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Home > Opinion > Mike Luckovich > Archives > 2008 > June > 11 > Entry

Changing its spots

By Mike Luckovich | Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 07:21 AM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 8:04 AM | Link to this

{{{{FBI: Tactics may tick off Muslims-Urinal/DNC}}}}

Let’s hope so.

I think the real issue that the Urinal/DNC finds with “torture” is that it works:

{{{{Khalid Sheik Mohammed, as intelligence agencies call him, directed the September 11 attacks, which killed 2,978 people and injured at least 7,356. KSM “didn’t resist,” one CIA veteran said in the August 13 issue of The New Yorker. “He sang right away. He cracked real quick.”}}}}

The AJC always whining on behalf of America’s enemies.

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Screaming headline that the Urinal/PMS designed especially for their dimwit pinko readership:

{{{{Report: Medically unfit GIs sent to war-Urinal/PMS}}}}

Buried in the story:

{{{{The responses it did get “suggest that both soldiers and commanders believe soldiers are generally assigned to duties that accommodated their medical conditions,” it reported.}}}}

Aren’t these liberals a special sort of POS? Every wormy little thing that they can pin on our armed forces, a sick little jerk off campaign to portray them as some evil in the world, GFY, you sorry mofos.

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The libs whine about a weak dollar and then they whine about a strong dollar, it’s a vicious pinko circle jerk:

{{{{OUR OPINIONS: Don’t get tricky with the dollar-Urinal/DNC}}}}

{{{{Q&A / THE DOLLAR: Lifting greenback could backfire on U.S. -Urinal/PMS}}}}

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{{{{Let’s see. Lake Lanier is about 13 feet below level, we are in a drought with no immediate sign of relief, and 15 water systems have permission to ease watering restrictions? Is there any common sense left in Georgia, or has the heat fried a lot of brains?-Urinal PMS/Vent}}}}

Uh, some people aren’t at the mercy of the environmental terrorists that control Lake Lanier, moron:

{{{{Ussery said he expects jurisdictions that draw from Lake Lanier to have difficulty convincing the EPD to allow them to ease water restrictions, with the lake 13 feet below full pool.}}}}

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 8:11 AM | Link to this

MAYBE IT AIN’T SPOTS….

MAYBE THEY’RE TRYING TO CHANGE THEIR STRIPES

OOPS! NOT THAT EITHER!

Top McCain Adviser Blatantly Lies About Obama’s Tax Proposals: ‘He’s Not Proposed One Single Tax Cut’

AND

Dear Ms. Fiorina, We Found Those Numbers You Were Looking For

BTW, Ms. Fiorina….

{{{COPYRIGHT 2006 Computerworld, Inc.

HEWLETT-PACKARD IS back with a vengeance. The board-spying fiasco is the only blemish on what has been a stellar inauguration for CEO Mark Hurd—and I don’t blame him for that at all, since he inherited a dysfunctional board.

A year ago, HP was in the dumps. Carly Fiorina had spent more time acquiring corporate jets and hanging out with celebrities than doing anything to turn around an old, stodgy company.}}}

SPOTS, STRIPE AND CORPORATE JETS

By Steven Daedalus

June 11, 2008 8:14 AM | Link to this

Dennis Kucinich for President!

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 8:19 AM | Link to this

GA-Pres June 10 RasmussenMcCain (R) 51%, Obama (D) 41%

GA-SEN June 10 RasmussenChambliss (R) 52%, Cardwell (D) 37%

GA-SEN June 10 RasmussenChambliss (R) 56%, Jones (D) 33%

GA-SEN June 10 RasmussenChambliss (R) 52%, Martin (D) 36%

Pres ‘08 June 10 GallupObama (D) 48%, McCain (R) 41%

Pres ‘08 June 10 RasmussenObama (D) 50%, McCain (R) 43%

READ “EM AND WEEP

AND THEN THERE IS THIS

“For the first time ever, MSNBC’s ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’ was the #1 show at 8 p.m., out-drawing Fox News’s ‘O’Reilly Factor’ head-to-head among Adults 25-54. This is the first time since June 2001 that MSNBC has out-rated ‘The O’Reilly Factor’ at 8 p.m. Excluding Tuesday’s primary coverage, “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” averaged 477,000 A25-54 vs. 472,000 for the ‘Factor.’”

“Neocondula Waytoolonga” section of brain imploding soon.

By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this

{{{{Thankfully for now, we will not share the woes of our British brethren who have already experienced the tender mercies of the greenies and who seem to be on the verge of a good old American tax revolt. According to a new poll, “Britain appears to be feeling increasingly negative about being more carbon neutral. We are questioning the truth behind being greener and many feel that Government is creating a green fear for monetary gain.”}}}}

Are you environmental terrorists sure you want us to be more like the world?

By gadem

June 11, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this

Andy/RW, you are all for war and torture…why are you not in the military…it is easy to talk big when sitting in the comforts of you double wide.

By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this

{{{{Time is running out for them as evidenced by the fact that over 30,000 American scientists, including 9,000 with Ph.D.s, have signed a petition denying that humans have any effect on what we used to call the weather. The petition says, in part:}}}}

{{{{There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the earth’s climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the earth.}}}}

{{{{And, not surprisingly, proof of this continues to emerge. Over the past two decades, NASA satellites have collected data which shows that the planet is in a cycle of greening itself and that “the Earth as a whole became more bountiful by a whopping 6.2%.” The reason? “Their 2004 study, and other more recent ones, point to the warming of the planet and the presence of CO2, a gas indispensable to plant life.”}}}}

The Earth likes all the extra CO2 that we are giving it.

Bwahahahahaha, morons.

By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this

{{{{DukaKerry De Wimp called out Countrywide by name on the campaign trail during the primaries. He particularly criticized the company’s CEO for his excessive compensation and more generally “infecting the economy and helping to create a home foreclosure crisis,” which he linked not only to the 2 million who lost their houses but to school districts that couldn’t purchase supplies and pay teachers. This is the same CEO who gave Johnson his sweetheart deal. De Wimp’s aides also criticized Clinton’s then-campaign strategist, Mark Penn, for giving PR advice to the company.}}}}

{{{{Now the man Obambi has entrusted with what he has called the most important decision of his campaign is wrapped up in Countrywide and tied to the CEO. There are lots of unanswered questions about the Johnson deal, though no evidence as yet that he did anything wrong. But the Obambi standard isn’t wrongdoing. It’s mere connection to the company. By that standard, this is bad news.}}}}

{{{{Since Obama has just held a national seminar for 16 months on changing politics and shedding the old insider way of doing things, you might expect that he’d take these disclosures seriously, if for no other reason than to show that even when it might hurt him, he’s committed to letting the light shine on his associates. Nope—his campaign has called the issue irrelevant. Double bad.}}}}

And now the pinko media ignores it.

By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this

Aahhh, yes, the second coming of Dhimmy Carter.

{{{{Trying to find an economist who thinks a windfall-profits tax is a good idea is like searching for a climatologist who thinks global warming is caused by trees. Such a tax unfairly targets the oil industry, which is already amply taxed and whose profits aren’t far out of line with other U.S. industries when considered as a percentage of sales. It also would discourage oil companies from investing in new supply, which is precisely what happened when Congress imposed a similar tax in 1980. The result might be even higher oil prices.}}}}

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

HERE’S SOME INTERESTING HEADLINES

ALL FROM MY EVIL SOURCES!!

