fitz!

[dangerstein] at it again…

“Bin Laden doesn’t fit with the administration’s strategy for combating terrorism.”

Nice one, grown-ups.

Flush the Lieberturd!

that’s Donger-SCHTEEEENNN ! ! !

Now that’s beautiful……in a manly, heterosexual kinda way, of course.

“no more yankee my wankee, the Donger need food!”

You gotta wonder what is wrong with CT voters that LIEberman is still in the race. Oh yea the same thing that is wrong with US voters in general

neeeeeiiiggggh!

One of the best ads I’ve seen. I’m curious how it worked with the undecided, but Ned’s win and the quality of his ads suggest that his publicity people know what they are doing.

Joe has memorized the right wing playbook: Truth is irrelevant. Ends justify all means. If God had meant us not to stab our fellow Democrats in the back, he wouldn’t have given us knives.

sorry for the early OT – Defying Bush, Senate panel clears terrorism tribunals bill

What a great ad – maybe Dangerstein should have had a volunteer teacher like Ned so that he would know the meaning of the word “volunteer.”

I went over to see the latest Cup O’Crap on the Lieberman site, and honest to God, it gives “juvenile” a bad name.

The more you know about Lieberman – and the people he has surrounded himself with have contributed a wealth of knowledge about who Joe is – the less there is to like. Now, he’s like a stubborn grease stain you can’t get out of your favorite piece of clothing.

Did you hear Jimmy Carter last night? He quietly said it all about Lieberman.
That when you are in a fair fight and you lose, you shake hands and vow to support the winner and your party.

I wanna be in Ned’s class. Please.

Has there been any recent polling for CT? seems like its been pretty quiet on that front.

Great post Jane… Small edit for you:

what happens with LieberLiar breaks his silence

I like the idea of using Sirota to point out the dishonesty of the Lieberman campaign. But we have to make this work by spotlighting articles like this to all the state’s news outlets. Select TV and print, “state” and type in “CT” for a focused list. I picked out political reporters and editors, but there are other possibilities. And NYC media should also be hit.

Wonder if Joey’s in for a cut of this pot?

Swift Boat Redux: Wealthy GOP Donor Drops $5 Mil for New Group

The man who bankrolled the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth just put $5 million behind a new 527 this campaign, according to new FEC filings.

Although only a month old, the “Economic Freedom Fund” has already been very active, dropping half a million bucks on negative TV ads against Democratic incumbents Reps. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) and Jim Marshall (D-GA). You can see the ads here.

Bob Perry the millionaire homebuilder from Houston, Texas behind EFF, has some of the deepest pockets in the GOP. He dumped nearly $8.1 million into 527 organizations in the 2004 elections, most of which ($4.45 million) went to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, where he was the single largest donor. Perry also donated $3 million to Progress for America Voter Fund, a so-called “527″ group that raised more than $38 million that cycle.

[…]

Update: We’ll have the FEC filings up soon in our document collection.

Late Update: Here they are.

Here’s the Hartford Courant reporting on Lamont’s foreign policy speech at Yale (and Lieberman whining that it was political). Good for Yale, for once.

http://www.courant.com/news/lo…..s-breaking

Does Gerstein wear “manpris” so he doesn’t get shit all over his cuffs?

Also, another sign of the waning of US influence—the squandering of US moral authority.

Ukraine takes a pass on joining NATO.

Wasn’t too long ago nations were tripping over themselves to join NATO..Now thanks to the Bush stewardship membership may be waning.

-GSD

GSD @ 18

Does Gerstein wear “manpris” so he doesn’t get shit all over his cuffs?

Also, another sign of the waning of US influence—the squandering of US moral authority.

Ukraine takes a pass on joining NATO.

Wasn’t too long ago nations were tripping over themselves to join NATO..Now thanks to the Bush stewardship membership may be waning.

-GSD

Maybe Fredo can get Kazakhstan to join NATO? Borat goes to war!

GSD @ 18

>Ukraine takes a pass on joining NATO.

Wasn’t too long ago nations were tripping over themselves to join NATO..Now thanks to the Bush stewardship membership may be waning.

-GSD

They sure as hell don’t want to go to join now when they’d have to ante up for Afghanistan! Been there, done that; have a monument in Kiev already.

Ned-quotes from scarecrow’s Courant article at 18:

“We waged a struggle for the hearts and minds of millions around the world, because we knew that was the best way to protect our security,” Lamont said of the U.S. fight against communist domination in eastern Europe. “And we won.”

“Today, America is weaker, not stronger. We have sacrificed our daughters and sons and our treasure in a war we didn’t have to fight,” Lamont said. “We have ignored the real threats and security needs in the war we should be fighting, the one against the terrorists.”

“The Iraqis need to know that ours is not an open-ended commitment,” Lamont said. “The Iraqis need to take responsibility for their own future and they will not do so until we make it clear that their political destiny is in their hands, not ours.”

“I recall the wisdom of Connecticut’s Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, who noted on many occasions that America was Israel’s best ally when we had credibility and respect throughout the region. President Bush has squandered that credibility and respect,” Lamont said.

Lamont said the U.S. must not shrink from its support for Israel, nor should it flinch when military force is necessary, such as the U.S. incursion into Afghanistan to pursue the plotters of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But the U.S., he said, must rebuild relationships in the world community.

