While I was at TPM earlier reading the Greg Sargent piece on the McCain blogger call, I noticed the Left is pushing yet another blatant lie - that McCain wanted to have a dialogue with Hamas. Haha. As if.

Thankfully, I don’t have to tear that lie apart, because Ed Morrissey has already done it.

The Left has had a field day with an expertly-clipped YouTube excerpt from a John McCain interview in January 2006, shortly after Hamas won the Palestinian Authority election. Former Clinton official James Rubin uses it for a dishonest attack on McCain, calling him a hypocrite for tying Barack Obama to Hamas while McCain supposedly supported diplomatic contact with the terrorist group. In doing so, Rubin and McCain’s opponents misrepresent both the Hamas issue and the larger context of McCain’s remarks.
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The context here is crystal clear. McCain envisioned a possible change in Hamas from a terrorist group to a legitimate political party, one that recognized Israel and renounced violence. Under those conditions, McCain said that we could engage them in talks designed to establish peace, and only under those conditions.

More of the same distortions of the truth (aka lies) from the Lefty Liars, as usual. Nice try, chumps.

I wonder, will they go with this lie during the next blogger call?

Here’s the part they conveniently “forgot.” Notably, so did Obama (biggest liar ever to seek the Presidency, perhaps?)

(Cross-posted from MVRWC)

You just know that the Democrats are going to continue whining about what Dubya said yesterday about appeasing terrorists, terrorist leaders, and terrorist countries. Interesting thought, which I have heard expressed by a few pundits: why are the Democrats protesting so much? Could it be because Bush was 100% correct? Sure seems that way.

If Obama’s people are saying that the comments were directed at him, why would they think that? Could it be because he has said that he would do exactly what Bush said was a really, really bad idea?

Surrendie is sad today, because he was out protesting something or other yesterday, so wasn’t able to make a special Thursday appearence, and missed all the hubub.

Surrendie thought it was early May, not the last day of October

Code Pink is now resorting to witchcraft to beef up the number of its supporters protesting Berkeley’s controversial Marine Corps Recruiting Center.

The women’s anti-war group has told ralliers to come equipped with spells and pointy hats Friday for “Witches, clowns and sirens day,” the last of the group’s weeklong homage to Mother’s Day.

Well, the clowns part makes sense to me.

“Women are coming to cast spells and do rituals and to impart wisdom to figure out how we’re going to end war,” Zanne Sam Joi of Bay Area Code Pink told FOXNews.com.

How is protesting a recruiting center going to do that? They should just say they hate the military and be done with it, but, we all know that Liberals lie about their intentions.

The group’s week of themed protests, which included days to galvanize grannies and bring-your-daughter-to-protest, appears to have done little to boost its flagging numbers.

A FOX News camera, which has a 24/7 live shot of the recruiting center’s front door, recorded little action, and the gatherings have, until this point, been ill attended.

Check the Fox News article, which has a link to said camera. I’m looking forward to some photos from the Credentialed Media and, hopefully, Zombietime, of the idiocy.

Witches photo came from Michelle Malkin.

Surrendie demanded that he be included today, and, since his teeth are rather sharp and he has been known to fling poo, I decided to aquiesce to his request

House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) told Cybercast News Service on Tuesday he will move to end the Iraq War with an immediate termination of funding if a Democrat becomes president next year.

“I will move to cut funding immediately,” said Frank. “I have already done that. I voted against the war and voted to cut the funding. I would hope a Democratic president would put in place a plan that would begin a total withdrawal.”

So far, neither of the Democratic presidential candidates, Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, has been willing to unambiguously commit to a plan to remove all U.S. troops from Iraq by 2013.

Look, there have obviously been problems with Operation Iraqi Freedom. Some were ones that should have been known about, some are simply Monday morning quarterbacking, with some of those falling in the category of seeing Eli Manning overthrowing the recievers for over a season till his mechanics were finally fixed. Regardless, we are there. We are very close to achieving the post war objectives. Did you know that one of the Surge brigades is being withdrawn? This would be the 3rd one, and it is due to progress.

