McCain seeks Palin's advice? C'mon, John, you've got to be kidding.

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Wednesday October 01, 2008 · 11:51 AM PDT

2008/10/01 · 11:51

In the latest example of McCain's losing strategy to bolster Sarah Palin's bona-fides, the good Senator has told us that he often seeks Palin's advice on foreign policy matters. He has officially "jumped the shark." Not sure that there are words to describe this latest argument by McCain that his running mate is really ready for prime time.

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Wednesday August 03, 2005 · 10:04 AM PDT

2005/08/03 · 10:04

This AP story really hit me hard. Note the last sentence indicating that the shooter had a valid gun license. When is this country going to come out of the fog and realize that there are too many guns in this country.

When I stop to think of the various initiatives out there allowing concealed weapons, I have to cringe. You never know who you will run into in this world or what it would take to piss them off. All I know is that the 27-year old father holding his 10-month old baby would have had a better chance of survival had the shooter been unarmed.

Now all we have is a 60-year old man going to jail, a wife whose husband will probably die in jail, a widow left to care for her baby alone and an orphan - all because the man had a gun.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Dads-Slaying.html Read More

How can Freepers really think they are going to win?

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Monday November 01, 2004 · 3:54 PM PST

2004/11/01 · 15:54

I have been reading Kos for some time now and have, based on the recent polls and news about the election, become convinced of a Kerry win tomorrow. Yet, if you listen to some of the freepers, you get the sense that they feel the same way that many of us do - except that they are convinced that Shrub is going to win. They are looking at the same polls, the same internals and, after listening to Rush Limbaugh, are convinced that the internals are looking good. How can they be in such a different state of reality? Check this shit out, from freerepublic: Read More

KERRY RESPONDS TO OBL! from Josh Marshall

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Friday October 29, 2004 · 2:57 PM PDT

2004/10/29 · 14:57

This is exactly what he had to say:

Kerry on the new OBL video ...

In response to this tape from Osama bin Laden, let me make it clear, crystal clear. As Americans, we are absolutely united in our determination to hunt down and destroy Osama bin Laden and the terrorists. They are barbarians. And I will stop at absolutely nothing to hunt down, capture or kill the terrorists wherever they are, whatever it takes. Period.

From the airport at West Palm.

-- Josh Marshall Read More

Slate: Bush Davidians take pledge during W Rally????

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Friday October 29, 2004 · 8:24 AM PDT

2004/10/29 · 08:24

This is surreal. As Suellentrop notes, it was the first time he heard the crowd stand up and verbally pledge fealty to Shrub:

One Nation Under Bush
At a campaign rally, Republicans recite the "Bush Pledge."
By Chris Suellentrop
Updated Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, at 10:44 PM PT

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.--"I want you to stand, raise your right hands," and recite "the Bush Pledge," said Florida state Sen. Ken Pruitt. The assembled mass of about 2,000 in this Treasure Coast town about an hour north of West Palm Beach dutifully rose, arms aloft, and repeated after Pruitt: "I care about freedom and liberty. I care about my family. I care about my country. Because I care, I promise to work hard to re-elect, re-elect George W. Bush as president of the United States."

The rest of the article is interesting and includes some good jabs at Bush and his cronies - some of whom are trying the old Jedi Mind Trick that the Al QaQaa debacle proves that we were right to invade Iraq. More from the piece below the fold: Read More

Halliburton - docs show Ms. Greenhouse's objections

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Friday October 29, 2004 · 8:15 AM PDT

2004/10/29 · 08:15

The LA Times is reporting this morning that Bunnatine Greenhouse wrote notes on a proposal for a contract extension to Halliburton:

"I cannot approve this," Greenhouse wrote on one version of the proposal that is filled with her handwritten scrawls such as "Incorrect!"; "No! How!"; and "Not a valid reason."

Regardless of how this plays out, my view is where there is smoke there is fire for the Bushies. The story has enough legs to make through today. As long as Bush is on the defensive on so many issues, we are in great shape.

