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By Waterboarding For Dummies! (Mad As Zell)
February 25, 2008 7:47 AM | Link to this
You weed and crack-smoking hippy pinkos are so obsessed with the idealism of Borak Hussein Osama, the ex-crack-dealing black racist muslim, that you idiots have probably just discarded your best “man” for the job, Hitlery RATham KKKlinton.
Never send a “boy” to do a b-itch’s job!
Borak Hussein Osama: The Audacity of DOPE!
BoRAT Saddam HUSSEIN OSAMA bin Laden…with the godless left-wing atheist USA hating crowd, the anti-American racist black islamafacist militant will beat the anti-American communist man-hating lesbian shrillderbeast everytime. Leftist Punks! You liberal idiots are an embarrassment to this country. You anti-American bomb-throwing marxist Rotten Eggs Benedict Arnolds are a soiled stain on the past, present and future of American Culture!!!
Eat a bloody commie pig stool and d!e slow, you backstabbing leftist ba$tard$! Burn in hell, lefties!
Namejack that, you spineless commie maggots!
By Michelle Osama HATES The USA! (Mad As Zell)
February 25, 2008 8:03 AM | Link to this
Did you idiots actually think that the Shrillderbeast could actually get anyone to vote for her? America was and is NEVER going to vote for a cross-dressing (two-piece pants suit), man-hating, ball-busting, marxist lesbian shrill to be President! Silly wabbit!
Borak Hussein Osama: The Audacity of DOPE! Now the camp-PAIN of one Senator Osama is about to fall back down to earth when reality hits that America is NOT going to vote for a racist black supremacist islamafacist with a condescending USA-hating racist black wife into the White House to be President and First Lady.
Dream On Commies. Dream on.
By Waterboarding For Dummies! (Mad As Zell)
February 25, 2008 8:05 AM | Link to this
You weed and crack-smoking hippy pinkos are so obsessed with the idealism of Borak Hussein Osama, the ex-crack-dealing black racist muslim, that you idiots have probably just discarded your best “man” for the job, Hitlery RATham KKKlinton.
Never send a “boy” to do a b-itch’s job!
Borak Hussein Osama: The Audacity of DOPE!
BoRAT Saddam HUSSEIN OSAMA bin Laden…with the godless left-wing atheist USA hating crowd, the anti-American racist black islamafacist militant will beat the anti-American communist man-hating lesbian shrillderbeast everytime. Leftist Punks! You liberal idiots are an embarrassment to this country. You anti-American bomb-throwing marxist Rotten Eggs Benedict Arnolds are a soiled stain on the past, present and future of American Culture!!!
Eat a bloody commie pig stool and d!e slow, you backstabbing leftist ba$tard$! Burn in hell, lefties!
Namejack that, you spineless commie maggots!
My name is Andy! I’m a conservative man-loving trannie postermonkey!
Have a drink with me sometime!
You can catch me at the Claremont Lounge.
By AJC Management
February 25, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this
{{{{But there is a little-known episode Clinton doesn’t mention in her standard campaign speech in which those two principles collided. In 1975, a 27-year-old Hillary Rodham, acting as a court-appointed attorney, attacked the credibility of a 12-year-old girl in mounting an aggressive defense for an indigent client accused of rape in Arkansas - using her child development background to help the defendant.}}}}
{{{{Rodham, records show, questioned the sixth grader’s honesty and claimed she had made false accusations in the past. She implied that the girl often fantasized and sought out “older men” like Taylor, according to a July 1975 affidavit signed “Hillary D. Rodham” in compact cursive.}}}}
{{{{The victim, now 46, told Newsday that she was raped by Taylor, denied that she wanted any relationship with him and blamed him for contributing to three decades of severe depression and other personal problems.}}}}
The End.
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{{{{Mr. Semetis catered a Clinton event, a rally she did not attend, at the offices of District Council 37, the public employees’ union, on Dec. 15, charging the campaign $2,300, plus $192.63 in tax. Officials promised him that his business, Sale & Pepe Fine Foods, would be paid by check or credit card in a couple of weeks. After a few weeks passed, he started calling to see about the holdup.}}}}
{{{{Often he never reached anyone; other times he was told that his bill had been put through to the campaign’s headquarters in northern Virginia.}}}}
{{{{Last week, the owners heard about an item on the local news about a Des Moines cleaning company, Top Job Services Cleaning, which had been trying unsuccessfully to recoup $7,500 from the Clinton campaign.}}}}
I don’t even have time to add the K’s into all this, so much dirt on the POS Klintons is piling up.
I don’t want to get left behind.
By @@
February 25, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this
You gave us a real snickerdoodle today ml. Excellent!
Obama’s tossing his cookies to the kookies. When they’re not fainting they’re screaming…..
SHOW US THE CRUMBS!
SHOW US THE CRUMBS!
Obama has the crowd thinking that he’s talking about Washington when in reality he’s offering them crumbs in the “literal” sense.
Maybe “sense” wasn’t a good choice of words. It is leftists you’re addressing here.
By AJC Management
February 25, 2008 8:10 AM | Link to this
{{{{The single biggest factor in Hillary Clinton’s collapse is less sexism in general than one man in particular — the man who began the campaign as her biggest political asset. The moment Bill Clinton started trash-talking about Mr. Obama and raising the specter of a co-presidency, even to the point of giving his own televised speech ahead of his wife’s on the night she lost South Carolina, her candidacy started spiraling downward.}}}}
So much for the greatest president ever BS you libs have been blabbing on and on about the last 17 years.
And to think that she’s been riding this clod’s coat tails for all these years.
What does that say of her?
{{{{Their star quality was also, as noted above, mostly a giant bluff. In his heyday, Bill could channel his narcissism into a famously sure “common touch” - he liked to bask in proof of his awesome empathetic powers. But, in the years since he left the Oval Office, he’s played too many gazillion-dollar-a-plate jet-set dinners in France and Switzerland, and the “common touch” has curdled. That was plain even by the 2002 midterms, when you could more or less correlate Democratic losses by his travel schedule. He’s a bust on the stump.}}}}
Look at this dimwit:
{{{{Even in the reddest counties in a deep red state, Texans are streaming to vote in the Democratic primary at double and sometimes triple the number voting in the Republican primary.}}}}
{{{{Early vote tallies compiled since Tuesday — the day early voting opened for the March 4 primary — show huge numbers of suburban voters turning up to vote Democrat. Texas suburbs have long been Republican strongholds, but the numbers indicate a huge shift.}}}}
Remember all that crap you libs talked about Texas and Bushie? You fired up the biggest anti KKKlinton vote in the history of politics.
{{{{Where the Democratic surge is truly impressive is in the suburbs that were once the exclusive property of Republicans. In Collin County, at the heart of the Metroplex — a heavily Republican area — county officials recorded the Democratic turnout at 5,021 early voters as of Thursday. That represented an increase of 4,294 early votes in the 2006 Democratic primary.}}}}
She’s going to get totally blown out.
{{{{Once the nomination is assured, the Republican candidate will always embrace conservative
By MadAsZell
February 25, 2008 8:10 AM | Link to this
[Eat a bloody commie pig stool and d!e slow, you backstabbing leftist ba$tard$! Burn in hell, lefties!
Namejack that, you spineless commie maggots!
My name is Andy! I’m a conservative man-loving trannie postermonkey!
Have a drink with me sometime!
You can catch me at the Claremont Lounge.](http://stoneywageslave.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/giulianiindrag.jpg)
By Hey Bubbas
February 25, 2008 8:11 AM | Link to this
WASHINGTON - A new genetic analysis of people from around the world adds further confirmation to the African origin of humans.
Hey Bubbas. Who’s ya Daddy?
By Don't Forget The Ammo! (Mad As Zell)
February 25, 2008 8:13 AM | Link to this
Hitlery RATham KKKlinton for Demonkkkrat Party Nominee in ‘08.
The Sore Loser CamPAIN.
Punks…Once a leftist loser, always a leftist loser…just a preview of what’s to come for the democraps in November.
By GOPher Speak
February 25, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration will ask Congress to increase the monthly premiums that wealthier Medicare beneficiaries pay for prescription drug coverage, officials said Friday.
Higher premiums, stiffer fees, call it what you will……under Republican rule we pay more and get less, and less, and less.
Cut your taxes and hide how much more you pay in the details. Ain’t that just ‘GOPher Speak’ at its’ finest.
By Don't Forget The Ammo! (Mad As Zell)
February 25, 2008 8:21 AM | Link to this
A Moment With Trannie Andy
Did I mention that I have new kneepads with nude shots of the Gipper on each one?
They really give a gal a break!
I’m just upset Rudy won’t be running to represent the cross-dressing conservatives like me.
By Luckoduh is Bush's Boy
February 25, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this
Yes, I’m Bush’s boy - his bum boy.
Go ahead. Call me a f-aggot.
You’d be right.
By GOPher Speak
February 25, 2008 8:25 AM | Link to this
JEDDAH (Reuters) - Economic growth has stalled and recovery may take longer than usual, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Monday.
In other words, Greensapan is tellin us that the GOPhers have screwed the pooch regarding the economy so bad, it’s gonna take Democrats years to clean up the mess.
By AJC Public Legal Notice
February 25, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this
The blogger formerly known as Andy R.W. ZellDuh (full name: Andrew Republican Wh-ore ZellDuh, born June 6, 1966 or 6-6-66) or commonly known as Andy R.W. Luckoduh has changed his legal name to Andrea Republican Wh-ore Psychoduh after an incomplete sex change operation. The subject can also be referred to as Andie R.W. Sickoduh or just simply “Psychoduh”. This legal notice will run in the AJC everyday for the next 30 days to make sure that the public is “fully” and completely notified of this sex change/name change event.
