VIDEO: Cheney Loudly Booed During First Pitch
By on Apr 11th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
VIDEO: Cheney Loudly Booed During First Pitch
Vice President Cheney threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the home opener of the Washington Nationals game today. The crowd was was less than thrilled to have him there, loudly booing over the Fox News reporter. (Note: Fox producers muted the crowd audio halfway through before letting viewers “listen in” after the pitch.)
The good news: Cheney’s pitch landed in the dirt, not in someone’s face.
UPDATE: Wonkette has the pool report: “Gorgeous day, 70 degrees with happy, red-capped turnout est at 25k. VPOTUS stepped out onto field dressed in khakis and a Nats bomber jacket to the sound of thunderous boos and catcalls…”
UPDATE II: Garrett at FishBowlDC wonders whether the media tried to censor the boos.
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Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy…
April 11th, 2006 at 2:21 pmCheney’s numbers have been even lower then Bush’s. Washington DC is overwhelmingly democratic too. I think Kerry took like 98% of the vote in DC or some grossly disproportional percentage.
April 11th, 2006 at 2:22 pmWhy couldn’t someone throw a hotdog at him or something?
April 11th, 2006 at 2:24 pmHe’s not even on the mound!! Now we all know where the gay gene his daughter got came from. Limp Wristed POS!!
April 11th, 2006 at 2:25 pmNext time add Bush as a catcher .. and then you will really have the booing of a lifetime !!
April 11th, 2006 at 2:27 pm#3 Assination attempt via meat byproducts….nothing but the best for the Dick Che(ese)nie
April 11th, 2006 at 2:28 pmYea, the pitch came in WIDE RIGHT….extreme right.
April 11th, 2006 at 2:28 pmTieing it in with the previous post. “Fox hits the mute button.”
April 11th, 2006 at 2:28 pm#3 Assination attempt via meat byproducts….nothing but the best for the Dick Che(ese)ny
April 11th, 2006 at 2:28 pmThat’s just one ugly picture.
April 11th, 2006 at 2:29 pmFair and balanced apparently means that they didn’t pipe in cheers rather than just muting the boos!
April 11th, 2006 at 2:30 pmHe would have been right on target if Harry was the catcher.
April 11th, 2006 at 2:30 pmI doubt Cheney cares – but it was encouraging to know that he was loudly booed.
April 11th, 2006 at 2:31 pmThat should be the least of his criticisms. Being marched out of the White House to the Capitol where he would be placed in wooden stocks and pelted with rotten fruit by citizens, before being taken to court and tried for “high crimes and misdemeanors, being found guilty and having to spend the rest of his days with a cell mate named “Bubba,” would be a far more suitable criticism.
Don’t forget the ever popular “Go fvck yourself Mr. Cheney.” Katrina clip.
Crooks & Liars:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/09/08.html#a4856
Classic!
April 11th, 2006 at 2:33 pmI think Jon Stewart will have a nice segment on this one.
Cost of an illegal Iraq War – $280,000,000,000
Projected national debt – $9,000,000,000,000
Having the Vice-President being booed by 45,000+ Americans during America’s Pastime – priceless
April 11th, 2006 at 2:35 pm#13 – You’re right, Marie, Cheney probably doesn’t care if he gets booed. I think of the boos as maybe, just maybe, catching the attention of the sheeple. We also know that if he does get a roommate named “Bubba,” he sure as hell won’t be pitching.
I’m glad he didn’t shoot anyone in the face — today.
April 11th, 2006 at 2:35 pmKnowing how Cheney operates, I bet he put vaseline on the ball, injected himself with human growth hormone, and STILL couldn’t get the ball to the catcher’s mitt.
April 11th, 2006 at 2:36 pmSounds like Cheney is in his last throes.
April 11th, 2006 at 2:43 pmHey, if Cheney gets sent to prison, he might get to throw out the first ball…and chain!
April 11th, 2006 at 2:44 pmCheney doesn’t care. . . he has gotten very rich while “working” as VP. . . . when his term is over, he will continue to run the the repubs and doesn’t give a damn what ordinary folks think of him. This man is all about using wealth to gain power and control of corporate America. Don’t think for a minute that he cares about how he is viewed by anyone but his ultra rich corporate friends -and- they also don’t care about anything the average American may think or say.
April 11th, 2006 at 2:45 pmHe must’ve been hot as hell, what with the corset, the wires, the bulletproof vest, and the bullpen jacket… I’m just thankful he didn’t get heatstroke or they would’ve wasted valuable time on SportsCenter.
April 11th, 2006 at 2:52 pmRound up all those people who booed me and have them shot! No…, I’ll shoot them myself.
April 11th, 2006 at 2:52 pmThe only baseball play I’d like to see Cheney pull off is a suicide squeeze.
April 11th, 2006 at 2:53 pm[...] Boooooooosh! by JT Davis April 11, 2006 at 11:01 am Pacific Cheney Loudly Booed During First Pitch [...]
April 11th, 2006 at 2:57 pmThis video is a sorry version of reality…hell it’s not reality at all. They only use the audio portion they like? The boos were frickin deafening while he was walking out to the mound – so in true FOX form, when you dont like reality, you alter it, or erase it. SICKENING. Fair and balanced bullshit.
April 11th, 2006 at 2:57 pm#15 – Cost of illegal war = 2,000,000,000,000 not 280B
April 11th, 2006 at 2:59 pmSo, once Cheney’s in prison, do you think he’ll be the pitcher or the catcher?
April 11th, 2006 at 2:59 pmi dont like dick cheney very much
April 11th, 2006 at 3:00 pmI don’t usually go in for the public humilation thing, but I have to admit, this brought an enormous smile to my face.
This poor excuse for a human being has shown little to no concern for others, including small, defenseless animals.
He easily earned those boos.
Did you hear about the brave soul that verbally walloped the pResident during one of those so-called’ town meetings?
That too was one of those ‘Oh yes’ moments.
Read about it here: (There are video links as well).
April 11th, 2006 at 3:02 pmhttp://www.politicallyoutspoken.com/cblog/archives/37-Thank-You-So-Much-Harry-Taylor.html
#26
April 11th, 2006 at 3:03 pmoops. should have checked. plus the crowd was only around 25K. Still, priceless though.
Probably the real story here is that Cheney’s wearing two, not one, BP vests. Gotta double-bag it around the public!
April 11th, 2006 at 3:03 pmThat’s weird. I had heard that Jeff Gannon always insisted Cheney was a catcher, not a pitcher.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:04 pmit’s cheney’s “victory” lap. the fucker never did give a rat’s ass who agrees with him, as long as he gets his way. why can’t some hunter shoot HIM?
April 11th, 2006 at 3:06 pmFox news just reported Cheney’s fastball saved freedom.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:07 pmThis is priceless! Great messaging opportunity for progressives, just as examined in the progressive victory strategic plan being circulated and apparently dubbed the Dartmouth Plan…. some excellent ideas in there. if anyone wants a copy, it has a contact e-mail on it of publius.for.progress@gmail.com and is in pdf format. highly recommend. just 2 more years of this administration if they don’t start war with Iran first and suspend the Constitution.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:10 pmAny one catch Nascar on Sunday? George gave the command to start engines and the crowd bood. The Nascar radio station deleted the entire speech from GWB.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:12 pmWell, I think we all know Cheney’s the pitcher and Bush is the catcher in this relationship.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:13 pm#35 – Hey, AustinTXDem, I live in Pflugerville!
