Four Facts and Five Conclusions [Hugh Hewitt]

The Weekly Standard ^ | 7/15/04 | by Hugh Hewitt

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Four Facts and Five Conclusions
What a week it's been in politics: Bad for Democrats, bad for the Joe Wilson, and good for George W. Bush.
by Hugh Hewitt
07/15/2004 12:00:00 AM

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FOUR CRUCIAL FACTS came into the public's view these past few days:

First, Valerie Plame recommended her husband Joe Wilson for the mission to Niger to investigate claims that Saddam was attempting to purchase uranium there.

Second, Joe Wilson lied about that, and about other things as well.

Third, Saddam did try to buy uranium from Niger.

Fourth, President Bush did not lie about Saddam's attempt to purchase uranium and the intelligence he was provided by the CIA showed Saddam had weapons of mass destruction.

From these facts flow five conclusions.

First, whoever leaked the name of Victoria Plame to Robert Novak has a pretty good whistleblower defense. The CIA shouldn't be allowing spouses to recommend spouses for anything, much less missions leading to book contracts. Plame's conduct, even though known by her supervisors to involve the promotion of a spouse for an agency assignment, seems to be self-dealing of the sort that ought never to go on in the government--especially in those parts of the government most shielded from public scrutiny.

Second, the Bush Doctrine has an important new corollary: "The Don't Even Think About It Doctrine." Briefly put, this corollary holds that if the United States has grounds to believe a nation with a history of abetting terrorists of any sort has weapons of mass destruction, of any sort, the United States will act to destroy the possibility that those weapons will pass to any terrorists. If our intelligence turns out to be faulty, we won't lose any sleep about it. If you don't want to get burned, don't put your hand on the stove.

Third, the late stages of Moore's Disease prohibits sufferers of it to retreat from ill-advised reliance on discredited sources and information. Thus Joshua Micah Marshall would rather get battered throughout the blogosphere than admit he'd fallen hook, line and sinker for Vanity Fair's cover boy.

Fourth, if last week's concert in New York City didn't persuade you that the Democrats have advanced stages of Moore's Disease, then John Kerry's incredible response to Larry King that--the nominee didn't have to see Fahrenheit 9/11 because he'd "lived it," should seal the deal. The refusal of the nominee or the party's money bags to distance themselves from the nutty and increasingly embarrassing blowhard Michael Moore is evidence of the Democrats' need for electoral shock therapy of the radical sort. Only a smash-up will bring this unhinged party to its senses.

Which brings me to the fifth conclusion: The release of my new book, If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat: Crushing the Democrats in Every Election and Why Your Life Depends Upon It, was nicely timed as it appeared in bookstores this week. It has soared on Amazon--I am sure in part because it is a direct, blunt rebuke to the collapse of the Democrats on national security issues, their fundamental unseriousness about the war on terror, and their infatuation with fringe characters like Moore.

A few more periods like these past few days, and the Torricelli Option may yet reappear.

Hugh Hewitt is the host of a nationally syndicated radio show, and author most recently of If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat: Crushing the Democrats in Every Election and Why Your Life Depends Upon It. His daily blog can be found at HughHewitt.com.

[ironcitymike]

I love conclusion number 2. America will no longer give any nation, especially rogue nations, the benefit of the doubt.

[RockinRight]

I like that one too.

[Cicero]

[Christian4Bush]

Hugh Hewitt BUMP!!!

I have a friend, who doesn't really call herself "anything" (i.e. not R, D, not lib or conservative), and she mainly only hears "one side of the story". Previously reticent about talking politics, she has asked me to tell her the other (right) side.

I am shaking in my boots (wonderfully so) with anticipation!

[RonDog]

ping

[Zack Nguyen]

Here's my problem - the public doesn't know, and the White House will not trumpet, the fact that Joe Wilson lied and Saddam really did try to buy uranium from Niger.

[RonDog]

See also, from www.hughhewitt.com:

"...My WeeklyStandard.com column, "Four Facts and Five Conclusions," summarizes the key developments in a week of exoneration for the president, and introduces the "Don't Even Think About It" Doctrine...

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[Mudboy Slim]

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[colorado tanker]

Hugh Hewitt bump.

[onyx]

Every day, my respect and admiration grows
for Hugh Hewitt. He is some kind of fabulous.

[RonDog]

"...Fourth, if last week's concert in New York City didn't persuade you that the Democrats have advanced stages of Moore's Disease, then John Kerry's incredible response to Larry King that--the nominee didn't have to see Fahrenheit 9/11 because he'd "lived it," should seal the deal.

The refusal of the nominee or the party's money bags to distance themselves from the nutty and increasingly embarrassing blowhard Michael Moore is evidence of the Democrats' need for electoral shock therapy of the radical sort. Only a smash-up will bring this unhinged party to its senses..." - Hugh Hewitt

In the words of a recent National Review editorial:

"Will they find in November that endorsing such kookiness carries a politcal price?"

[hchutch]

This is interesting, folks.

Oh, and the whistleblower defense angle is quite interesting, too.

Kerry probably has just lost the "character" issue and possibly even the Iraq issue.

[Grampa Dave]

The Whoopi episode was left out of the not great moments for al Querry!

Slim-Fast Sheds Whoopi Goldberg After Bush Riff
Netscape News ^ | 7/14/04


Posted on 07/14/2004 3:01:51 PM PDT by 11th Earl of Mar


Slim-Fast Sheds Whoopi Goldberg After Bush Riff

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comedian Whoopi Goldberg will no longer appear in ads for diet aid maker Slim-Fast following her lewd riff on President Bush's name at a fund-raiser last week, the company said on Wednesday.

Florida-based Slim-Fast said it was "disappointed" in Goldberg's remarks at last Thursday's $7.5 million star-studded fund-raiser at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

"Ads featuring Ms. Goldberg will no longer be on the air," Slim-Fast General Manager Terry Olson said in a statement, adding that the company regrets that Goldberg's remarks offended some customers.

Republicans have expressed outrage over the fund-raiser for presumptive Democratic nominee John F. Kerry and his vice presidential running mate, John Edwards, in which entertainers lined up to skewer the president.

The New York Post said of Goldberg's appearance at the event: "Waving a bottle of wine, she fired off a stream of vulgar sexual wordplays on Bush's name in a riff about female genitalia."

A spokesperson for Goldberg declined immediate comment.

Slim-Fast is a unit of Anglo-Dutch food-to-detergent group Unilever Plc .

© Copyright Reuters Ltd. All rights reserved. The information contained In this news report may not be published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of Reuters Ltd.

[FBD]

Bump.
Thanks for the ping to all the good articles lately!
Been out in the surf every day, after work.
Where I'm headed now.

Freegards

[Poohbah]

Oh, and the whistleblower defense angle is quite interesting, too.

Given the Democrat's loudly-proclaimed love for CIA whistleblowers...

Looks like they're caught between Iraq and a hard place.

[hole_n_one]

Hewitt has the smartest yack show on the dial.

He's outstanding!

[Mudboy Slim]

"Been out in the surf every day, after work. Where I'm headed now."

On the board or on the kayak?! Either way, I'm envious...MUD

[JohnHuang2]

Hugh Hewitt MEGA PING!!

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!