By AmVet
February 25, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this
{just a preview of what’s to come for the democraps in November.}
One tiny little question to counter those irrational hopes.
Did you sleep through the entire month of November 2006?
And have you been snoozing since, Rip?
Acting like a cheap imitation of a Yale cheerleader is one thing, but completely delusional fantasies are altogether another.
With a distinct nod to reality, I predict another “conservative” bloodbath this November.
By Don't Forget The Ammo! (Mad As Zell)
February 25, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this
Yeppers, you LIBS will NEVER be HALF the MEN we REAL MEN of the RIGHT are. We’re handsome, limber, non-gag-flexin’, tough guys with Bibles!
You just can’t compete!
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 8:30 AM | Link to this
It would appear that we have another case where the Bush Pentagon, particularly the Office of Public Affairs is forcefully inserting itself into the civilian election process. Earlier today I referenced Barack Obama’s anecdote from Thursday night’s Democratic debate about an Army Captain in Afghanistan who said his unit had had to get from captured Taliban ammunition they weren’t able to get quickly enough through standard Army supply channels. ABCNews’ Jake Tapper talked to the soldier in question, who confirmed the story he’d told Obama. Now NBC News also appears to have confirmed the story by talking to the Army Captain in question. But Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman is telling reporters he doesn’t think it’s true and that of course they can’t confirm it unless the soldier — still on active duty — comes forward to discuss the issue with the Pentagon brass, a step that would surely do wonders for his future in the Army. I don’t know how far this is going to go.
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 8:30 AM | Link to this
U.S. soldier in Afghanistan: ‘We scrounge for everything.’ In last week’s Democratic debate, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) said he was told by an Army captain that his platoon’s resources in Afghanistan were shortchanged because of the Iraq war. Seeking to turn Obama’s remarks into a political attack, Sen. John Warner (R-VA) immediately questioned the authenticity of the statement. But ABC News contacted the Army captain, who backed up Obama’s story. And now the New York Times reports that soldiers in Afghanistan are still strapped for resources: And they felt eclipsed by Iraq. As Sgt. Erick Gallardo put it: “We don’t get supplies, assets. We scrounge for everything and live a lot more rugged. But we know the war is here. We got unfinished business.” Jon Soltz and VetVoice have more.
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 8:30 AM | Link to this
Despite a 2002 promise from President Bush to put citizenship applications for immigrant members of the military on a fast track, some are finding themselves waiting months, or even years, because of bureaucratic backlogs. One, Sgt. Kendell K. Frederick of the Army, who had tried three times to file for citizenship, was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq as he returned from submitting fingerprints for his application.
By GOPher Speak
February 25, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this
WASHINGTON - A 28-mile “virtual fence” that will use radars and surveillance cameras to try to catch people entering the country illegally has gotten final government approval. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced approval of the fence on Friday.
How long did the GOPhers have to DO SOMETHING about the illegals? Did they EVER do anything before their sorry assess were tossed out on their ear?
But we vote Democrats into office and BAM we get approved and funded to build the border fence in less than half a year.
Now, if we ain’t watchin real careful, King George will veto even that so his big, Big, BIG business/government buddies can have cheap landscapers to trim their flowers.
Anybody ready to wake up and smell the roses?
By ««PSYCHODUH»»
February 25, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this
Ooh, Andie loves it when the boys of the GOP ride her coattails. But Andie must admit that all these years she has been talking about Bush and being a “Big Bush” supporter that she doesn’t really like Bush all that much… unless tube sausage is included.
Andie R.W. SickoZellduh… A “Big Bush” supporter after all. Making America proud.
Bwa!
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this
CBS’ 60 Minutes broadcast Sunday regarding the alleged political prosecution of Democratic Alabama governor Don Siegelman went black in several Alabama cities. Only the Siegelman section went dark. According to WHNT-TV, the local CBS affiliate, the issue was caused by a “technical malfunction.”
By GOPher Speak
February 25, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this
WASHINGTON - The national Democratic party wants campaign finance regulators to investigate whether Sen. John McCain would violate money-in-politics laws by withdrawing from the primary election’s public finance system. McCain, who had been entitled to $5.8 million in federal funds for the primary, has decided to bypass the system so he can avoid spending limits between now and the GOP’s national convention in September. “John McCain poses as a reformer but seems to think reforms apply to everyone but him,” Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Sunday.
Yup, that’s the GOPhers alright, more and more rules for everybody. Of course rules never apply to GOPhers though, do they?
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this
Hours after chiding Congress for not finishing a wiretapping bill and leaving the nation ‘vulnerable to terrorist attack,’ officials acknowledge all requested information is being received.———> WE DON”T NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS BUT WE MAY HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH TELECOMS????? Maybe they have been given too many favors already!!!
THE SKY IS FALLING!
THE SKY IS FALLING!
OOOPS! MAYBE NOT
By AJC Public Legal Notice
February 25, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this
Luckoduh is now PSYCHODUH
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this
The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No. 326
By Andie>>>
February 25, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this
HIGHER premiums and “STIFFER” fees…oooh, you can be my GOPher anytime…I just hope that you’re a BIG BUSH supporter like me. What’s for dinner tonight at the BUSHES? What else but PORKCHOPS?
Andie Sickozellduh, BIG BUSH tube sausage porkchop supporter!!!
By GOPGoodbyes
February 25, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this
Bush, steps up to the microphone, his signature chimp smirk and a tear falling from his beady little eye, begins to sing,
I’m so glad we’ve had this time to together,
just to do burn some cash and do some wrongs,
Seems we just got started and before we blow it,
Comes the time the voters said, “So Long!”
By [[[[PSYCHODUH>>>>
February 25, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this
Lucko forgot to mention that is was MY cookies that Barack was selling in his illustration. That’s right, Barack is my pimp! Okay, wishful thinking. I wish that Barack was my pimp, girl. I am sick and tired of those old and kkkrusty GOP types. Michelle, Obamagirl, you better be careful because I WILL TAKE YOUR MAN and make him mine!!!
Barack is MY pimp!
Andie R.W. Zellduh, reformed troll
By getalife
February 25, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this
This Drudge story was written by a Obamaniac at kos
I have been banned from a progressive blog. Daily Obama and Obama Post have thrown away all their credibilty for Obama. Dissent for supporting Clinton is not allowed at Daily Obama.
How pathetic is that?
By AJC Management
February 25, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this
Yaaawwwwnnnnnn.
~~~~~
{{{{With a week to go until the Texas and Ohio primaries, stressed Clinton staffers circulated a photo over the weekend of a “dressed” Barack Obama.}}}}
{{{{The photo, taken in 2006, shows the Democrat frontrunner fitted as a Somali Elder, during his visit to Wajir, a rural area in northeastern Kenya.}}}}
{{{{In December, the campaign asked one of its volunteer county coordinators in Iowa to step down after the person forwarded an e-mail falsely stating that Barack Obama is a Muslim.}}}}
EDITOR’S NOTE: Other leaders have worn local costumes:
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this
The Republican National Committee has commissioned polling and focus groups to determine the boundaries of attacking a minority or female candidate, according to people involved. The secretive effort underscores the enormous risk senior GOP operatives see for a party often criticized for its insensitivity to minorities in campaigns dating back to the 1960s.
By Glenn
February 25, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this
ITN,
I was reading your posts from Friday, and the post of mine to which you were responding. Let’s bury the hatchet here, for a day or an hour. I said a long time ago that I’d meant to caution you, not to threaten or indimidate you.
On the contrary. You have at it! Exercise your Free Speech till your Free Speech muscles ache. I’m totally into that, and moreover it doesn’t matter a damn what I think about it.
It isn’t about {{{{ }}}} or lack thereof, because it’s not really about plagiarism and not really about you. It’s about the content of the speech, and when the content is demonstrably false and actionably harmful, and the AJC is notified of this and repuplishes it anyway, that’s a breach of everyone’s—-not just the immediate victim’s—-speech rights. And no jurisprudential calculus, no standing doctrine of Constitutional Law, can excuse it. The paper in fact could be brought to its knees, and possibly even bought out in a fire sale, for committing such a willful mistake while grownups, such as the Senior Partner of one of the largest multinational law firms, are watching.
This came up anew because of the AJC’s ridiculously self-righteous treatment of the NYT’s shoddy McCain innuendo of last week—-as though the AJC doesn’t INK out its existence by swallowing the NYT’s toilet flush.
That’s all. Nothing less than that concerning the AJC; nothing more than that concerning you. Please don’t be concerned about your inadvertent role in it. You’re good.
Now go on with the business of ripping us a new one!
By ChinaGirl
February 25, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this
McCain is unelectable. Period. He’s too unappealing to the under fifty crowd. Obama landslide, people. Landslide.
I didn’t like the cartoon. It makes no sense. Cookies? You know I’m a little concerned about Luckovich. He’s missing more than he hits and when he hits it’s like, so what?
Maybe I’m just jaded. It’s like Einstein. He was both right and wrong like the dual nature of the quantum particles he tried to dismiss. When Hubble proved that the universe was expanding, Einstein quickly came up with the “Cosmological Constant” which was both right and wrong. That Einstein so quickly invented dark matter (amazing man) means that there were two Einsteins, a + Einstein and a - Einstein. There are two of all of you too, but in your case, both of your dualities are better represented by this symbol: <=3
What does that mean? It means that the universe was created when man first observed it, and most of you are morons.
