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Fred Thompson's Washingtonian Declaration: "Fire In the Belly" Is Not A Requirement

Posted by Will Malven on Monday, December 31, 2007 9:18:16 PM

 

Fred Thompson's response in today's interview on Fox News Sunday over his "fire in the belly" comment is a refreshing change from the hurly-burly, dog-eat-dog, political infighting now occurring in Iowa and New Hampshire primaries.

Goerge Washington only reluctantly returned to the Capitol from his home in Mount Vernon, to become our first president. Washington was one of, if not the, greatest of our presidents. He was not a man of great personal ambition, he was a man with a sense of great personal responsibility.

He fought the British because he felt he had to fight them. He fought for an ideal, not for glory. He led for victory and freedom, not for fame and accolades. When offered a crown following our hard won battle for independence, he humbly declined saying he did not fight a war to remove one tyrant merely to replace him with another. From the Souix City Journal comes this:
Thompson: 'Not particularly interested in running'

WASHINGTON, Iowa (AP) -- Fred Thompson acknowledged Saturday he's not especially fond of running for president, but he thinks he'd be a good choice for the White House.

Asked at a town hall meeting in Burlington whether he had the desire to be president, Thompson said it wasn't his idea to seek the office, and he wasn't enamored with campaigning.

"I am not consumed by personal ambition. I will not be devastated if I don't do it," he said. "I'm not particularly interested in running for president."

How can this be? A man seeking the Presidency who doesn't have any personal ambition to be President? I am told that the Democrat Party is laughing at this statement...they would. Such a concept as sacrificing oneself for the good of the nation rather than out of personal ambition is a foreign idea to the party of Senator Hillary Rodham, Mrs. William J., Clinton and John Edwards.

What a strange concept...service to the nation, not self service and self-seeking. For people who put the good of their Party and their ambition for power above the needs of the nation...and the security of their nation, this statement must truly be an "Undiscovered Territory."

Democrats have, over the last half century or more, invariably placed their personal ambitions and lust for power over the good of the nation. They have pandered to special interest groups and proffered a philosophy of victimization as their answer to the problems of our society.

Democrats have offered a blameless society in which no one is responsible for their own predicament, rather it is always somebody else's fault, whether it is "rich Republicans," greedy corporations, or "non-inclusive," "non-diverse" policies. The concept of merit and duty are lost on the Democrat voters and their Party leaders.

That is what is so refreshing in Senator Thompson's words. They echo of duty, responsibility, and not of ambition. Here are some of the rest of Fred Thompson's historic words. Words which are beyond the understanding of Democrats, but which would ring familiar in the ears of Madison, Jefferson, Washington, Adams and Hamilton.
"I'm offering myself up. I'm saying that I have the background and capability and the concern to do this."

"I and my family have made sacrifices for me to be sitting here today. I haven't had any income for a long time because I'm doing this. I guess a man would have to be a total fool to do all those things and to be leaving his family, which is not a joyful thing at all, if he didn't want to do it."

"Nowadays, it's all about fire in the belly. I'm not sure in the world we live in today it's a terribly good thing that a president has too much fire in his belly."

"I like to say that I'm only consumed by very, very few things and politics is not one of them. The welfare of my country and my kids and grandkids are one of them," he said. "But if people really want in their president a super type-A personality, someone who has gotten up every morning and gone to bed every night thinking about for years how they could achieve presidency of the United States, someone who could look you straight in the eye and say they enjoy every minute of campaigning -- I ain't that guy."
Now those are the words of a man I could enthusiastically support. Those are the words of a statesman, not a callow self-absorbed, life-long politician. Not a woman who believes herself to be the annnointed one. Why would anyone want to elect a person to the Presidency who has made that their life's ambition?

Thompson is dead on about this. Ambition and the lust for power and greatness remain of the greatest threats to our Republic.  Of all those currently seeking the presidency, Fred Thompson is the only man who has both been drafted by his supporters rather than pursuing the office and has published clear and unequivocal position papers suggesting his ideas for the solution of our nations difficulty.

To have a President who is doing the job out of a sense of duty rather than out of ambition...Now that really would be a change.

Democrats claim to be offering change, but the ideals they espouse are the same tired old disproven ideals of socialism. Fred Thompson as a man of duty and "foolish idealism" as President of the United States, now that really is change.

Democrats will never comprehend what I am saying, but hopefully Fred Thompson's words will resonate with the Republicans and the independent voters both in Iowa and around the nation.

GO FRED, GO!!!

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Benazir Bhutto Assassinated! A Tragic and Unnecessary Loss

Posted by Will Malven on Thursday, December 27, 2007 11:21:49 AM
Will Malven
houston conservative
8:30 AM 12/27/2007

Today, at about 6:15 PM Pakistan time (6:15 AM EST), Benazir Bhutto the former Prime Minister of Pakistan was killed by an assassin/suicide bomber.

