And while we're at it, lets make presidential elections by simple majority and no electoral college nonsense.

1. It was part of the act

2. Why don't find out if it's true first...or don't we seem do that anymore? Or should we "call him on it" first and then make him prove that the "fact" is bullshit. I know, I know. Fact checkers cost money and slow down the swift-boating I suppose.

I thought it was pretty funny; certainly a better sense of humor than cheney.

Forget those. Put the cook, the thief, the wife, the lover on your netflix list. And DON'T let the kiddies watch.

Did you actually read the story? Or are just here to pontificate in a troll-like fashion? Are you concerned at the Repub and administration sponsored VA budget cuts at the same time we are making disabled vets faster than we have since Vietnam? Do YOU really support the troops beyond a new refrigerator magnet every 2 years?

Forget wading through the rest of the BS. As soon as someone uses a non-word like "pre-heard", I lose interest in the conversation. If they can't state it plainly in real english, it's a lie they're trying to spin.

...until the next election!

Still you have to consider that what Kerry said about getting stuck in Iraq if you don't study hard is actually true, as is the slip from McCain and Obama that ultimately we will realize we have wasted the lives of some our finest citizens in a misbegotten war.

On the other hand, I don't believe John Edwards is "a faggot". In fact he stuck with his woman through thick and thin unlike some of your heroes (Guiliani, McCain, Gingrich,...) In fact at least he has a woman unlike some of your other heroes (Limbaugh, O'Reilly, ...)

You have to be careful about using irony around here. We often miss it. Your sarcasm may have been perfectly clear to you but we have people like Joe and Elephantman who say the most absurd things and at first you're thinking, "Wow, that's cleverly ironic" and then you realize, "Holy shit! They're serious!"

I got it, though.

that Hagel seems to have broken from the neocon lockstep.

Whether he is still a robber baron/fascist at heart is less important to me now then that he is a voice of dissent regarding this horrible war that carries some authority in conservative circles. I may not vote for him for president, but I still appreciate him for what he's doing right now.

As for joe, some folks can never change, don't wanna, can't, won't, whatever. They will be left behind. Or just continue to sound like idjits. (I'm looking at you joe and elephantman)

Did you know she sent her husband on a trip before you read it in the paper?

Do you think his visa was stamped with her name?

Do you think he introduced himself with "Hi, I was sent here by my wife"?

Do you think the folks in the Sudan knew he was married to someone that lives and works in the DC area? If they did, why do you think that makes it clear she's a spy?

Did it occur to you that the reason she kept her maiden name was to make it harder to connect the dots?

The smell test that was failed is this idea that the whole world knew about their connection.

She wasn't out until Novak said so. Novak said so because whitehouse officials told him. They told him because they wanted to discredit Wilson. None of these are in dispute. Take your smell test elsewhere...like firing US attorneys who "aren't loyal to the administration".

I have darfur on my mind. sorry. should proofread before I go wailing on Joe.

But keep remembering how I actually had enthusiasm for McCain a year or so ago and how betrayed I felt even though I'm an independant, and not a republican. I should probably stick to dems I gues.

During my dermatology training in the early nineties I referred to pair of patients getting Goeckermann treatment (Cover them in tar overnight and then subject to light therapy) as my tar babies. My supervisor turned pale and said that could be interpreted as racist and don't ever say that again. It had not occurred to me and certainly was not intended that way but I've not used the term since because I am teachable. That was 15 years ago. Where have these guys been that they would continue to be clueless to the potential objection to the term?

Thinking of disney with stereotypes of the day, check out the crows in Dumbo. Just as embarassing now as song of the south. They show up right after the "Dumbo gets drunk episode" which is much more of a psychedelic/peyote sort of experience for that lovable pachyderm than any alcoholic drink I've ever heard of.

But I'm glad the very significantly timed gap in emails didn't get buried admidst the adolescent posturing and tortured confessions.