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 Quotes

"Nomination for worst political come-on of the year so far: The RNC sent a mailing to
  West Virginia Republicans that claims banning the Bible is part of the "liberal agenda."
  It features quite a striking picture of a Bible with the word 'BANNED" across it.
  No, no, no, fellas. Liberals are the ones who oppose censorship and book burning."
    --Molly Ivins,    Attribution

 Baghdad Bombings Kill 35 Children
  Will Kerry mention how much Bush has done to Iraq?

  Click  Here

  Excerpt:
 Bombs exploded near a U.S. convoy killing 35 children and seven adults.
 Hours earlier, a suicide car bomb killed a U.S. soldier and two Iraqis on the capital's outskirts.

 The day of violence, including insurgent attacks and U.S. airstrikes in Fallujah,
 left a total of 46 people dead and 208 wounded.
 

 John, forget the Mr. Nice Guy routine and hammer Bush with this.
 Remember, it's Bush's war and he's screwed the pooch!
 Do you want to win this debate or be known as Bush's polite second victim?
 

  Comments?

 Bush Ain't No Cowboy

  Click  Here

  Excerpt:
 George W. Bush is a fake cowboy. From media accounts, you'd reckon that the president was a
 buckaroo to the bones. He plays up the image, big-time, with $300 designer cowboy boots,
 a $1,000 cowboy hat, and his 1,600-acre Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas. He guns his
 rhetoric with frontier lingo, saying that he'll "ride herd" over ornery Middle Eastern governments and
"smoke out" enemies in wild mountain passes. He branded Saddam Hussein's Iraq "an outlaw regime"
 and took the vanquished dictator's pistol as a trophy. As for Osama bin Laden, Bush declared,
"I want justice. And there's an old poster out West, I recall, that says, 'Wanted: Dead or Alive.' "
 Britain's liberal newspaper The Guardian noted that "such language feeds the image overseas
 of Mr. Bush as a hopelessly inarticulate, trigger-happy cowboy.""

   Comments?

 Subject: you have a mind murmur

 Hey Bart,

 You say your IQ is 64.  But that's obviously not the case.
 Forgoing the usual discussion of IQ test reliability problems,
 I want to offer a theory about your IQ.

 I run/exercise a lot and because of a health quirk
 I have to monitor my heart rate when I'm doing it.

 And once my heart rate gets above 150, its unusual rhythm
 fools most monitoring devices into reading between 55 and 60.
 I've tried a bunch of different devices, and only one usually gets it right.
 Even those machines where you can place your hands on them while
 you're exercising are fooled by my atypical heart beat.

 Your mind operates on a level WAAY above that of a person with a 64 IQ.
 You just have a "mind murmur."

 PT
 

   Comments?

 No balance in branches of government
   by Walter Williams, - no, the other one

  Click  Here

  Excerpt:
"The Founders of the American Republic in 1789 established three branches of government
 -- Congress, the presidency and the judiciary -- to uphold representative democracy in the new nation...

 Today, however, there exists more imbalance than at any time in the post-World War II era.
 Greater power in the institutional relationship between Congress and the president has accrued to
 the Bush administration.  Robert Byrd, observed in the book, "Losing America," published this year:
"The Bush team never tires in its drive to usurp congressional control of funding. (While Congress is)
unwilling to assert its power, cowed, timid and deferential toward the Bush administration, a virtual paralytic."

 A secretive, authoritarian White House runs the executive agencies with an iron hand, keeping them
 from communicating with Congress as much as possible."
 

 We just have to lose the Monkey on Nov 2.
 Can America survive 4 more years of a ruthless, evil, warring, totalitarian dictator?

 The whole world hates out f-ing guts.
 Isn't that reason alone to consider a new direction?

  Comments?

 Subject: new voters

 Bart-

 I just heard a segment on Tavis Smiley's show about how the election offices aren't able
 to keep up with all the paperwork, thus numerous new voters may be turned away as not registered.

 How hard do you think Republican-staffed offices will work to catch up, eh?

(withhold my name, please)
 

 I've been screaming at Democrats since 2000 to prepare for November 2.
 Of course, they've been "busy" with other things, so we can't really blame the GOP for cheating.

