Bush on Goal of Iraq
September 30, 2004
Bush made an excellent point in response to the question “when will we bring troops back.”
He said:
Objective: SEe that Iraqi’s take charge of their nation. 1st duty is train Iraqi’s.
End Game:
1) Iraq will be a strong ally.
2) Iraq will help secure Israel
3) Iraq will add to the strength of reformers in Iran.
These were good statements. Some observations.
1) The President has actually helped himself by expanding the case that it was a good thing to go into Iraq and free the people there. He could have done more, but this was a great way to handle it.
2) It was a bit of a risk to mention Israel being more secure with a reformed Iraq. I wonder with the reaction in the Arab world will be to that statement. I sense Al Jazeera will be running that over and over again.
3) It was a great statement to speak of the way a free Iraq would help the situation in Iran. Yes, we sided with Saddam during the Iran/Iraq war and have paid the price for that. But now we will have an opportunity with a stablized southern Iraq (and it is stable) to influence Shi’ites in Iran and Iraq. Ths will be a benefit to us.
Kerry and More Troops
September 30, 2004
Kerry says he wants to add two more divisions to meet our international needs.
What about the Peace Dividend Senator? Did you not understand that something like this would come when you supported a draw down of our military and our weapons programs?
Sphere: Related ContentDebate Facts
September 30, 2004
You’ll note to the right under my personal profile that I have added the News Feed for the Bush/Cheney Debate Facts. You can monitor debate facts live during the event tonight.
I will be blogging at the same time and afterward, so you can monitor analysis here on Opinion Times.
Sphere: Related ContentINDIANA: Kernan Makeover Admits Failure
September 29, 2004
Update in the Indiana Governor race: incumbent makes classic logical mistake. Read below.
The Hoosier Parliament: Kernan Makeover Admits Failure
Sphere: Related ContentColorado The Irrelevant
September 29, 2004
Erick dissed me on my comments about Alan Keyes earlier (just kidding buddy!). But he hit the nail on the head with his comments on the Colorado initiative. Excellent analysis on the subject (except for the comments that the Electoral College is archaic–ok, so I am a purist!).
Read On. Best read I have seen yet on the subject. Another example of why the blogsphere is changing the way we find important information.
Confessions Of A Political Junkie: Colorado The Irrelevant
Sphere: Related ContentSpeaking When Tired
September 29, 2004
Gives Clinton-speak a new twist.
Mark A. Kilmer’s Political Annotation: “So it seems Mr. Kerry was trying to steal a page from the master. There is a problem, as the official GWB blog points out. It comes from a March article in the Washington Post:
‘I actually did vote for his $87 billion, before I voted against it,’ he told a group of veterans at a noontime appearance at Marshall University.”
Eerie Comparison
September 29, 2004
Erick Erickson at Confessions of a Political Junkie found the link below.
I think we have finally figured out the origin of Kerry’s policy statements. Click here: Kerry Color Analysis
Sphere: Related ContentToday’s Funny
September 29, 2004
A friend sent this to me by IM today:
“The National Weather Service has issued a warning for yet another catastrophic hurricane following on the heels of Ivan and Jeanne. The path of this hurricane is highly unpredictable, and prone to frequent zigzags. Experts predict it will likely cause the most damage the United States has seen in four years. They are naming it Hurricane Kerry.
Be advised. The only way for citizens to protect themselves is by hiding behind a Bush.”
Sphere: Related ContentPBA Ban Appealed by Administration
September 29, 2004
The Bush Administration has once again stood for the principle of Life.
The gruesome practice of Partial Birth Abortion was banned by Congress and immediately challenged by pro-death advocates in court. Federal Courts in Nebraska and New York recently ruled against the ban based on a 2000 Supreme Court decision requiring a health exception to the ban.
It is time to change the culture of death in the country by pulling out the root. Abortion has been a stain and has done more to degrade our cultural heritage than anything except possibly the ban on prayer in schools.
This years election season has raised the Culture War to a new level of engagement. The next President will decide the ultimate fate of Roe v. Wade by appointing 2-3 Supreme Court judges. The Court may hear the Administration’s Appeal in it’s next term.
LifeNews.com
Bush Administration Appeals Rulings Against Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
National Right to Life
Voter Registration on the Rise
September 29, 2004
In a Washington Times article excerpted below, many places across the country are seeing a tremendous rise in the number of people registering to vote.
Having recently been in West Virginia, I know that the registration efforts there are strongly favoring Republicans. The RNC has a strong registration effort taking places through the Christian community.
There is always a caveat in my mind regarding increased registration: will it lead to actual votes. Democrat registration efforts (largely in the union, black and Hispanic communities) have largely not turned out the vote with the exception of the defeat of Bob Dornan a few years back. Republican registration efforts typically have not seen large gains in the short term. But Republican efforts have been very successful in the long term with the rise of voting in the Christian Conservative movement from the 1980’s until now.
My personal feeling is that the rise in registration is largely favoring the President. But with Philadelphia and Cleveland seeing increases, there is a chance that Bush will have a tough time of it in two states critical to his electoral success.
Bush still wins the election, though.
Voter-registration effort booms as deadline looms - The Washington Times: Metropolitan - September 29, 2004: ” The AP reported that Cleveland has seen nearly twice as many new voters registering compared with 2000; Philadelphia is having its biggest boom in new voters in 20 years; and counties are bringing in temporary workers and employees from other agencies to help process the new registration forms. Philadelphia borrowed employees from other city agencies and started working overtime two months earlier than the usual post-Labor Day push.
The AP also reported that clerks have hired extra workers in Colorado, Ohio and West Virginia. “
