Jay Bookman

By Isaac

December 14, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

Pity it didn’t take his head off.

By Dale Gribble's GOP

December 14, 2008 3:51 PM | Link to this

Accuracy with good movement. Probably in a Yankee uniform.

By Dusty

December 14, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this

Oh Jay, you forgot to mention that the “shoe thrower** was an IRAQIJOURNALIST in the office of Prime Minister al Maliki.

I guess you can call throwing shoes an “assault”. I guess you could call throwing snowballs or spitballs an “assault”. The world of journalism doesn’t have much to get excited about these days. “Assault” is so much more exciting than “tossed” or “threw”.

But one thing is certain, Iraqi journalists are similar to American journalists. They know how to make a mountain out of a mole hill. Or you could say; stir in a little Bush-hate with a childish incident and you have a big big news report.

As to what will happen to the Iraqi reporter; he will be invited to many USA liberal talk shows to get his profound view on international affairs. Saddam will not be mentioned but Bush will be castigated by the host and his guest.

By getalife

December 14, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

“BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi television journalist was kidnapped on Friday after leaving his home in Baghdad, Iraq’s Journalistic Freedoms Observatory said.

Muntazer al-Zaidi, a correspondent for al-Baghdadiya television station, disappeared after leaving his home in a busy area of central Baghdad, the non-governmental organization said in a statement.”

He was kidnapped and another reporter killed.

Lucky it was not another grenade.

By AJC/DNC Management

December 14, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this

Yes, so exciting, isn’t it?

Another reporter just doing his job, toiling away in a non partisan and unbiased fashion, just trying to get the news to the people without letting his little perverted activist inner moron get in the way.

Uh, I’m sorry, I meant to say that he acted just like any other “news” paper reporter would.

What would the day be like with no outbursts from the immature?

By Midori

December 14, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this

The George W. Bush Presidential Library

By Midori

December 14, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this

Muthathar al Zaidi shouted: “This Is A Goodbye Kiss, You Dog”…

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

By shoe salesman

December 14, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this

shoes are too good for bush. get him in front of a firing squad. execution for war crimes sounds about right. what scum.

By sunshine and thunder

December 14, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this

It just gets curiouser and curiouser.

Obama Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Chicago Home Mortgage $903,000 over Legal Limit

By Tim

December 14, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

What do you think should happen, Jay? Should Muntazer al-Zaidi keep his job at Al-Baghdadia?

Should he be prosecuted in Iraq? No harm, no foul?

By The Corporal

December 14, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this

To shoe salesman and Issac

You guys are borderline regarding a threat. Don’t forget the Secret Service knows about IP addresses. Jay those are inappropriate posts. I suggest you pull them.

To All

This sad event however will be a wonderful opportunity for the world and the mainstream media to see what happens to this gentleman in a post Saddam vs. Saddam regime.

By Midori

December 14, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

Sunshine,

are you suggesting we throw shoes at Obama, too?

By sunshine and thunder

December 14, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this

JAY

You wrote:

So what do you think? Will he be seen again anytime soon?

Well of course. He is now a hero to the left. He will be lionized on every left nut talk show on television. He may even get a Pulitzer or, at the very least, a cover on Newsweek.

BTW Jay. Where were you when that was happening?

By shoe salesman

December 14, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this

borderline threat? nothing of the sort. plain speaking, private: george bush should be brought before an international tribunal and tried for war crimes, and the appropriate sentence handed down. its not a controversial point except among redneck morons.

By Rits

December 14, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this

Lets hope American journalists can learn from this. www.sxolsout.110mb.com/p11.html

By AJC/DNC Management

December 14, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this

Bush was cool under fire and prevented an even bigger incident by waving off his lead Secret Service agent, who was prepared to extract him from the room.

Or kill the moron, if I were to guess.

Bush is so much more of a man than any of you liberals put freaking together.

Really, you whiners make yourselves look small and weak.

By getalife

December 14, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this

I think this guy will emerge as a hero in the Muslim world.

By Dusty

December 14, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

Dear Corporal,@4:59

Those guys you mentioned are borderline in more ways than one. Secret Service knows the difference betweem dumb and dangerous. These two….dumb de dumb dumb!

By Dusty

December 14, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this

getalife 5:18

Keep trying and you will be a hero in the Muslim world. Not anywhere else though.

By getalife

December 14, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this

crusty,

You will always be a zero.

