Weekly Wrapup

The big story this week has been the “torture” debate – specifically, the Obama Administration’s utter disregard for America’s security (and for the concerns of four former CIA directors) in releasing classified information to score points against President George W. Bush. Scroll down for all the links Shaun Marie has posted this week.

Rep. Pete Hoekstra has a simple but pretty powerful response to all the liberals in Washington and in the media, and their outrage over these so-called revelations: “Congress Knew”:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124044188941045415.html

Two important points from Rep. Hoekstra: First, he says...

“I have asked Mr. Blair to provide me with a list of the dates, locations and names of all members of Congress who attended briefings on enhanced interrogation techniques. Any investigation must include this information as part of a review of those in Congress and the Bush administration who reviewed and supported this program.”

Just as important:

“To get a complete picture of the enhanced interrogation program, a fair investigation will also require that the Obama administration release the memos requested by former Vice President Dick Cheney on the successes of this program.”

So we should look at the facts, and find out the full story. It’s unfortunate that this is such a novel idea these days in Washington.

Talk about unfortunate... Every day we’re getting a better idea of this brave new world President Obama envisions – and at the Weekly Standard, Irwin Stelzer has a good overview of what we might be headed for.

Beware: This is not happy reading. Pretty depressing, if you ask me...

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/418vduxv.asp

Here’s what we’re facing, in a nutshell: “In the end, Americans will live in smaller houses, drive cars more like those to which Europeans are accustomed, and will rely on European-style health care. In short, we will be more like countries using the social democratic model to which Obama wants to convert America.”

All hope isn’t lost though. “Love him or loathe him, Barack Obama will leave an America vastly different from the one he inherited,” Mr. Stelzer points out. “Unless, of course, sooner rather than later, voters decide they rather liked the older model.”

The Conservative Party is fighting for that older model – an America that is free and prosperous, that embraces individual responsibility and traditional values.

It’s not going to be an easy fight, as we’ve already seen here in New York – President Obama and the liberals will do anything to win. But we are fighting the good fight – and you can trust the Conservative Party to work as hard as we can to help voters decide “they rather like the old model.”

Have a great weekend!