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DEL.ICIO.USI believe in miracles
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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By Luckoduh
February 15, 2008 8:03 AM | Link to this
{{{{Maybe Huckabee hopes that his credentials as a potential running mate for McCain will be strengthened if he achieves a (strictly speaking) providential victory in the Texas primary. McCain might, however, prefer a vice president who is less directly guided by Providence. And McCain will not long be amused by Huckabee continuing to offer himself as a vessel into which conservatives pour their disapproval of the inevitable.}}}}
Onward, young Hickabee.
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{{{{In a fresh sign of trouble for Hillary Rodham Clinton, one of the former first lady’s congressional black supporters intends to vote for Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, and a second, more prominent lawmaker is openly discussing a possible switch.}}}}
{{{{Rep. David Scott’s defection and ((((Rep. John Lewis’)))) remarks highlight one of the challenges confronting Clinton in a campaign that pits a black man against a woman for a nomination that historically has been the exclusive property of white men.}}}}
The Klanners lost John Lewis.
Bwa.
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{{{{And it all happened in public and within her party. The dread Republicans she is used to hating, whom she seems to pay no psychic price for hating, and who hate her right back, are not doing this to her. Her party is doing this.}}}}
{{{{Klux Rodham’s whole life right now is a reverse Sally Field. She’s looking out at an audience of colleagues and saying, “You don’t like me, you really don’t like me!”}}}}
Bwa.
By Luckoduh
February 15, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this
Oh my goodness, I missed this yesterday:
Clemens and his lawyers punk Suckie Face Waxman
This is an excellent video that shows what a ridiculous witch hunt our LAWMAKERS have become.
Look at this pus-sy Waxman, making false charges against someone and then hiding behind his own proceedings when they try to defend themselves.
Disgusting.
How can any American be proud of this?
You sicko liberals sit in here all day whining about the most dubious garbage that Bush is using government powers to abuse the private lives of innocent citizens, what the F do you call this?
In one freaking afternoon, Suckie Face Waxman has done more harm to civil rights than Bush has in 7 years.
These scumbags and their POWER TRIP are threatening the very foundation of our democracy AND THEY CANNOT EVEN DENY IT.
The spineless Republicans should a campaign commercial out of this.
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{{{{“While it would be unseemly for the candidates to hand out thousands of dollars to primary voters, or to the delegates pledged to represent the will of those voters, elected officials serving as superdelegates have received about $890,000 from Obama and Clinton in the form of campaign contributions over the last three years,” the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reported today.}}}}
Now I get what they mean when they say “change.”
Pocket “change.”
Oh, I know, we “changed” the name to the “Kulture of Korruption.”
By the way, isn’t this illegal?
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The Republicans fight for your safety, the demokrats fight for their power:
{{{{Democrats voted yesterday, for the first time in decades, to hold two White House officials in contempt of Congress. Hours later it emerged that Ms. Pelosi has apparently decided not to vote on the warrantless wiretap bill passed by the Senate days ago. This means that the Protect America Act — which conferred Congressional support to wiretapping suspected al Qaeda terrorists — will expire at midnight today.}}}}
It is their job to protect We The People, not to play political games.
By Luckoduh
February 15, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this
{{{{President Daniel Ortega, who led the 1979 revolution in Nicaragua, says Barack Obama’s presidential bid is a “revolutionary” phenomenon in the United States.}}}}
{{{{“It’s not to say that there is already a revolution under way in the U.S. … but yes, they are laying the foundations for a revolutionary change,” the Sandinista leader said Wednesday night as he accepted an honorary doctorate from an engineering university.}}}}
Hahahaaahahahahaha, oh my.
Losers.
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{{{{There is a special kind of hate that people — particularly women — reserve for Hillary KKKlinton that is unique in contemporary politics. It’s nothing like the disdain liberals feel for W., which is only to be expected, and has no special edge: Liberals believe President Bush is an undeserving doofus who made a big huge mess, that’s that. But the hatred for Hillary KKKlinton is visceral and venal, a lot of it is female and feminist, and some of it is simply off the charts.}}}}
{{{{A young woman I respect in northern California describes Klux Rodham as “grotesque.” A middle-aged successful artist I know — herself a bit of a virago — thinks she’s “evil.” And my mother, who is admittedly a Republican, is capable of going on and on about how Klux Rodham is in it all for herself, that she’ll do anything to win, that she’ll kill to push her agenda through, that she’s just a disgusting human being, that the sound of Klux Rodham’s voice is enough to send her racing for the remote control to turn off her beloved Fox News. The New Republic points out that many Democrats describe Hillary KKKlinton as “mendacious, brutal, willing to bend (or break) any rule in pursuit of power.” And they’re on her side.}}}}
By Mrs. Godzilla
February 15, 2008 8:11 AM | Link to this
Talk about miracles!
How about those finally strong Democratic House members!
No telecom immunity.
No acceptance of the fearmonger mantra.
AND Contempt of Congress Citations for Meiers and Bolton.
ABOUT DAMN TIME!
By Goldie
February 15, 2008 8:15 AM | Link to this
Huckleberry Hound + Baptist preacher = too irresistible for Repug voters in GA… BAWAAAA!
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 8:18 AM | Link to this
If any of these guys had their facts straight, their shameless demagoguery might even be compelling. If the poorly named “Protect America Act” was really vitally necessary to protect the country from a terrorist attack — if life and death were literally in the balance — Bush and the Republican would be right, and any delay would be outrageous. But therein lies the rub: all of these people are lying. Badly.
By Dubya
February 15, 2008 8:18 AM | Link to this
A school principal in Cincinnati, a profound supporter of the Surge and Huckleberree, fights the teaching of Evolution and states: “I didn’t come from no amoeba or a monkey.” (sic) The depth of the Republiscum mind at work once more. God Bluss Murcuh. Allah Akbar.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 8:19 AM | Link to this
Republicans STAGE walk-out
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this
Countdown Special Comment on FISA: President Bush Is A Liar And A Fascist
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this
The FISA question the right can’t answer……Look, if it’s that important, there’s a simple answer: pass the bill without telecom immunity. Then come back and introduce immunity in a separate bill. If you’ve got the votes for it, fine. If not, too bad. I’m against immunity myself — though hardly hellbent on the subject — but whichever way the vote went, in the meantime we’d have the FISA extension and surveillance could continue normally. But that’s not on the table. The supposed grownups in the GOP are, apparently, perfectly happy to play around with “life and death” if it’s in the service of a bit of demagogic brinksmanship over telecom immunity.
By Bobbi
February 15, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this
HOMOduh was up again all night again, holding back his oral excrement until he could vomit it forth first thing this morning. Good for you, very little man, HOMOduh. Good for you. Praise Gezzuzza.
By Luckoduh
February 15, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this
Well me n’ my dog had a big ol V-day sellabration last nite — gainsburgers on the grill and some GOP porno list-ning to Bill Oreilly’s dirty phone calls, then fallin asleep in each others paws. I still smell ‘im on my fur.
By RW-(the original)©
February 15, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this
Alas, I sat at home and curled into a dark corner with my Grishams last night, reading by the light of my Reagan figurine lamp, then cried myself to sleep.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this
SPEAKING ON UNWARRANTED IMMUNITY
By Shawny
February 15, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this
Here is another good one on Obama-revealed.
“The Obama spend-o-meter is now up around $800 billion. And tax hikes on the rich won’t pay for it. It’s the middle class that will ultimately shoulder this fiscal burden in terms of higher taxes and lower growth.” “Obama wants you to believe that America is in trouble, and that it can only be cured with a big lurch to the left. Take from the rich and give to the non-rich. Redistribute income and wealth. It’s an age-old recipe for economic disaster. It completely ignores incentives for entrepreneurs, small family-owned businesses, and investors. You can’t have capitalism without capital.” This cat is scary.
