Some things to think about….

John Forbes Kerry admits committing war crimes.

“There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 caliber machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy missions, in the burning of villages. All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare, all of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions and all of this is ordered as a matter of written established policy by the government of the United States from the top down. And I believe that the men who designed these, the men who designed the free fire zone, the men who ordered us, the men who signed off the air raid strike areas, I think these men, by the letter of the law, the same letter of the law that tried Lieutenant Calley, are war criminals.”

– John Kerry, on NBC’s “Meet the Press” April 18, 1971 - (video)

To make this scene even more unbelievable, Al Hubbard appeared with Kerry in 1971 on NBC’s Meet the Press and was introduced as a former decorated Air Force captain who had spent two years in Vietnam and was wounded in the process. In reality, Hubbard had lied about his military rank and other issues, as later investigations revealed.

At the time, Kerry, Hubbard and other members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War were alleging that U.S. troops were committing widespread atrocities against Vietnamese civilians. Kerry even testified about the issue before a congressional committee around the same time he and Hubbard appeared on Meet the Press.

After his lie was discovered, Hubbard appeared on NBC’s Today Show and admitted lying about his rank because, he said, “he was convinced no one would listen to a black man who was also an enlisted man.”

Kerry said he hasn’t spoken to Hubbard since the week of April 19, 1971, “and everybody was disappointed by what they learned back in 1971. To his credit, [Hubbard] did serve his nation. He had simply exaggerated his particular position. But nobody knew it at the time, and those things happen.”

But as CNSNews.com previously reported, Hubbard had done more than just exaggerate his rank in the Air Force. CBS News reporter William Overend, a writer for the network’s anchorman Walter Cronkite in 1971, investigated Hubbard’s war claims even further and discovered that there was no record of Hubbard having ever served in Vietnam. In addition, Hubbard was not shot down as he alleged and did not receive a Purple Heart for injuries sustained during battle.
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The Village Voice, a bastion of liberal publishing, levels major accusations against Kerry

“Senator John Kerry, a decorated battle veteran, was courageous as a navy lieutenant in the Vietnam War. But he was not so courageous more than two decades later, when he covered up voluminous evidence that a significant number of live American prisoners (perhaps hundreds) were never acknowledged or returned after the war-ending treaty was signed in January 1973.”

The Village Voice: When John Kerry’s Courage Went M.I.A.
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John Kerry denounces war memorials and monuments, then uses them in campaign ads.

“We will not quickly join those who march on Veterans’ Day waving small flags, calling to memory those thousands who died for the “greater glory of the United States.” We will not accept the rhetoric. We will not readily join the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars — in fact, we will find it hard to join anything at all and when we do, we will demand relevancy such as other organizations have recently been unable to provide. We will not take solace from the creation of monuments or the naming of parks after a select few of the thousands of dead Americans and Vietnamese. We will not uphold traditions which decorously memorialize that which was base and grim.”

– John Kerry, in “The New Soldier”

“Two years later, [1984] he ran for the U.S. Senate - dusting off his veteran’s credentials by standing in front of the black Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington to shoot a TV campaign ad, defying regulations that the memorial not be used for political purposes. The ad “was filmed illegally against the wishes of the National Park Service,” according to the Boston Globe. Kerry authorized its broadcast anyway.”

– J. Michael Waller, Insight Magazine, March 5, 2004

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John Kerry, a member of VVAW…. fit for office of the President of the United States of America?

“Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti-Imperialist is part of a network of anti-imperialist veterans who are proud of our resistance to U.S. aggression around the world. In the 1970s, to be a Vietnam veteran was to be against the war. That proud legacy must be carried forward into the new millennium. As veterans, we have been to the edge and seen the viciousness of Amerikkka unmasked.”

– from the VVAWAI web site

“No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof…”

– United States Constitution, 14th Amendment, Section 3

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Finally, in an effort to rewrite history in his favor, Kerry lies to cover his ass…

“(W)hen asked by CNN anchor Judy Woodruff on Thursday about allegations that he had accused “American troops of war crimes,” Kerry issued a denial.

“No, I was accusing American leaders of abandoning the troops. And if you read what I said, it is very clearly an indictment of leadership. I said to the Senate, where is the leadership of our country? And it’s the leaders who are responsible, not the soldiers. I never said that. I’ve always fought for the soldiers,” he said.

But, looking back at his comments on Meet the Press in 1971:

“There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed…”

– John Kerry, on NBC’s “Meet the Press” April 18, 1971 - (audio)

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John Kerry also received 3 Purple Hearts in 4 months of duty, and

A moment of silence.

Do we want a President who fumbles his words when speaking?

Do we want a President who can’t remember the facts behind the stories he’s exploiting to make a political point?

