Shays Lashes Out: Congress Has ‘A Harder Time Getting Along Than Sunnis And Shiites’
Shays Lashes Out: Congress Has ‘A Harder Time Getting Along Than Sunnis And Shiites’
The Washington Post reported recently that between April 2006 and election day, Rep. Chris Shays (R-CT) announced at least 25 new federal grants or projects totaling more than $46 million. Seven Bush administration officials visited Shays’ district during that time.
Soon after the Post report, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, announced he was initiating an investigation into whether the White House made improper use of federal resources in the 2006 elections to boost Republicans, including Shays, who narrowly won a tough re-election fight.
Yesterday, Shays bitterly attacked Waxman’s inquiry as “a partisan witch hunt.” As proof of this, Shays complained that congressional investigators are only looking into him and “not going back and looking at what might have happened under Bill Clinton.” While every action President Clinton took was thoroughly investigated, Shays has thus far eluded oversight. Now Shays is lashing out:
“It’s the kind of thing that I think might happen in a place like Russia where the party in power goes after the party that they want never to be in power,” Shays said of the investigation. “This kind of stuff just grosses me out.”
Later, speaking about Iraq, Shays argued, “Republicans and Democrats have a harder time getting along than Sunnis and Shiites.” The stress of being placed under the heat of a congressional investigation appears to be getting to Shays. Regardless of whatever ideological differences exist in Congress, they do not translate into sectarian bloodshed on the House floor.
UPDATE: My Left Nutmeg has notes from the Shays press briefing.
UPDATE II: Shays gets livid over the audacity of bloggers to ask him a question at a press conference and tape it. Watch it:
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Whos the hideous creature next to Shays? Is that Babs Bush? Yikes.
August 24th, 2007 at 12:53 pmI
August 24th, 2007 at 12:53 pmI think some of the republicans would be up for shooting down dems with AK-47’s.
August 24th, 2007 at 12:54 pm“Yesterday, Shays bitterly attacked Waxman’s inquiry as “a partisan witch hunt.â€
Anything that Congress does to perform its oversight duties is considered a “partisan witch hunt” by Republicans. I wonder what Shay thought about Ken Starr investigating everything that Clinton had done since high school to be a “partisan witch hunt”.
August 24th, 2007 at 12:55 pmSTARVING IRAQ OF ELECTRICITY, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, FOOD AND WATER FOR ANOTHER 6 MONTHS IS A CRIME
while NOT looking after the refugees and helping even feed tham
everything from start to finish has been a crime
August 24th, 2007 at 12:55 pmTodays one of those days when I feel that the world would be better off without America in all shapes and forms
August 24th, 2007 at 12:56 pmWhos the hideous creature next to Shays? Is that Babs Bush? Yikes.
Comment by Rapture
No way. I think it’s George Washington.
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August 24th, 2007 at 12:56 pmNow that’s an inaccurate comparison. Sunnis and Shi’ites got along just fine in Baghdad until we invaded, whereas Democrats and Republicans have been fighting like this for decades
August 24th, 2007 at 12:57 pmWhat drugs are the GOPs on?
August 24th, 2007 at 12:57 pmthey’re all just grandstanding. screw the lot of em!
August 24th, 2007 at 12:58 pmTodays one of those days when I feel that the world would be better off without America in all shapes and forms
Comment by Tobey Tall — August 24, 2007 @ 12:56 pm
Y’all have noone to blame but yourselves for that one. We learned all we know about empire-building from watching you.
August 24th, 2007 at 12:59 pmTodays one of those days when I feel that the world would be better off without America in all shapes and forms
Comment by Tobey Tall — August 24, 2007 @ 12:56 pm
Toby,
August 24th, 2007 at 12:59 pmThe United States of America has done both wonderful and terrible things. The British empire at its height was no benevolent organization. I am truly sorry these criminals have shaped the US foreign policy so terribly. I can only hope, that at some point we can turn this country to sanity.
Todays one of those days when I feel that the world would be better off without America in all shapes and forms
Comment by Tobey Tall
Don’t give up on us TT..
IF we can get rid of Bush, we’ll do better; we promise.
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August 24th, 2007 at 1:01 pm#7…….Zombie Washington.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:01 pm..grosses you out? does it gag you with a spoon, too?
and in Baghdad, there’s nothing but a sweet little sale on rugs, you f@ck.
surreal.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:02 pmComment by ∞Ω — August 24, 2007 @ 1:01 pm
I know, yo. It’s fun to blame Bush.
My hard drive burned out last month and I had to buy another one. I blame Bush for that. Why isn’t he reimbursing me?
I blame Bush.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:06 pmFaiz has returned from lunch. I blame Bush.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:06 pm“Republicans and Democrats have a harder time getting along than Sunnis and Shiites.â€
It makes me so mad when idiots like this say such things. Totally belittles what is going on in Iraq right now. When is the last time any member of Congress tried to blow up another member? What a fool.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:07 pmI wonder if Shays is not at least partially correct.