By Shawny
February 15, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this
The best one so far on the fallacy of Obamamania. Religious fervor for this guy, but nothing of real substance. Gotta hand it to him, thought, he gives a rousing (almost religious) speach. “Democrats are worried that the Obama spell will break between the time of his nomination and the time of the election, and deny them the White House. My guess is that he can maintain the spell just past Inauguration Day. After which will come the awakening. It will be rude.”
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
The giraffe and elephant are proof positive that God, indeed, has a sense of humor.
I see that Gingrich has given his opinion about Obama. Maybe he’s looking for a VEEP nod.
Can you imagine? Obama/Gingrich ‘08?
By ed lorenzo
February 15, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this
My lovely wife, a Clinical Psychologist with a couple of PhD’s, seldom makes mistakes. Not counting that ‘I Do’ before a minister pronounced very few years ago. “What do you think of Obama?’ I asked her, curious to get a clear judgment on a candidate that seems to have raised a tsunami of expectations from the American public. A public that is desperately seeking someone to worship. I have already registered shameless comparisons of Obama with Lincoln, Jesus of Nazareth, Jack and Bob Kennedy, Plato, Enrico Carusso, Martin Luther King, George Clooney, Daniel Webster, St. Augustine, Count Dracula and Borat. You listen to the panegyrics and you can almost see the halo around Obama’s pointed head. I said so. She smiled, condescendingly as usual, and replied: “Great powers of expression. I heard him talk about the problem of garbage disposal in urban areas. I remember it word by word.” She quoted: “Problems of this kind in our nation answer to a popular belief in the infallibility of the subtle control projected by any government with an ideal in mind and a policy on hand. Sublime efforts can only be spent by the generous American nation in the pursuit of objectives clearly delineated by the Founding Fathers and the glorious brilliance of activated minds and pristine souls. In the end I conclude that such problem is not a problem. God Bless America!” She added: “You know what? He reminds me of Robert Redford!” “Robert Redford?” “Yup. Robert Redford in The Candidate. Remember the last scene? After a string of brilliant speeches, he is finale elected president; he sits on the edge of the bed and asks his Chief of Staff, “What do I do now?”
By FRANKLEEDARLING
February 15, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this
The fact that Huck won in georgia leads me to believe that Georgia needs more lions
By Conservative
February 15, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this
Huckabee has ruined the vote of the Republican party. Sometimes you can’t win so get over it. No one knows what his little plan was but with Romney supporting Mcain now, he is all washed up. Except for the Republican idiots who will still write his name in on the ballot like a bunch of freaking morons and give the presidency to Obama, who is the biggest hypocrite I have ever seen. Help the poor, abortion is is a choice, give insurance to everybody, illegals can be free here, more taxes, more government, gay marriage is right. Anyone can give me one accomplishment he has done to qualify him for president? P.S. Because he is black, or gives good speeches written for him does not count.
By Shawny
February 15, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this
Great toon, describing typical Obama and Clinton rallies.
Lot’s of air from him, not saying much. And she can’t say anything without a Bush jab tossed in. Weak.
By RW-(the original)©
February 15, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this
Anonymous law enforcement and military officials revealed that F.B.I. interrogators provided Al Qaeda suspects with “food whenever they were hungry as well as Starbucks coffee at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,” The Washington Post wrote in a front-page article.
Oh the horror!!!!!
I’m gone until happy hour so you can resume jacking my name “news” boy.
By Goldie
February 15, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this
Bosch @ 9:24 — no, I can’t imagine that. I suggest some of these Dem tickets instead:
— Obama\Clinton ‘08
— Obama\Richardson ‘08
— Obama\Shriver ‘08
— Obama\Winfrey ‘08
Whaddya think?
By Norm
February 15, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this
Get your B.H. Obama wristbands!
Be an Obama-maniac!
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this
Conservative,
“Anyone can give me one accomplishment he has done to qualify him for president? “
How about, he’s organized a grass roots election unlike anything we’ve seen in this country in recent years. He is beating one of the most powerful Democrats we’ve seen since the Kennedy era. He’s running a very effective campaign.
Whether or not you believe in his message is up to you, but he’s a force to be reckoned with, deal with it.
Also, not to mention the obvious that he’s at least 35 years old, and a U.S. citizen, and has lived in the U.S. for 14 years. I think that’s pretty much all that counts in the “whose qualified to be president” list. The rest is up to the voters. It’s called democracy.
By RW-(the original)©
February 15, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this
Oh, the horror, there’s no controls to keep anonymous miscreants from stealing my name, which I’ve already discredited over and over again myself. My integrity is buried somewhere in the backyard with my stash of Nixon stickers.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this
RW
Don’t flatter your self. If I was going to use another name I would no more use RW than any of the DUHsperate names you use on any given day.
Besides who wants to steal the name of somebody so often behind the curve.
FBI “Clean Team” Scrubbed Torture Evidence For 9/11 Death Penalty Cases
{{Prosecutors and top administration officials essentially wanted to cleanse the information so that it could be used in court, a process that federal prosecutors typically follow in U.S. criminal cases with investigative problems or botched interrogations. Officials wanted to go into court without any doubts about the viability of their evidence, and they had serious reservations about the reliability of what the CIA had obtained for intelligence purposes.
“It was the product of a lot of debate at really high levels,” one official familiar with the program said. “A lot of people were involved in concluding that it may not be the saving grace, but it would put us on the best footing we could possibly be in. You can’t erase what happened in the past, but this was the best alternative.”
John D. Hutson, a retired Navy rear admiral and former judge advocate general. “Once you torture someone, it is hard to un-torture them. The general public is going to be concerned about the validity of the testimony.” }}}}
RW will be gone until the happy hour folks - that gives us so many happy housr here.
By Conservative
February 15, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this
Thanks Bosch, You proved my point, hes a good speaker and he has a good campaign, he is going to be a good president.
By Dusty
February 15, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this
Ed Lorenzo@9:25
Your wife got that one right. IF elected, Obama would most certainly say “What do I do now?”
I’ve never heard of one decision Obama has made except to go to Harvard. But the liberals here will tell him what to do. Here’s what they are doing now.
They don’t want any homeland security ‘cause we don’t need it and someone may invade their privacy.
They want Congress to investigate anybody in Washington who is a Republican.
They will not vote on homeland security measures but will interview and grill baseball players.
They would raise taxes on tobacco but legalize marijuana.
The “support the military” but are slow and limited on financing the troops. They will cut-n-run immediately from Iraq.
They want to concoct their own military plans and withdraw troops just as Iraq becomes stable. They insist that our military doesn’t mind killing civilians.
They continue to insult the President of the USA who is not running for reelection. The President and Vice President have broken no laws but liberals here speak of them as criminals.
That is what Obama supporters will be doing if he is elected. That is what will happen if you take pleasing charisma over political integrity.
By Biaatchslap
February 15, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this
Ah, the joy of running off the nutcases. It’s like shining a light on a nest of cockroaches.
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this
Oops, oops - I meant to say
“grass roots campaign” not “grass roots election”
Sorry, my bad.
Goldie,
That was kind of a joke, but it would be interesting, no?
This, of course, is my opinion only, but here goes. Obama seems to me the only candidate still in the race, that at least appears to give some indication that he is willing to work with both sides, and that is what I think this country needs.
The main reason I don’t like Hillary is that she is the extreme opposite of Bush. I think Hillary would make a good president some day, just not now. While, yes, I am a liberal, I do feel that everyone’s opinion should be taken into consideration, including the conservatives, and Obama seems like the one who will do that. Not McCain, because he has sold his soul to the dark Bush side. He sounds like a Bush soundbyte now.
I could be wrong, hopefully not, but hopefully part of his “change” will be that he will work to strengthen the moderate vote which is a majority of the populace, and I consider to be very beneficial for the WHOLE country, not just the left and not just the right. Polarization has ruined our country; Washington seems to care more about who scores the most points, than getting anything done. And earmarks, those suck too.
