Bill help or hurt Hillary ? Are they serious ?

This one cracks me up. The far left is actually trying to make a case that Hillary is not 100% boosted up because of her husband, as if she would have even become Governor of New York without her affiliation with him. She better pray he does not succumb to a fatal heart attack before the 08 election or she will have zero chance of winning her own parties nomination let alone the national election.

Politics: His New Role
By Jonathan Darman
Newsweek

May 28, 2007 issue - "Man, I like that stuff," Bill Clinton said. "I shouldn't eat it, but I like it." It was Sunday, March 4. On a private plane headed south from New York, the former leader of the free world was staring hard at a fully stocked bowl of food. A recovering snack-addict since his quadruple-bypass surgery in 2004, Clinton was thinking about falling off the wagon with a few bags of Fritos and some granola bars. No one on the plane was going to stop him—certainly not Malcolm Smith. The Democratic minority leader of New York's state Senate, Smith was just happy to be along for the ride. "He sat right in front of me," Smith later gushed to a NEWSWEEK reporter. "We shared the food."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18758001/site/newsweek/

Carter on Bush: Worst Ever ...

It's fascinating to see the propaganda machines at work today, mixing revisionist history with personal agenda. There has been a huge, recent wave of declarations all over the Internet declaring George W. Bush as the worst president in history. Most of the claims are from wackos or media whores (see Fatty Trump) because anyone who studies history knows a president's legacy is determined over decades, not months. What we are seeing is a blatant attempt at huge smear campaign that will hopefully contaminate any Republican presidential candidate who has ever supported Bush at any time in any way. Just watch the file footage roll out of Giuliani's 04 Republican convention speech praising Bush and his war on terror. It will come, count on it.

Today's example comes from that hot bed of nonpartisan, pro-American journalism Al-Jazerra where former president Jimmy Carter again breaks precedent, by slandering a sitting president during a time of war. While most have written Carter off as a bitter, anti-Semitic nut job long ago, I say he does have some experience on this topic as he himself proved to be an abysmal failure in the Oval Office. This comes with 28 years to reflect. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

Maybe Jimmy should advise us on how to deal with the Mullahs since he did so well when he was at bat. If he and Bubba had any balls 9-11 would most likely have never happened.

Carter: Bush 'worst president ever'

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter has called George Bush's presidency as "the worst in history" while also condemning Tony Blair, the out-going British prime minister, for his close support for Bush's policies.

Carter's comments made in a series of interviews with US and international media which appeared on Saturday.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/83158325-ED20-44D1-AFF8-B4F0CE376F3D.htm

The World's Most Dangerous Game: Till Iran Goes Nuclear

Just keep all somewhat tuned in to the most dangerous situation in the world today. A nuclear Pakistan remains in play with nuclear weapons only a strongman's heartbeat away from possibly falling into the hands of Islamic fundamentalist hands. The only thing that gives me a bit of confidence is that I am certain India, much closer to the action and even more at threat, must be watching very closely and will not hesitate to take decisive action if the current Pakistan government falls. In their country the government does not have to listen to smug pudgeballs like MSNBC's Keith Olbermann rip their leaders while munching at Mr. Chows. They will go in and end it.

PAKISTAN'S PRESIDENT IN PERIL
By ARTHUR HERMAN

May 17, 2007 -- A SITUATION is brewing in Pakistan that may make Iraq look like a high-school-com mencement exercise.
Although few Americans have noticed, Pakistan president and American ally Gen. Pervez Musharraf is rapidly losing control of his country. If the trend continues, Pakistan may well end up as the next killing zone in the War on Terror.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05172007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/pakistans_president_in_peril_opedcolumnists_arthur_herman.htm

U.S. Pays Pakistan to Fight Terror, but Patrols Ebb
By DAVID E. SANGER and DAVID ROHDE
Published: May 20, 2007

WASHINGTON, May 19 — The United States is continuing to make large payments of roughly $1 billion a year to Pakistan for what it calls reimbursements to the country’s military for conducting counterterrorism efforts along the border with Afghanistan, even though Pakistan’s president decided eight months ago to slash patrols through the area where Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters are most active.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/world/asia/20pakistan.html?hp

Victor Davis Hanson: There’s a War Still Going On...

I had a pretty interesting weekend. Friends of my wife were in town, one of whom we had not seen in years. She had a new boyfriend who we really knew nothing about and this was our first chance to meet him. As it turns out it was a very fascinating experience.

The man whose name is Tony turns out to be a 16 year veteran of the U.S. Navy Seals. He had a lot to say about what is going on in Iraq as he had served multiple tours there and was about to go back in in two weeks.

Here is what Tony had to say:

1. The vast majority of our forces and proud to be in Iraq.
2. The vast majority of our troops know they can easily handle our enemies, the problems they face is the limitations often put on them due to media reactions back at home. He stressed our enemies, who do not have to play by such absurd rules know this, count on this and capitalize on this. It is far and away our biggest constraint. They play us like fools as we devour ourselves.
3. Tony said he'd like just a moment alone with Keith Olbermann.

My hand to God.

May 19, 2007
There’s a War Still Going On...
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online

They didn’t ask necessarily for this war; but nevertheless our soldiers and officer corps brilliantly defeated Saddam Hussein in three weeks under the strict parameters set by political leaders. Then they were asked to jump start consensual government in the heart of the ancient caliphate, while ensuring that enemies like Syria and Iran, and “friends” such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan did not destroy the tenuous democracy through proxy wars — although the emergence of a successful free society threatened all four neighbors in varying ways.

http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson051907.html

President Thomas Friedman ...

Here's an interesting one.

Thomas Friedman, who proved to be in over his head once most American's outgrew their need for a level 101 Middle Eastern Level Vanguard, lectures the Bush administration about how good they had it working in cooperation with those nice mullahs in the early days of the Iraq war. Damn Bush and Cheney. They soured a beautiful relationship with those genuinely honest fanatics pursuing their own personal gain and as a result have nobody but themselves to blame.

Maybe if Friedman was stoned to near death for his practices in Tehran he might get a little deeper perspective and consider perhaps some things went down that he may not be aware of and not get his rocks off each Sunday addition by slamming his own country first for a change. Friedman needs to get a new job, one where he freshens his perspective as he has long become another spoiled bore.

Playing the Hand We’ve Dealt

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: May 20, 2007

Last week, President Bush appointed a “war czar,” Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, to oversee everything we’re doing in Iraq and Afghanistan — which raises the question: Who was doing this job up to now? The answer, amazingly, is no one. We’re like a fine restaurant that has decided five years after it’s opened — and has lost most of its customers — that it might be good to hire a head chef. Better late than never. General Lute comes advertised as smart and tough. Good. I hope his first memo to the president starts like this:

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/opinion/20friedman.html