"Party Planner" does not appear to be a promising addition to the already bizarrely convoluted resume of Jimmy Gukert aka Jeff Gannon, former male escort turned faux-journalistic White House shill (hey, he already had the kneepads!) turned…what, exactly? His "Bible Reading Marathon", held yesterday in honor of this year's National Day o' Prayer was not exactly a standing-room-only event:
Dozens of Heads Were Bowed
By Dana MilbankFriday, May 4, 2007; Page A02
Let us pray.
Let us pray that, on next year's National Day of Prayer, there is better attendance at the "Bible Reading Marathon" on the West Front of the Capitol.
Organizers put out 600 folding chairs on the lawn — the spot where presidents are inaugurated — and set up a huge stage with powerful amplifiers. But at 9:30 a.m. yesterday, not one of the 600 seats was occupied. By 11 a.m., as a woman read a passage from Revelations, attendance had grown — to four people. Finally, at 1 p.m., 37 of the 600 seats were occupied, though many of those people were tourists eating lunch.
Where was everybody?
Hm. I dunno. Maybe we just missed Teh Rapture and they've all gone to Heaven without us.
So, who planned this thing?
"This isn't that kind of event," explained Jeff Gannon, spokesman for the host, the International Bible Reading Association. Gannon, actually a pseudonym for James Guckert, had earned fame in 2005 representing a conservative Web site at White House briefings until it was revealed that he posted nude pictures of himself on the Web to offer his services as a $200-an-hour gay escort.
Let us pray for the power to understand how Gannon made his way from HotMilitaryStud.com to the International Bible Reading Association.
Oh, dear God, no. Let's not and say we did, please? I had gob-smacking irony for lunch.
I just have to quote Gavin here, "Satire leaves a tear-streaked note reading, 'No funeral.'"
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Morning.
TRex, is it fun to be a writer when your subjects give you so much wacky material?
Nat’l Day of Prayer? And we call the Muslims fanatics.
Who can forget the Atheist Dial-A-Prayer?
You call up and no one answers.
You.Can.Not.Make.This.Stuff.Up
Morning TRex. I am struck all of a heap.
Oh, man. Did you have to pause every few sentence to breathe, TRex? Damn, that’s some life-threatening irony!
I can just see Dana Milbank trying to control the convulsive bursts of guffawing as he sat typing away at his keyboard. That shit damned near killed me, I was laughing so hard.
–I THINK ONE OF THE GREAT MYSTERIES IS — HOW MR. GANNON MANAGES TO STAY ALIVE — FOLLOWING THE REVELATIONS OF VISITS TO THE WHITE HOUSE. TALK ABOUT CONTROLLING THE MESSAGE. MY GOD, ROVE HAS MORE POWER THAN GOD DOES? // snark, PLEASE ALLOW THE CAPS.
I first read this as “Dozens of Heads Were Bobbing”, and considering who led the event, it wouldn’t have surprised me any.
Phoenix Woman @ 8
you savage
Is this from the Left Behind Series, Trex?
Well, if they had advertised “massages” I’m sure they would have had a full house.
A purely religious event sponsored on U.S. Gov’t property?
Church IS state, methinketh.
Aside from all the irony inherent in the details.
Hey, kids, I’ve got a dozen things going on at once. I’ll be right there. Talk amongst yourselves. I’ll pick a topic.
The Christian Right. Neither Christian nor right.
Discuss.
Were any FOX reporters there who forgot to file the report, I wonder?
WOW !
(And I am almost never at a loss for words.)
mc @ 11
Massages and stroking.
Of EGOs! Get your MINDS out of the gutter folks. You’ll be running into too many Republics down there.
ccmask @ 10
Either that, or the Left in Your Behind series of Porn Again Productions by Betty Bowers.
Proof that it only takes a few Christo-fascist to ruin it for most in America…
Maybe we just missed Teh Rapture and they’ve all gone to Heaven without us.
So there are so few of them that we didn’t even notice? ;)
TRex — I had no idea you did daytime posts. Very nice.
Bless his heart.
Blank Kludge @ 12
… just the Reps erecting their ‘08 platform – God, Guns, Gays and Abortions. Oh and blaming Iraq on the Dems.
The more things change, …
Texas Betsy @ 20
He’s an owl who is also awake during the day.
Don’t knock the Guck-man. In another day and age he’d be making a fortune selling patent medicine. He’s a born entrepreneur, and has found a couple of niches to exploit his talents. There are many historical parallels.
