Neeever mind.
The Democrats need to replace their donkey emblem with a photo of Gilda Radner's SNL character, Emily "Neeever mind" Latella: After inveighing stubbornly for months about their non-negotiable demand for an Iraq withdrawal timetable, the Dems are pulling a Latella. The nutroots will not be happy. Via Politico:
Cut, run, hike, hike, hike.
Brilliant: Ways and Means ranking GOP member Jim McCrery shoots it down: Ways and Means Ranking Member Jim McCrery (R-La.) issued the following statement today in response to a Democratic proposal to impose a new surtax of up to 15 percent to pay for the costs of the War on Terror. “This proposal would be...
Read MoreMarc Danziger is raising money to fight retreatist politicians: I'm a liberal Democrat (pro-gay marriage, pro-choice, pro-progressive taxation, pro-equal rights, pro-environmental regulation, pro-public schools) who supported and supports the war in Iraq. As I tell my liberal friends "Did I miss the part where it was progressive not to fight medieval religious fascists?" I've been...
Read MoreSince January 1, I've published nearly 2,400 blog posts of all shapes, sizes, and subject matter. Many readers have asked for follow-ups on stories that especially touched their hearts, boiled their blood, and otherwise piqued their interest in a lasting way. Here are a few updates: What ever happened to Haleigh Poutre? The state of...
Read MoreMerriam-Webster announced theirs over the weekend. Here are your nominations. Readers sent in a few entries coined in previous years, but they've held their currency, so they made the cut:
Dirtbag then, dirtbag now My woman-to-woman advice for Nancy Pelosi today: To clean a house, you take the garbage out, not in. Jan. 12, 2006: Pelosi Announces ‘Clean House Team’ to Address Republican Culture of Corruption Oct. 13, 2006: Pelosi: It will take a woman to clean up the House Nov. 13, 2006: Pelosi ba
(Photoshop: Kathy Y.) They can't be serious, can they? Oh, yes they are. The Hill newspaper reports. You deride: And more from
The good, the bad, the ugly. Wizbang coverage *Livebloggers: Will Hinton * Drumwaster * Sister Toldjah * Ed Morrissey Summation so far: The Joementum is gone. And Cynthia won't be doing the electric slide tonight. Instapundit rounds up election coverage. Pajamas Media is wall-to-wall. Mortman: Happier days. Video of Lamont's cut-and-run victory speech.
***update: Kerry-Feingold defeated 86-13. Levin-Reed defeated 60-39.*** Ouch. Like the hapless Simpsons' character who can't stop walking into rakes, the Democrat Party is set to thwack itself in the head again today with two votes to pull out troops from Iraq with no regard for the conditions on the ground. WaPo:
***scroll for updates*** They were "barbarically" killed, according to the Washington Post. Allah has more--and notes that the next of kin have yet to be notified. Keep them in your prayers. An uncle of one of the soldiers is criticizing the government. Newsbusters has more. Thanks to John Little for linking to PFC Tucker's last...
Read MoreIan's got the video of Murtha on Meet The Press. Transcript here. After criticizing Karl Rove's "fat backside," Murtha put forth his fat-headed Okinawa plan: MR. RUSSERT: You say redeploy. Again, Mr. Rove challenges that comment. Let’s listen and give you again a chance to respond to the White House. (Videotape, Monday): MR. ROVE: Congressman...
Read MoreOn May 18th, I was one of many bloggers on the Right to condemn Democrat Rep. John Murtha for blabbing about the still-not-complete investigation of alleged war atrocities by Marines at Haditha. (Formal findings are not expected for several weeks.) Since Murtha's widely broadcast accusations of Marines killing civilians "in cold blood," at least one...
Read MoreAustin Bay takes down Grandfather Moonbat Walter Cronkite, patron saint of the Cut-and-Run crowd: How much longer before Cronkite ends up on Celebrity Big Brother?
Mudville Gazette has the details on an Army soldier who confronted Dem Reps. John Murtha and Jim Moran at a town hall meeting in Arlington, Va. Greyhawk transcribed the confrontation: "Yes sir my name is Mark Seavey and I just want to thank you for coming up here. Until about a month ago I was...
Read MoreA brilliant Six Meat Buffet creation: It's the perfect moonbat Christmas gift! *** Best comment so far: "Are there instructions in French?" *** Related: Paul Mirengoff analyzes the Dems' "Cut-and-Run-Lite" strategy. *** Previous: True colors Howard the Coward Dean Howard Dean's true colors Mark Steyn on the Defeaticrat Party.
The new "Retreat and Defeat" video on the White Flag Democrats is here. I still think the GOP needs to disseminate this photo far and wide, too:
Vice President Dick Cheney is set to give a major speech this morning defending the Iraq war at the American Enterprise Institute. The Washington Times editorializes: Ever since Mr. Bush's Veteran's Day speech rebutting the canard that he lied the country into war, congressional Democrats and parts of the mainstream media have responded by coming...
Read MoreJosh Trevino notes that No End But Victory is liveblogging a procedural vote to authorize a vote on withdrawal from Iraq here. Keep checking back. As of 5:49pm EST: 5:49 PM Eastern: Vote Update: 65 For, 102 Against GOP: 65 For, 5 Against DEM: 0 For, 97 Against More liveblogging at Euphoric Reality. Lucianne.com readers...
Read MoreQuote of the morning comes from the sports page. I'm not a baseball fan, so I hadn't heard about the slapping incident involving a Houston Astros baseman's wife at Chicago's ballpark on Sunday night. The wife of Astros second baseman Craig Biggio was smacked by a male fan who cut and run. Biggio's wife chased...
Read MoreVia AP: Hey, maybe the GOP leadership is finally listening: Now, if they'd just get a clue about illegal immigration...
Last week, I criticized President Bush for equivocating on the Gitmo question. Rumsfeld tried to do damage control then. And Dick Cheney will be attempting to do so again on FNC's Hannity and Colmes tonight. But it's too late. A Republican anti-Gitmo brigade has been born: - Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) joined the Left's Guantanamo...
Read MoreNRO's James S. Robbins takes apart the so-called "smoking gun" war memo that has the Left in a tizzy. More from Kevin Aylward at Wizbang.