Anti-War Intolerance Forces Blair to Cancel Event.

The War on Terror cost Prime Minister Howard of Australia his job, Prime Minister Tony Blair of Great Britain his respect, and President Bush of the United States of America his control of both Houses. But it made the world safer in Afghanistan, and the world securer in Iraq. Two gigantic successes that all three men can be proud of.

Tony Blair released his long awaited memoir last week, and besides for the memoir being a smashing bestseller in both Great Britain and the United States, the former Labour leader was protested by hostile anti-war lunatics at his first book signing in Dublin last week, while another event in London was just canceled due to the expected presence of more anti-war loons.

Just another example of the tolerant left!

When will the intolerant left ever learn civility? We're talking about the former Prime Minister of England, land of the Magna Carta, and you're treating him worse than you ever did a Dictator by the name of Saddam Hussein. Such a disgrace, but so was the horrendous treatment of Karl Rove by Code Pinkos during his book tour, as demonstrated by a speech that he tried to peacefully give at the University of Iowa in early 2009.

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Karl Rove is Now Following Me on Twitter

Yes, he's also following over 100,000 other users, but I'd like to say this is something interesting.

And if you'd like to be my 270th follower, just follow the link to the JiP twitter page:
http://twitter.com/jumpinginpools

or if you'd like to follow Mr. K:
http://twitter.com/timkni

Check it out!


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Politics and Family this weekend.

We must interrupt regular blogging for this notice:

I will not be blogging much over the next 48 or so hours, as I have a big Republican Dinner to attend this evening, and I will be gone most of the weekend in Massachusetts (Nephew's fourth birthday), so I expect Matt and Mike to pick up the slack, and yes, maybe even Joe as well.

Friday afternoon - Set up for Lincoln Dinner.
Friday evening - Lincoln Dinner.
Saturday - Travel and Family.
Sunday - Family and Travel.

Remember to watch Bill O'Reilly this evening, to read Karl Rove over the weekend, and to visit Jumping in Pools on a regular basis, because someone is looking out for you, and it just might be us, unless of course, it's not us.

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Just 22% of Americans are "straight line" voters.

When Glenn Beck, a well known Libertarian radio and television talk show host, described the voting patterns of America as 15% beholden to Republicans, 15% beholden to Democrats, and 70% open to other candidates, he was deadwrong. To be honest, those numbers touted by Glenn Beck are too generous, according to a recent poll.

The April 2010 Battleground Poll asked 1,000 registered voters a series of political, religious and ideological questions. One of which dealt with voting patterns, and which party had the voters supported during recent elections.

The results are interesting:

Straight GOP - 10%.
Mostly GOP - 21%.
More GOP than DEM - 12%.
Independent/the person - 5%.
More DEM than GOP - 11%.
Mostly DEM - 24%.
Straight DEM - 12%.
Unsure/Refused - 6%.

Just 22% of American voters are strictly beholden to either political party, and 23% of voters favor their "perspective" party by a relative "more than" margin. Considering our polarized political system, it's hard to imagine that 67% of admitted American voters have supported candidates from either party.

This doesn't mean that the perfect candidate (if there ever was such a thing) could receive 75% plus of the nationwide vote, but it does explain why some Northern Republicans and Southern Democrats can win by substantial margins. In a state like New York or even Tennessee, the voters are not afraid of electing "moderates" from the traditionally opposite party.

Though irrelevant on a national scale, it does confirm Glenn Beck's point that most Americans are not "down the party line" voters or individuals, unlike me and 22% of the electoral populace.

Further more, when "Independent" and "unknown/refused" voters are removed from the equation, 48% of voters have a pattern of somewhat supporting Republicans, while 52% of voters have a pattern of somewhat supporting Democrats. Leaving America with 5 to 11% of the electoral populace who hold ultimate power come election day, confirming Karl Rove's estimation of "Independent" voters.

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