Tim Russert is a narcissist. He loves the sound of his own voice.

Russert is really, really tuned in to skin color.

John “God so loved the Jews he gave them the Nazis to drive them back to Israel” Hagee…
___________

LOL!

And placed His Chosen Peeps on the only patch of real estate in the region without oil under it.

Why does Russert still have a job?

Obama can’t bring this issue up now, or they’ll jump all over him for “playing the race card”. But Russert will get his comeuppance when Obama is elected. He’ll be shut out.

He’s a snake in the grass, as one would expect from a vocal member of the whore church.

Right! and the bottleneck between Africa and Europe/MidEast where rampaging armies crossed to and fro

Notice the Hume alley-oop to excuse Russert while affirming the GOP efforts at prying Jewish voters away from Democrats by inserting the anti-Semitic talking points being promulgated by the RNC.

Is there any wonder 70% of Americans think the media is out of touch?

One need only witness the beltway circle jerk on MTP with the withered and dessicated champions of the Washington wisdom affirmers.

I am sure that these people were all as shocked as Bush in regards to the high price of gas too.

-G

P.S. Democratic party identification is the highest ever polled by Rasmussen.

The TV networks “personalities” like Tim Russert are constantly looking for a way to distinguish themselves from each other by creating flashpoints and controversy to the point that it has compromised and distorted a lot of their coverage.

It isn’t just Gloria’s Bolger’s terrible makeup assistant as Christy pointed out the other day, it’s the inaccuracies that come out of her mouth that are even worse than her makeup.

Good Morning Jane,
The next time Tim plays “gotcha” I just wish Barack would ask “Tim, what is your point here, why do you ask that kind of a question?”

it’s because Harry Belafonte and Barack Obama both have a name that starts with the letter ‘B’ and if you didn’t notice, they’re (black)

I thought SNL did a pretty decent job of capturing Russert last night.

Dick Cheney Controls Tim Russert

Unconscious, unthinking racism is the hardest kind to root out. Russert’s line of it is of the type “I’m no racist but I wish you folks would confine your uppityness to basketball.” Russert needs to be asked why he is a racist because maybe, just maybe this will get him thinking about just how racist his questions are.

And, his full Christian name, recall, is Sheik bin al BaraBlackHusseinOsamaBama. Peace Be Unto Him.

Wasn’t there lots of similar talk right after the last debate? No fooling!

Funny, BobbyG!

Obama missed a golden opportunity to stop this nonsense in the last debate. He should have used some sarcasm saying “you’re not going to hold me responsible for everything said by a black man, are you?” Or “Is John McCain going to be held responsible for everything said by white men as I am by black men? Something snarky.
I lack the snark gene, but you get the picture.

Hmmm yes, but that’s why he went with Barry (snark)

Remember when it was okay to like the name Hussein (as in King Hussein of Jordan)?

hello Jane, from Paris…*g* *G*

[snip]

Russert will get his comeuppance when Obama is elected. He’ll be shut out.

If there’s any justice in the world….but I stopped believing in justice quite some time ago (about the time boosh came to power). :-(

Then they would have accused him of playing the race card.

Kind of damned if you do, damned if you don’t moment

“confine your uppityness to basketball”
______

If I ever got Pumpkinhead on the court, I’d say “put a sock in it and check ball, motherfucker, and don’t bring that weak shit into my house.”

Right before I planted my elbow in his ribs.

;)

And, his full Christian name, recall, is Sheik bin al BaraBlackHusseinOsamaBama. Peace Be Unto Him.

Not far from the “truth”. Wing-nut radio calls him Barak Mohammed Hussein Obama.

I get a kick out of the theory that Obama is a double agent for bin Ladin.

Biodin did you hit any of the jazz and piano bars in the Latin Quarter?

Why Bobby, how positively uppity of you *g*

sorry for the mispelling of Biodun.

Yeah and the mental gymnastics that go along with that.

Leftists area bunch of capitulating week-kneed people without any fight in them and they are about to launch a fascist takeover of America with the ruthlessnes of the Nazis and Stalin.