Early reports say the the former Prime Minister was shot up to five times, including once in the neck, by an assassin who then detonated a bomb strapped to himself.

The assassination took place immediately following a rally being held in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, for Bhutto's election, in advance of the upcoming elections.

Bhutto reportedly died at the hospital from loss of blood following a reported 30 minute trip to the hospital. She was alive and conscious at the hospital and said she would be back, but surgeons reported that she had suffered too much blood loss as a result of her wounds and died shortly after entering surgery.

Bhutto has been a controversial figure in Pakistani politics from the time of the assassination of her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, in a 1977 military coup staged by General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq.

Benazir Bhutto was elected the first female Prime Minister of a Muslim nation in 1988, but was removed from office by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan for corruption after less than 2 years in office.

Mrs. Bhutto was again elected in 1993 and remained in office until Pakistani President Farooq Leghari had her removed...again for charges of corruption.

She then went into self-exile for eight years before returning to Pakistan last October with the encouragement of the Bush and Blair administrations.

Initially following her return, there was much speculation of a "power sharing" arrangement with Musharraf, but after negotiations fell apart, she actively campaigned against President Pervez Musharraf and chose to run for the Presidency herself.

Though current speculation abounds about the possibility of Musharraf's involvement in her assassination, the former Prime Minister has long been a target of the Taliban and other Muslim extremist groups within Pakistan.

Her pro-Western attitude, long campaign for modernization, and her brazeness as a female politician have long been considered an affront to the hardline Islamic fundamentalists who have caused so much trouble in Pakistan and in neighboring Afghanistan.

Though considered a real Pakistani Patriot by her supporters, both within and outside of Pakistan, her rash actions after arriving in Pakistan and her apparent arrogance were a constant source of conflict with the Musharraf Government which was charged with the responsibility of protecting her.

Bhutto wielded dictatorial control of her Pakistani Freedom Party, even while in exile and she arrogantly considered herself to be the annointed leader of Pakistan.

While her death is tragic, even more tragic is the chaos which will now inevitably ensue, and the inherrent risks to the surrounding nations as Musharraf's control of the nation and its nuclear arsenal is now more tenuous than it ever has been. Rioting has been reported throughout Pakistan as word of her death began to spread.

As a result of being forced to resign as commander of the Pakistani Military following a ruling by the Supreme Court of Pakistan that one man could not be both President and Commander of the military Musharraf, who has demonstrated himself to be a strong ally of America in the war on terror, now has less control over the Pakistani Nuclear arsenal and over the nation.

In the end, it was a combination of a blundering unwarranted intrusion into the internal politics of Pakistan by President Bush and Condaleeza Rice attempting to force Musharraf to relinquish some of his power, the powerful Islamic extremist faction in Pakistan's Northwest territories, and Benazir Bhutto's own arrogance which led to this tragedy.

President Bush and the Liberal idiots in State and Congress should have paid attention to former UN Ambassador John Bolton's admonition to stay out of Pakistan's internal affairs and allow Musharraf to run his own nation without American interference.

More Later.

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CIA Destroys Tapes, Informed Democrats Develop Amnesia. "Deja Vu, All Over Again?"

Posted by Will Malven on Saturday, December 08, 2007 11:32:10 AM
I'm sorry, haven't we been here before?

Last time it was the New York Lies Times revealing classified information about the warrantless wire-tapping of phone calls from suspected terrorists overseas into the United States.

Remember the outrage, the indignation of the Democrat Liberal idiots in Congress, the hystrionics of Dick "Pig Eyes" Durbin, and Jay "Richest Man in Congress" Rockefeller IV (D-WV), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee and Jane Harman (D-CA) the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

We then found out that both Rockefeller and Harman had been advised of the program four years before they began to complain about it. In addition, we found that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD), Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL), had all been advised of the program at the same time.

All of these six had been informed of the NSA Warrantless Wiretapping four years before the story was leaked by the Lies Times, yet mysteriously none of them did anything to stop it until it became public. Then, suddenly, they were "Shocked, shocked I tell you," to discover that the NSA program was being conducted.

It was only later, once the facts became known, that they began to claim that although they had been informed, they had "expressed concern" over the program, or they had "not realized the extent of the program," or some other BS story intended to cover their collective tails with their Liberal idiot constituencies.

Liberal idiots, caught in their deceptions for all to witness who were willing.

