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DEL.ICIO.USRomney’s exit
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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By Don't Forget The Ammo! (Mad As Zell)
February 8, 2008 7:55 AM | Link to this
Yeah, sure, Romney is out of the GOP race because he didn’t always come across the right way on camera. Romney is a good business man, but doesn’t always necessarily connect with a national conservative audience. Though before you commie pinko atheist marxist pigs start jumping for joy and giving each other high-fives, consider that Romney was just bowing out gracefully so that the American voter could consolidate their support behind just one pro-Victory Republican candidate so that the U.S. of A. can continue its hard-charging march towards Ultimate Victory in the War On Terror by defeating those pacifist Demoncrat appeasement surrenderist pinko clowns, Hitlery and Osama in a November landslide. After we defeat those soiled diaper-wearing, America-hating turncoat traitors, we can then turn all of our undivided attention to our Islamafacist emenies outside of the U.S., who continue to plot to destroy this country and our way of life, just like their domestic counterparts, the Defeatocrats. Forget waterboarding, just get it over with and drown the ba$tards.
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 8:03 AM | Link to this
See if you can pick out the Vents submitted by the AJC staff:
{{{{If it’s Obama vs. McCain, this staunch Republican is voting Obama.-Urinal Vent}}}}
{{{{Cynthia Tucker says “Obama showed courage on Iraq, KKKlinton did not.” As a conservative, for once I agree with her.-Urinal Vent}}}}
{{{{Each vote for McCain drives a stake through the heart of Limbaugh and Hannity. Help me kill the beast (Can we kill the Huffington Post too, huh, huh?).-Urinal Vent}}}}
All of the above, eh?
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{{{{Circulation revenue has declined steadily since 2003, and the number of copies sold has fallen about 2 percent a year. Some of the largest papers - including The San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe and The Los Angeles Times - have lost 30 to 40 percent of their circulation in just a few years.}}}}
Bwa.
The proof is in the pudding, if you choose to see it.
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Ahh, yes, “global warming:”
{{{{The average temperature in January 2008 was 30.5 F. This was -0.3 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average, the 49th coolest January in 114 years.}}}}
Brrrrrrrrrrr, damn it’s cold outside.
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{{{{I ruminate in this way because something is happening. Mrs. KKKlinton is losing this thing. It’s not one big primary, it’s a rolling loss, a daily one, an inch-by-inch deflation. The trends and indices are not in her favor. She is having trouble raising big money, she’s funding her campaign with her own wealth, her moral standing within her own party and among her own followers has been dragged down, and the legacy of KKKlintonism tarnished by what Bill Clinton did in South Carolina. Unfavorable primaries lie ahead. She doesn’t have the excitement, the great whoosh of feeling that accompanies a winning campaign.-Noonan.}}}}
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this
Goon Harry Reid, playing politics with your money:
{{{{Mr. Reid didn’t much care if the package failed. What he really wants is ammunition to use against incumbent GOP Senators in November. Republicans defeated his package by a single vote on Wednesday, and Mr. Reid immediately rejoiced that “Given a chance to act as recession looms, more than 40 Republicans today said ‘no’ to helping 20 million seniors and ‘no’ to 250,000 disabled veterans. They said ‘no’ to those who have lost their jobs and ‘no’ to small business.”}}}}
{{{{Even Ms. Pelosi rebuked Senate Democrats, but no matter.}}}}
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{{{{There is some talk of holding hastily arranged caucuses in Florida and Michigan to select delegates that will be seated. Whether or not that plan succeeds, the fact that it’s come to this for the Democrats illustrates why it’s better to have a low-profile party chairman like Mike Duncan, who is an experienced political operator, than to have a chairman like Howard Dean, who is popular with activists but who doesn’t know what he’s doing. It’s impossible to imagine Duncan calling Dean for tips on how to run a political party.}}}}
Bwa.
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Look at the pinkos at the Urinal hating on our brave soldiers:
{{{{Detainee dies after soldiers raid slum- U.S. and Iraqi troops raided Baghdad’s largest Shiite slum, Sadr City, and arrested 16 people. The U.S. military said one of the detainees later died.}}}}
So what are you insinuating happened to the “detainee,” POS AJC?
Leaving it to our imaginations?
Did the US jackboots trample him?
Iraqi and coalition security forces conducted an operation targeting special group criminal elements today in eastern Baghdad. Sixteen criminals were initially detained; {{{{one died later from wounds received during the operation.}}}}
See what I mean, this guy died fighting the Coalition forces and the Urinal scumbags are trying to gin up another Abu Ghraib.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this
McCain vs. the Right: Give Peace No Chance
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this
CNN’s Bash noted McCain said he’d oppose his own immigration bill — but not his remark days earlier that as president, he’d sign it into law
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this
{{{{But here is the most important element of all, the one that registers in the real world. The fact is that the KKKlintons are despised by many in their own party. Only a few have gone public so far, the others still cowed by her aura of invincibility. Once this has been pierced, once it has become clear that she is just a fifty-fifty competitor hoping to eke out a hardscrabble win, then all kinds of folks can come out of the closet.}}}}
{{{{When you and your husband have spent decades kicking people around, bullying and sullying, hectoring and lecturing, ravaging and savaging, there are a whole lot of walking wounded out there who will gleefully pile on. If they can smell the upset, and they know they are replacing her with a solid candidate, there is nothing to hold them back from stomping on her grave.}}}}
Bwa.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 8:10 AM | Link to this
[Case study: 4-minute video on how Iraq war spending is hollowing out American society:] (http://www.afsc.org/cost/)
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 8:12 AM | Link to this
Going Bankrupt Why the Debt Crisis Is Now the Greatest Threat to the American Republic
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 8:13 AM | Link to this
The Cost of War VIDEO
By w00t
February 8, 2008 8:16 AM | Link to this
HEY ZELL, can you read?
{{{Blog hours: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. If the comment box isn’t there, it’s after hours so DON’T post. thank you}}}
You goons cannot understand anything.
Duh, the news papers are losing their reader base to the internet and cable news services. As the paper reading population gets old and dies, they are not replaced. Why? Because younger generations can get their news from online sources. Always so quick to think that it’s because of their “librul wayz”.
Well, I guess if the Democratic Party is dying like you say it is, then how do you account for the near $14 million that Obama and Clinton pulled in over the past three days? It took McLame all of January to pull in just $7 million.
The Democratic party isn’t fighting over itself like the republican party. We’re not having the identity crisis. OH, I want to be the Gawd fearin’ Christian president, NO I want to be the fiscal conservative and still screw the middle class, NO I WANT TO BE THE WAR HAWK! 100 years of more war!
Who wants to vote for that? Oh yeah, no one. Dems got nearly 6 million more votes than repubs too in Super Tuesday. See the trend?
By Don't Forget The Ammo! (Mad As Zell)
February 8, 2008 8:22 AM | Link to this
All in a day’s hard work of lies and distortion at the Ache-J-C. These left-wing maggots must pat themselves on the back everyday to congratulate themselves on furthermore being the shame of a nation. How the lying sack of sh— URINALISTS at the (A)l-(J)azeera (C)rapper even have the nerve to look at their ugly slimy cochroach faces in the mirror everyday is beyond the grasp of most Americans.
By candide
February 8, 2008 8:25 AM | Link to this
Romney is a man or no substance who will say anything to get ahead. The Mormon church should repudiate him if they have any real integrity.
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this
{{{{By w00t February 8, 2008 8:16 AM Well, I guess if the Democratic Party is dying like you say it is, then how do you account for the near $14 million that Obama and Clinton pulled in over the past three days? It took McLame all of January to pull in just $7 million.}}}}
w00sie: Howard Dean used to rake in millions upon millions of contributions when he was running for president and how did that work out for you?
