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11/14/06
Courtney Still Hanging On
Democrat Joe Courtney's lead in the tight Second Congressional District race hovers around 89 votes as recounts continue this afternoon.
Nine of the district's 65 towns are slated to re-tally their votes Tuesday.
Last day of recounts... Results likely tonight.
Fred Lucas Doesn't Get It
Fred Lucas just doesn't get it:
The only reason The Economist calls him influential is because they know his vote can be bought. Lieberman can bloviate all he wants about crossing the aisle.
LET HIM! I dare him to. I double-dare him to! lol
He can go ahead and do that but a look at the Senate elections in 2008 shows that it would slip Lieberman into obscurity as fast as fast can be.
Does anyone think the "Lieberman For Lieberman" party is going to let its only candidate slip into the abyss of 4 years of irrelavence in the Senate that is in store for any GOP members left after 2008?
And ALSO consider the cold hard reality that Lieberman has been salivating over becoming relevant in a committee for ages. He has that job on the Dem side of the aisle. Do you think the GOP would bump its senior members to make room for Liberman? They are already battling a completely fractured base and don't need Joe to become another HUGE wedge in their already feuding base.
Show a little common sense Fred. Joe can talk until his face turns red BUT he will stay on the blue side of the aisle unless the Democratic party kicks his lobbyist bought'n'paid-for-ass to the curb AGAIN!
And don't be too surprised if the Democratic party does kick him to the curb if wahbaby Joe tries to hold the voter approved Democratic agenda hostage...
Losing the Senate for 2 years ain't no big deal considering it will just make Joe and Republicans the bad guys for maneuvering against the American voters' wishes to take Congress away from the Republican children that broke it.
No matter how you look at it... If Joe goes to the red side he kills his gravytrain and any Republican chances of fixing the right-wing-nuttyness that has broken their party...
Yep... In fact, I triple-dog-dare you Joe... Be a man and walk the fuckin' walk of RED SHAME into obscurity.
Lieberman said on Meet the Press Sunday he would not rule out caucusing with Republicans under certain circumstances. True, the statement came from some high pressure questioning from Tim Russert, but Lieberman nonetheless left the potential open.
The Economist magazine called him the nation’s most influential senator. Most political analyst say the slim 51-49 Democratic majority, makes Lieberman ultra powerful.
If the Dems irk him and he caucuses with the Republicans, it creates a 50-50 Senate. That would put Vice President Dick Cheney in charge of casting tie breaking votes.
Joe knows how powerful he is, and he’s letting Democrats know he knows how powerful he is.
The only reason The Economist calls him influential is because they know his vote can be bought. Lieberman can bloviate all he wants about crossing the aisle.
LET HIM! I dare him to. I double-dare him to! lol
He can go ahead and do that but a look at the Senate elections in 2008 shows that it would slip Lieberman into obscurity as fast as fast can be.
Does anyone think the "Lieberman For Lieberman" party is going to let its only candidate slip into the abyss of 4 years of irrelavence in the Senate that is in store for any GOP members left after 2008?
And ALSO consider the cold hard reality that Lieberman has been salivating over becoming relevant in a committee for ages. He has that job on the Dem side of the aisle. Do you think the GOP would bump its senior members to make room for Liberman? They are already battling a completely fractured base and don't need Joe to become another HUGE wedge in their already feuding base.
Show a little common sense Fred. Joe can talk until his face turns red BUT he will stay on the blue side of the aisle unless the Democratic party kicks his lobbyist bought'n'paid-for-ass to the curb AGAIN!
And don't be too surprised if the Democratic party does kick him to the curb if wahbaby Joe tries to hold the voter approved Democratic agenda hostage...
Losing the Senate for 2 years ain't no big deal considering it will just make Joe and Republicans the bad guys for maneuvering against the American voters' wishes to take Congress away from the Republican children that broke it.
No matter how you look at it... If Joe goes to the red side he kills his gravytrain and any Republican chances of fixing the right-wing-nuttyness that has broken their party...
Yep... In fact, I triple-dog-dare you Joe... Be a man and walk the fuckin' walk of RED SHAME into obscurity.