Do we want a President who is so out of touch with reality that he lies to the public for political gain?

During a campaign swing through Mississippi yesterday, Senator John F. Kerry … from the lectern of a black church. … compared the “crucifixion of Matthew Shepard,” the Wyoming 21-year-old who was beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die in the fall of 1998, with the dragging death of an African-American Texan, James Byrd Jr., whose murder earlier in 1998 sparked new efforts for hate crimes legislation.

Kerry, in his remarks, however, misstated Byrd’s last name, and referred to Byrd’s sexuality when he meant to refer to his race.

“Let me tell you something, when Matthew Shepard gets crucified on a fence in Wyoming because, because, only because he was gay,” Kerry said, “and Mr. King gets dragged behind a truck down Texas by chains and his body is mutilated only because he’s gay, I think that’s a matter of rights in the United States of America.” Despite the slipups, his remarks drew strong applause from the predominantly African-American audience of 700.

What’s more pathetic? The fact that Kerry exploits the memory of James Byrd for political gain, while forgetting his name and calling him gay…. or the fact that the statements received “strong applause” from an obviously ignorant crowd of African-American churchgoers who don’t even recognize the child-like pandering being done to them every year by the Democrat party?

Welcome to American politics - where the lowest common denominator can make policy. No wonder the Democrats want to lower the voting age to 14 … it seems they’ve cornered the market on the uninformed, ignorant and immature vote.

On March 22, 2002, during the debate over McCain-Feingold, John Kerry said, �The American people have become almost numb to these kinds of staggering figures, and they have come to expect fund-raising records to be broken with each election cycle.�

He continued, �What is far worse for our democracy is that the public also believes that this money buys access and influence that average citizens don’t have…. We can’t go on leaving our citizens with the impression that the only kind of influence left in American politics is the kind you wield with a checkbook.�
source

What a difference a year and a nomination makes.

George Soros, John Kerry�s own wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry and other donors to the Democratic 527s are wielding influence through their checkbooks, hoping that their money will mobilize enough �average citizens� to vote against Bush. A related Democratic 527 group, the Media Fund, begins airing $4.5 million worth of TV ads against Bush on Wednesday.

So John Kerry thinks it�s harmful to our democracy to allow the wealthy to buy access and influence unattainable by the average folks, while his wife works in conjunction with billionaires to fund broadcast attacks on his opponent. Nice.

Here�s why Kerry is so adamant to tell Americans, �do as I say, not as I do.�

The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 bans the national party committees from raising so-called �soft money,� restricts individuals and interest groups from using �soft money� to finance ads during election periods and doubles the amount of money a person can give directly to a candidate to $2,000 (�hard money�).

�Hard money� is the term commonly used to describe direct contributions to politicians� campaign committees and party committees that are limited under the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA). Under the law, individuals may give $2,000 directly to a candidate over an election cycle-$1,000 for the primary, and $1,000 for the general election.

�Soft money� encompasses any contributions not regulated by federal election laws. The exemption to old FEC regulations regarding �soft money� was made to encourage “party-building” activities which benefit the political parties in general, but not specific candidates.� Technically, soft money contributions are supposed to be used only for state and local political activities � such as voter registration, get-out-the-vote drives, and bumper stickers � and for such generic party-building activities as TV ads supporting the Democratic and Republican platforms, but not naming specific candidates.�

Under the BCRA, the television advertising restriction means that special interest groups cannot air advertisements that refer to a federal candidate 60 days before an election (30 days before a primary), unless the ads are paid with hard money (money given under the contribution limit provision). They can still, though, spend money freely before the time window or on ads that don�t refer to specific candidates.

Here�s a few things to consider for the average American:

The Republicans raise large amount of money, most of which is considered �hard money�, which means it�s being raised by many individuals contributing the maximum $2,000 each.

Compare that with the Democrats using a few billionaires funneling large sums into 527 organizations to air ads and campaign against Bush.

The BCRA prohibits groups from advertising in the media 30 days before a primary, or naming specific candidates, unless it�s paid for with �hard money�.

Leaders of the group, Peaceful Tomorrows, organized a concerted effort last week to campaign against Bush�s use of his own political ads. This, in and of itself, was a form of campaigning. In addition, Moveon.org has aired ads critical of Bush (and naming him specifically) in the last few weeks, clearly within the 30 day window of a primary.

It�s easy to see the problem. While Republicans are raising �hard money� from honest, hard-working American citizens, Democrats are out using million-dollar donations from billionaires (including the candidate�s WIFE) funneled through activist organizations in an attempt to �skirt the laws�.

So let�s go back and revisit John Kerry�s own statements.

