The "old media" tomorrow will be saying that the Republicans went "negative" on the first night of the convention.

To that i say: "yesssssss!"

Politics is not a knitting club.

The Democrats are upset because a few delegates are wearing band-aids to mock Kerry's purple heart wounds. They want the RNC to crack down on this "inexcusable" behavior.

i say okay. Just as soon as the DNC cracks down on the "Bush=Hitler" signs outside. And the "Bush=Evil" signs inside MSG.

Until then, why not enjoy a nice cup of STFU, MacAuliffe.*

After Giuliani's rousing, albeit long-ass speech, Mara Liason* commented on the Michael More* moment in John McCain's equally good speech. She didn't like it. She said it was "a gift" to More and out of character for McCain.

i thought it was great, and i bet a lot of people agree with me.

So Mara, how about a nice cup of STFU for you, too.

Giuliani's speech was as if someone had translated Charles Krauthammer's address to the American Enterprise Institute into language that could resonate with the common man. And i was glad he did. It was the meat of his speech and he articulated the pro-war argument better than i've heard anyone in the administration explain it. Too bad the networks didn't cover it.

Terrorism did not start on September 11, 2001. It had been festering for many years.

And the world had created a response to it that allowed it to succeed. The attack on the Israeli team at the Munich Olympics was in 1972. And the pattern had already begun.

The three surviving terrorists were arrested and within two months released by the German government.

Action like this became the rule, not the exception. Terrorists came to learn they could attack and often not face consequences.

In 1985, terrorists attacked the Achille Lauro and murdered an American citizen who was in a wheelchair, Leon Klinghoffer.

They marked him for murder solely because he was Jewish.

Some of those terrorists were released and some of the remaining terrorists allowed to escape by the Italian government because of fear of reprisals.

So terrorists learned they could intimidate the world community and too often the response, particularly in Europe, was 'accommodation, appeasement and compromise.'

And worse the terrorists also learned that their cause would be taken more seriously, almost in direct proportion to the barbarity of the attack.

Terrorist acts became a ticket to the international bargaining table.

How else to explain Yasser Arafat winning the Nobel Peace Prize when he was supporting a terrorist plague in the Middle East that undermined any chance of peace?

Before September 11, we were living with an unrealistic view of the world much like our observing Europe appease Hitler or trying to accommodate ourselves to peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union through mutually assured destruction.

President Bush decided that we could no longer be just on defense against global terrorism but we must also be on offense.

i think it was a good night for us Republicans.

* Nota bene for those new visitors out there: intentionally misspelled.

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1 You picked my favorite part of Rudy's speech. Well done.

Posted by: jake at August 30, 2004 10:04 PM (h4tU8)

2 I'm almost afraid to ask, but STFU?

Posted by: wobots at August 31, 2004 06:49 AM (djVNl)

3 anyone?

Posted by: annika! at August 31, 2004 07:27 AM (4RhLb)

4 Shut The F*** Up!

Posted by: Matt at August 31, 2004 07:55 AM (CF/QI)

5 I thought it was some sort of anti-mammalian thing that meant "Stop The Ferret Underworld". I did find it ironic that, after all his efforts (along with Feingold & others) to stifle speech McCain then gives one. & Guiliani...he speaks of the neccesity for defenidng ourselves against terrorists but did nothing to help the people of his city defend themselves against common street thugs. (i.e. his support of civilian disarmament). McCain, Guiliani, & Krauthammer are pro-war but anti-personal self defense. I would hope they are the exceptions but odds are they are typical of what's to come from the GOP unless it changes in a hurry. At least there'll be one real conservative who has some respect for the Right to Arms (as opposed to republican) at the convention. Unfortunately he's a democrat.

Posted by: Publicola at August 31, 2004 02:33 PM (Aao25)

6 I hope the GOP stays loyal to the NRA's cause, otherwise I'll have to vote Libertarian. Anyway, I found a link at some other blog that you might find amusing: http://blogmosis.com/pwguest/anarch_attack.mpeg It's a video of the anti-RNC mutants in NYC getting into fisticuffs with some of the Protest Warriors.

Posted by: reagan80 at August 31, 2004 02:58 PM (hlMFQ)

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