The Democrats are basically taking the position of Al Qaeda and the hard core Arabs: run away, America, run away. Democrats prefer a weak and demeaned America. They, like so many around the world, want America reduced. But, who do they think will fill the power vacuum?

The Surrender Monkey is thrilled that the Washington Post is in the tank for the Obamessiah. They have a cute editorial up Gas Tax Gotcha: Sen. Obama’s courageous stand in favor of fuel conservation. To start off, the WP seems to be advising that the gas tax be raised, as

The Congressional Budget Office has calculated that a 50-cents-per-gallon increase in gasoline taxes would contribute more than $300 billion to deficit reduction over five years, while reducing traffic congestion, dependence on Middle Eastern oil and greenhouse gases.

In other words, it would make it that much harder to pay for the fuel to get to work. Not all of us live or work in an area that mass transit and/or car pooling is easily available. Some areas just are not great places for mass transit. Cities like DC, NY and LA are easy. A place like the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area are not, except for small jots across town.

Moving on to the Messiah

We do not underestimate the impact of high fuel prices on families that need their cars to get to work and school. But the gas tax is one component of the per-gallon price that comes back to benefit the motoring public, in the form of funding for road construction and maintenance. Much of the rest leaves America, going to such places as Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Ms. Clinton proposes a windfall profits tax on U.S. oil companies to recapture the revenue forfeited by her proposal. Similar ideas have failed in the Senate because of oil-state objections; this one undoubtedly would, too. We have to agree with Sen. Barack Obama, the only candidate who has refused to play this game. “It’s not an idea to get you through the summer,” he said. “It’s an idea to get them through an election.” His opponents no doubt hope that Mr. Obama’s stand will prove to be political suicide. We think it qualifies as political courage.

First, the windfall profits tax, which Senator Barack NMN Obama supports as well, will not solve the issue. It is simply taking money from companies that do not set the price of oil itself. If you own a company, and you buy your extremely important to the US economy widgets for $1 each, then sell them for a 10% profit, you make 10 cents. If the company who sells you the widgets raises the price to $2 because the stock market traders are increasing the price, you will now sell the widgets for $2.20, still the same 10% markup. Hillary and Obama come in and say “we’re taking that extra 10 cents: you didn’t earn it.” Are you a little pissed off?

2nd, other then a windfall profits tax and some yammering on about “alternative energy” with zero detail, Obama has not ideas or plans. Nor does the Post. I guess that is what stands for political courage nowaday’s. To stand for nothing but empty rhetoric.

All the ideas out there, such as drilling in ANWAR, off the California and North Carolina coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, building new refineries and nuclear plants, alternative energy source, etc, are about 30-40 years to late. If we start now, it will not help for at least 10 years. Driving less is like putting some tape on a leaky pipe you should have replaced.

This is making Surrendie nuts, and is sure to make the Nutroots even nuttier

People who believe the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision giving the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush was politically motivated should just get over it, says Justice Antonin Scalia.

Scalia denies that the controversial decision was political and discusses other aspects of his public and private life in a remarkably candid interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl, this Sunday, April 27, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

“I say nonsense,” Scalia responds to Stahl’s observation that people say the Supreme Court’s decision in Gore v. Bush was based on politics and not justice. “Get over it. It’s so old by now. The principal issue in the case, whether the scheme that the Florida Supreme Court had put together violated the federal Constitution, that wasn’t even close. The vote was seven to two,” he says, referring to the Supreme Court’s decision that the Supreme Court of Florida’s method for recounting ballots was unconstitutional.

Furthermore, says the outspoken conservative justice, it was Al Gore who ultimately put the issue into the courts. “It was Al Gore who made it a judicial question…. We didn’t go looking for trouble. It was he who said, ‘I want this to be decided by the courts,’” says Scalia. “What are we supposed to say — ‘Not important enough?’” he jokes.

Ouch! But, they do not want to move on. They feel very comfortable living in the past, pretending the The Goracle won the election and it was stolen from them by that guy who is too stoooopid to be pResident, but wiley enough to steal the election.

