Reid, Pelosi and Emanuel to miss YearlyKos.
By on Aug 3rd, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Reid, Pelosi and Emanuel to miss YearlyKos.
Due to the House remaining in session tomorrow “to consider an energy bill, delaying the start of the August recess by a day,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Rahm Emanuel are officially canceling their scheduled YearlyKos Convention appearances. Sen. Charles Schumer may still be able to attend the Ask The Leaders forum, but convention organziers will not know for sure until late Friday evening.
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Yep. Why would they want to be associated with a hate-site like the Dailycooze?
August 3rd, 2007 at 7:42 pmApparently they were delayed by YearlyRepublicanObstructionism.
August 3rd, 2007 at 7:52 pmDems are becoming the second party of empty rhetoric. “Sure, we’ll show up…” “Oops, I forgot I have to…er… go…um… shoppping for apples tomorrow.”
August 3rd, 2007 at 7:54 pmBoo on ya Harry ‘n’ Nancy ‘n’ Rahm; these are your constituents. It smacks of wanting to dissassociate yourself with the perception of Kos-ers as being too Lefty.
Duty Calls. Im sure all those at YKOS, though disappointed, would rather they stay on the Hill and FIGHT these clowns’ attempt to fiddle with FISA and remove judges from the process and put Gonzo in charge! This guy is the least credible person in the Nation! He’s going to decide now instead of independent judges??
August 3rd, 2007 at 7:54 pmComment by Theophrastos — August 3, 2007 @ 7:42 pm
Well, it’s obvious from whom you get your “facts”.
I, for one, am glad that they are putting their legislative duties first, which is how I interpret their decision not to attend the convention. I hope people understand that DailyKos has a Democratic Party agenda. It’s not a website just for liberals and progressives. They are activists doing what they do to influence the Democratic Party. They campaign for Democrats and try to encourage people to donate to Democrats. Which is why I don’t blog there much. I don’t weant either major political party to have control of either House. I want them to have to get help from third party politicians to get legislation passed.
August 3rd, 2007 at 7:55 pmIt had damn well better be to stay in session and not adjourn.
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:05 pmhitler will nominate mussolini as the caliph of persia. then follow with (feith (based stupidity) as the grand vizir of the subcontinent
congress are real insulting to we, the people.
Wayne
Do you think it’s a party issue? I wonder about that, I think it’s really polarizing regardless of who’s ring you throw your hat in. I want my elected reps based on their intelligence,character, integrity and experience more than if they are I or G or D or R….to me that is what Progressive means, to elect reps based on merit over party.
Some conservative ideas I am for, some Im not. Some liberal ideas Im for, some Im not. I think a lot of people feel that way but get caught up in this alphabet
soup of labelling ourselves and each other.
R’s problem is the facts and truth are now winning and they are in deep, their quitting and being arrested left and right!Im all for Jefferson getting the book thrown at him, I dont care if he’s a Dem if he’s a crook. It’s an ethics and responsibility issue. With watchdog transparencies of ALL party members. We have to decide on our representatives based on the person not the party. That is what “Progressive” means to me. Focusing on labelling people sucks far too much energy out of actual PROGRESS.
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:09 pmRunnin’ scared of the whackheads who are taking over the party.
Imagine the campaign commercials the RNC could have used from this little Moonbatâ„¢ soire; Im thinking Pelosi and Reid did just that before they made their excuses.
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:12 pmWhat a stupid “convention” anyways. Is anyone taking this gathering of clowns seriously. Lollapalooza is in Chicago this weekend, a whole lot more entertaining. No one cares about this bore fest with 5 loser bloggers jerking each other off.
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:19 pmLOL so Reid and Pelosi have to rush back to DC to pass another bill to help the Bush Regime.
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:25 pmComment by Justice — August 3, 2007 @ 8:09 pm
Did you hear about this? A Federal Court ruled the raid on Jefferson’s home unconstitutional. Details sketchy at this time. Gotta run, dinner’s just about done.
http://www.nytimes.com/ aponline/ us/ AP-Raid-on-Congress-Summary-Box.html
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:30 pmOnce O’Reilly hates you, you know you’ve made the A-list in Hollywood. DailyKos moves into the upper echelons of power and becomes obsolete.
