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October 31, 2006
Old Media Newspapers Swirling Around Bowl
Editor & Publisher is reporting that Old Media newspapers have experienced a sharp drop in circulation according to the latest industry figures. The death spiral has caused severe staff cuts in newsrooms across the country.
The rise of the New Media is responsible for the decline of the newspapers for two equally important reasons. First, the internet makes news available on demand, delivering timely, up-to-the-minute reporting. Secondly, the overly biased reporting of the Old Media has driven readers away.
Even USA Today sees it: Heavy coverage at midterm favors Democrats, study says
Posted by jeffgannon at 08:28 AM
October 30, 2006
Foleygate’s Richard Armitage: Lane Hudson
The New York Times revealed last week that the Washington, DC based national gay rights organization, the Human Rights Campaign, had fired an unnamed staffer who was behind a phony blog site, StopSexPredators. The website published “overly friendly” emails between Rep. Mark Foley and a 16 year-old congressional page. The postings led to an ABC News report of salacious instant message conversation that Foley had with an 18 year-old former page several years ago. Foley immediately resigned from the House of Representatives, but the Old Media circled the Republican leadership and joined together in its Watergate chant: “What did you know, and when did you know it?”
From the outset, I suspected Foleygate was a premeditated political dirty trick – and I was right. After a blogger traced the phony website to an HRC staffer the perpetrator was terminated. The New York Times reported the firing, but didn’t seem interested in finding out the name of the person involved. It took another blogger about 6 hours to determine that Lane Hudson was the anonymous website operator.
Hudson was a South Carolina delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention and previously worked for Democrats Sen. Fritz Hollings and Gov. Jim Hodges. Despite claims to the contrary, Hudson is a partisan political operative, the link between the Democrats and the political hit on the GOP. Not a single news source has reported Hudson’s name or political affiliation in connection to Foleygate, despite the ongoing investigation into the matter on Capitol Hill and the Old Media’s obsession with the story.
The lack of curiosity reminds me of what happened earlier this year when former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage was revealed as the “leaker” of the identity CIA analyst Valerie Plame. The scandal that turned the White House upside down and dominated the news for over two years evaporated at the mere mention of his name. Plamegate was an Old Media-generated political operation that collapsed as soon as the truth was revealed. Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald knew at the outset of his investigation that Armitage was responsible for the information being made public, but pursued a lengthy inquiry that took a political toll on the Bush presidency.
The same it true about Foleygate. The Old Media’s version falls apart when the dots are connected to Democrats who knew about the Foley emails months, maybe years ago and decided to hold them until a month before the November midterm elections. Will the investigative prowess of the New York Times, Newsweek and ABC News be brought to bear against Hudson in order to discover what he knew and when he knew it? Will they explore Hudson's relationship to Washington's gay mafia and his expose his accomplices in the Democratic Party? Not likely.
Posted by jeffgannon at 08:22 AM
October 29, 2006
Gay Activist Wants Candidate Dragged Behind Truck
Gay activist and sex writer Dan Savage said that he wanted Pennsylvania Green Party Senate candidate Carl Romanelli to be "dragged behind a pickup truck until there's nothing left but the rope."
Savage's hatred is due to his fear that Romanelli will draw liberal votes away from his preferred candidate, Democrat Bob Casey, Jr. and might allow the Republican incumbent, Sen. Rick Santorum to be elected. More gems from Savage:
- "The Green party and its supporters are tools and fools for the republicans and the radicial right."
- "Any progressive who votes for a Green anymore after Nader and now Romanelli is a f**king idiot and should be beaten with sticks."
- "Romanelli may want to … (perform vulgar sex act) three times a week, that doesn't make him better for me. And it doesn't make his presence on the ballot better for me than a Casey victory."
- "Mr. Romanelli should go f**k himself."
- "If Carl Romanelli gets back on the ballot, someone should run him over with a truck."
The tolerant, peaceloving gay Left has nothing to offer but hate speech and threats of violence.
And I would know.
Posted by jeffgannon at 04:55 PM
October 26, 2006
Dem Ex-Hill Staffer Is Bogus Foley Email Blogger
Radar is reporting that LANE HUDSON, a former Democratic congressional staffer is the person behind the StopSexPredators blog that first published Rep. Mark Foley's "overly friendly" emails on the internet. The Human Rights Campaign fired the gay activist organizer for using HRC computers to launch the well-timed, coordinated political hit.
Hudson is said to be a onetime staffer to Sen. Fritz Hollings (D-SC) and former Democratic South Carolina Gov. Jim Hodges.
This dirty trick is unravelling and leading right back to the Democrats and the vicious liberal gay activists who have been sitting on this information for months, maybe years in order to use it for political gain.
Lane wrote on his blog:
AND.....here are the answers to some questions that have been posed. I am not Karl Rove, Mark Foley, or John Boehner. I am not employed in Democratic politics. I am not 'funded' by George Soros. I'm nobody that anybody should care about. So, please, go about your day as if I don't exist. If you have something that needs to be posted on this site, please let me know.
But you are employed in Democratic politics, Lane - the HRC!
And Lane posts at Yahoo
Compliments Friendster
UPDATE: Lane Hudson, of Charleston was one of 10 Young Democrats selected as delegates to the 2004 Democratic Convention from South Carolina.
Lane Hudson posted on Drinking Liberally on 4/15/2005 about the Monocle, a Capitol Hill bar closest to the Senate.
Previous email: lane.hudson@hrc.org (now disabled)
Posted by jeffgannon at 10:32 PM
"l'll Make America Just Like San Francisco!"
When I spoke with Chris Matthews over the weekend, he didn't think the characterization of Nancy Pelosi as a "San Francisco liberal" would have any influence on the turnout of religious conservatives. As I predicted, the GOP is focusing on the woman who would be Speaker.
What might Nancy Pelosi's "San Francisco agenda for America" be?
Let's start with the New Jersey ruling that mandates gay marriage or it's equivalent, what would San Francisco Nancy say about that?
What about partial-birth abortions, what would San Francisco Nancy say about that?
How about removing "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance, what would San Francisco Nancy say about that?
That's just the beginning...
Posted by jeffgannon at 11:13 AM
Gay Activists Behind Phony Foleygate
Sooner or later, the trail of the political hit put on Republicans will be traced back to Democrats. The New York Times reports that an "unnamed" staffer for the pro-gay Human Rights Campaign has been fired for his role in creating the website that published "overly friendly" emails from Rep. Mark Foley to a Congressional page.
In typical fashion, the NYT makes no effort to discover and reveal the identity of the staffer and what ties he has to Democrats. If the staffer is working for the HRC in Michigan, he is a Democrat. Who is he and what are his ties to the vicious gay activists in Washington, the Democratic National Committee and Democratic members of Congress and their staffers?
Posted by jeffgannon at 08:42 AM
October 25, 2006
New Jersey Ruling Tilts Midterms To GOP
The New Jersey Supreme Court opened the door for gay marriage in that state today when it ruled that gay couples are entitled to the same rights as members of a traditional union of one man and one woman.
The court first declared that traditional marriage has no unique societal function and serves no useful purpose that could not be achieved through a same-sex union:
"Denying committed same-sex couples the financial and social benefits and privileges given to their married heterosexual counterparts bears no substantial relationship to a legitimate governmental purpose.
The court then lays the foundation for allowing gay marriage:
The Court holds that under the equal protection guarantee of Article I, Paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, committed samesex couples must be afforded on equal terms the same rights and benefits by opposite-sex couples under the civil marriage statutes. The name to be given to the statutory scheme that provides full rights and benefits to samesex couples, whether marriage or some other term, is a matter left to the democratic process."
The decision buys into one of the key arguments of the proponents of gay marriage, that of "equal protection" under the law, a concept enshrined in the federal constitution under the Fourteenth Amendment and expressed in state constitutions as well. Gay marriage advocates construe this phrase to mean there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. The court directed the legislature to codify the rights under the principle of "equal protection", but for gay marriage avocates that has always been a full and unequivocal recognition of same-sex marriage.
