WH’s ‘furious attempt’ to sell Mukasey to conservatives.
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WH’s ‘furious attempt’ to sell Mukasey to conservatives.
The New York Times reports that over the weekend, the top aides to President Bush “made a furious attempt” to sell Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey to the right wing, “inviting at least six leading conservative thinkers to the White House for meetings with Mr. Mukasey. Participants said a range of issues were discussed, from Mr. Mukasey’s views on national security matters to his Republican pedigree.” Nevertheless, as ThinkProgress reported earlier, many on the right wing are “deflated” by Bush’s choice.
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did i hear correctly? that schumer suggested this guy to dubby?
not that there's anything wrong with that...
September 17th, 2007 at 10:58 pmis there?
...
Deflating these gasbags will do more for global warming. We just can't win.
September 17th, 2007 at 11:00 pmThe stink of politicizing DoJ hasn't cleared away, and they discussed his Republican pedigree? The bastards don't learn, and they don't change!
September 17th, 2007 at 11:16 pmIf they want to sell Mukasey to the right wing, they should send him to an airport men's room for personal interviews in which he can answer any questions conservatives may have. He'd be the Republican toast of the town.
September 17th, 2007 at 11:19 pmI don't really know much about this dude, but my knee jerk reaction is: If conservatives don't like him, I do. Still, what little I do know gives me pause...willing to allow Bush to hold a US citizen as an enemy combatent...I'd prefer someone with a bit more respect for the god damned piece of paper, the Constitution.
September 17th, 2007 at 11:20 pmToo bad for the right wing. America cannot survive another Gonzales.
September 17th, 2007 at 11:23 pmThe right wing needs deflating.
September 17th, 2007 at 11:24 pmThe right wing needs deflating.
Comment by Zooey — September 17, 2007 @ 11:24 pm
They need more than that, Z.
September 17th, 2007 at 11:26 pmIt's a nice start. ;)
September 17th, 2007 at 11:27 pmDEATH TO I S L A M O S T A L I N I S M ! ! ! !
Comment by mrp — September 17, 2007 @ 11:26 pm
Hey, Admin! Mr P is here. Time to blip his sorry *ss outta here!
September 17th, 2007 at 11:28 pmDamn, that was fast! Woohoo! :-D!!!
In... your... face! P!
('Evening, Z...)
September 17th, 2007 at 11:34 pmDeflated and run till their rims are ruined.
September 17th, 2007 at 11:37 pmSo much for Justice being blind.
If this guy Mukasey is good enough to be a Giuliani advisor then I guess Giuliani 'pedigree' is in question and this pedigree, which sounds silly, mean (R)s have papers?
September 17th, 2007 at 11:41 pm**yawn**
Pee Brain....
September 17th, 2007 at 11:41 pmComment by mrp — September 17, 2007
Iraq has a Parliament Ms. P.
September 17th, 2007 at 11:44 pmPee Brain…. Comment by Zooey
P brain has Pee-digree papers. =)
September 17th, 2007 at 11:46 pmActually I think Ms P wants Iraqs parliament to fail since shes always wanting more deaths.
September 17th, 2007 at 11:48 pmHehehe
After the scandals, the last thing the conservatives want to try to get past hearings is another political hack.
September 17th, 2007 at 11:52 pmThe hearings may bite Bush hard.
That is if the Democrats don't roll over like lapdogs again.. =|
September 17th, 2007 at 11:55 pmI'm just happy that they're unhappy. :-)
September 17th, 2007 at 11:55 pmI suggest reading what Glenn Greenwald has to say about Mukasey. His rightwing bona fides are well established, but he has shown a pattern of judicial independence and respect for the rule of law. This is what scares the conservatives. There is little they fear more than the rule of law.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:08 amYour agenda is as lame as the chimp, CONTURDS.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:10 ampattern of judicial independence and respect for the rule of law.
Comment by VerbalKint
I bet if they let him slide in, there will be no investigation, independant or a real internal one as to who was behind the politicizing of the DOJ.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:20 amI bet if they let him slide in, there will be no investigation, independant or a real internal one as to who was behind the politicizing of the DOJ.
Comment by Wayne — September 18, 2007 @ 12:20 am
Likely true. Hopefully he won't make things worse than they already are, though, and DOJ will start to behave at least somewhat professionally again, unlike the circus it was under Fredo.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:24 amDon't care if this is off topic, just need to remind you liberals we won't let the voters forget.