AAaaaaaaaeeeeeerrrgggggaaaayyyyaaaaeeeeehhhh!!!!!!
Hehehehe.
By Don't Forget The Ammo! (Mad As Zell)
February 8, 2008 8:34 AM | Link to this
I wonder if LuckoVICK heard IN THE NEWS that there is a better way to get that nauseating left-wing whine and limburger cheese smell out of her c00t? Marxist punks…always finding something petty to whine about.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this
[APNewsBreak: Evangelical Leader James Dobson to Endorse Mike Huckabee for GOP Presidential Nod] (http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Huckabeetogetevangelicalleader__02072008.html)
By Goldie
February 8, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this
HA! It’s just too bad the Repug voters did not go for the smart business man in their primaries — you know, the one who might have had a chance to beat either Obama or Hillary in November! But instead, the Repugs once again let the evangelical loonies take control of their platform and they will suffer in November due to their religious bigotry…
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this
After the smoke cleared at the Conservative Political Action Conference – the public withdrawal of Mitt Romney from the Republican presidential race, and the attempt of John McCain to make friends with the party’s staunchest conservatives – a conservative crowd-pleaser stepped forward .Ron Paul, the Republican representative from Texas.
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this
{{{{But notice the difference between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to political labels. Republicans struggle over who will wear the “conservative” mantle, while Democrats strike a “Who, me?” pose when it comes to carrying the “liberal” flag. The National Journal put it this way: Both Democratic presidential contenders “have emphasized their liberal policy positions. But neither has embraced the liberal label the way Republican presidential candidates have proudly stamped themselves conservatives.”}}}}
Conservatism: The campaign ideas you don’t have to be embarrassed about, hahaha.
Or run from.
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{{{{Some are trying to depict Mr. McCain’s apparent front-runner status as evidence that conservatism has somehow been repudiated by Republicans. But that’s a complete misreading of what actually happened. The senator did not win primary after primary by touting his support for open borders, McCain-Feingold or expensive climate-change legislation. In fact, he did just the opposite.}}}}
Bwa.
{{{{Six months ago, when the Iraq strategy’s success was uncertain, Mr. McCain’s presidential campaign appeared to be on the verge of collapse. But as it became clear that the situation in Iraq was improving dramatically, the senator’s campaign began to take off. John McCain’s exemplary record of foreign policy leadership on Iraq (and in making some very cogent, even Churchillian arguments about the dangers posed by the rogue-state nuclear arsenals of Iran and North Korea) is by far the strongest argument for electing him president.}}}}
The major over riding bonus in all of this, what will even matter if al Qaeda isn’t defeated and they gain nuclear weapons?
McCain/ Thompson 08 Bwa.
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{{{{Thing is, I’ve watched too many movies and read too many novels; I can’t root against a person who believes he can change the world. The best we Obamaphiles can do is to refrain from embarrassing ourselves. And I do believe that we can resist making more “We Are the World”-type videos. We can resist crying jags. We can resist, in every dinner argument and every e-mail, the word “inspiration.” Yes, we can.}}}}
No, you can’t.
All the Republicans have to do to defeat this outpouring of giddiness is produce and release a new Disney Production arou
By Goldie
February 8, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this
In The News @ — that’s pretty funny about Ron Paul being the “crowd pleaser”… just more bigotry being brought to the foreground, with his well-documented racist rants!
Oh, and then having George “Macaca” Allen on the stage yesterday with McCan’t just sealed the deal for all bigots to vote for the Repukes! There’s your party elites, all you Macaca-haters and America-haters!
By Bosch
February 8, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this
w00t,
I’ve heard that lame argument about media declining in sales because of the evil liberals. I even heard it once from a Republican congresswoman. It’s pretty sad.
I guess they’ve never heard of the Internet or just don’t know how to use it yet.
The news outlets yesterday were all a dither about McCain and how the Democrat party will suffer because of Romney’s decision. I think the exact opposite: now ALL the focus will go towards McCain. His speech yesterday sounded like it was written by George Bush himself. I don’t think they are paying attention to the fact that people are tired of the neo-con ways.
By Bye Bye to the Big MittBall
February 8, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this
The voters soundly reject another pro big/Big/BIG Business, big/Big/BIG Government Republican underwear model.
Typical GOPherism, though. Only time a Republican will ever choose substance over style is when they are forced to through ‘Hobson’s Choice’!
By Goldie
February 8, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this
Bosch @ 8:56 — the 30% Club-ers with their love of Dubya are blinded by any FACTS we may try to explain at this point… like the FACT that continuing Dubya’s policies (as McCan’t says he will do) will only lead to a LANDSLIDE DEFEAT in November!
America will not tolerate any more incompetence and indifference from Dubya’s Repug Party come November!
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this
Ooops:
{{{{Thing is, I’ve watched too many movies and read too many novels; I can’t root against a person who believes he can change the world. The best we Obamaphiles can do is to refrain from embarrassing ourselves. And I do believe that we can resist making more “We Are the World”-type videos. We can resist crying jags. We can resist, in every dinner argument and every e-mail, the word “inspiration.” Yes, we can.}}}}
No, you can’t.
All the Republicans have to do to defeat this outpouring of giddiness is produce and release a new Disney Production around November 2nd this year so that all the Obama voters will become distracted, hahahahaha.
Oh, please.
By Copyleft
February 8, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this
They’re getting desperate, folks. The hardline conservatives are left with two options:
Pretending to support a moderate Republican they were calling Satan Incarnate just last week, or
Pouting and sitting out the election.
Either way, they lose—and America wins.
Wheee!
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this
14.5 million democrats participated in the primaries. 8 million GOP
We won’t even have to break a sweat to win.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this
Some people have the gift of timing. James Dobson isn’t one of them.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this
Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members of this rapidly growing group, called InfraGard, receive secret warnings of terrorist threats before the public does—and, at least on one occasion, before elected officials. In return, they provide information to the government, which alarms the ACLU. But there may be more to it than that. One business executive, who showed me his InfraGard card, told me they have permission to “shoot to kill” in the event of martial law.
By w00t
February 8, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this
The retardicans have nothing. All they can talk about is doom and gloom. 100 more years of war in Iraq, how the jobs aren’t coming back to America, etc etc. McCain even suggest a draft in a round about way a few days ago. “I’ll get the people to serve their country and not their own self interest.” What a loon.
These guys are nothing like Reagan. Reagan was a visionary and knew that the people wanted hope and something to look forward to. He knew the country needed change. Look up Reagan’s “Morning in America” commercials. McCain is NOTHING like Reagan. Never was, and never will be. A vote for McCain is a vote for another four years of FAILED Bush policy.
By Bosch
February 8, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this
Goldie,
I think you are right, and I think McCain will say whatever, whenever, to whomever, to pander to everyone. Him being the front runner for so long will give him plenty of time to screw up.
Obama and Hillary need to lay off the sucker punches, act nice, and talk about the issues.
The pundits yesterday were talking about how Romney dropping out will give the Republicans an opportunity to rebuild their “war chest” with money - that, of course, is assuming that people will donate their money, which they are not doing.
McCain, Romney, and Huckabee are all in serious financial trouble. It’s no coincidence. People are tired of their message.
I chuckle to myself thinking about McCain debating either one of them. He’ll be eaten alive.
Just picture Obama and McCain in a debate - seriously, just picture it in your mind. Okay, there yet? I feel sorry for McCain.
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this
It would be nice if you libs could make up your minds:
{{{{By IN THE NEWS February 8, 2008 9:32 AM 14.5 million democrats participated in the primaries. 8 million GOP We won’t even have to break a sweat to win.}}}}
{{{{By MomCat February 7, 2008 11:30 AM Does anyone in their right mind believe all those votes in Georgia and some other areas Tuesday were African American votes? “IDIOTS” They were R White Males and their idiot spouses voting for Obama because they know Hillary has the most potential to kick their butts in November.}}}}
Hehehehehe.