Glad to know that more Austin’ites are visiting this page!
April 11th, 2006 at 3:13 pmSo much for your ‘Reality Based Bullcrap’ eh George n Dick?
April 11th, 2006 at 3:13 pmFrom the entire Wisedup family…BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
April 11th, 2006 at 3:15 pmOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
*3 times I tried Quicktime player, 3 times I removed it,it’s a mess. Microsoft and Apple have a little fight going, but leave us out of it…ok?
well gang it turns out the national debt is more like 45 trillion…
ACK!
April 11th, 2006 at 3:15 pmI wonder why IRI is not in the Audience rooting for Cheney?
April 11th, 2006 at 3:18 pmOf course he didn’t throw from the mound or make it to the plate. As the old song goes, “Ya gotta have heart–all you really need is heart…” and, well, Cheney doesn’t.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:20 pmi wish the ump had given him ‘the thumb’ and tossed him from the game. that would have brought smiles and cheers to the crowd.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:25 pmNext time add Bush as a catcher .. …whoa!…he IS a catcher…ask Jeff “Bulldog” Gannon
April 11th, 2006 at 3:30 pmI knew this would happen and I’m sorry I missed it. Last year he got booed at Yankee stadium when the announcer said he was there with Guiliani. I’m not surprised he had the nerve to go there, he has balls of steel.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:33 pmThat’s what happens when you don’t carefully screen your audience.
/sarcasm on
Why does the crowd hate America?
/sarcasm off
April 11th, 2006 at 3:33 pm38 – I too am an Austinite – and am also glad to see other level headed progressive Texans represented here.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:34 pmHe really does throw like a girley man. Maybe after a few drinks he loosens up. If I was him I would limit my trips into the real world. His approval record is 18%, just slightly less than Lacey Peterson’s husband and just ahead of Michael Jackson….RR
April 11th, 2006 at 3:36 pmWhew! The White House is going to have a hard time finding classified documents on all 25,000 baseball fans who turned out today just to discredit them.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:37 pmHere makes me nostalgic for myself.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:39 pmApril 11th, 2006 at 3:41 pm
Here’s some more Fox Headlines:
April 11th, 2006 at 3:43 pmHey, wisedup #40 – just Google “Quicktime alternative” (and, for that matter, “Real alternative”) for a way around the bloatware. Good luck, though, if you try to uninstall RealPlayer (the more vile of the two); I had to spend an hour or so ripping its tentacles out of my registry.
Oh and BTW – good on the Nats fans!
April 11th, 2006 at 3:45 pmExcellent! Please post more members of the administration being booed at sporting events. Personally, I’m just happy that someone else looks more stupid when they’re throwing than I do.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:47 pmhah, great comments – this is gold, gold i tell you!… but i got nuttin’ sorry… except that cheney is a dick…
April 11th, 2006 at 3:49 pmnine bucks says he threw a spitball
April 11th, 2006 at 3:50 pmRendition the veep.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:50 pmLast throw indeed. Cheney may say that being booed does not bother him, but it does. The man has a substantial ego. I’ll bet that was his last first pitch.
April 11th, 2006 at 3:50 pmWhy do the majority of the American people hate America?
April 11th, 2006 at 4:07 pmCheney used to pitch! He shoulda went pro and just terrorize the batters he would bean in the nads.
April 11th, 2006 at 4:12 pm19% Approval rating!!!
Cheney is now less popular than herpes.
April 11th, 2006 at 4:13 pmouch! in front of 25,000 people, and how many more TV viewers??? I think the people have spoken!
April 11th, 2006 at 4:14 pmCheney’s wearing two, not one, BP vests. Gotta double-bag it around the public!
I guess he has thinks the aim of our fellow citizens is better than his. Yuk yuk yuk.
April 11th, 2006 at 4:14 pmWISH I WAS THERE FOR FUN AT THE OLD BALLPARK.
April 11th, 2006 at 4:18 pmIgnoring the context, just look at Cheney’s posture. He looks like he’s doing a war dance. How appropriate.
April 11th, 2006 at 4:19 pmLooks like someone had another lunchtime beer.
April 11th, 2006 at 4:20 pmThat was weak throw from such a macho man. I guess Cheney needed to put the ball into one of his shotguns so it could reach home plate.
April 11th, 2006 at 4:22 pm“In related news Harry Worthington reports being struck by a baseball while hunting in Texas….”
April 11th, 2006 at 4:23 pmAmericans don’t hate America. They hate assholes that misuse the naive trust of the ignorant half of the country, and are deleighted when they get their noses rubbed in it.
April 11th, 2006 at 4:32 pmFox News just ran the video. With NO SOUND. LMAO
April 11th, 2006 at 4:36 pmToo bad nobody had a grenade.
April 11th, 2006 at 4:47 pmIf y’all are on about hurling insults to the Veep, as I am, then don’t forget one of the worst masculine playground insults that can be forwarded: “He throws like a girl!”
April 11th, 2006 at 4:52 pmThey weren’t booing, they were screaming “Booooooooooooooooobs!”
Turns out Vice resident Cheney has quite the rack.
Steal the P! Steal the P!
http://www.geocities.com/themissingPproject
April 11th, 2006 at 5:07 pmNext we’ll have ball parks filled with people who have signed loyalty oaths.
April 11th, 2006 at 5:09 pmIn all seriousness – this has got to scare the beejeezus out of Republicans.
[...] Think Progress [...]
April 11th, 2006 at 5:11 pm#4
He’s not even on the mound!! Now we all know where the gay gene his daughter got came from. Limp Wristed POS!! Comment by CheneyKilledNatalieHalloway — April 11, 2006 @ 2:25 pm
Ouch, While I myself wouldn’t make a stereotypical comment about gay people, I suppose it’s all right coming from the left.
Of course I don’t know if they would get more mad at the Cheney comparison.
April 11th, 2006 at 5:12 pmLet’s hope Keith Olbermann plays it tonight because I couldn’t get the darn Quicktime player to work either!! Instead of booing him, I would have loved if the Americans in the audience through bats at him while giving him the finger with their other hand. That would have made for good video and Fox would have had a hard time fixing that one!!
April 11th, 2006 at 5:16 pmterrible audio quality, can’t hear any booing.
April 11th, 2006 at 5:17 pmDick Cheney is simply a despicable human being. Every decision he is reportedly to have made has proved disastrous. And his attitude toward Democracy is worth a hanging. If everything else Bush has done did not equal the blunder of choosing this fellow, one could have some compassion. But no. This administation is the worst mistake the United States has ever made.
Fair and Balanced
April 11th, 2006 at 5:20 pmHey, if Cheney gets sent to prison, he might get to throw out the first ball…and chain!
naw if Cheney gets sent to prison, he’ll be catching
April 11th, 2006 at 5:30 pmThis reminds me of some movie I saw ca 5 years ago with Stallone and Pele were being held in a nazi POW camp. They had to play against the german soccer team in France (?) or somewhere. Anyway there was a radio broadcast of the game and every time the nazi team had the ball the commentator turned up the volume of crowd cheering and down when the allies were in possession of the ball or scored. Just flashed back to me when I read this story.
