The Democrats need to Fail

At the start of this post VIEWS started off with a tirade about the Democrats, but how stupid can one political party became since 2000. It is like the lessons of Bill Clinton have been lost. The House has produced a plan for getting out of Iraq by 2008, that is going in the rubbish bin, they can force it through the House but it is dead in the Senate, it wont get 60 votes and has about much chance of Bill Clinton running for a third term to the have the 67 votes to over turn a Presidential Veto.

Interesting article on Politico.com, how the anti War Democrats are placing enough pressure on the the Democratic Leadership to get the USA out of Iraq. Views would recall there is a 2008 election, weakness does not get you votes and can actually lose you votes. Hillary Clinton must sometimes wish the Republicans had held Congress.

Libby and the Elite Media

Libby Found Guilty of Four of Five Counts - Washington Post

Libby Guilty of Lying in C.I.A leak Case - New York Times

Libby Guilty

The Former Chief of Staff for the Vice - President has been found guilty on all charges. What next in the Libby case, will the President Pardon Libby as his father gave a pardon to those in Iran - Contra. If you support Libby time to start with emails to the White House and the Hill.

Libby Verdict Today

Developing Story, Views will report with commentary after Verdict.

Cash for Honours

Views has refined from reading to much in to this story, the handing out of titles for support from the Monarchy to modern politicians is not new, Views could not see why Tony Blair should take the rap for a very British Custom, that's how our system has worked for over a thousand years, and on the whole rather well, we have bigger problems to deal with in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. The Attorney General if he can closed down the investigation about selling planes should close this down, the only fault Tony Blair made was like Richard Nixon, the rules changed on him mid game, and of course he should have gone well before now, there is blood in the water and Elite Media after Iraq want to bring down the PM. Its about time we finished this investigation and got around governing the Country.

Howling in the Wind!

Well folks Views has tried not to look at early polls for 2008, its February folks, but it seems the politicians in the D.C want to start early so Views will start to look at the Iowa and N.H polls for the start of April. Views stills goes with the conventional wisdom that that it will be McCain and Clinton in the general election but on the other hand it could be Gore and McCain. Gore could do a Nixon in 1968 and run with his anti War views in place but with a good record of government also his Oscar for his rant on green issues will play well the early voters. Lets be honest, the reason Al Gore is not President in some respects is Bill Clinton and his scandal. If one thought that politics can be revenge best served very cold, 8 years is very cold, Gore could beat Hillary Clinton and take the Prize. That would be real cold revenge, one has to wonder will Gore have the character to go through a open door and became the 44th President of the United States of America.

Arthur Schlesinger Jr Dead

The last of the great Liberal Icons has passed away, the author of A Thousand Days, the record of President Kennedy's Administration between 1961 - 1963. It should be noted he was a Liberal Democrat, he wanted to impeach Nixon but not Clinton, thus his critical review of President George W. Bush. In the Mid 1990s he had the responsibility to pick historians to rank American Presidents it was no great suprise that his group chose Kennedy and Johnson over Reagan.

Here are some of the news reports on the death.

New York Times

on the death of Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Even the NYT states he was a ' provocative, unabashedly liberal partisan ' in other words the type the NYT likes compared to Republicans and Conservatives.

Newsweek on Schlesinger, fair if not stressing his neglect to mention some of the faults of JFK.

Schlesinger on Reagan, only a Liberal Democrat could write a semi negative article like that, worth a read and you see why even the NYT had to say he was a Partisan Liberal but a interesting character and writer.