Unlike the first President Bush, who built an international coalition to support a well-defined mission in the Persian Gulf War, the current president views diplomacy and negotiation as weakness, Lamont said.

“George Bush has pursued misguided policies that combine grand intentions with hubris and incompetence, and Joe Lieberman has stood strongly with George Bush as our foreign policy has deteriorated,” Lamont said.

With Iran emerging as “a true threat” – one point on which Lamont and Lieberman agree – the U.S. needs to once again marshal world opinion, he said.

“Now is the time for us to work with Europe, China and the international community to confront Iran, engage in tough negotiations and say to Iran that an active nuclear weapons program is unacceptable to the world community,” he said.

“Make no mistake, the use of force is always on the table against those who threaten us, but strength must always be matched with judgment,” he said.

Lamont said American politics are caught between two false historical analogies: Conservatives see every negotiation as another Munich, the appeasement of Hitler; liberals fear every exercise of force as another Vietnam, a hopeless quagmire.

“In fact, we need both – strength and judgment,” he said. “The strength to face our enemies, the judgment to do it right.”

They threw in the Tamster, too, despite her being at a loss for new ideas:

Tammy Sun, Lieberman’s campaign press secretary, dismissed Lamont’s speech as “a bunch of partisan, slashing rhetoric.”

“There were no new constructive ideas and certainly nothing to assure voters that he understands the threats we face not just in Iraq, but around the world, and that he will do what’s right to keep America safe,” she said.

klyde @
7

You gotta wonder what is wrong with CT voters that LIEberman is still in the race. Oh yea the same thing that is wrong with US voters in general

I hope I’m not feeding the trolls when I say that voters TRIED to get Lieberman booted from the party. Their effort was halted by the registrar.

scarecrow @ 16

I like the idea of using Sirota to point out the dishonesty of the Lieberman campaign. But we have to make this work by spotlighting articles like this to all the state’s news outlets. Select TV and print, “state” and type in “CT” for a focused list. I picked out political reporters and editors, but there are other possibilities. And NYC media should also be hit.

I’ve been meaning to add support for David Sirota’s blog. I think today’s the day.
[Check http://www.thespotlightproject.org/spotlight.php in a little bit…]

Wow. The Lieberman camp’s got nothin’.

Seeing Ned’s ad and how genuine the kids are makes me think, hhhmm, what would happen if we encouraged fresh, passionate young voices like Ava Lowery (who just did a TV spot opposing Santorum) develop ads in the upcoming weeks and worked to get them on the air?

In the negative ad environment the Repugs are planning, voices like Ava’s would be a breath of fresh air and could help people really see what’s at stake. I can hear her saying something like, “If I could vote, I’d vote against torture. You know why…?”

Ads like that would complement the great Had Enough spots that Howie and others are doing.

And it would be hard for Karl Rove to attack a 15-year-old who loves her country enough to speak out even though she can’t yet vote.

Any thoughts?

Powell suggests Bush2 WH may have less than
moral grounding.

The first steps always the hardest.

It will become easier.

Stay on the path Colin.

Mark Steckel @ 23

scarecrow @ 16

I like the idea of using Sirota to point out the dishonesty of the Lieberman campaign. But we have to make this work by spotlighting articles like this to all the state’s news outlets. Select TV and print, “state” and type in “CT” for a focused list. I picked out political reporters and editors, but there are other possibilities. And NYC media should also be hit.

I’ve been meaning to add support for David Sirota’s blog. I think today’s the day.
[Check http://www.thespotlightproject.org/spotlight.php in a little bit…]

Mark, that’s great.

Oh, and national talk show/news show reporters who have been following the Lamont race should also be receipients of this spotlight. All the usual suspects.

Students and “compassionate conservatism” reminds me of a story I ran across today about those fun loving college rethugs. At first, I thought it was a spoof, but it isn’t.

Pardon if it has already been discussed…

Republicans plan ‘Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day,’ ‘Fun with Guns’

“One such idea is “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day,” in which a volunteer would play the part of an illegal immigrant and hide somewhere on campus while others try to find him. The winner would receive a prize.

Her other ideas include an event called “Fun with Guns,” in which young Republicans would use a BB gun or paintball gun to shoot cardboard cut-outs of Democratic leaders…”

http://www.michigandaily.com/h…..4d4cb4aa05

Dean wrote a letter to Mehlman about it
http://releases.usnewswire.com…..p?id=72238

Dru @ 27

Students and “compassionate conservatism” reminds me of a story I ran across today about those fun loving college rethugs. At first, I thought it was a spoof, but it isn’t.

Pardon if it has already been discussed…

Republicans plan ‘Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day,’ ‘Fun with Guns’

“One such idea is “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day,” in which a volunteer would play the part of an illegal immigrant and hide somewhere on campus while others try to find him. The winner would receive a prize.

Her other ideas include an event called “Fun with Guns,” in which young Republicans would use a BB gun or paintball gun to shoot cardboard cut-outs of Democratic leaders…”

http://www.michigandaily.com/h…..4d4cb4aa05

Dean wrote a letter to Mehlman about it
http://releases.usnewswire.com…..p?id=72238

Those spoiled punks should be painted maize and blue and dropped off in downtown Columbus.

Makes me embarrassed for my alma mater.