�What is far worse for our democracy is that the public also believes that this money buys access and influence that average citizens don’t have…. We can’t go on leaving our citizens with the impression that the only kind of influence left in American politics is the kind you wield with a checkbook.�

You�re right John Kerry. And you�re a hypocrite that defines the problem with our system.

Yes, there is a second post today. It appears the New York Post has picked up the message about what I posted Friday. Can I get an amen?

(MRS.) KERRY’S CASH CONNECTION

John Kerry is determined not to lose Florida’s 27 electoral votes in a swamp of recounts and recriminations this fall, vowing to mount an early legal challenge in any district that might repeat the problems that bedeviled Democratic supporters in 2000. source

Let’s not forget an attempt by Kerry’s party to disenfranchise many American military men and women in 2000.

“Democrats lose bid to throw out 25,000 absentee ballots in Florida election - Saying that the sanctity of the election was left intact despite “irregularities” with the way ballot applications were handled, two Florida judges on Friday refused to throw out 25,000 absentee ballots in Seminole and Martin counties.” source

Let�s also keep in mind the outcome of SEVEN recounts by various organizations, including some media. George W. Bush wins.

Why does this mean anything? Maybe a former democrat can say it best:

Wall Street Journal
November 20, 2000

How Democrats Wage Political War
By Cleta Mitchell, a Washington attorney who has previously served as a Democratic member of the Oklahoma legislature.

In case you’re bewildered by the machinations of the Gore campaign-turned-law-firm, let there be no doubt that the goings on in Florida are perfectly in keeping with the way Democrats normally think and behave. Lawsuits are a key part of the Democrats’ political strategy, so nothing about Florida should surprise anyone who has spent time in the Democratic Party.

Until 1995, I was a Democrat. I’ve been a Democrat elected official, a party official and an active party member, so I know how Democrats think.

Democrats know and internalize, understand and are motivated by, certain ideas, concepts and principles that seem to be foreign to Republicans. And Democrats are elated that Republicans don’t know or function under the same ideas. These basic rules of Democratic thinking are at work in Florida. This primer should help explain what makes the Democrats tick.

Rule 1: If we don’t win, we don’t eat.

The fundamental motivation for Democrats is their understanding that winning control of government is tied to paychecks, jobs, government grants, public money for private groups and companies, government contracts, union bargaining advantages, rules by which trial lawyers bring lawsuits, and on and on. The use of government to feed friends and starve enemies is something Democrats know instinctively. Winning elections means getting or keeping a livelihood.

Say what you will about trial lawyers, but remember this: They only get paid if their clients win. Extending that principle to politics means that various Democratic constituencies are convinced that a Democratic victory means food on the table.

Rule 2: State courts are “home” to Democrats.

There is a reason why, of the more than two dozen lawsuits filed in Florida by various Democrats, virtually all have been filed in state courts.

Democrats are at home in the state courts. It is where the judges are elected, often on partisan ballots. And the trial lawyers are the most ardent in overseeing who fills and keeps judicial positions. Trial lawyers normally hate federal court, where rules are more strict and standards much higher, and where attorneys can be, and often are, sanctioned for filing frivolous lawsuits.

Against the backdrop of the myriad state lawsuits filed by Democrats in Florida, and the call by the Gore campaign for even more trial lawyers to come and assist in the litigation battles there, the Bush campaign filed one legal action. It was filed in federal court as a challenge to the constitutional validity of the manual recount procedures in Florida and the absence in the statute of any objective standards for such recounts. The evidence to support the sole Republican lawsuit has unfolded on our television screens during the manual recounts conducted to date.

State courts are often a blank page to be filled in by the most clever manipulator in the courtroom. (No wonder the Democrats have brought in super-litigator David Boies.) Only a state court judge would have entertained, much less Ruled on, a lawsuit like the one filed by the Palm Beach Democratic Party, which argued that incomplete (”dimpled”) Ballots should nonetheless be counted. And that’s just one example of the kinds of cases the Democrats have filed.

Republicans depart from their customary arguments in favor of federalism, decentralization of government power and devolution of authority to the states when civil justice system and lawsuit reform are at issue. Then, the parties switch sides and it is Republicans who prefer federal courts and uniform national standards and Democrats who fight vigorously to protect their state court fiefdoms. This may seem inconsistent — but it isn’t, when one understands the hometown advantage of the Democrats and trial lawyers in state courts. Remember Rule #1.

Rule 3, the “golden rule”: He who makes the rules wins the gold.

The post-election fight in Florida is the best evidence in my lifetime of the absolute supremacy of the rules-as-gold principle. Democrats understand impressively well that the rules, the regulations, the procedures and the processes will almost always dictate the outcome. In a nutshell, rules provide victories — or defeats. Because the statutory process in Florida did not provide the result the Democrats wanted, they knew it was imperative to change the rules after the election.

