Mainstream media (MSM) apologists for the extreme left fringe (Code Pink, MoveOn.org, Air America, etc.) are, knowingly or unknowingly, subverting the nation by becoming the accomplices of their more radical ideological brothers and sisters. How? They are the “bridge” that connects them to the rest of the “body politic.” But is this really possible to do without specific intent, or knowledge? Could such a large “conspiracy” really exist except in the disturbed minds of conspiracy theory nuts?

It is doubtful that there is some secret liberal “star chamber” (other than the “war room” of the Hillary for President campaign) that is working behind the scenes to plot our national destiny. One only needs to look at the multitude of missteps taken by the recent Democratic “leadership” of Harry “the war is lost” Reid, Nancy “self-appointed ambassador to Syria” Pelosi, John “Impeachment” Conyers, Charles “tax-hike” Rangel, Hillary “Ask me a question” Clinton, and others to realize that if there is any liberal leadership cabal that they aren’t the “sharpest tools in the political shed.” However, this does not mean that the collective effect of the shrill, even rabid, Left is not effective at shaping national politics when facilitated by constant, and favorable, media access.

The Clinton strategy of “triangulation” illustrates how a noisy “lunatic fringe” on the Left works as a political strategy to shift national politics toward an overall liberal agenda. It can make what was politically unthinkable, possible. While the radical Left has generally been too delusional to carry out large scale organized, effective political activity within, or in conjunction with, the Democratic Party that does not mean that their impact has not been felt as they tilt the national political debate to the Left. In legal terms, to be guilty of conspiracy it is not necessary for the left hand to know what the right hand is doing. (Or in this case, the far left hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing.) This is why none of the current crop of Democratic candidates are willing to alienate themselves from the radical Left. They need them to make their own liberal agendas seem moderate.

The right-left political spectrum (represented by the inferior line of the triangle) is bridged by the political media (represented by the two superior, angled lines of the triangle) which if, “fair and balanced,” does not result in a skewing of political discourse.  However, if the political media caters to radical ideologies due to personal, collective, or organizational biases; the entire political environment is shifted towards the radical end of the spectrum.  The strategy of furthering a “progressive” (that’s code for “radical and liberal”) agenda within the Democratic Party is outlined in Paul Waldman’s Being Right is Not Enough.  Of course, the book’s subtitle, “What Progressives Must Learn from Conservative Success,” points out that it’s all the Republicans’ fault that such tactics are necessary in the first place.  (Amazon, Audible audio book)

Between the Democratic media consultants and their mainstream media brothers and sisters, the “politics of personal destruction” are alive and well. So, in an act of mercy, Secretary of State Rice accepted the resignation of Richard Griffin, the State Department’s Director of the Diplomatic Security Service, thus ending his career of 36 years in government service. Mr. Griffin, once Congressman Henry Waxman put him in the cross hairs of his congressional “inquiry,” may not have initially appreciated that accepting his resignation was indeed merciful. However, once targeted, he contracted (according to an unconfirmed source) the equivalent of a “political Ebola virus” — a highly virulent, and an almost always fatal and highly contagious condition — that leaves those surrounding the afflicted with little choice but to isolate themselves from the source of the “disease,” or perish. (Read John Broder’s article in the International Herald Tribune)

The Diplomatic Security Service is an unsung hero in the War on Terror. A war that the Left, for example Senator John Edwards, insists is little more than a bumper sticker slogan. This small agency has been instrumental to many victories in this global conflict. Unfortunately, since most of their successes remain classified, their political cushion of past accomplishments is severely limited. With the current anti-Bush, anti-military, anti-American hysteria that holds sway in the main stream media; military and political leaders are only as good as their last mistake. In Mr. Griffin’s case, the last “mistake” was failure to keep private security contracting out of the headlines, most notably what is becoming commonly known as the “Blackwater scandal.”

We are not trying to make excuses for the inexcusable, but we cannot encourage government officials to “think outside the box” or make command decisions while being given inadequate resources and incomplete intelligence and then punish them when there are poor outcomes. This is the “fog of war.” There are fine lines between accountability, loyalty to subordinates and “witch hunts.” Given the caustic congressional “oversight” environment, Condi had little choice but to accept Griffin’s resignation and move on. After all, she has a long “to-do list.” Hopefully, she will short-circuit Waxman’s self-righteous, self-important oversight crusade and remove his self-serving pandering to the lunatic Leftist fringe from the mainstream media “radar screen.”

If we are to achieve victory in the War on Terror and regain sanity in our domestic policies, our mass media outlets must stop acting like PR shills for the radical Left. Are there any suggestions about how this can be accomplished?