“McCain Calls Arizona a Swing State It’s the Senator’s Home Turf, but It’s Not Safe Ground in November” The Washington Independent

“McCain says using Google to vet VP candidates ” Rueters

“Former Bush Donors: Still Hesitant About Backing McCain ….According to a Congressional Quarterly analysis, only about 5,000 of the 62,800 donors who gave the maximum contribution of $2,000 to Bush — roughly 8 percent — had given to McCain as of April 30.” Congressional Quarterly

By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this

The zipperheads have blown themselves up, they are all shot out, perfect time to surrender to them, eh, candy as-ses?

{{{{The United States is seeing a sharp drop in the number of foreigners entering Iraq to become al Qaeda suicide bombers, according to intelligence and Bush administration sources.}}}}

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this

Carter Tried To Stop Bush’s Energy Disasters - 28 Years Ago …..Consider President Jimmy Carter’s April 18, 1977 speech. Since it was given nearly three decades ago, when many of the reporters in Bush’s White House were children, it’s understandable that they don’t remember it. But it’s inexcusable that Bush and the mainstream media (which, after all, has the ability to do research) would completely ignore it. It was the speech that established the strategic petroleum reserve, birthed the modern solar power industry, led to the insulation of millions of American homes, and established America’s first national energy policy. “With the exception of preventing war,” said Jimmy Carter, a man of peace, “this is the greatest challenge our country will face during our lifetimes.” He added: “It is a problem we will not solve in the next few years, and it is likely to get progressively worse through the rest of this century. “We must not be selfish or timid if we hope to have a decent world for our children and grandchildren. “We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. By acting now, we can control our future instead of letting the future control us.” Carter bluntly pointed out that: “The most important thing about these proposals is that the alternative may be a national catastrophe. Further delay can affect our strength and our power as a nation.” He called the new energy policy he was proposing, “[T]he ‘moral equivalent of war’ — except that we will be uniting our efforts to build and not destroy.”

DAMN THAT JIMMY CARTER,

RIGHT ON ENERGY 30 YEARS AGO

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this

OK, so let me get this straight, Keating 5 Dept……So Jim Johnson, from Sen. Obama’s VP search committee, is the subject of a Wall Street Journal article suggesting that he got below market average loans from Countrywide with the direct support of its ethically-challenged CEO Angelo Mozilo under an unofficial program not readily available through your local mortgage broker (unless your local mortgage broker is Angelo Mozilo). Well, yeah, perhaps a little distasteful, especially given Johnson had been CEO of Fannie Mae prior to this and was therefore the biggest buyer of mortgages. Unsurprisingly, the Obama campaign called the foofaraw “overblown and irrelevant.” Speaking as a strong Obama supporter and long-time professional watcher of banking markets, this could possibly smell a bit, though in fairness I’d point out that anyone in a position to take out $7 million in mortgages had damn well better have an above-average FICO score. That being said, sublime irony below the fold……The amusing bit to me is that McCain, who seems to forget a lot these days……………Did the good Senator misremember his own past dealings with certain distasteful elements within the banking industry? Unsolicited advice: if you’ve taken nine free vacations and over $100,000 in campaign contributions from the CEO of a bank which collapsed due to irresponsible and fraudulent business practices, sending said CEO to prison despite your best efforts to pressure the independent Federal Home Loan Bank Board to lay off, shut the $%@#$ up before the kettle bites the pot right back in the a*.

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

CAN THE REBUBLIC PARTY COME TOGETHER IN UNITY?

{{{(CNN) — Ron Paul, the Republican presidential candidate who has said he does not plan on backing John McCain, is planning on holding a day-long rally at the University of Minnesota during the same week the Republican Party is set to hold its convention in Minneapolis.}}}} {{{WASHINGTON TIMES) - Tom DeLay will vote for John McCain but the former House Republican leader said his wife, Christine, is planning to vote for Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr.

{{{THE NATION - McCain Loses 27% of Pennsylvania Vote}}}

{{{{{RW McMULTINAME – I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR JOHN McCAIN}}}}

By Steven Daedalus

June 11, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

Isn’t it funny, how every day In the News whips poor Andi like a step child, I laugh my rear off.

By DirtyDawg

June 11, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this

I hope that the Republican/McLame forces continue to attack Jimmy Carter in this campaign. Sure he seems to them an easy target and, frankly, to those that haven’t bothered to do a little reading and rely solely on their lizard-brained response to the rest of the world, he is. My reason for looking forward to the attacks is that I pray that Jimmy will finally ‘go public’ with information that he, and many others, have about the deceit of the RR/GHWB bunch in the bribery of Iran - with billions in arms laundered through Israel - to hold onto the hostages to make sure Carter had no chance…that the Washington insiders - including the entrenched Democratic hierarchy (aka, Ted Kennedy) - were determined to make sure his Presidency didn’t succeed. Even though much of what Carter did do was visionary and, had we followed thorough (like with energy policy), we’d be in a far better situation now than we obviously are.

Go ahead Jimmy, in the memory of Hamilton Jordan, ‘kick their asses’.

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this

Steven Daedalus

Thanks, but I’m not into whips!

I just want to point him/them towards the light!

Here’s a fist bump, dude!

By UrUp ITN!

June 11, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this

From the National Post:

As with most other bad, but fashionable left-wing political ideas, Europe glommed onto carbon taxes before North America. But now that the worldwide credit crunch and commodity-price boom have hit the European economy, voter hostility to carbon taxes is growing— rapidly.

The average British motorist now pays nearly $2,000 in fuel taxes a year, the most in Europe. Tolls on roads and surcharges on vehicle purchases have risen, too, to discourage use of private automobiles and herd commuters onto public transportation.

Industrial energy costs have gone up as much as 20% (not counting recent rises in oil and natural gas), thanks to a new national carbon-trading scheme and green levies on factories and transportation. In all, British businesses now pay an estimated $45-billion annually in green fees and taxes. Nearly half of that sum has been added since 2001, a period during which, not coincidentally, the country has witnessed the loss of 1 million manufacturing jobs.

By Bosch

June 11, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this

In the cartoon - there’s a big elephant in the room with paint on him, who cares? Luckovich is right, we’re not buying it.

By UrUp ITN!

June 11, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

More from The National Post:

The Brown government even flirted with a campaign called “Zero Carbon Britain.” Designed to reduce Britain’s carbon emissions to zero by 2027, the plan would have meant an end to most air travel and the elimination of gasoline and diesel cars. Meat would been forbidden from most meals and an “armada” of wind turbines would have blighted nearly every square kilometre of British coastline.

Carbon “credit cards” would have been issued to every Briton. Each time the bearer purchased carbon-based fuels, he would have had to swipe his carbon card. If he ran out of credits before the end of the year, he would have had to buy more from people not using all of theirs.

Not surprisingly, after Mr. Brown’s Labour party lost two safe seats (think of Canada’s Liberals in Montreal’s Outremont riding) in byelections last month — the first byelection

wins for the rival Tories in 26 years — the zero-carbon plan was shelved within two days. The government’s own report estimating that the conversion of Britain to renewable energy would cost every family an additional $7,000 a year was a major issue during the campaign.

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

LOOK AN NEW CHARACTER AT 9:25

He’s getting predictable!

By UrUp ITN!

June 11, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

The situation is the same in other European countries:

Moron, ITN takes a whirlwind tour of UrUp ignoring the impact of cap&trade.

-Denmark introduced a carbon tax in the mid-1990s and cut carbon emissions by 10%, but at the cost of one-quarter of that country’s manufacturing jobs.

-France, also facing a sharp decline in jobs, is considering whether to jettison its commitment to the Kyoto accords or impose carbon tariffs on goods coming in from countries with no Kyoto carbon limits, such as China and India.

