Remember When Pictures Mattered?

As cnredd reminds us:

Remember the good old days? ... You couldn't go 25 seconds without some Leftie bringing up this photo that was taken 8 years before [George H. W. Bush] got Iraq out of Kuwait and 19 years before [Bush 43] took out Saddam himself...

Good times, good times...

Any Lefty bringing this one up recently?

How about Bill Clinton with the vicious Hafez al-Assad, Bashir's father?

John Kerry and Bashir?

Democrat Senator Bill Nelson and Bashir?

How about Jimmy Carter and Bashir?

How about the pathetic leftist nitwit Dennis Kucinich -- who visited with the ruthless dictator a mere two years ago -- and appeared to "heap praise upon Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is being widely criticized for the brutal crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations"?

But don't worry: the greatest Secretary of State ever -- Hillary Clinton -- called Assad "a reformer", so we know this administration is on top of things.

The Silence of the Lame-stream Media

Flashback:

Yesterday, CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson told radio show host Laura Ingraham that the White House yelled and swore at her over her reporting on the Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal tied to the deaths of two U.S. law enforcement agents. Attkisson also revealed that she'd also been yelled at by the Justice Department.

...Today, I called CBS News in an attempt to interview Attkisson. I was told by CBS News senior vice president of communications Sonya McNair that Attkisson would be unavailable for interviews all week. When I asked why Attkisson would be unavailable, McNair would not say.

With 200 Mexican nationals and two American law enforcement personnel already dead, Eric Holder's Operation Fast and Furious is ten times bigger than Watergate and Iran-Contra combined.

And the White House is actively attempting to suppress media coverage of the scandal.

Before she was muzzled, Atkkisson described their screaming jag as follows: "[The White House and Justice Department] will tell you that I'm the only reporter--as they told me--that is not reasonable. They say the Washington Post is reasonable, the LA Times is reasonable, the New York Times is reasonable, I'm the only one who thinks this is a story, and they think I'm unfair and biased by pursuing it."

For the slow learners in legacy media, let me see if I can summarize the events of the week:

• One of your family members, a fellow journalist, is being attacked by the federal government for reporting the news.

• A collection of anarchists, 9/11 Truthers, Jew-haters, Marxists and druggies have assembled on Wall Street and in other urban locations demanding a revolution (in truth, a counter-revolution) against capitalism and the American way of life.

• This assemblage of crackpots is supported by the Democrat Party's political organs including the Soros-funded MorOn.org, rich union bosses like Dick Trumka, and Ron Paul.

• In addition, mainstream Democrat politicians are openly supporting the totalitarian agenda of the Marxist left.

• Furthermore, discredited front groups like ACORN and, by implication, the President's political action wing (Organizing For America) are actively participating in the festivities.

Attention pro journalists: this isn't your Dad's Democrat Party any longer.

This is a totalitarian movement openly bent on the destruction of capitalism and the American system. And you -- ostensibly part of a "free press" -- are tacitly encouraging the destruction of our institutions, including your own livelihoods.

I'd encourage you to rethink your support of this administration... before it's too late.

Heh: Dennis Kucinich, the Only Representative to the Left of Michael Moore, May Lose His Seat in Redistricting Awesomeness

That applause you hear in the distance is the state of Ohio celebrating, albeit prematurely.

The state of Ohio will lose two congressional seats thanks to the latest U.S. Census figures, and liberal stalwart Dennis Kucinich is worried his seat is on the chopping block.

In an e-mail to supporters Wednesday, the seven-term Democratic congressman and two-time presidential candidate says the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature is likely to eliminate his heavily Democratic Cleveland-area district... [He's] calling on supporters for ideas on how to proceed:

“We are going to have to prepare for a different kind of election, possibly in a different place because my district may be eliminated...

...We are going to have to organize in a different way, now. The question will remain: Where?

...This discussion is consequential. Please participate by providing your insight and advice.”

Over on the left side of the blogosphere, Zandar versus Himself agrees that Kucinich is at risk.

If Ohio was going to lose only one district, I figured Kucinich would actually be okay. (First target would actually be Tim Ryan in OH-17), but with two going, Kucinich's digs will be folded into Marcia Fudge's heavily urban Cleveland district, OH-11 and you have to figure Betty Sutton and Tim Ryan will see theirs folded together too.

No doubt in my mind that Ohio will get rid of two Democrats, and phasing out Kucinich would be a big symbolic head to collect.