Once this ruling is properly analyzed, any social conservatives who may have thought about staying home on election day will be making plans to flock to the polls. I would expect the same impact on the midterms as occurred during the 2004 election, especially since constitutional bans on gay marriage are on the ballot on 8 states in November.
Posted by jeffgannon at 03:36 PM
October 24, 2006
Bubble-Bound Elites Still Pushing Dems To Win
Is has been well established that the Old Media elites in Washington and New York City are liberal Democrats. Their biased reporting has always been an annoyance and often a detriment. Now, it just might be their undoing - since it colors not only what they report and how they report it. How many times can they be wrong before news consumers stop paying attention to them at all?
Here in the Washington, DC echo chamber Democrats and the Old Media have been repeating each other’s words back at them, producing increasingly dire predictions of doom for Republicans in November. However, the situations on the ground in the districts where the actual votes will be cast tell a much different story.
I ran into MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews at a social event over the weekend. He began the conversation by asking me if I was getting ready to "bind my wounds." He was referring to the midterms, but as many of you know I am a conservative, not a Republican. However, it is certainly accurate that I would consider a win for Democrats as a loss for me. I told Chris I didn't quite see it like he did and explained as follows (with a few embellishments that were not part of our conversation):
Religious conservatives WILL be voting this year.
I told him that the Christian conservatives that he and others like him were trying to discourage from going to the polls would not be sitting out this election. My sources at the major Christian groups, Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, American Family Association, etc. have indicated that their membership is motivated to vote. Gay marriage is on the ballot in 8 states this year and an expected ruling in favor of same-sex marriage in New Jersey would energize religious conservatives all across the country.
Abortion is on the ballot in South Dakota - voter turnout will be higher than any election in memory there. In fact, it may produce an upset of the Emily's List-supported pro-abortion incumbent Democratic Rep. Stephanie Herseth. Her challenger is pro-life Native American Republican Bruce Whalen.
One of the primary reasons social conservatives will be voting in droves is the woman who would be Speaker of the House in a Democratic takeover. I told Chris that people who opposed the ultra liberal agenda that Nancy Pelosi represents will not stay away from the polls no matter how much he tried to convince them it is a fait accompli.
Chris doesn't think that the characterization of Pelosi as a "San Francisco liberal" is sufficient to motivate conservative voters. This is where he is very wrong. As a matter of fact, the term "San Francisco liberal" will be as deadly to Pelosi and the Democrats as "a card-carrying member of the ACLU" was for Michael Dukakis. Pelosi is probably that, too. I told Chris that from now until November, that mantra would be repeated so often that an Old Media news network would do a segment about it in order to knock it down.
Chris disagreed with me; of course, because as an elite, he believes himself to be right all of the time.
The races are beginning to break in favor of Republicans holding on to the House and the Senate in November. I've enumerated the reasons above, now here are a few indicators:
The Associated Press is reporting that Republican Sen. George Allen is pulling away from Democrat Jim Webb. The AP reporting the story is sufficient to indicate which way this race is going.
New York Republican Rep. Tom Reynolds has recovered in the polls that were turned upside down because of Foleygate.
Republican Rep. Jean Schmidt, one of the Democrats' key targets in the GOP's tough terrain of Ohio, is AHEAD in the polls.
I don't see the Democratic tsunami that the "conventional wisdom" inside the Beltway Bubble is predicting.
Posted by jeffgannon at 08:09 AM
October 23, 2006
"Poodle" Brownstein Got The DNC Talking Points
Last week, the Washington Post ran a story about Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel's plan to target more incumbent Republicans in the last 20 days of the campaign.
"Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel (Ill.) has privately signed off on targeting a new group of GOP incumbents who were once considered safe for reelection, starting with Rep. Gil Gutknecht in rural Minnesota, officials said.
The number of seats Democrats could pick up "is expanding, no doubt about it," Emanuel said. "But you have to figure out what is smoke and what is fire."
Emanuel said he believes as many as 58 seats are now in play."
Even though this is wishful thinking on Emanuel's part, Ron Brownstein of the L. A. Times reports it as fact. Today, Brownstein dutifully writes:
"A growing number of GOP incumbents in seats once considered "safe" — including Melissa A. Hart in Pennsylvania, Ron Lewis in Kentucky, Richard W. Pombo in Tracy, Calif., and Gutknecht here — are struggling this month against a powerful current of discontent with the nation's direction, the performance of Congress and President Bush, and the war in Iraq."
If that wasn't convincing, Brownstein backs it up with more "facts" from MoveOn.org:
"The battleground is way broader than anyone thought was possible," said Eli Pariser, executive director of the political action committee associated with the liberal group MoveOn.org.
This is Old Media political reporting; a Democrat says it, the Old Media prints it.
Posted by jeffgannon at 05:49 PM
October 22, 2006
Don't Pop The Cork Just Yet, Nancy
My good friend, Barron's White House correspondent Jim McTague is predicting that Republicans will maintain control of BOTH houses of Congress on November 7:
"Jubilant Democrats should reconsider their order for confetti and newsmakers. ... Our analysis -- based on a race-by-race examination of campaign-finance data -- suggests that the GOP will hang on to both chambers, at least nominally. We expect the Republican majority in the House to fall by eight seats, to 224 of the chamber's 435. At the very worst, our analysis suggests, the party's loss could be as large as 14 seats, leaving a one-seat majority. But that is still a far cry from the 20-seat loss some are predicting. In the Senate, with 100 seats, we see the GOP winding up with 52, down three. We studied every single race -- all 435 House seats and 33 in the Senate -- and based our predictions about the outcome in almost every race on which candidate had the largest campaign war chest, a sign of superior grass-roots support. We ignore the polls. Thus, our conclusions about individual races often differ from the conventional wisdom. Pollsters, for instance, have upstate New York Republican Rep. Tom Reynolds trailing Democratic challenger Jack Davis, who owns a manufacturing plant. But Reynolds raised $3.3 million in campaign contributions versus $1.6 million for Davis, so we score him the winner. Likewise, we disagree with pollsters of both parties who see Indiana Republican Rep. Chris Chocola getting whomped by Democratic challenger Joe Donnelly, a lawyer and business owner from South Bend. Chocola has raised $2.7 million, versus $1.1 million for Donnelly. Ditto in North Carolina, where we see Republican Rep. Charles Taylor beating Democrat Heath Shuler, a former NFL quarterback, because of better financing. Analysts from both parties predict a Shuler upset. Is our method reliable? It certainly has been in the past. Using it in the 2002 and 2004 congressional races, we bucked conventional wisdom and correctly predicted GOP gains both years. Look at House races back to 1972 and you'll find the candidate with the most money has won about 93% of the time. And that's closer to 98% in more recent years, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Polls can be far less reliable. Remember, they all but declared John Kerry president on Election Day 2004."
Posted by jeffgannon at 04:58 PM
October 20, 2006
Will Gays Get Blame If Dems Fail To Win House?
For the past few months Democrats have been expressing confidence that they will at least take over the U. S. House of Representatives and perhaps the Senate as well. However, last minute events could inpact what happens on election day. For example, a scandal in Congress involving gay staffers and a gay member has slowed the resurgence of Republicans in the polls. But the focus on gay issues may yet rouse social conservatives that the Old Media has been saying are dispirited and likely to sit out the November midterms.
The Washington Blade, a Washington, DC gay newspaper has a front-page article, Democratic House A Gay Boon? , about the advances gays hope to make in a Democratic-controlled House. The first order of business would be to push through a federal "non-descrimination" bill (ENDA) that would include "transgendered" people. A "hate crime" bill that gives special status to gays and transgenders would also be a priority as would be a repeal of the Clinton-era "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" that would allow gays to openly serve in America's military. Benefits for same-sex "domestic partners" of federal employees would be a key agenda item. It is likely that a Democrat-led House would vote to award the gay partner of Democratic Rep. Gerry Studds the annual pension that the spouse of a deceased member would normally receive.
A Democratic takeover would install a stridently pro-gay leadership. Nancy Pelosi, representing San Francisco, the gayest city in America would become Speaker of the House. A spokesperson told the Blade that Pelosi's "commitment to non-descrimination and other protections for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community will continue to guide her in her leadership of House Democrats."
