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Yesterday [tag]Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.[/tag] was on Neil Cavuto’s show on FNC. Here follows the transcript of that exchange.

Fox News has video available here.

Ian also has video at Expose the Left.

Cavuto: Well to hear Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tell it, John Kerry should be President of the United States right now but he was robbed in 2004. Robbed nationally and apparently really robbed in the State of [tag]Ohio[/tag], that state that delivered the electoral votes President Bush needed to make him a a second term occupant of the White House. But do Kennedy’s charges hold up, or is RFK, Jr. just worked up about an outcome he did not like? Let’s ask him. Robert, good to have you.

RFK, Jr.: Thanks for having me Neil.

Cavuto: You’re a democrat.

RFK, Jr.: I’m a democrat, but I have worked 22 years – this should not be a democrat issue – it should not be a partisan issue. It’s clear that the, that republican officials in Ohio and other states, have mounted a deliberate, concerted effort to, to fix the 2004 election…

[You make a charge that the republicans have made a deliberate, concerted effort to fix the 2004 election and this is not a partisan issue? – Ed.]

Cavuto: But it’s not clear. Where do you say it’s clear?

RFK, Jr.: Well, you know, there were 22 lawsuits at that time, it was very, very clear that there were 350,000 mainly democratic voters who either refused the opportunity to vote in Ohio or whose votes were never counted. There were 80,000 voters in 12 western counties whose votes were shifted from [tag]Kerry[/tag] to [tag]Bush[/tag].
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Cao has a great little slideshow of billboards from God.

Is that the proper plural for Iris?

Mine have finally bloomed

This is my Clematis, it is a perennial vine and blooms beautifully all summer long. I’ve had this one for about 4 years now. It looks dead in the winter and early spring and then there are small green shoots and it grows and grows…

The American Clematis Society has a website here.

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UPDATE: – The new look needs some tweaking between IE and Firefox. You can see it at my theme testing site.

I’m listening to this and just shaking my head.

Here’s a bit:

Sen. Wyden (D-OR): General, good morning to you and your family. And, Mrs. Hayden you’ll be interested to know your husband went into considerable detail about how much you two love to go to those Steelers games together so I know you all are very devoted to family and we’re glad you’re here.

General, like millions of Americans, I deeply respect the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States. Every day our military risks life and limb to protect our freedom, demonstrating qualities like accepting personal responsibility that are America at its best. Here on the Senate Intelligence Committee, I’ve supported our national security in time of war by voting to give you the tools needed to relentlessly fight the terrorists while maintaining vigilance over the rights of our citizens. Those votes I’ve cast fund a number of top secret programs that have to be kept under wraps because America can not vanquish its enemies by telegraphing our punches.

Now, in return for keeping most of the vital work of this committee secret, federal law, the National Security Act of 1947 stipulates, and I quote here, “you keep the congressional intelligence committees fully and currently informed of all intelligence activities other than a covert action.” It is with regret that I conclude that you, and the Bush administration, have not done so. Despite yesterday’s last minute briefing, for years, years General, you and the Bush administration have not kept the committee fully and currently informed of all appropriate intelligence activities. Until just yesterday, for example, for some time now, only two democratic senators present this morning were allowed by the Bush administration to be briefed on all these matters that are all over our newspapers. These failures, in my view, have put the American people in a difficult spot. Because the committee hasn’t been kept informed, because of these revelations in the newspapers, now we have many of our citizens, law abiding, patriotic, Americans who want to strike the balance between fighting terrorism and protecting liberty. Now they’re questioning their government’s word.

So, let me turn to my question. In your opening statement you said that under your leadership the CIA would act according to American values. We’re not talking about a law here, but we’re talking about values. For me, values are about following the law and doing what you say you’re going to do. When it comes to values, credibility is at the top of my list. Now, General, having evaluated your words, I now have a difficult time with your credibility and let me be specific…

Fox News broke away here, but you can clearly see the tenor of the statements.

Sen. Wyden is upset because

only two democratic senators present this morning were allowed by the Bush administration to be briefed on all these matters that are all over our newspapers.

Okay. The entire committee was not briefed on some things. Isn’t there anything to the fact that Sen. Wyden’s democrat colleagues that were briefed, did not, in their turn, brief him…

He speaks of voting for funding as if the funding would not have come through without his vote.

He’s all for personal responsibility too, when it’s the military. I don’t presume to know his personal views on personal responsibility, but the left’s views seem to be personal responsibility for the right, but not the left (or the left’s chosen groups). Criminals from minority backgrounds are criminals by circumstance, not choice, therefore no personal responsibility. Poor people who are addicted to drugs are addicted by circumstance. High school students in California who can’t pass the exit exams for a diploma can’t do so by circumstance. Give them their diplomas anyway.

And we musn’t forget that all congressional corruption is republican and they all must resign immediately upon even the slightest whisper of corruption, whilst the democrats refuse to return funds and refuse to resign even upon conviction…

But now I definitely won’t be watching ever again…

via The American Princess we learn that [tag]Rosie O’Donnell[/tag] is [tag]Meredith Viera[/tag]’s replacement on [tag]The View[/tag].

Like Coke Blak – Blech!

That’s the title of an essay by Jane Galt (thanks to Lorie at PoliPundit for pointing it out).

Jane mentions, as one of her points, that there are “no coupons for cut price gas.” I’d have to disagree with her there. One of our local grocery chains (which is owned by Safeway) gives you a 3 cent discount (update: per gallon) every day at their gas stations if you use your Fresh Values card.

You can get 6 cent discounts too. For every $50 purchase, you get a 6 cent discount (update: per gallon). It’s noted as a fuel offer on the receipt.

We Eat Chickens for Lunch!

See Captain Ed’s post describing this exciting new Group!