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I'm heading into the sunset. It seems best for me not to hang out here anymore. But let me quickly say: It's not you, it's me. [MORE...]
chumley 08/27/2010 178 137 - 55
Newt Gingrich: sociopath.
In a diary currently on the Rec List, we learn of a group of brave religious ...
chumley 08/13/2010 55 27 1 95
I agree with Rand Paul!
He's got it right! Ladies and gentlemen, Rand Paul wants to show us what a Libertarian-Republican paradise would look like! Let's give him some assistance, shall we? Here's how you ...
chumley 05/21/2010 18 14 1 28
Protest yesterday's outrage: STOP USING MEDICARE!
Dear Republicans Who Are Outraged by the Healthcare Bill: I share your pain. What happened yesterday was an outrage. It was the destruction of this proud country as we know it. We must ...
chumley 03/22/2010 16 24 1 38
Make Republicans answer: "Why do you want to kill Medicare?"
The Republican party has been getting away with a Big Lie for a long time, but especially in this past year of the healthcare fight. As we saw this summer, ignorant rightwingers ranted in town ...
chumley 02/24/2010 14 12 - 50
General Petraeus: against torture; FOR closing Gitmo
What will the Republicans do now? The man that they declared over and over was above criticism, General David Petraeus , has now gone on ...
chumley 05/26/2009 35 41 1 91
[UPDATE: Cliff Schecter weighs in below] Democrats: if you're going on TV, learn how to "debate!"
UPDATE: Cliff Schecter himself weighs in , way down in comments. ********** I was struck ...
chumley 05/23/2009 440 510 17 66
"Taxation is theft!"
We all saw a lot of variations on that slogan yesterday during coverage of TeaBagFest. It's a complaint as old as history itself. Look, there are two basic choices here: 1) Taxation is theft,
chumley 04/16/2009 47 15 - 20
Drama queen Las Vegas mayor demands Obama apologize
Barack Obama tries to be a reasonable, mature, respectful, inclusive leader. Good for him. It's worth the effort, and Obama's big victory in November -- as well and his continued high approval ...
chumley 02/11/2009 38 22 - 43
Lieberman camp:  America won't be safe without Joe!
Reason # 7913 that Joe Lieberman has no moral principles at all, and really is all about Joe Lieberman , period, full stop: He seems to think that the United States is not safe ...
chumley 11/09/2008 67 31 - 42
How do we help President Obama?
I'm still overjoyed at Barack Obama's victory. And with many millions of people around the world, I'm basking in the promise of a new day for the U.S.A. But when President-elect Obama spoke ...
chumley 11/05/2008 3 1 - 1
McCain's pal Liddy re ATF: "shoot for the head."
There's a story in the news today about a plot to kill Barack Obama and dozens of black citizens, including schoolchildren. It ...
chumley 10/28/2008 22 31 - 38
Dear GOP: sure, we'll take those voters off your hands.
Dear Republican Party, Many of you are very busy these days explaining to the American people just which of them get to be called "real Americans." And who doesn't. Your vice-...
chumley 10/21/2008 11 14 - -
Republican talk host Michael Smerconish endorses Obama
Philadelphia-based Republican talk show host Michael Smerconish has now endorsed Barack Obama. He will have an editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer to that effect soon, and he read excerpts of it ...
chumley 10/18/2008 49 42 4 84
John Cleese of Monty Python laughs at Sarah Palin
I'm a great fan of John Cleese of Monty Python's Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers .
chumley 10/14/2008 46 63 4 97
Sean Hannity's pal: "Exterminate Jew Power."
Sean Hannity is a Fox News star. Fox News is a mouthpiece for the Republican Party. No serious, sane person believes otherwise. Sean Hannity is an anti-Semite ...
chumley 10/05/2008 13 12 1 11
McCain going negative?  Let's have Keating Five scandal 24/7.
The flop sweat has been showing for some time, but lately it's been ankle-deep. John McCain is losing, and losing big. We know it, he knows it, everyone knows it. By every quantifiable measure,
chumley 10/04/2008 48 16 1 15
Barack Obama: first-rate intellect AND first-rate temperament.
Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once said of FDR that he possessed "a second-rate intellect, but a first-rate temperament." Whatever you think of that assessment, and the slightly ...
chumley 10/01/2008 17 10 - 10
McCain and Palin babble and whine - together! [VIDEO]
So John McCain is trying to pretend that Barack Obama has actually given up tactical information to the terrorists by Obama's general statement that if there was reliable intelligence about ...
chumley 09/29/2008 30 26 1 16
Dear Republicans: George W. Bush is all YOURS.
(expanded from a comment in Meteor Blades' diary ...) So. George W. Bush will address the nation tonight. He'...
chumley 09/24/2008 13 8 - -
Bush runs the Iraq play again. Will Congress fall for it?
Will Congress fall for it AGAIN? **** The trillion-plus bailout demanded by George W. Bush and his Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Paulson, has a very familiar ring to it. In a ...
chumley 09/22/2008 19 6 - -
"Inventing the Internet": John McCain vs. Al Gore
(This diary is expanded from a comment I made in Devilstower's front page diary today.) So. It was John ...
chumley 09/16/2008 18 14 - 1
Palin: "plane on eBay" not even her idea!
One by the one the pillars are falling. Sarah Palin's stories are being proven b.s., over and over. At some point we have to wonder: do ANY of them hold up to the slightest scrutiny? Short ...
chumley 09/11/2008 90 10 - 2
Sarah Palin, the Welfare Queen Governor.
Republicans like John McCain and Sarah Palin love to rail against taxes and government spending. It's the standard Republican script, and we saw from Palin's heroes, big spenders George W. Bush ...
chumley 09/09/2008 19 21 1 7
The Republican party destroyed its chances tonight.
They will lose. I guarantee it. These craven idiots really think that America wants another four-eight years of the guy whose approval rating has been stuck below 30% FOREVER. Rudy Giuliani came ...
chumley 09/03/2008 61 37 - 22
Joe Lieberman vs. Joe Lieberman.
Well, Holy Joe couldn't resist getting up there and shilling for John McCain last night. He praised his hero McCain, and kissed up to the entire Republican party -- which has been his schtick for ...
chumley 09/03/2008 22 7 - -
Kids were never "off-limits" for McCain before.
Ladies and gentlemen, We've now been told by all respectable parties that kids are "off-limits" in political discussion. I agree with this, for the most part. And I want to honor what Barack ...
chumley 09/02/2008 35 44 - 37
Sarah Palin is LYING about the Bridge to Nowhere.
(I have seen this mentioned elsewhere, but it doesn't seem to have made it to the front page or the Rec list.) One of the big Republican talking points we keep hearing about John McCain's ...
chumley 09/01/2008 10 17 - 23
Mittens Romney and Tim Pawlenty ENRAGED by McCain's VP pick.
Dear ladies and gentlemen of the traditional media: I now expect you -- no, REQUIRE you -- to run 24/7 stories about Republicans being in severe, angry disarray going into their convention next week.
chumley 08/29/2008 877 1208 19 272
Hillary delivered.  The phony drama MUST stop now.
Ladies and gentlemen, I was among the many of us who criticized Hillary during the primaries. (FYI, I also criticized Obama, Edwards, and just about everyone else....) And the traditional media ...
chumley 08/26/2008 887 935 17 74
UPDATED!! "Arugula." That's all these morally bankrupt fools have.
Another one of John McCain's spokeswhiners came out yesterday to remind us for the 7 millionth time that John McCain was a POW a bunch of decades ago. In response to the absolute shellacking that ...
chumley 08/22/2008 63 23 - 19
OK, McCain:  time to bring your KEATING FIVE scandal back.
Confronted with his own ridiculous statement about not knowing how many houses he owns, John McCain resorted today to what every pampered elitist Republican does when faced with his own Washington, ...
chumley 08/21/2008 57 28 1 27
Jerome Corsi is a con man who stole investors' money.
Just when you thought the racist, anti-Catholic serial liar who authored the latest Obama hit piece couldn't go any lower, he manages to show yet another immoral side of himself. Jerome Corsi's ...
chumley 08/20/2008 19 21 - 33
Uppity John McCain is playing President already!
