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November 09, 2006

Democrats take control of the Senate

The final count is in and the Democrats have taken control of the Senate from Republicans with an upset victory in Virginia, giving them complete domination of Capitol Hill for the first time since 1994.

To put all that's happened into perspective, we can do so with two comments. Captain Ed writes that the dissipation is now complete:

This puts an exclamation point on the dissipation of Republican rule in Congress. This makes the last two years of the Bush administration especially tricky, but not just for Bush. The narrow 51-49 margin will make it difficult to pursue any partisan initiatives. Even with the House in Democratic hands, the Senate has to gain a consensus of 60 in order to get anything done, a reality Republicans repeatedly discovered during the last four years.

Don't expect great programs out of Congress. Divided government tends to do less, not more, and tends to react even more slowly than normal. The Bush administration should be prepared to work with Democrats on their agenda, but that doesn't mean capitulating on every issue. We will have to remain vigilant in vetting proposals and watching appropriations to ensure that we contain the excesses of Democratic redistribution plans while the Republicans try to rediscover their limited-government, reform-minded platform all over again.

And then there's Pajamas Media with:

Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi on Iraq: "The point is this isn't a war to win, it's a situation to solve. And you define 'winning' any way you want, but you must solve this problem." California Conservative watches the interview and concludes, "We're doomed."

And we may indeed be just that - doomed. Should the Democrats play to their base, America could end up suffering very dire consequences for having been so naive as to swallow the liberal Democratic spin machine's lines. Looking at the optimistic side, if the Democrats do play to their base Americans are more likely to make sure there's a Republican in the White House in 08. The question is how much damage done by the Democrats between now and then could be overcome when there's an ongoing world war with radical Islam going on that the Democrats don't even recognize.

None of this sounds promising - it sounds an awful lot like Abdul's predictions could turn out to be true. We've made a very stupid move, America.

Posted by Richard at November 9, 2006 06:27 AM

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Subject: Introducing Leaky Leahy (D)
To All:

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?db06e677-633d-4c0d-a579-3e0fe1db38df

Meet the New Chairman of the Judiciary Committee: Sen. Leaky Leahy

By Jim Kouri, 11/10/2006 10:33:59 AM

Recently, Toronto Sun columnist Rachel Marsden wrote about the expected Democrat takeover of both houses of the U.S. Congress. She compared voting out the Republicans and voting in the Democrats with firing your babysitter and hiring Michael Jackson.

Elections have consequences. One of the consequences for voters giving control of the US Senate and House of Representatives on November 7 is the fact that Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) will be the new Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Having him serve as the chairman of that committee is the next best thing to having an Al-Qeada mole onboard.

When I watched U.S. Supreme Court confirmation process for nominee Judge Samuel Alito, a shiver went up and down my spine as I listened to Democrat Senator Patrick "Leaky" Leahy as he discussed the NSA top secret operations. At the start of that hearing, Senator Arlen Specter (RINO-PA) mentioned the expected hearings on the NSA spy program and it hit me that the biggest leaker in Washington, DC would be involved in investigating top secret information.

While I'm certain the members of big media are overjoyed at the prospect of being spoon fed little tidbits of classified information by the left-wing Senator from Vermont, most intelligence and law enforcement officers are concerned about having a man -- who admits if he disagrees with a classified operation he will spill the beans -- given complete access to secrets.

Former special forces officer and columnist Geoff Metcalf provided a brief overview of Senator Leaky Leahy's record of divulging secrets:

Senator Pat Leahy was annoyed with the Reagan administration's war on terrorism in the 1980s. At the time he was vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Therefore, "Leaky Leahy," threatened to sabotage classified strategies he didn't like.
Leahy "inadvertently" disclosed a top-secret communications intercept during a 1985 television interview. The intercept had made possible the capture of the Arab terrorists who had hijacked the cruise ship Achille Lauro and murdered American citizen. But Leahy's leak cost the life of at least one Egyptian "asset" involved in the operation.
In July 1987, it was reported that Leahy leaked secret information about a 1986 covert operation planned by the Reagan administration to topple Libya's Moammar Gaddhafi. US intelligence officials stated that Leahy sent a written threat to expose the operation directly to then-CIA Director William Casey. Weeks later, news of the secret plan turned up in the Washington Post, causing it to be aborted.
A year later, as the Senate was preparing to hold hearings on the Iran-Contra scandal, Leahy had to resign his Intelligence Committee post after he was caught leaking secret information to a reporter. The Vermont Democrat's Iran-Contra leak was considered to be one of the most serious breaches of secrecy in the committee's 28-year history. After Leahy's resignation, the Senate Intelligence Committee decided to restrict access to committee documents to a security-enhanced meeting room.
Metcalf is on the record saying Leahy should have been indicted, arrested and tried long ago.

So where did the big mouth go? To the Judiciary Committee where he still has access to classified information and documents. He's known as a man who's more than willing to speakout on issues he knows absolutely nothing about. In fact, while attempting to sound as if he were a legal scholar, he's made several flubs. During a debate on the Geneva Conventions, for example, he finally admitted he wasn't familiar with the provisions he was debating.

In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, Leahy headed the Senate’s negotiations on the 2001 anti-terrorism bill, the USA Patriot Act. He was more concerned with protecting the civil liberties of the enemy than providing protection for Americans.

Patrick Leahy is not a very honest man either. When Senator Dick Durbin compared US military personnel to Nazis, Leahy said that Durbin made no such comment. Then when told Durbin indeed made the statement on the floor of the US Senate, Leahy amended his own statement claiming Durbin's comments were taken out of context. When the Durbin tirade was shown to Leahy, he began to denigrate Bush by saying he hurt the Iraqis as much as did Saddam Hussein.

Within the Beltway, Leahy is known as an extremely abrasive and "sneaky" man. He's the only senator in recent history to have an otherwise mellow Vice President tell him to "go f--- yourself." I wholeheartedly concur.

Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and he's a staff writer for the New Media Alliance (thenma.org). He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer for TheConservativeVoice.Com and PHXnews.com. He's also a columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. He's appeared as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com. Kouri's own website is located at http://jimkouri.us

Comment: Welcome to the new improved leadership in Washington, DC!

With Aloha,

# Posted by harry at 11/11/2006 05:18 am - reply- forum

The American voter has created a nightmare for the nation, and the terrorists are loving it.

Corruption? They "ain't seen notin yet"!

# Posted by Richard at 11/11/2006 08:05 am - reply- forum

November 09, 2006