Monica Crowley

Correction

During this weekend's show, I referred to Saturday's (5-26) front page New York Times story about the Clintons' connections to infoUSA. I mistakenly said Bill Clinton was a Director of that company. He is not. He is a Consultant for it.  For the entire article, "Suit Sheds Light on Clintons' Ties to a Benefactor," see www.nytimes.com  READ MORE

The Breck Girl Speaks, Hillary's Tune and Immigration Abomination

This weekend on the radio, the Breck girl speaks!  John Edwards is calling for everyone to honor our veterans on this Memorial Day by calling for retreat in Iraq.  READ MORE

Then, politics and the war in Iraq and the war on terror.    Hillary, Obama and all the other Democrats who want to be president vote against the troops.  READ MORE

The search continues for Hillary's campaign song.  I'll have some suggestions!  READ MORE

Also, more on the immigration abomination-- France is doing it right: who knew?  I'll talk to congressman Tom Tancredo, GOP candidate for president.

Memorial Day

As we head into the Memorial Day weekend, let's take a moment to remember what this holiday is all about.  It's really a very humble and rather inadequate way of saying "thank you" to all of those men and women who have fought and died for the United States of America.  From the Revolutionary War to the current war against Islamic terror, our fellow Americans heeded the call when their country needed them the most.  They and their families made incalculable sacrifices, including the ultimate one.  There is no way---not really---to truly say how grateful we are.  The magnitude of the sacrifice is mindboggling, awesome, overwhelming.  We are who we are today---the greatest beacon of freedom and liberty in world history---because of what they did.  Because of their service.  Because of their sacrifice.  We honor them this weekend.  We should honor them always.

John Stewart Mill once wrote, "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things.  The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.  The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."

The men and women we salute this weekend rose for their country.  And they fell for their country too.  We honor them.  Always.

God bless them, and God bless America.

James "My Name is Earl" Carter

Jimmy Carter was the first president born in a hospital.  Perhaps the attending physician dropped the child on his head, which would help to explain Carter's lifelong foolishness.

Over the weekend, Carter broke a cardinal rule of former presidents: to never criticize the sitting president publicly.  It's an unspoken rule, and one that has been observed, by and large, by all former presidents.  They may critique current POLICY in an interview or op-ed.  But they may not criticize the sitting president PERSONALLY ever.  Ever.

Until now.  Until the 39th president opened his mouth.

Carter said, "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history." 

Wow.  That takes some nerve, coming from one of the ACTUAL worst presidents in U.S. history.  Let's take a short walk down memory lane, shall we?

During Carter's presidency, 53 Americans were taken hostage by the Islamic regime in Iran and held for 444 days, while Carter stood around, impotent.  It was only when Ronald Reagan had been elected did the Ayatollah finally fear the United States and release them. 

During Carter's presidency, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, allowing our Cold War nemesis to pick up a strategic asset.  Once again, Carter stood around, impotent.

During Carter's presidency, double-digit inflation ran rampant.  So did sky-high unemployment and rocketing interest rates.  The prime rate reached 21.5% at the tail end of Carter's term, the highest under any president. The economy was in freefall.  It was a stagflation-driven recession.  And again, Carter stood around, impotent.

During Carter's presidency, there were tremendous oil shortages.  The energy supply cratered.  Once again, Carter stood around, impotent.  Except for the cardigan sweater he routinely wore as a way to solve the nation's energy crisis.

During Carter's presidency, America was in such bad shape that he actually ordered the White House Christmas decorations to go dark in 1979 and 1980.  Grinch!

Quite a stellar record, no?  Time and again, Carter allowed America's enemies to push her around.  He behaved like a coward, scared of his own shadow, and unwilling to use America's great strength to stand up to the world's bullies.  Sure, he guided the final stages of the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt.  But those discussions---and the heavy diplomatic lifting---began under Richard Nixon and continued through Gerald Ford.  Carter could have screwed it up, and to his credit, he didn't.

But one diplomatic success does not offset the long string of dangerous failures.  "Are you better off today than you were four years ago?," Reagan famously asked during the 1980 campaign.  The answer was a resounding "no," and Reagan defeated Carter in a landslide.

Carter got a lot of criticism for talking about our "national malaise."  But he was right: we were in a funk.  He just didn't understand that HE was the reason for the funk.  It was HIS failure of leadership, HIS demonstrations of weakness, HIS impotence that led to the "malaise."  He talked about it like it was somebody's else fault.

You know what they say about people who live in glass houses.  This is why Carter tried to backtrack on his comments about Bush, calling them "maybe careless or misinterpreted."  They were careless but they weren't misinterpreted.  Those comments reflected who Carter is: petty, small-minded, dishonorable.   

