In my column at Townhall today I look at the conventional wisdom that Democrats will trounce Republicans in November and consider how some of their unhinged like Dean, Murtha and Sheehan make that outcome less likely than most believe.
Had I not already written the column before news of the thwarted UK terror plot broke, I could have included some additional material on all the brilliant Democrat quotes about the NSA surveillance program. Those should make for some mighty fine GOP ads this fall.
Lorie, If the lefties that now seem to drive the direction of the Democratic Party do not espouse their kookery during election time, than that means they never really believed it themselves’.
That’s highly unlikely since the lefties condescendingly pat each other on the heads everyday for having the depth of understanding of these conspiracies within the walls of their blogs, so hopefully this will embolden them to get up on the stump and share this insight out in the open on behalf of all Democrats.
The fun part will be watching any Democrat try to distance themselves from the kook fringe then becoming a target for reprimand for not keeping rhythm in this lefty goose-step parade.
BTW, great Townhall article.
What does an American NSA domestic surveilance program have to with the thwarted terror plot in Britain.
Who the fuck ties your shoes in the morning?
Gloat:
Is it at all possible that the US shares intelligence information with other countries?
Ever hear of Echelon? Who do you think was doing the Echelon surveillance?
Please scroll down two articles to “MORE TERRORISM UPDATES” Then down to Update lll where it says “According to Time, the US overheard the terrorists’ chatter and shared it with the UK intelligence officials.
In the article there is this little gem:
In the two or three days before the arrests, the cell was going operational, and authorities were pressed into action. MI5 and Scotland Yard agents tracked the plotters from the ground, while a knowledgeable American official says U.S. intelligence provided London authorities with intercepts of the group’s communications.
BTW Gloat, who attaches the Velcro on your shoes every morning? Just wondering……
Looks like the demacrats are comming unhinged and losing it all crazy insane and nuts and i know im perfectly sane SQUAWK SQUAWK im a sensible old bird
Gloat,
Too much coffee this morning?
“…Bush first learned in detail about the plot on Friday (8/4), and received two detailed briefings on it on Saturday and Sunday, as well as had two conversations about it with British Prime Minister, Tony Blair.”
Source
What were they waiting for? Why wasn’t the threat level elevated then?
Howcome, I think Gloat had a steaming hot cup of bong water in lieu of coffee this morning.
I mean, gee whiz, the first lefty of the day going out of their way to make Lorie’s point for her.
Gloat: “What were they waiting for? Why wasn’t the threat level elevated then?”
Gee, you think maybe the terrorist might think, “Hum, the threat level has been elevated in the US and Britian. This is where we are planning our deeds. Perhaps they are on to us. Let’s change our plans, and get the heck outta Dodge.”
I’m not sure how you think this bolsters your first point. But if you have actually read how this went down you will discover also that this group had been infiltrated by intelligence sources.
You know “spies”, the same ones Democrats thought unnecessary in these times of electronic surveillance.
But obviously the premature threat level elevation would have caused the infiltration to be exposed.
engineer, you beat me to pointing out the obvious.
MyPetGloat is just another resident of that gated “reality-based community” of the mind.
He/she/it is a fool. A clueless fool and a useful tool of the Islamofascists and their friends in the Democratic party. The childish whinging spewing forth from he/she/it illustrates so eloquently this persons lack of understanding and just how detached from reality they truly are. It also serves to illustrate that rationality and logic are not terms that cam be used in reference to he/she/it.
Apparently our clueless fool MyPetGloat does not understand that intelligence agencies of various countries work together in order to attempt to stop international acts of terror of this nature. Our little clueless fool MyPetGloat also does not grasp the simple logic of not tipping your hand about things of this nature in order to avoid the wannabe shahids from running and giving the police/security forces time to be in position to capture as many as they can. Our clueless fool MyPetGloat would be out celebrating with his Islamofascist friends if this had succeeded because that *might* make Bush look bad, too.
Clueless fools such as MyPetGloat are poster children for the fact that liberalism is truly a mental disorder.
Lorie,
Just about everything that has spewed forth out of the Democrats and their nutroots would make great campaign ads.
All they have to do is quote some of the posts over at DU and Kos along with some Howard Dean, Mikey Moore and Momma Moonbat quotes. At the end of the commercial just super “Are these really the people you want running the country? If you vote for (name dem cadidate here) you will be.”
