WAITING FOR CLYDE

Well, I guess there are worse places to wait out a hurricane than Walt Disney World.  I'll be broadcasting again today from the beautiful radio studios located inside the Disney-MGM Studio attraction at Disney World ... then it will be back to our Disney Villa to await the arrival of Clyde (Charley) this evening.  Right now they're predicting sustained winds of 74 miles per hour for Orange County.  Turn Clyde one way or the other just a bit and that number could rise or fall.  We're also looking forward to as much as 12" of rain. 

I have a garage in Naples that sits about eight feet above high tide.  It's full of furniture.  Uh oh.  Anyone got any furniture they want to sell?

BRITISH JOURNALIST CAPTURED

The Islamic terrorists have kidnapped a British journalist near Basra.  Predictably, these Islamic goons are threatening to execute this man unless the U.S. Troops pull out of Najaf.   How about a counter-threat?  Execute the Brit and al-Sadr takes the desert sand nap.

KERRY ON THE FAIR TAX PLAN --- IGNORANT OR LYING?

We've had a flurry of news coverage and political activity this past week on the Fair Tax plan.  In response to a question at a town hall meeting, President Bush said that the idea of a national retail sales tax is worth some attention.  John Kerry jumped right in with the absurd statement that "Families already squeezed by rising health care costs, gas costs and college costs would have to carry a whole new tax burden."

Now ... those of you who are familiar with the plan for a national retail sales tax know that Kerry's statement is an absolute lie.  Families caught in a financial squeeze would actually end up with more money in their pockets under the Fair Tax plan then they have under our current tax system. 

So ... the question is this.  Is Kerry simply uninformed about the details of the Fair Tax, or does he know the truth and decided that this would be a good time to demagogue the Fair Tax in order to play the class warfare game. 

I'm writing an extra column for Townhall.com on this issue ... look for it in the next day or two.  I need something to do here while sitting out this hurricane.

THE GAY GOVERNOR

A shocking announcement, to be sure.  New Jersey's Democrat Governor James

McGreevey announced yesterday that he is going to resign.  Reason:  He had an extramarital affair ... with a man.  This brings to mind one of the best political quotes of all time -- Louisiana's Edwin Edwards telling the media that the only way he could lose an election was to be found in bed with a dead girl or a live boy.

McGreevey is married with two children.  One can only imagine the pain this is causing his family.  I was so impressed by his wife standing beside him during this announcement.  I've heard pundits over the past day wondering how she could do that.  Have you considered the possibility that she may love him, and that she wants to show that love and support during a tough time?

This is sure going to bring some of the "I hate homosexuals" crowd out of the closet.  I'll just take this opportunity to remind you that scientific studies have shown that men who have no animosity toward or fear of homosexuals are more secure in their masculinity than are men who try to showcase their manhood with expressions of hatred toward gays.

McGreevey says he is resigning because his secret leaves the governor's office vulnerable.  It may turn out that he was, in effect, being blackmailed by someone with whom he had had a sexual relationship.  If that is the case, may that person suffer ten times the pain and anguish being suffered by James McGreevey.   We may also learn that McGreevey handed over an important and sensitive government position to someone with whom he had or hoped to have a sexual relationship.  If that's the case, then his resignation was the right thing to do.

Don't you just love politics mixed with sex?

MANDATORY EVACUATIONS

Almost one million people have been evacuated from Gulf coastal areas of Florida.  The evacuations were "mandatory" in many instances.  I have a second home in down there ... and I don't know if I would go along with an evacuation order.  Here's why.

As soon as this hurricane passes by people are going to want to return to their homes and property to survey whatever damage there might be and to start repairs.  Their return will be blocked by police.  It will be up to the government, not the property owners, to decide when they will get to go back to their homes.  The skies will be clear, the winds calm, and police will be blocking the roads back.  We'll hear excuses about power, water and other services.  Bottom line --- some government bureaucrat will decide when you can return to your home, not you, and that decision will be delayed beyond all reason.  Your option?  Don't leave your home in the first place.

"MORE SENSITIVE" WAR ON TERROR?

Last week, speaking to a group of minority journalists, The Poodle said he would fight a "more sensitive" war on terror.  Oh really?  Like I said just yesterday, just how does Senator Kerry propose being more sensitive to the bloodthirsty Islamic terrorists that killed 3,000 innocent Americans three years ago?  Is he worried that we're not being sensitive enough to the thugs trying to kill our troops in Najaf right now?  I don't particularly want a commander in chief focused on sensitivity.