Some people just don't know their place. And there's a word for such people: uppity . Yes, you can say "presumptuous" if you want, but I find that word kind of weak. Doesn't ...
chumley 08/13/2008 44 41 - 18
McCain says: it's Obama's fault that I went negative.
Ah, John McCain. The maverick. ...Excuse me, the Maverick, capital "M." He really wanted this to be a clean election. He really, really wanted this to be a campaign about the issues facing ...
chumley 08/07/2008 305 359 7 44
Listen up, you shameless, lying fools in the news media...
Here's what Barack Obama actually said. This is the statement he made that got John McCain huffing and puffing about Obama playing the so-called "race card:" "So nobody really thinks ...
chumley 08/04/2008 24 8 - -
Ross Perot on John McCain. (Hint: he loathes him.)
I've always thought that Ross Perot was more than a little bit out of his mind, but... with the help of his beaucoup bucks, he did make an amazing showing for President in 1992. Perot got nearly 19%
chumley 07/31/2008 102 76 - 40
McCain promises to keep lying, like his buddy Karl Rove.
This is from Markos' front page story right now "McCain camp admits ad was false:" McCain's advisers said they ...
chumley 07/30/2008 15 10 1 6
Kudos to Joe Klein.  (Yes, Joe Klein!)
American politics has proven that many people can find some kind of redemption. I've not been a fan of Joe Klein over the years -- especially the past decade -- but lately he's been sounding more ...
chumley 07/29/2008 240 385 9 44
John McCain has no core principles. Or honor. Or decency.
John McCain's latest shameless, disgusting lie accusing Obama of having no time for the troops should make clear to anyone with a brainstem that McCain is a man without honor . He's ...
chumley 07/27/2008 29 21 1 22
Why is McCain a delicate flower who needs constant a*skissing?
I'll be blunt, here. Just how much ass-kissing does John McCain think he is owed? Barack Obama has constantly, consistently and repeatedly said he honors John McCain military ...
chumley 07/01/2008 367 572 15 51
I've been totally in agreement and support of President Bush.
...Thus spake John McCain, three years ago, on NBC's Sunday morning political show, MEET THE TIM RUSSERT. Yeah, it's not a very good sentence, grammar-wise, but... the idea is clear. And more to ...
chumley 06/12/2008 14 28 1 46
Senator Obama: please push for single-payer health care.
I love Barack Obama. He's a candidate I'm proud to work for, and support in every way I can. The man seems ready, willing, and able to lead us from the nightmare of the Bush years, into a ...
chumley 06/11/2008 33 30 - 15
RESOLVED: Joe Lieberman should be kicked out of the Democratic caucus. (Please vote)
Connecticut-for-Lieberman party member Joe Lieberman has once again slimed the Democratic candidate for President, Barack Obama. Lieberman, who has thrown his full support behind George W. ...
chumley 06/10/2008 607 957 25 64
Kudos to Laura Bush.
There's a whole hell of a lot I don't agree on with Laura Bush, and I think her husband is a criminal who should be impeached and / or prosecuted. But credit where credit is due. ...
chumley 06/09/2008 32 26 - 25
A quick reminder of McCain's dishonesty re: IRAQ.
John McCain has decided to put himself forward as the guy who has REALLY been around the block -- the steady old hand that we need, as opposed to the big-talking rube he's running against. And ...
chumley 06/06/2008 15 19 1 26
So we really can't impeach?  What, then?
Ladies and gentlemen, As you probably know, Sen. Jay Rockefeller's "Phase II" report on the pre-war Iraq intelligence was finally released today... four full years after the first ...
chumley 06/05/2008 53 27 2 22
The San Antonio Spurs "need a little time"
ESPN reports... The San Antonio Spurs "need a little time" to concede that they lost to the L.A. Lakers in the Conference Finals. (more!)
chumley 06/04/2008 42 21 - 17
There are as*holes in every political campaign.
As we come to the end of the Democratic primaries tonight, some very sore feelings linger in both the Clinton and Obama camps. Most of us here know both candidate's supporters' list of ...
chumley 06/03/2008 26 9 - 6
Please spare me the lectures about "unity."
A united Democratic party, ready to take on McCain? I'm all for it. Let's rally around the nominee, and take on the Republicans. Can't wait. But as of this night of Sunday June 2nd, there is ...
chumley 06/01/2008 97 34 1 17
OK, time for another round of Vice-President sweepstakes!
