McConnell backs surgeon general nominee.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has endorsed President Bush’s surgeon general nominee James Holsinger, who has repeatedly espoused medically-inaccurate homophobic positions. McConnell says in a statement:
Dr. Holsinger is a proven leader who has dedicated his career to improving health education and services in Kentucky and across the nation. He is an excellent choice for Surgeon General and I look forward to his quick confirmation.
Asked today about Holsinger’s changes of being confirmed in the Senate, McConnell replied, “I think it’s pretty early in the process, so it’s very difficult to know where it stands.”
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Yeah, is this some big surprise here?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:02 pmTalk about Holdfinger’s record as chief of the VA system.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:02 pmGoldfinger! Bush is now nominating James Bond villains to cabinet posts. Why not, he has Blofeld Dick Cheney stroking a cat next to him everyday.
This is a Goddamn Clownocracy.
-GSD
June 11th, 2007 at 9:06 pmMitch McConnell should be targeted for ouster in ‘08. He provides nothing to this nation but bullshit…but that is what the GOP and crime family are about. I think he will do some time in the can someday.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:09 pmThe guy is a bigoted asshole. McConnell is another bigoted asshole. Pathetic!
June 11th, 2007 at 9:12 pmIsrael is to blame!
June 11th, 2007 at 9:14 pmDeath to Israel!
What are the chances that voters in Kentucky will finally see through to the core of this clown and toss his Cheney out of the Senate?? I hope the probablility is high.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:19 pmMcConnell is in the same category as Ted Stevens, Pete Domenici, and James Inohofe: Old, ugly, ignorant white men who have held office far too long, and are only there now because they have a hefty Republican political machine behind them.
Only the good die young, folks.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:19 pm#7. A slight correction to your statement. You forgot to include me in the list of people who have been in the Congress too long because of a hefty Republican political machine behind us. Its not just my esteemed colleagues from Alaska, New Mexico, Kentucky and Oklahoma who have that Republican backing. I have it also or I wouldn’t be the Senator from Israel any longer.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:22 pmComment by Roboto — June 11, 2007 @ 9:14 pm
I see you’ve stepped your game up, sir.
I must say, impressive.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:23 pmTh moment of truth is upon us:Is Harry Reid going to let this neanderthal get through to a position of prominence or he is going to squash his chances ?Let’s keep an eye on Reid folks(I think he is a poor leader & does not represent the essential interest of the Dem party)
June 11th, 2007 at 9:27 pmThis is a set up. They nominate this wingnut then the Dems are in a bind. Are they for the homo agenda or against it.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:28 pmMcConnell proves once again that he is an idiot.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:29 pmAre they for the homo agenda or against it.
What is the homo agenda that the dems have to decide whether they’re for or against?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:30 pmAre they for the homo agenda or against it.
What is the homo agenda that the dems have to decide whether they’re for or against?
Comment by Namtillaku — June 11, 2007 @ 9:30 pm
You know…
…(up the butt)…
June 11th, 2007 at 9:33 pmLet’s give this guy a full public hearing, then an up or down vote.
Oh, wait, with his homophobia, will he want an “up or down vote”?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:35 pmExterminate Israel and all problems get solved!
June 11th, 2007 at 9:35 pmEliminate hate and anti-gay activism. Silence them.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:42 pmAllow gay people to be freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee……
~~up the butt~~~ ~~up the butt~~
June 11th, 2007 at 9:45 pmOh, wait, with his homophobia, will he want an “up or down vote�
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
I’m pretty sure he’ll want a full-frontal vote.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:49 pmconsidering that the candidate mcconnell backed in the repub primary for kentucky governor lost to the already-indicted ernie fletcher, i would think holsinger might want to keep his distance.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:56 pmJust proves more incompetence of the reichwingers. They did nothing in the pat twelve years that was positive and they are sure going to put their fascist agenda before the constitution of the USA. What do you expect from people who do not believe in governement? The GOP is so over!
June 11th, 2007 at 10:01 pmAlright Mitch!
Amazing that you have to explain to people that their going against Nature.
