Atlas Juggs the New York Times is doing a fabulous job letting Joe Lieberman tell them what their journalistic responsibilities are:
[T]he F.E.C. does not require the campaign to release such a report to journalists or the public, only show it to the commission on request. And since the Lamont campaign has filed a complaint with the F.E.C., that could happen.
Which will no doubt happen, if at all, only after the election. Which would make most journalists take seriously the responsibility to get to the bottom of things now, but no, not the World's Worst Blog (evidently a slush fund larger than Nixon used for the White House Plumbers doesn't merit an article in the Times itself):
The Lieberman campaign did not dispute that the amount was unusually large, but called the accusations baseless, and said there was no evidence of wrongdoing, and therefore no reason to release the journal to reporters.
Meanwhile, the Times' effort to spread Lieberman propaganda continues unabated. After what they claim was an "exhaustive" search, they leap to Joe's defense with this conclusion:
Never, in the statements reviewed, did Mr. Lieberman utter the words 'stay the course.'
Which is, of course, the new Republican lie du jour — George W. Bush has been making the rounds with the same claim. Fortunately, there is Media Matters, who finds this LieberQuote from Fox News Sunday:
We can do better. I will do better. I will make it international. I will stay the course, and I'll create a stable, democratizing, modernizing Iraq, which would be a tremendous step forward in the Middle East and the Islamic world and in our war against terrorism.
And then there's this, from the Hartford Courant:
"I thought the president gave the strongest case that I can remember him giving about why we went in and why we have to stay the course," Lieberman said.
Fox News & Friends:
"We want to not only stay the course; we want to achieve victory."
Hannity & Colmes:
LIEBERMAN: Well, let's put it this way. What I'm most happy about is that he said that he will stay the course in Iraq until we finish the job, and the Iraqis are in control of their own destiny.
CNN's American Morning:
LIEBERMAN: Well, I agree to the extent that we have to stay the course of the policy we chose in overthrowing Saddam and helping the Iraqi people become free, which will really make us a lot more secure and set the terrorists back. But not to stay the same policy that we followed after Saddam was overthrown, because it didn't work.
When Ned Lamont had lunch with the reporters from the Washington bureau of the Times, they teed him up by asking a question regarding Joe Lieberman's statements about Bill Clinton in 1998. The next day, Joe just happened to have an email written by Ned to him at the time, which the Times then mis-characterized to Joe's benefit (shocking).
I'm a partisan and I write from a partisan perspective, but I try to do it honestly and I admit where I'm coming from. I don't think there is any way these people can say the same.
Update: QOTD: "Maybe Bush can show them how to use 'the Google.'" (Don Waller)
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OY! Jane! FDL!
Jane! Jacqrat!
Precisely on the mark – this “coverage” is ridiculous – just get the facts right NYT!
“Santorum must be saved, because I think he’s Presidential material…Peter King? Peter King Rocks the House!”
I say again: oy.
I love the Jennifer Medina / Pam Atlas connection. They might even share the same brain.
Great post Jane! I keep expecting to hear that some reporter’s head has exploded from the cognitive dissonance.
So many wonderful posts to Spotlight and boy is this one of them! Fact checking the media is one of Spotlight’s key goals.
I’m sure it’s been in someone’s comments today, but Tom Tomorrow has the perfect take down of Holy Joe.
The key words here are, “-in the statements reviewed.” Maybe Bush can show them how to use “The Google.”
Was this raised during the debate last night? I hope someone (other than Jane) starts slamming the Lieberman campaign on this.
I saw the Cspan repeat of the CT debate. The ground game will be the determinant in this race, and I can’t see who is motivated to vote for Lieberman. Schlesinger got his point across about Joe masqurading as a Republican.
I’m not sure how the publicity over te Q poll will filter through, but I think in the end, Lamont will win.
Um. Didn’t anyone else notice that there’s a video of a CRAZY PERSON at the top of this entry?
Has anyone been complaining about the way MSNBC has been characterizing the Lamont bid for Senate all day? I find it outrageous that hour after hour this cable channel is telling viewers that the race is over and detailing all the ways the Lamont campaign screwed up.