Judy "neocon propaganda" Miller on Bloggers
Judy thinks she should be protected BUT not us:
Bear in mind that this is the same Judy Miller that helped lie America into the Iraq war with her neocon propaganda pieces on WMD in the NY Times.
Considering her past digressions, and the integrity of her writings and sources, she should seriously consider using her keyboard as a paperweight for the sake of honest Americans AND Bloggers everywhere.
"I'm worried about bloggers," she said. "(A post) starts as a rumor and within 24 hours it's repeated as fact."
While she advocates a federal shield law to protect mainstream journalists from divulging their sources, she doesn't favor extending that to bloggers who don't follow the standards and ethnics of the journalism industry.
Still, she wouldn't restrict a blogger's right to publish online. She said some bloggers have been invaluable in uncovering government flaws.
"I'm glad to welcome them as long as they agree to the standards," she said.
Bear in mind that this is the same Judy Miller that helped lie America into the Iraq war with her neocon propaganda pieces on WMD in the NY Times.
Considering her past digressions, and the integrity of her writings and sources, she should seriously consider using her keyboard as a paperweight for the sake of honest Americans AND Bloggers everywhere.
11/13/06
Wal-Mart selling Nazi SS skull t-shirts
Apparently Wal-Mart uses the GOP method of paying lipservice through PR campaigns while doing nothing to fix the actual problem.
Bent Corner » Wal-Mart is still selling Nazi SS skull t-shirts:
"The New York Times published an article about Wal-Mart and bloggers. In it they mention Marshall Manson quite frequently. It's an interesting read.
Marshall Manson asked me if I would post an update to my original post about Wal-Mart and the Nazi shirts. Something about how quickly they responded to the problem once they realized they were selling Nazi swag. I would have no problem doing that. If I felt they had indeed acted upon the information that they were selling Nazi clothing. The problem is that they haven't done anything about the Nazi shirts. Yesterday afternoon I stopped at a Wal-Mart on my way home for work and found a stack of the same shirts still for sale in the men's department. My wife also stopped at a different Wal-Mart on her way home from work yesterday. She too found a stack of these Nazi shirts still for sale.
In my opinion, quickly taking care of a problem involves actually taking care of the problem.
Instead of having someone from a PR firm contact bloggers, Wal-Mart should have concentrated on simply removing the shirts from their stores. They could have worried about contacting bloggers after their stores were free of Nazi clothing."
As if I didn't need one more reason not to shop at Wal-Mart... This is just creepy.
Freepers on White Powder
Usually we are talking about the right-wingnut-crack that freepers are smoking. Crooks & Liars reports on the white powder that one Freeper was desperate to share with anyone that held oposing viewpoints to the failed Republican agenda.
C&L reported earlier on the guy who sent the fake anthrax around. Who would have thought that a right wing conservative would be involved in terrorist activities?
HMMM? Who would have thought that the wingnutty Free Republic was guilty of supporting terrorists other than Mr. Bush?
Hypocrisy over TIME
Media Matters points to the hypocrisy of TIME magazine's covers:
"A tale of two covers: Time's '94 postelection cover touted 'G.O.P. Stampede,' '06 cover asserts 'the center is the new place to be'"
If the center is somewhere in the middle of the vast majority of Americans that voted for the LIBERAL and PROGRESSIVE candidates that were elected... Then yes.
It seems that Newsweek does no better as they equate the BLUE WAVE by voters in the election as supposed support for a Republican that hasn't been in office for years now...
It is appalling how these corporate owned entities are so quick to print GOP talking points and dress them up as news.
Courtney Lead Narrows
Joe Courtney only leads by 65 votes now:
Norwich Bulletin: "LEBANON — The town clerk announced that “human error” provided 100 extra votes to Democratic challenger Joe Courtney in the 2nd Congressional District, narrowing the margin of his lead to 65 votes over U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons."
These results are from among the 35 towns left to finish their recount efforts today...
CT Post Almost Gets It
The Connecticut Post gets it half right when they say that "The classic New England Republican - fiscally conservative, socially liberal - is nearly extinct"
The move of the party to the faaar-right-wingnut POV to satisfy a small part of the GOP base may be part of the cause. But the answer for survival of the GOP is not going to be contingent on the Democratic party courting the leftovers from the fractured Republican party.
