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Flashback-Nancy Pelosi

A timely report from the inestimable CNS News Archives about our media's patron saint-- La Bella Pelosi:

Pelosi Defends Controversial AIDS Prevention Group
By John Rossomando
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
December 26, 2001
 
(CNSNews.com) - Incoming House Democratic Whip Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is defending a San Francisco AIDS group that members of Congress, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and even AIDS activists have criticized for using federal tax dollars to sponsor "obscene" sex programs.

San Francisco's STOP AIDS Project came under scrutiny in Washington, through the efforts of Michael Petrelis, an HIV positive San Francisco homosexual AIDS activist. Petrelis claimed the STOP AIDS Project was using federal dollars to fund seminars on homosexual "fisting," sado-masochism, and homosexual flirting.

Here's more.

How conservative and Catholic of her!

Leftist On Obama

Had Bayh been half-Kenyan and raised in Hawaii by white grandparents from Kansas, he too would have become a political star, at least for the month of December. But he is a conventional white man. When Bayh speaks in the quiet Midwestern way, he gets tarred as lackluster.

Touche!

Ther's more here.

Harold Ford and Race

It's funny how unfounded assumptions become common wisdom with the help of our one party media.

Of course Harold Ford lost  his senate bid because he was black, at least that's what we're supposed to believe.  Jonathan Martin over at NRO's The Corner disagrees and so do I.

Martin writes:

Which leads to the crux of the issue.  Nobody can seriously argue that Ford's race was not a factor.  Without question, there were some whites who voted against him based upon his skin color.  But race was part of a much more complicated stew that took out Ford.  He was also hampered by his bachelorhood, his family name and his hometown.

Yeah, and I'd like to add that there were many blacks who voted for Ford because of his race and only because of his race. Voting for somebody because they're black is just as racist as voting against somebody because they're black, the former is rarely mentioned in opinions about Harold Ford's loss.

The Dem Base

The Congressman Formerly Known As Ballerina says the Dems have no base.  In my opinion he couldn't be more wrong. Today's Dems have the most loyal base in American political history. Unlike Republicans who will vote for a Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot, a conservative Democrat or just stay home to protest a nominee who isn't conservative enough; Democrats will vote for whoever the Dem is--right, left or center.  Jim Webb, John Tester and countless congressional candidates campaigned as conservative Democrats yet got endorsements and funds from many on the far left just because of the D by their name.

One more thing, this fluff job piece by Ryan Lizza tries to further the view that the Democrats were shocked about the Mark Foley e-mails. Are we supposed to believe that the astute GQ reporters knew nothing about the congressional report and CNN story that proved Emanuel and other Democrats knew about the Foley e-mails before many Republicans did. How the GQ writers could write a glowing piece about a man who used the Foley e-mails for political gain is beyond me.

Despite its shortcomings, the article is very entertaining when it exposes the pitiful in-fighting within their party.

Bayh, Dem VP Shoo-in?

Much more plausible than Obama playing second fiddle on Hillary's ticket.

Indianapolis Star's Ken Bode opines:

Whoever is nominated, Evan Bayh will be at the top of the list of potential vice-presidential choices, where his charisma deficit will actually be an asset. The most important reason is geography. The Midwest is the battleground in present red-state/blue-state mathematics. With his innate understanding to the issues that affect our region -- agriculture, industry, job losses, immigration and education -- Bayh would be a far stronger partner than Edwards was for Kerry in 2004. Though some will disagree, his strong election record in Indiana raises the possibility that on the ticket, he might turn his home state blue.

Also, in our post-9/11 era, a national security credential is important and with his service on both the Armed Services and Intelligence committees, Bayh brings that. For [Barack] Obama, in particular, that would be helpful. Add Bayh's executive experience, a governor who balanced the budget, cut taxes and left his successor a healthy surplus.

Of course nobody can help the manifest train-wreck of a Hillary Clinton presidential nomination; however, the empty suit that is Barack Obama can benefit from Bayh. Unlike Obama, who has been praised for his moderate views, Bayh actually can claim to be a moderate if he keeps people informed on his fiscal conservatism and his endorsement of the Patriot Act.