Wed, 08/27/2008 - 14:21 — General Jack D. Ripper (not verified)
Anybody see that Cindy McCain's half sister is voting for Obama? She said she wouldn't vote for McCain, even if her were a Democrat! She said that she believes Obama's messages are more positive, and that she is "not a big war believer.
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 14:21 — Josh from TX (not verified)
So,
I have a quick question for the commentators here: I'm a steady C&L reader(not commentator), and have occasionally looked at some of the disgruntled Hillary websites(for amusement purposes), and found NoQuarter (i refuse to link to it) to be particularly batshit crazy.
My question is: WTF is the deal with the author; Larry C. Johnson? Seriously, this guy's resume sounds like he should be a relatively well adjusted, intelligent individual who seems like he would be politically aligned with the republicans, if nothing else. Is this why he's launching this die-hard Hillary thing? Is he hoping to drum up enough malcontent to swing things in favor of McCain? I know we're trying not to reopen this can of worms, and put this business behind us, but this is an honest question and I just want to know if this guy took a dive off the crazy tree or what. Because if it's genuine, and this guy really is a counter-terrorism adviser, I'm fucking scared.
If, in fact, the polls are that close coupled with the Diebold paperless evoting machines (which should have been outlawed) we are on the verge of losing what should have been a massive landslide victory.
If it's possible for the dead to be aware of things happening on earth (and I do not believe it is) but if it were, I think MLK would be pretty happy today.
Each week we call Thursday night, Bistro Night. My husband fixes something special for dinner and we celebrate only one day left in the work week. We've been doing this for years and we just have fun with it. So when we found out Obama was going to give his speech on Bistro Night, we joked that he arranged it that way just for us. So Happy Bistro night to everyone! Yes, cocktails are included.
McCain will be on Fox News Sunday. Lately the host of that show (Chris Wallace?) has been pretty fair handed with his guest. I'm wondering if he will pander to McCain or put a little pressure on him. Let's hope for the latter. Of course by that point in time McCain will have named his veep so talking about that will suck up most of the time.
Clintons appearance on the floor of the Democratic Convention during the states delegate count was incredible. She showed strength and an honest ability to put whats important in front of her own "defeat". I doubt former Pres. Clinton could have done the same with such honor and respect(though i still love the man).
I have been a strong supporter of Barack all year but with deep respect and secret hope for Sen. Clinton. I honestly would have been happy to see her with the primaries.
But now, after focused study of the past year of primary speeches and state-crawlings by all democatratic contenders, I find myself a little uneasy with the way things have ultimately panned out.
I think it was a mistake to choose the honorable and respected Sen. Biden. The initial polls seem to express my same discord.
Barack should have chosen who the people wanted, Sen. Hillary Clinton for Vice President. I feel that residual bad feelings from the hard-fought primaries may have influenced Baracks decision. His defiance to even vet her or choose her also may show his lack of true confidence and leadership abilities. Is this attitude he seems to hold against Hillary an example of the change he signifies? Because it looks like the same back-biting and grudge-holding that Washington has been famous for,forever.
I am disapointed. Thats all. Hopeful,but truly disapointed. But i have never,nor will i ever vote republican, so i stand behind our impressive Senators, the newest and nearly oldest members of the Washington "boys club"
Would MLK be happy? Don't get me wrong, I am a huge Obama supporter and can't wait until I get to elect him, but the point of MLK's speech is that he hoped for a day when a person would be judged not on the color of his skin but the content of his character. It just seems to me that we've learned an awful lot in the last year about how many people still judge people by the color of their skin. And it isn't just GOPers. Frankly, I think the only reason the polls are so close is because of the color of his skin, sadly, because this one election should be a cakewalk like never before.
The site seems to be back and as good as new. Hopefully it can stay that way. A big thanks to every one of the C&L crew who have been working to get things back to normal. You guys and ladies did good and we all appreciate it.
It is also extremely important and relevant to recall the words that Dr. King spoke on April 4, 1967 at Manhattan's Riverside Church when he noted that "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today [is] my own government." One wonders if Barack Obama will cite Dr. King's words from that speech, when MLK stated that "in the North [of Vietnam], where our bombs now pummel the land..." during his acceptance speech tonight. But that prospect seems extremely dubious since the [alleged] antiwar candidate wishes not to lessen but to ADD more troops to the occupation of Afghanistan. Will Obama point out how the United States should be charged with war crimes, especially with the latest slaughter of Aghans, when U.S. planes dropped 500 lb. bombs which killed 90 civilians and 60 of those killed were children? The chances of that happening also are quite dim since Obama desire to add more troops will then add more misery and suffering to the Afghan people.
So,
I have a quick question for the commentators here: I'm a steady C&L reader(not commentator), and have occasionally looked at some of the disgruntled Hillary websites(for amusement purposes), and found NoQuarter (i refuse to link to it) to be particularly batshit crazy.
My question is: WTF is the deal with the author; Larry C. Johnson? Seriously, this guy's resume sounds like he should be a relatively well adjusted, intelligent individual who seems like he would be politically aligned with the republicans, if nothing else. Is this why he's launching this die-hard Hillary thing? Is he hoping to drum up enough malcontent to swing things in favor of McCain? I know we're trying not to reopen this can of worms, and put this business behind us, but this is an honest question and I just want to know if this guy took a dive off the crazy tree or what. Because if it's genuine, and this guy really is a counter-terrorism adviser, I'm fucking scared.
I wish his Vietnam Speech was canonized as much as his I Have a Dream is. The issues of classism, militarism and justice he touched on in that speech was just stunning.
