Please spare me the lectures about "unity."
A united Democratic party, ready to take on McCain? I'm all for it. Let's rally around the nominee, and take on the Republicans. Can't wait.But as of this night of Sunday June 2nd, there is one...
View ArticleThere are as*holes in every political campaign.
As we come to the end of the Democratic primaries tonight, some very sore feelings linger in both the Clinton and Obama camps. Most of us here know both candidate's supporters' list of grievances...
View ArticleThe San Antonio Spurs "need a little time"
ESPN reports...The San Antonio Spurs "need a little time" to concede that they lost to the L.A. Lakers in the Conference Finals.(more!)
View ArticleSo we really can't impeach? What, then?
Ladies and gentlemen,As you probably know, Sen. Jay Rockefeller's "Phase II" report on the pre-war Iraq intelligence was finally released today... four full years after the first phase of the...
View ArticleA quick reminder of McCain's dishonesty re: IRAQ.
John McCain has decided to put himself forward as the guy who has REALLY been around the block -- the steady old hand that we need, as opposed to the big-talking rube he's running against.And nowhere...
View ArticleKudos to Laura Bush.
There's a whole hell of a lot I don't agree on with Laura Bush, and I think her husband is a criminal who should be impeached and / or prosecuted.But credit where credit is due. She defended Michelle...
View ArticleRESOLVED: Joe Lieberman should be kicked out of the Democratic caucus....
Connecticut-for-Lieberman party member Joe Lieberman has once again slimed the Democratic candidate for President, Barack Obama.Lieberman, who has thrown his full support behind George W. Bush's buddy...
View ArticleSenator Obama: please push for single-payer health care.
I love Barack Obama. He's a candidate I'm proud to work for, and support in every way I can. The man seems ready, willing, and able to lead us from the nightmare of the Bush years, into a better...
View ArticleI've been totally in agreement and support of President Bush.
...Thus spake John McCain, three years ago, on NBC's Sunday morning political show, MEET THE TIM RUSSERT. Yeah, it's not a very good sentence, grammar-wise, but... the idea is clear.And more to the...
View ArticleWhy is McCain a delicate flower who needs constant a*skissing?
I'll be blunt, here.Just how much ass-kissing does John McCain think he is owed?Barack Obama has constantly, consistently and repeatedly said he honors John McCain military service, and what he endured...
View ArticleJohn McCain has no core principles. Or honor. Or decency.
John McCain's latest shameless, disgusting lie accusing Obama of having no time for the troops should make clear to anyone with a brainstem that McCain is a man without honor.He's run a brilliant sales...
View ArticleKudos to Joe Klein. (Yes, Joe Klein!)
American politics has proven that many people can find some kind of redemption. I've not been a fan of Joe Klein over the years -- especially the past decade -- but lately he's been sounding more like...
View ArticleMcCain promises to keep lying, like his buddy Karl Rove.
This is from Markos' front page story right now "McCain camp admits ad was false:"McCain's advisers said they do not intend to back down from the charge, believing it an effective way to create a...
View ArticleRoss Perot on John McCain. (Hint: he loathes him.)
I've always thought that Ross Perot was more than a little bit out of his mind, but... with the help of his beaucoup bucks, he did make an amazing showing for President in 1992. Perot got nearly 19%...
View ArticleListen up, you shameless, lying fools in the news media...
Here's what Barack Obama actually said. This is the statement he made that got John McCain huffing and puffing about Obama playing the so-called "race card:""So nobody really thinks that Bush or...
View ArticleMcCain says: it's Obama's fault that I went negative.
Ah, John McCain. The maverick. ...Excuse me, the Maverick, capital "M." He really wanted this to be a clean election. He really, really wanted this to be a campaign about the issues facing America....
View ArticleUppity John McCain is playing President already!
Some people just don't know their place. And there's a word for such people: uppity.Yes, you can say "presumptuous" if you want, but I find that word kind of weak. Doesn't pack the punch nedded....
