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Oh, say, do you remember how the Dems huffed and puffed when President Bush warned before the midterms that “The terrorists win and America loses” if the Dems prevailed?
Well, the Dems triumphed and the terrorists may indeed win–the “restoration of habeas corpus rights for enemy combatants:”
A battle is shaping up between Democrats and the [...]

I’m really trying to keep my spirits and yours up, but stuff like this ain’t helping:
President George W. Bush on Wednesday said increasing the national minimum wage is likely an issue on which he could cooperate with Democratic leaders in Congress.
“I believe in a lot of issues we can find common ground and there’s a [...]

Set for 1pm.
How do you spell illegal alien amnesty? Reuters:
President George W. Bush, disappointed at the Democrats’ seizure of the House of Representatives, will hold a news conference on Wednesday to urge his opponents to work with him, the White House said.
The news conference was set for 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT) in the White [...]

***Watch the vid***
Michael Steele is burning up the campaign trail and the airwaves. The GOP Senate candidate and Maryland Lt. Gov. took his clue-by-four to the Washington Post on Fox News Sunday. Responding to a WaPo editorial attempting to paint him as the “establishment” candidate, Steele upbraided the smug punditocracy with his trademark anti-establishment candor:
WALLACE: [...]

Saddam Hussein, the tyrant who gassed and tortured his own people en masse, will be sentenced on Sunday. Instead of seeing the conclusion of the trial as an instrument of justice, Bush critics have put on their tinfoil hats to ply more nutball conspiracy theories:
A verdict in the first criminal case against Saddam [...]

***10/31 7:35am updated with more reax below…
…909am update San Gabriel Valley Tribune/Pasadena Star News reports on the Angelides campaign event at Pasadena City College where Kerry trashed the troops…”Kerry then told the students that if they were able to navigate the education system, they could get comfortable jobs - “If you don’t, you get stuck [...]

Bush Derangement Syndrome fizzles in movie theaters:
The provocative film “Death of a President,” which imagines the assassination of George W. Bush, bombed at the North American box office with a meager $282,000 grossed from 143 theaters in its first weekend.
The pseudo-documentary played at 91 U.S. theaters and 52 Canadian cinemas during its first three days [...]

Well, I guess the Jihadist News Network does have some standards:
Major U.S. news outlets CNN and National Public Radio will not air paid ads or sponsor announcements for a controversial film depicting the assassination of President George W. Bush, citing the film’s content, network spokeswomen said on Tuesday.
The film, “Death of a President,” caused a [...]

Here’s a bit of a report by Candy Crowley at the Jihadist Sniper News Network putting people to a Democrat word association test (here’s the link, but you don’t need to click):
On the cusp of an election that could overturn the Republican majority on Capitol Hill, I jokingly asked a senior Democratic aide whether he [...]

Now do you see why I was skeptical of that public relations campaign to entice conservatives into endorsing World Trade Center?
Filmmaker Oliver Stone blasted President George W. Bush Thursday, saying he has “set America back 10 years.”
Stone added that he is “ashamed for my country” over the war in Iraq and the U.S. policies in [...]

Very badly, according to this “study” about liberal vs. conservative dreams:
A dream researcher from John F. Kennedy University in California has discovered fundamental differences between the dream worlds of people on the ideological left and the ideological right.
Among his findings, Kelly Bulkeley discovered that liberals are more restless sleepers and have a higher number of [...]

Tony Blair takes on the America-bashers. Thank you:
British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a withering attack on Thursday on what he called “mad anti-Americanism” among European politicians.
Blair, U.S. President George W. Bush’s closest ally in the so-called war on terror, said the world urgently needs the United States to help tackle the globe’s most pressing [...]

***update…and a note of thanks to some very special men and women who have been on my mind all day…***
Here’s the text of tonight’s speech from President Bush. I’m adding hyperlinks. No, he doesn’t say “I will not submit.” But it’s a solid statement to end a day of remembrance, resolve, and recognition. Video and [...]

Scroll for updates, injunction posted…44-page opinion posted
ABC has it on its Breaking News bar.
Detroit Free-Press has the story:
A federal judge in Detroit has ruled that the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance program violates the Constitution.
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency’s program, [...]

While world powers talk big over who “won” the ceasefire following Israel’s incursion into Hezbollah-controlled southern Lebanon, the scales of victory may be seen to be tipped by actions
of tiny countries like Costa Rica.
The president of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, announced on Wednesday that his country would transfer [...]

Harry Reid had to return a contribution of $3000, with interest, to one Ben Barnes because Barnes is a lobbyist and accepting money from lobbyists is a no-no:
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., last year refunded a $3,000 check he got in 1999 from a Texas friend, Ben Barnes, after a public interest group revealed it was [...]