Bush is far from perfect, but at least he got in the fight against our enemies.  He didn't always do it well, but at least he did it.  Carter spent his presidency standing around, impotent.

 

This Weekend on the Radio

This weekend I'll be talking about the immigration abomination with Congressman and Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo.

Then, the Republicans Debate----and some of them say "hi" to yours truly this week! 

Also-- the "savior" Democrats in congress now have lower poll numbers than the President!  Plus, where we are and where we are going in Iraq.  I'll be joined by Richard Perle, former Chairman of the Defense Policy Board.

Immigration Abomination

Once again, the politicians to whom we entrust our national security and on whom we rely to protect and defend us and enforce our laws, have sold us out. Key Senators of both parties and the White House reached a "deal" yesterday that essentially extends amnesty to some 12 million (who knows how many?) illegal aliens already here, provided they do certain things, like pay a fine and go back to their home countries before returning to the U.S. This is not a "deal." It is amnesty. It is capitulation. It is putting political expediency ("let's look like we're doing something!") over the rule of law.

The bill's sponsors---Ted Kennedy and John McCain--say the devil is in the details. I say the devil is in the lack of enforcement. What incentive do illegal immigrants have to come forward and go through the process----when they KNOW we have a long and pathetic history of NEVER enforcing our immigration laws? Why should they think this new law will be any different? If they know we aren't likely to enforce it, why would they step forward, pay fines, schlep home, then schelp back again? All they have to do is stay put until this latest legislative storm passes.

There is some indication that the House will reject this piece of nonsense. I hope it does. But it's already come this far, with the blessing of the President and many members of the "world's greatest deliberative body." They don't seem to care about the signal it sends to law-abiding citizens, and those in the pipeline who want to become citizens the legal way. The United States is supposed to be the great example to the world of the constitutional rule of law, "the shining city on the hill." Well, this land of opportunity has been exploited by those who have poured in here illegally---and will continue to do so because we keep rewarding them. This is not the behavior of a great power.

The nation that cannot control who enters controls nothing.

An Idol Outrage!

Melinda Doolittle wuz robbed!!  She was BY FAR---BY MILES---the BEST singer of the current crop of contestants.  One of the Final Three this week, Melinda was unceremoniously dumped by America, leaving the good-but-not-great singers Blake Lewis and Jordin Sparks to compete in next week's Final.  There is only one explanation for this absurd upset: the same people who voted Melinda off the show are the ones who vote Democrat in political elections. It's the SINGING, STUPID!

Bloomberg's Bid

Today's Washington Times reports that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is seriously considering a run for the presidency.  Not as a Republican, mind you, even though that's what his nominal party affiliation is as mayor.  No, if he were to run for president, he'd do it as an Independent.  A third-party candidate.  An outsider.  A modern-day---and urban---Teddy Roosevelt.

Well.  Historically, third party candidates have had mixed success. Some have done better than others.  But none has reached the presidency in this era in which the two major parties are so entrenched, have incredibly powerful fundraising machines, and have the reach provided by the mainstream and alternative media.  Those advantages have inhibited third party candidates from emerging, or from achieving great electoral success.

Bloomberg, however, has built-in advantages that could overcome all of these obstacles.  First, he's got a multi-billion dollar self-made fortune.  Sources say he's willing to spend up to $1 billion on a presidential campaign, so he doesn't need to do the frenzied fundraising the other candidates must.  Second, he's the mayor of a city that has the most dominant media market in the country.  He can and does get wide and continuous media coverage, so he doesn't need to beg for it.  And finally, there may be an untapped impulse in the country for a genuine outsider, particularly if the parties nominate establishment figures that set eyes rolling, like Hillary Clinton or Newt Gingrich. 

Here's a scenario:  the Democrats nominate Hillary, the Republicans nominate Giuliani, and Bloomberg runs as an Independent.  How much New York can one country take?!  It would be enough New York to make the rest of the country sick to its stomach.  But with those personalities and all of that money, it would be one wild ride.

 

This Weekend on the Radio

There's plenty to talk about this weekend, beginning with the terror arrests in New Jersey.  Here's an inconvenient truth for all you liberals: the six suspects were all illegal and they are muslim.  I'll be discussing it with Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist.  Check out Jim's blog, CLICK HERE.

Then, Sarkozy Rules!  Why we should care about who won in France (Hillary sure does!). Plus, what the German terror alert means for us, and why Bush is right (again!)

And, Romney in silhouette:  the former MA Governor takes the lead in NH, shoots back at Sharpton, and tells Mike Wallace to scram!  Plus, Oprah endorses books and Obama. Can she turn HIM into a bestseller?

The Far-Left Frenzy

Monica talks to Bill O'Reilly about the influence of the far-left on the 2008 Democrats.