Donald Rumsfeld pulls no punches. In this interview with Andrea Mitchell, Rummy sets the left straight on what actually happened in the Bush administration:
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Chris Matthews is a genius, just ask him. The MSNBC host has gone on a crusade against Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin, questioning their intelligence on a nightly basis.
With that in mind, here is Chris Matthews explaining the significance of Egypt‘s Panama Canal:
Has Matthews mixed up the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal? How do we know? It is only safe to assume that Chris Matthews is a “balloon head” who doesn’t know any geography. Who’s writing this stuff for him?
The self-appointed moderate martyr, guttersnipe Meghan McCain, took potshots at Michele Bachmann and Sarah Plain last night on MSNBC:
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I mean I think it’s important to note that Michele Bachmann is not a leader and she is not the leader of the Republican Party. Michele Bachmann in my opinion is no better than a poor man’s Sarah Palin. And I think the fact that Fox and MSNBC elected not to run this is admirable to the kind of journalism that Fox and MSNBC is airing. I think that CNN should be ashamed of themselves for airing this. She is one rogue woman who couldn’t even look into the camera directly and I take none of it seriously…
This self-righteous, pretentious ditz just wont go away. Where does McCain come off saying “Michele Bachmann in my opinion is no better than a poor man’s Sarah Palin”? When Ms. McCain was on TV bemoaning her “crucifixion” at the hands of conservatives, was this the type of high-minded rhetoric she preferred people use?
What was it that Meghan McCain accomplished that raised her to a recognized political commentator again? By now everyone understands McCain’s game. She personally insults conservatives in order to be fawned over by the media. A sad and pathetic existence.
Christiane Amanpour, the host of ABC’s This Week, is still trying to blame conservatives for the acts of a deranged leftwing pothead from Arizona. What’s more, Amanpour tied the Arizona shooting to the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy:
Amanpour’s assertion, that the assassinations of the brothers Kennedy, as well as the Arizona massacre, were caused by today’s “political atmosphere,” has one significant problem: it’s complete lack of any factual support.
To this day, it is believed that the conservative atmosphere in Dallas was in some way responsible for he assassination of President Kennedy. The Texas School Book Depository, from where Lee Harvey Oswald shot the president, today is replete with exhibits on rightwing rage against Kennedy. The problem with the theory? John Kennedy was killed by a Marxist. Lee Harvey Oswald tried to defect to the Soviet Union and supported Castro’s communist revolution in Cuba. Additionally, Oswald tried to assassinate Major General Edwin Walker. General Walker was best known for being a member of the anti-communist John Birch Society, and for imposing his staunch anti-communist values on his troops. But besides that, I’m sure Oswald was a real Reaganite.
Amanpour also linked Robert Kennedy’s death to “today’s political atmosphere.” Does she not remember who killed RFK? Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian terrorist, killed Kennedy because of his support for Israel. In case there were any doubts, Sirhan Sirhan explained to interviewer David Frost that he killed Kennedy for supporting Israel. What a Palestinian terrorist has to do with “today’s political atmosphere” is a good question.
Amanpour’s claim, that conservatism inspired the Kennedy assassinations, or the Arizona massacre, is a narrative sewn out of whole cloth. However, don’t expect the Left to let the facts get in the way of a compelling story.
This week on the Tonight Show Bill Maher launched into a vicious tirade against conservatives. Mixed with his sardonic and sanctimonious curse laden diatribe were the assertions that it is only the Right that incites violence, and that people on the Left do not act out violently:
Bill Maher has a problem: he is always sure, but he is rarely right. Maher belittles anyone who dares to disagree with his learned opinions as ignorant. In reality, a place Maher must have left a long time ago, the Left constantly incites violence against conservatives. Additionally, there is a long history of leftists carrying out their violent fantasies.
First, on the inciting hatred front, why not start with Bill Maher himself?
In the following clip from Maher’s television program, the host jokes about Vice president Cheney dying, than makes the serious point that he believes it would be good if the Vice President died:
Then there was Chris Matthews of MSNBC on Hardball musing about killing Rush Limbaugh:
The website The Onion made a video lamenting that Glenn Beck has not died a painful death:
The website the Daily Caller made a four minute video, compiling tweets urging the assassination of Sarah Palin:
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Rep. Paul Kanjorski, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, had the following to say about Florida Governor Rick Scott, a Republican:
“instead of running for governor of Florida, they ought to have him and shoot him. Put him against the wall and shoot him.”