By AJC/DNC Management

December 14, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

Another filthy liberal criminal with his slimy fingers firmly gripping on his………………….seat-

For Mr. Obama, the Blagojevich investigation and prosecution soon will be something going on back home. The Rangel drama will play out right in the president-elect’s new front yard. And while Gov. Blagojevich has little to say about the fate of the Obama legislative agenda, Rep. Rangel has a lot to say about that as long as he runs the Ways and Means Committee, wellspring of both tax and health legislation.

“A huge amount of the high-priority agenda of the Obama administration will work its way through the Ways and Means Committee,” says Thomas Mann, a congressional scholar at the Brookings Institution. “Not having a strong chairman is clearly a liability.”-PJMedia

By amad

December 14, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this

This Iraqi journalists are not representing all Iraqis people , there are many Iraqis like me that thanks President Bush for liberality of Iraq.

This fool journalist only representing himself , if any journalist who hate some politic will threw his shows then no one will make conference in the future !! where is the respect of journalistic work?

In the Saddam rejime period , if someone do an act like this , they will rape his mother and sisters in front of his eyes then will kile him and all his familly , but now in the new democratic Iraq , any one can criticize the coverment with no fear.

Thanks for President Bush.

By Dusty

December 14, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this

Midori@5:02

We know you run around in your bare feet. What’s this talk about “throwing shoes”??

By GodHatesTrash

December 14, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this

Bush stood toe to toe with a shoe-thrower.

Duh would give him a Medal of Honor for that.

Not me. He’s still chickenhawk chickencrap.

By Midori

December 14, 2008 5:47 PM | Link to this

LOL, Dusty,

If I were you, I’d keep a sharp eye over YOUR shoulder!!

ROFL!!!!!

By Mrs.Godzilla

December 14, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this

While convinced that Bush has been the worst President this nation ever had - I must say tossing, throwing, lobbing or assaulting the President with footwear, or any article of clothing, could land a dude in a huge pile o’trouble.

We may never see Bush & Co. on trial for their crimes but we will exact our revenge by making America once again the shining light on the hill. The change we make in the next 8 years will underscore his myriad failures.

There seems to be a small breakout of early onset Obama Derangement Syndrome (ODS), as exemplified by our own contingent of Bush apologists. How many times will they throw mud before they finally understand that the American people, now center left, have grown beyond the politics of the schoolyard?

The majority of us have given our trust to Barack Obama, he has earned it. He is a fine and decent man. If you can’t see it by now, the problems lies with you.

A lot of folks in the world could really use shoes…..

By The Corporal

December 14, 2008 5:56 PM | Link to this

To Dusty

There’s free speech (sometimes stupid or threatening), indirect threats and direct threats.

All are dumb, the third one can get you jail time but the first two can certainly get you a Secret Service interview and into their records.

Issac and shoe saleman need to be a little more circumspect.

By AJC/DNC Management

December 14, 2008 6:14 PM | Link to this

Blah, blah, blah, the libs won the election but BDS insanely lives on-

Most infamously, Bush’s 2003 State of the Union address included the 16 words claiming that Hussein had tried to obtain “significant quantities” of uranium, even though red flags had been raised within the State Department about the veracity of the claims.-SanFranFreakoKKKhronicle

Oh, O.K-

The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.

Duh.

By Job Posting

December 14, 2008 6:14 PM | Link to this

Position available for knowledgeable person to screen posts and make recommendations for pulling posts that may be inappropriate due to threats made. Other responsibilities include pretending to be a grown up baby sitter for other bloggers.

By GodHatesTrash

December 14, 2008 6:24 PM | Link to this

Corporal, those agents look a little slow. Nobody moved until the second shoe was fired…

Must be hard to get excited about putting your life on the line for such a klown.

By Midori

December 14, 2008 6:36 PM | Link to this

Sir Trash,

notice the nonchalant look on Maliki’s face? PRICELESS!!

By catlady

December 14, 2008 6:46 PM | Link to this

Will he be seen again anytime soon?

My guess is he will be seen in Saxby Chambliss’ next ad against whoever he runs against (assuming Georgia folks don’t wise up and throw him out). The ad will have a voice over linking the Democratic candidate for the Senate with a group of Iraquis determined to kill the president with “weapons of mass walking” while raising your taxes. Mark my words!

What happens if a woman throws her underwear at Bush? Is that as serious as shoes, or more serious?