-G

good one - lol

Russert should be made a laughing stock because of this. He should not be alowed to “moderate” any additional debates. Minimum he should explain himself, though I don’t think that is possible.

This Primary is about substance, not scaremongering

If you are a Democrat or Independent, please consider voting for Barack Obama.

This is not a case of Obama’s judgment versus Hillary’s experience. It’s judgment versus weaker judgment AND weaker experience. Hillary Clinton has run a nasty low blow campaign. Her latest fearmongering “red phone call” ad really takes the cake. When her thug in chief Marc Penn was asked to name one “red phone call” moment he couldn’t. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03.....ref=slogin

But Obama did. Her Iraq war vote. That was her test. She failed with flying colors. And she has the nerve to fearmonger on Obama about his experience! She can’t win on the merits so she’ll try anything, including winning by scaring people. She said that Obama is like Bush, and once again it’s the pot calling the kettle black.

Contrary to her claims, America doesn’t need experience like Hillary Clinton’s. Everything big Hillary Clinton has done has been a failure (except covering for Bill’s indiscretions, that is):

1. Health care non-reform in the early 1990s. Funny how she claims to be such an expert at this when she failed at it so badly that the crisis is still snowballing 15 years later!

2. Her support of Bush’s war in Iraq was a huge mistake. She picked up the red phone and said sure Mr. Bush, you can take us to war before the inspections process finished and before we finish our business in Afghanistan. Her mistake on Iraq extended way past her vote in her ongoing support for the war until November 2005, long after most Democratic politicians who voted for the war woke up to what was going on. Now she says Bush duped her. Nice spin. Last Fall, once again she voted for another warmongering Bush bill, this time against Iran. Is that the experience we need? Heck no!

3. Hillary Clinton’s current campaign is another example of her underperformance. The Clintons were the clear favorites. Yet they ran out of money. They had no plan B after not winning on Super Tuesday (reminds me of Iraq). She has had to fire a string of people for low blows and poor performance. They change their message every two weeks.

Obama, in contrast, has been level headed and steady in his positive message of bringing people together. He knows that the fight fight fight attitude will work no better than last time Hillary tried it at health care reform. Obama is tough, but knows how to use his toughness to lead rather than divide. He has fought and passed ethics reform in Washington, as well as transparency in government. He exposed the atrocities in health care for our veterans and passed laws to address it. Obama is the steady performer with better judgment who can get things done.

Morning, Biodun. Anything important happening???

not so far but maybe tonight–something to do after that famous dinner date I told you guys about in earlier threads. BTW, dinner is usually eaten as late as 9 PM, at least in restaurants…

Hasn’t Obama frozen out FOX?

I’d chime in, but when I turned the tv on to watch Russert, all I got was the LA Marathon.
Like watching grass grow.
And the color commentators…wow, I bet his legs are hurting right about now.
Wow, look at all those legs running.
Ha!
But, it’s on in the background.
And, it’s not giving me a stomach ache.

pas de sweat…

Russert is a lacky. He’ll be replaced by another lacky in a heart beat if he doesn’t tow the line. Lackies are a dime a dozen. So, Tim will be a dutiful lacky and obey the criminal bosses to stay in their favor. Money makes the world go round, world go round, world go round….

hi there, he says with some trepidation…*g* *G*

yes, see 34…*g*

Sorry to have been seemingly OT.
The point I did not make was It Is All A Marathon.
Not a sprint.

Hi DuckSoup.

you said it qg!! thats it in a nutshell…. tim and chris mathews both know the drill - otherwise they’d lose their well-paid jobs…..

As you say…pas de sweat.
No drama in Sylmar, CA.
Thank God.
You can have Paris.

Got a diamond ring in your pocket?

You are f***ing funny.
Crack me up, g-friend.

NOW the sun decides to come out! Why couldn’t it have done that yesterday so that we could do the whale count? grrrrrrr Well at least it might warm up enough to go lay out on the hammock, read and listen to a bit of music.