Gay Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank, survivor of a gay sex scandal in the 1980s would become chairman of the powerful Financial Services Committee.
Events around the country could also focus the electorate's attention on gay issues. The New Jersey Supreme Court is due to issue a ruling on gay marriage within the week that might legalize same-sex unions. A decision in that case in favor of gays would probably reignite the debate that took place in 2004 where 11 of 11 states passed a constitional ban on same-sex marriage. Eight states are considering bans this year and it is expected that they will pass in at least six of them. The New Jersey decision might energize social conservatives across the country to turn out on election day to pass the ballot initiatives in all eight of them as well as keep Democrats from taking over Congress.
If such a scenario takes place, will gays get the blame for Democrats electoral woes as they did in 2004?
Posted by jeffgannon at 07:43 AM
October 19, 2006
DOW 12,000 - RECORD CLOSE MAKES HISTORY
I'm sure Democrats and the Old Media won't interrupt their premature electoral celebration to note today's record close of the Dow Jones above 12,000, symbolic of the strongest economy in American history.
Posted by jeffgannon at 04:00 PM
Washington Post's Will Duranty
New York Times' Moscow reporter Will Duranty won a Pulitizer Prize for his coverage of the Soviet Union in the 1930's. He conspired with the Communist regime to cover up the devastating famine of 1932-1933 in which millions starved to death. However, in 2003 the Pulitzer Prize board refused to revoke the award and the New York Times has declined to return it, despite the proven fraud.
Washington Post Foreign Service reporter John Burgess is making a bid for his own Pulitzer with a story extolling the success of the North Korean economic system. In the article titled, "Prospering North Shrouded in Myth", Burgess writes:
"It is tempting to dismiss North Korea as an absurd little fairyland trapped in some past age. Yet, from near total devastation after the 1950-53 war with South Korea, it has built a standard of living far above other Asian communist states'. It has made major strides in public health, education and agriculture and has virtually wiped away social ills such as drugs and prostitution, according to visitors."
Burgess is also impressed by the total satisfaction of North Koreans:
"South Korean officials claim there are concentration camps near the Chinese border where hundreds of thousands of political prisoners labor in anonymity. Occasionally, reports surface of anti-Kim slogans scrawled in public places. But with few exceptions, foreign visitors to the north leave with an impression of seamless unity. No one whispers pleas to take letters abroad. People seem contented, convinced, as their leaders tell them, that they have "nothing to envy" anywhere in the world."
Kim Jong Il may be on the verge of giving Fidel Castro a run for his money as the most admired "benevolent" dictator to the Leftist-dominated American media.
Posted by jeffgannon at 03:10 PM
Snow Nails Old Media's GOP Morale Suppression
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow took it to the Democrats' Old Media operatives in the Press Corps at today's briefing:
Q Tony, what does it say about the trouble that the Republican Party is in right now that the President is having to go out and campaign today in what should have been two safe Republican races?
MR. SNOW: This is a close election contest. On the other hand, what does it say, you've got Bill Clinton running around and campaigning for people. Does that mean Democrats are suddenly worried? I think it's important that you have a President going out and engaging. I'll tell you why we're confident about what's coming up. We think we've got better candidates, we got better issues, we got better solutions to the problems that face Americans. On a tactical level, Ken Mehlman says he's got 55 million bucks more than the Democrats have in get-out-the-vote measures. And just from my fractional experience out there, every time people read these stories that almost look like suppression efforts to bring down Republican morale, the Republicans say, man, I'm ready, I'm going to get out there and do it.
Snow's got their number, and the Press Corps knows it.
Posted by jeffgannon at 02:51 PM
Snow Nails Old Media Defeatists; Explodes Tet Myth
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow corrects the historical record about the Tet Offensive which has been portrayed as a crushing defeat for American troops at the hands of the Viet Cong in 1968. It was the Viet Cong that was crushed on the battlefield, but Walter Cronkite and his Old Media operatives declared it a defeat for the United States.
Q Does the President still think that Iraq is a winning issue for Republicans, and can you elaborate on what he was talking about yesterday in the Stephanopoulos interview about linking -- comparing it with the Tet Offensive?
MR. SNOW: Well, let's back up. We'll do the Tet Offensive question first. That comparison was made by Tom Friedman. That was a question about a column that Tom Friedman wrote. And the President was making a point that he's made before, which is that terrorists try to exploit pictures and try to use the media as conduits for influencing public opinion in the United States. And as Lieutenant General Caldwell said today in his briefing in Baghdad, it is possible, although we don't have a clear pathway into the minds of terrorists, it is possible that they are trying to use violence right now as a way of influencing the elections.
First question again?
Q Well, let's stay on that for a second. The Tet Offensive was successful for the Viet Cong and the Vietnamese in the --
MR. SNOW: It was successful from a propaganda point of view, as history has subsequently demonstrated. The negative reports were wrong --
Old Media lies continue to be exposed.
Posted by jeffgannon at 02:47 PM
Black Republican Brings Out Racist Democrats
A Survey USA poll shows African-American Senate candidate Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele tied with Democrat Ben Cardin. The prospect of a black Republican winning a Senate seat from the deep-blue state of Maryland has brought out the racists among the Democrats.
First, it was Oreo cookies lobbed in Steele's direction at an appearance early in the year. Whether is was one cookie or a truckload, the racist message was clear: Steele was "black on the outside, white on the inside".
Later, staffers at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee committing identity theft against Steele to illegally access his credit report - in order to use any negative information in it to smear him. The staffer was fired and given a "wrist slap" penalty of performing 150 hours of community service. DSCC chairman Sen. Charles Schumer, who wrote legislation against identity theft has never acknowleged the crime or apologized to Steele.
This week, fellow Marylander, Democratic House Whip Steny Hoyer accused Steele of "slavishly" supporting the Republican Party, an outrageously racist comment for which he was forced to apologize.
Now this lawn sign from Prince Georges' County:
The message here is clear: Steele is a traitor to his race, an Uncle Tom, like Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
This is not a handmade sign, it is professionally printed. There are more of them, probably many more. Who is responsible for them? Who paid for them? Who are the racist Democrats are behind these signs?
Posted by jeffgannon at 09:11 AM
October 18, 2006
DOW 12,000 TODAY
The worst economy since the Great Depression (Democrats' and Old Media's 2004 mantra) is going to set a record today, with the Dow Jones Average crossing 12,000 for the first time - EVER. The "Bush Boom" has dwarfed the "Clinton Bubble" as today's economy is now the strongest in American history. More Americans hold jobs than ever before, own more homes than ever before, federal tax revenues are surging, deficits are shrinking faster than analysts can revise them, wages are growing, inflation is tame, interest rates are low and gasoline prices are falling.
The economy is the October Surprise, stupid!
Posted by jeffgannon at 08:33 AM
Dems Go Into Hock To Win House
Tax-and-spend Democrats are trying to convince voters that if they take over Congress in November, they will fiscal discipline to the federal budget. Their very nature makes that laughable, especially when "Speaker" Nancy Pelosi has already announced that she wants to roll back some or all of the Bush tax cuts.
But what are the "thrifty" Dems going to do to get them to the finish line? BORROW MONEY!
Posted by jeffgannon at 08:24 AM
October 17, 2006
Connecting The Dots On The Anti-American Left
On Monday, Lynne Stewart, a "civil rights" lawyer convicted of aiding and abetting Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman was sentenced to a paltry term of 2 1/2 years in prison. Stewart knowingly and willingly served as a messenger between "The Blind Sheikh" and his associates and was convicted for providing material support to a terrorist conspiracy. Rahman was convicted for planning the bombing of locations around New York City including the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, the NYC headquarters of the FBI and the George Washington Bridge.
For those who might think that Stewart is simply a lone actor with misguided motives, lets look at her supporters and associates on the anti-American Left:
The Lynne Stewart Defense fund received $20,000 from George Soros' Open Fund Society. Soros has also funded the Democratic front group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a group that concealed information about Rep. Mark Foley's activities until a few weeks before the November midterms and is also trying to intimidate Christian leaders by tracking their visits to the White House.
