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Giuliani was sensational

I pushed my way into managed to get in the Paladian ballroom just in time to listen to Giuliani. This is when my double media/attendee credentials paid off.

The crowd waiting outside was at least as large as the crowd inside. Everybody wanted to listen to him live. Unlike Romney and Brownback, Giuliani doesn’t have a gauntlet of volunteers handling out stickers and posters. Actually, aside from the speech I haven’t seen anyone handing out RG stuff and I’ve been here two days.

George Will introduced Giuliani, and the crowd entusiastically rose to their feet in applause

Giuliani speaks in a very matter-of-fact conversational tone which I greatly welcome after hearing a lot of haranguing. His record as mayor of NYC, his message that America is a country of ideas, and his vision for a strong America went over very very well with the crowd.

He was sensational.

Will the social conservatives go with Romney? Probably. The question is, can he win a national election?

Update, Saturday March 3: The NYT is lying, Ace.
I’ve never seen anything like it, even last year

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"Cough up the money!", and today’s items

The Anchoress posts about Hillary’s demand that Obama return the money he’s raised,

Well, slap my ass and call me Sally, but it seems to me that a strong and confident campaign does not demand that other candidates denounce their supporters and return contribution checks to them, but this is what Hillary Clinton’s campaign does all the time! Particularly if an opponent’s donor has dared to say something mean about poor old Hillary, who is just a girl and should be treated nice, because politics is about niceness and sweetness, and she would never, never indulge in a scorched earth, slash-and-burn sort of politics, herself.

Yet another reason not to vote for Hillary.

Falling on Geffen’s ears, and Daschle to Endorse Obama

As Hillary said, “You don’t have to fall in love, you just have to fall in line”.

Meanwhile, “It was from the heart. It was unbelievable.”

Thanks to Larwyn and Maria.
Update, another one from Maria, CLUELESS LIB STICKS HIS LEADING MAN WITH A STINKER

One night in Hollywood and it’s all blasted to hell.

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Gerard, another one of my four favorite bloggers, An Ash Wednesday Confession with Eliot’s Ash Wednesday

BEING ONLY A MAN, I often tire of the endless things of man; of his vanity and his violence which, as all the things of men must, resides in me as well as in you.

A wonderful post.

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The love-for-oil-fest continues. This time is Venezuela-Argentina, again.
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Town Commons looks at Nancy’s sense of outrage.
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(PDF file) Entrepeneurs are the heroes of the world
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I really want to see this movie,
Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace
Words by John Newton 1779

Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see.

‘Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear,
And Grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils, and snares
I have already come.
‘Tis Grace hath brought me safe thus far
And Grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me.
His Word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.


Slavery continues in our day.

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White flag Republicans, and today’s items

The vote in favor of defeat was 246 to 182, with 17 Republicans joining Nancy Pelosi and John Murtha in undercutting the war, the troops, and encouraging the enemy to fight on.

Cassandra has the the roll call of shame

http://www.castle.house.gov/ DE
http://coble.house.gov/ NC 6th district
http://tomdavis.house.gov/ VA 11th district
http://www.house.gov/duncan/ TN 2nd district
http://www.house.gov/english/ PA 3rd
http://gilchrest.house.gov/ MD 1st
http://inglis.house.gov/ SC 4th
http://www.house.gov/timjohnson/ IL 15th
http://jones.house.gov/ NC 3rd
http://keller.house.gov/ FL 8th
http://www.house.gov/kirk/ IL 10th
http://www.house.gov/latourette/ OH 14th
http://www.house.gov/paul/ TX 14th
http://www.house.gov/petri/ WI 6th
http://www.house.gov/ramstad/ MN 3rd
http://www.house.gov/upton/ MI 6th
http://walsh.house.gov/ NY 25th

Each of these Republicans have voted to embolden our enemies.

N.Z. has the full details,

Representative James T. Walsh
Phone: 202-225-3701
Fax: 202-225-4042
[Email: Rep.james.walsh AT mail.house.gov]

Representative Walter Jones
Phone: 202-225-3415
Fax: 202-225-3286

Representative Wayne Gilchrest
Phone: 202-225-5311
Fax: 202-225-0254

Representative Michael Castle
Phone: 202-225-4165
Fax: 202-225-2291

Representative Richard (Ric) Keller
Phone: 202-225-2176
Fax: 202-225-0999

Representative Philip Sheridan English
Phone: 202-225-5406
Fax: 202-225-3103

Representative Ronald Ernest Paul
Phone: 202-225-2831

Representative Frederick Stephen Upton
Phone: 202-225-3761
Fax: 202-225-4986

Representative Thomas M. Davis
Phone: 202-225-1492
Fax: 202-225-3071

Representative Mark Kirk
Phone: 202-225-4835
Fax: 202-225-0837

Representative Howard Coble
Phone: 202-225-3065
Fax: 202-225-8611
Email: howard.coble AT mail.house.gov

Representative John J. Duncan Jr.
Phone: 202-225-5435
Fax: 202-225-6440

Representative James Ramstad
Phone: 202-225-2871
Fax: 202-225-6351
Email: mn03 AT mail.house.gov

Representative Steven C. LaTOURETTE
Phone: 202-225-5731
Fax: 202-225-3307

Representative Robert Inglis
Phone: 202-225-6030
Fax: 202-226-1177

Representative Timothy V. Johnson
Phone: 202-225-2371
Fax: 202-226-0791

Representative Thomas Petri
Phone: 202-225-2476
Fax: 202-225-2356

Bruce Kessler:

Insularity and relaxation upon official comforts among Republican leaders, instead, contributed to the Democrat controlled Congress we now have that is following through on their plan to undermine the Iraq effort. Some Republican congressmen and senators – who Hugh Hewitt has aptly named “White Flag Republicans” – have joined with the Democrats. It matters not whether they have gone soft or are just playing to their local bleachers. The result is the same.

Here’s a link to the Victory Caucus.

Special thanks to Larwyn.

Update
MILITARY RECRUITING IN 2006 BEST IN ALMOST A DECADE

Democrats have fallen silent on the issue of military recruiting over the past months, and for good reason

Go read about it.

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