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Sigh. ABC's This Week can't quit you or the word "exclusive," John McCain. And the dulcet wingnut tones of DeMint/Lieberman on Fox News Sunday will make yer Sabbath hangover feel like a Swedish massage by comparison.

NBC is celebrating Independence from Great Britain Day this year by broadcasting tennis from Great Britain. At least they have an actual "exclusive" on it.

ABC's "This Week" - EXCLUSIVE Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

CBS' "Face the Nation" - Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

NBC's "Meet the Press" and "The Chris Matthews Show" - Pre-empted by coverage of Wimbledon tennis.

CNN's "State of the Union" - Said Tayeb Jawad, Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States; Reps. John Boccieri, D-Ohio, Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and Mike Coffman, R-Colo.

"Fox News Sunday" - Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Jim DeMint, R-S.C.; Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of fund set up to compensate Gulf oil spill victims.

What catches your eyes and ears this morning?

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Mustang Bobby's picture

John McCain on a Sunday show... why don't they just re-run an episode of The Honeymooners?

pissed off patricia's picture

Playing Michael Steele gaffs would be more fun to watch.


Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.

BeamMeUpScottyBoyGM's picture

watching grass grow would be an improvement over that fake old man.

Evet's picture

please turn off the TV

pissed off patricia's picture

Happy 4th too!

Please tv people don't show us John McCain ever again. We have done nothing to deserve such treatment. Not a chance in hell that I'll watch him today. His fake laugh when he's telling a lie drives me crazy.

Of course Martini is catching my eye this morning after he suffered through a night last night of fireworks and noises. Some timee I wish that fireworks had never been invented. Plus tonight it will be worse and the little guy is gonna freak out again.

Don't eat too many dogs and burgers today. :)


Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.

BeamMeUpScottyBoyGM's picture

I'm with Martini on the fireworks thingy............I've never liked them either. Guess I will be hiding out tonight too.............too bad I don't drink anymore......LOL............holidays are just not for me. I always feel so sorry for the poor animals on this really loud day!

BeamMeUpScottyBoyGM's picture

the Democrats won both houses and the white one too, and there is ONLY ONE of those D's on this morning????? Talk about bizarro world!!!! I suppose all the
other D's are probably out talking to their respective constituents....surrrrreeee...............It's pretty obvious who is really in
control......what a sad country this has become.

a low-grade depression settles in, alongside an unspoken fatalism about the future of the human race, particularly the American portion.

There is always the social-circle-jerk that the internet has become though to "entertain".

diffrntdrummr's picture

But then I remembered it is the fourth of July and only REAL americans are allowed on the Tee Vee.Boccieri must have been a mistake. One day, and I hope it comes real soon,this whole media bias towards wingnuts and liars will come up and bite them in the ass so friggin hard it will make their eyes water and their wallets shrink into nothingness. That is my independence day wish.

Like Dick, as applied to Morris or Cheney and such, "Exclusive" may be a right wing honorific which McCain has been awarded by his Republican peers in recognition of his sterling work in trying to exclude so many Americans from the mainstream of American life. He dwells in gated splendor far from the brownish crowd and knows not the cost of milk or bread. Peace be upon his Gucci loafers.


Hasa Diga Eebowai

Mugsy's picture

Since NONE of the guests on this mornings programs appear on any other program, aren't they ALL "Exclusive"?


* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.

Evet's picture

till all the drunks, morons, the insane, and inconsiderate idiots begin firing off all their explosive ordinance.

Never heard of a professionally produced fireworks show, Nope, they got to blow things up and hurt things.

Mugsy's picture

Hey, it's my God-given right to blow up Chinese fireworks while waving a Panamanian-made American flag from the window of my Japanese car running on fuel from Saudi Arabia in celebration of America's "independence"! :-/


* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.

Evet's picture

every possible insult to the democratic process a degraded society can vomit up, some new one comes hurtling in your direction. We get Tayeb Jawad leering from the TV screens begging for more money drops.

Peter G's picture
BTW

Happy 4th to you all. Especially Evet, who sounds like he could seriously use some cheering up. Have some fun Dude!


Hasa Diga Eebowai

Evet's picture

produce sales, and thus generate income to pay peoples salary's so they can "have fun". Be nice if it did but that's not reality for business people 99% of the time.

At least not in these times.

mudshark's picture

Try to go out and have some fun today. It's summer. It's the 4th.
Have a fun day Evet.


What is your conceptual, continuity?

Mugsy's picture

Lieberman is in Afghanistan this 4th, so naturally he was asked about Michael Steele's comments.

Lieberman says President Obama and Conservatives are in agreement on what needs to be done in Afghanistan, and he belives Steele's comments were intended to turn Afgh into a point of conflict between the two Parties.

Latter, DeMint calls for Steele "to apologize to the troops" but does NOT call for his resignation.


* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.

Mugsy's picture

DeMint defends repeated obstruction of the Unemployment extension, saying it should be paid for out of "the failed Stimulus" funds.


* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.

Mugsy's picture

DeMint says, "the President has refused" to secure our [Mexican] border.

I guess all those NG troops he sent down there were phantoms.


* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.

mudshark's picture

The Teabaggers were out in force here yesterday. Mainly using immigration as a platform to rant on. Must've been over 100 of them. With all their signs and flags. Some of them had signs supporting Arizona. Most had signs saying, Immigration Yes, Illegal No.
While most of us laugh at and dismiss the teabaggers.
They will be something to be recon with come Nov.
And it looks like Immigration will be the issue they use the most.
That and govt spending.


What is your conceptual, continuity?

