The wingnuts still really hate them some St. McCain.
McCain’s critics have every right to prefer other candidates, or to reject his increasingly powerful bid to unite the party and defeat the Democrats in November.
They are wrong, however, to lie about his policies, his principals, his record and his character. Instead of the endless concentration on distorted reasons to dislike McCain, the complainers should concentrate on the basis for admiring the candidates they do support.
There is a reason so many liberals in the media and the Democratic Party want John McCain to be the GOP presidential nominee. He gives them cover to continue smearing grassroots conservatives.
So Medved calls the Anchor Baby a liar and the AB calls Medved a liberal. If St. McCain manages to win Florida, this buttery goodness is just going to get tastier and tastier.
Pass the salt!
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As I was saying . . . .
. . . I have a deeply uneasy feeling that this whole campaign circus (and it is a circus maximus) is providing cover for BushCo to do . . . lord knows what unspeakable things. Tin foil hat? Not this time.
Hiya again Blue Texan!
“…the complainers should concentrate on the basis for admiring the candidates they do support.”
We like John Edwards. ;0)
First, they spit out Huckaberry, then they spit out Freddy Thompson, now they spit out McCain, and soon they will spit out Romney. They’ve already spit out Rudy even before he jumped in the race: the case of the future happening before the past. You know, that time-travel thingy in science fiction.
Ketchup is a vegetable, they should use it liberally when eating their own, masks that skunky flavor.
Donner Party, table for eight.
What’s a grassroots conservative? Isn’t that an oxymoron?
And I love it when these Repugs cannibalize one another…
Our daily helping of schadenfreude. It’s the only freude we get.
If truth were told I am a bit more concerned with what the my party’s candidates do than with what the Republican wannabes do. Do you hear what I’m saying Obama and Hillary?
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
With extra emphasis on the moron aspect.
Which Republican candidate could possibly represent the grassroots? Malkin says it definitely ain’t McCain. Corporate Raider Romney? No. Giules? No. Huckabee? Maybe Malkin likes Huckabee.
Though I’m not analyst, I hear a lot of “couch hours” are …uh..”undrutilized”.
Lots of Freud to go around there.
The view here is that it doesn’t much matter which Republican becomes the next prez (if that happens), we can count on more war and additional poverty.
Malkin:
There is a reason so many liberals in the media and the Democratic Party want John McCain to be the GOP presidential nominee. He gives them cover to continue smearing grassroots conservatives.
Does that make any sense to anyone?
Disclaimer – I’ve never learned “Malkin-ese”, but I assume that at least *she* thinks that there’s a message in there somewhere…
Medved understands something Malkin does not, can not, and will not understand: McCain is by far the strongest GOP candidate in the general.
Wingnuts like Little Lulu Malkin are good for rallying the wingnut troops, but there’s a reason they’re almost never allowed real power within the party, particularly strategizing power. She’s showing that reason right now.
Absolutely no sense in that whatsoever.
I thought that Willard was the Republican’s main “anchor baby”.
Nothing that the Rs have said for the past seven years has made any sense. My problem is that I can’t figure out why they still garner 30%. My personal experience with them suggests the answer is that the 30% are in total denial (i.E., when you probe tham for what they admire about Rs, they tell you stuff that predates W), and I guess that won’t change.
What, no popped squirrel left for me? Dayam.
It’s all about race and taxes, eCAHN. Republicans promise not to give their tax dollars to Negroes and Hispanics. Works in the exurbs nearly as well as in the South.
Anyone reading the comments on the Medved site? Pass the tabasco!
I believe the same could be said for Dems, i.e., that they/we tend to admire stuff that predates W. Just sayin’.
There’s a writers strike and therefore, no one to write a new script. Thirty percenters never improvise.
My guess is she is still mad about McCain-Feingold. That’s where the “grassroots” comes from. I’m a newby at Malkenese, but I would translate “grassroots” as “laundered corporate money to be used in smear campaigns”.
Yep. And that’s saying a lot. BTW, how do you see him against Hillary? (This is getting to be a possibility, sad to say, IMHO.)
Don’t forget that even after he had been demonstrably proven a liar and crook and resigned in disgrace, Nixon still had 24% approval. Some folks just believe, regardless of all available evidence to the contrary.