Leave it alone!
TP is for protecting nature … unless of course you’re talking about UNNATURAL HOMOSEX!
Right wing, left wing, who cares!
Nature is nature.
Look how pissed off feminists are. Why? Because they deny their biological nature!
Nuts!
June 11th, 2007 at 10:06 pmhe’s a goner- http://www.ditchmitchky.com
keep the faith
June 11th, 2007 at 10:13 pmYeah - Holsinger’s a real C. Everett Koop.
And I disagree with the calls for an up or down vote.
It should be an In or Out vote.
(rim shot!)
Are things any better tonight? Have they fixed their 5 day old “problem”?
June 11th, 2007 at 10:15 pmLook how pissed off feminists are. Why? Because they deny their biological nature!
Nuts!
Comment by jonny
Who are these mythical angry feminists, jonny? All the women who ditch you halfway through dates?
My biological nature? What do you think that might be, jonny? I think it’s being human, but I’m guessing you’d have some sort of problem with that.
Yeah — you are nuts.
June 11th, 2007 at 10:19 pmAre things any better tonight? Have they fixed their 5 day old “problem�
Comment by trueblue
Seems better than it was earlier, true.
Where’s Juan? We need to hijack a thread. :)
June 11th, 2007 at 10:20 pmJuan? You must mean El Romantico!
June 11th, 2007 at 10:21 pmDuring this assclown’s tenure as head of the VA, over 30 VA facilities were rated as unsatisfactory. He’s just another right wing homophobe, dressed up in a doctor’s suit. Now which of you trolls would like him to perform a male organ implant on you?
June 11th, 2007 at 10:24 pmRUC,
Heh. Yeah, that’s the guy — El Romantico. sounds like another superhero. :D
June 11th, 2007 at 10:25 pmLOL McConnell is a closeted Gay guy, so he is a hypocrite in backing a homophobic doctor to be Surgeon General.
June 11th, 2007 at 10:30 pmCan’t you just see his red cape taunting the toro! With a rose in his mouth, and a bottle of good red wine in one hand, he waves to the crowd and blows kisses to his sweetie!
June 11th, 2007 at 10:39 pmComment by Zooey — June 11, 2007 @ 10:25 pm
Why not “Don Juan”? :-D
June 11th, 2007 at 10:40 pmJane, wasn’t he a mobster?
June 11th, 2007 at 10:43 pmHey hey jonny boy, sorry we didn’t get up there to the evangelical men’s retreat site today, bet you’re up to your eyebrows in
June 11th, 2007 at 10:43 pm…holy sh!t! har har har!
I’ll bet your probably sick and tired of looking at a bunch of flabby white mens asses too, after a weekend of the crap they feed them poor saps.
And I was talking about the sermons! har har har!
Well hang in there, har har har, we’ll get you puumped out this week yet, just in time to cart you over to the Fathers Day Past Bass Masters Tournament in Kamonyawanna Falls…………..
BEST LAUGH OF THE DAY:
June 11th, 2007 at 10:45 pm…(up the butt)…
Comment by Mr. President
And we discover yet another of Mr. P’s limited areas of expertise!
June 11th, 2007 at 10:45 pmCan’t you just see his red cape taunting the toro! With a rose in his mouth, and a bottle of good red wine in one hand, he waves to the crowd and blows kisses to his sweetie!
Comment by RUCeriuous
Um…..yes. Stop it now. Please.
*sniff*
June 11th, 2007 at 10:45 pmHmmm, what does the “KY” in “R-KY” really stand for?
June 11th, 2007 at 10:45 pmBetter yet, a Highlander!
;-)
June 11th, 2007 at 10:45 pmBetter yet, a Highlander!
;-)
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
Ohhhh, describe the Highlander superhero — using great detail, please. :)
June 11th, 2007 at 10:48 pmVikings are pretty cool, too…………..
June 11th, 2007 at 10:51 pmsorry,
June 11th, 2007 at 10:52 pmHave to post dribble to see the 15-odd posts I can’t see because TP doesn’t have their sh*t together…
I wonder what percentage of the as-yet unreleased RNC email pertains to Rovian/NSA/DOJ bribery-blackmail machinations?!
