Bush apparently hits grand slam; since *ALL* leading Democratics fire back.

Speaking before the  Israeli Knesset, President Bush said that:

“some people” believe the United States “should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along.”

“We have heard this foolish delusion before,” Bush said. “As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: ‘Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided.’ We have an obligation to call this what it is — the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history.”

From Joe Biden — Bush’s comments about how to handle terror regimes were ‘bullshit‘:

“This is bullshit, this is malarkey. This is outrageous, for the president of the United States to go to a foreign country, to sit in the Knesset … and make this kind of ridiculous statement.”

Democrats have interpreted the comments as an attack on Sen. Barack Obama, and Biden, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that the president was out of line.

“He is the guy who has weakened us,” he said. “He has increased the number of terrorists in the world. It is his policies that have produced this vulnerability that the U.S. has. It’s his [own] intelligence community [that] has pointed this out, not me.”

Biden is doing EXACTLY what you’re accusing the Administration of doing–cherrypicking data from assorted intel reports.

Biden noted that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have both suggested that the United States ought to find a way to talk more with its enemies.

“If he thinks this is appeasement, is he going to come back and fire his own cabinet?” Biden asked. “Is he going to fire Condi Rice?”

This is Biden at his casuistic best.

In a separate statement, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) said that Bush “is still playing the disgusting and dangerous political game Karl Rove perfected, which is insulting to every American and disrespectful to our ally Israel. George Bush should be making Israel secure, not slandering Barack Obama from the Knesset.”

Blah, blah, blah. . .

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) also weighed in.

“Not surprisingly, the engineer of the worst foreign policy in our nation’s history has fired yet another reckless and reprehensible round,” said Reid. “For the President to make this statement before the government of our closest ally as it celebrates a remarkable milestone demeans this historic moment with partisan politics.”

The White House insists that Bush wasn’t referring specifically to Obama, an argument that Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) called “baloney.”

“There is no escaping what the president is doing,” said Durbin, who supports Obama. “It is an attack on Sen. Obama’s position that we should not be avoiding even those we disagree with when it comes to negotiations and diplomacy.”

Durbin called Bush’s remarks “unfair and really unfortunate.”

UPDATE: In a conference call with reporters later in the afternoon, Biden said his initial word choice was “not very eloquent” and said he should have just stuck with the word “malarkey.” Biden said he “reacted viscerally” when asked about Bush’s speech after stepping off an elevator.

However, Biden again did not mince words when discussing Bush’s remarks, accusing the president of engaging in “long-distance swiftboating” with his speech in Israel. Biden also cited numerous examples of the Bush Administration reaching out to unfriendly regimes in Libya, North Korea and Iran, arguing that Bush’s insinuation that the Democrats were soft on terrorism was “truly delusional … and truly disgraceful.”

Note: No Republicans were apparently consulted for comment.

In which Olbermann channels George Galloway

Olberman’s rant here, which begs the question:  How many Iraqi oil options did Mr. Olbermann exercise between 1997 and 2002?

Didn’t this end badly before?

FOXNews.com - “German Archaeologist on Trail of Ark of the Covenant”

The HRC doomsday scenario. . . .

. . . played out in the bunker of the Reich Chancellery.   There will be no survivors.

Definitely NSFW.

Time to end our dependence on foreign fruit

Cincinnati-based Chiquita weighs the consequences of having to turn itself in to the DOJ for making illegal payments to terrorist organizations.

More true now than even two days ago

Documents confirm that Hugo Chavez had big plans for assisting FARC, a group considered to be a terrorist organzation by the Colombian government, the United States, Canada and the European Union.

Uncle Hugo, your slip is showing

Now what, exactly, could be on a dead terrorist’s hard drive?

It should make some peeps nervous, but I really don’t think they care anymore.

Primary day, CNN, and airports

Business travel usually sucks, but I can cope.   Having to watch CNN’s Airport Network sucks more.  Watching Jack Cafferty bitch on primary night sucks a whole lot more.

Fair and Barracked

Obama may go on the O’Reilly Factor, according to Fox’s Chris Wallace. And why not?  There may be more democratics watching that particular show than Olby’s entire audience that night.

As usual, the fun bits are in the comments.  But how can you run for president and not appear on the most-watched cable “news” hour?

Ohio AG in a bit of a bind

Scandal explodes in Ohio AG office.  His party affiliation is notable absent from the article.

Will we see another “humiliated, but loyal” wife trotted out in front of the cameras for the big mea culpa?

Howard Dean - Top Asshole

Top ‘democratic’ shows he’s still got what it takes to continually misrepresent simple spoken American language.

Freak-deaky floating jellybot portends aerial armageddon swarm

Sorry about that little bit of future fear mongering–I don’t know why I wrote that. Unprovoked specimens are actually quite peaceful to observe.