If McCain is nominated, 70% of America is going to scream “We refuse to stay in Iraq for 100 years!!!”…He’ll be toast.
Mittsolini/Blackwater/neofascist…scaaarrry
Huckster…watch out…his humor gets him over with the public.
Ghouliani/neofascist/immoral/pseudoliberal/police state…ridiculous.
That might be it. My translation of grassroots/populist is “huckabee”. blech. malkin is such a weirdo I don’t know why I’m trying.
Well, I admit that my sample of Rs is skewed to the upper income levels.
There are Dem racists too, but a Repug is more likely to be a racist than a Dem.
There is no “grassroots” Puke candidate running.
Way OfT – CNN has footage of a black SUV running from the law in CA, frantically dumping cash out the window as it traveled.
Ghouliani staffers?
I thought they were workin’ Florida…
1,734 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…
Citizen Phoenix Woman and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:
I think your concern is well founded…the only way the current two Dem front runners beat McCain is if the evangelical Taliban in the south bolt or stay home. Edwards ,however, beats all the fascists…those runnin’ and even those who aren’t…LOL. It is likely, however that Bloomberg will get in AND the evangelicals bolt…that gives a landslide ta the Dems…even Clinton wins in that scenario (1992 anyone).
But we ain’t dead yet…I still think there’s a chance ta force O’Lieberman outta the closet before the convention or for Edwards ta get enough for second in South Carolina…if that happens an Obama/Edwards or Edwards/Obama ticket beats all the fascist pigs (includin’ the Clintons).
KEEP THE FAITH AND DON’T MAKE DEALS WITH THE HANGMAN!!
And there have been multiple attempts to resuscitate Nixon reputation.
OK, I recognize the phenomenon exists, butI will never understand it on a gut basis.
that worries me too. the man could sell ice to eskimos.
You’re outing yourself again here…given that you live in Midtown Manhattan, have a house in the country, drink rare and exquisite French red wine, and jet to ski in Utah. *G*
My best Malkin translation:
The reason liberals want McCain to be the rethug nominee is b/c McCain wields a magic curtain which liberals can stealthily use to ridicule Christian fundamentalists and perhaps to heap scorn on McCain himself.
grassroots conservatives? *ndfg scratches head in bewilderment* Is that, um, posse comitatus types? Scary. To lift an insult from Harry Potter, “nutty as squirrel poo.”
Who is losing their *ss the most in the stockmarket implosion….rich Pukes or Dems….who is suffering economically during this recession…USA, USA, USA Pukes or Dems? Who are the Wal-Mart shoppers….Bushies or Dems? Who is Joe Sixpack…a Puke or a Dem?
*hanging my head in shame*
I am what I am. *g*
I fear McCain in the general election, ESPECIALLY against Hillary. The wingnuts may not like like McCain, but they hate Hillary so much they’ll still vote for him.
I see the election like this: Hillary is the only Dem that can lose, and she’ll only lose to McCain.
Boxturtle(Still an Edwards supporter, but that man better do something soon)
Nor do I understand the phenomenon. But just as with the evangelical/rapture crowd or the double dominionists or any of the other uber religious types, we have to recognize their existence even if we can’t understand them.
LOL! … Ghouliani staffers
McCain is by far the strongest GOP candidate in the general.
Yep. And that’s saying a lot. BTW, how do you see him against Hillary? (This is getting to be a possibility, sad to say, IMHO.)
I wasn’t asked – but here’s how I’m starting to see it:
McCain gets the nom – then names Huckabee as his Veep to hang on to the nut vote. That would be a strong ticket.
Unfortunately, the only Dem ticket I can see with a chance would be Clinton/Obama, in that order…
My thinking, too. But what, exactly, is “something”?
OT (but McCain and his and other wingnut ideas are in here – or not in the questions they did not answer).
Had asked about candidates stance on Presidential Records, Executive Power, etc and found while reading some interesting TomDispatch articles:
http://www.tomdispatch.com/pos…..paign_2008
http://www.tomdispatch.com/pos…..nk_america
The one on the mindless media included the text and links below to a Boston Globe article that questioned all the candidates that would answer and even has links that shows all of the candidates responses to a single question (or sorted by candidate):
The Globe’s questionnaire grew out of Savage’s earlier reporting on the “unitary executive” and the drive to create an “unfettered presidency.” (See this PBS interview with Savage; also, contrast the Globe’s treatment with more of a throwaway effort from the New York Times.) Here, the job of the campaign press is not to preempt the voters’ decision by asking endlessly, and predicting constantly, who’s going to win. The job is to make certain that what needs to be discussed will be discussed in time to make a difference – and then report on that.
