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From Investor's Business Daily (via Instapundit):
In aiding and comforting the enemy in wartime, Reid has betrayed the office he holds, shamed the Nevadans he represents and made the Democratic Party he leads synonymous with surrender. There is one way he can repair the damage he's done to the nation: step down.
From reader Mark at MichelleMalkin.com:
As a retired Marine officer, I am shocked at the blatant treasonous statement made by an elected "leader" of this country.
From the New York Post:
"This war is lost," he said. "[The troop] surge is not accomplishing anything."
And in the dark recesses of some damp cave, Osama bin Laden broke into a wide grin - even as Tehran's mullahs swapped high-fives.
Can't you just hear them: Hang tough, guys, it's only a matter of time here in Iraq - and then it's back to the Big Apple.
...He's even helping to ensure their loss - by refusing to provide them with sufficient funding to win. And by setting a deadline for their mission, which the enemy can simply wait out.
The line has been crossed. The defense: "Are you questioning my patriotism?" no longer applies, because in the case of Harry Reid, the answer is, yes, we are questioning his patriotism.
The right to dissent is an absolute necessity for our country.
But not all dissent is patriotic.
Last month PBS released the results of a poll they sponsored, which was conducted by Roper. PBS puts the best spin they can on it, but the results are shocking:
Quoting PBS: "PBS remains the network with the most trusted news and public affairs programming, with 41% trusting its programs a great deal. CNN and Fox News trailed as second and third with 28% and 25%, respectively."
In other words: Less than one-third of Americans say that the news and public affairs programming of any MSM network is something they trust a great deal. The best-performing of them, CNN and Fox News, could show only scores of 28% and 25% respectively. (I believe PBS isn't generally considered part of mainstream media; but, if it is included, then we can say that the best-performing MSM organization, PBS, could only show a score of 41% -- less than half of the public).
Quoting PBS: "Forty-three percent of Americans rated the news coverage, investigations and discussions of major issues on PBS programs as mostly fair. NBC came in second at 37%."
In other words: Far less than half of Americans rate MSM news coverage, investigations and discussions of major issues as mostly fair. The highest-rated, NBC, scored only 37%.
Americans long ago began to catch on that MSM just backs up whatever the Democratic party line is. This is destroying the public trust in MSM and driving people elsewhere to find the truth. From the LA Times:
There's no reason for MSM to do this to itself. When MSM starts reporting the good news along with the bad (e.g. starts reporting the good news about the economy with the prominence its significance deserves), and starts seriously critiquing all the phony scandals concocted by the left (e.g. this phony attorney-firing scandal), instead of just providing a platform for them, public trust in MSM will rebound, and MSM readership and revenue will increase.
As noted in these previous posts, the GWB tax cuts worked:
The GWB Tax Cuts Worked: Tax Receipts Show Biggest Gain in 25 Years
The GWB Tax Cuts Worked: Tax Cuts Power Growth in Consumer Wealth *and* Cut Deficit
The GWB Tax Cuts Worked: More Great News on the Economy
The Tax Cuts Worked-Economic Expansion: Year Five
The GWB Tax Cuts Worked: Tax Cuts Power the Economy
The Bush Tax Cuts Have Resulted in Higher Tax Revenue
Lower Taxes Make the Economy Stronger
Lower Tax Rates Are Resulting In Higher Tax Revenue
A Myth Debunked: Bush Tax Cuts Did Not Favor the Rich
Tax Cuts Work: Government Forecasting Incorrectly Thought Tax Costs Would Reduce Tax Revenue
Today we see this new headline:
Dow gains in 15 of last 16 sessions
Winning streak is among longest in index's history
The Democratic response? They want to kill the tax cuts that are powering this fantastic economy:
2008 Democrats Propose a Ceiling on Bush Tax Cuts
WASHINGTON, April 20 - Grappling with one of the biggest domestic policy choices that will confront the next administration, the leading Democratic presidential candidates say they would raise a variety of taxes on affluent people but extend President Bush's tax cuts for middle- and lower-income families.
The tax cuts must be left in place, for the good of the economy, and of all Americans who profit from it via strong growth in jobs and wages, and extremely low unemployment. As quoted in one of the previous posts linked above:
The nation's unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a percent to 4.5 percent. The move isn't significant, but it is important to keep in mind that this level of unemployment is historically low by American standards. Most economist believe we're at "full employment" when the economy has about 5 percent of workers without a permanent position.
What's this mean for the economy? The better than expected job creation in November supports the idea that the economy is on relatively solid footing right now, despite a recent slowdown. Could we be seeing the much ballyhooed "soft landing" that Federal Reserve Board governors have been dreaming about? Maybe.
Also revealed in today's report were wages that are increasing at a pace not seen in years, as unemployment is relatively low. That means companies have to raise wages to attract and retain workers to sustain growth. That might be helping bolster "consumer comfort" — measured weekly by ABC News — which has been near multi-year highs in the past few weeks.