When I was first elected to the Oklahoma legislature, a veteran Democrat member told me to learn the rules. He told me, “If you know the rules better than your opponent, you can beat him every time.” He was right. I also learned that writing and rewriting the rules is as important as understanding them.

The legal wrangling this week in Florida is neither about “technicalities,” nor about “fairness.” It is about winning. See Rule #1. Changing the rules is why the Gore campaign dispatched lawyers and organizers to Florida in the early morning hours of election night — because the rules had to be rewritten under public pressure, either through executive or judicial decisions, in order for Al Gore to prevail.

Changing the rules required a massive public relations effort by the Gore campaign to discredit the rules and procedures under which elections are normally conducted in the state of Florida. Changing the rules was the objective in the Gore campaign’s vilification of Katherine Harris, the Republican secretary of state, for enforcing the existing laws and rules.

Any Republican who misses the 4 lessons the Democrats are teaching us on national TV these past two weeks is terribly naive. If, as a result of all this, Republicans don’t commit themselves to learning and practicing the art of political war, as well as its natural extension in the courtroom, there may not be much of a GOP to kick around anymore in the future.
source

So it makes sense that Kerry would be laying the foundation for a court challenge this Fall. Don�t think the �golden rule� applies to politics? Let�s think back to a not-so-distant time when the 2002 election was fast approaching.

Democrats replaced Sen. Robert Torricelli on the November ballot with former Sen. Frank Lautenberg, even though the deadline for making such a change had passed. It was a crucial victory for Democrats, who saw Torricelli as a potential loser next month and are fighting to keep the seat in their hands as they try to retain or add to their single-seat majority in the Senate.

Although state law bars replacement candidates less than 51 days before an election (Torricelli withdrew 36 days before Election Day), the court said it was more important to have a ballot “bearing the names of candidates of both major political parties�. Well, to hell with the rule of law!

What about St. Louis? It all started the day before the Nov. 7 election when Congressman William Lacy Clay, son of the incumbent Democrat William Clay, announced polls would be open late on election day. Then, that Tuesday evening, Democrats went to St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Evelyn Baker, alleging that up to 33,000 registered voters had been improperly removed from voter registration rolls. Baker ordered the polls to remain open in St. Louis until 10 p.m. to ensure the delays did not prevent voters from casting their ballots due to time constraints. Polls across the state are legally supposed to close at 7 p.m.

Just minutes after Baker issued the order, a phone-banking effort by Jesse Jackson commenced, indicating the Democrat activist had pre-arranged the activity. Jackson had recorded an automated message explaining that polls would remain open until 10 p.m. and that votes could be cast even later at the Board of Election Commission — until midnight. But this latter part of Jackson’s message was not included in Baker’s order.

Attorney Thor Hearne represented Republicans in the appeal of Baker’s decision, which was granted by a three-judge panel at 7:45 p.m. the same day. The new order required that polls be closed at 8:15. However, locals report voting continued until after 10 p.m. and Jackson’s automated phone message continued to be sent to residents after the 8:15 deadline, Hearne said.

At 7 p.m. Tuesday, judges at 29 of the city’s nearly 400 precincts walked away from their posts, leaving ballot boxes unattended, Hearne added. The next day, St. Louis police located an abandoned voting machine in a vacant lot in the 3900 block of Olive Boulevard. The attorney’s investigation into the chaos also revealed that 300 or more unregistered people voted after they were given court orders allowing them to do so.

So, let�s just review the year 2000.

Florida � Democrats file a lawsuit in state court to have 25,000 absentee (mostly Republican) ballots thrown out and not counted.

Florida � Democrats file a lawsuit after losing the election, to have the rules on counting ballots changed, in their favor.

New Jersey � Democrats are faced with a candidate forced to drop out due to illegal activities and past the deadline to get replacement on the ballot file a lawsuit to ignore the existing law in favor of them.

St. Louis � Democrats file suit in state court to ignore rules about poll closing times, allowing untold numbers of illegal votes to be cast.

So why do we need Congress anymore? According to the Democrats, we elect state court judges to make the laws by which we should live. Make no mistake about it, this year�s election will be played dirty. I urge Republicans to forget about playing nice, this is war. When your opponent is playing �anything goes�, you must rise to the challenge and meet it face to face. Remember, there are some big money Democrats claiming this election is a matter of life and death. It�s about damn time we learned the Golden Rule!

Golden Rule: He who makes the rules, wins the gold

John Kerry is determined not to lose Florida’s 27 electoral votes in a swamp of recounts and recriminations this fall, vowing to mount an early legal challenge in any district that might repeat the problems that bedeviled Democratic supporters in 2000. source

Let’s not forget an attempt by Kerry’s party to disenfranchise many American military men and women in 2000.

