Bush to Fish: DROP DEAD
[promoted from the diaries -- Hunter. This is from earlier this week. A classic environmental battle, in which north coast fishermen are being decimated in equal proportion to the declining salmon...
View ArticleImagining Jan. 20th If We Had Won
The dreaded Black Thursday is over, but in my mind's eye I can't help but imagine what should have been. John Kerry should have been up on that stage, Justice Stephens swearing him into office, Bush...
View ArticleDorgan on C-SPAN 2 - WOW
Sen. Byron Dorgan is on C-SPAN 2, railing against outsourcing, the US trade deficit, the inability to find goods made in America anymore, the fact that American made goods are finding tough barriers in...
View ArticleBush, Confessed Idiot, Seeks TV Censorship
Bush plans more censorship, more fines on TV that he doesn't like. Check this out via the LA Times: Weighing in on the debate over indecency standards on television, President Bush said the government...
View ArticleBush's Ridiculous Energy Ideas
I'm surprised Kos hasn't front paged this story, because it highlights the utterly bankrupt policy apparatus of the Bush administration. Here we are facing $3/gallon gasoline after a $300 billion war...
View ArticleSo, What Would YOU Ask Bush Tonight?
As we speak, the WH press corpse is in spasms trying to come up with questions for our Dear Leader Chimpy. President George W. Bush closes out the first 100 days of his second term this weekend with...
View ArticleToday's Cars Are Butt Ugly. Do You Agree?
Well, we are reading today that S&P has downgraded the credit rating of Ford and GM to junk status. Part of this is because of skyrocketing medical costs. As a previous diarist has noted,...
View ArticleWP Confirms: Compromise Gave Dems Nothing
According to today's article in the Washington Post article about centralization of power under Republicans: Now, the Republicans, with the support of the White House, are looking to reshape the courts...
View ArticleCrazy Orson Scott Card Rips Apple & iPod
As a companion piece to Hunter's front page diary, here is more proof of scifi writer Orson Scott Card's continuing mental decline. A snarky, hacktackular attempt to take down...Apple Computer....
View ArticleNY Times: Estate Tax Does Not Hurt Farmers
With the Senate set to vote this month on repealing the Estate Tax, it is imperitive to stay informed on the facts of the situation. As you know, the Republicans have been stating for years that the...
View ArticleLandrieu Strikes Back; Says She Might "Punch" Bush
For those who were disgusted by Sen. Mary Landrieu's performance on Anderson Cooper this week, perhaps you caught "This Week" and saw that she has finally put aside her brown-nosing of Bush and decided...
View ArticleWinger News Outlets Rip Bush; Call Him "Brain Dead"
This is amazing. As many of you know, NewsMax.com and WorldNetDaily.com are two of the primary news sourcers for radical right wingers, from talk show hosts on down. Well it seems this DPW ports deal...
View ArticleMT-SEN: AP Says Burns is Racist, Hates Minorities and Firefighters
This AP article highlight some of Sen. Conrad Burns' (R-MT) most disgusting moments, long before he started insulting hard-working firefighters. Here's just a taste: Burns' comments have gotten him...
View ArticleWoodward's New Book Rips Bush
Bob Woodward, whose previous two books on the Bush administration ("Bush at War" and "Plan of Attack") seemed so hagiographic in their adulation of Bush's leadership, has finally opened his eyes to the...
View ArticleHillary Supporters Borrow Rove's Playbook in NV [Updated]
I'm shocked this isn't getting more attention. But via TPM, we learn that Hillary Clinton's team is now employing voter-suppression tactics right out of the Republican playbook. Just days after the...
View ArticleWright Was McCain's Best Shot -- And Obama's Still Standing
Republicans should be crapping themselves right now. This Wright controversy is the number one attack they will have against Obama this cycle. Forget Rezko, forget the "experience" question, forget...
View Article[Updated] Copyright May Prevent 527s from Using Wright Videos
This is big. Over the past week I've been thinking about the Trinity videos (who hasn't?) and what impact they could have in the general election. And one thing I realized was that these were not...