Anywho, that’s why I said that about Obama/Gingrich, because I think Newt is a pretty smart guy, don’t agree with him on alot of things, but he’s a smart guy with some serious ethical issues, but hey, don’t we all :-).
Another person who would be an interesting VEEP choice, and I can’t believe I am about to write this, but I think Bob Barr would also be a good choice (as a shiver of cold runs down my spine). When he was in office, it seemed like his main objective in life was to get Bill Clinton at any cost, but he’s chilled out and I actually enjoy reading his opinion articles (again, as a shiver of cold runs down my spine.).
Or Sam Nunn. I think he’d be a good choice too.
Obama needs a VEEP candidate that will bring him in a little more to the right.
By @@
February 15, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this
The “Pearl”-y gates are “Jammed” Huckafee, get over yourself already…
I used to be on an endless run
Believed in miracles ‘cuz I’m one
I’ve been blessed with the power to survive
After all these years I’m still alive
I’m out here kickin with the band
I am no longer a solitary man
Everyday my time runs out
Live like a fool, that’s what i was about
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this
Conservative,
On the contrary. I’ve heard many on the right ask what qualifies Obama and Hillary to be president. And I can spend time naming countless things they’ve done, only to have someone come back and scoff at what I’ve written with something similar to, “you call that an accomplishment? BWAAA! Moron.”
So, I’ve really kind of backed off of those types of challenges because they are futile.
Because in reality, accomplishments and quantifiers are really in the eye of the beholder and are all relative.
To get all philosophical here, I could say, “well, what qualifies anyone to be president?” There is only one answer and it is what I wrote earlier about the qualifications of President given to us in the Constitution.
Everything else is all relative to the voter. If you think McCain is the most qualified, vote for him. If you think Obama or Clinton more qualified, vote for them - because to imply that neither is qualified is simply dishonest, to imply that neither have accomplished anything in their lives is also dishonest.
By getalife
February 15, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this
Here is a real American patriot telling the truth about our lying facist, so called leader
Of course, Wooten wrote about this and quoted that pos Price.
Pathetic.
By Political Foreskin
February 15, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this
Osama landslide. The GOP seems willing to surrender this one, so that the pendulum may swing back to their side next time. They’ll concentrate on the senate to check the liberal tide.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
John McCain — Panderer Extraordinaire
John McCain GOP Panderbear!
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this
See, Bob Barr is alright with me:
“Citizens of the Peach State hoping that the ascendancy of the Republican Party as the majority party in state government would usher in an era of individual liberty consistent with the oft-pronounced GOP philosophy of individual responsibility and less government power, have yet to witness any significant evidence of that since the Republicans took over the governorship and the state House and Senate several years ago. This gulf between talk of less government restriction on personal freedom and the reality of government control, is evident in public comments by the Republican Senate leadership, the lieutenant governor and Governor Sonny Perdue, refusing to even allow formal consideration of referenda on Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages in grocery and convenience stores.
So much for responsive, representative government in Georgia.”
By Blackadder
February 15, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this
Even the dead are political pawns to the Republicans (then again, we already knew that post-September 11). House Republicans, at the bidding of the Bush White House, are upset that House Democrats are voting on contempt citations for Harriet Miers and Josh Bolton today. So the House GOP members are disrupting proceedings in the House today, calling for “protest votes” and the like that eat up 15 minutes of the day at a time. Well, they just called one such protest vote in the middle of recently-deceased Democratic Congressman Tom Lantos’ memorial service, which they certainly knew was taking place. This is akin to forcing people to leave a wake on purpose. The House Republicans and the White House couldn’t wait for Lantos’ service to be finished before forcing everyone back to the House floor to vote for something silly. They intentionally disrupted a dead man’s memorial service for political gain. But as was already noted, the Republicans have been abusing the memory of 3,000 dead for seven years now, so why expect anything new and better from them now.
By The Miraculous obama
February 15, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this
Former Mayor Willie Brown on Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton:
“I anticipated that what may happen to him (Obama) is when he commences to quantify how inspiration and hope is going to translate into good public policy, my guess is there will probably be some pushback from some of his supporters, because he’s going to have to step on lots of people’s toes.”
Some of that “pushback” could come from Obama’s proposed tax policy.
According to the February 3 Barron’s, if elected, Obama would increase the dividend and capital gains tax from 15 percent to between 24 percent and 25 percent – a nearly 67 percent increase. He would also increase the top marginal rate for ordinary income from 35 percent to 39.6 percent, a rate last seen during the Clinton presidency.
Brown blamed Hillary Clinton’s fall from frontrunner status on running her campaign in “coronation mode” instead of “competitive mode.”
Austin Goolsbee, Obama’s economic adviser:
We asked him if Obama thought that corporate rates were too high, and were hurting the competitive position of the U.S. “He hasn’t gotten into that yet,” says Goolsbee. His own view is that while the statutory rate is high, the actual rates paid are not: “There is a great deal of variability in rates, and that is disturbing in what it says about loopholes and who is connected.”
Ideally, he concedes, you would eliminate all loopholes in return for a lower rate. But in the sausage factory of the U.S. Congress, the temptation would be to keep the loopholes and lower the rate, he says, reducing revenues.
So there you have it, Wall Street: a preview of life under President Obama.
By Midori
February 15, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this
what is Crusty sputtering and mumbling about now?
forget your dentures again, Crusty?
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this
ON substance and accomplishment…
what would McCain say his greatest legislative accomplishments were?….I took a look at the “About” page on McCain’s website, looking for accomplishments. It touts his “record of leadership,” but doesn’t include a single reference to an accomplishment from McCain’s quarter-century as a member of Congress……perhaps I was looking in the wrong place…………..it lists just one piece of legislation: “May 20, 2002 - Final passage of John McCain’s trademark McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform legislation, which reformed the influence of money in political campaigns.”………..This, in and of itself, is kind of interesting. After more than 25 years in Washington, McCain mentions just one landmark bill — which he now no longer wants to talk about, because the Republican base hates the legislation. Indeed, it’s also worth considering the fact that McCain no longer stands by his only landmark legislation, and has flip-flopped on some of the provisions of his own bill………………..Now, I know what some of you are thinking: “OK, wise guy, what about the legislative accomplishments from Obama and Clinton?” Fair enough. I went by their “About” pages to see if they’re any better than McCain. As it turns out, unlike the Arizona senator, they actually list legislative accomplishments. Go figure.
By RB from Gwinnett
February 15, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this
By Bosch 9:54 AM
Bosch, based on your accomplishments for Obama to be president, If I build a nice building, hire a nice staff, provide a nice waiting area, maybe serve tea and cookies, outfit the office with the latest equipment, run some nice ads, and put a sign out front that says “Doctor’s Office”, would you still come see me when your sick even though my degree is in Engineering?
I realize his message is uplifting and positive and appealing, but you need to be able to separate window dressing from reality. Reality is he’s been elected and paid to be a senator for the last few years, and a state senator before that, yet hasn’t shown anything of substance he can accomplish. Saying you’ll reach across the aisle is one thing, showing evidence of where you’ve done that in your 8 years in office is something else. The evidence doesn’t support the message.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
Now, as we discussed the other day, the claim that Obama lacks specifics is, on its face, false. Obama’s campaign has presented detailed policy prescriptions on almost every issue under the sun. If McCain wants to argue that these policies are wrong and offer alternatives, more power to him. But to pretend they don’t exist is just silly…… But the more important point is that McCain is going after Obama on one of his own biggest weaknesses. We’re talking about a candidate who’s running on a powerful personal story, but whose understanding of policy details is almost Bush-like. Last year, for example, McCain explained his position on Iraqi reconciliation this way: “One of the things I would do if I were President would be to sit the Shiites and the Sunnis down and say, ‘Stop the b******.’” This is what passes for “policy specifics” in John McCain World
By Dusty
February 15, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
Golly gee, here comes Bosch saying that all you need to be president is run a good campaign and be young.