Id like to thank Michelle for this wonderful opportunity and the honor of being a guestblogger here on what is one of the best blogs on the internet. I must admit that I’m a bit nervous as I dont consider myself a great writer like Michelle or the other fine guestbloggers who’ll be publishing here [...]

Rick Moran rates left-wing cheerleaders for Hezbollah.
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Josh Trevino weighs in on Qana:
Let us call the childrens’ deaths in Qana what they are: a horrific freak of war. They were not intended; they were not actively sought; and they were not the product of criminal negligence. In weeks of war and thousands of sorties against a [...]

The Asian American Journalists Association meets next met last month in Hawaii to applaud itself for promoting “diversity.” Right. Let’s see a poll of how many of the group’s members are pro-life, voted for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, support strict enforcement of our immigration laws, and prefer Fox News to CNN.
Diversity, as [...]

What if George W. Bush really believed in enforcing the borders? Allah Pundit presents the Bush immigration speech remix. Put down your coffee before listening.
Heather Mac Donald has a must-read (everything she writes is must-read) post over at The Immigration Blog: Why East Coast Elites Should Shut Up About Immigration. Ditto that.
John Hawkins polls right-of-center [...]

Salim Hamdan, Osama’s driver: Why is this man smiling?

***latest update 1120am Eastern…opinions have been posted…flashback: A jihadi gets his day in court…***
***update: breaking…1014am Eastern…Ruling is delivered…5-3…”Bush overstepped authority”…Lyle Denniston at SCOTUS Blog: “The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Congress did not take away the Court’s authority to rule on the military commissions’ validity, and [...]

***scroll for updates…Rep. Mark Kennedy: Where’s the Outrage?***
It’s not just human rights groups who are unusually silent. I agree with Jim Hoft, who thinks President Bush should step up:
[N]ot since US soldiers were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu, has America witnessed the horrible slaughter of brave, young, American soldiers in such gruesome fashion as [...]

Meet the 21st century librarian: Book-smart. Bush-deranged.
My column previews the American Library Association’s annual conference in New Orleans (hey, maybe that’s why they needed the National Guard). It opens tomorrow with Madeline Albright (here’s the schedule) and the First Lady is scheduled to speak on Monday. Cokie Roberts is the closing speaker.
Popular speakers at [...]

Not good:
Islamic militias declared victory today over Somalia’s traditional warlords in the battle for control of Mogadishu, quelling months of fierce fighting in the lawless capital but raising new questions about whether this regime, which American officials have accused of sheltering terrorists, will steer the country down an extremist path.
“We want to restore peace and [...]

Austin Bay liveblogs the president’s speech on the “long war:”
I am listening to President Bush’s speech at West Point and thinking “Why didn’t he give this speech three years ago?”
WaPo coverage:
The U.S. will take the fight against terrorism to every shore and outpost in pursuit of enemies like none before, not relenting until their defeat [...]

Vote was 62-36.
Here’s the lowdown.
Any hope now rests with the House.
Start here.
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News coverage:

Bloomberg…
The Senate’s 62-36 vote sets up a clash with the House, which in December approved legislation that emphasized strengthening barriers at the U.S.-Mexico border and didn’t account for guest workers or undocumented immigrants.
The congressional debate on immigration has sparked demonstrations across the [...]

Secretary of State Condi Rice says that, unlike her boss, she has no problem with the radicalized illegal alien national anthem:
Unlike President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is not upset or offended by hearing the U.S. national anthem sung in Spanish.
Asked about the issue, which has become a topic of outrage [...]

Have you been reading the advance coverage of tomorrow’s May 1 Illegal Alien Strike Day? “Mainstream” journalists are dutifully playing stenographers for the open-borders lobby. Check out the Dallas Morning News, which might as well turn over the presses to the boycott organizers and go home:
Dallas area protests and rallies
In addition to an all-day consumer [...]

A follow-up on the Falun Gong protester who shouted down Chinese president Hu Jintao last week (via Breitbart/AP):
A woman who heckled Chinese President Hu Jintao on the White House lawn, said her protest was a spontaneous reaction to China’s suppression of the Falungong spiritual movement.
Wang Wenyi, 47, interrupted the elaborate welcome ceremony laid on [...]

***scroll for new updates, fresh info on McCarthy***
Fox News has the story.
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Update: NBC identifies the leaker as Mary McCarthy…
In a rare occurrence, the CIA fired an officer who acknowledged giving classified information to a reporter, NBC News learned Friday.
The officer flunked a polygraph exam before being fired on Thursday and is now under investigation [...]