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:36 pmWell I call bullshit. I have no problem with congress not leaving for a month long break, but this is about the FISA bill and they better not cave!
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:38 pmWhere are the candidates for Iraqi withdrawal and an end to American imperialism - the only one I can hear speaking on the issue is Ron Paul.
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:38 pmWhy isn’t Ron Paul speaking at this Daily Kos bs session
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:41 pmTHis dailykos thing is all about becoming a famous blogger - the issues are already hammered down
For or against Iraq withdrawal
For or against Kyoto Treaty
For or against controlling global warming
So everybody gets to become famous, aided by Bill O’Reilly -
Enquiring minds want to know how much DailyKos paid O’Reilly to dis them for the coverage - or maybe it’s a quid prop quo
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:44 pmSee these jackasses - O’Reilly, the Congress, Bush, Cheney… they all think that what they do doesn’t matter globally.
See they don’t believe that what they do has any impact except on their pocket book.
So they just don’t get it. ANd when the crush of ice weighs down on Pennsylvannia avenue and the White House is submerged, they will still not get it.
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:48 pmWhen Bush escapes to the family’s Jupiter Island Florida fortified safe haven, along with the Harrimans and other neo-con-nazies, long ensconsed in luxury and seclusion, they won’t understand that their tuxedos and snooker parlors can’t protect them from the failing Gulf Stream that will bring freezing water to their playland instead of lukewarm calmness.
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:53 pmWhen does the end of a civilization begin?
At what moment? What time? What season? Day? Month? Year?
It begins now
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:55 pmVideo iChat-
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:08 pmeasy and effective.
The people’s business takes precedence over the politicians schmoozing, as it should.
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:17 pmDid you hear about this? A Federal Court ruled the raid on Jefferson’s home unconstitutional. Details sketchy at this time. Gotta run, dinner’s just about done.
http://www.nytimes.com/ aponline/ us/ AP-Raid-on-Congress-Summary-Box.html
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider — August 3, 2007 @ 8:30 pm
Office, not home.
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:29 pmDid you hear about this? A Federal Court ruled the raid on Jefferson’s home unconstitutional. Details sketchy at this time. Gotta run, dinner’s just about done.
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider — August 3, 2007 @ 8:30 pm
Wayne,
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:45 pmNothing sketchy. Among the documents they seized were strategy documents belonging to the Democratic legislative branch of the government. Sort of like bypassing legislative privilege.
Reminds me of a phrase involving the goose and the gander.
Office, not home.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — August 3, 2007 @ 9:29 pm
And that excoriates the crime!
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:51 pmdamn and i was gonna go
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:52 pmOffice, not home.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — August 3, 2007 @ 9:29 pm
Oy….fruit of the poisoned tree? The Repukes are gonna wail and gnash their teeth on this one.
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:57 pmThe Repukes are gonna wail and gnash their teeth on this one.
Nah, it will just become a new “Clinton did it”
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:01 pmOoops, my mistake. All of you are correct. It was Jefferson’s Congressional office that was searched improperly. My bad. Apologies.
I guess the cash stays in evidence, eh?
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:10 pmI guess the cash stays in evidence, eh?
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider
Yep, but anything taken from his office has to be returned and cannot be used as evidence in court.
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:15 pmYep, but anything taken from his office has to be returned and cannot be used as evidence in court.
Comment by Wayne — August 3, 2007 @ 10:15 pm
In my famously inexpert legal opinion, “He’s toast.”
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:19 pmJefferson is guilty of taking bribes, but the FBI has been shut down on searching his Congressional office in DC. GOPers do not want their offices searched, because they all have incriminating stuff in them.
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:23 pmIn my famously inexpert legal opinion, “He’s toast.â€
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider
IMHO, Jefferson is guilty as sin. He needs to be tried.
Whether the FBI violated the law many more times in the course of the investigation, means the prosecutors run the risk of the judge getting ticked and throwing the case.
It would suck to have him get off because the FBI can’t follow the law.
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:24 pmI guess the cash stays in evidence, eh?
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider — August 3, 2007 @ 10:10 pm
If evidence found in Jefferson’s office led them to the cash in his freezer at home — I’d say it’s out as well. I don’t know the timeline — FBI sting, then the office search?