Following her conviction, Stewart appeared at San Francisco State University with antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan.
Sheehan:
"First, I want to give my little story about Lynne. Of course, you all have read To Kill a Mockingbird. Lynne is my human Atticus Finch. He did what he knew was right, but wasn’t popular. And that’s what Lynne is doing.
We are not waging a war on terror in this country. We’re waging a war of terror. The biggest terrorist in the world is George W. Bush."
Stewart:
"They don’t understand that what’s out there can come home to them. And it did on September 11, and you know, we’ve never explored that in this country. Oh, we have the 9/11 reports but we never said, Why did this happen and what can we do to prevent 20 more young men, who are not suicidal, who are not crazy, from getting in planes and doing exactly the same thing? And it’s not about Homeland Security or putting Lynne Stewart in jail, believe me. It’s about saying, What have we done to encourage this kind of enmity, that would require young men to give their lives up?"
Never far from Cindy Sheehan is Code Pink.
This collection of radicals gave $600,000 in medical supplies and cash to the families of the insurgents who were fighting American troops in Fallujah, Iraq in December 2004. Code Pink also protests outside Walter Reed Medical Center where wounded soldiers convalesce.
Who hangs out with Code Pink?
John Murtha:
Howard Dean:
Howard Dean is Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Rep. John Murtha wants to be House Majority Leader. Will voters turn Congress over to the anti-American Left in November?
Posted by jeffgannon at 07:22 AM
Clinton Judge Gives Traitor Attorney Light Sentence
It should come as no surprise that the U. S. District Court Judge John Koeltl, who gave convicted terrorist conspirator attorney Lynne Stewart a virtual "slap on the wrist" is a Clinton appointee.
The details:
Koeltl, John George
Born 1945 in New York, NY
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Nominated by William J. Clinton on April 26, 1994, to a seat vacated by Shirley Wohl Kram; Confirmed by the Senate on August 9, 1994, and received commission on August 10, 1994.
Education:
Georgetown University, A.B., 1967
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1971
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Edward Weinfeld, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1971-1972
Law clerk, Justice Potter Stewart, Supreme Court of the United States, 1972-1973
Assistant special prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973-1974
Private practice, New York City, 1975-1994
Posted by jeffgannon at 06:55 AM
Studd's Male "Spouse" Won't Get Pension
The late Rep. Gerry Studds, who has been eulogized by his Democratic colleagues and the Old Media as a pioneer for gay rights despite having been centured for having sex with a male page in the 1970s, won't be breaking new ground when it comes to his congressional pension. The federal Defense of Marriage Act prohibits Studd's gay "spouse" from receiving half of the congressman's annual pension.
Sen. Edward Kennedy has already issued a statement saying, "It's wrong for our laws to deny any American the basic right to be part of a family and to be free from the stain of bigotry and discrimination."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has yet to comment whether she would introduce legislation to provide Studd's surviving partner with the former congressman's pension should she become Speaker following the November midterms.
Posted by jeffgannon at 06:19 AM
October 16, 2006
Liberal Media Elites' Twisted Priorities
According to the Old Media the existence and operational details of America's national security secrets including terrorist surveillance programs, terrorist fund tracking programs and CIA terrorist detention facilities must be made public. The liberal media elites claim that the public's "right to know" outweighs any damage done to America's defense against deadly terrorist attacks.
However, when reporters' access to truffles and caviar might be as risk, they are disposed to participating in a cover-up. Read all about the self-righteous journalists who sold out their principles for a glass of champagne and a bit of pate.
Posted by jeffgannon at 04:01 PM
Not Convinced Soros-Funded CREW Targets GOP?
Democratic operative Melanie Sloan, director of the George Soros-funded front group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is behind the witch-hunt targeting Republicans in Congress. She engineered the calculated political hit on Rep. Mark Foley by obstructing the FBI's investigation into the former Florida congressman's email communication with House pages until a few weeks before the election.
Her latest target is Pennsylvania congressman, Curt Weldon - who is calling her out for what he says are baseless allegations that have triggered a politically timed investigation.
Sloan expressed no interest in the ethics of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, the Democrat whose questionable land deal was uncovered last week. Nor is CREW pursuing Reid's documented connections to the infamous Jack Abramoff. Stranger yet, is Sloan's lack of concern over the sheer number of Reid's sons who are lobbyists.
Posted by jeffgannon at 03:41 PM
A Country Star Liberals Can Love (Not The D-- C--)
Before Tim McGraw found Faith and fame, I sang a few numbers with him and his band one Thursday night in a dumpy Delaware honky-tonk. He sang about familiar American themes that are often the subject of country songs; love, cheating and pickup trucks - hardly political stuff.
But now Time Magazine has discovered that McGraw is a Democrat! This is not much of a revelation however, since the country superstar indicated his political viewpoint earlier this year when he complained about the federal government's handling of Katrina's aftermath.
When I met him, he was still an aspiring country singer and didn't seem to concern himself with politics. Perhaps now he is suffering the guilt that sometimes comes with wealth and success. Or maybe it's the effect of diminished testosterone. When Time asks him about the secret of a successful marriage he offers a telling response:
I live in a house with four women. Just shut up and say, "Yes, ma'am."
Posted by jeffgannon at 02:13 PM
Media Elite Hides Name Of Hillary Hatchet(wo)man
Sen. Hillary Clinton and her campaign spokesman, Harold Wolfson, have apologized and "distanced" themselves from remarks about Sen. John McCain made by an "anonymous" Clinton advisor to New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd. The "unnamed" person suggested that the campaign thought McCain's criticism of the Clintons about their handling of North Korea ended up "looking similar to the way he did on those captive tapes from Hanoi, where he recited the names of his crewmates."
What is fascinating about this episode is the total secrecy about who said it. Are we to believe that Clinton and Wolfson don't know? There are any number of Democrats who gladly take credit for the smear of a real Vietnam War hero (unlike the phony John Kerry). Surely Dowd does, so why is she protecting whoever said it?
Here's one scenario:
Maureen Dowd and Barney Frank's hideous sister Ann Lewis are sitting at a Georgetown gin-joint complaining about men. Through a whiskey-indiced haze, Dowd laments that she can't find a man among those of her ideological ilk who give her the hots - except for Bill Clinton - but everyone knows the former presidient only chases much younger skirt. Lewis asks her bar buddy which man from the right side of the aisle she would like to bed. Dowd launches into a black and white fantasy that strikes Lewis as the storyline of "The Manchurian Candidate", prompting the controversial remarks.
The boozy Dowd is bitter that she didn't think of it first, but the line is too rich not to put in her column. The cost to her is promising to protect the identity of the one who originally spoke it - no problem for a journalism elite working for The New York Times. Terrorist surveillance programs, classified National Intelligence Estimates and terrorist money tracking programs MUST be revealed because the public has a right to know - but the name of the person who put a dispicable smear on McCain must remain a secret - journalistic ethics about protecting a confidential source and all that First Amendment stuff.
The net result is that Clinton gets the full benefit of the hit on McCain and no one pays the price. Dowd and Tne New York Times prime examples of the hypocrisy of the liberal journalism elites.
Posted by jeffgannon at 07:14 AM
Al-Qaeda Spouts Democratic Talking Points
With the November midterms only three weeks away, the same anti-GOP, anti-Bush rhetoric is flowing from Democrats, Old Media "journalists", liberal pundits and Al-Qaeda terrorists. In a videotaped statement, Al-Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri called Bush "a failure and a liar in the war on terror."
Ayman al-Zawahri:
''Can't you be honest at least once in your life, and admit that you are a deceitful liar who intentionally deceived your nation when you drove them to war in Iraq,''
"This war in Iraq is a disgrace...What we have in Washington is a house of lies, and in November, we need to clean house."
Ayman al-Zawahri:
''Bush, you deceitful charlatan, 3½ years have passed since your capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, so how have you found us during this time?''
"You can't trust the Republicans to defend America because the president's defense policy has essentially resulted in...the failure to capture Osama bin Laden."
