Cross-posted by MsUnderestimated.

This has to be what can only be deemed as rounds #2, 3, 4 & 5 of the WWF of the political world. Cynthia is trying so hard to keep her belt, but it’s getting harder and harder. However, I wasn’t sure Hank was going to make it. Was he coughing to disrupt the cutest little jihadist in Congress as she spewed her blather from the inside of the skull-tightening braids on her head? Or did her hot air scorch the air around them both so bad that he couldn’t breathe? Don’t know. Neither one impressed me very much, but even as his incompetence is so profoundly displayed, the “lesser of two evils” argument needs to be thrown out of the window this time.

I don’t live in that district, but what I wouldn’t give to live there for just one day next Tuesday in November to vote for the Republican – whomever he/she may be – to keep either of these less-than-brainiacs out of the Georgia Congress. That being said, Georgia’s 4th District is and always has been Democratically controlled. Given that, I hope that the voters of that district “get out the vote” next Tuesday for Hank Johnson. Hank doesn’t look like someone who would smack a police officer who was just doing his job on Capitol Hill.

For round #1, see my previous post here. These new rounds, however, are TKOs by the moderators of the debate. I’m not sure either opponent won this one.

“The fact of the matter is….” (watch the videos to understand that oft-used opening to McKinney’s statements – it was akin to “well, you know.. like, it was so, I mean, so, like, you know, we were the evil, like country, like you know?) Can I have a dollar for every time she said that? Aw, shucks… okay.

This was VERY painful to watch. However, it was not only painful, but it was also – again – entertaining on cell-slapper Cynthia’s part. She is the queen of the “non-answer” coalition, and her biggest claim to fame in this debate and others, and by her own admission, is that she is the “#1 biggest critic of the Bush Administration.” Okay, so that puts you where in your political standing? It makes you no greater or higher in prestige than Pelosi, Dean, Boxer, Reid, Kerry, Kennedy, Murtha, and on and on and on. What? Are you guys all going to get into a fight to determine the WWF champion of who is THE biggest Bush critic? I think that can be won by the lunatic left collectively; so, no, Cynthia, you do not deserve a special place at the table of the Democratic party.

The Georgia Columbus Ledger had an AP piece on today’s debate:

Johnson says he is not a Republican pawn and he started running his race before the “ABC” – “Anybody but Cynthia” – campaign began. He said that of the more than 1,400 individual contributions his campaign has received, most were donations of $100 or less. Johnson said his campaign has identified only three contributions from known Republicans.

“I can guarantee the public my allegiance is to the voters,” Johnson said.

The candidates for the 4th Congressional District squared off in a live hour-long debate aired on WSB-TV. It was the last televised debate before Tuesday’s runoff election.

In the July 18th primary, Johnson, an attorney and former DeKalb County Commissioner, came within 1,700 votes of McKinney to force a runoff.

During the debate, Johnson twice questioned McKinney about the March scuffle between the congresswoman and a Capitol Hill police officer, asking her to tell voters what really happened that day. McKinney said the grand jury had spoken on the issue and vindicated her.

“What is a woman to do when she is grabbed from behind?” McKinney asked. “The grand jury knows everything about that incident. Mr. Johnson wasn’t there and he doesn’t know anything.”

Johnson seized upon the Capitol Hill incident as an example of what he has called McKinney’s embarrassing leadership in office. While he has spent much of his campaign contrasting himself to McKinney’s outspoken, confrontational style, Johnson says he thinks voters believe he is the best candidate for the job and not just an alternative to the controversial Congresswoman.

“I think the ‘Anybody But Cynthia’ campaign has turned into the ‘We Love Hank’ campaign,” he quipped.

McKinney called herself the “Number One critic of the Bush administration” and urged voters to send her back to Washington.

“I stand in stark contrast to the Republican majority, and I’m proud of that,” McKinney said. “I promise to go to Washington and never be quiet.”