The supposed moderates of the GOP better be ready to give way to the Democratic parties initiatives because THAT IS WHAT AMERICA VOTED FOR!
Get with the American voters' approved LIBERAL program or STFU... That goes for the rejected GOP and the MSM that has backed these past catastrophic failures of GOP proportions.*
*GOP proportions = Too little, too late... And grossly incompetent overall. (As per usual)
But with the GOP's effort to appeal to its base in the South, it has moved away from building the party in New England, and that could spell more trouble down the road.
"Even though people like Chris Shays survived this time, what happens when he leaves the scene?" asked White. "When these folks leave the scene, they tend to get replaced by Democrats."
Even with the gloomy predictions, Tuesday's election might not be all bad for New England Republicans and could even mean new prominence for moderates such as Snowe and Collins, said Randall Miller, a professor of history at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia.
In a sharply divided Senate, Miller said, "those that survive likely will be the ones that will be courted most by the Democrats."
The move of the party to the faaar-right-wingnut POV to satisfy a small part of the GOP base may be part of the cause. But the answer for survival of the GOP is not going to be contingent on the Democratic party courting the leftovers from the fractured Republican party.
The supposed moderates of the GOP better be ready to give way to the Democratic parties initiatives because THAT IS WHAT AMERICA VOTED FOR!
Get with the American voters' approved LIBERAL program or STFU... That goes for the rejected GOP and the MSM that has backed these past catastrophic failures of GOP proportions.*
*GOP proportions = Too little, too late... And grossly incompetent overall. (As per usual)
Shays Explodes the Myths of Bipartisan and Moderate Republicans
So much for the supposed bipartisan and moderate Republican myths, as Chris Shays says that the Republicans couldn't even reach across to the supposed moderates in their own party...
You must mean more moderate issues? And in a real bipartisan forum too? Wow! Thanks for clearing that up Chrissy boy.
I say "supposed moderates" in the Republican party because there is nothing moderate about a Republican that labels the sickly Bush administrations' sanctioned TORTURE as a "sex ring" and only an isolated incident despite the overwhelming evidence that he is wrong on both counts.
Anything else about Republicans that are supposedly bipartisan?
Golly Chrissy? Why didn't you talk more about this when Republicans were in charge of Congress and could have done something about the lack of a bipartisan effort by Republicans?
Too little, too late you GOP quack. Enjoy your pork barrel lame-duck session. But remember that Pelosi will be cutting much of the corporate fat from your future when she enacts her Congressional reforms.
I wonder if Chrissy and the rest of his ilk will show real bipartisan support in helping Speaker Pelosi to clean up Congress?
Shays in the Courant:
"Nothing changes for me," the 4th District Republican said. "In fact, it may be easier to get my bills passed."
After all, he figured, "there will be a number of issues Democrats favor that the Republican majority was not willing to take up."
You must mean more moderate issues? And in a real bipartisan forum too? Wow! Thanks for clearing that up Chrissy boy.
I say "supposed moderates" in the Republican party because there is nothing moderate about a Republican that labels the sickly Bush administrations' sanctioned TORTURE as a "sex ring" and only an isolated incident despite the overwhelming evidence that he is wrong on both counts.
Anything else about Republicans that are supposedly bipartisan?
Top candidates are current Majority Leader John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, conservative leader Mike Pence, R-Ind., and current Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton, R-Texas. Shays opposed Boehner for majority leader earlier this year.
"I'm not thrilled with any of them," he said.
"Boehner is someone who's more willing to reach out to Democrats, but my problem with him is he's one of the guys who didn't want to deal with the ethical challenges facing our Congress."
Golly Chrissy? Why didn't you talk more about this when Republicans were in charge of Congress and could have done something about the lack of a bipartisan effort by Republicans?
Too little, too late you GOP quack. Enjoy your pork barrel lame-duck session. But remember that Pelosi will be cutting much of the corporate fat from your future when she enacts her Congressional reforms.
