HERE'S YOUR "RIGHT CHOICE --- WRONG CHOICE"  PICTURES OF THE DAY.

The American left, including the liberal media, are so eager for failure in Iraq that they are turning into parodies of their Vietnam-era selves.

Could that be possible?  Maybe so! 

Listen to these people.  Listen to Kerry and the rest of the super-liberals in this country.  By all means, listen to Ted Kennedy.  One could be excused for believing that these leftists actually wake up every morning hoping to open their newspaper and read of more bad news from Iraq .. perhaps news of more deaths of American military personnel.   One thing for sure; they certainly aren't looking for the good news.  It's there, big time, but you won't see it reported widely in the mainstream media.  Good news helps Republicans, you know.

It's really sad when you have a political party that dreads good news for the country it wants to lead.

NETWORKS NOT PLAYING THE GAME

Is there a chance that the Thursday night presidential candidate joint news conference won't come off on Thursday night? 

The Bush and Kerry campaigns thought they had the whole thing hammered out when James Baker and Vernon Jordan worked up a 32-page agreement, detailing the conditions for their "debates."  Everything from the height of the podium to the lighting to the temperature of the auditorium was covered.  In short, it was completely ridiculous. It was worse than some of the contracts that rock stars dream up when they take their shows on the road.

But these are not debates.  These are joint press conferences.  Tomorrow night, for 90 minutes, each candidate will be asked a series of questions and one will not be allowed to interrupt the other.  The campaigns had wanted to restrict the pool camera from showing only the candidate that was speaking at the time.  Well guess what, the networks have told them both to take a hike.

Thursday's pool camera will be run by Fox News.  That means one network will provide the video to all, by the way.  "Because of journalistic standards, we're not going to follow outside restrictions," according to a statement from Fox.  NBC chimed in with their response: "This is a news pool, and we are not subject to agreements between candidates.  We will use pictures as we see fit."  Good for them.  Maybe we'll get some excitement during this bore-fest.

Also, some of the moderators have yet to sign the agreement laying down the conditions between the candidates.  If it were really a debate, the candidates would just show up, and the rules would be set by the moderator.  Then maybe we would get some excitement.

One question though about their agreement...does The Poodle get two podiums?

DIDN'T YOU JUST LOVE JOHN EDWARDS YESTERDAY?

Did you catch this nifty quote from John Edwards on the campaign trail yesterday? 

"Iraq is a mess .. .and it's a mess because of two people.  George Bush and Dick Cheney.  That's why it's a mess."

Interesting, isn't it?  Now we know exactly why things aren't just hunky dory in Iraq.  It's all because of George Bush and Dick Cheney.  Nobody else ... just those two.   In the process we have also learned from John Edwards why Iraq is not a mess:

Iraq is not a mess because: 

• Of the net result of over 30 years of brutal totalitarian dictatorship under Saddam Hussein.
• Of the flow of Islamic terrorist mercenaries into Iraq from Syria, from Iran and from other Middle Eastern Islamic nations.
• Of the rapes and torture of tens of thousands of Iraqis over the past 30 years at the hands of Saddam Hussein and his wretched spawn.
• Kofi Annan was more interested in preserving the flow of money to his family members through the UN administered "Oil for Food" program than he was in demanding Saddam's compliance with UN Resolutions.
• Of the 257 mass graves filled with Iraqis who dared to cross their former dictator.
• Of Saddam's use of chemical weapons to kill tens of thousands of Iranians as well as his own countrymen.
• Of the negative consequences from Saddam's decision to invade and occupy Kuwait.
• Of 12 years of UN weakness and inaction and the continuing refusal by the UN to actually enforce any of its resolutions concerning Saddam Hussein and his weapons programs.
• Of the encouragement that Islamic insurgents and terrorists get from people like John Edwards claiming that Iraq is a mess not because of them, but because of the man he wishes to defeat and they wish to destroy.

No .. none of those things made Iraq a mess.  According to Edwards, the man who wants to be our Vice President, Iraq is a mess because Saddam Hussein is no longer in power ... because he was removed .. removed by George Bush and Dick Cheney.

Edwards believes that Bush and Cheney did more to make Iraq than the man who ruled and murdered in Iraq for over 30 years.  If you buy that then you deserve Kerry as your president.  Come to think of it, a lot of you deserve John Kerry as your president.  If I could figure out a way to do that without dragging the rest of America down with you I would be all for it.

$50 BUCKS A BARREL?

As I said yesterday, blame demand.  Demand is at a 24-year high.  American, Chinese and Indian users and taking baths in it.  Supply must be increased ... and just what does ANWR stand for? Also ... let's start building some nuclear power plants.  Now.  By the way, $50 a barrell is NOT a record.  Remember, you must adjust these records for inflation.  The record was in the early 1980's when the price was up to $80 a barrel.  Stop your bellyaching and combine your trips.  Get a bicycle.

THIS IS GOING TO MAKE LIBERALS NUTS --  AS IF THEY WEREN'T ALREADY THERE

This story comes from Variety, an entertainment magazine.  Just read the first three paragraphs for yourself:

NEW YORK -- For the first time in its history, Fox News Channel beat the combined competition in primetime during the third quarter of 2004, with major headlines of the summer including the national political conventions and a brutal string of hurricanes.

According to Nielsen Media Research, Fox News averaged 1.8 million viewers, while CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and Headline News averaged a combined total of 1.7 million. The quarter ended Sunday.

