Okay, today, September 23, 2006, you heard it here first - I will now predict that Tom Tancredo will officially call for the impeachment of George W. Bush. Why you might ask? Well...he's going to need to divert attention away from himself and his hand picked protegeRandy Graf who has now been officially endorsed by none other than David Duke!
I just murdered an absolutely incredible post. I'm going to try and reconstruct it. I can't believe what I've done.
Today is one of those wonderful days. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood....All you know what is going to break lose over this one. And - I love it. There are rumors that the Bin Ladin is dead, but the reports of his death have been greatly....well, you know. So, we will just keep fingers crossed and hope for the best. It is all well and good that Whitney Houston may have lost her biggest fan, but life sometimes sucks. But not today!
What a day.
We can finally and concretely link the following:
Anti Bush Conservative Sentiment
GOP Progress has just broken the story that Randy Graf, the hand picked protege of widdle Tommie Tancredo, has been endorsed by none other than David Duke. I've been telling you - for months (at The Subway Canaries), as has the Pondering American and Called As Seen . In Human Events Tancredo Wrote..
"...Graf's biggest obstacle to victory in November will not be his Democrat opponent, but the damaged egos of the Republicans who backed Kolbe's hand-picked candidate. They have threatened to pick up their marbles and go home. The national Republican Party encouraged and legitimized this temper tantrum by funding Huffman in the primary. They need to step forward and tell the Kolbe faction in Tucson what Barry Goldwater told the conservatives at the National Republican Convention in Chicago in 1960: "Grow up!" Graf was the voters’ choice in the party's primary, and the Republican big wigs in Washington should give Graf the financial support needed to win. Whether the wounds of a bitter primary can be healed before November 7 all depends on which goal these party blue bloods take more seriously—keeping this congressional seat in Republican hands or punishing the man who challenged Kolbe and beat him. The "Graf can't win" slogan always did ring hollow, and now it sounds merely petulant. Most voters can remember when that was said of Ronald Reagan's candidacy in 1980. Like Reagan, Randy Graf may have one more surprise in store for those slow learners in Washington...."
Okay, so Graf has denied the story and asked Duke to remove the offending link. The Lone Donkey is having a field day with it, and has some wonderful photos. LOL!
Now the fun part begins. Please keep the Tancredo Human Events piece in mind as you read this from Graf's home site. It gushes about Graf's meeting with Melhman, etc (every candidate does that after winning the primary).
"...Among those who Randy met with and who promised help were Republican Party leaders in the US House of Representatives and Ken Mehlman, Chairman of the Republican National Committee. House leaders who pledged their support in meetings with Randy Graf include Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, Majority Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri, Chief Deputy Majority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia, Deputy Majority Whip Tom Feeney of Florida, Republican Study Committee Chairman Mike Pence of Indiana, and NRCC Chairman Thomas M. Reynolds of New York. Each of these national party and Congressional leaders offered their support and many gave financial contributions to the Randy Graf for Congress campaign. Along with the support of national Republican leaders, Randy has received the support and endorsements of Senator Jon Kyl, and Congressmen Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, J.D. Hayworth, Rick Renzi, and John Shadegg of Arizona..."
Now, guess what has happened? Well, the GOP has withdrawn support for Graf by pulling at least a million dollars in commercials from his district.
"...The Republican Party canceled about $1 million in advertising support for Randy Graf, a blow to his chances of winning the congressional race in southern Arizona. Graf, a conservative who has campaigned mainly on a platform of zero tolerance for illegal immigration, vowed through campaign manager R.T. Gregg to go it alone if necessary in the district once considered one of the most competitive in the nation. The ad pullback means Republicans recognize Graf's Democratic opponent, Gabrielle Giffords, has "broad bipartisan support" across the district, which runs from Tucson to the Mexican border, a Giffords spokesman said..."
I've been saying for months that the whole anti-immigration thing is going to come back to haunt the GOP. This is a DEM press release from US Newswire. Tancredo's meddling has caused a problem. At least his nasty little associates have been exposed.
"To: National Desk, Political Reporter
Contact: Stacie Paxton of the DNC, 202-863-8148
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a release from the Democratic National Committee:
A week after Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman vowed to supporters in an e-mail that the RNC would "hold nothing back" and "spend whatever it takes" to "maintain our majorities," it's clear that Republicans across the country will do and say just about anything to get elected - even resort to some of the most insidious forms of intolerance.
In the last week alone, a Republican candidate in Minnesota attacked his opponent's faith, young conservatives in Michigan are running dangerous and divisive "Catch an Illegal Immigrant" and "Fun With Guns" events, and an Arizona Republican Congressional candidate refused to demand that former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke remove an endorsement and a link to his campaign from Duke's website...."
