CLASS WARFARE ... YET AGAIN

Did any of you ever hear George Bush The Elder (No. 41) attack Bill Clinton during Clinton's presidency? I remember no such occurrence. The custom used to be that predecessors pretty much kept their pie holes shut when it came to their successors. That was then ... this is now. The era of Bush hatred and class warfare.

Bill Clinton was in Las Vegas Sunday slamming George Bush for robbing the poor to give to the rich. Clinton says that the Bush administration is, as he puts it, funneling the nation's wealth to the upper class.

This rhetoric from the left is decades old. But have you ever stopped to really examine the underlying premises of this "robbing from the poor to give to the rich" scenario? Let's give it a short go here. I'll expand on this for my weekly Town Hall column on Friday.

To buy Clinton's "funneling the wealth" charge you have to adopt the belief that all wealth is owned by and controlled by the government which can distribute that wealth according to the designs of the political party in control of the White House and the Congress. Those evil rich people with the nice homes and the fancy cars actually got those things by stealing from you. They didn't come by those things legally. They stole, they swindled and they robbed. The money used to buy that million dollar home is actually your money. Every payment on that Mercedes is actually money that should be in your pocket, not the pocket of that crooked rich person. It is the government's job, not the job of the free market, to decide who gets what. Hard work is an individual pursuit and, as such, should not be rewarded.

Democrats believe that there is never enough money being spent by the government on social programs. No matter how high the spending gets on any particular spending program, any cut in spending would be defined as "devastating." If spending were to increase by 30% over the course of one year, a proposal to cut that spending back by merely 1% the subsequent year would be described by Democrats as an "assault on the poor" and a deliberate plan to "starve poor women and children."

FINDING A NEGATIVE

Yesterday George Bush and Tony Blair did just exactly what he said they said they would do. They turned the sovereignty of Iraq back to the Iraqi people. The move was made two days early, probably to forestall any planned vast outbreaks of violence in the two final days leading up to the turnover. Now if the insurgents attack, they are attacking Iraq, not the coalition.

The Democrats, though, just had to find a negative to all of this; especially The Poodle's campaign. Yesterday on Your World with Neil Cavuto the Kerry campaign marched out some retired U.S. Army General who said that since the turnover was secret, the Iraqi people won't know about it and they will still think they are "occupied" by American forces. In other words, the very action that was taken by the coalition to possibly prevent massive attacks on Iraqi civilians by insurgents is damned by the Democrats because it was -- gasp! -- SECRET! Never mind that the swearing in of the new government was televised on Iraqi television within hours. Never mind that people on the streets were actually celebrating the empowerment of the new government. The ceremony itself was held in secret so, in the minds of the Democrats, Iraqis don't know it happened.

Remember. These are the same Democrats who criticized President Bush's surprise 2003 Thanksgiving trip to Iraq because Bush picked up a turkey that had been decorated as a table centerpiece. I think you call this desperation. Desperation born of hatred.

As I've said a million times before, remember the template. The media in this country is overwhelmingly liberal. They hate George Bush. They do not want him to be re-elected. So instead of just objectively reporting the news and voting for whomever they see fit in November, they are using their position of power to control the election. To do this they will always look for the negative in any story they report.

So anyway, Bush had a good day....the media couldn't allow this. While The Poodle was pushing his "well, the Iraqis don't know they're a sovereign country" routine, the press was attacking on a second front. Polls. Yesterday we read of a poll showing Bush with his approval rating at its lowest point ever. That poll was taken before the turnover of power in Iraq. A huge news story like that would render the poll inoperative. Someone forgot to tell the editors and producers.

The mainstream media in this country has become a propaganda machine for the left. You do have to give them credit for one thing: they do follow orders quite well.

POODLE UPDATE

A listener helped me yesterday with additional justification for referring to John Kerry as "The Poodle." Here's the new list:

1. He's French.
2. He has a poodle cut.
3. He's a rich woman's toy.
4. He won't protect you.

Standard poodle owners can give it a rest. Don't send me your email. There's nothing standard about John Kerry. He's a toy.

ISLAMIC PSYCHOPATHS MURDER AMERICAN

Here we go again. Al-Jazeera television is reporting that Islamic terrorists have murdered U.S. Army Spc. Matt Maupin. The video is grainy, dark and murky, and Pentagon officials said it was inconclusive, but it's probably what it says it is. After all, by now we should know one thing: when a bunch of Islamic Jihadists say they're going to kill somebody, that's usually what happens.

And just how was it carried out? On the tape, it shows him (or someone like him) kneeling on the ground with his back to the camera before he is shot and murdered in cold blood. And for what? Just like all Islamic terrorism, no reason at all.