By Goldie
February 8, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this
Partial text of Obama’s e-mail to supporters today:
{{“One of the things I’m most proud of about our campaign is not the amount of money we’ve raised, but the number of people giving it.
As of this afternoon, more than 300,000 people have given in 2008 alone, taking ownership of this campaign by making a donation of whatever they can afford.
This has never happened before. No one has ever built a campaign involving so many Americans as true stakeholders.
It speaks volumes not only about the kind of campaign we’re running, but also about how we want politics to be.”}}
Everybody say “NO!” to corporate and lobbyist campaign donations, and we can begin taking America back for Da People — go to BarackObama.com to donate $1 or $10 or whatever you can afford, and keep The Big O’s big mo’ to give Americans a say in how “we want politics to be” in the future!
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this
AndyDUHZellRBHeadcaseAmmo:
Always glad to read MOMCats opinion. She is, of course a noted expert! Always happy to laugh at yours!
By RW-(the original)©
February 8, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this
Bosch,
Hillary is demanding multiple one on one debates with Obama. Do you really think she wants those so she can play nice and talk about the issues?
As for general election debates it would be very entertaining if it was McCain vs Clinton. You’d have two people on stage that would say anything and I mean anything, regardless of any facts.
Obama’s cultist message wouldn’t play very well against McCain, so you better hope it’s Hillary and she can lie better than him.
By Goldie
February 8, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this
{{Just picture Obama and McCain in a debate}}
Bosch — I know, I have. It’s a stark contrast in so many ways and will be great for all American voters to witness!
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this
Updated from Yesterday: Jumping on the GOP Bandwagon OH BOY!
Bosch - put your coffee down before you open this!
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this
GOP TRIES “MONEY BOMB”
GETS tiny fart!
By getalife
February 8, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this
Bush: “Peace And Prosperity” At Stake In Election:
That was President Clinton’s time in office and we can have it again.
Clinton/Obama.
I guess willard’s five sons enlisted yesterday after daddy ran his ignorant mouth.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this
FOX News labels John McCain a Democrat
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this
A newly released poll from Time magazine, conducted before Super Tuesday, shows Barack Obama to be the more electable Democrat against John McCain: Obama (D) 48%, McCain (R) 41% Clinton (D) 46%, McCain (R) 46%
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this
Quote of the Day
“Whoever wins this Democratic primary… they’re the toughest, baddest candidate on the block.”
— Sen. Barack Obama, in a forthcoming interview on 60 Minutes, on why the Democrats will ultimately win the general election.
By Bosch
February 8, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this
RW,
“Hillary is demanding multiple one on one debates with Obama. Do you really think she wants those so she can play nice and talk about the issues?”
No I don’t think Hillary wants to play nice, but if she knows what’s good for her (good one, huh) she will.
She’s challenging Obama to all these debates because she is desperate too and running out of money - she needs the exposure.
The ball is in Obama’s court - he’s accepted two, I think. He’s in charge and she knows it. Why should he debate her FIVE times? What’s the point? There’s not one, and Obama knows it. Hillary could shoot herself in the foot and say “Oh he’s scared to debate me” but no one buys that.
Obama’s cultish message? No, not cultish, hardly. Maybe to those who hate him, but he’s like a friggin’ rock star - and has the charisma to back it up.
Remember, many people vote solely on persona, and Obama vs. Clinton or McCain no contest there. Certainly not my preference, but most people don’t actually keep up with issues, and the ones that do? McCain will have plenty of time to contradict himself, over and over and over again.
Obama’s message is positive and people are buying it. People are tired of the same old drudge from Republicans and are looking for hope which Obama is giving them.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this
With the race to succeed him reaching a critical juncture, President Bush this morning plans to begin rallying the Republican base around its presumptive nominee, John McCain, and in the process define his own legacy for the general election campaign to come. In a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Bush intends to offer an implicit endorsement of McCain’s bona fides as a true conservative in the face of deep skepticism on the right. Although he does not plan to mention McCain by name, the president plans to say whoever ends up being the Republican nominee will represent conservative values.
By RW-(the original)©
February 8, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this
{{{{{Obama’s message is positive and people are buying it}}}}}
As I said, kind of like a cult leader.
Bosch,
I’ve got to run out for a while, but would you like to put some meat on those bones? Saying hope and change start to ring a little hollow after enough time passes. At least to people outside the cult.
This was written by an Obama voter.
Excuse me, but this sounds more like a cult than a political campaign. The language used here is the language of evangelical Christianity – the Obama volunteers speak of “coming to Obama” in the same way born-again Christians talk about “coming to Jesus.”
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this
Here is a sign of how shaky the economy is becoming: Wal-Mart says its shoppers are redeeming their holiday gift cards for basic items — pasta sauce, diapers, laundry detergent — rather than iPods and DVDs…….the nation’s retailers turned in their worst January in almost four decades
It’s the economy stupid.
It’s the war stupid.
It’s the competence stupid.
It’s all of the above stupid!
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this
Big Republican Tent, Big Fight
By getalife
February 8, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this
RW,
I posted that cult comment at kos and was attacked by several Obamaniacs.
Too funny.
Did you see where Hank, your rep you voted for, asked Mukasey why he banned the tpm blog?
I think Conyers is getting ready to impeach.
By Goldie
February 8, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this
RWingnut-(the original)© — Sen. Obama’s campaign is one good example of the “change” that he speaks of… to anyone who is really paying attention, he’s not accepting corporate bundles or lobbyist donations and instead is asking for Americans to step up to the plate and start taking charge of their political process. After this successful campaign puts him on the Dems’ ticket for November, maybe we can start to “change” a few other things about our election process, such as corporate media outlets donating some free “air time” for candidates in the General Election — you know, just for being the excellent corporate free-market patriots that they really are…
By Goldie
February 8, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
Bosch @ 10:21 — I’m just afraid that if Hillary doesn’t get her way about more debates, we’re all gonna have to endure the teardrops again as she attempts to get news coverage during the next couple of weeks…
By rushncap
February 8, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this
Yes, bring on the whining RW. “Cult leader”? Are you still crying yourself to sleep over Mittens? Sucks to be you, and your whole pathetic neo-con movement.
By Bosch
February 8, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this
RW,
“Saying hope and change start to ring a little hollow after enough time passes. At least to people outside the cult.”
And saying “stay the course in Iraq” and “freedom isn’t free” and all the other Bush mantras is definitely ringing hollow, and people are tired of it. McCain is following right in his shoes, until of course, he says the opposite, and then contradicts himself, and then says the other thing to appease whomever he’s speaking to, well, you get my drift.
By Bosch
February 8, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this
Goldie,
Like I said earlier, I think Hillary knows that Obama is really calling the shots now and can do whatever he wants. I think he’ll look like he’s bowing to her demands if he accepts all those debate challenges. It makes Hillary look weak and him look stronger.
Let her cry, again, it will just make her look weak.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this
Evangelicals still not loving McCain. More pandering required.
By GreenJeans
February 8, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
“Saying hope and change start to ring a little hollow after enough time passes. At least to people outside the cult.”
Bingo.
I’m ready for substance. Americans voted in Bush on “faith” and look where that got us.
I don’t want to make the same mistake again.
By getalife
February 8, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this
I think Obama has accepted two debates and is whining about all the money she raised after her loan trick worked.It worked for him too so he should stop whining.
Anyhoo, in these debates they should debate McInsane’s positions compared to their’s to see who is best to win the general.
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this
{{{{“I believe today,” McCain said, “as I believed 25 years ago, in small government; fiscal discipline; low taxes; a strong defense; judges who enforce, and not make, our laws; the social values that are the true source of our strength; and, generally, the steadfast defense of our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, which I have defended my entire career as God-given to the born and the unborn.”}}}}
Yeah, that sounds just like your common pinko.
