Posting History for Geekesque
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| Two faces of Bill: Clinton rejects, plays 'race card' (Forgive the use of a rightwing term, but what Bill is doing here is using rightwing framing)
Just when you thought Bill Clinton had jumped over his last shark, he pulls a rare-combo--accusing ... |
Geekesque | 01/24/2008 | 161 | 51 | 3 | 31 |
| Clinton Israel statement possibly undermines Mideast negotiations Hillary Clinton produced a very worthy health care proposal yesterday that drew praise from pundits as diverse as David Brooks and Ezra Klein.
We should give her props for that.
However, her ... |
Geekesque | 09/18/2007 | 332 | 50 | - | 14 |
| John Solomon's spirit lives on: The AP smears John Edwards Goodness knows I never thought I'd submit a diary defending John Edwards, but the AP has sunk to Fox News level of discourse here.
In a twist, of course, they play hometown ref in favor of ... |
Geekesque | 02/28/2007 | 103 | 48 | 2 | 13 |
| (UPDATED) Hillary: "I would certainly take nuclear weapons off the table" I'm sure some people are having trouble believing that Ms. Clinton would make such a statement. Not because it's an unwise statement--indeed it makes some sense.
But rather, because Ms. Clinton ... |
Geekesque | 08/09/2007 | 359 | 47 | - | 16 |
| Clarity + Respect = Strength and Electability. Cross-posted at OMS.
Yesterday I examined the numbers behind ... |
Geekesque | 11/15/2007 | 207 | 46 | 1 | 12 |
| McCain campaign: Terrorist attack on US soil would be 'big advantage' Yep, John McCain, not content to become Bush's third Term, has decided to make his campaign all about him being the next Dick Cheney.
... |
Geekesque | 06/23/2008 | 46 | 46 | 4 | 19 |
| This just in: Edwards still matters A lot of people had assumed that the 2008 primary race had become a two-person race. This theme was reinforced by the recent media spat between Clinton and Obama.
But, it was also born out by ... |
Geekesque | 07/26/2007 | 226 | 42 | 1 | 14 |
| Clinton blogs, LA Times regurgitate far-right attacks on Obama Currently, the race to the bottom amongst the few remaining pro-Clinton blogs is between Larry Johnson's NO QUARTER (now receiving an influx of traffic from places like Free Republic) and, in a bit ... |
Geekesque | 04/11/2008 | 92 | 41 | 1 | 50 |
| Attention media figures: John Boehner has major ethics issues. | Geekesque | 11/17/2006 | 28 | 40 | - | 138 |
| Republican Senator calls out Joementum's weaselish McCarthyism That Joe Lieberman is a sycophantic, unprincipled weasel who licks the boots of power is now a matter of bi-partisan agreement.
Today, mindful of how history has judged others and how it will ... |
Geekesque | 01/24/2007 | 48 | 40 | - | 9 |
| Finally! The Obama campaign uses the "L" word. Recommend TomP's excellent diary on this subject!
As in "lies." As in dishonesty, deceipt, and deception.
As in, ... |
Geekesque | 09/08/2008 | 31 | 40 | - | 20 |
| Clinton to outraise Obama, but at what cost? Two stories running today discuss the outstanding success Hillary Clinton has had raising money this quarter. This should surprise, well, no sentient being. Clinton has been dominating the polls, ... |
Geekesque | 09/26/2007 | 107 | 39 | 2 | 13 |
| Congressional Democrats ready to fold on Iraq Do you want to know what all of the internal fighting, struggle, sweat, and debate amongst Democrats is going produce?
'Advisory' guidelines.
Yep. We get to pass a bill that gives Bush advice. |
Geekesque | 04/19/2007 | 87 | 38 | - | 14 |
| Obama's website asks: "Can Obama's substance match his style?" I've tried to avoid writing primary 2008 diaries for a whole host of reasons (the foremost of which is that they're grossly premature).
But Barack Obama's website is featuring something ... |
Geekesque | 04/30/2007 | 83 | 38 | 1 | 10 |
| The polls are right--Clinton will win Nevada, which isn't New Hampshire The big lesson that everyone seems to have learned from New Hampshire is that polls simply can't be trusted. And that, thus, nobody really knows who's going to win Nevada.