Erroll@22
Thank you, that was a great and relevant speech. MLK was lambasted by the "Conservatives"(and the MSM) after that speech.....The same lying fucking conservatives who now claim that MLK was their "hero".
New ad idea, cheap as all get out on the production costs:
[fade in to picture of McCain hugging Bush]
12 seconds of picture
[fade to white text on black background]
"That's not a maverick. That's a sidekick!"
[fade to picture of McCain holding cake with Bush on the tarmac]
12 seconds of picture
[fade to white text on black background]
Republican priorities.[fade to new text]
"No way. No how. No McCain."
New ad idea, cheap as all get out on the production costs:
[fade in to picture of McCain hugging Bush]
12 seconds of picture
[fade to white text on black background]
"That's not a maverick. That's a sidekick!"
[fade to picture of McCain holding cake with Bush on the tarmac]
12 seconds of picture
[fade to white text on black background]
Republican priorities.[fade to new text]
"No way. No how. No McCain."
whaddayathink?
nice mine is similar... yours is better.....i would add
the official bush (dis) approval number
New ad idea, cheap as all get out on the production costs:
[fade in to picture of McCain hugging Bush]
12 seconds of picture
[fade to white text on black background]
"That's not a maverick. That's a sidekick!"
[fade to picture of McCain holding cake with Bush on the tarmac]
12 seconds of picture
[fade to white text on black background]
Republican priorities.[fade to new text]
"No way. No how. No McCain."
whaddayathink?
nice mine is similar... yours is better.....i would add
the official bush (dis) approval number
And of course to get it really out there on YouTube, title it "Hot Lesbian Sex." That usually works.
So... should we be making wagers now on whether the Republicans 45 years hence will be claiming to represent Obama better than the Democrats of that day do?
Bob Schieffer was just on Fox. He says he is close friends with McCain and has known him for a long time. Which explains why Bob thinks being shot down in a plane is a qualification for being president. Anyway he thinks Meg Whitman is a good possibility to be McCain's choice for vice president. I didn't know who she was so I looked her up on Wiki. Seems she's worth, as of 2007, 1.4 billion dollars. She was "President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay from March 1998 to March 2008..."
Sounds about right to me. A rich woman much younger than McCain (she was born in 1956) If he doesn't choose her, maybe he could marry her.
Bob Schieffer was just on Fox. He says he is close friends with McCain and has known him for a long time. Which explains why Bob thinks being shot down in a plane is a qualification for being president. Anyway he thinks Meg Whitman is a good possibility to be McCain's choice for vice president. I didn't know who she was so I looked her up on Wiki. Seems she's worth, as of 2007, 1.4 billion dollars. She was "President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay from March 1998 to March 2008..."
Sounds about right to me. A rich woman much younger than McCain (she was born in 1956) If he doesn't choose her, maybe he could marry her.
Yeah you probably just mis-heard him. He was talking about mcstains pick for his future sugar mamma.
Anybody see that Cindy McCain's half sister is voting for Obama? She said she wouldn't vote for McCain, even if her were a Democrat! She said that she believes Obama's messages are more positive, and that she is "not a big war believer.
Half-sister? But Cindy is an only child! Half-sisters and guys not-Cindy wives don't count. Inheritances, husbands, other peoples drugs-- only Cindy counts.
New ad idea, cheap as all get out on the production costs:
[fade in to picture of McCain hugging Bush]
12 seconds of picture
[fade to white text on black background]
"That's not a maverick. That's a sidekick!"
[fade to picture of McCain holding cake with Bush on the tarmac]
12 seconds of picture
[fade to white text on black background]
Republican priorities.[fade to new text]
"No way. No how. No McCain."
whaddayathink?
nice mine is similar... yours is better.....i would add
the official bush (dis) approval number
Maybe add the number of days since "mission accomplished"...could be a nice touch.
Then close with the slogan that POP came up with...."McCain 08...driving America forward...at 45 mph...in the fast lane....with the left turn signal on."
Obama is criticized for thinking before he speaks. The repubs are just jealous because we have a candidate who can think.
Actually, Zbigniew Brzezinski is the one thinking for him. You have to remember, politicians are the puppets, not the puppet masters.
mccain has a lot more 'puppet masters'
here's a few just from the money angle:
*charlie black
*phil gramm
*randy scheunemann
*rick davis
big money NEOCON agenda lobbyists....guys that like to be part of the catalyst formulation for war(s)
I know. I'm an atheist and this shit scares the crap out of me.
Fuckin scary shit...I refuse to live in a theocracy.
you want to see scary if romney get's the nod and mccain wins.
very possible romney would either taake over if mccain kicks or romney would run in 2012. personally i hope it's lieberman but i believe it will be Romney.....there will be jello parties in utah,nevada and orange county
Pat Buchanan
Reviving his "pyromaniac with a flamethrower" act from 1992, Pat will talk about the necessity of keeping America free -- free of gays, free of Jews, free of Muslims, free of health care, free of liberals, free of uppity blacks who think they can be president.
Mitt Romney
Building on a theme from his candidacy, Romney will elaborate on how it is simply impossible to maintain a free society without a theocracy. Boos, hisses and cries of "Burn the Mormon heretic!" coming from the evangelical delegation will be spun on FUX News as "what real unity looks like."
Video
Loyal Americans will be treated to a poignant montage of all the suffering in the world we have caused with our foreign policy. Backed up by flutes and snare drums merrily whistling tunes from the American Revolutionary war, and occasionally punctuated by applause and canned laugher, images of death and destruction in the Middle East will be flashed across the screen, with the words "Freedom and Democracy on the March" transposed in red, white and blue.
