Tuesday, June 8, 2004

REMEMBERING REAGAN

The nation continues to mourn President Ronald Reagan's passing this week, with his casket on display at the Reagan library in California.  Over 14,000  people have waited in line to pay their last respects.  People loved Reagan...perhaps that's why the left could never counter his appeal. As the week goes on this is going to frustrate the left more and more. 

Question:  When is the left going to completely lose it this week?  They've already gone nutso in their Democraticunderground.com website.  You're also hearing some rather nasty comments from the leftist stronghold of the entertainment industry.  Just wait .. my guess is that before the week is out the hatred is going to  start shining through.

One big leftist fear this week is that the emotion being showed for Ronald Reagan is going to start washing over to the Bush presidency.  Reagan had the resolve to fight communism when the conventional leftist wisdom was that we should merely be satisfied with a policy of containment.  Bush has the resolve to fight Islamic terrorism while, again, the leftist policy is one of containment.  The parallels are obvious, and sooner or later the left is going to have to step forward with the rhetoric of hatred in an attempt to keep the people from connecting any more dots.

The tribute to Ronald Reagan will last all week, culminating in his state funeral in Washington on Friday.  Maybe people really do get Reagan after all.  One thing's for sure: the left still doesn't get it, and never will.  Except for the New York Times, they're  just laying low for now, but you can expect them to come out of the woodwork.

DID I MENTION THE NEW YORK TIMES?

Yes, I did.  And why?  Because the Times is making no effort whatsoever to hide its disdain for Ronald Reagan.  While other liberal  newspapers like the Washington Post are running banner headlines covering the death of Ronald Reagan, the Times ran a three-column story on Sunday, and only one column on Monday.  Also, we have these gems from the pages of the Times:

"It was Mr. Reagan's good fortune that during his time in office the Soviet Union was undergoing profound change, eventually to collapse ..."

and then there's this gem in a Monday editorial:

"Looking back now, we can trace some of the flaws of the current Washington mindset -- the tax-cut-driven deficits, the slogan-driven foreign policy -- to Mr. Reagan's example."

I can hardly wait to see what the times has to say as the week goes on. 

The media just wouldn't be the media without a little condescension, would it?  The overwhelming amount of media coverage is positive toward Reagan, but the media is getting their digs in here and there.

The top two things mentioned are the Iran-Contra affair and the deficit spending that occurred while Reagan was in office.  Now, keep in mind about Iran-Contra...the point of the whole operation was to free hostages.  How was that a bad thing?

The media has been trying to get Reagan with this since it happened.  They really, really thought they had him on this one.  Too bad for them it didn't work.  Reagan left office with some of the highest approval ratings in history.

Then there's the deficit and the national debt.  While government spending propelled to new heights during the Reagan years, a few things are worth noting.  First, all of that money was authorized and spent by a Democratically-controlled House of Representatives.  If it really was that big of a deal then, why didn't the Democrats support the spending cuts necessary to balance the budget? They didn't, because just like now, they don't ever want to cut spending.

As for the Reagan administration's defense spending, it was worth every penny.  It was this spending that won the Cold War.  Reagan made it clear that he was ready to spend so much on military efforts that the Soviet Union would go bankrupt trying to keep up.  It worked.  The Cold War was won with money, not bullets.  Isn't that a much-preferred scenario?

We also have a somewhat obscure British entertainer named Morrissey who managed to get some ink yesterday.  Morrissey was on stage when he got word of Reagan's death.  He announced the death to the crowd, and the crowd cheered.  Morrissey then said that it should have been Bush who died instead.  Crowd goes wild.  I wonder if this clown knows the Ditzy Twits?

THE POODLE SUSPENDS THIS WEEK'S DOG SHOWS

You know, you really have to feel just a bit of empathy for John Kerry.  No matter what he does he just can't seem to capture any real headlines.  He is learning his lesson though.  This week he's suspending most of his hard campaigning.  The nation is going to be focused on the ceremony surrounding the funeral for Ronald Reagan.  Then there's that G8 conference going on in Georgia.   Maybe next the rest of the world will go into something resembling neutral so that Kerry can actually be heard above the din.

SADDAM TRIAL LACKS SMOKING GUN

Saddam Hussein has now been in Coalition custody for 6 months, since being dragged out of a rat hole in Iraq on December 13th.  Apparently what is going to happen is that  he will be tried by the Iraqis.  Saddam even has a 20-member legal team.

