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Home > Opinion > Mike Luckovich > Archives > 2007 > July > 05 > Entry

A clean slate

By Mike Luckovich | Thursday, July 5, 2007, 07:42 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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By Bionic Blonde

July 6, 2007 8:07 AM | Link to this

Apparently there are rules for “us” and special rules for “them”…the current administration does not believe in much—and certainly not in equal treatment under the law.

By the stopper

July 6, 2007 8:07 AM | Link to this

Nice ‘un, Mike.

And I see that the Right Wing’s response to this latest cluster-foxtrot is:

“Wahhh! But Clinton! Wahhh!”

By donkline

July 6, 2007 8:11 AM | Link to this

Paris Hilton more guts than Scooter Libby. She was worried at her court apparaances. Scooter had the tranquil smile like he was laughing at the world we should hane known then the fix was in.

By Mrs. Godzilla

July 6, 2007 8:15 AM | Link to this

Let’s see….

Secretary of State Hilton? No not quite right.

How about National Security Advisor Hilton? No. also not quite right.

FEMA Director Hilton. That’s not it either.

Supreme Court Justice Hilton? Well, we MUST have another female on the court but I can’t see Paris in the black robe with white ruffles at her neck.

Bottom line, I think she may be TOO competent for this administration.

Have you called and written your representatives’ offices about Impeachment yet?

FAX Saxby @ 202 224 0103

FAX Isakson @ 202 228 0724

By Eric

July 6, 2007 8:33 AM | Link to this

I think you’re right, Mrs. G. Bush and company make Paris look like Einstein.

By Duh stands for Democrat

July 6, 2007 8:34 AM | Link to this

{{{{{By Mrs. Godzilla July 6, 2007 8:15 AM Have you called and written your representatives’ offices about Impeachment yet? FAX Saxby @ 202 224 0103}}}}}}

I guess if you’re too stupid to realize the president hasn’t done anything close to being impeachable then you probably also wouldn’t know your reps have email addresses-

saxby_chaambliss@chambliss.senate.gov

senator@isakson.senate.gov

Duh.

By Anonymous

July 6, 2007 8:36 AM | Link to this

Great cartoon; it absolutely nailed the point of this whole mess. “Laws are for the little people” seems to be the motto of this administration.

By Funny morons®

July 6, 2007 8:39 AM | Link to this

I guess if you’re too stupid to realize the president HAS done numerous impeachable crimes then you watch too much FOX News.

Great toon Mike!

By Mrs. Godzilla

July 6, 2007 8:43 AM | Link to this

Hey, Duh

If you are stupid enough to think Bush and Cheney should not be impeached, you would use the most difficult method.

One strong letter, multiple fax numbers. Voile!

I sent one letter to the each member of the judiciary committee that way.

Or, fill out the forms on each individual website….

But if you would prefer the websites here are easy to use links.

Saxby

Isakson

By Eric

July 6, 2007 8:44 AM | Link to this

Duh stands for dumbass in this case. Almost everything that idiot has done is an impeachable offense. He is directly responsible for over 3500 military deaths after lying to gain support for an illegal, immoral and phony war, just for starters. This socalled president will go down in history as the worst ever. And his dumbass supporters deserve to go down with him.

By Craig also

July 6, 2007 8:46 AM | Link to this

brilliant, as usual, Mike. And how true stopper.

By Vicki

July 6, 2007 8:57 AM | Link to this

How soon we forget……Bush pardons Libby. Let’s see, how many jailed criminals did Clinton pardon as he reluctantly left the White House?????

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 9:02 AM | Link to this

Vicki, The “Clinton did it” mantra is old. Your kind sound like little children on the playground who claim, “Well, Johnny did it, why can’t I? That’s not fair! WAAAAAA!!!!!” We are adults, we think like adults, you have the mind of a child.

You sound like a parrot. WE DON’T CARE HOW MANY PEOPLE CLINTON PARDONED, IT IS IRRELEVANT TO THIS CASE!!!!! We covered that topic the other day. Take your “BWAK, BWAK, BWAK, Clinton did it” mantra somewhere else.

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 9:06 AM | Link to this

OH, and another thing Parrot Vicki, many of the people Clinton pardoned had already served most of their jail time.

OH, and of course, you’ll bring up Mark Rich. Yawn, you parrots are so predictable. Well, yes, that made us mad too! We aren’t parrot minded individuals. We can recognize injustice anywhere.

And of course, you’ll probably cut and paste from Wikipedia that people that Clinton pardoned. Well, who cares? Roosevelt pardoned over 3500 people, hell even Jimmy Carter pardoned more than Clinton. Who cares? Who cares?

Please do us a favor and produce an original thought or defense of your party. Your party is going down fast, your neo-con brain is in the minority. You have nothing left in your arsenal, except, “BWAK BWAK, Clinton did it!”

By Miss Meananugly, 4th Grade Teacher

July 6, 2007 9:08 AM | Link to this

Vicki,

All the other fourth graders have graduated past the….”so and so did it to”.

You will not be passed until you can form at least a 5th grade argument for this debate.

By Marilyn Manson

July 6, 2007 9:15 AM | Link to this

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday, Mr President

Here’s impeachment for you!

May your 61’st be the last one you spend in our White House!

By IN THE NEWS

July 6, 2007 9:21 AM | Link to this

Tell Congress to Impeach Cheney First

By artc

July 6, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this

How long will it take Dusty to show up here trashing General Odom because he was talking about her and others of her ilk?

By IN THE NEWS

July 6, 2007 9:39 AM | Link to this

MUSICAL INTERLUDE

By Midori

July 6, 2007 9:40 AM | Link to this

On this Fourth of July, President Bush compared the Iraq war to the Revolutionary War, and called for “more patience, more courage and more sacrifice.” Unfortunately, it seems that nobody asked the obvious question: “What sacrifices have you and your friends made, Mr. President?”

On second thought, there would be no point in asking that question. In Mr. Bush’s world, only the little people make sacrifices.

