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Quotes
"The economy’s in the present state because
when the Democrats took the House and Senate
in 2006, you knew that those tax increases
were going to come in 2010. The stock market began
to collapse as soon as you recognized that
those old tax rates were coming back. So, we’re in the
middle of responding to those tax increases."
-- Grover Norquist, clearly insane, Link
Norquist is a handjob who thinks facts don't matter.
Don't forget - Clinton raised taxes on the super-rich and tripled
the stock market that the Bush bastards just cut in half.
By the way, who is Grover Norquist?
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Bush's Last
Days
They can't get here soon enough
Excerpt:
We have "only one President at a time," Obama
said in his debut press conference as President-elect.
Normally, that would be a safe assumption - but
we're learning not to assume anything as the
charcoal-dreary economic winter approaches. By
mid-November, with the financial crisis growing worse
by the day, it had become obvious that one President
was no longer enough (at least not this President).
So, in the days before Thanksgiving, Obama began
to move - if not to take charge outright, then at least
to preview what things will be like when he does
take over in January. He became a more public presence,
taking questions from the press three days in
a row. He named his economic team. He promised an
enormous stimulus package that would somehow
create 2.5 million new jobs, and began to maneuver
the new Congress toward having the bill ready
for him to sign - in a dramatic ceremony, no doubt
- as soon as he assumes office.
Never in our lifetime has a president taken peace
and prosperity and trashed it so badly.
If the Democrats had any brains (Why do I punish myself this way?)
they would remind us
"This is what happens when a Republican steals
power," but they refuse to do that
because it's not polite and Mr. Rove might not approve.
Voters are so stupid, their memories are shorter than Bush's attention
span.
If Obama even sneezes, they'll soon be begging for more supply-side
economic
horseshit.
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Iraq War
Foes Get Short Shrift
by Robert Parry
Excerpt:
Arguably, Barack Obama’s most promising promise
of the presidential campaign was his vow
to not just end the war in Iraq but “to end the
mindset that got us into war.”
Yet, while there is no room at the dinner table
for the anti-war “ideologues” – as they’re often called
– there appear to be plenty of seats for the
neocon-lites of the Democratic Party and even some spots
for key holdovers from the Bush administration.
According to press reports, hawkish Hillary is
in line to be named Secretary of State and
longtime Bush Family loyalist Robert Gates is
likely to be retained as Secretary of Defense.
Obama might have had trouble finding two political
figures more representative of “the mindset
that got us into war” – a Democrat who supported
war to look tough and a Republican who put
career advancement and ideology over everything.
Obama isn't even on the job yet and he's got critics
everywhere.
I think I'll wait till the ball game starts before I criticize the
coach.
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Subject: who will replace Alan Colmes (D-Loser)
Bart,
My suggestion to replace Alan Colmes be James
( "The Dragon") Carville.
Little Sean wouldn't know what to do with a real
opponent.
I would love watching Hannity quivering next
to Carville.
After further review, Fox doesn't have the nuts
to do it.
Mike in Texas
That's one thing you'll never see - a Republican
in a fair fight.
The only way they can win is with no opposition
or with a hired stooge like Colmes.
BTW, sorry about that 50-point shellacking
my Sooners put on Texas Tech.
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Quotes
"There's been a lot of discussion about how
to address those responsible for the worst excesses
of the Bush bastard's extralegal responses
to the terrorist threat. Regardless of how he approaches
the guilty, I'd like to see Obama honor the
JAGs, pro bono lawyers and civil liberties groups who
pushed back against the excesses and in so
doing defended us all against them. It would be a strong
symbolic rebuke to those who, for reasons
of political cohesion at a time of crisis, might not be
immediately prosecuted themselves."
-- Judah Grunstein, Link
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Subject: Gimme a break Dems, quit the whining already!!
Bart, you wrote:
> I spent most of 2008 feeling like the only
blogger backing Hillary.
> Am I going to spend the next four years
being the only bloggger backing our president?
