During the 2004 election cycle, I created the Civility In Politics Award.

During the election cycle there were several recipients, including Teresa Heinz-Kerry (the awards' namesake), John Kerry's Little People, John Edwards' Little People, Terry McAuliffe, John Edwards, Craig Fitzhugh (for mocking those with special needs), Joe Biden, University of Arizona Protestors, and most recently, Alan Colmes.

During the 2004 campaign, John Kerry changed his position on issues more times than not, and the term "waffle" became commonplace throughout the blogosphere. In light of all the waffling going on again during this campaign cycle, I have created a new award.

Introducing the 'Golden Waffle Award'.

If you're a political junkie like me, you know we have seen a fair share of waffles already this year, so I decided we needed a better way to point them out. Make sure to let me know if you catch a candidate waffling, and I'll make sure to give them one of these prestigious medals.

The first recipient, is none other than the man pictured in the waffle, Barack Obama. It seems Mr. Obama can't remember if he is for, or against, missile defense systems. You don't have to take my word for it, just listen to the man himself.

Congratulations Barack Obama! You make wafflers in all 57 states around the country very proud!

One out of every five American voters want Congress to try and pass the immigration reform bill. You do realize what the other four out of five want, don't you?

Rich Lowry says this amnesty bill will actually head off any attempts at enforcement.

I figure, how do we know we really need "enhanced" security measures? We haven't even tried the plain old vanilla security measures that have already been signed into law.

Michelle Malkin points out how clueless our lawmakers are as she welcomes us all to the deportation abyss. She also points out that Washington is serving waffles (and no, John Kerry is nowhere to be found).

Ann Coulter points out that the only people at the border who seem to get prosecuted are the Border Patrol Agents who try to do their jobs.

John Hawkins has the inside story on what's happening with the immigration bill.

In other words, if the bill gets through the Senate and the House, the Democrats and the open borders Republicans will work together when the bills have to be reconciled in committee to strip out any amendments that the "grand bargainers" don't like. Therefore, at this point, it doesn't matter what amendments pass, because any tough enforcement provisions that slip through will be rendered toothless when the bills are reconciled.

If you missed it, I fisked the White House Immigration Fact Check.

Howard Fineman asks, "Do borders mean anything?"

Kevin Ecker says we're being played for fools, and he's right.

Our senators are working hard to revive the immigration bill, so it's time for us to kick it up a notch and fight back louder and harder than ever.

Please, take a moment out of your day to contact your senators or send them a fax. Urge them to oppose this measure and support enforcing our current immigration laws. You should also contact the White House and tell the President that, as an American, you do, in fact, know what's right for America.

A woman staying at a northeast Georgia motel this week shot herself while trying to light a cigarette with a pistol she mistook for a cigarette lighter, police said.

Police said Olivia Hutcherson, 21, of Anderson, S.C., had been arrested for fighting at a Waffle House shortly before she shot herself in the hand with a .22-caliber pistol she had tried to use to light a cigarette.

I guess she's lucky she doesn't chew tobacco. Just imagine what might have ended up in her mouth.

We finally learn what John Kerry's office says is the joke he "botched" yesterday.

"Do you know where you end up if you don't study, if you aren't smart, if you're intellectually lazy? You end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq. Just ask President Bush."

Now let's compare that to what he said,

"You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."

Not even close. The original doesn't mention education, homework, effort, or doing well. The "botch" doesn't mention intellectual, lazy, war, or President Bush.

We've all "botched" a joke before, but I doubt we did it by making two completely different statements.

I don't buy it for a moment. If they sounded even remotely similar, in wording and in tone, I might fall for it, but they don't. Nice try Flipper.

U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D- Mass., who was in town Sunday to help Gov. Jennifer Granholm campaign for her re-election bid, took time to take a jab at the Bush administration for its lack of leadership in the Israeli-Lebanon conflict.

"If I was president, this wouldn't have happened," said Kerry during a noon stop at Honest John's bar and grill in Detroit's Cass Corridor.

Of course not. If John Kerry was President, there would be no war on terrorism, and he would have ignored Israel while Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria, Iran, and others took their toll on them.

Thank God we don't live in John Kerry's alternate universe.

Heck, if John Kerry was President, there might not even be a United States of America anymore.

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Is this really news?

Senator John F. Kerry announced yesterday that he will support whoever wins next month's Democratic Senate primary in Connecticut, despite the decision by incumbent Senator Joseph I. Lieberman to run as an independent candidate if he loses the primary.

The announcement was made a day after a similar declaration by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, who, like Kerry, is considering a presidential run in 2008.

But unlike Clinton, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee — all of whom pledged to support Lieberman in the primary — Kerry is declining to choose between Lieberman and his Democratic challenger Ned Lamont, said Amy Brundage , a spokesman for Kerry's political operation.