Now that we’ve seen the Courant’s Ned story, here’s today’s Joe story:

Senator Torn By Two Masters

Must Balance Democratic Loyalty, Image Back Home

By DAVID LIGHTMAN
Washington Bureau Chief

September 14 2006

WASHINGTON — It’s tough being an independent Senate candidate back home and a Democratic senator down here.

With a major national security speech scheduled for Friday, Sen. Joseph Lieberman could hardly afford to vote Wednesday against a Democratic amendment calling for beefed-up security at chemical plants, transit facilities and borders, as well as expanded intelligence capabilities.

But the same amendment also contained Iraq troop-withdrawal language he opposed last month.

[…]

Lieberman had a tough decision: Should he vote for the measure, with the 9/11 views he endorsed, even though it included the Iraq piece? Should he go against the wishes of longtime working partner Collins and look like he was siding with a partisan Democratic ploy?

And should be look like he was falling into line as a partisan Democrat – not the image he wants to promote back in Connecticut?

The Democratic amendment failed on a 57-41 procedural vote. Lieberman joined 40 other Democrats in a show of party unity.

But he’s now on record as approving the new direction in Iraq.

That’s a false impression, the senator explained.

Had the procedural vote succeeded, and debate on the amendment continued, Lieberman said, he would have quickly sought to eliminate the Iraq language from the amendment “because [it] contains language calling for a deadline-driven withdrawal of troops from Iraq, which I have consistently opposed.” […]

That Joey Two-Step is hard work, y’all!

Red Elephant, meet White Buffalo.

Native prophesy harbinger?

-GSD

Twisted Martini

Makes me embarrassed for my alma mater.

Well, you are a credit to the place. But I know how you feel, I get embarrassed quite a bit as a Virginian.

shootthatarrow>>> @ 26

Powell suggests Bush2 WH may have less than
moral grounding.

The first steps always the hardest.

It will become easier.

Stay on the path Colin.

Powell has an almost forty-year history of facilitating war atrocities or high crimes and then playing Mr. Integrity. He did it with My Lai. He did it with Iran-Contra. I don’t expect the third time to be the charm.

scarecrow @ 27

Mark Steckel @ 23

scarecrow @ 16

I like the idea of using Sirota to point out the dishonesty of the Lieberman campaign. But we have to make this work by spotlighting articles like this to all the state’s news outlets. Select TV and print, “state” and type in “CT” for a focused list. I picked out political reporters and editors, but there are other possibilities. And NYC media should also be hit.

I’ve been meaning to add support for David Sirota’s blog. I think today’s the day.
[Check http://www.thespotlightproject.org/spotlight.php in a little bit…]

Mark, that’s great.

Oh, and national talk show/news show reporters who have been following the Lamont race should also be receipients of this spotlight. All the usual suspects.

Support for David’s blog is now on-line.
Click on the link quoted just above, paste a permalink and you are good to go.

Re recent polls, this may be the most recent, showing a close race, though I saw another that was less favorable not too long ago.

http://americanresearchgroup.com/ctsenate/

As I see it, there is a large group with favorable opinions of JL and he is well known. Views are hard to change. JL is try to increase Lamont’s negatives my smearing him, claiming falsely that Lamont is waging a negative campaign. It’s hard for Lamont to rebut this without sounding “negative,” so JL’s team keeps trying to bait Lamont. That’s why Sirota is so important. IMO, the key to the race is for Lamont to win a much larger share of Dems, 30 percent of whom still have favorable opinions of JL, than he now has. So when Sirota finds something that shows JL is not entitled to the favorable opinion some may still have of him, it’s important to get that information out to the CT press and voters.

Use the spotlight.

Algerian group joins Al Qaeda. Instead of taking oxygen away from these fanatics the Bush/Rove Doctrine is feeding them and lionizing them and forcing them into a consolidated global network.

Heckuva job.

-GSD

*Note: link is to Al-Jazeera

Try being a Texan these days. I live in a very small town and when people outside of Texas ask me where it is, I say “In the Blue part.”

Why isn’t “fun with guns” about a goarmy.com drive for Young Reapers?

OT – another problem with the President’s pro-torture, lawlessness? Hayden (the Uniformed Embarassment “UE”) needs to be pretty relieved, for his AGENTS sake, that the Graham etc. bill would “shut down” his program. Because he already has 20 indicted agents – because of the program.

He’s looking at every possibility of more.

Spain is Investigating Whether it’s airports were used in illegal rendition flights

Right now they think that flights may have stopped over, but they may have just beon on the way “to commit crime in other territories” (that is truly how they say it – putting the “best face” on it)

“Our territory may have been used not to commit crimes as such but as a stopover on the way to commit crime in other territories,” Moratinos said, adding that 66 suspect flights had made stops in Spain.
…
Moratinos said the American authorities had assured Spain that there had been no secret passengers aboard planes transiting in Spain.

So the US has assured Spain the secret prisoners weren’t on the planes when they touched down in Spain. Bc if they WERE actually on them …

Bc GWB has been so truthful on this, Spain is just taking his word for it – right? Not so much.

A Spanish judge opened an investigation in June to determine whether suspects on secret CIA flights which touched down in Majorca were held illegally or tortured, court officials said at the time.

