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Tuesday, May 8, 2007 06:11 PM

Too Timid Dems

How long are the Dems going to be timid?

Bush's approval ratings have been in the toilet for the past year. The Republicans are obviously squirming and do not want the Iraq albatross around their neck in the next election.

it is high time to be agressive. The Democrats have the upper hand; they need to use it. Now!

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 06:47 PM

Mad King George

It is official. Bush is mentally ill. He is suffering from serious delusions. It is now time to call the men in the white coats to take him away to an institution where he won't be able to be a danger to others any longer. This is truly the reign of Mad King George.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 06:39 PM
Original article: Quote of the Day

Desperate DeLay

DeLay is desperate for attention. His ridiculous book is not selling and his former friends in the GOP are staying clear of him. What a pathetic jerk! If I did not know how profoundly crooked and amoral this man is, I would almost feel sorry for him.

Thursday, April 19, 2007 09:39 AM
Original article: Alberto Gonzales testifies

I Did Not Do It!

Shorter Gonzales: "I don't recall and anyway, it's all Kyle Sampson's fault."

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 06:12 PM

Just another day in Baghdad: 157 dead

Tell that to the families of the 157 people who perished in the latest attack, Dana!

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 06:10 PM
Original article: Play ball!

Imus the Doofus

I totally disagree with the firing of Imus, on Free Speech grounds. He is an idiot whose trademark is to insult and demean every possible group -- women, blacks, gays, Asians, Anerican indians, etc...

His remarks about the Rutgers basketball team were crude, offensive, and gratuitous. Imus is a major league asshole. He is also perfectly ridiculous. At his age, going on like an obnoxious teenager is downright pathetic. But no one is forcing any one to either listen to his stupid talk show or to watch him on TV. Just as no one is forcing people to listen to a slimebag like Limbaugh. Where is the outrage about Limbaugh? Ann Coulter? Glenn Beck?

Let the moron keep on making a fool of himself.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 07:22 PM
Original article: Real inconvenient truths

Paglia is a Con Woman

When will you please realize that Paglia is a con job? Her writing is self-inflating, and it is actually painful to read because of her bad syntax and grammar and poorly researched subjects.

In this day and age, she would never get tenure at a prestigious university such as Princeton.

She is a fraud, and a bad one at that. Moreover, her writings are excruciatingly boring...

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 06:17 PM
Original article: Quote of the Day

Goodling's "Law School"

She dropped out of American University's Law School more than likely because she could not cut it there. Regent is #136 on the list of law schools of US News and World Report, under the category "fourth tier" law school. The #136 is actually very close to their "fifth tier law school" rating. As for her "Messiah College", it ranks an abysmal fifth-tier college.

In other words, Goodling is poorly educated and had no business being in a high position at Justice. Her only real qualifications were that she was a Bush cultist and a Bible-thumper.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 06:09 PM
Original article: Quote of the Day

Goodling's Wishes

Too bad that Miss Goody-Two-Shoes got sidetracked stabbing people in the back for her own advancement and possibly breaking laws as she mistook Bush for God...

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 06:06 PM
Original article: In other words

Snooze

We have heard it all before.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 06:05 PM

Not Meeting with the President

As if this President had any intention oof bridging gaps... Jjust witness the WH hysteria about Pelosi's trip to the Middle East...

At this point, George BOTCH has zero credibility, and should be treated for waht he is: an irrelevant, dangerous, bubble-head.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 06:01 PM

The Alzheimer's Express

McCain ignored the huge demonstration against the U.S. occupier as well as the aggressive stance of Al-Sadr.

Either he is bordering on senile dementia, or he firmly believes that the aversge American's IQ is below 100. None of the above qualifies him for the presidency.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 05:57 PM
Original article: In other words

Kindergarten

Someone please send this five-year-old in a tie back to Crawford wher he can play with his toy soldiers, his LEGO blocks, and scrub a little brush.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 05:54 PM

Ignoring the Polls

No one in this WH has any intention of accomodating the will of the people. They discard or willfully misinterpret the polls. Let them keep at it. They are just screwing the final nails into their coffins. As for Perino, she is a WH spokesperson. That says a lot about her credibility.

Friday, April 6, 2007 05:41 PM

Goodling is Finally Off The Public Trough

God must have spoken to her on this Good Friday and told her that being a burden on the taxpayer was no longer a good idea.

As the British say: good riddance to bad rubbish!

Thursday, April 5, 2007 01:43 PM

You Want Trust? Provide Analysis and Name Your Sources!

"...do you have sufficient faith in the judgment and integrity of ABC News to rely blindly on its assessments, made in secret, about who is and is not credible when it comes to claims that could contribute to spawning a new war against Iran?"

An emphatic NO, for all the reasons you cite in your article. For the past six years, the press -- with a few stellar exceptions (not at ABC) -- has done nothing but robotically repeat the WH's talking points. For whatever reason, most journalists have regressed to being mere stenographers.

Note to ABC: the revoltingly innacurate and insulting "Path to 9/11" did not help your reputation.

So, no, I do not trust the U.S. press. And I am amazed at the arrogance of national journalists who insist on being taken on faith.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007 11:49 AM

Pence the Dense

"The merchant almost refused to take my money. He kept touching his heart and shaking his head no." What this dimwit does not know is that it is a mark of politeness to -- feign to refuse --. You are supposed to keep insisting and the other person is supposed to keep on refusing, usualy about three or four times.

There are a lot of idiots among Republicans (Inhofe being #1) but Pence qualifies in the top five.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007 08:40 AM
Original article: Quaint

Goodling

"But the main point is that they should just simply grant her immunity and subpoena her. Straight up, no arguments, put her on the stand and find out what happened."

I doubt that would make her tell the truth. She appears to be a true believer, a zealot a la Oliver North. She would likely perjure herself rather than tell. That's probably why she is trying to take the Fifth.

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