By Shawny
February 25, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this
Here is a nice piece from USAToday regarding the Dems new spending proposals.
“How would the candidates pay for all these new programs without driving the deficit to new heights? Some have specific funding sources; some don’t. The candidates rather vaguely claim that costs would be covered primarily by repealing President Bush’s tax cuts and ending the Iraq war.
This is where the math gets fuzzy.”
By ZellisMyBiattch
February 25, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this
Come on, Andy-girl!
You’re not trying hard enough.
By Daily Obama banned me
February 25, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this
Since Daily Kos banned me I have changed my name.
Yes, just like all the RW blogs, I have been banned at a Dem progressive blog for supporting a Dem Clinton.
Dissent for Clinton against Obama will get you banned on Daily Kos. Freedom of speech on blogs? Not so much.
Not to worry, I made a new account and will let them know how I feel about this.
This guy sums it up pretty well
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this
Jack Abramoff: John McCain’s other Lobbyist problem… Eight years ago in 2000, McCain’s was on track to upset the status quo. He took on George W. Bush and the Republican machine. In the early primaries he showed that he had enough support and juice to win—if he wasn’t stopped.He was stopped. Jack Abramoff was key to that effort, as were his long-time pals and partners in crime Ralph Reed and Grover Norquist. They funded dirty tricks and went after McCain with a viciousness they usually reserved for Democrats. A recent article in Salon described part of their anti-McCain campaign:…It seemed nothing could ever slow them down, but then the Washington Post ran a story about Jack ripping off his Native American clients—by more than $30 million dollars. That got some attention in Washington. One person who noticed was John McCain. He was the second ranking Republican on the Senate’s Indian Affairs Committee and would soon become the Chairman when Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell retired. He quickly lined up an investigation. It was payback time. McCain went after Abramoff with a vengeance. Before Jack and his team could organize a defense McCain subpoenaed ALL of Jack’s records. ……..McCain made it clear that he had the goods on Ralph Reed and Grover Norquist as well. …. A funny thing happened to McCain’s payback investigation—reality intruded…..It quickly became apparent that the Abramoff scandal—if fully investigated—would defeat George W. Bush in 2004 and throw Republicans out of power in the House and Senate. By mid 2004, McCain was slow-walking his “investigation”.
By Shawny
February 25, 2008 10:00 AM | Link to this
If little Shawny did any research, Shawny would know that the national debt has decreased under the past three Democratic Presidents, and increased under Bush I, Bush II, and Reagan.
By Daily Obama banned me
February 25, 2008 10:00 AM | Link to this
And we have to give kudos to the AJC for not banning anybody.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this blog allows freedom of speech.
Even for Andy and pf.
The is an American blog. The rest of them, not so much.
By Daily Obama banned me
February 25, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this
It reminds me of the wingnuts supporting w. Obama could do nothing wrong and when you bash him you get attacked and banned. Just like on RW blogs.
Yes, my friends, the liberal left have been drinking the Obama kool aid and have turned into dittoheads.
They are just like wingnuts. But excuse me, I will not go with flow, I will not drink the Obama kool aid or be a dittohead.
Obama is just another weak, lying politician just like w.
By ChinaGirl
February 25, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this
Obama landslide.
Vote Obama. Join the revolution. The world changed before our eyes. THe country is what it is. What it aint is conservative WASPS. You are obsolete, and just a cog in the wheel that is the great society living in the USA. We’re so diverse now, that I dont even want to hear another word from the Bush Base.
Mostly the country is…well… It’s now mostly bad news bees from mexico, and boy have we got a stinger for youze. Love the bad news bees from mexico.
How does it feel, GOP? How does it feel to be the unwanted pests in this new country? Who’s the aliens now? Bwa.
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
Oh you got to have friends! The feelings oh so strong.
By Daily Obama banned me
February 25, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this
REALLY? I can’t understand why anyone who posted here would be banned — NOT.
By ChinaGirl
February 25, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this
Hey, stupid~! Political Foreskin isn’t Political Foreskin. Too many of you trolls have jacked it. Doesn’t matter. Just proves what I’ve been saying: that I rule this blog and the wooten blog.
I purposely wait till a tone has been set on the blog every morning. then I’ll post. immediately the tone shifts toward whatever I wrote. I control the blog, and I am the main intellectual force on the blogs. Everyone wants to write like me, or copy content, or do variations on my themes, or emulate the style. That is the defacto definition of a blog king.
I’m that royal pain in your azz, sir.
Proof? Okay, lets see, I’ll write this and watch all the dummies copy it in one form or another:
Hillary’s writers are working overtime to prepare for next weeks debate with all kinds of quick cuts and momentum building replies, clever lines to answer Obama’s comments about issues that are certain to come up. We could see a dramatic moment where, like before New hampshire when she got caught up in a rant and totally lost her composure. Talk about must see tv. Her 180 after the last debate where she was so “honored” has set up a very interesting final debate.
Okay, now watch the copycats. “i wrote that, i’m the smart one, no me, me I’m the king of the blog, no I am, I’m the good writer, duhjhhhhhh”
RETARDS!!!!
By Luckoduh Can Handle Criticism
February 25, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this
I just take it like a man.
(You get my drift, ;>~~~)
(Thank you sir may I have another?)
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this
John McCain is now essentially at the spending limit, and is legally prohibited from spending any more money until September. To spend more money would be to break federal law.
That law, by the way, is sometimes named after its Senate sponsors: McCain-Feingold.
By Luckoduh and Glenn Hate Libel
February 25, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this
Oh, the horrible damage to the reputation of our screennames!
(Watch for our libel suit on Judge Judy - Luckoduh and Glenn v. The Reality Based Population. (Luckoduh is the one in the dress, red wig, and the French accent. Glenn is the other fat slob). We expect to win jazillions of cybercash! Email us your best viagra offers - we’re buyin’!)
By Georgia 74
February 25, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this
To Daily Obama banned me, I agree, he handing the election to the Repudlickers, on a platter.
By Georgia 74
February 25, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this
To Daily Obama banned me, I agree, he’s handing the election to the Repudlickers, on a platter.
By Je m'appelle Andi
February 25, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this
Bonjour, messieurs. Voulex vous couchez avec moi, ce soir?
How about right now? I need a man, bad.
Go ahead, call me a f-aggot.
I kinda like it.
Pull my hair.
By Truthman
February 25, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this
Bill Moyers said it best:
“Wearing a flag lapel pin no more shows my love of this country than wearing a picture of my mother would show my love of my mother.”
By @@
February 25, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this
I always suspected Andy was Patti Labelle..
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this
From email smears to misleading pictures making the rounds, Barack Obama’s critics have tried, with varying degrees of subtlety, to argue that the Illinois senator somehow lacks the requisite patriotism to be president. ——————-+But why, then, quote Roger Stone? ————————-+The AP’s Nedra Pickler asks disgraced Republican dirty-trickster Roger Stone for his opinion. Stone you’ll remember is the guy who got caught making threatening phone calls to New York Gov. Spitzer’s D-NY) elderly father and last month set up an anti-Hillary group with the acronym C-(#$%^%$#@)-N-T. Surprisingly enough, Stone thinks the answer is yes.
A PERSONAL NOTE
I think patriotism is running for POTUS against all odds, being even a small part of the movement (like me) and listening to what the man has to say.
Lapel pins and flags have been outsourced.
Patriotism is made right here in my heart.
By Daily Obama banned me
February 25, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this
“*Some things it’s best to get out early in politics. John McCain’s association, allegedly romantic, with a lobbyist was one. Farrakhan’s embrace of Barack Obama is another.”
OMG, I just quoted Jim Wooten. I guess that is the unity.
Is this the best leadership our country has to offer?
My goodmess, a lobbyist lover and a liberal radical.
Geez.
By AJC Management
February 25, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this
{{{{Plouffe said in a statement: “On the very day that Senator KKKlinton is giving a speech about restoring respect for America in the world, her campaign has engaged in the most shameful, offensive fear-mongering we’ve seen from either party in this election. This is part of a disturbing pattern that led her county chairs to resign in Iowa, her campaign chairman to resign in New Hampshire, and it’s exactly the kind of divisive politics that turns away Americans of all parties and diminishes respect for America in the world,” said Plouffe.}}}}
Bwa.
By Truthman
February 25, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this
What experience did The Chimperor have before the Supreme Court elected him president?
He failed at everything he ever did, from being AWOL in Alabama, to a failed oil venture - he couldn’t find oil in Texas - to a failed baseball team owner to a failed governor to a failed president.
My dog has more successes when he goes out in the morning than the miserable redneck Bush has had in his entire alcohol-soaked life!
By Carbon Footprint
February 25, 2008 11:55 AM | Link to this
I keep going back to today’s cartoon. I just dont get it. How is selling girl scout cookies momentum in a political campaign? It just doesn’t work.
I dont get it. If any of you good folks have a angle that I’m overlooking, then please share…..
By Carbon Footprint
February 25, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this
Truthman: we elect a name. Bush. We are no more sophisticated than Pakistanis who wanted Bluto, (Bhutto), Cubans who want Castro. Look how close Clinton came.
That’s all that matters in biz or politics or religion: the name.
A rose isn’t a rose by any other name is what I’m saying.
