A MISERABLE FAILURE BUILDS A FUNNY WEBSITE

"This is the 29th month of the Bush recession"

- Major bullet point from Dick Gephardt's amiserablefailure.com website

Dick Gephardt for President - George W. Bush: A Miserable Failure

ECONOMY ROARING BACK, SADDAM CAPTURED, NOW THIS...

N.Y. Times: No Evidence of Halliburton Profiteering

A comprehensive investigation into Halliburton's multibillion-dollar contract to restore Iraq's oil infrastructure shows "no evidence of profiteering" by the Houston-based oil services company.

That's the verdict by the New York Times, which assigned its Whitewater sleuth Jeff Gerth and investigative ace Don Van Atta to lay bare all the tawdry details of how Vice President Dick Cheney's former company was reaping big-bucks profits from sweetheart deals imagined by Democrats.

NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story

ANOTHER BUD LIGHT COMMERCIAL SITE

Budlight Presents...

BUD LIGHT'S REAL MEN OF GENIUS AUDIO CLIPS
Bud Light Real American Heroes & Real Men of Genius

CHECK OUT THIS GREAT COLLECTION OF QUOTES:

I Didn't Really Say That - Did I?

QUOTABLES:

"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."

- Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, D.C.

ON THE SAME TICKET?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- George W. Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton are finally on the same ticket -- the most admired man and woman in America, according to a poll released Monday.

The Republican president and the Democratic senator from New York and former first lady won't be found on the same sides of many political issues. But they're both seen in a favorable light by the American public.

PTD > With Bush (29%) and Hillary (16%), we're not so sure they're "on the same ticket" here...

CNN.com - Poll: Bush, Hillary Clinton most admired by Americans - Dec. 30, 2003

BREAKING: WES CLARK NOT TAKING CALLS FROM HOWARD DEAN AFTER VP OFFER CONFUSION

WHAT A GREAT YEAR THIS WAS...

UNEQUIVOCAL QUOTE OF THE YEAR: "PRESIDENT BUSH SENDS HIS REGARDS"

CAN THESE GUYS BE ANY MORE PATHETIC?
Speaking in a taped interview on ABC's "This Week," Clark said Dean had asked him to be his running mate should Dean win the Democratic nomination in a conversation before Clark entered the race.

After the interview was broadcast, Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi said on the same program that such a conversation never happened.

CNN.com - Clark, Dean camps spar over vice president talk - Dec. 21, 2003

CHECK OUT THE COVER GRAPHIC ON CNN.COM'S SPECIAL REPORT: "THE NEW IRAQ" ... NO SMILES?

CNN.com Specials

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE U.S. KICKS YOUR A$$

(INSENSIVITY ALERT ACTIVATED)

CNN.com - Bush, Blair: Libya to dismantle WMD programs - Dec. 19, 2003

BREAKING: TALLEST TERRORIST TARGET IN THE WORLD TO BE BUILT ON WTC SITE
CNN.com - Freedom Tower to rise from ashes at 1,776 feet

The Capture of Saddam Hussein Was Staged
by Frank Salvato

"I've been surprised [Bush] waited, but then I thought, well, politically, it probably doesn't make much sense to find [Saddam Hussein] just yet." Those were the words of Washington State Congressman Jim McDermott during a recent interview with KIRO radio in Seattle. He implied President Bush would have preferred to have waited until closer to the election to capture Saddam Hussein in an effort to “score more political points with voters.” He continued by saying, "There's too much by happenstance for it to be just a coincidental thing." Thus is the mentality of the liberal left in the United States of America. (more)

OH, CNN... IS THIS ALL YOU'VE GOT FOR YOUR HOMEPAGE?

Paris Hilton beats President Bush in TV ratings

- MAJOR news story, as reported on the homepage of CNN.com

CNN.com - Paris Hilton beats President Bush in ratings - Dec. 18, 2003

SAY, HAS ANYONE asked Dick Gephardt if this falls under "miserable failure"?

