Libby Pardon Article

National Review Article by William F. Buckley calling for a Pardon for Mr Libby. VIEWS supports this action by President Bush. Time to finish this mess and clear the decks for 2008.

Weekend News

Here are some of the weekend articles that caught my eye:

WSJ, interesting article by Robert McFarlane on the how the Liberal Press as it did in Vietnam has a different view based on its own opinions of the War and thus colours its reporting. A MUST READ.

Washington Post, a article on Richard Nixon and his Domestic Policies.

RCP , Ed Koch on the New York Times, a must read.

Ronald Reagan Diaries

If you see Bobby see last blog, you should buy the Ronald Reagan Diaries, half way through and great, Reagan was a great President and we see why in the Diaries, so for a weekend not drinking or having a good time, see Bobby and read the Ronald Reagan Diaries. There was only one Ronald Reagan and at the present the only real contender for the Reagan crown is Fred Thompson, can Thompson be Reagan only time will tell...

Bobby ( Film on Robert F. Kennedy )

Views has just seen the great film Bobby, directed and written by Emilo Estevez. If your going to see or buy a DVD get the film. As readers of this blog might have a guess VIEWS is a proud Neo Con, but can also see the greatness in other side, Bobby Kennedy, well lets factual he in real life preferred Bob, if you think about it you can see why, he was the Attorney General of the United States after all, a mature role by any one standards. Its a great film with a great cast, Mr Estevez has a great future and writer.

But as Views watched the film one can see why Mr Estevez look at Bobby as if looking through a half opened door. Bobby Kennedy it has been argued has two periods one as his Brother's Keeper and thus his protector and also he was after Castro as much as JFK. In other words we have the ruthless Bobby, the one that a threw a girlfriend of JFK back to Germany as to avoided problems and also allowed the FBI to place listening devices on the phones of Dr King. Then we have the Bobby of the left, but even that is up to debate. If you reads academic books on the argument between Bobby and LBJ, one finds that their methods of getting people out of poverty was different, LBJ wanted to spend money while Bobby want to give them the tools to help themselves. Also on Vietnam got real under JFK and if he had lived would he have gotten out in 1964, same team and it would have hurt RFK if had wanted to run for public office to get out of the Nam before the American people turned against the war, that was in 1968 after Tet.

Thus when you watch the film appreciate that it is a great film but it is not the whole story it does not claim to be, so start to read about RFK, RFK was a complex character and interesting. But and here is the but liberals have a great problem in understanding his full character a great American but also a man that protected his brother and was ruthless but could change that is the interesting part, the road taken but could not be finished, it is hard to say what the end would have been if 1968 had not happened. Another What ifs of History.

Iowa Default?

What is a Straw and does it matter? Even Views who is a complete political geek was new to this matter, it seems on the whole the idea is if you have the money, bus people in on a selected date and hope they vote for you. As by its name, a Straw it can mean a lot or not a lot. The main Iowa caucuses are in January 2008. Howard Dean any one, the Scream, yes that process again!! It seems that Giuliani, McCain and Thompson are saving their money for the main event in early 2008.

Here are some interesting articles on the Issue:

DesMoinesRegister.com, on the political process for the opt out and how it could help others in the field to break through.

The HorseRaceBlog, if the Straw Poll does not attract the main Candidates then it will give more air space to those on the 2nd level. Or of course the winner will have a hollow victory.

Election Round Up

Well its been a day since the Republican Debate, it seems that Giuliani and McCain did themselves some good, McCain was very impressive when talking about Iraq. The Senator supports the war but has major problems with the management. This is the Straight talking Senator of 2000, lets see if he can get his poll placement up, Giuliani heads the National Polls and Thompson who has just entered the race is moving up fast.

Libby and the Media

Washington Post, a very fair article by the Post on the issues. As stated in previous Blog, time for the President to Pardon Mr Libby. Lets be honest he is down in the polls any way, he wont lose his bedrock and the Media will throw a fit but so what, time for the President to act in the matter.

New York Times, quite fair, but wonder what they said about Democrats in Disgrace.

If your a Democrat and your on the right side of the issues does not matter what you do!! Time for the President to Pardon Mr Libby.