We are not deciding on president for High School Council.
Most of Obama’s childhood was spent in another country. Now he is here and wants CHANGE!.
I prefer America just like it is. So I will be voting for a man that loves this country like it is, has fought for this country, has worked in government for this country, and does not run from our enemies. That man is John McCain.
By Dusty
February 15, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
Dear Midori.10:43
I see you have lost your mind and manners as usual. I hope you find them.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this
So to inform you, please note the following articles that sum up some of what Barack has “done” in his last 11 years in public office. Considering that Obama may be the Democratic Nominee, I believe that it is important for you, as a public voice, to be informed:
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this
RB,
Go back and read my 10:15. It’s extremely dishonest to imply that Obama is any less qualified than any other candidate.
It’s also an exercise in futility for me to argue with you to the contrary. No matter what Obama says, writes, or does, you’ve already made up your mind that his message is fluff.
No matter what I say, write, or try to give as examples of his accomplishments or quanitifiers to become president is futile because based on your past posts, you’ll come back, discount them, and that will be that in your view.
To say he’s done nothing, said nothing, or hasn’t proven himself is extremely absurd and quite dishonest.
Obama supporters, and there are quite a few of them out there, believe in him, and to simply dismiss them as naive dreamers is arrogant on your part.
It shows the desperation of the right in regards to Obama’s campaign. You can’t beat him, so we’ll make up sh!t in an attempt at bringing him down. That kind of action is what has ruined the GOP, and people are tired of it.
By Luckoduh
February 15, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this
Crap, It’s open mouth, THEN insert foot. Why do I always get that wrong?
By Goldie
February 15, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this
Conservative @ 10:04 — I sure what you meant to post was:
“Thanks Bosch, You proved my point, hes a GREAT speaker and he has a GREAT campaign, he is going to be a GREAT president.”
You’re welcome…
By Luckoduh
February 15, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
“Improving” our “image” in the world:
{{{{When HKu Klux Klinton said, way back in New Hampshire, that Vladimir Putin “doesn’t have a soul,” I figured that would be the sort of thing the Russian wouldn’t be pleased about. But when I called the foreign ministry the next day for comment, it was Orthodox Christmas, and I let it slide.}}}}
{{{{The former KGB lieutenant colonel appeared to lash out at U.S. Sen. Hillary KKKlinton — a leading Democratic candidate for president — when one reporter quoted her as saying that former KGB officers have no soul:}}}}
{{{{“At a minimum, a head of state should have a head,” Putin said.}}}}
Punked.
By Goldie
February 15, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this
Bosch — I agree with your assessment of Veep strategy, but instead of Newt, how about Chuck Hagel or Lindsey Graham, who have both at times shown themselves to be level-headed and rational Repugs (which is no small feat to accomplish!).
By Goldie
February 15, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this
{{Saying you’ll reach across the aisle is one thing, showing evidence of where you’ve done that in your 8 years in office is something else.}}
RBbit— There’s plenty of Repug senators in IL who attest to Obama’s “reaching across the aisle”… open your eyes and ears, and you might just educate yourself. In spite of yourself.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this
RW @ 11:06 Thought you’d be gone till happy hour?
By Goldie
February 15, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this
{{I prefer America just like it is.}}
Just one big reason that you and McCan’t will lose in November by a landslide, Dust-brains…
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this
Goldie,
Good ideas, yes!
OR Susan Collins,Olympia Snowe, or Lincoln Chaffee?
By Goldie
February 15, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this
I can’t wait to see the debate between Sen. Obama and McCan’t before the November election — it will be the Hope-monger vs. the War-monger… just one of many stark contrasts Americans will see!
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this
Goldie @11:17 -
I laugh out loud despite myself everytime I think about that. Poor McCain, he’ll be eaten up, and I can’t think of a nicer man who deserves it. He’s sold out to the Bush dogma. BWA!!
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this
[WOW: NIU shooter brought 3 of his guns legally on the same day.](http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4293081&page=10
When are we going to be able to have an adult discussion about gun control in this country?
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this
Goldie,
I didn’t see your post @11:12 - I just spit coffee out my nose. Thanks!
ZING! Ouch.
By Goldie
February 15, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this
It’s amazing that there are a few Repugs who did not drink from Dubya’s cup o’ Kool-Aid:
Chafee, the only Republican to vote against giving President Bush the authority to invade Iraq, is bypassing former colleague John McCain in favor of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who wasn’t yet in the Senate for the 2002 vote but opposed the war as an Illinois lawmaker.
“I believe Senator Obama is the best candidate to restore American credibility, to restore our confidence to be moral and just, and to bring people together to solve the complex issues such as the economy, the environment and global stability,” Chafee said in a conference call with reporters.
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this
Wait a minute - it’s anatomically impossible to spit coffee out your nose! Two opposing thoughts there.
By Political Foreskin
February 15, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this
Bush swift-boated McCain in 2000. When McCain challenged bush about it, Bush shouted McCain down, and on national tv, McCain caved and literally bowed his head. Bush disrespected all those years at the Hanoi Hilton and McCain had no answer. McCain didn’t dare bring up Bush’s deserter status during time of war. McCain is not a man, he’s a mouse.
We have nothing to fear from a debate with a mouse, now, do we?
Obama. We’ve got a country to save and a world to convince.
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this
ITN,
“When are we going to be able to have an adult discussion about gun control in this country?”
Are you kidding?
Right after the VT shooting, I remember reading opinion articles in which people actually said it would be a good idea to allow college students to carry guns. Oh my God! When you have people out there who are that stupid, it will be a very long time.
Gun control is part of the fear demonstrated by the GOPers.
By RB from Gwinnett
February 15, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this
By Bosch 11:03 AM
That’s nice, Bosch…
You have yet to provide any evidence of his accomplishements for anyone to disagree with. You’ve been asked repeatedly, and always come back with “go to his web site”. Been there, done that. It’s filled with the same fluff his speaches are with no substance or plan behind them.
Half of your own party is calling you naive dreamers, Bosch, not just the R’s. How hard is it to promise to bring jobs back when you don’t need a plan to actually do that and nobody will ever ask you what your plan is? Why doesn’t he just promise to heal the sick, eliminate hunger in the world, solve perpetual motion, and give a John Edwards home to every family…free? As long as he says it in a positive uplifting way, you’ll buy it and vote for him.
How’s the “change” the D’s you put in congress promised working out? Is your life any better since they took over?
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this
McCain’s message for the country is:
“Well, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel! Just carry on!”
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this
RB,
I’m not running for president, so therefore it’s not my responsibility to give you facts and examples of what their plan is - Obama, Clinton, and McCain are.
They are all as qualified as the other.
Obama, Clinton, and McCain have all put forth their plans. It’s out there, dude, read.
By Luckoduh
February 15, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this
Finaly, I am going to write something worth reading. Uhhh, bye all.
By Midori
February 15, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this
stuff it back in your mouth, Crusty — along with your dentures.
you wouldn’t know good manners if it bit you on your sanctimonious, war-rooting ride.
death mongerer.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this
RB from Gwinnett
AGAIN I will come to your aid
Obama’s accomplishments in his 11 years in elective office
NOW,
Everyone here has seen this post directed to you.
You have some choices now:
Read and understand.
Read and deny.
Not read and continue to sound uninformed.
You can no longer credibly say you have not been provided evidence.
Now RB, please provide us with Senator McCain’s accomplishments.
I wonder, is the reason it is so easy for you to attack the Democratic candidate because you have nothing nice to say about yours?
I wonder, is the reason you just don’t get the message of hope because you lead a life that is basically hopeless?
Anyway, let’s here why you support whoever it is you support.
It’s your turn at bat RB.
By Midori
February 15, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this
Careful, ITN — He’ll only come back and call you a “poopie head” :)
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this
Midori,
Understood.
But I’m not worried - I got you for back up.