That's nonsense.
... |
Geekesque | 01/18/2008 | 214 | 38 | - | 18 |
| Salon: Obama is a girly man and Hillary is butch I think we have reached a new low from the folks at Salon.com. Not low for them, but low for the world of political commentary.
You see, Obama is a positive, caring person. Which makes him a ... |
Geekesque | 07/12/2007 | 121 | 37 | 1 | 9 |
| Bob Shrum: I pushed Edwards to vote for war (To be honest, this makes me think more highly of Edwards and especially his wife. And it seems like classic DC consultant crap that they fed him.)
In case anyone had any silly notions about ... |
Geekesque | 03/13/2007 | 114 | 35 | - | 7 |
| Forget Britney's junk! Obama smacks whiny Chuck Grassley in Iowa over Iraq The title refers to this obnoxious diary.
Barack Obama is doing a very good thing in his primary campaign stops.
He's calling ... |
Geekesque | 05/11/2007 | 77 | 35 | - | 19 |
| Democrats in Congress NAIL Obama on Guantanamo! The great liberal/progressive revolt has begun in Congress. Feeling powerless to torpedo the tax deal Obama cut with the Republicans, House Democrats finally stood up for 'progressive' values in an ... |
Geekesque | 12/10/2010 | 116 | 34 | - | 88 |
| John Warner (R-VA) seeking to effectively force US withdrawal via Trojan Horse? There was a lot of buzz last week regarding Feingold-Reid (or Reid-Feingold). However, virtually no attention was paid to the Warner Amendment, which was rejected 52-44 along mostly party-line ... |
Geekesque | 05/22/2007 | 49 | 32 | 1 | 26 |
| Rightwing wacko melts down on US Senate floor, whines that Obama is undermining bipartisanship Apparently Senate Republicans didn't get the memo that Barack Obama only cares about making sure that everyone gets along. Obama's unabashedly pro-family and progressive amendment to the ... |
Geekesque | 06/07/2007 | 42 | 31 | - | 17 |
| You idiots (McCain edition) Once again folks on the Netroots are being played for chumps.
Last time, it was the stupid Moveon advertisement nontroversy.
This ... |
Geekesque | 05/22/2008 | 45 | 31 | 1 | 13 |
| Stop wasting time here already Seriously.
Just stop with the ranting and the defending and the hiderating and the uprating and the complaining.
Why?
I'll tell you why. |
Geekesque | 04/10/2011 | 31 | 31 | - | 408 |
| John Mearsheimer does his best to prove critics right When Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer wrote The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy , many critics tried to ... |
Geekesque | 09/26/2011 | 84 | 31 | - | 534 |
| Clinton forms new 527: Lolcats for Truth. I'm sure everyone has seen the story about an old Friend of Bill (FOB) trying to dig up dirt on Barack Obama's past as a ... |
Geekesque | 12/11/2007 | 45 | 30 | - | 1 |
| Shocking! Netanyahu Jr. is a Muslim-hating bigot. Yair Netanyahu, oldest son of Israeli Prime Minister and a member of the IDF media relations unit, has gone ahead and committed the political crime of candor on his Facebook page. |
Geekesque | 06/24/2011 | 180 | 30 | - | 587 |
| Head of group (Fidelis) calling for Dems to repudiate Marcotte is an editor at Redstate.com I'll make this short and sweet.
In an attempt to follow up, tag-team style on the Edwards bloggerz flap, the 'national Catholic-based advocacy group" Fidelis has called upon Senators Clinton ... |
Geekesque | 02/13/2007 | 30 | 29 | 1 | - |
| A Republican shows Democratic wannabe 'leaders' how it's done. Former Senator Alan K. Simpson, a Republican from Wyoming, has a startling opinion column in the Washington Post today.
Startling because the headline is more honest and blunt on the issue of anti- |
Geekesque | 03/14/2007 | 42 | 29 | 1 | 35 |
| Guess what folks? Iowa is a three-way tie (new poll). Oh man.