Yes, fellow Condistas, it’s true. Yesterday in Harlem, as widely reported, Condi again downplayed, without outright rejecting, in a General Tecumseh Sherman sort of way, the idea of a presidency in her future.

At a joint appearance with Representative Charles Rangel at Public School No. 154, the Harriet Tubman Learning Center, the subject of President Condoleezza Rice was initially broached by the Democrat! (From Reuters’ article by Arshad Mohammed, “Rice questioned about her sleep, fears and dreams” )

Rangel…teasingly suggested Rice aim for the White House.

“The Republican ranks for president are still open,” he told students. “We might be able to make some news this morning.”

“Charlie, don’t start,” Rice said.

Jennifer Medina of the NY Times “City Desk” in her article, “An Odd Couple Tours a Harlem School,” quoted the following exchange between Condi and the Congressman. (see below*)

Will you run for president?” one student asked.

Ms. Rice responded with a bit of an embarrassed laugh and a direct answer: “I don’t think I’m the kind of person who would run for president.”

Mr. Rangel grabbed the microphone and exclaimed, “You missed your chance to make big news today!”

We’ll parse these words soon in an upcoming blog post — at the risk of sounding like a Clinton under oath!

*He’s Chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee — and a fellow with whom Dr. Rice might like to be on friendly terms in the future. After all, she very well could face the prospect of a Democratic House in another Republican administration. (Hers, or someone else’s!) Could this be her way of setting the stage for bipartisanship — just in case she’s coaxed onto the Republican ticket? Of course Charles isn’t an uninterested party here, either. There’s been speculation that he hasn’t always appreciated the Clinton Machine (a.k.a.”The Arkansas Carpetbaggers”) setting up shop in his state as their tactics have become more heavy handed. Having a few Republican votes available to him in the future might allow him to resist Hillary’s efforts to dominate Empire State politics and give him a stronger negotiating position in legislative wrangling — making him and his committee more than just a rubber stamp for Hillary’s policy wonks. And make no mistake, Representative Rangel wants to be “a player” and not a puppet.

Old dogs don’t learn new tricks.  The Democrats, in accordance with their “death by a thousand investigations” strategy since the 2006 election, are calling the liberal dinosaur, Congressman Henry Waxman, back to active duty.  (Waxman has a history of attacking Condi.  See our blog post from earlier this year, Democratic Witch Hunt Targets Condi.)

Within a few hours of each other, all the “usual suspects” in the mainstream media: the New York Times, Associated Press, Washington Post, Los Angels Times, CBS, Politico.com - and Iran’s Press TV - were touting the day’s left-wing fringe talking points about investigations of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice by the oh-so Honorable Henry Waxman, now that he is the Chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.  In a letter to Condi, he’s complaining that the State Department, and specifically Dr. Rice, is “wrong to interfere with the committee’s inquiry” into corruption inside the Iraqi government and the recent Blackwater brouhaha.  Lucky for us this letter was conveniently provided to the press in a fine example of Congressional discretion and a clear demonstration of how Congress can diligently guard classified subjects currently under investigation.

What’s the supposed basis of his theatrical outrage?  State Department officials asked Congress; along with their myriad of staffers, all of whom are famous for rigid compliance in their handling of sensitive and, dare we say classified, information; to treat the information that they would provide as a “state secret.”

Let’s get real.  These are ongoing investigations by the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) and other military and civilian agencies.  And in a country where any of the potential witnesses can get “whacked” faster than a “snitch” in a Sopranos rerun; keeping secrets can mean the difference between a successful investigation and another “intelligence failure.”  Henry is trying to parlay this into some type, any type, of scandal and more television “face time” as he pompously presides of his so-called “oversight” hearings.

C’mon Congressman, there’s a war to fight — and in case you forgot — WIN !    Can’t your political grandstanding take a backseat to national security just once?  Please?

The Democratically-controlled House succeeded in doing what Speaker Pelosi said it would.  In “voting to end the war” (It would seem by any means necessary, even surrender, or worse, “starving” our troops in the field for critical funding.), she is trying to accomplish what, up until now, al-Qaeda, Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, and all the Islamic terrorists combined have been unable to do —  force a retreat (euphemistically called “redeployment”) by US forces in the War on Terror.  And all she had to do was bang her Speaker’s gavel to have almost all of the Democratic congressmen (and congresswomen) line up like pigs at the feeding trough as she poured out a mere $642 million dollars of taxpayer cash in order to get them to forget about our troops.  These are pigs that even an Ayatollah could love.

