Archive | January, 2006

Karl's Latest Talking Turd Reading on Gateway Pundit of the rise of Cindy Sheehanism in the Democratic Party and the simultaneous Bill-bashing by large portions of that party, I started again to dream the impossible dream – suppose they gave a “system” and nobody came? Pantload Media Propagandist Sometimes a turd is just a turd. [...]

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Katrina Speaks 1. It doesn't really matter who gives the reply, since no one listens and it's an impossible task. 2. This is slightly less important than whether House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi chooses to wear blue or red to listen to the speech. 3. He's a Governor. —blah-blah-blah— 4. And, hell, Kaine is pretty [...]

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New GOP Attacks Hit the Target Watch the ad From Karl Rove's mouth to Republican attack ad in record time. The GOP talks about "Harry Reid’s Flip Flop On The Davos Dems Filibuster Call," while launching a new attack ad that was played during Fox "News" Sunday in Nevada and no doubt elsewhere too. "Harry [...]

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Is Howard Kurtz a “Reliable Source”? “… President Bush in that press conference showed what Stephen Colbert showed, a lot of truthiness, I think. I think we need a new word, “liarishness.” – Craig Crawford … … … “The President, Craig Crawford, spoke in Kansas for an hour and forty minutes, all the cable networks [...]

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The Adventures of Terror Guy It's a man! It's the president! It's Terror Guy! Faster than a FISA judge could ever be. More powerful than a president should ever be. Able to leap statutes of law with a single rationalization. Look! Inside your home… your email… your cell phone! It's a man! It's the president! [...]

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An Episcopalian Against Alito and… UPDATE: let me add… After thinking about the conference call with Senator Ted Kennedy today, I'm even more convinced that your phone calls and emails could make the difference. Don't stop until it's done. First, liberal Web logs went after Democrats for selecting Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to deliver [...]

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Has Cindy Sheehan Lost Her Mind? Cindy Sheehan at her most effective; an anti-war mother who lost her son in Iraq. U.S. peace activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, said she was considering running for office against Sen. Diane Feinstein while she waited for the California lawmaker to back a filibuster of [...]

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Roberts, Yes – ALITO, NO CONTACT CONGRESS – THERE IS STILL TIME Hillary, Diane and Barbara voted no (the other one did too). So did Joe, Edward, Barak, Harry… and the vote goes on. But John G. Roberts has just been confirmed. In my humble opinion, we got a conservative for a conservative. It also [...]

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Democrats Didn't Know Jack But the Morris and Associates analysis, which was done exclusively for The Prospect, clearly shows that it’s highly misleading to suggest that the tribes's giving to Dems was in any way comparable to their giving to the GOP. The analysis shows that when Abramoff took on his tribal clients, the majority [...]

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Sean Hannity, Osama and the Bill Clinton Canard Since you come here, and read what we write, we at DU have some words for you. Since your screener will never take my calls, I shall communicate with you here. My husband was a NYC fireman, working on 9/11. We both used to be republicans; in [...]

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What Next for CBS? The point is: all eras end and for years the network newscasts have stayed largely the same. And what is today’s new context? A NEW era with new technologies seducing potential viewers. Shorter attention spans. Polarized political attitudes. News must be packaged in smarter and more compelling ways. That does NOT [...]

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Senator Diane Feinstein Changes her Mind Senator Feinstein to Vote No on Cloture for the Nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court January 27, 2006 Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today announced that she will vote no on cloture regarding the nomination of Judge Samuel [...]

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Ann Coulter Spews a Death Threat Sean, you really know how to pick ‘em! Conservative commentator Ann Coulter, speaking at a traditionally black college, joked that Justice John Paul Stevens should be poisoned. Coulter had told the Philander Smith College audience Thursday that more conservative justices were needed on the Supreme Court to change the [...]

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Matthews Claims Latinos “natural Republicans” MATTHEWS: When I think of people who have come to this country from other countries where they speak Spanish — Puerto Rico is not another country, but it's the commonwealth — hardest-working people, they are extremely entrepreneurial. If it's just owning a flower shop, it's owning a small business, a [...]

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Why Did Bush Fire Abramoff U.S. Attorney? And then there is the most intriguing instance of a presidential action that, wittingly or not, served Abramoff’s interests. On Nov. 18, 2002, the federal prosecutor in Guam issued a subpoena to court officials on the Pacific island, who had secretly retained the lobbyist to stop legislation in [...]

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