By Goldie
February 25, 2008 12:34 PM | Link to this
It’s too sad that Hillary and Bill have been embarrassing themselves so badly lately — as Frank Rich put it in Sunday’s op-ed, they’re now using their “insulting 40 states” strategy to try and win more votes… will it work? I don’t think so!
Once a politician starts insulting the voters, it’s BUH-BYE!
By Goldie
February 25, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this
Carbon @ 11:55 — the ‘toon is stating that Obama’s momentum is growing so much that Obama is also the winner of the cooking-selling contest!
By Glenn
February 25, 2008 12:51 PM | Link to this
But truthman, I’m wearing a picture of simpering Bill Moyer’s momma, and she digs it.
Guy’s been doing propaganda so long he can flack in his sleep. Slicksliding like that from a “flag lapel pin” to the mere photo or IMAGE of something, as though were not wearing the flag, but only the photo of the implication of the signifier of the symbol of the signified of the insinutation of the sublimation of the thingness of the thing.
Dude shoulda flacked for Heidegger or Husserl. Oh, I forgot. He’s already flacked for old Joe Campbell.
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this
TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE
What do Nancy Reagan and Michelle Obama have in common besides being political wives? Well, they were both under heavy scrutiny this week.
Only one of their names have appeared with the word “lynching” in a diatribe by a talking head (up his butt) recently!
By luckovichisaheadcase
February 25, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this
Goldie - I get the ‘joke’, but it still doesn’t make any sense and it isn’t funny, much like most of his cartoons. I think he’s been smokin’ up more than usual. I also noticed that an unusually large number of folks don’t like this one, so I am not alone!
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this
Inside the world of war profiteers From prostitutes to Super bowl tickets, a federal probe reveals how contractors in Iraq cheated the U.S. ————————————+ A common thread runs through these cases and other KBR scandals in Iraq, from allegations the firm failed to protect employees sexually assaulted by co-workers to findings that it charged $45 per can of soda: The Pentagon has outsourced crucial troop support jobs while slashing the number of government contract watchdogs.—————————+ But a wiretapped transcript recently released in Rock Island underscores the brazen nature of the exceptions. In October 2005, with federal agents tailing them, three war contractors slipped through London’s posh Cumberland hotel before meeting in a quiet lounge. For the rest of that afternoon, the men sipped cognac and whiskey and discussed the bribes that had greased contracts to supply U.S. troops in Iraq. Former KBR procurement manager Stephen Seamans, who was wearing a wire strapped on by a Rock Island agent, wondered aloud whether to return $65,000 in kickbacks he got from his two companions, executives from the Saudi conglomerate Tamimi Global Co. One of the men, Tamimi operations director Shabbir Khan, urged him to hide the money by concocting phony business records. “Just do the paperwork,” Khan said.
By Nader 2008
February 25, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this
Woooooweeee. Is there anything more fun than watching a bunch of limp wristed tree huggers p** on each others leg?
Go Nader 2008. Ralph the man and he said hissownself that it ain’t going to hurt the Democraps anyway. You go guy.
Shucks, these weinies can’t even get along with each other and they want to rule the world?
WASHINGTON - Ralph Nader on Sunday announced a fresh bid for the White House, criticizing the top contenders as too close to big business and dismissing the possibility that his third-party candidacy could tip the election to Republicans.
By PigsInSpace
February 25, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this
Dearest Glenn:
You and the other nutballs are so far out in space, so entrenched in your own propaganda, you have no idea where reality begins, so please,
STFU
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this
RALPH NADER RUNS AGAIN
Nader is ALSO an American hero but….
“8 years ago, he didn’t think there was any difference between GWB and Al Gore, and now, 8 years later, it’s clear he didn’t know what he was talking about.” -Barack Obama
By Apocalypse
February 25, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this
Sick of Hillary? Do Something About It!
If you are sick to death of Hillary please let your frustration be known: I’m a PROUD Independent and support Obama! I’m truly disappointed in the Democratic Party. There seems to be a lot of in-fighting going on within the party and it is showing. I can’t understand why the leaders of the party are not standing up against the Clintons and their tactics. They are tearing the Democratic party apart……… They have to know that Hillary is greatly hurting the Democrats chances of getting in office come November. She’s down and she’s trying to pull Obama down with her. If she can’t get there…she doesn’t want him their either. She’d rather let McCain take it…and that is exactly what is going to happen if she keeps it up. She needs to get out of this race!
Here is a list of the super delegates who support Senator Clinton.. Write them and tell them to reprimand her campaign..
http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html Here is the DNC Democratic National Committee 430 S. Capitol St. SE Washington, DC 20003
Main Phone Number: 202-863-8000 877-336-7200
Contact Howard Dean http://www.democrats.org/page/petition/chairman
By Truthman
February 25, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this
So a letter writer in today’s AJC suggests Newt as McCain’s running mate.
I nearly spit my Earl Grey Tea all over my copy The Nation!!!
Let me get this straight? Newt the cheater with two ex-wives. Newt, who was completely quiet during the Clinton-Lewinsky witch hunt because he, too, was involved in a sexual pecadillo while married.
So, if McCain-Gingrich is the ticket, they already have three ex-wives between them.
Such family values!!!
By Goldie
February 25, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this
What I want to know is: what has ole Ralph been doing for the American people during the past 4 years??? Has he been out there “fightin’ the corporatists” and 95% of America that he so loathes???
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this
Truthman
“So, if McCain-Gingrich is the ticket, they already have three ex-wives between them”
Both admitted adulterers…..
By Apocalypse
February 25, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this
Hillary’s Five-Point Plan
(I copied this from Huffingtonpost)——- This is her plan? Why on earth is she paying her consultants millions of dollars to come up with this type of ‘plan’ ? A 5 year old could come up with something better…..lol. Hillary is NOT CEO material and she’s definitely not commander in chief material. Someone close to her needs to tell her that….does she have any confidents around her that will tell her the truth and nothing but the truth….????? I don’t think she does….not even Bill and Chelsea. That’s really sad. No one needs a bunch of ‘yes men’ around them. Everyone needs someone who will always look them in the eye and tell them the truth about themselves. Hillary needs this intervention ASAP. Her dignity and the Clinton legacy is at stake…I guess she doesn’t care.
Well, I’m very happy that our guy has the right people surrounding him. We are running a superior campaign. Hillary is supposed to have so much experience, so does her husband and most of the people working on her campaign…YET their campaign is one of the worst run in history. Obama is supposed to be a newbie at this and he and his team our running circles around ALL of the other candidates. WOW!
You can tell what type of president someone is going to be based on the way they run their campaign——someone made this comment to me and I have to say I am definitely in agreement. Obama 2008!!!!
By Apocalypse
February 25, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
A week from tomorrow could be the decisive day in this campaign.
We started behind in the two biggest states that will vote on March 4th, Ohio and Texas, but as we spend time on the ground, we are gaining strength.
But that’s nothing new for us. We have started as the underdog in just about every state. And thanks to a growing movement of support from ordinary people across the country, we came from behind and won the last 11 contests in a row.
We can do this again.
It’s not going to be easy — attacks from our Democratic opponent and the presumptive Republican nominee are growing more frequent and more desperate. And the size of these two states will require unprecedented energy and resources to organize supporters and persuade undecided voters.
But we’re within striking distance of our goal of one million people owning a piece of this campaign by March 4th, and every single person getting involved makes a difference.
If you make a donation through our matching program, you will double the impact of a first-time donor.
Encourage a fellow supporter to be one of the million. Make a matching donation right now:
https://donate.barackobama.com/promise
We’re within reach of this extraordinary goal for the same reason we’ve come from behind to unexpectedly win 26 out of 37 contests so far.
We’re succeeding because our campaign has always been about bringing new people into the process.
Thanks to you, we’re on the verge of history. Please do what you can to see this through.
By REAL GLENN
February 25, 2008 1:21 PM | Link to this
Glenn: Get a grip. On something other than your own stem. You sound a lot like homoDUH, who “functions” under various names & is instantly recognizeable. The hatred runneth over w you little wee-wee clowns.
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this
Breaking News: Mitt Romney to rejoin GOP race?
By Glenn
February 25, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this
Sorry to tell you, Pigs, but I haven’t posted here as anyone other than yerstrooly. (On the other hand, you’ve used my Christian name, so who knows how many other pigs might’ve done so.)
I’ve got a perfectly serviceable grip, thank you; I always appreciate your pro bono diagnoses.
By the way, what propaganda do you suppose I’ve been consuming?
By Apocalypse
February 25, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this
A message from Barack Obama
We are over 969,000 NEW donations at www.barackobama.com. Phenomenal! I’ve given many times and I’m about to give again. Please help us reach 1,000,000 NEW donors by giving if you have never donated before or if you have already given…please give again! Thanks!!!A week from tomorrow could be the decisive day in this campaign.
We started behind in the two biggest states that will vote on March 4th, Ohio and Texas, but as we spend time on the ground, we are gaining strength.
But that’s nothing new for us. We have started as the underdog in just about every state. And thanks to a growing movement of support from ordinary people across the country, we came from behind and won the last 11 contests in a row.
We can do this again.
It’s not going to be easy — attacks from our Democratic opponent and the presumptive Republican nominee are growing more frequent and more desperate. And the size of these two states will require unprecedented energy and resources to organize supporters and persuade undecided voters.
But we’re within striking distance of our goal of one million people owning a piece of this campaign by March 4th, and every single person getting involved makes a difference.
If you make a donation through our matching program, you will double the impact of a first-time donor.