It truly seems that the MSM has decided on the story line that Lamont will lose – since the comeback of a down & own incumbent makes a more interesting story – and that’s it, that’s the story line.
Disgusting and it has to stop.
patrick rex @ 9
Just your typical NYT reporter.
I just googled “Lieberman and Stay the Course” and within three pages of results I got this:
http://www.ontheissues.org/200…..erman_War_ _Peace.htm
Click the link. It is extremely edifying. I’ll give you a few quotes:
———————————–
Q: What’s the correct road map now for Israel and the Palestinians?
LIEBERMAN: The overthrow and then capture of Saddam Hussein has made America safer and made the world safer. It has not ended all of our problems or all the threats to our security, but a president has to deal with more than one threat at a time. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict directly related. We have to stay the course in Iraq now and continue to build a stable, modernizing, democratizing country there. That will show the Arab world what happens as a result of American intervention, that you live better, freer lives, and will send a message to terrorists that we mean business.
—————-
DEAN: We have lost 500 soldiers and 2,200 wounded in Iraq. Those soldiers were sent there by the vote of Senator Lieberman and Senator Kerry and Senator Edwards. I would have voted against that resolution.
LIEBERMAN: We made the right decision. I didn’t need George Bush to convince me that Saddam Hussein was a threat to the US. John McCain and I wrote the law that made it national policy to change the regime in Baghdad. This man was a homicidal maniac, killed hundreds of thousands of people, did have weapons of mass destruction in the ’90s, used them against the Kurdish Iraqis and the Iranians, admitted to the UN he had enough chemical and biological to kill millions of people, supported terrorism, tried to assassinate former President Bush. I repeat: We are safer with Saddam Hussein in prison than in power.
Okay, here’s the proper link:
http://www.ontheissues.org/200…..erman_War_ _Peace.htm
Jane – this is an amazing piece – thanks so much for putting it together.
I’m a spotlight spaz so I hope others have spotlighted this piece to as many news outlets as possible.
And, in particular, has anyone sent this to the four “journalists” who researched and wrote the article for the New York Times – particularly our friend, Ms. Medina.
Again – WTF??? We all need to jump up & down and make a lot of noise about this BS. The media wants people to think Lamont doesn’t have a chance.
Holy shit, I hope TRex doesn’t see the vlog.
He’s been off his bender for awhile now.
This will send him over the edge.
Jane Hamsher @ 11
I see.
This is the lethal nexus of fishsticks and crystal meth, isn’t it?
Connecticut Bob has issued a request to Connecticut residents:
————-
“This is YOUR chance to be involved in the making of a Connecticut Bob Video!
I’m thinking of putting together a video this week about the impact of the Iraq War felt here at home in Connecticut.
If you, a member of your family, or someone you know is serving/has served in Iraq, I am looking for home movies with family (the cute stuff) and/or movies from abroad while serving overseas.
This goes for digital photos and snapshots as well.
The plan is to compile it into a video that shows just what people are leaving behind at home, and the contrast to war while in Iraq.
Time is critical here, I’d like to get moving on it ASAP. Email me at futuredv at yahoo and let me know what you have and how I can get in touch with you, and later this week I’ll start compiling your videos/movies/pictures.
I really want to do this, but I’ll need YOUR help fast!”
http://ctbob.blogspot.com/
Sort of a Gortons-a-geddon of insane….
*xyz @
13
Is this the correct link?
http://www.ontheissues.org/200….._Peace.htm
Oh sweet Jesus – that video is so damn scary! That ignorant harpy is higher than a kite. Does she complete even one thought or sentence? And she doesn’t seem to possess any self awareness, she has no idea just how horrific she looks. Typical Republican.
Looks like her dealer has two future customers by the sound of those kids. Sorry to be so harsh, but come on, if Mom is their strongest role model then those girls are doomed.
Max Headroon (Tony Snow) is on Tweety, arguing how Shrub isnt “stay the course”.
Pathetic.
Ms. Shrugged is fricken nuttier than my Balzac.
hahahahahah.
Tweety (after headroom goes on and on)
If this is winning, what would losing look like?