When the rapture takes place can I have your car, house and bank account. I have one last kid to get through college.
Any of you who might be near Athens this weekend it is time for the 29th Human Rights Fetsival
Human Rights
come on down.
kathleen @ 25
Who are you asking? Which of us do you expect to be raptured?
ok, so “this isn’t that kind of event”, as in the kind that people are actually expected to attend, but for some reason you set up 600 CHAIRS!!!! i’m sure that whoever footed the bill for the chair rental would have liked to know that they were there just for show.
AAAAAA MEN!
Ah yes..our reps head home for the weekend, while the folks in Iraq that they sentenced to death via their yes on the war resolution in 2002, are murdered in the thousands, and 4 million are displaced.
Our country is drowning in the Iraqi peoples blood, but few have noticed.
I don’t know how they sleep at night!
Trex
This would keep me awake in the daylight also.
Quebecois @ 18
They’re setting up a franchise in Canada as well.
If Harper gets a majority govt., …
e.c. @ 28
Believe that would be you and me!
Must. Stop. Laughing.
Must. Breathe.
Can’t wait to see Milbank try to talk to KO about this tonight!
actually, the whole event was sponsored by the folks across the street, thanking God they were atheists.
I’ll try to comment once/if I can stop laughing.
Texas Betsy @ 27
I guess only those folks expect to be on the rapture cloud would know. I don’t think I made the list!
Apparently, the Republican Right has absolutely no sense of irony or shame.
I hope Keith asks Dana to say a few words about this tonight!
TRex, what you doing posting in the broad daylight?
kathleen @ 30
They get massages …
Peterr @ 34
MUST SEE TV. I hope C&L gets the video.
Just before anyone gets raptured, offthread there is an election in france coming up. The european media has been quite trapped into spinning the story from both US and UK perspectives, particularly that the french economy is underperforming against these two international giants.
Of course, digging deeper one finds that is not at all the case, and the resulting analysis casts much doubt on the relative strengths of the US and UK models.
One of the authors is Jerome a Paris from dKos, and the article is at European Tribune (and dKos as well.)
Peterr @ 34
This is probably the only coverage you will see, I’m guessing. At least, coverage with the Gannon angle.
It’s really interesting to flip from MSNBC to Fox sometimes to see what Fox is and is not covering. I’d do CNN too, but it’s really about the same thing.
Of all the bizarre to just flat-out unbelievable stories to come out of the Bush years, I don’t think any are weirder than the saga of Gannon/Guckert-and I don’t think we’ve got the whole story yet. How did he get the gig? Who recruited him? Access? Daily passes? WTF? And now this? Please…stop…can’t… take…anymore..
(thud)
Loo Hoo @ 39
Hey Loo Hoo, I was browsing FDL for insights into last night’s ReaganLoveFest when I saw the King of Late Nite’s post. Nice to see some of you nite owls here as well.
Hey TRex! What are you doing here at this hour? I never get to read your posts on time, always a day after the fact.
I left you a note a few mornings ago, but case you didn’t see it: THANK YOU for highlighting Amy Winehouse. I had just totally not heard of her before, but I’m now a huge fan. I have Valerie on my desk top for easy access.
Texas Betsy @ 33
Does 600 empty seats mean our government doesn’t have a prayer?
Jane and Christy
Check your email if you are around, I’ve sent you pics. NOT related to this!
Hi, Mandrake -
Heading your way for a few days next week. Probably won’t be there during weekend or I’d ask if we could have a get-together. Hope you’re doing well.
Petrocelli @ 40
Bad Reporter headline: New Proposal for Three Day Waiting Period for Politicians Hiring Prostitutes.
Granddad Delbert @ 7
Yes, he does.
What’s even more amazing is why this story will never make it to network or cable news. If it gets covered at all, the Gannon angle will be omitted.
Rice still giving the finger to Waxman
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003156.php
do-si-do @ 47
Nope, they’re inside, enjoying the special Gannon brunch.
Mandrake.. controlling the “massage” not the message
Wouldn’t it be interesting to see who in the WH authorized use of the location and the chairs for Jeff?
do-si-do @ 47
West Wing and a prayer
Biodun @ 23
I hope he’s getting overtime..you know, union rules and all. *wink
Emma @ 55
my guess is Rove
Guckert held a similarly unattended Bible reading Marathon in 2004:
link to pics of the event
Waccamaw @ 49
Goodness, lady! Good to know you’re still alive! You been traipsing all over the southeast? Don’t tell me. I’ll just get jealous! ;)
So good to see you here. I really wondered what had happened to you.