“Democrats lose bid to throw out 25,000 absentee ballots in Florida election - Saying that the sanctity of the election was left intact despite “irregularities” with the way ballot applications were handled, two Florida judges on Friday refused to throw out 25,000 absentee ballots in Seminole and Martin counties.” source

Let�s also keep in mind the outcome of SEVEN recounts by various organizations, including some media. George W. Bush wins.

Why does this mean anything? Maybe a former democrat can say it best:

Wall Street Journal
November 20, 2000

How Democrats Wage Political War
By Cleta Mitchell, a Washington attorney who has previously served as a Democratic member of the Oklahoma legislature.

In case you’re bewildered by the machinations of the Gore campaign-turned-law-firm, let there be no doubt that the goings on in Florida are perfectly in keeping with the way Democrats normally think and behave. Lawsuits are a key part of the Democrats’ political strategy, so nothing about Florida should surprise anyone who has spent time in the Democratic Party.

Until 1995, I was a Democrat. I’ve been a Democrat elected official, a party official and an active party member, so I know how Democrats think.

Democrats know and internalize, understand and are motivated by, certain ideas, concepts and principles that seem to be foreign to Republicans. And Democrats are elated that Republicans don’t know or function under the same ideas. These basic rules of Democratic thinking are at work in Florida. This primer should help explain what makes the Democrats tick.

Rule 1: If we don’t win, we don’t eat.

The fundamental motivation for Democrats is their understanding that winning control of government is tied to paychecks, jobs, government grants, public money for private groups and companies, government contracts, union bargaining advantages, rules by which trial lawyers bring lawsuits, and on and on. The use of government to feed friends and starve enemies is something Democrats know instinctively. Winning elections means getting or keeping a livelihood.

Say what you will about trial lawyers, but remember this: They only get paid if their clients win. Extending that principle to politics means that various Democratic constituencies are convinced that a Democratic victory means food on the table.

Rule 2: State courts are “home” to Democrats.

There is a reason why, of the more than two dozen lawsuits filed in Florida by various Democrats, virtually all have been filed in state courts.

Democrats are at home in the state courts. It is where the judges are elected, often on partisan ballots. And the trial lawyers are the most ardent in overseeing who fills and keeps judicial positions. Trial lawyers normally hate federal court, where rules are more strict and standards much higher, and where attorneys can be, and often are, sanctioned for filing frivolous lawsuits.

Against the backdrop of the myriad state lawsuits filed by Democrats in Florida, and the call by the Gore campaign for even more trial lawyers to come and assist in the litigation battles there, the Bush campaign filed one legal action. It was filed in federal court as a challenge to the constitutional validity of the manual recount procedures in Florida and the absence in the statute of any objective standards for such recounts. The evidence to support the sole Republican lawsuit has unfolded on our television screens during the manual recounts conducted to date.

State courts are often a blank page to be filled in by the most clever manipulator in the courtroom. (No wonder the Democrats have brought in super-litigator David Boies.) Only a state court judge would have entertained, much less Ruled on, a lawsuit like the one filed by the Palm Beach Democratic Party, which argued that incomplete (”dimpled”) Ballots should nonetheless be counted. And that’s just one example of the kinds of cases the Democrats have filed.

Republicans depart from their customary arguments in favor of federalism, decentralization of government power and devolution of authority to the states when civil justice system and lawsuit reform are at issue. Then, the parties switch sides and it is Republicans who prefer federal courts and uniform national standards and Democrats who fight vigorously to protect their state court fiefdoms. This may seem inconsistent — but it isn’t, when one understands the hometown advantage of the Democrats and trial lawyers in state courts. Remember Rule #1.

Rule 3, the “golden rule”: He who makes the rules wins the gold.

The post-election fight in Florida is the best evidence in my lifetime of the absolute supremacy of the rules-as-gold principle. Democrats understand impressively well that the rules, the regulations, the procedures and the processes will almost always dictate the outcome. In a nutshell, rules provide victories — or defeats. Because the statutory process in Florida did not provide the result the Democrats wanted, they knew it was imperative to change the rules after the election.

When I was first elected to the Oklahoma legislature, a veteran Democrat member told me to learn the rules. He told me, “If you know the rules better than your opponent, you can beat him every time.” He was right. I also learned that writing and rewriting the rules is as important as understanding them.

The legal wrangling this week in Florida is neither about “technicalities,” nor about “fairness.” It is about winning. See Rule #1. Changing the rules is why the Gore campaign dispatched lawyers and organizers to Florida in the early morning hours of election night — because the rules had to be rewritten under public pressure, either through executive or judicial decisions, in order for Al Gore to prevail.