Who will be Obama's running mate? Though I'd like to believe that this is a totally original topic for a diary, I suspect that -- just possibly -- there might be roughly 7000 previous diaries on ...
chumley 05/26/2008 122 8 3 35
WVWV strikes again!
Somebody call Lamont Williams! It seems that "Women's Voices, Women's Votes" is screwing around again. This time, it's West Virginia.
chumley 05/10/2008 54 60 1 9
Sorry, no. Hillary Clinton IS a racist.
There's a diary on the Rec list right now by teacherken , someone whose writings I admire, especially in ...
chumley 05/09/2008 89 43 1 20
GRRRR!  I hates me them lousy elitist economists!! [UPDATED]
Hillary Clinton really told off those those ELITIST economists on Sunday morning with Little George. These so-called "experts" had the gall to oppose her gas tax pander holiday, and The ...
chumley 05/06/2008 83 27 - 19
Obama shouldn't say another word about Wright. Ever.
I haven't participated in the Wright discussion much, so please indulge me... Yesterday Barack Obama ended the relationship between himself and Rev. Wright in no uncertain terms. Period. Full stop.
chumley 04/30/2008 17 10 - 1
Is Hillary still working for Communists and Black Panthers?
[NOTE: I humbly request that you read this diary all the way to the end. And if the title and initial content make you angry, please skip right down. Thank you.] * * * It's been ...
chumley 04/28/2008 42 16 - 34
McCain again proves his ignorance in military matters.
If you take all the statements that John McCain has made about military and foreign affairs over the last few years and really examined them, it paints a portrait of a absolutely clueless man. ...
chumley 04/15/2008 23 14 1 -
Hillary uses Grover Norquist and Ed Rollins to bash Obama
According to John Cole , Hillary's campaign sent out an email today that contained the following Obama-is-doomed messages: ...
chumley 04/12/2008 18 8 1 7
It is over for me unless I apologize very soon.
Damn, I've gone and supported Obama. And Hillary is not happy with me. Man. I really should apologize. Yeah, I should apologize up and down to Hillary. She's been such a great national leader ...
chumley 04/11/2008 26 15 1 8
Brilliant new anti-McCain ad from MoveOn.org!
This will be a short diary, especially given that I usually have trouble keeping mine down to a reasonable length. But I mostly wanted to get this MoveOn ad out there, and hope that some friendly ...
chumley 04/10/2008 57 59 3 13
Rep. Patrick McHenry insults U.S. soldier serving in Iraq.
Patrick McHenry, Republican member of the house of Representatives, is a notorious chickenhawk. He didn't serve in the U.S. military, despite being a vocal cheerleader for the Iraq occupation at ...
chumley 04/04/2008 43 44 2 38
Another silly criticism of Obama put to rest.
This statement is from Hillary Clinton's campaign website, part of a charming list titled "Just Embellished Words: ...
chumley 03/28/2008 476 436 20 72
Before this war, some heroes stood up.
In the five years since the United States invaded and occupied Iraq, history has been revised by many interested parties. The myths usually involve some variation on a theme: "Saddam Hussein was a ...
chumley 03/19/2008 20 30 1 299
To every Republican calling on Spitzer to resign.
It was rough for many of us, being a Democrat yesterday. We saw one of the more dynamic members of our party, NY governor Elliot Spitzer, revealed as someone who likes to frequent expensive ...
chumley 03/11/2008 26 17 1 7
Chicago Tribune investigates Hillary's "experience"
The Chicago Tribune has done a pretty thorough investigation of Senator Clinton's claims of "experience," particularly in the foreign policy and crisis management arenas. I'd say the short take on ...
chumley 03/07/2008 397 472 20 72
Obama does NOT have a "lifetime of experience!"
"I think that I have a lifetime of experience that I will bring to the White House. I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience to the White House.
chumley 03/06/2008 40 30 1 35
It's time for John Edwards to endorse Obama.
First of all, congratulations to Hillary Clinton and her supporters here on this site. She had a great night, and revitalized her campaign. Second -- I'm aware that the title is presumptuous. ...
chumley 03/05/2008 69 14 1 9
Hillary ruins Christmas ...and other silly political ads.  
