YouTube video courtesy of the DNC.
According to President George Bush during his hastily thrown together press conference this morning, it all depends on what the meaning of "benchmark" is, and we're going to keep on "adapting to win," because "stay the course" is so last week. America deserves better than the same policy in Iraq dressed up in shiny new marketing language, test marketed and rolled out just 13 days prior to a nationwide election.
A vote for Republicans is a vote for more of the same in Iraq and all over the United States, and no accountability whatsoever. Had enough? Vote for Democrats.
UPDATE: Before Chris Matthews and Howard Fineman finish slobbering all over themselves about George Bush's "honesty" about the situation at this morning's presser, may I remind everyone that the reason this seems unusual is that we have not seen any honesty — with the public or with themselves — for years from the Bush Administration, that George Bush just said that Rumsfeld is a brilliant and trusted secretary of defense and that there was not one — NOT ONE — proposal for any real, meaningful change other than calling questions of a withdrawal of troops from Iraq a "benchmark" instead of his usual straw man reference to "timetables" that no one has really proposed in the first place. And that yet again there is no real plan for any success in Iraq other than "we'll stay there until things are better," because we have no freaking clue what else to do. Permanent bases? Won't talk about it. Civil war in Iraq? Nope, all that violence is just a "sectarian conflict" (whatever in the hell that means, other than more semantics). Now it's a 'unity government in Iraq," not a democracy. Accountability now. Period.
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Members of GOP endorsing Lamont
By Neil Vigdor Staff Writer
October 25, 2006
Republicans for Ned Lamont — it sounds like an oxymoron. But in Lamont’s conservative-leaning hometown, dozens of GOPers say they are backing the Democrat for U.S. Senate in his general election rematch with incumbent Joe Lieberman. More than 70 Republicans from Greenwich and a few neighboring communities are endorsing Lamont in printed advertisements his campaign plans to run in several newspapers. They say Lamont best represents their views on a host of issues including excessive government spending and the Iraq war.
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[Note from CHS: Please don't use full articles in the comments — just use an excerpt, due to copyright considerations for the writers of the articles. Thanks!]
Radicals and extremists,
right the congressional repugs and white House neo-cons……
From Pandagon–this may have been mentioned before, but I just saw it last night.
Fact: Chuck Norris does not understand irony
Thanks a lot, Chuck Norris. You’ve ruined the bit of silly fun I might have gotten from Chuck Norris facts with gems like this…
Liar in Chief :
“Diffucult,hard,diffucult,blather…benchmarks,
blather..timetable is defeat, benchmarks..” ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ..SAME OLE’ SH** !!!!!!!
chimpy–
Civil War…
“a hypothetical”
Medina writes another love note to Lieberman. Did she watch the same debate we did?
October 24, 2006
In Final Debate, Lieberman Deflects His Rivals’ Attacks
By JENNIFER MEDINA
NEW LONDON, Conn., Oct. 23 — In a lively debate that turned from foreign policy to campaign tactics, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman argued forcefully on Monday with his challengers, Ned Lamont and Alan Schlesinger.
Mr. Lieberman, a three-term incumbent who chose to run as an independent after losing the Democratic primary to Mr. Lamont, pointed to his experience as his most important credential. Both Mr. Lamont and Mr. Schlesinger, who is the Republican candidate, tried to undermine his credibility on both foreign and domestic policies.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10…..ence/Times Topics/People/M/Medina, Jennifer
Thanks Raven, that’s a great article.
it is so AWESOME that they are putting Bush’s sorry, woe-be-gone face front and center 13 days out.
YEAH!
Take a look Mr. and Mrs. Voter. This is what you’re voting for on Nov. 7 — a continuation of the worst foreign policy in American history.
dab from CT @ 6
But we were not swilling the neo-con kool-aid.
raven,
Where was the Lamont article printed? Do you have a link?
It’s pathetic that they think they can run away from “stay the course” at this late date.
Rove’s got nothing because the public is finally fed up and seeing through his lies. The more they squirm, the more they are seen as desperate.
permanent bases in Iraq???
good question.
chimpy–doesn’t answer it. says we are dealing “with a sovereign government. we will be willing to discuss….”
admits that a third of the country is in turmoil and tries to minimize it.
worst and stupidist and most stubborn president in history.
when LBJ had this problem…he forwent politics —
Bush–turns the war into politics…terra, terra, terra–vote GOP or die.
M. Dowd on stay the course being “so last week”:
Things have become so dire for the Republicans that now even Bush is distancing himself from Bush.
The president is cutting and running from the president.
In a momentous event at the White House on Monday, Tony Snow made a major announcement about an important new strategy for Iraq. The president will no longer stay the course on the rallying cry “stay the course.”
A presidency built on message discipline (Message: “Stay the course”) is trying to salvage itself with some last-minute un-messaging (Message: “No more stay the course”).
