The Crawford Kid hits a homer!
President Bush’s speech is just what the the doctor order as it was hardhitting and factual. I’ll have my take in a minute, but this from NRO’s Mario Loyola says it all. The Democrats just saw their November wave take it’s final break.
“The President just pulled one of the best maneuvers of his entire presidency. By transferring most major Al Qaeda terrorists to Guantanamo, and simultaneously sending Congress a bill to rescue the Military Commissions from the Supreme Court’s ruling Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, the President spectacularly ambushed the Democrats on terrain they fondly thought their own. Now Democrats who oppose (and who have vociferously opposed) the Military Commissions will in effect be opposing the prosecution of the terrorists who planned and launched the attacks of September 11 for war crimes.
And if that were not enough, the President also frontally attacked the Hamdan ruling’s potentially chilling effect on CIA extraordinary interrogation techniques, by arguing that Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions is too vague, and asking Congress to define clearly the criminal law limiting the scope of permissible interrogation.Taken as a whole, the President’s maneuver today turned the political tables completely around. He stole the terms of debate from the Democrats, and rewrote them, all in a single speech. It will be delightful to watch in coming days and hours as bewildered Democrats try to understand what just hit them, and then sort through the rubble of their anti-Bush national security strategy to see what, if anything, remains.”
Which is exactly right. Madam Pelosi can stop having that Speaker’s Chair refitted. Democrats like Pelosi and Reid are now going to have to answer questions like, “Well Harry, what would YOU have done with Khalid Sheik Mohammed?” to which neither he or Pelosi or any other Democrat has an answer.
The President showed that he and his administration has been and continues to be on the ball in regards to protecting this country.
More react at Stop the ACLU, Wizbang, Hot Air, Michelle Malkin
Why is it that Democrats spend so much more time talking about how to crush their political enemies and demonizing their political enemies compared with the real enemies of this country?
Why are they never called out on this?
Mark:
The Dems know that the press will not carry their water if they demonize the terrorists. Heck the most of the MSM still won’t call these monsters what they really are.
However, a juicy soundbite, factual or not will go a long way if it harms this administration in some way.
I agree, it is frustrating that it seems like we never see the Right strike back and perhaps we should find a great mouthpiece in Congress who is not John McCain and designate him or her to counter each ridiculous remark made by the left…no wait, that wouldn’t work either so it is best to let the President hit a home run time after time with words both timely and well placed.
Let’s just hope there are enough of us this November and blogs like Mac’s keep presenting us with facts not fantasy.
Good question, Mark. When you find out the answer, let the rest of us know.
Carol
Tacking in a Storm…
Congress is being told to set the rules. Expect laundry lists of activities to go into the acceptable and unacceptable columns. The trick will be figuring out which ones are not mentioned at all, and how those are treated. Will Congress provide that …..
Great start! Now for the full court press.
Mark, they are not ‘called out’ because it is still almost impossible to get past the MSM blockage. Like ABC’s movie….I would be willing to allow the showing of all of Bush’s actions/inactions…..if we could get info to the masses of the ‘long’ buildup of a now powerful enemy. The young were not even born when it got it’s new legs. They are clueless about the entire 90s.
I think this president picks his battles because he happened to be in the spot when all the forces were ready to come together. This speech was wonderful and he picked a battle that is long due. I suspect he had to wait to election time to bring enough pressure to even stand a shot at winning.
We Repubs have some fools and old fools that have shown over and over they do not understand governing as a majority. They still get bogged down with their own personal issues.
Fool—Lindsay Graham. He lives in a battle with his conscience and his own expertise as a military lawyer. He gives himself much too much credit.
Old Fool—Warner joined the Gang and I think comes from the ‘power’ position.
Old Fool–Spector seems to share equally with the above mentioned. He should have a friendly aide contact AJ. AJ could even explain NSA to an Old Fool.
Old Fool–McCain lives with past memories of another world with other enemies. He makes such insane arguments as equating today’s torture with yesterday. You can read a terrorist his Rights until the cows come home and his fellow terrorist will still chop off your head.
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