- Ann Coulter on Saddam Hussein's capture

It's Like Christmas In December!

ANOTHER SAD DAY IN THE DNC NEIGHBORHOOD
Poll: Saddam's capture boosts Bush's ratings
Dean retains lead among Democrats in latest survey

CNN.com - Poll: Saddam's capture boosts Bush's ratings

O'REILLY ON DRUDGE
"I mean you can't believe a word Matt Drudge says, ...now you've got the Matt Drudges of the world and these other people, Michael Moore and all of these crazies, all right, no responsibility... that is a threat to democracy, I think."

"There is no other cure than to kill Matt Drudge..." (To DON IMUS)

"I just want to tell everybody that Matt Drudge is smoking crack - right now, in South Miami Beach on Washington Avenue... And the authorities should know it."

- Bill O'Reilly on Matt Drudge

DRUDGE REPORT 2003®

NON-PARODY HEADLINE ALERT: AL SHARPTON BEATING JOHN KERRY IN NEW POLL

National Democrats

Dean 26%
Lieberman 13%
Clark 11%
Gephardt 11%
Sharpton 7%
Kerry 6%
Braun 4%
Edwards 3%
Kucinich 1%
Not Sure 18%

RasmussenReports.htm

HELEN THOMAS... ERRR... MADELINE ALBRIGHT IS A HOOT
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright insisted Wednesday that she was just kidding when she wondered aloud whether the Bush administration is holding Usama bin Laden captive, waiting to break him out at the best political moment.

It was a "tongue-in-cheek comment and was not intended in any other way," Albright told Fox News.

But witnesses to Albright's comment said the ambassador did not appear to be joking Tuesday when she suggested President Bush may reveal bin Laden's capture as an "October surprise" before next November's presidential election.

FOXNews.com - Politics - Albright: Bin Laden Comments Were 'Tongue-in-Cheek'

PUBLIC'S REACTION TO SADDAM'S CAPTURE IS RATHER ANTI-DEMOCRATIC
(CBS) The immediate impact of the capture of Saddam Hussein by U.S. troops includes improvements in public perception of how the war is going for the U.S. in Iraq, whether it has been worth it, and assessments of President Bush’s handling of Iraq.

CBS News | Poll: After Saddam's Capture

'RIGHT-WING' FOXNEWS, PROPAGANDA ARM OF THE WHITE HOUSE, ALWAYS ON TOP FOR SOME REASON

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2.7 [RATING]
FOXNEWS HANNITY/COLMES 1.7
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 1.8
FOXNEWS GRETA 1.6
FOX NEWS BRIT HUME 1.6
CNN LARRY KING 1.3
CNN PAULA ZAHN 1.1
CNN AARON BROWN 0.8
MSNBC SCARBOROUGH 0.4
MSNBC ABRAMS 0.4
MSNBC OLBERMANN 0.4
MSNBC HARDBALL 0.4

DON'T GO OUTSIDE IF IT'S WINDY MICHAEL
"And he's very strong, ... strong in the sense of mental-ness, but not physically. I mean he's 120 pounds. I mean you can blow at him and break him."

Jermaine Jackson to Barbara Walters, in reference to his brother, Whacko Jacko

ABCNEWS.com : Jackson Brothers Defend Michael

THE DEAN CAMPAIGN NEEDS TO HIRE THIS GUY BEFORE ONE OF THE OTHER LOSERS GETS TO HIM
It is someone wearing a Saddam mask,... It is a trick to help President Bush get re-elected."