Just when Hillary Clintonlooks like an unstoppable juggernaut, that pesky Iowa reminds folks that it matters, just as John Edwards and Barack Obama still matter.
The shocking, ... |
Geekesque | 08/03/2007 | 103 | 29 | 2 | 3 |
| Senate Democrats + House Blue Dogs to dismantle Obama jobs plan on behalf of Republican colleagues In a determined effort to convince the base that losing their Senate majority would be no big deal, Senate Democrats are already trying to dismantle the jobs program, and using Republican talking ... |
Geekesque | 09/14/2011 | 27 | 29 | 1 | 225 |
| Pakistan debunks Obama claims (snort, chuckle, guffaw) The name of Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States is Mahmud Ali Durrani. The English translation of his name is "Tony Snow" I believe. He recently gave an interview which calls to mind ... |
Geekesque | 08/07/2007 | 67 | 27 | - | 13 |
| Who will win North Indy-lina? It's tempting to think of two separate contests a week from today. In reality, there is only one contest--the quest for the Democratic nomination. And on May 6, there will be a loser and there ... |
Geekesque | 04/29/2008 | 43 | 27 | 1 | 23 |
| Virulently racist NYPD Facebook group exposed The West Indian American Day Parade, held every Labor Day in the heart of Brooklyn, is one of the largest cultural events in the country. Attended by upwards of 2 million spectators, it's Carnival ... |
Geekesque | 12/06/2011 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 189 |
| The Mohammed cartoons--don't fall for the hype. | Geekesque | 02/04/2006 | 32 | 25 | - | 17 |
| Can we please call her "Senator Clinton?" (UPDATED) Here at Dkos, and on the Internets in general, references to "Barack" and "John" and even "Dennis" aren't used to refer to candidates.
But, one candidate is commonly referred to by her first name. ... |
Geekesque | 01/20/2007 | 104 | 25 | - | 6 |
| STFU about Clinton not being electable (Updated) UPDATE: Some people don't like being told to STFU.
Fine.
If your argument is valid, you'll have facts and logic to support it. Without those, the electability meme is just an unsupported, ... |
Geekesque | 02/07/2007 | 265 | 25 | 1 | 8 |
| Out of Iraq Caucus and Blue Dogs unite on timeline for withdrawal The Appropriations Committee voted today on the timeline for withdrawal from Iraq and the overall supplemental appropriation.
Long story short: the vote was a victory for the good guys.
... |
Geekesque | 03/15/2007 | 34 | 25 | - | 18 |
| Dodd raps Clinton for feeding her own polarizing image Hillary Clinton made a curious choice this week--release an ad decrying the Vast Rightwing Conspiracy (VRWC) while at the same time trying to combat her image as polarizing.
Chris Dodd pounced, ... |
Geekesque | 11/20/2007 | 126 | 25 | - | 5 |
| Brokeback Mountain continues to torment wingnuts | Geekesque | 01/24/2006 | 64 | 24 | 1 | - |
| Kent Conrad tightens budgetary screws on Iraq war, Bush Kent Conrad is Chair of the Senate Budget Committee. He also is the only current Senator from a Red State to vote against the Iraq War Resolution. And he's a deficit hawk.
In other words, he's ... |
Geekesque | 03/01/2007 | 26 | 24 | - | 18 |
| Obama, funding, Iraq, and negotiations In the FP story where mcjoan felt compelled to give theblaz's dead horse one more kick in the ribs, it became abundantly ... |
Geekesque | 04/11/2007 | 75 | 24 | - | 17 |
| Somebody just ratted out Karl Rove | Geekesque | 10/21/2005 | 46 | 23 | - | - |
| Gannon redux or is Rep. Hoekstra a filthy liar? | Geekesque | 06/22/2006 | 17 | 23 | - | 7 |
| Republicans angry at Bush over healthcare for children If one wants any proof that the years of tireless advocacy for healthcare reform and protecting the rights of children have paid some dividends, one need look no further than the Republican outrage ... |
Geekesque | 09/21/2007 | 25 | 23 | - | - |
| Republicans spit on unemployed; Reid, Obama bash Republicans So, the filibuster was broken yesterday (barely), which means full speed ahead on granting immediate relief to those who have suffered because of that filibuster, right? |
Geekesque | 07/21/2010 | 26 | 23 | - | 40 |
| Are Brangelina Kossacks? If they're not, they serve as proof that dynamics we see at play here extend beyond cyberspace.
