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Hillary Clinton Watch: Hillary Meter: 43% Will Vote Against
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks during an Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) Katrina Survivors rally near the U.S. Capitol in Washington Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2006. Demonstrators from New Orleans and beyond called for more federal funding to help rebuild the devastated Gulf Coast.
Rasmussen Reports: Hillary Meter: 43% Will Vote Against
Support for Hillary Clinton’s Presidential bid has slipped over the past month to the lowest levels recorded in two dozen surveys over the past year.
Today, just 27% of Americans say they would definitely vote for the former first lady while 43% would definitely vote against. Still, 59% of Americans believe it is somewhat or very likely that she will be the Democrat’s nominee in 2008.
Among Democrats, the number who would definitely vote for Clinton dropped 11 percentage points over the past two weeks.
Hillary is slipping in the polls.
Will John Kerry be a credible alternative?
Flap agrees with Captain Ed that if the Democrats wish to be competitive they MUST have a candidate outside the northeast.
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France Nuclear Watch: Secretly Upgrades Capacity of Nuclear Arsenal
French President Jacques Chirac comes aboard “The Vigilant” nuclear submarine, at l’Ile Longue military base, in the northwestern region of Brittany. Chirac for the first time warned Today that France could use nuclear weapons against states that launch or plan “terrorist” attacks against it involving weapons of mass destruction.
Guardian Unlimited: France secretly upgrades capacity of nuclear arsenal
· Modification increases range of missiles
· Altitude bomb to knock out electronic systemsFrance has secretly modified its nuclear arsenal to increase the strike range and accuracy of its weapons. The move comes weeks after President Jacques Chirac warned that states which threatened the country could face the “ultimate warning” of a nuclear retaliation.
A military source quoted yesterday by the Libération newspaper claimed France had tinkered with its nuclear weapons to improve their strike capability and make this threat more credible.
The source said there had been two major changes: the bombs can now be fired at high altitude to create an “electromagnetic impulsion” to destroy the enemy’s computer and communications systems; and the number of nuclear warheads has been reduced to increase the missiles’ range and precision.
Flexibility of France’s nuclear capability gives it a more credible nuclear deterrence.
Is this a warning to Iran and Syria?
You betcha…….
French President Jacques Chirac (R) and captain Goalou (L) visit “The Vigilant” nuclear submarine at l’Ile Longue military base, in northwestern region of Brittany. Chirac for the first time warned today that France could use nuclear weapons against states that launch or plan “terrorist” attacks against it involving weapons of mass destruction.
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Cindy Sheehan Watch: Won’t Run Against Senator Feinstein
Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan said at a news conference Thursday Feb. 9, 2006, in San Francisco’s Civic Center that she would not run against Dianne Feinstein in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary.
San Francisco Chronicle: Sheehan won’t run against Feinstein
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, who has criticized President Bush and other elected officials for their war support since her son was killed in Iraq, said today that she won’t run for office against U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
“I felt that putting pressure on her from the outside would be more effective than working from the inside,” said Sheehan, 48, of Berkeley during a morning press conference.
What a cop out…….
Flap is soooo going to miss her candidacy.
And DiFi……probably NOT……..
Michelle Malkin has CINDY SHEEHAN: NOT RUNNING
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Global War on Terror Watch: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Says He was “Blindsided”
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa listens to a question about President Bush’s immigration policies, as he comments on Bush’s State of the Union address Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, outside the mayor’s official residence, the Getty House, in Los Angeles. Villaraigosa, in a nationally televised Spanish-language speech, faulted the White House Tuesday for policies he said pushed more Americans into poverty and failed to address a crisis in education.
ASSociated Press: L.A. Mayor Blindsided by Bush Announcement
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush’s announcement of new details on a purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown skyscraper, and described communication with the White House as “nonexistent.”
“I’m amazed that the president would make this (announcement) on national TV and not inform us of these details through the appropriate channels,” the mayor told The Associated Press. “I don’t expect a call from the president — but somebody.”
“I go to work every day knowing that we are a target,” Villaraigosa said.
The mayor said homeland security needs better funding, including for the protection of high-risk targets in Los Angeles. He said some funding could be redirected from the war in Iraq, but he did not advocate an immediate withdrawal of troops.
Mayor AV is whining……after your partisan comments on the President’s State of the Union address what do you expect?
RESPECT?
No way……..
Mayor AV you can do better……..
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Howard Dean Watch: Claims President Bush is Turning United States into Iran
Drudge Flash: Dem Chair Dean Claims President Turning Country Into Iran…
This morning on ABC’s GOOD MORNING AMERICA, Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean attacked President Bush for turning the United States into Iran.
Dean: “All we ask is that we not turn into a country like Iran where the President can do anything he wants.”