Ayman al-Zawahri:
''What you have perpetrated against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other Muslim captives in your prisons and the prisons of your slaves in Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan and elsewhere is not hidden from anyone, and we are a people who do not sleep under oppression and who do not abandon our revenge until our chests have been healed of those who have aggressed against us,''
Classified NIE cherry-picked by NYT, WaPo, parroted by Dems:
"The Iraq conflict has become the ‘cause celebre' for jihadists, breeding a deep resentment of U.S. involvement in the Muslim world and cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement."
Isn't this coordination by the media, Democrats and Al Qaeda illegal under McCain-Feingold campaign rules?
Posted by jeffgannon at 06:53 AM
October 13, 2006
Did I Sink Air America?
When I cancelled my appearance on the Randi Rhodes Show last week, I didn't think the whole Air America network would tank because I was a no-show. The Associated Press is reporting that the liberal radio home of Al Franken, Randi Rhodes, et al. is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today. Sorry.
Better cash that last paycheck fast, Randi.
Flattering, undoctored photo of Randi. This is how you would treat a guest.
Posted by jeffgannon at 10:56 AM
Sheehan Loses Nobel Peace Prize
Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her campaign against U. S. involvement in Iraq and other activities. Sheehan was considered to be leading contender for the award that in the past has honored the "acheivements" of terrorist leader Yassir Arafat and the 20th Century's worst American president, Jimmy Carter.
Since becoming a media darling two years ago, Sheehan has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments that should have guaranteed her the prize. Sheehan has rubbed up against Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, stalked President George W. Bush around the country and declared that he is the "world's leading terrorist". She has also referred to the forces opposing U. S. troops in Iraq as "freedom fighters".
What's a gal gotta do to win this thing anyway, write a book about a fantasy of travelling back in time to kill George Bush in his cradle? Even that didn't do it.
Posted by jeffgannon at 09:13 AM
October 12, 2006
Foleygate Is A Totally Gay Affair
Gay Rep. Mark Foley was “too friendly” with 16 and 17 year-old male pages and did gay things with a former page of legal age. Gay Mark Foley engaged in gay erotic chat with someone of legal age who was either gay or pretending to be gay. So far, there is no evidence that gay Mark Foley did anything gay with pages while they were in the program. Gay Mark Foley is gone from Congress, but the gayness of Foleygate doesn’t stop there.
Two former House Republican staffers, gay Kirk Fordham and gay Jeff Trandahl have made statements suggesting that they warned Republican leadership about gay Mark Foley’s alleged “overly friendly” behavior toward 16 and 17 year-old male pages. There have been confusing statements from the leadership about who knew about the “overly friendly” stuff when and Democrats have alleged a cover-up. There is no indication that anyone in the Republican leadership knew anything about the gay stuff reported by ABC News. They probably were aware that Mark Foley was gay, but gay activists say that is no reason to suspect anyone of wanting to do something gay with teenage boys.
Gay Rep. Jim Kolbe said recently that he knew Mark Foley was gay years ago and reported his “overly friendly” behavior to the board that oversees the page program. Still, there was no compelling reason to do anything about gay Mark Foley because as every gay activist says that there is nothing wrong with being gay or being “overly friendly”. So far, it seems that the Republican gays were trying to deal with the gay Mark Foley thing on their own terms.
Two activists, gay Mike Rogers and gay John Arovosis have been blackmailing and threatening gay members of Congress and their staffers with public exposure unless they supported gay legislation. They or their gay associated have compiled a list of gay members of Congress and staffers they intend to publicly identify as gay. Both are gay Democratic operatives, although gay Mike Rogers recently changed his registration from Democrat to Green so that he could claim that he was not a gay Democratic operative. Gay Mike Rogers boasts that he has working ties to members of the Democratic National Committee. Gay John Arovosis and a group of Lefty bloggers (some of whom were probably gay also) recently had lunch with former President Bill Clinton in New York City.
Foleygate is such a totally gay affair that news outlets are beginning to report about a network of gays that some refer to as the “Velvet Mafia” or “Lavender Mob”. The flame war between gay activists and the gays on Capitol Hill as well as all of the media scrutiny may have closet doors all over Capitol Hill springing open to reveal more even more gays.
Are there gay Republican members of Congress that most people don’t know are gay? Probably. Are there Democratic members of Congress who are secretly gay but operate under the protection of a sympathetic media and gay activists because they vote the gay way? Most assuredly. Are there Democratic members of Congress who “play with the boys” in DC but return to their districts to stage photo-ops their wife and kids? Definitely. Will all of these members of Congress be exposed? That could happen as this totally gay squabble appears to be lurching toward “mutually assured destruction”.
Democrats and George Soros’ CREW have tried to spin the very gay Foleygate into Watergate – something which it is not. Their carefully timed hit on Republicans one month before an election has focused a lot of attention on all things gay and may result in unintended consequences. A majority of Americans already suspect that many gay men are predators when it comes to teenage boys. Democrats have reinforced that stereotype with their overreaction to the actions of the gay Republican Congressman, explicitly claiming that gay Mark Foley was “preying” on young boys. That has certainly caused problems with the small, vocal and over-represented portion of the Democrat’s base that is comprised of gays.
Gays are likely to be blamed for this big gay mess, since it can all be reduced to a spat between Democratic gays and Republican gays. The very gay affair may cause Republicans to divest themselves to some degree of gays on Capitol Hill, since the gay principals in this case appear to have done the party a great disservice. Going by the numbers, should Republicans be overly concerned about losing such a miniscule constituency? Gays make up 6% of U. S. population. Only 25% of gays vote Republican. The net loss is 25% of 6%. The GOP may score several times that number by reassuring religious conservatives who have become increasingly disaffected by a perceived lack of progress on their social issues.
Foleygate will therefore be a disaster for gays. Gays will have to rely solely on the Democratic Party to advance the gay agenda, which is problematic since Democrats have lacked the political courage to publicly support gay marriage. Democrats had been relying upon the courts to legalize gay marriage in the same way it did abortion so it didn’t have to take a position on it, but so far justices have failed to find a right to gay marriage in the Constitution.
Foleygate may get even gayer if any of the investigations now underway uncover the very gay goings on taking place in some of the bathrooms and cubbyholes on Capitol Hill…
Posted by jeffgannon at 09:24 AM
October 11, 2006
Vintage Bush Kicks Press Corps Butt
President Bush faced the White House Press Corps today and ate their lunches for them. Karl Rove's October Suprise is to have Bush going on offense talking about the issues, while Democrats talk about who's gay and when we knew they were gay.
Catch the press conference at www.cspan.org.
Posted by jeffgannon at 11:55 AM
Shays Nails Kennedy On Chappaquiddick
It only took 37 years, but finally a politician has taken Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy to task for the drowning death of a young campaign worker in 1969. Most surprisingly, the comments come from the "moderate" Republican congressman from Connecticut, Chris Shays. He did it in the context of Democrats' phony outrage over the Mark Foley mess and their accusations of a coverup and calls for the resignation of House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
The best quotes:
"I know the speaker didn't go over a bridge and leave a young person in the water, and then have a press conference the next day."
"Dennis Hastert didn't kill anybody."
Mary Jo Kopechne was not available for comment.
If Democrats were so concerned about the safety of people in Washington, DC - including pages - all members of the Kennedy family would be forbidden to operatate a motor vehicle within city limits.
Posted by jeffgannon at 11:30 AM
The Valerie Plame Affair Flameout
Syndicated columnist Robert Novak tears uber-liberal Nation editor David Corn a new one over The Big Nothing and his flawed book about it, "Hubris". Hubris is what Corn is all about.
Final score:
Valerie Plame - not covert, third-rate analyst
Joe Wilson - liar
Richard Armitage - leaker
Karl Rove - not leaker, not frog-marched
Dick Cheney - not leaker, still Vice President
George W. Bush - not leaker, still President
Patrick Fitzgerald - overzealous, reckless prosecutor
Scooter Libby - will be cleared of lying if charges not dropped before trial
Robert Novak - still the Prince of Darkness
Bob Woodward - redeemed with "State of Denial"
Chris Matthews - thinks story is now "too complicated" for his viewers to understand
Keith Olbermann - not giving up, still hoping for Fitzmas
Democrats - Foleygate is the new Watergate
Old Media - Foleygate is the new Watergate
UPDATE: Plame Lawyer Quits
From the Washington Times:
File and run
"Or maybe the case has no merit."
