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  • It was the Palin pick that forced McCain into turning on the press.

    [Read the article: No love for "Joe the Reporter" from McCain crowd]
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    Everything seemed to be just ducky between McCain and the media until he chose Palin. He had to sequester Palin from the media so they couldn't determine how vacuous she really is. McCain's toadies convinced him that he could use the same contemptuous tactics Bush uses towards the media without repercussions. He was wrong.

  • All I can add

    [Read the article: Was McCain volunteer attacked over bumper sticker?]
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    is that it is a pretty smooth letter. The big scary black man must have had a lot of practice carving backwards B's into flesh. Happens all the time.

  • In 2004 all the gleeful Repubs

    [Read the article: Palin 2012 begins]
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    were determined to amend the Constitution to allow Arnold Schwartzenegger to run for pres in 2008. More of the same nonsense.

  • What an amature!

    [Read the article: Who's responsible for Palin's new wardrobe?]
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    Palin and her minions were totally suckered into spending her last week arguing with the blogsphere instead of addressing her talking points. They baited her ego by bringing her wardrobe up and she charged head-long into the trap. Vice presidential material? Hardly.

  • A column 8 years ago -- continued

    [Read the article: Pat Buchanan yells boo!]
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    - The United States Government takes an ownership interest in private banks.

  • Rubbers distributed to

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    Kindegartners

  • The sexism began at the Republican Convention

    [Read the article: Veepzilla!]
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    when her own party labeled her "The Hot Chick."

  • HA!

    [Read the article: Stop the election, I want to get off]
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    If "Joe The Unlicensed Plumber" thinks the Democrats are going to screw him, wait until those Music Row producers get done with him.

  • A Military Draft would

    [Read the article: Are young voters flaking out again?]
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    get the young people's attention.

  • "What a rube,

    [Read the article: Palin pranked]
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    what a maroon" Perfect payback for the "October Surprise" about Obama's Aunt.

    I don't believe in picking on innocent people but this went right at her massive arrogant ego. Can you imagine the kind of shit she could be manipulated into believing if she were elected?!

    I want to kiss those Quebercois on both cheeks.

  • It's all going to make a great

    [Read the article: Palin pranked]
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    book.

  • No question that the Kitchen Sink Strategy

    [Read the article: In thanks to Hillary]
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    toughened Obama up and prepared him for the Republican Slime Machine .

  • something stinks

    [Read the article: Obama's grandmother dies]
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    first posted on Salon 13 days ago and has amassed 278 posts. It is desperate for attention.

  • We should cut Hank Jr. a little slack.

    [Read the article: Obama racks up first win of election day]
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    In 1975 he fell 500 feet and landed on his head tearing his face almost completely off and exposing his brain to the open air. Draw your own conclusions.

  • See ya at Grant Park!

    [Read the article: The hottest ticket in America tonight]
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    I don't have a ticket but I wouldn't miss this historic occasion for anything. The mood in Chicago today is electric.

  • Leapin' Lepers!

    [Read the article: Let the recriminations begin]
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    How biblical.

  • Not only a troll,

    [Read the article: What does Obama's victory mean?]
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    but too cheap to subscribe.

  • You Go

    [Read the article: Get your Palin 2012 bumper sticker now!]
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    Girl!

  • I hope Palin's narcissism

    [Read the article: More Palin expenses: $40,000 for the First Dude]
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    prevents her from letting this issue die quietly. This is the election that could truly split the Republican Party.

  • Without introspection and the

    [Read the article: Steele, Gingrich clash to take over RNC]
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    willingness to admit mistakes and susbstantial changes, the Republican party is stuck in the mud. This reads more like a falling out between thieves. These guys need to accept that most of the electorate has never heard of Norman Rockwell.

  • @bearpaw1

    [Read the article: Steele, Gingrich clash to take over RNC]
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    I probably should have expanded more on the thought. I'm not trying to compare Norman Rockwell's personal/poltical phylosophy with the Republicans. I just think that all the Republican happy talk of Joe-the-(unlicensed)-Plumber, Hockey Moms, My Friends, You Betcha's and Say it ain't so Joe's show a party that is totally out of touch with the majority contemporary Americans and living in an idealized past that may have never existed.

  • By Jan 20 Cheney will have ripped

    [Read the article: Team Obama plays nice with Bush White House]
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    all the copper wiring from the walls.

  • Elephantman is right!