By Taxpayer

December 14, 2008 6:52 PM | Link to this

There were a lot of innocent lives lost in Iraq. Bush had two shoes thrown at him as an expression of how that person felt about it. Who knows, maybe that guy actually lost a loved to some of that shockingly awesome liberating. I just don’t understand how any of us could understand how that guy feels or how any of us could be upset at him for what he did. I’m sure he knew there would be consequences but he threw the shoes anyway. Fortunately, no one was killed or maimed by the shoes.

By sunshine and thunder

December 14, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this

MIDORI

You wrote:

The majority of us have given our trust to Barack Obama, he has earned it.

HUH? HOW!?

What has he done to earn my trust? Name one thing.

Name one course he took at Harvard and the grade he received.

Name one legislative act he sponsored that had any effect at all.

Name one thing he has accomplished.

I’m not attacking, he is my president now too. I want to know what he has done to deserve this honor.

By Midori

December 14, 2008 6:56 PM | Link to this

Sunshine —

to quote the Corporal — God BLESS us, EVERY one!!

ROFL!!!!!

By Mrs.Godzilla

December 14, 2008 6:56 PM | Link to this

Does this photo remind you of anyone?

Makes ya’ feel safe don’t it?

By sunshine and thunder

December 14, 2008 7:00 PM | Link to this

MRS GODZILLA, MIDORI

A thousand pardons to you both. My 6:55 was meant to be directed at Mrs. Godzilla.

By sunshine and thunder

December 14, 2008 7:07 PM | Link to this

MIDORI

IOW, Midori. As is typical of the Obama legions, you can’t name one reason why he has earned anyone’s trust. Is that it? You just laugh. You should line up for a Jay Leno man-on-the-street interview. You could have them rolling in the aisles.

By AmVet

December 14, 2008 7:10 PM | Link to this

Well, well, the Hero of the Texas ANG outmaneuvered a shoeless nitwit?

Good on him.

Like other famous war presidents, he relied on instincts and training and remained calm in a firefight.

No fake purple hearts for him.

The place to be this afternoon was the dome.

The joint was rockin’.

And the oft miserable Falcons look like they actually belong in the NFL. Incredible after last year…

By Az

December 14, 2008 7:16 PM | Link to this

What will happen to the reporter who threw the shoes?

Celebrity death match with Joe the Plumber!

By Mrs.Godzilla

December 14, 2008 7:25 PM | Link to this

sunshine and thunder

he has built a stong a loving family. i trust him with mine.

he is a clean politician. i trust him to run the business of our nation.

he was an effective elected official. i trust him to be an effective President.

all of this information is easily available to any one not too lazy to look or too stubborn to accept.

the trust problem is within you.

By Midori

December 14, 2008 7:28 PM | Link to this

Sunshine,

I don’t know what prompted your little hissy fit - that’s what I find so humorous. Do you do stand up? Your talents are wasted here.

IOW, Midori. As is typical of the Obama legions, you can’t name one reason why he has earned anyone’s trust. Is that it?

OK — For starters:

I’m watching an Ebay auction right now, so excuse me if I haven’t posted more to your satisfaction and gratification. Tho I’m sure you feel exactly the opposite as I do on the points I’ve just listed.

Happy Now?

oh yeah —HAPPY HOLIDAYS

By Mrs.Godzilla

December 14, 2008 7:31 PM | Link to this

Midori,

do you find yourself weary sometimes of trying to reach the unreachable wingnut?

it has gotten to the point where it’s pretty damn funny.

it’s getting hard to tell if these folks are igneous, sedimentary or metemorphic.

By AJC/DNC Management

December 14, 2008 7:35 PM | Link to this

Desperation is setting in!

While skeptics are already using it as evidence of some kind of cooling trend, it actually illustrates how fast the world is warming.

Um, yeah, sure thing.

So, of course, they use fake NASA numbers to scare monger with-

The average global temperature in 2008 is likely to wind up slightly under 57.9 degrees Fahrenheit, about a tenth of a degree cooler than last year. When Clinton was inaugurated, 57.9 easily would have been the warmest year on record. Now, that temperature would qualify as the ninth warmest year.-Oblahma AP ologists

And here I thought human sacrifice went out with the Mayan savages, who would have known euroweenies and their spineless sisters on the left would pick up where they left off?