Beware of men with bling in their pocket….just waiting.

PetePierce, thanks for the NAFTA links in the previous thread.

Has Tim Russert denounced Fred Phelps yet?

-G

Better yet, has he rejected and denounced Phelps? *g*

From the link in the post to Jane’s other post:

“Okay, so let’s accept Russert’s argument that this is a fair line of inquiry. If that’s the case, then why isn’t he pressing John McCain about radical religious extremist uber-nut John Hagee?

Mr. McCain, who has been on a steady search for support among conservative and evangelical leaders who have long distrusted him, said he was “very honored’’ by Mr. Hagee’s endorsement. Asked about Mr. Hagee’s extensive writings on Armageddon and about what one questioner said was Mr. Hagee’s belief that the anti-Christ will be the head of the European Union, Mr. McCain responded that “all I can tell you is that I am very proud to have Pastor John Hagee’s support.’’

So, when are they going to ask McCain how he feels about potential Antichrist Tony Blair????

Hagee is friggin’ batshit nuts in a handbag. Today, Kay Bailey Hunchington was asked about Hagee’s Catholic remarks, i.e., the great Whore, and she just said McCain doesn’t agree with everything Hagee believes….but the biatch never said that it was wrong to call the Catholic religion the great Whore herself, instead, she schmoozed the Hagee group.

Huge double standard where the Dems are concerned. Russert and Wolf should be ashamed.

I think it’s time to go back to big-name tag-team news shows.

Just imagine.

DBrooks & Timmeh, & then Tweetie scheduled just right for a snooze-alarm.

Russert is a preview of things to come. Hillary isn’t the problem. Who will be the candidate for prez will sort itself out and each will choose their favorite. The who is right and who is wrong side is just that - a side show. The pros and cons and likeness will be dissected by news panels and pundits each according to his/her own bias. The circus train continues down the track.

It is worthwhile to pay close attention to the baddies because they are giving away their mode of swift boat operation coming down the line. It ain’t Hillary who is the bogeyman here.

I agree.

Obama, in contrast, has been level headed and steady in his positive message of bringing people together

That message makes me nervous..as in:

Obama believes he will be able to neutralise McCain by drawing on the expertise of independent Republicans such as Hagel and Lugar, who is regarded by Obama as a potential secretary of state.

Larry Korb, a defence official under President Ronald Reagan who is backing Obama, said: “By putting a Republican in the Pentagon and the State Department you send a signal to Congress and the American people that issues of national security are above politics.

timesonline

There you go injecting logic into the conversation. just.stop.it.please. *g*

Did someone say she was the boogeyman and I missed it?

I would just like to respectfully and simply say to anyone, I cannot buy Senator Clinton’s reasons that she uses to butress the experience card. I think that come Wednesday, it’s going to be seen as part of a failed infrastructure in her campaign. People who really scrutinize the hype find that her experience claim is really a facade, and there is a strong case to be made that what Obama did with his life after college compared to what she has done with hers counts more as to real experience that is going to matter in the White House.

This campaign has (and I guess inevitably been so much about superficial bullshit).

I find it humerous that with all that money, and all the researchers that neither Howard Wolfson who is making millions of dollars consulting for Hillary from the oh so very sophisticated, very expensive Glover Park Group and George Stephanopolis who is the Chief Washington correspondent and graduated summa cum from Columbia University and was the valedictorian of his class and is anchored in D.C. and liasoned with the Senate for real, are so stupid when it comes to what committee controls what in the Senate.

They both persist with the incorrect information–meaning they are too lazy to get off their highly paid asses and pick up a phone or do two mouse clicks to find out that in fact Obama is not on any committee that oversees Afghanistan any more than Clinton would be as a member of the Armed Services Committee. In fact it could be argued that Clinton has more oversight of events in Afghanistan as regards NATO or our troops by virtue of her seat on the Armed Services Committee.