By mm
February 15, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this
RB,
You are such a loser. You post the same crap day after day, challenging everyone to present facts when all you do is present your opinion.
When you are presented facts, you dismiss them.
Bush was not qualified for president. Now, after 7 years, that is painfully obvious to 70 percent of Americans.
You are doomed to simmer in your stew of stupidity for the rest of your pathetic life.
Now pull your whiny lower lip up over the top of your head and swallow.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 1:00 PM | Link to this
Hey Batter
Hey Batter Batter Batter!
By luckovichisaheadcase
February 15, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this
RB - You have made some good points about the spotty record and vapidity of Barak Hussein Obama. I would like to add to the comentary on this vaccuous campaign of ‘change’.
Many people are comparing Obama to Kennedy, and they do have a lot in commmon. Like Kennedy, Obama has a nice smile. Like Kennedy he has an attractive spouse. Like Kennedy, Obama can read a speech really well. Like Kennedy, Obama is a Senator with a spotty record at best - no great legislative accomplishments to speak of AT ALL.
However, unlike Kennedy, Obama is a surrender firster. Kennedy was a true Cold Warrior. Kennedy believed in a strong America. Kennedy made many mistakes, but he was always looking to keep America militarily strong. He even rejected his own father’s defeatism before WWII. Barak Obama’s ‘change’ would be to go back to the defeatest and isolationist policies of the 1930s and the protectionism of the 1890s. He would embrace the failed doctrine of socialism for the proven results of the FREE MARKET system. Barak Obama is, in fact, an advocate of turning the clock back, not meaningful foreward-looking change.
By Midori
February 15, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this
ITN — Chimpy just got PWNED :)
Go Reyes
By Political Foreskin
February 15, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this
As America sheds it’s Bushkin, and dons it’s cloak of Obamability, we must be careful not to gloat over the sudden demise of the right.
Obama. He smite the right, but he didn’t gloat-boat.
Also, we have to assess the damage and we have to measure what condition Bush is leaving the country in. That’s going to take some time, and voices. We need voices. We need to listen, and watch, and shake hands, and caucas, and vote, and discuss, and pass the hat.
There’s so much to do. What’s everyone just sitting around for? What are you, tin constituents? Somebody’s got to do something.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this
RW @ 1:02
It’s not happy hour yet!
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this
Midori
The last few paragraphs are magnificent!
By Sailor
February 15, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this
the sailor said Andi/e, you’re a fine girl…
Hey dudes, it me.
My gal Andi/e has been a little cranky. Today s/he’s drooling over pictures of Roger Clemens, hopin’ he’s still got a rocket in his pocket even though he’s been juicin’ for the last ten years.
Another one of Andi/e’s freaky girlcrushes….
By C.
February 15, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this
I think it’s terrific!!
By C.
February 15, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this
I think it’s terrific!!
By getalife
February 15, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this
“[Admitting wiretapping won’t expire for another 6 months]: it’s true that some of the authorities would carry over to the period they were established for one year. That would put us into the August, September time-frame. However, that’s not the real issue. The issue is liability protection for the private sector.”
Yep, KO was right as usual. w is a liar and a fascist and the 30% of the radical right are fascists.
Hitler would be proud of our country.
By God Hates Trash
February 15, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this
Huckabee is your typical Arkansas incestuous trailer trash.
Much like the filthy rednecks that troll this blog.
I’m an Obama girl all the way.
I hear his sweet voice and it makes me want to play with myself.
Trash.
By luckovichisaheadcase
February 15, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this
getalife - you left-wingers who want state control of the economy and who are constantly pushing anti-Semitism and hate Israel and America first policies are the real fascists. Remember, Hitler called his movement National SOCALISM, not capitalism. Hitler would only be proud if the Dems win. They would implement HIS policies!!!!
By @@
February 15, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this
I like women a little on the trashy side.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 1:55 PM | Link to this
Science News Flash New Element Discovered
Bushcronium: heaviest element known to science.
A major research institution has just announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science.
The new element has been named “Bushcronium.” Bushcronium has one neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 224 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an Atomic mass of 311. These 311 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. The symbol for Bushcronium is “W”.
Bushcronium’s mass actually increases over time, since each reorganization causes more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes. This characteristic of moron-promotion leads some scientists to believe that Bushcronium is formed whenever morons reach a certain quantity in concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as “Critical Morass.”
When catalyzed with money, Bushcronium activates Foxnewsium, an element which radiates orders of magnitude, more energy, albeit as incoherent noise, since it has 1/2 as many peons but twice as many morons.
By getalife
February 15, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this
headcase,
It is great you the minority and will be for a very long time.
Hitller had the majority of supporters in his fascist power but it will not happen here because of my friends on the left fighting you fascists pigs.
We have marginilized you kooks as failed pathetic Americans who support party over country after all the lies and crimes.
Hitler would be proud of you.
By RB from Gwinnett
February 15, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this
{{{I wonder, is the reason you just don’t get the message of hope because you lead a life that is basically hopeless?}}}
No, ITN, that’s not the case. One difference in me and the libs on this site is happiness in my life doesn’t come from Washington. I’m perfectly able to take care of myself and don’t need Obama and Clinton to do a damn thing to make me happy. In fact, I’d prefer a candidate who would stand up there and say “I’m not going to do anything for you, I’m going to get this behemoth we call federal government out of you way and let you live your life on your own.”
I’m not a fan of McCain and I don’t think Huck can win, but one thing is for sure; history proves socialism is a failure everywhere it exists and both Obama and Clinton have a socialist mindset. As I’ve said before, we’re in trouble when those on the take from the government outnumber those providing to it. I think @@ chastised me for saying that last week, but with the voter turnout we have, it doesn’t take 50% of the people to make that happen, it only takes 20-25% and we’re there.
I’m not clicking on your links ITN. I don’t trust you. Summarize if you want.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this
Bush didn’t get what he wants, so we should all panic. That, in effect, is the argument. All of this is wrong, of course — the administration’s talking points are almost incredibly misleading — but demagoguery has gotten the Bush gang this far, and they don’t see any reason to change their m.o.
By Georgia 74
February 15, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this
Lets all hope Andi,RB/Bi Danish,@@ and Dusty keep taking their meds!
By luckovichisheadcase
February 15, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this
IN THE (LEFT WING) NEWS (FICTION)- You liberals really are hypocritical. You say that you are all for freedom of speech and the free exchange of ideas, yet anyone who disagrees with you is a moron. You cannot fathom that an intelligent person can have a different opinion than the one you have reached. Of course, I think that may be because you never actually look at ALL of the evidence and you criticize anything that is not the left-wing, drive-by media - NY Times and the Village Voice - and have never actually read National Review or watched Fox News! I have reached this conclusion because some of the biggest left-wingers are regulars on that network - Mara Liasson, Juan Williams, Mort Kondrake are just a few. The fact is you do not believe in the free exchange of ideas. You are a Leninist and you believe that we must shut up and belittle all opinions that do not conform with the current party line. You are, like all Leninists, intellectually and morally bankrupt because you cannot actually defend your ideas with cogent arguments. You can only hurl insults and tired bromides at your opponents. You’re a sad, pathetic case.
By luckovichisheadcase
February 15, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this
Of course my Lord Darth Cheney and Bush would know all about shutting up dissent and playing the party line, but what I have to say isn’t about truth at all, but obfuscation and denial. It’s the way right wing fascists are. White is black. Black is white. Ignorance is strength.
By FRANKLEEDARLING
February 15, 2008 2:47 PM | Link to this
Its funny how the Rightwingnuts are always telling us progressives what we believe and stand for.They want to define us in a way that supports their hate for anything not right of hitler.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 2:51 PM | Link to this
SO RB -
Good thing your happiness does not come from DC. Neither does mine. I was however talking about HOPE.
Like you, I don’t need help from Obama or Clinton, but many do need help from our government. Since it is a government of the people, for the people and by the people - a hand up for those who need it is fine with me and truly a tenet of the American way.