Gosh, I wonder why McCain wants to be a Conservative so bad, seeing how we are “dead.”
See you in November, losers.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this
DUHandyRBzellHEADCASEammo
Oh my! The liberal John McCain didn’t speak at CPAC! The conservative one did!
Where we come from, we call that getting BUSHWHACKED!
“See you in November, losers.” Taking a little vacation?
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 11:21 AM | Link to this
Huckabee an Unlikely VP Abe Greenwald
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this
I HEREBY DECLARE MYSELF A SUICIDE VOTER……………………… McCain betrayed his fellow POWs by leaving them in Vietnam and Russia to be tortured and to die. McCain betrayed his injured wife to get on with a rich woman with political ties. McCain has betrayed the American Constitution by abridging Americans’ right to free speech. McCain has betrayed justice by shooting down Conservative judges nominated by Bush. McCain has betrayed his nation by forcefully encouraging the invasion of the USA by a foreign enemy. McCain has betrayed the American people by opposing tax reduction. McCain has defied the welfare of American citizens by refusing to defend us from domestic enemies. McCain has betrayed his party time and time again by acting like and voting like a Democrat.
Written by a Conservative Republican Voter
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this
{{{{By IN THE NEWS February 8, 2008 11:16 AM “See you in November, losers.” Taking a little vacation?}}}}
No, maggot, knowing that I have you lashed to your computer 24/7 whining about the things I post is plenty enough reason to stick around.
So now that you libs have established that McBushie is a liar, let’s just play that thought out to it’s logical conclusion:
McBushie has been lying to you pinkos for the last 7 years so that 1) he gets fawning press coverage from the drive by media (Maverick! Bwa), which he did, just look at that little spot on the corner of your mouths and 2) draws in all of the moderates and independents that have enough brains to know what liberals stand for.
He played you libs like a violin, didn’t he?
Bwa.
By getalife
February 8, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
Looks like rush has gone back to being an entertainer and not a leader of the cons.
He said he would fundraise for Hillary.
Now that is funny but not as funny as cons actually believing anything this drug addicted chicken hawk spews.
Lets face it, cons are easily punked and very gullible.
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this
Lying about a war hero?
{{{{By IN THE NEWS February 8, 2008 11:25 AM I HEREBY DECLARE MYSELF A SUICIDE VOTER……………………… McCain betrayed his fellow POWs by leaving them in Vietnam and Russia to be tortured and to die.}}}}
Really?:
{{{{In March 1968, McCain was put into solitary confinement, where he would be for two years.[44] In July 1968, McCain’s father was named Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command (CINCPAC), stationed in Honolulu and commander of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater.[4] McCain was immediately offered a chance to return home early:[40] the North Vietnamese wanted a mercy-showing propaganda coup for the outside world, and a message that only privilege mattered that they could use against the other POWs.[44] McCain turned down the offer of repatriation due to the Code of Conduct of “first in, first out”: he would only accept the offer if every man taken in before him was released as well.[48] McCain’s refusal to be released was even remarked upon by North Vietnamese officials to U.S. envoy Averell Harriman at the ongoing Paris Peace Talks.}}}}
The pinkos are swift boating themselves, hehehehe.
Scumbags.
By the way, what war did Hillary and Obama serve in?
Uh-oh.
Bwahahahaha.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this
Big problem with your post andyDuhRBZellheadcaseammo…
it’s YOU McCain has been lying to!
the moderates and the independents are antiwar too….they aren’t going for 100 years in Iraq McCain.
he actually played you cons like chutes and ladders
You still live in the penthouse at the center of la la land
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this
andyDUHZELLheadcaseammo
“”Lying about a war hero?”“
If you had any reading comprehension skills at all, you’d note the author.
Who lies? Republicans.
Who needs the writers to come back to work, your fall is great entertainment.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this
ANDYzellDUHheadcaseRBammo
asks “By the way, what war did Hillary and Obama serve in?”
same one you did.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this
andyDUHheadcaseRBzellAMMO
Here are some websites for you to do battle with.
Seems a lot of GOPer’s believe the worst about McCain
Better get to work slaying those lying GOP ba$tards
John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate By Ted Sampley U.S. Veteran Dispatch December 1992 Issue
Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this
{{{{By IN THE NEWS February 8, 2008 11:48 AM ANDYzellDUHheadcaseRBammov asks “By the way, what war did Hillary and Obama serve in?” same one you did.}}}}
And I totally agree that I shouldn’t be Commander in Chief based on that qualification.
Neither should Ku Klux Rodham or Obama.
That’s what you libs always say!
Bwa.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this
{{{Keating Five Scandal McCain received more than $112,000 in campaign contributions from one Charles Keating (including $54,000 for his Senate campaign). Between 1984 and 1986 McCain and family had vacationed at Keating’s home in the Bahamas. (Keating was a corrupt owner of a savings-and-loan empire that ended up costing taxpayers $3 billion.) For these contributions Keating hoped (expected) McCain and four other senators - John Glenn, Dennis DeConcini, Alan Cranston, Donald Riegle, would protect him from federal banking regulators. After a 14 month investigation by the Ethics Committee all McCain received was a slap on the wrist for using “poor judgment”!}}}
{{{While a member of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (1991-1993) he referred to POW/MIA Family Members and POW/MIA Activists as whiners, vultures and the lunatic fringe.}}}
{{{Although the Senate Select Committee concluded that we left men behind, McCain crossed party lines to help lift the embargo and normalize relations with Vietnam. “It’s very important for us to recognize that the war is over, … In my view, an improvement in relations between our two countries does a whole of lot things from a practical standpoint, but it also, from a spiritual standpoint indicates that we are ready to close that chapter,” McCain said. (Many POWs and families of MIAs would strongly disagree that is time to close this chapter! Improving relations with Vietnam stood to benefit the McCain’s family as they hold a large interest in the Budweiser Corporation. Surprise, surprise Bud was among the first large U.S. Corporations to enter Vietnam after relations were normalized.}}}}
{{{McCain is a puppet of the Phoenix-Arizona mobster network, the state he represents as a senator. To understand the background to John McCain, you need to know about the Kemper Marley organised crime network which runs Arizona. Marley was the protégé of Sam Bronfman of the major Illuminati bloodline family in North America which owns the liquor giant Seagrams and Universal Music, the biggest music company in the world. See related article on Time Warner. Marley had also been connected to what remained of the Al Capone operation.}}}
The stuff you can find on GOP websites is AMAZING!
By getalife
February 8, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this
When the gop gets fundraising, they steal it
Hilarious.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this
This still makes me chuckle
“The “F7″ February 7 fundraiser was billed as a “grassroots campaign by Rightroots to mobilize thousands of Republican donors to contribute to our party’s nominee on Thursday, February 7, 2008.” How’d they do? They raised $2,290 dollars from 26 donors. Ouch.”
By Truthman
February 8, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this
I’ll be putting my head down in Seattle for the next 10 nights.
I predict I won’t hear the words “redneck,” “drought” or “William T. Sherman” the entire time I’m there.
Such great liberals out there!
And yes, I will move out there when my children are in college…gotta get out of the South, even though I love Atlanta and Georgia.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this
andyDUHzellHEADCASEammoWHATEVER
supports eternal war.
if not we’ll run out of material for commander in chiefs
By Truthman
February 8, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this
Hillary and Barack have served in as many wars as Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rummy, Gonzales and Wolfowitz combined!!
By Shawny
February 8, 2008 12:33 PM | Link to this
Don’t look now, it’s global cooling redux.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this
Bush Declares That Cheney Is ‘The Best Vice President In History’
By Midori
February 8, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this
Leave it to Shawny to show up and post something completely stupid.