Of course, the administration has never really said what “the course” is, so it was never really apparent what “staying” it meant, anyhow.
It was a wacky moment for Tony Snow, who renounced the slogan while sticking to the policy. “It left the wrong impression about what was going on,” the press secretary said, “and it allowed critics to say, ‘Well, here’s an administration that’s just embarked upon a policy and not looking at what the situation is,’ when, in fact, it’s just the opposite.”
The important thing was that the clich sounded good to Republicans, strong and virile, for a while. But pollsters for the White House seemed to be the last to learn that even many of the party faithful had soured on the phrase, deeming it inflexible and stupid. Has Karl Rove, who urged G.O.P. candidates to keep the Democrats on the defensive on national security, lost his magic?
In a White House with a Fox News all-spin sensibility, officials don’t think they need to change the strategy as much as they need to change their slogan.
The overworked Bush phrase suggested “burying your head in the sand,” Steve Hinkson, political director at Luntz Research Companies, a G.O.P. public opinion firm, told The Washington Post’s Peter Baker. “The problem is that as the number of people who agree with remaining resolute dwindles, that sort of language doesn’t strike a chord as much as it once did.”
Unwilling to admit mistakes or face the urgent need to go past semantic changes in a protectorate that has fallen into a vicious civil war, in which Americans are merely referees and targets, the White House is falling back on marketing. Just as Andy Card rolled out the war as a marketing event, the Bush team now thinks that all it needs to do is come up with a catchy and chesty new advertising pitch.
Bay Buchanan assured Wolf Blitzer that the president still intended to stay the course and seek victory, he just wouldn’t use that phrase, because it gave people the impression that W. was unwilling to change tactics.
After all, Dick Cheney told Rush Limbaugh last week that the inept Iraqi government was doing “remarkably well.”
But given the Republican meltdown, it’s obvious that Democrats are having better luck mocking the Republicans for staying the course than Republicans are having mocking the Democrats for cutting and running. But Democrats have no ingenious ideas about how to extricate ourselves from this nasty war either.
Yet W. once more accused the Democrats of wanting to cut and run in Iraq at a campaign stop in Sarasota, Fla., yesterday.
Many frantic Republican lawmakers are also running against themselves, either reneging on their support for the war they started, or railing against Washington, the town they absolutely control, claiming that the capital has forgotten their values, or making ads denouncing the Democrats’ “homosexual agenda,” even though Republicans are now the party of gay scandal.
It’s a hilarious spectacle of a whole party re-enacting the classic scene in Mel Brooks’s “Blazing Saddles,” in which the sheriff holds the gun to his own head to take himself hostage.
The Bushes don’t connect words with action. Action is something that’s secretly plotted with the inner circle behind closed doors. The public should stay out of it. The Bushes just connect words with salesmanship. Poppy Bush never meant it when he said “Read my lips: no new taxes” at the 1988 convention. It was just a Clint Eastwood-sounding line in a Peggy Noonan speech, meant to pump up his flighty image.
Just so, his son never paid any mind to his campaign promise not to nation-build, and he didn’t come through on his bullhorn pledge to catch the perpetrators of 9/11 or his tough-guy vow to bring in Osama dead or alive.
To W., the words he says to Americans don’t matter as much as the words Dick Cheney says to him. He just has to hope that daddy’s friend, James Baker, the smooth fixer who is co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group and who has already suggested moving past the meaningless partisan jargon of “cut and run” and “stay the course,” comes up with a plan to rescue Junior from a fine mess one more time.
Bush dodges questions about the substance of the here and now in Iraq by scaring up images of Iraq 30 years from now if we don’t ‘win’, but dodges a question about about permanent US military bases in Iraq by focusing on the here and now to the exclusion of long term implications.
I klike the slip of “if” which he corrected quickly to when…that is telling, and Karl is not happy with slips like that.
If is reality based. When is repug hope.
great “the googly moogly”, he’s talking taxes in the midst of Iraq!
I’m reminded of a scene at the end of the silent version of “Phantom of the Opera.” The angry mob is chasing Lon Chaney through the streets of Paris, and they finally get him cornered on the banks of the Seine. Just as they are about to pounce, he reaches into his coat for something. The mob pulls back, waiting for some last trick from the phantom. He slowly pulls his hand out and reveals…nothing! The mob proceeds to beat the shit out of him and throws him in the river.
Can you swim Karl?
Damn, listening to this press conference is giving me a massive headache. Why is George Bush being so damn loud this morning? Does he think screaming at reporters makes him sound more credible or something? Blergh. Talk about a Mr. Pissy presser this morning…
angie @ 16
Don’t you know the ONLY way to win a war is LOWER taxes and if your not winning taxes are not low enough yet.