• Blue Girl, Red State calls it judicial activism. I’ve always wondered why Dems are Blue, instead of commie red. I get it now. They are Blue because they are always depressed.
• Crooks and Liars, a perfect name for a liberal blog, calls it “an insult to America and the planet.”
• Hullabaloo, in reference to getting over it, writes “Nev. Er.” Are you surprised?

Be prepared for round 3 of election stealing calls when McCain wins.

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The Surrender Monkey is not sure what to think of recent comments by Democrats, particularly Rep. Gary Ackerman, about Iran

Frustrated U.S. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle slammed the Bush administration Thursday for an Iran policy they charged lacks direction and has failed to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

In an often contentious joint hearing, House committees dealing with foreign affairs, the Middle East, terrorism, nonproliferation and trade said the United States has not imposed strict enough sanctions against Iran to stop it from advancing its nuclear program.

“Within the next two years, there is a real possibility that Iran will have the means to make an atomic bomb,” said Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-New York. “The reason for this awful truth is that they wanted it more than we wanted to stop them.”

“Future generations of Americans will neither understand nor forgive this appalling foreign policy failure,” he added.

Last time I checked, it is really the job of the Congress to impose actual sanctions, but, moving past that, Bush has been doing exactly what the liberals have said he doesn’t do, namely, working with others and going through the United Nations. I’m not quite sure how it is Bush’s fault that the United Nations has failed to impose stronger sanctions, but, consider that so far, in this whole debate, Democrats have been whining about taking a tough stand with Iran, something they did not really want to do.

And, when imposing sanctions, one must have a stick. The Democrats started saying “don’t you dare even consider bombing Iran, much less invade.”

Democrats applauded and said “see, we told you!” when the NIE came out saying that Iran gave up their nuclear bomb program. They were then rather quiet when other intel services, plus the U.N., said “nope, wait a minute, they are still working to get the bomb,” which is exactly what the Iranians have been telling the world.

Jeffrey Feltman, the State Department’s principal deputy assistant secretary for the Middle East, told the House committees there was some evidence the approach was working, noting that firms and banks around the world are curtailing business with Iran because of the risks involved.

“Our hope is that Iran’s calculus will change as this incremental pressure increases,” Feltman said.

Ackerman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, countered that “having a policy of hope is horse dung,” charging the sanctions have not changed Iran’s behavior.

I’m guessing Ackerman is a Clinton supporter.

Telling Iran that we will impeach Bush if he attacks them to stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions is also horse dung

Surrendie is thrilled, because he was allowed to branch out and look at people who are not part of the government, are not politicians or big time political wonks, but, instead average old bloggers. And, since the sheer terrorist supporting/Israeli hating moronity (I know, not a word) of Steve Clemons appears on the Huffington Post, hey, it’s representative. BTW, his own site is Surrender Monkey worthy, too!

Ben Smith of Politico points out that Barack Obama has “drawn a line” regarding which of the world’s problematic bad guys should be met by Presidents like himself — and Jimmy Carter. He thinks Carter should not meet any Hamas leaders.

I guess isolation works for some and not others — but ah, just when does one know in Obama’s play book?

Apparently, he’s OK meeting Israeli leaders because they disavow terrorism — but still they protect and establish illegal settlements and have installed more roadblocks and inhibitions to Palestinian mobility than was the case since the November 2007 Annapolis Summit. And while knocking Carter’s efforts, Obama fails to articulate how any negotiation that does not include in some way a wrestling match and attempt at a negotiation with Hamas will be stable enough to believe in. (snip, after lots of anti-Israel/pro-Hamas bloviating)

Former President Jimmy Carter is right to try and do what can be done to kick the tires of an alternative, internal solution to the political division of Palestine. His work may fail — but the effort is worth exploring.