-Germany’s Angela Merkel, who bills herself as the “Climate Chancellor,” has recently been keeping a low profile, as last year’s popular “green” initiatives have tightened the screw of this year’s recession.

By w00t

June 11, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this

Look! It’s a copy and paste bonanza here!

Onward blog warriors!

By UrUp ITN!

June 11, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this

From The Vancouver Sun:

In January, the National Roundtable on Environment and the Economy touched off renewed debate about carbon taxes when it reported that Canada could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 65 per cent by 2050 if it put a price on carbon or CO2 emissions.

Carbon taxes take many forms. They can be revenue neutral or not. (To isolate the intended environmental impacts, other taxes should be lowered so that the overall tax burden is the same.) And they can be imposed on producers, distributors, or consumers. (The reality is that taxes imposed on business are eventually passed along to consumers.)

Tax rates are set arbitrarily and may or may not correlate with the level of CO2 emissions produced.

Revenues generated from carbon taxes can (and should) be used to help taxpayers become less intensive energy users; otherwise, they can end up in government coffers as general revenue.

Of course, politicians decide on the specifics of any tax, and governments don’t have a good track record when it comes to fairness, to dedicating revenues (e.g., road taxes), or to revenue neutrality.

In October 2007, Quebec became the first province to introduce a carbon tax, which will generate about $200 million a year in supposedly energy-saving projects. The tax is imposed on oil producers, and although the government implored oil companies not to pass the tax along to consumers, that is what has happened.

By jethro bodine

June 11, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this

Open Letter to Mike:

I vote we pull the plug on this blog. All it has become is a forum for mentally and emotionally challenged headcases who have nothing better to do with their time than to waste ours.

I personally am tired of reading their crap.

By UrUp ITN!

June 11, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this

From The Daily Gleaner:

But the devil will be in the details.

Corporations, which we rely on for employment as the engines of our economy, will have to be consulted to ensure economic activity isn’t dramatically stunted by a carbon tax.

As well, every measure must be taken to ensure it doesn’t unduly punish the poor and non-governmental agencies that contribute to the community.

As John Williamson of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation warned, some European countries using carbon taxes have been forced to use subsidies for low-income earners and others.

Politicians must tread carefully as they devise ways to punish polluters and protect our environment.

Meals on Wheels has a lot to be scared about.

A carbon tax could potentially scare away volunteer drivers who donate their time and fuel to feed the disabled and elderly. But isn’t that acceptable given the goal of the organization?

We want to see Meals on Wheels continue to provide its valuable services to our community.But it doesn’t have to be that way. Politicians must find a way to make such a plan revenue-neutral for everyone, whether that’s reducing income tax or adding to subsidies for social assistance and so on.

“What this means is the middle class ends up paying more,” said Williamson.

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

High Comedy at the McCain Golf Store

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this

YOU CAN PICK YOUR FRIENDS

AND YOU CAN PICK YOUR NOSE

CAN THE SUPREME COURT PICK A PRESIDENT WHO PICKS HIS NOSE?

By UrUp ITN!

June 11, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this

From the IHT:

At a time when the world’s top climate experts agree that carbon emissions must be rapidly reduced to hold down global warming, a leading Italian electricity producer, Enel, is converting its massive power plant here from oil to coal, the dirtiest fuel on earth.

Over the next five years, Italy will increase its reliance on coal to 33 percent from 14 percent. Power generated by Enel from coal will rise to 50 percent. And Italy is not alone in its return to coal.

Driven by rising demand, record high oil and natural gas prices, concerns over energy security and an aversion to nuclear energy, European countries are slated to build about 50 coal-fired plants over the next five years, plants that will be in use for the next five decades.

By Paul

June 11, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this

ITN 8:11

Those links are so… general, long on assertions and short on facts.

They remind me of our discussion on reporting - afterwards, I saw an article where one “reporter” for a major network said “we pretty much repeat press releases from other organizations. We don’t have time to fact-check.”

I would have liked to have heard how, when the majority of households don’t pay taxes, they’ll get a tax “cut.” And the article said “tax credit.” That’s an amount applied against taxes owed. Same problem I cited with McCain’s health care proposal - what good’s a tax credit for health insurance when so many families don’t pay taxes.

So where’s Obama’s ten million families number come from? Does it include megarich? They’re families, they work, so they’re working families.

So much rhetoric. So little specifics.

But let’s let that one go as a “gimme.” So Obama offers Americans ONE tax break. ONE.

I asked the other day - when has a Democratic candidate ever proposed a general, wide-ranging reduction in taxes?

It went unanswered. No surprise there.

BTW - your earlier ThinkProgress on “torture” - those guys are still sloppy. Started out with “coercive interrogation” and then became “torture.” You’ll say splitting hairs - say that to someone who should be charged with involuntary manslaughter and the DA wants to charge with premeditated murder and the DA says “what’s the big deal? You’re splitting hairs.”

“Carly Fiorina had spent more time acquiring corporate jets and hanging out with celebrities than doing anything to turn around an old, stodgy company”

Sounds like a bit of envy coming through.

ITN 8:19

That’s like proclaiming “Hillary Beats Obama among working middle class whites!!!”

Pick one small demographic - a subpart of the whole - and mark it as WOW! At a time when BOR had a guest host. LOL!!!

PM - P2+ (25-54) The O’Reilly Factor- 1,888,000 viewers (379,000) (Note: Laura Ingraham subbing for O’Reilly) CNN Election Center– 522,000 viewers (164,000) Countdown w/ Olbermann – 1,175,000 viewers (436,000) Fast Money- 253,000 viewers (97,000) *Ran from 8-8:30PM ET High Net Worth- 190,000 viewers (7

By KEEPING IT REAL!

June 11, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this

It is very refreshing to see Jimmy “The Peanut Brigrade” Carter name back in the news. For someone who worked on the Peanut Brigrade I had a kind of flash back! A good friend and I would meet Jimmy Carter’s 737 when he would land in Albany and take the Reporters Baggage up the only Motel in Americus at no cost! Can you imagine how much it would cost today? Just for the gas it would take.

I can remember attending an Enegry Conference at Georgia Tech that was hosted by Carter in 1978. That was thirty years ago, and we were talking about saving energy! What happen on the way the the Big Four wheel Drive SUV’S! Please, don’t think about the Hummers, H1,H2,and H3? Don’t see many of them anymore? If anybody think that the price of gas will drop signficant in the near future you need to wake up, because you are dreaming!!!!!! Today the National Average is $4.05!

Oh yes I am retired and live in the city of Decatur! Thanks for MARTA and their Half Fare Breeze Cards! 20 Rides for $17.00 and no parking fees!

KEEPING IT REAL YALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By mm

June 11, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

Good toon ML.

I think the elephant is breaking out in hives.

Could it be a tad nervous about the upcoming elections, what with all the lying and obstruction from the GOP?

It’s a sad state of affairs when the GOP candidate cant even use the sitting GOP pres and vp because they suck so bad they would poison is already unpalatable campaign.

By Paul

June 11, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this

ITN 8:32

“MORE WAR

MORE WAR

MORE WAR”

If there’s one question you could answer, it’s this: if Pres Obama’s talks with Iran fail and he announces he has only one option left to make good on his promise he’d do ANYTHING necessary to keep Iran from getting a nuke…

Will you repeat that chant?

ITN 8:47

Great example of bias – it’s Bush who ignored Pres Carter’s energy initiative.

News flash: it was also Clinton. And Reagan and Bush the Elder. And every Congress since. Both Democrat and Republican.

