democratic staff member on suspicion of leaking a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) to The New York Times. The staffer’s security clearance was also blocked.

Initial reports on the NIE cited it as saying principally that the Iraq war had energized Islamist radicals and, in the process, increased the danger to America from jihadist terrorism. In fact, taken in its entirety, the document concluded just the opposite: that the military defeat of jihadists in Iraq would mean “fewer fighters will be inspired to carry on the [war].”

That’s a big difference.

And the selective leaking of the NIE - and the spin put on it by the Times and The Washington Post, among others - put the White House on the defensive and contributed to lagging poll numbers for both the president and the Republican Congress.

Which is likely just what the leaker intended.

This leak was never about protecting the country, it was about weakening a President in a time of war.  How far will the Dems go far partisan gain?  As far as they can get by with. The Democrats will do anything to win the Presidency and Congress, and I mean anything—lie, cheat, or steal.

And who should come riding to the rescue of the leaking staff member but Jane Harman, Democrat from California.

Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the committee, said she was outraged that the staffer was suspended and insisted that his access to classified material be reinstated.

This staffer leaked highly classified material to the press and Mrs. Harman wants everything to be forgiven as if nothing of consequence had happened.  Note to Congresswoman Harman—this leak harmed the United States of America.  It has possibly emboldened terrorists to kill more US troops.  It has damaged the credibility of a President in a time of war and has harmed the credibility of the United States.

What am I doing?  The Congresswoman obviously cares nothing about our troops, the credibility of this country or the President, otherwise she would not have shrugged off such a crime.  She cares more for the hopes and dreams of the Democratic Party than she does this nation.  She deserves the boot rather than re-election.

If Jane Harman is the best the Democratic Party has, then this nation may be in big trouble if the Democrats win the majority of the House.  To me, she represents the epitome of the ineptitude in the Democratic Party in their ability to protect the United States from terrorist attacks.

Tags: Terrorism, Corruption, Democrats by Chuck
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I knew I had reasons not to like that lying SOB from Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy, but now I have plenty more reasons including treason.  Let there be no doubt in anybody’s mind that Ted Kennedy is in politics for one reason, to help Ted Kennedy.  If this newly unearthed memo from the old Soviet archives is sound, it means that Mr. Kennedy had been working with the enemies of the United States to take down a sitting President.  As much as I do not like the man, I really hope its not true.  Otherwise, Kennedy should be taken out and shot (after a fair trial) as a traitor.

Michelle Malkin has more at Hot Air

Tags: Corruption, Democrats by Chuck
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All across this nation, politicians are talking about character. And yet it seems so few understand what it really means. There are some obvious examples of a lack of character: Senator Kennedy leaving the scene of an accident at Chapaquitic and Mark Foley sending IMs to a page are a couple which come to mind. But there are less obvious examples of character. Webster defines character as “one of the attributes or features that make up and distinguish an individual.” I have often heard character described as what I do when no one is watching.

The Texas governorship is said to be about character. And if it is, this set of photographs certainly describes the character of each candidate.

In the first, Rick Perry poses with other Aggies at a TAMU football game. Note the gig’em thumbs up characteristic of Aggies.

In the second, Kinky Friedman poses with friends as they discuss their mental age (1). Of course his pose reflects his campaign slogan of ‘Kinky for Governor: Why the Hell Not’

The outcome of this election may not only be based on character, but your definition of character. If this election is based on the character of the individual, Perry wins hands down. If the race is based on who is the biggest character, Kinky wins by a landslide.

Who said politics was boring?!

Hat tip: Lone Star Times

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Much has been made of the letter  Tan Nguyen’s campaign sent to Spanish speaking homes in southern California.  Nguyen is a Republican candidate running for the House seat currently occupied by Democrat Loretta Sanchez.  The letter notes in part:

Written in Spanish, the letter threatens: “You are advised that if your residence in this country is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in jail time.”

Loretta Sanchez has been crying foul ever since the letter became public.  The Orange County Republican Party Chairman called the letter ‘grotesque and obnoxious.’  Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for Nguyen to step down, calling the letter a ‘hate crime.’  Republicans and Democrats on both sides are calling for the embattled candidate to step down.  The problem is that the letter was right.  By law illegal immigrants can not vote and to cast an illegal vote is a felony.

In my home state of Texas, anyone who can pass a drivers test can also obtain a voter registration at the same time.  People working in the Department of Public Safety (DPS) are not allowed to ask if the applicant is an illegal immigrant.  In this regard Texas is not alone.  While trying to be racially sensitive, this country is allowing illegal immigrants by the hundreds of thousands if not millions to have a voter registration card.  A majority of states do not even require voters to show any kind of identification when voting.  This is a flaw that is just begging for abuse.  Without any kind of ID, there is no way to tell if someone has voted only once or multiple times or if the voter is legal.  When a state tries to require a voter ID, liberal courts strike it down saying the law creates a undo hardship on the voter.

What the liberals want is for everyone living in this country to vote, whether legal or illegal.    They know most Hispanics will vote for the Democratic candidate.  A few illegal votes here or there would not be that bad would it?

Al Barger posting on Blogcritics correctly points out the problem and the hypocracy behind the Democratic blustering.

But Nguyen is seriously being treated as a pariah and under criminal investigation primarily because he (or his office staff on his behalf) sent out a letter that said in Spanish that “if your residence in this country is illegal or you are an immigrant, voting in a federal election is a crime that could result in jail time.”

But what he said there is absolutely legally correct and proper. There have been numerous likely sounding stories of Democrat operatives actively recruiting illegal Mexican immigrants to vote. There’s been big opposition by Democrats in other places besides California to any idea of simply requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls, exactly because it would discourage their minions from hussling non-eligible people into voting booths.

Further, it is suspected that exactly such voting was how Ms Sanchez skinned ol’ B1 Bob Dornan out of this seat in the first place, back in 1996. Considering that this has been a tacit Democrat tactic, it’s only reasonable that the Republican candidate give people a general notice that such things are illegal - because they are.

Tan Nguyen is not on the hot seat because of Republicans, not Democrats.  The Dems are going to cry foul no matter what, but the Republican Party needs to grow a set of ba**s and stand firm on this issue.  Illegal immigrants should not be voting in this country, period!  To state that fact is not racist.  Nguyen is an immigrant from Vietnam and a naturalized citizen.  What is wrong with stating the obvious and demanding only people who can legally vote to vote in the upcoming election?

And now his campaign is under criminal investigation just two weeks from the election for something that was not a crime.  Not surprisingly the investigation was opened by the office of the Attorney General of California, a Democrat.  I only wish the Republican Party could show the backbone needed to stand up to their critics, especially when the critics are wrong as they are in this case.

Tags: Corruption, Democrats, Politics by Chuck
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