CNN came in a distant second, averaging 882,000 viewers, while MSNBC drew 421,000. Headline News averaged 226,000 in primetime, and CNBC attracted a paltry 133,000

The article goes on to note that Fox News is also gaining strength against the broadcast networks. During the Republican National Convention Fox beat ABC, NBC and, of course, CBS.  First time a cable news network has done that.

Look for the left to step up its attacks on Fox News.  They rolled out Bruce Springsteen earlier this week to tell an anxiously awaiting world how the right wing and Fox News was all but destroying America.

Meanwhile, my challenge stands.  Write me an email ... give me a call ... send me some snail mail detailing any right wing bias in the reporting of the news on Fox News Channel.  For those of you who went to government schools and who, accordingly, vote for the big-government party ... expressions of opinion by commentators is not considered to be "reporting the news."

DAMNED POOR CHOICE MAKING, EH MR. LINDH?

John Walker Lindh (funny how the media doesn't use his Muslim name anymore) is appealing to President Bush to commute his 20-year prison sentence for aiding the Taliban.

You do remember John Walker Lindh, don't you?  Maybe the name "Johnny Taliban" will strike a chord.   This is the loser that went to Afghanistan to fight alongside the Taliban.  He was captured, brought back to the United States and eventually pled guilty to a charge of aiding the Taliban, and his attorney cut a deal for a 20-year prison sentence. He had originally been charged with much more serious charges, including conspiracy to  murder U.S. nationals, but those were dropped as part of the plea bargain.

In other words, he got a good deal.  For someone who should have been taken out back and shot for treason, he got off easy already.  20 years...that's a long time, but he's a kid.  He would be out in his early forties...hardly a life sentence.  But now his lawyers see an opening, and he might just get off on this one.  Why?

Because he seems like such a good boy, and a twenty year sentence is so harsh.  After all, there's good in everybody, right?  He was only 20 years old when he was captured by the Northern Alliance.  He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.  He's not a terrorist...just a misguided little boy.  Wrong...he was an adult, and if you do the crime, you pay the time.  He directly provided aid and comfort to the enemy of the United States, and now he wants a shorter sentence.

Yeah ... and people in hell want ice water.

You make your choices, you suffer the consequences.  It's really too bad Lindh's "Birkenstock" parents didn't teach him this valuable little lesson.

Quit your whining.  At least you came back from Afghanistan alive.  Many of our men and women who went over there to fight your buddies didn't.  They won't becoming back in 20 years either.  Shut up and go away.  A lot of us would like to forget you even exist.

NO BID CONTRACTS TO HALLIBURTON????

I notice that the Kerry campaign is running ads in Ohio, a crucial battleground state, where it is claimed that Halliburton was awarded some no-bid contracts to Halliburton for services in Iraq.  Actually, I believe that may be true.  No bid contracts are common in cases of emergencies.  But there's more to the story here.  Guess what other president granted no-bid contracts to Halliburton?  And guess which president granted no-bid contracts to Halliburton at a time when there was NO emergency.  I believe his name was Clinton, or something like that.  Funny that's not mentioned in the Democrats' commercial. 

RIDICULOUS GOVERNMENT ACTION OF THE MONTH --- MAYBE THE YEAR

This one happened in Oakland, California.  If you're a Boortz listener you heard about it yesterday.  But if all of you were Boortz listeners I'd be flying around the country in a G-IV too!

The city of Oakland decided to set up some DUI checkpoints.  Who knows why.  Maybe Oakland city officials were tired of drunk drivers killing sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, husbands and wives.  Maybe they thought that getting drunk drivers off the street would be a good thing. 

Well ... it wasn't only the drunk drivers who didn't like the idea. Local Hispanic leaders didn't like the idea either.  The Hispanic community leaders started howling like coyotes because the DUI checkpoints were nabbing too many illegal aliens without driver's licenses.  To put it in terms even a government school grad could understand, the Hispanic leaders in Oakland want the cops to stop looking for people breaking the law because they're finding too many people who are breaking the law.  Yeah ... makes perfect sense to me.  In Oakland, California drunk drivers can now breathe a bit easier because the city doesn't want to catch too many illegal aliens driving, drunk or not, without driver's licenses. 

I remember about 20 years ago in Atlanta when local race warlords demanded an end to police stakeouts of convenience stores.  The reason?  The cops were catching too many people robbing convenience stores ... and too many of them were black.

What is going to happen if our airport security systems start snagging Islamic terrorists?  Will they have to curtail their security screenings because they're catching too many muslims?

You can count on government to be absurd ... every day ... all year long.

THE POODLE'S FAKE BAKE

The Drudge Report is running a story linked to the Harvard Crimson about how all of a sudden The Poodle has an instant sun tan.   Boy, that was quick.  His campaign says he picked up such a deep, pumpkin-colored tan by playing touch football in Massachusetts on Friday.  Unless Massachusetts has been moved to the Bahamas,  I don't think so.

Actually, what's going on here is The Souffle is going to try and do his best to appeal to Florida's voters, and apparently he thinks a tan will do the trick.  With Kerry trailing 10 or 11 points in Ohio, he absolutely must win Florida to have any shot at the presidency.

It looks ridiculous...maybe he didn't go to a tanning bed.  Could've been that tanning cream. The webwench thinks this has been "photoshopped". What do you think?

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Zell Miller's speech transcript from the Ronald Reagan Award Gala 9/23/04.

See what happens when Jamie Dupree's new baby girl tries to score one of his beers.

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