I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
is dat possible?
Try me.
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Somehow, McCain's numerous dalliances will be a problem for Obama as well.
I woke up to bad news.
War.
Bernie Mac is dead.
An American tourist in Beijing has been killed.
I should just go back to sleep.
Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) has given $100,000 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) to try to appease angry Democrats angry over his refusal to support Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), according to a report by Politico.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/a...cles/
7011877568
I blame Connecticut.
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It's good news for McCain!
Handball beats Hardball.
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I'm thinking of starting a nonprofit that tracks the extra-marital affairs of pundits.
Cartoon character Condi
David Gregory is getting dumber by the day.
I do not like the jump serve, however.
David Gregory is getting dumber by the day.
My sentiments exactly.
France vs. Angola?
There may be no truth at all to the rumor that Rush Limpballs scored his Oxycontins at secret meetings with Cindy Makeup Trowel.
But it would be irresponsible not to speculate.
Well, I know that when Cheney has a heart attack, George W falls to the floor screaming in pain.
according to a report by Politico.
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QuentinCompson Downscale Dem | Homepage | 08.09.08 - 10:36 am
Not gonna touch Drudgico with a 10 foot pole. Not even wearing surgical gloves.
via drudge:
"Lieberman ‘on McCain short-list’"
hookay. .. i'll take it.
Monkey face show is neither journalism or entertainment.
Bob Herbert: Finding the Upside -- in which black voters in TN behave like adult humans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/0....html?th&
emc=th
But concert in Central Park next weekend, Honey Bear!
McCain - Loserman '08!
TJ, considering the case I settled this week, the NYT ought to reconsider this study.
If a Gopper has numerous affairs with various wimmen folk (or pays for it), he's a manly man just spreadin' the love.
If a Dem has an affair, he/she must wear a hair shirt embroidered with the letter "A" for the rest of the election cycle.
Doesn't anyone understand how this stuff works? Yes, somehow, this all benefits Rudy Giuliani. If McCain is elected, watch who becomes AG.
Christ. Wasn't sure exactly how our discourse could get more stupid. Now we know. Not that this is surprising.
David Gregory on Edwards: "Is this another skeleton in the Democratic closet that Barack Obama must struggle to overcome?"
Is it possible Republicans think that when one Democrat orgasms, every Dem lights up a cigarette?
Bob Herbert: Finding the Upside -- in which black voters in TN behave like adult humans.
Actually better.
"Pentagon Funding? Bring It On.
Why Bob Gates’s new plan to fund academic research is just what the doctorate ordered.
Some academics working in the disciplines of social science and the humanities are howling like the proverbial dog that has caught the school bus. After haranguing the U.S. military establishment for being preoccupied with technology and ignoring the influence of cultural and social forces, they now confront a secretary of defense who agrees with them and has launched Project Minerva, which will invest as much as $50 million to promote basic research addressing issues of importance to U.S. national security."
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/sto...p?
story_id=4410
McCain will be the first President to appoint himself as his own Secretary of Dementia.
Bernie Mac dead at 50
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/
sto...EMPLATE=DEFAULT
I'm thinking of starting a nonprofit that tracks the extra-marital affairs of pundits.
Why non-profit? Great idea, and I bet there'd be money in it.
For comments we should ask John McCain if his having an affair and then divorcing his crippled wife and then marrying his bimbo before the divorce was finalized has had a detrimental effect on Obama's Presidential bid.
What negative effect will McCain's offering up his wife for a titty contest have on Obama's campaign?
Is Obama's arrogance in not answering for other mens affairs going to stand in the way of his getting elected?
Are the Georgians Suni or Shiite? And BTW I admire those Russian pilots who got shot down.
-John McCain
Is this another skeleton in the Democratic closet that Barack Obama must struggle to overcome?"
Speaking of "closets," Obama never danced with KKKarl Rove.
Obama's not the one dancing with Karl Rove, Greggers.
msnbc has been pimping a hardball ad for monday when chris matthews will discuss the impact of the edwards' revelation on the democrats and barack obama.
That's a bad idea worthy of Westboro Baptist Church.
There may be no truth at all to the rumor that Rush Limpballs scored his Oxycontins at secret meetings with Cindy Makeup Trowel.
But it would be irresponsible not to speculate.
melior | 08.09.08 - 10:40 am
Try matching the phone records. Something interesting might pop out.
Next, try a mail cover, etc. etc. etc.
Eventually even an orangutan can spell Bingo. (apologies to Clyde)
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Tweety returns from vacation Monday.