Main:
http://www.boston.com/news/nat…..stionnaire
Questions (links go from /question1 to /question12 :
http://www.boston.com/news/pol…..question1/
By candidate (Ex /EdwardsQA) :
http://www.boston.com/news/pol…..EdwardsQA/
OT:
My post may not make it through, but in essence answers a question I had on the candidates stance on Executive Power, etc and from the main page can even be linked to each question with all the candidates responses.
http://www.boston.com/news/nat…..stionnaire
-end
jayt, Malkin’s blather makes sense if we view “grassroots conservatives/GOP” as a cult.
McCain has fought for control of the cult.
The cult adherents – who find their own identity in the cult group – experience a challenge to the cult’s leaders as a personal threat to them, the followers.
The cult adherents with the most severe narcissistic injuries (most damaged sense of self-worth) are:
1) most susceptible to requiring group approval to shore up their own their own (perpetually inadequate) sense of self-worth.
2) most vigilant about “defending” their very damaged selves from any preceived “threat” to the group into which they have poured their conscious identity.
From this point of view, Lord McCain’s lust for power is a personal attack on the followers.
He who opposes the leader attacks the group.
Same dynamic as in police departments, religious groups, corporate culture – just about anwhere narcisstic humans enter groups.
Which, of course, is everywhere humans form groups.
The less “reality based” the group, the greater the group’s dependence upon affective (emotional) identification.
For the GOP “grassroots” – an intellectually inchoate group responsive to massive emotional manipulation crafted to deceive millions into supporting policies which actually beggar them – the complete dependence upon affective identification provides the emotional energy required for the group members to attack one another as viciously as they have attacked “liberals”.
And now that the GOP/corporatist militia face unmitigated disaster, the narcissists’ need to place the fault “out there” will guarantee the wingnuts’ cannibalism.
Now – is there any popcorn left?
Any Democratic ticket with Clinton in the first slot is a loser against ANYone…and don’t count on Barak O’Lieberman carryin’ ANY votes unless he comes out of the closet as a real economic progressive and if he does that he won’t be on a ticket with Clinton.
Malkin – a “Rose” by another name.
This is kinda off topic but I just gotta say it: I sure wish I could trust Democratic campaigns or Democratic politics could be nearly as inventive and imaginative as Colbert! I just watched the rerun of his show that I missed last night, and from what I say, the whole show, although it purported to be on other topics, like race in politics (in honor of MLK day and discussing the recent race based interrogation of the Democratic Presidential candidates), but was an effective effort to bring people together in support of his writer’s strike. Wow! Complete with analysis by Andrew Young! At the end, they all sang together, along with a black choir, “Let My People Go!” as pictures of the writers flashed onto the screen. Why can’t we do inventive, creative things like that?!!
“Some folks just believe, regardless of all available evidence to the contrary.”
Yep. I think that’s pretty much St. Paul’s definition of faith, which I think explains a big part of the 30 percent. Others just want simple, good/bad, black/white, answers and liberals tend to try to analyze complexities and see shades of gray.
As I write this the DOW is down about 150 points. With the economy tanking any Republican nominee will lose the election. The economy gets hung around Bush’s neck, and the nominee HAS TO embrace Bush in the general-and if it’s McCain we have the photos! And if the nominee runs from Bush, the R base will hang him out to dry. Fiscal conservatives and evangelicals will just sit the race out.
Even though I’d love to see an Edwards ticket, I think the likelihood of that happening is slim. The race is Hillary’s to lose. Considering how strong the Clinton machine is, I’m afraid we’ll see Madame President-elect come November.
As I’ve said many times here, that ticket will fail. It’s stacked, an identity politics (gender and race) ticket. The US is not quite ready for it–yet.
I just saw the last bit with the choir, so I’m looking forward to it. (scabs that we are *g*). I love Colbert but wish he would lay off the Huck stuff. He’s too popular and Huck is too scary. There might really be a Colbert Bump!