By Taxpayer

December 14, 2008 7:40 PM | Link to this

Mrs. G.,

At least rocks can serve a useful purpose. They’re good for gravel driveways, as reinforcement in concrete, stacked walls, patios, etc. On the other hand, the right wingnuts are not even aesthetically pleasing, much less durable or reinforcing. Perhaps they’re stackable.

By Midori

December 14, 2008 7:40 PM | Link to this

Mrs. G —

I ran into this story on Salon (in reference to the non story about Obama’s birth certificate), and these passages fit these distractors to a tee:

But according to several experts in conspiracy theories, and in the psychology of people who believe in conspiracy theories, there’s little chance those people who think Obama is barred from the presidency will ever be convinced otherwise. “There’s no amount of evidence or data that will change somebody’s mind,” says Michael Shermer, who is the publisher of Skeptic magazine and a columnist for Scientific American, and who holds an undergraduate and a master’s degree in psychology.

“The more data you present a person, the more they doubt it … Once you’re committed, especially behaviorally committed or financially committed, the more impossible it becomes to change your mind.”

Any inconvenient facts are irrelevant. People who believe in a conspiracy theory “develop a selective perception, their mind refuses to accept contrary evidence,” Chip Berlet, a senior analyst with Political Research Associates who studies such theories, says. “As soon as you criticize a conspiracy theory, you become part of the conspiracy.”

Evan Harrington, a social psychologist who is an associate professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, agrees. “One of the tendencies of the conspiracy notion, the whole appeal, is that a lot of the information the believer has is secret or special,” Harrington says. “The real evidence is out there, [and] you can give them all this evidence, but they’ll have convenient ways to discredit [it].”

Whatever can’t be ignored can be twisted to fit into the narrative; every new disclosure of something that should, by rights, end the controversy only opens up new questions, identifies new plotters. Perhaps the most common argument of those questioning Obama’s eligibility is that he should just release his full, original birth certificate, rather than the shorter certification, which is a copy. His failure to do so only proves there is reason to be suspicious, they say, and if the document was released, the issue would go away. But that’s unlikely. It was, after all, the Obama campaign’s release of the certification this summer that stoked the fever of conspiracy mongers.

By Roger

December 14, 2008 8:11 PM | Link to this

do to the shoethrower what he or his kind do to Americans…cut his head off with a dull knife, then drag his body through the streets celebrating

By RW-(the original)

December 14, 2008 8:19 PM | Link to this

This will be the last thread on which birther nonsense can be posted. From here on out, it will be deleted.—Jay Bookman December 11th

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The president was at no point injured and he brushed off the incident. “All I [President Bush} can report is it is a size 10.”

By Midori

December 14, 2008 8:29 PM | Link to this

‘Modesto Bee’ Reporter Eyewitness To Shoes Tossed at Bush

We made our way to the prime minister’s house, getting searched as we entered his compound, searched as we walked into a holding room before going into the house and then searched again before going in the gate. We saw American soldiers, but no Secret Service.

The Secret Service showed up and we got searched again.

Oddly enough, one of the Iraqi government delegates gathered the correspondents and told us not to ask questions. “If you want to embarrass the prime minister, ask a question,” he said. Ok, that kind of defeats the purpose of bringing together the entire Iraqi press.

Still, the Iraqis were having a blast, taking pictures of themselves at the table and lecterns where Bush and Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki would speak. The mood was positively jovial. Some joked about smartass comments they’d like to ask the president, like “Is the mission accomplished now?” Sounds offensive to Americans, but I’d chalk up to typical reporter banter.

Hands leap, especially among the Iraqi press who have never had a chance to ask a question to the American president who shaped their lives for the past five years.

That’s when the shoes started flying.

“This is a kiss of goodbye, you dog,” Zaidi shouted.

By getalife

December 14, 2008 8:34 PM | Link to this

Well, he went to Afghanistan and they will not be throwing shoes.

By Midori

December 14, 2008 8:35 PM | Link to this

I’m quite aware of that RW, but the information I wanted to share with Mrs. G. came from that story.

I’m perfectly ok with Jay removing it.

Just as long as Mrs. G. gets a chance to see it first. I only wish I could have found that information in another story. Midori, December 14

By RB from Gwinnett

December 14, 2008 8:35 PM | Link to this

“there’s little chance those people who think Obama is barred from the presidency will ever be convinced otherwise. “There’s no amount of evidence or data that will change somebody’s mind,””

A valid US birth certificate is all thats needed to satisfy every one of us. It’s a simple thing, really. You just produce the one you keep in your personal files. What about that is so hard for you to understand? Show the birth certificate and all the rumors go away.