By RE
February 8, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this
Rush is right, believe it or not.
RUSH: I’d be out on the golf course, all these people, “What are we going to do to defeat Hillary?” There was so much fear of Hillary, “What are we going to do?” I’d say, “She puts her pants on one leg at a time like every other guy; don’t be worried, don’t be frightened.” And I think if she gets the nomination, that’s no longer a lock. If she gets the nomination, she redefines negative turnout.
CALLER: Right.
RUSH: She just polarizes people. I think she’s going to gin up enough anti-Hillary turnout out there to perhaps be a boon to whoever the Republican nominee is.
CALLER: Absolutely.
RUSH: Now, if Obama is the nominee, we are doomed, and you should get ready and prepared for it now.
CALLER: I agree.
By getalife
February 8, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this
Well, it looks like the reality is going to be Clinton/Obama or Obama/Clinton to keep all the Dem voters engaged in the general.
McInsane/Gomer for the wingnuts voters to stay engaged in the general.
By Bosch
February 8, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this
RE,
I’ll bet Rush’s way of “preparing” for Obama’s nomination is spreading as many lies and half truths as he can. He’s probably in his little lair now, writhing his fat little hands, cackling to himself as he thinks of lie after lie after lie to spread about Obama.
By Bosch
February 8, 2008 1:55 PM | Link to this
Midori,
That’s the neo-con way of going “look over there” to try and divert attention away from their obvious pain.
By Goldie
February 8, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this
Truthman — I envy you going out to Seattle! I lived in Oregon back in the 70’s and 80’s during my married years, and I still think of going back there… maybe once I retire from the work world — gotta get the heck outta this 19th century state of GA!
By RE
February 8, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this
Obama does not need clinton, Clinton needs Obama.
Obama should sweep february, Clinton is raising money again, but she is losing more and more every day.
When and how she leaves the race will determine the elections in november, if she bows out gracefully, obama wins in a landslide. If she keeps fighting and tries to snag michigan and florida McCain has a chance. If she is the nominee, she is going to lose to McCain, especially if McCain picks a decent VP.
By Dubya
February 8, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this
The Conservative Mind springs forth anew. Fresh ideas and positive progress. It is…Huckabee. God bluss Murcuh!
By getalife
February 8, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this
RE,
Clinton is surging in the polls too
She is leading in delegates by 20% and will get the superdelgates.
Sorry but it looks like Clinton/Obama will be the ticket.
By Aaron Burr V. Mexico
February 8, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
I snicker sadly at those who donate to Hillary’s campaign.. Hope you like Junk Mail.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain announced today that he has converted to Scientology.
By Aaron Burr V. Mexico
February 8, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this
There is only one way I would not vote for Barack Obama in an election, because I do like what the man stands for, and that is as VP to the Hopeslayer.
If he accepts that, he isn’t the man I hoped he was.
By Truthman
February 8, 2008 2:47 PM | Link to this
“Chimperor Bush exhorts mouth-breathing neo-cons to ‘keep White House white in 2008!”
Sorry, arse-hole in chief, your type has about as much chance of holding on to ANY BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT as Luch-o-Zell has of insulting me (or getting a date).
Peace,
Progressives are gonna love ‘08!!
Goldie, I’ll leave the light on for ya!!
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this
FRANK IDEAS FOR A JOHN MCCAIN SLOGAN
“He’ll treat terrorists the same way he treats the kids who won’t stay off his lawn!”
“You hate him; he hates you; now lets kick some foreigner a*.”
“He’ll screw over terrorists even more than he screws over Republicans.”
“We could do worse. Not much worse, but worse.”
“Today’s challenges require the leadership of a cranky old b*******.”
“Better than waterboarding!”
“McCain ‘08! Vote for him or else he’ll chew your ear off you rotten conservative!”
“Vote for me and I’ll waterboard Ron Paul.”
“McCain’ 08! We’re gonna stay in Iraq until at least 3058!”
“McCain ‘08: Ready to hand Hillary Clinton an easy victory”
McCain ‘08: The comeback grandpa!
McCain. The Vietnam War isn’t over until HE says it’s over.
McCain ‘08. Ready to Lead Since the Earth Cooled.
John McCain: Manchuria’s candidate of choice.
John McCain - Ready to make the torture he endured in Vietnam look like a day at the beach for all you conservatives…
I’m gonna nuke Iran like I just nuked my depends, aaargh!
McCain ‘08: When rubber hoses just aren’t enough.
McCain. Because these times call for blinding fits of white-hot rage.
McCain ‘08: Mi Casa Blanca es Su Casa Blanca, My Friend!
McCain 08: If you can only vote for one old white guy this year, vote for this one.
McCain ‘08: Because the Path to Citizenship Runs Right Through Your Backyard
McCain ‘08: Borderz!? We Don’ Need No Steenkeen’ Borderz!
AND MY FAVORITE
McCain: Less masculine than Hillary, but way paler than Obama.
By Georgia 74
February 8, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this
Will Tom Cruise be McCain’s running mate?
By Apocalypse
February 8, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this
getalife,
There you go with that wishful thinking again. Is Hillary your aunt or something?
Anyway, Obama has been winning the small states and that is what’s coming next. What that gallup spread didn’t show you was the fact that she will barely be able to campaign in Texas when it comes up because of finances. She’s going to need Texas because the big states are the only ones she can win.
Don’t follow national polls dude.
By Will
February 8, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this
Ah yes, Dubya (2:27). The Repunk mind is always a thing to behold. Those are people who exist in order to be told what to do in life, and what NOT to do. Hitler and Stalin would love them so! Goose-stepping goons of conformity - no more, no less. Praise the Lord.
By Midori
February 8, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this
Bosch,
next they will try to deflect our attention with shiny objects on a rope :)
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this
John McCain gets Fresh
By Dusty
February 8, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this
@3:11
IN THE NEWS gets stale.
By The Peoples for a Nuked Amerika' Century~!
February 8, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this
-=-
In The News —
How about these for slogans…
“McCain — at least he’s smarter than Dubya’.”
“McCain is like McDonalds — Nothing says Cheap and American like us!
“McCain - The seriously Elder Statesman!”
“McCain - Cane’ing America today!”
“McCain - At least at my age you won’t catch me in any sexual indescretions while in office.”
McCain - Will do WaterBoarding properly just like we did during my younger days in the Inquisition!”
“McCain - Almost as Healthy as Cheney and much better looking!”
“McCain - At least I can pronounce Nuclear correctly when I launch them!”
and now one for the other guy —
“Vote Huckabee — And with God’s help I will bring America to it’s knees!”
Cheers’
By Bosch
February 8, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this
Midori,
One thing the Republicans lack is bling. :-)
Dusty,
Oh you are way too funny! Stop it, stop it, you are cracking me up with your wit and cunning!
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this
[McCain Sings] (http://www.jibjab.com/view/203207)
GOPhers should like this one!
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this
McCain vs. McCain
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this
The Very Late Reagan endorses McCain
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
Sorry I just can’t get McCain singing Barbra to work…..
By RW-(the original)©
February 8, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
PORTSMOUTH — Rochester physician Terry Bennett said he rented a city building to people who worked for Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign — and skipped town without paying the bill.// Making matters worse, Bennett said, the 3,000-square-foot building at 236 Union St. was left trashed. Campaign signs were left lying all over the place, he said.
Back to the future.
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 3:50 PM | Link to this
Honest to God truth:
Just came from my local Wachovia where the AJC has set up a table by the door and is shamelessly harassing the bank customers about subscribing to their filthy socialist rag. The popcorn was excellent and free too. The low rent table sqwuaker understood perfectly my answer to her sales pitch, which was a simple and straight forward “Puh-Leeze.”