I wonder if Chrissy and the rest of his ilk will show real bipartisan support in helping Speaker Pelosi to clean up Congress?
Which Way For New Milford Commuter Rail Service?
While Norwalk would like to see improvements that would ensure their viability, it is obvious that many commuters north of Danbury would be well served by a Danbury connection going west to New York.
The Commuter Commando covers a bit on this:
The reality is that all communities would be better served if they enhanced/created both connections. An expensive option, but one that would serve to better the quality of life and viability of the overall service for everyone long into the future.
The suggestion that this needs to be integrated into the NY system with Grand Central Station is realistic, but it must also be integrated into the local Hart bus system which could use system wide improvements of its own, IMHO, (IE: Longer hours of operation and more frequency) to increase the usefullness of the entire system overall.
Without the proper infrastucture short sighted solutions will just end up having to be revamped sooner than need be or will prove a fruitless effort from lack of usability. A real focus on the LONG TERM future of public transportation is neccessary if you want the people to consider it as a realistic option to flooding the highways with their cars.
The Commuter Commando covers a bit on this:
Pease said people always bring up the idea of using the Maybrook railroad line, which runs east and west through Danbury, to reach Brewster or Southeast in New York. That way they can bypass the Danbury/Norwalk line entirely, and just shoot over to New York for the direct run into Grand Central.
The Housatonic Railroad uses the Maybrook line east of Danbury to deliver lumber to the lumberyard at Exit 9 in Hawleyville, and to carry stone from Derby into Danbury.
"The question the state is asking is how do you offer the most competitive service into New York City by spending money on the Danbury line? That's a valid question," Pease said.
Using the Maybrook line from Danbury to Southeast or Brewster would not help the people south of Danbury, Pease said.
"What makes the Danbury/Norwalk line usable is the number of riders," Pease said.
If the Maybrook line was opened to Southeast, it would draw riders away from the Danbury/Norwalk line.
The reality is that all communities would be better served if they enhanced/created both connections. An expensive option, but one that would serve to better the quality of life and viability of the overall service for everyone long into the future.
The suggestion that this needs to be integrated into the NY system with Grand Central Station is realistic, but it must also be integrated into the local Hart bus system which could use system wide improvements of its own, IMHO, (IE: Longer hours of operation and more frequency) to increase the usefullness of the entire system overall.
Without the proper infrastucture short sighted solutions will just end up having to be revamped sooner than need be or will prove a fruitless effort from lack of usability. A real focus on the LONG TERM future of public transportation is neccessary if you want the people to consider it as a realistic option to flooding the highways with their cars.
11/11/06
Republicans Eating Their Own "Fascists"
From Steven D at the BooTrib:
It's directed at Republicans. And it's not who you might suspect:
A day after the Democratic sweep of the midterm elections, Woodbury County Republican Chairman Steve Salem had harsh words for his own party, lambasting the influence of the conservative Christian right wing.
Salem said he coined a new phase: "You've heard of IslamaFascists -- I think we now have Christian fascists. What is the definition of a fascist? Not only do they want to beat you, but they want to destroy you in the process."
Salem said "if things keep going the way things are going locally and statewide, it is going to be more and more difficult for Republicans to recruit candidates. We have elements of the party who are moral absolutists, who take the approach that if you don't take my position every step of the way, not only will I not support you, but I will destroy you."
Now before we all get our schadenfreude on about Republicans eating their own, let's consider something far more important: Mr. Salem is right. They are fascists ...
(cont.)
Sorry Steven D... I can't help the schadenfreudean title up there... lol Not only is that Republican a little late in pointing out the obvious, he is also wrong in claiming to coin a new phrase since various forms of "Christofascism" have been out on the net ever since they helped make the GOP as radical as they are now.
I have no problem with other peoples' personal choices of religion, or their right to talk about it and practice it in the ways that they want to... I do have a problem with other people thinking I have to practice their religion their way.
This country wasn't built on religion. It was, however, built partially on religious freedom. That freedom applies to the religious people of ANY faith and the non-religious alike.
11/10/06
MSNBC POLL: Impeach Bush?