Why has that not happened yet? The fact he keeps hiding things just fuels these rumors. Show the certificate and put the rumors to rest. If you don’t have anything to hide, why would you?

By The Corporal

December 14, 2008 8:40 PM | Link to this

To GodHatesTrash

Also trained not to overreact especially in a foreign country.

An egg is an egg A shoe is a shoe A brick is a brick A gun is a gun

All require differnet responses.

To Mrs. G.

Obama the Transporter (12/13 @ 1:24am and 12:38pm)

By Midori

December 14, 2008 8:42 PM | Link to this

Jay,

It appears I’ve opened a can of worms with that 7:40 post.

Please delete it.

I did not intend for that info to be another springboard for that non issue.

Thanks.

By The Corporal

December 14, 2008 8:47 PM | Link to this

To Midori

Sorry - you’re too late ………. :o)

See if any of the individuals quoted in the article you referenced know the name of the hospital Aytch was born in.

It’s a very easy question to answer.

By RB from Gwinnett

December 14, 2008 8:48 PM | Link to this

Midori, it won’t be a non issue until it’s settled. Jay can do his best to bury it all he wants, but until your messiah puts it to rest, it will continue to dog him. He continues to be the only person in this country who would not produce his birth certificate to settle the question of his nationality. Why?

Again, the solution to this issue is so very simple. There must be a reason why it hasn’t been settled.

By Midori

December 14, 2008 9:13 PM | Link to this

LOL Corporal and RB,

obsess to your heart’s content.

LMAO!!!

you guys are comic gold!!!

and HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Here’s hoping you get what you’re looking for in your stockings.

Have you guys been naughty?

or nice?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

By RB from Gwinnett

December 14, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this

Midori, naughty or nice, I’m forgiven because I believe in the Christ child and not in some “naughty or nice” made up reason for athiests to celebrate Christmas. How about you?

By Bud Wiser

December 14, 2008 9:25 PM | Link to this

As usual, Midori lists the things that BO hasn’t done…..yet. Give him a chance; there’s always a chance ….. a chance he will do nothing still.

Vacuous empty suit with a big mouth and a shiny toothy smile.

Done nothing.

Will do nothing.

Except continue to suck in the mindless drones of idol worshipers who have no life.

By AJC/DNC Management

December 14, 2008 9:26 PM | Link to this

THE TEMPERATURE AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PLUNGED TO -15 DEGREES AT 552 PM. THIS IS A NEW RECORD LOW FOR THIS DAY…BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF -14 DEGREES SET IN 1901.-NOAA

Why, this must mean it’s getting warmer.

dunces

By AJC/DNC Management

December 14, 2008 9:31 PM | Link to this

President-elect Barack Obama says he’s confident that no member of his staff was involved in discussing deals for his Senate seat with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Uh-huh:

Barack Obama had begun thinking about his Senate successor even before the presidential election, and dispatched Rahm Emanuel days after the vote to contact aides of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to begin talking up Mr. Obama’s preferred candidates, associates of Mr. Emanuel said this weekend.-WallStreetJournal

“Change” you can count on.

By Midori

December 14, 2008 9:34 PM | Link to this

RB,

I’m not an “atheist”.

Now, where did that come from?

No matter.

You guys get crazier with each tick of the clock.

and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you as well, Bud.

You’re one first class stalker - I’ll give you that.

I suppose I should be flattered (NOT) knowing you routinely hang onto my every word.

By RB from Gwinnett

December 14, 2008 9:35 PM | Link to this

Andy, do you get the impression they’ve started calling it “climate change” instead of “global warming” because they’re at least smart enough to see the data isn’t supporting their THEORIES and they need to keep the money coming in?

If they were really in this for the future generations and not for the money, they wouldn’t be flying private jets to their fleecing ralleys.

Modern day sheep herders…

By Anthony

December 14, 2008 9:37 PM | Link to this

That was so hilarious. It took a foreigner. Too bad some American did not have the guts to do what that Iraqi did 8 years ago when this MORON BUSH was campaigning to become President

By sunshine and thunder

December 14, 2008 9:37 PM | Link to this

MRS Godzilla, Midori

You both addressed my post but since Midori enumerated her reasons I’ll take them one by one and reply to you unilaterally (that’s one of your favorite words, right?).