Changing the rules required a massive public relations effort by the Gore campaign to discredit the rules and procedures under which elections are normally conducted in the state of Florida. Changing the rules was the objective in the Gore campaign’s vilification of Katherine Harris, the Republican secretary of state, for enforcing the existing laws and rules.

Any Republican who misses the 4 lessons the Democrats are teaching us on national TV these past two weeks is terribly naive. If, as a result of all this, Republicans don’t commit themselves to learning and practicing the art of political war, as well as its natural extension in the courtroom, there may not be much of a GOP to kick around anymore in the future.
source

So it makes sense that Kerry would be laying the foundation for a court challenge this Fall. Don�t think the �golden rule� applies to politics? Let�s think back to a not-so-distant time when the 2002 election was fast approaching.

Democrats replaced Sen. Robert Torricelli on the November ballot with former Sen. Frank Lautenberg, even though the deadline for making such a change had passed. It was a crucial victory for Democrats, who saw Torricelli as a potential loser next month and are fighting to keep the seat in their hands as they try to retain or add to their single-seat majority in the Senate.

Although state law bars replacement candidates less than 51 days before an election (Torricelli withdrew 36 days before Election Day), the court said it was more important to have a ballot “bearing the names of candidates of both major political parties�. Well, to hell with the rule of law!

What about St. Louis? It all started the day before the Nov. 7 election when Congressman William Lacy Clay, son of the incumbent Democrat William Clay, announced polls would be open late on election day. Then, that Tuesday evening, Democrats went to St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Evelyn Baker, alleging that up to 33,000 registered voters had been improperly removed from voter registration rolls. Baker ordered the polls to remain open in St. Louis until 10 p.m. to ensure the delays did not prevent voters from casting their ballots due to time constraints. Polls across the state are legally supposed to close at 7 p.m.

Just minutes after Baker issued the order, a phone-banking effort by Jesse Jackson commenced, indicating the Democrat activist had pre-arranged the activity. Jackson had recorded an automated message explaining that polls would remain open until 10 p.m. and that votes could be cast even later at the Board of Election Commission — until midnight. But this latter part of Jackson’s message was not included in Baker’s order.

Attorney Thor Hearne represented Republicans in the appeal of Baker’s decision, which was granted by a three-judge panel at 7:45 p.m. the same day. The new order required that polls be closed at 8:15. However, locals report voting continued until after 10 p.m. and Jackson’s automated phone message continued to be sent to residents after the 8:15 deadline, Hearne said.

At 7 p.m. Tuesday, judges at 29 of the city’s nearly 400 precincts walked away from their posts, leaving ballot boxes unattended, Hearne added. The next day, St. Louis police located an abandoned voting machine in a vacant lot in the 3900 block of Olive Boulevard. The attorney’s investigation into the chaos also revealed that 300 or more unregistered people voted after they were given court orders allowing them to do so.

So, let�s just review the year 2000.

Florida � Democrats file a lawsuit in state court to have 25,000 absentee (mostly Republican) ballots thrown out and not counted.

Florida � Democrats file a lawsuit after losing the election, to have the rules on counting ballots changed, in their favor.

New Jersey � Democrats are faced with a candidate forced to drop out due to illegal activities and past the deadline to get replacement on the ballot file a lawsuit to ignore the existing law in favor of them.

St. Louis � Democrats file suit in state court to ignore rules about poll closing times, allowing untold numbers of illegal votes to be cast.

So why do we need Congress anymore? According to the Democrats, we elect state court judges to make the laws by which we should live. Make no mistake about it, this year�s election will be played dirty. I urge Republicans to forget about playing nice, this is war. When your opponent is playing �anything goes�, you must rise to the challenge and meet it face to face. Remember, there are some big money Democrats claiming this election is a matter of life and death. It�s about damn time we learned the Golden Rule!

By Patricia Wilson
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (Reuters)

“Without naming anybody, Kerry said he had received words of encouragement from leaders abroad who were eager to see him defeat Bush on Nov. 2.

“I’ve met foreign leaders who can’t go out and say this publicly, but boy they look at you and say, ‘You’ve got to win this, you’ve got to beat this guy, we need a new policy,’ things like that,” he said.”

According to the Financial Times, “North Korea [is warm] to a Kerry Presidency Bid”.

What about the other participant in the Axis of Evil… Iran?

