Posting History for chumley
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| "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 |
| "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 |
| "Bobo" Brooks Shills for Bolton. Shocking!! | chumley | 05/12/2005 | 13 | 7 | - | - |
| 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 |
| A bit of fun for this very serious day... | chumley | 07/20/2005 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| A Message from New Orleans' French Quarter | chumley | 09/05/2005 | 9 | 23 | 2 | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 |
| A speech for Harry Reid (no charge, sir!) | chumley | 04/28/2005 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Alito Believes in Strip-Searching Ten Year Old Girls [UPDATED] | chumley | 10/31/2005 | 485 | 217 | 4 | 415 |
| Another Republic Party wanker -- LITERALLY. Oh, those sexually twisted Republicans. What sexual depravity haven't they been caught at yet?
Today's Republic Party sexual pervert is a septugenarian ex-Congressman from ... |
chumley | 02/16/2007 | 44 | 20 | 1 | - |
| 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 |
| Antonin Scalia declares war on the English language (poll) | chumley | 08/30/2005 | 13 | 5 | - | - |
| As a Democrat, I'm embarrassed. FIGHT, damn it! (w/ poll) | chumley | 06/09/2005 | 16 | 4 | - | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bill Kristol: Bush got people killed... but I'm fine with that! | chumley | 09/13/2005 | 16 | 9 | - | - |
| BLOWBACK: Why I welcome Disney to air PT 9-11 | chumley | 09/09/2006 | 93 | 20 | 1 | - |
| Bob Ney: Not merely corrupt, but also a TRAITOR? | chumley | 01/16/2006 | 7 | 13 | - | 24 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bush finally acts to help Katrina victims...in the OIL INDUSTRY | chumley | 08/31/2005 | 8 | 5 | - | - |
| Bush getting destroyed in AOL poll | chumley | 08/15/2005 | 17 | 8 | - | - |
| Bush runs the Iraq play again. Will Congress fall for it? Will Congress fall for it AGAIN?
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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 | - | - |
| Bush to Iraqi people: OUR LIVES ARE WORTH MORE THAN YOURS | chumley | 06/19/2005 | 9 | 4 | - | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Chuck Colson says: We Must Obey Our Jihadist Masters! | chumley | 08/08/2005 | 7 | 6 | - | - |
| Clinton still pissed. Big Dawg to Mouse: "This Ain't Over" | chumley | 09/11/2006 | 509 | 522 | 19 | 108 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| David Brooks: back to shilling for the GOP (with poll) | chumley | 09/12/2005 | 13 | - | - | - |
| Dean Should Dog Bush's Social Security Roadshow | chumley | 03/07/2005 | 22 | 15 | - | 2 |
| 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 |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Former Republican Senator Denounces Current GOP | chumley | 03/10/2005 | 72 | 99 | - | 8 |
| Four Years Ago Today: August 6, 2001 | chumley | 08/06/2005 | 7 | 11 | - | 14 |
| Fox News in public places -- make 'em turn it OFF! | chumley | 06/10/2005 | 20 | 12 | - | 2 |
| Gary Hart smacks down Giuliani. Hard. Rudolph Giuliani found a new depth of shamefulness this week.
He decided to follow the Bush-Rove-Cheney playbook of attacking Democrats as weak on terror, based on...absolutely NOTHING. No ... |
chumley | 04/28/2007 | 42 | 46 | - | 2 |
| 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 |
| GBCW. GBCW.
~ or ~
G OT B ABY, C AN'T W RITE.
Dear ... |
chumley | 07/02/2007 | 214 | 234 | 5 | 31 |
| 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 |
| George W. Bush: the GOP's anvil. James Carville has become such a shameful Beltway hack that I kinda hate to quote him right off the bat. But even though he doesn't walk the walk, he has on occasion let a good quip fly. Here's ... |
chumley | 06/17/2007 | 49 | 10 | - | - |
| 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 |
| Have I gone batsh*t insane, or has David Ignatius? I'm willing to believe it might be me. Honest to Jeebus, it might even be refreshing to know that this Iraq horror show has been a product of my sick, twisted subconscious, and that I'm ... |
chumley | 05/22/2007 | 56 | 21 | - | 5 |
| 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 |
| HELP OUR SOLIDERS AND EXPOSE THE GOP: A Proposal | chumley | 06/01/2005 | 8 | 3 | - | - |
| Help! My dear mother is sending me GOP propaganda! | chumley | 07/24/2005 | 52 | 5 | - | - |
| 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 |
| Here's my advice for the next Dem debate. What's yours? It's here, folks. The next debate between the Democratic candidates for President takes place Sunday at 7 PM EST on CNN, hosted by Wolf Blitzer , live ... |
chumley | 06/01/2007 | 19 | 8 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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.)
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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 |
| 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 | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Howard Dean just on Ed Schultz show | chumley | 09/08/2005 | 172 | 194 | 9 | 8 |
| Hundreds of thousands of lives ago... I am feeling a bit wistful this morning. It's not how I usually wake up, and it may have something to do with my wife and daughter visiting her family (I couldn't join 'em because of work). On ... |
chumley | 05/21/2007 | 10 | 7 | - | 2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| I hope Scooter Libby doesn't get RAPED BY A BEAR in prison. Many of you bastard-people here on Daily Kos are gloating that Scooter Libby has to spend some time in prison. He is a traitor to this country, no doubt about it, so I share your sense of justice. |
chumley | 06/15/2007 | 65 | 14 | - | 6 |
| I recommend you Recommend... | chumley | 07/22/2005 | 4 | - | - | - |
| I saw Jon Stewart live last night. I am a lucky bastard.
My wife and I got to see Jon Stewart perform live last night here in Minneapolis, at the Orpheum Theater downtown. It's a beautiful, classic old theater, where he performed ... |
chumley | 05/19/2007 | 44 | 24 | 1 | 6 |
| I smacked George Will around. It was fun. | chumley | 08/12/2005 | 28 | 9 | - | - |
| I stole my neighbor's car last week. [UPDATED] Last week my Honda Accord was in the shop for a few days, and it really bugged me. I had places to go; people to see.
Then I happened to look in the driveway next door to my house, and saw that ... |
chumley | 03/28/2007 | 74 | 22 | 1 | 5 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| In Praise of Ned Lamont | chumley | 11/08/2006 | 26 | 16 | - | 11 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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.]
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It's been ... |
chumley | 04/28/2008 | 42 | 16 | - | 34 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | - | - |
| Joementum hires DLC's Bulls**t Moose (Don't know if this has been diaried yet. If so, I couldn't find it via tags. But to paraphrasee Johhny Cochran: If it's a repeat, I must delete . ...Well, if someone asks, ... |
chumley | 11/21/2006 | 23 | 6 | - | - |
| 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 |
| John Kerry: great guy, still an AWFUL candidate (with poll) | chumley | 11/22/2005 | 30 | 5 | - | - |
| 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 |
| Jonah Goldberg hearts John McCain's Iraq delusions In a sane world, John McCain would be nothing but a complete laughingstock by now. His credibility would be deep in the Marianna Trench, sinking into the primordial ooze, never to be seen again. |
chumley | 04/10/2007 | 20 | 8 | - | - |
| Katrina not a time for politics? HOGWASH. | chumley | 09/01/2005 | 19 | 10 | - | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Lieberman considers "civility" a one-way street (poll) | chumley | 09/05/2006 | 5 | 2 | - | 4 |
| 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 | - | - |
| LTE RAGE over Bush's rah-rah war speech | chumley | 06/30/2005 | 9 | 5 | - | - |