He hasn’t bankrupted the country.

He hasn’t had a chance to implement. As far as his economic platform it is shot through and through with deceit, dishonesty and promises that he can’t keep.

I assume you are implying that George Bush bankrupted the country. Of course you’re either to young or too uneducated to understand that the Federal Reserve swings the economy through boom and bust cycles and has done so throughout modern times. Bush proposed and a Republican congress passed tax cuts that created 8 million jobs, 7 years of GDP growth and higher revenue to the Treasury. How can higher revenue to the Treasury bankrupt the country?

He hasn’t lied us into war.

I assume that is meant to imply that Bush did. He didn’t. One of the greatest lies of the new millenium is that Bush lied us into war. It is the oft repeated fallacy of the left. No one has ever produced any evidence that he did so.

He got elected HONESTLY

I assume that is supposed to be a stab at the 2000 election. Do you remember that fiasco? It was Al Gore who tried to steal the election from the Republicans. He hired a telemarketing firm from Texas to blanket Southern Florida counties with phone calls warning citizens that they may have voted for Pat Buchannon. And if that weren’t enough, Al Gore’s team then tried to prevent all absentee ballots of military personell from counting.

The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that the state of Florida could not change the rules after the election was over. So the left has lied about that situation for eight years.

If Obama got elected honestly it is the first time he did so. When he ran for state Senate he used technicalities to remove his opponents from the ballot. And you say he got elected honestly?

He hasn’t outed any CIA agents.

I’m sorry, who has? Not George Bush, not Karl Rove, not Dick Cheney.

He doesn’t lie out of both sides of his face.

You mean like Bill Clinton does? You mean like Joe Biden? You mean like Jim Martin? Who are you referring to?

He has appointed intelligent, CAPABLE people to his cabinet.

That is purely opinion and supposition. He has appointed tired old Clinton retreads instead of CHANGE. Does that mean he lied out of both sides of his mouth or just one side?

He didn’t pass out from a pretzel, and then lie about it. Did you see that awesome shiner that “pretzel” gave him? LMAO!!!

Wow. You’re right. I guess you got me there.

This is a list of a weak left nut who has no argument, no logic and no knowledge about which she speaks. Sorry, you are not competitive in the arena of ideas and debate.

By sunshine and thunder

December 14, 2008 9:52 PM | Link to this

BERNARD MADOFF

Crook extraordinaire. And a democrat.

Since 2000, he has given at least $100,000 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and more than $23,000 to the party’s candidates, including Senator Charles Schumer of New York and Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, who leads a charitable foundation that invested with Madoff.

By sunshine and thunder

December 14, 2008 10:02 PM | Link to this

If Obama is going to be good for the economy I hope he stops the dog washing for unions.

It’s amazing what Americans can do if they are left alone to do it.

By sunshine and thunder

December 14, 2008 10:14 PM | Link to this

They’re building a snowman in Hell.

Cynthia Tucker is editorializing against illegal aliens.

By RB from Gwinnett

December 14, 2008 10:45 PM | Link to this

Midori, don’t flatter yourself. If I were to stalk anyone, it wouldn’t be someone I have such low regard for.

BTW, I didn’t call you an athiest, I merely suggested the santa fantasy was a way for those who don’t believe in Christ to participate in the Christmas season. People of other faiths wouldn’t particpate at all, so that leaves athiests. But, if the shoe fits….

By Soixante huitard

December 14, 2008 10:52 PM | Link to this

I would strive to have such an impact that on leaving a position someone would yell out at me: “IT’S THE FAREWELL KISS, YOU DOG!!!”

By Soixante huitard

December 14, 2008 11:12 PM | Link to this

RB: *But, if the shoe fits….”

You really shouldn’t use that expression today, RB. :-)

Btw, Bush’s shoe episode has led to a bumper crop in attempted witty headlines in newspapers around the world. Case in point: The Australian: “Sole Searching.”

By The Corporal

December 14, 2008 11:50 PM | Link to this

To RB from Gwinnett

If you will notice, I believe Jay has censored yours and my posts regarding the subject of Aytch’s citizenship that Mardori brought up @7:40pm.

Of course, he left her post on there as is typical of his bias.