Nahanni –
First off -Fuck you and the horse you came in on, you low-tooth-per-capita simp. I am an American and your insinutaions that I am a terror symptathizer are groundless. You want rheotrical responses?- Please stick to your day job of scrubbing peep show booths.
AGAIN, how is it that the foiled terror plot in the UK reinforces the wingnut calls for the NSA domestic surveillance program to not be criticized?
The mission of the NSA is to spy on communications abroad- i.e. OVERSEAS, OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, not conduct warrantless domestic surveillance.
What part of DOMESTIC do you not understand?
Second, even throughout the Wingnutosphere, the liquid bomb-making scenario was known as far back as 1995. Why werent precautions taken to prevent this sooner in wake of 9-11? Ah, by jumpinjoes logic, -so we don’t tip them off. Nice.
No wonder you all came so quickly in defense of your resident ClownHall Imam.
Gloat,
You are my favorite kind of Dem! It’s that perfect storm of over the top arrogance and condescention coupled with either an unwillingness or inability to think critically or comprehend the world beyond 6 inches from the front of their face. Then you top it off with a heaping spoonful of refusal to accept anything different from your own twisted worldview. It’s perfect I tell you!
You should really consider a job at the DNC. Howard needs more quality thinkers like yourself.
If you collectively keep chanting the mantra that the Dems are being hijacked by the unhinged, kooky fringe it may help you sleep better but it won’t alter the reality. What you will see in November is the majority of Americans, from the center of both parties, overwhelmingly rejecting the current “politics as usual” climate in this country.
Gloat, you are an idiot, shut up. You have mastered the personal insult, too bad you fail at logic and reason.
grouchy,
Yes, you are probably right.
In November the “politics as usual” of the Democrats will be rejected even more than it is now.
Sheesh, are lefties really this stupid? All the news organizations are reporting the U.S was monitoring this terrorist cell’s communications.
Where in the hell are you trying to read into this? Are you trying to tell us that if someone here (domestically) calls this cell or visa versa that we shouldn’t listen in because then it’s domestic?
No dummy, you know very well (or do you?) that I was referencing to an “on going plot” and not speaking about methods in a general term.
Hell, we know terrorists could stick bombs up their rear ends since 1995 also but no one is getting anal probes at the airport right now are they?
sheik, Nice try. Sleep well. When you wake up America will be back on course and the Bush adminsiration will be on the way towards its rightful place, an unpleasant chapter in the history books.
sheik, Nice try. Sleep well. When you wake up America will be back on course and the Bush adminsiration will be on the way towards its rightful place, an unpleasant chapter in the history books.
MyPetPinhead
Try again, from the NSA Site
Available here
Oh, and the NSA Mission Statement
Available here, try a little reading . . .
You may notice that there is enough wiggle room in the statements on both pages to allow for domestic information gathering. Nothing specifically prohibits it!
Both 2002 and 2004 called. They both want their “foot in mouth” memos back.
They don’t want you to feel as much embarrassment as they suffered with their cockiness.
Hey, they are just looking out for your best interest.
Gloat, one final question before I take off.
Was it O.K. for the United States to monitor these communications of the terrorist cell that was just caught?
Even if 100% of these communications were monitored outside the U.S., it is still domestic in Britain. Don’t the British have the means to monitor communications, if so, why are we doing eavesdropping in a Western European ally country?
It’s a simple question. Is there any other lurking lefty out there that wants to take a stab at this question?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Gee, I come back six hours later and not one lefty wanted to take on that question.
I figured the worldly liberal academia intellectuals would want to stick around and set the record straight and then sit back and “Gloat”.
I guess I was wrong.
I think their mommies caught them on the computer without permission, took a look at what they were doing, and washed their mouths out with soap and sent them straight to bed.
Of course, if they had those sorts of mothers, they wouldn’t be the loathesome detritus of humanity you see before you, would they?
Our best weapon against the looney left is handing them the microphone. No normal human being could fail to be repulsed.
And isn’t it cute how they object to being called “looney” or “kooks” by posting with such frantic abandon you can literally visualize the flecks of spittle flying about?
There are perhaps 200 republicans on this block (and a few dems). I can count on both hands the number of people that are going to vote for the repubs this fall. Most are staying home in disgust. Others are voting Dem as a protest. We repubs have lost our way.