Minerva == Athena.
CNN also just did a piece on whether the Edwards affair would have negative impacts on Obama's campaign. They showed clips of Edwards endorsing Obama. There was about 3 minutes of discussion, and John McCain's name was not mentioned once, worthy of an Olympic medal in the bending-over-backwards event. There was a conclusion approvingly for the Republicans in saying that they would restrain from making this an issue in the campaign. Somewhere, Vitter and Craig are smiling.
Why non-profit? Great idea, and I bet there'd be money in it.
Karin Hussein | 08.09.08 - 10:43 am
Check on George Will's reaction tomorrow to the whole Edwards ordeal.
and Olympic coverage is finished for the night. *whew* reminded why I absolutely loathe Olympic gymnastics judging.
Morning all.
Man, the election can't come soon enough. It's getting really depressingly stupid out there.
Of course, once Obama wins big, the freakshow will begin in earnest. The Repugs, in the impotence of their rage, will try to destroy him with a ferocity that will make the Clinton Years look like a sort of zen calm.
But at least in the week or so after the election we'll be able to look arund and go "La vie est belle".
That's something, anyway.
If Putin burns Atlanta there will be heck to pay.
- John McCain
The EPITOME of the Bush years.
Georgia is withdrawing it's 2,000 troops from Iraq. They are needed elsewhere of course.
If Putin burns Atlanta there will be heck to pay.
- John McCain
melior
Unless he gets Andrew Young - then it's okay.
it's what the left deserves for using the same ammo against the likes of stevens, craig, vitter and the right..it's only fair, really.
but dems should NEVER talk about how the repubs are out-of-touch elitist multi-trillionaires who don't pay their taxes and also ignore items such as ron suskind's new book for ammo against dumbya and repubs.
Having now read that NYT settlement study, I definitely think the NYT should reconsider publishing that nonsense.
Trials are war, and should be approached as such.
But at least in the week or so after the election we'll be able to look arund and go "La vie est belle".
That's something, anyway.
steve hüssein® simels | Homepage | 08.09.08 - 10:46 am
The question will be: will MSNBC and KO part ways once again because KO isn't willing to have Republican smear against Democratic President as the news every hour every day?
So it turns out that Edwards is another reckless fool like Clinton.
Fuck him -- he would have been the best Attorney General ever, but he blew it.
Asshole.
Cindy McC keeps buying new houses because they need a lot of closet space.
KO pretty much gets to say what he wants these days.
Cindy McC keeps buying new houses because they need a lot of closet space.
$520 loafers take up space.
The aggregate of human stupidity reached a critical mass today and resulted in the harmonic resolution of a God of Stupid. Fortunately a quick thinking passerby posed an old Star Trek paradox to the newly awakened being that stumped it. In frustration the God of Stupid smote itself and is now serving as compost for a wheat field in Bela Russ.
attaturk, can I see that Chinese gymnast photo again, the one you called their tribute to Abu Ghraib?
Newsheads were saying last night that this pretty much kills Elizabeth Edwards gig at The Center for American Progress.
dt'd, for Doug - Baku, 1917-1918
http://www.gwpda.org/SEVENEDIT.pdf
"http://www.gwpda.org/NOTES_EDIT.pdf
KO pretty much gets to say what he wants these days.
That doesn't mean he should.
TJ, considering the case I settled this week, the NYT ought to reconsider this study.
Snow (D-SC)
It seems bogus to me. I do love going to trial, though.
Cindy McC keeps buying new houses because they need a lot of closet space.
penalcolony
They must be filling uo with Rep politicians pretty fast...
Obama must be made to answer for John Edwards affair, and for John McCain's, and for Bill Clinton's, and for Newt Gingrich's. Because Obama is ultimately responsible.
KO makes mistakes, as humans are wont to do.
Newsheads were saying last night that this pretty much kills Elizabeth Edwards gig at The Center for American Progress.
plantsman
What the hell? Why? Is it now the case that the cheated-on spouse must be punished as well?
just kill me.
I actually do think it could be a problem for Obama. Not because it should be. But because two very high-profile Democrats have been involved in sex scandals in the last six months. That hurts the image of the party, and Obama is the party in this election. Most people who vote don't care that much about the issues. They vote their "gut." They're not going to have a good gut feeling about Democrats.
This is a minor problem for Obama the same way Ted Stevens corruption is a problem for McCain.
Oh, and why did Obama allow that prostitute to put a diaper on Vitter?
These are very serious questions.
Ugh I opened up my email to my father sending me something from Rush Limbaugh.
