Eric Cantor calls for an America that leads on CNN's 'Out Front'

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA)  appeared on CNN's "Out Front" last week to discuss the need for an America that leads with host Erin Burnett. The appearance, live from Lexington, Virginia, followed Congressman Cantor's major national security speech at Virginia Military Institute.

Equal opportunity bashing

When U.S. President Barack Obama joins forces with Mexican President Calderon to equally bash Arizona, a part of the United States, there's trouble in paradise.

Lesson #1 for President Obama: A united front wins most often over a divided front.

Lesson #2 for President Obama: Do not air your dirty laundry with other countries.

Question: Where does Mexico come off telling the U.S. anything about immigration with all their human rights violations?

We can squabble all we want among ourselves within our own borders ... but when it comes to another country, we should stand united. That's a lesson I learned as a child and again as an adult.

Oh, and another thing for Obama ... be sure of what you're talking about before opening your mouth. He has the Arizona law wrong ... could someone read it to him?

Barack Obama needs to learn how to be a leader, not a partisan divider.

Ronald Reagan's "there's a bear in the woods" tv ad

I'm old enough to remember Ronald Reagan's television ads during his presidential campaigns. The two that stand out most to me are the "there's a bear in the woods" ad and the "morning in America" ad ... and Fishersville Mike has the "bear in the woods" video posted....

"Systemic failure"

More finger pointing....

It's time for Obama to be accountable

Donald at American Power says it well:

The politicization of national security is really accelerating today, with Democrats blaming former President George W. Bush for the attempted bombing of Northwest 253. See, "Dems Blame Bush Admin For Terror Attempt," and "EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS GOOD NEWS FOR REPUBLICANS ..." And others from the previous administration are causing some aggressive prevarication on the left. See, "Dick Cheney needs a reminder - 9/11 on his watch."

But we're a year into the Obama administration. Time for blame is long past.

Excellent commentary from Donald ... read the entire post.

Leaders stand up ... they don't whine.

Bush administration knew evil ... and our destiny was to fight it

John Yoo's op-ed piece in today's Wall Street Journal grabs the reader with the first paragraph:

It was instantly clear after Sept. 11, 2001, that our security agencies knew little about al Qaeda's inner workings, could not detect its operatives' entry into the country, nor predict where it might strike next.

The worst attack on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor struck under President George W. Bush's watch. He went on national TV and assured the American people that we would not tire, we would not falter, and we would not fail. He called terrorism what it was ... a faceless coward ... and said he would not forget the wound to our country nor would he forget those who had inflicted it.

He never wavered.

We remained safe.

Democrats played politics with our national security. Mr. Yoo's excellent commentary points out the reasons we needed to use warrentless wiretaps at a time when many Democrats would have left us vulernable to our enemies. He concludes:

Our Constitution created a presidency whose function is to protect the nation from attack. Gathering intelligence -- including intercepting enemy communications -- has long been a key aspect of war. Our military and intelligence agencies cannot attack or defend the nation unless they know where to aim. As we confront terrorists who remain intent on attacking the U.S., using weapons we cannot anticipate, we should be skeptical of those who insist that we radically change the way this country has always made war.

It takes a backbone to go up against the naysayers and radical leftists to do what is in the best interest of the country. Our military and intelligence agencies, under the leadership of President Bush, did what was necessary to prevent terrorism from again invading our shores. We owe a debt of gratitude to them all.

Cheney Speech ... top 10 lines

From the Fox Forum ... Former Vice President Dick Cheney spoke Thursday on national security at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington, D.C., think tank. Read the top ten lines in the speech, as compiled by the editors of FOX Nation.

Dick Cheney: "The United States Has Never Lost Its Moral Bearings"

The entire content of Dick Cheney's remarks on May 21, 2009, can be found at SixtyFour81.com ... "The United States Has Never Lost Its Moral Bearings."

Charles Krauthammer: "Obama's deeds vindicate Bush"

In 2008 Democrat Barack Obama campaigned against the war policies of President George W. Bush. Now that Obama is in the Oval Office, the leftwing of his Party wants him to follow through.

In Charles Krauthammer's latest column, he notes the Democrat leftwingers are not happy, beginning the column with a May 21 New York Times quote from an "unnamed and dismayed human rights advocate, on legalizing indefinite detention of alleged terrorists:"

"We were able to hold it off with George Bush. The idea that we might find ourselves fighting with the Obama administration over these powers is really stunning."

The problem for them is that Candidate Barack Obama is now President Barack Obama with access to intelligence only available at the highest ranks. Knowledge of that type of information puts a difference face on issues of national security.

Armed with that knowledge makes it easier to act on behalf of defending the American people. Mr. Krauthammer writes:

On Guantanamo, it's Obama's fellow Democrats who have suddenly discovered the wisdom of Bush's choice. In open rebellion against Obama's pledge to shut it down, the Senate voted 90 to 6 to reject appropriating a single penny until the president explains where he intends to put the inmates.
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That doesn't leave a lot of places. The home countries won't take them. Europe is recalcitrant. Saint Helena needs refurbishing. Elba didn't work out too well the first time. And Devil's Island is now a tourist destination. Gitmo is starting to look good again.

Observers of all political stripes are stunned by how much of the Bush national security agenda is being adopted by this new Democratic government. Victor Davis Hanson (National Review) offers a partial list: "The Patriot Act, wiretaps, e-mail intercepts, military tribunals, Predator drone attacks, Iraq (i.e. slowing the withdrawal), Afghanistan (i.e. the surge) -- and now Guantanamo."
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What does it all mean? Democratic hypocrisy and demagoguery? Sure, but in Washington, opportunism and cynicism are hardly news.

There is something much larger at play -- an undeniable, irresistible national interest that, in the end, beyond the cheap politics, asserts itself. The urgencies and necessities of the actual post-9/11 world, as opposed to the fanciful world of the opposition politician, present a rather narrow range of acceptable alternatives.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is speaking out in defense of the Bush policies and against the constant criticism from Obama himself.

The war policies of the Bush administration have kept America safe since 9/11. The fact that the Obama administration is retaining so many of those policies vindicates President Bush's national security decisions.

Russia ... overtones of the Cold War reemerge?

Russia plans short-range missiles near Poland and Lithuania, supposedly to counter U.S. missiles installed to protect European countries against rogue states such as Iran.

The election ink is barely dry and already Russia has made a move. Perhaps the world already sees the U.S. as weaker, reminiscent of the Clinton years when our military was downsized and we neglected to respond to terrorist attacks?

It has been nice to have John Wayne in charge of the ranch the past eight years. Thank you, President George W. Bush.