Spain is going to ask for EU ministers to take a position on the CIA flights on Friday. GWB may have tanked a huge amount of cooperation from our allies for any future president (along with handing over failed Judicial, Economic, Cultural, Educational and Foreign policy and a nifty trillion dollar frolic and detour in Iraq and failed effort in Afghanistan).

YOu see, unless we plan on staying home and staying within our own boarders, following the Geneva Conventions isn’t a matter of keeping soldiers safe from al-Qaeda, despite the spin.

It’s a matter of keeping Americans – soldiers, agency employees, even DOJ authorization personnel – safe from criminal charges and arrest.

Per Moratinos, the purpose of the Brussels meeting:

“The most important thing is to clarify whether there were violations of international law in countries of the European Union,” he said. “The greatest victory you could give the terrorists would be if fundamental freedoms and rights would be sacrificed.”

While intellectually the nicest part of that is the acknowledgment that it gives victory to terroists to degrade America into a state sponsor of torture; practically the issue is what I have in bold. Crimes on their soil are easily within their jurisdiction. If Americans committed them they can be liable if they end up in a country with extradition or in the country where the crimes were committed.

Dru @ 30

Twisted Martini

Makes me embarrassed for my alma mater.

Well, you are a credit to the place. But I know how you feel, I get embarrassed quite a bit as a Virginian.

Thanks Dru, appreciate the love. Now if we could only beat Notre Dame on Saturday.

Casper, where are you?

lotus at 30 (or whatever your age is today!!! ;>))

Had the procedural vote succeeded, and debate on the amendment continued, Lieberman said, he would have quickly sought to eliminate the Iraq language from the amendment “because [it] contains language calling for a deadline-driven withdrawal of troops from Iraq, which I have consistently opposed.” […]

I guess this means that Lieberman opposed a withdrawal before he supported a withdrawal (Shays), before he voted for it and then opposed it in his statement explaining why he voted for it.

I grew up in CT, went to UConn, etc.

Bridgeport is a tough place and to describe it as inner city is charitable at best. Its worse, and certainly was little different when Lamont started there in 1984.

Anybody who would criticize someone doing volunteer work of any kind in that environment is an idiot.

alittlemusicalityplease @ 36

Try being a Texan these days. I live in a very small town and when people outside of Texas ask me where it is, I say “In the Blue part.”

Amen. Thank God for the People’s Republic of Austin.

What an absolutely faneffingtastic ad! Those kids are beautiful and truly representative of many I knew while working with the public in CT– this will ring true with many families in that state.

Click through Sirota’s link to the actual article with the Dangerstein quotes. It’s really quite breathtaking.

lotus @ 31

The Democratic amendment failed on a 57-41 procedural vote. Lieberman joined 40 other Democrats in a show of party unity.

That Joey Two-Step is hard work, y’all!

Yeah, whaddaya bet he waited to vote until he knew it was going to fail?

angie @ 43

What an absolutely faneffingtastic ad! Those kids are beautiful and truly representative of many I knew while working with the public in CT– this will ring true with many families in that state.

Angie, don’t know if you saw it but Ava Lowery (Peace Takes Courage) just made her first political ad opposing Rick Santorum. I agree with you that these young voices ring true and I’d love to see more ads like this to counter the negative campaign that Rove has in store.

lotus,

I left you a note towards the end of the “constitution” thread. :)

As long as we are talking about teachers and kids, did you all see this from MD?

A substitute teacher was charged with disorderly conduct Monday after she allegedly lashed out at a group of Gaithersburg high school students for using words in Arabic while practicing a commemorative speech to mark the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Montgomery County police say Carol J. McVey, 49, began screaming at the group of Gaithersburg High School students and one of their teachers for saying “assalamu alaikum” — a greeting that means peace be with you — while they rehearsed the speech in a classroom.

Police said McVey, of Olney, began yelling at the students and their teacher.

“Islam doesn’t mean peace, it means killing everyone for peace,” she told them, according to a charging document.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..tml?sub=AR

Redshift @ 45

Click through Sirota’s link to the actual article with the Dangerstein quotes. It’s really quite breathtaking.

After reading it, copy and paste the permalink URL into the Spotlight page.

Target the CT media outlets. In your comments, you may want to suggest/create/push the meme “that the Lieberman campaign is at it again, making stuff up” which David’s post obviously supports.

Just sprung on the last thread:

lotus @ 86
. . . Everybody, please hit F5 and check out 54 ^ (especially Rayne).

alittlemusicalityplease @ 47– awesome news!

OT– CNN covering Allen/Webb now and the swiftboating by Allen. Now the Vote Vets ad!

GO WEBB!

Oh I forgot, Obama will be campaigning for Webb in VA on September 20th acc to an email I got today.

tommy yum @ 48

lotus,

I left you a note towards the end of the “constitution” thread. :)

(((((TOMMY)))))

(((((EVERYBODY)))))

(as poorly expressed at 54, last thread)

In regards to the Webb flap.

How funny to see the Bush/Coulter party taking the stance of “shrill harpies” and “aggreived woman”. You know the “politically correct” crowd that thinks that women should be treated equally.

I am sure that Felix Macaca Allen felt the same way Webb did—I am sure he feels the same way still.

The moral bankruptcy of todays Republicans knows no bounds.

-GSD

This tack by Felix Allen also opens the doors to anything Felix said back in the 1970’s too. That door swings both ways.