Captain Kangaroo's picture

In your neck of the woods they are complaining about immigrants? Who the hell do they think is going to cut the artichokes or dig the garlic?? Idiots.

mudshark's picture

And I noticed that the mobile outhouses had sinks.
They finally gave them something to was their hands.
That was the first time I've seen that.
I know that they have to have had these for awhile. But not for long.
And, they were working picking. That is ball busting work.
Being stooped over all day, everyday. All the chemicals, The sun and wind. That's a very rough way to make money. And, it ain't much money either. These teabaggers are such clueless dolts.
Wait till the price of a head of lettuce hits over 5 bucks. Then they'll whine about that. That would mean that a salad in a restaurant will cost over 10 bucks. clueless.


What is your conceptual, continuity?

Captain Kangaroo's picture

And their Motel 6 hotel rooms will be $100. And their dollar menu hamburgers will be $2.00.

The only reason they gave the workers sinks is because if the veggies get shit on them and people get sick it turns into a world class nightmare for the farmers. It has nothing to do with the health of the workers.

fastfeat's picture

was $76.99 plus tax last night...


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

Captain Kangaroo's picture

Yeah well that is Malibu. How much for Ames Iowa?

Captain Kangaroo's picture

Or is it Studio City or Thousand (J)oakes?

fastfeat's picture

;)


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

Mugsy's picture

Kristol says he called Michael Steele, "and tried to convince me to comments were taken out of context, but he didn't" and still think Steele must go.

Why? Because, Kristol says, Republicans are "proud of the fact" that they "don't politicize foreign wars".

Three words: "Wag the dog".


* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.

Captain Kangaroo's picture

Three words: "Fuck ing liar".

Repubs and ONE Democrat.
The only thing missing is Sarah (The Moron) Palin

The Corporate Media still seems to be shilling for the GOP 2008 Presidential election.

I guess the theory is if you repeat the lies often enough.....

Mugsy's picture

According to Nina "Love Canal" Easton, the problem with extending unemployment benefits is that "most people wait until just before their benefits run out to start looking for work", so extending benefits means people will just sit around, not looking for work, longer if we continue to extend benefits.


* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.

mudshark's picture

Solar.

And, for anyone going to the beach today in California. A warning.


What is your conceptual, continuity?

fastfeat's picture

and the swell really increased in size throughout the day. (Don't know about yesterday or today-- you couldn't pay me enough to get anywhere near the shore on the 4th). Not for the novices!


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

mudshark's picture

Over 300 guys out at Malibu I'll bet. You need life insurance to surf there.


What is your conceptual, continuity?

CBS pundit Jan Crawford on FtN says the possibility that Republicans might filibuster Elana Kagen's nomination "is Democrats fault" because of "all the threats to filibuster in the 80's" and under W.

"Before that", nominees like "Ginsberg" (who was appointed under Clinton in the 90's) "passed 93 to 7". But Democrats threatened to filibuster "highly qualified candidates like Sam Alito".


* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.

Mugsy's picture

Tapper, responding to McCain's call for Obama to "trumpet" a commitment to stay in Afgh as long as it takes, asks McCain, "What did the Bush trumpet [on Afgh] sound like?"

McCain repeats how he disagreed with Bush & Rumsfeld, citing that Rumsfeld was replaced followed by "a Surge led by General Petraeus".

Remember, Tapper asked about Afghanistan, not Iraq.


* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.

fastfeat's picture

He was really into it--made his own ordnance. Our house (as a kid) was the hopping spot in the neighborhood. Good times.

RIP dad. Blow some shit up, wherever you are ;)


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

Mugsy's picture

McCain says that funding for Afghanistan should not be held up (as Pelosi is demanding) until we verify the money is not being stolen.

McCain disagrees, saying we should continue to fund the Afgh government even while the investigation continues.

Meanwhile, the Unemployed can do without until we decide where the money is going to come from.


* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.

Mugsy's picture

Again, McCain cites violence stemming from the failed War on Drugs as why we needs "comprehensive immigration reform".

Washington has yet to figure out these are TWO disparate issues.


* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.

fastfeat's picture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPBLfzTPCDc&fe...

The quintessential 4th of July tune...


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

Cynthia Tucker on TW nails it, calling Michael Steele, "An affirmative action appointment gone bad". She points out that "the Party that is so fiercely anti Affirmative Action hired Steele to avoid looking like the Party of old white men, and now they are stuck with him, afraid to fire him" because the fallout would look even worse.

Everyone on the roundtable agreed Steele is a gaffe-machine that would of been fired long ago if he were not black.

Oh the irony! :)


* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.

fastfeat's picture

border fence is installed, almost all incursions have stopped. Somebody getting campaign contributions from chainlink manufacturers?


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

Mugsy's picture

That caught my ear as well.

Not sure where he is getting his figures from, or even if the facts prove it's the "double fencing" or the increase of troops in that area, but one thing is for sure, DeMint is an idiot.


* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.

this weekend...


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

and support the President win this (Afghanistan) war."

Suuure they will...


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

ron's picture

Bwhahahahahahahahaha! When have they ever?

Mugsy's picture

On TW, columnist Al Hunt says "everything Senator McCain said" on the immigration problem in Arizona is completely false. "Crime committed by illegal aliens is actually DOWN in Arizona", as are illegal border crossings themselves.


* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.

fastfeat's picture

Hell, if it hits 75F here in the San Fernando Valley, I'd be surprised. Summertime, my ass...


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

probably the worst time of the year to ride the train from Waterloo (or Clapham Junction) to points north of Hampton Court Palace. Loaded with bitchy whingeing toffs who have to ride the train to some car park outside of Wimbledon to get to their gas guzzling Jags.
Little arseholes never heard of giving up a seat to an OAP or a disabled person.

lkerniii's picture

I'd rather drink bleach.

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