Archive for the 'politics' Category
Nancy Pelosi Has Some Nerve
Talking Points Memo reports that Nancy Pelosi is calling George Bush “a failure”
President Bush has been a “total failure” in everything from the economy to the war to energy policy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. In an interview on CNN, the California Democrat was asked to respond to video of the president criticizing the [...]
A Realist, Not a Cynic
“But the larger point is that you can’t bring yourself to make any distinctions between any of these groups. You’ve given up.
I actually wrote the Four Lethal Cynicisms for you.
–Booman
The Four Lethal Cynicisms:
The first lethal cynicism is the conviction that the people are too stupid, too susceptible, and too selfish to be counted upon [...]
Memo to My Obama-Supporting Friends
Don’t EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER tell me who I should vote for EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER again.
If you so much as say ONE. FUCKING. WORD. in that motherfucker’s defense, you’re getting a beer shower and a Buffalo wing up your nose You know who you are.
Don’t tell me I [...]
Portrait of a Liar
Vote Barr.
Punish fascists.
Topple tyrants.
The Daily News gets It: Why Doesn’t Obama?
Nice flip flops, Barack!
IS BARACK OBAMA a Manchurian candidate after all? The minute that Obama became the Dems’ presumptive nominee, he traded his cloak of liberal-oriented change for the same thing that he saw John McCain wearing around town, a stylish pair of flip-flops.
Last week, he exhibited some convoluted back-tracking on campaign finance, but Friday’s [...]
Call to Patrick Murphy’s Office on FISA
Riiiiing….. riiiiiing.
“Hello, Congressman Patrick Murphy’s office.”
“Hi, this is Brendan Skwire. Listen, I gave some money to help Congressman Murphy get elected and I’ve been really happy with his leadership, especially on FISA. That’s why I’m calling.
“Look, I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Steny Hoyer has engineered some deal through which he plans to [...]
Arlen Specter E-Mails Me; I Call Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter emailed me this afternoon. All emphases are mine.
Dear Mr. Skwire:
Thank you for contacting my office to express your concerns regarding the United States’ treatment of detained enemy combatants and suspected terrorists. I appreciate your interest in this matter and your willingness to share your views with me.
I have consistently supported efforts to prohibit [...]
PSA
McCain to Cindy McCain, 1992: “At least I don’t plaster on the make up like a trollop, you cunt.”
more here. Via this guy.
Read More..>>Steny Hoyer’s Offices Lied to Me Today.
This morning, I opened my email and found a bulletin from Democarts.com. It looks like Steny Hoyer is up to his old tricks, and selling out our Fourth Amendment rights to that bastion of ethics, George “mr. 28% Approval Bush.
House “Majority” Leader Steny Hoyer doesn’t understand the meaning of NO.
In December 2005, when the New [...]
Grace and Class
Hillary Clinton’s Concession Speech is both. H/T Peter Daou at daily Kos:
Thank you so much. Thank you all.
Well, this isn’t exactly the party I’d planned, but I sure like the company.
I want to start today by saying how grateful I am to all of you – to everyone who poured your [...]