I, too, am sick of the whining from the Democrats
regarding Obama and how he is setting up his team
and trying to save our country from the last
eight tyrannical years of bush. OK, so if you have to whine
about Obama to be a true Democrat, then I guess
I'm not one. That being said, I love the way he is
trying to create a government that will pull
our nation back from the brink. I respect the man and I think
he is doing his very best to save us from ourselves.
Thank God he was elected.
Bart, just keep on being the way you are.
Obama hasn't done anything as of now to be derided
by the Left.
You get Obama's back, and there are plenty of
people like me who've got yours.
Keith
Keith, it's nice to hear a sane voice now and
then - thanks.
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Obama to keep Gates at Pentagon
Excerpt:
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to
stay on under Obama, according to officials in both parties.
Obama plans to announce a national-security team
early next week that includes Gates at the Pentagon and
Hillary as secretary of state, officials said.
Retired Marine Gen. James Jones, former Marine
commandant and commander of U.S. and NATO forces
in Europe, will be named national security adviser,
the officials said.
I don't have a problem with Gates staying.
Obviously he's going to follow Obama's orders and he probably knows
more
about Bush's wars than anybody else so why not tap into that knowledge?
Can somebody check on Bob Parry?
He must be suicidal with this news.
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Quotes
"If accurate, this is fabulous news for several
reasons. For starters, it means Obama
will be avoiding the bad decision of
taking money out of taxpayers' pockets at the
exact moment the U.S. economy needs
it the most."
--
Jim Geraghty, on a report that Obama may delay his pledge
to repeal Bush's tax cuts for the super-rich, Link
If
Obama does that, I'm going to assume he has a good reason,
but why not target those tax cuts and get something out of them?
Instead of handing the super-rich a boatload of cash (again)
why not give the super-rich a bonus for every person they hire?
Remember these, from 2001?
Who did Ford hire? Nobody - so what was the point?
Who did Microsoft hire? Nobody - so what was the point?
Who did General Electric hire? Nobody - so what was the
point?
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Subject: Health care
Bart, you wrote:
> Republican health care bribes is the primary
reason why Detroit can't compete.
> The greedy Republicans are the enemy here
- we should aim our fire at them.
Nobody knows what you're talking about so link
or slink,
Carson, Mayor of Chimp City
Well, all the non-chimps know what I'm talking about. Are you old enough
to remember
the Clintons trying to fix our (then) biggest financial problem back
in 1994-95?
The Republicans lined up against any changes to the money-draining
system we now have and the
idiot Democrats
agreed that the Clintons were "dangerous
socialists who needed
to be held in check" so the voters
agreed with both parties and turned the government over to the
right-wing bastards who had nothing better to do than impeach a president
for having a girlfriend.
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Rumsfeld's Snow Job
Excerpt:
"Donald Rumsfeld is writing his memoirs, and
if his op-ed in the Nov. 23 New York Times is any preview,
it should be a classic of self-serving revisionism.
On the surface, the former defense secretary's piece seems
to be a warning - sound, if unoriginal - that
merely sending more troops to Afghanistan won't fix that country's
problems or win the war.
But his real intent is clearly to justify his
own policies on the war in Iraq, to refute the (properly) widespread
idea that he committed serious errors, and even
more to deny that he held the views that he actually did hold...
During his six years as defense secretary, Rumsfeld
famously wrote hundreds, maybe thousands, of memos
to subordinates - they fell so rapidly from on
high that his aides called them "snowflakes." According to several
officials, many of these snowflakes contradicted
one another; he seemed to be staking out several positions on
key issues so that he could later claim that
he'd taken the right side. In his forthcoming memoirs, he will no doubt
quote chapter and verse from just the right snowflakes.
Readers, be forewarned - he's blotting out the full storm.
Can you imagine the horror of being fired by George
W. Bush ...for incompetence?
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Quotes
"If you bought a gas guzzler in the last 15
years you have no excuse to oppose a bailout for Detroit.
None. You enabled Big Three greedhead management
to step on the gas despite the fast approaching cliff.
This isn't the union workers' fault, workers
report to work and manufacture what they're told to manufacture.
And the UAW has already made too many concessions
new hires don't make a living wage and their benefits
are shit. UAW retirees helped the Big Three
turn big profits while they spent their lives on assembly lines.