View ArticleJerome Corsi is a con man who stole investors' money.
Just when you thought the racist, anti-Catholic serial liar who authored the latest Obama hit piece couldn't go any lower, he manages to show yet another immoral side of himself.Jerome Corsi's vile...
View ArticleOK, McCain: time to bring your KEATING FIVE scandal back.
Confronted with his own ridiculous statement about not knowing how many houses he owns, John McCain resorted today to what every pampered elitist Republican does when faced with his own Washington,...
View ArticleUPDATED!! "Arugula." That's all these morally bankrupt fools have.
Another one of John McCain's spokeswhiners came out yesterday to remind us for the 7 millionth time that John McCain was a POW a bunch of decades ago. In response to the absolute shellacking that...
View ArticleHillary delivered. The phony drama MUST stop now.
Ladies and gentlemen, I was among the many of us who criticized Hillary during the primaries. (FYI, I also criticized Obama, Edwards, and just about everyone else....)And the traditional media has...
View ArticleMittens Romney and Tim Pawlenty ENRAGED by McCain's VP pick.
Dear ladies and gentlemen of the traditional media:I now expect you -- no, REQUIRE you -- to run 24/7 stories about Republicans being in severe, angry disarray going into their convention next week....
View ArticleSarah Palin is LYING about the Bridge to Nowhere.
(I have seen this mentioned elsewhere, but it doesn't seem to have made it to the front page or the Rec list.)One of the big Republican talking points we keep hearing about John McCain's VP pick is...
View ArticleKids were never "off-limits" for McCain before.
Ladies and gentlemen,We've now been told by all respectable parties that kids are "off-limits" in political discussion. I agree with this, for the most part. And I want to honor what Barack Obama...
View ArticleJoe Lieberman vs. Joe Lieberman.
Well, Holy Joe couldn't resist getting up there and shilling for John McCain last night. He praised his hero McCain, and kissed up to the entire Republican party -- which has been his schtick for a...
View ArticleThe Republican party destroyed its chances tonight.
They will lose. I guarantee it.These craven idiots really think that America wants another four-eight years of the guy whose approval rating has been stuck below 30% FOREVER.Rudy Giuliani came off as...
View ArticleSarah Palin, the Welfare Queen Governor.
Republicans like John McCain and Sarah Palin love to rail against taxes and government spending. It's the standard Republican script, and we saw from Palin's heroes, big spenders George W. Bush and...
View ArticlePalin: "plane on eBay" not even her idea!
One by the one the pillars are falling. Sarah Palin's stories are being proven b.s., over and over. At some point we have to wonder: do ANY of them hold up to the slightest scrutiny?Short answer:...
View Article"Inventing the Internet": John McCain vs. Al Gore
(This diary is expanded from a comment I made in Devilstower's front page diary today.)So. It was John McCain who invented the Internet, after all.At least that's what John McCain is claiming.At least...
View ArticleBush runs the Iraq play again. Will Congress fall for it?
Will Congress fall for it AGAIN?****The trillion-plus bailout demanded by George W. Bush and his Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Paulson, has a very familiar ring to it.In a word: Iraq.Once again...
View ArticleDear Republicans: George W. Bush is all YOURS.
(expanded from a comment in Meteor Blades' diary...)So. George W. Bush will address the nation tonight. He'll come out of hiding in the White House. He'll take a quick break from doing (ssshhhh!)...
View ArticleMcCain and Palin babble and whine - together! [VIDEO]
So John McCain is trying to pretend that Barack Obama has actually given up tactical information to the terrorists by Obama's general statement that if there was reliable intelligence about high-value...
View ArticleBarack Obama: first-rate intellect AND first-rate temperament.
Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once said of FDR that he possessed "a second-rate intellect, but a first-rate temperament."Whatever you think of that assessment, and the slightly arcane...