MSNBC did a live poll:
| Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment? * 332234 responses | |||||
| Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial. 87%  | |||||
| No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching "high crimes and misdemeanors." 4.4% | |||||
| No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching. 7% | |||||
| I don't know. 1.8% | |||||
Not a scientific survey. Click to learn more. Results may not total 100% due to rounding. | |||||
Americans really want a change.
TPM MUCKRAKER's Early Dem Picks
The TPM MUCKRAKER has already made its early picks as ones to watch on the Dem side of the aisle for possible muck:
Thankfully, less-than-squeaky pasts don't appear to be a factor in the Dems' reasoning as they divvy up leadership posts and committee chairs. Here are our favorite Democrats poised to take key positions:
Like everyone else in the USA, I want to see an end to corruption in Washington. And it doesn't matter which side of the political spectrum it comes from.
Grassroots politics is all about accountability and getting the corporate lobbyists' greedy hands out of the government till.
Still Waiting on CT-02
WFSB3 has Courtney still holding on and only losing one vote in the recount so far:
Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons picked up a single vote after the first town in the 2nd Congressional District recounted its election results on Thursday.
But the three-term congressman still trails Democrat Joe Courtney by 166 votes.
Joe's New Mantra on Iraq
"Git er done!"
No more "Stay the course!" for Joe Lieberman.
Joe Lieberman, who rebelled against his own Democratic Party to win back his U.S. Senate seat as an independent, pledged Wednesday to build bridges across party lines "to get things done."
"Git er done!"
"If we don't stop hating the people across the political aisle, how are we going to strengthen this country and get anything done?" Lieberman said to reporters.
"Git er done!"
Gary Rose, a professor of politics at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, said he would be surprised if Lieberman took away any lessons from the election.
"I think he knows why he lost the Democratic primary, but I don't think it will condition how he acts," Rose said. "He was on the wrong side of the fence on the war but he went ahead and won the general election so I don't think he feels compelled to change that position." Nevertheless, when Congress returns for a lame duck session next week, Lieberman said he would focus on building a bipartisan coalition around the Iraq war. "Not to retreat from Iraq but urgently change what we are doing to get things done," he said.
UMMM??? Sounds more like:
"Stay the course!"
We warned Nutmeggers that a vote for Joe was a vote for the same incompetence that got us in this mess in the first place.
A new mantra for you Joe:
"REDEPLOY!"
It is what Americans voted for.
As The Corporate Owned Media Spins
As the corporate media grasps at straws to try and defend the "conservatism" that owns them they completely disregard the facts. Media Matters puts the MSM's "disassembling" of the GOP talking point that the newly elected Dems are "conservatives" to rest:
Does anyone in this group sound like any of the typical conservatives we have voted out of power?
America voted Liberal, or Progressive if that is what you prefer? And there is is no amount of lying by the GOP, or the DLC, or the corporate owned MSM that can change this fact. Americans knew what they were doing when they voted in this new bunch of Dems. They were voting for the left.
Following are the findings of a Media Matters examination of the positions staked out by the 27 Democratic challengers on their campaign websites, in news reports, and in candidate questionnaires:
- All 27 candidates support raising the minimum wage.
- All 27 candidates advocate changing course in Iraq.
- All 27 candidates oppose efforts to privatize Social Security.
- Only two of the 27 candidates do not support embryonic stem cell research.
- Only five of the 27 candidates describe themselves as "pro-life."
Does anyone in this group sound like any of the typical conservatives we have voted out of power?
America voted Liberal, or Progressive if that is what you prefer? And there is is no amount of lying by the GOP, or the DLC, or the corporate owned MSM that can change this fact. Americans knew what they were doing when they voted in this new bunch of Dems. They were voting for the left.
11/9/06
Bayer Closing In West Haven
It is a bitter pill to swallow, but Connecticut continues to hemmorage high paying jobs on the heels of Jodi Rell's re-election.
You will have to ask Rell how many jobs at McDonalds and Walmart will be needed to replace the local economic cash flow generated by those 1000 Bayer jobs since almost all of her job creation has been low paying service jobs with few benefits.
Picturing Connecticut littered from end to end with fast food joints and big box retailers... And nobody will be able to afford an asparin for this massive headache because they won't have healthcare.