So suggests the latest issue of the American Lawyer, citing one theory as to why Valerie Plame of CIA-leak fame suddenly parted ways with her attorney, Proskauer Rose partner Christopher Wolf -- her next-door neighbor, no less -- shortly after her civil action was filed against senior Bush administration officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and White House aide Karl Rove.
"The breakup was a shock," writes the magazine's Elizabeth Goldberg, given that Mr. Wolf had filed the suit only "a month earlier."
Headlined "File and run," the article quotes lawyer Victoria Toensing, a former chief counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, as saying: "I'm amazed Proskauer took the case in the first place."
Another theory: "Proskauer might have gotten cold feet," writes Ms. Goldberg. "The firm wants to beef up its D.C. practice ... [a]nd heading the Plame case was not likely to please the Bush administration."
Posted by jeffgannon at 09:52 AM
October 10, 2006
Gay Dem Solicited Minor For Sex Over Internet
The Boston Globe reports that a former Boston City Councillor has been arraigned for attempting to entice a 15 year-old boy to have sex with explicit internet communications. David Scondras, a 60 year-old AIDS activist, is accused of using the name "Topdadd" to send graphic photographs to someone he thought was a male minor. Scondras was arrested in a charter school parking lot where he was to meet the boy.
The Boston Globe had to report the story because of its serious nature, but for some reason neglected to mention that Scondras is a DEMOCRAT.
Posted by jeffgannon at 05:10 PM
Ted Turner On Newspapers: "It's Over"
The Old Media tries hard to divert attention away from its declining fortunes. There are few articles about falling profits and circulation figures that have led to massive job cuts in most newsrooms with more to come as the death spiral gains momentum. Even when a liberal icon suggests that the print media be given The Last Rites, few news outlets report it.
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution is about the only news provider to mention CNN founder Ted Turner's grim prophesy about the future of newspapers at Monday’s National Press Club luncheon. “It’s over,” said the 67 year-old former media magnate, “"When I die, they are going to die with me."
Granted, the event wasn't particularly interesting, as Turner is surprisingly dottering for being only a few years beyond the traditional retirement age. He's inelegant as well, giving a Bronx cheer at the mention of Fox News. I suspect that if Turner didn't have money, no one would pay attention to him at all. He's given a huge portion of his fortune to create the United Nations Foundation - a dubious investment in a corrupt and dysfunctional world body - but more than enough to ensure his stature among liberals.
The journalism elites like to fawn over figures like Turner, especially when he delivers caustic comments about George W. Bush, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News or Rush Limbaugh. But when he provides a bleak assessment about the future of an industry that includes the New York Times and the Washington Post, they hide him like a crazy uncle.
Posted by jeffgannon at 12:32 PM
Picture Of The Day
The Associated Press pursues its agenda to topple the GOP by publishing this picture for no particular reason:
Since the moonbats are doing their own captions, I thought I'd take a stab at it:
"A woman's derriere is supposed to be about this big, not huge like that lardbottom Hillary. No wonder you're gay, Mark."
Posted by jeffgannon at 09:42 AM
October 09, 2006
GOP Candidate Hits Rival's Votes For Sex Studies
Wisconsin congressional candidate Paul R. Nelson has touched of a firestorm with a hard-hitting political ad critical of his opponent's votes to support controversial National Institute of Health sex research programs. CLICK TO VIEW
Posted by jeffgannon at 07:44 PM
Democrats, Old Media Rally Conservative Base
Democrats and their Old Media allies have been making increasingly dire predictions for Republicans in November as the result of the Mark Foley scandal. All of them believe (more likely hope) that the sorid nature of the events will keep conservative Christians away from the polls and assure Democrats control of at least the House and perhaps the Senate.
Oddly enough, David Kilpatrick of the New York Times sees things more clearly, as expressed in the headline, "Evangelicals Blame Foley, Not Republican Party." What Democrats and the liberal media fail to understand is that the conservative base of the party is made up of Reagan Republicans. One of the basic tenets of that political philosophy is personal responsibility. Foley was the bad actor in this episode and has been punished by being forced to resign. However, it is important to note that as of this moment, nothing that Foley is known to have done is criminal.
Others might be held responsible for failing to take action - and that includes Democrats. To believe that only Republicans knew about Foley's activities strains credulity. It is my contention that Democrats, gay activists and liberal groups including CREW knew far more about this matter and for a much longer period of time than Republicans did before it became public.
Republicans are already claiming that the timing of the scandal is a political dirty trick - because it is. However, that only partially protects them from a backlash from Evengelicals who have become increasingly disaffected by the Republican-led Congress. Religious voters will be watching closely to see if the leadership makes its case to remain in the majority.
The limits of tolerance will be tested in the coming weeks. In the minds of Evangelicals, the Foley scandal is about homosexuality, not inappropriate conduct. Whatever nuances various interests want to spin into the debate, the perception of conservatives is that homosexuality is the root of this political problem. Evangelicals are trying to reconcile how the party that has successfully pressed a majority of states to ban same-sex marriage can be so tolerant of the gay "lifestyle" within its own ranks on Capitol Hill. How the leadership of the party responds to this challenge will determine whether Evangelicals show up to vote in November.
The Republicans need to do three things to survive in November:
1. Expose the Foley scandal as a fraud, ala Rathergate, and force the Democrats and the Old Media away from it.
2. Begin talking about issues, gasoline going below $2 a gallon across the country, the Dow setting records highs as it nears 12,000, unemployment continuing to fall, wages increasing, inflation tame, Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito now on the Supreme Court with two vacancies anticipated soon and no terrorists attacks on the United States since 9/11.
3. Remind voters that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton means an end to all of that and worse through tax increases, more liberal judges and impeachment.
The Foley situation can produce a long-overdue cleansing of the Republican Party and a return to a focus on the core values that put it in power in 1994. This is an opportunity to show the difference between the two parties - something that has been muddled in recent years. Liberal pundits complain that Democrats don't have a definable message. So if Republicans reinforce what they stand for, the choice for voters in November becomes crystal clear.
Posted by jeffgannon at 10:02 AM
October 07, 2006
Gannon On Foleygate
In response to the many inquiries I've had about Mark Foley, please allow me to wag my finger at you and say:
"I did not have text with that Congressman, Mr. Foley..."
Posted by jeffgannon at 12:05 AM
October 06, 2006
Foley IM Partner Threatens Blogger
The lawyer for Jordan Edmund wants people to stop talking about his client in relationship to Mark Foley's widely publicized IMs and to stop publishing his picture.
Whoops, too late!
Read the threatening letter to Passionate America
This thing is unravelling like a cheap sweater.
Posted by jeffgannon at 04:06 PM
Democrats Fearing "Full Investigation"?
Democrats and the Old Media should have taken Speaker Dennis Hastert at his word when he pledged a "full investigation" into the Mark Foley affair. Eleven House Republicans are calling on Democratic leaders to appear under oath before the Ethics Committee.
Letters were sent to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel and Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean.
An excerpt:
"Just as it must be determined whether any Republican Members or political operatives were aware of and attempted to conceal Mr. Foley’s activities, it must also be determined whether any Democrat Members or political operatives were aware of, and attempted to conceal these same activities."
Battle lines drawn, let's have at it!
Posted by jeffgannon at 03:14 PM
The Company They Keep: Dems & ACLU
It is an established fact that the ACLU and the Democratic Party are virtually indistinguishable. In 1988, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis proclaimed that he was proud to be a "card carrying member of the ACLU."
In the wake of the Mark Foley mess and Democrats' bleating about how horrible it is, it's important to remember how vigorously the ACLU defended the North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) against a civil suit filed by the parents of a child murdered by a pedophile. The parents claimed that the sexual predator was inspired and instructed on how to "seduce" a boy by NAMBLA'S literature. From the National Review Online:
"In his diary, Jaynes [the pedophile] said he had reservations about having sex with children until he discovered NAMBLA," [Plaintiff's lawyer] Frisoli continues. "It's in his diary in 1996, around the time he joined NAMBLA, one year before the death of Jeffrey Curley."