A list of politicians who received money from Hsu, published in the Wall Street Journal, includes these prominent Democrats in addition to Hillary:
Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry
Minnesota Senatorial candidate Al Franken
Florida Sen. Bill Nelson
West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy
Former Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford
Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack
Nevada Sen. Harry Reid
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin
New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell
California Sen. Barbara Boxer
Since 2004, Hsu has donated $260,000 to Democratic Party groups and federal candidates, and raised hundreds of thousands of additional dollars. He was regarded as a top party fundraiser until reports surfaced recently that he was wanted on a warrant in California in connection with a 1991 grand theft charge, and he was arrested on Sept. 12
September 18th, 2007 at 12:27 am"Hopefully he won’t make things worse than they already are
Comment by VerbalKint — September 18, 2007"
And how bad are they?
September 18th, 2007 at 12:29 am"respect for the rule of law.
Comment by Wayne — September 18, 2007"
Respect of law? Read # 25?
September 18th, 2007 at 12:30 amComment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 12:27 am
Two words for you:
Jack Abramoff
September 18th, 2007 at 12:31 am"This is what scares the conservatives. There is little they fear more than the rule of law.
Comment by VerbalKint — September 18, 2007"
Mind explaining that stupid comment?
September 18th, 2007 at 12:31 am"Two words for you:
Jack Abramoff
Comment by WC — September 18, 2007"
Really? Does that excuse you dumb liberals? It's our turn now to dump on you dopes!
September 18th, 2007 at 12:32 amThe Repuds are boohooing because they can't shove another unqualified corruptocrat down our throats.
Boo fricking hoo.
-GSD
September 18th, 2007 at 12:33 am"#
I’m just happy that they’re unhappy. :-)
Comment by Zooey — September 17, 2007"
zooey, you are so profound!
September 18th, 2007 at 12:33 am"...leading conservative thinkers..."
A triple oxymoron.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:35 am"The Repuds are boohooing because they can’t shove another unqualified corruptocrat down our throats.
Comment by GSD — September 18, 2007"
Are you liberals so dumb that you think that a new AG is going to prevent our intelligence people from torturing the sh*t out of terrorists to get information?
September 18th, 2007 at 12:36 ammichael, did your mother let you out of your cage tonight or did she just shove the laptop in?
September 18th, 2007 at 12:37 am"A triple oxymoron.
Comment by Republicans are the Fear and Smear Party — September 18, 2007"
Really? Explain?
September 18th, 2007 at 12:37 amMichael, I thought Bush and Cheney said the US doesn't torture? Who's lying, you or them or both?
-GSD
P.S. How come George W. Bush never returned his corrupted Ken Lay Enron cash?
September 18th, 2007 at 12:39 amno need to explain it to you michael...you wouldn't get it.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:39 am"michael, did your mother let you out of your cage tonight or did she just shove the laptop in?
Comment by Republicans are the Fear and Smear Party — September 18, 2007"
I'm here to debate anyone intelligent enough to back up their arguments. You?
September 18th, 2007 at 12:39 am"no need to explain it to you michael…you wouldn’t get it.
Comment by Republicans are the Fear and Smear Party — September 18, 2007"
Try me?
September 18th, 2007 at 12:40 amLeading=following, conservative=fascist, thinkers=knee jerkers.
-GSD
September 18th, 2007 at 12:40 am"Michael, I thought Bush and Cheney said the US doesn’t torture?
Comment by GSD — September 18, 2007"
They said it so that spineless liberals like you wouldn't go to bed crying every night!
September 18th, 2007 at 12:41 amSo, you support Bush and Cheney lying to the American people in order to simply appease a purported "liberal fringe"?
What brave men of principle.
Funny stuff.
Any chance that Senator Larry Craig will get waterboarded so we know the truth?
We know the truth, the Republican closet is deep and full.
-GSD
September 18th, 2007 at 12:45 amdid i hear correctly? that schumer suggested this guy to dubby?
not that there’s anything wrong with that…
is there?
…
Comment by katy — September 17, 2007 @ 10:58 pm
Yea you heard right. Schumer recommened him though because he's a constituent of Schumer. He lives in Schumers district, which makes him suspect. Also i listened to him, and this guy is probably another John Roberts. Lots of promise by a let down once you get it home.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:47 amBush and Cheney are appeasers anyways.