April 11th, 2006 at 5:31 pmThis evil bastard makes even Spiro Agnew look like a choir boy. The fact that he is still alive is absolute proof that there ain’t a god.
April 11th, 2006 at 5:33 pmSylvester Stallone and Pele, sounds like a real winner of a movie.
April 11th, 2006 at 5:34 pm#77 – I agree. Let’s stop calling folks “gay,” or insinuating that being gay is somehow a bad thing. Just by the pure odds, there are many gay men playing professional baseball these days who could surely beat the bejebus out of all of you.
If we wouldn’t allow it from our enemies, we shouldn’t allow if from our friends.
April 11th, 2006 at 5:41 pmcheney is an asshole!!! pure and simple.
April 11th, 2006 at 5:47 pmReally enjoyed all the nasty notes about the Dick…no one deserves them more. (I am an (almost) 73 year old woman, & I think I could have thrown the first ball better than he. At least I doubt I would have looked like an off-balance ballet dancer…
April 11th, 2006 at 5:59 pmANYBODY WHO CAN’T GET THE QUICKTIME TO WORK, HEAD OVER TO CROOKS & LIARS. THEY HAVE A WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER VERSION.
http://www.crooksandliars.com
April 11th, 2006 at 6:11 pmThink we can invite him to the Capitals opening next year, have him be the honorary goaltender and then have someone nail him with a slapshot?
April 11th, 2006 at 6:12 pmHE THROWS LIKE A GIRL.
April 11th, 2006 at 6:18 pmKeith Olbermann will have a field day with this one.
April 11th, 2006 at 6:20 pm#78
Instead of booing him, I would have loved if the Americans in the audience through bats at him while giving him the finger with their other hand.
Yeah, you can pretty much bet it wasn’t commemorative bat night.
Hey, that’s a good idea. Let’s send him to throw out the opening pitch at Yankee Stadium on commemorative D-cell battery night!
April 11th, 2006 at 6:24 pmCheney was clearly out of his league–no helpless quail to strike.
Hattip to Anon1 — for the last throws comment.
April 11th, 2006 at 6:27 pm#92, how about Hispanic Night at Shea Stadium?
April 11th, 2006 at 6:28 pm#36
If you are referring to the Samsung 500 at TMS this past Sunday that’s an outright lie considering I was on the infield watching and GWB wasn’t even there. LOL!
You might be having a 14 year memory lapse when Clinton was booed at the Southern 500 race in Darlington, South Carolina in 1992. THAT was priceless and well deserved.
April 11th, 2006 at 6:30 pmWhat was remarkable about this video was the announcer’s failure to mention that the entire crowd was booing Cheney! Hopefully, his excuse was that he didn’t have access to the audio, but when you listen to a different feed on Crooks and Liars that does’t have the announcer, the sound coming from the crowd is unreal!
April 11th, 2006 at 6:32 pmre: cheney is an asshole!!! pure and simple.
Comment by daniel gonzalez — April 11, 2006 @ 5:47 pm
unfortunately daniel, it’s a lot worse than that. he’s a megalomaniacal war criminal and mass murderer working as a de facto foreign government
April 11th, 2006 at 6:34 pm….. oops, as a de facto agent of a foreign government
April 11th, 2006 at 6:35 pmI think Cheney got less than he deserved. Cheney is rich criminal who would shame organized crime. He has caused more death and loss of wealth while feathering his nest. His pitch reminds of his manhood or lack thereof. Here is a war wimp and chicken hawk who has provoked a war while he got five deferements duing the Vietnam War. He wishes away other parents’ sons and daughters by provoking a war that is he too chicken to fight. He should retire before he is impeached. I cannot understand how the Fox Cowards could mute the jeers. I guess they do not need government censorship because they censor themselves so well. I hope Cheney is as much a failire in his future political career as he is a pitcher.
April 11th, 2006 at 6:38 pmCouldn’t they have found a REAL American to do this ?
April 11th, 2006 at 6:42 pm#4
He’s not even on the mound!! Now we all know where the gay gene his daughter got came from. Limp Wristed POS!! Comment by CheneyKilledNatalieHalloway — April 11, 2006 @ 2:25 pm
Spoken like someone whose never been to a lesbian softball game.
April 11th, 2006 at 6:43 pmWhat do you expect from a lame sports town like Washington D.C.?
April 11th, 2006 at 6:48 pmYO… where is I-RIGHT-I. MIGHTY HYPOCRIT,KENNY? come on you cowards. lets hear what you have to say! i loved the booing. like a salve to my tortured soul!!
April 11th, 2006 at 6:51 pmDamn Tracy…nearly every post you write is about Clinton.
I also seem to remember you talking about us “lefties” being filled with hate. You’re a hypocrite if there ever was one.
April 11th, 2006 at 6:51 pmHe is clearly out of shape. That happens when you just sit on your butt counting the money you have acquired from this war.
April 11th, 2006 at 7:01 pm#104
I don’t HATE Clinton. Hating someone, in my opinion is wishing they were dead…which I KNOW many people in this blog would wish on Cheney, Bush, or both.
BTW Clinton is the ONLY president I can remember getting booed at a NASCAR race.
April 11th, 2006 at 7:09 pmOnly a felony conviction away from getting poked in his undisclosed location, Vice-President Dick took to the mound today to throw out the opening pitch. In a starteling turn of events, fans determined that they would prefer to keep the opening pitch and throw out the Vice-President. In a reference to the upcoming holy day, Dick questioned, why on this day do they boo me, when on all other days they boo me.
April 11th, 2006 at 7:11 pm“I don’t HATE Clinton. Hating someone, in my opinion is wishing they were dead…which I KNOW many people in this blog would wish on Cheney, Bush, or both. Tracy”
That explains why you come off looking like a RETARDED PSYCHOPATH. No civilized person feels this way – no surprise you’re the same jackass that wanted to pick a fistfight. You’re a sicko, and you need medical help!
“BTW Clinton is the ONLY president I can remember getting booed at a NASCAR race.
Comment by Tracy ”
That’s a stamp of approval if I’ve ever heard it. Being booed by nascar is like being passed over by a crack dealer – it’s not an insult to anyone but a crack ho. Your wife was it?
April 11th, 2006 at 7:20 pmDear Readers,
#107
Jack B and I are sorry about the comments he made as comment #107. We didn’t mean it. The Vice President is a wonderful man. The President is even more wonderful. The GOP is wonderful. The country is going in the right direction. I love the GOP.
Thank you
Mrs Nimble
P.S. Mr Vice-President, could you please let Jack return from Gitmo. He says he has learned his lesson, and that the electrodes are hurting his gonads.
April 11th, 2006 at 7:21 pm“You might be having a 14 year memory lapse when Clinton was booed at the Southern 500 race in Darlington, South Carolina in 1992. THAT was priceless and well deserved. Comment by Tracy”
Deserved – for what? For being a CANDIDATE?
Wow, you sure are a twisted and STUPID man. You need a straight jacket and a constant drip of anti psychotics – like most of you meth addicted crackers. Get a life retard!
April 11th, 2006 at 7:24 pmAt least Cheney had enough decency not to bring with him to the mound 2 Iraq vets & the father of a GI killed over there when he threw out the first pitch. “W” did that here in Republican Cincinnati here last week & still got his ass booed! I wonder how much that little public stunt cost the taxpayers?
