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Weberlog
Wednesday November 15, 2006
Rush wants Murtha to win so that it will be good for Republicans. I.e., if Murtha goes in, it looks bad for the Democrats and will help the Republicans.
I'll make the same point again. It is bad for the country to have guys like Murtha in positions of responsibility. Guys like Murtha drive people away from paying attention to politics. The goal of political discourse should be to get MORE people interested, not less.
This is not only good for the country, but will end up being good for the Right, because this is a profoundly conservative nation at heart, and the more folks who get involved, the better chance Republicans have to get elected. | | Posted by Weber at 12:18 PM - | |
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Sen. Trent Lott, ousted from the top Senate Republican leadership job four years ago because of remarks considered racially insensitive, won election to the No. 2 post Wednesday for the minority GOP in the next Congress.
Lott returned to the center of power by getting the position of vote- counting GOP whip, nosing out Sen. Lamar Alexander. Sen. Rick Santorum told reporters that Lott beat Alexander by a 25-24 vote.
Trent Lott was unfairly drummed out his leadership spot a while back. To the discredit of the Bush Administration they gave him a healthy shove at the time.
In fact, Lott's deal was a lot like the last Kerry quote. Lott's meaning in his Strom Thurmond tribute speech was misconstrued, and I think quite frankly Kerry just left a word out his joke, (you get the country stuck in Iraq.) I do believe that Kerry does have a low opinion of the average soldier and has since he served in Vietnam or he wouldn’t have come back to the U.S. and called their actions "reminiscent of Genghis Kahn" while they were still fighting in the jungle.
One more brief point on that: Why didn't any of Kerry's staffers grab him immediately after his remark and say "Senator, you made a mistake...you left a word out and it sounds like you are insulting the troops."
I'm speculating here, but from what I've read and heard about Kerry, either he wouldn't listen to a staffer who would have pointed that out, or (more likely) his staffers thought he said exactly what he thought. | | Posted by Weber at 11:17 AM - | |
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NYT AP wire
Outcome of Some House Races Undecided
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 15, 2006
Filed at 7:56 a.m. ET
Details on House races in which the outcome remained undecided Tuesday:
-- Georgia, 12th District: First-term Democratic Rep. John Barrow led Republican former Rep. Max Burns by fewer than 900 votes. An automatic recount is likely once results are certified, which is expected Wednesday.
-- New Mexico, 1st District: Republican Rep. Heather Wilson led Democrat Patricia Madrid by fewer than 1,500 votes out of more than 200,000 cast, with about 3,700 ballots remaining to be qualified and tallied.
-- North Carolina, 8th District: Rep. Robin Hayes, a Republican, led Democrat Larry Kissell by about 450 votes. About 1,500 provisional ballots remained to be counted. Final results aren't expected until Friday.
-- Ohio, 2nd District: Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Republican who called decorated Vietnam veteran Rep. John Murtha a coward, was ahead of Democrat Victoria Wulsin by about 2,800 votes. Workers were to begin counting provisional and absentee ballots next week.
-- Ohio, 15th District: Rep. Deborah Pryce, a member of the House Republican leadership, leads Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy race by 3,536 votes. Thousands of provisional ballots will be counted beginning Sunday -- a day later than normal in deference to the Ohio State-Michigan football game Saturday.
-- Wyoming, 1st District: Republican Rep. Barbara Cubin led Democrat Gary Trauner by about 1,000 votes in preliminary results that were to be certified Wednesday. Trauner likely would have to request and pay for a recount.
-- In addition, Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., the subject of an FBI bribery investigation, will face fellow Democrat Karen Carter in a Dec. 9 runoff, and Rep. Henry Bonilla, R-Texas, will face Democratic former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez in a yet-unscheduled runoff to happen no sooner than Dec. 12.
-- In Florida, a first recount was completed Tuesday in the contest for the seat Rep. Katherine Harris gave up to make her failed Senate run. The Associated Press has declared a winner in that race: Republican Vern Buchanan, who leads Democrat Christine Jennings by about 375 votes, or less than 0.02 percent.
I haven't looked at this, but why is it that in every single race yet to be decided (with the exception of Georgia's 12th) Republicans are leading? Are there no races in which the Democrat won by a narrow margin?
