This opinion piece (reg. req.) written by Gregory Kane in the Baltimore Sun absolutely nails the hypocritical usual suspects regarding their lack of condemnation for the black on black racial slurs that have been hurled at Maryland's Republican Lt. Governor Michael Steele by black Democrats (see Mark Noonan's post for...
Sometimes, don't you just miss the old days? Today marks one year from Election Day 2004. It was a long and suspenseful day. I ended up spending most of the day away from this blog and was in New Hampshire knocking on doors all morning and afternoon, and at an...
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October 28, 2005
Going To the Chapel...
By Mark Noonan at
10:41 AM
....and I'm going to get married. Yep, this is it - I've been fitted for the nose-ring and ball-and-chain. Fun-ectomy complete, ready to let 'er rip into the realm of matrimony. And as I don't want to get a divorce within 24 hours of getting married, I shan't be posting...
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October 23, 2005
Tonight, between 10pm and 12am EDT, Blogs For Bush will be undergoing an upgrade to Movable Type 3.2. Comments and trackbacks made after 10pm may not be restored following the upgrade....
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October 22, 2005
Just as an Aside...
By Mark Noonan at
02:23 AM
Your humble correspondent is to be married in a week...so, I apologise for slack blogging of late and advise it might get even more slack until after the 1st of November....
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October 21, 2005
Blogger Conference Call on Harriet Miers
By Matt Margolis at
02:37 PM
About 45 minutes ago I participated in a blogger conference call with former Texas Supreme Court Justice Craig Enoch and White House communications advisor Jim Dyke. Justice Enoch and Mr. Dyke discussed why Harriet Miers is highly qualified to serve on the Supreme Court. I haven't been able to sleep...
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October 18, 2005
I Don't Really Like This Idea
By Matt Margolis at
10:51 PM
Jack Kemp says ex-felons should have their voting rights restored after they've completed their sentences... What's next? Illegal immigrants having the right to vote?...
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October 09, 2005
Say a Prayer for Pakistan
By Mark Noonan at
02:25 AM
The earthquake in Pakistan has caused a reported 18,000 deaths - the facts are, naturally, not entirely known but it does look like this is a truly horrible tragedy. Joe Gandleman over at The Moderate Voice has an excellent round-up....
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October 06, 2005
The Tangled Web of the White House Spy
By Matt Margolis at
09:44 AM
The Belmont Club posts some very interesting background on the White House spy Leandro Aragoncillo story that relates to Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and even John Kerry....
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September 29, 2005
New 2008 Straw Poll
By Matt Margolis at
11:22 AM
Check out Patrick Ruffini's latest 2008 straw poll. UPDATE: How B4B readers are voting.......
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September 24, 2005
Cheney Update
By Matt Margolis at
03:04 PM
The White House House released a statement regarding Vice-President Cheney's medical procedure.. This morning, at George Washington Hospital, the Vice President underwent successful, elective, minimally invasive, endovascular repair of arterial aneurysms behind his right and left knees. Small aneurysms were identified behind both knees during the Vice President’s annual physical...
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September 23, 2005
Black Group Demands Action From CBC Over Anti-Bush Slur
By Sister Toldjah at
04:02 PM
I posted earlier about Rep. Charlie Rangel's comments where, at a Congressional Black Caucus townhall meeting, he claimed yesterday that the President was "our Bull Connor" which, as we all know, was purely designed to invoke images of southern racism. Well, one group is already taking him to task for...
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September 18, 2005
Galloway Is No Match For Hitchens
By Sister Toldjah at
11:16 AM
Last Wednesday in New York City, Bethnal Green and Bow (UK) Respect MP George Galloway and Iraq war defender Christopher Hitchens, who is a columnist for both Vanity Fair and the Daily Mirror, went toe to toe in a debate at Baruch College's Performing Arts Center. It was a classic...
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Amazing What You Learn When You Wait for Facts
By Mark Noonan at
09:09 AM
A lot of people have said a lot of things about what caused the flood in New Orleans - outside of it having some certain connection to Hurricane Katrina, however, nobody really knew - certainly, no one knew when we had pundit after pundit in the week following the flood...
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September 16, 2005
Review: Live Blogging Confirmation Hearings
By Matt Margolis at
12:57 PM
Earlier this week, Mark Tapscott of The Heritage Foundation asked me if I'd be interested in giving some thoughts on how I think "a blogger live-blogging a Hill event like a confirmation hearing could do it even more effectively." Well, I'm going to do my best to explain....