April 11th, 2006 at 7:24 pmTo #60 (Why do Americans hate America?):
Huh? Cheney and “America” are not the same thing (a simple fact that I thought someone should point out).
Also, hard to say if utter disgust for Cheney policies of war profiteering, torture, etc. can be equated with “hate”. People are booing and laughing at our vice president as an expression of our extreme dissatisfaction with the Bush regime. So sorry if Mr. Cheney might suffer any ridicule as a consequence of his actions, but ridicule is a minor thing compared to what many of us believe he has inflicted on our country and the rest of the world.
And just to mention it (in case you didn’t know), the name of our country is “United States”. America is a continent (actually 2 continents – North America and South America).
April 11th, 2006 at 7:29 pm…it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. Next thing you know he’ll tell you to go F*ck your—… er…um….never mind.
April 11th, 2006 at 7:35 pmTracy,
You also seem to think President Clinton was the hero of everyone here. How often do you hear your anti-Clinton rhetoric rebuffed with staunch defense of him? Now I can’t speak for everyone- but I wasn’t much of a fan of his after he signed NAFTA. (Albeit under much pressure from congressional republicans and big business.) He did, however, have much more concern for “the little guy” than the current president ever will.
Think about it- Why do you “dislike†Clinton so much? Is it because Rush and Sean do? Or have you actually put your OWN thought into the subject. (The BJ shouldn’t count for much.) Judging by your posts- you’re a “little guy†too. Why do you consider yourself a republican? You’re evidently not extremely educated and probably have an average job making an average wage. What do you think Bush and republicans (neocons) have done for you?
BTW- The NASCAR thing is laughable to say the least.
April 11th, 2006 at 8:03 pmToo bad the audience didn’t have tomatoes and rotten eggs to pelt at the bastard.
April 11th, 2006 at 8:06 pmI’m waiting for some GOP schlub to play this off as ‘fringe leftists’ who don’t like the Veep, “Hey, it was probably MoveOn.org members get-in-free day!” A baseball game is the quintessential all-American middle-class experience; there have to be some Republican strategists who needed a change of underwear after seeing that reaction.
April 11th, 2006 at 8:37 pmI’m surprised he didn’t return with his shotgun and open up on the fans! Was he sober?
April 11th, 2006 at 8:48 pmThe perfect gift for Dicky Boy
April 11th, 2006 at 8:56 pmCheney still being alive isn’t absolute proof that there is no God, or Liv Tyler not looking like her father Steve Tyler would be absolute proof there is a God!
April 11th, 2006 at 9:01 pm#83 Actually….Cheney still being alive isn’t absolute proof that there is no God, or Liv Tyler not looking like her father Steve Tyler would be absolute proof there is a God!
April 11th, 2006 at 9:02 pm[...] Apparently Fox Cable News producers muted the crowd audio halfway through . You can stream video here. [...]
April 11th, 2006 at 9:11 pmLoved the comment “Dick is in his last throws.” Pretty good.
I think it’s laughable that TV nws is muting the audio. All they do is make thesemlves look stupid and clueless—-as though there WERE no Internet, or email, or telephones for God sakes and the ONLY place people could get the skinny on anything was tuning in to Channel 4. Keee-RIST!\
Those 25,000+ people who were in the stands all have families, friends and egroups. The booing—a spontaneous expression of natrional hostility towards a venal corrupt figure—- is an established fact and no amount of muting from the Big Three or Cable can erase it. People will tell their own, their friends and their homeys, who will tell their own, THEIR friends and THEIR homeys….and so an and so forth. And all this will take about seconds.
Who do the networks think they’re fooling?
April 11th, 2006 at 9:19 pmShit face the President took crippled soldiers out to the mound with him in Cincinnati to insulate his sorry ass from the barrage of boos. Ol’ Dick probably couldn’t find a Vet that would even entertain the thought or walking out there with him and his deferments. What a bunch of asscracks we have as leaders.
April 11th, 2006 at 9:52 pmCAN I BE YOUR CATCHER DICK?
April 11th, 2006 at 10:08 pm[...] Fox News mutes it. The Washington Post just pretends it didn’t happen. 10:38 pm | Comment (0) [...]
April 11th, 2006 at 10:39 pmI guess his 19% fan base isn’t baseball fans.
April 11th, 2006 at 10:51 pmCheney looks like a fat pig on prozac in that pic throwing the baseball > lol. Has he ever thrown a ball in his entire life? Everyone in the stadium should have thrown hotdogs at thim!
April 11th, 2006 at 11:14 pmBASEBALL FANS ARE TRUE SPORTS FANS!
April 11th, 2006 at 11:17 pmit sickens me the treatment Lord Cheney received. do you know how much we encourage our enemies by booing a baseball pitch at a time of war?
you people are diseased!
been a weird day, there was cheney being booed in his sixteen bulletproof vests and on iranian tv they showed scientists dancing, waving test tubes.
did someone drop something in my OJ at breakfast?
April 11th, 2006 at 11:22 pmDoesn’t Cheney’s pitch to the mound perfectly describe the Bush administration and much of the rest of the Republican Party…low and in the dirt?
I mean, Karl Rove’s mind definitely is “low and in the dirt.”
And weren’t the Swift Boat Liars’ despicable tactics also “low and in the dirt”?
Everything about today’s twisted and warped “culture of corruption” Republican Party, therefore, is “low and in the dirt,” including their use of religion and their trashing of the wall separating church and state.
From Alberto Gonzales and his illegal wiretaps used to push his right-wing religious agenda to Fred Phelps dishonoring our nation’s fallen soldiers at their funerals…”low and in the dirt!!!”
From the right-wing controlled FCC getting all hot and bothered about a nekkid breast being flashed to their caving into Robber Baron media monopolists…”low and in the dirt!!!”
From Republican cooking of the books over Medicare to their cooking of the books in an attempt to destroy Social Security…”low and in the dirt!!!”
From tax cuts for the wealthy while more and more of our nation’s children go to bed hungry each night to even more tax cuts for the wealthy while our soldiers fighting for us overseas end up scrounging for protective materials to keep themselves safe…”low and in the dirt!!!”
From no-bid contracts given to their crony corporate/political pals to the placement of unqualified crony corporate/political pals in critical government positions that has actually contributed to the deaths of so many U.S. citizens (both pre-9/11 and pre-Hurricane Katrina)…”low and in the dirt!!!”
The Republican Party of today is definitely the “low and in the dirt” party.
And apparently, the only thing that may save our democracy from the “low and in the dirt” Republican Party is that, come November, concerned and patriotic U.S. citizens vote the “low and in the dirt” Republicans out of office, and bury the corruption of the current Republican Party six feet under the dirt.
April 11th, 2006 at 11:33 pmCheney booed … film at 11…
… unless of course you had your fingers in your ears…!…
April 11th, 2006 at 11:54 pmWhat else would you expect from a town that re-elected a drug addict as mayor, and is known for having the most expensive and worst performing public schools in the NATION?????
April 12th, 2006 at 12:03 am#132 – ma,
April 12th, 2006 at 12:33 amHe got all of the respect that he deserved!
Hmm…I kinda get the impression that alot of people don’t like Cheney, It’s hard not totake cheap shots since he elicits them…but it’s not a good idea to bring in members of his family, especially Mary….no good to do that. It makes you seem like a …er…Repuglican or a Faux News pundit..