By Tom

December 15, 2008 12:13 AM | Link to this

“THE BUSH LEGACY.” Shoes thrown in disgust, repugnancy, anger. Perfect! Just perfect!

RB & Thee Lil Corporal: collectively you lack the intelligence to be “censored.” Intellectual insects. Emptiness feeding on shallowness, feeding on raw stupidity. Like stepping down into a sewer to deal with 2 halfwits. kinda comical in its patheticness. Good Repugs all. Git thee out thar ta buy ya a new GM SUV. Only cost ya a few soda bottles and sum hubcaps.

By The Corporal

December 15, 2008 12:17 AM | Link to this

To Tom

Yawn.

By RB from Gwinnett

December 15, 2008 1:05 AM | Link to this

Tom, I’m not impressed with your mindless attacks. If there is something you would like to debate, I’d be happy to and I’m sure the honorable Corporal would as well. If all you’ve got is childish middle school level personal attacks with no substance, just go away.

By Chad Harris

December 15, 2008 1:31 AM | Link to this

It will be interesting to see if the AJC which has only mentioned this superficially will list the expenses to the public of the Nichols Death Penalty trial including the millions Howard spent with his hundreds of witnesses who never testified, the expenses generated for the defense in covering the event these witnesses did appear, and the considerable expenses the feds incurred in applying their resources. They have Nichold in a cage for life, and Howard wants to pursue the millions it would cost to bring a federal death penalty case with your money.

By Coyote

December 15, 2008 1:36 AM | Link to this

I just thought the really cool part was that Iraqi guy who looked like he was about to beat the crap out of the shoe-thrower

By Salam

December 15, 2008 1:42 AM | Link to this

MSNBC said that the journalist who threw the shoes said that this is from teh orphans and the widows. In the Oct, 2006 issue of The Lancet, one of the world’s top medical journal, an excess of 655,000 Iraqis were killed above the usual mortality rate because of the US invasion. The US invaded even though not one American was killed by any Iraqi. And now there are over 5 million Iraqis who had to leave their homes. They cannot and should not return becasue it is extremely dangerous. But they should get adequate from the US occupiers who caused the danger to them and they are not getting the aid. What a Shame!!! Let us always remember the Iraqi orphans and widows.

By Glenn

December 15, 2008 3:02 AM | Link to this

They should give the show-hurler a MEDAL. Sad that a shoe didn’t hit BushDrunk in the head. A good whack might have instilled at least the brain of a 3 year old. But we wouldn’t wish to make this sissy loser Repunk a martyr. I would not be/am not nearly as kind to those who voted for and supported him - they give me a damned wide berth. Look around at the nation/world you’ve destroyed, you little hate-fiiled tough-talking pansies. YOU deserve the current horrors - WE do not. Meanwhile, our tough troops relax in the hundreds of fast-food joints, huge theaters, game warehouses (We wuldn’t want them to lose that tough guy vedge by taking away their games, now would we?) Or Starbucks. Ot the dozens of daily phone calls to Mommy, Bobby, Billy, Betty, Watisha - telling of their harsh duty vwithin that ever-dangerous…GREEN ZONE. Home before dark, Watching “Duke of Hazard.’ “Kink of Thee Hill,” etc. Tough, tough, tough. A similar GIANT mall sits in Kuwait. One day soon the entire hideous joke will be exposed to the rancid Murcun masses - and they’ll be too dumb to comprehend any of it.

By Mrs.Godzilla

December 15, 2008 5:16 AM | Link to this

Midori,

Good Morning.

Excellent post. Thanks.

There are none so blind as those who will not see.

By AJC/DNC Management

December 15, 2008 5:37 AM | Link to this

The “Maverick” is back-

McCain rebuts scandal link, Washington —- Republican Sen. John McCain pledged Sunday to work with his former Democratic rival, President-elect Barack Obama, on economic and national security issues. And he rejected Republican attempts to link Obama to the scandal surrounding Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.-Urinal/DNC

No more aircraft carrier sinker, no more McInsane, now he’s a respected well balanced party leader who really should consider running again for president in 2012, even though he’ll be so McOld.

We just positively love him again, here in the back stabbing pinkkko media!

Big wet smoochie with your lib “friends,” John?

moron

By Joel

December 15, 2008 6:04 AM | Link to this

Like they say “No good deed goes unpunished”. If it I were W and Saddam was still alive, he would be running Iraq again. I’ve give that filthy place back to the goats and camels. Maybe the ungrateful b******* would be happy then.