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Google's Blog Search
By Matt Margolis at
05:20 AM
A B4B reader emailed to inform me he's tested out Google's new Blog Search tool, and tried entering the term "President Bush." He reveals, "I was surprised (not really) that Blogs for Bush did not [come up] until page 7." I tried it myself, with the term 'President Bush' in...
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September 13, 2005
Once again a citizen of the 21st century, I am able to blog from my home! It has been one strange experience to go from instantly connected to the whole world to reliant upon the network news and the newspapers these past couple weeks. As you might expect, I'll have...
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September 11, 2005
Freedom Walk
By Matt Margolis at
04:42 PM
Our tech girl Rachel J. participated in the Freedom Walk in D.C. today. She came across some lefties who were being in appropriate... and she met Donald Rumsfeld! Check out her blog for more info and photos!...
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September 10, 2005
I'm Almost Back
By Mark Noonan at
05:34 PM
Hello everyone - very long time, no see. I'm actually in New Jersey attending the christening of my step-grand daughter and have access to a computer. The good news is that they've installed my broadband connection in Las Vegas, so on Tuesday forward I'll be back to regular posting. I...
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September 07, 2005
Bush To Speak At Rehnquist Funeral
By Matt Margolis at
10:06 AM
The Associated Press reported this morning that "...President Bush and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will lead the final tributes to William H. Rehnquist, the long-serving chief justice of the United States..."...
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September 05, 2005
Labor Day Update
By Matt Margolis at
06:47 PM
Well, it's been quite an interesting weekend. First, I'd like to thank our guest blogger Sister Toldjah for holding down the fort while I was on vacation (I did cheat a little and posted a couple entries via my Treo 650) and Mark was still without internet access. Thankfully, Mark...
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September 02, 2005
FLASHBACK: GOP Convention 2004 - September 2
By Matt Margolis at
07:36 AM
A year ago today, I got to see President Bush do his speech soundcheck, and the RNC bloggers got to interview Sen. Rick Santorum, Sen. John Cornyn, and then RNC Chairman Ed GIllespie. I met Richard Miniter, author of "Losing Bin Laden" and "Shadow War" and did a one-on-one interview...
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September 01, 2005
The Meaning Of Support
By Matt Margolis at
11:58 AM
I can't tell you how many times I've asked why, if I support the war, I don't enlist and go fight in Iraq. The question is more common than you think, and each time it remains a stupid question. The left also criticize George W. Bush for not "having his...
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FLASHBACK: GOP Convention 2004 - September 1
By Matt Margolis at
06:36 AM
A year ago today, us RNC bloggers interviewed Former Senator Alan Simpson, as well as then-DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe. I also conducted a one-on-one interview with Senate candidate Jim Holt from Arkansas. Ronald Reagan was honored... a couple of us bumped into John McCain, and of course, Zell Miller's speech......
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August 31, 2005
FLASHBACK: GOP Convention 2004 - August 31
By Matt Margolis at
06:13 AM
A year ago today, I arrived at Madison Square Garden and found myself in line for the security check a few spots ahead of Don King. We got to see Laura, Jenna and Barbara Bush on stage after their speech sound checks, and after that I met Ben Stein. The...
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August 30, 2005
Bush Said He'd Be Back...
By Matt Margolis at
12:16 PM
...but he won't be back to see Arnold this time... On his two-day swing through Southern California, President Bush's agenda included a stop Monday in Rancho Cucamonga to discuss Medicare and an address Tuesday to veterans in San Diego. Conspicuously absent is a meeting with the state's most prominent Republican...
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FLASHBACK: GOP Convention 2004 - August 30
By Matt Margolis at
09:13 AM
A year ago today the convention bloggers had our Blogger Breakfast. During the breakfast we heard from Bush-Cheney '04 campaign strategist Matthew Dowd. Bloggers got to interview former NYC mayor Ed Koch. I made my first appearance on the Kevin McCullough Show, and we got to meet and interview Ken...
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August 29, 2005
Statement By The Press Secretary Regarding Hurricane Katrina
By Matt Margolis at
02:39 PM
See extended entry......
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The Memorial They Deserve
By Matt Margolis at
09:40 AM
Deborah Weiss, former contributor here a Blogs For Bush, and current contributor at GOP Bloggers, has an article published in the current edition of the Weekly Standard. In her piece, she retells her story of 9/11, escaping the WTC, and then discusses the attempts by the left "to hijack the...
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FLASHBACK: GOP Convention 2004 - August 29
By Matt Margolis at
09:24 AM
A year ago today, Scott Sala from Slant Point and I covered the protests in the streets of New York City, and checked out Madison Square Garden. While at MSG, we stumbled upon Vice President Cheney's speech sound-check: Audio Blogging from Herald Square Audio Blogging from Herald Square II Audio...
