Posting History for Geekesque
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| Obama launches his major offensive against Hillary Cross-posted at Talk Left.
Game on, folks.
While there's been some discussion about his nukes stand in the speech today, what's ... |
Geekesque | 10/02/2007 | 822 | 294 | 6 | 28 |
| Dems' new Iraq plan gives big middle finger to BUSH and REPUBLICANS The House Democrats have announced their Iraq plan.
It includes elements of the Murtha plan, and includes a hard timeline for withdrawal that would accelerate withdrawal if no progress is being ... |
Geekesque | 03/08/2007 | 372 | 230 | 4 | 27 |
| The Swiftboating of the Generals who want Rumsfeld to resign has begun | Geekesque | 04/13/2006 | 29 | 20 | - | 26 |
| Texas Republic Party: Evolution a Jewish Plot (Elders of Darwin?) You just knew it was going to happen. Anti-semitism and hostility to science are two pillars of rightwing Christian fundamentalism. Eventually, somewhere, the Bush/DeLay party was going to find a ... |
Geekesque | 02/15/2007 | 105 | 52 | 1 | 26 |
| 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 |
| Dodd jabs Edwards over haircut, skips two close votes A special greeting to Dodd supporters: Welcome to the NFL.
Chris Dodd has been hailed as a tremendous leader and everyone else trembling chihuahuas coasting in his wake.
Well, Chris Dodd ... |
Geekesque | 10/24/2007 | 490 | 156 | 5 | 26 |
| Hillary Clinton: I wouldn't have started war I voted for On the heels of Bill's infamous "I opposed the Iraq war from the beginning" Hillary Clinton is engaging in some serious IWR revisionism.
Because, she says, she wouldn't have gone to war with Iraq.
... |
Geekesque | 01/06/2008 | 419 | 174 | 3 | 26 |
| Senate Democrats betray Kent Conrad, prove Powerline and Sirota right Yesterday I diaried about how Kent Conrad was going to use Congressional budget authority and rules to start ratcheting up the ... |
Geekesque | 03/02/2007 | 436 | 397 | 6 | 25 |
| UPDATED: Hillary attacks Obama as "irresponsible and frankly naive." (Obama smacks back!) Well, the gloves are off. I'm sure everyone has heard about the "would you meet with these leaders" question from last night.
Well, Hillary Clinton is sensing a vulnerability and is going for ... |
Geekesque | 07/24/2007 | 918 | 86 | 2 | 24 |
| (UPDATED) Obama unloads on Hillary--it's escalation time! In case anyone thought Obama was going to slnk away from the browbeating Hillary tried to give him, the answer is in.
This is going to be a slugfest.
And it's about damn time, too.
Obama ... |
Geekesque | 07/25/2007 | 967 | 201 | 3 | 24 |
| Clinton and Obama: Real differences on Iran and Diplomacy Cross-posted at OMS.
Some people are still laboring under the ... |
Geekesque | 11/08/2007 | 399 | 133 | 3 | 24 |
| Barack Obama shows his naivete: "I trust the American people." I'm serious. He said those exact words.
I wish I were kidding.
It's sad to see a promising campaign imploding with such foolishness.
I'm sure that his detractors will enjoy reading what ... |
Geekesque | 08/16/2007 | 388 | 150 | 3 | 23 |
| 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 |
| Oprah's Book Club endorses new Hillary Clinton biography!! | Geekesque | 03/21/2008 | 149 | 184 | 12 | 22 |
| Kill a Swiftboater with kindness today--Action Alert UPDATED Today, a Swiftboating group has its mouthpiece out.
You know which ones--the American Issues Project. The ones with the repulsive William Ayers ad out.
Today, they're trotting out their ... |
Geekesque | 08/26/2008 | 29 | 55 | - | 22 |
| Clinton's diplomacy: Bomb Iran, Lebanon, Hamas? Much ado has been made about Hillary Clinton's vote for Kyl-Lieberman and her fairly hawkish Foreign Affairs article.