Halliburton just stopped getting paid by Iran in April of 2007. Yep, Dick Cheney's company was taking Iranian "terrorist money" since he took office.
Not to mention Bush flying the Bin Laden family out of the US on 9/11. Bush offered more civil rights protections to the Bin Laden family than he did to the average American.
Then again the average American hasn't been doing business with the Bin Laden's for decades.
-GSD
September 18th, 2007 at 12:47 amLets face it, anyone real Bush nominates would make his first order of business to arrest George W Bush.
Its like a quantum paradox or something.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:50 amThey want Bush to nominate a real AG to heal the divide but if he does, he goes to jail.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:52 amHe was regarded as a top party fundraiser until reports surfaced recently that he was wanted on a warrant in California in connection with a 1991 grand theft charge, and he was arrested on Sept. 12
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 12:27 am
so what? He's been caught, he's being prosecuted, why are you in the blame the victims mode? What does this have to do with democrats? This isn't anywhere near the embarrassment of the Abramoff scandals, in which favors were bought and sold. No quid pro quo, no crime.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:55 amI’m here to debate anyone intelligent enough to back up their arguments. You?
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 12:39 am
You've never debated here, and you won't start now. You're a coward and a trickster, as deep as a puddle. All you do is run away from debate.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:57 amTroll debate tactic 1.
Bill Clinton did it too!
Troll debate tactic 2.
Islamo-liberals hate America!
-GSD
September 18th, 2007 at 12:59 am"So, you support Bush and Cheney lying to the American people in order to simply appease a purported “liberal fringe�
Comment by GSD — September 18, 2007"
Cheney and Bush didn't lie to the American people, I just made a statement suggesting that if we left our foreign policy to you liberals, your mother and sister would be wearing burkas!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:00 am"You’ve never debated here, and you won’t start now. You’re a coward and a trickster, as deep as a puddle. All you do is run away from debate.
Comment by ronjazz — September 18, 2007"
Try me? Pick the subject?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:01 amCheney and Bush didn’t lie to the American people, I just made a statement suggesting that if we left our foreign policy to you liberals, your mother and sister would be wearing burkas!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:00 am
when did they ever tell the truth to the American people? be specific? WMD? Saddam and terrorists? Iraq and 9/11?
all lies. prove otherwise.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:02 amThis isn’t anywhere near the embarrassment of the Abramoff scandals,
Comment by ronjazz — September 18, 2007"
Right! Isn't it funny that kennedy, kerry, and clinton decided to return the money only after they were caught? Give us a break!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:03 amWhere are you, michael? where are your "debating" skills? where's your proof that Bush and Cheney haven't lied constantly and consistently, these terrorist-appeasing friends of Al Qaeda? Prove that they have told a single truth?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:04 am"when did they ever tell the truth to the American people? be specific? WMD? Saddam and terrorists? Iraq and 9/11?
all lies. prove otherwise.
Comment by ronjazz — September 18, 2007"
There were WMD. Have you forgot what happened to the Kurds? You don't think that Saddam was in bed with terrorists? Are you really that stupid?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:05 amBush probably doesn't understand the problem. Then again. he also tried to put Harriet Miers on as Chief Justice of the Supreme court. Didn't work out so well then. Seems like the right wing is way to rapid to actually care anymore. As long as the person toes the hard right then it is okay.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:06 amRight! Isn’t it funny that kennedy, kerry, and clinton decided to return the money only after they were caught? Give us a break!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:03 am
and yet no republicans returned Abramoff money, including Bush. guess who has a moral center? guess who cares what the people think? hint: it's not the Deserter-In-Chief and his traitor sidekick shooter cheney. as usual, you have nothing, and your debating skills have gone missing, again.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:06 am"Where are you, michael? where are your “debating†skills? where’s your proof that Bush and Cheney haven’t lied constantly and consistently, these terrorist-appeasing friends of Al Qaeda? Prove that they have told a single truth?
Comment by ronjazz — September 18, 2007"
That's NOT how it works! If you are accusing them of lying, produce evidence otherwise your charges are just another example of empty liberal garbage!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:07 amThere were WMD. Have you forgot what happened to the Kurds? You don’t think that Saddam was in bed with terrorists? Are you really that stupid?
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:05 am
And the Germans WERE NAZIS, but they aren't now, just as Saddam had no WMDs when we invaded.