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:30 pmIf the FBI case against Rep. William Jefferson is thrown out of court, then FBI can give the video tape of Jefferson taking the cash bribe to the press. He will not be re-elected in 2008.
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:32 pmWord of advice: If you are a DC politician and a guy dumps cold hard cash on the table as a bribe, then realize it most likely is a FBI sting operation, so throw a tantrum for the camera and tell the guy to stick the money up his butt and to get out. (If the money is brand new crisp $100 dollar bills, with a paper sleeve, then it is marked bills.)
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:38 pmComment by Jay Randal — August 3, 2007 @ 10:38 pm
Good tip. I’ll make sure my bribes are in rolled coins. :)
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:49 pmGOPers do not want their offices searched, because they all have incriminating stuff in them.
Comment by Jay Randal — August 3, 2007 @ 10:23 pm
… pictures of pages lounging around in their Speedos…
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:51 pmRepublic > yes they could have pics of themselves wearing diapers and being spanked like Sen. Vitter > lol.
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:53 pmWayne > ask the briber to give you furniture like Duke Cunningham did or a boat.
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:55 pmDisgustedness for everyone, take a handful.
Comment by LibTeenie — August 3, 2007 @ 10:51 pm
Amazing, what a bunch of pervs these guys are. Is Vitter actually going to run again? I couldn’t imagine going back to the district and trying to talk to the people who elected me…
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:56 pmWayne > ask the briber to give you furniture like Duke Cunningham did or a boat.
Comment by Jay Randal — August 3, 2007 @ 10:55 pm
I dunno… that $6K toilet seems like the perfect metaphor for this crowd.
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:58 pmRepublic > wearing diapers seems to be OK for GOPer voters, in Louisiana, since most of them are defending him. I am curious if he wanted the bad-baby spanking or pooped in his diaper thing?
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:01 pmSupposedly all the prostitutes Vitter hired were named Wendy, like his wife, so his fantasy was to be treated like a baby by his wife, but she must have refused to do it, so he hired hookers to do it to him.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:05 pm… so he hired hookers to do it to him.
Comment by Jay Randal — August 3, 2007 @ 11:05 pm
How ironic, ’cause now his wife prolly wants to give him the spankin’ of a lifetime. LOL LOL LOL!!!
Groddy
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:07 pmOld
Pervs!!!!
LOL Republic > remember his wife was wearing the leopard pattern blouse for the press, so perhaps she does the spanking now and makes his bottom red hot too.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:10 pmI can just see Vitter crying to his wife that all he wanted was to be treated as a baby and spanked hard.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:14 pmThat’s right! Vitter’s wife didn’t wear the standard linen suit with pearls, did she? He was probably scared to go home that night….
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:15 pmLOL Republic > remember his wife was wearing the leopard pattern blouse for the press, so perhaps she does the spanking now and makes his bottom red hot too.
Comment by Jay Randal — August 3, 2007 @ 11:10 pm
Hmmm… Libteenie seems to have left… wonder why? It was just starting to get good here…
Damn, when is Larry Flynt going to give us that list? We need a good sex scandal, to distract us from the Attorney General scandal, to take our mind off the spying scandal, which is sidetracking us from the latest GOP sex scandal…
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:17 pmHe was probably scared to go home that night….
Comment by Zooey — August 3, 2007 @ 11:15 pm
Hey, at least she wasn’t wearing black studded leather… at least not in THAT photo…
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:18 pmTaking up the Energy bills…I don’t think so..Bushie’s FISA spying bill passed by 60-28 in the Senate. Nancy and Rahm are going to be taking care of that BIG issue tomorrow no doubt..you know as Russ Feingold said…(whether or not) we suspend the Constitution for 6 months!
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:21 pmVitter’s wife decided she digs blistering her hubby’s bottom. It is either do that or cut off his thingy > lol.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:21 pmHey, at least she wasn’t wearing black studded leather… at least not in THAT photo…
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — August 3, 2007 @ 11:18 pm
Hey, if she had, old Vitter would have known to wear his cast iron jock strap that night. :D
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:23 pmHarry Reid just (well, about 20 minutes ago) adjourned the Senate until Tuesday, September, 4. So, I don’t think they are coming back in tomorrow. Don’t know about the House. Maybe they can still make YKos.