Thanks again Jodi!
Bayer To Close West Haven Facility
Bayer HealthCare said today it plans to close its research facility in West Haven, which employs an estimated 1,000 people.
...snip...
Layoffs at the West Haven facility will start next year, but the company would not disclose how many. Personnel in the cancer research division will be the first to go, a company spokeswoman said. Some employees will be transferred to company sites in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, the spokeswoman said. The shutdown of the West Haven facility is expected to take about a year and a half, the company said.
You will have to ask Rell how many jobs at McDonalds and Walmart will be needed to replace the local economic cash flow generated by those 1000 Bayer jobs since almost all of her job creation has been low paying service jobs with few benefits.
Picturing Connecticut littered from end to end with fast food joints and big box retailers... And nobody will be able to afford an asparin for this massive headache because they won't have healthcare.
Thanks again Jodi!
A Conservative Casualty Of the Radical-Wing-Nut GOP
One of the few members of the GOP that wasn't completely wing-nutty goes down honorably:
Dems would have killed Bolton's nomination on the floor anyways, but this saves a collosal waste of time on the floor during the lame-duck session. So much for Bush reaching out across the aisle...
Chafee is about as close to being a moderate, and maybe even a conservative, that the GOP had to offer. He was one of the very few to take a stand in the lying Bush administrations' rush to war with cherry-picked intel.
There are very few differences between Chafee and the Dem that will replace him. Chafee's biggest sin? Being a Republican in the North-East, which obviously made him a dead-man-walking in this political climate.
Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., who was defeated by Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse on Tuesday, told reporters in Rhode Island on Thursday that he would continue opposing Bolton. That would deny Republicans the votes they would need to move Bolton's nomination from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to the full Senate.
Dems would have killed Bolton's nomination on the floor anyways, but this saves a collosal waste of time on the floor during the lame-duck session. So much for Bush reaching out across the aisle...
Chafee is about as close to being a moderate, and maybe even a conservative, that the GOP had to offer. He was one of the very few to take a stand in the lying Bush administrations' rush to war with cherry-picked intel.
There are very few differences between Chafee and the Dem that will replace him. Chafee's biggest sin? Being a Republican in the North-East, which obviously made him a dead-man-walking in this political climate.
Even the Kids Know Bill O'Reilly is an Idiot
An 8 year old kid unloads on the FICTION FACTOR FOOL:
I envision this kid eventually working at Media Matters or Factcheck.org... lol
I envision this kid eventually working at Media Matters or Factcheck.org... lol
Joe tells it like it is:
If there was ever any doubt that Joe is only in it for Joe:
Ability to deliver exactly what Joe? Much needed cover for the lying Bush administration whenever every other Dem was exposing Bush fallacies? Get over yourself Joe.
I wish that we had a Senator in which we could take his word at face value BUT the fact remains that Joe Lieberman said that he would only run for 3 terms in the Senate and here we are with him in his 4th term breaking that promise.
What a lying sack of Joe...
Now that he's won re-election as a petitioning candidate, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman is pledging to remain a Democrat, if for no other reason than to keep his 18 years' seniority in the Senate.
"I'll sign up with the caucus to protect my seniority," Lieberman said Wednesday. "My seniority is important to my ability to deliver for the state of Connecticut."
Ability to deliver exactly what Joe? Much needed cover for the lying Bush administration whenever every other Dem was exposing Bush fallacies? Get over yourself Joe.
Lieberman briefly joked about how the Republicans might coax him into joining the GOP, a switch that could keep the closely divided Senate under Republican control.
"There is a little playfulness in me that wants me to make a joke about that, but it's too serious. The answer is no," he said. "When I give my word I stick with it, and I am definitely going to organize with the Senate Democrats."
I wish that we had a Senator in which we could take his word at face value BUT the fact remains that Joe Lieberman said that he would only run for 3 terms in the Senate and here we are with him in his 4th term breaking that promise.
What a lying sack of Joe...
11/8/06
"Mission Accomplished" on White House Propaganda
Remember the infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech delivered by bush? The White House doesn't want you to:
And they pay people to produce this ignorant stuff?