Developing…
U.S. Newswire: RNC Response to DNC Chairman Howard Dean’s Comments Today on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’
Today’s Quotes:
DNC Chair Dean: “All We Ask Is That We Not Turn Into A Country Like Iran Where The President Can Do Anything He Wants.” (ABC’s “Good Morning America,” 2/9/06)
DNC Chair Dean: “The Fact Is This President Has Not Listened To The Military Or Treated Our Military Properly.” (ABC’s “Good Morning America,” 2/9/06)
The Republican National Committee response:
“Chairman Dean’s outrageous comparison today between the United States and Iran is reckless and wrong. By equating the United States of America to an oppressive regime that promotes anti-Semitism, suppresses women, and restricts free speech, Howard Dean continues to lower the bar for political discourse in this country. The question for Democrats is, do they stand beside their Party Chairman and his latest wild-eyed attack?” -Tracey Schmitt, RNC Press Secretary.
Flap’s Response:
Why is he still DNC Chairman? – how embarassing……..
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Global War on Terror Watch: Cooperation Thwarted 2002 Attack
ASSociated Press: Bush Says Cooperation Thwarted 2002 Attack
President Bush said the U.S.-led global war on terror has “weakened and fractured” al-Qaida and allied groups, outlining as proof new details about the multinational cooperation that foiled purported terrorist plans to fly a commercial airplane into the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast.
“The terrorists are living under constant pressure and this adds to our security,” Bush said. “When terrorists spend their days working to avoid death or capture, it’s harder for them to plan and execute new attacks on our country. By striking the terrorists where they live, we’re protecting the American homeland.”
Details of the thwarted 2002 Los Angeles Al Qaeda attack:
He said that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks who was captured in 2003, had already begun planning the West Coast operation in October, just after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. One of Mohammed’s key planners was Hambali, the alleged operations chief of the al-Qaida related terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah. Instead of recruiting Arab hijackers, Hambali found Southeast Asian men who would be less likely to arouse suspicion and who were sent to meet with Osama bin Laden, Bush said.
Under the plot, the hijackers were to use shoe bombs to blow open the cockpit door of a commercial jetliner, take control of the plane and crash it into the Library Tower in Los Angeles, since renamed the US Bank Tower, Bush said. In his remarks, Bush inadvertantly referred to the site as “Liberty Tower,” and immediately afterward, the White House corrected him.
The president said the plot was derailed when a Southeast Asian nation arrested a key al-Qaida operative. Bush did not name the country or the operative.
So, Hillary is the President playing the “FEAR CARD” or doing the job for which we elected him?
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Muhammad Caricature Watch: Are Extemists Fanning Caricature Outrage?
An Indonesian Muslim woman holds up a banner protesting against Denmark during a demonstration in front of the palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2005. They protested against the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper.
ASSociated Press: Are Extremist Fanning Cartoon Outrage?
An Iranian state TV announcer depicts cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad as a direct insult to Islam by the Danish government, not a private newspaper. Crowds in Syria — where state control is absolute — set fire to Danish and Norwegian embassies. The U.S. military sees the hand of extremist groups in riots in Afghanistan.
As rage over the caricatures continues across the Muslim world, there are growing questions whether governments like Syria and Iran’s hard-line clerical regime and extremist groups like the Taliban are fanning the outrage.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that Iran and Syria “have gone out of their way to inflame sentiments and to use this to their own purposes. And the world ought to call them on it.” Iranian Vice President Isfandiar Rahim Mashaee, speaking to reporters during a trip to Indonesia, rejected the allegation Thursday as “100 percent a lie.”
Since the drawings were first published in a Danish paper in September — and reprinted in other European papers in the past weeks — protests and impromptu boycotts of Danish products have erupted in numerous Arab and Islamic countries.
Most have been non-violent. In Egypt, demonstrators — including ones from the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood — have gone out of their way to insist they are peaceful and aren’t angry at the Danish people, only the newspaper and the government for not taking a strong enough stance against the insult.
But in Iran, Afghanistan, Syria and Lebanon the protests have been more violent.
This August 14, 2005, file photo shows a costumed competitor in a French pig-squealing contest at an agricultural fair. It was circulated this week in a pamphlet purporting to show images offensive to Islam. The photo has no connection with Islam or the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper in September. The Associated Press has protested this misleading usage and is demanding that distributors stop circulating it.
Why, of course these violent protests are organized.
Is the MSM finally noticing?
Iran’s government has been the most overt in characterizing the drawings as an organized effort to attack Islam.
The country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in a nationally televised speech that the cartoons were part of a “Zionist plot.” Mohsen Rezai, an official on the Expediency Council — a powerful body of hard-line clerics — said the drawings were a “test” by the West to see what Muslims’ reaction would be.
Iranian state media depict the drawings as an act of the Danish government, not a private newspaper. “After insulting Islam with the drawings, the government has not apologized yet,” one newsreader said in a television broadcast recently.
“It’s clear these reactions were supported by some political elements. Even state media alluded to the fact that European governments intentionally ordered the production of cartoons,” said Iranian political sociologist Hamid Reza Jalaipour.
He thinks the violent protests were payback for the U.N. nuclear watchdog referring Iran to the
U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program earlier this month.You think?
In Syria, crowds set fire to Danish and Norwegian missions in Damascus. In a country where the government has absolute control, few believe the protesters could have pulled off such a brazen act without tacit government consent.
The next day, state-run media said the violence would not have happened “if Denmark had apologized” for the drawings.
State sponsored terrorism and state sponsored violent protests – what a coincidence.
Stay tuned as more of the story develops……
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