But don't let REALITY CHANGE YOUR SPIN THERE - RETARD!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:07 amThere were WMD. Have you forgot what happened to the Kurds? You don’t think that Saddam was in bed with terrorists? Are you really that stupid?
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:05 am
proof? no? why amI not surprised? your deluded, partisan opinions have no weight, and you lose this debate on the first round. next? iraq and 9/11? come on, you're about to go down in three easy strikes.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:08 am"and your debating skills have gone missing, again.
Comment by ronjazz — September 18, 2007"
Really? You have proven NOTHING but you keep declaring victory!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:08 amRight! Isn’t it funny that kennedy, kerry, and clinton decided to return the money only after they were caught? Give us a break!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:03 am
Isn't it funny that the GOP didn't want to return the money even after Abramoff was caught? Yet you expect Dem. politicians to know who's a crook, and do the job of the police? BAHAHA, you're as RETARDED AS EVER - MICHAEL!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:08 amThat’s NOT how it works! If you are accusing them of lying, produce evidence otherwise your charges are just another example of empty liberal garbage!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:07 am
you threw the challenge, you come up with the proof. that's the way it works, crybaby. some debater. masterbater, maybe. debater, only if losing every time is the measure. loser.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:09 amComment by michael — September 18, 2007
Dumb comment. Especially when we look at who helped bring Al Qaeda and the Freedom Fighters to power. You idiots hel bring about the current mess with your Iran contra BS
September 18th, 2007 at 1:09 amThat’s NOT how it works! If you are accusing them of lying, produce evidence otherwise your charges are just another example of empty liberal garbage!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:07 am
You mean like the Pentagon Inspector General report that concluded the Office of Special Bullsh!t that Cheney/Rumsfeld created FABRICATED REPORTS that were in direct contrast to the EVIDENCE? That's what we ADULTS call LYING - something you MIGHT LEARN when you GROW UP - RETARD!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:10 amYou idiots hel bring about the current mess with your Iran contra BS
Comment by Zep Tepi — September 18, 2007 @ 1:09 am
Yeah, and their selling of plutonium reactors to Iran (that was Rumsfeld as well) and the WMDs to Iraq!!! Why did the GOP KNOW that IRAQ used to have WMDS? Because they were the JACKASS RETARDS that SOLD THEM TO THEM!!!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:11 am"iraq and 9/11? come on, you’re about to go down in three easy strikes.
Comment by ronjazz — September 18, 2007"
Never said Iraq had anything to do with 9/11. We are in Iraq, and will be for decades, to bite off the head of the snake in Iran. We will bomb the sh*t out of them before Bush leaves office because he knows you cowards (democratic party) aren't strong enough to finish this war against people who want to kill us. The next president will have NO choice but to finish this war.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:12 amReally? You have proven NOTHING but you keep declaring victory!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:08 am
of course I'm declaring victory, i've beaten you to a bloody pulp, again, and easily. all of Bush'Cheney's lies have been exposed, none has been proven to be true, you have no proof that they told anything but lies, and you are a loser. you have lost the debate. you challenged, you lost. you always lose, you're on the losing side. losing in iraq, losing in Afghanistan, losing in America, losing to China, losing to Russia, losing Rumsfeld, losing Gonzales, losing Rove, losing, losing, losing. hey, we've finally found something you do well!
LOSER!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:12 am"Dumb comment. Especially when we look at who helped bring Al Qaeda and the Freedom Fighters to power. You idiots hel bring about the current mess with your Iran contra BS
Comment by Zep Tepi — September 18, 2007"
Times change! It's a brutal world and if we left our defense up to you cowards on the left, we are doomed!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:14 amComment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 12:27 am
Two words for you:
Jack Abramoff
Comment by WC — September 18, 2007 @ 12:31 am
Idiots like michael don't know about living in glass houses and throwing stones.
Since you are so big on asking questions, michael, I have one for you: what are the prospects for the GOP in 2008? Besides winning the White House, do you expect the Democrats to gain a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate? Or do you hope that the GOP can limit its losses to merely devastating, instead of the near fatal blow I expect the party to suffer?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:14 am"all of Bush’Cheney’s lies have been exposed
Comment by ronjazz — September 18, 2007"
That's funny! You haven't been able to document one here!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:16 amNever said Iraq had anything to do with 9/11. Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:12 am
Yeah, but 30% of Americans (virtually ALL of you wingnuts still believe this)!!! But thanks for ADMITTING that CHENEY LIED - even though I believe your PREVIOUS THESIS was that they DIDN'T? You debunked yourself - it must REALLY SUCK to be YOU - especially when you're in the Minn. Airport - right grandpa?