If you read that Foreign Affairs article closely (and one must always read ... |
Geekesque | 10/18/2007 | 390 | 127 | 3 | 21 |
| 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 |
| Prominent Edwards consultant bashes Netroots and big city liberals in defense of Joe Klein(Updated!) Dave "Mudcat" Saunders is the "Rural Liaison" for the John Edwards campaign.
He is very much of ... |
Geekesque | 06/11/2007 | 570 | 53 | 2 | 20 |
| Obama will kick McCain's butt, not hold his hand Kumbayah.
Why can't we all get along.
Going along to get along.
This kind of b.s. has been thrown at Barack Obama for over a year now by his critics (when they're not complaining that he's ... |
Geekesque | 02/02/2008 | 223 | 183 | 1 | 20 |
| 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 |
| Hitchens puts down the Kool-Aid, blasts Saddam lynching Christopher Hitchens has been the gold standard for leftwingers who had adopted the Neocon stance on Iraq. A longtime virulent critic not only of Saddam, but of anyone who opposed the invasion, one ... |
Geekesque | 01/02/2007 | 275 | 218 | 8 | 19 |
| Joe Lieberman says he may vote Republican in 2008 (updated with transcript) In case anyone needs motivation to GOTV in 2008 Senate races, Joementum is here to give it to you.
His latest treachery, courtesy of CNN, below. |
Geekesque | 01/28/2007 | 215 | 117 | 3 | 19 |
| 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 |
| Tell Barack Obama what to do to make things right. No recap is needed for the horrid mess that was the McClurkin fiasco (I'm sooooo sick of even typing that moron's name). It reflected poorly upon the Obama campaign in any number of ways, depending ... |
Geekesque | 11/01/2007 | 333 | 51 | 1 | 19 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| (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 |
| Perry Bacon Jr. (Washington Post) gets it right on Obama rumors this time Perry Bacon Jr. of the Washington Post got beat up awfully hard for his story on the smears directed at Barack Obama in Iowa and other places.
Among other things, he did not come out and say ... |
Geekesque | 12/05/2007 | 142 | 180 | 6 | 18 |
| 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 |
| The Mohammed cartoons--don't fall for the hype. | Geekesque | 02/04/2006 | 32 | 25 | - | 17 |
| Scandal! Iraq state TV accuses Bush of releasing terrorist!! | Geekesque | 11/01/2006 | 26 | 19 | - | 17 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| (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 |
| When in doubt, accuse a Democrat of treason. | Geekesque | 11/30/2005 | 6 | 2 | - | 15 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Hillary and Rupert, sitting in a tree . . . | Geekesque | 05/09/2006 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Clinton Stands Up For Bush's Escalation, the Snub that Should Have Been Blah blah handshake blah blah snub blah blah passed me a note in study hall.
For those that were paying attention to Bush's (thankfully) final State of the Union Address, there was a moment when ... |
Geekesque | 01/29/2008 | 296 | 172 | 3 | 13 |
| 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 |
| Clarity + Respect = Strength and Electability. Cross-posted at OMS.
Yesterday I examined the numbers behind ... |
Geekesque | 11/15/2007 | 207 | 46 | 1 | 12 |
| Chutzpah alert! Jonah Goldberg defends Republican cronyism. | Geekesque | 10/13/2005 | 11 | 5 | - | 11 |
| The NYC transit strike is hurting workers, not the rich | Geekesque | 12/22/2005 | 89 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 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 |
| Plamegate spillover: Cheney and Libby withheld Iraq WMD docs from Senate | Geekesque | 10/27/2005 | 94 | 96 | 1 | 10 |
| 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 |
| Redstate.org says "We demand judicial activism!" | Geekesque | 11/03/2005 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 9 |
| Wingnut bloggers explode over irrelevant story. | Geekesque | 11/22/2005 | 36 | 12 | - | 9 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Fred Thompson knifes Giuliani, meets with his NY enemies Just in case anyone doubted that Fred Thompson is a ruthless s.o.b. who'll cut out the heart of anyone standing between him and the White House, today's story from the New York Post (yeah yeah, but ... |
Geekesque | 07/13/2007 | 172 | 91 | 2 | 9 |
| 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 |
| Revenge of the Evilcons: The fall of Redstate | Geekesque | 02/09/2006 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 8 |
| Beyond Bush: The larger enemy lurks in the shadows George W. Bush is the worst president in the history of the United States. He lacks human decency, intellectual capacity, and the common sense of a goat. He has been one rolling wave of disasters ... |
Geekesque | 12/09/2006 | 59 | 54 | 1 | 8 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Brayquing: Obama to get endorsement of UNITE HERE (parent of NV Culinary 226) Yeah, this is big.