It's not like John Kerry actually sticks with a decision once he makes it anyway… Get real people.

Senate Democrats pushed for a vote on a bipartisan immigration bill after Republicans foundered while trying to rally GOP support for a compromise on what to do about the millions of illegal immigrants now in the country.

Democrats set up a showdown over a proposal that would allow the illegal immigrants to remain in the country and become permanent residents after paying $2,000 fines and back taxes, learning English and working six years.

While the Democrats push for a vote to allow millions of illegal voters immigrants remain in the country, someone else has another idea…

This plan is tough, it's harsh, it's something no Democrat would ever endorse…

— Increases penalties for failing to depart or re-entering the United States after a final order of deportation order. Increases maximum penalties for visa fraud from five years to 10 years.

— Clarifies that a person born in the United States to an alien mother who is not a lawful resident is not a U.S. citizen. This will eliminate incentive for pregnant alien women to enter the United States illegally, often at risk to mother and child, for the purpose of acquiring citizenship for the child and accompanying federal financial benefits.

– Mandates that aliens who cannot demonstrably support themselves without public or private assistance are excludable. This will prevent admission of aliens likely to be dependent on public financial support. This requirement extends to the sponsor of any family sponsored immigrant.

Sounds pretty tough doesn't it. You know those Republicans, they are all hellbent on gettin' rid o' those illegals… But wait…

It wasn't Republicans who proposed such a measure. It was none other than Senator Harry Reid of Nevada. Yes, it was Harry Reid and his "Immigration Stabilization Act" back in 1993. Oh what a difference a decade makes…

Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, blocked numerous attempts by Republicans to hold votes Tuesday on selected amendments. "We do not need a compromise. It's in our bill," he said and later set the stage for a test vote on Thursday.

Democrats need 60 votes to overcome objections from conservatives on the immigration bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee that is being pushed by Reid.

See, it just goes to show you. No matter how hard you try, you cannot get a jellyfish to stand up for anything.

For a few weeks now, I have wondered what Election 2008 might look like. A recent straw poll shows Bill Frist and Mitt Romney leading for the Republicans. While I am sure they are both good Republicans, I would be hesistant to vote for either one of them, so I really hope I am not put in that position.

I really don't think it matters who the Republican candidate will be, unless the Democrats decide to define a platform and start telling the American people what they stand for and how they would actually do things differently. Any statements they make must be followed with a plan of action or they won't stand a snowball's chance in hell of winning the presidency, no matter which Democrat runs.

The Democrats need to bring a fresh message to the American people and stop being so damned negative. I notice lately that most of the liberal blogs out there, including my favorites, are doing nothing more than attacking the current administration and being completely negative. I, for one, would like to see a positive message, any positive message, coming from the Democrats. Any Democrat.

So this weekend, as I was catching up on the blogs I read, and I notice John Kerry might be running again…

As Senator John F. Kerry prepared to make a return to presidential-style politics with a classic day of New Hampshire campaigning, he said that the 2004 run left him tougher and more eager to fight.

Then, as if that nightmare wasn't bad enough, I read that Tom Daschle is weighing a run for the White House as well…

Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, accusing the GOP of spreading a message of fear, says he is considering a 2008 presidential bid.

"I haven't ruled anything out or anything in at this point," Daschle said in an interview Saturday night after a hometown dinner in his honor.

"I'm encouraged by the strong support many people have voiced for my candidacy around the country and in South Dakota. I'll make a decision at some point later on this year," he said.

As I was stating before, the Democrats need a new message. John "waffles" Kerry and Tom Daschle are too far gone to help deliver that message.

As a registered voter with no official party affiliation, I can assure you neither one of them would persuade me to vote Democrat, even if an unknown won the Republican nomination.

So, as far as I can tell, Election 2008 could get very interesting. Let's just hope it doesn't become a nightmare.

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today announced that she will vote no on cloture regarding the nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

"Based on a very long and thoughtful analysis of the record and transcript, which I tried to indicate in my floor statement yesterday, I’ve decided that I will vote no on cloture."

Long and thoughtful analysis? Yeah. Uh-huh. If "Waffles" and "Fat Teddy" are doing it, you can bet Feinstein is doing it.

Unbelievable? No. Unexpected? No. Unsuccessful? Definitely.

Go ahead people. Vote no on cloture. Try to filibuster. The 2006 mid-term elections are coming pretty quick, and the American people need a quick reminder as to how extremely radical and unhinged the Democrats have become.

Chris Muir needs our help. He is trying to raise awareness, and the Yahoo! rating, for the American Cancer Ablation Center.

He is asking us to click the ad on his site, and I am sure that any link we can provide, will help immensely.

Come on people. If we could make John Kerry the number one search result for the word "waffles" during the election, we can surely raise the Yahoo! rating for something as important as the American Cancer Ablation Center.

Now come on, get clicking.