It appears the world's sexiest couple got into a fight that we have seen replicated thousands of ... |
Geekesque | 08/06/2007 | 101 | 22 | - | 9 |
| White House punished by NFL for illegal spying New York (Geek News Services)
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reacted swiftly and sharply to the revelation that the Bush Administration had illegally spied on American citizens by fining ... |
Geekesque | 09/14/2007 | 24 | 22 | - | 9 |
| Chuck Grassley: Who cares what I think about Iraq? I'm only a Senator! For those outside of Iowa, Barack Obama and Chucky Grassley, who has been embarrassing Iowa since 1974, have been sparring over Iraq.
Well, not exactly. They've been sparring over talking about ... |
Geekesque | 05/12/2007 | 12 | 21 | - | 20 |
| Meeting with foreign leaders--let's answer the question as asked. Since this is the big dividing line between the two leading primary contenders in national polling and fundraising, it's only fair to see where most Kossacks actually stand on the issue.
In order ... |
Geekesque | 07/27/2007 | 164 | 21 | - | 6 |
| Do we care about the First Amendment, or just our political message? The subject of the First Amendment and its scope has been the subject of many discussions and even more claims.
But, most discussions do not revolve around how to determine the balance between a ... |
Geekesque | 11/18/2011 | 215 | 21 | 3 | 368 |
| The Swiftboating of the Generals who want Rumsfeld to resign has begun | Geekesque | 04/13/2006 | 29 | 20 | - | 26 |
| Civil war erupts in Iraqi parliament | Geekesque | 11/02/2006 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 139 |
| NH: Sununu will vote with Bush, but not appear in public with him The word 'triangulation' is one of the most overused words in the political lexicon. It's stale rhetoric just as it's a stale tactic.
However, I think we need to come up with a new word--'... |
Geekesque | 07/23/2007 | 23 | 20 | - | 7 |
| Scandal! Iraq state TV accuses Bush of releasing terrorist!! | Geekesque | 11/01/2006 | 26 | 19 | - | 17 |
| Seeing a different game on Iraq Over the weekend and into this week, there was a lot of excited chatter and angst over the Democratic response to Bush's inevitable veto of the supplemental funding bill and various candidate ... |
Geekesque | 04/05/2007 | 42 | 19 | - | 15 |
| We should be more reasonable than Dick Cheney. This diary is going to piss a lot of people off.
Well, that's too bad.
Because I am in full-on gadfly mode.
Because, dogmas need to be debunked.
More below the fold. |
Geekesque | 05/14/2007 | 143 | 19 | - | 8 |
| Forget Petraeus: The Crocker report is the key to Iraq in September As just about everyone knows, in September General David Petraeus is going to give a report on the success or failure of the 2007 escalation in Iraq.
Obviously, that report will be a big deal (to ... |
Geekesque | 06/29/2007 | 20 | 19 | - | 17 |
| Senate Democrats Eager to Pass "Permanent Occupation" Resolution The fallout from President Obama's noble blunder continues. Senate Democrats are now eagerly lining up to sign a resolution, sponsored by Orrin Hatch, explicitly repudiating the 1967 lines as a ... |
Geekesque | 05/25/2011 | 67 | 19 | 1 | 276 |
| Israel, UK trying to drag US into war with Iran(?) Seeking perhaps to replicate the success of the Sarkozy-Cameron coalition against Gaddafi, it appears that David Cameron and Benjamin Netanyahu are pushing hard for an imminent strike on Iranian ... |
Geekesque | 11/02/2011 | 163 | 19 | - | 387 |
| The 'liberal' L.A. Times: "Obama the Magic Negro" (UPDATED) No, that title is not snark. That's what the latest in the "Obama can't be who people think he is" nonsense. I can't tell if it's intended as a bigger dig at Obama himself or those silly white ... |
Geekesque | 03/19/2007 | 209 | 18 | - | 11 |
| Jack Abramoff, progressive OWS truthteller? Let me get this straight.