I would be more than happy to be corrected on this point, but I don’t believe I’ve heard anything about Congress investigating William Jefferson’s apparent shady dealings.
I have no problem with Congress cleaning up “House” and investigating and demanding accountability. But it should not be merely a partisan tool. It should be a tough principled stand.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:09 pmWhat’s his friggin’ problem, If he has nothing to hide & all that? Besides, everything changed after 9-11.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:10 pmMy hard drive burned out last month and I had to buy another one. I blame Bush for that. Why isn’t he reimbursing me?
Comment by Blame Bush — August 24, 2007 @ 1:06 pm
Did W provide federal grants to destroy your hard drive?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:11 pmBigtwat’s logic : Supporting your leaders = supporting your troops= supporting your country = supporting your Constitution.
There is no distinction in his mind. Mindsets like these are the type that led to things like the holocaust… the king can do no wrong..
August 24th, 2007 at 1:11 pmFaiz has returned from lunch. I blame Bush.
Comment by Blame Bush — August 24, 2007 @ 1:06 pm
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August 24th, 2007 at 1:16 pmHEyOO o OOOO o OOOO o OOOO o OOOO o !!!!
Comment by Egreggious — August 24, 2007 @ 1:11 pm
I dunno. But you see, I’m not smart enough to know that, so I blame Bush anyways.
I blame Clinton for not watering Bush’s bush. Therefore, the “impeachments” weren’t ripe enough for the picking.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:17 pmSupporting your leaders = supporting your troops= supporting your country = supporting your Constitution.
This is exactly right. If you knew what the meaning of “constitution” is, then maybe you wouldn’t sound so ignorant.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:17 pm>but I don’t believe I’ve heard anything
>about Congress investigating William Jefferson’s
> apparent shady dealings.
theres a criminal case going on in that one. in such cases its pretty much SOP for civil actions and acts to be suspended until the related criminal matter is dealt with one way or the other. also, after the matter was resolved criminally, Jefferson would be less likely to have the right to invoke the 5th. The would be especially true if he was found innocent and could not be retried because of double jepardy.. And if he was found guilty, I guess he woudl likely resign anyway… so…
August 24th, 2007 at 1:18 pmI guess Shays would like to wake up to find a bullet taped to his front door?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:18 pmI blame Bush.
Comment by Blame Bush
You’re right BB..
It’s not just Bush. It’s the whole corrupt and incompetent personnel that he has attracted to himself like flies to dog stool.
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August 24th, 2007 at 1:19 pmHEyOO o OOOO o OOOO o OOOO o OOOO o !!!!
Comment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 1:16 pm
The Virginia Cracker Meth mouth has come out of his stupor! And with such a brilliant comment too!
August 24th, 2007 at 1:20 pm……..and his party is representing the Shiites….Duh.
Isn’t he in the same party that feels the way to success is through your son’s pajama bottoms?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:20 pm>> Supporting your leaders =supporting your Constitution
>This is exactly right.
whahahahaha!
So what your saying is that president’s NEVER violate the constution? Who decides whether a leader violates the constitution… any ideas?
> If you knew what the meaning of “constitution†is, then maybe you >wouldn’t sound so ignorant.
Hahahaha. Spare me your community college philosophy associates degree
August 24th, 2007 at 1:22 pmbufoonery… tell me, what is the meaning of “constitution”?.. something the current president writes?
……..and his party is representing the Shiites….Duh.
Isn’t he in the same party that feels the way to success is through your son’s pajama bottoms?
Comment by Martha — August 24, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
And your son’s children’s wallets!
August 24th, 2007 at 1:22 pmWhaaa….???
I haven’t seen any reports of anyone in Congress having been murdered yet. Or their family members…
It really is too bad they (Conservatives) continue to say dumb stuff like this. It only makes them look even more out of touch and ignorant than they already appear.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:22 pmHey TP, why all the wrongly focused negativity?
What about products in China? How come you’re not posting your vitriolic comments on a REAL world-wide crisis?
You, and your basement-dwelling readers, are losing credibility and fast.
Every time I read your archived threads in support of Padilla in the light of his conviction by HIS/OUR peers (i.e., US citizens), I chuckle.
This is a good site for reading the latest rants, but under the emotional diatribes you all lack SUBSTANCE.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:23 pmComment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 1:16 pm
I like dat HeyOOO thang.
I wouldn’t have gottan one of those HeyOOOs, but I decided to spend all of that money on BLAME BUSH posters, video games, and a key board containing only the letters A,B,E,H,L,M,S,U for my Bush-blaming needs. I must concentrate.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:23 pmWhoever thought Shays was a troll here? He certainly has the “Clinton did it too!” line down pat.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:23 pmHenry Waxman is my hero!!! He has been turning over a lot of stones since becoming Chairman of the Gov Oversight Committee. You go, Henry!!!