You are right on when you say that Socialism has failed everywhere it has been tried, however your statement Obama and Clinton having a socialist mindset is an OPINION.
Perhaps you have a problem differentiating Social Programs from Socialism?
Since you don’t trust me, and will not click on my links the same information would be available at the Democratic Underground website (post dated 2/13/08). Or just google “Obama’s accomplishments in his 11 years in elective office”.
If those make you “uncomfortable” I will just copy the whole thing here for you to read. It is important RB for you to speak from a place of knowledge and information. I’ll do all I can to help you with that.
However, you may never claim again that you have not been presented with data regarding Obama’s accomplishments. That would not be accurate. Best you can say is that you were afraid that my links might make your computer go kaboom.
Also, I believe your numbers are not real. “but with the voter turnout we have, it doesn’t take 50% of the people to make that happen, it only takes 20-25% and we’re there.” Love to see your FACTS on that.
RB, I can understand your problem. McCain Vs. Huckabee. I know lots of folks in that same situation, most say they are going to just stay home. My response is always, please don’t do that - please vote - it isn’t just a right it’s a responsibility.
What are you going to do?
How can we help you?
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this
RW @ 2:31
It still is not happy hour.
By RB - NOPE WRONG AGAIN
February 15, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this
RB,
It was RW that chastised you for saying that. Even the wingnuts know your nuts, that’s why they don’t address you very often.
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this
Mr. Headcase (or his namejacker, whichever)
And don’t forget what goes along with “Ignorance is Peace”
War is peace; Freedom is slavery; AND Ignorance is strength.
Orwell was brilliant.
By RB from Gwinnett
February 15, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this
Of course, because I, like all my crazy blogging right-wing friends, only see things in black and white and concrete duality with no gray areas, I’m completely incapable of rational critique or debate.
By luckovichisaheadcase
February 15, 2008 3:03 PM | Link to this
Namejacker (I assume that you are ITN) - you only prove my point by hiding your identity in the cheap and tawdry ‘clinonesque’ way you just did and by hurling those particular insults. Since you are on this bloq saying outrageous and rather inane things such as Bush and Cheney are shutting up dissent (how might I ask?) your argument has been completely vitiated! I have yet to have anyone cite an example of how anyone’s right to free and open political speech has been abridged by any member of the Bush administration. However, that very thing is done daily on left-wing college campuses. Your hypocrisy is overwhelming and your lack of understanding of what obfuscation and denial really are - you need to look in a mirror! You also have no real understanding of history or any way to put it in context. I will remind you that the left-wing radical twit Woodrow Wilson was responsible for the Palmer raids after World War II and that he segregated Washington, DC!!!! I will remind you that Al Gore, Sr., J. William Fullbright and Robert ‘Sheets’ Byrd all voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act in 1965. These were (one is still alive) liberal icons. One was the mentor of you beloved Billy the B-stard Clinton. You are the one who makes black white and white black. The depth of your ignorance (I am giving you the benefit of the doubt that it is simply ignorance, which, unlike stupidity, can be cured with education) is simply astounding. You could not back up anything you wrote with one fact. You are the classic Leninist!
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 3:03 PM | Link to this
Mr. Headcase,
“The fact is you do not believe in the free exchange of ideas. “
Oh Jesus Christ - like you do? All you do is b*** and whine on this blog - “liberal scum this, and liberal scum that”
Mr. Headcase,
If you would address the majority of liberals here with some civility, and actually post an idea to debate, then maybe we could have one of those free exchange of ideas like you speak of.
By Morph
February 15, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this
Bosch, agreed. Orwell was ahead of his time.
By GodHatesTrash
February 15, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this
{{{{By FRANKLEEDARLING February 15, 2008 2:47 PM Its funny how the Rightwingnuts are always telling us progressives what we believe and stand for.They want to define us in a way that supports their hate for anything not right of hitler.}}}}
{{{{By AmVet February 14, 2008 9:59 AM Yet more good news in facilitating the demise of fake conservatism: John McCain’s campaign manager yesterday said the candidate will not pander for conservative support… I believe he will say what he needs to, to get the most easily manipulated “conservative” and paranoid Republicans to vote for him. But for every one of them that will, three won’t. And that to me is just hysterical. For the first time in my life, I think many in the electorate should stay home. Especially given their track record of the past few elections.}}}}
Trash.
Obama 0=> GodHatesTrash.
Yummy.
By luckovichisaheadcase
February 15, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this
I’m loosing my mind! Where’s my dog?
By FRANKLEEDARLING
February 15, 2008 3:12 PM | Link to this
fun times ahead for loser repugs
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this
Oh my God -
“You also have no real understanding of history or any way to put it in context.”
followed by this:
“I will remind you that the left-wing radical twit Woodrow Wilson was responsible for the Palmer raids after World War II and that he segregated Washington, DC!!!! I will remind you that Al Gore, Sr., J. William Fullbright and Robert ‘Sheets’ Byrd all voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act in 1965. These were (one is still alive) liberal icons. One was the mentor of you beloved Billy the B-stard Clinton.”
And THAT is putting history in context?
And BTW, the Palmer Raids were after WWI.
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this
Morph,
Yeah, he was only off by 16 years.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this
luckovichisaheadcase
since I regularly post that I think you are just one part of the troll trinity, I understand your desire to call me the namejacker. But Nope. Not me.
I did not read your post beyond noticing my name in the first line. So forgive me, RW, if I don’t respond it’s still not happy hour.
By luckovichisaheadcase
February 15, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this
Bosch - once again you prove my point. I did not call anyone scum or even stupid. Not once did one of those base insults imminate from my keyboard. However, you are quick to throw insults at those who disagree, and especially at any conservative office holder. I would remind you that all that has been said about the visciousness and venality of the Clintons over the past 16-18 years on the national scene is proving to be true in the present campaign. You always said that we attacked Clinton because we just ‘can’t beat him’. You cannot understand that we don’t like his IDEAS, his lack of MORALITY and the fact that he and his ‘wife’ are just plain mean and evil people. We can cite actual examples. You must dig up things that happened to Bush thirty years ago or just hurl insults and call him stupid or a person like Cheney, who you do concede to be smart, as ‘evil’. I will remind you that Republicans get rid of people who have committed crimes in office. The Democrats just circle the wagons. The best examples of that would be Clinton and all of the Kennedys. Accusing me or any other conservative of just calling names is both juvenile and fallacious. You are pathetic.
By FRANKLEEDARLING
February 15, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this
Truth=Bush is stupid Cheney is evil rightwingers are blind
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this
Bosch,
Do you get the feeling that “head case” is wound a bit too tight today? I hope he lightens up some, he’s going to give himself a stroke!
Blogging should make the poor guy keel over.
By luckovichisaheadcase
February 15, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this
Bosch - yes the Palmer raids were after World War I, sorry for the stutter. However, that is putting it in context. Nothing like the Palmer raids or attempts to limit civil rights wholesale have occurred under the Bush Administration. You need to learn how to read things in context !!!! It is the Democrats who do these things you accuse the Republicans of doing. This has almost always been the case. The earliest case is the great Democrat hero Andrew Jackson. Do you remember the Trail of Tears? You folks have such a proud history of protecting the oppressed!
By Goldie
February 15, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this
{{“I’m not going to do anything for you, I’m going to get this behemoth we call federal government out of you way and let you live your life on your own.”}}
So RB— based on your statement, you obviously are pro-choice and pro-marijuana legalization. But you’re also AGAINST having the Pentagon, our highway and bridge system, and our first responders in a time of national disaster. How very sad for you… anything beyond your own nose is not worth having, is that it?
By Apocalypse
February 15, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this
AUSTIN—Austin Mayor Will Wynn threw his support Friday to Sen. Barack Obama’s bid for the White House.
Wynn, who has made energy efficiency a hallmark of his tenure, cited Obama’s commitment to an energy policy that protects the environment.