At the time, Victoria Toensing, co-author of the FISA Bill, published a January 19, 2005 editorial in Opinion Journal, in which she said:

Why did the president not ask Congress in 2001 to amend FISA to address these problems? My experience is instructive. After the TWA [Flight 847 hijacking] incident, I suggested asking the Hill to change the law. A career Justice Department official responded, "Congress will make it a political issue and we may come away with less ability to monitor."

The political posturing by Democrats who suddenly found problems with the NSA program after four years of supporting it during classified briefings only confirms that concern.

Victoria, shame on you, "political posturing?" It went way beyond simple political posturing. It was a clear attempt to lay all of the blame for the program at the feet of the President while covering themselves with false bravado for "standing up to the White House."

Well that was yesterday. Now we have a "new outrage." One which, if we were to believe the liars in Congress and the Propaganda wing of the Democrat Party we euphemistically call the "unbiased, independant, Press," exceeds the severity of the NSA wiretapping scandal.

Interestingly enough, we have basically the same players, giving us the same stories as before. We have the New York Lies Times telling the public about information given them by current and former government officials. Once again we have hysterical shouts of mock outrage echoing from the Democrat members of the intelligence committees. Fox News reports Senator John D. "Jay, I'm Filthy Rich" Rockefeller as first stating categorically that:
"The news that the tapes were destroyed was extremely disturbing to me and the CIA's description of notifying Congress is inconsistent with our records. As we learn more, it is only raising new questions and concerns," Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said Friday.

"We do not know if there was intent to obstruct justice, an attempt to prevent congressional scrutiny, or whether they were simply destroyed out of concern they could be leaked — whatever the intent, we must get to the bottom of it. This is a very serious matter with very serious consequences," he added.

Rockefeller said the committee hasn't found records showing they were told about the existence of the tapes, or their plans to destroy them. He said he knew about about the tapes himself, but doesn't remember being told about plans to destroy them either.
Yes indeed Senator Rocky, "we must get to the bottom of it." But Fox News reports:

Jane Harman, then the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, was one of only four members of Congress in 2003 informed of the tapes' existence and the CIA's intention to ultimately destroy them.

"I told the CIA that destroying videotapes of interrogations was a bad idea and urged them in writing not to do it," Harman said. While key lawmakers were briefed on the CIA's intention to destroy the tapes, they were not notified two years later when the spy agency actually carried out the plan. The Senate Intelligence Committee's Democratic chairman, Jay Rockefeller, said the committee only learned of the tapes' destruction in November 2006.
Now Jay, if you're going to play the self-righteous indignation card, hadn't you better get your story straight first. So the "bottom of it," Senator Rocky, is that you and your fellow Democrats are liars.

Now today on Fox News Channel's Special Report with Brit Hume it was revealed that they had received a "clarification" from Rockefeller's office stating that the Senator was so concerned with his responsibilities on the Intelligence committee that "he sent his aide" to the meeting at which the existence of the tapes was revealed as was the intent to destroy them.

Umm, is that another one of those "Whoops!" moments Senator Rocky? The tapes were destroyed in 2005, you admit that you were aware of that fact in 2006, yet it took you over a year to suddenly discover your outrage?

Nope, no political posturing here folks...

Like I said, the words Liberal and idiots are inextricably linked in todays political lexicon. How many time will Liberal voters fall for the same trick? How many times can their Senators be caught in lies before their constituents finally figure out their being deceived?

Sadly, it appears that the answer is "infinitely many." Liberals are idiots, paranoid idiots, idiots who see conpiracies everywhere they look. Liberals see "Vast right-wing conspiracies." Evergreen in their talking points you will find out that they believe that President Bush is plotting to declare himself dictator, that President Bush is a puppet being controlled by Dick Cheney, that President Bush is being controlled by Dick Cheney and Karl Rove, that President Bush lied about WMD so that America could spend $Hundreds of Billions in defense spending and thousands of troops' lives to gain control of $Tens of Billions in Iraqi oil reserves (now that's math that can only be a result of today's shoddy public education system), etc.

The plots and conspiracies are legion, but one thing is consistent, President Bush is either behind them all or being "handled" to cause them all. This obssesive hatred of President Bush by those on the Left is a pathology having no basis in reality. Liberals have long ago left the reservation, and very possibly the planet.

To call today's Liberals paranoiacs would be to give real paranoiacs a bad reputation. These folks are just hateful, uninformed, intellectual midgets, whose only goal is to gain control of our nation.
They are people who will not learn from history, cannot support their positions with any semblance of reasoned argument, but are absolutely certain they are right. As usual, Liberal arrogance is founded on a firm understanding of their own imaginings.

I suspect we will be finding out that this is once again much ado about nothing, intended as a diversion from the fact that this Democrat Congress has accomplished less that just about any Congress in history, yet they are still seeking reelection.

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