Hahahah. very funny.
We heard the chimp say “The Google” last nite and stared with jaws dropped at each other… then the other half said “He only looks at his ranch? Which one, the one in Texas or Paraguay? What a self absorbed a**hole and idiot. First he invents the internets and now the google.”
patrick rex @ 16
What bothers me is that I’m not entirely sure you folk mean this as snark or that it should be viewed as snark for that matter
Notice Pamela doesn’t use a Mac, Jane. That might make you feel better after living in “Mac hell” yesterday during the debate.
BTW, where is *ilson? I read people asking that yesterday, but didn’t read any responses.
T- @
15
I’m readying the tazer.
BTW – any word on the HoJo “hacker” investigation? 77 days and counting.
“Mac Hell”?
what happened?
My phone didn’t ring….
All of you KNOW that I provide Mac support for trade in contributions to the Wheeler Book fund…
I know NO ONE has FORGOTTEN THAT… right?
Double-triple-super-secret RNC campaign scare ad leaked to the internets
click the pic
Ed*ard Teller @
27
Good question, hope he’s ok.
via think progress
HANNITY: A lot of debate has no emerged over the phrase “stay the course,” and what that actually means. “Well, the President is backing away from staying the course.”
RUMSFELD: Aww, that’s nonsense.
HANNITY: He’s not backing away from staying the course?
RUMSFELD: Of course not. The concern was that it gave opponents the chance to say, “Well, he’s not willing to make adjustments,” and of course, just the opposite is true.
Dru @
29
Good one.
RagingGurrl @ 20
That there is a shrieking harpy.
P.S. In other googlebombing news…
the new York times is now a Conservative rag
the ombudsman actually said it was wrong to reveal the warrant less spying program
can you believe he had the nerve to do a mia culpa like that?
the expose revealed NOTHING secret EXCEPT that the program EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT was being done ILLEGALLY
I am loosing all faith that we will recover from the Reich wing corporate propaganda machine
these mid term elections are the last hope, not the “last best hope”, but the ONLY hope.
palosi had the nerve to guarantee the democrats WOULDN’T impeach
WHAT THE FRIG IS WRONG WITH HER?
man oh man, we need the majority this election, and we’d get it too if not for election fraud and e voting
gonna be tough
Sure is easy to hate Tony Snowjob ain’t it?
patrick rex @ 30
Cujo saved me. But I do thank you, Patrick.
I don’t know how anyone could keep watching that vlog. Ugh, after 45 seconds I ran screaming from the room.
MyDD project: I’m in.
me to me at 2:31 pm
I just Spotlighted this to everyone at the NYT’s who, I thought, might be able to do something.
The NYT’s endorsed Ned in the primary.
MY DD Use It Or Lose It on CNN
If someone has a direct line to Tim Tagaris at Lamont.com …please tell him to read the comments on his blog. It’s painful when meaningful errors are left in his posts for over an hour…
patrick rex @ 9
It’s a stress test. Most of us know better than to watch it.
Jane Hamsher @ 38
That old rabid dog doesn’t have skillz. I don’t know why you even take your business there.
Harrumph.
Clothodi @ 25
We never use snark.
Here’s another hellish Vista…
http://macdailynews.com/index……nts/11403/
Kix. Fix. Nix. OSX.
Ed*ard Teller @ 27
We think he’s up to his eyeballs in a local campaign. Correct me if I’m wrong.
I’ve finished teaching class, finished practicing my Bach Preludes and Fugues and am headed over to Diane Benson HQ to give a hand for awhile. THANKS to everyone who has donated to her campaign today at egregious’s ActBlue site! http://www.actblue.com/page/egregious FDL readers are still helping us take down Don Young in a major way.
Tomorrow evening Don is going to emerge from the cave he’s been hiding in – maybe Don knows where Osama is, huh? – for his only debate with Benson. I’m hoping to organize a group of Benson supporters outside the TV studio with signs to unnerve dear ol’ Don.
My ideas so far:
WHERE’S
WALDODON?DID DON FALL OFF HIS BRIDGE?
DON YOUNG – NOWHERE MAN!