- Waleed Ibrahim, a 25-year-old tire repairman in Fallujah, Iraq

PTD > We would imagine the DNA test results will assure these Sunnis that this is no election stunt

FOXNews.com - Top Stories - Sunnis Don't Believe Saddam Was Captured

Saddam Hussein's Justice Needs To Come From All
by Frank Salvato
With the capture of Saddam Hussein comes the question of how to best impose justice on him for the actions of his life. Without a doubt he will have to face his accusers, those who have suffered at his hand or had loved ones raped, tortured and murdered. But as Saddam Hussein moves closer to receiving the justice he so richly deserves questions are raised about how best to impose it. Who should be the authority that in the end brings him to justice? If the authority should be a compilation of entities which entity should have priority? Should the death penalty be an option? How should he be charged? To be sure, the justice that Saddam Hussein receives will be far more fair-minded than the justice with which he reigned while over-lording the people of Iraq. (more)

LET'S PUT HER ON TRIAL AS WELL
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- Saddam Hussein's oldest daughter told Al-Arabiya television network Tuesday the family of the former dictator will hire the best attorneys it can find to fight for her father. More...

BAGHDAD JIM'S AT IT AGAIN
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., who earned headlines across the globe last year for criticizing President Bush while in Baghdad, is enmeshed in a new controversy over remarks he made about the capture of Saddam Hussein.

In an interview Monday with a Seattle radio station, McDermott said the U.S. military could have found the former Iraqi dictator "a long time ago if they wanted."

Asked if he thought the weekend capture was timed to help Bush, McDermott chuckled and said, "Yeah. Oh, yeah."

McDermott went on to say, "There's too much by happenstance for it to be just a coincidental thing."

When interviewer Dave Ross asked again if he meant to imply the Bush administration timed the capture for political reasons, McDermott said: "I don't know that it was definitely planned on this weekend, but I know they've been in contact with people all along who knew basically where he was. It was just a matter of time till they'd find him.

"It's funny," McDermott added, "when they're having all this trouble, suddenly they have to roll out something."

Newsday.com: McDermott in Hot Water for Saddam Quip

We've Got Your Saddam Hussein Right Here!
by Frank Salvato
Ding-dong the witch is dead…well, not dead but he was captured by the 4th Infantry Division and is now in US and Coalition custody. Saddam Hussein was pulled, ragged, tattered, defeated and demoralized from a spider-hole on a small farm just outside of Tikrit…alive! Reports from allover Iraq, including a report from our own Rob Douglas who is stationed in Mosul, have all Iraqi’s celebrating in the streets the fact that the days of Saddam Hussein’s brutality are truly over. This is a credit to President Bush as well as the other world leaders who had the courage to do what was right. This is also a rebuke to those who waxed skeptical and opposed the military efforts to bring freedom to the Iraqi people; their weakness has been exposed. (more)

"I can't believe this. I'm crying here. I feel that we now don't have a chance in this election."

- "Carrie", a Howard Dean supporter, on the Dean for America blog


NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story

THIS IS VINDICATION...
9/11 Bombshell: Mohamed Atta Trained in Baghdad

A bombshell memo written to Saddam Hussein in 2001 and recently uncovered by Iraq's new coalition government shows that lead 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta was trained in Baghdad to attack the U.S. More...

WHO'D OF THOUGHT THE MEDIA WOULD BE ASKING ABOUT BIN LADEN?

COPIED OFF CNN's HOME PAGE:

Videos: Day of joy, rage | Living in a hole | Bin Laden?

CNN.com

"Saddam Hussein's capture is a tribute to the skill and bravery of our troops and the good work of our intelligence officers. I know President Bush is very proud of our troops today. I congratulate him and them."

- Bill Clinton

NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story

LIEBERMAN: SAME GOES FOR YOUR OLD FRIEND AL

"If Howard Dean had his way, Saddam Hussein would be in power today, not in prison."

- Joe Lieberman on NBC's "Meet the Press."


NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story

THEY DON'T TAKE LONG, DO THEY?
"The one thing to remember is that, even though we've got Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden is still out there,"

- Washington Post reporter Robin Wright on NBC's "Meet the Press" on the day Saddam Hussein was captured

NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story

HOW ABOUT: "SADDAM'S CAPTURE HAS HURT DEMOCRATS"

MSNBC - Saddam's capture could hurt Dean

IT'S A SAD DAY IN THE DEMOCRATS' NEIGHBORHOOD
It's 6:32 a.m. on Sunday and I just woke up to what sounded like leading Demorats firing off a collective distant booming "F#$&" word... turned on the TV and saw longfaced, ambivalent news anchors and happy Iraqis firing their rifles in the air (this is what they do when they're REALLY excited).