When questioned about the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and the need for an immediate cease-fire, McKinney said that every country has a right to self-defense, but that the U.S. should be doing more to encourage peace in the region and take more of a stand for human rights for Israeli and Lebanese civilians. Johnson said the U.S. should stand by Israel as its ally.

“It’s very difficult to call a cease-fire with a terrorist organization,” Johnson said.

To read the rest, and to watch the videos, go to MsUnderestimated’s original post.

Cross-posted from Ms.Underestimated.

Look no further than the Atlanta Journal Constipation’s Sunday edition. sigh.. it’s hard to be a conservative in a liberal town.

Guess Thigpen, Rall, and Luckovich might just be buddies… ya think?

Cross-posted from MsUnderestimated.

“A foreign policy that’s tough and smart.” Yes, that was the mantra of DNC Spokesperson, Karen Finney, who came on the Factor tonight to talk to Laura about Howard Scream’s, er, ah, I mean DEAN’s recent comments calling Iraqi PM Maliki an anti-Semite, comparing Katherine Harris to Josef Stalin, and the other miscellaneous garbage that spews from this miscreant’s pie-hole.

As usual, just like her boss, she wouldn’t answer any direct questions. All she could do was answer with a non-answer, i.e., “we need a new direction.” Laura finally gave up after asking her the first question at least three times, and then moved on. But I swear, by the end of the clip, I still have no clue what Finney said, if anything.

The beautiful thing though is, Laura didn’t let her get away with anything. Way to go Laura! Hey, Fox News… you guys need to give Laura Ingraham her OWN SHOW!

It’s almost pointless to transcribe the exchange, because it’s mostly the same. Here are the basics of it, even though it’s not exact, it’s a conglomeration of the same non-answer she gave three different ways.

Laura: How does calling the Iraqi PM an anti-Semite advance the ball for the Democratic party?

Karen: Well, I actually have a question for the Bush administration. How is it that…

Laura: That’s not how it works…

Karen: Well the unanswered question is why are we spending billions of dollars to support a Prime Minister that refuses to denounce Hezbollah, which is a terrorist organization.

For the rest of the story and the video, go to the original post at MsUnderestimated.

I thought Juan might have learned his lesson with Laura Ingraham on Friday’s Factor, but apparently not. Hell, even his DNC Talking Points haven’t changed one iota.

Laura on Friday, Incredulous at Juan’s Rantings…

On Fox News Sunday, the panel was, of course, disussing the Israeli/Hezbollah war. And again, like on Friday, Juan talks about the inordinate amount of damage, intentional and collateral, the Israelis are inflicting on innocent Lebanese. Hey, Juan… haven’t you heard? The Israelis are dropping leaflets, TELLING citizens to move to safety, at the risk of revealing their war plans to Hezbollah. I’m very sorry that Lebanon hasn’t been strong enough to reign in Hezbollah, but U.N. Resolution 1559 demanded it. Israel has given concession after concession after concession, all with promises that violence from Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah would stop… if only Israel would vacate Gaza, blah, blah, and more blah. Were the promises ever kept? Nope. When the final concession was made to leave Gaza, even after the horrible scenes of Israelis being physically removed from their homes in the settlements, Hamas immediately began firing rockets into Israel. They trashed every economic and commerce structure inside Gaza, and basically gutted the place. So Israel got the shaft again for appeasing the terrorists.

Hey, America and the rest of the world…. are you paying attention? Israel has been appeasing the terrorists, and none of the promises made to them were kept. Do you honestly think that if we appease Al Qaeda, et. al that they’ll stop their violent, bloody Jihadi campaign to kill all infidels? If you answered yes, you need to have your head checked.

As usual, several of the other panelists had their “did he just really say that?” moments with Juan, as did Laura Ingraham on Friday (see photo above). I am going to start highlighting these every time Juan acts like an idiot and leaves other guests with their jaws agape.

