Comments on: If I Were Iran: How Republicans Have Weakened America

By: Praedor Atrebates

Praedor Atrebates — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:34:02 +0000

Hmmm%u2026.perhaps, but I’m not entirely convinced. Aren’t I (Iran) already involved in a sectarian civil war?

By being involved in a small, supportive role, and on the sly, they would be fullfilling the need to “keep US forces bogged down”. The difference keeping the US bogged down, by perhaps supplying some logistical and economic support, vs getting drawn into a full-on sectarian war are substantial.

By: professor rat

professor rat — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:59:33 +0000

If ethics training has come to the W/house and the Marines then surely it’s only a matter of time before it reaches the moronic inferno media.
( WSJ, lunar right radio and etc)
Right?
I’m not expecting a saturday night massacre out of this …unless the Chimp gets really drunk one of these long dark cold hideously empty endless night’s of his.
OT but what about Wen HoLee?
Ms Plame, Flame, whassername must surely be pricking up her ear’s at that settlement figure.
Making the government and the media pay dearly and directly seems to be almost a better way than voting Vichy to make them accountable.
Thoughts?

By: prostratedragon

prostratedragon — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:08:17 +0000

Boy, the rightwing is amping up the venom and hate%u2026.is wigging me out today%u2026.

Something about 6/6/06 must make it their day. The very visage of Coulter is a sign of the Apocalypse.

By: Jeff Huber

Jeff Huber — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:16:47 +0000

Yeah, Pach:

They couldn’t be harming the country more if they were doing it on purpose.

Did you see the excerpts from the Ayatollah’s speech on Sunday?

By: rwcole

rwcole — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:38:47 +0000

New poll out- Cook Political Report shows GW Clusterfuck with a 37% approval rating- pretty close to Gallup’s 36% released today. Cook shows Clusterfuck up only one point from previous poll. Gallup shows him up five. The recent polls are all from pollsters who tend to give higher marks. We haven’t heard yet from the others.

Probably Gallup’s previous 31% erred on the low side and thus showed a bigger bounce than is actually there. We’ll probably get some lower numbers coming in later this week. Clusterfuck’s probably sitting at 34% or so overall.

By: neurophius

neurophius — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:36:11 +0000

Oh, the fundie wingnut is Richard Vigurie (sp?)

By: neurophius

neurophius — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:35:34 +0000

Lou Dobbs is getting upset about the marriage amendment because he thinks it is not a high priority compared to the economy, etc. He’s debating a fundie wingnut who’s concerned about the collapse of civilization.

By: Cujo359

Cujo359 — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:31:38 +0000

New thread. Ann’s got a hangover.

By: rwcole

rwcole — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:31:18 +0000

Not much news here in the 50th. Voting is progressing despite “Normal early glitches”. Turnout for the primary is supposed to be in the neighborhood of 33%. Here in the 50th we expect more- perhaps 40%. Latest poll showed Bilbray leading by 2%.

It all depends on turnout. Many are energized by the immigration question. On the one hand- rednecks are livid- on the other- hispanic voters are pissed too.

May come down to who is the most pissed off.

By: rwcole

rwcole — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:26:33 +0000

On Polling. Pollsters usually only use “likely voters” when we are close to an election. Each pollster defines “likely voters” a bit differently- but they are all identified through screening questions. Typically- likely voters voted in the last election and say that they are highly likely to vote in the next.