WTF?
What study are you guys talking about?
KO pretty much gets to say what he wants these days.
That doesn't mean he should.
Snow (D-SC) | Homepage | 08.09.08 - 10:50 am
Or when the execs really think it should be wall to wall Monica and Blue Dress that they won't lean on KO like they did the last time.
KO makes mistakes, as humans are wont to do.
I am just now getting back to regular viewing after his Hillary Clinton meltdown.
What the hell? Why? Is it now the case that the cheated-on spouse must be punished as well?
just kill me.
TJ, disgusted | 08.09.08 - 10:52 am | #
EXACTLY
Because Elizabeth knew about the affair and allowed
John to market their "loving family" shtick in the campaign.
McCain will be 156 years old in 2030 -- when the Petroleum Institute study estimates more domestic drilling would begin to have a minor impact on global oil supplies.
But Newt Gingrich says you can't trust those liars.
I could not stand the campaign Hillary ran, and was never taken with Edwards. YMMV.
This is a minor problem for Obama the same way Ted Stevens corruption is a problem for McCain.
sc | 08.09.08 - 10:52 am
one of these things is illegal and directly impacts your political decisions.
the other isn't illegal and is completely irrelevant to political performance.
I think the vast differences in compensation between victims of the September 11 casualty and those who die serving our country in Uniform are profound.
No one is really talking about it either, because you just don't criticize anything having to do with September 11. Well, I can't let the numbers pass by because it says something really disturbing about the entitlement mentality of this country. If you lost a family member in the September 11 attack, you're going to get an average of $1,185,000. The range is a minimum guarantee of $250,000 all the way up to $4.7 million.
If you are a surviving family member of an American soldier killed in action, the first check you get is a $6,000 direct death benefit, half of which is taxable!!!!!!
Next, you get $1,750 for burial costs. If you are the surviving spouse, you get $833 a month until you remarry. And there's a payment of $211 per month for each child under 18. When the child hits 18, those payments come to a screeching halt.
Baku, 1917-1918
Tis saved and open.
I'll have to chew on that for awhile.
Because Elizabeth knew about the affair and allowed
John to market their "loving family" shtick in the campaign.
plantsman
Oh gosh, I seem to have clutched these pearls so hard they've broken. How can I get anxious about Edwards weenie now?
Keep in mind that some of the people who are getting an average of $ 1.185 million up to $4.7 million are complaining that it's not enough. Their deaths were tragic, but for most, they were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Soldiers put themselves in harms way FOR ALL OF US, and they and their families know the dangers.
We also learned over the weekend that some of the victims from the Oklahoma Citybombing have started an organization asking for the same deal that the September 11 families are getting. In addition to that, some of the families of those bombed in the embassies are now asking for compensation as well.
You see where this is going, don't you? Folks, this is part and parcel of over 50 years of entitlement politics in this country. It's just really sad. Every time a pay raise comes up for the military, they usually receive next to nothing of a raise. Now the green machine is in combat in the Middle East while their families have to survive on food stamps and live in low-rent housing. Make sense?
Because Elizabeth knew about the affair and allowed
John to market their "loving family" shtick in the campaign.
plantsman
For fuck's sake. Millions of Americans have had affairs and stayed together and stayed in love. People make mistakes all the time. No one has any fucking clue what their marriage is all about.
I'm going for a run. Maybe that will make me feel better.
What study are you guys talking about?
TJ posted a link to the NYT on the last thread. The article in the link discussed an "study" claiming to show that plaintiff's incorrectly proceeded to trial more often than defendants. It also claimed that defendants' mistakes in going to trial were more costly than plaintiffs'. It further stated that errors were more likely when plaintiffs were paying a contingency fee and defendants did not have an insurance carrier handling the defense.
It did, however, point a few flaws in the study.
I'm just reporting what was said, not advocating for it.
However, our own US Congress voted them-selves a raise. Many of you don't know that they only have to be in Congress one time to receive a pension that is more than $ 15,000 per month. And most are now equal to being millionaires plus. They do not receive Social Security on retirement because they didn't have to pay into the system. If some of the military people stay in for 20 years and get out as an E-7, they may receive a pension of $1,000 per month, and the very people who placed them in harm's way receives a pension of $15,000 per month.
I would like to see our elected officials pick up a weapon and join ranks before they start cutting out benefits and lowering pay for our sons and daughters who are now fighting.
by Rush Limbaugh
If my father starts spouting Rush to me I'm going to have to stay home from family events far more often.