Don't worry Bush! We will make sure the original video is well documented for historians' use... We wouldn't want future generations of American kids to get the wrong idea concerning the type of incompetent preznit you are.
(UPDATE)Infidel points out in the comments that this may be a hoax:
Irony indeed.
But it still does not change the fact that the Bush administration has used propaganda over and over, whether it is paying TV personalities (Williams, etc.) to push their talking points, or pushing GOP talking points through the MSM, or phonecalls to supress voters, or more recent plans to put lipstick on the Iraq pig AGAIN by the Pentagon.
And they pay people to produce this ignorant stuff?
Don't worry Bush! We will make sure the original video is well documented for historians' use... We wouldn't want future generations of American kids to get the wrong idea concerning the type of incompetent preznit you are.
(UPDATE)Infidel points out in the comments that this may be a hoax:
The video is fake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkRHki5P6fc
What an irony that the guy does what he accuses others of.
Irony indeed.
But it still does not change the fact that the Bush administration has used propaganda over and over, whether it is paying TV personalities (Williams, etc.) to push their talking points, or pushing GOP talking points through the MSM, or phonecalls to supress voters, or more recent plans to put lipstick on the Iraq pig AGAIN by the Pentagon.
Pentagon memo reveals launch of new PR war
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is buttressing its public relations staff and starting an operation akin to a political campaign war room as Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld faces intensifying criticism over the Iraq war.
In a memo obtained by the Associated Press, Dorrance Smith, assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, said new teams of people will "develop messages" for the 24-hour news cycle and "correct the record."
...Another branch would coordinate "surrogates." In political campaigns, surrogates are usually high-level politicians or key interest groups who speak or travel on behalf of a candidate or an issue.
The plan would focus more resources on so-called new media, such as the Internet and Weblogs. It would also include new workers to book civilian and military guests on television and radio shows.
Rumsfeld Resigns
Meet the new boss:
Same as the old boss:
We won't get fooled again by the likes of Bush cheerleaders like William "Billy-Bong" Kristol:
The DoD does not need a new face... It needs a new strategy that includes redeployment. Anythiong less than CHANGING THE COURSE, as Dems promised they would in the campaign, is just same BULLSHIT the Neocons sold unsuspecting Americans the first time around.
Dems have a "MANDATE"
and lots of "POLITICAL CAPITAL".
I am certain they will find some great ways to use it to stop the radical Bush agenda in it's tracks.
Robert Gates is a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan panel co-chaired by James Baker III and Lee Hamilton to develop a new strategy for Iraq. In Feb. 2005, Gates turned down an offer to serve as the Director of National Intelligence, the position now held by John Negroponte.
Same as the old boss:
The Associated Press reports that President Bush has accepted Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation.
We won't get fooled again by the likes of Bush cheerleaders like William "Billy-Bong" Kristol:
And the truth is, to win this war — and I have been a critic of Rumsfeld for a while, so some people can discount this — to win this war, it will be helpful to have a new secretaryy — no one man is indispensable, you know, and it will be helpful to have a new Secretary of Defense to give a new face to the war, to make the case to the American people, to work with Congress.
The DoD does not need a new face... It needs a new strategy that includes redeployment. Anythiong less than CHANGING THE COURSE, as Dems promised they would in the campaign, is just same BULLSHIT the Neocons sold unsuspecting Americans the first time around.
Dems have a "MANDATE"
and lots of "POLITICAL CAPITAL".
I am certain they will find some great ways to use it to stop the radical Bush agenda in it's tracks.
FBI Investigates GOP Voter Intimidation in Virginia
The FBI is reportedly investigating voter intimidation and voter suppression efforts by the GOP candidate George Allen in Virginia's Senate race...
Is there anything lower than GOP political campaign? It appears that in this anti-GOP corruption climate they felt that smears, lies and distrasction would not be enough to stop the Democratic wave from sinking the GOPs sickly political plans.
Is there anything lower than GOP political campaign? It appears that in this anti-GOP corruption climate they felt that smears, lies and distrasction would not be enough to stop the Democratic wave from sinking the GOPs sickly political plans.
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