Not repulsed enough with the Democratic ally's defense of murderous perverts? Read the details:
"Jaynes did not simply read NAMBLA's materials and ponder its message. He and Salvatore Sicari actively sought a boy with whom to copulate. They picked 10-year-old Jeffrey Curley of Cambridge, Massachusetts. They lured him into their car as he played outside his home in October 1997. When Curley resisted their sexual advances, they choked him to death with a gasoline-soaked rag. Then they took the boy's body across state lines to Jayne's apartment in Manchester, New Hampshire. They molested the cadaver and stuffed it into a cement-filled Rubbermaid container. Finally, they crossed state lines again into Maine, whereupon they tossed Jeffrey Curley's remains into the Great Works River, from which it was recovered within days. Jaynes and Sicari were convicted of these crimes in 1998, for which they are serving life sentences."
Will the Democratic Party separate themselves from the ACLU?
Posted by jeffgannon at 02:20 PM
Air America's Culture of Corruption
Air America, the depressing lefty radio network received money stolen from a New York City charity, reports the NY Post:
"Managers of the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in The Bronx looted the charity and used $1.2 million in taxpayer money for luxury cars, home renovations and start-up cash for lefty radio network Air America, a two-year investigation has found.
The bombshell probe by the city Department of Investigation was made public yesterday as two of Gloria Wise's top former officials took a no-jail plea deal - admitting in Bronx Supreme Court they stole as much as $150,000 from programs meant for kids, the elderly and the disabled."
How much lower does it get than to steal money provided by American taxpayers from kids, the elderly and disabled?
With all the ranting she's done about the Foley mess and the impact on THE CHILDREN, you'd think Randi Rhodes would resign in embarassment knowing kids suffered so that she could spout her moonbat conspiracy theories.
Will the sanctimonious Rhodes separate herself from the tainted network over this? Doubtful. She probably won't even mention it on her show today.
Posted by jeffgannon at 01:20 PM
ABC: Foley-Teen Gay Cyber Sex Bad, Adult-Teen Gay TV Sex Good
ABC News has led the charge on the political hit on the GOP House leadership over the Mark Foley mess. A man has gay sex with a teen - outrageous! "Anyone who knew anything about this should be driven out of office," the newsies and their Democrat allies shriek!
Cut to ABC prime time, where adult-teen gay sex is a PLOTLINE on its all-out sexfest series, "Desperate Housewives":
Posted by jeffgannon at 12:53 PM
Foleygate Beginning To Look Like Rathergate
Mark Foley is a creep and House Republican leaders forced him out of Congress when evidence of inappropriate behavior came to their attention. It appears that Hastert and Company took action in a timely fashion. The same cannot be said for the George Soros-funded Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, ABC News, gay activists and Democrats.
Speaker Dennis Hastert called the bluff of Democrats and the Old Media Thursday who were clamoring for his resignation. He put them on notice that it is going to be discovered “who knew what and when they knew it” – and that includes them. The House Ethics Committee has already issued by dozens of subpoenas, but it is yet unknown who is being summoned in the first wave. We’ll know that the media operatives, activists and Democrats have been called when the squealing begins.
It is evident that House GOP leaders had not seen the salacious Instant Messages until the past few days. But there are others who did. Who are they, when did they see them and what did they do about them?
The official version of the origins of the IMs and how they were discovered is beginning to unravel.
- ABC News said that the person who participated in the sexual chat with Foley was underage. Apparently, he was 18 at the time.
- A blogger, not ABC News discovered the identity of that person, Jason Edmund, now a campaign staffer for Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate Ernest Istook.
- When Edmund was identified, he engaged high-powered lawyer, Stephen Jones who represented Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
- An unidentified friend claims that the IMs were the result of a prank gone awry and that his client is a conservative heterosexual Republican. (From Berkeley?)
- Edmund's lawyer dismissed the "prank gone awry" scenario and pledged full cooperation with the FBI probe.
I’m not buying the “prank gone awry” tale. I think Edmund was complicit in whatever scam Mike Rogers and his ilk cooked up, and now he wants to bail out and claim to be a "victim". First question: How did your IMs find their way to ABC News?
The timeline and chain of custody of the IMs will reveal a lot, since the they were created in 2003. Rogers, CREW and whoever is discovered to have been behind the website temporarily set up to put some of the information on the internet are going to be pressed to reveal that essential information.
ABC News has problems too, since it is now stuck with a sensational story based on a false premise. It tried to shore up the story, by disputing the "prank gone awry" theory and revealing that three more pages have come forward to provide “verbal accounts” of advances from Foley. It’s already been established that Brian Ross sat on information that GOP leaders never saw, more evidence against Foley makes the story creepier, but the notion that Republicans were engaged in a cover up is gone. In fact, it appears that information that would have allowed them to act sooner was actually kept from them and the FBI by the media, CREW and gay activists and perhaps members of the Democratic House leadership or officials at the Democratic National Committee or other campaign.
This story is beginning to track like Rathergate. Stay tuned.
Posted by jeffgannon at 12:00 AM
October 05, 2006
Randi Rhodes Has No Manners
I cancelled my appearance on the Randi Rhodes Show today on Air America Radio because I wanted to be treated as a guest. I objected to the insulting way in which they were promoting my appearance. I really enjoy to debate, but I'm not going to participate in a conversation where I am not going to be accorded basic courtesy even before the show begins.
Clearly these good-hearted liberals have no idea of the concept of being a good host. Being angry doesn't mean you can be ill-mannered.
Posted by jeffgannon at 04:57 PM
Democrats Revive The Gay Witch-Hunt
The reaction of Democrats to the Foley scandal has produced an unintended consequence. In their zeal to take down the GOP leadership of the House, they have ignited a gay witch-hunt on Capitol Hill. What will be the ripple effect through the rest of the country?
Democrats say all the warning signs were there: A man known (or suspected) to be gay, in a position of authority, working with underage boys. Nancy Pelosi is claiming that Hastert and Company should have known this was a potential pedophile situation and done something about it sooner. What more should they have done based on the information that Foley was “overly-friendly” with male pages? Remember, that is all the information they had - nothing of a sexual nature.
Should Hastert have called in the FBI to search Foley’s office? The evidence could have been put in the same locked room with the files taken from William “Cold Cash” Jefferson. Should Hastert have called the NSA to tap Foley’s phone and data mine his online communication? Perhaps Hastert could have invoked the Patriot Act to see what kind of books Foley had checked out of the library. Maybe Hastert could have used the SWIFT program to see if Foley had bought lavish gifts for teenage boys.
What of other potential pedophile situations? Should men who are known or suspected to be gay be allowed to hold positions of authority working with teen males in schools as teachers and administrators? Democrats say yes! Should the Boy Scouts be forced to put men who are known or suspected to be gay in positions of authority working with teen males as troops leaders? Democrats say yes! Should a gay curriculum be taught in public schools with explicit discussions between men who are known or suspected to be gay with young male teens? Democrats say yes!
Should Republicans object to any of these things? Democrats say no! How on earth could the Republican House leadership have done anything else with Mark Foley that would not be portrayed by Democrats as intolerant gay bashing?
What should House Republicans do now? Following the “logic” of the Democrats’ rhetoric about Foley, they should not only purge gays from Congress, but also from their own party and from every segment of American society that might be an environment for pedophilia. Democrats say yes!
Posted by jeffgannon at 09:33 AM
Pro-Illegals Attack Minutemen During Columbia Speech
A mob of illegal immigrant supporters stormed the stage at during a speech given be leaders of the Minutemen Project, a pro-border security group at Columbia University. The program was sponsored by the Columbia College Republicans and featured Jim Gilchrist and Marvin Stewart, which apparently was enough to incite the Leftist-backed protesters to go on the attack.
The irony is that the lack of free speech is one of the reasons illegal immigrants left the pathetic countries they come from.
Posted by jeffgannon at 08:12 AM
October 04, 2006
Coulter Nails Dems' Gay Hypocrisy
Ann Coulter cuts right to the heart of the matter of the Democrats' gay hypocrisy in the Foley affair:
We need to get a rulebook from the Democrats:
Boy Scouts — As gay as you want to be.
