HOW DO THE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS FEEL TODAY?

Perhaps this cartoon says it all.

In spite of the best efforts of Osama bin Laden and the Islamic insurgents in Iraq, their worst enemy in the world, George Bush, is going to be the Commander in Chief of the U.S. armed forces for four more years.  They know that George Bush has the determination and the resolve to seek them out and to kill them.  They also knew that John Kerry didn't.  

My guess ... maybe more of a hopeful wish than a guess ... is that some of these Islamic radicals may come to see this as a matter of their survival.  They are not now going to stampede the American people into mirror the actions of the people of Spain.  If they fight, they will die.  Surely they must see a better choice.

And what about the Mad Mullahs of Iran?  Bush doesn't have to worry about reelection any longer.  He can proceed to do what he has shown he is determined to do ... and that is to protect our country.  Let's paint a bulls eye on Iran's nuclear facilities.  Oh ... and perhaps it's time for Bashar al-Asad to cough up those weapons that Saddam hid in Syria.

SOME RECORDS SET BY BUSH

Just a few ...

• The record number of votes cast for a presidential candidate .... ever.
• The first president to be elected with a majority of the popular vote since his father did it in 1988.  You don't know what a crushing blow this is to the left.  Their icon, their hero Bill Clinton never did this.  Clinton was elected with a minority of the popular vote both times.
• This I'm not sure of, so Fling Wing is doing the research.  Just when was the last time a sitting president won reelection while increasing his party's representation in both the House and the Senate?

KERRY NOT THE ONLY LOSER

Right about now, George Soros has to be asking himself whether all of the millions he spent advertising nonsense on TV was really worth it. Think about it....we were told by the media that Bush's defeat would be sealed because of the overpowering youth vote (much of which voted for Bush) and because of the overwhelming advantage the left had in television advertising dollars.

Remember the ads? Moveon.org had that one that many thought showed a soldier surrendering. The non-stop ads showing in Ohio, which described Bush's losing jobs in the state, and the replacement jobs paying $9,000 less, yet Bush still won the state by 140,000 votes.

What about all the celebrity get-out-the-vote operations? Didn't work either. All these groups that were supposedly energized and insurmountable didn't get it done. Instead, Bush won even more.

Perhaps the left will learn from this just how out of touch they are with the rest of America. Perhaps ... but I doubt it.

LAYING THE HILLARY '08 GROUNDWORK

Never doubt for a second that the Clintons are very pleased with John Kerry's failure to capture the presidency. After all, this clears the way for The Hildabeast to run for president in 2008. Had Kerry won, Hillary would've been shut out for years to come. But now everything is going according to plan.

Right now, the Democrats have no one with the national name recognition of Hillary Clinton. Everybody knows who she is, and the Clintons can raise the money it would take to run for president. They can also walk right over anybody that thinks they can capture the nomination.

I wonder what Shrillary will say to the voters of New York when she's up for reelection in 2006?  She cannot afford to give up that Senate sounding board for two years prior to the election.  Will she promise to serve her full term and then create some phony "listening tours" when it's time to throw her bonnet in the presidential ring?  Remember .... this is New York.  They must have known what she was up to when they elected her the first time.

ARAFAT'S DESERT DIRT NAP APPROACHING?

Wire services are reporting that Palestinian terrorist Yasser Arafat is in a coma at a Paris hospital. Were he to actually take the proverbial eternal celestial desert dirt nap, no single event would do more to jump start the Middle East peace process.

Should he die, expect the media swoon to last for a solid week. They will mourn the passing of this "peace maker," when in reality it is Arafat that has stood in the way of a Palestinian state for years.  

GIVING CREDIT

From The Poodle's concession speech:

"In America it is vital that every vote count and that every vote be counted. But the outcome should be decided by voters, not a protracted legal process.

I would not give up this fight if there was a chance that we would prevail. But it is now clear that even when all the provisional ballots are counted, which they will be, there won't be enough outstanding votes for us to be able to win Ohio. And therefore we cannot win this election."

If John Kerry had listened to John Edwards, Ted Kennedy and other Democrats who wanted to continue to fight, the result of the election would have been delayed for weeks, and the litigation would have never ended.