Re:
McCain & economy. There’s his remark about not knowing much about economics, though he bought Greenspan’s book (and presumably stayed in a Holiday Inn Express at some point), preserved for eternity on YouTube, I suppose. Ought to make a great D talking point.
I still think Romney’s the R. For him you have Huckabee’s candidate killer of not wanting to elect a prez who fired you.
Which normally Democratic constituency, in your view, would withhold support from such a ticket?
Any Democratic ticket with Clinton in the first slot is a loser against ANYone…
I’ve been saying that same thing for several months now…
Geez, now I’m arguing with – myself! Arrrggghhh!!!!
An Edwards/Obama ticket, regardless of what more informed voters may think about Obama, would certainly be a charismatic – hopeful ticket, but Edwards just isn’t going anywhere so far…
Huck’s whole schtick is, “I’m so scary, I’m funny, and there’s really nothing to be afraid of, once you get the joke”….consider the squirrel thingy…He’s taken a page from Colbert..
IMO the ticket we have the best chance of winning with is Edwards/Obama. The ticket I expect we’ll get is Obama/Edwards. Obama is going to cost the caveman vote, but there’s a lot of overlap between the cavemen and the Fundies and we’re not going to get any fundie votes regardless of the ticket.
Boxturtle(I don’t know what’s left for Edwards to do but run for VP)
Even if St. John is the nominee, and he has to face HRC (likelier by the day) I hope that the HRC machine brings up the Keating Five and S&L scandals every single day especially in light of the newest banking and credit scandals with the subprime stuff. McCain avoided prosecution for that fiasco by the skin of his teeth and the indulgence of the Senate Ethics Committee… perhaps it was his “come to Jeebus” moment, but he’s not a Virgin by any stretch of the imagination when it comes to being a “politician” who takes from the K-street gang.
Keating Five… remember it’s easy to be on the take, it’s hard to be forgotten.
Hmmm – I didn’t even realize that Bush’s “State of the Onion” address is this coming Monday….
It’s not a question of Dems necessarily. Maybe Southern Dems. But in general, independents and centrists would not go for it.
The problem is the 10%. Going in, the split no matter who is on the ticket is 44% Thugs, 46% Dems.
Seems so ungrateful of her, since he got her into the Times.
He, on the other hand, has lost his fucking mind. His most recent column before this one was about how racism in America was over before the Civil Rights Act passed (which was, ironically enough, two days before Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman, not to mention three years before Loving).
Pretty easy, now, to see how the powers that be use their great weapon, the media, to tenaciously force and set the pieces on the election board. For us.
How kind of them to concern themselves with this public service on our behalf. They really shouldn’t.
Who got who into the Times?
Take McCain out of the race, and keep Lieberman from being the VP under an old sick guy.
…who got whom…
I love how Medved tells us that 7 R’s and 7 Dems equals 14% of the Senate. Is his readership really this stupid?
Is that the math? 14 out of 100 is 14%? Glad he did the work for me.
>>Which normally Democratic constituency, in your view, would withhold >>support from such a ticket?
>The problem is the 10%. Going in, the split no matter who is on the >ticket is 44% Thugs, 46% Dems.
Exactly. I’m one of the folks who might not support that ticket. IMO there’s simply too much stink of crooked politician around Hillary. Her method of dealing with those who corss her reminds me of Bush. I’m not sure she stands for anything but getting elected.
I expect a thoroughly Dem congress, so a GOP president might be the lesser evil.
Boxturtle(If Edwards drops, I’ll go work for Obama)
He really should be the next televangelist. He’d make tons of dough to keep him in popped squirrel for the rest of his life. The “acts of God” disaster delay and wanting to rewrite the Constitution should be enough to scare anyone, but this day and age, who knows?
nothing nothing worse than that combo.
This is an OT on a lot of items…
1. To hell with McCain and any Repug nominee.
2. To Hillary: cut it out!
3. To Barrack: get over it.
4. To Edwards: go…I’m liking your damn haircut more and more.
4. To the “bailout”…who asked for it? Not me. What good would $500, $600, or $1600 do? It was a feel good sham to show Bush et al is doing something. The Feds rate cut was for the stock market, not us. Here’s what they could do: Banks, mortgage holders could immediately convert all adjustable rate loans to a fixed rate, starting with the next payment due. They’d be doing themselves a favor in that they wouldn’t have the inventory of defaulted loans and vacant houses to maintain and take massive losses on. Congress could put tight restrictions on the type of home loans to avoid the mess many buyers are in now. Forget assigning blame…be part of the solution.
