Fred Thompson And John Bolton Endorse McCain

This one was not entirely unexpected:

“This is no longer about past preferences or differences. It is about what is best for our country and for me that means that Republican should close ranks behind John McCain,” Thompson said in a statement reported by the Associated Press.

The endorsement now may help McCain to coalesce the factions of the party around him. Thompson, who represented Tennessee in the Senate for eight years, is thought of well in the South, an area that McCain has not done well in.

How about that McCain/Thompson ticket, now?

John Bolton also endorsed McCain in his speech at CPAC, earlier today:

Bolton said it was now clear that he would be the nominee, and specifically addressed those who argue that conservatives would be better off in the long run if Democrats win and mess things up than if mistakes are associated with a Republican. He compared this logic to Vladimir Lenin’s declaration that “worse is better” and said that “tactical domestic considerations” shouldn’t be allowed to harm our national security.

So the Mustache thinks like I do……..Nice.

UPDATE:

Lookie who doesn’t endorse McCain:

MoveOn.org wants its supporters to know that when it comes to national security, John McCain backed the war in Iraq. Worse: he backed the surge! As the memo says:

Senator John McCain presents himself as a maverick and a critic of the Iraq war. But a close read of his record indicates that his position on the Iraq war has consistently matched President George W. Bush’s.

They’re probably still mad about this.

Hey, you know he must be doing something right.

Here’s another one who thinks like I do:

Kathleen Parker on “Kamikaze Republicans” in her The Audacity Of  Compromise In The GOP piece.

Hat tip: Hot Air

Code Stink And The Berkeley City Council

In action:

Hat tip: Lucianne

RELATED:

(Cootie alert - Code Pink link follows - Click at your own risk):

This is disturbing. Code Pink is also planning St. Valentine’s Day “Kiss Ins” at military recruitment centers across the country.

“Don’t Enlist, Stay and Kiss! That way everyone makes out!” (Travis, Iraq Veteran Against the War, and his partner Vee)

This February 14th, take your sweetheart out for a public kiss-in in front of the nearest military recruiting center! Organize a kiss-in to counter military recruitment and spread the love in your community.

Create banners. Here are our suggestions:

• • “Don’t Enlist, Stay and Kiss! That way everyone makes out…”
  • “Make out, not war!”
  • “Love the troops, Hate the War”
  • “Military Predators Out of Our Community!”
  • “Make Love, Not War”
  • “Marines/Army out of ____ (YOUR CITY)! Marines/Army out of Iraq! Help us take our city back!”

I’m sorry I subjected you to that.

*I just thought of a Valentine’s Day banner for any counter protesters:

“Hey Code Pink, KISS MY ASS!”

UPDATE (Feb 10):

Michelle Malkin is covering the Berkeley of the Midwest - Toledo, Ohio - where Mayor Carty Finkbeiner (guess which party) has ordered a company of Marine Corps Reservists, (there for some urban warfare training), to vamoose!

Five buses carrying 200 Marines traveled four hours from Grand Rapids only to be told that they were not wanted, and had to return home.

Newsbusters has The Toledo Blade’s sympathetic coverage of Mayor Finkbeiner.

MORE ON BERKELEY CODE PINKOS:

You can view them in action in front of the Marine recruitment office in Berkeley, chaining themselves to the door, and refusing to let people in, here. - Do not click if you have high blood pressure.

“No business as usual, today. Stop the torture!” one of the commies shouts.

UPDATE: (Feb.11):

This will get your blood boiling.

College Republicans from San Francisco State interview some pinkos at their protest:

SEE ALSO:

Protest Planned Against Berkeley City Council.

Republican Senators Devise “Semper Fi” Act, Berkeley Mayor Apologizes

You gotta like this:

 As six Republican senators devised a plan to yank $2.3 million in federal funding for Berkeley programs, the mayor of the famously liberal city apologized Wednesday for his hard stance against a Marine recruiting center.

Two City Council members vowed to soften their stance as well.

The Republican plan would give the funds, intended for a school lunch program, UC Berkeley and ferry service, to the Marines instead.

“Patriotic American taxpayers won’t sit quietly while Berkeley insults our brave Marines,” said one of the senators.

Barbara Boxer was not amused:

But Sen. Barbara Boxer, who proposed some of the funding for the projects, said groups in need of the funding shouldn’t be punished, said Natalie Ravitz, Boxer’s communications director, in an e-mail.

Senator Demint told CBS News:

“Berkeley City Council members have shown complete ingratitude to our military and their families, and the city doesn’t deserve a single dime of special pet project handouts,” DeMint said in a statement.

From Jim Demint’s Website:

Today, U.S. Senators Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina), Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia), Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Oklahoma), John Cornyn (R-Texas), James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), and David Vitter (R-Louisiana) introduced the Semper Fi Act of 2008.

Six names that should be high on McCain’s VP list, IMO.

The bill would rescind over $2 million in hidden earmarks for Berkeley, California in the 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill, and transfer the funds to the Marine Corps. U.S. Congressman John Campbell (R-California) is introducing a companion bill in the House of Representatives.

Last week, the City Council of Berkeley voted to oust Marine Corps recruiters from their downtown office, saying the Marines were “uninvited and unwelcome intruders.” Berkeley officials also voted to give the radical protest group Code Pink space outside the recruitment office and urged them to “impede, passively or actively” the work of Marine Corps recruiters.

One earmark provides $243,000 in taxpayer dollars for the organization Chez Panisse to create gourmet organic school lunches in the Berkeley School District. Chez Panisse is dedicated to “environmental harmony” and their menu features “Comté cheese soufflé with mâche salad,” “Meyer lemon éclairs with huckleberry coulis,” and “Chicory salad with creamy anchovy vinaigrette and olive toast.”

Gateway Pundit said: The Horror!! Those nasty Republicans…
How dare they deny the Berkeley children their eco-friendly gourmet lunches!

Another earmark would spend $975,000 in taxpayer dollars for the University of California in Berkeley Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service, to create a new endowment and cataloging the papers of Congressman Robert Matsui. U.C. Berkeley currently already has a $3.5 billion endowment.

Now, all of a sudden the Mayor, and some of the City Council members are feeling pangs of regret…

 ”We apologize for any offense to any families of anyone who may serve in Iraq. We want them to come home and be safe at home.” the Mayor said.

At their Tuesday council meeting, leaders will discuss scrapping a letter that might be perceived as targeting the center or the Marines.

The letter said that the recruiting center was not welcome on Shattuck Avenue and that the Marines were uninvited and unwelcome intruders.

Silly me…I perceived that to mean that they were targeting the center and the Marines. Apparently I need a reading comprehension class?

Hat tip: Gateway Pundit

Related:

Geoff has one of his famous charts up at Uncommon Misconceptions if you’re interested in seeing how Military recruiting is doing these days.

*Hint: Not too shabby!

“Yes We Can”—What?

 Beat the Republicans, I guess.

This is the video Joe Klein was referring to in his widely read Time blog post, Inspiration v.s. Substance.

His New Hampshire concession speech, with the refrain “Yes, We Can,” was turned into a brilliant music video featuring an array of young, hip, talented and beautiful celebrities. The video, stark in black-and-white, raised an existential question for Democrats: How can you not be moved by this? How can you vote against the future?

The Song & video, by Will.i.am. of The Black Eyed Peas features an all star cast, and was inspired by Barack Obama’s ‘Yes We Can’ speech.

Has the Obamessiah Worship peaked, yet?

Please say yes.