Anyway, speaking yesterday in Dayton, Ohio, Vice President Dick Cheney promptly lit up The Poodle, saying "Those that threaten us and kill innocents around the world do not need to be treated more sensitively, they need to be destroyed."  Amen.  But this is good, because what you're seeing is a fundamental difference between the two candidates on the most important issue facing this country: national security (no, not jobs or health care.)

On one side, you have a candidate who for four years has demonstrated his willingness to go after Islamic terrorists and kill them outright. No negotiations, no pandering, no waiting for U.N. approval.  Just a commitment to do whatever is necessary to preserve and protect the United States of America.  That's the Bush record.

On the other side, you have an appeaser.  This is not in dispute.  The Poodle is more concerned with what France thinks than what the United States needs. He is also inconsistent....one minute he is for the war, the next against it, and so on.  Is this lack of resolve what we need when facing down the most vicious enemy we have ever faced in our history? I think not.  Ask anyone with experience dealing with Islamic radicals.  They view sensitivity as weakness.  When they heard The Poodle making his comments about "a more sensitive war on terror" they must have cheered.  How do you say "bring it on, Mr. Sensitivity" in Arabic anyway?  Face it, November's choice is becoming more and more clear.

A more sensitive war on terror?  Not sensitive, but weak. Very, very weak.

THE SOUFFL SLIGHTLY AHEAD

The sKerry campaign has opened up leads in polls in the crucial battleground states of Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire, and now appears to have enough electoral votes to win the presidency.  This isn't news to me.  That's the outcome I've been predicting for months. The appeasement and "America second" crowd must be thrilled, and I can only imagine the celebrations down at Kerry/Edwards campaign headquarters.  The headlines today seem to be reporting that The Poodle has this one in the bag...it's all over but the shout. 

Not so fast.  Maybe things aren't actually this dismal.  How is that, you say?  Well, first of all, the election is 81 days away, which is an eternity.  Second, we haven't even had the debates yet. There has been no Republican National Convention.  On top of all that, the incumbent is always favored in close elections.  This is all bad news for The Poodle, and they know it.

Just look what happened. The selection of John Edwards last month...this was supposed to lift Kerry in the polls.  Didn't happen. No bounce.  Even more pathetically was the effect of the Democratic National Convention.  This was supposed to be The Poodle's time in the sun.  Again, no bounce.  He has gotten nothing out of the past couple months, despite all of the media coverage. It's all been a bust.

The fat lady hasn't sung yet.  Not even close.  Don't go lighting the cigars yet, boys.

Oh ... and don't forget Osama's boys.  There out there somewhere.  Are they waiting to teach America another lesson in the consequences of weakness?

NOW IT'S JANUARY IN CAMBODIA

Here's an update on a story we told you about in yesterday's Nuze.  For years, John Kerry has been telling the story that he spent Christmas in Cambodia, fighting a secret war there while serving his tour of duty in Vietnam.  In their book 'Unfit for Command,' many other soldiers, including ones that were up and down The Poodle's chain of command, say it didn't happen.  He wasn't there.  In other words, they're saying Kerry made it all up.  So now what?

Drudge is reporting that a Kerry historian is readying a piece for the New Yorker which will supposedly set the record straight on The Poodle's whereabouts during that time.  The latest is that no, he wasn't in Cambodia at Christmas time in 1968 fighting Nixon's secret war (of course, Nixon wasn't in office yet, but why argue the fine points.)  Now they're going to say Kerry was in Cambodia in January.

This won't fly, however.  Kerry said on the floor of the Senate that he specifically remembers sitting on a gunboat in Cambodia on Christmas.  He even said that they were worried about being hit by fire from South Vietnamese soldiers celebrating Christmas Eve!  How in the hell can Kerry be ducking Christmas Eve celebratory fire in January?  Is the Kerry campaign fixin' to come out with a statement telling us Kerry celebrates Christmas in January?

The truth?  You want the truth?  Kerry lied on the floor of the Senate.  Simple as that.  He lied about what he and our troops were doing in Vietnam.  Now The Poodle and his groomers are trying to find a way to wiggle out with an alternate story.

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