Doug Ross @ Journal

Senatorial Jeopardy

Hello, and welcome to Senatorial Jeopardy!

Doug: Alex, I'd like Senatorial Critiques for $200.

Alex: "This Senator said the following about John Kerry's 1984 defense proposals, '...ill-advised, and I think some of them are stupid in the context of the world we find ourselves in right now..."

Doug: "That would be John Kerry... oops, I mean, 'Who is John Kerry'?"

Alex: That is correct!

Back When Kerry's Views Were Ill-Advised and Stupid

Give 'em Zell

From DailyRecycler, a full Windows Media video replay of Zell Miller's speech at the RNC, which pounded Kerry deservedly and mercilessly.

Fact-checking Snopes' Ass

...Kerry still explicitly called for the outright cancellation of: NUCLEAR FORCES * MX Missile --- Cancel --- $5.0 billion * B-1 Bomber --- Cancel --- $8.0 billion * Anti-satellite system --- Cancel --- $ 99 million * Star Wars [sic] --- Cancel --- $1.3 billion * Tomahawk Missile --- Reduce by 50 per cent --- $294 million LAND FORCES * AH-64 Helicopters --- Cancel --- $1.4 billion * Division Air Defense Gun (DIVAD) --- Cancel --- $638 million * Patriot Air Defense Missile --- Cancel --- $1.3 billion NAVAL FORCES * Aegis Air-Defense Cruiser --- Cancel --- $800 million * Battleship Reactivation --- Cancel --- $453 million AIRCRAFT * AV-8B Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft --- Cancel --- $1.0 billion * F-15 Fighter Aircraft --- Cancel --- $2.3 billion * F-14A Fighter Aircraft --- Cancel --- $1.0 billion * F-14D Fighter Aircraft --- Cancel --- $286 million * Phoenix Air-to-Air Missile --- Cancel --- $432 million * Sparrow Air-to-Air Missile Just taking the last section, as somebody who's been working on fighter jets and air-to-air weapons for the last decade, I can't even imagine how our armed forces would be able to operate today if Kerry's advice had been heeded. Certainly we would not have been able to fight the Gulf War, or Afghanistan, or the liberation of Iraq. More likely, we'd have a small caretaker force today, something more resembling Canada or one of the lesser Euro states. Despite what you read in Snopes, that's the kind of military John Kerry wanted the United States to have the last time we were facing an enemy dedicated to destroying and/or enslaving us.

Fact-checking Snopes' Ass

Before it's too Late

Today's Chicago Tribune editorial as concise and excruciatingly accurate, in my opinion. Pre-emption, in today's world, must be a tenet of our defense policy if the United States is to survive.

The widely admired report of the Sept. 11 commission includes several cautionary passages for those who reject taking this war to the enemy as aggressively as possible--even if our intelligence reports may be flawed, even if our allies disagree, even if we can't fully comprehend the risks. As one passage puts it: "Once the danger has fully materialized, evident to all, mobilizing action is easier--but then it may be too late." ... ...The issue that most divides them is that [Kerry] sees terrorism as a mortal menace that he would answer with "a swift and certain response." The other [Bush] envisions the militarily aggressive--and, if need be, unilateral and pre-emptive--attack on terrorism overseas.

Taking the War to the Enemy

Navy Challenging a Kerry Medal?

How did a supposedly non-existent medal show up on John Kerry's web site? I doubt we'll be getting answers from the candidate any time soon.

[Chicago Tribune's] Thomas Lipscomb has been a hound dog on questions surrounding Kerry's Silver Star, and now he gets results. In his third story on this, he mentions Judicial Watch: "A legal watchdog group, Judicial Watch, has issued a statement, which may be read at www.judicialwatch.org, that reads, 'Kerry should remove [the] Silver Star citation from his internet site pending review by [the] U.S. Navy.' It raises other questions about the Web site records as well."...

and:

The United States Navy is challenging the authenticity of Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam War medals, in a development that could prove to be the most damaging yet to the embattled Democrat's presidential campaign. A Navy spokesman is calling Kerry's Silver Star citation with Combat V "incorrect" as it appears on his campaign web site, explaining in an interview with Chicago Sun-Times reporter Thomas Lipscomb that the Navy has never issued a Combat V at any time for the Silver Star.

PENTAGON INSPECTOR GENERAL CONTACTS SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ABOUT KERRY AWARDS and Navy Challenging Kerry's Medals

Talk about yer smears

'Be sure to share this with all your Guard and Reserve friends:

"George Bush betrayed his country by not fighting in Vietnam"
-- Mary Anne Marsh, Democratic campaign strategist (Hannity & Colmes, Aug 23, 2004)

Ms. Marsh apparently did not offer her views on Bill Clinton, John Edwards, Tom Harkin or Al Hubbard.'

Tim Russert admits Kerry is losing