How exactly do you win *that* vote?

Seven percent of likely voters (roughly the size of the Bush Derangement Syndrome crowd) consider McCain’s storied military experience a reason to vote against him.

We’re pulling for ya, Rezko!

Some insights into “shake-em down” Chicago politics via the testimony of a Hollywood producer.   Is the Obama campaign following these developments closely, or are they transcending them?

Foot Soldiers of the Savior

Who would’ve thunk?  Hoaxter who tipped federal authorities to Texan compound is a delegate for Barack Obama.  The Army of the Messiah will change our world, one act of defiance at a time.

You know? Why not?

This is a real man–the Ultrasexual.

Which Socialist is more electable?

Tee hee hee. A little Friday fun. . .  And to think there a people worried sick over this.

Do ‘bitter’ Americans turn to ‘God and Religion’ when the economy turns south or . .

. . do they take to donning purple street garb, organizing bus caravans, and violently intimidating dissenting union members?  I guess Americans respond to stimuli in different ways.

The excuse for such street fascism open debate?

“At a time when the economy is in a downward spiral, when income inequality and economic uncertainty are at record levels and when only 12.1 percent of the U.S. workforce has union representation, we simply can not abide by union-busting and member poaching between unions. Unions must stand united for the interests of working people.

“The more than 800 SEIU members who traveled to Dearborn from all parts of the country tonight would much rather be at home: holding their local state and national representatives accountable; going door to door to elect pro-worker candidates; and helping security officers, janitors, healthcare workers, and other service workers unite to attain a voice on the job [ed–and mailing $20 donations to the Obama campaign]. But CNA’s recent actions threaten the future of the labor movement for all workers—and we cannot remain silent. [ed-so let’s bust’em up????]

“Open debate [ed - read: physical intimidation] serves an important role as we work to strengthen our movement. The Labor Notes Conference is the right time and place to discuss our differences. Emergency room hallways and days before contentious union elections are not.

Let’s go shoot some varmints

From ABC’s Political Radar blog:

Worth mentioning:  Senator Obama receives a crucial endorsement from a “gun rights” group, bolstering his recently-battered Second Amendment mystique.

Worth mentioning:  Senator Obama receives this endorsement on the anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre.

Not worth mentioning: Why this isn’t “bad timing”, but ironic timing, since the endorsement comes from a “gun rights” group that has substantial links to the gun-control movement! (an irony lost on ABC).

Political Radar: Obama Endorsed by Gun Group on Anniversary of V-Tech Killings
“Sen. Obama will be a strong voice an unabashed voice for Americas hunters and shooters and it is with great pleasure that we endorse his candidacy,” President of the Association Ray Schoenke said, citing Obama’s commitment to the traditions of gun ownership.

Schoenke said they had reached out to the Obama campaign several weeks ago to offer their support – but the announcement wasn’t made public until today. Schoenke added that the timing amid the controversy was important.

That’s because you want to make a gun-control statement while exploiting the memories of victims of gun violence. Violence that no law could have conceivably prevented.

How exactly does this bolster Obama’s  support among hunters and sportsmen?

Jimmah Carter, ‘merican idiot

Visiting Hamas leadership is bad enough, but placing a wreath on the grave of a despicable terrorist is either just braindead, anti-American, or very corrupt—or all three.

Greed stuffs its face while the word starves

Riots and instability spread as food prices skyrocket.  Experts might argue over the exact causes of the crisis, but you really don’t need to scroll down much further on the CNN’s homepage to see the real reason:  man consumes 420 oysters in one sitting.  Which is apparently some sort of record.

Sad, but you could see this one coming. . .

A world ‘peace activist’ was found murdered during her hitchhiking trek though western Asia. While wearing a bridal gown.

After she had gone missing last month, her sister came from Italy to look for her, and ended up having to identify her body at the morgue. Per the sister:

“Her travels were for an artistic performance and to give a message of peace and of trust, but not everyone deserves trust,” another sister, Maria, told the Italian news agency, Ansa.

Could the poor woman not learn this fatal lesson before the trip?

Yet the potholes remain unfixed

Six jerktowns shortened the duration of their yellow lights, conceivably to generate more stoplight cam revenue.

Another “moron” in Vinman’s estimation?

“The politics of the Karl Rove era were designed to distract and divide the very people who would ordinarily be rebelling against the deterioration of their way of life. Working Americans have been repeatedly seduced at the polls by emotional issues such as the predictable mantra of “God, guns, gays, abortion and the flag” while their way of life shifted ineluctably beneath their feet.”

- Jim Webb

(v - I added trackback)

Chinese street fascism

Were Chinese agent provacateurs disguised as Tibetan activists attacking Olympic torchbearers? Some photographic evidence.