Encourage a fellow supporter to be one of the million. Make a matching donation right now:
https://donate.barackobama.com/promise
We’re within reach of this extraordinary goal for the same reason we’ve come from behind to unexpectedly win 26 out of 37 contests so far.
We’re succeeding because our campaign has always been about bringing new people into the process.
Thanks to you, we’re on the verge of history. Please do what you can to see this through.
Thank you,
Barack
By Wally George
February 25, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this
Hey its me Glenn. I’m using my other blog name today.
Anyway I’m so thrilled!! Yesterday I got my butt roast signed by the one and only Alton Brown!!!!
@@, will you marry me? We can have butt roast on our honeymoon. Butt roast in bed for three days and nights! Butt roast for breakfast, lunch and dinner. (Not the autographed one though. Or the one in my freezer that looks like the Virgin Mary.)
Love, Wally aka Glenn
By Just Wondering
February 25, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this
Thanks for today’s shill, Apocalypse.
Woops, I see your typing frenzy has just rubbed out another multiple. Whatever will it say, and I wonder if it will beg a donation.
Are your blinders set to filter out only Obama’s faults, or can they be adjusted to give you perspective?
By Allah Obama
February 25, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this
Farrakhan ♥ Obama.
Nuff said.
By @@
February 25, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this
The “Other” @@ at 11:22:
No, Andy is Andy and his very existence seems to be your problem. You want Andy to go away, and for the life of me I can’t imagine why. Too direct to be politically correct? PC isn’t all it’s cracked up to be - it limits free speech in my opinion.
I find it rather socialistic/communistic that you seek to pursue his demise when all you need do is not be so sensitive.
What is wrong with you liberals?
I’m off to Stratfor. I’ll bring back anything I find that’s interesting.
By Joe Pine
February 25, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this
Screw Wally George, the wimp. Better yet, screw his daughter. Hot ticket. No wonder she won’t speak to that clown.
By Paul
February 25, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this
ITN 1:12
You know, you’re sounding more and more like those right-wing family values Republicans!
:)
Truthman
“before the Supreme Court elected him president?”
I hear that refrain every so often, here. I wonder, though - why is it members of the Party that so often invoke the rule of law and assail the administration for not following it, cast aspersions on the supreme court of the judicial branch when a decision they render is not to their liking?
Apocalypse
You can rest assured if McCain had been paying “consultants” millions of dollars for a few months’ work the NTY would be all over it -
getalife
Sorry about your experience at DailyKos. Some of us tried to warn you about the openmindedness, acceptance, respect for dissent and upholding of the free speech guarantees of our Constitution embodied by some elements of the farfarLeft.
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this
In exclusive interview, Alabama whistleblower says Rove trying to smear her———————- Karl Rove, through his attorney, declared that Simpson’s allegations are false and the story foolish. “60 Minutes owes Mr. Rove an apology for circulating this false and foolish story,” Rove attorney’s Robert Luskin said.——————- “Mr. Rove was subpoenaed to testify in front a Congressional committee,” said Simpson this morning during a telephone interview. “He would not testify. He did not even appear in front of Congress, which is like not showing up for a court subpoena.” “I testified under oath in front of Congress,” she added. “He won’t even show up. Now you tell me who is lying?”
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this
I am now hearing from readers all across Northern Alabama—from Decatur to Huntsville and considerably on down—that a mysterious “service interruption” blocked the broadcast of only the Siegelman segment of 60 Minutes this evening. The broadcaster is Channel 19 WHNT, which serves Northern Alabama and Southern Tennessee. This station was noteworthy for its hostility to Siegelman and support for his Republican adversary.——————— I contacted CBS News in New York and was told that “there is no delicate way to put this: the WHNT claim is not true. There were no transmission difficulties. The problems were peculiar to Channel 19, which had the signal and had functioning transmitters.” I was told that the decision to blacken screens across Northern Alabama “could only have been an editorial call.” Channel 19 is owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners, who can be contacted through Rhonda Barnat, 212-371-5999 or rb@abmac.com. Oak Hill Partners represents interests of the Bass family, which contribute heavily to the Republican Party. Viewers displeased about the channel’s decision to censor the broadcast should express their views directly to the station management or to the owners.”
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this
Paul
EEEEK! No need to ne Insulting!!!
:o)
By Allah Obama
February 25, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this
Farrakhan: Obama is ‘Hope of the Entire World’
Uh Oh.
By Paul
February 25, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this
Allah Obama
“This young man is capturing audiences … those people are being transformed.”
Hmmm, maybe Farrakhan’s saying he’s being transformed?
Isn’t this whole Obama thing just a variation of the fundamentalist Republican view that they wouldn’t vote for Romney because he didn’t see religion the same way they did?
Maybe Nader’s right - there isn’t that much difference between the Parties?
By AJC Management
February 25, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this
{{{{And remember the Arctic Sea ice? The ice we were told so hysterically last fall had melted to its “lowest levels on record? Never mind that those records only date back as far as 1972 and that there is anthropological and geological evidence of much greater melts in the past.}}}}
{{{{The ice is back.}}}}
{{{{Gilles Langis, a senior forecaster with the Canadian Ice Service in Ottawa, says the Arctic winter has been so severe the ice has not only recovered, it is actually 10 to 20 cm thicker in many places than at this time last year.}}}}
{{{{The last time the sun was this inactive, Earth suffered the Little Ice Age that lasted about five centuries and ended in 1850. Crops failed through killer frosts and drought. Famine, plague and war were widespread. Harbours froze, so did rivers, and trade ceased.}}}}
Geez.
By getalife
February 25, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this
Now how in the world did Charles get that?
Mmmmmmm.
Bwhahahahaha.
By Georgia 74
February 25, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this
Rove sure whines when the shoe is on the other foot.
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
McCain Camp Touts Ollie North Endorsement
AND
Oliver North, Fortunate Felon
Uh Oh
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this
Here’s 2 dots connected. Dot # 1
Matalin On Global Warming: ‘A Largely Unscientific Hoax,’ A ‘Political Concoction’
Connects to Dot #2:
GM exec stands by calling global warming a ‘crock’
Which comes first the GOP or the $$$$$$?
By Paul
February 25, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this
ITN
I thought the NYT was reeeeeeally stretching when they went back eight years on McCain. Now they go back over 20 to recycle some pieces on North. Have these guys forgot how to perform journalism?
I wouldn’t get too uptight over a North endorsement. McCain has trouble with the right of the Rep base. They love Ollie and no recycled op-ed pieces will change their minds. So if they look at North and say “well, if he can support McCain maybe I can too…..” that’s all McCain’s staff are really interested in.
BTW - North was indicted on 16 counts, convicted on 3 minor counts by a jury. There’s that pesky legal system again - a jury found him guilty of three minor counts. Gotta accept it. Plus, you gotta admire a guy (or his attorneys) who can cut a deal to testify before Congress, then use that deal to win on appeal. So the three minor counts were vacated. So he’s not guilty. Such is the law.
No “yeah, buts” now….
By @@
February 25, 2008 3:29 PM | Link to this
From Stratfor:
(((Insurgent attacks have dropped about 40 to 50 percent in eastern Afghanistan — especially the Pakistani border region — in recent months compared with the same time in 2007, Agence France-Presse reported Feb. 24, citing deputy coalition commander U.S. Brig. Gen. Joseph Votel. Votel attributed the drop to “aggressive operations” by Afghan security forces and Western allies, along with local government improvements. Attacks in February are down 35 percent so far, he added. Regarding a possible spring offensive by insurgents, Votel said the Afghan National Security forces have their own spring offensive planned, which his forces will support.)))
(((Indian army chief Gen. Deepak Kapoor hopes India can talk to and resolve differences with Pakistan now that it has held elections and will form a new government, Kapoor said in an interview published Feb. 24 by India’s IBN Live. Pakistani army chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani has proven to be a capable officer and will manage the army professionally, Kapoor said. Kapoor added that, considering the actions Kayani has taken, is is “reassuring” to have a professional like him leading Pakistan’s army.)))
There’s ^^^ General Kayani again.
Now the jihadists in Pakistan are targeting military Generals. Kayani must be doing something right. Long live General Kayani.
There’s more but I’m off to run four.
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this
Charlie Black, who serves as McCain’s chief political adviser, “is chairman of one of Washington’s lobbying powerhouses, BKSH and Associates, which has represented AT&T, Alcoa, JPMorgan and U.S. Airways.” Though he is currently playing a prominent role in the McCain campaign, Black “is still being paid by his firm.”
Paxson contradicts McCain, says they discussed FCC letters.
DAMN THAT NYT Starting all this mess!
By Paul
February 25, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this
ITN
Doesn’t this strike you as just a tad like a special prosecutor investigation - “we can’t get you on a charge connected to the original investigation, so we’ll look for a contradiction in your statements - no matter the import - and hang you on that?”
NPR panel discussion this morning made the point - long serving senators who decide to run do so at a distinct disadvantage. Just by being in the system for a while they are open to minor difficulties portrayed as major. This works to a candidate like Obama’s advantage.
So, do you really think Obama or Hillary don’t have any such contradictions in their elected past?
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this
Nope. Paul.
It looks to me like a guy with a pocket full of lobbyists.
And a bus full too!
By mm
February 25, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this
Wow. A republican controlled media outlet censoring a damaging story.
I’m so shocked.
By Paul
February 25, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this
ITN
IMHO, for anyone in public service - it’s just a matter of time. Watch both sides slime machines kick into high hear after the conventions.