According to Maahriv International, a significant Israeli news publication…
“Events in Washington over the past month changed that perception. [Iranian] conservatives seem to have decided that Bush could be vulnerable. As a result, they decided to renegotiate their agreement with Khatami, since they believe Iran can afford to get away with presenting a less enlightened image to the world. The result is the current crisis. Supreme leader Khamenei, the leader of the conservative faction, which is between the reactionaries and the reformists, but on the whole tends to side mostly with the former, will not take any decisive step until he has to, meaning until he and his advisors decide what Bush’s chances are. If they decide that his defeat is not a sure thing, the compromise he will arrange will favor the reformists, at least somewhat. If he decides that Iran can take the risk of assuming that Bush will not be reelected, the compromise will, in effect be an ultimatum to the reformists to surrender or else. . .

[A] covert understanding between Iran and the US was able to take place because of the balance of power in Iran, between the reformists led by President Khatami and Majlis (Parliament) speaker Mehdi Karroubi, the conservatives led by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former president Rafsanjani, and the ultra-conservatives (some say reactionaries), led by the Ayatollahs Jannati, Meshkini and Shahrudi. The latter have decided to take out the reformists, having decided that Bush is unlikely to be reelected, and therefore willing to risk US ire, which, as far as they are concerned, will be limited to words if Bush is no longer president. If there is one thing these men do not fear, it�s words. . . .

Teheran�s aim is to see Bush defeated. The thinking in Teheran is that a Democratic president would not have the stomach to go to war in order to save Iraq�s middle class. The result, snap elections won by the Shiites, the formation of a new anti-western Damascus-Baghdad-Teheran axis, armed with a large variety of lethal non conventional weapons.”

It’s no surprise he won’t name them.

Kerry then says, “It’s going to be hard fought, they’re going to do everything possible to tear down my character personally (and) Teresa. That’s the way they operate.” Obviously he understands his wife’s connections to George Soros, Peaceful Tomorrows and a host of other liberal activist organizations…. he’s got to try an innoculate against the obvious questions American will (and should) have about her participation and funding of things like “parade o’ outraged 9/11 widows to attack Bush ads”….

On a side note, the article continues:

“Kerry rejected what he has called the old style politics of divisiveness and said he would not let the finger-pointing distract from the issues of jobs, health care, the economy and national security.”

and wraps up with:

“Later, at a town hall meeting in Hollywood, Kerry vowed not to privatize the Social Security retirement system nor to cut benefits. He slammed the Medicare prescription drug bill as a “Bush boondoggle” for the pharmaceutical companies.”

Thank God he rejects finger-pointing and old style divisive politics….

“What we need now is not just regime change in Saddam Hussein and Iraq, but we need a regime change in the United States,” Kerry said. source

I guess comparing a sitting President to a tyrannical, murdering dictator is considered a “new style” of politics. Please forgive me, but I think I’ll have to pass.

A follow up to my article on Friday. You’ll remember I showed that the “outraged” victims who paraded around the networks this week blasting President Bush’s television ads were leaders of a group called Peaceful Tomorrows, a group funded directly by The Tides Center, which is chaired by Teresa Heinz Kerry - wife of Senator John Kerry.

Folks, this story seems to have no end. It appears Mrs. Kerry’s organization, The Tides Center receives some of its funding directly from the Open Society Institute & Soros Foundations Network. source You might recognize a name in that organization’s title. The “Soros” refers to none other than George Soros, the billionaire entrepreneur. Now you’re asking yourself, “why does this matter? So a billionaire is giving money to Mrs. Kerry’s organization, which in turns funds a group run by some 9/11 widows who lashed out at President Bush.”

Let me refresh your memory about Mr. Soros. “George Soros is founder and chairman of the Open Society Institute and the Soros foundations network. He is also currently the president and chairman of Soros Fund Management LLC, a private investment management firm that serves as principal advisor to the Quantum Group of Funds, a series of international investment vehicles.” source

In an article in the Washington Post on November 11, 2003, George Soros was quoted as saying, “[defeating President Bush] is the central focus of my life, … [the 2004 presidential race] is a matter of life and death.”

In the same article, Soros is quoted as saying, “Neoconservatives are exploiting the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.”

In a review of Soros’ website, (Open Society Institute & Soros Foundations Network), there are a number of donations listed for the Tides Center/Tides Foundation. The sum of those donations (or grants, as the site calls them) is just a little over $10.5 million. (In addition, Soros has given $5 million to Moveon.org).

So while the Left and its minions are calling for the head of our President for campaign ads, which some victims’ families say honors the day and the dead, there is a network of organizations waging war against George W. Bush and the Republicans. To recap the web of money and deceit the Left is using to gun for the White House:

1. Victims’ families claim outrage over Bush campaign ads and media reports it as the few widows parading around the networks are speaking for all victims’ families (while many family members sign an “Open Letter to America” claiming the Bush ads are honorable and respectful.