Instead, The Poodle did the right thing. It's too bad Al Gore couldn't do the same 4 years ago.

EURO-WEENIES DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY WANTED

Remember ... 58% of Europeans said in a recent poll that they wanted to see the role of the United States weakened in world affairs.  Well, they didn't exactly get their way, did they?  One London newspaper asked the question today "How can 58 million people be so dumb?"  These comments come from a region of the world where they are working at break-neck speed to create a multi-national constitution that will restrict or violate almost every right that Americans hold dear.  We would do well to watch this process of creating a constitution for the European Union.  We can shake our heads over their rush to disaster while, hopefully, learning some lessons.

REVISITING ANWR?

Take any Wall Mart parking lot in the middle of winter in Minnesota.  Get a hose and spray the parking lot down with a layer of ice.  Cover that with a bit of snow.  Take a picture.  Compare that picture to a picture of the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge.  Except for the light poles, you couldn't tell the difference.  The enviro-wierdos have you thinking that ANWR is a place of beauty.  Majestic mountains, green meadows, rushing streams and herds of grazing Elk.  Not so.  Maybe now President Bush can take a step toward more energy independence and get those drilling rigs headed north.

LET'S SAY GOODBYE TO THE EXIT POLLS

This is the second presidential election where exit polls were shown to be wrong.  Not just wrong, but pathetically wrong.  The same thing happened in 2000 and in 2002.  These exit polls are generated by the news media simply to give them something to report while they're waiting for some actual numbers after the polls close.  They don't work.  They're wrong.  Time for another tactic. 

AND THE WINNER OF THE THIRD PARTY COMPETITION WAS ...

The Libertarian Party. 

Throughout the election the media fed us information about Ralph Nader.  Ralph this.  Ralph that.  You hardly knew that the Libertarians were in the race.  The results now show that the Michael Badnarik, the Libertarian candidate, received more votes than  Nader.

I wonder how the Libertarians would have done if their candidate was willing to protect America from Islamic terrorists?

AND MAYBE JUST A FEW RANDOM THOUGHTS

I'm sure that the editors at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution are thrilled that the election is over.  Now they can get back to more important issues, such as counting blacks in NASCAR.

A county school system in Georgia is considering requiring high school students to actually pass English and math or risk being held back.  Imagine that!!  Requiring students to learn basic high school math and English.  That's, you know, like, stupid.  You know what I'm sayin'?  And we wonder why Georgia ranks last in education.

After weeks at trial Scott Peterson's defense attorney tries to convince the jury that some homeless person abducted Laci, murdered her, and then dumped her body miles away at the very same place where Scott was fishing?  How in the world does a homeless person carry a body miles and miles without an automobile?

Will the Democratic Party finally figure out it's time to dump Ted Kennedy as it's icon?  Someone needs to give him a figurative ride over a bridge.

Was Neal Too Easy On Brett Butler? You Decide!

Brett Butler, an avowed liberal, paid a visit to the Neal Boortz Show.
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READING ASSIGNMENTS

Peggy Noonan is back at it again.  She says that this is a big win for America.  Not only that, but it's a big loss for the mainstream media.  You folks did notice that Katie Couric was wearing black yesterday, didn't you?

The Wall Street Journal has some good ideas for a second Bush term.  At the top of the list is a good man named Miguel Estrada

George Will says that if John Kerry wants to find a reason for his defeat, perhaps he should look at his liberalism.  Oh, and then there's the fact that Kerry ran on a record based on four months that happened 35 years ago.

Robert Novak is calling this election a "Democratic Disaster.' Isn't that a bit redundant?

While Robert Novak is calling the election a Democratic Disaster, Thomas Sowell is calling it a "narrow escape."

And Michelle Malkin writes about Democratic voter delusions.

The folks at The New York Times wasted no time at all.  Here's today's surprise article touting The Hildabeast as the candidate to beat for the 2008 Democratic nomination.

George Bush won the election and Kerry finally conceded. Larry Elder wonders what too him so long.

You dems thinking of escaping to another country might want to think again. It's not as easy as you might think.

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