These workers completed an endless task and
have earned and should get every dime in pensions and every
bit of benefits they have coming. AIG gets
six times what the auto industry has asked for. And CEO's travel
by private jets. If these three clowns get
fired for it, fine by me. The private jet travel is annoying but cracker
legislators using it as an excuse to crush
a predominantly Democratic part of the country look just a tad
vindictive at the moment."
-- Barry Crimmins,
Link
Good point about private jets - how often do our senators and
representatives use them?
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Attack, attack, attack
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Subject: Ann Coulter's jaw wired shut!! WAHOOOOOO!!!!!!
For the next few weeks, fans of Ann Coulter--anyone?--will
have to rely on Lindsay Lohan
to provide mind-bioggling sound bites.
Because of a nasty fall last month, the 46-year-old slut will have her jaw wired shut.
News is scant at the moment, but we didn't think
it would be possible to silence Ann Coulter,
the screeching reactionary broke her jaw and
the mouth that roared has been wired shut..."
I think we can go a shot of Chinaco for that...
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Quotes
"I wondered whether Obama would merely be a
center-left president in the Clinton mold
-- i.e., one who enjoys short-term political
success while failing to seriously advance liberalism
-- or whether he would actually be a transformational
liberal leader who creates enduring big
government institutions a la FDR and
LBJ. Having been able to take a look at some of his
early appoints, right now, it's looking
more and more like the Clinton model."
--
Phillip Klein, Link
The Clinton model?
You mean eight years of peace and prosperity?
You mean tripling the stock market?
You mean never sending a man into battle who didn't come home
alive?
You mean when our biggest problem was how to spend the surplus?
Please, not that!
The last thing this broken country need is more Clintonian success.
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Subject: Democrats
Bart, you wrote:
> Democrats - they never pass up a chance to criticize their president.
That's the theme. The question -- What the hell is wrong with these people?
Why do democrats play right into the republicans
hands? Republicans didn't start criticizing Bush
until well after the 2004 election when it was
too late to do anything about the bastard. Democrats
crying about "where's the change" sound just
like asshole republicans and those evil pricks are going
to take it and leverage it to their advantage.
Why can't Democrats unite behind their president?
Why do Democrats have to help the Republicans
convince the media to turn on their guy?
I have to echo your sentiment, "Who
do they want appointed"?
Should we dig up Karl Marx and appoint him to
something?
It's frustrating to be in a party full of back-stabbing
babies.
-pm in Texas
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Subject: Thanx for putting me on your page
Bart I guess you forgot how politics works, both
sides do that bs and you know it.
I guess I forgot how the internet works.
I'm at your mercy and shame on me for emailing you.
I learned a lesson. Thanx for the embarassment
after all the contributions I made to you. You could have
just emailed me back and said screw you but you
didn't. I still hate the republican party and damn them
for what we are going thru. I honestly
don't know whats in store for us but I feel sorry for kids right now.
Sorry about that kids - we were to busy consuming
that we forgot about you. Bart there is a douchbag
named Schnitt that has a show on XM 152 and he
is as bad as pigboy. Check him out and unleash the dogs
on him before he parlays his dipshit talkshow
into 40 millon a year talk show.
Bart I'm done with you and I'm done with all the
political talking heads.
Good luck and I hope your health stays good.
Peace out!,
Bill, you opened with:
Bart, you and I used to be on the same page
but you
have entered the realm of that peice of crab
Limbaugh.
Did you think I was going to let that go?
Do I look like a senate Democrat to you?
Is that how friends talk to each other?
If you wanted me to back off Palin (odd request) you could've asked
nice but you
chose to insult me personally and you're surprised I didn't take it
like a Democrat?
And note that you weren't portrayed as a screaming monkey.
See? I can be nice.
I hate to lose you, but you might be careful about popping off to people,
especially in red states where fighting words can quickly lead to a
real fight.
Last thing - that embarassment you suffered?
You're not the only Bill in America.
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Marty's Entertainment Page
Marty always has good stuff.
Quotes
"It has been proved time and again, the Clintons
are devoted to no interest other than
their own."
