I need a Kerry statement timeline

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Tuesday October 31, 2006 · 2:16 PM PST

2006/10/31 · 14:16

I'm trying to sort out who said what when. I've got too mnay loons on another board screaming that Keery is insance, that he hates the troops, yada yada yada. It's not like facts are going to stop them but they'll certainly make me feel better.

Kerry's counter attacks make perfect sense if he had said what he intended to say, but if all anyone has is what he initially said, they're rather bizarre.

So.

When did Kerry make his initial remark regarding troops in Iraq?

When did any kind of statement that he had mis-spoke appear?

What republican/whitehouse attacks were made after the intended statement became public?

thanks

A Rant on Lower Taxes

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Wednesday April 05, 2006 · 9:09 AM PDT

2006/04/05 · 09:09

Yesterday, in a discussion on the need to implement additional tax cuts, a friend of mine posted one of the usual sound bites. I'm posting my reply here, even though I realize that in large part I'm preaching to the choir. I only wish we could get more people to listen.

Another thought on taxes: are you better off with more or less money in your pocket? Is everyone better off with more or less money in their pockets? In this case, I claim more is better.

You are probably the last person on this list whom I would have expected to fall back on that empty sound bite.

But I suppose it's just as well, since that sound bite tends to encapsulate everything that is wrong with many of the "Lower Taxes" crowd. Having thought through the matter, I have to admit that much of my problems over the need for lower/higher taxes are as much political as economical. Lower Taxes has become a mantra: Lower Taxes will save the country. Lower Taxes will force the government to improve. Lower Taxes will make you regular. Lower Taxes will save your soul.
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Is Alito Really a Right-Wing Ideologue?

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Thursday November 03, 2005 · 7:34 AM PST

2005/11/03 · 07:34

An article in the Christian Science Monitor suggests that Alito might not be as rabidly anti-abortion as the right-wingers desperately hope he is.

But the true test of appeals court judges isn't which personal views they hold, but to what extent those personal views may influence how they rule in a particular case.

On this issue, legal analysts disagree in their assessments of Judge Alito. Some say he is a conservative ideologue. Others say he is a smart, careful jurist who leaves personal views behind when he dons his black robes.

The best evidence of his work as a judge are his published opinions. They contain a few surprises and some ammunition - for both the left and the right.

For example, of the four abortion cases in which he participated as an appeals court judge, he voted on the pro-choice side in all but one. A 1995 Alito vote striking down a Pennsylvania abortion restriction in particular is raising eyebrows among some legal scholars.

Preview of Bush's Speech

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Tuesday September 13, 2005 · 1:46 PM PDT

2005/09/13 · 13:46

At great risk to life and limb, I got my hands on an advance copy of Bush's speech for his impending TV address. It's quite revealing:

Thank you. The title of tonight's speech is "What I Didn't Do During My Summer Vacation." But seriously, folks...

I'm sorry I entrusted the safety and welfare of America to a guy who couldn't run a horse association. Hey, I couldn't run an oil company and I turned out OK, so I figured, you know, let's give him another chance and let him get back up on that horse. Not a real horse of course, because, well, he screwed that up. Wait a minute . . . hey Turdblossom, who the fuck wrote this?

NYTimes Misses the Forest for the Trees--FEMA

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Friday September 09, 2005 · 8:17 AM PDT

2005/09/09 · 08:17

The NYTimes has one of many editorials denouncing Michael Brown's qualifications--or, more accurately, the utter lack of same--as director of FEMA. It was, I thought, as I was initially reading it, a pretty good editorial, making the points that needed to be made about what happens when you put an incompetent in a position that is responsible for public welfare (insert your own Bush parallel here.) Read More

Cola Wars v. Party Wars--The Truth Revealed!

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Wednesday September 07, 2005 · 10:19 AM PDT

2005/09/07 · 10:19

First of, I'm more of an independent than a liberal or conservative. Keep that in mind as you read. Also, this is my first diary of any real length, so please be kind.