Pat Roberts
The Kansas Senator will deliver an address entitled, "You Don't Have Civil Liberties If Your Dead."
Headline Speaker: Cindy McCain
Hopped up on pain killers, heiress and wife of the presumptive presidential nominee will deliver a beautifully soporific stream of consciousness about how America is the best country in the world -- and how she's ALWAYS thought so -- as it has given her everything she ever wanted: Her own pony when she was young; a fortune she did not need to share with her non-existent siblings; and a guy to marry to take her to yet another among her innumerable houses, this one known by its purity of color -- WHITE!
Benediction: Mike Huckabee
Huckabee will lead the congregation of Republicans in a prayer that the Constitution be amended to conform to the standards of the living god.
Day 2: IOKIYAR
Larry Craig
Toilet paper awkwardly stuck to his shoes, Craig will deliver an impassioned speech about how he is not gay, has never been gay, hates gays, and imploring everyone in the world to hate gays as much as he does.
David Vitter
Stepford wife on his right are, hooker on his left, Vitter, dressed in nothing but a diaper, will speak to the Republicans' sole ability to maintain family values.
Musical Interlude: Just One More Rat
Breaking protocol, the four justices from the RATS wing of the Supreme Court -- Roberts, Alito, Thomas and Scalia -- will send up a musical endorsement of the Republican Party with the song, "Give Us Just One More RAT." The song will highlight the need to curb the kind of judicial activism that recognizes civil liberties and rights not desired by majority white people, and pay tribute to the Confederacy.
Headline Speakers: Tom DeLay and Duke Cunningham
Brought out as part of a chain gang, DeLay and Cunningham will make a special joint appearance, holding themselves out as victims of an oppressive Democratic regime, but reminding people not to lose hope, as the international sex slave trade is still strong.
Benediction: Rick Warren
Warren will remind the world that the purpose of the purpose driven life is to vote Republican.
Day 3: Not a Jedi Yet
President George W. Bush
Drunk as a skunk, Bush will mangle a bunch of words as only he can, and dare the world to capture and try him for his crimes as history eventually vindicates his every move.
Vice President Dick Cheney
To the tune of the Imperial March, and covered in new, jet black robotic parts that have replaced his heart, right leg, left arm and most of his torso, Cheney walk onto the stage, lift his helmet, and scare the living shit out of everyone in attendance. He'll point out that while Obama's intelligence, education and values might make him strong, he's not a Jedi yet, and poses no threat to the American Empire. No, the only threat, he will remind us all, comes from evil Muslims, within and without, all of whom must be crushed, along with their supporters in the Democratic Party.
Keynote Address: Rudy Guiliani
Picking up where Cheney left off, Giuliani will repeat the words "Nine Eleven" nine hundred eleven times, and remind everyone that we're not safe without the strongarm tactics of the Republicans, and lambaste the youth and inexperience of a black Muslim named Hussein.
Roll Call
At Cheney's signal, all attendants on the floor will stand instantly, raise their arms and hands in a Hitlerian salute, and shout McCain! (And the as-yet-unknown name of the Vice Presidential Nominee).
Vice Presidential Acceptance Speech
Whoever it is, he'll be dressed in storm trooper uniforms, and his speech will continue the theme. Hussein Obama is a naive Jedi-in-training.
Benediction
Fred Phelps will burn pictures of fags to the tune of Onward Christian Soldier.
Day 4: The World Is Not Enough
Neo-Cons
Everyone from Bill Krystol to David Frum will regale the convention bold plans to start wars everywhere.
Preachers
Everyone from Pat Robertson to James Dobson to John Hageewill will hail the glorious end of the world, sure to come as McCain follows the neo-con plans to take over the world, spread democracy, and bring back Jesus.
Presidential Acceptance Speech
Hoisted out in a wheel barrow, and propped up on a slab, an increasingly senile John McCain will mumble non-sequiturs, talk about how he has wanted this job ever since he spent time as a POW in Vietnam so that he could finally dole out the treatment he received to POWs he captures, and declare himself president, explaining that elections are quaint anachronisms in a time of terror.
Benediction
Karl Rove will ask everyone to pray for the Democrat soles they're about to go kill to prevent an election.
More from wiki on Whitman. "She has political ambitions of her own and is considering a run for Governor of California in the 2010 election..."
According to who she has donated to, she loves the guys that we don't. Like Orin Hatch for one and George Allen for another.
The other person Bob Schieffer mentioned was the ex mullet wearer, Pawlenty
mccain campaign is having trouble matching up against biden....
he will knock romney's dxxk in the dirt.
Probably since Biden was chosen, the repub veep wannabees are dropping like flies. Who in their right mind would want to debate Biden, especially on foreign affairs?
Pat Buchanan
Reviving his "pyromaniac with a flamethrower" act from 1992, Pat will talk about the necessity of keeping America free -- free of gays, free of Jews, free of Muslims, free of health care, free of liberals, free of uppity blacks who think they can be president.
Mitt Romney
Building on a theme from his candidacy, Romney will elaborate on how it is simply impossible to maintain a free society without a theocracy. Boos, hisses and cries of "Burn the Mormon heretic!" coming from the evangelical delegation will be spun on FUX News as "what real unity looks like."