Per the New York Times:
Unite Here, the union representing ... |
Geekesque | 01/08/2008 | 303 | 125 | 1 | 8 |
| I've discovered the true agenda behind the CT diaries. | Geekesque | 05/30/2006 | 65 | 16 | 1 | 7 |
| Gannon redux or is Rep. Hoekstra a filthy liar? | Geekesque | 06/22/2006 | 17 | 23 | - | 7 |
| A Question for the Bitter Lamont Supporters | Geekesque | 11/16/2006 | 114 | 7 | - | 7 |
| Those who know them the best: Home state voters on Presidential wannabes Hotline the other day linked to a story hosted (unfortunately) by the AEI. However, the story itself is based on exit polling, and includes some fascinating numbers.
Basically, some exit ... |
Geekesque | 12/08/2006 | 9 | 2 | - | 7 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The New Face of Electability, part I. The standard definition of electability for a Democrat goes something like this:
Governor
White
Socially moderate to conservative
Non-ideological to hawkish on foreign policy and the use of ... |
Geekesque | 11/14/2007 | 189 | 127 | 1 | 7 |
| NY Daily News: Judy Miller a "charter member" of WHIG | Geekesque | 10/19/2005 | 162 | 136 | 3 | 6 |
| Why do we smear Democrats here? | Geekesque | 11/29/2005 | 92 | 8 | - | 6 |
| Tom Reynolds caught in OBVIOUS lie yesterday by local press. | Geekesque | 10/04/2006 | 3 | 12 | - | 6 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| US Military: Only gun control can save Iraq. | Geekesque | 07/20/2006 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| Republicans eliminate Iraq auditor office (Contemptible Arrogance!) | Geekesque | 11/03/2006 | 6 | 7 | - | 1 |
| 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 |
| Wolf Blitzer: My job is to be like Judy Miller | Geekesque | 08/12/2005 | 18 | 6 | - | - |
| Two sentences explain Brazile's Katrina comments | Geekesque | 09/20/2005 | 17 | 17 | - | - |
| A truly bizarre theory on Dems and Roberts | Geekesque | 09/22/2005 | 13 | 3 | - | - |
| The Dems strategy on Roberts starts to pay off | Geekesque | 09/26/2005 | 26 | 2 | - | - |
| Bill Frist's Red Herring Defense Debunked. | Geekesque | 09/28/2005 | 18 | 8 | 2 | - |
| Confirm Harriet Miers! | Geekesque | 10/03/2005 | 93 | 6 | - | - |
| Murray Waas's latest: Scooter's toast | Geekesque | 10/18/2005 | 13 | 7 | 1 | - |
| Somebody just ratted out Karl Rove | Geekesque | 10/21/2005 | 46 | 23 | - | - |
| Niger documents story EXPLODING | Geekesque | 10/25/2005 | 28 | 9 | - | - |
| It's the dead civilians, stupid! | Geekesque | 11/10/2005 | 6 | 9 | - | - |
| Woodward urged source to come forward in bid to help LIBBY | Geekesque | 11/18/2005 | 25 | 6 | - | - |
| Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp BUSTED for plagiarism (and idiocy)! | Geekesque | 12/07/2005 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - |