Liars And Niger And Blair - Oh My!
By Barbara Stock (07/26/04)
Can you feel the excitement? The air in Boston is electric, literally, as surveillance cameras sparkle on every street corner. The Democratic convention is just days away and Boston is aglow after being scrubbed and polished for the big event. The world will be watching with breathless excitement for the entrance of the man they pray will defeat G.W. Bush in November.
The homeless have been removed and only the highest class of call-girls will be allowed near the convention. The balloons are being tucked into the nets overhead, the sound system checked, and roads are being closed causing traffic jams for the locals. Bostonians may actually vote for Bush because they may still be ticked-off about the inconvenience in November.
There have been a few bumps along the way to the pure bliss and joy of Democrat Party faithful declaring John Kerry the next president of the United States. John Kerry committed a major political faux pas when he left Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton off the speakers list. The hue and cry from the far left was instant and loud. It didn’t take long for Kerry to do an about-face and invite her to introduce her husband. This “introduction” has now evolved into a full blown speech that Hillary has said she will be “delighted” to give--in prime time. As long as there is a Clinton within a hundred miles of Boston, Kerry will play second fiddle, even on the night he is nominated for president. Neither Clinton will go quietly into that good night. All those in attendance are advised to bring their own oxygen supply; they will need it.
If the Clintons were not enough to deal with, Kerry has had to suffer through the embarrassment of one of the Democratic golden-boys getting a little tarnished.
Joe Wilson seems to have played with the truth in his report about Saddam attempting to buy uranium from Niger. Wilson sat in a Niger café sipping tea and holding court, then came home and filed a vague and false report. Wilson had denied his wife had a hand in his getting the job until that little memo from her recommending him, written on her letterhead paper, surfaced.
Those sixteen words, ''The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." in Bush’s State of the Union address--which he was crucified for saying--have turned out to be true. England’s Prime Minister Tony Blair stands by the statement, as does the British intelligence. In contrast to opposition here in the States, Blair’s political enemies did not affix believing bad intelligence on him, but accepted it for it was--bad intelligence. Are the Democrats embarrassed and apologetic--of course not. The Democrats got the mileage from the story they wanted, now it’s “old news.”
Then there was the love-fest at Radio City with Whoopi, and Chevy, and Jessica Lange, and a broadly smiling John Kerry and John Edwards crowing about how the Democrats represent “American values” as Whoopi played a word game comparing the president’s last name to a certain feature of the female anatomy. Looking like a dim bulb on a bright day, Chevy Chase--now over 60 years old--popped his gum and lamented that “Bush just scares me.” Awww Chevy, if you are good, your wife will wash your teddy bear so you can sleep with it tonight for security. Is this group the best the Democrats can find or just the richest? Most of these activist Hollywood celebs, who believe they could run the country better than President Bush, barely graduated from high school, if at all. After bashing Bush for polluting the air and water and only caring about the rich and oil, they had their limousines take them to their $3,000 a-night hotel rooms and then they jetted back to Los Angeles to their sprawling estates resplendent with a fleet of SUV’s, RV’s and staffs of cooks, housekeepers, nannies, gardeners, and chauffeurs.
This week has been a busy one for Democrats deflecting the embarrassing verbal slings and arrows shot out by their loyal followers. Linda Ronstadt cheered Michael Moore and his propaganda piece, "Fahrenheit 9/11,” as fact and when 25% of the 4,500 people at the “Aladdin” in Las Vegas--who were there to hear her sing and not wax political--stormed out, demanding their money back. She was promptly escorted from the building. In an interview, Ronstadt said she hates it when she knows “Republicans and fundamental Christians” are in her audience. Apparently, she is just so hateful that the simple fact of knowing those people occupy the same square mile that she does, upsets her. Will she start making people fill out a questionnaire before she lets them attend her concerts from now on? It’s another outstanding example of the wide and loving arms of the understanding and tolerant Democrats in America.
Another example of the love can be found in book written by Nicholson Baker called “Checkpoint: A Novel.” This book is nothing more than a thinly veiled assassination plot against President Bush. Written as fiction so he will not arrested, Baker makes no secret that it is the sitting president that he hates so much that he daydreams about someone killing him.
The case of the mysterious classified documents falling into the pants--and possibly socks--of ex-National Security Chief Sandy Berger is one for Perry Mason. It is alleged that on more than one occasion, Mr. Berger pilfered some top-secret documents pertaining to how his boss, Bill Clinton, handled the millennium terror threat, or more than likely, how he didn’t handle it. A nervous Berger came to the microphone and insisted that it was all just a simple mistake. He was sloppy, that’s all. Berger’s friends say he is a pack-rat and he often just walks off with things. It that’s the case, keep an eye on the silver if Berger comes to your house for dinner. “It’s funny,” said Bill Clinton. Oddly, the FBI and Justice Department aren’t laughing.
Frantic Democrats were wall-to-wall on the cable news channels within hours blaming Bush for this horrendous breach of security. Not the fact that a man who knows better walked of with--and then conveniently lost--classified documents; no, they are upset about the “timing” of this leak. The Democrats are insisting that Bush is responsible for this and are demanding an investigation! Missing documents? What missing documents? There is only one remarkable thing about the timing of this “leak.” What is amazing is that this story was kept secret as long as it was. After all, this IS Washington D.C.
While some of these Democratic accusations seem silly and childish, the results of the lies, the deceit, the alleged theft of classified papers and the non-stop Bush-bashing are beginning to show. Americans are getting sick of it all. As the Democrats frolic at parties with celebrities, and the NAACP labels the Bush administration the “Taliban,” the people are not amused. As documents disappear and partisan reports are nit-picked endlessly by the media, voters are tuning out. As John Kerry laughs it up with Whoopi Goldberg claiming innocent fun, he refuses to release the tape of that night.
Seeking some reassurance that there are normal, sane people in charge, I found it comforting to turn the channel and hear G.W. Bush say that he didn’t want to talk about Kerry, he wanted to tell people about all the great things being done by the America he loves. Bush wanted to share his vision for a safe and prosperous country where Americans can raise their families without fear of a terrorist attack. We are not there yet, but President Bush’s vision is much more appealing than the hate-filled black-hole that is the modern Democrat Party.
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