Security Abroad, Security Home, Republicans are Security

If you are a Republican it is time to get the good news out, no attack on the United States since 2001, no attack on American interest since then either, no Embassy attacks, no attacks on American Ships on the High Seas. The economy is great, low unemployment, more tax money coming in to the government. The Country is at war with a Terrorist body that if it had its way would destroy Western Civilisation, the call should be, not a time of change, it is more simple, does the United States want a Speaker that is from San Francisco and is therefore more Liberal that most people on the face of this earth. A government that will add to your taxes, would if UBL was ever caught, want him tried will all the rights of an American. If a MAJOR terrorist attack were about to happen would they support or oppose the use of extreme methods to gain the information.

Think after January, a Democrat win, Higher Taxes, cut and running form Iraq, repel of the Bush Tax cuts, allow more rights for Terrorists, would oppose any military action to deal with Iran, would try to impeach George W. Bush. The Democrats once in power would use everything to stay in Power, does the United States want another House of Representatives, which the Democrats control for 40 years.

The Call should be simple, security abroad, security home, Republicans are security.

The Politics of Scandal

Here are a few interesting articles on the recent Congressional Scandal:

Time: Click here

Newsweek: Click here

Slate: Click here : This is interesting as the perception that the seat is lost to the Republicans might not be a fore gone deal.

Slate: Click here

Washington Post: Click here

Washington Times: Click here

The Future of the Speaker of the House is in question, when did he know and what did he do, an interesting Interview to read, Click here

State of Denial

A state of Denial is an interesting concept as to look at American Politics at the moment; on the one hand we have two articles, as published by the New York Times (Registration Required, Free) and Time, they both underline that what looks like a large Democratic win in November has to face political reality. As the NYT points out, the Republican base is returning to the President, recent climb in his Job Approval ratings means that his base is returning. The base might have problems with George W. Bush but they would have more problems with a Liberal Democrat from San Francisco as Speaker of he House of Representatives. The Time article looks at how Karl Rove the Master Mind of how George W. Bush has won both Presidential elections has been planning for this fight since 2004. It should be noted that the old idea that turnout out helped the Democrats was blown away by Rove who increased Republican turnout in the right areas to win the Presidency for Bush in 2004.

As noted a week is a long time in Politics, over the past few days we have had the release of the National Intelligence Estimate for April 2004, see previous Blog entry. On the heels of the NIE we have had the release of the new book by Bob Woodward, extracts can be found on the Washington Post Web Page, also Congressional Scandals that has made a Republican Congressman Resign and placed his seat with the reach of the Democrats. Views predicted that the Republicans would keep control of the House and Senate, as of today that is a lot harder to justify even with the articles in the NYT and Time. The election is a few weeks away, and it has to be recognised that if the luck follows the Democrats they should take the House and give the Republicans a run for their money in the Senate.

National Intelligence Estimate for April 2006

The NIE (Adobe Reader Required) is interesting but hardly has anything new in it that those that follow this issue could not discuss it without its publication. As should be noted on P.3 the NIE states the following, ‘ Should al-Zarqawi continue to evade capture and scale back attacks against Muslims, we assess he could broaden his popular appeal and present a global threat. ‘ Zarqawi is of course dead, thus one has to ask the point to release a document that is old is the present circumstances of Iraq. Its timing and the selective leaks has more to with the Mid Term Elections than helping people decided their views on Iraq.

It has to be stated, that if this is the combined work of sixteen intelligence agencies, the American Government has a problem, we need something new, how al – Qa ‘ ida is been run at the moment by UBL, is he dead, the French seem to have better information or at least some information. How do we prevent Terrorist Cells forming or how do we get our people in to these Cells as prevent their development. How al – Qa ‘ ida is working with insurgents in Iraq, how to cause friction, how to cause them to fall apart, how to gain information on even smaller cells from around the World.

The NIE is interesting but lets hope the real interesting stuff is under cover, the New York Times is not the place to discuss policy disagreements that can cause the death of thousands, there are limits, lets put some journalists under pressure, drag them in Court, if they don’t release their sources, the slammer time, and real time not some comfort farm, we are at War, this is not Vietnam, and the LIBERALS better smell the coffee or the American people will never trust them will the Security of the United States.

Bill Clinton Interview and the Mid Term Elections

Dick Morris, Bill Clinton’s Karl Rove, states the following, ‘ But beyond noting the ex-president’s non-presidential style, it is important to answer his distortions and misrepresentations. His self-justifications constitute a mangling of the truth which only someone who once quibbled about what the “definition of ‘is’ is” could perform. ’

The Bill Clinton Interview flare up still in the news, an Opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times by Andrew Klavan is interesting, he has the stated the following on Bill Clinton, ‘ He thinks reality itself is being wrestled away from him, that he can wrestle it back and mold it into the shape he wants it to have. ‘

A very interesting article by John McIntyre, President and co-founder of RealClearPolitics on the Mid Term Elections, McIntyre has written the following, ‘ Dem pick-up of four seats which would leave them short of the six they need, and I suspect they would fall short in the House as well, picking up something like 9-12 seats.

Tony Blair and the Labour Conference

Well today was Tony Blair’s final speech as Party Leader at a Labour Conference. As of the speech, it was typical Labour spin; full of what New Labour has done in the Public Sector. As a Teacher Views can state a judgement on how New Labour has affected the education field. As a Teacher Views has been to the worse of bog standard Schools, buildings falling down, bad teachers, no supplies for teaching and the feeling one is in a war zone. On the other hand Views has been to the best of the PFI Schools, new buildings, money spent on supplies, good teachers etc. The problem that New Labour has not dealt with is although you can spend all the money in the world, if the teachers have no authority in the classroom, money spent is worthless.

On the health service, Views has to give Labour high marks, Views has seen the Health Service close up, in the early mid 1990s, going in to Hospital was not looked at by Views as the best option but having seen the Health Service doing an excellent job at the start of the 21st Century. In the 1990s a long stay in Hospital was even more uncomfortable even without the ill health, now a long stay in Hospital is made more bearable by the fact that while in Hospital you can have access to your own TV, this might sound like something quite small but if one is ill, it helps to have something normal, and nearly all watch TV. Also patients have access to a telephone, so no march down to the telephone or waiting for a phone to be bought to you, access at any time to family helps in the creation of normality.

Thus we come to Foreign Policy, the Prime Minister defended his policy on Afghanistan and Iraq, as Views supports both military actions it was interesting more to see how Labour reacted to this section of speech, more polite applause, not earth shattering support. On Terrorism, Views supports the 90-day keeping of suspects and hopes either Tony Blair or Gordon Brown brings the bill back to the House of Commons.

On the SKY news coverage, there was a box with a live view of Gordon Brown, dour, miserable, come to mind. Views can recall about two smiles and one was when Tony Blair praised Gordon Brown.

Views shall miss Tony Blair, after Lady Thatcher the best Conservative Prime Minister the country has had, what will Gordon the Dour be when he shall became PM.

Main Stream Media and the Mid Term Elections

The Main Stream Media, MSM seem to be taking a more cautious line on the Mid Term Elections, interesting articles in Time and the Washington Post on how the election might turn out over the next couple of weeks.