And so, in a last-ditch effort to save her beloved Commonwealth of Virginia and the US Congress from the filthy, common hands of a passel of Damn-liberals, Lynne Cheney ripped down her mama's curtains from the front windows, put them on, and rode the coach and four to the Turner House, where she submitted to the insulting and ungentlemanly attentions of one Mr. Wolf Blitzer.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Lynne Cheney is deflecting talk of the sexual content in her novel "Sisters," a 25-year-old book that resurfaced in a campaign Friday and is stirring up controversy.
The novel, featuring a lesbian love affair, was brought up Friday amid a contentious Senate race in Virginia. Soon a Democratic committee and Cheney herself — in an interview on CNN — were weighing in.
But that book is 25 years old. What on earth could have brought this up?
"Sisters," which has triggered controversies in the past, returned to the news after Sen. George Allen, a Republican from Virginia, pulled up sexual passages that his Democratic challenger, Jim Webb, had included in his novels.
In a statement and list sent to the Drudge Report Web site, Allen's campaign accused Webb, a former Navy secretary of "demeaning women" and "dehumanizing women, men and even children" through his fiction writings.
Webb responded that it was a "smear" tactic and "desperate," and that in his books he had described things he witnessed in horrible wartime situations. (Full story)
Oh, riiiiight. Hey, look, for once we have a documented instance of a Democrat FIRING BACK!! WHOO-HOOOOOO!!
Democrats pointed to a quote from Vietnam War veteran Sen. John McCain, one of the highest profile senators and a Republican, praising the book "Lost Soldiers" — the first book the Allen campaign had quoted.
Speaking to Washington Post radio, Webb said, "I mean we can go and read Lynne Cheney's lesbian love scenes if you want to, you know, get graphic on stuff."
Nice shot! Why, mister Webb, you sound almost like a blogger!
But sitting and silently fuming in the green room at CNN, Miz Lynne made a secret vow.
"With Gawd as mah witness, Ah won't evah let them take mah Dickie to jail, not him nor none of our people! Ah don't care if Ah have to lie, cheat, or steal!"
Let's go to the transcript, shall we?
L. CHENEY: You know Jim Webb is full of baloney. I have never written anything sexually explicit. His novels are full of, um, sexual explicit reference to incest, sexually explicit references, well, you know I just don't want my grandchildren to turn on the television set. This morning Imus was reading from the novels. And it's triple X-rated.
BLITZER: Here's what the Democratic Party put out today, the Democratic Congressional Senatorial Campaign Committee. "Lynne Cheney's book featured brothels and attempted rape. In 1981 Vice President Dick Cheney's wife Lynne wrote a book called "Sisters" which featured a lesbian love affair, brothels and attempted rapes. In 1988 Lynne Cheney wrote about a Republican vice president who dies of a heart attack while having sex with his mistress." Is that true?
L. CHENEY: Nothing explicit. And actually that is full of lies. It's just absolutely not true.
BLITZER: But you did write a book entitled "Sisters."
L. CHENEY: I did write a book entitled, "Sisters."
BLITZER: But it did have lesbian characters.
L. CHENEY: No, not necessarily. This description is a lie. I'll stand on that.
BLITZER: There is nothing in there about rapes and brothels?
L. CHENEY: Wolf, could we talk about a children's book for a minute?
BLITZER: We can talk about the children's book, but I just want to …
L. CHENEY: I think our segment is like 15 minutes long and we've now done 10 minutes of …
BLITZER: I just wanted to clarify what's in the news today, give you a …
L. CHENEY: Sex, lies and distortion. That's what it is.
BLITZER: This is an opportunity for you to explain on these sensitive issues. L. CHENEY: Wolf, I have nothing to explain. Jim Webb has a lot to explain.
BLITZER: Well he says he's only — as a serious writer and novelist, a fiction writer he was doing basically what you were doing.
L. CHENEY: Jim Webb is full of baloney.
BLITZER: We'll leave it at that. Let's talk a little bit about your book, "Our 50 States." A family adventure across America.
That would be nice, but let's read a couple of little excerpts from Sisters , shall we?
She went on up the stairs to her room and took off her dripping clothes. Connie came in as she started undressing. "Go away, Connie, leave me alone." She took off her dress, her petticoat, her corset, her stockings. Even her lacy undershift and drawers were wet, clinging to her body before she stripped them off. Standing naked, she opened the volume on the bedside table and took out the letter she had put there earlier.
The note was short, "Helen, my joy, my beloved," it began, "Why do we stay? I have no reason beyond a few pupils who would miss me briefly, and your life would be infinitely better away from him. Let us go away together, away from the anger and imperatives of men…
And:
The women who embraced in the wagon were Adam and Eve crossing a cathedral stage, no, Eve and Eve, loving one another as they would not be able to once they ate of the fruit and knew themselves as they truly were…
There's more, if you can stomach it. There's certainly nothing wrong with writing about lesbians, but there oughta be a law against writing about them this badly.
"Shite and onions!"
(James Joyce, Ulysses)
Ultimately, Darth Chenette is another lying liar trying to obscure the truth and fling mud at an ideological opponent whatever the cost. She's just swinging at the ball Drudge-packer teed up for her, that Jim Webb is not just a pervy author of kiddie porn, but a liar, too. These people will balk at nothing, clearly. (Lynne's scarf alone is proof of that.) They will tell any lie, attack anyone who challenges their mythical narrative, distort any data, and deny any and all culpability for the mess that they have made.
Just remember, kids, the vampires always scream the loudest just before you drive the stake through their heart.
Let's order them all.
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NED!!!
RevDeb!
Spent the day with scarecrow, selise, KathrynMA and my spouse canvassing for Ned. we were in New London where Ned won the town by 2, count them, 2 votes.
Lots of people not home. But those who were either weren’t talking or they were for Ned. Got quite a few enthusiastic Ned supporters. It felt good. Saw lots of Ned signs, a couple of Joe signs including the old ones where he claimed to be a democrat! and . . . wait for it . . . . a Schlessinger sign!
We’ve just got to keep it up.
Gosh, where is everyone?
They saw there were lesbians mentioned in the post and paused to read it before making the obligatory shout-outs ;-)
Here, but at a loss for words.
Buffy!
Webb!
TRex!
Both Howie and Steve Gilliard have video of Webb’s rally. The more I see Webb, the better I like him. I read “Lost Soldier’s” a few weeks ago and thought the author (Webb) came across as a decent human being. I had worries about Webb’s politics, but I think he is evolving in the right direction and won’t turn out to be a Lieberman DINO.
TRex @ 4
Standing in line at B&N to read Sisters?
You guys want to hear about me calling Animal Control on someone today? It has made me very unpopular with some (now) former friends, but it had to be done.
You know, Cheney went to an outdoor Holocaust Memorial in big clonky winter boots and a parka. All the other men wore suits and topcoats. Cheney looked like he was either ready to ski or to hunt.
Now that I’ve seen Lynne I know how she allowed him to go to such a solemn occasion dressed that way.
TRex – thanks for that picture. I’ve been chuckling about that sketch all afternoon.
RevDeb – glad it was a good day. I got sick today so couldn’t go out – but did some phoning yesterday and have sent out almost 200 postcards.
Cozumel – if you are still around – I left a response to your response on the Pitchfork thread. Quite frankly, I’m shocked by your tone.
Carol! Harvey! Tim (not pictured)!
Lynne Cheney is an evil Gorgon. Just look at the lovely Team Roth photos from our Monster Truck adventure last night, if you need to cleanse your palate after that stiff dose of harpy.