Video
Loyal Americans will be treated to a poignant montage of all the suffering in the world we have caused with our foreign policy. Backed up by flutes and snare drums merrily whistling tunes from the American Revolutionary war, and occasionally punctuated by applause and canned laugher, images of death and destruction in the Middle East will be flashed across the screen, with the words "Freedom and Democracy on the March" transposed in red, white and blue.
Pat Roberts
The Kansas Senator will deliver an address entitled, "You Don't Have Civil Liberties If Your Dead."
Headline Speaker: Cindy McCain
Hopped up on pain killers, heiress and wife of the presumptive presidential nominee will deliver a beautifully soporific stream of consciousness about how America is the best country in the world -- and how she's ALWAYS thought so -- as it has given her everything she ever wanted: Her own pony when she was young; a fortune she did not need to share with her non-existent siblings; and a guy to marry to take her to yet another among her innumerable houses, this one known by its purity of color -- WHITE!
Benediction: Mike Huckabee
Huckabee will lead the congregation of Republicans in a prayer that the Constitution be amended to conform to the standards of the living god.
Day 2: IOKIYAR
Larry Craig
Toilet paper awkwardly stuck to his shoes, Craig will deliver an impassioned speech about how he is not gay, has never been gay, hates gays, and imploring everyone in the world to hate gays as much as he does.
David Vitter
Stepford wife on his right are, hooker on his left, Vitter, dressed in nothing but a diaper, will speak to the Republicans' sole ability to maintain family values.
Musical Interlude: Just One More Rat
Breaking protocol, the four justices from the RATS wing of the Supreme Court -- Roberts, Alito, Thomas and Scalia -- will send up a musical endorsement of the Republican Party with the song, "Give Us Just One More RAT." The song will highlight the need to curb the kind of judicial activism that recognizes civil liberties and rights not desired by majority white people, and pay tribute to the Confederacy.
Headline Speakers: Tom DeLay and Duke Cunningham
Brought out as part of a chain gang, DeLay and Cunningham will make a special joint appearance, holding themselves out as victims of an oppressive Democratic regime, but reminding people not to lose hope, as the international sex slave trade is still strong.
Benediction: Rick Warren
Warren will remind the world that the purpose of the purpose driven life is to vote Republican.
Day 3: Not a Jedi Yet
President George W. Bush
Drunk as a skunk, Bush will mangle a bunch of words as only he can, and dare the world to capture and try him for his crimes as history eventually vindicates his every move.
Vice President Dick Cheney
To the tune of the Imperial March, and covered in new, jet black robotic parts that have replaced his heart, right leg, left arm and most of his torso, Cheney walk onto the stage, lift his helmet, and scare the living shit out of everyone in attendance. He'll point out that while Obama's intelligence, education and values might make him strong, he's not a Jedi yet, and poses no threat to the American Empire. No, the only threat, he will remind us all, comes from evil Muslims, within and without, all of whom must be crushed, along with their supporters in the Democratic Party.
Keynote Address: Rudy Guiliani
Picking up where Cheney left off, Giuliani will repeat the words "Nine Eleven" nine hundred eleven times, and remind everyone that we're not safe without the strongarm tactics of the Republicans, and lambaste the youth and inexperience of a black Muslim named Hussein.
Roll Call
At Cheney's signal, all attendants on the floor will stand instantly, raise their arms and hands in a Hitlerian salute, and shout McCain! (And the as-yet-unknown name of the Vice Presidential Nominee).
Vice Presidential Acceptance Speech
Whoever it is, he'll be dressed in storm trooper uniforms, and his speech will continue the theme. Hussein Obama is a naive Jedi-in-training.
Benediction
Fred Phelps will burn pictures of fags to the tune of Onward Christian Soldier.
Day 4: The World Is Not Enough
Neo-Cons
Everyone from Bill Krystol to David Frum will regale the convention bold plans to start wars everywhere.
Preachers
Everyone from Pat Robertson to James Dobson to John Hageewill will hail the glorious end of the world, sure to come as McCain follows the neo-con plans to take over the world, spread democracy, and bring back Jesus.
Presidential Acceptance Speech
Hoisted out in a wheel barrow, and propped up on a slab, an increasingly senile John McCain will mumble non-sequiturs, talk about how he has wanted this job ever since he spent time as a POW in Vietnam so that he could finally dole out the treatment he received to POWs he captures, and declare himself president, explaining that elections are quaint anachronisms in a time of terror.
Benediction
Karl Rove will ask everyone to pray for the Democrat soles they're about to go kill to prevent an election.
it's probably selective hearing on my part but i don't hear much
'drill here....drill now' chant.....maybe not such a good time for that
with Gustav.
yesterday matthews had the microphone outside along the crowd rope barrier doing quickie comments. the first guy he spoke with was a mccain supporter...chris asked him why mccain....'because we need to drill in the gulf for oil'..........man where do these people come from. there is plenty of drilling in the gulf region....wow.
Ah, Romney's almost as good a pick as Lieberman (for the Democrats, that is!). First it means TWO multi-millionaires on the ticket.
Second, it's not going to reassure the religious wingnuts who are already sceptical of McCain. Quite the opposite probably.
Personally, I was not a big MLK fan. I never embraced the idea of peacefully marching down the street while black women and children got beat with billy clubs, hosed down by water cannon and chewed on by police dogs. Malcolm X was my hero. The US govt could not risk massive nationwide armed rebellion combined with the looming danger that the communist Russian Bear might take advantage of US instability to win the Cold War. The militancy of Malcolm X forced the US govt to seek a peaceful resolution by negotiating with the much kinder & gentler negro leader, MLK. If it wasn't for Malcolm X the bad cop, MLK the good cop didn't stand a chance dealing with the criminal US Govt of the 1960s.