I hope he’s getting overtime..you know, union rules and all. *wink
Unions in Georgia, ha!
Hi Petrocelli!
Petrocelli @ 32
I came here looking for some pertinent info on Scooter’s trial, I’m staying because I feel that you folks are the citizens who’ll rid your country of BushCo$ and certainly make a dent in the Christo-fascist base. Harper is scary on the religious front, and my Quebec Prime Minister is a budding Neocon… When your administration is in prison, and corprate media gets the spanking it deserves, there might be a chance for Canada… A great relief for this separatist!
TRex, I hope your early post doesn’t mean you will be absent tonight … much looking forward to Friday night “Late Nite” & “Late Late Nite”.
Maybe someone at the WH jilted Gannon/Guckert, and he’s calling their bluff. This is the strangest story.
TRex:
Thanks for the best mid-morning coffee break laugh here in San Francisco, where “Left” and “Behind” have altogether different meanings–together and separately.
kathleen @ 54
Honestly, no one outside the progressive blogosphere knows anything about the Gannon story. I personally think it’s explosive, considering the smarmy journalistic ethics involved and of course, the sex angle mixed in with the Republican homophobia. Why doesn’t the msm jump all over this thing? There’s a frikkin’ Secret Service log, fer cryin’ out loud.
Oh, whatamisaying?
Quebecois @ 63
Harper will play to the separatists in Quebec as his “divide and conquer” gameplan, and slip in the same ideals Bush & Co. are using to ruin America.
Knut Wicksell @ 24
well put
Where am I going and why do I have this handbasket?
Fe @ 66
Thank you for the laugh!
DC Madam women in Government, Military, Academics per MSNBC.
Loo Hoo @ 62
Hey Loo Hoo, hope to see all of you tonight on Late Nite. You too Betsy. Love & Hugs.
Mandrake @ 67
Progressive radio knows plenty about him as well.
Really, he must be Rove’s boyfriend.
Who else would be able to do male porn and then run the prayer ceremony. I’m all for repenting, but this is just plain ridiculous.
OT a little bit – but I hear tell Rudy “reaffirmed” – however tepidly, his pro-choice views at last night’s “Ronniepalooza-’07?” Couldn’t stomach the thought of watching it mahself. Anyway, if he did, I wonder when the Bishop Sheridans and Chaputs of my church are gonna come out and strongly condemn support of Rudy G. for such views – just the way they did when J.F.Kerry was running in ‘04. Shall we all hold our breath . . . or not?
punaise:
I’ve read your responses. Yeah Sarko leads but… There’s an outside chance Sego might pull in enough Bayrou supporters for an upset.
Bustednuckles @ 70
Bring the sunscreen?
*Whew!*
Here I am, finally. Boy, the Lake sure looks different in the daylight.
ccmask @ 75
It is ridiculous, “Outright Laughable” would be Haggard leading it.
TRex @ 79
Bet you didn’t know that the water was clear and clean.
Pure as driven slush.
TRex-
Can’t.stop.laughing.
(even.before.Gavin.Bwa.ha!)
Fe @ 66
Hee-hee.
Thanks, neighbor.
TRex @ 79
**
And the best part about daylight – too hot for mosquitoes!
Texas Betsy @ 78
And the asbestos undies.
KestrelBrighteyes @ 84
… and
VampiresRep. nomineesSort of OT..Doughy Pantsload over at National Review Online is sure that those who raised their hands as non-believers of evolution have intelligent, nuanced explanations.
TRex -
Appreciate the midday humor.
I am SO dying for Gannon to be brought up as a “speaking of prostitutes in DC….” sidebar in some of the MSM discussions of the DC Madam.
Yeah, yeah, I know…
Biodun @ 77
we can hope, but it doesn’t look good:
ccmask @ 75
Not disagreeing with you here….
But the location suggests Gannon’s been cruising the
orificeshalls of power at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.Jeff’s playing in both the Houses.
I’m rooting for that nice Socialist woman for French Prez. Mostly because I know how much it will annoy the Right if she wins.