Link: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-na-halliburton29oct29,0,7146099.story?coll=la-home-h eadlines

Kerry's response to Saint Rudy's Denigration of Troops!

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Thursday October 28, 2004 · 8:46 AM PDT

2004/10/28 · 08:46

Once again, KE'04 wastes no time to respond to another over-the-top Bushite statement - from Saint Rudy Giuliani that it was our troops fault that they did not secure the weapons. Keep kicking ass Senator:

Kerry Campaign Response to Bush Remarks in Saginaw, MI
For Immediate Release

Washington, DC - Kerry-Edwards spokesman Phil Singer released the following statement today in response to the president's remarks in Saginaw, MI:

"George Bush's hypocrisy knows no bounds. On the same day that his top surrogate blames the troops for the missing explosives, the president has the audacity to cast stones at John Kerry. If George Bush understood what it means to be Commander-in-Chief, he'd understand that this is his responsibility and wouldn't be dispatching his allies to denigrate our troops."

Rudy Giuliani, on the Today Show: "No matter how you try to blame it on the president the actual responsibility for it really would be for the troops that were there. Did they search carefully enough? Didn't they search carefully enough?" [10/28/04]

link:
http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2004_1028d.html Read More

John Edwards keeps hammering Dubya

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Wednesday October 27, 2004 · 7:16 PM PDT

2004/10/27 · 19:16

First Wes, then McPeak, and now Edwards - as I said in an earlier post - pile on! From KE'04 Website:

Statement from John Edwards in Response to Bush's Comments on Missing Explosives in Iraq
For Immediate Release

Kendall, FL - Senator John Edwards made the following statement today in response to President Bush's comments about the missing explosives in Iraq:

"Now George Bush says this shows John Kerry doesn't support the troops? What is he talking about?

"Aren't you sick and tired of George Bush and Dick Cheney using our troops as a political shield to protect their own jobs instead of doing everything they should to protect our troops? Our men and women in uniform did their job, George Bush didn't do his."

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2004_1027g.html

Bush is No. 1 film villain - no surprise here.

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Wednesday October 27, 2004 · 12:26 PM PDT

2004/10/27 · 12:26

For his groundbreaking performance in Fahrenheit 9/11, future former president Bush beat out known bad asses like Doc Oc (from Spiderman 2) and Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Who else does Shrub (or for that matter any Bushite) beat out for this title??? Who else does he remind you of?

I know Cheney looks and sounds like the Penguin from Batman, but Bush? That's a good question.

http://nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Film-Britain-Bush.html?pagewanted=print&position=

KE'04 Piling on Bush after his "jump to conclusions"

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Wednesday October 27, 2004 · 12:06 PM PDT

2004/10/27 · 12:06

In addition to Wes Clark, KE'04 brought out another big gun and shot right back at Shrub:

General Merrill McPeak Statement in Response to Bush Comments on Missing Explosives
For Immediate Release

"The President failed to adequately plan to secure the tons of explosives, munitions and weapons in Iraq and ignored the military commanders who told him he'd need more troops to both secure these explosives, take Baghdad and win the peace. Read More

Yahoo/AP headlines - tragic, but helpful.

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Monday October 25, 2004 · 8:01 AM PDT

2004/10/25 · 08:01

I was picking up some mail from Yahoo and I glanced at the AP headlines this morning. I was struck with the almost-perfect juxtaposition of headlines (in this order and verbatim from Yahoo):

IAEA: 380 tons of Iraq explosives missing
Bush: I'm best candidate to protect U.S.
Iraq suspects infiltrators in massacre

Nice. This kind of coverage 8 days from the election cannot be good for the Commander in Thief.

You can't spell Gestapo without GOP - Ohio

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Friday October 22, 2004 · 7:33 PM PDT

2004/10/22 · 19:33

The New York Times is reporting that the Ohio GOP is enlisting their enforcers to challenge voters' qualifications at polling places. The GOP blames this on Dem. voter reg efforts.

This is incredible.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/23/politics/campaign/23vote.html?hp&ex=1098504000&en=9f4420d7 cc5a3720&ei=5094&partner=homepage

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