The Rvd. @ 42

alittlemusicalityplease @ 36

Try being a Texan these days. I live in a very small town and when people outside of Texas ask me where it is, I say “In the Blue part.”

Amen. Thank God for the People’s Republic of Austin.

What do you say we maintain our claim to Texas and make the rest of the state secede.

The Sirota article says it all…calling dangerstein “honesty-challenged” is more polite that I’d be.

OT: but you gotta see this YouTube! The ladies will particularly enjoy it.

What do you say we maintain our claim to Texas and make the rest of the state secede.

“Remember The Alamo!”

sheesh you guys, what about me?

GSD @ 52

In regards to the Webb flap.

How funny to see the Bush/Coulter party taking the stance of “shrill harpies” and “aggreived woman”. You know the “politically correct” crowd that thinks that women should be treated equally.

I am sure that Felix Macaca Allen felt the same way Webb did—I am sure he feels the same way still.

The moral bankruptcy of todays Republicans knows no bounds.

-GSD

This tack by Felix Allen also opens the doors to anything Felix said back in the 1970’s too. That door swings both ways.

In other words, the Repugs show a “shocking lack of conscience”

Happy, Happy Birthday Lotus!!!
I’ve been meaning to say it all day…

GSD @ 53

In regards to the Webb flap.

How funny to see the Bush/Coulter party taking the stance of “shrill harpies” and “aggreived woman”. You know the “politically correct” crowd that thinks that women should be treated equally.

I am sure that Felix Macaca Allen felt the same way Webb did—I am sure he feels the same way still.

The moral bankruptcy of todays Republicans knows no bounds.

-GSD

This tack by Felix Allen also opens the doors to anything Felix said back in the 1970’s too. That door swings both ways.

Truer words were never spoken. Georgie Porgie has a closet full of junk and the door is bustin’ open.

This is my favorite ad of the season so far!

Go, next generation!

Kids embody the future and implicity call for change. I’d be interested in seeing any data that indicates how this ad was/is received in CT.

Nan

Happy Birthday Lotus!

EEEEK!!!! Media Ownership Study by the FCC Ordered Destroyed.

WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater concentration of media ownership would hurt local TV news coverage, a former lawyer at the agency says.

The report, written in 2004, came to light during the Senate confirmation hearing for FCC Chairman Kevin Martin.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. received a copy of the report “indirectly from someone within the FCC who believed the information should be made public,” according to Boxer spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz.

angie @ 60

GSD @ 53

In regards to the Webb flap.

How funny to see the Bush/Coulter party taking the stance of “shrill harpies” and “aggreived woman”. You know the “politically correct” crowd that thinks that women should be treated equally.

I am sure that Felix Macaca Allen felt the same way Webb did—I am sure he feels the same way still.

The moral bankruptcy of todays Republicans knows no bounds.

-GSD

This tack by Felix Allen also opens the doors to anything Felix said back in the 1970’s too. That door swings both ways.

Truer words were never spoken. Georgie Porgie has a closet full of junk and the door is bustin’ open.

Which Webb flap are you talking about, the squeeling over the Reagan ad, or the lies that Felix was telling about his service as SecNav?

Gerstein makes himself look so horribly bad – does he not have plans for after the campaign? Who hires someone like him?

*****
OT – TPM has a clip up from Tony Snow presser and a piece enquiring about a 5 hour closed door meeting with WH and JAG, that got a very very terse, ambiguous two paragraph (military paragraphs, not legal ones) statement out of JAG.

Tony just doesn’t know all kinds of things about the meeting, but he does know, when Gregory asks him, that Haynes didn’t set up a coercion meeting. Nu’uh.

He looked just like McClellan when he said Rove didn’t leak. At one point, Snow interlocks his fingers like a part of him is sending up a prayer to be forgiven.

Keep in mind, with everything else, Haynes and a whole raft of cannibalistic survivors are up for District and Appellate court nominations as well.

It may be time to dump Google stock. In the trash right next to Mickey and Macaca.

Google to boost Republican profile.

-GSD

Lotus be a Virgo………

Angie

Which Webb flap are you talking about, the squeeling over the Reagan ad, or the lies that Felix was telling about his service as SecNav?

The flap over women at the Naval Academy, RTD article?!

Dru @ 68

Angie

Which Webb flap are you talking about, the squeeling over the Reagan ad, or the lies that Felix was telling about his service as SecNav?

The flap over women at the Naval Academy, RTD article?!

Missed that one, is there a linky?

Twisted,

Webb wrote an opinion piece in 1979 stating his opposition to females in combat.

He has recanted that opinion.

Allen has swiftboated this opinion piece claiming that Webb’s article caused female cadets to be hazed.

-GSD

Oh yeah. Rover’s game is still off. Bush is now the focus of this torture debate and he ain’t on the side of angels.

Link to article here, Twisted Martini

http://www.timesdispatch.com/s…..022#rrForm

Our poor flowah doesn’t get heard in real time lately, being in some netherworld of moderation hell – here is a worthy comment from last thread.
lotus @ 54

All you Pups ‘n’ Lambs whom I adore, thank you so much for making my day — my every day, year ’round, party or dirge.

God bless Ann Richards and Barbara Jordan and old Sojourner Truth and all of us following in their footsteps to our own honorable ends.

