*xyz @ 129

I don’t get all this speculation about the identity of Hillary’s running mate.

Hillary’s not going to be the nominee.

from your keyboard to the ear of the lord…

If she’s the nominee and I hope she is not, I’ll vote for her. But remember who accompanied her to Iraq, Senator Bayh. They are buddies and he won’t threaten her, and provide good looks.

Eureka Springs @ 102

Amy Goodman reports at least 12 US soldiers killed on Sat. and at least 31 killed last week.

This morning there were 21 pending dead at Iraqcasualties. I don’t have the link, I’ll bet there are more now.

Lehrer said 84 so far this month.

Shuster in for Tucker? Hmm- that would be a good PERMANENT change.

Right on #98. Shuster is terrific.

Jim Webb for VP!!!

He has brass, passion, and stones to be the best VP we’ve had in a long time.

#21. I think he would be too threatening to Hillary.

EPU’d – so here it is again:
Richmond @ 179

Tinfoil hat time – and about to be EPU’d but – on the Cheney Washington Post story, I don’t buy this line. I think what we are seeing is a mini-coup d’etat. The Bush & Republican party group wants Cheney out of there so they can put in a new V.P. before the election (maybe Jeb – despite the dirty laundry). They thought they could push out Cheney with health issues(the summer operation) but he didn’t buy, so they contacted their friends at WaPo. Only by doing something like this would they be able to assuage their base. Note this also comes at a time when things are heating up in congress on Gonzales and oversight, so by drawing this out, they will have alot of political cover in the days ahead.

I can’t believe Ron Suskind is a “friend.”

It would be great to see Mark Warner take that seat. Wonder if that’s why he left the presidential race so abruptly, there was no apparent reason at the time.

I do flinch at Howie’s characterization of Senator Warner as a fossil. Do we object to his policies or the mere fact of his age?

Senator Warner has a lot of respect here among people of all political persuasions.

I agree. While I disagree with most everything Sen Warner stands for, he (or his staff) have always responded to every letter I have written over the years (compared to one in five for Rep Davis). I was also happy with Senator Warner’s decision to not dilute the CAFE standards in the E bill (Sen Levin’s proposed amendment). Webb, on the other hand (who I volunteered for), told the WaPo he would support it! He’s lucky he changed his mind. I’m with others on this board, I’m not so sure about Webb.

Alice @ 73

Want to get rid of Tom Davis? Elect Chap Petersen.

If not get rid of him, at least make him cry. Throwing Davis’ Newt-style second wife out of the State Senate would sure be a great appetizer to throwing out the bum himself.

Amen to that! I have a friend who actually thought she might be interested in removing phosphates from our dishwashing detergents. Oh no! That could hurt Cascade! She neglected to remind her, Va banned phosphates from our laundry detergents over 20 years ago. So much for our crabs and crabbers for that matter.

OK @ 143

I’d like to see (and haven’t yet) an explanation of how they’d handle
(1) people respectfully burning worn flags (the proper method of disposal, I was taught)
(2) people respectfully burning flags as a method of protest
(3) people disrespectfully burning flags as a method of protest
(4) people casually burning worn flags
(5) people tossing worn flags in the trash

(in descending order of respect, to my way of thinking)

How about those great patriots who allow the flag to fly in tatters in the rain and leave it out all night?

Or the patriots who let little worn, ripped flags flutter on their antennae, little bits of them falling to the ground as they disintegrate?

Yeah, those of us on the left are real America haters, ain’t we?