COME ON OUT, DON – WE WON’T BITE (too hard)
Any ideas, pups..?
Hey ET check out egblu for the latest Diane Benson total. :D
…and on the subject of the NYT article ( just spotlighted to Jill, Byron, Medina, et al) why is it that in the left column with photo and profile, Joe is listed as Unaffiliated?? What happened to CFL, and why do MSM outlets continue to allow him to say that he’s not running under a party banner?
Cognitant Dissonance.
Is she auditioning for a p*rn flick?
Nice potty mouth for the kid to hear, and is the abused and borderline “loin” kid eating cheetos?
John Casper @ 32
IIRC, he’s busy with election things – photography and such
I think Steph’s intro calls him “Citizens for Lieb…” Just struck me odd, at that time…so U2/Joey?
Hardball doin a great job of spending an hour on the election without adding a milliwatt of light on the subject..
egregious @
50
I did – you’re even more AWESOME than the last time I mentioned it.
Sparcatus – I agree. Tim has been MIA for the past week or so. I don’t even think he has been moderating because the trolls run rampant (at the worst times). If he’s too busy I wish he’s get someone else to cover for him.
The day the Q poll came out, there was nothing posted until mid afternoon. And, the entire day, pro Lamont commenters were left to defend Lamont against all the Lieber trolls without an assist from any moderators. It was grim.
Have no idea what’s up but it’s frustrating.
ET
Are you going to be able to do some TV ads for Benson? What’s up with the radio campaign? Are you using Had Enough?
Inquiring minds want to know.
So – do you think the NY Times will run a retraction and state that Lieberman did, indeed, say “stay the course” on multiple occasions?
And with all the negative NY Times coverage, do you think the Times will endorse Lieberman and not Ned this time around? How could they do a 180 like that – just because Lamont’s campaign is struggling against all of Lieberman’s lies and Republican money?
Rummy Headroom: “You go into an electiion with the camplaign you wish you had, rather than the last throes you have.”
I want to tell you about some Republicans
–AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl
–AZ-01: Rick Renzi
–AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth
–CA-04: John Doolittle
–CA-11: Richard Pombo
–CA-50: Brian Bilbray
–CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave
–CO-05: Doug Lamborn
–CO-07: Rick O’Donnell
–CT-04: Christopher Shays
–FL-13: Vernon Buchanan
–FL-16: Joe Negron
–FL-22: Clay Shaw
–ID-01: Bill Sali
–IL-06: Peter Roskam
–IL-10: Mark Kirk
–IL-14: Dennis Hastert
–IN-02: Chris Chocola
–IN-08: John Hostettler
–IA-01: Mike Whalen
–KS-02: Jim Ryun
–KY-03: Anne Northup
–KY-04: Geoff Davis
–MD-Sen: Michael Steele
–MN-01: Gil Gutknecht
–MN-06: Michele Bachmann
–MO-Sen: Jim Talent
–MT-Sen: Conrad Burns
–NV-03: Jon Porter
–NH-02: Charlie Bass
–NJ-07: Mike Ferguson
–NM-01: Heather Wilson
–NY-03: Peter King
–NY-20: John Sweeney
–NY-26: Tom Reynolds
–NY-29: Randy Kuhl
–NC-08: Robin Hayes
–NC-11: Charles Taylor
–OH-01: Steve Chabot
–OH-02: Jean Schmidt
–OH-15: Deborah Pryce
–OH-18: Joy Padgett
–PA-04: Melissa Hart
–PA-07: Curt Weldon
–PA-08: Mike Fitzpatrick
–PA-10: Don Sherwood
–RI-Sen: Lincoln Chafee
–TN-Sen: Bob Corker
–VA-Sen: George Allen
–VA-10: Frank Wolf
–WA-Sen: Mike McGavick
–WA-08: Dave Reichert
egregious @
58
The mailing soliciting for TV ads went out Tuesday and Wednesday last week. don’t know what we can afford yet. I’m off.
Talent on Hardball- a talent he is not- whatta slug.