And, soon’s today’s chores are done, c’mon down and sit by me, honey, and let’s eat and drink up all these goodies in the soft light of darkblack’s gorgeous lotus — ’cause all this day long we earnin’ us a par-tay.

But I gotta tell ya: just for now — just until this software glitch gets fixed — I gots to minimize my flowahiness as much as I can stand to, to keep outta the mods’ hair. I’m gonna do my durnedest to pipe up only when I got something substantive to add (in my case, more often news than insight). I hope it won’t be long befo’ I can get back to my usual petally cuttin’ up too, but for the nonce I’m gonna struggle to play it straight.

So here, straight from Raw Story, is some really tacky news:

Roll Call: Google ‘eager’ to work with Republicans

Google is “eager” to work with the Republican Party and has boosted its presence in Washington, D.C., according to Roll Call.

“Google, one of the fastest-growing companies in Silicon Valley, is ramping up its political clout in Washington, D.C., while taking a series of steps to court Republicans,” report Tory Newmyer and Paul Kane for Roll Call. “The company is filing paperwork today to open its first-ever political action committee, and later this month, it will make an endangered GOP incumbent the beneficiary of its first-ever Washington fundraiser.”

“The search-engine giant this month also deepened its ties to Republicans by inking a deal with former GOP Sens. Dan Coats (Ind.) and Connie Mack (Fla.) to lobby on its behalf,” the article continues.

Excerpts from article: […]

Mary @ 1:59 pm

In case this has not been previously mentioned, ThinkProgress has this about the meeting you mentioned: http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/14/graham4/

Quoting from ThinkProgress:

This morning, President Bush was questioned about Gen. Colin Powell’s letter criticizing White House legislation that would authorize torture. Bush tried to downplay Powell’s letter by pointing to another letter signed by the military’s top uniformed lawyers saying they supported Bush’s plan:

BUSH: There’s all kinds of letters coming out — and today, by the way, active duty personnel in the Pentagon, the JAG, supported the concept that I have just outlined to you.

But during today’s White House press conference, a reporter cited comments by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) — a former JAG and an opponent of the Bush’s detainee policies — claiming that the White House had placed extreme pressure on the military lawyers to sign a statement, and that the lawyers had refused to sign the initial statement crafted for them by the White House:

REPORTER: Sen. Graham is telling reporters on Capitol Hill that the White House had them in a meeting for five hours last night and tried to force them to sign a prepared statement and he said reading this JAG letter they ended up writing leaves total ambiguity on interpretation, this is Sen. Lindsey Graham. What’s your response to that?

(snip)

Twisted Martini @
30

Those spoiled punks should be painted maize and blue and dropped off in downtown Columbus.

Makes me embarrassed for my alma mater.

I like the sentiment, but aren’t we against torture around here?

(I’m a Northwestern alum myself, from the days of the longest losing streak in NCAA D-I football . . . a record happily passed on to some other worthy institution of higher learning)

wonder if they used thumbscrews or waterboarding on the Senators during that 5 hr meeting.

GSD @ 70

Twisted,

Webb wrote an opinion piece in 1979 stating his opposition to females in combat.

He has recanted that opinion.

Allen has swiftboated this opinion piece claiming that Webb’s article caused female cadets to be hazed.

-GSD

Oh yeah. Rover’s game is still off. Bush is now the focus of this torture debate and he ain’t on the side of angels.

Thanks Angie and GSD-what the fuck would Felix know about women in combat, he was never in combat? The closest he came was playing with his GI Joe doll with the kung fu grip.

angie @ 76

wonder if they used thumbscrews or waterboarding on the Senators during that 5 hr meeting.

Hell, ange, they’d have fun enough just in mod!

Thank you, dear op99, for “appearing” me!

Peterr @ 74

Twisted Martini @
30

Those spoiled punks should be painted maize and blue and dropped off in downtown Columbus.

Makes me embarrassed for my alma mater.

I like the sentiment, but aren’t we against torture around here?

(I’m a Northwestern alum myself, from the days of the longest losing streak in NCAA D-I football . . . a record happily passed on to some other worthy institution of higher learning)

My brother is a NU alum, class of 93, my condolences on Randy Walker.

And if we really wanted them to be tortured, we’d make ‘em carry “Woody sucks” signs.

Twisted Martini @
77

GSD @ 70

Twisted,

Webb wrote an opinion piece in 1979 stating his opposition to females in combat.

He has recanted that opinion.

Allen has swiftboated this opinion piece claiming that Webb’s article caused female cadets to be hazed.

-GSD

Oh yeah. Rover’s game is still off. Bush is now the focus of this torture debate and he ain’t on the side of angels.

Thanks Angie and GSD-what the fuck would Felix know about women in combat, he was never in combat? The closest he came was playing with his GI Joe doll with the kung fu grip.

The closest George Allen ever came was beating up his sister. So I guess he was an early supporter of women in combat.

-GSD

if there is one thing that plays really well for ned with ct voters it’s his volunteer teaching. thanks to lieberliar for bringing it up again.

new treo, in the airport, not built for long fingernails.

kobe got screwed out of his new biodiesel. bummer

She probably kicked his ass all over the place, you know how these cowards have women issues.