John McCain's base comes to the rescue and blames Obama for John Edwards affair.
That's some fine journalism, that is.
GOP philosophy: cuckcolded wives are supposed to step aside for the hot young thing to move in.
I would like to see our elected officials get a waiver for an ass cyst before they start cutting out benefits and lowering pay for our sons and daughters who are now fighting.
by Rush Limpballs
Fixed transcipt errors.
bush starting proxy wars with russia. hes a great preznit
I actually do think it could be a problem for Obama.
As long as "liberals" keep wringing their hands over this non-news, I'm sure it will be.
Pointedly, Nicolle Wallace of the McCain campaign said she would have "nothing to say" about Edwards.
Tis saved and open.
I'll have to chew on that for awhile.
U$144.73 !
If some of the military people stay in for 20 years and get out as an E-7, they may receive a pension of $1,000 per month
I doubt that.
As long as "liberals" keep wringing their hands over this non-news, I'm sure it will be.
dave™©
Thank you.
Because Elizabeth knew about the affair and allowed
John to market their "loving family" shtick in the campaign.
Your concern is noted.
Now shove it up your fucking ass.
If you are only an E7 after 20 years, you are probably insanely incompetent.
John McCain wants to say that fucking around on an ill spouse is wrong.
No he doesn't. McCain won't touch this one.
I recall the news conference where they announced Elizabeth's cancer's return. They didn't touch one another, there was a distance between them that seemed foreign to me as I watched.
Now I understand. She wanted their work to go forward.
Surely everyone knows that the Obama made Larry Craig cruise the airport restrooms.
It's not my concern, dave; be nasty to someone else.
If you are only an E7 after 20 years, you are probably insanely incompetent.
Oh really? How quickly should one reach the top of one's profession?
Pointedly, Nicolle Wallace of the McCain campaign said she would have "nothing to say" about Edwards.
Heh.
Doesn't mean his surrogates won't be out there beating this horse until it dies.
Let's not give them an assist.
My picks went from Gore to Edwards to Hillary to Obama and I'm kind of cheerleadered out at this point. My ire at this whole thing isn't even focused on blaming or defending Edwards as I genuinely feel that the whole thing has no effect on me whatsoever. (Exactly how I feel about Bill and John as well.)
My entire complaint rests on the huge amount of wall to wall fucking overkill this story gets from the media. And the whole self-amping (well, we have to do it so much because everybody else is doing it so much) has turned the press into a bunch of mindless caricatures of lemmings.
Comment by plantsman blocked.
I'm sorry, the buffet is over there.
because two very high-profile Democrats have been involved in sex scandals in the last six months. That hurts the image of the party
like vitter and craig did? maybe a tiny bit, but let's not add fuel to the stupids fire, k?
If you are only an E7 after 20 years, you are probably insanely incompetent.
The Kenosha Kid
Not necessarily true. It really depends on timing and your MOS in several cases.
When I was in, there was a shortage in some areas, and the promotion points were really low.
In my job, there was an excess. It took six years for some people to get their e-5 stripes because of it. If you are in the infantry and are an e-7 after 20, you are likely a fuck up. In other fields, not necessarily.
"Our" discourse? David Gregory doesn't speak for anyone I know.
"compensation between victims of the September 11 casualty"
Those deaths to me, have always paled in comparison to almost any other cause of death in the US.
The CDC mortality and morbidity stats shows this well.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/sci...a/mort/
mort.asp
and the weekly report.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
killfile, the last resort of PUMAs.
If you are only an E7 after 20 years, you are probably insanely incompetent.
The Kenosha Kid
I thought E-7 was up there in the enlisted ranks.
O-7 is a one star.
I'm asking Edwards to apply my donation towards his wife's work, btw.
You know, I'm happy to sit back and let them try to gin this up into a "problem for Obama". They're never going to find a pony digging through shit like this, and doing so just makes them look pathetic.
Why let Jeff Sessions adverise on your site?
Sessions is the most sick and demented Republican in congress and was seconded only by Tom DeLay- until DeLay resigned.
Let's not give them an assist.
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants |
Wise words. Repubs love an issue that will divide Dems.
OK, I found the article and it doesn't make much sense.
The findings are consistent with research on human behavior and responses to risk, said Martin A. Asher, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania and a co-author. For example, psychologists have found that people are more averse to taking a risk when they are expecting to gain something, and more willing to take a risk when they have something to lose.
Isn't it inconsistent? Because the study shows that plaintiffs(who are expecting to gain something) are more likely to risk going to trial, when they would have been better off settling.