August 24th, 2007 at 1:24 pmComment by JT — August 24, 2007 @ 1:23 pm
Because TPers HATE America!
August 24th, 2007 at 1:25 pmReminiscent of the old Soviet, Cheney has attached political officers to every bureaucratic office to ensure no facts contradict Sacred Party Doctrine. Shays is remarkably silent re this.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:25 pmComment by The High Road into the Null Anus of God — August 24, 2007 @ 1:22 pm
A constitution is a statement that lays out how a government is organized.
Do some reading, you dumb liberal.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:26 pmWho is that gray-haired old man standing next to Shays? Looks like the Quaker Oats man from the cereal box.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:26 pmYesterday, Shays bitterly attacked Waxman’s inquiry as “a partisan witch hunt.†As proof of this, Shays complained that congressional investigators are only looking into him and “not going back and looking at what might have happened under Bill Clinton.â€
I didn’t see anyone note this yet so I will. Shays goes to the old fall back…CLINTON DID IT!!!!
August 24th, 2007 at 1:26 pmThis is exactly right. If you knew what the meaning of “constitution†is, then maybe you wouldn’t sound so ignorant.
Comment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
Something I hadn’t known about the Constitution (with a capital C) until you told me:
It’s silly.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:28 pmCLINTON DID IT!!!!
Comment by dlet — August 24, 2007 @ 1:26 pm
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Yep.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:28 pmRobert’s Rules of Order were not always a guiiding principle in the House.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:28 pmComment by JT — August 24, 2007 @ 1:23 pm
Blame Bush. Hey, works for me!
Could you cry me a Katrina?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:28 pmIt’s silly.
Comment by Egreggious — August 24, 2007 @ 1:28 pm
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It can be at times.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:29 pmComment by dlet — August 24, 2007 @ 1:26 pm
BLAME BUSH!!!!!!!!!!!
August 24th, 2007 at 1:29 pmBB,
R u CT?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:29 pmBLAME CLINTON!!!!!!!!!!
August 24th, 2007 at 1:30 pmsomeone throw some cheese at him – needs it for the whine hes drinking.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:30 pmWine & cheese?
Where’s Zooey today?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:31 pmHow did they get George Washington in this photo?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:33 pmDid anyone notice the update?
“UPDATE: My Left Nutmeg has notes from the Shays press briefing.”
This nutroots thing is really starting to be taken seriously!!!
August 24th, 2007 at 1:33 pmComment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 1:29 pm
If I tell you, will you promise not to tell anyone else here?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:34 pm>A constitution is a statement that lays out how
> a government is organized.
And???…. its not possible that some leader can come along at some later date and violate anything in that statement? is that what you are saying?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:34 pmIf I tell you, will you promise not to tell anyone else here?
Comment by Blame Bush — August 24, 2007 @ 1:34 pm
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Sure.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:35 pmComment by Egreggious — August 24, 2007 @ 1:31 pm
I would think she’s at school, for which I just got through my first week back.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:35 pmComment by The High Road into the Null Anus of God — August 24, 2007 @ 1:34 pm
No, that is not what I am saying.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:36 pmComment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 1:35 pm
OK, I’m CT. But please, please, please KEEP QUIET! Shhh!
Thanks!
August 24th, 2007 at 1:37 pmIn the picture, those balloons are hanging a little low.
CLINTON DID IT!!!!
Comment by dlet — August 24, 2007 @ 1:26 pm
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Yep.
Comment by Makarios
If you follow the links then you can see Clinton was investigated….ya know..oversight. So please explain to me what this baby Shays is crying about?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:37 pmComment by Blame Bush — August 24, 2007 @ 1:37 pm
I thought so. I’m Mr P, click on my name to see my blog, it’s about political history.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:38 pm>No, that is not what I am saying.
uhm….
>> Supporting your leaders =supporting your Constitution
>This is exactly right.
yes it is you moron… you really do have to TRY to be this inconsistent..im convinced its not something that happens by accident…
August 24th, 2007 at 1:39 pmI used to think the people of Connecticut were sane.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:39 pmComment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
Classic.
Update: YouTube releases video of backyard wrestler “BLAME BUSH.” Senator Reid lavishes praise on uncovering yet another leftist scholar.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:40 pm“i’m not even going to go there with you… ”
“totally”
“grosses me out”
wtf? is Shays a valley girl?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:41 pmI used to think the people of Connecticut were sane.
Comment by Egreggious — August 24, 2007 @ 1:39 pm
Yeah, and then they went and elected Joe (I-Israel) Liebermannn
August 24th, 2007 at 1:41 pmComment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 1:38 pm
Mr. P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blog is Classhizzle!!