Here is the best part of the transcript:

GIGOT: The best thing you can do for the Lebanese government is to degrade and disarm Hezbollah because the weaker Hezbollah is as a military force, the more it will have to remain a political party, play a role in Lebanon. And the more you strengthen the Lebanese army and the Lebanese…

WILLIAMS: But this undermines our basic theory that Secretary Rice is taking over to the Middle East this weekend, which is to get the Arab states to act as a buffer between Hezbollah and the Lebanese government and Israel and the United States, because what you’re doing is you have the Arab leadership now willing to go to Rome and talk with Secretary Rice.

But the people—the people are angry at Israel and the United States and see this as a one-sided deal, the U.S. speeding delivery of more military munitions, more of those F-15 U.S.-made fighter jets bombing away at Lebanon. How do you imagine that that won’t result in animosity and generations of people who are just furious?

Are you kidding me, Juan?

GIGOT: So you’re furious because we’re sending targeted weapons, these smart weapons that can explicitly …

WILLIAMS: Have you seen the pictures, Paul?

I’m biting my tongue on this one.

GIGOT: Look, it’s a very difficult situation. But the smart weapons actually do less damage. We ought to speed more weapons over there because they’ll do less damage to civilians.

WILLIAMS: I think the weapons they’re speeding over there are those bunker busters that are going to do more damage.

You’re not serious, are you Juan?

GIGOT: Thank God for the bunker busters, because…

KRISTOL: Yes, there aren’t a lot of civilians…

GIGOT: ... that means you’re going to get these people 100 feet down.

KRISTOL: There aren’t a lot of innocent Lebanese civilians in bunkers. It’s the senior leadership of Hezbollah, and they need to be killed.

WILLIAMS: Well, General…

KRISTOL: And this operation will fail, I’m afraid…

WILLIAMS: But, General Kristol, General Kristol…

KRISTOL: ... if they don’t succeed in wiping out…

WILLIAMS: ... you understand we’re fighting people who are a guerrilla unit. They hide in civilian—they hide in apartment buildings, under apartment buildings. So we’re saying okay, we know you’ve got to go get them, and we’re apparently saying therefore go get the Lebanese…

Well, let me tell you something!

KRISTOL: I’m sorry, the Israeli army broadcasts and drops leaflets telling civilians to leave.

WILLIAMS: OK.

KRISTOL: They’ve done that throughout south Lebanon.

WILLIAMS: True.

KRISTOL: They’ve been incredibly careful. They’ve aborted bombing raids when they’ve said there were too many civilians that might be killed. The U.S. and Israeli armies have conducted the wars in Iraq and this war in Lebanon with incredible attempts to minimize civilian damages.

Check out the full post, transcript & video at MsUnderestimated.

Well, well, well… I thought Headmaster Hume had schooled Juan enough, but apparently Juan came back for more. This time, Headmistress Laura helps to continue the education of Juan. Will Juan ever graduate? Will he ever learn that kids never win when playing with adults? Will Juan get picked on more when people find out he got his butt kicked by a girl? Who knows. But watching it is just sheer delight.

Juan Williams appeared with Laura on Friday’s edition of the Factor, and the subject was the Israeli war with Hezbollah. You’d have thought Juan would have learned his lessons before with Brit, and maybe he thought taking on “only” a talk-radio hostess, he could win. But alas… reality took hold. It starts out cordial enough, but just ramps up.

Laura: Is it too little too late from Condoleeza Rice, is that what you’re saying?

Juan: I think it’s too little, and I think it’s evidence of passivity. I mean it’s just weak, you know, people are throwing bombs over there, people are dying. I mean the pictures are just sadness. Lebanon is just being torn to shreds, and the U.S., somehow …

Laura: …and why is it being torn to shreds?

Juan: It’s being torn to shreds because of Israeli bombs at this moment, and because the terrorists, Hezbollah, started this.