At Rifftrax.com , the minds behind the cult TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 have done a series ...
chumley 03/03/2008 4 - - -
I'm part of a cult. I admit it.
People of Daily Kos, While many of you here deny that you are a member of a cult, I freely embrace it. I can say without hesitation that I only feel safe and happy when part of a mindless, ant-...
chumley 02/26/2008 53 15 - 2
This Edwards supporter is now switching to Obama.
Like many Edwards supporters, I'm sorry to see him leave the race. But it's been clear for a while that this was going to be an uphill battle, and as the primaries unfolded it only got tougher. ...
chumley 01/30/2008 36 43 - 17
Did you know that the war in Iraq is over?
Fareed Zakaria does. Well, to be fair to Fareed, he says the war in Iraq has "largely" ended...not ended, per se . The man is a serious ...
chumley 01/22/2008 30 10 - -
Edwards' statement on Kerry's Obama endorsement.
Here it is, in its entirety : “Our country and our Party are ...
chumley 01/10/2008 123 16 - 15
Bill Clinton is embarrassing himself.
The Big Dawg is embarrassing himself. It's not pretty. When he was running for President back in 1992, Bill Clinton was accused of having a thin resume, lacking proper experience, and being ...
chumley 01/07/2008 51 21 1 6
Notes on another crappy, ridiculous Obama hit piece.
I'm a marginal Edwards supporter, and I wrote a diary about it a little while back . It's my only bona fide "candidate diary."
chumley 01/03/2008 312 283 6 30
Sean Hannity gets slapped around by Charles Grodin.
Actor, author, former talk show host and all-around strange fellow Charles Grodin gave Sean Hannity a shellacking on his show the other night. I've always liked Grodin as an actor, ...
chumley 12/18/2007 47 31 1 4
What is "fair game" in a candidate's past?
A Clinton campaign official expresses public concern that Barack Obama's admitted cocaine use when he was young will be seized on by the Republicans in a Presidential battle. Worse, he ...
chumley 12/14/2007 40 3 - -
Dana Perino is really dumb.
Well, she is. I'm sorry if that makes me a rabid lamb, but sometimes you have to call things what they are. Dana Perino is a complete dumbbell. First, the proof: She didn't know what ...
chumley 12/10/2007 115 23 1 25
WGA rally in Minneapolis tonight.  Come if you can!
Hi friends, I'm one of many Writers Guild of America members who DON'T live in Los Angeles or New York. Sure, the majority of people who belong to the WGA live in one of those two cities, since ...
chumley 12/08/2007 13 8 - 13
Congrats to all who smacked down the hostage conspiracy diary.
It's deleted. That disgusting, reeking piece of dookie which accused Hillary Clinton's campaign of staging the hostage situation is gone. And ladies and gentlemen, YOU made it possible. (applause.)
chumley 11/30/2007 281 104 4 7
Trent Lott's brother-in-law & nephew indicted on Federal bribery charges.
We know Trent Lott is taking his ball and going home (that is, K Street) from the Senate a few years early. The best theory out there so far for why Lott's doing this is that he wants to start ...
chumley 11/29/2007 28 17 - 6
I've made my decision: John Edwards for President.
Yes, as the title says, as of today I've decided to support John Edwards for the Democratic nomination for President of the U.S.A . You don't care what I've decided? I support that ...
chumley 10/31/2007 99 55 1 14
Iran is not a threat to the U.S.A., you cowardly fools.
This is addressed to anyone who thinks that Iran is a big threat to the U.S.A. Of course, we should define "threat" at the outset. Lots of things are minor threats, dangers, and /or ...
chumley 10/30/2007 38 26 - 55
I am NOT a drunk.  Stop saying I'm a drunk.
I am NOT a drunk. OK? Let me make it perfectly clear to you people: Chumley is not a drunk. It's not something Chumley is, or could be. I am the responsible father of two ...
chumley 10/29/2007 88 32 - 19
Putin: Iraq war an example of "political erotica."