TRex, I wish you could have been there. It was great.
TRex @
10
Yes, please.
Hah! Lynne Cheney is better than Jim Webb because she writes bad lesbian bodice-rippers instead of gritty, reality-based war novels! Did she travel back in time and witness Victorian era lesbianism? Or did she just make it up?
Her outrage over being outed as a writer of lesbian bodice-rippers is just as phony as her outrage over the “outing” of her lesbian daughter Mary by John Edwards during the 2004 Veep debates. Edwards complimented Darth Cheney on his supportive relationship with Mary, and Darth accepted the compliment with grace. But the next day Lynne was howling outrage, OUTRAGE, over the horrible, horrible treatment of her daughter by that mean man Edwards.
Of course, Mary was not only out, but an appointed “ambassador” to the gay community for the Goopers. Lynne just didn’t want her failure to have Mary reprogrammed broadcast on national TV.
Seriously now, these people make me very dizzy!
Exactly what came to mind…
Trex,
Had to finish business at the previous thread. Waxman the Vampire Slayer will make Buffy look like a rookie! He knows where the Living Dead sleep at night. Lynne Cheney will wake up some morning and see the stake through Dick’s heart and know that Waxman the Vampire Slayer was there! Blah-ha-ha-ha!!!!
PEOPLE WHO WILL BE FREAKED OUT BY A STORY OF ANIMAL CRUELTY SHOULD NOT READ BEYOND THIS POINT!
Okay, so about a year ago, I dated this guy for a couple of months. He had a roommate named Mike who had a cat named Addie. They live next door to one of those college town “party houses”. Mike moved away and abandoned Addie. I found out today that no one has been feeding her or looking after her. They won’t let her in either one of the houses.
But, on Friday night, Patrick, one of the guys who lives in the party house got wasted and sprayed the cat with blue spray paint.
I found out about this today. I called Patrick and asked if this was true.
He said, “Yeah, I was wasted.”
“You’re going to jail,” I said, and immediately called Animal Control.
They went and got the cat and arrested Patrick for deliberate cruelty to an animal. Now I’m getting nasty phone messages from them and I’m afraid to let my own cats out, but Addie is safe and in the hands of a no-kill shelter and that little psychopath is in jail until someone bails him out.
I feel better.
OldCoastie @ 17
These days, if one has an irony meter, it’s best to keep the thing unplugged and wrapped in tin foil.
Speaking of which, Josh Marshall broke the story with the largest irony content of the day (h/t Taylor Marsh):
RNC Chief Ken Mehlman accepted political contributions from gay porn king?
RevDeb @
3
You guys (and I mean that in a non-sexist, non-gender specific way) just rock.
TRex @ 20
Good.
Thank you for doing that.
I can’t understand how anyone could hurt an animal. all they want to do is love you.
T-rex, you are great for nailing the bastards. And you saved a cat. Good on you!
TRex!!
.. ah, Lady Cheney of Halliburton surely will sic her NSA minions on Leslie Blitzer. Just hearing her say, “sex, lies, and distortion” was enough for me to throw a pillow at the teevee.
Drapes, indeed.
ROTFLMAO! Oh lawdy Messr Rex, you done made me wet my knickers.
That coupled with the perfect pic from one of Carol Burnett’s finest…well you send me to bed with a smile on my face. Bravo!
TRex @ 20
Save those recordings and give them to the cops and Animal Control. They are just hanging themselves.
seriously, Cujo359, I think my irony meter is out of whack… all this crazy stuff falls so far the other side of irony, it makes my head spin…
how can people say this stuff with a straight face and assume others will believe it??
really, I’ve led FAR too sheltered a life…
TRex, good on you for calling Animal Control over that arsehole. Please save the nasty phone messages and let the investigating officer know about it.
Please. Just in case.
Suzanne @ 29
If they try to fuck with me, they’ll find out that I’m a lot less helpless than an abandoned cat. And a fuck of a lot meaner.
… and why can’t either Cheney hold their heads up straight when being interviewed on the teevee, anyway?
TRex @ 8:31 pm (#20) – Good for you. I’ve seen enough suffering animals this weekend, and I’m wondering if mine is going to survive the next few days. Let Patrick rot in jail until someone realizes he’s missing.
Trex – good for you. I used to watch Animal Planet with my daughters and couldn’t believe the kinds of things that people do to animals.
How long had the cat been abandoned? How in the world did the cat survive?
TRex @ 30
Trex, No doubt you are tough but this is now a law enforcement issue. Don’t put yourself in a risky situation.
Trex, No doubt you are tough but this is now a law enforcement issue. Don’t put yourself in a risky situation.
Oh, no, no, no. The law is on my side in this issue. That’s what I mean.
Another virago attacks JIM WEBB – MARY MATALIN
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/29/213241/34
They’re rather weird these R women.
jinny @ 36
The GOP has a Mad Cow problem.
I want to compliment the FDL community for the way you contributed the last couple of days to the Blue America PAC, it looks to have raised about $4,000 in the last 24 hours. I would guess that Tony Trupiano will be getting his ad on the air. Another stake, another bloodsucking vampire gone!
OldCoastie @ 8:35 pm (#28)
I, too, apparently. I’ve spent much of my life cloistered in places where if you didn’t do the job right, they’d yell at you, make you feel guilty, or fire you – not necessarily in that order. Those jobs also, for reasons that now surpass understanding, required the use of logic, science, mathematics, and a little bit of common sense, or so I was led to believe.
All this time I should have been perfecting my skills at social networking and speaking.
From the WaPo “Every Outcome is Good for the GOP Department” comes this headline:
jeez luis!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00753.html
TRex @ 37
It does seem so long ago in congress that the quality of members on the Republican side was much better than it now. Margaret Chase Smith was Republican and while I don’t recall much about her I don’t think I ever heard anyone saying bad things.
A Democrat I really, really miss is Barbara Jordan. She was a Giant. I loved her voice, you paid attention to her.
Where is punaise?
Lynne Cheney just had to go on CNN and make a foulard of herself.
TRex @ 20
You should. And I wouldn’t think it out of line for you to nail the party housemates’ asses for phone harassment and anything else they try to pull until they learn how to act like human beings or find themselves serving time in a party cellblock.
I have no sympathy for the likes of them.
jinny @ 36
Mary Matalin scares me.
Mr. Pointy!
No wonder Madame Cheney is freaked out.
Mrs. Dick looked as though she had scarfed quite a few cocktail weenies and appletinis before her appearance, too…
she has put on some poundage, her big hair couldn’t hide it.
funny, Trex @ 42!
TRex, dear, this is a law enforcement matter and as a former law enforcement professional with 24 years of street experience, I have no doubt that you are a big bad mean mofo. However, you do not have law enforcement experience upon which to draw from in this matter. I do. I am strongly suggesting that you let the officer you were dealing with know about this.
You would take Juan Carlos to the best vet possible to draw from that vet’s experience if needed, yet you would deny that same expertise and experience to yourself.
Don’t make me cross my arms and give you “the look”.
Adie, I left some links for you at the bottom of the Torches and Pitchforks thread @8:37.
Darthette Cheney writes about like most Harlequin type romance writers did in the 70s. Everything is all veiled and implied and you have to torture the meaning from the flaccid prose. Probably close to what her sex life with her husband is like.