You see, the Iraq war, although Mr. Bush insists that it’s part of a Global War on Terror™, a fight to the death between good and evil, isn’t like America’s other great wars — wars in which the wealthy shared the financial burden through higher taxes and many members of the elite fought for their country.

This time around, Mr. Bush celebrated Mission Accomplished by cutting tax rates on dividends and capital gains, while handing out huge no-bid contracts to politically connected corporations. And in the four years since, as the insurgency Mr. Bush initially taunted with the cry of “Bring them on” has claimed the lives of thousands of Americans and left thousands more grievously wounded, the children of the elite — especially the Republican elite — have been conspicuously absent from the battlefield.

By Midori

July 6, 2007 9:42 AM | Link to this

The Bushies, it seems, like starting fights, but they don’t believe in paying any of the cost of those fights or bearing any of the risks. Above all, they don’t believe that they or their friends should face any personal or professional penalties for trivial sins like distorting intelligence to get America into an unnecessary war, or totally botching that war’s execution.

The Web site Think Progress has a summary of what happened to the men behind the war after we didn’t find W.M.D., and weren’t welcomed as liberators: “The architects of war: Where are they now?” To read that summary is to be awed by the comprehensiveness and generosity of the neocon welfare system. Even Paul Wolfowitz, who managed the rare feat of messing up not one but two high-level jobs, has found refuge at the American Enterprise Institute.

Which brings us to the case of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Jr.

The hysteria of the neocons over the prospect that Mr. Libby might actually do time for committing perjury was a sight to behold. In an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal titled “Fallen Soldier,” Fouad Ajami of Johns Hopkins University cited the soldier’s creed: “I will never leave a fallen comrade.” He went on to declare that “Scooter Libby was a soldier in your — our — war in Iraq.”

By gttim

July 6, 2007 9:44 AM | Link to this

Like father like son:

*President Bush [1] December 24 granted pardons to former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and five other individuals for their conduct related to the Iran-Contra affair.

Bush said Weinberger — who had been scheduled to go on trial in Washington January 5 on charges related to Iran-Contra — was a “true American patriot,” who had served with “distinction” in a series of public positions since the late 1960s.

….

The president also pardoned five other persons who already had pleaded guilty or had been indicted or convicted in connection with the Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages investigation. They were Elliott Abrams, a former assistant secretary of state for Inter-American affairs; former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane; and Duane Clarridge, Alan Fiers, and Clair George, all former employees of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Explaining those pardons, Bush said the “common denominator of their motivation — whether their actions were right or wrong — was patriotism.” They did not profit or seek to profit from their conduct, Bush said, adding that all five “have already paid a price — in depleted savings, lost careers, anguished families — grossly disproportionate to any misdeeds or errors of judgment they may have committed.”*

So if your motive is “patriotism” you can do any damn thing you want? What was Weinberger’s crime? Four counts of lying to congressional Iran-Contra investigators in 1987 and to Walsh’s prosecutors in 1990.

Both Bush’s have pardoned or commuted sentences for men who committed crimes while in their employment and who have knowledge that could be used in prosecutions against them or their administrations.

By Midori

July 6, 2007 9:46 AM | Link to this

Ah, yes. Shuffling papers in an air-conditioned Washington office is exactly like putting your life on the line in Anbar or Baghdad. Spending 30 months in a minimum-security prison, with a comfortable think-tank job waiting at the other end, is exactly like having half your face or both your legs blown off by an I.E.D.

What lay behind the hysteria, of course, was the prospect that for the very first time one of the people who tricked America into war, then endangered national security yet again in the effort to cover their tracks, might pay some price. But Mr. Ajami needn’t have worried.

Back when the investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson’s identity began, Mr. Bush insisted that if anyone in his administration had violated the law, “that person will be taken care of.” Now we know what he meant. Mr. Bush hasn’t challenged the verdict in the Libby case, and other people convicted of similar offenses have spent substantial periods of time in prison. But Mr. Libby goes free.

Oh, and don’t fret about the fact that Mr. Libby still had to pay a fine. Does anyone doubt that his friends will find a way to pick up the tab?

Mr. Bush says that Mr. Libby’s punishment remains “harsh” because his reputation is “forever damaged.” Meanwhile, Mr. Bush employs, as a deputy national security adviser, none other than Elliott Abrams, who pleaded guilty to unlawfully withholding information from Congress in the Iran-contra affair. Mr. Abrams was one of six Iran-contra defendants pardoned by Mr. Bush’s father, who was himself a subject of the special prosecutor’s investigation of the scandal.

In other words, obstruction of justice when it gets too close to home is a family tradition. And being a loyal Bushie means never having to say you’re sorry.

By Midori

July 6, 2007 9:49 AM | Link to this

Ah, yes. Shuffling papers in an air-conditioned Washington office is exactly like putting your life on the line in Anbar or Baghdad. Spending 30 months in a minimum-security prison, with a comfortable think-tank job waiting at the other end, is exactly like having half your face or both your legs blown off by an I.E.D.

What lay behind the hysteria, of course, was the prospect that for the very first time one of the people who tricked America into war, then endangered national security yet again in the effort to cover their tracks, might pay some price. But Mr. Ajami needn’t have worried.

Back when the investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson’s identity began, Mr. Bush insisted that if anyone in his administration had violated the law, “that person will be taken care of.” Now we know what he meant. Mr. Bush hasn’t challenged the verdict in the Libby case, and other people convicted of similar offenses have spent substantial periods of time in prison. But Mr. Libby goes free.

Oh, and don’t fret about the fact that Mr. Libby still had to pay a fine. Does anyone doubt that his friends will find a way to pick up the tab?

Mr. Bush says that Mr. Libby’s punishment remains “harsh” because his reputation is “forever damaged.” Meanwhile, Mr. Bush employs, as a deputy national security adviser, none other than Elliott Abrams, who pleaded guilty to unlawfully withholding information from Congress in the Iran-contra affair. Mr. Abrams was one of six Iran-contra defendants pardoned by Mr. Bush’s father, who was himself a subject of the special prosecutor’s investigation of the scandal.