In fairness, I’ve been scrolling through page after page of links that Google has come up with for the search string:
Lieberman Joe “stay the course” Iraq
After 150 links, I haven’t found a single one where Joe actually used those words. There are quite a few where others have characterized his position as being “stay the course”, and many where others are quoted using those words. Perhaps there’s a better way to search, but I’m fairly good at this Google thing. I think it took more than that to find those quotes, like knowing about where they were to begin with.
Ok, I made it through 35 seconds of the vlog, which is pretty damn good, considering I just ate.
Join Ned and John Kerry Tomorrow in East Hartford
Can you make it at 3 PM? (link)
Here’s the field office phone number if you’d like a ticket: (860) 523-9238
http://www.nedlamont.com/page/…..ility/wrq7
I don’t get what all the brouhaha is about. Lazy, coopted journalists don’t have to fact check so why should they need to know how to google?
More seriously, it is hard to believe anymore that there is anyone anywhere that doesn’t know how easy it is to google this kind of information. So when Tony Snow, George Bush, Dick Cheney, or the NYT do this kind of thing, I no longer see it as ignorance or unfamiliarity with the technology, it’s deliberate. They do it because the initial lie is always louder than the subsequent retraction or correction, if there is one.
Cujo359 @ 63
Cujo – I’m assuming you are putting commas between Lieberman, Stay the Course, Iraq? And not using quotes – right?
Where does Ann live? Wonder if Child Protective Services in her city should know that she’s exploiting her kids – making videos with them while acting like a porn queen, using profane language – and then she distributes these videos over the internet!
She also needs to be drug tested. Or is she just drunk alone with the kids?
I’m just a concerned citizen…like Gladis Kravitz.
Talk about plastic surgery! Not just the implants, but those kids (”from her loins” ugh), are proof positive that she has had a complete surgical make over. Once again, if you’re from the ruling party you can look and act like a complete fool. What is it with all these forty year old women trying to compete with a fifteen year old? Pardon me while I flip my hair, it’s something I learned from Ann the Man.
Oops. Now that I know what to look for, I can see that the link *xyz found was in that list of links.
Man, these Republicans (Lieberman included) never tire of trying to create their own realities, do they? They’ve corrupted Descartes’ “I think therefore I am” into “I speak it, therefore it is.” Unbelievable.
well, give them credit, they did like bob harris’ prisoner of trebekistan.
but what else do you expect from the mmm (multi-millionaire media, as defined in the skippypedia)?
.
.
Cujo359 @ 63
I use Yahoo but try this ; ) Refine your search. For instance…Lieberman we need to stay the course
I found this one in about 20 seconds on Yahoo, fifth search result.
Also, I hit the cached version so it highlights the search words ; )
LIEBERMAN: The Middle East is directly related, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict directly related. We have to stay the course in Iraq now and continue to build a stable, modernizing, democratizing country there.
http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?p=lieberman we need to stay the course&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&u=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/lieberman.html&w=lieberman need stay course&d=EE62EyQ8Nmrn&icp=1&.intl=us
RagingGurrl @ 68
The shrieking harpy is from Lawn Guyland.
OT– Mudcat Saunders kicking proverbial butt on Tucker for Jim Webb in Charlottesville!
GO Webb! Wah Hoo Wah!
dab from CT @ 67
No, that was the string as I used it. As you’ll note from my previous comment, the link *xyz found was in there. Unfortunately, the way Google quoted it didn’t look like Lieberman was the one saying it. It was the same article, however. There’s also a link a little further on from that same site. In that one, Lieberman says this:
LIEBERMAN: Absolutely untrue. I have said the sooner we get out of Iraq, the better. But if we get out too soon, it will be a disaster for the Iraqis and for us. If you tell your enemy when you’re going to leave, they’ll wait and create disaster.
http://www.ontheissues.org/Arc….._Peace.htm
Who really listens to the mad ramblings of a hebephrenic schizophrenic with Brooklyn accented word salad? This is the kind of crap my mother and brother spew, minus the accent.
dab from CT @ 59
Are you questioning whether NYT would stay the course on their endorsement? Damned cut and run libruls.
ifthethunderdontgetya @ 74
Is her name Pamela Geller Oshry? (saw that at the bottom of a posting on that site) Does she really write for the Times?