Cujo359 @ 39
It’s inbreeding, ya know. The gene pool size of the very wealthy is not that large. Makes em fractious…among other things.
angie @ 46
Blitzer was pretty ticked off later. He resented having his patriotism challenged by her and said so on the air. I think she made a big mistake which is fine by me.
Suzanne @ 47
I will take the messages to the police tomorrow, Suzanne. Thank you.
I just feel like that is The Big No-No. Cruelty to animals and children makes my blood just boil.
Thank you, TRex.
TRex @ 30
Good.
As a former staffer with the ASPCA, thank you, thank you. The hard part is getting evidence to have the law apply to pathetic bastards such as your acquaintance. Humane law enforcement is damned difficult.
Blitzer’s post interview statement:
Please God, let this happen. The more crazies the better…
Suzane @ 47
Well said and thank you for getting the young man to do the smart thing. I wouldn’t want his snarking career imperiled.
Maybe now Wolfie will buy a ticket for the clue train. If you’re not spouting their talking points they consider you a target to be taken down.
For the record, I consider the most controversial passage from Jim Webb’s book some really terrific writing, from a writer’s standpoint. Clean nimble prose that draws you in, you are there with his character, seeing it so clearly, and then the whammo shock factor that makes it abundantly clear that you’re not in Kansas anymore.
Which, from what I can tell, was precisely the effect he wanted to convey.
That’s a writer, my friends.
Wolfie is learning that past water carrying offers no insulation from attack.
Suzanne @ 60
Wait’ll they start calling him Leslie. Watch his beard of wisdom bristle.
My guess is Wolf will be rendered shortly.
Lynne has not been so visible until now, not since her husband shot his friend in the face while in Texas with his supposed mistress. I had thoght maybe she had been ashamed by the fact dick had been dicking around with the Amb. to Switzerland.
Patrick 4/4 @ 61
Leslie Blitzer. That’s hard to say.
UptownNYChick @ 62
I want to ponder that.
Just wait until he finds out his access to the cocktail weinie circuit is cut off. The howl will be bloodcurdling.
I can’t wait. I want the press in America pissed off. I don’t care why they are pissed, I just want them pissed enough to get off their arses and do their friggin job.
TRex @
20
Who doesn’t feel better – I need a hanky – will Addie be ok?
Who doesn’t feel better – I need a hanky – will Addie be ok?
I don’t know if she’ll be alright or not. They didn’t know at the humane society when I called at closing today. I think she’s at the emergency vet overnight.
TRex, I’m thinking positive thoughts.
This would be an opportune time to remind everyone that this tub of haggis by the name of Lynne Cheney and Joe Lieberman are (possibly “were” since Joe doesn’t own up to membership any longer) intellectual soulmates in the enterprise known as the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, which attempted to blacklist some college and university professors (sort of an early attempt at David Horowitz’s 101 Worst).
That is the extent of intellectual probity Lynne Cheney brings to the table. Like her husband, everything is about political power. And Joe tagged along because he was such a moral guy and all.
Cheney should only be allowed to accessorize with broomsticks and toadstools and pointy black hats.
montag @ 69
that would be seriously better than what she wore on CNN
I never thought about the fact that, as TeddySanFran says, Cheney rarely raises his head in interviews. Is he afraid of being shot in the face?
TRex, animal abusers are just sickening and people should report them every time they witness cruelty. Good on ya!
And Go, Webb!! It’s just insanity in VA. “OMG! Don’t vote for Webb! He’s a fiction writer!” Fields of Fire is required reading for Marines. I hope this latest stupidity from the Allen camp backfires like the Hitler ad did during Kaine’s campaign. A commenter over at RaisingKaine said that he “was talking to a few of [his] marines” and “one was pissed beyond belief. . . . All of Webb’s books are treasured int he US Marine Corps, especially, Fields of Fire.” End of comment:
“Someone send George Allen a message.
You better start World War III because everyone who’s wearing or worn a uniform just officially came over to the Webb camp.”
I think you’re being unfair to witches.
LindyH @ 8:57 pm (#50)
That could be mitigated by letting new blood into the pool. Just a thought. If they wanted to eat or burn some books on the subject, I could probably recommend some …
TRex @ 72
Nah, just an allusion to the holiday season. :) She is, after all, a bitch who’s a caricature of a witch.
Patrick 4/4 @ 56:
Duncan the Daft running for President? That is waaaaaaay too funny. Maybe Surfin’ Dana (Rohrbacher) will follow his example, and we can turn both those House seats Democratic in ‘08.
Trex, my cats are cheering for you! OK, no, they’re really asleep but if they knew how to cheer, they’d acclaim you as they would a juicy steak!
BTW, how goes the “Mr Rex goes to Washington (via Conneticut)” fund. Got enough? Need more?
montag @ 74
Toadstools play an important part in the recycling of nutrients back into the soil. That has great value to life on earth. She doesn’t even come close to a toadstool as far as worth goes.
burnspbesq @ 75
Yup. I want all my wacky fellow Californians to follow their bliss into electoral disaster. Diane Feinstein is as right wing as CA should have to endure.
AZ Matt @ 77
Well, I’m dealing with popularized symbols, not botany (or real witches).
I’m quite sure that if I’d called her a weasel, someone would be, at this moment, excoriating me for defaming weasels.
C’mon, people.
I bow to someone who’s totally unafraid in this matter of useful, but objectionable, popular symbology.
montag @ 79
Love the Billmon. And let’s add a Desperate Housewives‘ quote: “She’s a bitch with a capital C.”
I believe I owe myself a slice of caramel cake at this point.
OT: (if that’s possible) In an earlier thread, a late commenter said she’d donated $200 to Diane Benson’s campaign and asked us to consider supporting Karen Carter, who is a Democrat running against William (the Fridge) Jefferson in LA-02. Here’s the URL to that comment. I left URLs to Carter’s site and the ActBlue donate page in my response there:
http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..ent-354999
I’m tapped out, but if anyone wants to contribute, please check Carter out. She sounds like a good candidate, and she’s gotten very little attention.
Caramel cake?
Montag @ 79
I am laughing with you!! :>)
Suzanne @ 83
My mom made it. It’s awesome.
I’m on the phone with her right now and she’s reading me Leonard Pitts.
The hoohah over the sniper tape wasn’t just an attack on Wolf the Constipated: it was an attack on Michael Ware, the Baghdad bureau, and the analysts back in the US. And Duncan Hunter admitted that he’d not seen the whole segment in proper context. Having Mrs Dick join the fray made the fit-up pretty obvious.
She’s an operative and an operator and a purveyor of revisionist bullshit history. When she shows up, it’s in the manner of a top-ranking capo, save that capos dress better.
Having seen Blitzer’s show this morning, I immediately laughed out loud seeing the pic of Carol Burnett in drapes.
I imagine her wearing that outfit probably decreases the likelihood of being mistaken by Dick as a two legged quail.
Don’t bogart that cake, my friend. Any chance of getting her recipe please?
caramel cake? the week before the election?
Steve @ 8
It was even better in person! *g*
“Our government should no longer be in the hands of a small group of unprincipled, small-minded, power hungry character assassins.”
Yeah!
Webb will likely be a bit more conservative than I would prefer, but I live in Virginia, and I’ve long since come to terms with the fact that statewide candidates are going to be like that. However, he’s sane, unlike most of todays so-called conservatives, and you’re right; in the areas where he’s more conservative, he’ll be an honest moderate, not a backstabbing sellout like Lieberman.
Suzanne @ 88
She’s going to email me the recipe and I’ll publish it when it comes.