In other words, obstruction of justice when it gets too close to home is a family tradition. And being a loyal Bushie means never having to say you’re sorry.

By IN THE NEWS

July 6, 2007 9:53 AM | Link to this

CAN’T THEY DO ANYTHING RIGHT?

By IN THE NEWS

July 6, 2007 9:54 AM | Link to this

ANYBODY EVER HERE OF THIS?

Secrecy Shrouds Accident at Nuclear Plant

By Can't Resist

July 6, 2007 10:05 AM | Link to this

BUSH OUTLINES HIS SEVEN STEPS FOR HIGHLY DEFECTIVE PEOPLE By Don Davis

COMMUTATION

PARDON

OLD JOB BACK IN VEEP’S OFFICE

GRANT OF POWER TO FIRE ANY INDEPENDENT PROSECUTORS

AWARD OF PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM

PRIMO ASSIGNMENT — PREVENTING OUTING OF COVERT OPERATIVE CHENEY

PRE-EMPTIVE PARDON FOR LIES AND DECEIT IN CONNECTION WITH … STARTING WAR WITH IRAN!

By JNH

July 6, 2007 10:05 AM | Link to this

Clinton did it! Clinton did it! Whaa!Whaa! Whaa! Exposing a covert CIA agent is a much more serious offence than ‘nasty’ committed by those jerks Clinton pardoned. Think about that National Security you claim to be so concerned about! All presidents have pardoned their fair share of criminals. The point is: PLAME WAS A COVERT AGENT! Please don’t go there with rants that she was not covert. Get a grip! Clinton also lied under oath! Whaa! Whaa! He lied about a little ooh laa laa (just like you would have done darlin).

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 10:06 AM | Link to this

Midori, If I were Scooter Libby, I’d send an invoice for my fine to Cheney.

Nice posts.

By Funny morons®

July 6, 2007 10:12 AM | Link to this

According to Tony Snowjob Scooter was going to have a tough time coming up with $250,000.

Now 3 days later the fine has been paid. My first thought was “Cheney paid it!”

By Richard Armitage

July 6, 2007 10:12 AM | Link to this

You tell em JNH, whoever leaked Valerie Plame’s name should be locked up NOW!!!!!!!

Oh, and can you give me a link to the jury verdict about Scooter? Somehow I don’t seem to find him being convicted of anything like you describe in your 10:05.

Pardon Scooter and lock up Joe, it’s the only path to justice.

By IN THE NEWS

July 6, 2007 10:15 AM | Link to this

LOCAL IDIOT MAKES GOOD??? KO ON BOORTZ

By Darth Cheney

July 6, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this

“Pardon Scooter and lock up Joe, it’s the only path to justice.”

So, my apprentice, you have discovered the power of the darkside.

By JNH

July 6, 2007 10:23 AM | Link to this

By IN THE NEWS July 6, 2007 9:21 AM | Link to this Tell Congress to Impeach Cheney First

We best hope this happens (Cheney first), since Cheney is currently the President!

By Funny morons®

July 6, 2007 10:25 AM | Link to this

IN THE NEWS 10:15 EXCELLENT!

By ed lorenzo

July 6, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this

Overheard at the Oval Office Scooter Libby is again his old self. He felt as if that great weight he was carrying on his back – and might have had to carry for almost three years in a very small space- had been lifted from his narrow shoulders. Even the color on his face had returned; from that deadly pallor to a rosy hue that spelled good digestion and better sleep. He said in a tremulous voice: “Gentlemen, I think we are now even. I took the heat and did not say a word. Just let me know when you need me for another curtain, façade, trench or just plain adobe wall!” The President turned to him and said: “I am glad everything came out all right, Scooter. Anything else? “Well” muttered Libby “there is the matter of the $250,000.400 fine I have to pay. Is there any way you gentlemen could help out?’ The vice president coughed and turned a slight shade of purple. The President just looked out the window as if he had not heard Libby. Libby insisted: “How about it, huh?” The vice president replied: “I am short of cash at the moment. I just became a grandfather and had to spend a lot. Our insurance does not cover all the expenses, you know, diapers, vitamins, school registration, Latvian nanny, etc.” The President thought for a moment and then said, “Let me talk to Tony” In a moment Tony appeared. “How much in the kitty, Tony?” asked the President. “All gone, sir. We just spent the last dollars on a uniform for the War Czar” “Any suggestions?” asked the vice president. “Well,” Tony said. “I might be able to let you have the quarter mil” “That is great!” exclaimed the President. “Whose money is it?” asked the vice president. “Mine” replied Tony. “Are you sure?’ asked the President. Tony smiled and replied: “Yup, at 50 percent interest!”

By IN THE NEWS

July 6, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this

JNH

HAVE YOU LET YOUR REPS KNOW YOU WANT THEM TO SIGN ON TO KUCINICH BILL?

By IN THE NEWS

July 6, 2007 10:36 AM | Link to this

Washington Talk Radio Station Drops Bill O’Reilly

IT’S A START

By getalife

July 6, 2007 10:37 AM | Link to this

I think the cons who love cons do not understand the role of the CIA to find the next 9/11.

Do they think they will put their lives on the line to be outed by w?

Do the cons hate the CIA like they do liberals?

The mind set of the cons is unbelievable.

Soft on crime, national security and traitors.

Why in the world would anybody vote for cons?

Geez.

By IN THE NEWS

July 6, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this

Accused D.C. “madam” offers phone records to media

NOW THAT THE INJUNCTION HAS BEEN LIFTED WHO BESIDES CHENEY WILL WE FIND ON THE LIST…

By JNH

July 6, 2007 10:53 AM | Link to this

Armitage July 6, 2007 10:12 AM | Link to this Somehow I don’t seem to find him being convicted of anything like you describe in your 10:05.