August 24th, 2007 at 1:43 pmRepublicans and Democrats have a harder time getting along than Sunnis and Shiites.â€
Repubs and Dems fake not getting along. It’s all a show designed to entrance the people into thinking they are being governed.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:44 pmComment by The High Road into the Null Anus of God — August 24, 2007 @ 1:39 pm
Umm… no it isn’t, you moron. Try to keep up, liberal.
Follow along:
A constitution is a statement which lays out how a government is organized. So:
Supporting your leaders [i.e. your gov't, those that make sure the Nation is run correctly] = supporting your troops [i.e. those that protect the Nation and who receive orders from the gov't]= supporting your country [i.e. the Nation] = supporting your Constitution. [i.e. a statement which lays out how a government is organized]
DOES NOT MEAN
its not possible that some leader can come along at some later date and violate anything in that statement
All constitutions change with time, even out own.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:44 pmhttp://aletheia-dike.blogspot.com/
Bookmarked.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:45 pmSpeaking of Liebermann, I watched this video with Max Blumenthal from Salon a few days ago. Liebermann was on it. This was some pretty weird stuff.. The question is, who is using who?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:45 pmhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/rapture-ready-the-unauth_b_57826.html
Blog is Classhizzle!!
Comment by Blame Bush — August 24, 2007 @ 1:43 pm
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Thanks, BB!
I’m going to cover as much of political history as I can, in chronological order.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:46 pmOh yes! How DARE someone asks an almighty Republican to be held accountable to his constituency!!!!
“You aren’t ‘The Press’, you’re just a peasant. I don’t answer to peasants!”
I can’t wait to see these pissants suffer in ‘08.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:46 pmIf you knew what the meaning of “constitution†is, then maybe you wouldn’t sound so ignorant.
Maybe if you focused on not “being” ignorant instead of not “sounding” ignorant you’d make some true progress. Since I can’t hear you I have no idea how you sound but your written word is completely stupid.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:47 pmComment by Blame Bush — August 24, 2007 @ 1:45 pm
I should be up to “blaming Bush” in a few months!!!
August 24th, 2007 at 1:47 pmRepubs and Dems are mesmer masters.
They pretend to attack each other – witness Leahy for months and months threatening to subpoena the WH and then nothing. And the Republicans pretending that the surge is working. And Hilary chiming in. And what about Waxman. DUring the REpublican congress he was in the news alot sniffing out Iraq lies, high crimes, and misdemeanors. Now there’s nary a peep from him about impeachment.
It’s a play folks, meant to entertain you. Too bad it’s so bloody boring. It’s bad enough that the people are being played for fools, but to do it poorly and with so little style is downright insulting. At least the Mafia has panache and interesting characters.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:48 pmI’m going to rewrite as much of political history as I can, in chronological order.
Comment by Makaroon — August 24, 2007 @ 1:46 pm
August 24th, 2007 at 1:48 pmThat is a great picture of Shay and his overweight brother Shayna.
jack jett
August 24th, 2007 at 1:48 pmhttp://www.yabbadabbahubbado.com
P¡ss on Chris Shays, stupid lapdog.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:48 pmComment by Dave C — August 24, 2007 @ 1:47 pm
August 24th, 2007 at 1:48 pmTypical Arrogant Negative-Nancy Lefty
Shays is so full of it. He says the bloggers just want “one thing they can run” to embarrass him.
I’m not a blogger per se, but I hope they find dozens of things to embarrass him!
And the man’s arrogance. He doesn’t have to answer to Americans he disagrees with. Oh, no, not him. He’s too damn important for that.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:49 pmIt’s a play folks, meant to entertain you. Too bad it’s so bloody boring. It’s bad enough that the people are being played for fools, but to do it poorly and with so little style is downright insulting. At least the Mafia has panache and interesting characters.
Comment by Dermot — August 24, 2007 @ 1:48 pm
Well said.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:50 pmAt least the Mafia has panache and interesting characters.
Comment by Dermot — August 24, 2007 @ 1:48 pm
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So what are saying? That I’m a clown? Am I here to amuse you?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:52 pmInteresting how?
>Supporting your leaders
>[i.e. your gov’t, those that make sure the Nation is run correctly]
adding new defintions your just making up in your head and putting them in brackets isnt going to win you any logical arguments moron
so let me get this straight : leaders =those that make sure the Nation is run correctly. right?
so what you are saying is that leaders ALWAYS make sure the nation is run correctly?
hitler made sure germany was run correctly?
> all constitions change with time
they change according to the whims of the current leader? the constition can never be in conflict with the leader?
dont add imaginary defintions in quote to try and get out of your own twisted logic, just answer the question, yes or no?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:52 pmShay and Bar look alot alike. Perhaps it’s the white white hair and the bull dog countenance. Probably related way back when in Ohio when Herbert Walker was amassing money and supporting nazis.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:52 pmMakarios… following the example of his fearless leaders & heroes… he’s seen as much combat as Bush, Cheney, Rove, Wolfowitz, Ashcroft combine. I’m not sure if that’s a bigger insult to Makarios or the others. They’re all chickenhawks so it doesn’t really matter.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:54 pmBe careful when criticizing Shays – a cornered rat might run up your pants leg and try to gnaw your nuts (or other personal bits) off.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:54 pmYou know “I’m completely innocent” would have sufficed. The ones that rant and rave are usually guilty.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:54 pmDid Shays vote to IMPEACH Bill Clinton?