The last think Reid did, before adjourning, was to congratulate Sheldon Whitehouse for becoming one of ninety (I think that’s what he said) who have presided over the house for 100 hours. Reid was very complimentary to Whitehouse. Saying that the Judiciary Committee was talking about how hard he works, even though he’s only a junior member of the committee. He also said that others in the Senate were talking about how hard he works and the hours he put in on bills like the FISA bill.
I heart Sheldon Whitehouse. I loved watching him question Gonzales and other members of DOJ. He sets them up, so they knock themselves down with their own inconsistent answers.
Congratulations Sheldon Whitehouse!
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:24 pmAnd our spineless Senate just caved in a gave Bush his entire warrantless wiretapping power.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:24 pmI hope those Dems who voted for this are polishing their resumes. They’ve had enough practice polishing Bush’s knob.
RUCerious > so the FISA reform bill passed tonight? Reid must want to be spied on, because that is what Gonzales will be doing to him.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:28 pmAnd all the Senators must like being blackmailed too.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:29 pmYeah Jay, only for six months, so Bush can run the clock out before he vetoes the Dem bill.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:29 pmThey just don’t get it. Caving in only encourages Bush to run roughshod over them. They still cling to the civility above all bullshit.
Reid is up for re-election in 2008, so he probably cut a deal with Bush, but Harry needs to remember that Dubya never keeps his word.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:31 pmReid, Pelosi and Emmanual should stay in D.C. until they are done.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:33 pmThere is a lot to be done in Congress and, while I realize that they also must spend time with their constituents, those constituents also should know that D.C. work sometimes interferes with plans.
The Repugs see the future now and it is grim. They will remain obstructionists, no doubt, but today’s Senate vote on the CHIP program may be the catalyst for real change on the horizon.
RUCerious > Some of the Democrats in the Senate are incredibly stupid, because catching real terrorists is NOT Bush’s game. He spies on his political opponents and members of Congress. Pelosi might have cut a deal for Dubya to spy on Cindy Sheehan, which he will do, but he will also dig up dirt on Nancy at the same time.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:35 pmIn my famously inexpert legal opinion, “He’s toast.â€
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider — August 3, 2007 @ 10:19 pm
Some attorney on MSNBC today said the whole case is in jeopardy because of the illegal search.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:43 pmWell I expect my phone to have the beeps, and click sounds again, now that Senate has approved the FISA reform bill.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:46 pmLast couple days I had snapping sounds blocking some of my faxes. Bravo to Congress for allowing Bush to legally spy on us all now.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:48 pmAnd our spineless Senate just caved in a gave Bush his entire warrantless wiretapping power.
I hope those Dems who voted for this are polishing their resumes. They’ve had enough practice polishing Bush’s knob.
Comment by RUCerious — August 3, 2007 @ 11:24 pm
We knew they’d cave, didn’t we? It makes me sick.
We need a clean sweep of Congress.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:49 pmGoddamn it, I’ve flipped all the net channels I have and can’t find one with the vote tally.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:58 pmLast couple days I had snapping sounds blocking some of my faxes. Bravo to Congress for allowing Bush to legally spy on us all now.
Comment by Jay Randal — August 3, 2007 @ 11:48 pm
Don’t they at least send you a receipt saying, Fu(k you, if you want your fax come down to the jailhouse and pick it up?
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:59 pmRUCerious > this is a new thing with my faxes being blocked. The phone stops ringing and sounds like snapping noise. Retroactively it’s all legal now to spy on the entire US population’s phone calls, faxes and e-mails.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:04 amOh and Gonzales can record every post on TP now.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:06 amOh and Gonzales can record every post on TP now.
Comment by Jay Randal — August 4, 2007 @ 12:06 am
who’s going to read them to him? Not the Chimp, that’s for sure, and not the trolls.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:07 amRUCerious > post the names of all the Senate Democrats who voted for the FISA bill. We all need to know who the traitors are in DC.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:08 amJay, I wasn’t disbelieving. My cell phone has been receiving calls from some wrong number, and the caller is the ubiquitous
August 4th, 2007 at 12:09 amUnknown…
Jay, I’ve searched all the sites I can think of, nothing up this soon.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:10 amNot even the Senate site has it up yet.
Tomorrow, my man. With a vengeance.
Oh and Gonzales can record every post on TP now.