She’s also very proud of me for calling Animal Control on that guy. I told her I was thinking of her when I made the decision to brave my “friends’” displeasure and do the right thing. She taught me well.
Darth Chenette is another lying liar trying to obscure the truth and fling mud at an ideological opponent whatever the cost.
Is it too late to order my costume for Halloween, TRex?
Thank you, TRex. I look forward to it.
DNC: White House Using Taxpayer Dollars to Boost GOP Election Prospects
10/29/2006 4:49:00 PM
To: National Desk
Contact: Stacie Paxton of Democratic National Committee, 202-863-8148
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ — Today’s Los Angeles Times reports on Karl Rove’s three-pronged plan to win in November, which includes “putting the resources of the federal government to use for political gain.” The story cites the struggling campaigns of several Republicans who are suddenly seeing millions of taxpayer dollars coming into their districts weeks before the November election.
“Americans should be outraged that the Bush White House is using their hard earned tax dollars to help elect Republicans so they can stay in power. The Republican Party consistently puts what’s good for their Party ahead of what’s good for America,” said Democratic National Committee (DNC) Press Secretary Stacie Paxton. “Rather than using federal resources for political gain, how about using those resources to help bring middle class tax fairness, or investing in health care, or a real plan for success in Iraq? The American people know that they cannot trust Republican leadership to do what’s right for America. They want a new direction.”
– Federal Aid Funneled to Vulnerable Republicans Tainted by Scandal, Including Reynolds, Pryce, Pombo
.
Rep. Tom Reynolds, after meeting with Karl Rove, announced four days later that President Bush would authorize millions of dollars in disaster aid in his district. The announcement was conveniently made only hours after Reynolds testified before the House Ethics Committee regarding his involvement in the Mark Foley scandal. Similarly, the federal highway administrator announced transportation grants in Columbus, Ohio, to “boost prospects for Rep. Deborah Pryce of Ohio, the No. 4 Republican in the House, who is trailing her opponent.” In addition, the “White House political office arranged for President Bush to.sign legislation protecting wetlands” in Republican Rep. Richard Pombo’s district to help the Congressman who suddenly finds himself in a tight race in California.
– White House Sends Political Employees to 12 Battleground States.
And this week, the White House will deploy political employees from Cabinet agencies, Capitol Hill and lobbying firms — many of them skilled campaign veterans — to more than a dozen battleground states. Many will act as “marshals,” supervising the “72-hour plan” developed by Rove in 2001 with Ken Mehlman, the former White House political director who now heads the Republican National Committee.”
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Paid for and authorized by the Democratic National Committee, http://www.democrats.org. This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.
pseudonymous in nc @ 86
I’m flashing back to what Sam Seder said about Rush Limbaugh’s sliming of Michael J. Fox: “Conservatives are very worried that people will actually see the real-world implications of their policies … This is what his audience needs. They need to be inoculated from the real-world truths of what the Rush Limbaughs of the world espouse.”
She is certainly an operator. The sartorial judgements I’ll have to leave to others.
Lynne Cheney also mentioned how good the economy is. Well, it is good if your family is a war profiteer.
TRex @
37
They really freak out when a decorated war veteran and former Reagan Administration Secretary of the Navy has the audacity, the unmitigated nerve to expose their puffed up frat boy and ex-football player. Payback’s a bitch, Mary, and Jim Webb didn’t walk into the saloon just to have a sarsparilla.
Ed*ard Teller and egregious and the rest of you.. I’ve found you. I’ve been wondering who has been responsible for the rapidly growing donation counts for Diane Benson on Act Blue. Thank you to you all, from another DB supporter. Like you, I’ve been knocking on doors, in Fairbanks, rather than Anchorage. I am liking what I’m seeing. Imagine what her campaign would be able to do with just the smallest amount of national support. Also, great writeup on downwithtyranny!
I find it very interesting that the current batch of Publican’s hide behind their womenfolks’ skirts when fighting back is needed.
because @ 98
WELCOME TO FIREDOGLAKE!!
Someone get this lovely newcomer a beverage!
Welcome to the Lake, because.
anonymous @
96
Canvassing in the early afternoon, went into a NEW subdivision with three for sale signs. All had PRICE REDUCED attached to the signs as an add-on. The last time I drove through the subdivision – less than a week ago – those add-ons weren’t there. Last time this happened around here was 17 or 18 years ago. And we’re way less over-priced than most real estate markets.
AZ Matt @
51
too bad he just mumbled it……
Hello because!
Suzanne @
101
Thank you! I’ve lurked your front page for a while now, but haven’t stepped into the comments until today. Wow! There is a whole other dimension down here.
You know, if you guys haven’t watched Dave Letterman take apart Bill O’Reilly last week, it’s fun. And very good.
TRex @
20
TRex, you are an inspiration on so many levels.
It’s the best community on the web! Come on in! The water’s fine!
I was thinking, you know, thoughts running around in my head, that Firedoglake needs to really scare the Republicans on Halloween. I was thinking perhaps Fire-in-the-HoleDogLake might work. After all, this blog has put a half million into progressive campaigns to blow up the mindless Republican zombies that say Stay the Course, Stay the Course, Stay the Course, Stay the Course
Warm thoughts to “because” and ET as you walk your neighborhoods. I’m getting quite excited and hopeful for Diane Benson. (I remember a -30 degree Halloween in Fairbanks and a costume that would go over the snowsuit of my then three year old. )
OT – haven’t seen any Halloween candy or costumes or buildup in any of the stores down here and it is Oct 30 now. I’m not sure what to expect on my first NZ Halloween.
But the fireworks are flying out of the stores for Guy Fawkes day. I hope you Alaskans have some fireworks saved and a reason to use them next week yourselves….
Trex, my 2 shelter-mutt calicos applaud you as well. (silently) No kill shelters need support. The so-called humane society is not one of them, afaik. Not in MN, anyway.
Lynn Cheney can yell over Blitzer? And bullshit? She almost got away with it. What a fine example of entitlement syndrome. Hey, Lynne- you are not that fucking entitled. Remember which republic you come from.
Because, I’m just a commenter, just like you now are.
because @ 105
Patrick 4/4 @
64
Dickie and Pamela
sitting in a blind
looking for birdy
his hand on her behind
up went the birdy
bam! went the gun
ouch! said his best friend
i won’t tell anyone!
i promise!
i promise!
i promise!
i promise!
i vote for calling Darthette, Darthy ……..
TRex @ 100
I’ll do you better, TRex – at least on this. {{{ welcome, because }}}
Anyone here who can push Diane Benson’s TV campaign over the top (we need about 2 to 3K) tonight with a donation of 1K or more, gets a free halibut fishing trip whenever you and ET’s and Bossa the Shriner Clown’s Charters can get you there. Howie and egregious have already earned theirs.
Diane Benson has gone from 30 points down to 6 in 30 days against Don Young. Part of the reason donations here are so important is that Young’s campaign staff and the national GOP apparatchiks assume a victory and will be unresponsive. Another part is the value of the Alaska market. Here’s the size of her district:
http://nationalatlas.gov/print…..01_109.gif
Here’s the size of Jim McDermott’s district:
http://nationalatlas.gov/print…..07_109.gif
A minute of TV time here goes for considerably less than one in McDermott’s nearby (in terms of district boundaries) district. And it hits an unsaturated market in comparison to any lower-48 urban area.
TRex, Way to go. Kats are kool. We have a couple-one is a Bengal-a snarkybreed that do not have the disposition to be show kats but they got personality plus. Psychopaths that are cruel to animals tend to start being violent against people as well.