Wayne Madsen is tracking the DC Madam case, and he raised the concern that blackmail and prostitution have a historical relationship, and that several DC top dogs have displayed the telltale signs of being blackmailed…big change in financial situation (+/-) and enormous shift in personality/focus/interests. The names he mentioned are Cheney, McCain, and F. Thompson.
Per Madsen, Thompson went after Nixon’s corrupt assistants during Watergate, yet he is now a “Friend of Scooter Libby,” defending Libby’s treasonous outing of a covert CIA agent and her colleagues.
I wonder about McConnell, who has been displaying a rather shrill, GOP-compliant reflex to all things Bushian. I know that guy is as principled as a wet rag, but when these guys almost preemptively jump through Rovian hoops, I have to think there might be coercion.
What a bunch of wimps, to not be able to own up to whatever infidelities, slips, or dirty dealings now that the Constitution depends on dismantling the Bush Crime Syndicate and rampant GOP corruption!! What heroes they could be if they took one for the team and just said FUCK IT…GAME OVER…I am going to save my hide and just maybe…my soul!!
June 11th, 2007 at 10:54 pmVikings are pretty cool, too…………..
Comment by heyzeus
Cool! Describe the Viking superhero, heyzeus. :)
My University teams are the Vandals — totally bitchin’ vikings. Heh.
June 11th, 2007 at 10:54 pmHey,
Thanks, BnF!
I thought it was clever.
(Then I thought of the implications of “rim”shot….)
eeewwwwwww……
:P
June 11th, 2007 at 10:55 pmtrue,
This is a superhero hijacking — just so you know. :D
June 11th, 2007 at 10:55 pm(Then I thought of the implications of “rimâ€shot….)
eeewwwwwww……
:P
Comment by trueblue
Girl, that was the cherry on top! So to speak…..
Heh.
June 11th, 2007 at 10:56 pm**refresh**
June 11th, 2007 at 11:00 pmPoised at the brink of a thundering cascade of turquoise blue galcial meltwater as it dropped a seeming league into the fjord, Bjorn the Forlorn tossed his helm back and bellowed above the thunderous cacphony…. ZOOOOOOOOOOOEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
;)
June 11th, 2007 at 11:02 pmI seem to be on a roll, Zooey!
Let me at them there trolls!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:02 pm:P
Bjorn the Forlorn tossed his helm back and bellowed above the thunderous cacphony…. ZOOOOOOOOOOOEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
;)
Comment by heyzeus
Fan-TASTIC!!
I’ll be right there……
June 11th, 2007 at 11:04 pmThe Bush administration is obsessed with the gay agenda than the liberals. Everything they do has ‘gay’ attached to it. I wonder why.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:05 pmWhat da fukc is dis bullshit!!!!!!!!????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????!?!?!?!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:06 pm…..before he lept into the foss of his demise, dashed to sausage on the rocks below.
(Sorry, it is a norse saga, and therefore, by neccesity, a tragedy….:)
June 11th, 2007 at 11:09 pmMr. President > the bullcrap is Bush nominating a creepy doctor to be Surgeon General.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:10 pmMr. President > the bullcrap is Bush nominating a creepy doctor to be Surgeon General.
Comment by Jay Randal — June 11, 2007 @ 11:10 pm
I was actually talking about this:
Poised at the brink of a thundering cascade of turquoise blue galcial meltwater as it dropped a seeming league into the fjord, Bjorn the Forlorn tossed his helm back and bellowed above the thunderous cacphony…. ZOOOOOOOOOOOEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
;)
Comment by heyzeus — June 11, 2007 @ 11:02 pm
June 11th, 2007 at 11:12 pmAnother homo thread, is this Planet Out?
June 11th, 2007 at 11:15 pm…..before he lept into the foss of his demise, dashed to sausage on the rocks below.
(Sorry, it is a norse saga, and therefore, by neccesity, a tragedy….:)
Comment by heyzeus
He couldn’t wait a minute….?