I’ve mentioned the Carter to meet with Hamas kefuffle a few times at McCain Blogs. Most people would say “not a good idea.” But not hard core progressives! They love the idea of enabling terrorists and destroying Israel. Clemons is also highlighting that he doesn’t really understand the issues, and sure doesn’t understand isolation. And let’s not forget a failure to understand the intentions of the Islamists, which run anywhere from destroying Israel, to convert or kill the infidel, to a worldwide caliphate.

Surrendie is really feeling good now!

Late afternoon update: Hot Air has video of Mary Katherine Hamm discussing Carter wanting to meet with Hamas.

CP’d at Pirate’s Cove.

Say, have you joined the McCain Blogs blogroll yet?

Surrendie is truly happy about the poll that says the People think everything really sucks right now

Americans are more dissatisfied with the country’s direction than at any time since the New York Times/CBS News poll began asking about the subject in the early 1990s, according to the latest poll.

In the poll, 81 percent of respondents said they believed “things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track,” up from 69 percent a year ago and 35 percent in early 2002.

The question asked was “Do you think things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel that things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?” I bet the folks at the Times and cBS are partying it up today over this poll, which makes them happen, but, of course, being liberals/progressives, being happy will make them sad.

The dissatisfaction is especially striking because public opinion usually hits its low point only in the months and years after an economic downturn, not at the beginning of one. Today, however, Americans report being deeply worried about the country even though many say their own personal finances are still in fairly good shape.

Face it, the media has been talking about how bad the economy was for years. Despite a great economic upturn after the short recession at the end of the 90’s/early 2000’s, the media general never said there was anything good. Record jobs growth, GDP doing well, housing was going swimmingly, yet, the drumbeat from the Credentialed Media and the Democrat party was that everything sucks.

But, you know what? The poll may be correct. We have Democrats in Congress trying to constantly surrender in Iraq, reduce our national security, increase taxes, and do all the crazy progressive things they do, and they have a guy who is considered the most liberal Senator for 2007, and who likes to cavort with racists and terrorist, running for President, with a chance to actually win.

And yes, the economy is having a downturn. That happens. Basic economics. But this is why we need John McCain, who is not all about doom and gloom, but about optimism and positive, forward looking policies. Pure and simple.

Oh, and the BDS?

The unhappiness presents clear risks for Republicans in this year’s elections, given the continued unpopularity of President Bush.

Earth to cBS/Times: Bush is not running in 2008.

Surrendie loves when Democrats beg. It makes him feel dirty, and all warm and gushy inside (which is usually a good time to get your umbrella out around monkeys)

Hillary Clinton pleaded for partisan unity on Thursday, urging Democrats not to abandon their party to vote for John McCain if their preferred candidate fails to secure the nomination.

A Gallup poll released this week indicated that 28 percent of Clinton’s supporters would back McCain should the New York senator lose her quest for the Democratic nomination.

That compares to the 19 percent of Obama supporters who say they will favor McCain should Clinton be the party’s nominee.

Heh heh. If Hillary gets the nod, I wonder if there will be lots of suicides by way of gunshot to the back of the head by those who have crossed over and voted for McCain.

This also shows that Clinton, like the rest of Democrats, finds it more important to keep the Dems in power, rather then voting for the best candidate.

Meanwhile, an interesting catch at the DU by taterguy, Hillary Fails NC Values Test

Here’s an excerpt from an actual interview she gave yesterday:

“Q. One last thing: Do you prefer Western North Carolina barbecue or Eastern North Carolina barbecue?

A. (Laughter) I know a question not to answer. I just like barbecue. I’m kind of an equal-opportunity barbecue eater.”

North Carolina is a Mono-Que-ist state. For inexplicable reasons it is unacceptable to enjoy both Eastern and Western barbecue. Saying that you like both is just deviant and wrong according to Que connoisseurs. Don’t ask why. That’s just the way it is. You might as well pray to more than one God in these parts.

Put a fork in her.

She’s done.

I would have loved to go hear the speech, but, Real Life interfered. And, for the record, since she was in Raleigh, the correct answer would be Eastern NC barbecue. And, BTW, when it comes to barbecue, what taterguy wrote is as serious as a heart attack.

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