Remember before the Dark Lord Cheney shot people, he went on these “hunting trips” where the Farm raised birds made easy targets. The new world order types demand you practice killing animals to get you into the mood to kill women and children.
You can contribute to the Athens Area Humane Society, a no-kill shelter for cats and dogs, here. Tell them I sent you.
AZ Matt @
108
Easily done. All of you just find McGovern and Clinton (either will do) masks for your children and send them out to do battle. That would scare the shit out of any war profiteer–thousands of McGoverns assaulting the neighborhoods of the country. Of course, all the parents shepherding their children would also have to wear such masks.
Just think of the screams. :)
NZ Expat @ 110
NZ Expat, Today, fortunately, was a beautiful day, 20, and quite comfortable to walk around in. It has been a very mild October this year. What’s NZ like this time of year? I imagine you are having a nice spring.
fahrender @ 113
I guess Dick shot off a little prematurely.
Hi ET – I can’t give that much, but I’ll do what I can. Link?
OT: While engaged in a random walk through the Internet, I ran across this little fact. Character actor Ed Lauter, who played a grouchy handyman in heartwarming movie based on a Steven King novel, turns 60 tomorrow. Congratulations, Ed, wherever the heck you are!
anonymous @ 96
I continue to be amazed how Republicans appear to be honestly unable to grasp why everyone isn’t happy about “the economy.” I don’t think it’s an act; if it was, we wouldn’t have Bush and GOP strategists deciding that’s their issue to distract from Iraq.
But I guess when you believe that the middle class only includes people who make more than 200K a year, that does make it hard to understand why “the middle class” could possibly be unhappy.
NZ Expat @ 110
Remember, Remember, the 7th of November!
A friend of mine thinks I went ballistic over those assholes mistreating the cat because I can’t do anything directly about the CIA’s secret prisons or Guantanamo. I stopped a little of bit of needless suffering in this world today. I may have lost some friends for it, but friends who would stand by and let a helpless creature be tormented and humiliated are not the kind of friends I want.
Here’s to being called an asshole by the right people! I want sadistic morons to think I’m an asshole. A cast-iron, ball-breaking son of a bitch.
And with that, I bid you all good night.
OT – What if everyone thought like Rush Limbaugh?
This was a great video response on YouTube.
Very clever.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_iHk5Iz_Q6c
NZ Expat @
110
I’m still looking for a Darth Chenette Halloween costume. Strange – a year ago today I was in London rehearsing music – even on Halloween – and came back to the USA and Alaska on Guy Fawkes day. That day my 88 years old Dad passed away. Peacefully.
He was a reloading fanatic. Those are gun shooters who reload their own cartridges. They play with gunpowder, fuses and scales and hide their stuff from their kids who want to experiment with it. Interesting day for Dad to go, eh…..?
Large Lizard, I think your link stinks.
here’s a link:
http://www.athenshumanesociety.com/
and one for Minnesotans (my booger tortoise-shell was found there. she approves, although she likes it better at my house)
http://www.animalarkshelter.org/
MelodyMaker @ 111
The republic she comes from is the Pinochet era Chile republic ………..
fahrender @ 129
Good to know!! that changes my outlook on so many things. thanx.
NumberFour @ 121
learn more about Diane Benson, one courageous Tlingit:
http://bensonforcongress.com/
you can also donate here, and support fdl’s stalwarts:
http://www.actblue.com/page/egregious
Patrick 4/4 @ 120
As H.G. Wells might have observed:
“I guess Dick shot off a little prematurely”, Patrick 4/4 ejaculated.
Patrick 4/4 (#120)
i’m surprised he wasn’t firing blanks. not bad for the un-dead ……
ET, I can’t meet your 1000 but I dropped in another 200.
Cujo359 @ 132
And like Hamlet, I shall make my coitus with a bare bodkin…
Patrick 4/4 @ 135
i don’t think any of us guys should quit our day jobs and start writing bodice rippers ………
Everyone must crawl.. oops that’s C. Sexton. I meant everyone must listen to and/or remember
Roger Waters- The Bravery of Being out of Range.
fahrender @ 136
Day job?
fahrender @ 136
Lynne Cheney’s got that market sewed up.
ET – Donated. Not even close to earning a fishing trip, unfortunately. More in the range of a box of fishsticks.
montag @ 139
Made that little ensemble herself, did she?
TRex @
42
heh. she can cravate where the sun don’t shine.
because @
134
Thanks, because. Spread the word, pups – for the amount these blogs are dropping every three hours around the country, Benson would be able to blow
Jack Abramoff’s last HODon Young out of office….http://www.actblue.com/page/egregious
MelodyMaker @ 137
i prefer “Gogol Bordello’s” ‘Start Wearing Purple’, ‘I Never Want To Be Young Again’, ‘60 Revolutions’, or ‘Not A Crime’ ………
I’m back after a wander away from the computer. It has been some wild spring weather, with storms blowing in from the Tasman. Gusts of sunshine followed by big splashes of rain. Mostly, though, it is starting to warm up. October showers bring November flowers, my son says. Rhododendrens are ablaze. Ski fields closed this last weekend for the season up on Mt Ruapehu, the big volcano that we see to the south of here, but there is plenty of snow up there. You can google Lake Taupo, NZ and look at the images to get a hint of the scenery I have to endure….
ET…my husband mourns the loss of days when kids could get little chemical sets to make their own little bombs, which he happily did down in southern CA in the 50’s. Funny, though, he doesn’t enjoy the fireworks so much since the Vietnam days. The spooky scene in Apocalypse now where they are floating up the river at night and explosions are going off all around? He saw that and said it was the closest thing to Vietnam he ever saw (he was on the upper Mekong with 22 gunboats – me? at that time I didn’t know him….I was getting tear-gased in DC).
punaise @ 142
i thought that was Ken Mehlman’s domain …….
NumberFour @ 140
If my son’s band wasn’t drowning me out, you’d hear me laughing.
punaise,
Alaska is too old to keep Young?
fahrender @ 144
ooh. that sounds highbrow. I’ll the Gogol it. tx
Ed*ard Teller @ 148
a la Henny Youngman – “take my job, please…”
MelodyMaker @ 149
believe me, it is NOT highbrow! i discovered them over at eschaton (Oct 27th edition). their best video is there. for some reason that particular video (60 Revolutions) doesn’t show up when you got to the You Tube site. it’s very well edited, in my opinion……
hey ET – did you see the review of “Rachel Corrie” in the current New Yorker?
Hey, Punaise. What was the lady behind you saying at the Lakoff event?
Ed*ard Teller @ 148
It might be appropriate to depend upon the masters in this case, as in Henry IV, “… the folly of
youthYoung.”Jacqrat @ 153
nothing of import, just a distracting patter.
pun, who was the lady behind you at the Lakoff event? There was a rumor round here that it was Jane.
Good night, all. I have some cable spots to buy, first thing tomorrow.
Suzanne @ 156
oh, news to me. no, not at all.
OT
http://forums.canadiancontent……etnam.html
War in Afghanistan: Britain’s Vietnam
by MARK NICOL
Margot @ 159
I’d seen reports about combat operations there on the BBC News shows, but hadn’t realized it was that intense.
Thanks for the link.
I’m thinking of getting a Guy Fawkes mask for Halloween
montag @
117
punaise @
152
no. thanks for the tip. It isn’t up on their web site, and the newest edition will probably be in our mailbox Wednesday.
