The OttO Show

1.   Republicans Go To Jail; Democrats Get Disbarred

So Former Clinton NSA Sandy Berger admits stealing and destroying classified terrorism documents prior to a 9/11 investigation and his punishment is to take away a license that he doesn't use? Meanwhile Scooter Libby is bankrupt and heading in for 2 1/2 years for slight misinformation given during a useless investigation where there was no crime and no one to protect.

Does anyone on the Democratic side care to reconcile these for me?

No wonder the pre-9/11 and Iraq pre-war intelligence was so lousy - apparently Bush's predecessor's felt they had custodial control over classified materials and could do whatever they wanted with them.  Even after they left office.

And apparently, they were right. Does this discourage others from destroying classified government documents? If it were a Bush Administration member doing it, wouldn't this be the front page headline and the next anti-Bush blog obsession for the next 18 months?

2.  We'll Always Have Paris:

Paris Hilton is the embodiment of the theory that the media in this country control the agenda.  Otherwise, why in the world would we care about a person who produces nothing, contributes nothing or says nothing of substance?

With the media obsession over Paris Hilton's jail fiasco it seems everyone has an opinion on the fairness of the sentence and the injustice of fame and wealth manipulating court ordered sentencing, I think this is something we might all agree on:  If Hilton hates jail this much, maybe a few weeks in the slammer will teach her not to endanger other, lesser people who share her streets.  Maybe it will even save a life down the road.

3.  Conservatives Endorse Temporary Amnesty:

Thank God for Conservatives!  Now 12 million illegal aliens can continue living, working and hiding in the shadows unhindered and the border situation can remain chaotic!   The answer to not getting everything you want is to make sure that you get nothing at all and further frustrate the nation.  This brings me back to the 2006 elections.  I wonder how many Conservative immigration fundamentalists chose to not vote or vote Republican last year?

Last summer I warned Conservatives (and I had to gripe to get my Conservative hosts to post my article) about sitting out the election.  I said that if immigration is a big issue to you, then don't complain when you don't get anything you want on the immigration issue in the near future.   Withholding your vote or voting for a sure-loser third party will not advance your causes in any way.  Now instead we're working backward.  If we don't get at least some of the things we want in the next session, how many are going to sit out the next election too?  How does a Hillary administration and a Democratic Congress sound to you?  Think 'amnesty' is a looming threat now?  Wait until 2008.  Then we can all reacquaint ourselves with the word and a dictionary.

4.  The Reagan Factor:

Historian Douglas Brinkley was recently on the O'Reilly Factor, rating GOP candidates by the Reagan-gage.  Of the three top contenders in the Republican primary, he cited Mitt Romney as the most Reagan-like.

But when asked about Fred Thompson, Brinkley acknowledged that hands-down Thompson was the most like Reagan, citing his positions and his ability to communicate to everyday Americans:

"Rudy Giuliani's a folk hero of the American people, as Ronald Reagan was. The difference is that Reagan was more genial … John McCain seemed 'Reaganesque' a few years ago, but he seems to be faltering slightly now … Mitt Romney, like Reagan, was governor of a liberal state and had to deal with Democrats. There's a bit of the Reagan shine on Romney … Fred Thompson is the most Reaganesque because he talks folksy and is fiercely loyal."

Have a great weekend!

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