April 12th, 2006 at 12:38 amHey ahprodite,
Youre point almost seems valid. But keep in mind, it’s not the poor welfare scum that attended the ballgame and bood Cheney. Those people booing Cheney were middle and upper class. Guess what. Anywhere Cheney shows his face these days, he’s going to get bood. It’s a valid response.
April 12th, 2006 at 12:41 amHey, cats, bood should be booed. It’s getting to me!
April 12th, 2006 at 12:55 am…AND he throws like a girl. Not an offense to girls, just he’s not the manly man he wants us to think he is.
cheney is the most hated man on the face of earth, save possibly the “face” he needed to get into power.
What a charade! What a lie it’s all been.
I wouldn’t want to be cheney in the next few years, but we have to act fast, so he has more time to remain alive and suffer his own existence.
April 12th, 2006 at 12:57 am[...] http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/06/bush-event-goes-off-script/”> You can stream video here. [...]
April 12th, 2006 at 1:07 amKen,
April 12th, 2006 at 1:09 amIn my opinion, he has all of the attraction and energy of a rabbit turd.
# 132, you went to a d.c. school huh? yeah, at least the mayor was stupid on drugs. what’s your excuse
April 12th, 2006 at 1:13 amThe correct link for 138 is here:
April 12th, 2006 at 1:16 amhttp://images1.americanprogress.org/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2006/taylorbush.320.240.mov
At least they gave away one “bauble-head” at the game.
Impeach – Imprison – YOU have the Power
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April 12th, 2006 at 1:17 amDICK THREW WHAT THE REPUBLICAN DOMINATED CONGRESS DOESN’T HAVE.
April 12th, 2006 at 1:32 am“What else would you expect from a town that re-elected a drug addict as mayor, and is known for having the most expensive and worst performing public schools in the NATION????? Comment by mighty aphrodite ”
See there you go again thinking that ‘Glib’ is ‘Funny’. I referred you to the research on sociopaths and psychopaths – obviously you didn’t go get the help you needed. Back here making those STUPID, GLIB and BORING remarks of yours while all the time THINKING you’re funny. Well you’re not, you sound RETARDED.
Lets begin with the drug remark. Don’t you think that’s an Ironic remark coming from a republican that elected a coke and alcohol addicted president? You sure look stupid with that remark – sistah.
Lets focus on the retardation that is your ignorance of the american school system. Since you went to PRIVATE school, you can be forgiven for being a complete MORON on the subject. But just to help you with your ’shortbus’ (a public school reference you might not get unless you read something other than reichwing propaganda) understanding – here goes.
1) DC is a federally controlled territory, and not a state – why do you say would this matter? See next items.
2) Public schools are funded by a combination of federal, state and local funding.
3) DC being just an urban core without the tax base of a suburban area is restricted on revenue resources (taxes) while having often very high property taxes and cost of living issues.
4) Most states have less expensive rural areas that offset the cost of schools statewide, and reduce the cost of purely urban schools.
5) This means the federal government must pick up the tab for the high real estate and land costs requiring a GREATER federal cost
Well considering that the district is the only ‘place’ in the country with nothing but a CITY, as well as large amount of urban poverty – that explains both the poor schools, and their costs.
But being the STUPID MORON that you always are, you prefer to make GLIB and IDIOTIC remarks that show how out of touch you are. And just so you know, most people who watch DC games live in Va. and Md. – something a witless and charmless and uncultured fool like yourself wouldn’t know.
April 12th, 2006 at 1:46 amlooks like he has a rod up his ass
April 12th, 2006 at 1:46 amCookie pusher.
April 12th, 2006 at 2:36 amCan we consider this a valid vote of ‘no confidence’ and throw them all out (fast balls, in the dirt)? I mean, in lieu of a blow job, all that booing sounds democratic to me.
April 12th, 2006 at 5:54 amIf he was a real man he would send his vest to a soldier who needs it in Iraq. Tax cuts to the rich, F*&k the soldier’s & the gulf coast. What a sorry ass adminisration this is. Exxon / Mobil wasn’t booing him. And as for the MSM, They are a bigger threat to this country than any terrorist will ever be.
April 12th, 2006 at 9:23 am
April 12th, 2006 at 9:23 amWell done, folks! you saw the face of Lucifer and gave him a kick in the butt. Not enough considering the thousands of innocents that have diied in Iraq but a good one for greed and murder.
Forgot one thing – next time he lies about the war again, may his pacemaker go off and silence him for good. Boy! Don’t we hate this obnoxious bloke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 12th, 2006 at 9:28 amToo bad the exertion didn’t do in the monster. Then Rice would be the VP and it would shut up her aggressive bully’s mouth.
April 12th, 2006 at 9:59 amToo bad the exertion didn’t do in the monster. Then Rice would be the VP and it would shut up her aggressive bully’s mouth.
April 12th, 2006 at 9:59 amWhy couldn’t he have had a heart attack? Anything to get this vampire out of government. Right now with a phony war agaisnt Iran looming, it would be good not to see this vile person any more.
April 12th, 2006 at 10:02 amWhy couldn’t he have had a heart attack? Anything to get this vampire out of government. Right now with a phony war agaisnt Iran looming, it would be good not to see this vile person any more.
April 12th, 2006 at 10:02 am#108
“No civilized person feels this way – no surprise you’re the same jackass that wanted to pick a fistfight.”
Pick a fistfight? You are the one who, for NO reason at all, brought my wife into our argument . Anyone here, that has a spine at least, would have done the same thing. This isn’t about me, this is about your mouth.
“You’re a sicko, and you need medical help!”
I am not the one who insults everyone they disagree with in EVERY post.
“it’s not an insult to anyone”
Neither is the idiots who booed Cheney.
“Your wife was it?”
OK, now I will make it REAL easy for you so all you have to do is walk to your front door. Post your VERIFIABLE address there in Key West and I will meet you at a date and time of YOUR choosing.
April 12th, 2006 at 10:17 am[...] Actually, as the video documents, the booing started from the moment Cheney hit the field and continued until he left. After protests by Americablog and Firedoglake, The Washington Post has changed their copy: Vice President Cheney threw out the ceremonial first pitch, a right-handed toss that bounced in the dirt to the outside of the plate before being scooped up by catcher Brian Schneider. Cheney, booed by some as he walked to the mound, got even more catcalls after his throw — a far cry from President Bush’s fastball at last year’s home opener. [...]
April 12th, 2006 at 10:35 am#110
“Deserved – for what? For being a CANDIDATE?”
No, for being supported by you and among other things being a crook while Governor of Arkansas as well a womanizer while married to Hillary…but then again I can see why he would have the desire to do so.
BTW you haven’t stated what your occupation is. Or do you have one?
Also why do you keep bringing up crack addicts which Duval street is known for as well as the drunks? Kinda like Austin’s 6th Street?
April 12th, 2006 at 10:37 amI have absolutely no problem picturing Cheney as the “Pitcher” and Bush as the “Catcher”.
April 12th, 2006 at 10:55 amPoor, Poor Dick!! Boo-Hoo!!