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August 28, 2005
FLASHBACK: GOP Convention 2004 - August 28
By Matt Margolis at
07:19 PM
I thought for the next few days I'd post links to select posts from my coverage of the Republican National Convention last year, so here's what I wrote a year ago today: Communists For Kerry at Union Square...
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A Year Ago...
By Matt Margolis at
10:11 AM
A year ago this weekend I came to New York City as one of the first bloggers to receive credentials to cover the Republican National Convention... It's been a year already... I can't believe it... UPDATE: Starting later today I'll post daily "Flashback" posts with select posts from my convention...
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August 27, 2005
Note to Readers
By Mark Noonan at
02:34 AM
Just to let you all know, I'll be in the process of moving starting later this morning...all the fun, fun, fun of packing up stuff you don't use so you can bring it to a new dust-collecting location. Hooray! Unfortunately, I'm temporarily moving back into the Dark Ages - no...
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August 26, 2005
Bumper Stickers
By Matt Margolis at
05:35 PM
Every now and then I will see a car with a Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker on the road... You'd think by now these people would want to stop advertising that fact... Who wants to promote their support of the losing team? I know it is Friday night, but if you here,...
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August 24, 2005
I've tried to ignore a suspicion in my head about the recent reports alleging Lance Armstrong took performance-enchancing drugs. It is alleged that Armstrong has tested positive 6 times since 1999. Call me crazy, but I think it might be more than a mere coincidence that these allegations have suddenly...
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August 10, 2005
Bush Taps Zell To Oversee War Monuments
By Matt Margolis at
02:55 PM
We all know and love Zell Miller for his incredible speech at the Republican National Convention. Zell Miller is retired now, but apparently had an interest in having a seat on the American Battle Monuments Commission. Yesterday, the White House tapped Zell to fill a vacancy on that commission....
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August 06, 2005
Victor Davis Hanson gives us his insight on the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. Into this date of remembrance, he injects a large dose of reality: These are the debates that matured in the relative peace of the postwar era. But in August 1945 most Americans had a much...
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August 04, 2005
August 6th will mark the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. In the run-up to this date, the MSM and the usual leftwing suspects are putting out angst-ridden reports and opinions about that event. I would like to put in my opinion on the matter: The Japanese on...
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August 02, 2005
Site Maintenance [Bumped and Re-Bumped]
By Russ Emerson at
06:04 PM
We're doing some site maintenance. Comments posted between now and the completion of our maintenance will show up on the site for now, but may end up being lost by the time we're done. UPDATE, by Mark Noonan: We're posting new items over at our sister site, GOP Bloggers until...
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July 30, 2005
There are Ten Planets in the Solar System
By Mark Noonan at
03:47 PM
And this will make it more difficult for us to determine which one is sending the signals to our Democrats, but, at any rate, this is a fascinating story: A planet larger than Pluto has been discovered in the outlying regions of the solar system. The planet was discovered using...
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July 13, 2005
Check Out The New GOP.com
By Matt Margolis at
10:17 AM
The new GOP.com has officially launched! Give it a look around and also check out their new blog, which includes Blogs For Bush in its blogroll!...
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July 08, 2005
Earlier this week I was invited to join other "top conservative bloggers" in a conference call with RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman and RNC eCampaign Director Michael Turk. The call went from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time. During the call, we were given a special sneak preview of the...
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Minor site work in progress today. Tracking back to posts here may be temporarily disabled. This message to remain on top until I'm done futzing around. Scroll down for the fresh posts. Update: I'm done futzing around for now, though is the server squawks, I may have to turn off...
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July 06, 2005
Bush Daughter Working As Volunteer In South Africa
By Matt Margolis at
11:45 AM
The Boston Globe gives us a story which reveals that President Bush's daughter, Barbara Bush, is said to be "working in near anonymity as a volunteer." While no one disputes that she has been in Cape Town for the last six weeks, nearly everything about her stay is shrouded in...
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June 29, 2005
Once again, blogrolling.com had "issues" this afternoon. Causing this site to load extraordinarily slow. Believe me when I tell you I've struggled with how to handle our mighty blogroll, which now has nearly 1,600 pro-Bush bloggers listed on it. If I could host the blogroll on the B4B server I...
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June 27, 2005
Just a quick FYI. Earlier this morning B4B was hit by a spam attack that targeted trackbacks... This resulted in a temporary server slow down. Our host has disabled the trackbacks script for the time being, so bloggers who wish to trackback posts may not be able to for a...