Mike @ 161
That would go over big with the “‘V’ is for Vendetta” households, wouldn’t it? :)
Margot @
159
War in Afghanistan: Britain’s re-run of Afghanistan …..
Now it is not good for the Christian’s health to hustle
the Aryan brown,
For the Christian riles, and the Aryan smiles and
he weareth the Christian down;
And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name
of the late deceased.
And the epitaph drear: “A Fool lies here who tried
to hustle the East.”
Rudyard Kipling, “The Naulahka”
some things just never change. talk about history repeating itself. the Brits were there in the 19th century and got slaughtered. the Russians got their asses handed to them in the 20th century. so, let’s see, it is the 21st century isn’t it? wonder what’s going to happen this time……….
How scary is Lynne Cheney? Her husband shot an old man in the face. Her daughter was a professional lesbian. And Lynne still manages to be “the butch one” in the family.
meanwhile, the war relentlessly moves toward the next stage. Justin Raimondo, posting his best essay in about five weeks, writes:
A so-called “Iranian directorate” has been set up in the Pentagon, run by the same folks who brought us the Office of Special Plans, the kitchen where so many of Judith Miller’s “scoops” about the advanced state of Saddam’s WMD were concocted.
Get ready for phase two of the Middle Eastern wars.
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=9934
montag @ 163
i’m amazed that there wasn’t been a re-release of “V for Vendetta”
about two weeks ago. Think of all the merchandising possibilities.
fahrender—that’s what it made me think of. I was shocked, reading this article, then wondered why I was shocked.
ET: It looks like we’ve added about $600 to Diane Benson’s total tonight. Maybe you can get the rest of the way there tomorrow. Good luck.
Time for me to check out of the ‘net. Goodnight, all.
g’nite, all.
Ed*ard Teller @ 166
History repeats itself. The first time as tragedy, the second in Farsi.
Ed*ard Teller @ 166
edward:
i think it’s very possible. it would be perfectly consistent with every thing they’ve done so far. and if they don’t actually do it they will threaten us with it and blackmail the Congress with it. no jinks is too high for these shithouse rats. they will push it to the limit and take advantage of any weakness. they are the craziest, most radical bunch of ruthless thugs ever to be in power.
fahrender @ 172
I have been patiently waiting for the next Seymour Hersh column, because it will surely be on this subject, and was hoping it would show up this weekend, the week before the election.
It’s possible that all of Hersh’s sources have clammed up because some provocation is on the way and inevitable. But, it’s coming, in one form or another. I suspect, now that the navy’s crawling all over the Gulf and the Arabian Sea, there’s some sort of Gulf of Tonkin event in store for us. I’ve maintained that Bush would do it on his own, without Congress, now that they’re out of session, later claiming that there was no time to consult.
The so-called “axis of evil” was a roadmap, not a metaphor.
ET – another contribution for Diane Benson is on the way. My husband was toting up the costs coming in the next few months…two kids with multiple thousand dollar tuition, US property taxes (smallish house, but 2,000 taxes), possible car needed in the US…all to be paid with NZ dollars (now around .66 US = 1.00 NZ – not bad to bring money here, but rotten the other direction). Not to mention the taxes we pay here!
Then he stopped and I said, “Don Young out of Congress? Priceless!” He laughed and I logged on to donate, not necessarily big bucks, but still to do our wee part.
Don’t know why, but this came to mind:
Axe sis of Eve, all
SteveAudio @ 175
Not bad, considering Lynne Cheney’s fictional subject matter…. :)
Axe sis of Eve, all
coalescence of the swilling
punaise @ 177
and a contradiction in the billing.
coal lotion of the spilling
Just 4 grinz:
http://i129.photobucket.com/al…..icklon.jpg
punaise @ 179
preceding a conflagration of the grilling.
Next they’re gonna cut off our Keith!
gwiz @
180
a face that could Lonch a thousand yips
*de-blog*
Hi everybody, thanks Trex for nailing fuckers who are mean to cats
and for the utterly classic visual at which I’m still laughing
Sharkbabe @
185
love me some carol burnett and gang …….
Good Morning, Firepups,
Cool and clear here in central Jersey, temp hovering in the high 30s. Lots to do early this week, then a quick getaway with a dear friend, then back to do another day of volunteer work for Linda Stender in NJ-07.
Thank you to T-Rex for doing the right things, rescuing the cat and reporting the threatening calls.
Thank you to all the netroots, here at the ‘Lake and all the other places in Left Blogosphere, who have stepped up with $ and time and articulate voices. You will all make this difference in this election. And you will continue to make a difference in our communities, holding elected officials accountable.
The coffee’s ready. Who needs a cup?
Yea T, let me know if you need some backup here in the Boulevard neighborhood. I’m right around the corner.
TRex @
30
In Key House Races, Democrats Run to the Right
By SHAILA DEWAN and ANNE E. KORNBLUT
ASHEVILLE, N.C., Oct. 28 — In their push to win back control of the House, Democrats have turned to conservative and moderate candidates who fit the profiles of their districts more closely than the profile of the national party.
One such candidate, Heath Shuler, was courted by Republicans to run for office in 2001. Mr. Shuler, 34, is a retired National Football League quarterback who is running in the 11th Congressional District in North Carolina. He is an evangelical Christian and holds fast to many conservative social views, like opposition to abortion rights.
“My guess is that if Democrats are in the majority, it’s going to be because of these New Democrat, Blue Dog candidates out there winning in these competitive swing districts,” Representative Ron Kind of Wisconsin, co-chairman of a caucus of centrist House Democrats, said in an interview.
But if candidates like Mr. Shuler do help the Democrats gain majority control of Congress, it could come at a political price, which may include tensions in the party between its new centrists and its more liberal political base.
While Democratic leaders have gone to great lengths to promote the views of these candidates, some, like Mr. Shuler, have views on issues like gun control and abortion that are far out of step with the prevailing views of the Democrats who control the party. On some issues, they may even be expected to side with Republicans and the Bush White House.
Democratic officials said they did not set out with the intention of finding moderates to run. Instead, as they searched for candidates with the greatest possibility of winning against Republicans, they said, they wound up with a number who reflected more moderate views.
That was especially true in suburban areas and some rural districts, said Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “As a group, they are moderate in temperament and reformers in spirit,” Mr. Emanuel said.
In Indiana, for example, Brad Ellsworth, a Democrat running to unseat Representative John Hostettler, brags about the “A” rating he has received from the National Rifle Association. In Kentucky, Mike Weaver, a Democrat who opposes abortion rights, is running against Representative Ron Lewis, a Republican. Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat running for an open House seat in Arizona, is presenting herself as a fiscal conservative, saying she would oppose Congressional pay increases until the federal budget is balanced.
If this crop of moderate and conservative Democrats arrived on Capitol Hill as members of a Democratic majority, they would not have much power individually to change the face of Congress — an argument that has been used against Mr. Shuler by the incumbent, Representative Charles H. Taylor, who is chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior.
Instead, party veterans would remain in chairmanships and House leadership posts; several officials said they did not expect a moderate revolution to erupt or to threaten the position of Representative Nancy Pelosi of California as the Democratic leader in the House.
“But will they have an impact? Absolutely,” Mr. Emanuel said. “They’re going to have an impact on the Congress and the caucus.” A prime example is Mr. Shuler, who addresses environmental conservation from the viewpoint of an avid hunter and speaks of health care for the poor as a moral responsibility.