Then the list of Graf's associates is exposed. Lord have Mercy! What the heck is going on here?
"...Arizona Republican Congressional Candidate Gets David Duke's Nod of Approval
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Founder and former Grand Wizard David Duke praises Republican Congressional candidate Randy Graf and links to Graf's campaign website from his own. The Arizona Daily Star, however, reported that Graf campaign manager R.T. Gregg told that newspaper that "Graf has no plan" to ask David Duke to remove the link to the campaign. Graf's history may shed some light on that: (http://www.davidduke.com; Arizona Daily Star, 09/21/06)
-(- Graf Opposed Banning Cross Burning.
-- In 2004, Graf voted against HB 2694 which made it a Class 1 misdemeanor to burn a cross on another person's property without permission with the intent to intimidate any person or group of persons. (HB 2694, 5/26/04; Associated Press, 5/5/04)
-- Graf Was a Senior Advisor to a Group Led by a Self- Described "White Separatist."
-- Graf was a senior advisor to Protect Arizona Now (PAN). The chair of PAN's advisory board, Dr. Virginia Abernethy, told The Arizona Republic that she was a "white separatist." (Expose of Abernethy and PAN over at The Subway Canaries. It isn't good. If Graf was involved in it - he's bad news.)
-- FAIR Donated Thousands to Graf's Campaign. (Look over at the Subway Canaries's John Tanton archive for more information.
-- FAIR's Political Action Committee donated $5,000 to Graf's 2004 campaign for Congress. (www.tray.com) Between 1982 and 1994, FAIR received more than $1.2 million from the Pioneer Fund, a little-known foundation created in 1937 which openly supported Adolph Hitler. In fact, Paul Gemma, a known Holocaust denier, is employed at FAIR. (Center for New Community Report, Nov. 2004; The American Prospect, 11/05)..."
The worst part of it, because of Tancredo's meddling, we could lose the House. Check out this article.
"...Officials in both parties said private polls show Graf trailing Democratic rival Gabrielle Giffords in the race to replace Republican Rep. Jim Kolbe (news, bio, voting record), who is retiring after 22 years in Congress.
The maneuvering shows the intense district-by-district competition for control of the House, with the two parties adjusting tactics frequently to take changing circumstances into account. Democrats must gain 15 seats this fall to capture control of the 435-member House.
In many circumstances, a decision to turn back reserved advertising time suggests a party has concluded it cannot prevail and prefers to spend its money on a more winnable race. In this case, the GOP advertising is expected to end on Oct. 3, rather than continue throughout the campaign...."
Here is the link to the Graf post over on Duke's site. Don't know how much longer it will be on. The important thing is the placing of this article and the one that follows.
The next article is called "War Criminal at Bay" It features a photo of GWB behind bars.
"War Criminal at Bay
By Paul Craig Roberts
September 17th, 2006President George Bush, betrayed by the neoconservatives whom he elevated to power and by his Attorney General, Torture Gonzales who gave him wrong legal advice, is locked in a desperate struggle with the Republican Congress to save himself from war crimes charges at the expense of America’s reputation and our soldiers’ fate. Beguiled by neoconservatives, who told him that the virtuous goals of the American empire justified any means, and misled by an incompetent Attorney General, who told him that the President of the US is above the law, Bush was deceived into committing war crimes under Article 3 of the Geneva Convention and the US War Crimes Act of 1996. Bush is now desperately trying to save himself by having the US Congress retroactively repeal both Article 3 and US law. Under the US Constitution retroactive law is without force, but desperate men will try anything. .."
Now, this is terribly important because it FINALLY links VDARE directly with David Duke. Paul Craig Roberts is one of the main writers for VDARE. Guess Who else writes for them? BINGO - Michelle Malkin! As far as I am concerned, it finally places her in the racist court.
I think the perfect example of Tancredo's followers is what I found over at the PHXnews.com. I think it tells you exactly who these people are - and it definately isn't loyal Republican.
"...This information was sent to me by Sandra Miller. The Bush-McCain controlled Republican party is trying to destroy Republican candidates who will fight illegal immigration. Watch them go after Don Goldwater next. Vote OUT every Arizona congressional Republican up for re-election: Jon Kyl, John Shadagg, Rick Renzi, Trent Franks, Jeff Flake. They are among the FILTH who opposed Arizona Proposition 200. .."