And what’s with Pammy’s friggin hair?
dab from CT @ 57
That would explain things a bit then. I lurk and see the trolls there regularly…Michael, Jill, Reality Bites. Very motivating actually. It’s earned Ned a couple hundred and will be getting me up to CT as volunteer (unpaid).
dab from CT @ 3:04 pm (#67) – My reply was caught in moderation. It’s at 3:13 pm (#76) now that I’ve reloaded the page.
I think it’s fair to say that this isn’t just as easy as “just googling”. When someone is associated with a phrase the way Lieberman is with “stay the course”, searching takes time unless you’re either lucky or good. You folks found it, but I’ll bet there were several of us who didn’t.
I’m glad we did this, though. It gives me new things to try.
blockquote>RagingGurrl @ 79
No Pammy is one of pajamas media’s wingnut welfare bloggers. Jane was making the point that we expect a bit higher level of reporting from NYT reporters.
At least, we’d like to…
Now, *that’s* good Press Coverage…
New Haven Independent front page
From the Department of “I (occasionally) listen to Savage-Weiner so you don’t have to”:
The whining freak starts today out with a harangue about Lawrence Ferlinghetti, impyling that if Pelosi becomes the Speaker, then eeeevill Beat Poetry will be forced down the throats of virtuous and right-thinking Americans. Odd that Wiener-Savage would demonize the Beats, considering how much he frequents North Beach. The pint-sized egomaniac was probably hurt that City Lights doesn’t carry his filthy screeds.
Obviously, the most important issue right now is the threat the Beats (living and dead) pose to America’s security and freedom
Sparcatus @ 3:18 pm (#78)
Let’s try spotlighting this to the NYT and the authors. I think they might benefit from reading the comments.
Cujo359 @ 63
mebbe. but after only four pages of google using your exact same string (w/o quotes) i found a link to a blog linking to this wjs article by joe-nertia titled “our troops must stay” (nov. 2005).
granted, it doesn’t have the exact words “stay the course.” and i’m not directing this towards you, cujo, but towards the publicans and joe-nertia who are daring us to find a quote from him using the words “stay the course.”
but tell the dead us military and the dead iraqi’s that you guys win the semantics game, publicans! it will mean a lot to them, i’m sure.
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NRCC, NRSC Target / Defense Lists
by Chris Bowers, Tue Oct 24, 2006 at 05:28:57 PM EST
Cujo – my ONLY point was that Google uses search engine logic – e.g. you get much better results if you use commas to link together certain subjects to get a distilled response (and/or)
But I think the Times is still obligated to endorse Ned editorially, as they did this Summer for the primary.
RagingGurrl @ 68
I thought of that in particular when she made her hideous vlog swimming around in her bikini – with her two kids splashing around in their swimsuits behind her. Then I saw another one – again with her two kids there – and she was yelling at them for interrupting her important work with questions about their homework.
She is an embarrassment to all mothers. As someone said – what a role model…
Charlie Cook has a piece up at MSNBC that suggests dems will pick up 27 house seats or so unless there’s a major change between now and election day.
Charlie’s very careful- so that’s a pretty fat number for him to be throwin around. Anything close to that will swamp the good ship gooper and leave em gnawing on the drying flesh speckled bones of the casualties and picking survivors off to provide food for the winter.
We could be about to see the biggest gooper eats gooper demonstration in history.
dab from CT @
89
One other issue in the Google search problem is that Joe was most likely to say Stay the Course during Fox interviews…and many of the transcripts appear on a page with a pane that has political video feeds, one of which ironically is called Stay the Course. That creates a lot of frustrating false positives…
patrick rex @
9
She is a greater gender embarrassment than the day Ann Coulter crawled out from under a rock. And the child – OMG!
Ooh, OK.
She’s just a entry level wingnut whore.
Yay Al Sharpton on Tucker!
Supporting Lamont all the way!
dab from CT @ 92
Did you mean a big shark splashing around behind her, dab?
I just spotlighted this article to Ms. Medina and the Metro editor. My comment went like this:
Hopefully, the New York Times will print a correction as soon as possible.
