Democratic Party Supports Noted President Killer

A recent column in The Bulletin begins with the line, “James G. Wiles is one of The Bulletin’s finest writers,” which is a pretty funny way to start a column, but it gets better.

The column is about Democratic traitors who hate America, which is what war supporters attempt to label opponents now that Iraq has turned into a giant melting pot of death. Funny, I thought the people who sang “Why Should God Bless America?” were the ones who hated America, but whatever.

Anyway, here’s the list of Democratic traitors:

For example, Wiles referenced Sen. John Kerry, who got himself national publicity in the ’60s by making totally unsubstantiated claims about American troops, and many millions believed him because he was a Navy officer. His lies resulted in getting him elected to the Senate in the most far-left state in America; his opinions were shown to American prisoners of war in communist prison camps as propaganda. Jane Fonda overtly gave aid and comfort to the enemy. Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated the commander in chief of the American military during the most dangerous years of the Cold War. MoveOn.org calls Gen. David Petraeus, while he is in command of troops in combat, “General Betray Us.” Sen. Harry Reid says we’ve “lost the war” when we’re in the middle of it, sabotaging our troops and aiding and comforting al-Qaida. The “mainstream” media networks work very hard to find soldiers and officers who will tell us how poorly we’re doing, when the overwhelming majority of our troops know we’re winning.

Oh, that Lee Harvey Oswald, noted Democratic leader! Well known for assassinating a, erhm, Democratic president! (If you believe Arlen Specter.) Yes, he surely is an American traitor who current Democrats absolutely love. Geeze, Democrats, why won’t you denounce Lee Harvey Oswald!

On Traitors And The Democratic Hard Left [The Bulletin]

Chris Freind Has Clearly Never Been To Philadelphia

It’s been a while since I’ve checked in with America’s Greatest Columnist, Chris Freind, probably because the last time I did I saw he was writing about all the same stuff I do.

Well, in a column yesterday he’s sticking to the quasi-Philadelphia Will Do beat — namely, making fun of John Street — only he’s attempting to make a serious point instead of attempting to send American, or at least Philadelphian, worker productivity to its lowest levels in years.

From his newest column, it is clear Freind has never stepped foot in Philadelphia, and possibly not New York, either. It appears he has gotten all his news about Philadelphia from the crime report on NBC 10. (It follows the opening story, the weather.) It is also clear Freind likes making statistics up instead of actually finding them: “If you take a poll of Center City business owners, you could probably count on one hand how many favor the new regulations.” Yes, you probably could. Maybe. Possibly. Oh, let’s just assume it is, why don’t we!

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Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yesterday, the author of The Boy of Steel spoke at several elementary schools in Bucks County, talking about his best-selling kids book where a cancer-striken boy goes to Yankee Stadium to be Robinson Cano’s bat boy for the day. (No, really.)

Author Ray Negron’s book clearly taught the kids everything they needed to know — you “shouldn’t give up if you are sick, if you are bald, or if you have special needs,” said one. In addition to writing Yankee-themed children’s books, Negron also works for the Yanks as a personal assistant to owner George Steinbrenner, who hired him originally after he caught him spraying graffiti on the wall of Yankee Stadium.

Allow me to compare the Yankees and the Phillies for a moment. Negron was somehow caught by the team owner defacing the team’s stadium. The owner then said he’d give him a chance and somehow he’s now The Boss’ assistant.

What do you think would happen if the Phillies caught someone spraypainting Citizens Bank Park? A quick arrest, a press release vowing prosecution to the full extent of the law, maybe even a segment on the local news. “Not even… two… year old… Citizens Bank Park… covered with graffiti!”

Yeah, that sounds about right.

Author tells kids to never give up [Bucks County Courier Times]
Photo by wallyg, licensed via Creative Commons

Breaking: Conservative Group So Incompetent It Manages To Get Out-Argued By ‘Inquirer’

In yesterday’s Inquirer, the editorial board launched a scathing attack on conservative media watchdog groups — specifically, the Media Research Center — who say reporting that the government tracks terrorists’ finances is treason. (These media groups are in stark contrast to liberal media watchdog groups, those that blast the very same media organizations for being conservative lovers, if you’re scoring at home.)

Here’s a little excerpt of the Inquirer’s editorial:

Sometimes lies should be called what they are.

“Since publishing a highly controversial story about a secret U.S. program that monitors financial transactions as a tool to fight terrorism, New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller… has admitted that the liberal press is not ‘neutral’ in this war on terror.

“Indeed, the track record proves the New York Times and Bill Keller are not ‘neutral’ but grossly biased against the U.S.-led war against terrorism.”

So fulminated conservative propagandist Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center last week. His statement was part of an anti-Times frenzy whipped up by Republican strategists, then echoed ad nauseam by Pavlovian talk shows and blogs. [...]

But how can citizens of a democracy debate such principles and nuances if they have no clue what their government is doing in their name? If it were up to President Bush and Vice President Cheney, you would know nothing about flaws in WMD intelligence, torture in American-run prisons or NSA snooping. Journalists exposed all that.

But, oh ho ho, the Media Research Center has responded — via Tim Graham — saying that, well, what Brent Bozell said was, uh, well, okay, it doesn’t answer that, and concedes that point, but it says “liberal media elite” a lot! Here’s some of it:

The liberal media elite assumes the word of Bill Keller descends from Mount Olympus, and that no one can question his newspaper’s quite obvious political agenda. No, they are not “neutral” in the War on Terrorism. No one would say they’re for terrorist victory. But they have found large chunks of this war to be illegal, unconstitutional, unacceptable, reckless, repulsive, discriminatory, and most importantly, emanating from an administration they paint as a rogue regime that has no check or balance against its excesses – except for the “thoughtful, reasonable,” utterly nonpartisan New York Times. That’s a nice myth if you can sell it.

Indeedy. No one would say the press is for terrorist victory except for, oh, I don’t know, the founder of the Media Research Center:

“Mr. Keller said it himself: The press is not neutral in the war against terrorism. The liberal media are opposed to this war and will do anything, including disclosing U.S. national security secrets, to stop the war and hand America’s enemies a victory.”

But, y’know, who ever heard of anyone reading a press release from last Thursday before they sent out a new one?

Editorial | Government and Media [Inquirer]
MRC responds to Inquirer editorial [Romenesko]
NYT Leak Sparks Lawsuit and Investigation of U.S. Anti-Terrorist Program [MRC]