April 12th, 2006 at 11:37 am#157 Tracy,
April 12th, 2006 at 11:56 amGive it up already. Your lying, evil president and vice-president are sinking faster than the Titanic. You really should be living in the present. Clinton hasn’t been the president for 5 years. You don’t seem to be thinking very clearly or you would realize it’s pretty much over for the Administration of War, Blood and Oil.
I am not a big fan of Vice-President Cheney or President Bush or our Republi-crat Congress, BUT DON’T YOU VITRIOLIC BUSH HATERS HAVE ENOUGH VENUES WITHOUT USING OUR NATIONAL PASTIME TO EXHIBIT YOUR HATRED!!!
April 12th, 2006 at 12:05 pmWhy arque back and forth with a reps they are never going to see what is being done to them same as usmessed up a good country. I injoyed the boos when Iheard of it . Clinton didn`t hurt anyone but his self and family which was personal bussiness. .
April 12th, 2006 at 12:11 pm#114
“How often do you hear your anti-Clinton rhetoric rebuffed with staunch defense of him?”
Quite a bit!
“He did, however, have much more concern for “the little guy†than the current president ever will.”
How do you define concern? Being against welfare reform? Increasing everyone’s taxes?
“Think about it- Why do you “dislike†Clinton so much?”
Because he was so fake and shallow…
http://www.preventtruthdecay.com/mainmiscfuneral.htm
He was a womanizer while he was married.
Because he was more concerned about HIS legacy than the country.
Because he governed by polls not principles.
Why do you consider yourself a republican?
I consider myself a conservative. I am not AT ALL thrilled by the current GOP leadership or Bush for letting spending get way out of control. I think we all want what is best for the U.S. and the world, I just have a far different philosophy on how to obtain that goal than many here in this blog.
“You’re evidently not extremely educated and probably have an average job making an average wage.”
Just because I have a conservative point of view that makes me not educated? I have a dual degree in Architecture/Structural engineering from Texas Tech University and have been a practicing architect for six years and am an associate architect for the second largest health care architecture firm in the U.S. and make 66k annually. I am as well educated as anyone in this blog, including yourself.
What do you think Bush and republicans (neocons) have done for you?
Bush has engaged the terrorists they way they should have been for nearly 10 years now. They have significantly lowered ALL of my taxes. They haven’t created more unnessary regulation on the business community, i.e. my industry. I am not one to look to the government to “do something” for me, i.e. give entitlements to improve my life. The government should help those who need it, but as we all SHOULD know the U.S. federal government has far too large of a budget and wastes billions of dollars every year.
BTW- The NASCAR thing is laughable to say the least.
Yeah,especially the one who lied about Bush being at the race.
April 12th, 2006 at 12:52 pm“Clinton hasn’t been the president for 5 years.”
And we are still in the al Qaeda terrorist mess because of his inaction for eight years. You do realize that his wife (God help us all) will probably be the Democratic candidated in 2008. Both are cut from the same cloth, therefore it’s mandatory that I point out her husband’s shortcommings considering she it basically a clone of him.
April 12th, 2006 at 1:07 pm#161:
our “national pastime” is filled with steroid-ridden, multi-million dollar crybabies (like, say, barry bonds…). it pretty much sums up what’s wrong with america today: the richer you get, the easier it is to cheat, the more you cheat, the easier it is to get even more rich. the man on the mound in this topic only proves that all too well.
if you want to define the national sport, try the one that satisfies our lust for violence while still being able to field a competitive league with parity and an effective drug-policing effort: football.
April 12th, 2006 at 2:32 pmheh, sorry, i guess the jackass wasn’t really “on the mound”
my bad
oh, and tracy, i guess we’ll find out in november if rightwingers really cry.
April 12th, 2006 at 2:40 pm‘cuz if they do, you’ll be bawling your eyes out. and wishing you still had clinton to blame.
#166
“oh, and tracy, i guess we’ll find out in november if rightwingers really cry.”
What makes you think that the Democrats have a plan to win in November?
April 12th, 2006 at 3:02 pmI’m sure Dick Cheney was /really upset/ by being booed (yes, this is sarcasm in heavy syrup). He probably went directly to his giant corncrib full of money* to take a swim and was not a bit perturbed by the still-wet bloodstains on most of the bills. Bet he felt allllllll better after that.
* Some of you may recognize this as a reference to a Donald Duck comic where Scrooge McDuck has a giant corn-crib full of money and takes regular swims in the bills and coins. I in no way mean this as a comparison between the imaginary character Scrooge McDuck, who always seemed a good sort, and the I-wish-he-was-imaginary sack of real rotting guts Dick Cheney, one of the few people who make me sad I am not a Christian cuz it means I can’t believe in Hell.
April 12th, 2006 at 3:40 pmHow about some respect! Mr. Cheney is only an impeachment away from being our next president.
April 12th, 2006 at 3:55 pm167:
dude, even republicans are conceding that they’ll lose at least one of the houses of congress this fall. that old “democrats have no ideas” chestnut is a stale and ridiculous republican talking point the right keeps throwing out as a panacea for all their corruption-laden ills, because — gasp! — they’ve run out of ideas themselves. funny how every time republicans try and defend themselves now all you hear is TAX CUTS!! DEMS HAVE NO IDEAS!! MORE TAX CUTS!!
personally, when i hear dems talking about national healthcare, securing ports (where are the repubs on this?), election reform, free college education, paying down the debt and FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, i wonder if repubs are operating in a politically hermetically sealed chamber.
repubs just WANT to THINK dems have no ideas. so you keep on saying that to yourself over and over if it makes you feel better.
you’re still gonna feel like sh!t in november. this election is going to be about change and it’s going to be a referendum on the failure of republican rule.
and you will lose.
that stadium full of booing americans should clue you in, buddy.
BWAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAHAAAAAAA!!!
but whatever, you brainless bush-shilling schmoe. you’ll probably still find a way to blame clinton.
April 12th, 2006 at 4:46 pm#170
National healthcare?
Hillary tried that back in the 1990s and the American people told her to go take a flying leap.
Securing ports? The Democratic leadership, i.e. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi were silent untill the Dubai ports deal was revealed, just like the Republicans were. No one seem to have a problem with the Chinese running the west coast ports either. Why is that? BOTH parties have been ignoring this issue and like all politicians they are blabing and making speeches how they are the ones who are going to secure our ports. BTW on this huge border security issue, it was the Minute Man project that has brought this issue to a head…very much a conservative movement/group.
Paying down the debt?
Their solution would be to raise taxes and not cut federal spending except for the military even during a war.
“that stadium full of booing americans should clue you in, buddy.”
Yeah that Washington D.C. is a very liberal town.
BTW where is the Democrats plan to fight this war on terror? I haven’t seen one yet other than them demanding we go BACK to treating it like a criminal issue and use the courts to fight the terrorists rather than covert intelligence and international spying.
April 12th, 2006 at 7:43 pmLay of the Veep’s prissy throw. The dude was born an exceptional sissy to begin with, but c’mon you can’t expect much of a throw from Dickrepit Cheney when his own heart’s tried to off him so many times already. It’s that dark force that’s keeping him among the living. I don’t mean to get off course here but who else thinks Bush Jr., whenever he’s speaking, looks and sounds like Forest Gump gone over to the dark side.
April 12th, 2006 at 7:54 pm“Hillary tried that back in the 1990s and the American people told her to go take a flying leap. Tracy”
yeah, and it just passed in Mass. – the world changes, catch up.