Back in June 2001, after George W. Bush met Vladimir Putin for the first time, he claimed that he had gotten to know Putin's soul:
chumley 10/18/2007 50 22 - -
Nobel Prize winners are all scum, says Charles Krauthammer.
Charles Krauthammer, the ethics-free psychiatrist who regularly diagnoses his political opponents as insane , says that Al Gore winning a Nobel Prize puts him in the deserved company of ...
chumley 10/15/2007 291 224 4 27
MN-03: Jim Ramstad (GOP) may not be retiring, after all.
I live in the MN-03 district, where Republican Jim Ramstad announced last month that he'd be retiring after this term. See Markos' ...
chumley 10/11/2007 19 7 - 3
Democrat creeps exploit a child's tragedy.
[ Come with me into an alternate universe, where Democratic President George W. Bush is running for reelection in 2004... But where Karl Rove and his media partners (Limbaugh, ...
chumley 10/09/2007 28 22 1 13
In Which I Sacrifice Myself for Daily Kos.
Dear Kosmopolitans: There's a lot of tension around here lately. It's primary season, which always causes group brawling on this site -- or any political site. Add to it the fact that this 2008 ...
chumley 10/07/2007 148 33 - 1
Wesley Clark is wrong about Kyl-Lieberman.
General Wesley Clark published an article in the Huffington Post the other day titled "I Support Hillary'
chumley 10/05/2007 69 29 - 9
Rush Limbaugh is right.
Rush Limbaugh is right. He may be not right about what he thinks he's right about, but...he's zeroed in on an undeniable truth. If there's anything Limbaugh's recent remarks have ...
chumley 10/03/2007 49 27 - -
Michael Medved says slavery wasn't THAT bad.
Mustachioed Gene Shalit-wannabe Michael Medved , who ran into the loving arms of the rightwing movement years ago after years of doing the thumbs-up, thumbs-down thing as a Hollywood ...
chumley 09/28/2007 103 38 1 143
My spirited defense of Gen. David Petraeus.
You probably haven't heard, but apparently -- rumor has it -- the rightwingers in this country are unhappy with the recent MoveOn.org ad which asked the question "General Petraeus or General Betrayus?
chumley 09/25/2007 45 31 1 3
Here's what Bush said to sell The Surge in January.
This diary is mostly excerpts of what George W. Bush said waaaay back in January, fresh off the electoral "thumping" of November 2006. I offer it as a reminder that we are dealing with a serial ...
chumley 09/13/2007 11 5 - -
Dear God. There's yet another Kagan.
So you thought we'd exhausted our supply of necocon, Iraq war-cheerleading chickenhawk Kagans? Sorry, another one just emerged. Her name is Kimberley Kagan, and she's the wife of uber ...
chumley 09/06/2007 34 16 - 9
A pep talk for Senator Larry Craig.
Senator Craig. May I call you Larry? No? OK... Senator Craig. You have been treated badly, sir. Horribly. You have been ill-used. And it troubles me, sir, it really does. ...
chumley 09/04/2007 41 7 - -
Not work safe.  (A silly but obscene post.)
It's Labor Day, and I'm trying to get a day's work done here at my computer before we barbecue later. I'm failing. One reason: I'm at my computer, where distractions are infinite. So as I ...
chumley 09/03/2007 38 4 - -
Hillary Clinton surrenders "terror" issue to GOP.  
(Temporary blogging hiatus interrupted, again. Because I am apparently a junkie, and this story made steam come out of my ears. Which hurts.) ***** Ladies and ...
chumley 08/24/2007 730 368 5 82
BREAKING: Warner and Lugar actually challenge Bush on Iraq?
Popping out of my summer blogging hiatus for a moment (I'm failing miserably so far) because I just saw this. It seems that GOP Senators John Warner and Richard Lugar might be offering ...
chumley 07/13/2007 51 21 - 4
Ed Schultz "officially" announces that he's FOR impeachment.
(Ending voluntarily exile from DKos for a minute, to get this out there ASAP...) Progressive radio host just announced that he is "officially" (his word) FOR impeachment. He said it ...
chumley 07/10/2007 56 37 - 14
GBCW.
GBCW. ~ or ~ G OT B ABY, C AN'T W RITE. Dear ...
chumley 07/02/2007 214 234 5 31