Perhaps my post was not clear. I do apologize profusely. Anyone who has been AWAKE and watching any news, including Faux news, is aware that Libby was convicted for LYING regarding his ROLE in a White House leak of the identity of a covert CIA agent. Hope this helps!

By THE TRUTH ON VIDEO

July 6, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this

The Democrats Legionnaires against Saddam’s WMDs!

Watch it!

By Richard Armitage

July 6, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this

Actually JNH, he wasn’t convicted of that because there was no White House leak of a covert agent.

You should do some research instead of going through life as a complete dumba$$.

By Dusty

July 6, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this

Oh, more liberal rants and “ilk” (favorite Dem word) this morning. At least, Midori left out her usual obscenities which is one step forward.

The President is leading the country against terrorism while you… err… “patriots” fight him. What clairvoyance!! Terrorists try to branch out to London and Yemen. Fortunately for us, they are really busy in Iraq otherwise they’d be striking here again. But, hi ho the merry-o for Democrats, they are after BUSH.

This cartoon connects two things which have nothing to do with each other. That’s Luckovich. A leading newspaper cartoonist from Houston was on Lehrer News Hour last night talking about the decline in the use of cartoonists. Seems there is hardly a job to be found for them in the country. Looks like the public is tired of liberal propaganda in the form of satire.

Maybe drawing a lie is a better name for it. Luckovich excels in that and all his little libs parade behind him. Comes the “moment of truth”. Liberals are too busy “blustering” to support our war efforts and that is neither satirical nor humorous.

By Mrs. Godzilla

July 6, 2007 11:20 AM | Link to this

Poor old Dusty.

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 11:30 AM | Link to this

Richard Armitage obviously can’t read. Richie boy, Libby was convicted in obstruction of justice and perjury which is a fancy word for “lying.”

So, you don’t think perjury and obstruction of justice is a big deal? Especially when it involves the national security of our country? Wow, you unpatriotic bum!

Richie boy, just because you type it, doesn’t mean it’s true.

Dusty, the same goes for you, just because you type it, doesn’t mean it’s true. Just because ONE disgruntled cartoonist isn’t happy, then it doesn’t make it so, but then again, you and your kind are in the minority.

Just out of curiosity, do you even understand the function and purpose of political cartoons? I don’t think you do.

By the way Dusty sweetie, Luckovich is a Pullitzer Prize winner (more than once?) so I think that trumps your “leading newspaper cartoonist” from Houston (whatever the hell that means.)

By raisedanidiot

July 6, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this

dusty 11:11..Fortunately for us, they are really busy in Iraq otherwise they’d be striking here again. But, hi ho the merry-o for Democrats, they are after BUSH. Yes, dusty, I see you’ve been hanging on every word of your fearless leader again…his latest propaganda tactic is, (lets see, the fear thing has worked well, lets try some more of that) “we fight them over there so they don’t follow us here”…that’s the silliest argument yet. So, you’re trying to tell me that if we were to bring all our resources home, where we could actually use them at our borders and etc., that we would actually be more vulnerable to attack? Logic that defies reason seems to be the repug way. The really ridiculous and sad thing is that dumbshtts like you can’t have an original thought in your head…you must be lead…bahhh baaahhh

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 11:34 AM | Link to this

Watch it JNH, old Richie is trying to bait you with comments like “he wasn’t convicted of that because there was no White House leak of a covert agent.”

Richie thinks he’s so clever — same old neo-con logic:

1) Crime wasn’t commited because Valerie Plame wasn’t a COVERT agent — even though she was

2) When you commit a crime (well in this case several) during an investigation even though it was found out later (after the crimes were committed) that someone else leaked the information, then it doesn’t count. Even though the criminal obstructed justice and lied during the preliminary investigation - that doesn’t count!

Pathetic

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 11:37 AM | Link to this

Same logic from Armitage:

I murdered somebody to protect my friend while the police were investigating another murder they thought my friend committed. Well, as it turns out, somebody else committed the murder that the police thought my friend did, so therefore my murder doesn’t count.

By Cindy

July 6, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this

Libby’s inmate number in the federal prison system: 28301-016. I guess they just have to retire this number.

By getalife

July 6, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this

“What sacrifices have you and your friends made, Mr. Bush? As Keith Olberman said, he has ceased to be the president.”

They profit and not sacrificed a damn thing in the lie of the Iraq occupation.

The worst and most pathetic of Americans.

Geez, cons.

By JNH

July 6, 2007 11:45 AM | Link to this

By Richard Armitage July 6, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this Actually JNH, he wasn’t convicted of that because there was no White House leak of a covert agent.

Puhleeaze! Please read and try to comprehend. I NEVER said he was CHARGED for exposing anyone’s identity. I stated he was convicted of lying to investigators regarding the cover-up. Enough said about this.

By Dusty

July 6, 2007 11:58 AM | Link to this

Bosch,

I was repeating what the Pulitzer Prize winner(several times) from Houston was saying about cartoonists in general. He didn’t mention Luckovich so you can relax.

You should watch Lehrer News Hour. They usually present facts and experts on both sides of important issues. Maybe you blinded liberals don’t want to know both sides of important events.

raisedanidiot,

I haven’t heard a speech by the President in some time. I have seen him on the news with Putin who has been visiting here.

The President is busy running the country, talking with world leaders, checking with Petraeus and acting like a leader. Congress is no help as they are mired in politics. Led by Democrats, to put it correctly. Maybe you libs will wake up one of these days and start supporting our fight against terrorism, instead of the penny-ante political games you are playing.

By raisedanidiot

July 6, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this

Dusty- maybe you should pay more attention to the idiot…thiiinnnkk..discern…question…you can do it!!

By Richard Armitage

July 6, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this

JNH-Does Bosch wipe your butt for you too? The only thing wrong right now is Bush is too much of a wimp to do the right thing and grant an outright pardon and fire Fitzgerald for malicious prosecution.

Bosch—You pathetic little loser trying to show blog muscles. FITZGERALD KNEW IT WAS ME BEFORE THE WITCH HUNT EVEN STARTED.