View ArticleMcCain's New Ad Should Scare You
[Cross-posted at my new anti-McCain blog, OldManMcCain.com] OK, John McCain has just released a new ad that necessitates complete deconstruction and analysis. Hopefully I'm not the only one who is a...
View ArticleMcCain's Newest Lie: I Didn't Mean "100 Years" of War
(Crossposted at Old Man McCain) In the past few weeks, John McCain and his Republican sycophants have been trying to push his "100 years" comment into the memory hole. They know this is a devastating...
View ArticleUh-Oh: McCain's Doctors Are Idiots
(Crossposted at Old Man McCain) To date, John McCain has not released his medical records. His campaign has recently bowed to pressure and will allow some interviews with his doctors. Sounds like...
View ArticleThe Real Elitist: McCain Tells Workers They Are Too Lazy
(Crossposted at Old Man McCain) Let's not get fooled about who the real "elitists" are in this Presidential campaign. I'm not even going to talk about Hillary Clinton. You can find a takedown of her...
View ArticleCall Me Crazy, But Obama Won the Debate
Barack Obama won the debate last night, hands down. And I'll tell you why. Now maybe my perspective is skewed because I live on the west coast, in Los Angeles. By the time the debate rolled around I...
View ArticleRev. Hagee SHOCKER: Jesus Is Not the Messiah
[Crossposted at Old Man McCain] Watch this right now: In this video, Rev. Hagee clearly states that in his view, Jesus was not the messiah. He says Jesus didn't come to Earth as the messiah, nor did he...
View Article[Update w/Video] McCain Lies, Says Reagan Didn't Negotiate With Iran
Look at what John McCain, Mr. Foreign Policy Experience, said today while agreeing with Bush's repulsive remarks in Israel: “Yes, there have been appeasers in the past, and the president is exactly...
View ArticleAP: McCain Had Cancer Surgery THIS YEAR, Didn't Tell Anyone
Hat tip to John Aravosis at Americablog for catching this. According to today's AP report about McCain's medical records (titled "McCain Appears Cancer-Free, Healthy"), we learn this: McCain's most...
View ArticleObama's Clock, or How to Scare the RNC
As you know, John McCain and the RNC are pressuring Obama to go to Iraq and see all the progress we've made. The RNC has even posted a clock on their website telling us how many days it's been since...
View ArticleWWII Vet Vs. Right Wing Blogger Smackdown (Updated)
Hat tip to Sadly, No! for finding this. You know it's silly season when Republican wingnuts start questioning the service of veterans, and start arguing that some Nazi concentration camps weren't all...
View ArticleCNN: Not So Fast, Obama Would Vet Clinton's Finances
Just heard Suzanne Malveaux on CNN as they were talking about Hillary as VP. Despite the fact that Hillary and her supporters are hoping for a VP slot, the Obama folks aren't nearly as keen to the...
View ArticleTakedown of Hillary Supporter-Turned-McCain Fan
It doesn't get any stupider than this. Nikki and I have decided that now is a good time to get this overwith. Barring a DREAM TICKET scenario or a scenario in which HILLARY WINS THE NOMINATION, which...
View ArticleMcCain Has No Idea What's Coming (w/Poll)
Obama, yesterday: He warned that the general election campaign could get ugly. “They’re going to try to scare people. They’re going to try to say that ‘that Obama is a scary guy,’” he said... “If they...
View ArticleMcCain '08 v. McCain '74: Selling Himself Out on Torture
The NY times has published McCain's National War College essay, written in April 1974. Although the point of the thesis is to offer possible changes in the POW code taught to U.S. soldiers, it is a...
View ArticleThe Upside to FISA: Who Should Pres. Obama Wiretap?
Since yesterday I've been in a funk about this FISA mess. The Democratic leadership, all of them, have basically capitulated to Bush's demands for telecom immunity and warrantless wiretapping...
View ArticleMcCain's Long Record of Sexism & Misogyny
Watching TV yesterday and today, I saw the gasbag pundits talking about how many former Hillary voters are considering voting for McCain because of the sexism in the campaign. I even saw some of these...