Duh, my bad
http://www.greenwichtime.com/n…..-headlines
dab from CT @ 10
Bush says we cannot expect to ‘impose benchmarks’ on a sovereign nation. How can he expect an Iraqi government to impose acceptance of the presence of a foreign occupying military force on millions of its people?
The American people will vote on the issues that I decide are important.
-Chimpy McSkullfuck
chimp: “They’re showing up when it comes to these absentee votes”
wtf?
Poll watching fun: I just got my assignment for November 7 to stand guard beginning at 7:45am. Yay!
Now you know how much I love my country.
People there is still time to sign up to be a poll watcher. We need EVERYBODY. This is the big one.
Will someone spotlight KO the article on the last thread about the plight of military families?
John Warner and Carl Levin are Chair and Ranking Member of The Armed Services Committee and pay and benefits are part of their bailiwick. Of course, they may not consider the lower ranks and their families of any concern.
Muzzy @ 22
But I thought that was what he was doing now. Oh, and calling Iraq a “sovereign nation” at this point is a laugh and a half.
Are his eyes a bit too glassy?
Re the video of course good juxtaposition on the flipflop, but I have to say the music doesn’t do it for me. What was the goal, musically? Fear, being serious, what? It just leaves me puzzled and slightly annoyed.
I swear the more he talks the more I can hear various Rethuglicans running for re-election screaming from all parts of the country…PLEASE JUST SHUT UP!! Every minute extra he speaks Democrats win another seat!!
The moron refers to the house of reps as “congress”..The Senate and the House = Congress!!!!What a schmuck!
angie @ 24
He said that about the votes?
-GSD
This moron must think that all Americans are like his base and have an IQ less his own. He must believe that when he blames those BASTARD democrats, we’re dumb enough to think he’s not talking about us. Now he’s talking about how the repugs are going to win. Is he so arrogant to believe he can brag about a fix? (”Oh we’re gonna win Florida”). Why else would he be claiming election victory right now? I wonder what color the sky is where he’s from, because he sounds like an illegal space alien to me. This man makes me sick.
GSD @ 31
That’s what I heard, GSD. I will check the transcript when it comes out, but I was floored.
egregious @ 25
I’d do that, but they were crying for actual polling commissioners here, so that’s what I’m doing. I have to be there at 5:30 a.m. eeek!
Get out the flip flops- GW Clusterfuck has decided on incoherence as the centerpiece of his Iraq policy. It’s late in the election cycle- but this deserves to be pounced on with both feet- the fucker doesn’t have any idea what he wants to say- wants to have it twelve ways!
Slime the bastard!
“I did not have sex with that country.”
Laura Bush Admits Hubby’s Nocturnal Woes
“George’s nights have become troubling to him, more since the elections appear sure to return Congress to the Democratic Party,” said Mrs. Bush. “He keeps waking up and shouting, as if someone is pointing a finger and accusing him of something.”
“What does he shout?” Well, it used to be “stay the course” but now it’s almost always,”
“I did not have sex with that country!”
(cognitorex)
angie, “they” who?
At the press conference why didn’t someone simply ask: Why should we listen to you about Iraq, given you have been wrong about everything you have ever said about Iraq?
drinksforall @ 30
Actually, members of the House are usually referred to as ‘congresspeople’, as opposed to ’senators’. “Congress”, capitalized, should be used to refer to both houses together, but in lc it usually means only the House.
egregious @ 37
He was talking about Republicans and their GOTV efforts…
You know, I follow the gay marriage issue pretty closely, and yesterday was the first I heard about New Jersey. Has anyone else been following this?
LindyH @ 34
You win. Let’s hope we all win.
SIGN UP TODAY.
The Republcan meltdown is still under way….
New allegations in Nevada. Mr. Anti-Immigration Gibbons had an “illegal” living in his house.
In Florida, a young lad is alleging a gay relationship with GOP-er Charlie Crist.
In Massachusetts Deval Patrick is creaming Kerry Muffy Healey and her response is to send brown shirts dressed in jail orange jumpsuits to harass Patrick at his home–because we all know negroes are criminals and people should be reminded of that.
If things don’t turn over dramatically this nation is so frigging doomed…
-GSD
Uh-oh, someone didn’t have his Prozac this morning. Actually he meant “Adapt the spin”, not “Adapt to win”. That’s been their tactic all along. Just ask all those folks at Walter Reed and Bethesda, and the families of those at Arlington. Oh, and a few million Iraqis.
Sounds like Bush needs a permission slip from Nouri Al Maliki.
-GSD
Josh Marshall with the missing Tester worker:
“Good news about that field staffer from the Tester campaign. Reportedly, he contracted some illness “while working for the Peace Corps in Africa [that] makes him become disoriented.” One way or another, he appears to be ill but on the mend. If only every person missing for four days story ended so well.”
———-
Clinton/Obama in 08! They could come up with even better market tested meaningless buzzwords!
Blank Kludge @ 46
Thanks for posting this good news!