Needless to say, I’m not holding my breath waiting for a correction, but one ever knows.
Sparcatus @ 93
If you put we in front of stay the course you’re more likley to get a quote. Add Lieberman and that’s it, done.
RagingGurrl @ 96
Not exactly…
Here’s some folks who listen to her:
http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.pa…..ller.oshry
Sabato says that Strickland is gonna win in a landslide on Tucker.
Colorado is gonna go Dem.
More great news for the governor races.
skippy @ 3:29 pm (#88)
I found that as part of my search, too, but as you’ve noted, it wasn’t part of the homework assignment. He’s said similar things many times, and that was actually noted in Medina and Kornbluth’s article. They wrote that he’s used “his own catch phrases” for that same strategy [toward the bottom of the first page].
angie @ 97
I have mixed feelings about that.
ifthethunderdon’tgetyou @98
707 – love that picture. TRex used that for one of his best ever commentaries. I still laugh when I think about it – he so nailed her.
OK, I wasn’t paying attention and I started watching the YouTube at the top of the post. OH MY F*ING GOD. I had to go look at goatse and tubgirl pics to get the image out of my head.
To cancel your subscription to The New York Times, dial 1-800 NY Times.
Be sure to tell them why. I did. It felt great. And I’m saving lots of money!!
localroger @ 105
The computer I’m using right now doesn’t do Flashmedia. Sometimes, that’s been a blessing.
You know, I really like the Rev these days. He was pretty far out back in the 80s and jumped on the Tawana bandwagon in a big way, which hurt a lot. But for the past 10 years or so, Rev Al tells it pretty damned straight. Much straighter than the Last Honest Man Lieberman (how did he get that moniker again?), Straight Talk Express McCain and the rest of the Republican party…
dab from CT @ 103
I realize he may be polarizing, but he spoke the truth about Lamont, Lieberliar and the war and he may motivate a very important voting bloc in CT and nationwide.
Rev Al has been doing great – and speaking up for Ned when a lot of others seem to be hiding out hoping to keep the joementum.
angie @
52
She is porn. republican porn
FDL so ROCKS!
Often when a journalist responds to a Spotlight email they just hit “reply” and the email comes to Spotlight Central.
Take a look at the reply I just received and from whom… :-)
And kudos to Jenny for stepping up.
Oh no….
SHE BRED!!
God save us all…
Mark – that is sooo cool!
Spotlight is such an awesome tool and this is the perfect example of how it works!
john in sacramento @ 31
Who knew they’d exhume the Ancient Egyptian Forehead Dildo (college republican not included).
Mark Steckel @ 112
Bravo! :>)
It’s irrelevant whether “The Google” is the research tool of choice in this instance. The NYT undoubtedly has a fairly comprehensive collection of Leiberman statements. If they were unable to locate an instance of Joe saying “stay the course” (since he apparently has), it’s because they didn’t try very hard…
RagingGurrl @ 95
Siun @ 109
You mean a lot of others like Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, and how many more elected Democrats – simply disgraceful and unforgivable at least in the short term. Ned Lamont deserves so much better. Gives new meaning to the word infuriating.
just watched that video. egads, she’s a certifiable tweaker! i see people like her at the local 7-11, all herky-jerky, scrounging for change to buy a litre of pepsi, slim jims, and a lottery ticket (oh, and generic cigarettes). in fact, i think i saw her there a few nights ago. crystal meth ain’t pretty, is it?
Mark Steckel @ 112
Bravo!
Just throwing in that if Dems get Chair in a house:
Sen: Judiciary = Leahy (unless Teddy has dibs…)
House:http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/index.html
Conyers.
Conyers would have hearings and reports, post-haste. Then it goes to Arlen, unless Lamont is the magic woid. The other guy is an evil witch. Arlen/Cheney is those famous Greek dogs guarding the Gates of Lost Hope…
Lamont is the key.
“Frodo Lives!”
He doesn’t just want to stay the course. He would do it all over again knowing what he knows now:
“Big Ed: So knowing what we know now you still would have voted for going into Iraq…
Lieberman: I would.