By Midori

July 6, 2007 12:19 PM | Link to this

{{{sniff, sniff}}}}

I was reading this blog and then WHAM!!!!

At 11:11 my nose detected this god awful stench.

By raisedanidiot

July 6, 2007 12:20 PM | Link to this

Bosch for President!

By WTFBBQ

July 6, 2007 12:21 PM | Link to this

Wheres Andy?

By Midori

July 6, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this

I see Crusty is still swooning over her punk, cowardly pretzeldent.

Have you donated to his library yet?

By Cindy

July 6, 2007 12:40 PM | Link to this

General Odom has it right on… supporting the troops is getting them the he!! out of that mess in Iraq. All the deaths and injuries (both mental and physical) are destroying our fighting forces. What a darn shame there are some in the US that want to punish our military, not support them.

Can’t wait for ‘08. Then the war on terrorism will resume where it left off when bush decided to invade Iraq.

By Funny morons®

July 6, 2007 12:53 PM | Link to this

Dusty - what’s your take on General Odom?

By Funny morons®

July 6, 2007 12:54 PM | Link to this

Another funny

By Funny morons®

July 6, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this

Odd isn’t it? The only people to have served any prison time in the Plame affair are the reporters who broke story?

By JNH

July 6, 2007 1:03 PM | Link to this

By Bosch July 6, 2007 11:34 AM | Link to this Watch it JNH, old Richie is trying to bait you with comments like “he wasn’t convicted of that because there was no White House leak of a covert agent.”

Bosch, I know what he’s up to. I refuse to get involved in a pointless discussion regarding whether or not Plame was covert. Everyone knows she was. It’s the ‘same old, same old’ with these folks. If you repeat it long enough, someone must think it’s true.

By Dusty

July 6, 2007 1:09 PM | Link to this

Funny Moron @ 12:53 My take on General Odom?

I suggest he keep his mouth shut. He had every chance when he was in the military to tell them how to run things. Now he is retired.

According to him, he is NOW a wizard on miiitary happenings. A little late and a dollar short before?

Don’t bother to tell me he has free speech. We all do. And we will keep it as long as Bush and the troops fight against those who would take all our freedoms from us. You remember. The terrorists! That is whom we are fighting. Not Bush, our President.

By Funny morons®

July 6, 2007 1:18 PM | Link to this

Dusty - so should all the retired generals who agree with Bush shut up as well?

That’s right - there aren’t any.

By Funny morons®

July 6, 2007 1:22 PM | Link to this

Today is the launch of ImpeachCheney.org. It’s an effort by Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films and a big coalition of progressive organizations to try to put the impeachment of Cheney on the national agenda in a serious way.

The first step is for as many people as possible to sign the Impeach Cheney petition. Then before long there will be further news, including national spokespeople and further actions to take for those who want to get more involved.

So I strongly encourage you to go sign the petition now. In all of American history, has there ever been a government official who deserved impeachment more than Dick Cheney? Let’s get our act together and do it.

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 1:29 PM | Link to this

Armitage? I’m the loser? You are the one posing as a criminal - like those little punks who like the big boy ghetto gangsters.

Sad.

By raisedanidiot

July 6, 2007 1:30 PM | Link to this

The terrorists are coming, the terrorists are coming! The “terrorists” or “insurgents”, (or rather Iraqi citizens), are fighting a civil war for political control just as they have done since THE BEGINNING OF TIME!!…they are fighting us because WE ARE THERE. Listen closely, THEY DON’T WANT US THERE! Putting our military out like lambs to the slaughter is NOT PRESERVING OUR FREEDOM! Bush is the antithesis of freedom. LISTEN…THINK…DISCERN…QUESTION

By The Peoples for a Nuked Amerika' Century

July 6, 2007 1:32 PM | Link to this

-=-

sigh —

And the disgusting violation of the RIGHTS of “The People of The United States of America” continues by this administration and his staked deck of cronies in our justice system.

Sheesh — if Bush’s cronies had been in control of this country in 1776 - the founding fathers would have all been hung as traitors!

Thomas/PNAC

By mm

July 6, 2007 1:50 PM | Link to this

And the decision was along party lines. The GOP cares more about the GOP than America. Pathetic. Guess how the Supreme Court will rule if this goes that far? 5 to 4 for Bush.

By Richard Armitage

July 6, 2007 1:51 PM | Link to this

JNH you insufferable idiot. Whether or not Plame was covert is immaterial to the fact that I OUTED HER, not the White House, and Fitzgerald knew it all along.

Bosch—Don’t you have a wading pool to play in before nappy time? When you get up from your nap maybe can find a transcript of the Armitage trial where I became a criminal.

By Fair/Balanced?

July 6, 2007 1:59 PM | Link to this

If you’re going to jump on vikki, jump on gttim too.
You do realize that nothing in here will change anyone’s mind. Government, both republican and democrat alike, is completely corrupted. It always has been, but now the public is aware of every trangression. Watch in 2009 when the democrats have the power how nothing changes except republicans claiming president Obama is impeachable for his actions, and then the democrats saying “Bush did it too” sheesh

By Dusty

July 6, 2007 2:07 PM | Link to this

Impeach Cheney?

I didn’t think Democrats could make themselves look more like idiots but they are suceeding.

Impeach the vice-president of the USA? For what? Doing his job? For being one of the smartest people in Washington? For wasting no time on loony liberal laments?

By raisedanidiot

July 6, 2007 2:09 PM | Link to this

fair/balanced - so true…only difference is, when repugs screw up they kill thousands of people, when dems screw up they’re really just “screwing around” - we’re lovers not fighters ;)

By HELLINAHANDBASKET

July 6, 2007 2:09 PM | Link to this

ironic how easy it is to judge the current admin when the previous one actually pardoned for pay but then one thing i have noticed with those such as yourself you tend to be blind to the failing of those you like and wide eye and embellishing when it’s those you don’t like. it’s petty, irresponsible and immature to be so one sided as yourself perhaps it’s time to grow up and get a real job rather than drawing cartoons and taking sophmoric swipes at others.

