2007.09.20 Politics and National Defense Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith
GOE Leader’s Report On Counter-Protest Week In D.C.
Bruce Kesler
My friend Larry Bailey wrote the below after-action report on his organization’s week in Washington, D.C. The Gathering Of Eagles and other patriotic organizations countered the failed culmination to the Left’s so-called “Iraq summer” meant to undermine America’s support for success in Iraq. Bailey, a retired Navy Captain, former Commanding Officer of the Naval Special Warfare Center, where SEALs undergo training, demonstrates why no one can beat a SEAL. You'll also note that no one can beat a man with a hearty sense of humor. Here’s the after-action report: ...
Don't miss Steve Schippert's excellent related post here.
Senate kills bid to curb deployment
S.A. Miller
Senate Republicans yesterday blocked a bid by Democrats to restrict troop-deployment schedules for a second time, saying it would impede the ability of President Bush and generals to wage the war in Iraq.
"The majority has brought this back in order to reduce the numbers of fully trained and combat-experienced troops available to our military commanders and thus to force an accelerated drawdown of troops and units in Iraq and Afghanistan. Let's be honest about this," said Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican and presidential aspirant.
The troop-deployment measure, which would have required troops to get "dwell time" at home equal to time deployed overseas, died 56-44, falling four votes shy of the 60 needed to pass, ...
Senate Votes to Condemn MoveOn
for Ad Attacking General Petraeus
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a measure condemning MoveOn.org for a newspaper ad it ran last week attacking Gen. David Petraeus. The move came as President Bush accused Democrats of cowering to the liberal political action group.
The measure passed in a 72-25 vote, with none of the Democratic presidential candidates supporting it. Sponsored by Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn never one to shy away from forcing Democrats to go on record on politically sticky issues, the amendment to the defense authorization bill did win the backing of 23 Democrats.
Sens. Joe Biden and Barack Obama were absent from the vote, though Obama had voted 20 minutes earlier on a Democratic effort to circumvent the amendment. Sens. Hillary Clinton and Chris Dodd voted against the measure. ...
*** The MoveOn.org Democrats
Michelle Malkin
Here’s your list of the 25 Democrats who voted against Sen. John Cornyn’s resolution expressing support for Gen. David Petraeus in the face of that despicable MoveOn.org smear ad. Like MoveOn.org has said, they bought it, they own it: ...
See also: 25 Senate Democrats Support "Betray Us", Including Hillary
Quick hits:
- A Journalistic Farce
Confederate Yankee: Today is the two-month anniversary of Franklin Foer claiming that he and The New Republic would run an honest investigation into the claims made in a story written by Scott Thomas Beauchamp: ...
Democratic Fundraiser Norman Hsu Faces
Federal Campaign Finance, Fraud Charges
NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors unsealed a criminal complaint Thursday charging Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu with breaking campaign finance laws and creating a "massive" Ponzi scheme.
The complaint says Hsu -- who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton and others -- violated campaign finance laws by making contributions to candidates in other people's names and perpetrated a Ponzi scheme to defraud victims across the United States of more than $60 million.
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Time to organize an Ahmadinejad welcoming party?
Michelle Malkin
Despite the NYPD’s rejection, the Iranian nutjob still plans to visit Ground Zero. And he’ll have Secret Service protection! WABC reports: Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad requested to visit Ground Zero during an upcoming trip to New York. That request was rejected Wednesday. But a source tells Eyewitness News that the decision may not stop him.
A law enforcement source says the Iranian mission to the United Nations has informed the Secret Service that the Iranian president intends to visit Ground Zero Monday at 10 a.m. ...
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Yale Law to allow military recruiters
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale Law School will end its policy of not working with military recruiters following a court ruling this week that jeopardized about $300 million in federal funding, school officials said Wednesday.
Yale and other universities had objected to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy that allows gay men and women to serve in the military only if they keep their sexual orientation to themselves. Yale Law School had refused to assist military recruiters because the Pentagon wouldn't sign a nondiscrimination pledge.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Yale on Monday, rejecting its argument that its right to academic freedom was infringed by federal law that says universities must give the military the same access as other job recruiters or forfeit federal money. ...
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