-- Christopher
Hitchens, Link
You mean eight years of peace and prosperity?
You mean tripling the stock market?
You mean never sending a man into battle who didn't come home
alive?
You mean when our biggest problem was how to spend the surplus?
Please, not that!
The last thing this broken country need is more Clintonian success.
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Subject: Thanks for the laugh
Bartude, thanks for the best laugh I've had in awhile.
> "Are they hoping Kucinich will get Secretary of Defense?"
For real man... I could actually picture in my
head those more hot-headed
Huffingtonpost readers saying that there couldn't
be a better pick for Secretary of Defense.
Good thing Obama's got a lot more sense than them.
Take care dude,
Daniel.
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Subject: my problem with OnStar
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Mike on Sports and Obama
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Subject: Father Newman
People who have Communion with known child molesters
should hastily shut up about abortion.
Tell that to ANY Catholic priest who dares to
open his big mouth.
Jitske
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Quotes
"She did a great job of energizing our base.
I'm very proud of her.
I think she has a very bright future
in the Republican Party."
-- John McCain, on Sarah Palin,
Link
"What else could he say?
'She's as dumb as a bag
of hammers and I made a giant mistake in choosing her'??
That would make HIM look bad...He'll
lie through his teeth to the end on this one.."
--Carol, Link
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Subject: Those unsatisfied with Obama's cabinet
Bart,
I'd be happy if we could have Barry
Crimmins put in charge of Health and Labor.
Charlie
Belchertown
Barry Crimmins is a comedy genius.
He's busy writing his autobiography, but I hope he
has time to do his always-great end of the year round up.
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Subject: Palin hoax?
Watch out for this kind of stuff:
Yesterday, Dee wrote:
> You can do better than this, considering the story was a hoax:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081113/ap_en_tv/palin_hoax_1
> Don't perpetuate bullshit, Bart cause it
makes you as bad as the bullshitters.
> Dee in NJ.
A lot of people are mistaking this for the story
being a hoax.
It’s not.
The hoax was when some guy pretended to be the leak for the story.
When he said he leaked the story he was lying.
The story itself remains true.
Clive
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Subject: Quickie about the Obama criticisms
Hey Bart, love your work but you're being unfair
about the Obama criticisms.
I'd say the left has good reason to be criticizing
the guy. Why? Because we came out for him
in force and that's why he won as hugely as he
did. So we scratched his back & got him elected,
but is he scratching ours?
Nope.
We're not seeing any of our own guys being picked
to work in his administration. He's picking some
good people to work with, sure -- but no good
_progressives_, ya know? The hardcore progressives
are gonna feel alienated by Obama's playing to
the center and playing it safe like that. In fact, if you're
a true believer, I can see that almost being
like a slap in the face. I'd be saying, "I worked to get you
put in charge and now you're gonna work with
the people I didn't want? You're gonna forgive goddamn
Liebermen & play nice with the Repigs?!?!?
WTF!!!!
So before you start blaming "the Left" that came
out for him, you might wanna consider
that maybe it's Obama's own fault for not throwing
the people who got him elected a bone.
Keep swingin' the hammer.
Jonny
Jonny, who do you want to see hired - and for what positions?
There's a chance Obama is smarter than either of us :)
I say we give him a chance before we launch into him.
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Subject: Catholic nutjob
Bart - that Catholic
nutjob is in SOUTH Carolina.
Please please use the North and South with the
appropriate Carolina.
These are two very different states, and I think
we've earned a distinction by turning blue.
Mark in Morehead City, NC
You have a point there.
Since you guys went blue, I can no longer say
all Carolinas are alike.
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Subject: Leftists for Obama to think about
Bart, you asked:
> Who does the Left want appointed that they're not getting?
Alan Blinder, Dean Baker, Paul Krugman, James
Galbraith, and Robert Reich for starters.
Krugman just won the Nobel prize for economics,
for Chist's sake.
Obama might consider that he has something to
offer.
KH,
Martha
I've never heard of Blinder, Baker or Galbraith - are they good Leftys?
I like Krugman but maybe Obama is smart to keep backstabbers like Reich
at arm's length.
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