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Wishes for a Democratic Sweep Bow to
Reality
"surprise Rep. John Murtha will go down to a
much-deserved defeat in Pennsylvania"
Philip V. Brennan / Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006
[NOTE: The article below is reprinted with the author's permission.
It can also be found on
NewsMax.com]
Over the years I've observed the phenomenon of the sudden emergence of
second thoughts as Election Day approaches. Races where the common
wisdom has declared a candidate a sure winner when the first Tuesday
after the first Monday of November is months away suddenly fall into
the not-so-sure category as Election Day nears.
This is called hedging your bets, especially when the media have
allowed the wish to become the father to the thought in most cases,
when the wish is for liberal Democrats to win an election.
Richard Nixon, who was no dunderhead when it came to election
strategy, once said that the real campaign takes place in the three
weeks before Election Day. Then, and only then, does the great mass of
the voters begin to take notice. That great mass, incidentally,
constitutes what are known as the "swing voters" folks who can go
either one way or another, depending on which way the wind is blowing.
Those are the ones who are the targets of all the last-minute
political rhetoric and the ones who decide who wins and who loses.
For the most part, in the times before elections the remainder of the
electorate tend to remain what they are Democrat or Republican and
will most probably follow their party absent any extraordinary
developments that might tend to wean them away from their usual
political allegiances.
As a result of all this, polls taken far in advance of an election are
worse than useless; they are, in fact, deceptive. Now, if you are a
partisan liberal Democrat which is what most members of the media
are it is comforting to allow the wish for a Democratic victory to
become father to the thought. As Election Day nears, however, reality
forces you to take a closer look and begin to rely on facts rather
than hopes.
This is what we are seeing now. That much-touted Democratic victory
that would sweep Nancy Pelosi into the speaker's chair, and perhaps
even make Harry Reid majority leader of the Senate once considered
by the media savants as all but certain developments now appears a
lot less than certain. A lot less.
Forced to admit this, the media fall back on the lame excuse that new
developments have led voters to have second thoughts that maybe they
might not really want Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid running things on
Capitol Hill. They cite the president's rising popularity ratings, the
lower price of gasoline and the voters' sudden realization that they
are in fact safer from terrorism in the hands of Republicans than they
would be under the likes of Nancy and Harry, Howard Dean and John
Murtha. But the last reason is not new most voters already believed
that.
So a lot of specious gimmicks such as the so-called generic polls,
which allegedly indicate how voters will vote for either a generic
Democrat or generic Republican, are suddenly exposed for what they are
sheer poppycock. There has been no revision of the old truism that
all politics are local and are seldom influenced by national issues.
All of the giddy media optimism that their cause will triumph on
November 7 is suddenly muted. All but the worst diehards among them
are now admitting that the outcome is now very much in doubt, that
their cherished dream of a Democrat-controlled Congress may be too
much to ask that a six-seat pickup in the Senate is simply not
within the realm of probability and a 15-seat pickup in the House is
really more wishful thinking among them than the reality.
For months now, the media have been telling us that Pennsylvania's
Republican Senator Rick Santorum is an all but certain goner that
his opponent, the utterly lackluster state treasurer, Bob Casey, was
so far ahead in the polls that his election would be a cakewalk.
Now we're being told that Rick Santorum has somehow made a miraculous
recovery and is now just about neck-and-neck with Casey. It's not that
they were wrong when they pronounced Santorum's obituary months ago,
they say, it's just that he's undergone a mysterious and inexplicable
re-animation and may live on in the Senate for another six years.
I don't like to make predictions it's a dangerous thing for any
columnist to do but I'm going to stick my neck out and state
unequivocally that the GOP was never got that? never in any real
danger of losing control of either the House or the Senate. It was
just made to seem to be the case by the media.
Rick Santorum will win in Pennsylvania, Virginia Senator George Allen
will trounce turncoat James Webb, and surprise Rep. John Murtha
will go down to a much-deserved defeat in Pennsylvania. Sources inside
Murtha's campaign told officials of the Boot Murtha group of veterans
that Murtha's unfavorable ratings top 50 percent making him more
vulnerable than the media care to admit. One official told me, "If
that's true, we'd have to screw up to lose."