“For too long, we’ve allowed old divisions to hold us back,” Wynn said. “Recently, I’ve had conversations about energy policy with presidential candidates from both parties, and I believe Sen. Obama is the only person who can move us forward on this critical issue.”
Wynn chairs the Energy Committee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and worked on energy-efficiency grant legislation.
Obama thanked Wynn for the endorsement.
“I don’t believe that energy policy is something to bring up only when it’s convenient during a campaign,” he said in a statement issued by his campaign.
Obama wants to set up a carbon emissions cap-and-trade system requiring pollution credits to be auctioned, to ensure polluters pay for emissions they release. Revenue generated by auctioning allowances will be used to develop clean energy and invest in energy efficiency improvements.
Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign has proposed a similar energy plan. Her plan also would mandate stronger energy and auto efficiency standards and a significant increase in green research funding.
By Apocalypse
February 15, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this
Barack Obama responded to Hillary Clinton’s new line of attack that she offers solutions, not speeches like Obama, by arguing that she isn’t in the “solutions business,” but part of “business as usual in Washington.”
“Now, all of us have proposed plenty of solutions in this race,” he told reporters in Wisconsin. “On some we differ. On many, we agree. The problem we have is not a lack of good ideas. It’s that Washington today is a place where good ideas go to die. They’re the victim of petty, partisan politics, point-scoring, and special interest influence that’s out of control.
“So the real question for this campaign is, who can change that?” Obama continued, according to prepared remarks provided by his campaign. “Who can break us out of the gridlock? Who can take those good ideas that will help working families in Wisconsin and across the country, build a consensus, overcome the special interests, and actually get something done?”
He is also holding a rally this morning in Milwaukee, where he is repeating his stump speech that the nation can’t wait for change. Wisconsin votes Tuesday, with 74 precious delegates at stake. Obama leads in the polls, though the size of the lead depends on the poll.
read full article at Boston.com
By Bosch
February 15, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this
Mr. Headcase,
“However, you are quick to throw insults at those who disagree, and especially at any conservative office holder”
I guess you missed my earlier post where I named 5 either current or previous Republican elected officials that I considered to make a good VEEP candidates.
“I would remind you that all that has been said about the visciousness and venality of the Clintons over the past 16-18 years on the national scene is proving to be true in the present campaign.”
Oh yeah? How’s that?
“You cannot understand that we don’t like his IDEAS, his lack of MORALITY and the fact that he and his ‘wife’ are just plain mean and evil people.”
followed by:
“You must dig up things that happened to Bush thirty years ago or just hurl insults and call him stupid or a person like Cheney, who you do concede to be smart, as ‘evil’.”
Is it just me or does anyone else find that completely hypocritical?
“Nothing like the Palmer raids or attempts to limit civil rights wholesale have occurred under the Bush Administration.”
Except, of course, illegal wire tapping.
And of course comparing Andrew Jackson to the MODERN Democrat party is putting things into historical context. Yeah, right.
Okay, I’m off for the weekend.
Better luck next time Mr. Headcase!
Have a great weekend!
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this
So, what’s with the administration shooting down that satellite?
By Luckoduh
February 15, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this
{{{{Al Qaeda’s latest display of terror has made its way onto the Internet, showing horrifying images of what appear to be prisoners in Iraq being doused with an inflammatory liquid and then burned alive.}}}}
Gee, I wonder if those prisoners would have rather been waterboarded followed by a healthy portion of rice pilaf and nice prayer rug to pray on, had they been given the choice?
By General Welfare?
February 15, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this
Here, in a nutshell, is all fiscal conservatives need to know about the presidential contest to come.
According to Taxpayers for Common Sense, a fiscal watchdog group, Sen. Hillary Clinton helped add more than $342 million in pet projects for her home state to last year’s spending bills. The group ranked her among the Senate’s top 10 procurers of pork through the much disparaged practice known as earmarks.
Her Democratic presidential rival, Sen. Barack Obama, a relative newbie in pork barrel politics, scored a far more modest $91 million in earmarks.
The likely Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain, was one of five members of the U.S. Senate to file no - repeat no - earmark requests.
By Apocalypse
February 15, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this
Obama takes lead in Texas
http://americanresearchgroup.com/
February 15, 2008 - Texas Primary Preferences
Democrats TX
Clinton 42% Obama 48% Someone else 3% Undecided 7%
Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama among self-described Democrats 47% to 42%. Obama leads Clinton among self-described independents and Republicans 24% to 71%. Obama leads among men 55% to 29% (47% of likely Democratic primary voters) and Clinton leads among women 54% to 42%. Clinton leads Obama among white voters 51% to 40% (53% of likely Democratic primary voters), Obama leads Clinton among African American voters 76% to 17% (22% of likely Democratic primary voters), and Clinton leads Obama among Latino voters 44% to 42%.
22% of likely Democratic primary voters say they would never vote for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary and 20% of likely Democratic primary voters say they would never vote for Barack Obama in the primary. 30% of men say they would never vote for Clinton in the primary.
Republicans TX
Huckabee 36% McCain 42% Paul 11% Someone else 2% Undecided 9%
John McCain is at 41% among self-described Republicans and Mike Huckabee is at 40%. Among self-described independents and Democrats, McCain is at 49%, Ron Paul is at 23%, and Huckabee is at 17%. Huckabee and McCain are tied at 36% each among men (53% of likely Republican primary voters) and McCain leads Huckabee among women 48% to 37%.
By AmVet
February 15, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this
I always laugh my rear end off when I read about these “miraculous conservatives” who pretend to be rock ‘n rollers!
What’s next?
Acid Rock for Jesus! Head Bangers for Bush?
Pssst. Take a hint. The musicians in Rock and Roll, almost universally, detest you faux family values neo-cons. Stick to your Lee Greenwood and Billy Ray Cyrus.
Rocker Tells Huckabee to Lay Off Song
CONCORD, N.H. — The chief songwriter and founder of the band Boston has more than a feeling that he’s being ripped off by Mike Huckabee.
In a letter to the Republican presidential hopeful, Tom Scholz complains that Huckabee is using his 1970s smash hit song “More Than a Feeling” without his permission. A former member of the band, Barry Goudreau, has appeared with Huckabee at campaign events, and they have played the song with Huckabee’s band, Capitol Offense.
Scholz, who said Goudreau left the band more than 25 years ago after a three-year stint, objects to the implication that the band and one of its members has endorsed Huckabee’s candidacy.
“Boston has never endorsed a political candidate, and will all due respect, would not start by endorsing a candidate who is the polar opposite of most everything Boston stands for,” wrote Scholz, adding that he is supporting Democratic Sen. Barack Obama. “By using my song, and my band’s name Boston, you have taken something of mine and used it to promote ideas to which I am opposed.
By IN THE NEWS
February 15, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this
HERE’s what all fiscal conservatives need to know:
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 15 Feb 2008 at 09:31:17 PM GMT is:
$9,293,428,457,264.77
The estimated population of the United States is 304,368,739 so each citizen’s share of this debt is $30,533.45.
Bush Budget Would Bring Record Deficits
AND
Bush’s 2009 Budget Is ‘As Good As It Gets For Defense Contractors’
By Gene Simmons
February 15, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this
OK AmVet, you can keep your Babs.
By Gil
February 15, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this
Whoah. You look at this blog and see characters like this RW, RB, lukodunce, and you never again have to wonder why this nation is so intellectually and psychologically maladjusted. The dumb get dumber and the weak get weaker.
By Ace Mulholland
February 15, 2008 4:44 PM | Link to this
Bob and I are getting a big chuckle out of Austin maybe going for Obladi Obladama. You ever been out there? Place is as big as feckin Australia. Losing Austin would be like an Aussie PM losing Tasmania. Gimme a break. So the guy’s got one small city. Question is, “Willie Wynn?” Answer’s hell no.