Comment by Jay Randal — August 4, 2007 @ 12:06 am
Well, if he’s reading this, FU(K YOU, BetoVO5!
August 4th, 2007 at 12:11 amWell RUCerious I can bet that Traitor Joe LIEberman voted for it. I also bet that Ben Nelson the melon-head of Nebraska voted for it and the dummy Mary Landrieu of Louisiana.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:13 amWell, if he’s reading this, FU(K YOU, BetoVO5!
Comment by RUCerious — August 4, 2007 @ 12:11 am
Hey, we can all get to know each other while we’re in stress positions at Gitmo.
Oy….
August 4th, 2007 at 12:14 amSen. Feinstein probably voted for it, since she hit her head on the wall a few years ago she has not acted rationally.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:17 amSen. Biden might have voted for it. He will claim he bill stinks, but he voted for it anyways. Joe has to walk the fence on every bill > lol.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:20 amthe bill stinks > correction.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:21 amOf course she did. Roll call is here
Call your representatives, they vote tomorrow. That’s the only way to slow this mess down.
August 4th, 2007 at 1:07 amMachine > Pelosi herself will not vote for it, but she will claim she has no control over the other Democrat Representatives. When she wants something blocked, then she calls them all up and threatens them, but this she will claim ignorance like Sen. Reid will proclaim. They are selling us out.
August 4th, 2007 at 1:38 amJay @ 82
I know, but at this point there’s nothing to do but go down fighting. From now on, when they spam me for money, they get an earful instead. Every time.
It may get nothing done, but it’s more fun to yell at them than to sit and take the screwing quietly.
August 4th, 2007 at 3:20 amI just heard on the teevee that they paseed the bill that gives more power to the shrub over wiretapping without warrants. They didn’t say anything about passing an energy bill.
August 4th, 2007 at 8:18 amIf god blesses anything, he blesses the WHOLE WORLD.
No exceptions.
Comment by Zooey
Good call, Zoo. :)
August 4th, 2007 at 8:50 amIf god blesses anything, he blesses the WHOLE WORLD.
No exceptions.
Comment by Zooey — August 4, 2007 @ 1:07 am
Link? ;)
August 4th, 2007 at 11:36 amIt seems that Obama’s plummeting numbers have driven those in power back into the arms of the Clintonistas - thanks for playing.
August 4th, 2007 at 11:36 amWhen does the end of a civilization begin?
At what moment? What time? What season? Day? Month? Year?
It begins now
Comment by bucketsofbloodforbucketsofoil — August 3, 2007 @ 8:55 pm
Dang, how did they miss taking you to their convention? Those other loons have nothing on you! ;)
August 4th, 2007 at 11:45 amHmmm… Libteenie seems to have left… wonder why? It was just starting to get good here…
Damn, when is Larry Flynt going to give us that list? We need a good sex scandal, to distract us from the Attorney General scandal, to take our mind off the spying scandal, which is sidetracking us from the latest GOP sex scandal…
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — August 3, 2007 @ 11:17 pm
You don’t mean you upstanding folks degenerated to this all by yourselves. No “trolls” on which to blame this “high level of discourse?” Ya’ll are slipping. True colors showing again. ;)
August 4th, 2007 at 11:54 am“Avoid” would be a better word choice than “miss.”
Reid and Pelosi will “avoid” YearlyKos.
Read more true that way.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:59 pmThey have better things to do, like, giving bush everything he wants.
August 4th, 2007 at 1:15 pmGood news from Baghdad at last: the oil law has stalled
Friday August 3, 2007.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ Columnists/ Column/ 0,,2140859,00.html
August 4th, 2007 at 1:42 pmThey betray us with the domestic spying vote, and then will not show up to explain themselves?
August 4th, 2007 at 2:22 pmNo “trolls†on which to blame this “high level of discourse?†Ya’ll are slipping. True colors showing again. ;)
Comment by upright left — August 4, 2007 @ 11:54 am
Apparently, you can’t tell time either. When those comments were posted, there was an obnoxious troll, someone much like yourself, making a fool of himself here.