“Organizers put out 600 folding chairs on the lawn — the spot where presidents are inaugurated — and set up a huge stage with powerful amplifiers. But at 9:30 a.m. yesterday, not one of the 600 seats was occupied. By 11 a.m., as a woman read a passage from Revelations, attendance had grown — to four people. Finally, at 1 p.m., 37 of the 600 seats were occupied, though many of those people were tourists eating lunch.
Where was everybody?”
This can only mean one thing-irrefutable proof that God has a wicked, and I mean wicked, sense of humor.
“…tourists eating lunch,” BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
OT ~ Could this guy be the next DC Madam ‘massage’ client? Bush’s point man for escalation plan resigns.
Balrog @ 4
Don’t laugh … according to TPM … Hitchens says Turdblossom is an athiest
MayDaze @ 88
So if it’s midday instead of midnight but TRex is here, should I bring a midday snack?
Why not!
Help yourselves!
Petrocelli @ 68.
Agreed, Harper is striving to be adopted by PapaBush. He’s playing the Quebec card, like Bush is playing the red state card, manipulating the “base”.
As long as I’m on the manipulation front, Gannon seems to be good at that, manipulated the media, christians and KKKarl…
“Jeff’s playing in both the Houses.”
Is that like a switch-hitter?
Texas Betsy @ 74
I just started getting Air America in the last few weeks so I will be listening out for Randi Rhodes to comment . . . should be good.
Lou Costello @ 94
Thanks for the heads up Lou.
Another one rides the bus.
How many is that since January, anybody keeping track?
It has to be double digits by now.
So did Gannon/Gukert get a consulting fee for setting this up? From whom? How much?
lost_nacf_gop @ 76
I watched it for S&Gs, and Rudy took a while to get to his point of pro-choice.
Itwas nauseating to hear Reagan invoked so many times in so many ways.
“alittle gay” as Maher said on SC the other night.
there’s also a “little” gay repug Log Cabin sub-culture in DC that no one dare speak of… to stay on topic.
Okay, I nested. I am sorreee! Please forgive, mods.
Quebecois @ 97
Yep, Harper is pandering to the Quebec separatists to win more seats, then using “Quebec separatists” to win seats out west. The only people who see their hypocrisy seem to be in Ontario, but they’re sick of McGuinty and Layton is losing credibility here. It’s going to be a rough couple of years.
It’s like Tom Tomorrow said several years ago, this administration is so hard to satirize, because no matter how outrageous you are making fun of what they’ve done, chances are you’ll find out they’ve already done worse.
OT, but I had to share this photo from the front page of one of the local papers (the Falls Church News-Press):
Next thing you know, Gannon will show up in Colorado…….as a preacher!
LMAO!
The way he could have gotten 600 people there easily (I think) is to have a few dozen rabbits or puppies in a little temporary enclosure there on the lawn.
People just want to give and accept love.
Imagine all the tourists and staffers who would flock to the puppies or rabbits!
So, maybe they listen all that closely to the Bible reading, but they would be loving and happy, their day would be brighter.
That’s more “Patch Adams” than “Left Behind.” Thank God.
Comments sent to NPR and the ombudsperson at Npr about a program that Neil Conan did with John Bolton this week. It was horrendous!
Listen to the program with Bolton for yourself and then write to NPr about whether this was accurate and fair and balanced news coverage.
To NPR
Neil Conan’s program with John Bolton on May 1 was like listening to the MSM in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. Neil Conan provided Bolton with 40 minutes to repeat unsubstantiated claims about Iran’s “alleged” may I repeat ‘alleged” nuclear weapons program. This Talk of the Nation program was dis-service to the public’s “right to know’ and to the truth.
When polls report that 70% of Americans now believe that Iran has a nuclear weapons program, News Junkies know that the “cakewalk in Iraq”zealots ability to repeat these unsubstantiated claims in the MSM have been successful. The belief that Iran posesses a nuclear weapons program did not come to be via osmosis. This belief came to be due to programs like Talk of the Nation allowing these unsubstantiated claims to be repeated and go completely unchallenged!
Neil Conan did not challenge John Boltons unsubstantiated claims about Iran once let me repeat NOT ONCE. Deja Vu folks Deja Vu.
To the FDL community
I would like to present an idea to the FDL folks. How about a spot where FDLers can mark and keep track of how many times they hear these unsubstantiated claims about Iran repeated. A PRE-EMPTIVE TALLY ! So that if Bill Moyers does a program in two years about the run up to a pre-emptive military strike on Iran and the MSM’s complicity…we can sadly say ‘we told you so” again!
mc @ 93
I could not have put it better.