There’s a sneak preview of this afternoon’s Blue America in a Kos diary by Downwithtyranny.
A few FDL recommendations will help spread the word.
P J Evans @ 39
Thanks for the clarification but The prez used the word “Congress” to describe members of the house of reps twice during his incoherent diatribe.
newspaperbrat @
48
oh good, glad to see that.
One of the few Democratic gubernatorial weak links seems to have gotten much stronger.
(D)Granholm opens up lead on (R)Amway Boy.
There are now very few jeopoardized Democrats.
-GSD
raven @
21
if any Democrats are going to vote for Lieberwurst it seems logical that some Republicans will vote for Lamont. has a certain symmetry to it….
dab from CT @ 7
It was the same one I watched, IF you accept that “arguing forcefully” and “mealy-mouthed dissembling” are synonyms.
dab from CT @ 7
Yes, she “saw” the same debate, but she’d written the lead paragraph before the debate. If you know what you want to say, you can do that.
In the last thread, Cozumel at 66 included this link to Medina’s correction storyin which she has to concede her other story, claiming Joe never said “stay the course” was wrong, because he had said it. I love Medina’s excuse:
Our scruffy Ms. Hamsher will note that she and other bloggers who are not given any credit for proving her wrong, careless, and biased –again — are now called “readers,” as opposed to “the great unwashed” or “rabid, venomous. . .” or “cowards hiding behind keyboards,” etc. Yeah, the Lady cleans up pretty good.
credit where credit is due (salon.com War Room). Harry Reid being smart:
Sally @
26
I sent it to Keith Olbermann, hope he does something with it, 7.8% pay raise for the generals and 2.2% pay raise for the privates.
that is JUST wrong.
CAJohnson @
36
country? only one?
scarecrow @ 55
Do we have anything other than Medina’s word to indicate that even one such check was performed? If not, how much credence do we really want to give to her word?
Sally #26 — I object to your lumping Carl Levin in with Warner in regards to treatment of military families.
Check IAVA’s rating of Senators.
It’s not any Democratic Senator that’s the problem. Period.
GSD @ 51
There you go Rayne, I told you it would work out!
Did GW Clusterfuck fire anybody today because of the fucked up situation in Iraq?
I didn’t think so.
rw at 62 — hahahahahaha Oh man, I needed that laugh this morning. Good one. (GWB fire someone and hold them accountable for failures…you are such a kidder…)
GSD @
43
Orange. it’s the new Red ……….
So now we can start calling them Orange states…….
The economy is STRONG. Homeowners’ equity, a tad soft.
Oh, bloated Pus Ball Limpdick is now using the field tested Ann C*u*t** argument that the Democrats are “just using victims” to pitch their points again.
Of course using 9/11 isn’t about waving around the bloody shirts of victims now is it.
-GSD
Twisted Martini, GSD — I don’t trust one poll to do this race justice; a poll last week showed Granholm within MOE. It will come down to GOTV.
I’m rather concerned because of the kinds of ads both parties are using this week; Granholm opened the can of worms on abortion, in response to attack ads by the GOP featuring women bashing Granholm. The GOP knows they are losing women on the vote; it’s going to take getting women out to vote for Granholm to win, and women are pretty volatile in terms of voting frequency. The younger they are, the less likely they are to vote.
Agh, we have SO much work to do on the ground here.
Re: Permanent bases
Bush did say in his response to the question that he won’t make decisions now on something that is 5 to 10 years in the future. So I guess we have to wait until 2011 or later to find out if those bases will be permanent…
My take on the part of his ranting that I was able to watch:
Those who are disenchanted with the war in Iraq may or may not be satisfied with his assurances.
Those who are disenchanted with the president will become even more disenchanted.
leah @ 66
So, essentially, Bush says he’s going to stall so somebody else has to clean up that part of the mess, too. What a chickenshit.
leah @ 66
Bet the Iraqis will be very interested in that remark….
Sally @ 26
Sally, do you need instructions for Spotlight? I sent it to some 40 editors and anchors. Just ask.
Oh Georgie Boy,
The Hague, The Hague is calling…
Latest NH polls had (D) John Lynch leading by around 70% over his GOP challenger. I predict this will be the first of the races called on election day.
This may be a rising tide that will lift the two Democratic House challengers…..
-GSD
Remember on election day the results will be rolling in from east to west….So we’ll be hearing about Sptizer and Clinton winning by 50% points…flipping the NY statehouse. We’ll hear about the loss of the Massachussets Republican Governor seat to a black Democrat….
The Republicans will be getting demoralizied right out of the gate and that is a big psych boost to the Democrats.
Clif (57), thank you. Olbermann could really do a great special comment on the pay raise and on the food banks for military dependents. When the enlisted volunteered, they didn’t dream their commander-in-chief would be a raving maniac who would invade a nonthreatening country and with no policy to win. These guys and gals signed up for honorable duty and are literally risking life and limb fulfilling their part of the contract but it’s been one-sided all the way.