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June 19, 2005
Greatest American
By Matt Margolis at
05:46 PM
If you haven't heard yet, The Discovery Channel is having people vote for whom they believe is the Greatest American. Amongst the 25 finalists are Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, and George W. Bush. Tonight we'll find out how many or if any of these three make it to...
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June 18, 2005
Blogroll Note
By Matt Margolis at
06:24 PM
A lot of blogroll requests have been coming in over the past few weeks. I just want you all to know I am hoping to get to them all this weekend. So, just keep that in mind and feel free to use this post as an open thread to talk...
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June 16, 2005
Progress With CAFTA
By Matt Margolis at
09:19 AM
This week, we've seen some interesting developments with CAFTA. On Monday, The New York Times urged Democrats to support CAFTA, and the Senate Finance Committee approved it... Rep. John Tanner (D-TN) has also endorsed CAFTA, and believes it will benefit National Security....
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June 13, 2005
All is Not Lost in the Ivy League
By Mark Noonan at
12:49 AM
Happened to see a car in front of me today, and it had two bumper stickers on it: Harvard Law School and Bush/Cheney '04 Watch out, Democrats - we're everywhere these days!...
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June 08, 2005
WMD: The Murderous Reign of Saddam Hussein
By Matt Margolis at
09:10 AM
I have recently viewed the DVD documentary "WMD: The Murderous Reign of Saddam Hussein" a documentary which goes into detail about Saddam Hussein's terror regime. The documentary is no easy viewing. We've all heard about the brutal dictatorship of Saddam... but this documentary tells the story directly from Saddam’s victims,...
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June 06, 2005
From La Shawn Barber I learned that one of the members of our blogroll has passed away. Michael James Reed of Bunker Mulligan died of a heart attack on June 3rd. We here at Blogs For Bush offer our condolences to his friends and family. You may offer your condolences...
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June 05, 2005
Who's Really Blind?
By Matt Margolis at
11:11 PM
As you might have guessed, we get a lot of e-mail here at Blogs For Bush, and yes, a portion of it is hate mail. The hate ranges from comically absurd to explicit. Often, they are simply questions like "How can you support Bush?" "Why do you support tax cuts...
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June 03, 2005
A Reason to Care About the Felt Story
By Mark Noonan at
01:43 AM
I hadn't thought of this angle, but Ben Stein did: Re: The "news" that former FBI agent Mark Felt broke the law, broke his code of ethics, broke his oath and was the main source for Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward's articles that helped depose Richard Nixon, a few thoughts....
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June 02, 2005
Just as an Aside
By Mark Noonan at
01:23 AM
We here at Blogs for Bush are diligently looking for a story we care less about than the Felt/Deep Throat thing....when we find said story, we'll be pleased to have one more thing to pay no attention to......
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May 31, 2005
A Deficit Of Decency
By Matt Margolis at
09:52 AM
Zell Miller has been a political hero of mine since his keynote speech at the Republican National Convention. I recently received his latest book, "A Deficit Of Decency" courtesy of Stroud & Hall Publishers. I was excited to get it and I can tell you that it was a great...
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May 28, 2005
Political Honesty
By Mark Noonan at
12:25 AM
At one point in his political career, Winston Churchill was high up in the Tory Party leadership when that Party was in the minority. What he was called was "Shadow Chancellor"; this doesn't mean he was working with a Dark Lord, but that he was the Tories designated Chancellor of...
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May 22, 2005
Rebuild The Towers
By Matt Margolis at
10:36 PM
My friend Scott Sala over at Slant Point has recently commented about the proposal for replacing the WTC Twin Towers. He stated, “I'm all for trashing the Freedom Tower and letting Trump take the reigns.” It recently occurred to me that I’ve never blogged my thoughts on the Freedom Tower....
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On Being a True Skeptic
By Mark Noonan at
10:06 AM
As regular readers of this blog know, I am a convinced Catholic; I believe the whole Catholic bit, even that transubstantiation and immaculate conception stuff. Right down to the ground, all Catholic, all the time. I am also, from my personal experience, one of the few skeptics around. Skeptic? How...
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May 13, 2005
Salute America's Heroes
By Matt Margolis at
09:43 AM
Take a moment to check out this web video....
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May 10, 2005
Tom Elia of The New Editor reminds us that on this date in 1940, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister if Great Britain. Coincidentally on this date, Hitler launched his invasion of France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Holland...within five days the French were completely beaten and shortly thereafter, Britain stood alone against...
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April 13, 2005
Observed By My Alma Mater
By Matt Margolis at
