Lies

The NRO is up to their ears in BS:
"Perhaps nothing so captures the superficial, frivolous, and irresponsible spirit of our times like the sudden boomlet for Barack Obama as a candidate for president of the United States.
He is a bright, personable and articulate young man but what has he ever actually accomplished that would qualify him for the highest office in the nation and the leadership of the free world?"

Yeah, because our current President has accomplished so much. It continues:

"Similarly for Congressman Harold Ford, who is running for the Senate in Tennessee. However moderate he may seem, his election could turn the Senate over to extremists like Ted Kennedy & Co.

Both Ford and Obama are probably better than most congressional Democrats, but that is a very small claim in a high-tax party that has been irresponsible on national defense for decades and has fought against even modest attempts to control illegal immigration."

Again, because our current President has been so good on national defense. And his plan to make illegal immigrants "legal" really counts as "control". And the Senate will not be controlled by Ted Kennedy, it wasn't last time Democrats held the majority. The lies go on:

"The time is long overdue to get serious about the caliber of people to whom power and responsibility are to be entrusted. That is especially important if and when the Democrats take control of the House of Representatives after this election."

I agree with one sentence.. it's time to get serious about the caliber of people to whom power and responsibility are to be trusted. People that shoot their friends in the face probably shouldn't be trusted. But how is this especially important when the Democrats take control?

"They can be vague about their agenda but they can’t hide the facts about who will stand to wield power if they take over the House."

Because "Stay the Course" isn't vague at all.

"Everyone seems to be talking about House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as a new Speaker of the House after this year’s elections. But is anyone interested in what she has actually done in the past, as a guide to what to expect from her in a powerful position that also puts her next in line to become president of the United States after the vice president?

On immigration, Congresswoman Pelosi voted against tightening border security. Current House Speaker Dennis Hastert voted for it — and also led the fight that stopped the Senate amnesty bill from gaining approval in the House of Representatives."

Again, making illegals legal doesn't constitute border security. And that bullshit fence idea is a crock of horseshit.

"On taxes, Congresswoman Pelosi has paid no attention to their actual economic consequences and instead repeated the standard Democrat’s line about “tax cuts for the wealthiest few, causing red ink as far as the eye can see.”

Cuts in tax rates have been followed by increases — repeat, increases — in tax revenues. This has happened not only during this administration but also as far back as the Kennedy administration.

Red ink comes from runaway spending, which can always exceed any increases in revenues. When a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives to cut federal spending on welfare, Pelosi voted against it."

She's also against the current tactics in Iraq that I assure you cause more federal spending than welfare.

"Upper-income earners — most of whom are not rich — have in fact paid more total taxes after the rates were cut because these cuts have spurred economic growth and higher incomes. But to admit this would be to abandon the twin pillars of liberalism, higher tax rates, and class-warfare rhetoric."

Upper-income earners ARE RICH, because they are UPPER-INCOME EARNERS! Just because you don't have a billion dollars in the bank doesn't mean you aren't rich. With 2 million more poor this year than last, I assure you that "higher incomes" aren't being earned by the majority of Americans. Want proof? Read the earlier post on 'economics'.

"As regards the war on terrorism and the terrorists’ war against the west, Nancy Pelosi has opposed having international phone calls to and from terrorists monitored by American intelligence agencies. "

Without warrants! She opposed monitored phone calls without warrants! A half truth is a lie!

"The liberal spin is that this is “domestic spying” when someone on one end of the line is within the United States. Pelosi also doesn’t think we are treating terrorists nice enough at Guantanamo. She wants to give them “rights” that neither the Constitution nor the Geneva convention gives them."

Again bullshit. Habeas Corpus is IN THE CONSTITUTION. Torture was made illegal by THE GENEVA CONVENTION. Does this asshole read?

"This is from someone who, as Speaker of the House, would be two heartbeats away from becoming president of the United States. We can only hope that the president and vice president never travel in the same car or fly on the same plane.""

Because god forbid there actually be a leader in office that gives a shit about the people of this country. How then could Halliburton and friends make billions by stealing from the government?
Thomas Sowell, you are a contemptable liar. I don't care that the Hoover Institution at Stanford considers you a senior fellow. After reading this piece I believe that you need to go back to class. Read the Constitution, read the treaties signed at the Geneva Convention and stop humping the leg of the group with the basest morals, the fiercest mendacity and the biggest hypocrisy ever to claim the role of leadership in this country.
Fear mongering, lies and the good ol' double standard; the only tools a bunch of tools can muster to keep their cushy jobs. Someone should fire this dumbass and strip him of whatever recognizes him as an authority or expert on anything but how to shit in someone else's mouth.