Laura: So, are you blaming Israel for this? This whole situation in the Middle East? I don’t think even the Arab League is even doing that.

Juan: I’m not blaming them; I don’t know why you would say that. What I am saying is that the United States, as the world’s Super Power, has a responsibility here not to simply stand by, you know, as if it’s some Super Power that’s distracted, maybe pre-occupied. Instead, get involved and start saving lives.

Laura: Here’s my question to you: If Hezbollah’s strength is seriously degraded, is that good for America and our security interests, or bad for America and our security interests?

Juan: It’s TERIFFIC for American security interests.

Laura: So, why on earth, Juan, would we tell Israel to stop, cease fire, because a cease-fire applies to whom? It really applies to Israel. It doesn’t apply to Hezbollah, they’re not listening to anybody.

Juan: What is going on in your head? Where are you? Have you noticed lately how many people who are dying? Both on the Israeli and the Lebanese sides.

Well, ffffff…......

Laura: War is hell, Juan… war is hell.

Juan: War is hell? Well let me tell you something. If it is your family, if it’s someone you cared about, if you were…

Laura: Israel is unified behind their response, Juan. Did you see what Israel’s people are saying? They have never been as united as they’ve been now since the Yom Kippur war.

Laura tries to cool things down, and wants to know what Juan would do if he were a decision-maker; specifically, what would he do if he were an advisor to President Bush?

Laura: Juan Williams advising President Bush – go:

Juan: Immediately begin diplomatic efforts… start talking… start…

Laura: What does that mean?

Juan: …start talking to the Arab states about them getting involved in Lebanon, and having them put the blanket on Hezbollah.

Did he just say that?

Laura: It’s called the U.N. temporary peace-keeping force that has been there and done nothing. I mean, is the U.N. a savior here? Has the U.N. done anything?

Juan: No, the U.N. hasn’t been able to do it. The Lebanese army is too weak to do it.

Laura: So, Egypt is going to do it for us?

Juan: No, well, you know what, you can have a group…

Laura: Israel is the only place, the only country that can clean this out, Juan. Who else is going to clean out Hezbollah?

Juan: You know what Israel can do? Israel can do exactly what you’re seeing being done; bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb. It’s not going to get rid of Hezbollah; it’s just going to, in fact, create more terrorists and possibly even reverberate here in this country by creating more terrorists who would come here to roost here in the U.S.!

The “Impact segment?” The only impact was Juan’s gray matter sloshing around in his near-empty skull. This was a total KO by Laura.

Watch the love-fest here.

Cross-posted from MsUnderestimated.

Olbermann Watch:

In the Media Matters MInute, Olby called Ann Coulter a “screaming fraud”, blaming her for people who send white powder to the New York Times. KO, who relies on the Media Matters summaries (often misleading and inaccurate) apparently didn’t actually check the transcript of what Annie said, and bellowed:

She went on another radio show to suggest staffers of the New York Times be executed.

Coulter’s exact words:

And do you think there is any possibility any action will be taken against The New York Times for something that could have gotten them executed, certainly did get the Rosenbergs executed?

Annie suggested that legal action should be taken against the Times. That is a bit different from her inciting people to kill staffers at the Old Gray Lady. But such fine distinctions are lost on comedian Keith Olbermann, whose spin grows lamer and more desperate by the day.

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Remember in October when Wilson’s attorney said he and his wife are “private” people who “didn’t choose to be in the public spotlight?” Well it sure looks like they’re choosing to be in the spotlight now.

Or how about that 60 Minutes interview with Joe Wilson where CIA “expert” Jim Marcinkowski said agents “don’t like cameras”, “publicity”, and “operate in the background as much as possible”.

ED BRADLEY: Have you been in contact with her [Valerie Plame] recently?

JIM MARCINKOWSKI: Yes.

BRADLEY: What has this done to her? How is she handling it?