"Right. For example, the Republicans can only win this thing by suggesting that the less-wealthy African-American candidate who was raised by a single mother and who only recently paid off his student loans is too "exotic." Scarborough's Law dictates that Senator Obama either defend himself or Republican shills on cable and talk radio will repeat this lie over and over. And when someone from the Obama campaign responds, there's no vindication from the press -- instead, the Obama campaign is inexplicably and incongruously accused of dishonoring Senator McCain's POW experience. As Rachel pointed out, there shouldn't even be a debate about this specious GOP attack in the first place -- rather, it should be reported as false, or not reported at all considering how ass backwards it is."
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 15:48 — General Jack D. Ripper (not verified)
In a way, I kind of hope McSame does pick Meg Whitman.....not only another example of extremely wealthy individuals trying to run this country; but also someone without political experience. McCain did mention her as one of the 3 people he would rely on heavily when Rick Warren asked him that question.
On Wikipedia, I noticed that she has given money to both Democrats and Republicans, but apparently more to Republicans....including Romney and George Macaca Allen.
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 15:53 — General Jack D. Ripper (not verified)
#55 Alexdem....I'm not sure about Romney. He does scare the hell out of me. He's a greasy-haired cheeseball as far as I'm concerned. He is way too fake....just don't know what the hell that guy is thinking behind that eery grin of his.
Alexdern@55
If Grandpa McPow is really a fucking "maverick", he'll buck the GOP and pick Romney or Lieberman. This fall will be a laugh riot with either one.
If it's possible for the dead to be aware of things happening on earth (and I do not believe it is) but if it were, I think MLK would be pretty happy today.
Each week we call Thursday night, Bistro Night. My husband fixes something special for dinner and we celebrate only one day left in the work week. We've been doing this for years and we just have fun with it. So when we found out Obama was going to give his speech on Bistro Night, we joked that he arranged it that way just for us. So Happy Bistro night to everyone! Yes, cocktails are included.
Bistro Night, huh? What a great and unique way to celebrate a marriage, the end of the week and Barach Obama. Happy Bistro night to you and your hubby.
man they better pull some demonstrators off the street if thier going to fill up that stadieum , guess they should have had some rock stars boogiei woogying shana nah nah nah nah na
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FORTY-FIVE years ago today.
mccain's real record regarding MLK holiday....mcLie's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfp5K6jwJ4U
Some people really really want to see Obama tonight (courtesy of wonkette):
http://denver.craigslist.org/tix/816812526.html
Meanwhile, you can't pay people to show up at McCain's rally:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/08/28/...
..well, its a matter of time when actually start paying people. Afterall, Mitt MoneyBags will be there.
McCain, to Counter Age Problem, Picks Chinese Gymnast as VP
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=2750
Anybody see that Cindy McCain's half sister is voting for Obama? She said she wouldn't vote for McCain, even if her were a Democrat! She said that she believes Obama's messages are more positive, and that she is "not a big war believer.
http://www.usmagazine.com/news/cindy-mccains-half-sister-im-voting-for-o...
So,
I have a quick question for the commentators here: I'm a steady C&L reader(not commentator), and have occasionally looked at some of the disgruntled Hillary websites(for amusement purposes), and found NoQuarter (i refuse to link to it) to be particularly batshit crazy.
My question is: WTF is the deal with the author; Larry C. Johnson? Seriously, this guy's resume sounds like he should be a relatively well adjusted, intelligent individual who seems like he would be politically aligned with the republicans, if nothing else. Is this why he's launching this die-hard Hillary thing? Is he hoping to drum up enough malcontent to swing things in favor of McCain? I know we're trying not to reopen this can of worms, and put this business behind us, but this is an honest question and I just want to know if this guy took a dive off the crazy tree or what. Because if it's genuine, and this guy really is a counter-terrorism adviser, I'm fucking scared.
Thanks
Greenwald sums up the GOP Personality War nicely:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/28/dnc/index.html
If, in fact, the polls are that close coupled with the Diebold paperless evoting machines (which should have been outlawed) we are on the verge of losing what should have been a massive landslide victory.
Looks like Grandpa is feeling just a bit grumpy:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/28/mccain-gets-prickly-durin_n_122...
If it's possible for the dead to be aware of things happening on earth (and I do not believe it is) but if it were, I think MLK would be pretty happy today.
Each week we call Thursday night, Bistro Night. My husband fixes something special for dinner and we celebrate only one day left in the work week. We've been doing this for years and we just have fun with it. So when we found out Obama was going to give his speech on Bistro Night, we joked that he arranged it that way just for us. So Happy Bistro night to everyone! Yes, cocktails are included.
remember this gem from mittens......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfp5K6jwJ4U
I hope Obama asks him those questions during the first debate. Someone should show Obama episodes of MTV's "Boiling Point" show.
#8, Grumpy Grandpa:
I just love his short, curt answers.....sounds like something Bush does.
This guy's scaring me more and more every day.
McCain will be on Fox News Sunday. Lately the host of that show (Chris Wallace?) has been pretty fair handed with his guest. I'm wondering if he will pander to McCain or put a little pressure on him. Let's hope for the latter. Of course by that point in time McCain will have named his veep so talking about that will suck up most of the time.
40 years ago, MLK was in his grave, sadly.
I do hope Obama references McSame's blockade of the MLK holiday tonight.
Cheers POP! I'll be toasting this historic night right along with you!