For the umpteenth time, someone needs to teach Wolfson and ABC that Obama’s subcommittee has nothing whatsoever to do with Afghanistan. But lookee here. Guess whose committee does:

STRUCTURE OF SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMERGING THREATS AND CAPABILITIES

Senator Reed
Subcommittee Chairman
Senator Kennedy
Senator Byrd
Senator Nelson (Florida)
Senator Nelson (Nebraska)
Senator Bayh
Senator Clinton

Senator Dole
Ranking Member
Senator Warner
Senator Collins
Senator Graham
Senator Cornyn
Senator Martinez

As to the Senate Sub that directly oversees Afghanistan in fact, contrary to what Stephanopolis and Howard Wolfson have incorrectly said repeatedly, it is not Obama’s Committee–it is clearly Senator John Kerry’s committee.

But they don’t expect America’s children left behind to be smart enough to make the ID do they?

John Kerry’s Committee not Obama’s oversees Afghanistan on Senate Foreign Relations

Get it right Wolfson and Stephanopolis. If you’re the ABC Chief Washington correspondent you ought to be able to. Last I checked, the Senate does meet in Washington, D.C. where Stephanopolis works and lives.

morning folks … just joining… since i really don’t care about russert, been reading the morning papers.

is clinton really saying that mccain would be a better prez than obama?

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton escalated her attack on Senator Barack Obama’s qualifications to be president on Saturday, arguing that both she and the presumptive Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, could offer voters a “lifetime of experience” while Mr. Obama could only hold out his 2002 speech opposing the Iraq war.

nyt linky

I’m just drivin’ by, but I do have to say I think Obama handles this silliness well - he makes the point that these aren’t his views and renounces them, makes an additional point about the underlying theme (in the Ohio debate, he talked about the historical bridges between the black and Jewish communities dating back to the civil rights movement - addressing the notion that he’s a closet anti-semite), and, through his tone and conversational easiness, suggests without saying how moronic the line of questions is.

There just aren’t a lot of gotcha moments with Obama, because he never appears to be “gotten”.

Plus, you gotta like the rapid response on the 3AM phone ad.

How about boggeywoman :D

Also the “experience” idea is one that has two faces. Many people are very wary of Hillary simply because her “experience” was gained while she was an “unelected” or “unconfirmed” policy advisor to the President. She had no experience as an elected official when she attempted to initiate the wholesale revisions of the National Health Structure. This may have been a part of why her effort, as important as it was, failed.

Obama also has experience as an elected State legislator and, while there, introduced an ethics bill that is being used to crack-down on corrupt machine-politicians in Illinois. He authored and had passed legislation on everything from urban pollution sites and activities, to low-income housing requirements for developers, to anti-ethnic profiling laws AFTER 9/11.

In terms of legislative and electoral experience Obama trumps Clinton by years.

Is anyone else sick of primary season?

I feel like the blogs are so focused on the primary that other important issues are being ignored. For instance, what’s the latest news on telcom amnesty in the House?

Yeah in that respect, he reminds me of mr wobbly–absolutely the worst person to try goad into an argument

He did for awhile….hope that ban will continue in effect.

I like boogeyperson…more inclusive *g*

In terms of legislative and electoral experience Obama trumps Clinton by years.

Plus, it’s good to note that experience - however measured - doesn’t correlate terribly well with success. See, for example, Abraham Lincoln.

Not this one, there have been threads posted on a number of relevant topics

yeah, that’s an interesting one. immed’ly sets off my alarms, but … i can see a case for “post-partinship” and all that. and it’s not necessarily the case that all repubs are automatically worse than any demo. and finding a way to actually pull everyone in rather than getting set up w/ another scorched-earth thug campaign the instant obama’s in office (as happened during bill clinton) could be a key part of changing the scene. so, i dunno …

i do know i’ve been much happier about obama’s foreign policy and economic advisors that i’ve been about clintons … and i’d sure rather have susan rice talking to the press than mark penn …

but this is certainly worth questioning. if obama turns out to be lieberman in hip clothing, i won’t be too happy.

OT> But enough of tweety already…..