As I asked the other day - what’s wrong with a group who wants to promote clean coal/whatever technology presenting their views to Congress? Or teachers who want to reform No Child Left Behind? Or an alternate technologies group (I’m sure Al Gore could provide the names of a few) who want consideration to implement their technologies as part of a national energy strategy?
Doesn’t the Constitution afford citizens the right to petition their government for grievances? Sooo, what’s the matter with lobbyists? Other than it’s the latest Democratic “issue” to use against a Republican?
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this
Paul,
McCain has lobbyists, still on somebody elses payroll, running his campaign.
Charlie Black, who serves as McCain’s chief political adviser, “is chairman of one of Washington’s lobbying powerhouses, BKSH and Associates, which has represented AT&T, Alcoa, JPMorgan and U.S. Airways.” Though he is currently playing a prominent role in the McCain campaign, Black “is still being paid by his firm.”
Charlie Black, private citizen, can promote his agenda to McCain anytime.
Charlie Black, paid corporate lobbyist, should not be calling the shots in a campaign for the Presidency.
Isn’t this just the latest example of the Republicans trying to mislead Americans?
By AmVet
February 25, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this
What’s the matter with lobbyists is like asking what’s the matter with introducing a little kudzu as ground cover?!!
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this
I’ve been following the Don Siegelman case for a couple of months, but as much as I know about this case, it didn’t prevent my blood pressure from leaping up dangerously high. Imprisoning political rivals? Someone tell me again how tyrannical Castro was, because I sure don’t recognize this country as my own when things like this happen. …..Simply horrifying how low Karl Rove and company will go. Someone definitely needs to be spending some serious time in prison…but I’m pretty sure it isn’t Don Siegelman. Scott Horton of Harper’s (who is scheduled to speak with Sam Seder on AirAmerica at 4:00 pm est) has been covering this story from the beginning, and truth squads some of Rove’s statements. Guess who isn’t telling the truth? The full segment and transcripts available here. If you live in Alabama, that’s the ONLY way you’ll get to see the whole segment
By W stands for worst
February 25, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this
Paul,
They love Ollie because he is a crook, that is the only people the GOP hold upon high is if you break the law…
By W stands for worst
February 25, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this
Paul,
You should pick up a law book sometime. 3 minor accounts? No such thing pardner, he was convicted on 3 felonies, if they were minor they would have been misdemeanors. Here is what he was convicted of:
accepting an illegal gratuity aiding and abetting in the obstruction of a congressional inquiry destruction of documentsYep those sound minor to me…
By Paul
February 25, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this
ITN
I don’t believe the Constitution limits petitioning to private citizens.
If you will recall, I’m pretty hardcore on the entire issue of money in politics. I do not view it as a free speech issue. I view many of the laws, rules, and practices we have as an effort to mask influence-peddling and make it appear palatable to the public.
But I also find this entire “lobbyists are evil, evil, evil and I’m pure, pure, pure because I don’t even know a lobbyist!” a bit disingenuous. McCain surprises me, though. I’d have thought with how he’s been burned in the past he’d have a bright, clear dividing line between himself and interest-peddlers.
AmVet
One person’s bermuda is another person’s kudzu. That’s why I used examples of teachers, clean energy and such. Lobbyists all.
By AJC Management
February 25, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this
{{{{“It’s something that could be like that,” Presidential contender Mike Hickabee said, “Obviously, that one didn’t seem to make a big difference. In fact, if anything it’s helped John McCain and I’m kind of hoping the New York Times will take me on and run a nasty front page story — may be the best thing that could happen to me, certainly was to him.”}}}}
By GreenJeans
February 25, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this
Paul:
Question not directed at me, but I pondered this the other day when you asked it. My answer is nothing.
I think there is nothing wrong with lobbyists who work to educate and inform policymakers, who provide research and perspective that might not otherwise be at hand. To me, there is also value for giving continuity to musical-chairs representatives. I also think lobbying can act as a check/balance between a lawmaker’s belief and a special interest group’s reality - or vice versa.
But for me, that’s where it should end. When the corruption of payoffs, kickbacks and sponsorships begin to direct public policy, then I think lobbying has crossed over from its intended good to purposeful harm-especially if it circumvents public discussion and disenfranchises US citizens.
I’d also throw in something about narrow self-interest v. the general welfare, but you get my drift, and wouldn’t we all like to sit on the committee that determines those definitions.
I also think that today’s Repub Lobby issue is tomorrow’s Dem Lobby issue - the pendulum’s gonna gonna through both parties eventually; they all drink heavily from the elixer.
By AmVet
February 25, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this
Oliver North was undoubtedly one of numerous blemishes on Reagan’s already tarnished record.
The GOP has certainly gotten slicker since Nixon, but no less willing to bend and even break the law to get their way when it suits them.
Even to the detriment of the nation.
I don’t know about these “conservatives”, but when I was young I read and learned John Adams and his assertion that “…to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.”
And this guy was a highly decorated Marine combat veteran once who sadly drank heavily of the vile Ronnie “men before law” KoolAid.
Shameful.
By Midori
February 25, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this
so now Andy thinks he’s AJC Management?
Put down the cheap vodka, son….
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this
Paul
I have to agree with this
“McCain surprises me, though. I’d have thought with how he’s been burned in the past he’d have a bright, clear dividing line between himself and interest-peddlers”
That whole Keating thing.
Yep, you’d think he be a little smarter….than to get involved with what you refer to as “an effort to mask influence-peddling and make it appear palatable to the public.”
I think SMARTER is a real good thing for a Presidential candidate!
By N-GA
February 25, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this
Paul,
When the Pharma Industry and the Health Insurance Industry lobby our elected representatives so that they can pressure the FDA into changing drugs such as Pepcid from prescription-only to over-the-counter in order to reduce drug coverage, then our representatives are not representing the American people.
Now people can buy as much of certain drugs as they want without seeing a doctor, and it doesn’t cost the insurance companies a penny. No office visit and no prescription expense. Everybody but the consumer wins!
By Paul
February 25, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this
GreenJeans
Good points all. Diane Rehm show on NPR this morning - people made the point, repeatedly, that t**-for-tat payoffs and kickback just doesn’t occur - except by stupid Congressmen who deserve what the get! Consensus was the donations, etc buy an audience to be heard. So they go through this elaborate minuet.
Kinda funny about narrow interest vs general welfare. What’s the Democratic Party been referred to by some of their chief strategists? A party of special interest groups? Same, on a lesser scale, for Reps - they have their family values etc interest groups, too.
The pendulum will swing, as you said, And I’ll be just as bored by the “ohmyhgoslookatthis!” as I now am.
BTW - if you want to get really cynical, just check with some staffers about how much of the legislative proposals they put together are provided to them in rough draft by lobbyists. Notice I didn’t specify either party.
ITN
I heard Bennett this weekend - now one of McCain’s lawyers, who was the chief counsel for the committee investigating the Keating matter. Said he strongly recommend any and all interest in McCain be dropped.
Also heard from Lannie Davis (if you’ve read anything about Dem power brokers you’ll know the name) - former Special Counsel to Pres Clinton - say he was outraged by the NYT piece. Said he advised McCain - in the letters question - to be much more of an advocate, as that’s what the law permitted. McCain refused and pointedly asked just for a hearing.
Gotta say those two’s views gives one pause -
By AJC Management
February 25, 2008 5:19 PM | Link to this
{{{{By Midori February 25, 2008 4:58 PM so now Andy thinks he’s AJC Management?}}}}
Midori: Would you prefer that I acted like a wormy little common pinko choking their chicken and used the name “Midori” instead?
By Daily Obama
February 25, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this
McCain: ‘The War Will Be Over Soon’
I think w will declare victory again and McSurge will get the credit.
Like Rove said, Iraq will not be an issue.
Then they will attack Obama for being weak on national security and he will lose for the third time on this issue.
This is Rove’s winning strategy and the Dems learned nothing from the last two elections.
By Midori
February 25, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this
Andy,
let me put this in a language in which I’m sure only you will understand: “Glub, glub.”
By Paul
February 25, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this
W 4:47
All right, all right, I know all about the veracity of Wikipedia. I wanted to check about the arrangement North had with Congress for his testimony and pulled this
“Oliver North and John Poindexter were indicted on multiple charges on March 16, 1988.[31] North, indicted on 16 counts, was found guilty by a jury of three minor counts. The convictions were vacated on appeal on the grounds that North’s Fifth Amendment rights may have been violated by the indirect use of his testimony to Congress which had been given under a grant of immunity. “
To go from that to tv shows, personal appearances, worth millions… only in America -
By Paul
February 25, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this
N-GA
“then our representatives are not representing the American people.”
That pretty much nails it. Rather sad, all the attention on lobbyists deflects from turning the questions onto Congress - as an institution, not against a single member.
My point, as I’m sure you saw and others picked up on, was to illustrate one person’s grass is another’s kudzu. And how Constitutional rights, etc. can complicate this entire thing. I do think using such issues as a sledgehammer against one candidate misses the point.
Hey AmVet - what did you think of Nader’s announcement?
Daily Obama
Maybe Obama’s advisors learned that when an issue becomes a nonissue, to take a tangent and develop it? Such as an overarching view of America’s role in the Middle East, why we’re where we are, where he’d want it to be and how to get there?
I’m not holding by breath on this -
By AJC Management
February 25, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this
{{{{By Midori February 25, 2008 5:27 PM Andy, let me put this in a language in which I’m sure only you will understand: “Glub, glub.”}}}}
Hey, that sounds like the Klinton Kampaign.