View ArticleMcCain's Losing Streak Reaches 31 Straight Polls
Did you know that McCain has a two month losing streak in head-to-head polls against Barack Obama? Maybe you've been distracted by beltway politics. That's understandable. Myself, I can't get excited...
View ArticleMeet Our Future Presidential Candidates
Expect to see Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell running for president in future years. After all, according to the McCain campaign, anyone in the military who gets into a plane crash in...
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Calling All DKos Artists & Cartoonists - Action Alert
Most of you have, I'm sure, already seen the ludicrous New Yorker cover that is getting so much attention right now. While I share the outrage over the "ironic" cartoon, I don't think outrage alone is...
View ArticleDid McCain's Blunder Force Obama To Change Plans?
Full disclosure -- so far, this is just a theory. So please have your tinfoil hat in place and secure. But I have the strong suspicion that Barack Obama was originally slated to visit Iraq first,...
View ArticleBreaking: McCain Accuses Obama Of Wanting To "Lose The War"
Via Americablog, it seems that in his town hall today John McCain has gone seriously overboard - essentially accusing Obama of treason: Today, in what has to be one of the more desperate, unfounded and...
View ArticleThe Ad That Will Ruin McCain's Week
[Cross-posted at Old Man McCain] OK, I'm just throwing this idea out there for free use by the Obama campaign. Consider this public domain. On MSNBC today, I heard Tony Blankley speak some rare words...
View ArticleRare Video: Barack Obama In 1995
Curious to see what Barack Obama was like before he got into politics? This rare TV interview from 1995 will give you some insight. One thing is clear -- the guy is consistent. He's been talking...
View ArticleThe Obama Video You Have Been Waiting For
Are you Fired Up? Are you Ready To Go? If you aren't, you will be after watching this video. Please recommend if you want this to go viral. Also, Digg It! Without further ado, here is "Mr. November":
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Palin Forced Wasilla To Buy Her A $24,000 SUV
Buried within last weekend's explosive NY Times story on Sarah Palin was a much-overlooked tidbit: Ms. Palin ordered city employees not to talk to the press. And she used city money to buy a white...
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Palin Had Wasilla Pay $24,000 For Her SUV, Nothing For Rape Kits
If you were a small town mayor, what would be your priority: a new SUV for yourself, or justice for women who have been raped? If your name is Sarah Palin, the answer is shocking. Buried within last...
View ArticleThe 2008 Election, If The World Were Ruled By Women
CBS/NY Times Poll: But the Times/CBS News poll suggested that Ms. Palin’s selection has, to date, helped Mr. McCain only among Republican base voters; there was no evidence of significantly increased...
View ArticleACTION ALERT: Tell Congress NO To Bailout
Alright folks, this week could very well determine the outcome of the election, and quite possibly whether Obama will have any financial leeway to enact his policies next year. George W. Bush is trying...
View Article"We're Already Losing In Florida!" [Updated]
Before you get confused about the diary title, let me explain. Four years ago today, I wrote a diary titled We're Already Winning in Florida! The diary made it to the top of the Recommended list. Even...
View ArticleMUST READ: Transcript Leaked: Rahm & Blago (wow!)
FBI File #9536B Wiretap on line 312-XXX-XXXX November 10th, 2008 12:42 PM Eastern Time Rush transcript: RAHM EMANUEL: This is Rahm. ROD BLAGOJEVICH: Hey Rahm, yeah it's Rod. EMANUEL: Uh-huh. What's...
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True Story: Bush Told Military Aide "You're a Wimp!" [Updated]
I've published snark diaries in the past, but this is ABSOLUTELY TRUE. In an obscure 2003 book titled "Air Force One: A History of the Presidents and Their Planes" by Kenneth T. Walsh, there is an...
View ArticleWill We Stand Up For Lt. Dan Choi?
Lt. Dan Choi is a West Point graduate, Iraq War veteran, and Arabic linguist. He is a value to our Armed Forces and represents the best of what America has to offer. But because he bravely announced...
View ArticleFinally! Obama Speaks Out Against GOP Filibuster Abuse
As someone who has followed politics closely since 1993, I've grown to really despise the filibuster, especially in the hands of the Republican party. They shut down the Senate during Bill Clinton's...
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