Isn’t such extreme ideology just a little bit stifling?

ITN 9:01

Okay. With this post you’ve jumped the shark.

“Ron Paul won’t endorse McCain.”

No kidding! Any idea if ex-Sen Gravel has endorsed Obama? Dems not coming together?

ITN 9:10

Do any of your sources call for an abrogation of existing Status of Forces Agreements? Or a withdraw or drawdown of US forces elsewhere? They don’t? Gee, I wonder why not. I thought they were the experts…

Bosch 9:25

And not too many months ago McCain was the darling of the Dems. Of course, there wasn’t an election on.

Jethro at 9:48 sounds like the ultralibs who don’t like to listen to conservative radio so they want it banned. Personally, I’m a free speech kind of guy.

By Paul

June 11, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

Just wondering –

How is Obama’s saying he’d do “anything” to keep Iran from getting a nuke any different from Pres Bush’s extremist rhetoric – “you’re either with us or against us”?

How is Obama’s making such comments (which imply he’d go it alone) any different from Pres Bush’s approach to doing what he wants, regardless of what our allies say?

How are Obama’s comments, which draw a line in the sand and paint us into a corner (to mix a couple of metaphors) any different from Pres Bush threatening other countries that if they don’t do what we want, they’re next on America’s hit list?

By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

{{{{By IN THE NEWS June 11, 2008 9:20 AM Steven Daedalus Here’s a fist bump, dude!}}}}

