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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (7347)	1/27/2005 2:54:20 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35834

"After the Demolibs and their FMSM allies repeat it enough times, unanalytical people start believing it." In other words, all of the lunatic left, which includes most of the liberal "elite" & the MSM. And a large number of folks here on SI too <gg>. If Michael Moore, Gore, Kerry, Dean, Kennedy, etc., repeat some fabricated slander, it quickly becomes stone cold fact for the left anymore. And about the vicious attacks on Rice; It's probably a combination of typical partisan politics as usual from the libs & the fear Rice may just be a formidable candidate in the future. Libs continue to sink to new lows every day. I'd be ashamed to be a registered democrat.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (7347)	1/27/2005 3:10:45 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

Angry Left Telethon Best of the Web Today - January 26, 2005 By JAMES TARANTO What was that all about? The Senate has confirmed Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state by a vote of 85-13. But a small group of Democrats, led by Angry Left heartthrob Barbara Boxer, insisted on staging a mock kerfuffle first. Even though the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had already approved Rice 16-2, with only Boxer and John Kerry* dissenting, the Dems insisted on delaying her confirmation for a week and holding a nine-hour "debate," which took place yesterday. "My vote against this nominee is my statement that this administration's lies must stop now," said Sen. Mark Dayton of Minnesota. This is the same Mark Dayton who fled the capital in October, citing terrorism fears, but returned as soon as George W. Bush was safely re-elected. Ted Kennedy said that the liberation of Iraq was "a catastrophic failure, a continuing quagmire." Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment. Another Rice foe, Robert Byrd, denounced "the Administration's unconstitutional doctrine of pre-emptive war, its bullying policies of unilateralism, and its callous rejection of our long-standing allies." Byrd also accused Rice of employing "overblown rhetoric." Mark Steyn has a nice riff on Byrd: <<< Byrd, the former Klu [sic] Klux Klan Kleagle, is taking a stand over states' rights, or his rights over State, or some such. Whatever the reason, the sight of an old Klansman blocking a little colored girl from Birmingham from getting into her office contributed to the general retro vibe that hangs around the Democratic Party these days. >>> Also voting against Rice: Daniel Akaka (Hawaii), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), Tom Harkin (Iowa), Jim Jeffords (Vt.), Frank Lautenberg (N.J.), Carl Levin (Mich.) and Jack Reed (R.I.). Of these, Harkin and Bayh actually voted for the liberation of Iraq. So did Kerry, though he later claimed he thought he was voting for something else. Anyway, Steyn isn't kidding about the "retro" Dems. Check out this e-mail we got yesterday from Tom Matzzie of MoveOn.org: <<< No one in the country, except perhaps President Bush, is more responsible for pushing the pre-war lie that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction. . . . If there was ever a moment for Democrats to hold someone accountable for the disastrous war in Iraq, it's today. >>> Here we have a group that calls itself "MoveOn" but is obsessing over ancient history. The decision to liberate Iraq was made in October 2002, and we've had two elections since then, both won by the pro-liberation party. Iraq itself will have its first-ever free election in four days. MoveOn's attitude seems to be that because Saddam Hussein's weapons capabilities turned out to be less impressive than everyone thought, Iraqis don't deserve to vote. Everyone knew Rice was going to be confirmed, so what was the point of this whole exercise? The Drudge Report suggests it has to do with that adage about a fool and his money: <<< Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) took her opposition to Condoleezza Rice to a new front: She has used it in a fundraising pitch to Democratic donors. The pitch went out Tuesday evening. On behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Boxer referred to Rice's "misleading statements leading up to the war in Iraq and beyond," and implored donors to "put the brakes on four more years of misdirection in Iraq and reckless policies at home" by helping elect more Democrats next year. >>> Well, the Angry Left has been a fund-raising bonanza for the Democrats. Howard Dean and then John Kerry raked in the bucks last year, as did MoveOn.org and other 527s. But the bottom line in politics is votes, not profits--and a party that is relentlessly negative and reactionary is likely to keep losing the former. * The haughty, French-looking Massachusetts Democrat, who by the way served in Vietnam.