That is just a sample of the vitriol and hate that regularly comes from the Left. Throughout the Bush Presidency the Left regularly wrote books, made movies, and otherwise advocated the assassination of George W. Bush. Maher’s claim that the Left does not incite violence is the type of absurd claim that could only be made by an ignoramus or a willful deceiver.
Maher’s second claim, that only conservatives carry out acts of violence because they are armed and insane, is equally fallacious.
In 1901 President William McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, who killed the president “because he was the enemy of the good people – the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime.”
Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated President Kennedy (save your comments Oliver Stone fans), was a Communist defector, who returned to the United States in order to assist Fidel Castro.
The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, sent 16 bombs out, killed three people and injured 23. He too was an anarchist, and a devotee of Al Gore’s.
Just last year James Lee, who was inspired by Al Gore, took hostages at the the Discovery Channel‘s headquarters because they were not doing enough to combat global warming in his estimation.
On top of all these examples there are terrorist organizations, like the Earth Liberation Front, that proudly use “economic sabotage and guerrilla warfare to stop the exploitation and destruction of the environment.”
All this is not to say that Al Gore and his cohorts on the Left are to blame for the actions of terrorists. There are bad people in the world, and their interpretations of notable works does not implicate the authors.
What all these examples do prove is that once again Bill Maher, who represents the thinking of many on the Left, has given voice to a hateful position that is at odds with reality. Maher’s despicable lies about the Right are old hat for the smear merchant. Maher would be well served if he bothered to do even minimal research before opening his mouth.
Two more videos regarding Arizona. The first is a former friend of Jared Loughner, explaining that Loughner did not watch television news, did not listen to talk radio and that Loughner was essentially apolitical. The second video is of Red State’s Erick Erickson on CNN, taking the leftwing media to task for trying to blame the shooting on the right.
Loughner was an abuser of drugs and alcohol, and most likely mentally unbalanced. Additionally, repeated warning sings seem to have been ignored by an inept law enforcement official, in Sheriff Clarence Dupnik. No evidence supports the Left’s fantasy that Loughner was in any way inspired by the Right.
Not a minute after Jared Loughner opened fire on a crowd in Arizona, members of the media began frothing at the mouth, dreaming of blaming the shooting on Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sarah Plain et al.
It turns out that Loughner is a leftwing, atheist/occult, pothead, and most importantly, mentally disturbed. However, seeing a political opportunity to attack the Right, the media did not let the facts get in the way of a convenient narrative.
One of the most sickening assertions has been that Sarah Palin is somehow responsible for the shooting, because she targeted Rep. Giffords’ district.
If Palin is responsible for the shooting of Giffords, you would expect politicians to remove similarly ‘inflammatory’ rhetoric from their websites, right? After all, with the knowledge that targeting a district inspires violence, as the media is telling us nonstop, only the most irresponsible of people would continue to incite hatred.
How about Canada’s own communist party, the NDP:
“Taking aim,” bull’s-eyes, “send Harper packing”. One can only presume that the NDP is planning on shooting targeted Conservatives, and sending them packing in body bags, right?
Of course, making such an assertion is patently absurd. Taking aim, bulls-eyes, and sending people packing are all political metaphors. If someone read that map and took it as a call to arms, they would have to be mentally unwell.
Even if a Tea Party conservative opened fire on innocent civilians, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, or any other liberal Emmanuel Goldstein would not be responsible. Some people are deranged. It is not possible to ascribe a logical reason to an illogical act. The Left’s attempt to pin the Arizona shooting on anyone but the lunatic involved is both libelous and malicious.
Sarah Palin strikes the right note with this video entitled ‘America’s Enduring Strength’.
On last night’s O’Reilly Factor, Bill nailed the Left and their toadies in the media for their absurd political exploitation of the tragedy in Arizona:
On this Strictly Right, Ari analyzes the the media and the Left’s reaction to the Arizona shooting, the hypocrisy of the Left on profiling, the success of Canada’s corporate tax cuts, the targeting of Sarah Palin by the left and more.
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