Yeah, you two go ahead and fist each other, freaks.

~~~~~

{{{{ABC News’ Sunlen Miller Reports: Senator Barack Obama told reporters in St. Louis today that he has fallen off the wagon and smoked cigarettes in the last few months.}}}}

Considering that most pinkos do not want you to smoke outside, even if you are out alone in the barren desert, one can just imagine the liberal rules your boy is breaking to satisfy this craving.

He is an awfully weak little man, isn’t he?

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

Republicans Gird for Big Losses in Congress

By Bosch

June 11, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

Paul,

One thing I hate about elections is the obsession with “words.” I watched a news show Sunday morning and they spent about 15 minutes discussing (or rather obsessing) about the word “willing” and how Obama said he’d be “willing to meet with Iran.” The anti-Obama crowd completely ignored the fact that he said he’d be “willing” and claimed that he said he would meet with them, no pre-conditions, the pro-Obama camp said he’d used the word “willing.” They sat an analyzed that for about 15 minutes.

It’s crazy, either way.

And that’s the kind of thing most Americans are completely sick of.

By Paul

June 11, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this

AJC/DNC

Do you recall all the condescending, mocking posts here of Pres Bush and his addiction - alcohol? Even though when he made a decision to take care of himself he stuck with it and didn’t continue to drink?

So now we have another (possible) President with an addiction.

But Libs are being understanding of Obama in his efforts to overcome his addiction. Progress!

Who fell off the wagon.

By Bosch

June 11, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this

Paul,

Can you answer this question for me - no one else seems to know, including me, but I was just wondering:

If we increase drilling in our country, say in ANWR, Gulf of Mexico, where ever, who owns the oil that comes out of the ground?

Will it benefit the consumers in this country? Or will it go into the “world supply?”

Thanks.

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this

{{{Last night on “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart was chatting with Ralph Reed about a variety of election-related news regarding people of faith (Reed was the former head of the Christian Coalition, before destroying his reputation by hooking up with disgraced GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff.)

Stewart noted, “There’s talk that 40% of evangelicals will go with the Democrat [on Election Day]. When did the evangelicals lose their values?” Reed responded, “I don’t think that’s supported by the polling data. I think if you look at most of the general-election polls, McCain’s getting about 60 to 65 percent of the evangelical vote.”}}}

MATH, IT”S NOT JUST FOR DEMOCRATS

By Paul

June 11, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

Bosch

Gotta fill up those news shows!

I liked the response I saw on the Laura Bush/Jenna Bush interviewer. Reporter asked Mrs. Bush what she thought of Michelle Obama’s statement that for the first time she was proud of America.

Mrs. Bush graciously answered “I imagine she meant…”

That’s an example of real class.

But back to your earlier observation - part of it likely has to do with candidates being sick of what happens when they modify a position or try to correct what they said.

I saw McCain interviewed this morning - got asked again about keeping the top-tier tax cuts. I thought how good if he just said “I’ve changed my mind and do not want that.”

What would be the reaction? Just look at our “flip flop repeat forever” poster for an answer.

Obama’s tried to back away from the statement and look at what’s happened on the Right. No “well that sounds good” remarks. It’s their version of “flip flop.”

I do think America would be better served if, instead of parsing the words, the “reporters” spent some time giving background and assessing implications.

For example, Diane Rehm show this morning, panel member noted the UN has passed four resolutions regarding Iran, inspections, compliance, as a precondition. How does this square with a “no condition” approach? Or a candidate who adds other conditions?

By @@

June 11, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

There’s a huge difference between connecting the dots (a talent exclusive to conservative logic) and just seeing drug induced spots ml.

See sp”O”t!

See sp”O”t run!

See sp”O”t run for president of the Democratic Party! sP”O”tty past and all….

Oooooooooooo! Kerplunk….

By Paul

June 11, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

Bosch 11:01

Off the top of my head, no research, just a vague impression -

I think it’s Fed land and they issue the permits. So it goes to the oil companies, Feds get the royalties (which have been a joke in the past) and as far as where it goes - shouldn’t that depend on the oil company? Could be like looking at your tax dollars, then at a particular program and wondering if you’re paying for the program - or just going into the General Fund.

But I have to think America’s announcing a massive development scheme would benefit the world by introducing the idea of greater supply.

AJC/DNC, AmVet, N-GA, RW-(the original) would, I imagine, have a more accurate initial impression.

By mm

June 11, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this

Paul at 10:57,

When is the last time you saw someone drunk on a cigarette? Passed out? Mentally incapacitated?

You nitpick every little word or sentence and it gets you nowhere.

Please just admit that post was lame at best. Grasping at straws.

By George is the man

June 11, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

@@ says:

“See sp”O”t run for president of the Democratic Party! sP”O”tty past and all….”

Kinda like 2000:

See idiot run,

See idiot win with help from Supreme Court.

See idiot take us to a meaningless war

See idiot not avenge those killed on September 11th.

See idiot not care where Osama Bin Laden is..

See the idiot with an approval rating of 25%…..

Yep the GOP sure leads the way on idiots…

By Paul

June 11, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this

mm 11:20

I just knew someone would take the “this addiction isn’t as bad as that addiction” justification approach.

Sigh.

The broader concept was: how do people react to other people with an addiction who are trying to improve their lives? Especially when they have a lapse, pick them selves up, and try again?

With mocking? Or compassion?

Or does it (sadly) depend upon the political persuasion of the addict?

By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this

{{{{By mm June 11, 2008 11:20 AM Paul at 10:57, When is the last time you saw someone drunk on a cigarette? Passed out? Mentally incapacitated?}}}}

mmoron: You’re right, Paul should have brought up Obambi’s addiction to cocaine, then he wouldn’t have been “grasping at straws.”

Dumbas-s.

By Bosch

June 11, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

Paul,

And if Obama said, “well what I meant was” or “you misunderstood” what would the reaction be?

It’s done on both sides - people take things about of context and extort them. That’s what America is sick of - and yes, I think alot of it has to do with the media, and a majority of the population get their information strictly from one source, the twists the turns, and never follow up.

Yes, sigh.

About the oil - I don’t know, but what you said makes sense, and RW did mention something about leases, and items would have to be spelled out in the contracts.

I do agree that if America were to announce such an endeavor, it would create a global burp, but it wouldn’t last long, and we’d be right back where we started after the global “panic” subsided and have less oil.

We need to get away from the stuff - plain and simple.

By Dr Pill

June 11, 2008 11:55 AM | Link to this

Well what about AJC/DNC Management?

Are you going to mock his addiction Paul? Here is a man that has spent the last 3+ years on the AJC blogs. Morning noon and night. 7 days a week.

This guy has some serious problems. Why would anyone listen to a guy that stays locked up in his bedroom blogging like a madman?

It wouldn’t surprise me to learn one day that AJC/DNC Management brought a suit against ajc.com for enabling AJC/DNC Management’s internet addiction. Much like the lawsuits against casino’s.

On day you will see a disclaimer on the ajc.com website that encourages sick people like AJC/DNC Management to get help. One day this website will provide a 1-800 number for people like you Paul to get help.

Think about how this website has taken control of the life of AJC/DNC Management. Think of the harm its done his family.

Its pretty sad.

By truthman

June 11, 2008 11:58 AM | Link to this

Goodness, I can’t wait for the A$$-whoopin the neo-conmen and women are going to receive in November…it’s gonna be like Mike Tyson and Michael Spinks - 90 seconds after 7 p.m. on election day, CNN will declare Obama the winner AND ANDI/DUH/ZELL THE LOSER!!!

Get ready for peace, prosperity and a better perception throughout the world - Just as it was under Bill Clinton, once again11

By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this

Obambi has been shirking his responsibility for a long time now:

{{{{“Whatever your convictions, if you truly believe that those who oppose abortion are all ideologues driven by perverse desires to inflict suffering on women, then you, in my judgment, are not fair-minded. … I do not ask at this point that you oppose abortion, only that you speak about this issue in fair-minded words.”}}}}

{{{{Obambi: I checked my website and found the offending words. >>>>>They were not my own; my staff had posted them to summarize my pro-choice position during the Democratic primary,<<<<<<< at a time when some of my opponents were questioning my commitment to protect Roe v. Wade. Within the bubble of Democratic Party politics, this was standard boilerplate, designed to fire up the base. The notion of engaging the other side on the issue was pointless, the argument went; any ambiguity on the issue implied weakness.}}}}

Hell, there are more people under this guy’s kampaign bus then there are on it.

By AJC/DNC Management

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

{{{{By Dr Pill June 11, 2008 11:55 AM Think about how this website has taken control of the life of AJC/DNC Management. Think of the harm its done his family.}}}}

Say, have you met IN THE SNEWZE yet?

Or are you IN THE SNEWZE?

By the way, I can handle a simple blog just fine, it’s really not that big of a deal to check in here every once in a while and dog you liberals out.

I truly feel sorry for the enormous challenges that it must present to you.

By truthman

June 11, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

Instead of taxing the bigshots at the oil companies, let’s try this:

