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Statement from Sen. Joe Lieberman:
WASHINGTON - Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) today made the following statement in response to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s comment that the Iraq War is “lost:”
“This week witnessed horrific terrorist attacks by Islamist extremists in Iraq, killing hundreds of innocent civilians and leading Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to declare that [...]

Reprinted by permission of Chip Bok and Creators Syndicate
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Related: Don’t believe the war reporting of the McClatchy News Service.
Milblogger COBDanny gives Reid both barrels:
Dear Senator Reid,
Thank you for finally putting this whole Iraq War mess to bed. The timing couldn’t be better for my family.
You see, my son is serving in this “lost war” [...]

Here’s a second batch of messages from my military readers for Harry Reid and the White Flag Dems:
*Updated 1145am Eastern*
From milblogger Dadmanly:
Senator Reid,
It is difficult to write this letter with any civility, but I think enough people will scream so much, with enough cursing and invective, that I will not need to add any more [...]

***Updated with lots of emails for Harry***
Active-duty military readers and military bloggers: If you’d like to send a message to the treacherous Harry Reid–who just declared the war in Iraq lost today–e-mail me or leave a trackback. I’ll reprint/link them here as they come in. Here is Reid’s contact form. He really needs to hear [...]

They still hate Fox News. And they’re stepping up the pressure on Harry Reid to cave in to their anti-FNC campaign in Nevada.
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Nutroots Nancy
Fun, fun, fun. Nancy Pelosi is schmoozing left-wingers on the Internet and is going to start her own blog:
Shortly after her swearing-in as the first female House speaker, Rep. Nancy Pelosi took time to field questions from a few dozen Internet bloggers on a conference call that was off limits to mainstream media.
Last week, [...]

They’re up to about 17 hours on the legislative clock, and the tally is:
2 Temper tantrums on the floor
1 loss on earmark reform that resulted in…
2 greatly embarrassed Democratic leaders
1 U.S. territory that won’t have to pay the new minimum wage
5 relatives of Harry Reid’s who have benefited from earmarks
Billions in potential savings due to [...]

I go back to the trash can to cover crooked John Conyers, Nancy “Mrs. Clean” Pelosi, and bipartisan rump-coverers today at Hot Air.
The New York Post editorial board weighs in on the imperial John Conyers this morning–excoriating the House Ethics Committee for giving him a pass on his unethical use and abuse of staffers:
Conyers, [...]

Didn’t have the TV on this morning, but am hearing that…
…Rosie O’Donnell “apologized” for her ching-chong routine. *Update: Here’s the vid.*
Despite her apology, she says she will probably do it again because that’s how her “braink works.”
…Harry Reid has just addressed the press regarding Sen. Tim Johnson. He had visited Sen. Johnson last night and [...]

Don’t you love farce?
Eric Boehlert has a post titled “Michelle Malkin fiddles while Baghdad burns” that’s making the rounds on the moonbat side of the blogosphere.
Bob Owens has a takedown of the Media Matters bloviator here:
In Michelle Malkin fiddles while Baghdad burns, Boehlert dishonestly addresses the continuing Associated Press scandal surrounding the “Burning Six” story [...]

Democrat Jim Webb declared winner in Va. Which means: Ugh.
Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans Wednesday with an upset victory in Virginia, giving the party complete domination of Capitol Hill for the first time since 1994.
Jim Webb’s squeaker win over incumbent Sen. George Allen gave Democrats their 51st seat in the Senate, [...]

Lo and behold, a few in the MSM are coming down hard on Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) for his failure to disclose real estate deal profits. It’s good to see major newspaper editorial boards taking on the Democratic culture of corruption. Check ‘em out:
Washington Post editorial page…
THE BEST CASE for Senate Minority [...]

I’m working on a special fun project this afternoon (stay tuned tomorrow) and then doing family stuff–the most important stuff of all.
Playing catch up:
I’m tickled to learn mm.com is part of the Banned By The Department of Interior list, via Gates of Vienna.
Did you know South Park mocked the 9/11 conspiracy crowd?
And now from the [...]

I’ve already told you how underwhelmed I am by the GOP’s empty, election-season, unfunded border fence gestures. Mickey Kaus detected signs of a Frist fence flake-out on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulous yesterday, and I think Mickey’s radar is dead-on:
Has Sen. Frist given up on the border fence? It sure sounded that way [...]