In spite of the mainstream media in full spin mode, the American public will see this for what it is — a betrayal of our military men and women, their families, and ultimately the entire country.  This vote and the pork barrel spending required to make it happen are going to “fatten up” these Congressional “piggies” for electoral slaughter in 2008.  So, in recognition of your legislative “victory,” Nancy, here’s a “Mission Accomplished” banner just for you!

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Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA), in the name of “oversight,” and in an effort to get as much network “face time” as possible, is working overtime to sully Secretary of State Rice’s reputation by threatening to call Condi before his Committee to “investigate” the Plame-CIA leak case (Soon to be a Hollywood screenplay — no kidding!).  This is precisely where the “alternative media” (such as the blogosphere) can play a key role in debunking the accusations, charges and “evidence” that are sure to fly with reckless abandon in the coming weeks.  Careful research and meticulous fact checking can turn the tables on these efforts — remember Dan Rather?  In the meantime, get ready to watch Chairman Henry to do his best Barbara Boxer impersonation.

Related Links: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Administration Oversight, “Waxman renews Niger Queries;” Mike Allen at Politico.com; Iraq Slogger, “Smackdown, Waxman Puts the Pressure on Condi Rice“

The Republican leadership of the House, and especially Speaker Dennis Hastert, need to seize the opportunity to resign their leadership positions NOW. Their replacements need to be thrown “into the breech” as soon as possible so that they can maximize their effectiveness prior to the midterm elections. In doing so they can dramatically illustrate the differences between Democratic and Republican leadership. It would help make the case to the American voter that Democrats make excuses for misconduct, even embrace misconduct and endorse it. (Although, this in NO way excuses Mark Foley’s, or anybody else’s, bad behavior.)

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) endorsed Gary Condit (D-CA) after his affair with an intern was exposed. (SF Chronicle)

Barney Frank (D-MA) housed a homosexual prostitute who based his pimping operation out of the Massachusetts Congressman’s DC apartment. (WaPo)

Bill Clinton pardoned former Congressman Mel “crazy about young stuff” Reynolds in the final hours of his presidency. In spite of his marriage and three children (who ended up on welfare after his conviction), Mel had trysts with an underage campaign worker. Tapes of his conversations with her, trying to arrange a m�nage � trois with another underage female, helped lead to his conviction. So what type of career opportunities do you have as a convicted, but pardoned, sex offender? Goat herder in the Aleutian Islands? No, how about a job with Jesse Jackson’s Operation PUSH? And thanks to his pardon, he doesn’t even have to register as sex offender. (World Net Daily)

In contrast, by resigning NOW, Republican House leaders involved in this matter can show that Republicans take responsibility for misconduct when it occurs, reject it, and take the lead in working to make sure it doesn’t happen again. If they drag their feet and appear to have been “forced out,” an important opportunity to recover from this scandal will have been lost. Prolonging this political disaster so close to the election, will only put “arrows in the quiver” of our political adversaries. Unless there is some, heretofore, unreleased evidence that unequivocally exonerates those in positions of responsibility; the “smart” political move for them is to take the “high road” and resign their leadership positions immediately, keep their House seats (if they can) to maintain GOP control, and groom their successors for 2008. This would then shift some of the focus onto those who may have delayed the release of this information for maximum political advantage, but in doing so needlessly endangered more underage congressional pages in the meantime.

Why is this important for supporters of Dr. Rice in 2008?

If the Democrats control the House; the Bush administration, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as part of that administration, will be hauled in front of politically-motivated “kangaroo Congressional hearings” designed solely to paralyze the last two years of the Bush administration and “bloody the political nose” of any members of the administration, including Condi, prior to 2008.

Hearings, and more threats similar to those made prior to the airing of The Path to 9-11, will be made against media outlets in preparation for 2008.

In the event of a closely contested 2008 presidential race, the final result could be determined by the House of Representatives.

The loss of even a single congressional seat could be crucial in November, and later in 2008. Get active in your community, drive other like-minded voters to the poll. Volunteer, get active, talk to others about your hopes for Condi 2008. If you can afford it, take election day 2006 off from work. (Or if you plan on staying up on election night at your local party headquarters, maybe take off the following day!) If you live in Central Florida, help Joe Negron (quickly recruited by the Florida GOP to take Foley’s place) get the message out that a vote for Mark Foley is a vote for him and not Foley. (Florida law does not permit changing the name on the ballot at this late date.) Negron is a Florida State Representative that dropped out of the race for Attorney General — leaving him with over $1 million in the bank that he can now use to try and keep Foley’s seat as a “safe” Republican district. We’ll post a link to his campaign website as soon as possible. (Tallahassee Democrat, Guardian - UK)