What pisses me off about Edwards is he took a bunch of money from us poor folk under some sorta false pretenses.
In the months leading up to the end of his first marriage, I guess all McCain did with Cindy was exchange wistful gazes and maybe a furtive hand squeeze now and then.
The problem with Edwards is not that he did something stupid. Or that the media is being stupid in its coverage of him.
The problem with Edwards is that he should have been Attorney General in an Obama administration, and now he can't be. Because of his stupidity.
And we lose as a result.
Fuck him, he's an asshole. A reckless asshole.
I thought E-7 was up there in the enlisted ranks.
Chief Petty Officer.
Gunnery Sergeant.
Pretty much the people that run the show.
Sheets
e-7 is a platoon sergeant. E-8 is a first sergeant, which is company level. e-9 is sergeant major which is brigade or division level.
Chief Petty Officer.
Gunnery Sergeant.
I was thinking of the Army, where E7 is only SFC
What pisses me off about Edwards is he took a bunch of money from us poor folk under some sorta false pretenses.
His hubris told him he would never get caught.
He rolled the dice and lost.
On the MSNBC web site for "Race For the White House," the video clip about Edwards starts out with a Fidelity commercial.
I couldn't go beyond that. What I want to know is, was Rachel Maddow on last night? And if so, did she tear that moron Gregory to shreds?
I actually do think it could be a problem for Obama. ,
Not unless his many abilities actually include fucking people with somebody else's dick. If you compare the parties, the Dems waaaay more vanilla than the Repugs when it comes to extramarital sex.
Let's not give them an assist.
Oh no no no! Let's wring our hands and clutch our pearls and demand an 18th-century level of morality from our candidates because, you know, a guy who dropped out of the race five months ago and got a whole 26 delegates when he was running and who doesn't hold any official position in any Democratic apparatus had sex outside of his marriage two years ago!
And burn the wife, too!!! It's probably her fault, anyway.
"Progressives" my ass. More like the Anaheim, Azusa, And Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review, And Timing Association...
hi honeybear...
killfile, the last resort of PUMAs.
Oh, you know he'll never bring himself to pull the lever for Obama.
I was thinking of the Army, where E7 is only SFC
I can't speak to Army or Air Force, but I still wouldn't shake a stick at SFC if it is equivalent to a Gunny. But keep in mind that you are retiring after 20 years as an E-7. That sort of means you made it to E-7 in at least 18 years, more likely 16.
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/...s=t&
errorcode=1
Under what keywords, publisher, author can that work be found?
I actually do think it could be a problem for Obama.
As long as "liberals" keep wringing their hands over this non-news, I'm sure it will be.
dave™©
Yeah, that famous Liberal Media. Right...
Told my wingnut neighbor who thought this has clinched the nomination for McCain, that back when McCain was about Edwards age he was an aldulterer. Neighbor was not aware that Cindy was his trophy wife after he dumped his 1st wife after her model looks were destroyed in a car accident. He told me I should call Hannity cause he did not have enough knowledge to argue with me.
whenever i need to leave it all behind
or feel the need to get away
i find a quiet place far from the human race
out in the country...
I actually do think it could be a problem for Obama. ,
Not unless his many abilities actually include fucking people with somebody else's dick. If you compare the parties, the Dems waaaay more vanilla than the Repugs when it comes to extramarital sex.
blerb
Dood! The media do not sniff Rep panties with anywhere near the gusto they have for Dems. It's an olfactory thing, I suppose...
"talk about ordering orange juice at the diner after you talk about Edwards affair"-David Shuster to David Gregory
Boy that is stupid, unlike the column in today's New York Times op-ed section on the possible effects of racism on the election.
Racism among the white electorate is a very serious concern and may doom Obama's candidacy.
Did Edwards fuck that woman with Obama's dick? How is it Obama's problem?
Let's not forget Gregory's motivation...Jon Stewart cut him a new one the other night putting out there just how inane all these programs are on cable (and network for that matter)...Gregory tried to play along but he wants to be a STAR like the rest of the guys so I don't believe he appreciated it! Especially knowing how hurtful the truth is...the sadder fact is that you can't go wrong underestimating the intelligence of the American voting public!
A Problem For Obama
Isn't just about everything a "problem" for Obama?
And whatever is a "problem" for Obama is always "great news" for John McCain.
Because, my friends, the Villagers say it's so.
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And one more thing:
David Gregory dances with Roves.
Consequently, anything that David Gregory says should be taken with 100 pounds of salt!
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