Joe Klein’s conscience @ 95
Did anyone see Hitchens on TDS? He was semi- sober and his tail was firmly between his legs, knowing if he got out of line, Jon Stewart would bring both barrels to bear.
Bustednuckles @ 106
Maybe they can ‘cure’ him……just like Ted.
John Bolton does Iran on NPR’s Talk of the Nationhttp:
http://www.npr.org/templates/r…..=storyview
I wonder if Gannon was being paid for a non-existant event a la Julie Doolittle, who got about $5000 from Jack Abramoff for a party that never occurred and that there is no evidence that she did any work to produce.
At least Gannon got the chairs and the snacks out! Were the kneepads provided? The whips for those into self-flagellation? Were “child care” cages set up to control the disobediant kids who played or cried – disturbing the congregation?
It’s also good to see that the Republicans aren’t actually firing all the gay
prostitutesescorts despite their stating last night that it would be okay to do so.And I wonder if they paid the licensing fee to the International Society of Krsna Conciousness who first came up with the idea of a universal prayer? Is there a standard prayer that was supposed to be prayed?
Can we pray to make the Republican Party go away?
Petrocelli @ 110
I did see Hitchens on Lou Dobbs yesterday discussing his new book: “God is not Great.”
Mandrake —- Also try NovaM radio and Head On radio.
Petrocelli @110: Man, I’d sure like to tape that one.
Apologies for OT, but has this already reached the Lake?
[h/t Think Progress]
Petrocelli @ 110
I saw him. Thought he looked hung over.
The true number of empty seats was — 666 !!
welcome to daylight trex, don’t forget your sunglasses for those little dino eyes……..and a cap for your little dino head. here’s some sunscreen……..
gannon a prayer leader? for whom? most people that show up for public prayer day observances are conservative christians…. don’t think he’ll be making enough money in his collection plate to buy many meals in that arena……
….conservative christians i know don’t really forgive gayness, let alone a gay prostitute……no matter what they say…..and they wouldn’t sit through gannon reading the bible……..even ’saved’ as he is and all…….
delusional…….
OT/
tonight on bill moyers’ journal on PBS, his guest is italian journalist and author carlo bonini (sp?) (niger forgeries)
outta be good.
Bush/Pelosi letter on abortion
GW sent this letter to Nancy and Harry stating he will VETO any pro-abortion legislation, dated May 3, 2007. This is posted on the Focus on the Family website.
Petrocelli @ 104.
“”It’s going to be a rough couple of years.”"
Minority Canadian Gov. Minority Quebec gov… And the rising star of this province politician is Dumont, the quintessential Neocon, that already is being installed by Quebec’s big media and big business. Scary…
Lou Costello @ 94
You know, Lou, I love that these men who send our brothers & sisters off to war can just walk away for better things and leave the soldiers in the field to fend for themselves. Pisses me off.
Lou Costello @ 114
Here’s the Daily Show appearance.
Kirk:
My behind says “howdy” backatcha!
ccmask @ 123
Nice work if you can get it.
Lou Costello @ 114
I have seen him on Bill Maher and read parts of his articles (stomach could not absorb the entire article).
He was on his best behavior on TDS … I guess he saw what Jon did to Matt Cooper and McCain.
Mandrake @ 116
Check it out online – http://www.comedycentral.com/m…..large=true
Rove coaching Justice Dept Staff before testifying
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/….._0504.html
Quebecois @ 122
I would hope that you and my canadian cousins would find out what’s wrong and shake these crazy ones away. The common sense that makes up the canadian character is something that’s kept me sane with my visits to family the last 7 years over there. I hope it can be done, because i plan on immigrating over there in a few years.
AZ Matt @ 121
Good news: They won’t pass any “pro-abortion” legislation, anyway.
Bad news: That’s not what he actually meant.
Lou Costello @ 114
Hitchins, Bluaghhhh! Here’s a guy who used his vitriol against Islam as a launching pad to cheerlead for Bush in the run-up to the Iraq war. Yes, he says that religion is the cause of everything that is “ill” in the world…while at the same time trying to coerce the left into becoming Neo-Conservatives! I had many of my left-liberal friends actually use Hitchins arguments as the basis for supporting Bush’s invasion. It was amazing that they sacrificed their reasoin for this guys “prestige”.
The guy has no credibility anymore
…not with me.