2. The spokeswomen for the “outraged victims” go on multiple networks and various times in various locations and recite the same lines (referring to “Bush reading to school children on 9/11″ and “3,000 murdered on Bush’s watch”) claiming that Bush is exploiting 9/11 for political gain.

3. The spokeswomen are leaders of a group called Peaceful Tomorrows, and activist group that has protested the war in Iraq and other Bush administration actions. In fact, one of them, Rita Lasar, was a volunteer and then paid worker in the first Clinton campaign. source

4. Peaceful Tomorrows is funded by The Tides Center, which is chaired by Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of John Kerry, political opponent of George W. Bush for the office of President.

5. The Tides Center/Tides Foundation has received more than $10.5 million from the Open Society Institute & Soros Foundations Network, and organization run by George Soros, who is quoted as saying the defeat of President Bush is a matter of life and death as well as claiming Conservatives are exploiting 9/11.

So there you go. It’s not a pretty picture. The same group of people who lobbied so hard for campaign finance reform and blamed Republicans for having huge political war chests, are in fact a large network of activist organizations, funneling cash from one to another, in an effort to defeat President Bush. It’s a dirty little game, this thing called politics, but it appears the Left has figured out how to master it…. It’s going to be a long hard road this year… as we’re up against a group who thinks your vote is a matter of life and death. Hold on tight.

A follow up to my article on Friday. You’ll remember I showed that the “outraged” victims who paraded around the networks this week blasting President Bush’s television ads were leaders of a group called Peaceful Tomorrows, a group funded directly by The Tides Center, which is chaired by Teresa Heinz Kerry - wife of Senator John Kerry.

Folks, this story seems to have no end. It appears Mrs. Kerry’s organization, The Tides Center receives some of its funding directly from the Open Society Institute & Soros Foundations Network. source You might recognize a name in that organization’s title. The “Soros” refers to none other than George Soros, the billionaire entrepreneur. Now you’re asking yourself, “why does this matter? So a billionaire is giving money to Mrs. Kerry’s organization, which in turns funds a group run by some 9/11 widows who lashed out at President Bush.”

Let me refresh your memory about Mr. Soros. “George Soros is founder and chairman of the Open Society Institute and the Soros foundations network. He is also currently the president and chairman of Soros Fund Management LLC, a private investment management firm that serves as principal advisor to the Quantum Group of Funds, a series of international investment vehicles.” source

In an article in the Washington Post on November 11, 2003, George Soros was quoted as saying, “[defeating President Bush] is the central focus of my life, … [the 2004 presidential race] is a matter of life and death.”

In the same article, Soros is quoted as saying, “Neoconservatives are exploiting the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.”

In a review of Soros’ website, (Open Society Institute & Soros Foundations Network), there are a number of donations listed for the Tides Center/Tides Foundation. The sum of those donations (or grants, as the site calls them) is just a little over $10.5 million. (In addition, Soros has given $5 million to Moveon.org).

So while the Left and its minions are calling for the head of our President for campaign ads, which some victims’ families say honors the day and the dead, there is a network of organizations waging war against George W. Bush and the Republicans. To recap the web of money and deceit the Left is using to gun for the White House:

1. Victims’ families claim outrage over Bush campaign ads and media reports it as the few widows parading around the networks are speaking for all victims’ families (while many family members sign an “Open Letter to America” claiming the Bush ads are honorable and respectful.

2. The spokeswomen for the “outraged victims” go on multiple networks and various times in various locations and recite the same lines (referring to “Bush reading to school children on 9/11″ and “3,000 murdered on Bush’s watch”) claiming that Bush is exploiting 9/11 for political gain.

3. The spokeswomen are leaders of a group called Peaceful Tomorrows, and activist group that has protested the war in Iraq and other Bush administration actions. In fact, one of them, Rita Lasar, was a volunteer and then paid worker in the first Clinton campaign. source

4. Peaceful Tomorrows is funded by The Tides Center, which is chaired by Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of John Kerry, political opponent of George W. Bush for the office of President.

5. The Tides Center/Tides Foundation has received more than $10.5 million from the Open Society Institute & Soros Foundations Network, and organization run by George Soros, who is quoted as saying the defeat of President Bush is a matter of life and death as well as claiming Conservatives are exploiting 9/11.

So there you go. It’s not a pretty picture. The same group of people who lobbied so hard for campaign finance reform and blamed Republicans for having huge political war chests, are in fact a large network of activist organizations, funneling cash from one to another, in an effort to defeat President Bush. It’s a dirty little game, this thing called politics, but it appears the Left has figured out how to master it…. It’s going to be a long hard road this year… as we’re up against a group who thinks your vote is a matter of life and death. Hold on tight.