By Apocalypse
February 15, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this
Whatever you say facial slughellin.
By Just say no
February 15, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this
The topic is earmarks, the pet projects members of Congress pile on to the already bloated federal budget, and it couldn’t be much simpler. Simple enough, surely, for the public that ultimately pays for such questionable federal spending to be able know who’s for them and who’s against them.
Sen. John McCain, for one, is adamantly against appropriating federal money for local projects this way. The likely Republican presidential nominee backs it up by not requesting earmarks.
But then there are those who continue to embrace federal spending that lacks adequate oversight. Sen. Hillary Clinton obtained $342 million in earmarks last year, according to a report by the budget watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense. (Sen. Barack Obama, her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, obtained barely a quarter of that.)
Now, Mrs. Clinton — and any other New Yorker, for that matter — can argue that this state is more than entitled to such money, given how much more it sends to Washington than it ever gets in return. But worthwhile projects, and Mrs. Clinton has sponsored her share of them, should be subjected to a much more transparent budget review process.
The issue isn’t very different, or shouldn’t be, in Washington than it is in Albany, where political slush funds for favored legislators’ projects are known not as earmarks but as member items. At the state level, at least, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo requires that all member items must plainly show a clear public purpose. How many earmarks, we wonder, would fail that basic test?
Too much of this sort of money is tainted. A New York Times story on Thursday mentioned all the lobbyists who feel pressured to make campaign contributions to the people who can secure money for them. Many members of Congress have even posted forms for requesting funds on their Web sites.
How subtle is that?
The way to come clean on earmarks is to oppose them entirely.
By Gene Simmons
February 15, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this
Here’s all the dems need to know about Obama:
you’re my little fluffy one
my fluffy wuffy one that makes my mouth go yum
By Pope -rednecks Amerikkka's Al Qaeda I
February 15, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this
Greetings!
We’re baaaack!
Hello Luckovich Losers and decent folk!
It is We your Pope.
For the last 6 horrible months I have been incarcerated at the Fordham Men’s Correctional Facility in the Level 3 sex offender program, but with much relief, I bring the welcome news that I have been given my blogging privileges back.
It has been a terrible ordeal, apparently the god fearing cretins in the inbred red states still do not look favorably upon showing your tool to pre teenage boys at the school bus stop.
This outrage would have never befallen me under the enlightened rule of a progressive democrat.
This November is going to be greaaaat!
Sadly, as a part of my rehabilitation, I was required to denounce my membership in the North American Man Boy Love Association, but you good people can still contact me at my email address listed at their site.
Bye for now!
Pope r-AAQ1
By Tom Paine
February 15, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this
MILWAUKEE - Barack Obama said Friday that the country must do “whatever it takes” to eradicate gun violence following a campus shooting in his home state, but he believes in an individual’s right to bear arms. Obama said he spoke to Northern Illinois University’s president Friday morning by phone and offered whatever help his Senate office could provide in the investigation and improving campus security. The Democratic presidential candidate spoke about the Illinois shooting to reporters while campaigning in neighboring Wisconsin.
The senator, a former constitutional law instructor, said some scholars argue the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees gun ownerships only to militias, but he believes it grants individual gun rights. “I think there is an individual right to bear arms, but it’s subject to commonsense regulation” like background checks, he said during a news conference.
Republicans have been distorting the Democratic position (like they distort everything else) for decades.
Democrats NEVER wanted to take away an individuals right to bear arms for hunting, sport, or even self-protection. They HAVE been largely successful in placing constraints to deny gun ownership to terrorists, criminals, subversives, and the mentally-ill.
Republicans have all this time, basically only championed the rights of criminals and crazies to have the same rights as the rest of us decent and responsibile citizens.
Damn it sounds good to have a man of sound judgement and common sense set the lunatic fringe dwellers on both sides of the aisle straight. Here’s a man who doesn’t have to go out and have a photo opt quail hunt to imply that he supports gun rights. Instead he discusses the issue intelligently and with sound and accurate legal accumen and concludes what the rest of us have known for years.
An armed militia composed of a sound minded and patriotic citizenery that loves their country and the constitutional protections that it affords them is the strongest national defense that can be had anywhere, anytime.
By AmVet
February 15, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this
Gene, I’ll take Babs (very, very begrudgingly!), but you have to keep Bette Midler. You mid-town boys really dig her, I hear.
BTW, KISS hasn’t been relevant, or even tolerable, in thirty years.
By KissSucks
February 15, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this
Then and now. Nuf said.
By Mr. Orwell
February 15, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this
Ah, but that is just it, you see. The Thought Policemen have buried my climactic line, knowing that in your love for them you would not wish to know that “the Party seeks power for its own sake.”
For missing the point so willfully, you now shall be administered thirty-three degrees of torture. Do not be afraid. Officer O’Brien is with you. You are in his embrace.
Afterward, you will realize how silly you have been. Death is change. Power is hope. Unity is Big Brother.
In the end, you will see.
And then we shall blow out your eyes.
By Ace Mulholland
February 15, 2008 6:24 PM | Link to this
Just wait till we drop the whole printout listing all the pork McC-note has loaded up for Arizona over the years.
“What? Pork? Why, never a single earmark! Not one! I would never do such a thing. I’m a war hero after all. Go ahead, look at the earmarks. Look as far back as you want. Keep looking. That’s right. Keep looking up THAT alley. Perfect.”
Just wait Obama Nation. Then when you’re finished with your pep rallies and the cheers from the bleechers start to get stale and your bright balloons drop to the gym floor, come back to class where Hillary and the former President of the United States can teach you a few things about what a waste of time pep rallies are.
They sure do feel good though don’t they? Like backseat sex for you kids. Then comes the teen pregnancy.
You got alot of learning to do. You better do it on time. Hillary won’t accept your book reports after the deadline.
By The Peoples for a Nuked Amerika' Century~!
February 15, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this
-=-
Ohh’ Forget Warrantless Wiretapping — Thats minor!..
Big Brother is already alive and well in Amerika’,—
— and HE OWNS YOU!
And we use to think that the Communist were the “evil ones” because they spied on their citizens!
Don’t Look Up! That new Spy Sat’ will see your face!
==> I actually think the links at the bottom of the article are pretty informative as well.
Now here’s a jewel - The FBI has a planetd mole in your computer system!…
-= The FBI was able to install this program without a suspect or wiretap warrant because “under a ruling this month by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals … Internet users have no ‘reasonable expectation of privacy’ in the data when using the Internet.” So note: Simply using the Internet disqualifies you from normal expectations of privacy and safety of your data.=-
Cheers’ —-
And remember — The government will be watching over you! Sleep well!
By Auntie Kepila
February 15, 2008 6:43 PM | Link to this
Sistah Bette is a haolie Islander. You mainlanders just have her on loan.
She dance a great hula too!
By RW-(the original)
February 15, 2008 7:13 PM | Link to this
Since I have a comment box I must have gotten back just in time for Happy Hour.
ITFS,
Have you a dictionary at your disposal? You should take a quick look at the word delusional and really study the word obsession.
RB from Gwinnett,
Your point about low voter turnout misses the mark even worse than the 50% +1 argument. Now you’re making the assumption that the least likely voters will hit the polls while the informed will stay home.
One of these when we’re both here we ought to kick this one around a bit.
By Weeftictrof
February 18, 2008 7:01 AM | Link to this
Just discovered a complete list of all marked down products at Amazon, sorted by category and % off, ranging from 50% off to 90% off (thanks Sonja for the effort).
Actually I never thought Amazon would have articles with 90% off, but only in the category Electronics there are more than 3000 of them - look for yourself, the list is on [url=http://bargains-hunter.blogspot.com]Bargain Hunter[/url] http://bargains-hunter.blogspot.com/2008/02/looking-for-marked-down-prices.html (which is a blog of a woman who specializes in finding good deals at Amazon, like Britain’s “Jeanie”).