Jack Abramoff is a convicted liar. He is a felon. He is a fraudster.
His name is synonymous with corruption. He is also a lifelong Republican partisan hack. His best ... |
Geekesque | 11/07/2011 | 51 | 18 | - | 210 |
| Two sentences explain Brazile's Katrina comments | Geekesque | 09/20/2005 | 17 | 17 | - | - |
| (UPDATED) Progressive Caucus shows no mercy to Republicans on Iraq Behind the scenes in Washington, the Progressive caucus has killed a proposal that would have let Congressional Republicans triangulate by pretending to vote against Bush but that would not have ... |
Geekesque | 08/02/2007 | 22 | 17 | - | 18 |
| The Supreme Court is THE problem. "This court would not only have to stretch, it would have to abandon and completely overrule a lot of modern precedent, which would do grave damage to this court, in its credibility and power. The ... |
Geekesque | 03/30/2012 | 37 | 17 | - | 183 |
| I've discovered the true agenda behind the CT diaries. | Geekesque | 05/30/2006 | 65 | 16 | 1 | 7 |
| Al Simpson must . . . stay? (minor update) There has been a lot of uproar about the disgraceful comments about women and Social Security made by Al Simpson, co-chair of the National Commission on ... |
Geekesque | 08/30/2010 | 50 | 16 | - | 31 |
| Yemen's dictator decides to avoid Going Gaddafi Given that Ben Ali is a free man living the good life in Saudi Arabia while Hosni Mubarak is rotting in jail and Muommar Gaddafi is pushing up daisies, it shouldn't be surprising ... |
Geekesque | 11/23/2011 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 99 |
| Revenge of the Evilcons: The fall of Redstate | Geekesque | 02/09/2006 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 8 |
| Redstate.org says "We demand judicial activism!" | Geekesque | 11/03/2005 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 9 |
| Dem presidential contender supports caving on Iraq, embraces LIEberman as 'friend' I can only assume that everyone on Daily Kos will join me in denouncing this candidate, who went on national television and undermined his own party.
The gory details below the fold. |
Geekesque | 05/24/2007 | 149 | 14 | - | 17 |
| White House Fact Sheet: Infrastructure is the new hostage Joe Biden tried to convince House Democrats yesterday that the administration was ... |
Geekesque | 08/02/2011 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 144 |
| A modest proposal regarding Hillary Clinton It is no exaggeration to state that Senator Clinton's detractors outnumber her supports by a wide margin at this site. Indeed, there are more diaries dedicated to trashing her here than there are ... |
Geekesque | 02/19/2007 | 116 | 13 | - | 3 |
| Wingnut bloggers explode over irrelevant story. | Geekesque | 11/22/2005 | 36 | 12 | - | 9 |
| Tom Reynolds caught in OBVIOUS lie yesterday by local press. | Geekesque | 10/04/2006 | 3 | 12 | - | 6 |
| (UPDATED) A challenge to critics of the Democrats who voted "yes" It has become conventional knowledge around these parts that voting "yes" for the appropriations measure this past week was an act of caving, cowardice, corruption, and complicity.
In fact, even ... |
Geekesque | 05/27/2007 | 336 | 12 | - | - |
| On Impeachment and Iraq Over at MyDD, Armando/BTD and Meteor Blades are engaging in an, ahem, spirited debate inspired in part by the latter'... |
Geekesque | 07/03/2007 | 74 | 12 | - | - |
| Republican savior Fred Thompson: Cheese-eating Surrender Monkey Do you remember how much scorn was heaped at Democrats who suggested that maybe, just maybe, staying in Iraq for a McCain for an eternity was a really bad idea? That how a timeline for withdrawal ... |
Geekesque | 11/19/2009 | 35 | 12 | - | 155 |
| Bloomberg launched raid to butch himself up, kiss corporate @ss: NY Post Well, I certainly wasn't expecting to read anything enlightening beyond the usual hippy-bashing in the NY Post when they posted their "why Bloomy dunnit" article today.
