Not long ago, I was outraged by the fact that a teacher at my sister’s school was apparently preaching in his classroom about how evil Bush was and how anyone’s parents who voted for Bush were morons. I never found any evidence supporting the fact that he wasn’t allowed to do this, and eventually, I calmed down.

Now, I’m angry again. Because as soon as a teacher puts up a picture of Bush — not even promoting him in the election, just putting up a picture of the current president — she’s reprimanded. This is absurd. (Though, I have to wonder what her response was to the kid who said Bush killed people. If Bush’s orders regarding a justifiable war amount to murder, then what about the people that Kerry killed while in Vietnam?)

(Via Michelle Malkin)

After a failed attempt to move to Radio Userland a while back (it worked well, until my computer crashed…), I’ve decided to try switching to Movable Type. It’s getting late, so I’m not going to do much tweaking on the template yet. It’ll get there. (And it’ll likely look a lot like the old blog, honestly.

You can disregard this post. It’s only a test.

(Via Michelle Malkin)
The DNC has apparently already released a video using footage from the debates showing Bush’s various expressions of frustration. There’s been some discussion about whether this constitutes a violation of the agreed upon debate rules, but honestly, I read that and had a nice yawn. The debate rules don’t mean that much to me, except in the sense that their violation would indicate that the Kerry campaign is untrustworthy. Frankly, given the way the rules are worded, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Republican party had been working on something similar, and the distinction between the parties and the campaigns, while obviously debatable, is one that I would expect them to exploit… these people are politicians and lawyers, and every loophole will be seized upon. This is true for both parties.

I think the more telling item here is that the DNC apparently believes that the frustration on Bush’s face is a big deal. Yes, I know that Gore’s sighs were apparently a big deal four years ago (my interest in politics was discovered after my college graduation, so I don’t remember a lot of details about the 2000 campaign), but that doesn’t change the fact that Bush’s frustration shouldn’t be too harmful for him.

Let’s face it. I have a bad reaction to stupidity. I can live with people disagreeing with me. I can’t abide people who’re being stupid about it. Let’s look at some of the things Kerry said.

Michelle Malkin covered this as well as I ever could, so I’ll just use her words:

On substance, one of the most snort-worthy comments Kerry made that has been little remarked on is this one:

I believe in being strong and resolute and determined. And I will hunt down and kill the terrorists, wherever they are.

Oh, stop, stop, my sides are hurting! Kerry can’t even make up his mind about surveilling and detaining terrorists, let alone slaying them “wherever they are.”

Bush reminded us, repeatedly, that Kerry had said that Iraq was the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time. He called it a mistake, and when asked if soldiers in Iraq were dying for a mistake, he said no. (I quoted Captain’s Quarters blog on this topic previously.)

We’ve already seen my reaction to the “six-month” thing. He told us all about his “Just like Bush but Better non-plan” and called it a plan. OVER AND OVER. Kerry said that whether or not we defend ourselves should “pass a global test.” This is like saying that, if someone points a gun at me, I should poll everyone around and make sure it’s okay with them before I shoot him. (Okay, so, if we’re talking about me, that’s probably more like “before I pee myself and start crying,” but you get the idea.)

If I’d been standing in Bush’s position, I’d've been going into convulsive fits — Kerry’s on tape saying things that blatantly contradicts the things he said in the debates. I understand that Bush’s positions on certain things may have changed with circumstances. Kerry’s positions changed base on… well, on what, I’m not really sure. I suspect he’s got a random number generator or a Magic 8 ball to consult before he tells us what his stance of the moment is, but I’m not really privy to that information — it’s too secret for me.

Honestly, given the thoughts that must’ve been going through Bush’s mind (“They expect me to debate this?!” “His opinions change every 90 seconds, so he could effectively debate himself. I don’t even need to be here.” “I’m glad his tan’s mostly gone — otherwise, my eyes would be bleeding after staring at him this long.”), I think that restricting himself to a look of frustration was a job well done.
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