What the government can do: stop the dollar bleeding in Iraq and elsewhere, redistribute the tax burden so that the wealthy pay their fair share, pass the Schip legislation for children of the working poor.
Bush, stay out of trying to put into concrete laws that will cripple a new administration….don’t do anything new except pull out of Iraq.
Hillary, Barrack, John….begin talking about the immediate solutions…if we Democrats have good ideas, let’s hear them.
What we can do: Start a real dialogue about Capitalism as an economic philosophy, stop adding to the street fighting aspect of this campaign by bad mouthing our candidates.
I’m angry and must go now to pick up my granddaughter at school.
Marilyn
& Steve @ 67
Looks like your both saying the every present independent undecided voters.
I hope your wrong, and I would have preferred other choices, but it looks like that may be what we go in with. Given that, my fear is that the increasing Clinton-Obama nastiness will preclude any chance whatsoever, and might be the permanent demise of the Democratic Party. If they split, how would they ever coalesce again in the foreseeable future?
Preznit Popped Squirrel… it has a ring to it though… I don’t think the rest of America is quite ready for a theocracy yet. I hope.
Man, wouldn’t it be great if Edwards gave the Dem response?
Can any one think of a worse combo?
suggestions?
i don’t have the answer of what November will bring but it’s a long way to Denver, even, and i do think some things will happen between now and then that could shake up the picture pretty good. Super Tuesday could settle it i suppose but if it doesn’t, all of today’s conjectures could be upside down. i’m not having any luck with my choice and America’s best hope but i’d put money on some real surprises occuring, including a few that are not directly campaign related, that put a new perspective on things.
It’s his last. There should be lots of strutting, preening, fear mongering, and the use of military props.
Thanks, kirk.
Gee, I’d never associated Republicanism with narcissism before… *g*
(and nobody tells Suzanne I said that, ok?)
To sell this one he is going to need free booze and dancing girls.
I love how Medved tells us that 7 R’s and 7 Dems equals 14% of the Senate. Is his readership really this stupid?
7 and 7 Is
Love
It’s his last.
I’m cutting off you post right there, because it’s just such a beautiful sentence.
(lights up a cigarette) Ahhh….
Don’t think he can. I’ll bet Chris Dodd is free, though…
To sell this one he is going to need free booze and dancing girls.
If he’s gonna be bipartisan and all, he’s going to need more than dancing *girls*. heh.
Yes
This has been another installment of Simple Answers to Simple Questions
Yep. I forgot there were going to be Republicans present. :)
By “grassroots conservatives” Anchor Baby means “xenophobic assholes who want to keep the brown people out and deport the ones already here.”
A boy can dream…
But I swear, if Bush says the “State of our Union is strong” and the market continues in freefall, whoever gives the Dem response better rip W a new one.
yea, that’ll matter.
Edwards suggested that David Letterman endorse him on his show. Letterman laughed it off. I thought that Edwards might have had Dave’s endorsement in the bag, but apparently he did not. Clowning Letterman dicked around with Edwards in ways that were stupid. At one point he asked Edwards if he could mess up his hair. Edwards let Dave mess up his hair. Then Edwards tried to mess up Dave’s swirly-top combover, but it was glued down. Who’s got the stiff hair – it wasn’t Edwards.
I thought it was a humiliating performance for both.
Is a Grassroots Conservative analogous to a Corporate Liberal? Er, Sorry DLC, Rahm and HRC.
That’s truly a dream. However, if recent patterns hold true they’ll pick some never-heard-of-before back bencher to mouth some useless platitudes about how grand America is… Feh.
Letterman’s an asshole. Always has been.
Does Malkin not realize that she is brown skinned? Its laughable that she works for Team Racist.
Well, please let it not be Nancy. Remember when she and Reid did the after speech. I thought she had put super glue on her lips and kept trying to fix them. It was awful.
or another lame repetitive “we can do better.”
Well, she does support the internment of those nasty “Japs” during World War II-though they were American citizens.