Oh, Gerstein is an asshole. Ned taught a class that was not being offered at Bridgport. And whether a teacher is certified or not, we call that teacher, teacher, because a teacher teaches. I got into this semantical argument with a women who thought Ned had no right to call himself teacher because he wasn’t certified. In fact, I get the feeling the Lamont campaign likes to stress the volunteer part, commercial aside, because the word confers a certain devotion to the cause, just like I might want to stress that I am a volunteer to voters if I was working on a political campaign because it implies average citizen who’s moved to action, which is something I hear Lieberman doesn’t actually draw in large numbers.

jane hamsher @ 79

if there is one thing that plays really well for ned with ct voters it’s his volunteer teaching. thanks to lieberliar for bringing it up again.

it’s like [dangerstein] is bizarro-world Rove: bring up your opponent’s strengths and turn them into a weakness for your guy. what’s the supposed upside for rgjoe in [dangerstein] bringing up the teaching again? more free media for the teacher ad? duh.

Thanks SP, CPA.

Here’s the muckracker link I forgot:

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001521.php

The FCC story is pretty much an eye opener too. Add in the Mariana’s security report that was buried after Abramoff’s converstaions with Ashcrofts COS.

THey have been dismantling government at a wholesale rate.

angie @ 75

wonder if they used thumbscrews or waterboarding on the Senators during that 5 hr meeting.

It was the JAG officers, not Senators. I won’t speculate on “enemy combatant” status if it had been Senators instead. ;)

On my way to phone bank for Eric Massa and then to drink liberally, but first I’ll leave you with bipartisan bad hair days for a giggle.

mui @ 2:20 pm (#82) – I think if you teach people something on a regular basis you’re either a teacher, mentor, or tutor, depending on the lessons and who’s planning them. Given that he’s doing this for free in some of the less desirable parts of town, I’d say he’s owed a little latitude if he needs it.

Ooop, sorry, broke discipline there a little. Amends offered:

In Congress, White House’s Push for Terror Powers Meets Chaos
By Justin Rood – September 14, 2006, 11:58 AM
What happens when the vaunted discipline of GOP lawmakers breaks down on the eve of a crucial election? Chaos.

With less than three weeks left in this session of Congress, the White House has mounted an unusual full-court press on House and Senate Republicans to get its most dubious intelligence programs under some veil of legitimacy. But the unity they once found among the Capitol Hill GOP — especially on national security matters — is gone.

Vice president Cheney made a rare visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday; President Bush made an even rarer appearance before Hill GOP today. Former British PM Margaret Thatcher has even joined in the push. But their legislative agenda has all but disappeared in a furball of competing bills, parliamentary maneuvers, head-spinning position shifts and plain old dissent. And it’s almost entirely Republicans turning on their own. […]

Margaret Thatcher? Who’s been out of sight “in confusion” for at least three years now? You betchum.

But speaking of good larfs from Blighty: y’all fancy a Guardian cartoon?

Too bad no one talked to the KIDS about Ned’s work at the school. I’m willing to bet that they’d have plenty to say about what he’s done there, and whether they think of him as a teacher.

A great idea for any political-types in the Harding HS student government, speech teams, or elsewhere around the school would be to organize a HHS GOTV effort for Ned in their neighborhoods. The pitch to the voter is simple: “We want you to vote for Ned, because we can’t.”

I’ve seen a couple of groups of high school students do this kind of work in the past, and it really hits home for some voters who otherwise wouldn’t bother to vote. “If these kids are so enthused about this guy, maybe he’s worth looking at . . . and voting for.”

Mary @ 84

angie @ 75

wonder if they used thumbscrews or waterboarding on the Senators during that 5 hr meeting.

It was the JAG officers, not Senators. I won’t speculate on “enemy combatant” status if it had been Senators instead. ;)

my bad– reading is comprehension! I wouldn’t put it past them, though. :O

new thread – Where’d You Go, No-Show Joe?

“The reality is Ned Lamont has trouble with the truth,” said Dan Gerstein, Lieberman’s communications director.

I’m sorry, Mr. Pot. Mr. Kettle isn’t here right now. You’ll have to call him black later.

jane hamsher @
81

kobe got screwed out of his new biodiesel. bummer

My next auto will be a diesel burning biodiesel all the way – public pumps for bio-d here in P-town.

NY/NJ would be the place to pick up an import of one of the new common rail diesels the euro auto makers manufacture but don’t yet mass market here. (lame!)

Pentagon Targets Payday Loans

Thursday September 14, 2006

By MARCY GORDON

AP Business Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) – A Pentagon official urged Congress on Thursday to limit interest rates on payday loans to military service members, thousands of whom are paying ruinous rates and falling into a cycle of debt.

The problem is growing and the financial straits of some military personnel are so severe that they have been removed from their duties and lost their security clearances, an expert told a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee.

They “have fallen into the Venus flytrap of payday lending and it has literally destroyed their lives,” said retired Adm. Charles Abbot, president and CEO of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. […]

Emphasis mine. Check to see whether your local paper carries this story. I’ve just been to London to find it . . .

Peterr @ 88

Too bad no one talked to the KIDS about Ned’s work at the school. I’m willing to bet that they’d have plenty to say about what he’s done there, and whether they think of him as a teacher.

A great idea for any political-types in the Harding HS student government, speech teams, or elsewhere around the school would be to organize a HHS GOTV effort for Ned in their neighborhoods. The pitch to the voter is simple: “We want you to vote for Ned, because we can’t.”