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 [...]

Kathyrn Lopez reports on Harry Reid killing an amendment to help stop catch and release of illegal aliens.
Talk about Stuck On Stupid.

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 [...]

With his words…
Hopes for a quick compromise on immigration were dealt a blow Tuesday after House Speaker Dennis Hastert said he wanted to take a “long look” at a Senate bill offering possible citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants.
Hastert said hearings on the Senate bill should be held before appointing anyone to a House-Senate [...]

***update: McQ says he has a copy of Macbeth’s real Form DD-214…more updates at Hot Air…***
Allah Pundit posts a new document that raises more questions than it answers.
Check it out.
If you have any expertise with Army discharge forms, take a look and give us a holler.
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Smash analyzes.
John Noonan at Op-For rips the form apart and [...]

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 [...]

So much for the Dems’ attack on the GOP culture of corruption.
Now, they’ve got to contend with Democrat Rep. William Jefferson reportedly caught on tape accepting bribes in cold, hard cash. Emphasize on cold:
A congressman under investigation for bribery was caught on videotape accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with [...]

Watch Gen. Hayden’s message this morning at his CIA confirmation hearing: “CIA needs to get out of the news.” Open thread here.
Meanwhile, Democrats have been screaming and pouting about not being briefed on the NSA’s terrorism surveillance programs. Nancy Pelosi complained:
Nancy Pelosi explained to a group of progressive journalists about a week before the latest [...]

Not that this is a surprise to anyone who has actually listened to President Bush’s open borders-sympathizing over the last five years, but here’s the “news” from AP tonight:
Privately, Bush Says He Favors Citizenship
By DAVID ESPO
The Associated Press
Wednesday, April 26, 2006; 7:54 PM
A more accurate headline: Privately, Bush Says He Favors Amnesty
More:
WASHINGTON — President Bush [...]

***Video of announcement over at Hot Air***…transcript…AP…USA Today round-up***
***update: Fox News confirms announcement coming Wednesday morning…more…Lucianne G.: “Tony’s courage in the face of the horror he has endured for the last couple of years sets an example for us all. Take heart from it. I will miss doing his show every Monday. I will love [...]

You just can’t win with the Democrats.
When President Bush leads the way and refuses to let Europe dawdle with dictators, he’s a war-mongering “cowboy” who “swaggers” too much and doesn’t do enough to allow our coalition partners to do the heavy lifting.
Now, the same bed-wetting Dem Senator–Harry Reid–who accused Bush of swaggering is swaggering about [...]

Remind me again which party has the majority in the U.S. Senate? Via Reuters:
Senate leaders on Thursday announced a bipartisan compromise on an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws, giving some illegal immigrants a path to citizenship and creating a temporary worker program.
“I think we’re looking like we may be able to dance this afternoon,” Senate [...]

Newly crowned leader of the unhinged Left:
Via GOP.com…
Dem Leaders Have Embraced Sen. Russ Feingold’s (D-WI) Censure “Principle” “Ecstatically”:
“The Left Wing Of The Party Has Greeted Feingold’s Censure Call Ecstatically.” (Shailagh Murray, “A Senate Maverick Acts To Force An Issue, The Washington Post, 3/15/06)
“[C]alifornia Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA] Said That She Could Vote For The Resolution.” [...]

The Democrats are pulling an Emily Latella. Tim Chapman at Capitol Report has the scoop:
…Democratic Senator Russ Feingold has introduced a resolution that would censor the President of the United States for “eavesdropping” in the wake of 9/11. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, moments ago, made a unanimous consent motion that the Senate vote on [...]

***scroll for updates…230pm EST Dem Senators Schumer, Clinton, Reid scrambling to organize press conference…248pm EST. Harry Reid looks irked at being outmaneuvered: “We want an up-and-down vote…the devil is in the details.” Fox News cuts away to President Bush signing renewal of Patriot Act. Bush (after thanking Cabinet officials, law enforcement, and GOP leaders, including [...]

Now (via Breitbart/AP):
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid wrote at least four letters helpful to Indian tribes represented by Jack Abramoff, and the senator’s staff regularly had contact with the disgraced lobbyist’s team about legislation affecting other clients.
The activities _ detailed in billing records and correspondence obtained by The Associated Press _ are far more [...]