Petrocelli @ 127
Well, he’s also selling a book now, rather than selling “I’m an outrageous pundit.”
Oops, I meant to say, maybe they would not have listened closely to the Bible reading.
So make it short. “Love one another.” The End.
Isikoff’s “Rove in the Mix”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18…../?from=rss
Roves the bartender.
oddmommy @ 118
I saw him. Thought he looked hung over.
I thought of my drunk uncle, who would ‘act’ sober when he saw my dad … same expression and delivery.
The Madam is the massage
cinnamonape @132 says:
The guy has no credibility anymore
…not with me.
Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t standing up for him. I just like the discussion. Like George Carlin on religion.
Cinnamonape@132: Also, Hitchens is anti-choice. He wrote an article in The Nation years ago, arguing that women should go through with all pregnancies and give the babies up for adoption, because it just isn’t that big a deal to go through pregnancy and childbirth. He’s a pig—one of the most smug and self-satisfied people I know of. It was sort of a relief when he went neo-con because then he couldn’t pretend he was any kind of progressive at all.
aliasofwestgate @ 130
“”I hope it can be done, because i plan on immigrating over there in a few years.”"
The same problems that you are going through have to be dealt with: Media, Corporations, politicians… Essentially, power and money. These are powerful forces to deal with, as you have witnessed for the last six years. The thing is, we will succeed against the double authoritarians who are so obviously wrong. Enough about Canada, let’s point the finger(that finger) to Rove.
Blue Dido @ 139
Good heavens, what an a**hole…..anti-choice without even the excuse of religion.
I won’t even TOUCH that “no big deal” thing.
How many warnings does Rice get? I thought is was three warnings and you are “out”!
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/….._0504.html
Lou Costello @ 94
new documentary: Crouching Tiga, Hidden Madam
Israeli’s unite against Olmert.
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iow…..rally.html
aliasofwestgate @ 130
The sad thing is, the Liberals do not have a leader that is liked across Canada, although he is very intelligent. Harper is sowing the same Dobson-style doctrine in Canada and most people are too pre- occupied to notice. He is pandering to every region while turning each one against the other – like the Red State/Blue State game plan, which worked well for Bush.
Please get the word to all your Canadian friends and relatives, not to support Harper.
I talked to a group of people at a Business conference in Western Canada ( I am a meditation teacher who accompanied someone there for a luncheon). When I told them how Canada and Canadians can prosper while caring for the environment and building a bright future for our children, where we respect each other’s rights and freedoms, flash bulbs went off behind their eyes. Hopefully my upcoming book will help this along.
OT ~ I bet Henry Waxman has seen Ray McGovern’s ‘evidence’ on the Niger forgeries and Rice knows it.
Korrupt and Kraven Karl Rove….
My only bitch and one I’ll not get over until
the answer is forthcoming:
March 5, 2007 Coach Karl readies the Justice staff with obstruction bullshit
If Fitzy had indicted Rove for his five trips to the GJ, this would not have happened…
Rove would be forced to resign, and deal with
his filthy lies….
I know, I know, Fitzy didn’t have an “air-tight” case….
For some of us… it depends on what your defintion of air-tight is….
I feel better getting this off my chest.
LouC#146-it does sound like Waxman knows something-do you think McGovern is credible? BTW, hell of a video linked to your name, there.
“Waxman urged Rice to make Dodge available by May 9, writing, “I trust you will cooperate in this matter and instruct your staff to cease further interference with the Committee’s inquiry.”
Petrocelli @ 127
And his follow up to Bolton, (phone call on antique phone to Doris Kearns Goodwin) which was brilliant and hilarious!
Oh, you skeptics, you.
I know for whom the 600 chairs were reserved:
Pamela Martin’s clients who would race to an altar call and be BORN AGAIN!
Who best to lead them to the promised land than the commander/massage guy?
do-si-do @150
oh,yes, that ROCKED. Bolton knows “a different Abraham Lincoln” than she does….
Oddmommy@141: yes, that “no big deal” thing infuriated me. If I remember correctly (& I may not—it was a long time ago), Hitchens also argued that feminists should be anti-abortion because half the pregnancies would have resulted in baby girls. That article was incredibly insulting, and brought a lot of strong response from the women writers at The Nation. He remains anti-choice.