We got Saddam.

CNN.com

AL SHARPTON FALLS SHORT - EVEN OF THOSE BEHIND HIM IN THE RACE

For the race to the White House, 2004, Lyndon H. Larouche Jr., non-candidate has approx FOUR TIMES as much cash on hand as Al Sharpton.

Cash on Hand - as reported by OpenSecrets.org

IF THE PROSECUTERS OFFER IS ABOVE N.A.D.A RETAIL VALUE AND SCOTT REJECTS IT, THE JUDGE SHOULD TAKE NOTICE
CNN.com - Prosecutors ask to buy Peterson's truck - Dec. 12, 2003

Let Me Tell You A Lie.org
by Frank Salvato
The latest simplistic and fictitious offering by the propaganda machine known as MoveOn.org has a full compliment of untruths. But then what’s new, right? Featuring a Santa Claus checking off a list of gifts allegedly afforded big corporations by the Bush Administration it would seem that the strange and the weird at MoveOn.org haven’t been watching too much television lately. Either that or they haven’t the wherewithal to understand the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Law. (more)

"It was the perfect picture of a doctor and a corpse standing there..."

- James Carville, on Dean standing next to Gore

NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story

John Kerry: A F*&kin' Class Act
by Frank Salvato
It isn’t really known whether he was trying to “be cool” for the Rolling Stone magazine readers, whether he really is foul-mouthed or whether he made an incredible political blunder, but Democratic presidential contender John Kerry was caught on tape during a recent Rolling Stone Magazine interview using the “F-word.” That’s what we need from someone who wants to be the figurehead of our foreign policy. (read the article)

INSIDE THE CONFUSED MIND OF A TYPICAL HIGH-OFFICE-SEEKING LIBERAL

1) "There is no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat to the United States, and to our allies."

-Howard Dean, on Face the Nation (September 29, 2002)

2) "I NEVER SAID THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN WAS A THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES... EVER!"

-Howard Dean, recently (we'll get the date and time for skeptics, but we transcribed the quote off a video clip of Dean himself)

eVote Weekend Review

Ok... we just saw the video clip on FoxNews... if someone can find us the quote, please email it to us - Dean saying "I NEVER said Saddam Hussein was a threat..." - and another from before the war - "There is no doubt Saddam Hussein is a threat...", yadda, yadda... please fwd if you find it first.

-Ed

(LINK FROM CNN.COM HOMPAGE IS: "CNN/Money: Jobless claims make surprise rise")

PTD > Kind of like "Ann Coulter's surprise (third) best-seller, Treason... blah, blah, blah...)

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Jobless claims rose in the United States last week, the government said Thursday, coming in higher than Wall Street forecasts.

Jobless claims up to 378,000 in latest week

FUNNY-LOOKING SOCIALIST LANDS A DATE WITH OTHER GUY'S GIRLFRIEND

CONCORD, N.H. — For a Democrat, Dennis Kucinich' approach on a first date was rather conservative Thursday: He greeted her by shaking her hand. More...

Al Gore Backs Bush-Hater Howard Dean
by Frank Salvato
Former Vice President and first runner up in the 2000 Presidential Election Al Gore has come out of ‘seclusion’ and placed his support squarely behind the Hate-Bush candidate, Howard Dean. This serves as notice that Al Gore, who touted himself as a centrist Democrat in 2000 claiming he was the candidate who would unite the two parties, has officially shown his true colors. Al Gore raises his flag of ultra-liberalism today and confirms what everyone who voted for George W. Bush was saying in 2000: Al Gore was and is an ultra-liberal trying to sell himself as a centrist. (more)

FROM BOORTZ.COM

The New York Post tells us about a Dean event in New York ... a fundraiser. The attraction for this particular fundraiser, other than Howard Dean himself, were comedians Judy Gold and Janeane Garofalo, the lady who fancies herself as a potential liberal talk radio host.