By Fair/Balanced?

July 6, 2007 2:13 PM | Link to this

raisewd, Yea, I don’t think we’ll be long in Iraq when Obama is pres. If Hilary wins though, it will depend on what the polls tell her, rather than her belief, like my man Barrack.

By Midori

July 6, 2007 2:20 PM | Link to this

hey hell,

yeah, Clinton did a p** poor job with those pardons for money!!

too bad none of them outed a CIA agent.

let’s stick to what’s important here!!

national security my as-s.

By Fair/Balanced?

July 6, 2007 2:20 PM | Link to this

Hellan…. What is ironic about that? By your own statement above, those are 2 different things. Do you understand the word irony, it is NOT the Alannis Morisette song you listen to. Pull out a dictionary and then come back.

By mm

July 6, 2007 2:27 PM | Link to this

HELLINAHANDBASKET

Where/when did you go to school? Did they not teach you how to use caps and punctuation?

You must be another dumb*ss wingnut. You wingnuts are supposed to be more edumacated than libs.

Your post describes both the left and the right. Wake up!!

By rushncap

July 6, 2007 2:42 PM | Link to this

I swear, I’m becoming more and more convinced that Dusty is a computer program which spits out one of about 2-3 dozen pre-programmed phrases based on a rather basic algorithm. Dusty is right on the brink of flunking the Turing test.

By getalife

July 6, 2007 2:50 PM | Link to this

Yes crusty,

“According to a recent poll taken by the American Research Group, “54% of American adults want the US House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney.”

RW’s rep. has signed on.

Looks like he is in the majority and wingnuts will forever be in the minority of irrelevent whackos.

Bwa.

By Cindy

July 6, 2007 2:56 PM | Link to this

Yea, rushncap. I can see Dusty as only robotic. She never says anything relevant. Either a robot or a 10 year old who has no understanding of the US constitution.

By JNH

July 6, 2007 2:58 PM | Link to this

By Midori July 6, 2007 2:20 PM | Link to this hey hell, yeah, Clinton did a p** poor job with those pardons for money!! too bad none of them outed a CIA agent. let’s stick to what’s important here!! national security my as-s.

Got it???

By Dusty

July 6, 2007 3:01 PM | Link to this

raisedanidiot,1:30, true to her name..

Yes, the terrorists ARE coming. Right now, Hezbollah (Muslim terrorists) in Lebanon, have killed off all but three cabinet ministers who have named Syria as the supplier of their terrorists.

Terrorists in Yemen have killed a group of Spanish tourists visiting the old castle of the Queen of Sheba.

Muslim doctors, thought to be connected to alQueda, have tried to blow up train stations and airport centers in three locations in the UK.

Palestinian terrorists killing each other and shooting rockets at Israel. That was just the past week.

Nope, nothing to worry about. You are sure that terrorists have no interest in the USA. That Bush directs fighting in Iraq because he feels like it and Iraq has never had terrorists and there are none there now and it is all “oil” and all the monsters are tucked away in a closet far from the USA.

Yes, go for that dream and sleep tight, little one. Others are watching out for you, whether you like them or not.

Oh and happy weekend to all. So long!!! I’m gone. May be back. May leave. May stay. Decide later. See ya…

By rushncap

July 6, 2007 3:08 PM | Link to this

Dusters — why do you keep announcing your plans? Do you think anyone gives a damn whether you’re here or not? You leave as much of an imprint as a pingpong ball on an Abramov tank. Go hide under your bed and not come out until the whole world is wrapped in bubble wrap and it’s safe for you. Of course you’re such an annoying coward, I’m sure you’ll find something else to fear.

By Duh stands for Democrat

July 6, 2007 3:15 PM | Link to this

{{{{{{By Mrs. Godzilla July 6, 2007 8:43 AM One strong letter, multiple fax numbers. Voile!}}}}}}

I’ll bet Saxby is waiting by the Fax machine right now.

I too sent a nice little note to my Senator, mine dealt with the two simple ways to know if your letter came from a member of the Angry Left or not, you know the people who didn’t vote for you, a hardcore lib will send it to you the old fashioned way, like by snail mail, and they will start their correspondence by saying “I’ve been a Republican all my life and I voted for Bush….”

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 3:31 PM | Link to this

Richard Armitage at 1:51 “When you get up from your nap maybe can find a transcript of the Armitage trial where I became a criminal.”

Hey guess what I’ve been doing? Taking a nap! Ha ha, boy that Richard Armitage really showed my a*, huh?

Okay, Armitage, just for the sake of arguing, maybe you can tell us—

Why DID you out Plame as a CIA operative? Just curious.

Rushncap, YOU’RE A GENIUS!!!! You did it. You discovered the real truth behind this madness. Good job, man!

I love naps. When I’m president they will be mandatory, every day, two on Fridays. I need to add that to my list of campaign promises.

Dusty, bye!

By raisedanidiot

July 6, 2007 3:36 PM | Link to this

Dust ball - forgive my ignorance, I was raised by wolves…but could you puleeze explain how being a bulls eye in Iraq is helping to fight terrorist in Lebannon, Yemin, Israel or UK? Your daddy, Bush is feeding you some spoiled milk my friend…but cut and run like you usually do…the blog will smell better when your gone.

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 3:40 PM | Link to this

I think neo-cons are like the Cylons on Battlestar Galactica. Man, those robots caused a lot of damage.

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this

Raisedanidiot, You were raised by wolves? COOL! But wolves aren’t idiots!

Dusty’s logic is like Armitage’s, it is circular, makes no sense, and only involves facts that make their computer program work.

By Richard Armitage

July 6, 2007 3:49 PM | Link to this

Bosch—I “outed” her because Joe Wilson introduced her to me at a party as his hot CIA wife just like he introduced her to everybody else. If she was a secret it was the worst kept secret in the history of Washington and we all know that Washington “secrets” are legendarily open.