So why do these terrorists keep doing this? President Bush nailed it on the head yesterday, speaking at the NATO summit. He said that the insurgents were taking hostages because they couldn't beat our military. Then, he also said this: "What they can do is get on your TV screens and stand in front of your TV cameras and cut someone's head off in order to get us to cringe and retreat. That's their strongest weapon." He's exactly right. We can't really expect a free press to not tell us what's going on. So, the question comes down to this. Are Americans tough enough to withstand the onslaught of images and news about the brutality of these adherents to the so-called "religion of peace?"

Until the new Iraqi government really cracks down on this, there appears to be no end to the hostage-taking and the murdering. And they need to crack down...not the wimpy, politically correct response that we started when we were in charge. No, it's time for the Iraqis to hit back against these "insurgents." And by the way, they're not "insurgents." They're Islamic radicals. They practice Islam. They're terrorists. They just shot and killed an American soldier in cold blood, right on TV. Think the war on terror isn't justified? Remember ... these Islamic maniacs have pledged to kill hundreds of thousands of Americans right here ... on our own soil.

Oh...that's right..."Bush lied." Whatever.

IS NEAL THE GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT??

This was submitted by a listener. Really, we're not making this up. Check out the David Cobb for President site. Too scary, isn't it?

CHIRAC SHOULD SHUT UP

Once again proving that the French government is no friend of the United States, French President Jacques Chirac is now publicly berating President Bush. I'm not sure what the French word for hypocrisy is, but let's take a look at this situation.

President Bush has called on the European Union to admit Turkey. Now, Turkey is not a country that the Euro-weenies particularly like, because it is a Muslim democracy. In other words, since it is not an Islamic terrorist dictatorship, Europe doesn't really want them in the EU. President Bush thinks they should be admitted, and said so.

Well, you would have thought Bush was calling for an invasion of France (then again, they might like that,) because Chirac cut loose with his admonishment. "If President Bush really said that in the way that I read, then not only did he go too far, but he went into territory that isn't his. It is not his purpose and his goal to give any advice to the EU, and in this area it was a bit as if I were to tell Americans how they should handle their relationship with Mexico." Oh really? How about Iraq, Mr. Chirac. You sure were sticking your nose in there. Do the same standards you apply to Bush apply to your own French self?

Maybe back in World War II when we saved their bacon, we should have instead just said that intervening would have been a bit like telling France how it should manage it's relationship with Germany. Ohhhh. I like that!

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Michael Moore claims he is a registered Independent.  As we all know, Michael Moore is a liar.  The Smoking Gun brings you the evidence.

There is mounting evidence that Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction are in Syria.  What will the left do once they are discovered?  Naturally, they'll accuse George Bush of planting them there.

Pressed by none other than Dan Rather, the new Iraqi Prime Minister says he is not a puppet of the United States.

The New York Times has posted a second review of the Bill Clinton's book, apparently to counter the first.

Despite Bush's best efforts, black voters are not rallying to his side.  Star Parker investigates why this is.

The New York Times, known for fabricating the news, is at it again.  Joel Mowbray details another case, this time involving smearing the Pentagon.

The media's clamoring for Senate candidate Jack Ryan's divorce records have brought us to a new low.  Dennis Prager explains why, and says the media has enormous unchecked power.

Professor Mike Adams looks at the strange case of Dr. Sell, which is a story the media is apparently not reporting very much at all.

The left likes to say that conservatives are dishonest and have no respect for the facts.  No way, says David Limbaugh, who argues that they're the ones telling the lies.

The Poodle wants to raise the minimum wage....Bruce Bartlett provides a reality check into this job-killing idea.

Now everyone seems to be comparing George Bush to Adolf Hitler...and it's no longer just the loony left doing it.  John Leo tells us more.

Now that sovereignty has been handed over in Iraq, it's time for the hard part.  It's time to defeat the terrorists once and for all, says Cal Thomas.

Despite The Souffle's best efforts, he has yet to convince people that this is the worst economy since the Great Depression.  Where's the misery, asks Rich Lowry?

WHAT THE HECK ARE THOSE POINTY HAND THINGS?
These are links to each individual story on the Nuze, p-links for the geeks out there. Plus, they work today and they'll work tomorrow. Now you can easily discuss/debate/rip apart the Nuze without worrying about the links going bad. Enjoy!

BOORTZ BLAST NEWSLETTER
Everyone is talking about the Boortz Blast newsletter. Do you want yours? Sign up here and we'll deliver it directly to your inbox every 2 weeks. If you signed up but aren't receiving it, either your company or your spam filter could be keeping it from you. Try using a personal email address and check your spam filter's junk folder for wayward newsletters.

NEAL'S FANS GET TOGETHER
If you like Neal and are looking for like minded people to hang out with online or off, check out these places:

• Talkmaster Yahoo Group
• Meet Boortz fans in your area
• alt.fan.neal.boortz newsgroup (note, you're going to have to figure out newsgroups all on your own)

Belinda Skelton, Ken Rogers, Laura Nunemaker and Brian Ganey assist in the daily preparation of Nealz Nuze!