“Clinton is in love with the erect p*nis.”—This Evening with Judith Regan, Fox News Channel 2/6/00
“The swing voters—I like to refer to them as the idiot voters because they don’t have set philosophical principles. You’re either a liberal or you’re a conservative if you have an IQ above a toaster. “—Beyond the News, Fox News Channel, 6/4/00
To a disabled Vietnam vet: “People like you caused us to lose that war.”—MSNBC
Those are all direct quotes from Anne Coulter, made in the national media. So much for the high road and GOOPERs.
August 4th, 2007 at 3:01 pmRead more true that way.
Comment by muckdog — August 4, 2007 @ 12:59 pm
Indeed, and “intelligence” will avoid Muckdog.
August 4th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
August 4th, 2007 at 3:31 pmJust 24% give the president favorable ratings of his performance in handling the war in Iraq, but confidence in Congress is significantly worse – only 3% give Congress positive marks for how it has handled the war.
August 03, 2007
Democratic Seats Secure, Republicans at Risk
The latest strategy memo from James Carville and Stan Greenberg touts a recent poll in the 70 most competitive Congressional districts which shows the Democrats “in a strong position to hold their gains from 2006 and move far into Republican territory in 2008.”
“Indeed, Democrats hold an 18-point electoral advantage in their own districts while Republicans are losing their districts by 5 points overall — 7 points in their most vulnerable districts, 51 to 44 percent.”
Key finding: “Republican incumbents are paying a big price for the deep discontent in the country and for aligning with the President who is no more popular in the Republican districts than in the Democratic ones. “
August 4th, 2007 at 3:51 pmNo “trolls†on which to blame this “high level of discourse?†Ya’ll are slipping. True colors showing again. ;)
Comment by upright left — August 4, 2007 @ 11:54 am
Apparently, you can’t tell time either. When those comments were posted, there was an obnoxious troll, someone much like yourself, making a fool of himself here.
“Clinton is in love with the erect p*nis.â€â€”This Evening with Judith Regan, Fox News Channel 2/6/00
“The swing voters—I like to refer to them as the idiot voters because they don’t have set philosophical principles. You’re either a liberal or you’re a conservative if you have an IQ above a toaster. “—Beyond the News, Fox News Channel, 6/4/00
To a disabled Vietnam vet: “People like you caused us to lose that war.â€â€”MSNBC
Those are all direct quotes from Anne Coulter, made in the national media. So much for the high road and GOOPERs.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — August 4, 2007 @ 3:01 pm
You conveniently avoided the fact that the post addressed the comments by folks on this thread, not Coulter or anyone else. Take responsibility for your own actions. And apparently you have more trouble with time than do I, since the last righty comments were prior to your degeneration. Not to mention the fact that your comment apparently is meant to say, “They did it first!” I don’t believe that is considered to be a valid excuse for doing the wrong thing, is it now, buddy? ;)
August 4th, 2007 at 5:56 pmOh and Gonzales can record every post on TP now.
Comment by Jay Randal — August 4, 2007 @ 12:06 am
Dang, it isn’t private anymore? ;)
August 4th, 2007 at 5:59 pmThe Dems aren’t showing up because they just voted to allow the Fascists the not olny CONTINUE to Spy on us , but to make the illegal spying that bush has alreday done - LEGAL. These cowards don’t want to have to explain THAT to KOS.
It’s time to realize that:
The Democrats are the Silent Partners of the Neocons and Corporations.
August 4th, 2007 at 6:32 pmReid should be UNINVITED after selling our the unalienable rights of WE THE PEOPLE in the FISA legislation today.
August 4th, 2007 at 6:46 pmPhred42 -
Nobody can make ILLEGAL SPYING legal. They can pass all the legislation they want. But by supporting and engaging in ILLEGAL SPYING this government has made ITSELF ILLEGAL.
Remember, we have unalienable rights and the Declaration notes that to protect those rights, government are formed by men. THIS GOVERNMENT is acting exactly OPPOSITE of what it was created to do.
Also please note: the Declaration notes that when the government becomes destructive of our rights, “it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.”
August 4th, 2007 at 6:51 pmDang, it isn’t private anymore? ;)
Comment by upright left — August 4, 2007 @ 5:59 pm
Well, considering they even let you post here… ;-)
August 4th, 2007 at 6:51 pmWell, considering they even let you post here… ;-)
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — August 4, 2007 @ 6:51 pm
Stupid, …. nevermind. Sometimes it’s not even worth it with ya. ;)
August 4th, 2007 at 9:39 pm