SEVEN YEARS of Ken Starr’s witch hunting during the Clinton days.
Including ILLEGALLY RELEASING grand jury testimony.
And then David Sentelle, another Bush TRAITOR on the bench,
SEALED the records so that STARR wouldn’t have to be held accountable.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:55 pm>Supporting your leaders
>[i.e. your gov’t, those that make sure the Nation is run correctly]
I thought these leaders were the ones we accused of engaging in partisan witch hunts.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:55 pmhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/leader
leader: 1. a person or thing that leads.
2. a guiding or directing head, as of an army, movement, or political group.
you see anything in that definiton that says : those that make sure the Nation is run CORRECTLY?
August 24th, 2007 at 1:55 pmComment by The High Road into the Null Anus of God — August 24, 2007 @ 1:52 pm
I already answered. See my comment at #59.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:56 pmMakarios… following the example of his fearless leaders & heroes… he’s seen as much combat as Bush, Cheney, Rove, Wolfowitz, Ashcroft combine. I’m not sure if that’s a bigger insult to Makarios or the others. They’re all chickenhawks so it doesn’t really matter.
Comment by Dave C — August 24, 2007 @ 1:54 pm
Makarios has more important work than fighting in Iraq.
It takes time to get all political history in chronological order.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:57 pmIs Shay a troll? What about Clinton? When he loses his seat in congress next year he can always find employment posting stoopid crap here with marikios, bigfoot, jake, et al.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:57 pmComment by The High Road into the Null Anus of God — August 24, 2007 @ 1:55 pm
OOOoooOOOOooo…
Dictionary.com!!!
You lefties crack me up!
August 24th, 2007 at 1:58 pmWatch it with the facts, High Road.
No one believes facts anymore.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:59 pmIt takes time to get all political history in chronological order.
Comment by Egreggious — August 24, 2007 @ 1:57 pm
Yup, it’s hard work, kinda like clearin a whole lotta brush on the ranch.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:00 pmYes Shays is a crook but he will be remembered for saying the Generals and Rummy should never had been brought in to answer why they ordered the murder of Pat Tillman. I hope the people of his State realize he support and defended the Administration that committed cold blooded murder to a brave soldier in combat because the GOP wanted to steal an election.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:01 pmIt takes time to get all political history in chronological order.
Comment by Egreggious — August 24, 2007 @ 1:57 pm
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Yes it does.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:01 pm>> I already answered. See my comment at #59.
ok….
# 59 >No, that is not what I am saying.
what are you not saying?
August 24th, 2007 at 2:01 pm> You lefties crack me up!
We aim to please. Please indicate exactly where the to apply the metal implement.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:01 pmI think our Soldiers in Iraq have enough problems without wishing Mr Pee on them.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:03 pm>Dictionary.com!!! You lefties crack me up!
Yeah..hahaha. You know, bringing up the dictionary definition of words when arguing about thier meaning… how.. whats that word your heroes used to describe the Geneva Conventions… “quaint”
August 24th, 2007 at 2:03 pmIt takes time to get all political history in chronological order.
Comment by Egreggious — August 24, 2007 @ 1:57 pm
And it takes time to produce gems like this:
Looks like he’s been taking history (and English) lessons from The Joker.
Hysterical.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:04 pmFrom Wikipedia:
Shays has listed former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich as his political inspiration, saying “Newt Gingrich is my hero.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Shays
That about says it all…
August 24th, 2007 at 2:04 pmHe says, as he picks through his own feces for nuggets of enlightenment.
That boy needs pants.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:05 pmShays knows that even if the blogger filming him doesn’t ask a question, Shays is screwed. The Publican strategy for the last fifty years has been to pitch a different story to different audiences, hoping that they never get caught. The printed page can’t convey the intensity and “in the moment” nature of comments the way video can, so the Publicans have lied with impunity. Now, they don’t know what might get put up on the web. Just keeping Shays honest will sink his campaign. Once all of his constituency sees – really sees – what sort of right-wing shill he is, his career is over. He knows that and it scares him silly.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:06 pmwhat the hell is that thing next to it?
August 24th, 2007 at 2:07 pm> Here is a sort documentary about the Battle of Salamis, which is arguably
> the most important battle in the history of Western Civilization. It was there
> that the Greek forces defeated the Persians, and reclaimed Europe for it’s
> rightful owners. -
What the hell IS that?
August 24th, 2007 at 2:07 pmJust watched the video.
Another whiny Republican who can’t handle the pressure. Big surprise.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:08 pm.
The most important fight we had when I worked at the butcher’s was over Salamis.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:08 pmWhat the hell IS that?
Like Bush and his Vietnam speech, the conservatives are smoking the cheap crack, now. Think “History Channel” on acid.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:09 pm.
The most important fight we had when I worked at the butcher’s was over Salamis.
Comment by Egreggious — August 24, 2007 @ 2:08 pm
Baloney!
August 24th, 2007 at 2:09 pmShay and his wife
August 24th, 2007 at 2:10 pmSeems to me that if Shays is so adament about not answering a question from a blogger vs a journalist (do they even exist any more?) in order to avoid embarrassment, he just screwed up with that clip.
Somebody better call the whaaaambulance.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:12 pmBattle of Salamis? Maklios was shocked and disappointed when he was informed that (ockfighting involved chickens.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:13 pm>> I already answered. See my comment at #59.
ok….
# 59 >No, that is not what I am saying.
what are you not saying?
August 24th, 2007 at 2:13 pmWhy, if you’re the “blogger” who attempted to ask Shays a question, wouldn’t this be a sufficient answer to his finger pointing whine:
I happen to be a tax paying citizen seeking the truth?
They answer to us, not the other way around.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:13 pmShay and his wife in PC
August 24th, 2007 at 2:14 pmWhen I write out PC my comment gets deleted. How to communicate what PC means in code. Piece core
August 24th, 2007 at 2:15 pmShay and his wife were in the piece corps. Another CIA org
August 24th, 2007 at 2:15 pm> Like Bush and his Vietnam speech, the conservatives are smoking the cheap crack,
> now. Think “History Channel†on acid.
So, basically, they are picking something which looks like West vs. Middle East? If the Persians had won, we would all be talking some Phoenician dialect and no-one would give a flying one. Go!! Hannibal Barca!
August 24th, 2007 at 2:16 pmIt only took five or six tries to get my comment through the censors. Apparently PC is another taboo topic.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:17 pmPiece core is taboo topic
August 24th, 2007 at 2:17 pmWhy, if you’re the “blogger†who attempted to ask Shays a question, wouldn’t this be a sufficient answer to his finger pointing whine:
I happen to be a tax paying citizen seeking the truth?
They answer to us, not the other way around.
Comment by Jay — August 24, 2007 @ 2:13 pm
Especially if the “blogger” is a constituent.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:18 pmRepublicans treated Democrats like dirt, in the last Congress, so Shays is a hypocrite and full of crap too. He cheated to get re-elected in CT, so he needs to resign from the House of Representatives.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:19 pmIf piece core is a taboo topic on TP, what’s the criteria or agenda? The Piece Core wing of the Dem establishment would be the upper crust Kennedy types, of which Shays is one.
So why target Shays here? Perhaps it’s just one cousin bear playfully slapping another cousin bear.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:20 pmAmongst his craven squealings, the right-wing degenerate makes one good point: “Republicans and Democrats have a harder time getting along than Sunnis and Shiites.â€
America has been in a state of civil war ever since the Right committed treason in 2000.
Stealing an election is not a political act. It is an act of war. The left and right are going to fight.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:22 pmDermot > do not link creepy Shays to the Democrats. He is a phony like Lieberman.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:23 pm>> I already answered. See my comment at #59.
How could you answer a question in comment #59 that I didnt ask until comment #85 ?
remind me, what was that you wern’t saying, again?
[crickets chriping]…
August 24th, 2007 at 2:23 pmThat’s all show Perry.
First of all there is no Left in Congress except for Bernie Sanders.
For the rest – they are all members of the same club. The money club.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:24 pmJay – If I could I would include a link but the censors kept deleting my post regarding the link between Shays and piece core, Kennedy’s, Shrivers, Bushs. They all belong to same country club. The US is their country and they’ve turned it into their private club.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:25 pmI’m late to this thread, why is PCorps filtered here?
August 24th, 2007 at 2:26 pmI asked you 4 questions in # 85 you inbred geek…. you answered all 4 of them with one line from comment #59? the answer is the same for all 4 questions?
August 24th, 2007 at 2:26 pmComment by The Null Anus of Jesus — August 24, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
The comment referrenced in #59.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:27 pmAs someone says to Val Kilmer’s character in that movie surreptiously about the FBI and Wounded Knee
“We’re all living on the reservation…”
August 24th, 2007 at 2:28 pmJay
I don’t know why PC is filtered? It’s an interesting question. Today I’ve been censored for quoting HC and mentioning PC, not even in the same comment.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:29 pmDermot > Shays was once considered a Republican moderate, but that is an act. He tries to act liberal for show, but on Iraq War he is a hawk like his pal Lieberman.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:29 pmthey change according to the whims of the current leader? the constition can never be in conflict with the leader?