I suspect the big raise for the brass is to keep them from speaking the truth.
OT- But i found this story of Rethug perfidy in the Daily News of all places.
There is no more disturbing example of the growing divide between the rich and the poor in this city than a plan the Bloomberg administration has hatched for upgrading and doubling the number of sports fields at Randalls Island Park.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new…..1243c.html
Would like to hear the reaction of all the useful idiots who helped keep bloomberg in office.
dwi @
67
“disenchanted” as in: hate the f***er with every fiber of one’s being?
Rayne (60), Levin is ranking member on the Committee and pay and benefits are part of the Committee’s charge. Republicans have forgiven Republicans for anything and everything, and Democrats shouldn’t get away with doing the same. Did Levin or any Democrat on the Committee object to the upside-down pay raise? If so, I’d like to hear it. Have Democrats raised enough hell about the shabby treatment our active duty, reserve, and veterans are receiving? Not so much. I vigorously object to all that.
QUESTION TO CHRISTY: WHERE exactly is this ad playing? Is it just a video on Youtube that will be seen by 30-50,000 people or is it a media buy that will be seen by millions?
That ad is devastating. It shows George Bush as a blatant liar from his own lips! It ought to play in every media market in the country!
IT is a minute long, which makes me think that it’s NOT intended for campaign advertising. What ads run for a minute? It would have to be cut in half to run in a 30 second spot. Maybe there could be a 45 second version of it. There were a couple of points where Bush says “we have to stay the course — 2 second pause because it’s right for America” or whatever that could be edited down.
Just tighten up the sound editing so that you have all the different versions of “stay the course” and then his “we were NEVER about stay the course” — just like “we were always at war with East Asia.” in Orwell’s 1984.
That’s what makes this ad so powerful. Because Bush knows that the mainstream media simply will not contradict him no matter how blatant his lies and how obvious they might be. Everybody’s heard him say “stay the course” endless times. Now suddenly stay the course was NEVER the policy?
Republicans are going to go ape-shit over this ad if Democrats air it nationwide.
Sally I am a disabled vet from a family of vets, and that is JUST plain wrong . especially when the Idiot is keeping them in Iraq just to keep from saying he Blew it worse than Clinton ever did.
I thought of a funny the other night. We should get Conrad Burns (R-Money) and George ‘Macaca’ Allen (R-Money) to go together and do a comedy routine. They’d be called…. Burns & Allen.
Good nite Gracie!
San Francisco Chronicle
So GW Clusterfuck is now concerned about Iraq- funny how he wasn’t concerned a few months ago when he was makin daily speeches about how great it was goin. Nope- it took an ELECTION to get him concerned- so is he concerned enough to go over there and see for himself how it’s goin? Of course not- he sends a girl over ta do that. His only visit was at four in the morning to deliver a rubber turkey! He hasn’t fired anybody- he hasn’t asked the pentagon to deliver alternative plans- he hasn’t done shit but sit there and watch people die- and now he’s fuckin “concerned”.
I can’t think about american politics without thinkin about how fuckin stupid the voters are to even listen to this bullshit!
scarecrow (71), I would appreciate your help with the spotlight function. Thank you.
Folks: Christy has an UPDATE to this post, so hit the refresh key to see it.
Christy, I agree with this completely:
I wrote this earlier, about the “quagmire corollary” to the Powell doctrine:
Sally #76 — I’ve spoken with Levin directly about this matter. He is NOT happy with the crap that the Republicans have pulled on our troops, during and after their service to this country.
How would you ever hear what Levin’s position is, though, if you trust the f*cking corporate owned media in this country to tell the story? If you haven’t actually spoken to Levin, what are you relying on to determine his position??
Call his office directly. (202) 100-3219.
Levin is the Ranking MINORITY member, in case you’ve forgotten. Unless we win the Senate back and gain the Majority, Levin will not be in a position to change this mess.
And I have a family member whose needs depend entirely upon this situation; we’ve had to cover finances for this person because of bullsh*t from the VA. This is NOT how we treat our veterans, including those who have been and are now serving in Iraq. Believe me, I thank God my stepson wasn’t married or had kids before he served in Iraq.
EvilDrPuma at 59: well there are numerous quotes in the orginal article; just not the ones that would have completely flipped the original story. So her argument is: the laws of physics that control search engines are arbitrary. It’s God’s fault.
Honesty is such a lonely word.
punaise @ 56
Funny how he can do that, but has no comment or power when it comes to JoeMentum.
Fucking hypocrite.
scarecrow @ 85
She’ll bring it around to the real culprit by tomorrow. You know…Bill Clinton!