Now for the funny part; an 80 something year old blue hair, social security dependent and hunched over too, when asked if she would like to subscribe replied with the following, loud enough for onlookers to hear-
“I don’t read that crap, it’s too liberal.”
Imagine my enjoyment as that scene unfolded.
And for all of you pinkos from the AJC that are monitoring my every word, call your low rent snake oil sales people and ask them if what I say is true.
It was a fat pinko with a gray beard and a black woman that kept staring at my behind.
Sorry, but I’m not in to whiny women.
By Right-wing nut job in full glory
February 8, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this
“BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — The images in the Basra police file are nauseating: Page after page of women killed in brutal fashion — some strangled to death, their faces disfigured; others beheaded. All bear signs of torture.
The women are killed, police say, because they failed to wear a headscarf or because they ignored other “rules” that secretive fundamentalist groups want to enforce.
“Fear, fear is always there,” says 30-year-old Safana, an artist and university professor. “We don’t know who to be afraid of. Maybe it’s a friend or a student you teach. There is no break, no security. I don’t know who to be afraid of.”
Her fear is justified. Iraq’s second-largest city, Basra, is a stronghold of conservative Shia groups. As many as 133 women were killed in Basra last year — 79 for violation of “Islamic teachings” and 47 for so-called honor killings, according to IRIN, the news branch of the U.N.’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.”
It is so refreshing to see a free people expressing their religious convictions. It is worth the thousands of dead and maimed troops and the billions of dollars spent to see the end product of the freedom we have provided to these people. It is very clear that this Iraqi society was more than ready to accept the liberties and freedoms we hold so dear and to have a country of religious zealots, by religious zealots and for religious zealots.
I think we should have a sharing of ideas with the Iraqis. We can teach them about elections and they can teach us how to keep our women in line. Pretty soon they will be electing religious psychos in turbans to office and we’ll be stoning w*******, as defined by the Holy Scripture of course, in the streets. I think both countries will be better for it.
Frankly I’d just like to covert these people to Christainity and then unleash them on the populace here at home. Then we wouldn’t have abortions, porn, divorce, pre-marital sex, homos or any of those “liberal” things we have to tolerate today. I mean if these people would just accept the baby Jesus as savior, I think we could join forces in our ‘pro-family’ agenda. Maybe if we sent Pat Robertson over there and told them that Southern Baptist theology is every bit as intolerant, ignorant, conservative and bigoted as the
By Bosch
February 8, 2008 4:00 PM | Link to this
Luckoduh,
What? So you align yourself with 80 something year old blue hair, social security dependent hunched over women? Whew, that’s a lot of adjectives? Good for you - old ladies are cool. They are usually kind of wacky and say whatever they feel - kind of like you, Lucky duh.
and also, do you have eyes in the back of your head? How do you know that lady was staring at your behind?
and what does the fat pinko with a gray beard have to do with the scenario? Was he the salesperson?
and what does the fact that your not into whiny woman have to do with the rest of that post?
I’ve been strung out on codeine all week, have a really bad cold, but I don’t think codeine had to do with that post not making much sense.
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this
Ahhh, the peace loving, compassionate and caring liberals tearing their own White Power machine limb from limb:
{{{{In a conference call with reporters, KKKlinton communications director Howard Wolfson Friday excoriated PMSNBC’s David Shuster for suggesting the KKKlinton campaign had “pimped out” 27-year old Chelsea by having her place phone calls to Demokratic Party superdelegates on her mother’s behalf. Wolfson called the comment “beneath contempt” and disgusting.}}}}
You know, thinking back at all of the things that have been said by the pinkos about the Bush twins over the years, I would have found “pimping” them to be somewhat of a compliment.
Now we find our outrage?
Or is this just another staged sympathy ploy?
By RW-(the original)©
February 8, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this
Bosch,
I’ll cut you some slack for being drug addled this week, but when I asked you to convince me why Obama has concrete ideas I should support rather than just a cultist message of changehopechangehopeetc. Do you really think this was a convincing answer?
{{{{{And saying “stay the course in Iraq” and “freedom isn’t free” and all the other Bush mantras…..blah…yadda…}}}}}
By Dusty
February 8, 2008 4:15 PM | Link to this
Bosch 3:22
Oh yes, indeed. And if you get any higher on codeine the whole world will be hilarious. How’s the err…what was it??… cold, flu, sore toe, hangnail???
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this
Gee, and here I thought the Americans were the ones doing these things:
{{{{From internal documents and interviews with members of al-Qaeda in Iraq, a picture emerges of an organization in disarray but increasingly aware that its harsh policies—(((((such as punishing women who don’t cover their heads—have eroded its popular support.)))) Over the past year, the group has been driven out of many of its strongholds. The group’s leadership is now jettisoning some of its past tactics to refocus attacks on American troops, Sunnis cooperating closely with U.S. forces, and Iraq’s infrastructure… .}}}}
Well, well, al Qaeda is the one imposing fanatical religious rule.
Go figure.
I guess I shouldn’t listen to wormy POS liberals, eh?
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this
Barack Obama’s Plan
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this
‘Everyone we now fight in Iraq is al Qaida.’
Glenn Greenwald takes note of the increasing propensity of journalists to follow the administration’s lead in describing all Iraqi fighters as al Qaeda:
That the Bush administration, and specifically its military commanders, decided to begin using the term “Al Qaeda” to designate “anyone and everyeone we fight against or kill in Iraq” is obvious. … But what is even more notable is that the establishment press has followed right along, just as enthusiastically. […]
What makes this practice all the more disturbing is how quickly and obediently the media has adopted the change in terms consciously issued by the Bush administration and their military officials responsible for presenting the Bush view of the war to the press.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 4:35 PM | Link to this
The Iraq Study Group (pdf) echoed the facts established by every credible source in the world when they concluded:
Most attacks on Americans still come from the Sunni Arab insurgency. The insurgency comprises former elements of the Saddam Hussein regime, disaffected Sunni Arab Iraqis, and common criminals. It has significant support within the Sunni Arab community. …
Al Qaeda is responsible for a small portion of the violence in Iraq, but that includes some of the more spectacular acts: suicide attacks, large truck bombs, and attacks on significant - religious or political targets.
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this
sorry here’s the link to the Iraq study group
By IN THE NEWS
February 8, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this
The Myth of AQI Fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq is the last big argument for keeping U.S. troops in the country. But the military’s estimation of the threat is alarmingly wrong.
By Bosch
February 8, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this
Dusty,
Actually it’s a severe sinus infection where the snot has gone straight into my lungs. Would you like more details? I can give you a very vivid description of the crap I’ve been coughing up if you like - nice shades of green, brown, red, and yellow.
But, oh no, Dusty, I don’t need codeine for your posts to crack me up. After all, you are the queen of wit and cunning - and a complete genius in the realm of intellectual debate (now that probably is the codeine talking).
By Bosch
February 8, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this
RW,
Well, my response to your earlier post was dropped, but I basically linked to his website. There’s concrete there.
Despite whether or not you think it is “change” or not is irrelevant. The rest of the country does and that’s why he’s closing the gap on Clinton very fast.
McCain has been speaking in fluent Bushinese the past couple of days and the country is just tired of that same old crap.
By Dusty
February 8, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this
Bosch @4:40
Thank you for your first paragraph. Nothing new. That is the descriptive way I usually think of you.
If I were looking for intellectual debate I wouldn’t be using your ID. I stopped by and found this blog boring. Except for a rare word from RW, the four or five “regulars” said the same ol’ stuff.
Enjoy the codeine and recover quickly. It is getting nice outside again.
By getalife
February 8, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this
cpac is the new People’s Temple cult.
“During his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this morning, President Bush told the crowd of raucous right-wing activists that he “appreciates the fact that” they “invited Vice President Cheney” to speak. Between intermittent cheers of “four more years,” Bush told the crowd, Cheney “is the best vice president in history.”