As with most flashes of insight, this one came to me in the bathroom. There may something Zen about the sudden burst of clarity that comes when you're purging bodily waste, but this is probably not the time for that discussion. But what occurred to me was that the Democrats and Republicans are, basically, Coke and Pepsi. Or maybe that's Pepsi and Coke. Just as there is little fundamental difference between the two soft drinks, there's not a whole lot of difference between the two parties. They're both after power, and all else is secondary.
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Just an idle PR thought

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Sunday September 04, 2005 · 7:44 AM PDT

2005/09/04 · 07:44

This would probably be considered in poor taste, but what if the DNC were to produce an ad that runs along these lines:

Initial scene: Bush introducing Chertoff, talking about what a great job he's going to do.

Cut to shots of New Orleans

Bush inroducing Brown and saying what a great job he's going to do for FEMA

Cut to shots of starving, desperate victims.

Bush introducing Roberts as his nominee and saying what a great job he'll do.

Tagline: Understandably, we're a little skeptical.

Just How Heartless Can Conservatives Be?

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Friday September 02, 2005 · 10:41 AM PDT

2005/09/02 · 10:41

On another board, much has been made about what the federal/state/local govt could or couldn't do.

Many conservatives are claiming that there's no way Bush could have prevented the hurricane, which give you a pretty good idea of how few brain cells are firing withing those skulls.

Discussion was already beginning to degenerate into namecalling. But then I read this:

These people decided to live in a city that was on the ocean and was BELOW sea level. The government didn't let them down. They took a gamble and lost. They let themselves down.

It is not the government's responsibility to protect our citizens from themselves.

What the fuck are these people thinking? I replied to the guy that by that logic, the World Trade Center victims let themselves down by choosing to work in a terrorist target.

These are the people who put Bush in office and the first place, and these are the same people who are going to vote for whatever automaton the RNC runs in 2008. How in the name of Christ do you combat such lunacy?

It's Always Clinton's Fault

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Thursday September 01, 2005 · 11:07 AM PDT

2005/09/01 · 11:07

On some other boards I frequent the Bush apologists have already started in on how Clinton is just as much to blame for NO as Bush, as he didn't do anything either.

At times like this I sometimes wonder if some type of basic intelligence test should be required of voters.

As the right is fond of pointing out, everything changed after 9/11. Even after a post-9/11 threat assessment listed New Orleans as a major disaster waiting to happen, either by natural forces or terrorism (a major target due to the oil facilities), the administration did less than nothing.

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Pat Robertson--Scenes I'd Like to See

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Friday August 26, 2005 · 12:33 PM PDT

2005/08/26 · 12:33

It occurred to me that SNL should do a parody of Eddie Murphy's old "Kill My Landlord" skit, with Pat Robertson replacing Murphy:

Dark and lonely on a summer's night.
Kill Hugo Chavez. Kill Hugo Chavez.
Karl Rove barking. Do he bite?
Kill Hugo Chavez. Kill Hugo Chavez.
Slip in his window. Break the grump.
Then his oil I start to pump.
He's a commie. What the heck?
Kill Hugo Chavez. Kill Hugo Chavez.
C-I-L-L Hugo Chavez!
Amen. Praise Jesus.

Yeah, it's rough at work today.

Put Katherine Harris' Hooters in the Senate!!!

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Wednesday August 10, 2005 · 8:36 AM PDT

2005/08/10 · 08:36

Crooks & Liars has a videoclip from FoxyNews, with Alan Hannity interviewing repub Senate candidate Katherine Harris.

Who, it seems, has the primary intention of insuring that every prospective male voter get as good a view of her rack as possible. She's wearing a tight blouse, she's turned to the side instead of facing the camera.

Add to that the fact that she comes across in the interview as Jessica Simpson's intellectual twin. Ditzy, flirty, and while you will certainly forget what she says, you'll never forget how she says it.

It's pretty clear why the FL repubs didn't want her to run.

Roy Moore for the Supreme Court??

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Thursday July 14, 2005 · 7:42 AM PDT

2005/07/14 · 07:42

The Conservative Caucus, whoever they are, is attempting to build momentum for Bush to nominate Roy Moore to the court. For those of you who don't remember, Moore is the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court--the infamous "Ten Commandments judge.

Of course, the text accompanying the petition posits Clarence Thomas as the best member of the current court, pretty much proving that we're talking right-wing whack jobs here. But even the though that Moore might get nominated is enough to chill the blood in your veins.

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