If you are an executive at a major oil company during time of war, at least one of your children must serve in the Armed Forces during that war for a period of not less than one year “Boots on Ground.”

That’s a tax they should willingly pay to support their obscene profits, right Luck-o-dunce!?!

By TW

June 11, 2008 12:20 PM | Link to this

U.S. President George W. Bush claimed Wednesday that he had no regrets about the decision to invade Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein in 2003 and reiterated his determination to force Iran to halt its nuclear program.

It’s called letting your mouth write checks others’ backsides have to cash.

Moronic cowardice…but no more so than those who fail to call for his impeachment…

By @@

June 11, 2008 12:22 PM | Link to this

So the Washington Post and NYT has involved themselves in the vetting ‘O vetters - giving the Johnson story more legs.

(((Mr. Johnson was also involved in some of the more controversial executive compensation decisions in recent years, serving on the board of five companies that granted lavish pay packages to their executives — and often playing a key role in approving them.)))

(((One of the more well-known cases involves UnitedHealth Group, a Minnesota company, where Mr. Johnson was a board member and later head of the compensation committee.)))

(((The company came under fire after the chief executive was granted more than $1.4 billion in stock options — some $618 million of which was returned as a result of settlements with federal regulators and shareholders.)))

(((The executive, William McGuire, resigned, but he kept $800 million from the package.)))

By Dr Pill

June 11, 2008 12:22 PM | Link to this

Well???? How about it AJC/DNC Management? You brought up some good points about Obama’s cigarette habit. What about your blog habit?

Tell us why someone with your addiction should be taken seriously? Do you plan on getting any help? How on earth did you allow this blog to take over your life? You must be a very lonely person.

So seem to have created your own little fantasy world and attached yourself to this blog. Don’t you think its time to get some help?

Tell us AJC/DNC Management, why should anyone pay attention to you?

Would you expect someone to pay attention to a crack addict?

By truthman

June 11, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this

EVEN THE FBI WARNED IN 2002 THAT TORTURE WON’T PRODUCE USEFUL INFORMATION AND WOULD PI$$ OFF THE MUSLIM WORLD:

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/printedition/2008/06/11/torture.html

But, of course, the “christians” on this site hate Muslims, right AJC/dunce?

By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this

{{{{By Dr Pill June 11, 2008 12:22 PM Tell us AJC/DNC Management, why should anyone pay attention to you?}}}}

So how do you know what I say?

See, dimwit, the big difference here is that I have a brain, something you wouldn’t understand.

By mm

June 11, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this

Duh,

Yes, you have a brain. If only you knew how to use it.

By Dr Pill

June 11, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this

You are in some serious denial AJC/DNC Management. Everyone that has read this blog, even the most casual of viewers, know full well that you do more than “check in here every once in a while.”

This blog has taken over your life. Since the very first blog 3 and a half years ago it has consumed you to the point of obsession. Its not normal. You are as addicted to this blog as any crack addict is on crack.

Look at how you have to be first, posting your insane cr@p. Then on the weekends you clutter up the Wooten blog with the same insanity.

Your whole life is dedicated to these blogs. Tell us why you are so lonely that you seem to have adopted these blogs. Whats the longest you’ve been away?

You say your object here is to “dog liberals?” What kind of life is that. That is probably the saddest of all your statements. This is all a game to you. Just like the computer games that people are seriously addicted to.

Your whole life is spent enjoying the fact that you are the crazy blog addicted man, getting his jollies on obscure ajc.com blogs. That my friend borders on insanity.

Its really time for you to consider professional help. Fast.

By Repug VP Man

June 11, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this

“the Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation’s history. I mean in this century’s history. But we all lived in this century. I didn’t live in this century.” (sic) (Quayle - 9/15/88)

By AmVet

June 11, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this

Two quick items before I head off into the wild blue yonder yet again today.

I cannot help myself, I just have to laugh out loud every time I see one of the “faithful” here refer to themselves as a “conservative”.

Truly laughable, in an Elvis meets the aliens or perhaps a Larry Craig joins the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus kinda way…

Secondly, think how ridiculously hysterical this election season would be had McCain NOT won the GOP nomination!

Can you even imagine Fat Fred’s of Hollywood or Flip-flopping Mitt or Rudy the Pure(less) or Brownback of the Flat-earth Society running around, campaigning and trying to convince the American public (other than the religious nut jobs and assorted whacked out Young Republicans) they aren’t loons?

That would almost be worth the carnival atmosphere.

Later!

And if anybody actually knows and can produce a real conservative, please notify the authorities as they would qualify protection on the endangered species list!

By getalife

June 11, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

“Barack Obama may have come up with a creative way to solve the housing recession: Let everyone buy property at a discount the way he did from Tony Rezko, and give everyone in America a discount mortgage the way Angelo Mozilo of Countrywide did for Fannie Mae’s Jim Johnson. Team Obama’s real estate and mortgage transactions are certainly a change from business as usual. They suggest old-fashioned back-scratching below even current Beltway standards.”

Ah, corrupt kool aid vs corrupt b****** express.

Politics as usual.

By Dr Pill

June 11, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this

For the most part AJC/DNC Management, I don’t read your posts. I gave up reading your insanity years ago. After about 1 or 2 sentences I usually hit the page down button. I surely don’t see how anyone would want to read 99% of the cr@p you write. Its all horribly negative and derogatory. Like you said its just a game to you. Its all a way for you to pass the time in your lonely life.

You need help. You really need help.

When was the last time you took a day off these blogs?

By @@

June 11, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this

(((This is all a game to you.)))

He’s very good at it too!

He keeps you playing albeit under different names.

It’s obvious you’ve been here the same amount of time.

(((Its really time for you to consider professional help.)))

Physician heal thyself.

By Cocaine is a helluva drug

June 11, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this

Cocaine here, yall quit bashing Obama for his love of me. Let me tell you it pales in comparison with the relationship Dubya used to have with me. I thought he was going to put me into extinction with his addiction to me….

By mm

June 11, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this

getalife,

You really need to get over the Hillary thing. The only thing worse than a loser is a SORE loser.

By getalife

June 11, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this

mm,

Sorry, I do not drink the radical kool aid. Radicals from the right, wingnuts if you will ,have destroyed our country.

Lots of radicals posting on his blog .

Sick of radicals.

By Dr Pill

June 11, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this

Actually NO @@. I’m not here every single day, 7 days a week.

Like many others I used to participate on this blog when the subject was Luckovich’s cartoons. Now its been hijacked by a few crazy people that use the blog for their own entertainment. Have you noticed that many different people used to comment here? Now its down to what, 8 people?

What makes me write today is the complete disregard for reality in regards to AJC/DNC Management calling out someone for his tobacco addiction when its obvious that this person has some serious addiction issues of his own.

Calling out someone’s tobacco addiction to score points in this little fantasy of his at the same time truly oblivious to his own craziness.

Jethro Bodine @ 9:48 also touched on the state of this blog.

By Likkkoduh Loves Dick Cheney

June 11, 2008 1:25 PM | Link to this

Hello, I’m Andiduh, and I’m a blog addict.

I’m also a sex addict. You see, I love Dick Cheney, with or without the Cheney, if you get my drift…

But that’s for another meeting…

By Ignorant Liberal

June 11, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this

mm (1:20) Spoken like the true loser that you liberals are.

Some of the other items that show the world how out of touch you really are:

Tax cut for the rich – Shows your ignorance of simple math and economics

Bush stole the elections – every recount has proven that that was not the case. Shows your lack of interest in facts and your love of cheap meaningless slogans.

Windfall profit tax – Again, no knowledge of economics or the real world.

Bush is a criminal – Please show what court he has been convicted in, other than the ‘court of little minded liberals’.

War for oil – Liberal’s all around ignorance of life in general.

The best VP candidate for Obama is Ray Nagin, the ‘chocolate’ mayor of New Orleans. That way we can have a ‘hate whitie’ prez and a chocolate ‘lovin’ vice prez.

The lack of understanding the basic concept of mathematics and economics on this blog is amazing. Just goes to show what 130 years of the democratic controlled Georgia educational system can produce.

By @@

June 11, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

Sorry Doc! I had to run some errands. What’cha been doin’ while I was away? I hope you weren’t waiting too long for a response. Here goes…

(((Like many others I used to participate on this blog when the subject was Luckovich’s cartoons.)))

Were you looking for indepth conversation on the fact that ml sees spots?

(((What makes me write today is the complete disregard for reality in regards to AJC/DNC Management calling out someone for his tobacco addiction when…)))

Now I know Obama’s a whiner when called out, but he’s also a big boy (not a racial slur)…..he’s smoking’ for crying out loud.

(((its obvious that this person has some serious addiction issues of his own.)))

Have you got your sheepskin handy so that we can all take a look at your credentials?

(((Now its down to what, 8 people?)))

The only one who should care about that is Luckovich. He just keeps crankin’ em out like the good little trooper he is.