A suicide pact drinking the kool aid.
Unbelievable.
By Chip
February 8, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this
It’s really very simple Steve: Mendacity. Lies and Liars led to this disaster, the same old story under a new cover. Will no one hold the speculators who lied on their loan applications responsible? These liars should not get any kind of rebate - Do you remember the story about the Long Island cocktail parties in which hundreds of spec homes were “sold” to long island investors who swore on loan applications that they were buying the houses to live in? They put nothing down, the builder handled all expenses, and when the house was completed in 12 to 24 months, the liar house owner was guaranteed 30 to 60 thousand dollars profit. Some of the Long Island Liars filed papers for ten or more of these to be Owner Occuppied houses. Now the houses cannot be sold, so the Liars are trying to walk away, scot free..HOLD THEM FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DEBTS ON THESE OTHERWISE NON RECOURSE LOANS, THEY COMMITTED FRAUD AND ARE TRYING TO STICK YOU AND ME WITH THE BILL. Attach their assets, including any and all pensions: if they do not agree, file criminal fraud charges, and put them in prison, with the other liars…
By Bosch
February 8, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this
Dusty,
You accused me of taking codeine for a sore toe or hang nail, I just thought I’d let you know what was really going on with me.
You can’t handle the truth, can you? I thought you were once a medical genius whiz. Phlegm is kind of like the truth to you, huh? Just can’t handle it.
Your hypocritical Christian values are showing. You shouldn’t make fun of sick people, karma can be a b***.
Oh, again with the wit and cunning, “If I were looking for intellectual debate I wouldn’t be using your ID.”
WHEW! Good one there Dusty. Really got me!
Since this blog is so boring to you, then please, please - go. I never understood why you pretend to hate this blog, and always say you are going to leave, but never do.
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this
{{{{By Bosch February 8, 2008 4:00 PM I’ve been strung out on codeine all week, have a really bad cold, but I don’t think codeine had to do with that post not making much sense.}}}}
Borsch: Try reading it again tomorrow morning before you get wasted, K?
~~~~~
Curses, Code Pinko has uncovered our sinister plot to assign women and children killing Islamic zipperheads to a group they don’t belong to!:
{{{{By IN THE NEWS February 8, 2008 4:33 PM ‘Everyone we now fight in Iraq is al Qaida.’ Glenn Greenwald takes note of the increasing propensity of journalists to follow the administration’s lead in describing all Iraqi fighters as al Qaeda: That the Bush administration, and specifically its military commanders, decided to begin using the term “Al Qaeda” to designate “anyone and everyeone we fight against or kill in Iraq” is obvious. … But what is even more notable is that the establishment press has followed right along, just as enthusiastically.}}}}
We can’t get anything by these liberal geniuses, I suppose now you want us to surrender, right?
Only problem is, just like all the other mindless goony propaganda that the AJC pays you to post, it doesn’t have a speck of truth to it:
Uh, Multi National Force-Iraq website, the second coming of Goebbels Information Ministry, I guess-
{{{{Coalition forces captured a suspected —->Special Groups<—- leader and detained three other suspects late Thursday during operations to disrupt criminal networks in the Mashru area, south of Baghdad.}}}}
{{{{Iraqi National Police disrupted the kidnapping of six Sons of Iraq from a checkpoint in Baghdad’s Ur neighborhood Feb. 7 and rescued three of the SoI members after a shootout. The incident began at approximately 10:30 a.m. when a group of armed members from the —->Arkan Hasnawi Special Groups<—— militia cell surrounded a SoI checkpoint, disarmed the guards, and forced them into waiting vehicles.}}}}
You know, as hard as I try, I can’t imagine why this would even matter in the first freaking place?
Can’t we all just take a moment to thank God that liberals are not in charge of our national security and pray that they never will be?
What kind of war would they run, holding committees to distribute name tags to all of the lunatics pointing guns at us?
Besides which, why worry, McBushie’s gonna martyr all the
By getalife
February 8, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this
I had to take two oxy’s, chase it down with crown and smoke some of the finest bud after watching this
My head spins.
Wow.
By Right-wing nut job in full glory
February 8, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this
If the President says we are fighting al-Qaida in Iraq then we are, period.
If the President appointed Attorney General says that torture isn’t illegal when the President orders it, then it isn’t, period.
If the President appointed Attorney General says that ordering wiretapping isn’t illegal then it isn’t, period.
You see this is a country of Kings where the law applies to you but not to the King. Go waterboard someone and see if you don’t go to jail. This is what we fought for during the Revolution because King George wanted to be treated like a regular guy, but we wanted an all poweful King who could do as he wishes always without accountability.
So rememebr a President can listen to your phone calls and torture people and there will be no prosecution, investigation or impeachment, but if you fudge about a hummer you are going down because of THE RULE OF LAW. Remember that mantra RULE OF LAW, RULE OF LAW, blah, blah, blah. Kinda ironic now ain’t it? Suckers!!!! The sick thing is we can argue that we are right on both issues. You know why? Because the ideology of the right is more important than country or law or any other value you can think of. Being a winger is kinda like being a member of a criminal enterprise like the mafia. Loyalty to the family above all else.
RWNJIFG
By getalife
February 8, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this
But then again, I do that everyday.
Anyhoo, nut job is right. Forget the rule of law, they should open the prisons and let out the millions.
Who needs justice?
Certainly not this criminal administration.
By GreenJeans
February 8, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this
Thank you ITN @4:30.
By Bosch
February 8, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this
Hey getalife,
Speaking of drugs - just heard Amy Winehouse will be performing via satellite at the Grammys. Is she out or rehab? Maybe she’ll perform from rehab. If she’s out, that was a quick recovery!
By Steve
February 8, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this
Another fun-packed political week ends and it’s Friday again. Time for all you ugly, shavedheaded fan-boy Repugs to slip into yer gangsta togs, flip-flops, ball caps, cell phones, SUVs/PUs, n spin gravel to the nearest Fan-Boy Sports Bar in search of like-minded intellectual insects. Drink that courageous patriotism right on down, boys! Hit don’t git no better’n this!!! Praise Bush, McCain, Hickabee, Dobson!!
By getalife
February 8, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this
Bosch,
I think she is still in rehab. The Ledger overdose scared them and some are trying to get off the dope.
Lightweights.
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this
Ahhh, yes, applying the Constitution of the United States to the atrocities of foreign cut throat terrorists, what a wonderful war fighting strategy dreamed up by our good friends and saviors, the Code Pinkos.
Kind of reminds you of General George Custer, don’t it?
By Mike
February 8, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this
HOMOduh has his life back today. It’s…here.
By Dusty
February 8, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this
Poor Bosch,
I rarely come by here. You are one of the unpleasantries. But when I feel like posting here, I do. I see you are still overbearing in your efforts to direct others. Too bad nobody is listening. But you still try.
Why bother to tell us you are sick? We have known that for some time.
By RW-(the original)©
February 8, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this
So the entire rest of the country, except me of course, is on board with Obama and because of that he’s closing in on Hillary. I hope Mrs. Clinton realizes what a powerful force I am the next time she writes a check for 5 mill.
Bosch, Are you smoking this codeine like hash oil or something?
ITFS,
When I want to know what people see in the Messiah’s message I want to see what they have come to think he stands for in their own minds, not just be sent to the cult leader’s web site.
By RW-(the original)©
February 8, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this
I just heard that Amy Winehouse had her visa approved so that she could come to the Grammy’s, but she says logistics are keeping her from coming. That and being in rehab which she’s going to check out of to perform via satellite.
By @@
February 8, 2008 6:07 PM | Link to this
About Obama….