What’s your point?
By Glenn
February 25, 2008 5:45 PM | Link to this
Paul @ 5:15, quite true. And the ones so green as to deal in green usually get sent up the river for green peanuts. Careers, families, reputations, lives ruined for $25K, or even $10K or $5K. Pathetic. Have these small-timers no imagination?
And that business of guilt by association with lobbyists whose business it is to associate with lawmakers—-I mean…shocking! Don’t tell nobody, but I’ve got a photo of the President vacationing with the head lobbyist for the Sierra Club!
(You guessed it: TR and crazy Muir.)
By RW-(the original)
February 25, 2008 5:50 PM | Link to this
getalife,
Your being banned from posting on a private blog doesn’t violate your free speech rights in any way, shape, manner, or form.
N-GA,
Thank God you’re not lobbying Congress with any success. As a consumer I certainly find it a better option to be able to run to the store to pick up some Pepcid than to be forced to go to a doctor and get a prescription filled. Just wait until you’re forced to see a doctor for any minor ailment and the doctors are all government workers. Utopia!
By AmVet
February 25, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this
Hi Paul! What the h&ll do you think I think about Nader joining the fray?
I’m stoked!
I proudly voted for him in 2000 and 2004. I have a great deal to say on this topic (you know me!) but want to go rather slowly.
Let me just say that I would encourage ANY American who wants REAL (not just talk and BS), fundamental change in Washington to look at him closely.
He is indisputably the ONLY candidate in my entire lifetime who has the wherewithal, the tenacity and the courage to confront the established political power brokers in BOTH parties.
And aren’t the American people everywhere clamoring for CHANGE!
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 6:04 PM | Link to this
Paul,
Bill Bennett? Not my idea of a character witness.
Lannie Davis? Vichy Democrat.
Like the rest of the greatly expanding American electorate, we can make a judgement regarding Senator McCain and his lobbyist posse.
By GreenJeans
February 25, 2008 6:05 PM | Link to this
Paul - no surprise here on the rough drafts from lobbyists.
My previous life (Journalism, Marketing and PR) soured me more than I’d like to admit on Perception Strategy. I’m jaded to any marketing from any source, especially politicians.
I’ve seen a firm’s press release show up in print the next day, word for word, with a by-line attached!
In the newsroom that’s LAZY. I understand about deadlines, but in congress it should be unnacceptable.
By Paul
February 25, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this
AmVet,
So… how do you really feel?
I would’ve loved to see him in the debates. He’d have made Ron Paul, Gravel, Kucinich look like amateurs. For the rest of you - I’m not saying this to indicate agreement, but to say he’d bring a different perspective and really challenge conventional Washington-think.
By Paul
February 25, 2008 6:13 PM | Link to this
ITN
Well, Bennett’s job as counsel was to go after anything that could stick. As we saw with Starr and Fitzgerald that’s pretty much the prime directive. I think one should consider his recommend to not pursue an individual should be taken seriously.
“Vichy” Democrat? ITN, you surprise me! Time to reformulate my blog impression -
Greenjeans
Makes you wonder about the editors, doesn’t it? Sounds like a serious lack of adult leadership.
By AJC Management
February 25, 2008 6:16 PM | Link to this
{{{{Hoping to regain some momentum from perhaps her strongest political asset, her perceived experience, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., delivered a foreign policy speech in Washington, D.C., this afternoon that assailed rival Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as unwise, inexperienced, impulsive and indecisive — in short, a risk to the nation.}}}}
{{{{With a half-dozen retired generals standing behind her, Clinton said she was the only candidate who could restore a U.S. foreign policy that had the right combination of diplomacy and military might.}}}}
Boasting of her military might to a political party full of spineless surrender monkeys.
3.2 million doesn’t buy much in the way of kampaign rhetoric nowadays, does it?
Hell, for 3.1 million I would have given her the exact same advice.
That would leave 100 large for more liquor!
“Call me anytime, just ring 23456, hey, I lead a life of crime”
“Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap.”
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this
Google for Government: Americans have the right to know how their tax dollars are spent, but that information has been hidden from public view for too long. That’s why Barack Obama and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) passed a law to create a Google-like search engine to allow regular people to approximately track federal grants, contracts, earmarks, and loans online. The Chicago Sun-Times wrote, “It would enable the public to see where federal money goes and how it is spent. It’s a brilliant idea.”
SMARTER is better!
“I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over. I have done more than any other candidate in this race to take on lobbyists — and won. They have not funded my campaign, they will not get a job in my White House, and they will not drown out the voices of the American people when I am president.”
— Barack Obama, Speech in Des Moines, IA, November 10, 2007
McCain Defends Lobbyist Ties McCain Says Lobbyists Who Advise Him Are Honorable………………… The Times said McCain was not alone among presidential candidates to rely on lobbyists to help run his campaign. In McCain’s case, the Times said, “Since a cash crunch last summer, several of them _ including his campaign manager, Rick Davis, who represented companies before Mr. McCain’s Senate panel _ have been working without pay, a gift that could be worth tens of thousands of dollars.” McCain serves on the Senate Commerce Committee. “I’m proud of the record of many of my advisers. One small example, Charlie Black. Charlie Black was involved in the first Reagan campaign, and he’s been involved in every national presidential campaign since,” McCain said. Black is chairman of the lobbying firm BKSH & Associates.
OH THERE’S THAT CHARLE BLACK AGAIN (see my 4:19)
By RW-(the original)
February 25, 2008 6:19 PM | Link to this
Ohhh….there are lobbyists secretly infiltrating our government and anyone that talks to them, works with them, or runs into them at Starbucks must be guilty of something awful.
Take out the word “lobbyists” and replace it with “communists” and see if you moonbat(ic)s® feel the same way. Then see if you can come up with a cute name for the ensuing witch hunt.
By @@
February 25, 2008 6:19 PM | Link to this
Paul said: “And I’ll be just as bored by the “ohmyhgoslookatthis!” as I now am.” Me too, but hey…”lookatthis!” if it fits.
(((Israel reportedly is offering to allow Golan Heights residents to hold Syrian identification cards and also is asking Syria to stand aside while Israel steps up pressure on Hezbollah in Lebanon. The offer and the request pose a dilemma for Damascus as it tries to balance its need to restore credibility in the Arab world with the need to avoid a military conflict with Israel.)))
(((The Syrians are at the crossroads of this regional rivalry. With Syria’s credibility at stake in the wake of the Mughniyah assassination, Damascus needs to project its regional influence throughout the upcoming Arab League summit and assuage doubts about its commitment to Hezbollah and Iran. At the same time, Syria does not stand a chance in a military confrontation with Israel and cannot afford to rock the boat too much as Israel escalates matters militarily with Hezbollah.)))
(((All of this creates an interesting opportunity for the West. In the eyes of Israel and the United States, Syria could be primed for another behind-the-scenes deal that would fulfill Syrian demands in Lebanon in exchange for Damascus pulling out of Iran’s regional alliance. While such a deal would require a great deal of convincing, given Syria’s distrust for the West and its increasing reliance on Iran and Hezbollah for its national security needs, al Assad has some new options to explore in the lead-up to the Arab League summit.)))
By RW-(the original)
February 25, 2008 6:25 PM | Link to this
Paul,
How would Nader have been involved in any of the debates without running for a party nomination? What he needs to do now is to start cranking up the petition drive to get added to the debate stage when the general election rolls around although it’s pretty hard to believe he can get the signatures since his supporters can’t use all their blog aliases and he definitely can’t get the polling support.
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 6:26 PM | Link to this
Paul.
Seeing as how Bennett now represents McCain and was reportedly hired for the explicit purpose of dealing with the controversy maybe we might consider the possibility that his statement was made during billable hours?
When you can bill your client (Senator John McCain) for your defense of him a percentage discount on the part of the voters is okee dokee. Don’t ya’ think?
By AmVet
February 25, 2008 6:27 PM | Link to this
Paul, to me one of the obvious differences between those you listed and Nader is that he is clearly exceptionally smart. Perhaps even brilliant.
And though that is not the only characteristic necessary for a great leader, it is IMHO paramount.
Especially given what the last 7+ years of a man with a spectacularly uninspired intellect has wrought.
By Greenshade
February 25, 2008 6:30 PM | Link to this
Would anybody mind if I copied my Obamaspam from my email and pasted it here without attribution?
Thanks, cause that would help a lot. I’ve got an 8:00 p.m. deadline and I haven’t had time to look at Kos or MoveOn yet, much less nytimes.com.
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this
Remember, the “surge” was called a “surge” because it was supposed to be a temporary bump in the size of the U.S deployment: “The Pentagon is projecting that when the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq is over in July there will be about 8,000 more troops on the ground than when the buildup began in January 2007, a senior general said Monday. Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, operations chief for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters that by July the troop total is likely to be 140,000. That compares with 132,000 when President Bush approved orders to send an additional five Army brigades to Iraq to improve security and avert civil war.”
By ToTheBoardMongers
February 25, 2008 6:32 PM | Link to this
Great minds discuss ideas.
Average minds discuss events.
Small minds discuss people.
By @@
February 25, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this
(((The chief British delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Simon Smith, said Iran —->may have<—- continued work on nuclear weapons past 2003, Haaretz reported Feb. 25. Smith made the comments after an IAEA presentation of documentation that would strongly back U.S. claims that Iran once made attempts to make nuclear weapons. Asked whether the information showed that Tehran continued such activities past 2003, Smith said: “Certainly some of the dates … went beyond 2003.” A senior diplomat at the meeting said an Iranian video depicting mock-ups of a missile re-entry vehicle was shown. He said IAEA Director General Oli Heinonen suggested the component was configured to carry a nuclear warhead.)))