And a pair of big ears to boot!

Where's my rimshot?

I wonder what Cynthia McKinney does for a living? Perhaps she could serve as a template for Kucinich's new role in the private sector. I'm sure she's extremely successful... (trying to control belly laugh).

Can You Spell 'Delusional'? Leftist Media Pillories President Obama For Not Being Sufficiently Marxist; Kucinich Could Challenge in Primary

It would appear that the man who nationalized two auto companies; took over the student loan business; rang up $3.5 trillion in new deficit spending; orchestrated socialized medicine; controls most of the financial sector; and will regulate school vending machines isn't sufficiently Statist for the Soros-Democrat Party. Oh, it's not just me saying that. It's the Soros-Democrats themselves:

• "On the way to a failed presidency?" (Washington Post)
On the way? Holy shnikeys.

• A comment at Paul Krugman's latest secretion -- recommended by 156 readers -- laments the lack of a tax hike and its author waxes poetic, albeit pathetically: "I wish Obama would resign, With me his departure'd be fine, To keep my comment terse, Biden couldn't be worse, And is likely to be less benign." Oh, my.

• Little Dick Durbin: "Dems could 'walk out' on tax-cut deal"

• World's Dumbest Blogger: "we’re ... already looking forward to the day when the hole in the budget blown by the Bush tax cuts becomes rhetorical justification for spending cuts that undue [sic] the stimulative impact of the good ideas in here"
Suddenly dumbs*** is worried about a "hole in the budget". The Democrat House under Speaker Pelosi has added $5 trillion in deficit spending over the last four years alone. How's that "stimulative impact" working out from those five trillion wasted dollars, dumbs***?

• And, predictably, the Kos Krackpots are freaking: "The progressive rebellion to the deal is spreading. You can join it by signing our petition in support of the rebels here.".
Help 'em out and sign the petition.

Okay, I just made up that part about Dennis Kucinich offering a primary challenge to President Obama.

But I do think that Dennis would make an awesome presidential candidate for the Democrats.

History Lesson: How Democrats doubled down on defeat

A brief tour:

• Democrat Joe Biden, Jan. 2007: "If he surges another 20, 30 [thousand], or whatever number he's going to, into Baghdad, it'll be a tragic mistake."

• Democrat Barack Obama, Jan. 2007: "I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraqis going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse."

• Democrat Hillary Clinton, Jan. 2007: "I cannot support [the] proposed escalation of the war in Iraq."

• Democrat Barack Obama, Jan 2007: "I don't think the president's [surge] strategy is going to work."

• Democrat John Kerry, Feb. 2007: "The simple fact is that sending in over 20,000 additional troops isn't the answer--in fact, it's a tragic mistake. It won't end the violence; it won't provide security; ...it won't turn back the clock and avoid the civil war that is already underway; it won't deter terrorists, who have a completely different agenda; it won't rein in the militias."

• Democrat Dennis Kucinich, Feb. 2007: "It has been proven time and time again that troop surges don't work."

• Democrat Harry Reid, Apr. 2007: "The war is lost... This surge is not accomplishing anything."

• Democrat Christopher Dodd, Apr. 2007: "We don't need a surge of troops in Iraq... there is no military solution in Iraq. To insist upon a surge is wrong."

• Democrat Barack Obama, Jul. 2007: "My assessment is that the surge has not worked."

• Democrat Dick Durbin, Aug. 2007: "By carefully manipulating the statistics, the Bush-Petraeus report will try to persuade us that violence in Iraq is decreasing and thus the surge is working. Even if the figures were right, the conclusion is wrong."

• Democrat Jan Schakowsky, Aug. 2007: "I believe overall the surge is a failure. ...It’s clear to me we cannot win..."

• Democrat Joe Biden, Sep. 2007: "We should stop the surge and start bringing our troops home... [When asked whether Iraq closer to political reconciliation than before the surge began, and would continuing the operation stop the killing between Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds?] ...The answer to both those questions is no."

• Democrat John Kerry, Sep. 2007: ""The president's escalation ... has failed to achieve its goal of bringing about a resolution of the fundamental conflict between Sunni and Shi'ite."

• Democrat Chris Dodd, Sep. 2007: "It pains me to say that ... the surge tactic is a failure — and that failure is reconfirmed everyday by unfolding events in Iraq."

• Democrat Barack Obama, Oct. 2007: "[The surge is a] complete failure... Iraq’s leaders are not reconciling. They are not achieving political benchmarks."