We are in Iraq, and will be for decades, to bite off the head of the snake in Iran. Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:12 am
That's a great way to get venom poisoning - RETARD.
We will bomb the sh*t out of them before Bush leaves office because he knows you cowards (democratic party) aren’t strong enough to finish this war against people who want to kill us. Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:12 am
So you're saying bush is SO RETARDED he'd start a war the Dems WON'T FINISH? Wow, that's a SPECIAL KIND of RETARD you are GRANDPA!! You should double that DEMENTIA MEDICINE!
The next president will have NO choice but to finish this war.
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:12 am
But you just said they WOULDN'T FINISH it? You DEBUNKED YOURSELF AGAIN!!!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:16 amTimes change! It’s a brutal world and if we left our defense up to you cowards on the left, we are doomed!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:14 am
So that's your EXCUSE for SUPPORTING TERRORISM and CREATING AL QAEDA? BAHAHA, POOR LITTLE RETARD!!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:17 amso, michael, do you like getting the shit kicked out of you, night after night? because if you do, you should ENLIST, so some islamofascist can blow your loser ass up, and laugh at the pieces, as they laugh at Bush, and the Republican immorality that keeps throwing good young Americans into a meatgrinder, an impossible war to win. take on iran, it will end the USA as a world power. tha's how much you love your country, you'll destroy it to prove your little tiny dick is bigger than the dead Saddam's. that's how morally bereft your party is, they put pride and hubris above their country's best interests.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:17 amComment by michael — September 18, 2007
Thats your excuse?
Why did Bush Sr Cut and Run from Iraq?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:17 amThat’s funny! You haven’t been able to document one here!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:16 am
YOU DOCUMENTED ONE YOURSELF - RETARD!!!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:17 amPoor little michael's pretend world is crashing all around him. He just hasn't realized it yet.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:17 amPoor little michael’s pretend world is crashing all around him. He just hasn’t realized it yet.
Comment by VerbalKint — September 18, 2007 @ 1:17 am
That's because the POOR OLD THING is a RETARD!!!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:18 am"Since you are so big on asking questions, michael, I have one for you: what are the prospects for the GOP in 2008? Besides winning the White House, do you expect the Democrats to gain a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate? Or do you hope that the GOP can limit its losses to merely devastating, instead of the near fatal blow I expect the party to suffer?
Comment by VerbalKint — September 18, 2007"
To be honest I don't have high hopes for our party in 2008. If the dems control the WH I will be very worried about decisions involving the Middle East, ie. withdrawing our troops. If that happens, Iran will control that part of the world and all it's oil, so you better buy a hybrid!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:19 amThat’s funny! You haven’t been able to document one here!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:16 am
No WMD, no Saddam-Al Qaeda connection, no iraq-9/11 connection. All fully documented by the fact that there is no documentation of any of it. none. Zero. You have nothing, you had nothing going in. You have lost this debate, and your ability to continually embarrass yourself here with your lies and whining shows you to be an immature twerp without a shred of decency or patriotism. Drag your bloody carcass out of here, you're beginning to stink.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:20 amThis last is a glancing way of referring to the U.S. enterprise in Iraq, which Mr. Buckley calls "anything but conservative."
BWahaha. Your a Neo-liberal michael, ya assbackwards rightard.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:20 amTo be honest I don’t have high hopes for our party in 2008. Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:19 am
Ah, the JOYS OF DELUSION and DEMENTIA MEDICINE!!!
If the dems control the WH I will be very worried about decisions involving the Middle East, ie. withdrawing our troops. Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:19 am
That's just because your SELF LOATHING and can't handle COMPETENCE!!!
If that happens, Iran will control that part of the world and all it’s oil, so you better buy a hybrid!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:19 am
BAHAHA, you think the ARAB WORLD wants to be controlled by PERSIANS? BAHAHA, Poor Old Senile RETARD!!!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:21 am"YOU DOCUMENTED ONE YOURSELF - RETARD!!!
Comment by michaelIsRetarded — September 18, 2007"
"Poor little michael’s pretend world is crashing all around him. He just hasn’t realized it yet.
Comment by VerbalKint — September 18, 2007"
"That’s because the POOR OLD THING is a RETARD!!!
