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Q U O T A B L E S

December 9, 2005

 Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Con.) said, Democrats "undercut the president's credibility at our nation's peril."

"I am not as worried about the president's credibility. ... We need to redeploy our troops and stop making our troops the target over there. We believe that talking about the president's failed strategy is not unpatriotic. It may undercut the president but it does not undercut the troops. We are for the troops and we are going to support the troops." -- Democrat National Committee Chairman Howard Dean.

 

J U S T   P O L I T I C S

 

Bubba still pushing Kyoto Pact

Former President Bill Clinton will show up today at the U.N. Global Warming Conference in Montreal – to the chagrin of the Bush administration. The Associated Press reports on Clinton’s speaking at the United Nations’ Global Warming Conference in Montreal:

Bill Clinton, who as president championed the Kyoto Protocol clamping controls on "greenhouse gases," was scheduled to speak at the conference Friday afternoon — in an unofficial capacity but potentially at a critical point in backroom talks involving the U.S. delegation.

The U.S. envoys, representing a Bush administration that renounced the Kyoto pact, were said to be displeased by the 11th-hour surprise, although there was no formal protest, according to an official in the Canadian government, the conference host....

Clinton, who was invited here by the City of Montreal, will speak in an unofficial context in the main conference hall Friday afternoon, said U.N. conference spokesman John Hay.

A city spokesman said the former president will be representing the William J. Clinton Foundation, which operates the Clinton Global Initiative, a program focusing on climate change as a business opportunity, The Canadian Press reported.

Democrat surrender policy

The Drudge Report indicates that the Republican National Committee will release a new ad highlighting the Democrats' policy of surrendering to terrorists:

The DRUDGE REPORT has learned from a top GOP operative that the Republican National Committee will provide state parties with a web video prior to release tomorrow afternoon that shows a white flag waving over images of Democrat leaders making anti-war remarks.

The ad is in response to the controversial comments Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean and 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry made earlier in the week.

A Democratic strategist who had the web ad described to her said, "This is way over the top but we have no one to blame but Dean, Kerry and others who continue to pander to the anti-war activists within our party."

U.N. scandal

The United Nation continues to be a dysfunctional institution. Reforms are stalled and Ambassador John Bolton has assured Secretary General Koffi Annan that the U.S. will withhold payment unless reforms are implemented.

Now NewsMax reports that Annan is trying to bury his problems:

Sources inside the U.N.'s Staff union have privately criticized U.N. chief Kofi Annan's decision to offer a number of "selected" employees "generous" retirement packages.

More curious, is the fact, say U.N. sources, that those selected for the "early termination" offers were not based on departmental seniority, a common norm for such decisions.

The sources claim that "many" of those "retiring" may be currently or potentially involved in a whole host of internal investigations, ranging from embezzlements to work place harassment.

Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) remains unabated in his investigations into U.N. corruption.

Democrat TV

The Democrat National Committee is repackaging their TV program according to Dan Manatt (the Democratic political consultant who created and co-produces the show):

Starting in late winter, DemsTV will relaunch under the new name politicsTV.com. It's a different name, but the same attitude.

Before we make the switch official, we're taping a few pilot episodes to determine what's good and what's not.

We've posted our first pilot for politicstv.com at demstv.com and we want you to watch.

 

 

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