(((Have you noticed that many different people used to comment here?)))

How many of those who surrendered were liberals? How many were conservatives?

‘Ya either hang around and roll with the punches, you surrender, or you spend your time here telling others how to live their lives and deliver their message.

I roll with the punches myself. On occasion I snare a bit of insight.

By mm

June 11, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

Ignorant at 1:47,

You certainly picked the right name for yourself.

I didn’t post at 1:20 you idiot.

The rest of your post is pure unadulterated wingnut bullsh*t.

Now sit back and watch the Dems clean up the mess you wingnut morons made.

By GMAN

June 11, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

Oh, what a beautiful day! Mr. McGoo is nowhere to be seen in three (3) days and whether a person smokes cigarettes is the best the “intellectually challenged” party (GOP) can snipe about. Surely your parents expected much more from all their years of hard work putting you “wingnuts” through school. November 2008 will definitely mark “the end of an error!”

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this

mm @ 2:35

wanna bet

ignorant at 1:47 is ignorant 24/7???

By Devastator

June 11, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this

ITN,

It wouldn’t surprise me if “Ignorant Liberal” is your friendly neighborhood RW up to his usual tricks!

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this

Devastator

I agree…but you know he get’s a bit riled when we mention that.

By Devastator

June 11, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this

He’s just like his presidential candidate. Tempermental and over the hill.

By Goldie

June 11, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this

Ignorant @ 1:47 — you’re obviously ignorant of the statements that McBush has made about “War for oil”… another instance where the wheels have come off of his Double-Talk Express:

At a town hall meeting in Denver Friday morning, McCain was discussing the war in Iraq, and comments about how long the United States will be involved in that region, when he pivoted quickly to energy policy.— “And I just want to promise you this: My friends, I will have an energy policy, that we will be talking about, which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East,” McCain said. “That will prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the Middle East.”

It appears everyone but you knows that our invasion of Iraq was all about “oil” — so where IS that cheap oil that all you liars promised would come after we invaded Iraq???

By Dr Pill

June 11, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this

IN THE NEWS IS MY HERO

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

{{{Saturday, June 19, 2004 Republicans Admit War is About Oil

From a Progress Report this week:

IRAQ – CONSERVATIVES ADMIT WAR IS ABOUT OIL: On the House floor yesterday while debating the president’s energy bill, senior Republicans openly admitted that the war in Iraq is about oil. Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-LA), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said the nation needed to pass massive tax cuts for oil companies “instead of constantly fighting over battlefields to defend other people’s energy supplies that we depend upon.” Similarly, Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) said, “When we look at this [energy] bill, we need to call upon ourselves and ask ourselves what probably is the major duty of a Member of Congress. It is probably to prevent a war. And how do you prevent wars? You prevent wars by removing the cause of wars… Lack of energy causes wars.” He said, “George Bush’s father sent 450,000 kids to a desert; that was a battle for energy [to] keep them from getting a bad man’s, Saddam Hussein, foot, on half the known energy resources in the world.”}}}}

AND

{{John McCain admits Iraq War was over oil

““My friends, I will have an energy policy which will eliminate our dependence on oil from Middle East that will then prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the Middle East.”

Think about how amazing this is. McCain is essentially saying that our quest to “spread democracy” throughout the Middle East is a sham. It has nothing to do with freeing oppressed people, or protecting Israel, or defending ourselves against future attacks. It’s about gaining control of foreign oil. Stunning. Will this get any significant media play?

By Steven Daedalus

June 11, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this

Once again Andi lays face down in the mud, whimpering and crying out, “Dusty,RW, Paul how can they be so mean?” Dusty and Paul look away, RW weeps. After a few seconds they look to the heavens and cry “Why?” as they all pile into a ball.

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this

{{{Here’s the statement, from Obama himself…

“Jim did not want to distract in any way from the very important task of gathering information about my vice presidential nominee, so he has made a decision to step aside that I accept. We have a very good selection process underway, and I am confident that it will produce a number of highly qualified candidates for me to choose from in the weeks ahead. I remain grateful to Jim for his service and his efforts in this process.”}}}

OK

BUT WILL PHIL “MR.FORECLOSURE MESS” GRAMM BE NEXT??

By W stands for worst

June 11, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this

Goldie,

Im still waiting for the Iraqi oil to pay for the war like Wolfowitz and King George said it would…

By Steven Daedalus

June 11, 2008 3:50 PM | Link to this

Charles Rangel on George Bush: “He pretty much shatters the myth of white supremacy.”

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

THIS IS GREAT…..

Y’ALL NEED TO USE THIS AS YOUR “REPLY TO ALL” RESPONSE TO THOSE NASTY OBAMA IS A MUSLIM TYPE E-MAILS !!!!!

I’m voting Republican

By RW-(the original)

June 11, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

How could Obambi accept the resignation of somebody he told us just yesterday didn’t work for him?

That’s not the Jim Johnson I knew! Why doesn’t he just hire Marc Rich since Rich already has a close working relationship with Eric Holder. (Unless Obambi has thrown him under that bus too. I haven’t checked the wires in ten minutes.)

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

I see the paranoid delusions have been raging in my absence. Watch out Ooozy, that might be me just around the next corner.

BOO!

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

If you ever wonder why the Democrat(ic)s are so dead set against voter ID laws this story will explain.

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this

ACTUALLY R.W. MCMULTINAME

I VERY STRONGLY DISAGREE

If you ever wonder why the Democrat(ic)s are so dead set against voter ID laws this story will explain

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

ACTUALLY R.W. MCMULTINAME

I VERY STRONGLY DISAGREE

FOR ANOTHER COMPLETELY DIFFERENT REASON

By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

{{{Dr Pill}}}}

{{{{June 11, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this}}}}

{{{{You are in some serious denial AJC/DNC Management. Everyone that has read this blog, even the most casual of viewers, know full well that you do more than “check in here every once in a while.”}}}}

{{{{This blog has taken over your life. Since the very first blog 3 and a half years ago it has consumed you to the point of obsession. Its not normal. You are as addicted to this blog as any crack addict is on crack.}}}}

{{{{Look at how you have to be first, posting your insane cr@p. Then on the weekends you clutter up the Wooten blog with the same insanity.}}}}

{{{{Your whole life is dedicated to these blogs. Tell us why you are so lonely that you seem to have adopted these blogs. Whats the longest you’ve been away?}}}}

{{{{You say your object here is to “dog liberals?” What kind of life is that. That is probably the saddest of all your statements. This is all a game to you. Just like the computer games that people are seriously addicted to.}}}}

{{{{Your whole life is spent enjoying the fact that you are the crazy blog addicted man, getting his jollies on obscure ajc.com blogs. That my friend borders on insanity.}}}}

{{{{Its really time for you to consider professional help. Fast.}}}}

{{{{By Dr Pill}}}}

{{{{June 11, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this}}}}

{{{{For the most part AJC/DNC Management, I don’t read your posts. I gave up reading your insanity years ago. After about 1 or 2 sentences I usually hit the page down button. I surely don’t see how anyone would want to read 99% of the cr@p you write. Its all horribly negative and derogatory. Like you said its just a game to you. Its all a way for you to pass the time in your lonely life.}}}}

{{{{You need help. You really need help.}}}}

{{{{When was the last time you took a day off these blogs?}}}}

Continued-

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this

ACTUALLY R.W. MCMULTINAME

I VERY STRONGLY DISAGREE

THERE’S ALSO THIS

By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Continued-

{{{{By Dr Pill}}}}

{{{{June 11, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this}}}}

{{{{{Like many others I used to participate on this blog when the subject was Luckovich’s cartoons. Now its been hijacked by a few crazy people that use the blog for their own entertainment. Have you noticed that many different people used to comment here? Now its down to what, 8 people?}}}}

{{{{What makes me write today is the complete disregard for reality in regards to AJC/DNC Management calling out someone for his tobacco addiction when its obvious that this person has some serious addiction issues of his own.}}}}

{{{{Calling out someone’s tobacco addiction to score points in this little fantasy of his at the same time truly oblivious to his own craziness.}}}}

{{{{Jethro Bodine @ 9:48 also touched on the state of this blog.}}}}

{{{{By Likkkoduh Loves Dick Cheney}}}}

{{{{June 11, 2008 1:25 PM | Link to this}}}}

{{{{Hello, I’m Andiduh, and I’m a blog addict.}}}}

{{{{I’m also a sex addict. You see, I love Dick Cheney, with or without the Cheney, if you get my drift…}}}}

{{{{But that’s for another meeting…}}}}

I’m obsessed?

Yeah, O.K?

Wanker: Maybe I like this blog but here you are, carrying on and on about a BLOGGER.

I must be getting to you, eh?

I truly appreciate you letting me know that.

Two things before I dispose of you-

1) Why have we never heard you complain about 24/7 IN THE SNEWZE, who really is here all the time?

2) We all know who Dr Pill is, right Polly.

Bwa.

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

ACTUALLY R.W. MCMULTINAME

I VERY STRONGLY DISAGREE

AND THIS

By IN THE NEWS

June 11, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this

WANNA GOOD LAUGH ?

By W stands for worst

June 11, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

ITN,