Boot Murtha is a campaign organized by Vets for the Truth to Redeploy
John Murtha a goal dear to the hearts of every United States Marine
who cherishes the reputation of the world's finest military unit that
Murtha has dragged through the mud.
It has been reported that Nancy Pelosi is measuring the windows in the
speaker's office for new drapes. She'd better not buy them they'll
only end up in the closets of her minority leader's office.
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Phil Brennan is a veteran journalist who writes for NewsMax.com. He is
editor & publisher of Wednesday on the Web (http://www.pvbr.com) and
was Washington columnist for National Review magazine in the 1960s. He
also served as a staff aide for the House Republican Policy Committee
and helped handle the Washington public relations operation for the
Alaska Statehood Committee which won statehood for Alaska. He is also
a trustee of the Lincoln Heritage Institute and a member of the
Association of Former Intelligence Officers.
Ahmadinejad quotes Murtha?
Is Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
taking his cues from Congressman John Murtha?
Last May 17th, Congressman Murtha accused
Marines of killing innocent civilians in Iraq "in cold blood." Now
Iranian President Ahmadinejad is accusing the Unites States of the
same thing.
Ahmadinejad's speech at the United Nations,
Sept. 19, 2006:
" The Iranian leader had harsh
words about U.S. efforts in Iraq, saying "the occupiers are incapable
of establishing security in Iraq" and every day hundreds of people get
killed "in cold blood." [LINK]
Pre-Boot Murtha Rally Event:
FLIGHT 93 MEMORIAL MOTORCYCLE RIDE!
 Attention
Boot Murtha Rally goers: We have an exciting pre-Rally event for all
you biker folks!
An avid biker and anti-Murtha activist has put together a great
motorcycle ride in remembrance of the heroic Americans on United
Flight 93. It will go from Johnstown to the temporary Flight 93
memorial and return to the War Memorial Arena in time for the Boot
Murtha Rally.
Riders will gather after 10:00 AM
at the Vets for the Truth Headquarters: 1001 Eisenhower Blvd.
in
Johnstown for an 11:00 AM departure. The ride to the memorial will be approximately
45 minutes, and a short reflection period will follow at the
memorial. The group will then return to the War Memorial Arena,
arriving not later than 1:30 PM.
FLASH UPDATE: David Beamer, Todd's dad, will be speaking
prior to send-off at the VFTT Headquarters
The route will go up Eisenhower Blvd. to Rt. 56, then on Rt. 160
south, turning right on Shanksville Rd. (just past Lake Stonycreek.
It will proceed through Shanksville to the Flight 93 temporary
memorial. The formation will leave the memorial and take
Lambertsville road to Rt. 30 to Rt. 219 North back into Richland,
taking the Rt. 56 bypass into Johnstown to the War Memorial.
We have been told that there will be "Code Pink"
demonstrators at the Memorial (these are the low-lifes who have been
harassing the families of wounded veterans outside Walter Reed Army
Hospital and Bethesda Naval Hospital and other military hospitals).
The formation will make a courtesy pass by them to let them know
what we think of them.
The riders will then line up their bikes in front of the War Memorial
Arena just prior to the commencement of the Boot Murtha Rally.
Ride coordinator is Geoff. Contact for more info:
HERE
PA's FOAC (Firearms Owners Against Crime)
won't endorse Murtha!
FOAC is officially endorsing John Murtha's opponent -- Diana
Irey -- for the Nov. 7th election. FOAC is Pennsylvania's
largest pro-gun political action committee. Below are the FOAC Voter
Guides for District 12:
http://www.foac-pac.org/vguides/z1.pdf
Allegheny, Greene, Indiana, Somerset and Washington Counties.
http://www.foac-pac.org/vguides/z2.pdf
for Armstrong County
http://www.foac-pac.org/vguides/z3.pdf
for Cambria County
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