Collectively, the group could tilt the balance of power within the party, which has been struggling to define itself in recent elections. The candidates cover the spectrum on political issues; some are fiscally conservative and moderate or liberal on social issues, some are the reverse. They could influence negotiations with Republicans on a variety of issues, including Social Security and stem cell research.
There are two main groups of moderate Democrats in the House: the Blue Dog Coalition, a caucus of socially conservative and moderate members formed in 1994; and the New Democrat Coalition, a caucus of centrists formed in 1997. While there are differences between the two — the Blue Dogs tend to be more rural and Southern, with occasional alliances with Republicans, while the New Democrats are more suburban and wealthy and place a premium on party loyalty — there are members who belong to both. Both, of course, have a stake in helping the centrist candidates succeed.
Representative Ellen O. Tauscher of California, a co-chairwoman of the 47-member New Democrat Coalition, said that 27 of the top 40 contested House seats were being pursued by Democrats who have pledged to become members of the group, which says its chief issues are national security and fiscal responsibility.
“I think there’s tremendous agreement and awareness that getting the majority and running over the left cliff is what our Republican opponents would dearly love,” Ms. Tauscher said, adding that this was something “we’ve got to fight.”
The centrist movement was embodied by former President Bill Clinton, who rose to prominence through the Democratic Leadership Council, which embraced a so-called third way of politics and eschewed what it saw as outdated liberalism.
Yet since Mr. Clinton left office, Democrats have seemed to drift back in the direction of their liberal identity, nominating two presidential contenders who were seen as less committed to the moderate cause.
“The Democrats as a whole have begun to understand and recognize, as I did, that we have the extreme left and the extreme right, and 80 percent of America is in the middle,” Mr. Shuler said on a campaign stop last week at the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. “People need to start working together.”
Mr. Shuler grew up in a Democratic family, the son of a mailman in Bryson City, N.C. He has set out to bring Democrats who have voted Republican, like Brenda Davis, back into the fold.
From behind the counter at the Spud & Deb’s hunting and pet supply store in Enka, N.C., Ms. Davis, 41, said she voted Republican in the last election because of her religious beliefs, but this time is supporting Mr. Shuler.
“Considering my son is a marine and he’s done two tours in Iraq,” Ms. Davis said, “I’m with the Democrats.”
In 2001, Republicans tried unsuccessfully to persuade Mr. Shuler, who was then living in Knoxville, Tenn., to run for Congress even though he had rarely shown interest enough in politics to vote.
But Democrats found Mr. Shuler an equally appealing candidate, for some of the same reasons. After intense recruiting, he agreed to run this year as a Democrat in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, where he was a high school football star. Despite his lack of political experience, polls indicate that he has pushed the Republican incumbent, Mr. Taylor, into a dead heat.
In this corner of the state, where the rivers churn with whitewater and the mountainsides brighten into rusty glory each autumn, second homes for the wealthy have driven up the cost of living even as manufacturing jobs have become scarce, and the social spending cuts that people associated with the Republican Party are no more palatable than the social liberalism of the Democrats.
Mr. Taylor, a wealthy tree farmer and banker, took office in 1991 and has held it since, and he has talked up his ability to bring federal money to the district.
Asked if he could envision a Democratic Party with, say, an anti-abortion platform, Mr. Shuler did not hesitate. “I’m pro-life and I’m part of the Democratic Party, so I hope it’s part of the platform,” he said. “Someone needs to lead.”
In this election cycle, the Democrats’ desire for a victory in Congress has overridden concerns that candidates like Mr. Shuler are too far right for the party base. But there are questions about what will happen down the line.
“I don’t think people like Shuler will be the core of the Democratic Party,” said Mark Bloom, a writer who is a volunteer for MoveOn.org, the liberal advocacy group, at its storefront office in downtown Asheville. “If people like Shuler turn out to not be progressive enough for my tastes, I’ll work to replace him.”
In the view of Don Yelton, a Jupiter, N.C., resident, a decisive nationwide realignment is playing out in conservative districts like this one. Although the majority of registered voters are Democrats, President Bush won here by a comfortable margin.
Mr. Yelton, 59 and a lifelong Democrat, said he recently changed parties, in part because he believed that the Democrats had suppressed anti-abortion viewpoints. He is running as a Republican for clerk of court in Buncombe County.
“There’s going to be a moderate party for Joe Blow, and whether that party is the Republican Party or the Democratic Party, that’s the battle we’re seeing,” Mr. Yelton said. “I expect to see Hillary Clinton quoting Scripture before it’s over with.”
Good morning, folks — thanks for the offer, njp. Anyone else feeling a bit off today due to the time change this past weekend?
Good morning all!
FGD, any word on the position?
Anyone catch the TIME cover for this week?
Talk about covering Bush’s ass. And fundamentally untruthful. The character at the center of the allusion rode in, solved problems and left. Bush rode in, caused problems and now he won’t leave….
Hey, imm. Nope, nothing yet — thanks for remembering! They’d told me on the October 5th interview that there would be a decision by the end of the month, but in a follow-up e-mail, the chair then amended that to “the first week of November.” Having grown up in a college environment, I know that selection committees rarely feel the time pressures of the applicants.
Since this thread was originally about a Cheney, I suppose it ought to reach its tail end on a high note….
Good morning. Is it coffee yet?
Lynne Cheney once told Blitzer how he should interview her. Guess he forgot.
What sort of goodly grandmother turns the TV on to watch Imus with the grandkids? Or maybe she just wants them to know all the words grandad uses when he’s ticked off on the floors of Congress…
That was about the most obvious sign of purely made up anger in the whole interview. Either she’s not much of a grandma or she’s that ignorant — probably both.
I happened to catch Scott Ritter and Seymour Hersh on a cspan channel talking about Iran. And Scott was talking about how they (the DarthCheneyites) are using the same ‘faith based’ intelligence that they used in Iraq. The point is not to be correct, but to start a war that brings the war profiteers lots of money and a chance to get some ‘friendlies’ in there to disrupt their oil fields.
I believe that the biggest challenge to a dem led House and/or Senate is what the dems do to stop an attack on Iran. To me at least, the question is really big. WILL the dems attempt to stop an attack? Or will they ‘go along’ with harsh talk in order to appear strong on defense. STOOOOOPID.
Bush will dare the dem leaders to stop them. Keeps me up at night.
Good morning, GrandmaJ. Yes, it’s not exactly restful times we live in.
montag @ 194
Oh, this MAKES my day…and it’s a Monday no less! And you’re right, it’s a perfect conclusion to a Cheney discussion…
Well,now I have to dig around to find old Carol Burnett shows on DVD or something. That was one of THE classics of American comedy. Just the pic makes me giggle.
I watched CNN’s show about the do nothing congress,last night,not bad,but they had to get that”dems do it too”angle in there. Then I watched Frontline,The Lost Year in Iraq. Paul Bremer isn’t just an idiot,he’s a war criminal. It took him about,oh,a week,to turn the whole thing into Operation Enduring Clusterfuck. Then,lol,I watched a talk on CSpan 2 with Scott Ritter and Seymour Hersh about Iran. No wonder I didn’t sleep worth a damn last night.
I figure all that TV watchin’ now makes me qualified for a job in the White House. Or maybe a cushy gig at the Pentagon.
Morning, firepups! Pour me a strong one. Coffee, that is. I’ve got a staff meeting in an hour.
So, it looks like the Dems will take back the house Nov. 7, and Oklahoma will really lack power do to having so many Republican congresscritters. I would really like some netroots donation help for the open seat of OK-05 in these final days.