It's now being reported that prosecutors are struggling to build a case, because they are having problems finding witnesses and evidence to prove that Saddam committed atrocities.  Do you mean to tell  me that Johnnie Cochran is on the defense team? 

If there is anyone on this earth that is guilty as charged, it's Saddam Hussein.  From gassing the Kurds to using chemical weapons, Saddam has done it all.  He even had disloyal members of parliament whacked, one right after the other, not long after taking power.  What more evidence do they need?  Could Saddam walk on a technicality?  Maybe...but only if they Iraqis let him.

The only smoking gun they need in this case is one to use in Saddam Hussein's firing squad.

Oh, and another thing.  This should send a message to our Special Ops folks in the Middle East.  When they find Osama they need to make sure that there are no future headlines worrying about a lack of evidence.

O.J. SAYS HE LOST OUT

This guy is unbelievable. In an interview with Fox News, O.J. Simpson, says he regrets not spending more time with his kids, and he feels like he "lost out."  You've got to be kidding me. Oh .. and he also said that he was "mad at Nicole" because she hung out with a rough crowd.  Yeah .. him.

Here's a guy that got away with 2 murders...got off scot free...and he can't stop running his mouth.  Then, he has the audacity to say that after he brutally murdered his ex-wife and her boyfriend, he feels like he lost out.  I guess he doesn't feel that Nicole lost out when he slit her throat.

This guys actually does interviews...and pretends that he didn't do it.  Why does the media buy into it?  There is no doubt whatsoever that O.J. Simpson is a murderer.  Instead of sitting on death row, he's out playing golf and giving interviews. Our celebrity culture at work.

The people that lost out were the two people whose lives he snuffed out.  And he did do it, by the way. Don't argue with me on this one.

ENDING FIXED-RATE STUDENT LOANS

Get ready for a pity party...here comes more manufactured outrage over the ending of a government handout.  But it's about time this one be put out to pasture.

There is a proposal in Congress to end subsidized, fixed-rate student loans.  For those of you that were educated in government schools, that means that people who take out student loans will have to pay the going rate for interest, and the government will no longer kick in somebody else's money to pick up the slack.  Good.

Predictably, The Poodle has come out against the idea, saying that the plan would harm students.  But why is it the function of the federal government to subsidize student loans and guarantee them?  Why should the taxpayer get the shaft when people default?  Why are we paying to artificially lower the rates on these loans?

The federal government should get out of the student loan business entirely.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Several times now the new government of Iraq has thanked the people of the United States for their sacrifice.  Have you read about this in the media?  No, I didn't think so.  I wonder why not?

This is what the left is so worried about.  The Bush doctrine is a Reagan legacy.  This is why the left is going to have to trash Ronald Reagan before the week is over.

Al-Qaeda says Western airliners will be targets of terror attacks in the near future.  Do you have enough confidence in government airline security to put your life into their hands?  Could be time for a road trip this summer instead.

Ronald Reagan deserves giant status in the history books for defeating the Soviet Union and winning the cold war.  Dick Morris tells us why.

Media bias is keeping the good news in Iraq away from the public.  Where have you heard the following statement reported:  "I would like to thank the coalition, led by the United States for the sacrifices they have provided in the process of the liberation of Iraq."  Hardly anywhere, as Mort Kondrake explains.

Ronald Reagan should be most remembered for what happened in Europe, where the largest peaceful revolution in history happened just after he left office, says George Will.

Even liberal Democrats are having to admit that nothing stuck to Reagan, and he was truly The Great Communicator.

Ronald Reagan....a wonderful life.  A nice tribute from Cal Thomas.

The evil empire speech.....still good after all these years.  The bedwetters really had nightmares over this one.

Unbelievable....Democrats at the DNC resisted lowering the flag in honor of Reagan until they absolutely had to. Talk about no class. (last story on the page.)

Some journalists were still taking shots at Reagan...the Media Research Center is there to cover the bias.

Reagan outlasted all the doubters...and had a vision that could see for miles. Charles Krauthammer has this essay.

Long after many had given up, David Limbaugh says Ronald Reagan had unrelenting faith in the American people. 

Bill Cosby's remarks about the shortcomings of minorities in America continues to make waves.  Here's the latest from Star Parker.

Ronald Reagan now belongs to the ages.  Mona Charen recalls the first time she met the president, and talks about the lasting impression he made on the world.

Reagan was a man of extraordinary vision, great compassion, and resolute leadership.  Oliver North, who spent five years in the Reagan administration, looks back.

Some of Ronald Reagan's most important achievements came with tax and economic policy. Jack Kemp explains.

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