No. But they change.
No. The Judiciary branch determine if it is, though.
Read a book, liberal.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:30 pmDermot,
This blog has some truly strange taboo topics. Would someone managing or monitoring please fill us in? It seems very heavy-handed.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:30 pm> The comment referrenced in #59.
which was the same as the 4 questions I asked in #85.
>Supporting your leaders
>[i.e. your gov’t, those that make sure the Nation is run correctly]
So Hitler made sure his country was governed correctly? according to your delusional defintions, thats what logically follows, right?
August 24th, 2007 at 2:30 pmOy. A wee test.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:31 pmThis nutroots thing is really starting to be taken seriously!!!
Comment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
You take it seriously, you never leave. Don’t you have some homeschooling to do?
August 24th, 2007 at 2:32 pmJay
Perhaps there’s a pattern in the taboo topics. HC and piece core. What’s the tie in. Dems who are faux progressives fronting for CIA.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:32 pmOy. A wee test.
Comment by gummitch — August 24, 2007 @ 2:31 pm
Another Jewish leprechaun?
August 24th, 2007 at 2:32 pmI take it that Mr. P(rick)’s was banned from the site, as he should have been. And now the moron is just using another name. Changing your name does not make you any smarter, dumba$$. You are still a scum sucking lowlife knuckle dragging neanderthal, no name can change that part of your personality, you are still scum.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:33 pmyou are still scum.
Comment by Buck Fush — August 24, 2007 @ 2:33 pm
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Thanks!!!
August 24th, 2007 at 2:33 pm> No. The Judiciary branch determine if it is, though.
So if the Judiciary branch determines that a president was acting unconstitionally, then supporting the president is not equivalent to supporting the constition? Right?
August 24th, 2007 at 2:34 pmHow is #145 on topic, yet it remains? Whereas if you quote HC or mention PC your comments are censored.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:34 pmTP has a filtering device that prevents any posts that use certain words or phrases. Plus there seems to be a time-out device that can block a post.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:34 pmAnother Jewish leprechaun?
Comment by Egreggious — August 24, 2007 @ 2:32 pm
I actually tried posting the two words that apparently must not be written together P____ C____ and the comment not only failed to appear, but my name/email fields were nulled. Interesting.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:35 pmComment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 2:30 pm
Careful now. The libloons may read “book” as “koob.”
August 24th, 2007 at 2:35 pmSo the powers that be like it when the children call each other names – that way they don’t actually discuss the issues. But if the children actually discuss the topic and start raising uncomfortable issues like the bellicose HC, they are censored.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:35 pmComment by The Null Anus of Jesus — August 24, 2007 @ 2:34 pm
Study up, son.
“Leaders” includes more than just “the President.”
Damn, you libs are dense today!!!
August 24th, 2007 at 2:36 pmThinkProgress is so annoying sometimes.
Later all.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:36 pmHow is #145 on topic, yet it remains? Whereas if you quote HC or mention PC your comments are censored.
Comment by Dermot — August 24, 2007 @ 2:34 pm
Please read the DNC Talking Points Handbook for pointers on how to make posts that TP will not delete.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:37 pmIt’s run by the CIA most likely. Which means it doesn’t function very well and it has strange rules that no one, not even the censors understand.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:37 pmSo what are saying? That I’m a clown? Am I here to amuse you?
Interesting how?
Comment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 1:52 pm
You’re no Joe Pesce, except maybe the short and fat thing.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:38 pmPerhaps we should ask hellinabucket who is a prodigious defender of the blog and tolerates no criticsm of HC. Too bad hellinabucket is asleep somewhere.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:39 pm>“Leaders†includes more than just “the President.â€
So what bearing does the fact that there are leaders other than the president have on my argument? Any government official can act in violation of the constitution. So what? I don’t expect you to know that because you get your legal expertise from reruns of Matlock you watch in your grandmothers basement.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:40 pmComment by Jay — August 24, 2007 @ 2:36 pm
OMG…right.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:40 pmI don’t think it’s an automatic filter. Cause I just was censored for explaining how you can immediately tell when you’ve been censored.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:41 pmNulls appear in the Name and e-mail fields
August 24th, 2007 at 2:42 pmYou lefties crack me up!
Comment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 1:58 pm
Do you understand the difference between a constitution as described in a dictionary and The Constitution of the United States of America? I didn’t think so.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:42 pmFIX YOUR EFFING SITE TP!
August 24th, 2007 at 2:43 pmPerhaps I should expect a visit from an operative tonight for daring to use HC’s own words, or to make mention of piece core and SHays. I have two dogs who don’t like strangers. So be very careful TP. If you come in through a window be prepared.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:44 pmAnother Chickenhawk (Ted Nugent) THREATENS Hillary, Obama and Feinstein with MACHINE GUNS:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/08/24/ted-nuggent-curses-out-hillary-obama-feinstein-and-issues-threats-with-machine-guns/
Ted Nugent, of course, is another Chickenhawk TRAITOR like Bush, Cheney, Libby, Delay, Gingrich, etc.
