INSIGHT 2-20-08

Would Michelle Obama be more proud if she lived in Cuba? And now she is standing in front of Che…. Yipes, who are these people?

American Pride?: “[F]or the first time in my adult lifetime I am really proud of my country, and not just because Barack has done well, but I think people are hungry for change.” —Michelle Obama **“What she meant was, this is the first time that she’s been proud of the politics of America.” —Barack to the rescue

INSIGHT
“Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.” —Helen Keller

“Talk is cheap—except when Congress does it.” —Cullen Hightower

“People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.” —Otto von Bismarck

“It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.” —Eugene McCarthy

“Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate; now what’s going to happen to us with both a Senate and a House?” —Will Rogers

THE FOUNDATION: PATRIOTISM
“The name of American, which belongs to you… must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism.” —George Washington

VILLAGE IDIOTS
Belly laugh of the week: “[The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People] is studiously nonpartisan and does not engage in partisan politics.” —NAACP President Julian Bond

From the “Fire, Ready, Aim” Department: “America is in a gun crisis… Mass shootings are not a force of nature unstoppable by man. They are the predictable result of our nation’s weak gun policies, and much can be done to prevent them. To prevent future mass shootings we must begin to ratchet down the firepower that is available to civilians.” —Joint statement—tells you what they were smoking—of gun ban troika Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and Violence Policy Center

This week’s “Hanoi Jane” Award: “I feel at great pain when the spotlight is on the death of 4,000 American soldiers, while 600,000 Iraqi deaths are ignored. War is not a movie, it is a tragedy of dead bodies, victims, the disabled, orphans, widows and the displaced.” —actress Sharon Stone in an interview with the Arab newspaper, Al-Hayat

Judge not?: “Every time I hear the word conservative, it makes me sick to my stomach because they’re really just fake Christians, as I call them; that’s all they are… They’re not supposed to judge other people, but they’re the most hypocritical judge of people we have in this country, and it bugs the h**l out of me.” —former NBA star Charles Barkley

UPRIGHT
“Unlike Michelle Obama, I can’t keep track of the number of times I’ve been proud—really proud—of my country since I was born and privileged to live in it.” —Michelle Malkin “For those who might be a little thin on this, America—the America of which Mrs. Obama is finally really proud—gives people like Michelle Obama the right to say excruciatingly stupid things. And, America—the America of which I have always been proud—gives people like Barack Obama the ability to run for (and probably win) the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.” —Rich Galen

“There’s a battle on the horizon for the future of conservatism. On one side are those who revere unchanging principles, especially a healthy suspicion of government. On the other are those who would refine old principles under the guise of adapting them to new situations—those apt to see government more as a force for good than a necessary evil.” —Andrew McCarthy

“A Republican ticket that is balanced and strongly representative of concerns for national security, traditional values and a free economy can still be the winning formula.” —Star Parker

“The U.S. Senate adopted the theory that… lawsuits should not be permitted and voted to extend the Protect America Act. A clear majority of Members of Congress also would have voted to extend the Protect America Act. But Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, putting the demands of the Trial Lawyers and the MoveOn.org wing of the Democratic Party ahead of America’s safety refused to let the bill come to the floor for a vote. Leaving the rest of us unprotected.” —Rich Galen

“On matters of defense, our country should defer to the military, not to judges.” —Ed Feulner

“Most evil done in the world is done in the name of promoting this or that supposed good.” —Walter Williams

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