100 Things About the Election, Part VIII

The continuing series of things I noticed during and after Election Day that I considered important. In no particular order...

60. This guy's a tad angry. He wants to fight a Bush supporter in a "fair, physical fight." Since when do liberals fight fair? (hat tip: Andrew Sullivan)

61. From Opinion Journal's Political Diary, which is a subscriber service, we saw the following line from a former Democratic VP candidate...

Geraldine Ferraro, the 1984 Democratic vice presidential candidate, showed up on Fox News last Saturday to sneer: "If indeed all those blue states all got together and seceded from the union, think what would be left for those red states, nothing. There would be no educational system. You would have nothing. What would be left to you? I mean, where is all of this talent in this country? It's on both (coasts), the Northeast corridor."

Oh, yeah, that attitude will surely win people over.

62. Good news -- Michael Moore wants to make a sequel to his propaganda piece -- the one which failed in its stated objective. Very effective work. At this rate, he'll get Bush elected to a third term. Heck, liberals like Moore claim the first term was illegitimate and Bush was never elected. Maybe he can run again.

63. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Apparently the Ohio Democratic Party hasn't given up yet. Dirty Harry at MyTwoCommonCents has a bunch of posts on this. Guys, even Michael Moore has conceded, and he hates that more than a diet. Polipundit shuts the door on this talk.

64. By the way, I know other people may be tired of this feature. Unfortunately, I'm not. I could gloat about this for FOUR MORE YEARS!

65. Even my former undergraduate home, Villanova University, has its share of nuts. From the the school paper, the Villanovan...

The Center for Peace and Justice invited J.E. McNeil, Executive Director of the Center on Conscience and War, to advise conscientious objectors on what they should do now to document their position. Her presentation included factual information on how the draft works as well as her opinion that war is unjust.

McNeil, a practicing attorney with 25 years of experience, has represented conscientious objectors who have sought exemption or demonstrated against war in the United States. She now directs the CCW, a national organization that is opposed to the draft and provides legal assistance to conscientious objectors.

Her belief in a looming draft is based on knowledge of polling done by President Bush's strategist Karl Rove on how Americans feel about reinstatement and her distrust of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's pre-election editorial that asserted that "the United States simply does not need a draft."

Despite the administration's insistence that it is not planning a reinstatement, McNeil claimed both the nation's military and finances are stretched too thin already, and that a draft is highly likely.

... McNeil aroused some disagreement among audience members when she argued that the war in Afghanistan was an unjust war, fought for revenge after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Some audience members, including students in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, challenged her views and suggested that the military has provided anti-war activists like McNeil the freedom to express their views.

McNeil responded emotionally, saying it has been people who have been incarcerated for protesting war who have really given her the "right to speak."

Dr. Suzanne Toton of the CPJE said afterwards, "We pray there will not be a draft, but as a Catholic institution, we believe that students should be making this decision on the basis of conscience."

Psychology professor Dr. Paul Sheldon, who is trained in draft counseling, said, "COs are not cowards. The true CO has to be toughest guy on the block."

Sheldon, who as a Quaker is opposed to war, advises the Villanovans for Peace. He said he would be available to speak with those concerned about conscientious objection."There's always been war. What I've learned from war is that war doesn't work," he said.

I really wish Villanova had a Center for War and Injustice. Seriously, that last line is the sort of gibberish that's barely worthy of my contempt. I respect Quakers and the principles of non-violence. But to advocate that war doesn't work ignores history, not to mention reality today. Ask the Afghan people.

I think the draft rumors were bogus from day one. But perhaps they'll join the myth of Republicans taking away Social Security from old folks as a typical Democratic scare tactic.

66. Michelle Malkin presents Red states vs. Blue states, in charitable giving. I'm embarrassed that the five states I've lived in the longest (PA, MI, NJ, MA, and VA) all rank in the bottom 3 states. It's probably my fault.

67. Instapundit raised an interesting point -- what the hell happened to the Sandy Berger story?

68. Milwaukee may be starting a trend here. Personally, I find it rather funny -- don't the folks in swing states get plenty of spending as a result of these costs? Plus, they get all the campaign ads!