Clif (79), I’m truly sorry to hear you are disabled. I have been connected with the military for over five decades so the care and feeding of our troops is personal with me. The almost-idle MSM chat we hear about the death and maiming of Americans and Iraqis and our allies is beyond comprehension.
Another sad story is that of spouses of the killed and wounded who are having difficulty getting the benefits due them.
Ya have ta wonder if all this activity about Iraq is gonna do GW Clusterfuck an ounce of good- if ya ask a typical american what the president is now sayin in Iraq- what are they gonna say? Will be interesting to say if they prefer incoherence to straightforward lies.
Froomkin on WaPo chat today at 1:00 EDT. Could be somewhat interesting.
Thanks for the post Christy.
peace,
jim
urban pirate @ 87
good point, in context.
scarecrow @ 86
LOL Doing a search doesn’t do much good if you don’t know how to do it. Every one of Jane’s stay the course quotes yesterday also had the word we in it, except for one, that instead had the word I. That narrows the search content and prevents information overload ; )
scarecrow @ 86
No, it’s Clinton’s fault.
edit–Dr. Puma, I see you got there first.
I heard there were 5 new Senate polls but forget the source. Am off for now but will try to dig this up upon return.
And before I forget, I’m out of the country for a few days with highly variable internet opportunities, maybe even none. But I still love y’all.
egregious @ 94
Yeah! In your face, Ann Coulter!
egregious @ 96
try the LA times….TPM has an article about it..and their election central has all the polls.
Here ya go. Chris Bowers includes a 6th race, Montana, that is not a new poll. I think.
Rhode Island: Whitehouse (D) 47.4%–41.6% Chafee (R)
Montana: Tester (D) 47.4%–42.0% Burns (R)
New Jersey: Menendez (D) 46.2%–42.6% Kean (R)
Missouri: Talent (R) 46.8%–45.4% McCaskill (D)
Virginia: Allen (R) 47.6%–46.0% Webb (D)
Tennessee: Corker (R) 47.6%–44.8% Ford (D)
Wait…now I think these are not the 5 new polls I heard about. Well I’ll figure it out in a couple hrs. Sorry for the tease.
Seems like Bush is “FLIP FLOPPING” :)
Even the half-dozen people who watched this stupid “news conference” won’t be influenced Bush’s stupid meandering bullsh!t.
digdug @ 100
more like sh*t slopping. :)
Just had the pleasure of voting for Ned and friends in the CT 1st Congressional District by absentee ballot. A couple of observations: Hojo is a long way down on the ballot when you come face to face with it and my immediate impression (and fervent hope) was people who aren’t following the race too closely but relexibly vote along party affiliation will never get there. Second, the Dems and Rs have a full slate of candidates up top(Gov, Cong, Sec. State, Atty General etc) and as you move down the ballot the parties lose the patina of legitimacy culminating in Hojo who obviously has no other people in his party of one. Lastly, although any close observer long ago lost any shred of respect they had for Hojo, the sight of his name as solitary candidate under the CT for Lieberman party brought home fully what an egregious asshole and corrupt egomanic the guy truly is.
Funny Joe related stuff.
http://nedlamont.com/blog/1963…..=1#c013558
Christy:
It’s Howard FINEman, if you wish to correct.
OT but did anyone else hear Carl Rove yesterday on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED????
Scared the crap out of me. And I don’t scare easily.
Rockin’ out this afternoon…
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2. The opening screen has two large boxes; the one on the left, called “Potential Targets” is a list of reporters’ names (it has also their e-mail addresses). To choose a name, click on it, then click on the small box above that says “ADD.” Doing that will add that reporter’s name (and e-mail address) to the large box on the right side of the screen.
3. The main list to choose from is huge, so I always focus my choices. To do this, notice the line “Target Type” above the large boxes. You can use this to refocus your list. You can select only print media, or only TV reporters/anchors/directors, or move from national to regional and type in the initial of any state, such as CT for Connecticut. That would give you only reporters that work in CT.
4. I usually narrow my choices even more: Check the right-hand side of the screen, where it says MORE and click on that. This will give you two more boxes. In the box that says “PERSON/TITLE” I enter something like “Editorial” or “political” or “anchor” (if I’m targeting TV), or “security” or “White House”. When you enter any of these choices, then go back to the top of the main box on the left and hit UPDATE. This will update the list in the large left box to include only those in your narrowed focus. Now you can pick the names you want to target more easily, because the list is smaller.
5. You can ADD up to 10 names each session. (If you add a name by mistake, just click on it then click REMOVE
6. When you’re done selecting the names you want to ADD, then click on the small box that says, NEXT. This takes you to a new page.
7. On this page, you have an opportunity to add your own comment in the box provided. It’s strongly recommended that you be polite, respectful, when making whatever point you want. For example, in spotlighting Christy’s “Iraq Accountability” post, I added the following comment:
Respected Journalists:
According to polls, at least three fourths of the American people now believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. Americans have lost faith in the integrity and competence of the current national government, and they are angry about what the current Administration has done to America’s image. A change of leadership is urgently needed, to reverse not only the disasterous policies in Iraq and the Middle East, but also the heartless domestic polices of the current Republican leadership.