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this

Oh, okay, Armitage, well that makes TOTAL sense. Thanks. So, when people introduce their spouses to you at a party, and you get p** off at them, then you think it’s okay to tell all their secrets.

NOTE TO SELF - if I meet Richard Armitage at a party, don’t tell him ANYTHING about my secret, undercover spy world dealings. Yeah, that makes TOTAL sense now.

I’m glad you mentioned hot CIA operatives because that brings me back to my Battlestar Galactica methapor, I’m not convinced that the Cylons are totally evil. Sometimes when I watch that show, I have a hard time determining who the real evil ones are - the humans or the Cylons. But neo-cons, well I KNOW they are totally evil.

That Number Six Cylon (played by Victoria Secret model, Tricia Helfer)- now she’s hot (meow!). Raisedanidiot, you need to watch that show, just to see her, meow, meow!

By raisedanidiot

July 6, 2007 4:02 PM | Link to this

Bosch - yeah, it was cool…until they started trying to eat me…imagine what an idiot I felt like when I realized that I wasn’t a wolf at all like the rest of the pack.

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 4:04 PM | Link to this

Armitage, How did you know that she wasn’t a secretary for the CIA? Did Wilson and Plame divulge all their dirty little secrets with you, well, those bastards!

By I'm glad

July 6, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this

Richard Armitage showed up to answer the most stupid question ever asked.

Is that guy Bosch for real? He’s gotta be a f*ckin librul to be that stupid.

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this

Yeah, raisedanidiot, that’s a pesky habit for those wolves. Kind of like neo-cons, I’m sure they eat their young, or sell their mothers into slavery if the price is right.

Sorry, honey, at least you broke away from the pack and are free now!

(Seriously, Battlestar Galactica, Tricia Helfer, meow!)

By Dusty

July 6, 2007 4:11 PM | Link to this

So many libs. So little time. Let’s see.

raisedanidiot, like lil ol’ romulus & remus, raised by liberal wolves. To enlighten your confusion, terrorism is spreading around the world. Get it? Iraq is their sore point right now. We fight ‘em there. You’ll remember our war against terrorism if you think real hard.

rushncap,

I say goodbye for now and farewell maybe… just to irritate you. It works every time. Aloha!

Bosch,

Circular thinking? What is yours? Square, as in a block?

Enough alcoholic beverages are known to make people sing songs and take naps. But it is one way to make liberals happy. Here’s to happiness. Cheers!

I may be gone. But I might not.

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 4:12 PM | Link to this

Oh yes, I’m totally for real! And, I’m running for President haven’t you heard?

I’m glad, didn’t your teacher tell you there is no such thing as a stupid question? Only stupid answers.

Thank God, Armitage showed up to answer that question, now we can all sleep better at night, knowing that people like him in our government are two-faced sonsofbitches!

Yeah!!!

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

Dusty, I like singing songs and taking naps, and drinking, and watching science fiction television shows.

It makes me forget how bad your guys have f*** up the real world.

By Midori

July 6, 2007 4:18 PM | Link to this

Bosch,

you’re killing me over here.

I’m laughing my butt off :)

Notice how these “strangers” pop up all of a sudden when Dust-for-brains posts?

They all sound alike.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm…………

P.S. — Remind me not to introduce my “hot spy husband” to you if I meet you at a cocktail party. :)

By raisedanidiot

July 6, 2007 4:21 PM | Link to this

Hummm something rings veeerry familiar here…I’m glad..R.Armitage…Andy? Things that make you go, hmmmm. Bosch…I love Sci/Fi, but I’m sort of living off the grid with no cable…have a cabin on the river…tv spoils my serenity…maybe I can google up a pic.

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 4:29 PM | Link to this

Midori, Don’t you like naps too? Naps are great. They help keep me grounded.

You can introduce your hot spy husband to me at a cocktail party, I usually get so drunk at cocktail parties I forget who I’ve spoken with. AND the next day when my head hurts like hell, I usually don’t divulge all the dirty little secrets I learned the previous evening.

Your secrets are always safe with me.

I’m like that, you know. When I’m POTUS (I just love that acronym) I’ll never be a sonofabitch after drinking at cocktail parties and divulge secret national security issues. I always hated those bastards portrayed in movies who would get swooned by hot spies and cough up all the intelligence. No, not me - I think with my head, not my CLENIS!!!! :-)

So, DO YOU watch Battlestar Galactice? Great show. Even the other Bosch agrees that hot Cylon is meow, meow!

By raisedanidiot

July 6, 2007 4:38 PM | Link to this

Dust ball…allow me to enlighten you, despite your confusion…(your confusion is quite apparant and doesn’t need any more enlightenment)…terrorism is not a virus like the bird flu…but apparantly hatred of America is, and your daddy bush is the one infecting the rest of the world. Iraq is the “sore spot” because thats where your daddy put his *&^#& and gave the whold damn middle east the crabs.

By wunderwood

July 6, 2007 4:50 PM | Link to this

Dan Froomkin in the Washington Post really nails this ridiculous Clinton Hypocrisy meme to the proverbial wall:

“There was in fact quite a bit of investigating into Clinton’s pardons. TalkLeft blogger Jeralyn Merrit tracks down the transcript of the second congressional hearing into the Rich pardon (right here on washingtonpost.com) and writes: “I think it’s significant that President Clinton waived executive privilege for the hearing and allowed his aides who participated in the Rich pardon discussion to testify, no holds barred.

“Will Bush do the same next week?”

SO: LET’S REVIEW…

A. “But Clinton Did It Too” does NOT make it right, even if it were true. This is simply a childish defense. B. But the simple facts is that Clinton DIDN’T “do it too”. He did something much less serious. C. Even so, Clinton DEFENDED his pardons and even “waived executive privilege” (no, no, no, that’s NOT a dirty phrase! If you think so, you need to turn OFF the Fox propaganda channel!) D. If the Republicans were TRUELY outraged by the Mark Rich pardon, why did the guy that engineered this pardon, Mark Rich’s lawyer, SCOOTER LIBBY, become Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff?