Dr. Hunter is the Democratic contender, running against a career political Republican rubber stamp, Mary Fallin. Hell, she is even having a fund raiser this week with Denny Hastert. I set up an Act Blue donation page for Dr. Hunter here.
Please show some love and donate what you can. I have to go to work now, so this will be EPU’d directly, so hopefully someone can pick this up and put it on the next thread. Thanks.
Mornin’ TRex! Gotta fly. See y’all on the other side of today.
coffee’s ready – hold out your cups..
Tom Swan coming up on the Young Turks on AirAmerica Radio. Stream it if you can’t get it on the radio.
Morning all.
montag @ 194
How about a B-sharp? “See” what I mean?
And as for time zone changes, we don’t need no steenkin time zone changes. Still down here in the DR, yet trying to raise bucks for Benson in Alaska. Guess I’ve got the temperature extremes covered :)
Staff meeting cancelled. Dang. And I’ve already had my first cuppa, so there will be no going back to sleep.
Guess I’ll go to the courthouse and vote since I won’t be in town for the elections.
Hm can’t edit. Ok then, here’s how to kick Don Young’s sorry butt out of the Alaska Congressional seat–
http://www.actblue.com/page/egregious
A little goes a L O N G way, and they need radio and TV to reach all corners of the state. This is one honkin’ big Congressional district.
Thanks all!
Bush getting lots of face time on the tv news for his campaigning tour… yuck.
Cujo359 @
82
That was my suggestion on the other thread, to look at Karen Carter in LA-2.
My son, a paid staffer at the DNC, worked with her fiance in New Orleans, met Ms Carter, and was very impressed with her. Very impressed.
Take a look at her ActBlue entry. And, try to kick a few bucks her way. Thanks.
The number of American dead in Iraq this month is at 100. Only God knows how many Iraqis died.
And figure how many wounded, 6 or 7 times more?
AZ Matt @
213
Oilfieldguy @ 203
OFG I’ll help but won’t be on a secure line until sometime tomorrow. Will you remind me? Thx.
egregious @ 210
I sent Diane $200.00 last night from your ActBlue page. Hope she can kick some ass up there. Thanks for letting us know about her.
AZ Matt (213), those billions of dollars spent on Iraq have bought a lot of heartache.
Thanks phoebes! And all other contributors!
I’m Scottish so I’m very um.. careful.. with my dollars. This is a very good deal. For a small amount we can unload another of the Pombo Doolittle crowd.
Speaking of, hae we heard anything from our Nate, from the Charlie Brown campaign?
Last night I asked about a bill that made it easier for Bush to declare martial law. Turns out, it’s section 1076 of HR 5122. I did some research and posted it in this entry at Daily Kos. It’s pretty scary.
MSNBC doing all day election coverage and they promise to do a close looks at the blogosphere.
Old Coastie, you make GOOD coffee. That spoon stands right up.
LindyH @ 221
well, it’s Monday after all… time to power up!
CNN reporting Santorum down 16 points – apparently Laura wasn’t that much of a help….
Boehner on the tv reminding voters that Democrats want the terrorists to win…
Yea, “we’ll have to fight them on every street in America”. Rumsfeld “has done a marvelous job”.
OldCoastie @ 223
Ed*ard Teller @
143
Finally wrested the credit card from my husband, so I sent $20 to Diane. Small change, I know, but I’m not swimming in money here.
Yeah, the hubby has to hide my credit card during election seasons. He got really tired of eating ramen for two weeks after 2004!
Boehner = lying sack o’ shit…
OldCoastie @ 224
I do wish, that when he says things like that, the news commentators would pronounce his name phonetically, just for emphasis….
I kinda like that the newscaster looks a bit incredulous at what Boehner is saying…
awright! to the showers! time to get started for the week… everyone have a great day…
OldCoastie @ 228
Norah did look incredulous and I liked when she said “you didn’t want to know”
aha!
Good morning all.
Now that I’ve grabbed the zero, new thread!
Well, Bob Somersby is bizarre sometimes, but you can always count on him for the great smackdown when somebody impugns Al Gore. The Note may never be the same.
Morning. Just heard WCBS radio in NYC about the campaigning in Samford. Funny, everytime Joe spoke, some weird technical glitch drown out his voice. They mentioned the float earlier.
good thing they didn’t mention scooter libby and the bears
Well Billmon sure upset the bedwetters! Reminded them of Jane’s “tarring” of Smokin’ Joe Liebermann (R-CT). Blue Crab said it was “sick”.
But when I sent Mr Crabby this:
“Remember the study released a few months back revealing that, for the most part, Republicans were the kids in school who were the bedwetters, whiners, etc.?
Here you go again, peeing your diapies over an analogy that just has too much dang truthiness in it for your agenda. In your Glorious War Against Brown People, it’s just fine to incarcerate an entire generation of black males, either in the dungeons or the military. It’s a no brainer to rubber stamp the slaughter of Palestinians and Lebanese. Invading sovereign nations unprovoked, the highest of all war crimes, just fine. Since Poppy, through Clinton and now the Chimp, almost two million slaughtered Iraqis, all A-okay. And slaves? Hey, how about the Mexican “Guest Worker Program”?
It is SUCH an outrage that Blitzer questioned the TimeWarner “massa” and annoyed the Cheney Bitch. She wanted to talk about her children’s book, dammit, and that awful Blitzer forced her to defend her criminal husband and the Republican crime syndicate!!!! What an outrage!!!! Waaaaahhhhhhhh! Well, I’ll just have to call the Waahhmbulance for y’all (bring extra diapers). Onward Christian Soldiers, there’s still brown folk out there.”
Well, not only did Mr Blue Crab “nuke” my comment, but immediately posted an “update” to his comments policy (http://bluecrabboulevard.com/about/), including the following Republican ideology: “This site is not a democracy and you don’t get a vote.” And this charming statement which just might be a threat: “ALL IP addresses are logged – by several different methods.” Or: “There’s a bucket of ice water waiting for you at Guatanamo, non believer”
Of course, Mr Billmon doesn’t allow any comments, damn Nazi.
Alas, I was waaaaay off base, as a review of the transcript indicates that this had nothing to do with Dickie, and she didn’t defend the Republican Crime Syndicate, but, instead, promoted and defined Republican Smear Sleazery. When WILL we learn to stop assailing their white, elite comfort zone? Drink the Kool Aid or else.
Jesus. Any competent journalist (obviously not Blizer) would have immediately pointed out that Mr. Webb’s book isn’t a children’s book.
End of discussion.
Sheesh
TeddySanFran @
25
Don’t hate her. Notice that with that quote she’s given away the current Republican playbook.
They’re going to use “sex, lies and distortion” to manipulate voters during this last phase of the campaign.
I loved that line, “Republicans, like vampires, scream loudest just before the stake goes in.” Fantastic!
Don’t ask a Republican to write about sex. They’re not qualified. I mean seriously…
“Even her lacy undershift and drawers were wet, clinging to her body”
My loins, my loins, her underwear was wet, clingingly wet. How lame. Lyne Cheney has sex with her eyes closed and she’s thinking about her next children’s book. Can you blame her?
Now, if you want someone to write about devising schemes to subvert laws governing political fundraising, schemes to sell congessional votes for campaign contributions, auctioning government to the highest bidder, starting wars without cause, fearmongering and baldface lying to the american people, then get a Republican to the write the book… because Republicans wrote the book.
“When a Democrat ‘fires back’ it’s usually to shoot themselves in the foot.” Octopibingo. That’s as true today as the day it was written.