 When was the last time you heard an elected Democrat talk about Diebold?

 It's frustrating to be in a party that doesn't care.

 Tight race will hinge on turnout
    by Gene Lyons

  Click  Here

  Excerpt:
 Back in 2000, the brand-name Gallup Poll showed George W. Bush leading Al Gore by 13
 percentage points two weeks before the election - a veritable landslide. Its final count showed
 Bush up by five. As everybody knows, Gore won the popular vote by oughly one-half of 1
 percent nationwide. Did that many people change their minds? Or were the polls badly skewed
 by poor methodology and wishful thinking?

 Truth is, it's impossible to say. A pollster who routinely told clients what they wanted to hear
 wouldn't stay in business long, although suppressing voter turnout is always the GOP's No. 1 priority
 

  Comments?

 Subject: believe it or not

 Bart:

 The problem is simple we are dealing with a voting population that may indeed be more stupid than Bush.

 A citizenship that never asks why and has a never ending appetite for sound bites and bumper sticker slogans
 to use to explain the most complex problems of the day. I  just saw a poll on the Fox website, which tells you
 who took the poll, but be that as it may 55% of the people thought Sadaam took part in 9/11!
 The fact that this myth is so solidified in the minds of so many makes it painfully obvious why we are doomed.

 If Jesus Christ himself appeared on TV tonight wearing a Kerry button,
 these people would question Jesus about his military service in Vietnam.

 We are doomed.
 Phil L
 

 Phil, we're not doomed yet, but isn't it interesting that FOX wants their viewers to have bad information?
 To me, that's proof that they know they're wrong because the truth serves them no purpose.

 Quotes

"So it's somehow beyond the pale to suggest that Bush is a lying bastard who'd do anything
  to get himself elected? Or that Karl Rove would pimp his own mother out to Satan?
  Well, excuuuuse me!
  I guess the Reichstag was really burnt down by a feeble-minded Dutchman on his own initiative.
  If Bin Laden shows up in October, somebody'd better check him for freezer burn."
    --Kevin Carson,  Attribution

  Comments?

 Why I will vote for John Kerry
       by Ike's son, John Eisenhower

  Click  Here

  Excerpt:
 With the current administration's decision to invade Iraq unilaterally, however, I changed my
 voter registration to independent, and barring some utterly unforeseen development, I intend to
 vote for John Kerry.

 The fact is that today's "Republican" Party is one with which I am totally unfamiliar. To me,
 the word "Republican" has always been synonymous with the word "responsibility," which has
 meant limiting our governmental obligations to those we can afford in human and financial terms.
 Today's whopping budget deficit of some $440 billion does not meet that criterion.

 Responsibility used to be observed in foreign affairs. That has meant respect for others.
 America, though recognized as the leader of the community of nations, has always acted as
 a part of it, not as a maverick separate from that community and at times insulting towards it.
 Leadership involves setting a direction and building consensus, not viewing other countries as
 practically devoid of significance. Recent developments indicate that the current Republican
 Party leadership has confused confident leadership with hubris and arrogance.

  Comments?

 Here's What Kerry Needs to Tell Us
   by Joe Conason

  Click  Here

 Question: What about your vote on the $87 billion appropriation for the war?
 You said you voted for it before you voted against it. Weren't you having it both ways?

 Kerry: You're asking all my favorite questions tonight. But I hope you will ask the
 President why he repeatedly threatened to veto that same $87 billion bill. I suspect
 most Americans still don't know about his veto threat.

 He told us he would veto the $87 billion if we tried to share the burden with the Iraqis by
 making a loan instead of a grant. He said he would veto that bill if we allocated money to
 provide medical care for our veterans, and for our National Guard and Reserve families.
 He threatened a veto unless we agreed to add that $87 billion to the deficit, rather than
 reduce his most profligate tax cuts.
 

  Comments?

