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Alito Believes in Strip-Searching Ten Year Old Girls [UPDATED]
chumley 10/31/2005 485 217 4 415
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
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
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
Clinton still pissed. Big Dawg to Mouse: "This Ain't Over"
chumley 09/11/2006 509 522 19 108
William F. Buckley:  Iraq war is lost; GOP nearly dead. [UPDATED]
I am not a great fan of William F. Buckley, one of the fathers of modern conservatism. But his obvious intelligence and willingness to live in reality (more so as Mr. Buckley has gotten older) make ...
chumley 04/30/2007 303 349 14 102
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
GBCW
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Here's how Matthew Dowd can make REAL amends
As everyone knows by now, former Bush campaign strategist Matthew Dowd broke with George W. Bush today, declaring in the NY Times ...
chumley 04/01/2007 25 20 - 35
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
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
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
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
GBCW.
GBCW. ~ or ~ G OT B ABY, C AN'T W RITE. Dear ...
chumley 07/02/2007 214 234 5 31
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
A (qualified) apology for yesterday's Drudge diary
Dear friends at Daily Kos: For anyone who cares -- with a day's perspective, I wish I hadn't posted that Drudge diary here at Daily Kos yesterday. My apologies. (si, mas)
chumley 04/03/2007 110 14 - 28
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
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
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
What's YOUR stand on Impeachment?  Please vote.
Like many people at Daily Kos, I'm pleased to see that the idea of impeachment for the Bush gang is getting serious discussion here lately. I'd like to do a poll to see what kind of support the ...
chumley 06/25/2007 462 295 6 26
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
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
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
Bob Ney: Not merely corrupt, but also a TRAITOR?
chumley 01/16/2006 7 13 - 24
Let's be clear: this is what REPUBLICANS want for Iraq.
We have spent a lot of time on this site talking about what the Democrats in Congress should and shouldn't do in regards to the Iraq occupation. And of course, we ought to be having this ...
chumley 05/18/2007 62 29 - 24
We need to talk about what "reality-based" means.
Friends, we need a reality check. Or perhaps better put: a "reality" check. It seems like many discussions at Daily Kos these days eventually reach a point where one commentor asserts that ...
chumley 06/19/2007 53 16 - 23
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
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
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
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
Help me debunk a wingnut email sent by my... Mommy [UPDATED]
Don't get me wrong. My mother's a lovely person in many ways. She's in her early 70s, loves her grandchildren (including my daughter) beyond words, and she's quite a gentle soul. Yet deep ...
chumley 04/21/2007 79 19 1 20
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
"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
Sen Norm Coleman (R-MN.) injures himself DUMPSTER DIVING
There's a lot of buzz right now here in Minnesota about Al Franken's run for the Senate in 2008, which seems on the verge of an official announcement. Some Franken fans are ecstatic that he's ...
chumley 02/01/2007 61 21 - 19
Results and analysis of yesterday's Impeachment poll. [UPDATED.]
Thanks to everyone who voted and commented in the Impeachment poll I diaried yesterday. While I think it's worth keeping in mind ...
chumley 06/26/2007 48 15 - 19
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
No more free passes for RELIGION!
chumley 04/17/2005 411 274 1 16
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
It's time for an Iraq War TAX.  
I just read SusanG's FP post about another horror-filled day in Iraq . It's infuriating -- and absolutely sickening -- that we're now ...
chumley 04/14/2007 46 14 - 15
Impeach Gonzales now.  Seriously.
Last week Alberto Gonzales achieved the impossible, and managed to embarrass some truly shameless rightwing Republicans. Gonzales' performance testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee ...
chumley 04/23/2007 44 32 1 15
President Hillary Clinton.
An open letter to all Republicans, and their media allies: Look at the title of this diary. It's a real possibility that in January 2009, that is what we be calling Senator ...
chumley 07/01/2007 81 26 - 15
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
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
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
Four Years Ago Today: August 6, 2001
chumley 08/06/2005 7 11 - 14
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
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
Proof positive: rightwing SCOTUS judges are the real ACTIVISTS
chumley 07/05/2005 15 14 - 13
NBC's Brian Williams asks you to feel sorry for him. [UPDATED]
Poor rich talking heads. How they suffer for our sins. Today admitted Rush Limbaugh fan Brian Williams requests our pity for the truly awful decision he and his cronies at NBC News had to make ...
chumley 04/20/2007 100 40 - 13
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
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
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
In Praise of Ned Lamont
chumley 11/08/2006 26 16 - 11
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
Republican Spokeswoman Ann Coulter
Republican Spokeswoman Ann Coulter. Republican Spokesman Rush Limbaugh. Republican Spokesman Sean Hannity. Republican Spokesman Glenn Beck. Republican Spokeswoman Michelle Malkin.
chumley 03/03/2007 28 22 - 10
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
Nicholas Kristof, Inexcusable Hack
chumley 07/04/2005 22 6 - 9
A bit of fun for this very serious day...
chumley 07/20/2005 3 - - 9
REJECTED: Rupert Murdoch's bid to buy Wall Street Journal
Rapacious rightwing enabler Rupert Murdoch has been shot out of the saddle, for once. His bid to aquire the Wall Street ...
chumley 05/02/2007 25 18 1 9
To Mitt Romney, with love.  A gift.
Oh Mitt. Mitt Mitt Mitt Mitt Mitt Mitt. Mittster. Mitten. Le Mittiene. Francois MITTerand. The Mittenator. Catcher's MITT. Bratwurst MITT Brot. God I love ya, ya big lug. You're so......
chumley 05/16/2007 30 13 - 9
Tony Snow thinks the Founding Fathers were big SISSIES. (poll)
I may have to finally take off my Tony Snow bracelet . The love just isn't there anymore. As a fellow human ...
chumley 06/14/2007 40 19 - 9
Chris Matthews' feces-flinging baboon: Ann Coulter.  
Because someone had to weigh in on the little-noticed encounter between Ann Coulter and Elizabeth Edwards, I thought I'd better break the ice. I kid, of course. I want to make a ...
chumley 06/28/2007 40 17 - 9
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
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
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
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
Former Republican Senator Denounces Current GOP
chumley 03/10/2005 72 99 - 8
Howard Dean just on Ed Schultz show
chumley 09/08/2005 172 194 9 8
Say it loud : the GOP wants our soldiers to NEVER leave Iraq (poll)
chumley 11/18/2005 28 13 - 8
What "Freedom of Speech" is.  And isn't.
Yup, another Imus-related diary. Please walk on if you're done with that. No offense taken, I promise. More power to you. And The Imus Affair is only a jumping-off point, as you'll ...
chumley 04/12/2007 124 28 1 8
Calm the Hysteria: it's not the worst diary ever
The "George W. Bush is not the worst president ever" diary below is definitely a lousy diary. No doubt about that. It is among the worst. But there is really no basis to conclude that it is THE ...
chumley 05/07/2007 86 20 1 8
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