The lovely Judy Gold cited the reason she is supporting Howard Dean: "We have to get this piece of living, breathing sh_ _ out of the office." Isn't that just unbelievable? This actually makes you want to listen to the Ditzy Twits again. At least Natalie didn't call the president a "living, breathing sh _ _." Just imagine the smiles on the faces of those who hate America, those who would like to kill as many Americans as possible. How could the enemies of America not take comfort in an award-winning entertainer referring to the president in that manner.

Janeane Garofalo was mild by comparison. She merely chimed in with her own title for the prescription drub benefit Bush signed this week, calling it the "you can go fu _ k yourself Grandma bill". Nice talk, Janeane ... do you kiss your mother with that mouth?

James Taranto has the perfect name for these Dean supporters ... one I fully intend to utilize. "Deanie babies." You couldn't describe them better. No Democrat, by the way, would ever refer to those expressions as "hate speech." Only Republicans can engage in hate speech. It's a law.

Judy Gold - Home Page: " "

WHAT!? THE FAKE TURKEY DIDN'T RUIN BUSH'S POLL NUMBERS?

Public support for the war in Iraq, on the downswing since establishing the peace there turned messy, has climbed back to its highest level since August, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows.

Political analysts suggest the positive impact from President Bush's surprise Thanksgiving Day trip to Iraq and a relatively low level of U.S. deaths over the past two weeks might be driving the rise.

USATODAY.com - Support for Bush, war going back up

"To quote another former Democratic leader, I think elections are about people, not about the powerful... I think it was Al Gore who said that."

- Wesley Clark, in the New Hampshire debate

Translation: "My poll numbers are pathetic. Gore's endorsement should have been for me, not the front-running, all-powerful Howard Dean."


ABCNEWS.com

ANOTHER SAD DAY FOR DEMOCRATS

DOW BREAKS 10,000

Stocks gain early Tuesday

HOW FUNNY... DIDNT' REAGAN USE TO BE A DEMOCRAT?

(Not to mention, if you believe left-winger Oliver Stone,... Nixon wasn't very pleasant to be around either)

CNN.com - Nixon on Reagan: Not 'pleasant to be around'

BREAKING: HILLARY ALMOST DENIES THAT SHE WILL NOT DISCOUNT NOT RUNNING FOR WHITE HOUSE IN '04

NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story

Gore's Endorsement Slaps Bill & Hillary
While the press is focusing on Al Gore's endorsement as a slap in the face to the ever-so-loyal Joe Lieberman, the real story is about Gore's real target: Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Gore is expected to endorse Dean in Harlem, of all places, the adopted home of Hillary and Bill, where the former president's office is situated. More...

DON'T MISS THIS VIDEO

GeorgeWBush.com :: When Angry Democrats Attack

GeorgeWBush.com :: Blog Stuff

malvo case defendant's trial exhibits - ALL OF THEM - from Fairfax County official site...

Malvo Case Defendant's Trial Exhibits - Fairfax County, Virginia - Circuit Court

MALVO'S JIHADI PRISON SKETCHES... YA THINK ISLAM PLAYED A ROLE IN THE D.C. SNIPER MURDERS? JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
the_12th_man

BEST OF SCRAPPLEFACE.COM

Kerry Campaign Lowers N.H. Primary Expectations

(2003-12-08) -- Aides to Democrat presidential hopeful John F. Kerry say that their candidate will be "in the thick of things" after the January 27 New Hampshire primary if Mr. Kerry "can still fog a mirror."