Clintons appearance on the floor of the Democratic Convention during the states delegate count was incredible. She showed strength and an honest ability to put whats important in front of her own "defeat". I doubt former Pres. Clinton could have done the same with such honor and respect(though i still love the man).
I have been a strong supporter of Barack all year but with deep respect and secret hope for Sen. Clinton. I honestly would have been happy to see her with the primaries.
But now, after focused study of the past year of primary speeches and state-crawlings by all democatratic contenders, I find myself a little uneasy with the way things have ultimately panned out.
I think it was a mistake to choose the honorable and respected Sen. Biden. The initial polls seem to express my same discord.
Barack should have chosen who the people wanted, Sen. Hillary Clinton for Vice President. I feel that residual bad feelings from the hard-fought primaries may have influenced Baracks decision. His defiance to even vet her or choose her also may show his lack of true confidence and leadership abilities. Is this attitude he seems to hold against Hillary an example of the change he signifies? Because it looks like the same back-biting and grudge-holding that Washington has been famous for,forever.
I am disapointed. Thats all. Hopeful,but truly disapointed. But i have never,nor will i ever vote republican, so i stand behind our impressive Senators, the newest and nearly oldest members of the Washington "boys club"
Obama is criticized for thinking before he speaks. The repubs are just jealous because we have a candidate who can think.
McStain @ 15:
Can you see this big smile on my face? It's there!
Would MLK be happy? Don't get me wrong, I am a huge Obama supporter and can't wait until I get to elect him, but the point of MLK's speech is that he hoped for a day when a person would be judged not on the color of his skin but the content of his character. It just seems to me that we've learned an awful lot in the last year about how many people still judge people by the color of their skin. And it isn't just GOPers. Frankly, I think the only reason the polls are so close is because of the color of his skin, sadly, because this one election should be a cakewalk like never before.
It is unimaginably unbelieveable to me that there are still "Americans"who are fighting hard against any of our citizens being given an equal chance.
The site seems to be back and as good as new. Hopefully it can stay that way. A big thanks to every one of the C&L crew who have been working to get things back to normal. You guys and ladies did good and we all appreciate it.
It is also extremely important and relevant to recall the words that Dr. King spoke on April 4, 1967 at Manhattan's Riverside Church when he noted that "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today [is] my own government." One wonders if Barack Obama will cite Dr. King's words from that speech, when MLK stated that "in the North [of Vietnam], where our bombs now pummel the land..." during his acceptance speech tonight. But that prospect seems extremely dubious since the [alleged] antiwar candidate wishes not to lessen but to ADD more troops to the occupation of Afghanistan. Will Obama point out how the United States should be charged with war crimes, especially with the latest slaughter of Aghans, when U.S. planes dropped 500 lb. bombs which killed 90 civilians and 60 of those killed were children? The chances of that happening also are quite dim since Obama desire to add more troops will then add more misery and suffering to the Afghan people.
Dems need to promise to start working on the separation of church and state thing.
http://wcbstv.com/local/yankees.bathroom.ejection.2.804859.html
It's only going to get worse.
Josh from TX @ 6:
At least L-Jo is open about it. But don't forget CNN commentator, James Carville who wore Pumas to the convention.
Nada @ 23:
i can't even believe this story.......wow.
constituent @ 25:
I know. I can barely believe it myself.
I wish his Vietnam Speech was canonized as much as his I Have a Dream is. The issues of classism, militarism and justice he touched on in that speech was just stunning.
Erroll@22
Thank you, that was a great and relevant speech. MLK was lambasted by the "Conservatives"(and the MSM) after that speech.....The same lying fucking conservatives who now claim that MLK was their "hero".
New ad idea, cheap as all get out on the production costs:
[fade in to picture of McCain hugging Bush]
12 seconds of picture
[fade to white text on black background]
"That's not a maverick. That's a sidekick!"
[fade to picture of McCain holding cake with Bush on the tarmac]
12 seconds of picture
[fade to white text on black background]
Republican priorities.[fade to new text]
"No way. No how. No McCain."
whaddayathink?
Caliber "Hussein" O'Biden @ 28:
nice mine is similar... yours is better.....i would add
the official bush (dis) approval number
Sex ads on Denver Craigslist spike with Democrats' arrival
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10028213-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&ta...
This will be top news at FOX for at least the next 3 days.
constituent @ 29:
And of course to get it really out there on YouTube, title it "Hot Lesbian Sex." That usually works.
So... should we be making wagers now on whether the Republicans 45 years hence will be claiming to represent Obama better than the Democrats of that day do?
Here's an essay by an Annapolis class mate of McCain who was also a Vietnam War POW:
Why I will not vote for John McCain.
pissed off patricia @ 17:
Actually, Zbigniew Brzezinski is the one thinking for him. You have to remember, politicians are the puppets, not the puppet masters.
constituent @ 25:
I know. I'm an atheist and this shit scares the crap out of me.
Nazi link in plot ' to assassinate obama'
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Nazi-link-in-39plot-to.4428733.jp
she is “not a big war believer. well we will try to keep it as small as we can!
The best thing this country could do to honor MLK would be to have a real, honest investigation into who killed him and why.
Bob Schieffer was just on Fox. He says he is close friends with McCain and has known him for a long time. Which explains why Bob thinks being shot down in a plane is a qualification for being president. Anyway he thinks Meg Whitman is a good possibility to be McCain's choice for vice president. I didn't know who she was so I looked her up on Wiki. Seems she's worth, as of 2007, 1.4 billion dollars. She was "President and Chief Executive Officer of eBay from March 1998 to March 2008..."