Nugent ate Vienna Sausages, drank Pepsis and crapped in his pants for TWO WEEKS to avoid service in Vietnam.
So much for scumbags like Nugent.
If anyone had said such about the TRAITOR Bush, they would be in jail.
At least David Vitter wore DIAPERS.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:45 pmThis P C issue is interesting. Do you think it has something to do with being linked to the C I A ?
August 24th, 2007 at 2:45 pmI think our Soldiers in Iraq have enough problems without wishing Mr Pee on them.
Comment by Egreggious — August 24, 2007 @ 2:03 pm
Darn, I wanted to start a pool on how many days until he gets fragged. I have 21 days if he ever goes.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:45 pmMargaret
It certainly makes for a more interesting topic than Shays complaining about Waxman. Tonight they will have drinks together at the club and laugh about it all.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:47 pmDo you really believe that connection Dermot? Not that I would doubt it these days but I hadn’t heard that before.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:58 pmDo you really believe that connection Dermot? Not that I would doubt it these days but I hadn’t heard that before.
Comment by margaret — August 24, 2007 @ 2:58 pm
It seems like Dermot is making up his own little spamming issue. The nulls pop up for everybody at times. Hopefully somebody is monitoring the site because you should see the abusive troll crap on a day when nobody is.
August 24th, 2007 at 3:04 pmwhen did this become a chat room? I had no idea it had become so twisted, sorry for posting a comment twice in one story.
August 24th, 2007 at 3:09 pmShane,
I’ve been getting blocked too (on another thread). I’m so radical after all – NOT!
It didn’t have anything to do with the null issue. But it may have had something to do with mentioning a certain prez candidate who happens to share our gender.
August 24th, 2007 at 3:34 pmIf this country looks like Russia to mr shays, then he should look to himself and his party for an explanation.
August 24th, 2007 at 3:34 pmComment by The Null Anus of Jesus — August 24, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
Have you realized yet that it’s useless to argue with a moron. Nothing but monosyllabic grunts and misdirection. You’d almost think that he hasn’t got a clue…
August 24th, 2007 at 4:30 pmIt didn’t have anything to do with the null issue. But it may have had something to do with mentioning a certain prez candidate who happens to share our gender.
Comment by margaret — August 24, 2007 @ 3:34 pm
Maybe it was a new moderator because I’ve badmouthed Hillary plenty so I don’t think that would be a normal issue. I think the trolls put so much crap on here that they are just sifting through stuff.
August 24th, 2007 at 4:37 pmIt can be at times. (The Constitution)
Comment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 1:29 pm
There, in nutshell, is why the GOP is done, and why trolls have to cme on liberal blogs and throw turds. That is the height of their hatred of America and freedom.
August 24th, 2007 at 4:41 pmSo what are saying? That I’m a clown? Am I here to amuse you?
Interesting how?
Comment by Makarios — August 24, 2007 @ 1:52 pm
not you, malarkey. the Mafia has standards, and you wouldn’t meet them. also, you’re really boring…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
August 24th, 2007 at 4:44 pmHe’s crying about being investigated because he’s got alot to hide. What’s funny is these republics will be the first to tell you they have the right to listen into your phone conversations, look at your emails all in the name of security – however they sure do squeeeeel like little stuck piglets when it comes time to check into what they’ve been up to.
August 24th, 2007 at 4:48 pmLet’s just say – Shays, if you’ve done nothing wrong, then you don’t have anything to hide isn’t that right honey? Now answer the nice boy’s question – you’re not afraid of a blogger are you?
Darn, I wanted to start a pool on how many days until he gets fragged. I have 21 days if he ever goes.
Comment by shane — August 24, 2007 @ 2:45 pm
I knew better men than him that were fragged 37 years ago.
August 24th, 2007 at 6:46 pmWhat’s funny (I was the blogger he was not-answering) is that I spoke with his press secretary in advance, who asked me not to film from the table — basically that I could tape OR ask questions — so my camera was stowed for the entire event. And my question was just if he would vote to use inherent contempt if his committee’s subpoenas weren’t obeyed, which wouldn’t have been super interesting video no matter what he answered. He gave himself the black eye, and we just grabbed the video from the other sources. Plus, print journos in the room gave me their cards if I ever wanted to get a question answered on the record from the guy. Advantage: bloggers!
August 25th, 2007 at 2:49 amIf Shays broke the law or ethics rules his activities must be investigated by Congress. His comparison of democrats and republicans to Shiias and Sunnis is inaccurate. He is only trying to take attention away from his own possible violations of the law.
August 25th, 2007 at 4:54 amTotally Republican Shays: “You’re totally a Democrat!”
August 25th, 2007 at 12:41 pm