Plunderbund

Oh my. Strict constructionist judges? That’s what every kid hopes to see under the tree Christmas morning!

Rudy “9/11″ Giuliani’s new advert puts forth a horribly false meme: that the Iranian hostages were released within an hour of Reagan’s inauguration (true) because Reagan was “tough on terror” (false).

Unfortunately for Rudy’s version of history, what actually happened was the release agreement was signed the day before the inaugural… and was negotiated by the […]

A town hall meeting from 2001 where Rudy shows what he’s all about.

Yeah, a Giuliani Administration would be a huge improvement over the chuckleheads we have now. (Rolleyes)

Will pigs fly next?
Okay, I have to quickly say that I live in Virginia and our Democratic party had a great night last night - we took back control of the state senate, again emphasizing that Virginia is not really a “red” state.
Back to the subject of this post…seriously, Pat Robertson is endorsing […]

The implosion of the GOP is the fruits of their own labor. They worked so hard to court the far-wingnut-right, especially the “Values Voters”, that those hardline evangelical groups feel entitled to get their ideal GOP candidate. They aren’t very happy.
In June, [Focus on the Family’s James Dobson] said: “I cannot, and […]

This article by Rick Perlstein perfectly underlines what a bunch of sissies we’ve been over the entire Ahmadinejad visit. I’ve made this comparison elsewhere - why can’t be behave like we did when Nikita “We will bury you” Khrushchev visited during the height of the Cold War in 1959?
Nikita Khrushchev disembarked from his plane […]

No comment needed except… 1) Wow! and 2) It will be interesting to see how this story will play out alongside the presidential primary election cycle. Surely there will be a hailstorm of commentary on that over the next few days.

DES MOINES, Iowa - A Polk County judge on Thursday struck down Iowa’s law banning gay marriage and ordered the county recorder to permit gay and lesbian couples to marry.

Less than two hours after word of the ruling was publicized, two Des Moines men applied at the Polk County recorder’s office for a marriage license, and for the first time the application was accepted. The process of granting a license to marry in Iowa takes three days.

Talk about sleeping media. Curiously not many are talking about the fact that Rudy Guiliani quit the Iraq Study Group. Apparently raising political dough was more pressing than figuring out ways to make our country and the world safer and end the mess in Iraq. Odd. Fred Kaplan over at Slate […]

Rudy might not be smoking crack. But his South Carolina Chairman can sell ya some.
Damn…
Rudy and the crack slanga:

ht TPM

According to NRO, it’s true. Rudy will stop peddling fear by continually using 9/11 for his own political gain. What else could this mean:
I am making 12 Commitments to the American People. They are intended to lift our vision from the rearview mirror to the road ahead.
OK Rudy. We’re gonna hold ya […]

Too damned funny:

(ht Dave at PO)
Ron Paul then comes in a close second in the end to Romney. Rudy not the frontrunner if you ask Fox News texters. I’m hearing they’ve been fumbling about trying to downplay the accuracy of their own poll all morning. Too funny.
The takeaway might be that principled […]

Did anyone see this in the conservative main stream media? (Of course you didn’t)
In a May 3 article, the Anamosa Journal-Eureka (Jones County, Iowa) reported: “Deb and Jerry VonSprecken of Olin received a call from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s campaign office asking them if they would be interested in holding a […]

Interesting. The Guiliani Planned Parenthood flap appears to be coming from the McCain camp. First, The Politico reports:
The returns have been on the public record for years, but the detail about Giuliani’s support for Planned Parenthood — along with e-mailed copies of the returns — was provided to The Politico by aides to a […]

One of the big storylines out of the Republican debate was how everyone (and I do mean everyone) was trying to stake a claim to Reagan’s legacy.
Ten Republican presidential candidates wanting to replace
President Bush embraced a more popular president, conservative icon
Ronald Reagan, at every turn in their first debate of the 2008 race.
“Ronald Reagan was […]

An 8 minute virtual throwdown:

…Goodnight and good luck
(ht Dave at ProgressOhio)