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Oct
11
Republicans will leave the country
Filed Under Political Shitheadery, Social Shitheadery | 2 Comments
I just had a thought. Remember how people wanted to leave the country when Bush got elected? Actually a lot of people did leave. What if the same thing happens when Obama gets elected? Think of the people we’d get rid of?
If you go by Palin’s approval rating 36% for and 57% against - same as Bush, the most unpopular president in history, we’d rid ourselves of a large part of the country. There goes the welfare budget.
Oct
7
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Sooner or later people are going to figure out that if all you run is negative attack ads you don’t have much of a vision for the future, or you’re not ready to articulate it.
You know who said that? John McCain said that. He said that in 2000 when he was running against Bush and being accused of having fathered illegitimate black children, among other things. Now, I guess it’s all water under the bridge. A bridge too nowhere.
Now he’s calling his opponent a terrorist and letting people yell “kill” at his rallies? He’s running ads that call Obama dangerous and dishonorable? He’s selling out … God damn it!
I liked the McCain 2000 model. I didn’t like all of what it said and stood for, but I liked the way it said it. I liked the Straight Talk Express, that he called a kid a “little punk,” that he made witty and sarcastic remarks on Letterman and Jon Stewart. That he seemed (an important distinction) like a reasonable guy with a decent sense of humor.
The McCain 2008 is morally bankrupt and vicious. He’s lost the respect he had for the American people. I do believe that he once thought of the people of this country as able to think for themselves and see through the garbage that he himself is now tossing our way. It’s sad to see a man who once had a vision and passion resort to the underhanded tricks we’ve come to expect. It’s sad we weren’t wrong in expecting them.
I had hoped, when it came down to these two, that we’d finally see real conversation. Somehow I was naive enough to believe that there was a chance that we’d be offered plans that could stand on their own; hear debates that covered topics we cared about; and finally have questions answered honestly and directly. Not bullshit that we’d have to wait days until someone deciphered what was really meant and who was telling the truth.
They’re both capable of clean honest campaigns. They’re both experienced, articulate, intelligent guys who obviously made it far enough to be able to do something unbelievable.That we’re being inundated with smears, lies, and blatant attacks laced with slander is causing me physical pain.
I had bigger hopes for this election.
Oct
5
A little Begala
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Paul Begala, who called Bush a high functioning moron on Anderson Cooper 360, responded to this BS in an interview with Brokaw.
Here’s the transcript:
Obama, he was asked about this in a debate in the primaries with Hillary Clinton sitting there, and George Stephanopoulos of ABC asked him about it. He answered it, pointed out that the despicable acts this guy committed were committed when apparently Barack Obama was eight years old.
And I think Governor Palin here is making a strategic mistake. This guilt by association path is going to be trouble ultimately for the McCain campaign. You know, you can go back, I have written a book about McCain, I had a dozen researchers go through him, I didn’t even put this in the book. But John McCain sat on the board of a very right-wing organization, it was the U.S. Council for World Freedom, it was chaired by a guy named John Singlaub, who wound up involved in the Iran contra scandal. It was an ultra conservative, right-wing group. The Anti-Defamation League, in 1981 when McCain was on the board, said this about this organization. It was affiliated with the World Anti-Communist League – the parent organization – which ADL said “has increasingly become a gathering place, a forum, a point of contact for extremists, racists and anti-Semites.”
Now, that’s not John McCain, I don’t think he is that. But you know, the problem is that a lot of people know John McCain’s record better than Governor Palin. And he does not want to play guilt by association or this thing could blow up in his face.
Sep
14
In Palin’s Defense?
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The fact that Palin looked like a deer in headlights during an interview with Charles Gibson when he asked her about the Bush Doctrine hasn’t rattled her defenders … much. The Washington Post explained about the many versions of the doctrine. Charles Krauthammer, also of the Post, offers his version of the same story and excuse.
The defense is, that there are many versions of the Bush Doctrine. Or at least that there are many interpretations of what the Bush Doctrine is or could be. That Sarah Palin was simply confused about just which one Charlie Gibson was referring to when he asked her that question. That she, in fact, was calling him out on his lack of knowledge and what an unfair and vague question it was.
So, my question … If she was confused, why not ask for clarification? Why not say, “Geez Charlie, you ass, there’s a few ways I could go here. Could you clarify exactly which doctrine you want me to describe?”
What she did say was, “In what respect Charlie?” In a snide sort of way (my opinion). Not, “Which one Charlie?”
Then, Gibson asked her for her interpretation of the Bush Doctrine. There was her chance! Her chance to let Gibson know just which one she was going for.
Her answer? “His world view.”
His world view? Where did she get that. And I wonder why the folks defending her aren’t mentioning that response? Seems like a pretty important tid-bit. In fact, it’s right here in the interview.
Jul
28
W Movie Coming Soon
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Oliver Stone’s new movie, “W.” is coming soon. Here’s the trailer.
Great, we get to see Geedubya in all his drunken juvenile glory. Too bad the movie didn’t come out eight years ago. I’m a little surprised they cast a woman as Barbara Bush though.
Jul
24
Bush Bans State Department Employees from Obama Speech
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I thought for some reason that we lived in a free society, where we could pretty much do what we wanted and were free to follow our own conscience, beliefs, and ideals.
I’m kidding, I haven’t thought that in years. Today, bush pulled another “we’re not really free” move.
Jul
23
Somehow this video made it out. It was supposedly leaked, found, discovered, or uncovered. The fact is it’s out and Bush still looks like an idiot saying idiotic things … “heh heh, zim zam zoom”.
When a guy like this, who is so disliked, inept, and socially awkward, tries to joke around and be funny I usually feel a bit uncomfortable. But in his case I just look and listen in disbelief that this our President. And making a comment like, “Hey honey, we’ve been on government pay now for 14 years,” after he doubled the salary of the office and its vacation time too, just makes me nauseous.
This video apparently was pulled from YouTube. By whom? Who knows.