Comment by michaelIsRetarded — September 18, 2007"
My. my, my, what an uneducated bunch! Grow up or start providing educated responses. If you can?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:22 amOh, and ronjazz, don't forget Greenspan writing in his memoirs how Bush invaded Iraq for the Oil!!!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:22 am"you think the ARAB WORLD wants to be controlled by PERSIANS? BAHAHA, Poor Old Senile RETARD!!!
Comment by michaelIsRetarded — September 18, 2007"
What's going to stop them? Dope!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:23 amso you better buy a hybrid!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:19 am
what an awful fate. we'll have to drive hybrids, instead of burying young soldiers. what a damn shame for the troop-hating right wing! woe, woe, woe is you!
damn, you couldn't win a debate with George Bush. pitiful.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:23 amMy. my, my, what an uneducated bunch! Grow up or start providing educated responses. If you can?
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:22 am
Yes, you conTARDS are an uneducated bunch! And we agree that you should Grow up or Start Providing Educated Responses. If you can?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:23 amWhat’s going to stop them? Dope!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:23 am
Well actually Dope might stop them, in Afghanistan - but that's a difference story!
You think that the grief Iraqis are giving to the world's most advanced military wouldn't apply to Iran if they tried to invade the Arab world?
BAHAHA, you really are A COMPLETE 'TARD!!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:25 amWhat’s going to stop them? Dope!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:23 am
saddam was holding that line, but you morons screwed that up as well. contards can't be trusted with national defense, never could. always the losers, the rightard traitors.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:25 amPoor michael is SO BLIND and RETARDED he can ONLY IMAGINE 18th century OIL TECHNOLOGY!!! Poor Retarded conTARDS!!!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:26 amf you can?
Comment by michael
Can you provide proof to the counter?
Where is it?
You cant?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:26 amsaddam was holding that line, but you morons screwed that up as well. contards can’t be trusted with national defense, never could. always the losers, the rightard traitors.
Comment by ronjazz — September 18, 2007 @ 1:25 am
You mean like Iran/Contra where Ronnie RayGun violated the constitution as a TRAITOR and should have gone to JAIL and taken TRAITORS LIKE MICHAELTARD with him?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:27 am"michael is an idiot, he doesn’t even know that the neo-cons have turned his conservative party into a radical bunch of lefties hungry for a dictatorship.
Comment by Zep Tepi — September 18, 2007"
You dopes provide me with so much entertainment! You make ridiculous statements like above, I challenge you to explain and you run and hide under your beds. So, explain?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:27 amCan you prove the conpervatives are not sociaists?
Huh?
That they are not corrupt?
That Foley never happened? That cunningham never happened?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:27 amOr Stevens?
Or Delay?
Can you provide proof to the counter?
Where is it?
You cant?
Comment by Zep Tepi — September 18, 2007 @ 1:26 am
Poor little lazy 'TARDS like michael will just WHINE that he doesn't have to provide proof, or even ACKNOWLEDGE proof you post!!! What a PATHETIC LITTLE LOSER michelle is!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:28 amwell, all that's left of michael the debater can be swept up into an ashtray. here, michael, I'm handing you your ass, take it home and kiss it goodbye. it's the new GOP exercise.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:28 amComment by michael — September 18, 2007
Entertainment is when Buckley, Mr coservo, says your an idiot, LMAO!! YOUR A DOPE BY YOUR OWN DOPE!
Prove me/him wrong?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:29 amYou dopes provide me with so much entertainment! You make ridiculous statements like above, I challenge you to explain and you run and hide under your beds. So, explain?
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:27 am
You dope make us SAD for your BLOODLINE. You make RETARDED STATEMENTS, and respond to REALITY with RETARDED DOPEY STUPID REMARKS... We Challenge you and you RUN AND HIDE UNDER YOUR BED. So explain?
Oh, poor 'TARD, you CAN'T!! ROTFLMAO - at your RETARDEDNESS!!! Poor little Michelle!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:29 am"saddam was holding that line,
Comment by ronjazz — September 18, 2007"
Sure, he did such a great job in his war with Iran! His troops were destroyed!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:30 amEntertainment is when Buckley, Mr coservo, says your an idiot, LMAO!! YOUR A DOPE BY YOUR OWN DOPE!
Prove me/him wrong?