And, there was a little of ... |
Geekesque | 11/16/2011 | 13 | 12 | - | 140 |
| US Military: Only gun control can save Iraq. | Geekesque | 07/20/2006 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| Why Obama's Israel/Palestine speech was a noble failure. In the wake of the Arab Spring, President Obama felt he had to reboot US policy towards the so-called Israel/Palestine peace process. No longer could he rely on dictators to keep the peace with ... |
Geekesque | 05/23/2011 | 115 | 11 | - | 298 |
| Holy fucking shit! House Republicans do their job! | Geekesque | 12/14/2005 | 21 | 10 | - | 9 |
| Life imitates satire at the Libby trial (jurors must trust Cheney?) As you've probably heard, juror selection in the Scooter Libby trial has begun.
And, apparently it's going to be a long, long process, if the Associated Press is to be believed.
Their headline: |
Geekesque | 01/17/2007 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| Wingnut bloggers/cartoonist showing Hillary Clinton in BLACKFACE!! Day by Day is a rightwing comic strip intended for rightwing Republican bloggers who think they're cool because they're Republicans with a computer or something. It is created by one Chris Muir.
... |
Geekesque | 04/26/2007 | 23 | 10 | - | 13 |
| Niger documents story EXPLODING | Geekesque | 10/25/2005 | 28 | 9 | - | - |
| It's the dead civilians, stupid! | Geekesque | 11/10/2005 | 6 | 9 | - | - |
| Hillary and Rupert, sitting in a tree . . . | Geekesque | 05/09/2006 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| Bill Frist's Red Herring Defense Debunked. | Geekesque | 09/28/2005 | 18 | 8 | 2 | - |
| Why do we smear Democrats here? | Geekesque | 11/29/2005 | 92 | 8 | - | 6 |
| Rumor: WaPo to publish K-Street Plans/Documents | Geekesque | 01/08/2006 | 12 | 8 | 2 | - |
| Why everyone here is right on Iraq funding There has been a lot of very, ahem, spirited debate amongst Democrats and progressives regarding a strategy to bring US troops home from Iraq and the role that the Congressional funding power would ... |
Geekesque | 04/16/2007 | 12 | 8 | - | - |
| Republican rivals fight to avoid Giuliani endorsement Washington (GNS)
With Rudey Giuliani staving off multiple scandals, many observers have begun to look ahead to a Republican presidential primary contest without the former New York mayor. And ... |
Geekesque | 06/26/2007 | 14 | 8 | - | 7 |
| Murray Waas's latest: Scooter's toast | Geekesque | 10/18/2005 | 13 | 7 | 1 | - |
| Republicans eliminate Iraq auditor office (Contemptible Arrogance!) | Geekesque | 11/03/2006 | 6 | 7 | - | 1 |
| A Question for the Bitter Lamont Supporters | Geekesque | 11/16/2006 | 114 | 7 | - | 7 |
| Please read and recommend Eternal Hope's diary Seriously, it's one of the best diaries I've read here in weeks, and it's getting criminally ignored.
Yes it's kinda long, but well worth the read.
Anyhow, here's the link so you can go check it ... |
Geekesque | 07/11/2007 | 15 | 7 | - | - |
| Wolf Blitzer: My job is to be like Judy Miller | Geekesque | 08/12/2005 | 18 | 6 | - | - |
| Confirm Harriet Miers! | Geekesque | 10/03/2005 | 93 | 6 | - | - |
| Woodward urged source to come forward in bid to help LIBBY | Geekesque | 11/18/2005 | 25 | 6 | - | - |
| Gay rights, abortion rights, and 1st Amendment are a 'waste of time.' | Geekesque | 07/16/2006 | 21 | 6 | 1 | - |
| Chutzpah alert! Jonah Goldberg defends Republican cronyism. | Geekesque | 10/13/2005 | 11 | 5 | - | 11 |