Comments on: Late Late Nite FDL: High Diving

By: newtonusr

newtonusr — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:51:55 +0000

Hey NPB!
Nancy is a bad Speaker and no kind of leader at all…
But she isn’t stupid. She can out-raise any contender exponentially, and she WILL NOT be caught in a forum event, where Cindy could paddle her mercilessly.
But I would pay good money to see it.

Remember when you went to the phone company to complain about service, and they had to deal with you on the spot in front of Gahd and the whole world?

Remember when the League of Women Voters ran the important debates in this country (and ran them very well), and YOU HAD TO FACE THE MUSIC or you couldn’t get elected?

The isolation that the privileged enjoy is nearly as destructive of Democracy as the money. Come to think of it, they go hand-in-hand (what was I thinking?).

nite pups

By: newspaperbrat

newspaperbrat — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:38:45 +0000

The bad news is Pelosi is expected to win large. The good news is Cindy will drain off enough votes to deny Nancy an overwhelming landslide – or so I’ve heard from DFH friends in her district.

By: TheLurkingMod

TheLurkingMod — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:32:51 +0000

Attaturk is upstairs!
Macro

Begins:

Shorter John McCain:

“I am always reluctant to talk about my POW experience…make sure you quote me on that again”

By: newtonusr

newtonusr — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:26:24 +0000

Lovely. From Saturday:
Saudi intelligence chief in Pakistan amid Musharraf crisis
Well, he has to exile somewhere…

By: wigwam

wigwam — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:21:38 +0000

Wow! That’s scary. Pakistan has nukes, and its intelligence service, the ISI, supports the Taliban. Not a place I like to see instability.

By: wigwam

wigwam — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:19:32 +0000

All of which reminds me … how is Cindy Sheehan’s campaign shaping up? Does Pelosi have a Republican opponent? I’d so like to see her not get reelected.

By: Hmmm

Hmmm — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:19:05 +0000

Musharraf to resign.

By: newtonusr

newtonusr — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:18:26 +0000

~~All~~ Most of Washington has embraced the politics of Rove.
Lie today, a different lie tomorrow, pile a heap of lies on top the next day, blame the other body (as Pelosi disgracefully did on TDS) and hope the news cycle delivers some juicy distraction.
All gone.

By: newspaperbrat

newspaperbrat — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:16:00 +0000

Yep – and one of the most ruthless speakers evah – as Jack Murtah found out when she shafted the old warrior on behalf of the ruthless Steney Hoyer. oy!

By: wigwam

wigwam — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:12:07 +0000

Along that line, Turley continued as follows:

I guess Nixon worked tirelessly for his own impeachment and resigned only out of a sense of self-loathing. What is particularly striking about this latest rationale is that it is so circular — as was Pelosi’s first explanation. First, we could not start an investigation for impeachment without clear evidence of crimes, but we can only confirm evidence of crimes by investigating.

Emphasis mine.