Oy….
June 11th, 2007 at 11:16 pmComment by Mr. President — June 11, 2007 @ 11:12 pm
You got a problem with a Viking superhero, Mr P? :D
June 11th, 2007 at 11:17 pmYou got a problem with a Viking superhero, Mr P? :D
Comment by Zooey — June 11, 2007 @ 11:17 pm
No,
I’m actually entralled by the story now…
DOES HE GET THE SAUSAGE BEFORE HE DIES?!?!?!?!
I HAVE TO KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:19 pmDOES HE GET THE SAUSAGE BEFORE HE DIES?!?!?!?!
I HAVE TO KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Mr. President
Oh shut up, Mr P.
Describe your presidential superhero.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:23 pmMr. Accident, sir?
Here’s you antacid, sir, sorry about the Bulgarian beer, sir, the bartender misunderstood your request for “alcohol-free” to mean “free alcohol.”
June 11th, 2007 at 11:23 pmHe intended your drinks to be on the house anyways, and you offended him that’s why he slipped the fizzies into your beers.
The Serbian ambassador just called, sir, he is also very upset… you accepted his gift of a case of Slivovitz, and then promised the Kosovo Albanians their own country.
There, there now, sir, just slide back into your seat, let me put these restraints on your arms, sorry, sir, it’s for your own protection sir, in case the plane makes any sudden, extraordinary rendit… excuse me sir, I mean diversions in its flight plan.
No, sir, we’re not there yet, sir.
Soon, sir.
Good night, sir.
I posted before, but it didn’t make it through all the childish shit from the Mr. P twerp. What do people think about the likelihood that McConnell was blackmailed? Many pols on both sides of the aisle appear to be acting peculiar when responding to BushCo prods to support der leader…
June 11th, 2007 at 11:24 pmSadly, Vikings are known for their lack of a sense of humor, hasty decisions, and not being able to hear fair maidens calling out to them, on account of their spending so much time poised on noisy precipices.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:26 pmSadly, Vikings are known for their lack of a sense of humor, hasty decisions, and not being able to hear fair maidens calling out to them, on account of their spending so much time poised on noisy precipices.
Comment by heyzeus
No wonder they died out — the hunky idiots. :D
June 11th, 2007 at 11:28 pmComment by Zooey — June 11, 2007 @ 11:23 pm
Hey, I was serious.
I wanna know what happened to ol’ Bjorn the Forlorn.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:30 pmHey I am half Danish, so half Viking.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:30 pmHey, I was serious.
I wanna know what happened to ol’ Bjorn the Forlorn.
Comment by Mr. President
He smashed himself on the rocks of the fiord due to poor planning and impatience.
I’m serious, too. Describe your presidential superhero.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:32 pmZooey > Vikings never died out, they just became civilized. Denmark is the heartland of the Vikings. They controlled Sweden, Norway and Finland for many years.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:32 pma viking ve vill go!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:34 pmZooey > Vikings never died out, they just became civilized. Denmark is the heartland of the Vikings. They controlled Sweden, Norway and Finland for many years.
Comment by Jay Randal
Ever hear a nickelharpa played? If you have, you’d also realize how much the Vikings have to do w/ folk music in the British Isles and therefore w/ the development of country music and bluegrass.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:36 pmZooey > Vikings never died out, they just became civilized. Denmark is the heartland of the Vikings. They controlled Sweden, Norway and Finland for many years.
Comment by Jay Randal
There’s a lot to be said for a little uncivilized behavior now and then…
June 11th, 2007 at 11:36 pmThe Vikings brought civilised trade and an eventual unification of warring tribes in what we know today as Russia, and were the foundations of Czarist rule.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:36 pma viking ve vill go!
Comment by heyzeus
Ar eyou form Viking stock, heyzeus? All this time I thought you were god’s little boy. :)
June 11th, 2007 at 11:37 pmMitch McConnell is all for the party…batshit crazy but all for the fascism of the party.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:38 pmI’m serious, too. Describe your presidential superhero.