Not sure what this means, but I don’t think it is good for the Thugs.
C&L
Team can do doesn’t.
Malkin is one those self-loathing paople of color. Just like Dinesh D’Souza…
Well, there is Ron Paul…think that he’s got a lot of the “grass buds” crowd supporting him. Y’know the “Buy American” homegrown…not that imported Mexican stuff!
Letterman’s an asshole. Always has been.
On-air, maybe. Two things:
1) he paid his staff, out of his own pocket, during the writers’ strike until his company made a deal with the Writer’s Guild,
2) He keeps an attorney here in Indianapolis on retainer solely for the purpose of handling his charitable contributions, which are both large and are done, by strict instructions, on the QT…
Edwards is the anti-status-quo…
That’s why they ignore him so.
Without him on the final ticket, no significant change in CorporateIdeology Governmentin.
Santa and the frickin Easter Bunny could be mentioned here and someone wouldn’t like em. :)
Well, I’m all good with Santa, but the Easter Bunny hasn’t done a damned thing for me lately… *g*
It is a concern for me also but I will still go with my original feeling at the beginning of the campaign that a long hard fought primary is the best for the Dems. They are better off getting their game in shape and getting tough on the “practice field”. Crying foul isn’t going to cut it in the General election. The Thugs will be totally ruthless; they have a lot to loose, a lot of them are looking at prison time. I also think that there are a lot of Thug trolls commenting on lefty blogs saying they would never vote for the Dems if..or they would never vote for Obama or Clinton.
The easter bunny is , _obviously_, more historically accurate! *g
Sillly wabbit.
You may have a point.
The idea that Dems are giving Rs new talking points is ludicrous.
The Rs are more than capable of generating talking points, and they are even less fettered by notions of truth or reality.
Well, they do have company with the Log Cabin Republicans after all.
There’s a Ron Paul Blimp at the New Smyrna, FL Airport. Day 2. Go Master Budsman!
Speaking of the Silly Season
Edwards claims that because Hillary dared leave the borders of South Carolina, she’ll never come back.
I guess he wants all the candidates to become permanent residents of South Carolina because if they leave, they’ll never return.
But John’s got a secret weapon…a bluegrass band!
Anyone else think that this move on plug is wondering into an area of co-opting the word progressive?
OT-Did anyone else see The Colbert Report last night? It was wonderful! He told the story of a hospital workers strike in 1969 in South Carolina where he grew up. It was a fairly serious show, in honor of MLK and his striking writers. Try to catch the reruns later today if you can. It was a gem.
recording it right now – thanks!
And lemme tell you, that blimp isn’t filled with Hindenburg hydrogen! It took the effort of 10,000 bong-blowing followers made that blimp rise into the heavens! “Oh! The Humaniity!”
“Ron Paul and His Bong-Blowing Followers” – gotta admit – it has a certain
ringflow to it…What, because he wouldn’t allow Edwards to corner him into endorsing him? Edwards is supposed to be a lawyer…you never get a witness in a position to say something that you don’t know how he’s going to respond. EDWARDS blew that. And he knows that Dave is a comedian…his JOB is to take down people off their perches.
Has nothing to do with Edwards. Has everything to do with my personal opinion of Letterman, an opinion I’ve held for years. Sorry if that offends anyone.
Obama really needs to get a grip…The Rezko tap by Hillary was nothing..He need to read the Gene Lyons book on Whitewater. I nearly swallowed by tongue when he said he only worked five hours on the account. If that is “true” then is probably on the order of “definition of is..is”.
OT Veto of Schip stands. 41 Repubs voted with the Dems and the lone Dem to vote with the Repubs was Jim Marshall of Ga.
Emphasis mine.
I agree. It’s unfair to implicate the educators in charge of the elementary and high schools that McCain attended in his youth.
Seems Edwards was unaware of Letterman’s ongoing joking (mocking) Oprah infatuation. Edwards may have felt torpedoed there a bit more than what Letterman had intended (via Letterman’s mention of Obama’s Oprah endorsement).
Letterman recently had a building at his alma mater, Ball State U. (fill in your own joke) named after him as a result of all of his non-publicized contributions to the college. Word has it that he didn’t want to attend the ceremony of its opening – but his mother stepped in and put her foot down – thus Dave attended…
(not to be construed as a slam to Marion in Savannah, who’s my bud).