 Merck Halts Worldwide Sales of Vioxx
  My tennis elbow started hurting the minute I read this

  Click  Here
 

 Cleveland pitcher shot on team bus
  They play hardball in Kansas City

  Click  Here
 

 24 Dead in Gaza Strip Fighting
  Bush's "roadmap to peace" working as well as his Iraq plans

  Click  Here
 

 Experts Predict Mount St. Helens Eruption
  They raised the alrm to a 3, and 4 means "Here comes the lava"

  Click  Here

 Question

 They say after the negotiations, Vernon Jordan and James Baker went to the bar and had drinks.
 What do you think they toasted to? 
 The death of democracy in America?

 If Kerry/Jordan hadn't agreed in writing not to ask Bush any direct questions,
 just think of the bombshells we might be seeing/hearing tonight, but nooooooooooooo.

 Why do you think Kerry chose to let Bush off the hook?
 

  Comments?

 Subject: This election is different

 What makes this election different is the possibility that Bush will not step down if defeated at the polls.
 I don't see the Acme-Republicans giving up any control just because of a pesky constituency.

 My biggest fear is that there will be armed rebellions in the streets of America.
 And there is a good reason why Republicans seek to relax gun laws.

 Their supporters are more likely to own, purchase and use a gun,
 and that will give them a leg up on armed rebellions.

 Al in Indianapolis
 

 Al, a leg up?
 That gives them certain victory if we have another civil war.
 Democrats are afraid of guns, and they often choose not to defend themselves.

 Why Lord, why?

  Comments?

 The Bush-Kerry Debate Drinking Game
 

 Still in progress - check back in an hour so you can print it out
 for reference as you watch Kerry slap the Monkey around.
 
 

  Click  Here

 Subject: Bush's accomplishments

 Great site, man!  Keep up the good work.
 I'm an accountant and I wanted to comment on the two points
 on your site today about W's "accomplishments".

 First of all, the hiring incentives to small business owners are almost negligable.
 I know because I'm a small business owner.
 Sadly, the biggest incentive to hire is repressed wages, thanks to
 the biggest job losses by any president since The Depression.

 The estate tax ("death tax" is a GOP marketing tool, kind of like "partial-birth abortion")
 only affects estates of a net value of $2,000,000 or more.  And, there are literaly dozens
 of tax loopholes to get around the estate tax.  It's a total red herring designed to rally support
 among Bush's supporters and to make Bush look like he's the friend of farmers and small business owners.

 Our self-designated "Man of Integrity" in the White House couldn't find the truth
 if someone hit him over the head with it.  Like with a big hammer, brother!
 
 Rob in Chicago
 
 PS. Jon Stewart asked Senator Kerry point-blank "Are you the most liberal Senator in Congress?"
 and Kerry said "No".  Not exactly the stuff of rallying cries but there you go.
 

 Rob, thanks for that.
 Many people wrote to remind me that Kerry refuted that charge on The Daily Show.
 So that makes one time that Kerry refuted the believed from sea-to-shining-sea lie.

 One time, on a comedy show, that aired at about 11:20 PM - if you have cable
 and happen to be watching The Daily Show that one night.

 Those hundreds of speeches Kerry has made with the network cameras on him?
 No need to refute the biggest lie of the campaign while the networls are watching....
 

 Oh God, tonight we need a miracle...
 

  Comments?

 Quotes

"Can somebody tell me why my son had to die? We need some changes in this country. 
  Strong, positive changes. We need to see things the way they are, not the way we are told.
  And yes, there is nothing I can do to replace my son."
      --Nadia McCaffrey, whose son Patrick was killed in Iraq on June 22,   Attribution

 Subject: new voters

 Been voting for years, my partner and I live in London.
 The other day the BBC announced that in the last 3 week more than
 3,000,0000 Americans in Europe have applied for absentee ballots.
 Almost all, when asked why, said "To get rid of Bush."

 My votes and my partners is in the mail.
 We have been watching your site for a long time and love it.
 We sent you pictures of one of the London anti war rallies that you put on the site
 Keep up the great work Bart.

 Jerry
 

 Jerry, I heard that story, too, but the figure I heard was 6 million.
 Remember in 2000, they said it was the military - voting twice, many on ballots
 that were dated weeks after the pools closed, that helped put the Monkey over the top.
 That's how Gore got the "He hates the military" tag which he never bothered to refute.