MARCINKOWSKI: CIA people don’t like cameras, don’t like publicity, they operate in the background as much as possible. She’s in a very, very uncomfortable spot.

Well it seems cameras and publicity are a few of Valerie Wilsons’ favorite things.

Oh, by the way, Marcinkowski is running for Congress.

Hot Air has more ...

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Keith Olbermann slams FOX News host Bill O’Reilly along with radio talk show host Laura Ingraham’s attack on The New York Times’ for taking a picture of Donald Rumseld’s private home and security camera. I know, how dare they question The New York Times’ actions!

Johnny Dollar at Olbermann writes:

O’Reilly’s “worst person” status was shared with Laura Ingraham, because they were critical of the New York Times for publishing Donald Rumsfeld’s vacation house photo. Bellowed Olby:

They never mention that Mr Rumsfeld gave the Times permission to take and publish the photo, or that now even the Secret Service says publishing it represented no threat to anyone or anything.

Talk about not mentioning stuff, Olby never mentioned that the photo shows a birdhouse, and the article goes out of its way to point out that a security camera is secreted in it. And Olby didn’t bother to quote the Secret Service directly. Could it be because their statement didn’t jibe with KO’s false characterization:

As you can imagine, we would prefer less information than more in that regard. However, we take necessary steps to provide security wherever one of our protectees lives, and do our best to be as unobtrusive as possible to neighbors and the general public.

So did Rumsfeld give the Times permission to identify the hidden security camera? And is it true, as some have reported, that the Secret Service has upped security there since the publication? Don’t expect any of that to be addressed by comedian Keith Olbermann, the most dangerous demagogue in America.

One must wonder, if O’Reilly’s and Ingraham’s opinion were important enough to be “Worst” in the world, why didn’t DCCC Chairman Rahm Emanuel (D – IL) make the list for using dead soldiers to raise money.

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(h/t Lorie Byrd)

Lorie writes:

Colmes pulled out the old “retribution” meme re the Plame story and said some other things that made Mary roll her eyes. She did a pretty good job getting the truth out, though.

When think you think no one would be dumb enough to pull out the “a crime was committed” card in the Plame case,

Alan Colmes tries to paint it as if the Bush administration has done something wrong and revealed Plame’s name as “retaliation” to Joe Wilson’s editorial. Matalin talks to Alan as if he was a child, he obviously needs to be, and educated him that no crime was committed. Alan jumps in and asks “what about Scooter Libby”. What about Scooter Libby? It’s quite clear his indictment was about perjury, not having to do with releasing Plame’s name because that wasn’t a crime. This is exactly why liberals can’t be trusted to dictate the law, because they make it up themselves!

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Radio talk show host Laura Ingraham appeared opposite of Democratic strategist Bob Beckel to discuss the Biden remark on Friday’s edition of Hannity & Colmes. Incase you forgot, last week Senator Biden remarked “you cannot go to a 7/11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.” Liberal co-host Alan Colmes was first up to debate Ingraham and get a response from Beckel. Colmes, who hates it when his counterpart and conservative guests refer to President Clinton, brought up quotes from many moons ago and attempted to make it relevant. Ingraham, who would have none of it, told Colmes that we shouldn’t care about some silly comments made by Biden, instead we should worry about Islamofascists that want to kill us. Go Laura! Kudos to Beckel, who laughed at the situation and an apologetic response from Biden’s office.

However, Beckel, as usual, doesn’t leave on a positive note. At the end of the segment he tried to paint liberals as those have “more room” to “maneuver” with minorities. Laura Ingraham challenged his ignorant remark, this is how it went down:

INGRAHAM: Bob, can I ask you a question?

BECKEL: Sure.

INGRAHAM: Wait, the liberals have more room to move because what, they advocated failed welfare policies for 25 years?

BECKEL: No, [mumbles]. No, the answer is, I’m trying to be honest here.

Beckel tries to laugh it off, but it is quite obvious that he is embarrassed.

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