• Democrat Harry Reid, Nov. 2007: "It is indisputable that the goals of the surge have failed."

• Democrat Joe Biden, Nov. 2007: "This whole notion that the surge is working is fantasy."

• Democrat Nancy Pelosi, Feb. 2008: "There haven't been gains [in Iraq]... The gains have not produced the desired effect, which is the reconciliation of Iraq. This is a failure. This is a failure."

• Democrat Carl Levin, Apr. 2008: "...the purpose of the surge as announced by President Bush last year... has not been achieved"

• Democrat Joe Biden, Apr. 2008: "The purpose of the surge was to bring violence in Iraq down so that its leaders could come together politically. Violence has come down, but the Iraqis have not come together... We Democrats understand that this war must end..."

• Democrat Bill Richardson, Jun. 2008: "[when asked if he was ready to concede that John McCain had been right in proposing the surge, said] "Absolutely not."

Peter Wehner concludes:

Democrats, then, have compounded their initial bad judgment about the surge with reckless obstinacy. As ethno-sectarian violence in Iraq rapidly declined, as al Qaeda absorbed tremendous military blows, and as political accommodation and legislative achievements have emerged, Democrats, rather than welcoming the progress, grew agitated. They embraced with religious zeal the belief that the Iraq war was lost; they therefore viewed the success of the surge as a terribly inconvenient development, one they sought to deny to the point that they looked silly and out of touch. Worse, Democrats acted as if they had a vested interest in an American defeat.

Rarely has a political party been so uniformly wrong, in such an obvious way, on such an important matter. And when Americans cast their vote on November 4, they should carefully consider how Barack Obama and the entire Democratic party fought ferociously and relentlessly to undermine a policy that has worked extraordinarily well...

Democrats called General Petraeus a liar. They said the war was lost. They claimed our troops were barbaric, killing innocent civilians with impunity.

They were wrong. They were unbelievably partisan, putting their interests before those of the United States and the safety of its military.

No party has been more wrong, more often, on serious issues of national import than the Democratic party since 1864.

As for Iraq? Well, let's just say that the Democrats' track record as the Party of Weakness and Defeat remains unblemished.

Update: Even preventing a holocaust wasn't a good enough reason for Obama to keep troops in Iraq:

Barack Obama said Thursday the United States cannot use its military to solve humanitarian problems and that preventing a potential genocide in Iraq isn't a good enough reason to keep U.S. forces there...

Linked by: Gateway Pundit and Wolf Howling. Thanks! Sources: Peter Wehner, Stephen Collinson, Democrats.org, New York Times, Think Progress, Democrats.org, Reuters, Carl Levin's Official Website, Chris Dodd's Official Website.

Moronic Convergence: a Kucinich-Paul Ticket

 
LGF alerts us to a looming episode of Real World '08: a Kucinich-Paul ticket.

“I’m thinking about Ron Paul” as a running mate, Kucinich told a crowd of about 70 supporters at a house party here, one of numerous stops throughout New Hampshire over the Thanksgiving weekend. A Kucinich-Paul administration could bring people together “to balance the energies in this country,” Kucinich said.

Why, this would triple their chances of getting elected!

A bit of back o' the napkin math... let's see... 0.0000000000000000000001% * 3 is what?

Now that Oprah has joined Barack Obama on tour...

 
...all of the Democratic candidates have found alliterative celebrities to accompany them.

Joe Biden's celebrity is Harry Belafonte; who -- coincidentally -- is a blowhard who'd be intellectually challenged in a game of checkers with a squirrel.

Hillary Clinton's celebrity is Chevy Chase. The general reaction to the announcement that he'd be hosting a talk-show was similar to that elicited by her contention that experience as First Lady qualified her for the Presidency. In effect: you've gotta be freaking kidding me.

Chris Dodd's celebrity is Tyne Daly. Dodd is to politics what Cagney & Lacey were to television.

John Edwards' celebrity is Bob Eubanks. The host of The Newlywed Game joins forces with the host of Channeling Fetuses.


Bill Richardson's celebrity is Rob Reiner. Both are nicknamed Meathead and both played second-fiddle to chunky, bleached blondes.

Dennis Kucinich's celebrity is Kermit the Frog. They have much in common: each had a painful experience with a UFO; each gives the impression that some unseen being -- inserted up their hiney -- is actually in control.