I’ve been waiting for the guy to give me some specifics. He works diligently to avoid them giving us only his hope for change. Up against Hillary he’s gonna have to tack left. With that little maneuver he’ll lose the moderates and independents.
He IS a svengali. The night of the primary 25 to 30 Democratic undecideds said they were leaning towards Obama. When asked if anyone could share anything he had accomplished while in the Illinois State Senate or the U.S. Senate, they were dumbstruck—NO RESPONSES. They appeared to be embarrassed as well.
Talk about sheeple. Voting “present”!
Now THAT’S how you get things done. NOT!
By Right-wing nut job in full glory
February 8, 2008 6:19 PM | Link to this
Hey Luck it isn’t about “applying the Constitution” The US Code prohibits torture or conspiracy to torture:
“Title 18 Sec. 2340 and 2340A
As used in this chapter— (1) “torture” means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control; (2) “severe mental pain or suffering” means the prolonged mental harm caused by or resulting from— (A) the intentional infliction or threatened infliction of severe physical pain or suffering; (B) the administration or application, or threatened administration or application, of mind-altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or the personality; (C) the threat of imminent death; or (D) the threat that another person will imminently be subjected to death, severe physical pain or suffering, or the administration or application of mind-altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or personality; and (3) “United States” means the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States. (a) Offense.— Whoever outside the United States commits or attempts to commit torture shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both, and if death results to any person from conduct prohibited by this subsection, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life. (b) Jurisdiction.— There is jurisdiction over the activity prohibited in subsection (a) if— (1) the alleged offender is a national of the United States; or (2) the alleged offender is present in the United States, irrespective of the nationality of the victim or alleged offender. (c) Conspiracy.— A person who conspires to commit an offense under this section shall be subject to the same penalties (other than the penalty of death) as the penalties prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy.”
Clearly, the law exists and it applies, but it won’t because the President appointed a guy who says that it wasn’t illegal. So Bush can ask, “Hey, is it legal for me to kill Luck?” And the AG says “sure” then you are dead.
As it shou
By Artie O'Bamma
February 8, 2008 6:24 PM | Link to this
@@,
This campaign is not about sheeple. It is about PEOPLE.
It is not about left or right. It’s about some word that rhymes with “left” (heft?) and…MIGHT.
That’s right. Because this campaign is about the MIGHT that might be left after we finish taking a BITE out of what’s LEFT!
Because this country, this nation, is not about who’s left after we’re through being right. It’s about HOPE and CHANGE, and the CHANGING HOPE for CHANGE ITSELF.
Hopefully.
God bless America.
By Bosch
February 8, 2008 6:26 PM | Link to this
Dusty,
Again, I’ve told you before, you can save all the anti-Bosch hate drama by simply typing:
“God, I just hate Bosch.”
It saves your time to go on to hate more things, please don’t waste your time on me. It’s much easier to simply type that, then you can put more time and energy into your other hate dramas and manifestos, it’s a much more efficient way of using your energy.
RW,
I was speaking in general terms. It’s the same ol’ debate. I can say his issues are agents of change, you can say they aren’t. It’s the same run around. Obama is doing well, and he’ll continue doing well. If he gets the Dem nomination, the race is over.
getalife and RW,
I guess checking out of rehab and finding somewhere to perform via satellite can be a huge logistics problem. Poor girl, she’s very talented, hate to see it all go up in smoke!
Have a good weekend all!
By Mrs. Godzilla
February 8, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this
Dear RWNJIFG,
You were billiant at 5:18.
You have my deepest admiration.
Obama 08 or Hillary 08
By Luckoduh
February 8, 2008 6:35 PM | Link to this
This is not too much of a wild mood swing, perhaps we are in the throes of PMS?:
{{{{By Right-wing nut job in full glory February 8, 2008 6:19 PM Clearly, the law exists and it applies, but it won’t because the President appointed a guy who says that it wasn’t illegal. So Bush can ask, “Hey, is it legal for me to kill Luck?” And the AG says “sure” then you are dead. As it should be.}}}}
One minute whining over the simulated drowning of some foreign zipperhead terrorist, the next minute lusting after the death of a fellow citizen over a political discussion.
That’s real mature.
Yes, these are the people I want protecting the United States, prosecuting our brave soldiers and letting al Qaeda run wild through are streets.
Wonderful idea!
By Bootsie Amestoy
February 8, 2008 6:37 PM | Link to this
May I ask, what has the government in Washington done to take away our rights? Did you mean to say just now that we have lost the right not to be tortured? I don’t understand. Aren’t the people in charge of keeping us safe keeping us safe? What cost have we truly paid for this.
I would like to know.
By Mrs. Godzilla
February 8, 2008 6:41 PM | Link to this
RW
Come on get with it! Cult and Messianic are so yesterday. Really.
Impossible anyway. Didn’t Saint Ann of Coulterville tell you we were GODLESS?
The problem with a serious discussion of the cult of personality is that it is a matter of taste.
I like Obama. He’s a hero.
I didn’t like Reagan. He was a zero.
Have we not heard “the house that Reagan built” as frequently as the word “change”? I have heard Reagan fans talk about him as if he were the second coming.
Obama 08 or Hillary 08
By @@
February 8, 2008 6:43 PM | Link to this
Thanks for the laugh Artie-O…
The “Artful” Dodger!
By Artie O'Bamma
February 8, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this
Have a chopeful weekend, @@!
Don’t stop thinkin’ about a thing!
By Mrs. Godzilla
February 8, 2008 6:57 PM | Link to this
Did I read a certain blogger, famous for his “urine soaked” descriptions, actually types the words “That’s so mature”?
I made need oxygen….laughing….
Time to get Mr. G to fire up the grill.
Good weekend all.
By Mrs. Godzilla
February 8, 2008 7:03 PM | Link to this
Anybody see the WSJ article late, seems maybe some contractors got contracted to waterboard.
More than 3 I wonder?
By Ronack Reagoma
February 8, 2008 7:03 PM | Link to this
Mr. Gorbachev,
I see before me today a…wall. It is a wall unlike
any other wall.
It is a wall not made of concrete,
but of despair.
A wall not made of hope,
but of a lack of hope.
A wall not made of change,
but of change-less-ness.
Mr. Gorbachev, whassup widdis wall?
We must sit down and talk about this wall.
We must say to the world that this wall is a wall like no other wall.
we must CHANGE THIS WALL!
By RW-(the original)©
February 8, 2008 7:06 PM | Link to this
Mrs. G,
I’m only quoting the writings of an Obama voter and her discomfort with the way the crowds around his campaign are like cultists. Perhaps you should take it up with her.
I have no trouble discerning that he never says a substantive word.
By RB from Gwinnett
February 8, 2008 7:10 PM | Link to this
The end of our democracy, and our country, will come when those on the take from the government outnumber those paying into it, yet still have an equal vote. Those on the take will never vote themselves out of a free ride. The problem with this scenario should be obvious to any rational thinking person.
By Ace Mulholland
February 8, 2008 7:16 PM | Link to this
Already happened, in a large state, as quietly as could be. Sh-shhhhhh.
By RW-(the original)©
February 8, 2008 7:32 PM | Link to this
RB from Gwinnett,
That argument is used quite often, but it’s as dishonest coming from those of us on the right as are the daily ramblings we see from the left.
It assumes that man has no yearning for freedom and liberty and that all citizens that reached a point low enough to get government support would want to stay there.
There comes a tipping point where the citizenry realizes that their freedom is eroded every time a new government redistribution of wealth program takes place. The trick is to find that out before you have fallen under the control of a socialist dictatorship. Make no mistake, that’s what the left hopes to one day accomplish, but I have more faith in the desire of the American people to be free and successful for them not to catch on in time.
While there is most assuredly some segment of the population that would be fully content to have the government serve their every need it falls far, far short of 50% + 1.