"As long as his body is above room temperature it will be a win for Kerry," said campaign spokesman Michael Meehan. "On the heart monitor, we're looking for a wiggle above flatline. No matter what the ballot box numbers are, if Senator Kerry is still breathing on January 28, he's still in the hunt as far as we're concerned." More...

WE APOLOGIZE FOR PRINTING THIS

"I voted for what I thought was best for the country. Did I expect Howard Dean to go off to the left and say, 'I'm against everything'? Sure. Did I expect George Bush to fuck it up as badly as he did? I don't think anybody did."

- Senator John F. Kerry, to Rolling Stones Magazine

> Kerry was accurately quoted according to Kerry spokesman David Wade

Again, we apologize.

New York Post Online Edition: news

A CASE STUDY IN TWO PRESIDENTS AND ONE MEDIA: JUXTAPOSE TURKEYGATE NEXT TO MONICAGATE, AND THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE

Washington Post Article: The Bird Was Perfect But Not For Dinner

WOW... WHO'DA THOUGHT EMINEM WAS A DEMOCRAT?
A new shock song from rapper Eminem wishes the president dead, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned...

On the track WE AS AMERICANS, obtained by DRUDGE, the nation's top selling rapper shockingly rants: 'F**k money. I don't rap for dead presidents. I'd rather see the president dead. It's never been said, but I set precedents and the standards and they can't stand it... We as Americans. Us as a citizen. We've got to protect ourselves'...

DRUDGE REPORT 2003®

BUSH TO ANNOUNCE RETURN TO THE MOON?

ALSO: WHAT WILL THE DEMS SAY?

BEST GUESSES AT SOUND BITES

1) "STAY OUT DA BUSHES... STAY OUT DA MOON" ( AL SHARPTON)

2) "WE BLEW UP IRAQ, NOW WE'RE GOING TO BLOW UP THE MOON" (CAROL MOSELY BRAUN)

3) "I REFUSE TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT A BLANK CHECK FOR HIS SURPERFLOUS TRIPS TO THE MOON" (JOHN EDWARDS)

4) "THE PRESIDENT IS A LIAR, BUT WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A MILITARY BASE ON THE MOON TO PROTECT US FROM AL QUEDA" (JOE LIEBERMAN)

5) "BUSH'S TRIP TO MARS IS A MISERABLE FAILURE! I MEAN- YOU KNOW, WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT WILL BE. WHAT? MARS? THAT'S WHAT I SAID - THE MOON." (DICK GEPHARDT)

6) "IF I'M ELECTED, MY WIFE WILL FINANCE A SPACE STATION ON MARS" (JOHN KERRY)

7) "I'M ALL FOR IT. CREATING A DEPARTMENT OF PEACE ON THE MOON WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO EXTEND AN OLIVE BRANCH TO THE EXTRATERRESTRIALS I'VE BEEN EXPERIMENTED ON BY." (DENNIS KUCINICH)

8) "IT WAS A FLAWED AND DISHONEST N.A.S.A. POLICY ALL ALONG... WE SHOULD'VE NEVER GONE TO THE MOON IN THE FIRST PLACE." (HOWARD DEAN)

9) "HILLARY, IS BILL THERE? NO? WELL, DO YOU HAVE HIS NUMBER AT HS HOUSE IN EW YORK? NO? OK, I'LL LOOK IT UP." (pause) "HEY BILL... IT'S WES. WESLEY. HUH? WESLEY CLARK. HEY BUDDY, WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO THE PRESS ABOUT BUSH'S PLAN TO RETURN TO THE MOON?" (WESLEY CLARK)

United Press International: Bush mulls major new space effort

"DAMN!"

- Gephardt, Kerry, and now Edwards

Poll shows Dean edging past Edwards in S.C.

RUSH'S STATEMENT...