Comment by Zooey — June 11, 2007 @ 11:32 pm
She’s 38″ 24″ 36″
Blonde (upstairs and down)
Green/blue eyes
Naked, except for black leather boots that come up to her knees, and two ammunition belts that cover her… you-know-whats…
June 11th, 2007 at 11:38 pmand camoflague panties.
Was McConnell at the ribbon cutting ceremony @ the creation Museum? Could have posed as Moses!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:40 pmBet McConnell cut the ribbon at the creation museum opening, posing as Noah!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:42 pmhalf swede, half potpourri….;)
one foot in the sea, the other stuck in a crevasse!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:42 pm#73 - Please excuse the typos — the wine made me do it…
June 11th, 2007 at 11:42 pmComment by Mr. President — June 11, 2007 @ 11:38 pm
What? No cape?
Heh.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:43 pma character I’ve played in inpromptu theatre, is
June 11th, 2007 at 11:46 pm“the Viking who missed the boat”,
and was left behind in the New World to fend for himself, and have encounters with native populations and witness the arrival of other “illegal immigrants”…….
Does Regents have a med school? Is Holsinger a Regents grad?
June 11th, 2007 at 11:49 pmComment by Zooey — June 11, 2007 @ 11:43 pm
No way!!!
That would be cheezy!!!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:50 pmHeyzeus,
You’re hilarious. All I can claim is half Dutch, and half traveling salesman. I’m not getting started on the finger in the dike….
:-D
June 11th, 2007 at 11:52 pmand two ammunition belts that cover her… you-know-whats…
and camoflague panties.
Comment by Mr. President
Uh, Mr P? I hate to tell you this, but if she’s got a pair of “you-know-whats”, she’s actually a “he”. Somehow, I’m not surprised that this is what your “fantasy hero” would be like.
Okay, folks, move along, move along. Leave the honeymooners alone here. Eeeewwww… from the way he’s squealing, that must be painful.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:52 pmNo way!!!
That would be cheezy!!!
Comment by Mr. President
Sorry, Mr P. I guess we wouldn’t want to cheapen the ammo belts and camo panties. :D
June 11th, 2007 at 11:53 pmComment by The republic of Stupidity — June 11, 2007 @ 11:52 pm
Jeez…
You know what I mean…
her…
(boobies)
June 11th, 2007 at 11:55 pmComment by The republic of Stupidity — June 11, 2007 @ 11:52 pm
Just having a little fun, tros, with a fairly sweet thread hijacking.
Do you have a superhero to describe? :)
June 11th, 2007 at 11:57 pm(boobies)
Comment by Mr. President
Mr P, you say the most outrageous things, but you’re shy about boobies? That’s almost charming…. :D
June 11th, 2007 at 11:59 pmWell Zooey > Holland was also settled by descendents of the Vikings, so you have some of that blood. I am actually about 40% Danish, 50% German, and 10% English which is probably Viking too.
June 12th, 2007 at 12:01 amYou know what I mean…
her…
(boobies)
Comment by Mr. President
Geez, never heard ‘em called THAT before. I’m still not convinced your super hero is actually a woman, Mr P. Ya seem to be back pedalling here. Be careful what you “back into”…
June 12th, 2007 at 12:02 amComment by Zooey — June 11, 2007 @ 11:59 pm
(- if there is an emoticon for “blushing,” insert here -)
June 12th, 2007 at 12:06 am(- if there is an emoticon for “blushing,†insert here -)
Comment by Mr. President
Heh. :)
It’s been a fun thread hijacking, you guys. Nice to blow off steam now and then!
Goodnight all y’all!!
June 12th, 2007 at 12:09 amRUCerious, not THAT kind of Don! ;-)
June 12th, 2007 at 12:13 amand two ammunition belts that cover her… you-know-whats… Comment by Mr. President — June 11, 2007 @ 11:38 pm
Her huge tracts of land?
June 12th, 2007 at 12:16 amAny question?
June 12th, 2007 at 6:38 amAren’t we supposedly fighting to protect such civil liberties and freedoms.
June 12th, 2007 at 11:09 am