Here’s Obama going deaf when confronted with two different positions on the Today show…
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21…..7#22799477
Is that a video link? I can’t do video with my clearwire service at work. At home with cable modem, I can watch it.
Leahy is on the Senate floor.. gently slamming retroactive immunity etc.
I know this millionaire who spoke with another millionaire about their kids in college. He said, “I wish Johnny would hurry up and graduate – I’m getting tired of putting up buildings over there.”
HE should give the Dem response on Monday!
Yeah, I noticed the same thing. At times, however, the bulk of comments seem along that line. I’ve wondered if I ought to go play in those fields, except I couldn’t stand it.
LOL. Early on, I started to wonder about the damned list he supposedly kept.
I don’t understand why the title of Modo’s article is “Three Against One.”
Two Against One
Chelsea Clinton, who of course got her own job has take a humdinger of a vacation to stand mute on the campaign trail. Chelsea Clinton has no known reasons she cannot speak, and she is pushing 30 years of age. Chelsea Clinton has not enlisted in the Armed Forces, and has no intention of doing so.
Clinton studied philosophy at Oxford University which prepares her mightily for work at a Hedge Fund. She declared she would major in chemistry and study to become a doctor, but something about Chem 101 changed her mind, although there isn’t a whole lot about Chem 101 (qual or quant) that has a whole lot do do with the clinical practice of medicine–Physical Chem or Organic for that matter. She then switched to a major in History, to “gain experience for her $150,000 job out of school as part of the Capital Hedge Fund.
Clinton, with no significant experience was given a job at a hedge fund, Avenue Capital Group, with a salary of about $150,000 up a bit from her previous $125,000 job at McKinsey. The founder is a huge contributor to many Democratic campaigns.
It is apretty standard procedure for an individual straight out of college with a history major and further philosophy study to get a #125,000 job as a finacial advisor.
The Wiretapping Rape of America is underway on the floor of the Senate.
This is great. Diane Feinstein, who has no legal training, is proposing immunity if the companies had good faith reason to believe they were breaking no laws.
This of course, completely ignores the fact that these companies not only had general counsel and legal staffs who had spent their careers litigating and studying telecom law, but the long list of lobbying megalaw firms for the telecoms had the same experience as well.
Feinstein in praising the FISA Court, has conveniently neglected the huge fact that the FISA court five wire tapping warrants and granted 18761. This is since 1978 or in nearly 30 years, five wiretapping warrants have been turned down.
FISA’s oversight of wiretapping has been completely toothless and ineffective, but Feinstein neglects or can’t discern this.
It is apretty standard procedure for an individual straight out of college with a history major and further philosophy study to get a #125,000 job as a finacial advisor.
Yeah, that’s right. That guy on tee vee who suggested that college profs make
125k probably thought he was allowing for the fact that profs are low paid.
Your Democratic Senators are in action right now, giving Bush and the Telcos whatever they want.
Amendments to S. 2248 by Democratic Telco/Bush Shills Cardin, Feinstein, and Nelson:
S. 2248, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT AMENDMENTS by Feinstein, Cardin, and Nelson
Feinstein’s Exclusivity Amendment effectively gives immunity to the Telco/Comcos in a completely senseless way, reasoning they had no way to know their wiretapping was illegal. This is shameful and a cascade of false statements on its face.
C-Span should be playing Britten’s opera, The Rape of Lucretia.
Here’s what gets the attention of your Democratic Senators and gets the action they want.
VerizonClient Profile: Lobbyists Hired, 2006
ATT Client Profile Lobbyists Hired
Good links.
Not thrilled with the repeated use of “rape” in this thread, but good links.
Maybe sundering…
No offense intended, I’ll find other ways to describe this as it unfolds.
Medved is a joke. He breezily passes off the 6 major “lies” that are honest debate points for the gop.
He cares not about these conservative issues, because Medved is a neocon, and only cares that Johnny dutifully went to the AEI and got a pre-release copy of Fred Kagan’s surge doctrine and rode that issue for all it’s worth.
McCain gets the blessing of the neocon thinktanks, and that’s good enough for Medved, even though 70% of the country is against the Iraq war surge.