By GodHatesTrash

December 15, 2008 6:24 AM | Link to this

Whenever the news isn’t going their way (and lately, it ain’t) ever notice how our RightWingnuts will change the subject?

Their favorite distraction is to blather on about global warming.

Anyhow, the RightWingnuts aren’t as smart as my dog.

My dog is smart enough not to urinate or defecate near where he eats.

Not Bookman’s RightWingnuts. Keep slashin’ burnin’ trashin’ smashin’.

They are Armageddonists. They believe the end of the world is imminent.

So why not wreck the place?

By GodHatesTrash

December 15, 2008 6:47 AM | Link to this

Civilian deaths from the War on Tare are way down in Iraq this year - around 9000 or so - from 25000 last year.

This on a population of around 26M. It would be like the US having annual casualties of 110,000, down from 300,000 last year.

Oh yes, things are going oh so well…

By AJC/DNC Management

December 15, 2008 6:54 AM | Link to this

Even if it was “globally warming-“

Moreover, implementing the Kyoto Protocol at a cost of $180 billion annually would keep two million people from going hungry only by the end of the century. Yet by spending just $10 billion annually, the UN estimates that we could help 229 million hungry people today. Every time spending on climate policies saves one person from hunger in 100 years, the same amount could have saved 5000 people now.-The Australian

Liberals don’t care about helping the poor, they only care about soothing their overwrought, hysterical, silly little consciouses.

They’ll man up when there is no enemy in sight, big brave warriors fighting back the climate gods, pounding their scrawny chests because they “saved” all the rest of us.

Save it for the UN and the rest of the weenies like yourself.

By Al Bundy

December 15, 2008 7:31 AM | Link to this

One of my long time fantasies has been taken to fruition at last. Who knew Bush was that quick and nimble. I see a post Presidency career in a good dodge ball league. If you can dodge a shoe, you can dodge a ball.

By Al Bundy

December 15, 2008 7:39 AM | Link to this

I am suprized that Blackwater did not open up a bullet barrage on those journalists for their use of deadly force.

By Copyleft

December 15, 2008 8:10 AM | Link to this

This incident is further proof of how desperate the lemon-meringue-pie shortage has become.

By Wyld Byll Hyltnyr

December 15, 2008 8:34 AM | Link to this

Here’s what I think, Jay. Before the US under the leadership of POTUS liberated Iraq, journalists had no freedom in Iraq. Throw a shoe at Hussein and you are dead before the shoe hits the ground. It is too bad that something so obvious, which is right in front of your eyes, is lost on all the BDS addled liberal journalists in the US. The Iraqi journalist was a knucklehead and we should all be outraged at his insult of POTUS. But, in the end, that he had the freedom to throw a shoe at POTUS is, in fact, the greatest affirmation of and trstament to GWB’s Iraq policy.

By Bosch

December 15, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this

Dubya almost taken out by a shoe.

No comment.

(but on the inside……so many places to go with this - it’s just better to remain silent)

By PinkoNeoConLibertarian

December 15, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this

USSS should have shot him. That they didn’t shows remarkable training and restraint.

According to the TSA shoes are possible deadly weapons. At least that is the excuse they give for making us take them off to be x-rayed at the airport.

By Eric1

December 15, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this

I wouldn’t have missed!

By Copyleft

December 15, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

That he had the freedom to throw a shoe at POTUS is, in fact, the greatest affirmation of and testament to GWB’s Iraq policy.

Wow, that’s some impressive spin. I guess if they really wanted to show off Bush’s accomplishment they would’ve killed him, huh? (snicker)

By Soixante huitard

December 15, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this

Coyote: I just thought the really cool part was that Iraqi guy who looked like he was about to beat the crap out of the shoe-thrower

Apparently things didn’t turn out so well for the shoe-tosser. There were traces of blood seen near where he was taken away.

By Al Bundy

December 15, 2008 6:00 PM | Link to this

I have never before seen President Bush move with such precision and speed. He was focused, lucid and deliberate in his actions. Too bad Kartrina wasn’t a shurricane.

By gilles Vauclair

December 15, 2008 7:36 PM | Link to this

next time i suggest G W BUSH meets the leader of Iraq in a mosque… like this , the clown from texas will be safe from shoes

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