You are correct about the voter fraud, here is what a GOPer involved in over 5000 elections has to say:

Royal Masset, a consultant who by his own estimate has been involved in some 5,000 Republican campaigns in Texas, agrees.

“My experience is that in-person voter fraud is nonexistent,” he says. “It doesn’t happen, and if you really analyze it, it makes no sense because who’s going to take the risk of going to jail on something so blatant that maybe changes one vote?”

Voter fraud does exist, say the experts, but in more systematic ways, through ballot box stuffing, voter machine manipulation, registration list manipulation and absentee balloting.

Hello Florida 2000

By getalife

June 11, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

“Congress again refuses to impeach Bush:

By 251-166, House members dispatched the measure to a committee on Wednesday — a procedure often used to kill legislation.”

Spineless.

By GMAN

June 11, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this

AJC/DNC Management aka Long Winded Gas Bag

Please try giving a synopsis of your points in the future, if you want someone to read them. Personally, I and many others don’t read them because of their length (content not withstanding).

By RW-(the original)

June 11, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this

After this freak has been posting on Obambi’s web site for months “Emanuelle Winner” has been thrown down the memory hole. (It keeps the underside of the bus from getting too clogged up when you also employ a memory hole)

Here are a few of the things that were just fine on Obambi’s site until people outside the cult started reading them.

{{{{{John McCain’s infamous temper has been wildly underreported in the media. For instance: The beautiful young woman who is presented to the media as his daughter is really an actress - McCain beat his real daughter to death when she was two and crying with hunger (the McCains do not believe in pampering the young by feeding them). McCain hates children and will not permit any such “stupid mewling whelps” anywhere near him. Aids who make the mistake of even suggesting kissing a baby are guaranteed two weeks in a hospital recovering from various broken bones. Most reporters know this, but fear reprisal from Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch got involved in the cover-up of Mccain’s violence after he pinned Vincent Foster’s arms while Mccain murdered the man.}}}}}

John McCain’s infamous temper has been wildly underreported in the media. For instance: The beautiful young woman who is presented to the media as his daughter is really an actress - McCain beat his real daughter to death when she was two and crying with hunger (the McCains do not believe in pampering the young by feeding them). McCain hates children and will not permit any such “stupid mewling whelps” anywhere near him. Aids who make the mistake of even suggesting kissing a baby are guaranteed two weeks in a hospital recovering from various broken bones. Most reporters know this, but fear reprisal from Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch got involved in the cover-up of Mccain’s violence after he pinned Vincent Foster’s arms while Mccain murdered the man.

By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

{{{{Senator Majority Leader Hairy Reed (Dic-khead-Nev.) was first out of the gate with a statement, calling McCain’s comment “a crystal clear indicator that he just doesn’t get the grave national-security consequences of staying the course. … We need a smart change in strategy to make America more secure, not a commitment to indefinitely keep our troops in an intractable civil war.”}}}}

Maybe this POS missed the surge.

Or maybe he’s just a POS period.

Our troops have done stunning and miraculous things in the Middle East and the mealy mouthed liberals hate it, can’t even give them credit.

Sick mofo.

By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this

Check this out, one of the most wormy libs in the world, Joe Klein:

{{{{The military situation in Iraq has improved so much that normally sober and pessimistic military and intelligence sorts are simply stunned. “I would never have believed that the Iraqi Army could simply walk into Sadr City and take over without firing a shot,” a military intelligence officer told me. “Don’t ask me what it means. I have no idea. But peace begets peace—and we’ve seen that when Iraqis live in secure neighborhoods, they are much less tolerant of those who would disturb the peace.”}}}}

{{{{The real estate market in Baghdad is beginning to blossom. And on a broader front, as reported in The New Yorker and The New Republic, Al Qaeda’s wanton butchery is facing an intellectual challenge from within its own ranks.}}}}

{{{{Indeed, the successful operations in Basra, Sadr City and Mosul have had a completely unexpected effect on the stature of the formerly hapless Nouri Al-Maliki: At a recent cabinet meeting after the Sadr City operation, the entire room stood when Maliki entered, a sign of newfound respect for a leader who was regarded as little more than a place-holder only months ago.}}}}

You lost, wankers, get over it.

By AJC/DNC Management

June 11, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

{{{{By GMAN June 11, 2008 5:10 PM AJC/DNC Management aka Long Winded Gas Bag Please try giving a synopsis of your points in the future, if you want someone to read them. Personally, I and many others don’t read them because of their length (content not withstanding).}}}}

GirlieMan: Fulfilling your request concerning post lengths:

GFY.

Short enough for ya?

By GMAN

June 11, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this

Thanks!

By GMAN

June 11, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this

Thanks!

By getalife

June 11, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this

“McCain Showcases His Foreign Policy Expertise:

…By telling a crowd that he’s super qualified to be President due to his extensive foreign policy experience dealing with Vladimir Putin…the President of Germany.”

OMFG.

We are so screwed.

By AmVet

June 11, 2008 6:19 PM | Link to this

Interesting cartoon, Mike.

Very interesting.

Paul and I have had some discussions about the “evolving” GOP.

Is it real? Or just a myth?

There is absolutely no doubt that we have ALL recently seen and read of many, many people lamenting their decision to vote for GWB, with promises to never make that mistake again.

And in some cases the disgust is so great that they are professing to forever leave the inanely misnamed big tent of the Republican Party.

I tend to believe them.

At least for now.

There is no doubt that the GOP is in enormous trouble. Easily the greatest since the Nixon years. And probably much worse, as the disease of faux conservatism appears to be systemic.

But is the GOP able to actually repaint or reinvent itself?

Of that, I am hugely skeptical.

For every reasoned McCain there is a Hunter, Thompson and Brownback.

For every reasonable Hagel there is a Romney, Huckabee and Tancredo.

It appears that they are going to have to suffer at least one or two more elections where they get their teeth kicked in to finally learn their lessons.

I, for one, am looking forward to that and to what hopefully ultimately arises from the bungling disaster that has become the Republican Party…

By getalife

June 11, 2008 6:25 PM | Link to this

Well, they stopped killing each other in Iraq and took the bribes.

Now, they want the troops out.

Good for them and our troops.

By AmVet

June 11, 2008 6:47 PM | Link to this

The predictions just keep getting better and better.

Republicans are facing double-digit losses in the House and as many as seven losses in the Senate when voters go to the polls in November, political analysts predict.

And those observers expect the GOP to lose big even if Republican John McCain wins the White House.

Nathan Gonzales, political editor of the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report, told the Wall Street Journal that Democrats will gain eight to 12 seats in the House and three to five seats in the Senate.

Jennifer Duffy of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report predicts Democrats will gain as many as 20 seats in the House and four to seven seats in the Senate.

Democrats currently have a 235-to-199 edge in the House, and hold 49 seats in the Senate, although two independents often vote along with the Democrats.

“While Democrats are already able to pass much of their agenda through the House, many of those bills currently get stuck in the Senate,” the Journal notes. “A handful more seats in that chamber would give Democrats a better chance of overcoming filibusters, which require 60 votes to break.”

By RW-(the original)

June 11, 2008 7:00 PM | Link to this

Blowhard,

My own electoral analysis says that if McCain wins the Democrats will gain more seats than they will if Obambi wins. The electorate will be a tad reluctant to give Obambi unlimited power.

By AmVet

June 11, 2008 7:18 PM | Link to this

Great “analysis” rectal wipe.

By RW-(the original)

June 11, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this

Nice debate Blowhard. I guess anything beyond babbling about a bloodbath is too much to ask of a feeble minded old hippie like yourself.

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{{{{Touchy, touchy, Senator. Sure, going after a candidate’s family on superficial or private matters is off limits. But Michelle Obama has played an active, substantive role on behalf of her husband. That makes her controversial statements along the campaign trail fair game for discussion. And indeed her comments, among others, about this being a “mean country,” of which she is now proud “for the first time,” have been much discussed. So Durbin couldn’t have had that in mind. Is there something else the campaign is concerned that might emerge? Did Durbin’s dire warning amount to a pre-emptive strike?}}}}

For that matter, unfairly attacking a candidate’s wife is bad, but does it really merit “the hottest” ring in hell? I mean, hotter than that reserved for, I don’t know, serial killers?

By AmVet

June 11, 2008 7:49 PM | Link to this

GREAT analysis rectal wipe!

It’s about time for you to jack off to your autographed picture of Joe McCarthy and find some more of those holes in the fossil record, isn’t it?

Maroon…

By RW-(the original)

June 11, 2008 8:29 PM | Link to this

Blowhard,

Go fix yourself a Metamucil and vodka. It’ll clear your brain, but maybe not as fast as the crap cannon.

Have you found any species that ever turned into a different one yet? It’s been three years and so far you’ve come up empty. Very telling.

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Who left the door open?

The BBC said it could not reveal the documents’ exact contents after receiving legal advice.

Translation: There was nothing there that would stoke anti-war sentiment.

By ma799zda

November 12, 2008 6:02 AM | Link to this

c327t

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