 I wonder if the military and their families are as willing to die for Halliburton as they were to die for Bush?
 

  Comments?

 Quotes

"I would love to have heard President Bush and the Republicans in Congress say,
 'Here's what we'll do better.' But they didn't do that. They circled the wagons, they
  stonewalled, they blocked, they foot-dragged.  I have a 5-year-old that lost her father
  and thinks a dad is an image in a photo. She has no idea that a dad is supposed to be
  real and hug you. I want to know that she's going to be safer. That when she grows up,
  she's not going to die because of payback for a bad foreign policy.""
     --Kristen Breitweiser, campaigning with John Edwards, "9-11 Victims in Partisan Fray" Attribution
 
 

..
"Screw them ingrates... they got some money..."

 Subject: Carter's service

 If Carter only did seven years in the Navy, how did he get to be a Navy Captain?
 Raji
 

 Raji, not sure about that.
 Memory says he commanded a nuclear sub.
 Can you do that with only 7 years of service?

 Maybe someone will write in and clarify.
 (If we had more subscribers, maybe Carter would write in...)

 
  Comments?

 Quotes

"The plain implication is that Bush is stashing Bin Laden somewhere, or somehow
  keeping his arrest in reserve, for an "October surprise." This innuendo would appear
  to go a little further than "impugning the patriotism" of the president. It argues for
  something like collusion on his part with a man who [caused 9-11]."
    --Christopher Hitchens, finally catching on after all these years,  Attribution
 

 Apparently, until now, Hitchens never considered the possibility that evil men
 would collude with other evil men to control the entire planet.

 Caged British Hostage in Iraq Pleads for Help

  Click  Here

  Excerpt:
 A weeping British hostage was shown pleading for help between the bars of a
 makeshift cage in a video that surfaced Wednesday, a sobering reminder of the
 grim reality for at least 18 foreign captives still held by Iraqi militants.
 

 If this guy survives, he's voting for Blair.

   Comments?

 Bush document from 1974 perplexes Denver, White House officials
  Bush RESIGNED, claiming he had "inadequate time" to fulfill his A.N.G. obligations - WTF?

  Click  Here

  Excerpt:
 DENVER (AP) - Air Force Reserve officials here, as well as staffers at the White House, were struggling to
 explain the sudden appearance of a 1974 document in which George W. Bush submitted his resignation from
 the Reserve, saying he had "inadequate time" to fulfill his duty obligations.

"We can't explain it and don't know where it came from," Deall said, adding that officials from his agency
 spent most of Wednesday afternoon on the phone with the White House trying to figure out what happened.

 Defense Department officials denied knowledge of the document's existence early Wednesday.   A spokesman
 at Denver's Air Reserve Personnel Center later confirmed that the letter did exist, followed by the White House.

 
 I'm so old, I remember when the press would actually investigate something like this,
 but that's a remnant from the old days, when America had a free press.
 

   Comments?
 

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"Don't ask about that - it's not important!!!

 Subject: BCR Show 55
 

 No comments...

 I believe three people have commented on BCR Show 55,
 our best show so far, yet dozens of subscribers paid to hear that show.

 Are you guys shy?
 Or are you mailing comments to an address I'm not getting?

 As always, I'm not fishing for compliments, but the show can't get any better
 without some feedback because I can't hear you laughing or groaning.

  Comments?

 Florida Hispanics a Key to Election
  Can Jeb cheat another victory for his brother?

  Click  Here

  Excerpt
 Since 2000, Florida's Hispanic population has grown by more than 477,000, putting the number
 at 3,160,287. Hispanics now account for 18.5 percent of the state's population of 17 million and
 about 14 percent of the state's eligible voters. In 2000, Hispanics made up 16.7 percent of voters.

 Nationally, Hispanics traditionally have favored Democrats in presidential elections, but that support
 has declined in recent years. In 1996, 72 percent of Hispanics voted to re-elect Clinton, while 21
 percent voted for Viagra Bob. Four years later, Gore won 62 percent of the Hispanic vote.
 