I honestly wonder: What kind of treason would it TAKE to anger these Republican apologists?

By raisedanidiot

July 6, 2007 5:01 PM | Link to this

Bosch, check it out - (http://www.comicbookhotties.com/models/tricia-helfer.asp) meeeow is right! Dust ball - the wolves that raised me are far from liberal and perhaps even more vicious than you…growwwll I’m going home to feast on lima beans cooked with ham, grits, red-eye gravy and biscuits…let the wolves eat their heart out. Have a great weekend everybody! :)

By Mrs. Godzilla

July 6, 2007 5:03 PM | Link to this

Hey, Duh.

Do you think the reason Saxby is not waiting for my fax is because he’s waiting for your e-mail?

We can make impeachment happen.

Keep talking it up here.

Every time you get one of those unsourced e-mails from somebody about how great the war is going, or how great the economy is going - send a reply that contains a stupid administration story (it’s sooo easy to find) with a link to an impeachment website.

Invest in an Impeachment bumper sticker. One for each family car.

Call, write, fax or e-mail your reps. Often!

Contact CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC and their sponsors.

Tell the candidates when they call or write for contributions, no $$$ unless they call for impeachment.

I think the 54% number is low. I’ve seen it in the mid-sixties in some polls.

We made Old King George stand up and listen 200 years ago. This guy will be easier to take down.

God Bless America.

By Dusty

July 6, 2007 5:21 PM | Link to this

raisedanidiot,

Oh dear, our little wolf has forgotten 9/11, a major attack on the USA. Oh yes, that was only a few months after Clinton was president. But we are not to mention Clinton. We are told that upstanding gentlemen has not only given the east the “crabs” but any number of ladies. Check with Hillary on that since you brought it up.

Someone please send me the names of all “those people that show up” when I post. Had not noticed them but would like to send “thank you” notes if they are conservatives.

Bosch,

I am glad you have an excuse for your “happiness”. But rehab would serve you better. Keeps you from outer space so much.

And Midori has a hot spy husband? Yeah, that’s called “Mission Impossible” or “Bloke from the Black Hole”. You probably believe that one too, don’t you Bosch? What’s German for gullible?

Have a fine weekend. I may be gone or maybe not. Cheers!!

By rushncap

July 6, 2007 5:26 PM | Link to this

Congratulations, Dusters. You have discovered your one true talent: irritating people. I guess that places you on the evolutionary ladder somewhere around the level of ticks… oh wait. You don’t believe in evolution. Never mind.

Bosch — thank you.

Oh, and Dusters — you’re not allowed to speak ill of Clinton. Remember — he was our President, and therefore holy and sacred and never ever ever ever wrong. By your “logic”, of course.

By Duh stands for Democrat

July 6, 2007 5:37 PM | Link to this

{{{{{{By Mrs. Godzilla July 6, 2007 8:43 AM One strong letter, multiple fax numbers. Voile!}}}}}}

I’ll bet Saxby is waiting by the Fax machine right now.

I too sent a nice little note to my Senator, mine dealt with the two simple ways to know if your letter came from a member of the Angry Left or not, you know the people who didn’t vote for you, a hardcore lib will send it to you the old fashioned way, like by snail mail, and they will start their correspondence by saying “I’ve been a Republican all my life and I voted for Bush….”

By Joe Leiberman, Democrat

July 6, 2007 5:42 PM | Link to this

It is of course everyone’s hope that diplomacy alone can achieve this goal. Iran’s activities inside Iraq were the central issue raised by the U.S. ambassador to Iraq in his historic meeting with Iranian representatives in Baghdad this May. However, as Gen. Bergner said on Monday, “There does not seem to be any follow-through on the commitments that Iran has made to work with Iraq in addressing the destabilizing security issues here.” The fact is, any diplomacy with Iran is more likely to be effective if it is backed by a credible threat of force—credible in the dual sense that we mean it, and the Iranians believe it.

By Midori

July 6, 2007 5:49 PM | Link to this

Bosch,

I’m more of a Star Trek fan :)

The original.

All others are BLASPHEMY!! :)

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 6:13 PM | Link to this

Midori, Battlestar Galactic is Star Trek on steroids, my dear. Hot Cylon Number Six would rip Captain Kirk’s head off and p** down his mangled bits.

Dusty, Stick to conversations you know, well, kind of know like, anyone who dissents against the President is unpatriotic and we don’t support the troops, you just keep going with that. It’s okay.

Thanks for your concern for my liver and mental capacity, I assure you, both of those things are a-okay.

By Dusty

July 6, 2007 6:23 PM | Link to this

lil tick tock rushncap,

Now he’s a mind reader. Oh, I tell you, those student assistants know everything. Amazing indeed. I have worked with some. Their minds are popping out all over just like their acne. rushncap sounds like most of them. Einstein, here we come. Move over. Ah, well. Infantile is also a good word for some.

I am off to eat dinner which looks almost as good as raisedanidiots. I think she’s got me beat on the ham and grits. But my asparagus counts for points. Have a good one. Bye

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 6:27 PM | Link to this

Oh, Dusty, I forgot, Rehab is not for me………too many freaks, Mark Foley, Al Gore III, Lindsey Lohan, Britany Spears, the whole Kennedy clan, no thanks.

I prefer church! I can confess my sins and still drink while there! Perfect!

See, this POTUS thing is in my grasp.

By rushncap

July 6, 2007 6:28 PM | Link to this

Is the best you can do, Dusters, is “oh, rushncap is young”? Ummm, ok, so I guess that makes you old. Have fun with asparagus. I’ve got a date in half an hour. Remember those? You know, back when guys found your friends attractive? Back in the ’50s? Yeah.

By Bosch

July 6, 2007 6:39 PM | Link to this

Surprisingly, the German word for “gullible” is “dusty.”

Go figure?

By Actually...

July 6, 2007 6:52 PM | Link to this

….the German word for gullible is leichtgläubig.

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