As you continue to inform your readers and viewers, please consider the attached post by respected blogger, Christy Hardin Smith, which lays out only a few of the shameful facts about our country’s military situation and the plight of military families. I urge you to use your positions as distinguished editors to call for the changes in leadership that are now so obviously required to restore integrity, honesty, competent governance and America’s honor.
Respectfully,
[my name]
8. You can add your address/e-mail if you want. I usually add my e-mail, in case they want to reply, but no one ever has.
9. When you’ve completed the comment, then click on PREVIEW
10. If everything looks fine, then type in the scratched out numbers you see into the box provided.
11. Then click on SEND
12. You’re done.
When spotlighting a supported post that is not FDL, start with this link, and type in permlink form the blog you want to spotlight, then follow the same directions above.
The Spotlight Linke for non-FDL blogs
A must-read on some of the “real” planning that is going on from George Packer at http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102506J.shtml
How come nobody told me this–did I miss a meeting? Apparently the *real* agenda of Democrats, if they retake the House and the Senate, is to, as Jon Stewart might put it, “gay up America”.
Ind. Rep. accuses Democrats of ‘agenda’
Impeachment Happens @ 106
Heard it and just accumulated more bile.
Be not afraid– he’s just bleating to the sheeple and not too many listen to NPR yet (even though they went way right into the bloody corporate pocket)
Twisted Martini @ 106
Blah-Blah O’Reilly, behind blue loufahs
hey, locals:
Who is the blonde talking head on MSNBC chattering away monotonously like some sort of tepid magpie? she’s obviously been practicing the new “change with events” WhiteHouse-RNC talking points ad nauseum.
Agh. Dana Perino, White House spin pusher. Watch for her, then grab the remote and click away. I’ve rarely seen anybody’s lips move so fast to say absolutely nothing.
David Sirota has another knockout essay on Joe Lieberman. Please go read:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…../125233/74
I think the bottom line is not that Lieberman is in favor of continuing the Iraq War. That doesn’t quite capture it.
I think the bottom line is that Lieberman is essential to continuing the Iraq War.
Bush needs Lieberman to keep the war going because Lieberman is the only Democrat who is willing to recite every Bush-Cheney talking point on the war and support every Bush-Cheney initiative.
Lieberman really is the lynchpin in Bush’s war effort.
Here is the key message to Connecticut voters in two sentences.
If Lamont wins, the Iraq War ends and our troops come home as soon as possible.
If Lieberman wins, the Iraq War continues as long as Bush wants.
That’s why Bush, Cheney and Rove are so obsessed with seeing Lieberman win.
Spread the word. I think every door-knocker in the Lamont campaign and every Lamont supporter should be spreading this message to all their friends and acquaintances in Connecticut.
Speak the truth, spread it far and wide, and make it clear as crystal.
punaise @ 112
Twisted Martini @ 106
Won’t get falafeled again
egregious @ 95
Oh dear. Are you telling me Clinton is not God? Have you ever seen them in the same room? I thought not.
This may be slightly OT, but I’m just so damned angry with what our troops are going through every day. Last Sat. night, I was with a buddy of mine, he’s 21, a super nice, sweet kid. Just got back from his 3rd tour of Iraq. He was describing the hell that they’re forced to witness and endure on a daily basis. Then he told me of seeing his best friend get hit in the face with shrapnel from an IED. My friend at that point lost it, and sobbed uncontrolably for about 40 min. All I could do was hold him. I think it was the first time he’d allowed himself to grieve. His friend died instantly, he was only 19. He told me how all the Marines he serves with know they’re over there for no discernable purpose, and they know the cheney cabal couldn’t give two shits for the welfare of the troops. It’s all about the $. It’s high time these pigfuckers are shipped off to the Hague.
old gold @
38
Amen and how about asking Tweety that question?
Who could have predicted the levy of lies would break? Oh wait, Republican lies are impervious to hurricanes. btw, Tweety by any name is not listed in spotlight.
scarecrow @ 117
Clapton is god
windje @ 115
Quadrofeelinya
scarecrow @ 55
It’s a lot easier to find something when you know it’s actually there. I’ve experienced this phenomenon many times, as both the person who couldn’t find the thing and the one who knew it was there and did find it. I’m not saying that’s what’s going on here, but it’s a plausible explanation.
EvilDrPuma @ 8:56 am (#59)
Check our discussion about this subject yesterday. It’s possible, when faced with a dizzying list of “database” entries, to use Medina’s parlance, to miss a few, particularly when you’re not sure you’re there.
It’s refreshing that the response to our criticism was a correction and a thank you, rather than silence or “don’t blog me” to quote one out of touch journalist expressing outright hostility.