    [Read the article: Shep Smith tells it like it is]
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    True conservatives:

    - Think Africa is a country

    - Can't name the countries in North America

    - Don't know what the Bush doctrine is

    Shep Smith doesn't meet any of these criteria.

  • Hell, she married a secessionist and,

    [Read the article: Quote of the day]
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    if the Enquirer is to be believed, had an affair with his business partner.

  • Kathleen Parker needs to understand

    [Read the article: Conservative columnist tells GOP to give up on God]
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    that Obama's victory, like dinosaur fossils, is God's way of testing the faith of The Righteous. Those who advocate ejecting the evangelicals from the Republican Party will spend eternity in a lake of fire for their heresey.

  • Just another wonderful issue

    [Read the article: Supreme Court won't hear Obama citizenship case]
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    that I will use at upcoming holiday parties to bait drunken conservative dipshits into taking a swing at me.

  • I must have been watching a different

    [Read the article: Sen. Jesse Jackson Jr.?]
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    campaign. I do remember Jackson's comment that Obama was castrating black men.

    Jackson Jr's support in Illinois does not extend beyond his own district in which, conveniently, PUSH headquarters is located. Appointing Jackson Jr. would be a stupid move that could re-energize the currently listless and pathetic Illinois Republican Party. I doubt Jackson Jr could survive the 2010 campaign.

  • Nothing about Blago's actions

    [Read the article: Obama: Blagojevich should resign]
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    leads me to believe he will resign of his own accord. And the previous poster makes a good point that Blago has not been convicted of anything yet. I'm guessing that Illinois law will allow Blago to conduct business until he is convicted of a crime. The Illinois legislature can impeach him, but they will have to try him and convict him of a crime. In short, it will take some extrordinary extra-legal pressure to get rid of him right away. Should be interesting.

  • The Chicago Sun Times lists a few alternatives

    [Read the article: Obama: Blagojevich should resign]
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    for preventing a Blago-designated Senate appointment:

    - Illinois Secretary of State could refuse to certify the appointment

    - The US Senate could refuse to seat the appointment

    - Illinois Senate could pass a bill stripping Blago of the power to make appointments (could be vetoed by Blago)

    http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1322979,CST-NWS-obama10.article

  • Good thing he didn't mention the

    [Read the article: Obama loses youth (non)vote!]
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    treadmills.

  • I weep for Elephantman

    [Read the article: Jesse Jr. worked with feds?]
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    Jesse Jackson Jr + Soprano's + 10-year-old Justice Dept. "admonishment" (not rule) + someone's toes in Chicago = ?????

    WTF is his point? Clearly, the election has taken a sad toll on the man...

  • Onward with the impeachment!

    [Read the article: Illinois court rules for Blago]
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    This has the makings for some truly great theater. Blago's attorney, Ed Gensen, is an old-school mob lawyer known for his courtroom histrionics. And as a member of the Illinois Legislature noted today, "we're not bound by any rules of evidence" (in the impeachment proceedings). Yeeeehawwww!

  • Sympathy For Bush?

    [Read the article: Shoe-thrower requests pardon]
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    CNN referred to the incident as the lasting image of Bush's Iraq legacy.

  • I call that

    [Read the article: Obama's response to anger over Warren]
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    change.

  • Inconsequential in the long run

    [Read the article: Obama team's Blago report due Tuesday]
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    The big question in 2012 will simply be "are you better off now than you were 4 years ago?"

  • Not very patriotic of

    [Read the article: BFFs no longer? Fox sues Bush Administration]
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    them.

  • "Men will never be free until

    [Read the article: The War on Christmas continues]
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    the lask king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest"

    Happy Holidays Everyone!

    Bob Siebecker

  • Harry Reid already warned Blago that

    [Read the article: Report: Blagojevich to name new Senator]
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    the Senate Democrats would not seat any Senator appointed by him so this is really just an exercise in brinksmanship.

    In other news, the Illinois Legislature is having difficulty coming up with any coherent standard for impeachment. They seem to think "because we don't like you" is good enough. Watch for the circus to continue.

  • I didn't know there was case law

    [Read the article: Report: Blagojevich to name new Senator]
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    addressing that issue, thanks. Blago may also get blocked by the Illinois Secretary of State who, I am told, can refuse to "certify" the appointment.

  • I am pleased to announce my endorsement

    [Read the article: Why Ken Blackwell is bad for the GOP]
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    of Ken Blackwell for head of the RNC. You go Ken!

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