BAGHDAD, March 2 (Reuters) - Pomp and ceremony greeted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his arrival in Iraq on Sunday, the fanfare a stark contrast to the rushed and secretive visits of his bitter rival U.S. President George W. Bush.
His warm reception, in which he was hugged and kissed by Iraqi officials and presented with flowers by children, was Iraq’s first full state welcome for any leader since the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein in 2003.

So that where all wolfies flowers are. Ef you bush!

Senate Subcommitees on Foreign Relations: Obama has Nothing to do with Oversight of Afghanistan on his Sub but Clinton is on Two Subs that directly oversee Afghanistan

Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs (Afghanistan’s relationships with the U.S. are overseen by this committee–and Obama is no where to be found. His committee deals with Europe and last time I checked Afghanistan is not in Europe on my maps.

John F. Kerry, Chairman
Christopher J. Dodd
Russell D. Feingold
Barbara Boxer
Benjamin L. Cardin Norm Coleman, Ranking Member
Chuck Hagel
Vacant
George V. Voinovich

In contrast Clinton is on two committees that directly oversee armed services in Afghanistan. This shows how hypocritical the media and a campaign can be in lying to the American public–that’d be both Wolfson and George Stephanopolis who either know better and are lying or don’t know better and are just damn lazy–too lazy to click their mouse a couple of times.

SENATE ARMED SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE WITH CLINTON ON TWO COMMITTEES THAT DIRECTLY OVERSEE AFGHANISTAN AND OBAMA ON NONE

Senator Reed
Subcommittee Chairman
Senator Kennedy
Senator Byrd
Senator Nelson (Florida)
Senator Nelson (Nebraska)
Senator Bayh
Senator Clinton

Senator Dole
Ranking Member
Senator Warner
Senator Collins
Senator Graham
Senator Cornyn
Senator Martinez

SUBCOMMITTEE ON READINESS AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

Senator Akaka
Subcommittee Chairman
Senator Byrd
Senator Bayh
Senator Clinton
Senator Pryor
Senator McCaskill

Meanwhile in the Middle East:

*Saudi and Gulf states warn their nationals to leave Lebanon.

*US deploys USS Cole and two other naval vessels off the coast of Lebanon. Hezbollah denounces, pro-US President Siniora states he didn’t request naval presence.

*Palestinian militants continue barrages of rocketsfrom Gaza while Israel continues to throttle Gaza with embargo.

*Israel carries out military incursions into Gaza killing dozens.

-G

not yet, plus French women of Algerian heritage don’t really believe in diamond rings precisely because their Algerian heritage…I was in Algiers, BTW, in 1978, with my then wife, and the Algerian Immmigration authorities tried to give her a hard time because of her Jewish last name on her US passport–until I came to her rescue. “Elle est votre mariee?” one of them asked me. “Mai oui,” I responded. They promptly stamped our passports and we got on the ferry back to Marseille, just in time to watch the soccer world cup on TV–Argentina womn that year–”Les Argentines!” The youth of Marseilles went wild that night–roaming the streets drunk out of their skulls. I had no idea Argentinans had s lot of fans in Marseille.

If this had happened in Paris I wouldn’t havebeen surprised. A lot of Argentinian writers hung out in Paris in those years/days–Julio Cortazar among them…

Robert Novak (Bwahahahahaha) is now asserting that Obama made a major gaff in referring to Farrakhan as “Minister Farrakhan” showing (subconciously, I suppose) that he holds him in high respect. While I don’t quite understand why a Muslim would take on the sobriquet of “Minister” (which is absent in Islam), I really don’t understand how using his “title” is much different than referring to the Reverend Jim Jones, Ayatollah Khomeini, Mullah Omar, Minister Sun Mung Moon, Sheik Muhummad, President (or General) Musharraf, or any other title used by those individuals indicates that the user of that form believes or adheres to the belief system of that person.

I do refuse to refer to Robert Novak as a journalist, anymore. But thats merely recognizing that he’s a propagandist. In fact I might actually start referring to him as Minister…”Minister of Propaganda”.