Sounds about right to me. A rich woman much younger than McCain (she was born in 1956) If he doesn't choose her, maybe he could marry her.
exposethetruth @ 34:
Yeah, right, whatever
pissed off patricia @ 39:
Yeah you probably just mis-heard him. He was talking about mcstains pick for his future sugar mamma.
General Jack D. Ripper @ 5:
Half-sister? But Cindy is an only child! Half-sisters and guys not-Cindy wives don't count. Inheritances, husbands, other peoples drugs-- only Cindy counts.
constituent @ 29:
Maybe add the number of days since "mission accomplished"...could be a nice touch.
Then close with the slogan that POP came up with...."McCain 08...driving America forward...at 45 mph...in the fast lane....with the left turn signal on."
exposethetruth @ 34:
mccain has a lot more 'puppet masters'
here's a few just from the money angle:
*charlie black
*phil gramm
*randy scheunemann
*rick davis
big money NEOCON agenda lobbyists....guys that like to be part of the catalyst formulation for war(s)
Nada @ 36:
Fuckin scary shit...I refuse to live in a theocracy.
liberalNmoderation @ 46:
you want to see scary if romney get's the nod and mccain wins.
very possible romney would either taake over if mccain kicks or romney would run in 2012. personally i hope it's lieberman but i believe it will be Romney.....there will be jello parties in utah,nevada and orange county
More from wiki on Whitman. "She has political ambitions of her own and is considering a run for Governor of California in the 2010 election..."
According to who she has donated to, she loves the guys that we don't. Like Orin Hatch for one and George Allen for another.
The other person Bob Schieffer mentioned was the ex mullet wearer, Pawlenty
pissed off patricia @ 48:
mccain campaign is having trouble matching up against biden....
he will knock romney's dxxk in the dirt.
The real Deal:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/28/russia.georgia.cold.war/i...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/2639637/Vladimir...
Preview of the Republican National Convention
Day 1: American Freedom
Pat Buchanan
Reviving his "pyromaniac with a flamethrower" act from 1992, Pat will talk about the necessity of keeping America free -- free of gays, free of Jews, free of Muslims, free of health care, free of liberals, free of uppity blacks who think they can be president.
Mitt Romney
Building on a theme from his candidacy, Romney will elaborate on how it is simply impossible to maintain a free society without a theocracy. Boos, hisses and cries of "Burn the Mormon heretic!" coming from the evangelical delegation will be spun on FUX News as "what real unity looks like."
Video
Loyal Americans will be treated to a poignant montage of all the suffering in the world we have caused with our foreign policy. Backed up by flutes and snare drums merrily whistling tunes from the American Revolutionary war, and occasionally punctuated by applause and canned laugher, images of death and destruction in the Middle East will be flashed across the screen, with the words "Freedom and Democracy on the March" transposed in red, white and blue.
Pat Roberts
The Kansas Senator will deliver an address entitled, "You Don't Have Civil Liberties If Your Dead."
Headline Speaker: Cindy McCain
Hopped up on pain killers, heiress and wife of the presumptive presidential nominee will deliver a beautifully soporific stream of consciousness about how America is the best country in the world -- and how she's ALWAYS thought so -- as it has given her everything she ever wanted: Her own pony when she was young; a fortune she did not need to share with her non-existent siblings; and a guy to marry to take her to yet another among her innumerable houses, this one known by its purity of color -- WHITE!
Benediction: Mike Huckabee
Huckabee will lead the congregation of Republicans in a prayer that the Constitution be amended to conform to the standards of the living god.
Day 2: IOKIYAR
Larry Craig
Toilet paper awkwardly stuck to his shoes, Craig will deliver an impassioned speech about how he is not gay, has never been gay, hates gays, and imploring everyone in the world to hate gays as much as he does.
David Vitter
Stepford wife on his right are, hooker on his left, Vitter, dressed in nothing but a diaper, will speak to the Republicans' sole ability to maintain family values.
Musical Interlude: Just One More Rat
Breaking protocol, the four justices from the RATS wing of the Supreme Court -- Roberts, Alito, Thomas and Scalia -- will send up a musical endorsement of the Republican Party with the song, "Give Us Just One More RAT." The song will highlight the need to curb the kind of judicial activism that recognizes civil liberties and rights not desired by majority white people, and pay tribute to the Confederacy.
Headline Speakers: Tom DeLay and Duke Cunningham
Brought out as part of a chain gang, DeLay and Cunningham will make a special joint appearance, holding themselves out as victims of an oppressive Democratic regime, but reminding people not to lose hope, as the international sex slave trade is still strong.
Benediction: Rick Warren
Warren will remind the world that the purpose of the purpose driven life is to vote Republican.
Day 3: Not a Jedi Yet
President George W. Bush
Drunk as a skunk, Bush will mangle a bunch of words as only he can, and dare the world to capture and try him for his crimes as history eventually vindicates his every move.
Vice President Dick Cheney
To the tune of the Imperial March, and covered in new, jet black robotic parts that have replaced his heart, right leg, left arm and most of his torso, Cheney walk onto the stage, lift his helmet, and scare the living shit out of everyone in attendance. He'll point out that while Obama's intelligence, education and values might make him strong, he's not a Jedi yet, and poses no threat to the American Empire. No, the only threat, he will remind us all, comes from evil Muslims, within and without, all of whom must be crushed, along with their supporters in the Democratic Party.