“Securing ports? The Democratic leadership, i.e. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi were silent untill the Dubai ports deal was revealed, just like the Republicans were. No one seem to have a problem with the Chinese running the west coast ports either. Why is that? BOTH parties have been ignoring this issue and like all politicians they are blabing and making speeches how they are the ones who are going to secure our ports. BTW on this huge border security issue, it was the Minute Man project that has brought this issue to a head…very much a conservative movement/group. Tracy”
I already pointed you to the democrats.senate.gov – if you want to see security plans, go look. And racism and bigotry generally is a conservative movement – and that’s what the minutemen is REALLY about. And the same conservative big tent also holds much of the voters/campaign contributors who benefit from the cheap illegal labor – and that’s the main reason the border will be a problem.
“Paying down the debt?
Their solution would be to raise taxes and not cut federal spending except for the military even during a war. Tundra”
You ALWAYS raise taxes during a war – it’s called CIVIC SACRIFICE? You served in the military and you don’t understand this? I’m surprised. Besides, raising taxes on the wealthy and pumping it into infrastructure projects has historically produced economic growth and MORE revenue. This is exactly what Clinton did in the 1990s. You may not like taxes, but they make a country work, and without them you have anarchy, chaos and collapse.
“Yeah that Washington D.C. is a very liberal town. Tundra”
Who told you that? The town of D.C. is largely poor and black, but the greater DC area spreads in to VA and MD and is FULL of conservative fat republicans who take their clients to baseball games that DC resident’s can’t afford to attend.
“BTW where is the Democrats plan to fight this war on terror? I haven’t seen one yet other than them demanding we go BACK to treating it like a criminal issue and use the courts to fight the terrorists rather than covert intelligence and international spying. Comment by Tracy”
Once again, I already supplied you this democrats.senate.gov – go find out for yourself.
April 12th, 2006 at 9:35 pmTracy, Use your real name – J. Fred Muggs.
April 12th, 2006 at 9:48 pmI’m ashamed, I insulted a chimp.
April 12th, 2006 at 9:51 pmXia- I howled at your description of Jr.’s speech. This whole set of comments has had me laughing out loud. But Forrest Gump gone over to the dark side is the capper.
April 13th, 2006 at 12:11 amGod bless us, everyone.
Walt,
Tracy is probably too young, and too dumb to get the reference, so I’ll help him out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Fred_Muggs
April 13th, 2006 at 3:19 amGee, I wonder, were these all “Friends of John” too?
April 13th, 2006 at 4:20 am#173
“And racism and bigotry generally is a conservative movement – and that’s what the minutemen is REALLY about.”
The is a very biggoted statement from a extreme position of ignorance on your part. Do you have some evidence of this? Please look beyond skin color, if you have that ability, and investigate their stated goals and the people who started the program.
“yeah, and it just passed in Mass. – the world changes, catch up.”
Who is going to fit the bill? You would actually be in favor of turing over 1/3 of the U.S. economy to the feds? Mass. can do what it likes and raise it’s taxes even higher to pay for their experiment, but this should definately should go no further than being an optional state run program.
You ALWAYS raise taxes during a war – it’s called CIVIC SACRIFICE? You served in the military and you don’t understand this?
During the Cold War, especially during the Kennedy and Regan years taxes were cut and tax revenues increased because of economic growth leading to a larger tax base. Remember this war that we are in right now, i.e. this war on terroism, will probably last for a LONG time like the Cold War did. If you keep taxes high for more than about 5 years you will be guranteed to have slowed economic growth which will in turn hurt the war effort. BTW I never said I served in the military. My brother in a major in the USAF and I have friends in the 1st Cav. out of Ft. Hood.
“Besides, raising taxes on the wealthy and pumping it into infrastructure projects has historically produced economic growth and MORE revenue.”
Please provide an example where increasing taxes has actually produced economic growth. During the 1990s Clinton raised taxed on the wealthy in order to pay down the national debt, NOT to stimulate the economy. You seem to have this weird notion that the government is responsible for economic growth, which is not the case in the U.S.
“Who told you that? The town of D.C. is largely poor and black, but the greater DC area spreads in to VA and MD…”
Washington D.C. has been a Democratic party controlled town for as long as I can remember. Is the mayor a Republican? No. Is the city council controlled by the Republicans? No. Are the vast majority of the elected officals of that city Republican? No. Also do you really believe all of those “supposed” thousands of Republicans in the stands were really the ones doing the booing? I doubt it.
I like this laundry list, unfortunately there isn’t really a clear and stated way to achieve there goals.
Examples:
“To Defeat Terrorists and Stop the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Democrats will:
• Eliminate Osama Bin Laden, destroy terrorist networks like al Qaeda, finish the job in
Afghanistan and end the threat posed by the Taliban.
How?
• Double the size of our Special Forces, increase our human intelligence capabilities, and ensure our intelligence is free from political pressure.
Special forces have been dramatically increased. Intelligence free from political pressure? How do you ensure that in Afghanistan considering the violent consequences for those who “squeel” on the Taliban?
• Eliminate terrorist breeding grounds by combating the economic, social, and political
conditions that allow extremism to thrive; lead international efforts to uphold and defendhuman rights; and renew longstanding alliances that have advanced our national security objectives.
Again where are the specifics? Where is the economic plan to help Afghanistan’s economy?
• Secure by 2010 loose nuclear materials that terrorists could use to build nuclear weapons or “dirty bombs.â€
Unless a terrorist state like Iran gives some of that material to the terrorists.
• Redouble efforts to stop nuclear weapons development in Iran and North Korea.
Specifics?
“This strategy calls for increasing special operations forces, curbing terrorist financing, preventing the growth of radical fundamentalism, and advancing U.S. interests through diplomacy and development in the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia..”
Another good goal list but very short if not completely absent on mechanisms or ways to implement them.
“An objective of total elimination of North Korea’s nuclear and missile
programs, with fully adequate verification;”
No specifics mentioned afterward how to do it considering the IAEA isn’t even allowed in the North Korea.
“Military pressure to include the threat of strikes on North Korean WMD
production, testing, and deployment facilities;”
If they have nukes, like most experts agree they do now, then this is an asinine thing to contemplate.
“A combined Russian-EU guarantee to give Iran the opportunity to buy
additional civilian nuclear reactors.”
They already did. Which is how and why that they say they have produced enriched uranium with their centrifuges. No deal.
“If Iran agrees to the moratorium, in an appropriately verifiable way, and we
maintain the status quo on all other issues with Iran (i.e., human rights, being the #1 state sponsor of terrorism), we will be no worse off then we were yesterday on other issues in this relationship.”
So the Democrats are going back to the old failed game plan of containment with no real desire to see real political change in the Middle East. Nice.
“FIRST GOAL: PREVENTING NUCLEAR TERRORISM…”
“The key to preventing “proliferation†to terrorists is stopping the production
of fissile material for weapons and safeguarding all fissile materials
everywhere from terrorists.”
Well if Iran gets nuclear bomb fuel, which it says it already has, this is a foregone failed goal.
“SECOND GOAL: STOPPING THE PROLIFERATION OF URANIUM
ENRICHMENT AND PLUTONIUM REPROCESSING CAPABILITY”
“The world will need more nuclear power to fuel a growing demand for electricity without increasing dependence on fossil fuel.”