Priests — No gays!
Democrat politicians -Proud gay Americans.
Republican politicians - Presumed guilty.
White House Press Corps - No gays, unless they hate Bush.
Active Duty U.S. Military - As gay as possible.
Men Who Date Liza Minelli - Do I have to draw you a picture, Miss Thing?
She's brilliant!
Posted by jeffgannon at 06:31 PM
Where's Barney Frank?
Why is the current ranking expert in U. S. House sex scandals absent from television while the Foley mess is being talked about relentlessly? One would think the gay Massachusetts Democrat would be all over the screen to offer his perspective on his own scandalous behavior and that of his former colleague, gay Democrat Gerry Studds. Studds was only reprimanded for having sexual relations with a male page by the Speaker Tip O'Neill, Democratic-led Congress. NOTE: Chris Matthews was O'Neill's aide at the time. Will anyone ask him if he thinks O'Neill should have resigned like he seems to think Dennis Hastert should?
Studds was unapologetic over his seduction of a congressional page, having plied him with alcohol and made unwanted sexual advances to which the youth acquiesced. Read the sordid details from House investigation:
"In his deposition, the male page who had allegedly traveled to Europe with Rep. Studds testified that he had visited Rep. Studds' apartment at the congressman's invitation on at least three or four occasions in 1973 and that Rep. Studds and the page had engaged in sexual activity on each of those occasions.
"The page testified that in late July, 1973, Rep. Studds invited him to travel abroad during the August recess. The page agreed, and the two took a 2 1/2 week trip together abroad. According to the page's testimony, they engaged in sexual activity every two or three days during this trip.
"The page was 17 years old during the time he testified that he had a sexual relationship with Rep. Studds; the relationship may have begun when the page was 16, since the page was born in the spring of 1956. At that time, Rep. Studds was 36 years old.
"Two other former pages, both male, have stated under oath that Rep. Studds made sexual advances to them in 1973 while they were serving as House pages. One was 16 or 17 years old at the time of the alleged incident; the other was 17. . . .
"The special counsel's staff interviewed the former page who had traveled with Rep. Studds twice before his deposition. At each interview the page admitted traveling to Europe with Rep. Studds, but he denied that he had been sexually propositioned by the member, and he denied that there had been a sexual relationship between them.
"Then, just prior to his deposition, the page took aside a member of the special counsel's staff and told him that he had not been telling the truth. He stated then, and testified under oath in his deposition, that he had a sexual relationship with Rep. Studds while serving as a House page during the spring and summer of 1973.
"The page testified that another page introduced him to Rep. Studds and a group of other congressmen at a restaurant in May or June, 1973. According to the page's testimony under oath, sometime after this introduction, Rep. Studds invited the page to the representative's house in Georgetown for dinner:
"Q. After you met Congressman Studds, did you and he get together again shortly after that?
"A. Yes. Shortly thereafter--I am not sure how long, how long it was--but I was invited to go out to dinner with him and I did. The dinner took place at his apartment in Georgetown. Would you wish a follow-up question?
"Q. The follow-up question would be what happened at that dinner?
"A. Well, we sat around and talked about abstract and general questions, all types and descriptions, until four in the morning, drinking vodka and cranberry juice, at which time I was told by the congressman that he was too drunk to give me a ride home and so he said, "Why don't you sleep here?" and I did.
"At that point, according to the page's testimony, the congressman engaged the page in sexual activity.
"The page testified that he is not homosexual and he had not had a homosexual relationship prior to his relationship with Rep. Studds."
Copyright 1983 The Washington Post
Studds continued to be re-elected and served until his retirement in 1996.
Posted by jeffgannon at 09:21 AM
Outing The Outers - Teen Safety Second To Politics?
They crow about the political scalps they've taken and now they're doing a victory lap over the downfall of Rep. Mark Foley. However, their participation in this calculated political hit is getting more scrutiny than they bargained for. For several years, they've threatened and blackmailed politicians about their votes on gay issues, waging despicable whispering and smear campaigns, almost exclusively aimed at Republicans. They are Democratic operatives, engaging in the politics of personal destruction.
They may have covered up crimes and put children at risk by concealing evidence of Foley's activities in order to lauch an attack at the right time to inflict as much political damage to Republicans as possible.
What did they know, and when did they know it? The FBI should definitely be knocking on their doors today. World Net Daily breaks it down and tells you exactly who "they" are.
They'll claim to be journalists in order to protect their sources, but it is clear they are political operatives and entitled to no protection whatsoever. In fact, if they concealed evidence that indicated children were in danger, they should be prosecuted.
Posted by jeffgannon at 08:08 AM
October 03, 2006
Will Foley Hit Backfire On Dems?
Democrats have mobilized to take political advantage of the fallout from the Foley scandal. The national congressional campaign committees had already distributed a playbook and talking points. Of course, the Democrats want to deal a fatal blow to the Republican majority however, to do such a thing Democrats must be certain that their own "House" is in order. Unfortunately for them, it is not.
Like most scandals, the eruption of one often ignites similar ones. Was Mark Foley the only member of Congress involved in inappropriate behavior? Don't bet on it. Will others come forward to tell of other sexual misconduct by others on Capitol Hill? That remains to be seen.
The bigger this story becomes, the more likely it is that accounts of the misbehavior other members of Congress will "come out."
Mark Foley's behavior is indefensible. He deserves whatever punishment comes to him. The Republican House leadership should make it clear what it knew when - and what action was taken.
There is a critical distinction between "emails" and "instant messages". The emails were innocuous and that may be the only communication the Republican leadership knew about.
It was the instant messages (IMs) that were lurid. The House leadership said that it never saw those. That should be easy to determine. Where did the IMs come from?
ABC News and others who had the IMs need to answer the question of when they received the IMs and what they did about them. If they were so concerned about the boys that were receiving these IMs, at what point did they turn them over to the FBI? Hours, days, weeks, months, years?
This is an ugly case, but one has to wonder if it was also a carefully timed political hit. Clarice Feldman has more at the American Thinker:
Thomas Lifson is also curious about how the Foley scandal emerged:
Two Narratives: the Politics of the Foley Scandal
I repeat my warning to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid: Under pressure, closet doors have a way of popping open.
Did they learn nothing from the Jim McGreevey debacle?
Posted by jeffgannon at 07:46 AM
October 02, 2006
Selective Outrage Politicizes Foley Coverage
The content of 54 year-old Rep. Mark Foley’s emails to a 16 year-old page is indefensible. However, there is no evidence thus far that indicates any conduct beyond creepy internet chatter. The Old Media's phony outrage over the “scandal” underscores that the coverage is in large part politically motivated.
When writing about the Valerie Plame affair, Watergate is mentioned in virtually every article and when reporting about the Iraq war, the specter of Vietnam is frequently invoked. Now, when it’s discovered that a Republican Congressman sent sexually suggestive emails to a minor, the Old Media suffers amnesia.
In 1983, Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Gerry Studds admitted to having SEX with a 17 year-old MALE congressional page in 1973. Democrats were in the majority at the time and its leaders declined to force him to resign, instead only reprimanding him. When Republicans took over the House in 1993, Studds was censured, but not expelled. The Massachusetts Democrat rose and turned his back to the Congress when his censure was being read in the chamber. He continued to be a member of the House until retiring in 1996.
Then there is Barney Frank, who shamelessly continues to remain in Congress despite his sexploits. And of course, we can't forget that while President, Bill Clinton was a serial adulterer who sexually harassed several women including having sexual relations with a White House intern. Clinton lied about having sex with that woman, Miss Lewinsky, and the Old Media helped Democrats spin it as a private matter.
Compare how the parties deal with scandal. Republicans involved in sexual improprieties resign, chose not to run for re-election or are defeated at the polls. Democrats refuse to even apologize.
Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid need to be careful in their pursuit of this matter. There are enough closet doors on Capitol Hill with a “D” on them that just might pop open if this becomes a partisan witch-hunt.
Posted by jeffgannon at 10:39 AM