Keynote Address: Rudy Guiliani
Picking up where Cheney left off, Giuliani will repeat the words "Nine Eleven" nine hundred eleven times, and remind everyone that we're not safe without the strongarm tactics of the Republicans, and lambaste the youth and inexperience of a black Muslim named Hussein.
Roll Call
At Cheney's signal, all attendants on the floor will stand instantly, raise their arms and hands in a Hitlerian salute, and shout McCain! (And the as-yet-unknown name of the Vice Presidential Nominee).
Vice Presidential Acceptance Speech
Whoever it is, he'll be dressed in storm trooper uniforms, and his speech will continue the theme. Hussein Obama is a naive Jedi-in-training.
Benediction
Fred Phelps will burn pictures of fags to the tune of Onward Christian Soldier.
Day 4: The World Is Not Enough
Neo-Cons
Everyone from Bill Krystol to David Frum will regale the convention bold plans to start wars everywhere.
Preachers
Everyone from Pat Robertson to James Dobson to John Hageewill will hail the glorious end of the world, sure to come as McCain follows the neo-con plans to take over the world, spread democracy, and bring back Jesus.
Presidential Acceptance Speech
Hoisted out in a wheel barrow, and propped up on a slab, an increasingly senile John McCain will mumble non-sequiturs, talk about how he has wanted this job ever since he spent time as a POW in Vietnam so that he could finally dole out the treatment he received to POWs he captures, and declare himself president, explaining that elections are quaint anachronisms in a time of terror.
Benediction
Karl Rove will ask everyone to pray for the Democrat soles they're about to go kill to prevent an election.
constituent @ 49:
Probably since Biden was chosen, the repub veep wannabees are dropping like flies. Who in their right mind would want to debate Biden, especially on foreign affairs?
Karen @ 50:
That's outstanding! Did you write it?
it's probably selective hearing on my part but i don't hear much
'drill here....drill now' chant.....maybe not such a good time for that
with Gustav.
yesterday matthews had the microphone outside along the crowd rope barrier doing quickie comments. the first guy he spoke with was a mccain supporter...chris asked him why mccain....'because we need to drill in the gulf for oil'..........man where do these people come from. there is plenty of drilling in the gulf region....wow.
pissed off patricia @ 52,
Thank you. And yes. :)
constituent @ 47:
Ah, Romney's almost as good a pick as Lieberman (for the Democrats, that is!). First it means TWO multi-millionaires on the ticket.
Second, it's not going to reassure the religious wingnuts who are already sceptical of McCain. Quite the opposite probably.
Personally, I was not a big MLK fan. I never embraced the idea of peacefully marching down the street while black women and children got beat with billy clubs, hosed down by water cannon and chewed on by police dogs. Malcolm X was my hero. The US govt could not risk massive nationwide armed rebellion combined with the looming danger that the communist Russian Bear might take advantage of US instability to win the Cold War. The militancy of Malcolm X forced the US govt to seek a peaceful resolution by negotiating with the much kinder & gentler negro leader, MLK. If it wasn't for Malcolm X the bad cop, MLK the good cop didn't stand a chance dealing with the criminal US Govt of the 1960s.
Bob Cesca did a fantastic analysis of the poor coverage being done by the MSM over on the HuffPo site.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/cable-news-covers-the-dnc_b_1221...
My favorite bit Bob Cesca wrote is probably this:
"Right. For example, the Republicans can only win this thing by suggesting that the less-wealthy African-American candidate who was raised by a single mother and who only recently paid off his student loans is too "exotic." Scarborough's Law dictates that Senator Obama either defend himself or Republican shills on cable and talk radio will repeat this lie over and over. And when someone from the Obama campaign responds, there's no vindication from the press -- instead, the Obama campaign is inexplicably and incongruously accused of dishonoring Senator McCain's POW experience. As Rachel pointed out, there shouldn't even be a debate about this specious GOP attack in the first place -- rather, it should be reported as false, or not reported at all considering how ass backwards it is."
Karen @ 50:
:-)
In a way, I kind of hope McSame does pick Meg Whitman.....not only another example of extremely wealthy individuals trying to run this country; but also someone without political experience. McCain did mention her as one of the 3 people he would rely on heavily when Rick Warren asked him that question.
On Wikipedia, I noticed that she has given money to both Democrats and Republicans, but apparently more to Republicans....including Romney and George Macaca Allen.
Orcas@56
That's actually true. Same choice happened generations ago with Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois.
Matt W. @ 1:
Wasn't he shot the day after he made this speech? He was shot in 1968.
#55 Alexdem....I'm not sure about Romney. He does scare the hell out of me. He's a greasy-haired cheeseball as far as I'm concerned. He is way too fake....just don't know what the hell that guy is thinking behind that eery grin of his.
Karen @ 54:
Wow! You are good.
Alexdern@55
If Grandpa McPow is really a fucking "maverick", he'll buck the GOP and pick Romney or Lieberman. This fall will be a laugh riot with either one.
pissed off patricia @ 9:
Bistro Night, huh? What a great and unique way to celebrate a marriage, the end of the week and Barach Obama. Happy Bistro night to you and your hubby.
VietVet8666 @ 39:
Exactly. It's like supporting the troops but forgetting to provide them with assistance when the get home. It's fake.
man they better pull some demonstrators off the street if thier going to fill up that stadieum , guess they should have had some rock stars boogiei woogying shana nah nah nah nah na
The good Reverend King was good indeed.
Thank you for posting this speach.
MSNBC is awesome right now.
putin accuses bush of provoking georgia for mccain's campaign
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4628711.ece
putin is right
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