I really haven't looked at the numbers, but it seems that when Republicans lose narrowly, they concede.,e.g., Allen in Virginia; Burns in Montana. Either could have pushed for recounts, filed court caes, complained about voting machines, etc.
But when Republicans lose, they concede, reevaluate and get ready for the next cycle.
Most of the fire on Republicans has been friendly fire which has focused on the races they ran or the positions they have taken.
It would be great if that were true of the Democrats. It would be better for the American polity at large.
It doesn’t matter which side charges corruption, bad faith or bad motives, it all reduces our system in the eyes of the American voter, and discourages good people from entering politics....like Lee Morris who I mentioned in my last post. | | Posted by Weber at 8:56 AM - | |
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O.J. Simpson to Discuss Killings
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fox plans to broadcast an interview with O.J. Simpson in which the former football star discusses "how he would have committed" the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, for which he was acquitted, the network said.
O.J. on MY Way News
I had a long discussion about this case Saturday evening with two friends, one of whom is a criminal defense attorney. We all agreed that Simpson was undoubtedly guilty and that Judge Lance Ito got completely rolled by O.J.'s highly compensated defense team. We also discussed how amazed we were at the reaction from the black community.
One of my companions was on a recruiting visit at a major university and was stunned to see black students not just relived at the verdict, but actually celebrating. He believed that none of these students actually thought Simpson was innocent, but they were celebrating the release of this double murderer because the victims were white.
This quite frankly was a turning point for me in watching American race relations. It was the first time I believed I was seeing actual racism from black Americans. Of course, now it is more common. The most recent instance here in Atlanta was the disgraceful radio commercial which featured Congressman John Lewis, Mayor Shirley Franklin, and former Atlanta Mayor and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young. They attacked a white Republican candidate for Fulton County commission chairman, arguing that the days of fire hoses and Bull Conner would return if this honorable man, Lee Morris, who marched for civil rights in the 1960’s, were elected.
But of course Lee is white, and therefore not eligible to serve a majority black county. Lee was one of the most heavily criticized Atlanta Council members for asking of investigations of former Mayor Bill Campbell, who of course was later convicted on corruption charges and sits in a federal prison in Florida.
Lee is a good man and I hope this experience does not sour him on future political endeavors. And Lewis, Franklin and Young should be ashamed.
For more on the Simpson case, and why Supreme Court arguments should be televised go here:
Televise Supreme Court arguments | | Posted by Weber at 8:13 AM - | |
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AJC Steve Hummer:
Wolverines low-key in Buckeye buildup
By STEVE HUMMER /
Published on: 11/15/06
To get some idea of the kind of restraint in play in Ann Arbor, try to picture this scene: The Occasionally Gift Shop near campus. A man comes in, and speaking with aid of an electric voice box asks a clerk, "Miss, do you have something not obscene — but tasteless — about Ohio State University?" There's the fine line of the refined fan.
This is just great. Most college fans like this stuff...tasteless, but not obscene. Of course, being a South Carolina Gamecocks fan, we've got plenty of material for our team. Occasionally it may be tasteless, but not obscene. Steve Hummer writes great stuff....up next ....the BEST college football writer out there:
AJC's Tony Barnhardt
'Bama seeks end to Auburn streak
By TONY BARNHART
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 11/15/06
When it comes to college football, no program has a richer history than Alabama.
But when the Crimson Tide host bitter rival Auburn this weekend, coach Mike Shula has a chance to make history 'Bama fans would just as soon forget.
No Tide coach in the past 100-plus years has ever lost to Auburn four times in a row. Barring an upset Saturday, Shula is set to become the first.
That's not what Shula needs as fans hanging on to memories of the Bear Bryant days question whether the fourth-year coach is the right man for the job.
Of course, one of my college football experts made this point last week
Go here for that: Bama
And more college football and why we should not have a playoff system Gamecock Luck and why we should not have a college playoff
And Tuesday Morning Quarterback is up. The best NFL column out there: TMQ by Gregg Easterbrook
Easterbrook is a scholar at the Brookings Institute. This is entertaining, funny stuff. Terribly insightful, and a great way to really understand the ins and outs of the pro game. | | Posted by Weber at 8:03 AM - | |
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