Statement By Roy Black, Rush Limbaugh's Attorney

Palm Beach, Florida - December 4, 2003

Roy Black, attorney for Rush Limbaugh, released the following statement today:

"We have been informed that this afternoon the Palm Beach State Attorney's Office will announce that it has seized the medical records of four doctors who treated Rush Limbaugh for serious medical conditions and the pain resulting from them. > Read the statement

What Does Dean Have To Hide?
by Frank Salvato
It can’t be a matter of national security. It can’t be something that would be sensitive regarding the Pentagon, the CIA, NSA or the FBI. But Howard Dean, presidential candidate who harps about the “secrecy” cloaking the Bush Administration, did something that he contends is routinely done when one reaches the level of state governor, he sealed nearly half of his official papers. This means that the public will not be able to know what they contain for at least a decade. The question here has to be, what could be so sensitive that Dean would feel he would have needed to seal them in the first place? (more)

ESTRICH: CURRENT DEM STRATEGY FLAWED
Politics of hate won't beat Bush

Anyone up for a "Hate Bush" meeting in Hollywood? Doesn't it sound like just the sort of thing conservatives would invent to make liberals look stupid and open the conservative spigots?

But this was no right-wing conspiracy. Matt Drudge may be the one selling the idea that Hollywood held a "Hate Bush" meeting, but he didn't come up with the title. This is a self-inflicted wound by another silly Hollywood liberal giving honest politics a bad name. Read the article: Politics of hate won't beat Bush

BEST OF THE ONION

Alan Colmes Loses Argument With Nephew
NEW YORK—Alan Colmes, the liberal co-host of the Fox News debate program Hannity & Colmes, lost an argument to his nephew Bryan while babysitting the 8-year-old Monday. "I wanted to stay up late to watch television, but Uncle Alan said, 'There's already too much self-parenting in America,'" Bryan said. "So I started screaming, 'Mom lets me, Mom lets me,' real loud. He gave in after, like, 20 seconds." In the past two years, Bryan has won arguments with Colmes on the subjects of Pokémon cards, Crunch Berries cereal, and steel tariffs.

The Onion | America's Finest News Source™

CIA Agent Valerie Plame Goes Undercover In Vanity Fair

By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer

My wife has made it very clear that -- she has authorized me to say this -- she would rather chop off her right arm than say anything to the press and she will not allow herself to be photographed," he declared in October on "Meet the Press."

But that was before Vanity Fair came calling.

The January issue features a two-page photo of Wilson and the woman the magazine calls "the most famous female spy in America," a "slim 40-year-old with white-blond hair and a big, bright smile." They are sitting in their Jaguar.

Read the article: CIA Agent Valerie Plame Goes Undercover In Vanity Fair (washingtonpost.com)

DEAN, WE'LL TEACH YOU SOMETHING ABOUT McGOVERN

"Mr. President, if you'll pardon me, I'll teach you a little about defense."

- Howard Dean

Takes One To Know One - In the chutzpah war, Dean has Bush's draft number. By William Saletan

"What is Wal-Mart?"

-Paris Hilton, exemplifying the aloof, elitist mentality we often associate with the Northeast media blabocracy or John Fitzgerald Kerry.

Paris, obviously, being exceedingly more attractive, and apparently more enlightened, than Maureen Dowd or any of the French.

Paris Hilton & Nicole Richie: The Simple Life: FOX TV Show

The Fence - WELCOME TO PTD
We'd like to welcome a new addition to our resources list - The Fence.com... The Fence is an Internet community built for opinionated people. They mix real people and real opinions to deliver real rewards.

A site by the manifoldly talented Nicholas G. Jenkins, The Fence offers a spectrum of discussion topics, ranging from hobbies to general interests to politics - right to left... on and off the fence - Real life pundits from all sides giving you a taste of what people on the street are thinkin’... a tremendous concept, successfully translated into a very successful website. Want to challenge yourself intellectually or throw your opinion out and challenge others? Hang out by The Fence. You won't be disappointed.

Which side of The Fence are you on? (judging from the feedback PTD receives, it could be either... or on it for that matter.)