“Nuclear power is a key part of any strategy to contain carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels.”
You are OK with nuclear energy? Not really a Democratic party platform.
“THIRD GOAL: STRENGTHENING VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE OF
THE NPT”
“The IAEA’s inspection rights, obligations, and procedures should be
extended from fissile material-producing capabilities to all nuclear
weapons-related activities;”
That is kinda hard if a country like Iran tells the inspectors to leave. Which they have.
“FOURTH GOAL: PREVENTING “BREAKOUT†OF THE NPT”
“Withdrawing states forfeit any technology they obtained for “peaceful
purposes†during their period of membership;”
LOL! How do you tell that country to “give back” the technology?
“HOMELAND SECURITY”
“To Protect America from Terrorism and Natural Disasters, Democrats will:”
• Screen 100% of containers and cargo bound for the U.S. in ships or airplanes at the point of origin and safeguard America’s nuclear and chemical plants, and food and water supplies.
That is impossible, but it makes for great rhetoric. LOL!
• Prevent outsourcing of critical components of our national security infrastructure — such as ports, airports and mass transit — to foreign interests that put America at risk.
Well we better tell the Chinese who already run our ports on the West Cost which BTW the Clinton administration had no problem authorizing in the late 1990s. That’s of course not relevant to you if you don’t consider the communist Chinese government to be a threat…which is insane to think.
“Iraq”
“Ensure 2006 is a year of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty, with the Iraqis
assuming primary responsibility for securing and governing their country and with the
responsible redeployment of U.S. forces.”
How? Specifics? NATO help?…oh, they refused.
“Insist that Iraqis make the political compromises necessary to unite their country and
defeat the insurgency; promote regional diplomacy; and strongly encourage our allies and other nations to play a constructive role.”
Insist? Good luck!
“Strength of the Iraqi Insurgency Increases:”
“Since November 2003, the insurgency has grown from 5,000 fighters to 15,000-20,000 fighters.”
That’s unproven.
“Democratic Record on Iraq”
“In June 2005, Democrats Fought to Require the President to Submit A “Strategy for
Success†in Iraq.”
Which the Democrats haven’t done in this report.
“More Funding for Body Armor and Other Equipment for Our Troops in Iraq.
Every step along the way, Democrats have sought to ensure that our troops were fully
equipped for the war in Iraq”.
Except for Senator Kerry and others.
That’s just a quick run down on a 123 page document in which OVER half is nothing more than a long criticism of the Bush Administration. No real specifics or plan, because a plan has to have mean and methods which this report doesn’t have.
April 13th, 2006 at 1:30 pm#174 and #177
As long as you guys use your real names Abbott and Costello. You can decided who who is who.
April 13th, 2006 at 1:45 pmThe dirtball pitched a dirtball.
April 13th, 2006 at 4:52 pmDoes it get any more appropriate?
[...] Oh, Cheney. Now you can’t even go to a baseball game without being booed. [...]
April 13th, 2006 at 5:48 pm[...] Regardez la vidéo ici ou ici. [...]
April 13th, 2006 at 6:46 pmdick cheney throws a crooked ball so you can say that bush has a crooked dick
April 14th, 2006 at 11:32 amIT REALLY BOTHERS ME THAT WE AS EDUCATED AMERICANS HAVE TO ATTACH EACH OTHER PERSONALLY BECAUSE WE CAN NOT AGREE ON POLITICS. I MAY OR MAY NOT AGREE WITH TRACY BUT AT LEAST HE IS ENGAGED. WHAT SHOULD REALLY BOTHER PEOPLE IS NOT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PARTIES BUT THE INDIFFERENCE IN THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. WHILE PEOPLE BOO AT SPORTS EVENTS THEY DON’T TAKE THE TIME TO GO OUT AND VOTE AND CHANGE THINGS. YOU CAN ATTACK ME PERSONALLY IF YOU FEEL THIS WILL BE EFFECTIVE BUT I WILL NOT RESPOND BECAUSE I WILL BE USING MY ENERGY TO CHANGE MY COMMUNITY AND MY COUNTRY. PERHAPS WE ALL SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON THAT SMALL ARENA AND THEN MAYBE THIS CUT THROAT FORUM WILL NOT BE NECCESARY.
April 14th, 2006 at 2:25 pm[...] Cheney Loudly Booed During First Pitch Vice President Cheney threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the home opener of the Washington Nationals game today. The crowd was was less than thrilled to have him there, loudly booing over the Fox News reporter. (Note: Fox producers muted the crowd audio halfway through before letting viewers “listen in†after the pitch.) [...]
April 24th, 2006 at 4:20 am[...] I noticed it Saturday night, as I watched the opening ceremony for the Pepsi 400, and found a Wizbang post about it from a link at Hugh Hewitt’s blog. The same crowd that booed Bill Clinton, cheered enthusiatically, if not wildly for Dick Cheney Saturday night. And liberals just don’t get it. The second comment following the Wizbang post is from Oliver Willis… So was baseball inherently anti-American when Cheney was booed? [...]
July 3rd, 2006 at 7:35 amHE THROWS LIKE A GIRL.
Comment by Bush Bites — April 11, 2006 @ 6:18 pm
Not sure why insulting a hyper-masculinized, cock sucking, latently gay Dick Cheney so often includes disrespectful references to girls and women. Alas, the castration complex is alive and well in America men. When will you little boys stop insulting eachother by comparing eachother to women? If being female is really the worst insult/most horrible condition you can consider, you’d best rethink your own sexuality. Perhaps wearing leather chaps at “The Stud” in downtown San Francisco would be more fun for some of you? You can meet your pal Dick Cheney there…
August 13th, 2006 at 8:26 pm[...] For the second year in a row, President Bush will skip the tradition of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch in Washington’s baseball home opener. With Bush’s approval ratings stuck in the low 30s in recent polls, a White House spokeswoman “was asked whether the president feared he’d get booed. ‘No,’ she replied. ‘Certainly not.’” Last Opening Day, Cheney filled in for Bush and was peppered with loud boos. (Watch it.) [...]
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:09 am[...] For the second year in a row, President Bush will skip the tradition of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch in Washington’s baseball home opener. With Bush’s approval ratings stuck in the low 30s in recent polls, a White House spokeswoman “was asked whether the president feared he’d get booed. ‘No,’ she replied. ‘Certainly not.’” Last Opening Day, Cheney filled in for Bush and was peppered with loud boos. (Watch it.) [...]
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:27 am[...] year he sent Dick Cheney, who got boobirded bad. With his approval rate in the tank, does he fear getting booed, or maybe he’s just got a [...]
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:18 pm[...] 2006, Vice President Cheney was loudly booed when he threw out the first pitch for the Nationals. In a rare move for a president, Bush missed [...]
March 26th, 2008 at 10:58 am[...] 2006, Vice President Cheney was also loudly booed when he threw out the first pitch for the Nationals. In a rare move for a president, Bush missed [...]
March 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pm[...] 2006, Vice President Cheney was also loudly booed when he threw out the first pitch for the Nationals. In a rare move for a president, Bush missed [...]
March 30th, 2008 at 10:49 pm[...] 2006, Vice President Cheney was also loudly booed when he threw out the first pitch for the Nationals. In a rare move for a president, Bush missed [...]
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