Patterico's Got the Numbers

...and a truckload of visitors from his luciannealanche

Gallup reports Bush up by 14 points ! 54 Bush - 40 Kerry

As for Patterico's Papa

Straighten up and fly right
Words and Music by Nat King Cole and Irving Mills

A buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air
The monkey thought that everything was on the square
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back
But the monkey grabbed his neck and said-- Now listen, Jack

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.
Ain't no use in divin'
What's the use in jivin'
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.

The buzzard told the monkey "You're chokin' me
Release your hold and I'll set you free
The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye and said
Your story's touching but it sounds like a lie

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and do right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.

(instrumental interlude)

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and do right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.

Bush is a Hottie

The Powerline guys seem surprized to find out that chicks think GWB is cute

Earlier today we did a post on the unintended consequences of the Dems' causing photos of President Bush National Guard to remain in circulation. I think we got more emails than we've ever received in response to a post. The reaction from female Power Line readers, of whom probably 150 or more have written us, was unanimous. Several volunteered comparisons of the Bush photos with those of John Kerry from the same era; their comparisons were not flattering to Kerry.

Coincidentally, I ran across a photo of Kerry, circa 1971, with two alleged fellow veterans, that I've never seen before. So I thought we'd run a side-by-side comparison:





We blog, you decide.

I've already decided. And many have joined me as Chicks for Bush

Update: In Bill's World let's you decide about the First Girls.

CBS and Math

CBS has made ZERO effort to answer the questions about the memos up til now. Andy Heyward says that they will redouble their efforts to answer those questions.

Do you think he knows that when you double or redouble Zero you still have zero?

2 x 0 = 0
2 x 2 x 0 = 0

He could quadruple his efforts and they still would be nothing.

Statement by the President of CBS News, Andrew Heyward:

'We established to our satisfaction that the memos were accurate or we would not have put them on television. There was a great deal of coroborating [sic] evidence from people in a position to know. Having said that, given all the questions about them, we believe we should redouble our efforts to answer those questions, so that's what we are doing'...

I love math ;^D

The Chicks are Ready to Roll

I'm hoping the Chicks and their friends will help us by placing the blogroll, banner and link to our CafePress swag on their sites.

Here's the Blogroll

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To make the code work, put a < in front of the first word, script.

At the end, put a > in back of the final word, script

Here's the Banner


Here's some Swag






The profits made on the fabulous Chicks for Bush swag will be split and donated to Bill Jones for Senate and John Thune for Senate.

Boycott Survivor

CBS only has a few top 10 shows, Survivor and 60 Minutes. I think a network boycott would be impossible to accomplish, but the premier of Survivor is on Thursday night, and if the bloggers in pajamas blogged, instead of watching, we might be able to affect their ratings.

Do you agree? Spread the word.

USA Today has Memos

USA Today says they have copies of the memos that they acquired independently. That means they know the source!

USA TODAY obtained copies of the documents independently soon after the 60 Minutes segment aired Wednesday, from a person with knowledge of Texas Air National Guard operations. The person refused to be identified out of fear of retaliation. It is unclear where the documents, if they are real, had been kept in the intervening three decades.

Need More Proof?

Click here for a animated demo of how similar the Dan Rat memos are to microsoft word.

Funny Business

Byron at Slings and Arrow has found some good stuff

Kaus on Dennis Miller
Miller: "What do you think of Kerry's proposal for a Dept. of Wellness?"

Kaus: "We've got a war in Iraq, we have health care issues and Kerry wants to talk about about a Dept of Wellness? How about a Dept. of F---ing Perspective?"

Classic.

And from the Washington Post...

What do they really think of Shrumsy

Each day at the Democratic convention in Boston, a team of 10 speechwriters would convene in a windowless office behind the Fleet Center podium to help compose and polish that night's speeches. In the spirit of camaraderie, the speechwriters discussed making T-shirts for themselves.

One suggested a design featuring the slogan "Reverse the Curse" over a picture of Bob Shrum, the Democratic strategist whom many perceived to be presidential candidate John Kerry's closest adviser. "The Curse" referred to Shrum's career-long slump in presidential campaigns, a well-catalogued losing streak that runs from George McGovern to Al Gore.

Forged or Authentic

The so-called document expert, Marcel Matley, cited by Dan Rat, is a member of the National Association of Document Examiners. Most news reports state that it is near impossible to authenticate a signature on a non-original document. You can contact the association at 866-569-0833 or email their president, Katherine Koppenhaver, with any questions.

My question for her: Is it standard practice for your members to declare that signatures are true and authentic without examining the original ducument? If a member violated the standard practices of your organization, would you kick him out? If not, it seems the credibility of your organization would suffer.

Never Forget

Last week I spent some time with Darryl Worley. He is as enthusiastic about President George W. Bush as any young republican intern. He's doing his part.

Darryl Worley's
"Have You Forgotten?"

2,998 Reasons NOT To Forget!

I hear people saying we don't need this war
I say there's some things worth fighting for
What about our freedom and this piece of ground?
We didn't get to keep 'em by backing down
They say we don't realize the mess we're getting in
Before you start to preachin'
Let me ask you this my friend

CHORUS 1
Have you forgotten how it felt that day
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away?
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside
Going through a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout Bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

They took all the footage off my T.V.
Said it's too disturbing for you and me
It'll just breed anger that's what the experts say
If it was up to me I'd show it every day
Some say this country's just out looking for a fight
After 9/11 man I'd have to say that's right

CHORUS 1
Have you forgotten how it felt that day
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away?
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside
Going through a living hell
And we vowed to get the ones behind Bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

I've been there with the soldiers
Who've gone away to war
And you can bet that they remember
Just what they're fighting for

CHORUS 2
Have you forgotten all the people killed?
Yes, some went down like heroes in that Pennsylvania field
Have you forgotten about our Pentagon?
All the loved ones that we lost
And those left to carry on
Don't you tell me not to worry 'bout Bin Laden
Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten?

If you click over to Alberta Rose you can hear the song and a few others you might like.