Don’tcha just love it when they use the words “may have”? Opens up a little leverage for Ahmadenijad’s upcoming visit to Iraq.
Ahmadenijad had to send a formal request to enter Iraq to the Grand Ayatollah Al ali-Sistani. What is that? like a formal courtesy or something.
Strategic games. All in a day’s work for power brokers.
By Hillary Rodham Clinton
February 25, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this
Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter This Campaign!!!
Elect me to the Presidency and there will be NO HOPE!!!
By Miss Roosevelt
February 25, 2008 6:39 PM | Link to this
And if you haven’t anything nice to say, come sit by me.
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 6:39 PM | Link to this
During Friday night’s Real Time, Republican Congressman Jack Kingston took to the airwaves to echo the right wing talking points of Obama being “not patriotic enough”. One of the memes that Kingston brought up was about Obama not wearing his lapel pin. Let’s take a look at people not wearing their lapel pin:
By @@
February 25, 2008 6:39 PM | Link to this
ToTheBoardMongers:
(((Small minds discuss people.)))
Ummmmmm, I think I need to point this out to you. You’re discussing people. So…….
are you a pea-brain?
By Ayn Rand
February 25, 2008 6:42 PM | Link to this
Great minds have ideas.
Average minds discuss those ideas.
Small minds have no idea.
By Dorothy Parker
February 25, 2008 6:44 PM | Link to this
Great minds discuss ideas, while thinking of sex.
Average minds discuss events, while thinking of sex.
Small minds have sex.
By AJC Management
February 25, 2008 6:46 PM | Link to this
Listen to the great military wonder and “killer” cry before the ferocious “onslaught” of the…..drive by media:
{{{{I think it is true that every time the Obama campaign in this campaign has attacked Senator Clinton in the worst kind of personal ways, attacked her veracity, attacked her credibility, said that she would say or do anything to get elected, the press has largely applauded him. When we have attempted to make contrasts with Senator Obama, we have been criticized for it.}}}}
Well, boo hoo hoo.
Just imagine what she if she got the kind of coverage normally reserved for Bushie.
By Paul
February 25, 2008 6:46 PM | Link to this
RW-(the original)
Oh, he wouldn’t. I was just saying I would have found it supremely entertaining. I’d hope there’d be a nugget or two that would make it to the level of a campaign issue. Surely we’re not so inundated with real issues that we couldn’t use one or two more?
ITN
I’d thought about that - it was my initial reaction - but even if he wasn’t representing McCain, his actions and recommendations about McCain eight years ago would still be a matter of record and he’d just be reminding people of that from his role as special counsel.
AmVet
I think the current Pres is plenty smart - my gosh, just listen in on those CSPAN shows where they have the authors of the historical tomes talk about their discussions with the Pres after he’d read their book (I could tell he read it - and he grasped the underlying points.
It’s just the application I find so darn frustrating. It’s almost as if he kept all his attention on Iraq and jihadists and delegated everything else to his cabinet and advisors, with little follow-up.
And when he does have successes, like Africa (appeal to authority: Bob Geldof) you never hear about it.
By AmVet
February 25, 2008 6:46 PM | Link to this
One of the more intriguing aspects of Nader’s campaign is how the Democrats spinelessly blamed him for their defeat in 2000.
But Ralph was correct. Had they run a good, palatable candidate they would have won both of the past two elections EASILY.
They could not, did not and so have allowed a third rate amateur to occupy the West Wing.
But worse they tried every trick in the book, some ethical, most not, to keep him on the outside looking in. And then when they lost to the always suspected, but now proven inept neo-cons, they blamed him.
Which, BTW was the final straw for me and the Democratic Party. And would they have tried these completely self-serving tactics had he been a “conservative” candidate “siphoning off” Republican voters. Methinks not.
I bring this up because ironically this year I was leaning heavily toward McCain, but in a sweet form of payback I will be “siphoned off” the even worse choice generally - the Republican Party candidate.
What a wierdass election year…
By Steven Wright
February 25, 2008 6:47 PM | Link to this
Great minds think alike.
Average minds, by definition, think alike.
Small minds think “I like”.
By Steven J. Gould
February 25, 2008 6:48 PM | Link to this
Great minds can be so small that they think that minds can be averaged.
By Commodore Vanderbilt
February 25, 2008 6:51 PM | Link to this
Great minds employ average minds to push small minds around.
By Closing Thrust
February 25, 2008 6:52 PM | Link to this
Time for Andie’s KKKlosing THRUST!!!
OOOOOOHHHH!!! Andie loves it when the G.O.P. “comes” together to use me and brutalize me like the R.W. (Republican W-hore) that I am!
BUSH is the greatest President ever!
McCain will win in November in a landslide!
Andie baby is going to EXPLODE!!!
Another wingNUT (G)reat (O)rgasm (P)arty! Turn off the Dick Cheney Vibrator, definitely without the Cheney!
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this
Truman Committee, or Special Committee Investigating National Defense (United States history)
By Mark Twain
February 25, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this
Great minds, on average, can be tollersome small minded.
By AmVet
February 25, 2008 7:00 PM | Link to this
Though sometimes people mistake his verbal clumsiness and lack of relevant knowledge for it, Bush is not stupid, though much of his following certainly has proven to be.
Stupid and worse yet, gullible.
He has ceded what smarts he ever had though to creating an almost completely venal, self-deluded administration.
And for evidence, look at the men he chose to advise him. Reagan castoffs and sycophants.
Talk about living in an unrealistic past…
By AmVet
February 25, 2008 7:01 PM | Link to this
It is dangerous to be right when your government is wrong ~ Voltaire
By Mohandas Gandhi
February 25, 2008 7:01 PM | Link to this
Great minds with small hearts discuss ideas.
Average minds with good hearts make events.
Small minds with big hearts make my day.
By @@
February 25, 2008 7:02 PM | Link to this
Well Dottie, that’s what you get for marrying three times and turning to alcohol. Happiness was not in your poker cards.
By RW-(the original)
February 25, 2008 7:09 PM | Link to this
No ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. The 6:27 assessment of GWB’s intelligence was made by the same poster that assessed it at 7:00.
By IN THE NEWS
February 25, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this
Paul
No matter, Bennett is on the clock. His words are paid for. McCain for President writes the checks.
Isn’t it always about the $$$$$$$?
By @@
February 25, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this
“Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind” - Zen
I just wish AmVet would MAKE UP HIS MIND. It appears to be malleable like playdough.
malleable: capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces or influences. Committed? I think not, but then again….maybe.
committed: To put into a place to be kept safe or to be disposed of.
By T Vavlas
March 31, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this
The Politics of Girl Scout Cookies
So I’m out at one of our local home improvement centers picking up supplies for my Spring remodeling project. In the front of the store I am approached by 3 very cute and polite young ladies, asking me if I would like to buy some Girl Scout Cookies. Being a sucker for kids, and OK I admit it COOKIES too, I decide to make a purchase. I browsed their selection very carefully, because buying cookies requires thoughtful introspection. You don’t want to pick a bad cookie. As I am browsing, it dawns on me. Shopping for Girl Scout Cookies is a lot like picking a Presidential candidate.
On one hand there is Shortbread (John McCain). Noble cookies with a glorious past, but you get the feeling that “You’ve had this cookie before.” I don’t know if I want to commit to another bag of the same old cookie. You get the feeling that this is the kind of cookie that your Grandpa would have liked but you aren’t sure that it is quite right for your family today. After all, Grandpa used to like to watch television on that old set in the basement because sometimes all those colors get confusing. It’s time to move beyond the black and white TV, time to move beyond Shortbread.
Then there is Lemon (Hillary Clinton). If you don’t like this years Lemon just wait, next year it will be different. Even if you do like this years Lemon, too bad, next year it will be different. The Girl Scouts constant retooling of their Lemon cookies reminds me of the way that Hillary keeps retooling her image and campaign message. Change…no wait….experience…..no wait change again… uhhhh…did we use women’s rights yet….ok…..instant readiness. Always an adventure. I’m not sure I am ready to give my cookie dollars or my vote to adventure.
Finally there is Thin Mints (Barack Obama). One thing that I can say about Thin Mints is that they are refreshing. Much like Barack Obama’s message of hope. But you can eat an entire sleeve of Thin Mints and not feel satisfied. Sure you are refreshed, but you get the feeling that maybe you just ate something that has the makings of a good cookie, just not quite ready yet. Maybe if they took two Thin Mints and made a sandwich cookie with more substance in the middle I would be sold.
So after 45 minutes of browsing and thoughtful introspection the adorable little Girl Scouts were beg
By T Vavlas
March 31, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this
So after 45 minutes of browsing and thoughtful introspection the adorable little Girl Scouts were beginning to lose their patience with me. One of them suggested that I buy a cookie which best reflects my personality. So I sit here today eating my Girl Scouts Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies. Hard on the outside and a little nutty on the inside.
By William Hunter
March 31, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this
The final four has all top seeds in it! Each team has a winning tradition. Not one team is a lucky skunk cinderella team that will fold and make the final four boring. This year both games will be exciting. Every loose-ball foul will mean life or death. Every cheerleader-interference call means glory or bumhood. Every phoney jockstrap-malfunction time out could throw the game either way. Send the wives away to their mothers: It’s the FINAL FOUR!