Big Ed: I mean even the WMDs and false intel…
Lieberman: Yeah. Yeah, with all the questions about the WMD because the WMD for me was the end of the argument, not the beginning. And I think the administration erred in focusing on it.”
Lieberman on the Ed Schultz show, 7/13/06
audio: http://audio.wegoted.com/podca…..berman.mp3
This clip needs more coverage. Lamont needs to remind people just how insane Lieberman is.
Experience means little without good judgment.
New thread from Jane upstairs.
The representative links Jane linked to is “Journalsliming At Its Finest.”
lawdy.
Tweety just burped on teevee.
double lawdy.
LIEBERMAN: We can do better. I will do better. I will make it international. I will stay the course, and I’ll create a stable, democratizing, modernizing Iraq, which would be a tremendous step forward in the Middle East and the Islamic world and in our war against terrorism.
QUESTION FOR LIEBERMAN: Now that we’re not “staying the course” anymore in Iraq, what are we doing there? What do you call it now? I call it deja vu all over again. Hey, Joe — remember those helicopters on the roof of the U.S. embassy in Vietnam? If we don’t start facing reality and doing some real withdrawal planning for Iraq, we might as well start building lots more helicopter landing pads right there in the Green Zone.
Man on dog literally foaming at the mouth on Hardball; yelling, “evil, evil, evil.”
Did this idiot say cognitin dissonance? Also, how does the massive amount of terror attacks prove anything other than they’ve increased immensely since these jokes took office?
If she’s so concerned about terrorism why does she cite examples of how it’s gotten worse with Iran, North Korea, Iraq since Bush? Oh and paying taxes but putting LLC is a HUGE deal. Especially when you make no money.
Unbelievable. Love how she fucks the camera in front of her kids.
OK. A video of her in a bikini with her two girls sounds too strange. I’ve never seen it but is she out of her mind? Why would anyone post something like that ON THE INTERNET? She’s got issues.
Anyhow – found this info online, too.
Sorry to have gotten stuck on the video.
The Webb and Ford races have be in a crappy mood, too. They’re behind in the polls and CNN, MSNBC, FOX are giving the racists RNC/Corker ad loads of air time, showing it repeatedly as they cluck “is this really racist? Let’s take another look…”
Grrr.
Siun @ 114
:-)
But… Correcting a story is good. Getting the story right the first time is better.
Mark Steckel @ 112
I received a similar reply, and should add to angie’s and cozumel’s praise for Ms. Medina. She appears to be stepping up and doing the right thing.
And Mark, I don’t know if that’s my e-mail or not, but thanks for removing the salutation and other identifiers. Privacy is important to us commenters. We have lives to lead in the outside world.
Mark Steckel @ 128
It is, but as long as there are deadlines and other priorities in journalism, there will always be mistakes.
I personally like Sharpton and am very grateful for the work he did for Lamont during the primaries.
I was just shocked at the visceral dislike even extremely liberal folks like my sister & her husband have for Sharpton.
I agree – at least he has the courage of his convictions.
I am beyond disgusted at the Dem party.
Barney Franks came through, as Jane reports in a new thread.
Cujo359 @ 129
Absolutely. The Spotlight Project works hard to protect the reporters contact info as well as the people who use it.
Jane’s post has been Spotlighted 11 times (as I type this), so Jenny has probably responded to multiple people. And paraphrasing – I can neither confirm nor deny who’s email Jenny responded to. :-)
Cujo359 @ 130
Yes, mistakes happen, its part of life. But one’s actions should show that we do our best to minimize them.
I saw that – ” I use the Google. I like maps. Heh. Heh. I fergit what ya call the program [you mean, Google maps?] but I like to look…to look at the ranch.”
Atlas Juggs sure does resemble the actresses that Tony Soprano shags in the HBO show the Sopranos.
rwcole @ 93
Charlie’s a pessimist. I’m in for 6 and 28.
Could someone from the Lamont group get these Lieberman ’stay the course’ comments made into a TV ad?
He needs to be exposed for the arrogant liar that he is.
WOW.
“There’s a fork in the roll”?
Her daughter(?) is quite surprised to hear mom say “asses” over and over. Check her out.