 John - promise them something, promise to open the Cuban gates, promise free cigars for everyone,
 promise them free rides to Cubam promise them anything but dammit, you need those votes!
 

 VCR Alert

 There's  only one thing worth watching tonight...
 It's called "Earthe Future," and it's on all the networks.

 Go ahead and pray - it can't hurt.

 Big party in the live chat room during and after.
 Non-drinkers welcome, too :)

 Subject: tonight's debate

 Bart, could you consider hitting Bush's performance harder, and tilting more criticism
 towards the weak Democrats who don't fight back, rather than going full-throttle after Kerry himself?

 As I've said before, we WANT him to become President.
 Sure, he's not perfect to everybody, but no candidate EVER is.

 And look who he's running against.
 Cheryl.
 

 Cheryl, I plan to "debate" Bush's non-answers in BCR 56.  Another thing you might hear
 in BCR 56 - Kerry was on ABC's "Good Morning, We're Whores!" with Diane Sawyer.
 (I saw Jon Stewart's clips from it.)

 Sawyer asked Kerry, "Is this war in Iraq a mistake?"  and Kerry gave her one of his famous
 2000 word answers that said absolutely nothing but gibberish, so Sawyer tried her question again.

"So, is this war in Iraq a mistake?" and Kerry went off on another long-ass, super-wordy answer
 and said,  "If it turns out OK, it might not have been, but who knows how it might turn out?"

 Sawyer tried a third time.

"Senator, is this war in Iraq a mistake or not?" and he did it again.

 Kerry is incapable of saying, "Yes, it's  a horrible mistake - we have 1000 dead and how long
 before we have another thousand dead? This president has no plan and he refuses to admit
 America is in a quagmire, but I can bring better leadership and straighten out his mess!"

 See?
 That's so easy and I did it without a week of practice,

 Why can't Kerry answer a straight, yes-or-no question?
 Why does he have to nuance every question in the world to f-ing death?

"Hey John, would you like mustard on your hot dog?"
 
 "There are many condiments that all Americans enjoy on their frankfurters on holidays and
   sometimes on non-holidays.  As you know, mustand was invented by the Chinese in 1200...."

 Why can't he just answer the damn question?
 They've told him for MONTHS to stop doing this, but he just can't.
 Why can't he just answer the simplest of questions?

  Comments?

 ..

 Subject: a great joke

 Bart,

 Here's a great joke about Bush the smarter.

 "I'd like to come in," knocks Poppy.

 President Poppy finishes his time on earth and approaches the Pearly Gates of Heaven.
"Andwho might you be?" inquires St. Peter.

"It's me, Poppy Bush, formerly the President of the United States and Leader of the BFEE."

"Oh....Mr. President! What may I do for you?" asks St. Peter.

"I'd like to come in," replies Poppy.

"Sure," says the Saint. "But first you have to confess your sins.
 What bad things have you done in your life?"

 Poppy bites his lip and answers, "Well, I made a secret, illegal deal with terrorists to fix the 1980 election,
 but you can't call it 'treason' because we thought it was important to keep the liberals out of power.

 Then I tried to get that Hinckley boy to murder the old goat who was my boss,  but you can't call that
'attempted murder' because Reagan was too old and senile to be president.

 Then I gave Saddamn written permission to take Kuwait so I could be a war hero,
 but you can't call that 'warmongering' because technically, Saddam made the first move.

 There were inappropriate extramarital relationships, but you can't call it 'adultery' because
 one look at my wife says cheating is OK - I mean Jesus Christ! 

 Whoops, ...sorry...

 And I lied about my diary being lost in the Iran-Contra scandal, but you can't call it
'bearing false witness' because I really didn't know exactly which shelf my diary was on
 in my safe, so far as I know, that didn't meet the legal standard of perjury."
 

 With that St. Peter consults the Book of Life briefly, and declares, "Okay, here's the deal.
 We'll send you somewhere hot, but we won't call it 'Hell.' You'll be there indefinitely, but
 we won't call it 'eternity.' And when you enter, you don't have to "abandon all hope,"
 just don't hold your breath .....waiting for it to freeze over."

 Bob Booger
 

 Bob, thanks.
 I liked it.

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