Pete Townsend was supposed to be on Howard Stern this morning, but he got pissed and blew off the interview when he heard them talking about his recent kiddie porn acquittal. OOOPS! They did have a pretty good segment with Roger Daltrey though.
punaise @ 121
Under the Magic Bus
Sometimes going negative wins, sometimes it just shows the true colors of the attackers.
From Political wire in regards to the Mass. Gov. race between (D) Patrick and (R) Healey.
This is set to be one of the most resounding spankings in memory in Mass.
Key finding: “Sixty-one percent of those surveyed said the tone of Healey’s campaign made them less likely to vote for her, and 53% said they had an unfavorable view of Healey.
Just like pathetic junkie Limp-balls jumping on beloved Alex Keaton for his ad.
People are sick of these people.
-GSD
Eureka Springs, AR @ 119
I’m just surprised that the reporters haven’t reached the point where they are all asking Bush the same question: “Are you fucking kidding me???”
The Republicans theme should be “Feel me, touch me…..measure me”.
-GSD
punaise @ 113
I find it fascinating that UC Berkeley can host this esteemed list of speakers while simultaneously employ the vileness known as John Yoo whose legal philosphy and writing is largely responsible for this administration’s shredding of the U.S. Constitution.
Twisted Martini @ 122
maybe he went to work off his frustrations at the gym
rwcole: love the rubber turkey remark! hehe
GSD @ 126
LOL. Fiddle About.
The press should march out of the final Bush presser humming the national anthem like the Deltas in Animal House did during the judicial hearing with Dean Wormer.
Or interrupt Bush with loud jeers of “blowjob” and “eat me”.
He deserves nothing more.
-GSD
windje @ 123
My degeneration
Sphinctorum hacks LBJ.
-GSD
mc @ 127
Yoo is an indelible stain on that otherwise fine institution
punaise @ 131
They’re ‘Happy Jack’ers
punaise @ 132
The kids are alright
GSD @ 127
707!
Cuing up We wont get fooled again, for election night!
Dab, I got a response from my letter to the author of that courant article this morning. He thanked me for writing and suggested I also send a copy to bresee@courant.com (letters to the editor).
GSD @ 127
Only if Cheney is the Acid Queen.
But think about it, the Tommy musical with W as Tommy. The parental trauma, the creepy uncle Foley, finding god, just replace pinball with politics and have Elton John play Ann Richards. And America is the scarred little girl.
GSD @ 10:25 am (#125)
They should be. After being told that the Jersey widows are enjoying their widowhood, and that somehow an actor with Parkinson’s tried to look extra-pathetic for the camera you’d think they’d get the idea by now.
UPDATE: I’ll just add that a 53 percent unfavorable rating sounds like the kiss of death to me.
kristinejoy @ 138
his crazy flip-flop fingers
punaise @ 142
Let’s not think about Barbara and the beans.
totally ot but sure to make you laugh
and sing along
http://www.newsday.com/media/f…..671673.swf
Defiant Iraqi PM disavows timetable
Looks like the puppets have minds of their own.
Or that the meat puppet running this country is really only mouthing politically-motivated platitudes.
In either case, there’s no surprise.
How to qualify for Presidential campaign assistance:
Bush Finding Welcome Mats
Rayne @ 10:43 am (#145)
You can usually tell which road construction projects have performance clauses in their contracts. They’re the ones that get done on time. If, as Taylor Marsh and folks here have observed, there’s no incentive for Maliki to work within the schedule, it’s not going to happen.
In short, no surprise here, either.
There’s a new Blue America thread upstairs.
If the meat puppet you had installed is not so subtlety giving you the finger, your probably not driving the Bus any more, but soon to be a speed bump for those who are still fighting to play in the drivers seat. And those you thought you served will be the ones throwing you under it(and he has no illusions about serving the “people” just the right people).
lo @ 144
If you go to this link there’s an animation up on the page scandal and also one on new orleans that I found appropos.
windje @
120
Clapton is god
The dog says no
Finally, Mehman’s been pushing for the “Adapt to Win” talking point since his appearance on Meet the Press in August. Maybe he finally beat Rove’s love of the “Stay the Course” meme in a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors.
Here’s John Stewart’s take at the time:
http://movies.crooksandliars.c…..opagan.mov
Wasn’t adapting to win once called “flip-flopping”?
EvilDrPuma @ 59
so what is the EDITOR’S excuse ???
and why do any of these hacks still have a job ???
the spirit of judyjudyjudy lives
Renee in Ohio @ 110
he forgot to mention how Democrats will eat your children, require you to sell crack to school children, and attend devil worshiping classes daily
Democrats are worse than satan. In fact, satan IS a Democrat
Satan, Charles Manson, and Osama Bin forgotten ALL want you to vote for a Democrat this November