Comments on: Ted Olson and the Pushovers http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:56:53 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Artie http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-963789 Artie Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:50:23 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-963789 <p>The whole thing reminds me of when I used to watch wrestling as a kid. There were bad guys and good guys, and the bad guys always fought (and usually annihilated) the good guys. They kicked, punched, gouged, choked - whatever it took. And if the good guys ever took a step outside the Marquis of Queensbury rules (or whatever book governs wrestling), they were soundly taken to task.<br /> The same scenario seems to play out in politics. The Repubs are the “play to win”, “whatever it takes” folks of Lee Atwater and Karl Rove fame, and the Dems are supposed to play the role of the good guy sheriff with no bullets in his gun.<br /> Stuck inside a morality play, with the Memphis blues again.</p> The whole thing reminds me of when I used to watch wrestling as a kid. There were bad guys and good guys, and the bad guys always fought (and usually annihilated) the good guys. They kicked, punched, gouged, choked – whatever it took. And if the good guys ever took a step outside the Marquis of Queensbury rules (or whatever book governs wrestling), they were soundly taken to task.
The same scenario seems to play out in politics. The Repubs are the “play to win”, “whatever it takes” folks of Lee Atwater and Karl Rove fame, and the Dems are supposed to play the role of the good guy sheriff with no bullets in his gun.
Stuck inside a morality play, with the Memphis blues again.

]]> By: NMvoiceofreason http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-963601 NMvoiceofreason Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:20:12 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-963601 <p>The whole thing about Olson is he is win/win for the administration.</p> <p>If he is confirmed, they have another ally at DOJ. If he isn’t confirmed, the President can deride the “do-nothing obstructionist congress” and give a recess appointment to Harriet Miers or John Yoo.</p> <p>Win/win.</p> The whole thing about Olson is he is win/win for the administration.

If he is confirmed, they have another ally at DOJ. If he isn’t confirmed, the President can deride the “do-nothing obstructionist congress” and give a recess appointment to Harriet Miers or John Yoo.

Win/win.

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-963166 MarkH Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:33:00 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-963166 <p><a href="#comment-962070"><em>Oklahoma kiddo @ 108</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Looking at Obama’s speech today in Iowa, even he thinks we’re going into Iran.</p></blockquote> <p>Has he said anything yet (during this campaign) which differs from things Joe Lieberman has said?</p> <p>He has repeatedly said Iran is a threat. That’s not new.</p> Oklahoma kiddo @ 108

Looking at Obama’s speech today in Iowa, even he thinks we’re going into Iran.

Has he said anything yet (during this campaign) which differs from things Joe Lieberman has said?

He has repeatedly said Iran is a threat. That’s not new.

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-963159 MarkH Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:25:20 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-963159 <p><a href="#comment-962023"><em>perris @ 65</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>hey, you’re gonna love this lead from think progress…go have a read;</p> <blockquote><p>CentCom Chief Fallon: Petraeus Is ‘An Ass-Kissing, Little Chickensh*t,’ ‘I Hate People Like That’ </p></blockquote> </blockquote> <p>You Have Got To Be Kidding</p> <p>Woo hoo</p> perris @ 65

hey, you’re gonna love this lead from think progress…go have a read;

CentCom Chief Fallon: Petraeus Is ‘An Ass-Kissing, Little Chickensh*t,’ ‘I Hate People Like That’

You Have Got To Be Kidding

Woo hoo

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-963152 MarkH Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:13:02 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-963152 <p><a href="#comment-961956"><em>dakine01 @ 7</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Ah but Olson will get to play the grieving widower from 9/11 to full effect, doncha know…</p></blockquote> <p>If it came up, and it might, the questions about cell phone use on an airplane could be interesting.</p> dakine01 @ 7

Ah but Olson will get to play the grieving widower from 9/11 to full effect, doncha know…

If it came up, and it might, the questions about cell phone use on an airplane could be interesting.

]]> By: republicanSScareme http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-963002 republicanSScareme Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:03:51 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-963002 <p>How can we expect lawless people to have respect for the law? </p> <p>The Bush Administration is a pack of dangerous thugs and should be impeached before they start a wider war in the Middle East.</p> How can we expect lawless people to have respect for the law?

The Bush Administration is a pack of dangerous thugs and should be impeached before they start a wider war in the Middle East.

]]> By: Publicus http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-962920 Publicus Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:23:28 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-962920 <p>The study did a survey to find who in America has the least respect for the Constitution and the concept of unalienable rights of the people - Olson won, so Bush will nominate him for attorney general.</p> The study did a survey to find who in America has the least respect for the Constitution and the concept of unalienable rights of the people – Olson won, so Bush will nominate him for attorney general.

]]> By: sunsin http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-962707 sunsin Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:22:09 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-962707 <p><a href="#comment-962029"><em>james @ 71</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Comparative coups:</p> <p>Arlen Specter comes up with a scientifically impossible theory about a bullet that changes direction by 180 degrees in order to support the theory that Oswald was the lone gunman. He later becomes a senator from Pennsylvania.</p></blockquote> <p>Ancient, tired bullshit. The repetition of this crap does nothing for the credibility of the left.</p> <p>It’s nothing more than American exceptionalism flipped over, superficially different, but driven by the same deluded arrogance and belief that the US is always special. You just can’t get past the fact that Mr. Magical Camelot was offed by a loser with a mail-order rifle, can you? Oh, you say, he was murdered by dark and mysterious forces because he might have gotten in the way of their nefarious plans. I don’t think. As if he couldn’t have been kept on a very short leash by anyone who knew about his extensive f*cking around and other indiscretions. American exceptionalism again — our mighty, pure leader taken from us by a dark plot. Sorry, no. He was just as bad as most of the rest of them, and if he’d lived things would have been little different.</p> james @ 71

Comparative coups:

Arlen Specter comes up with a scientifically impossible theory about a bullet that changes direction by 180 degrees in order to support the theory that Oswald was the lone gunman. He later becomes a senator from Pennsylvania.

Ancient, tired bullshit. The repetition of this crap does nothing for the credibility of the left.

It’s nothing more than American exceptionalism flipped over, superficially different, but driven by the same deluded arrogance and belief that the US is always special. You just can’t get past the fact that Mr. Magical Camelot was offed by a loser with a mail-order rifle, can you? Oh, you say, he was murdered by dark and mysterious forces because he might have gotten in the way of their nefarious plans. I don’t think. As if he couldn’t have been kept on a very short leash by anyone who knew about his extensive f*cking around and other indiscretions. American exceptionalism again — our mighty, pure leader taken from us by a dark plot. Sorry, no. He was just as bad as most of the rest of them, and if he’d lived things would have been little different.

]]> By: Kathleen http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-962329 Kathleen Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:24:14 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-962329 <p>What would we do without the insights of Prof Juan Cole</p> What would we do without the insights of Prof Juan Cole

]]> By: x174 http://firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-962312 x174 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:17:41 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/09/12/ted-olson-and-the-pushovers/#comment-962312 <p><b>Evolution before your eyes</b></p> <p>Didjaever see the modern re-make of “The Time Machine”? In it is depicted the behavior of two newly-evolved species of humans: the ones that have nightmares and the others who feed on them. Their relationship reminds me of that between the felonious Rethugs and the handwringing Democraps.</p> Evolution before your eyes

Didjaever see the modern re-make of “The Time Machine”? In it is depicted the behavior of two newly-evolved species of humans: the ones that have nightmares and the others who feed on them. Their relationship reminds me of that between the felonious Rethugs and the handwringing Democraps.

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