Posted on 03/05/2005 4:39:22 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
It looks as if George W. Bush might have defeated his most implacable enemy. No, not the Taliban. Not Saddam's murderous Baathist regime. I'm referring to . . . his Democrat critics.
Witness the remarkable episode of "The Long & the Short of It" that just concluded on Fox & Friends Weekend. Former RNC communications guy Cliff May sat in for Jim Pinkerton, and as an aside was very good, IMO.
Talk turned to the situation in Syria and Lebanon. May stated that W was handling the Syrian situation well, and that the Prez is doing the right thing to push for the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon. He added that "Pres. Bush seems to be succeeding in that the Saudis, Germans, French, etc. are all on board."
Then it was the turn to speak of Ellen Ratner, that quintessential Dem Kool-Aid gulper. And for once, as much as she surely would have loved to criticize W, she simply could not. She could do more than to echo the notion that "it's pretty clear the Syrians need to leave." The closest she came to criticism was to observe: "we don't need a war to get them out."
May then continued: "As Pres. Bush has put it, democracy and freedom are on the march in the Middle East. I don't expect it to be a smooth or straight path, but we're seeing ferment we haven't seen before, the beginnings of real change. It's very exciting."
And that was that. Ratner and her entire Dem peanut gallery have been reduced to stunned silence. They've been forced to shelve their attacks, and can do little more than offer polite golf applause as W goes about the history-changing business of bringing peace and democracy to the world's most troubled regions.
Oh, to be sure, the Dems are keeping their powder dry, ready to fire upon the first misstep. But for the time being, W's success has put a size-12 sock in their pie holes. We'll enjoy it while it lasts.
An aside: Juliet Huddy mentioned to Ratner that McCain, of whom Ratner is a big fan, recently stated that he doesn't think Hillary will run.
Ratner answered, "I love McCain but he's wrong. There's no way she isn't running."
Then, offering a ray of hope to be rid of this DNC talking-=points spouter, Ratner added "I'll give up everything I have here at Fox if Hillary doesn't run."
Fox & Friends stunned-Dem-silence ping to the Today Show ping list.
I can't face Ellen before breakfast.
Actually, now that I think about it, I can't face her after breakfast, either.
So thanks again for your post!
Thank you for posting this. It really captured the week-old chewey gym sock goodness the rats are tasting right now. : )
Thanks for the report. I cannot watch Ratner any more so I turned to the weather channel while she was on. My loss today. The Pres looked like he was on a roll yesterday during his SSec appearance. He's got them on the run--the terrorists,dictators and the Dems.
George W Bush.....bringing democracy to a neighborhood near you!
But I bet you deep down, ratner has the same beleifs and feelings as the former clinton aide, sonderberg, who basically said on The Daily Show, that she didn't want the War on Terror to succeed because it is bad for democrats.
Bwahahahah, I saw that. And if you know Ratner, as you obviously do, this was beyond amazing and quite telling. On the McCain comment about Hillary! not running, I had not heard that he said that, but Ratner is, of course, right about her running so, unfortunately, she (Ratner) will not be going away any time soon.
I'm with you both: of all the talking Dem heads, I find Ratner perhaps the least tolerable. She is the most unalloyed, down-the-line, entirely predictable, deeply unoriginal rote reader of the Dem screen prompter I've ever seen.
That's what makes her performance today so absolutely stunning. You know that she looks to the DNC to provide the script for her ever week. This time, word must have come down from Dean HQ: "sorry, Ellen, we got nuthin' for you."
LOL. And since she is apparently unable to think for herself, she was screwed. Awwwwww.....
GMTA - see #9. Ratner is the canary in the Dem mine. She is wobbly and has stopped singing. Are we approaching a Democrat end of days? ;-)
Thanks for the briefing.
Here's a link to a vidclip of that, for those who haven't seen it. You have to wait for a short ad.
Well worth a watch. I believe a significant number of Lefties think like this. I'm arguing with one right now, on another forum. He's not this blatant, but his anti-Bush spin is just breathtaking.
But it looks like Bush will get it.
Oh, wait a tick: The Nobel prizes are only granted to communists, so, Bush is out for that one.
I'm really glad to hear this. We have to keep supporting President Bush and America because Freedom and Liberty is working.
I didn't know that Jimmah "Peanut man" Carter was a communist. I thought he was just a dunce. Learn something new every day. (On a side note, I wish that rabbit would have gotten him)
5.56mm
At least to the same degree we saw the end of Republican days after FDR!
Deep down, I believe we are witnessing the last days of a major political party --- an event not often witnessed in the US.
This started in the Clinton era.
Back during WWII, WWI, and even before, although Dems and Reps had their differences, they united against every foreign foe.
When Clinton ascended, I remember -- even in my relative political ignorance -- I remember being struck by the visceral hate he had for Republicans. I recall him doing or saying something that made it clear Republicans, to him, were much worse than foreign enemies. I was, in my naivete of that time, shocked.
Now it's old hat. I'm never surprised to hear that a DemonCrap would rather America crash and burn, than to see one more Republican elected.
I often think the same, but then I see Eleanor Clift and am suddenly not so sure.
He was a Democrat, wasn't he?
It's a distinction without a difference.
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