View ArticleMcCain going negative? Let's have Keating Five scandal 24/7.
The flop sweat has been showing for some time, but lately it's been ankle-deep. John McCain is losing, and losing big. We know it, he knows it, everyone knows it. By every quantifiable measure,...
View ArticleSean Hannity's pal: "Exterminate Jew Power."
Sean Hannity is a Fox News star.Fox News is a mouthpiece for the Republican Party. No serious, sane person believes otherwise.Sean Hannity is an anti-Semite who loves to spotlight his fellow...
View ArticleJohn Cleese of Monty Python laughs at Sarah Palin
I'm a great fan of John Cleese of Monty Python's Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers. He and his cohorts have produced some of the funniest stuff ever for TV and movies, and they're as smart as anyone...
View ArticleRepublican talk host Michael Smerconish endorses Obama
Philadelphia-based Republican talk show host Michael Smerconish has now endorsed Barack Obama. He will have an editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer to that effect soon, and he read excerpts of it on...
View ArticleDear GOP: sure, we'll take those voters off your hands.
Dear Republican Party,Many of you are very busy these days explaining to the American people just which of them get to be called "real Americans." And who doesn't.Your vice-presidential nominee Sarah...
View ArticleMcCain's pal Liddy re ATF: "shoot for the head."
There's a story in the news today about a plot to kill Barack Obama and dozens of black citizens, including schoolchildren. It was diaried here yesterday, with updates and hundreds of comments....
View ArticleHow do we help President Obama?
I'm still overjoyed at Barack Obama's victory. And with many millions of people around the world, I'm basking in the promise of a new day for the U.S.A. But when President-elect Obama spoke last...
View ArticleLieberman camp: America won't be safe without Joe!
Reason # 7913 that Joe Lieberman has no moral principles at all, and really is all about Joe Lieberman, period, full stop:He seems to think that the United States is not safe unless he gets his...
View ArticleDrama queen Las Vegas mayor demands Obama apologize
Barack Obama tries to be a reasonable, mature, respectful, inclusive leader. Good for him. It's worth the effort, and Obama's big victory in November -- as well and his continued high approval...
View Article"Taxation is theft!"
We all saw a lot of variations on that slogan yesterday during coverage of TeaBagFest. It's a complaint as old as history itself. Look, there are two basic choices here: Taxation is theft, period....
View Article[UPDATE: Cliff Schecter weighs in below] Democrats: if you're going on TV,...
UPDATE: Cliff Schecter himself weighs in, way down in comments.**********I was struck in Al Rodger's recommended diary how much Liz Cheney tries to use the standard Republican "debating" tactic against...
View ArticleGeneral Petraeus: against torture; FOR closing Gitmo
What will the Republicans do now?The man that they declared over and over was above criticism, General David Petraeus, has now gone on record contradicting the chickenhawk heads of the Republican...
View ArticleMake Republicans answer: "Why do you want to kill Medicare?"
The Republican party has been getting away with a Big Lie for a long time, but especially in this past year of the healthcare fight. As we saw this summer, ignorant rightwingers ranted in town halls...
View ArticleProtest yesterday's outrage: STOP USING MEDICARE!
Dear Republicans Who Are Outraged by the Healthcare Bill:I share your pain. What happened yesterday was an outrage. It was the destruction of this proud country as we know it. We must register our...
View ArticleI agree with Rand Paul!
He's got it right! Ladies and gentlemen, Rand Paul wants to show us what a Libertarian-Republican paradise would look like! Let's give him some assistance, shall we?Here's how you can help Rand help...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich: sociopath.
In a diary currently on the Rec List, we learn of a group of brave religious leaders who have stood up for the actual core values espoused by their diverse faiths. It can't be easy to do so, and to do...
View ArticleGBCW
I'm heading into the sunset. It seems best for me not to hang out here anymore. But let me quickly say: It's not you, it's me.[MORE...]
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