I was going to do a Subway Canaries expose of George Soros and Moveon.org, but their sourcing is so transparent it's all out in the open. Source Watch is allegedly a little 'liberal' leaning and allegedly comes down heard on conservatives, but from what I can tell it is fairly balanced, evening including this hard-hitting Byron York piece on Soros. Compare it to the piece on the Heritage Foundation, which I think is my target for the day. As it is obvious I'm not going to have it done today, I'll try for tomorrow.
There is a blog roll for those of us who are owned by cats. I'm not going to say much more than that because I don't want to embarrass myself. Brunhilda is sitting behind the laptop. She and her (late and very lamented brother Sig) were born the same day as my niece, 17 years ago next week. She's in the early stages of kidney failure and won't be with us much longer. GeorgieW, the world's most beautiful cat (her physician says she's the snootiest cat he has ever known, but if you were as beautiful as she...) is sleeping near me. She is a rescue kitty, brought into my home during the fall campaign of 2000. I did not have a name for her. Nothing worked. I was watching the news and talking on the phone. She was sitting on the arm of the sofa near me. I told my mother, "Oh, there's GeorgeW. Georgie looked over at me and "Meow". I've never known anyone who loves their name like she does!
Doc Holliday is GeorgieW's sister. Doc was rescued when she was just 9 days old. The vet still doesn't know how she survived, but with a name like Doc Holliday, well you can guess the rest. I hope Doc won't mind being added to the cat map. We will discuss the other members of the household at a later date.
Doc Holliday
I posted this over at GOP Progress:
We have a problem with RINOconservatives as I call them. I am talking about those in the House, but primarily our celeb talk show hosts and pundits. They reek of rank hypocrisy. They are willing to associate with just anyone (and I do mean just anyone) who agrees with their editorial stance de jour. When Joe Lieberman goes against his party and sacrifices his political career for what he believes is right, people like Rush and Hannity, Malkin and Coulter can’t praise him enough. But let someone like John McCain or Lindsey Graham do the same thing and they are the ultimate evil in the universe. The attacks from the RINO Right become have become personal and nasty. I don’t know about you, but I would like to see a little intellectual honesty here.
I respect anyone who acts with honor and self-sacrifice. Having known Lindsey as long as I have, I would expect nothing less from him. I am not a big fan of John McCain’s. But, let’s face facts. He has put his Presidential ambitions on the line for principle. I know our grandstanding RINOconservatives (I love calling them that) would suggest other-wise, but after reading a transcript of the interview Lindsey did with Bob Schieffer last week, I know differently. Lindsey admitted he was willing to sacrifice his political career to do what he felt was right. I admire that in anyone, Democrat or Republican, Liberal or Conservative.
I wish out RINOconservative brethren would step back and take several deep breaths, have a drink, and take stock of their own intellectual dishonesty. Unfortunately, as they become more and more reactionary and less given to logic and thought, I’m not holding my breath. I’ve reached the point where I no longer believe they are capable of intellectual honesty and thoughtful logic.
When I was a child, my mother taught me to stand up for what I believe. She always told my sister and I that as long as we were doing what we believed was right, no matter what the subject was, we were doing what was right. (Of course there were the usual limits of laws, right, wrong, legal and illegal). She and my father may not have approved of something if it was ‘liberal’ but they would have supported us. Their philosophy rubbed off on both of us. I respect someone who is standing up for what they believe, even if I don’t agree with it.
Perhaps the time has come for RINOconservatives to stand up and stop the personal attacks on people who are truly doing what they believe is right, politically, Republican or Democrat. The cute little attack ads, the quips, the snarky remarks in national columns are no longer ‘cute’. They are over the line and disgusting.
I have no problem attacking the grand-standing or intellectual dishonesty of some of our more ultra conservative members of Congress or our ultra liberal members, not because I disagree with their stance, but because I happen to believe they are in it for personal gain.
When men like Lindsey or John McCain stand up for something and risk political careers over it, I don’t call that grand-standing. I think our RINOconservative celeb-pundits and talk-show hosts could show a little intellectual honesty and stop the personal attacks. They are no longer funny. Fact is, they are bordering on the pathetic. In the end, they are only going to hurt those they truly want to help because people are starting to see through them.
If we are going to hold liberals to a certain litmus or ‘smell’ test, we must be willing to do the same thing for ourselves. If our RINOconservative talk show hosts and celeb pundits are going to honor Lieberman for the willingness to go against his party when he believes in something, they must also be will to do the for Republicans who do not do precisely what they think Republicans (i.e. Conservatives) should be doing. It works both ways.
And, as with intellectual honesty, I don’t mind admitting I simply cannot (as things stand today) vote for our Republican candidate for governor here in
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