Blank Kludge @ 12
No, the National Day of Prayer is considered to be an ecumenical event. All religions are invited to participate. Here in Columbus there’s usually an interfaith breakfast/brunch that day.
do-si-do @ 150
Truly a masterpiece … enough members of Congress and Senators watch TDS and The Colbert Report and read FDL … they will run these criminals out of town. Sheriff Waxman has a high noon duel with Condi upcoming.
kathleen @ 149
Maybe if Pelosi sends one of her aides to Waxman’s party, Rice will too?
Brisingamen @ 154
On the steps of City Hall or the State House?
Blue Dido @ 153
I think someone should set him up on a date with Maureen Dowd. Two heads up asses are better than one.
OK, I could only watch a bit of the Hitchens on TDS. Only one word:
crrreep!
gotta go
oddmommy @ 158
My, my … such language from an attorney. *g*
do-si-do @ 159
I only watched to see if he would reel off his usual diatribe so Jon could ram it down his throat, but he kept his inner demons caged and pretended to be witty. Jon, as is his good nature, did not prod him, as I had hoped he would. Watch the McCain clip, the funny part was McCain’s debate with himself, coming right after the Bush V Bush clip … hilarious in that it showed McCain had become the new leader of the dark side.
Petrocelli @ 160
I’m a New Yawkah first, an attorney second.
(And a Virginia ‘burbie last, God help me.)
Rice’s letter back to Waxman
–!– UP YOURS
oddmommy @ 162
I thought Rudey would model himself as a Metrosexual – at one with the people – what’s your take on his performance last night?
Petrocelli @ 161
Is there any more pathetic spectacle in the modern world than John McCain?
As I’ve said b4, SO glad Jon Stewart is finally over him.
kathleen @ 163
Boy, I can’t wait to see Whitehouse’s chart for that !!! *g*
More on Ledeen and the Niger forgeries here.
Some interesting stuff.
http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/
Blank Kludge @ 157
I think they have had a gathering down on the Statehouse lawn, but again they had representatives from all the religions in Central Ohio (we’ve got a good sized Buddhist contingent).
Petrocelli @ 164
I could not even entertain the thought of watching that debate, and have great respect for you folks who did.
My take on Rudy in general is that, among his many other virtues such as liar, hypocrite, and megalomaniac, he is a pathologically twisted f**k and the most dangerous of the whole freak parade of repub, uh, “candidates.”
oddmommy @ 165
Did you see that show? Watch it from the beginning on Comedy Central. It unmasks McCain so beautifully, it should be seen by everyone.
I think Jon saw McCain as the hopeless patriotic soldier until that “Shopping in Baghdad” debacle.
I did see it indeed, I NEVER miss Jon if I can help it.
oddmommy @ 169
I only caught the last 20 minutes and needed 2 hours of meditation to clear my mind. *g*
I thought
RommelRomney was even scarier and Fred Thompson is scarier still. I’d like to see Edwards and Obama take them on in a true debate.oddmommy @ 171
Stephen’s “Word” commentary should be bought by a Dem candidate and used to skewer the right. It has much more insight and wisdom than most of their talking points.
oddmommy @ 171
BTW, did you see Jon on Bill Moyers?
Hmm, I must have missed something in the McCain interview. All I had seen was Jon losing control of the interview and getting buried under a mountain of McCain’s fresh-spewed bullshit.
As for JimmyJeff, maybe this is his way of saying “Bitch! I don’t care how many girls you had working under you. I am the official White House whore, and don’t you forget it! And that goes double for you, you little Dirty Sanchez!”
Of course, when nobody paid attention, he flounced off angrily. Last anybody knows, he locked himself in a bathroom stall and won’t come out.
Petrocelli @ 174
nope….wanted to, but I missed it.
oddmommy @ 176
Jon Stewart on Bill Moyers Journal
Lou Costello @ 177
thank you!
oddmommy @ 178
No problem oddmommy. Watch Jon’s previous interview from 7/11/03. You can see the makings of ‘Buying the War”.
Lou Costello @ 177
Thanks for the link. And shame on me for waiting until now to see it.
You know what I’d like to see? Olberman asking the questions in an open debate. Get rid of Tweety Tool Time, he’s water under the bridge.
Openly gay Headline News anchor Thomas Roberts has just been shitcanned by CNN.
Why am I not surprised?
OK! So does Gannon/Guckert still have a White House press pass or is it a prayer pass?
TRex, you missed a bet. You should have used one of the HotMilitaryStud.com photos with this article.
As heard on a recent episode of South Park… maybe Gannon/Guckert is trying to “pray away the gay” .