BTW, re: politics:

Here in France, everyone I’ve met so far is for Obama…no surprising there..

Can’t remember which of the firedogs was/were raving about the Pete Seeger special on PBS recently but I’m catching a rerun and it is every bit as wonderful as the pup’s review…….thanks so much for the recommend!

amusing … david ignatius (wapo linky) complains that obama won’t really be bi-partisan enough, cause look:

He wasn’t part of the 2005 Gang of 14 bipartisan coalition that sought to break the logjam on judicial nominations, but neither were Clinton or other prominent Democrats. He did support the bipartisan effort to get an immigration bill last year, winning a plaudit from McCain. But he didn’t work closely with the White House, as did Sen. Edward Kennedy.

uh … having a senator (salazar) who was part of the gang of 14 doesn’t exacly make me think that obama not doing that was a bad thing. And oh my god! he didn’t work closely w/ the bush white house on immigration! Not exactly kennedy’s best moment …

novakula, minister of propaganada ;) good title.
but hopefully soon to be lost and he can become minister of hate-and-calumny-crying-alone-in-the-wilderness -about-having-lost-his-chance-for-nightly-milk-and-cookies-with-the
-white-house-minister-of-truth

We need to stay on top of this and get it out in the open…this could end up being an explosive regional all out war which could result in dire repercussions for the elections and everything else. JMHO

Don’t look now, but the Iraqis are greeting someone with flowers and sweets and it is the President of Iran.

Heckuva job.

-G

The latest news is that there will be about two weeks more of posturing about amnesty with the phony fear campaigns Bush is launching. Four of the of the best places to follow this are:

FDL (Christy and Jane and others)
Salon Glenn Greewald
Marcy Wheeler does a fantastic job on FISA with her commenters at EW
Cboldt’s blog is covering it like a glove

The “liberal” position on the Surveillance State Glenn Greenwald

George Bush Told the Truth on FISA Yesterday Glenn Greenwald

Senate by Cboldt

Here’s quintissential hypocrisy for you on the part of the Bush administration and Wiretapping:

In LA this soon, a wiretapping trial will begin and one that follows will put one of the heads of a powerful law firm on trial. The charge is wiretapping for divorce clients married to very wealthy powerful, well known people:

Eclectic Mix to Testify at Hollywood Detective’s Trial

Meanwhile back at the D.C. Ranch, Attorney General Mike Mukasey refuses to enforce the contempt citation of the Senate for Karl Rove or to investigate any aspect of illegal wiretapping since 2000 in any serious manner. There will never be an appointment of a Special Counsel, nor will there be a serious investigation on anything by Mukasey except for individuals that DOJ prosecutes.

As Glenn says, once the immunity train leaves the station, we will never have a chance to find out the extent of criminality on the part of not only the Bush administration but the attorneys for the Telcoms, and Comcoms (your Internet Service Providers) many of whom came straight from the ranks of DOJ to increase their income by working for the large companies that wiretap you.

1,774 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…

Citizen lee5 and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:

“…if obama turns out to be lieberman in hip clothing, i won’t be too happy.”

I also HAD the same questions about Obama until he began to come down on the right side of some real issues includin’ telecom immunity. Instead of movin’ to the right when challenged, he has consistently let his actions and votes speak for ‘im. He is brilliant and has some very smart political ad visors. He has co-opted “bipartisan” into a vocabulary that is distinctly progressive…his political rhetoric is beautifully thought out to work on at least 2 or 3 levels at once and speaks to several constituencies at once without alienating any.

Obama was assigned to Joe Lik*derman as a mentee when he (Obama) first came to the Senate…I think it’s clear that Obama rode Ol’ Joe until he was accepted by beltway folks as a benign centrist all the time inoculating himself against jest the sort of right-wing attacks of “liberal” and “radical” that have fallen flat up to this point.

This guy is the real deal and I only worry about his succumbing to the “Kennedy syndrome”…we gotta have this guy’s back!

KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITON, WE’VE GOT A LEADER NOW, ALL WE HAFTA DO IS TELL ‘IM WHERE WE’RE GOIN’!!!

Looks like you still don’t want to talk about NAFTA.

When pundits start talking about the issue of the economy ranking higher than the economy in people’s concerns they should be reminded that all things are integrated in this country. Educational and health reform are tied in with the economy. Tuitions rise with inflation and students can’t afford to attend college if scholarships are gone and their wages stagnate. Health care costs exponentially increase and insurance is impossible to afford or obtain for those already ill. And the war…

Nobel winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has come to the conclusion that the Iraq War Triggered Our Continuing Economic Woes. He and his team of analysts have shown that the war will, conservatively, cost as much as WW2 - even when inflation is considered into the measure. The war will ultimately be a $3 trillion rat-hole that redirects revenue into a non-productive (if not destructive) adventure from just about every essential program within the country. It also affects State and Local economies, and they show the credit-crisis, bankruptcies, and the sub-prime housing boom-crash.

Yeah Reuters at my @71.

Don’t think we are going to see too much in the dead propaganda sheets here.

i’m not pete … and am concerned about nafta. But, it seems to me like the real nafta problems are more wrt mexico than canada. if anything, we’re the bad guys wrt canada, lacking environmental and worker protections and using those to game the “free” market. Am I missing something wrt canada? (honest question.)

Nation of Islam aka 5% er’s are not really Muslim as much Malcom X found out and converted to true ‘Islam’ shortly before his assassination.

An interesting side story is Obama’s chief economic advisor, Austan Goolsbee. He is (still?) the chief economic advisor for the DLC. Having a person that the DLC thinks so highly of as the possible next Sec of the Treasury is interesting to think about.

I’m not exactly pleased with Kennedy’s help on NCLB either.

They actually had someone in Iraq commenting on the difference of the State Visit with Full Honors accorded to Ahmadjinedad vis-a-vis the way Bush and other Administration urinaries“luminaries” have to skulk into the country in the dead of night.

…and finding a way to actually pull everyone in rather than getting set up w/ another scorched-earth thug campaign the instant obama’s in office (as happened during bill clinton) could be a key part of changing the scene. so, i dunno …

I dunno either– it didn’t work very well for Bill Clinton, did it? Remember he made Republican Bill Cohen his secretary of (state or defense?).

Do you seriously think we can work with these people? Talk about Lucy and the football!

It’s just weird that his centrist rhetoric hasn’t put off more so-called “liberals”.

Tim Rusty is responsible for not doing his journalist duties of asking the tough questions from 2001 to today, and he’s part of the reason why the Bush Regime has been able to get away with what they have. Sad. Sad that Timmah doesn’t see this.

Like an oil thief in the night.

-G

GAWD DANG I LOVE guys like Hagee! They show you with all the pretty paint and geegaws knocked off just what these wackjobs are REALLY like. Loks like Obama got caught with his pants on fire over that whole Canada/NAFTA thingy huh? Seems quite a few Unions are demanding he be a little more…clear…about his nonanswer answer. Since names and dates are posted in the story and now the Obama guy won’t talk to da press “talk to da campaign” BWAHAHAHAHA!

I always thought Dick Cheney owned Tim Russert.

In all fairness, though, the reason that Russert asked Colin Powell about Belafonte’s comments was that Belafonte’s comments were about Powell. That was normal and appropriate.

raising hand rapidly!!

Your question is a good one, but first, that isn’t what I was talking about. Did you check out my link? It was about Obama lying when he claims he will renegotiate NAFTA.

As to your question, I think it’s not just NAFTA but trade agreements in general– they are heavily weighted in favor of multinational corporations. They should include rules for enforcing labor and environmental laws, and this will help everyone. If we have to stiffen up our laws to meet Canada’s standards then great.

Let’s be more precise. The old “One Drop Rule” made anyone with one iota of black blood, black. Pretty racist. Why do progressives continue such racism? Just because it lets them “claim” people like Obama and T