The Fence: Conversations, Opinions and Community for the Thinking Person at theFence

Iraq, Syria & North Korea: Moe, Larry & Curly With Weapons
by Frank Salvato
Now it is told that not only did Iraq put a down-payment on a missile system from North Korea but that the government of Syria, the government that maintains it had nothing to do with the regime of Saddam Hussein, was integrally involved. There is so much wrong with this revelation while at the same time so much that vindicates the actions of the Bush Doctrine. In the end, if Hussein had been left to his devices the United States and her allies, especially Israel, would have seen horrors far surpassing those of September 11th, 2001. (more)

FOREIGN POLICY EXPERT RICHARD GERE RENDERS STALKING HORSE TO DEER IN HEADLIGHTS
(from NewsMax's Left Coast Report):

"I don't believe in the death penalty, per se, but I do
believe we should reserve the right to use it in extreme
cases, like that of Osama bin Laden," Clark replied
confidently.

Then Gere hit Clark with a follow-up. "How can you not
believe in the death penalty, but reserve that right for
certain cases?"

After an awkward pause and some further exchanges, the
Democrat presidential wannabe said, "We could have a
philosophical discussion about this for hours, but I don't
think this is the right venue."

PTD > We're not sure Clark would be capable of sustaining any "philosophical discussion" for hours.

IS THERE NOTHING ELSE GOING ON TODAY?

Seven-year-old boy corrects Bush
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Young Terrance Martin could not let President George W. Bush get away with mistakenly saying he was just 6 years old when he was really 7.

PTD > And next on CNN, Bush mistakenly orders Pepsi from White House kitchen... only Coke available.

CNN.com - Seven-year-old boy corrects Bush

SHOULD THE U.N. ITSELF SHOULDER ANY BLAME FOR THIS?
A lack of international cooperation and resolve is holding back efforts to stem the flow of money, arms and supporters to al Qaeda, a U.N. report has warned.

CNN.com - U.N.: Al Qaeda sanctions failing

Spain mourns dead, debates role in Iraq

Aznar has vowed the 1,300 Spanish troops, deployed mainly in the south for humanitarian aid and reconstruction purposes, will stay in Iraq.

Talking on Spanish live television Sunday, he said their presence "makes sense."

But he has come in for criticism from a number of sources, including quarters that have been mainly supportive up to now.

PTD > Chalk another one up for terrorism. It seems to work.

CNN.com - Spain mourns amid Iraqi debate row

The Economics Argument Slips Away
by Frank Salvato

The Commerce Department announced that the economy grew at an astounding 8.2 percent in the third quarter of this year the fastest pace in nearly two decades and higher than previously reported. This comes at a time when the Democratic presidential candidates would have liked exactly the opposite. Now they are without a talking point on economics for their troubled bids for the highest office in the land. (more)

DEAN IS NO ROOSEVELT
"I thank God F.D.R. was my commander in chief in WWII. Had it been Howard Dean we would have not participated. This would have saved lives and none of us would have been wounded. Just one little problem: we would have lost our liberty and freedom."

- Former Senator Bob Dole in response to Howard Dean's ferocious verbal assaults on President Bush's foreign policy

DRUDGE REPORT 2003®

THERE HAS BE A SCANDAL HERE! BRITISH AIRWAYSGATE?

PTD > Got to give the media credit for trying to get the ball rolling when there's not much ball to work with...

One of the most suspenseful moments told of President Bush's covert Thanksgiving trip -- that a British Airways pilot spotted Air Force One as it secretly made its way to Baghdad -- has not been confirmed by any BA captains in the air that day.

CNN.com - No pilot comes forward on spotting Bush's plane

HILLARY AIDS AND ABETS
"Americans are wholeheartedly proud of what you are doing, but there are many questions at home about the [Bush] administration's policies... We have to exert all of our efforts militarily, but the outcome is not assured."

- Hillary Clinton, to our troops in the mid-east... making sure they're not mislead into thinking they're over there for a worthy cause.

NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story