I’ve seen a couple of groups of high school students do this kind of work in the past, and it really hits home for some voters who otherwise wouldn’t bother to vote. “If these kids are so enthused about this guy, maybe he’s worth looking at . . . and voting for.”

Peterr, right on. I made a similar point earlier (@ 26). These young people can cut through the much of negative campaigning like a a ray of sunlight through a smoke filled room.

alittlemusicalityplease @ 94

Peterr @ 88

Too bad no one talked to the KIDS about Ned’s work at the school. I’m willing to bet that they’d have plenty to say about what he’s done there, and whether they think of him as a teacher.

A great idea for any political-types in the Harding HS student government, speech teams, or elsewhere around the school would be to organize a HHS GOTV effort for Ned in their neighborhoods. The pitch to the voter is simple: “We want you to vote for Ned, because we can’t.”

I’ve seen a couple of groups of high school students do this kind of work in the past, and it really hits home for some voters who otherwise wouldn’t bother to vote. “If these kids are so enthused about this guy, maybe he’s worth looking at . . . and voting for.”

Peterr, right on. I made a similar point earlier (@ 26). These young people can cut through the much of negative campaigning like a a ray of sunlight through a smoke filled room.

Missed your earlier comment (reading fast to catch up). I was thinking of face-to-face, knocking on doors stuff, which would go great with your notion of more ads featuring the young folks.

LindyH @ 23

klyde @
7

You gotta wonder what is wrong with CT voters that LIEberman is still in the race. Oh yea the same thing that is wrong with US voters in general

I hope I’m not feeding the trolls when I say that voters TRIED to get Lieberman booted from the party. Their effort was halted by the registrar.

I’m not sure what about my comment seemed troll like to you but to clarify: LIEberman should be in single digits in the polls instead he was leading Lamont in the last poll I saw. So it makes me wonder, despite his arrognce, his lies, and his corruption why the people of CT have not turned their backs LIEberman. I assume that it is the same affliction that keeps the people in my home state, Ahia that keeps them voting for Rethugs despite 20 years of misrule. If that makes me a troll then hey I’m a troll.

Okay, maybe I’m a softy, but that Lamont ad brought tears to my eyes. His ad people are really good.

lotus @
17

Wonder if Joey’s in for a cut of this pot?

Swift Boat Redux: Wealthy GOP Donor Drops $5 Mil for New Group

The man who bankrolled the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth just put $5 million behind a new 527 this campaign, according to new FEC filings.

Although only a month old, the “Economic Freedom Fund” has already been very active, dropping half a million bucks on negative TV ads against Democratic incumbents Reps. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) and Jim Marshall (D-GA). You can see the ads here.

Bob Perry the millionaire homebuilder from Houston, Texas behind EFF, has some of the deepest pockets in the GOP. He dumped nearly $8.1 million into 527 organizations in the 2004 elections, most of which ($4.45 million) went to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, where he was the single largest donor. Perry also donated $3 million to Progress for America Voter Fund, a so-called “527″ group that raised more than $38 million that cycle.

[…]

Update: We’ll have the FEC filings up soon in our document collection.

Late Update: Here they are.

But, but, but….

G E O R G E S O R O S !

and, and, and…

M O V E – O N . O R G !

[hand-wringing, pearl-clutching ensues]

Where has Danny bin hiding? Is he afraid the Lamonsters are gonna git him?

I know a substitute teacher who who has probably spent a lot less time in a classroom than Ned Lamont so I guess he should be pilloried for describinbg himself as (among other things) a teacher? He is, after all, one who teaches (albeit occassionaly). I typically only play a musical instrument once a week so I suppose I should be arrested for describing myself as (among other things) a musician. Sheesh.

awesome commercial for hopefully an awesome man. I am certainly willing to give THIS AMERICAN a chance.

Cujo359 @ 88

mui @ 2:20 pm (#82) – I think if you teach people something on a regular basis you’re either a teacher, mentor, or tutor, depending on the lessons and who’s planning them. Given that he’s doing this for free in some of the less desirable parts of town, I’d say he’s owed a little latitude if he needs it.

Agreed, except for the “less desirable” part. Having been a resident of New Haven I get a little prickly when people call our criminally neglected neighborhoods, “slums,” because it confers too much negativity on the people who live there. That aside, Lamont apparently came up with a business course which wasn’t being offered, and it seems to have been a valuable experience for all. IMHO it entitles him to the honorific term: teacher. I gather the Bridgport schools are woefully underfunded. I once asked someone who taught part-time at the university and part-time at the high school how the experience differed and he told me, he the students called him “professor” at one place, and “motherf***er” at the other. Of course, I think the subject matter was math.

A Diary over at Kos reports that the latest Rasmussen is in for CT – and it is good news for Lamont after those other (questionable) polls showing him behind by double digits. I have cut and pasted the diary below:

Rasmussen has just come out with a new poll behind the subscription wall, but since these polls are put out there
i figure it`s ok to give the results.
Rasmussen has this race a dead heat

LIEBERMAN 45
LAMONT 43

Now all other polls show Lieberman with a double digit lead
so it`s a question who to believe. I think Rasmussen has a pretty good record with state polls.

also of interest TESTER 52
BURNS 43

http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…..8291/46398