Comment by Zep Tepi — September 18, 2007 @ 1:29 am
For the Record, michael is under dementia and mood altering drugs!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:30 amMr. Buckley is similarly skeptical of the presidency of George Bush, who, he says, was not elected "as a vessel of the conservative faith." He returns to a formulation he has used before: "Bush is conservative, but he is not a conservative."
BWAHAHAHA!!!
Prove Buckley wrong michael?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:31 am"Oh, poor ‘TARD, you CAN’T!! ROTFLMAO - at your RETARDEDNESS!!! Poor little Michelle!
Comment by michaelIsRetarded — September 18, 2007"
This is the type of uneducated response I expect from public school liberals!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:31 amSure, he did such a great job in his war with Iran! His troops were destroyed!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:30 am
Yet he held the line - so that's SHOCKING - eh?
Poor 'TARD, debunks HERSELF AGAIN!! You're FUNNY MICHELLE - to LAUGH AT!!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:32 amnow your calling Buckley a liberal?
And uneducated?
And you are?
prove it?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:32 amThis is the type of uneducated response I expect from public school liberals!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:31 am
This is the type of uneducated response that you get from 'legacy' conTARDS that are too busy cheerleading to attend class ;)
September 18th, 2007 at 1:32 amSure, he did such a great job in his war with Iran! His troops were destroyed!
Comment by michael — September 18, 2007 @ 1:30 am
right, and Iran overran Iraq, and threw him out, and got all the oil, and...oh wait, that didn't happen.
You lose again. You're on a streak, you are such a consistent loser I wouldn't be surprised if Drunky Deserter appointed you to FEMA. You've reached rock-bottom, making you eligible for a Bushco cabinet post.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:33 amWhats the matter michael?
Your giving the rightard uneducated runaround, what I would expect from a disengenous rightard repiglican like yourself?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:34 amWhats the matter michael?
Your giving the rightard uneducated runaround, what I would expect from a disengenous rightard repiglican like yourself?
Comment by Zep Tepi — September 18, 2007 @ 1:34 am
An 'educated' con, is an oxymoron!!! ;)
September 18th, 2007 at 1:35 ampoor michael has to resort to projectonism, again, hardly the level of debate I would expect from such an educated rightard?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:35 amComment by michael — September 18, 2007
And a historical revisionist to boot!!
How educated you must be?
September 18th, 2007 at 1:37 amso now you see how it works, assclown. You claim they weren't lying, but can't prove that any statement they made was true. you claim to be a debater, but bring nothing but tears and whining to the table. you are outclassed, outgunned, and outmanned here. go back to your pissy-wet bed, and dream about the islamofascists you're going to take down with your rapier wit.
loser.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:37 amAnd a historical revisionist to boot!!
How educated you must be?
Comment by Zep Tepi — September 18, 2007 @ 1:37 am
Well, history would be too unkind to them otherwise ;)
Considering how much the conTARDS f*ck up, you can't really blame them for being so desperate to LIE ABOUT EVERYTHING!!! Reality has a liberal bias - and they hate reality!!! ;)
September 18th, 2007 at 1:39 amAn ‘educated’ con, is an oxymoron!!! ;)
I suppose that passes for intelligence in rightard world, going to school and getting drunk!!
September 18th, 2007 at 1:39 ammichael thinks rove is educated by attending six universities abd graduating from NONE!!
GENIUS!!
Yeh Ronjazz, michael pulled a Coulter, attacks people with projectionism then when hit back goes to crying. "Why are you attacking me!!"
September 18th, 2007 at 1:41 amwell, he's done, he's run off to cry himself to sleep. I'm taking my public-school, troll-destroying self to bed. later.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:43 amReality has a liberal bias - and they hate reality!!! ;) Comment by michaelIsRetarded
Thats why they accuse others of their weakness, reality.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:43 am~~~~~~~~~~~
This last is a glancing way of referring to the U.S. enterprise in Iraq, which Mr. Buckley calls "anything but conservative." "Conservatism," he says, "except when it is expressed as pure idealism, takes into account reality, and the reality of the situation is that missions abroad to effect regime change in countries without a bill of rights or democratic tradition are terribly arduous.
Comment by VerbalKint
..."His rightwing bona fides are well established, but he has shown a pattern of judicial independence and respect for the rule of law. This is what scares the conservatives. There is little they fear more than the rule of law."..
Truer words are rarely spoken. More than anything else, this rule of law thing scares the beejesus out of them. Seriously. It's just got 'em all in a panic and a frenzy.
Holding up a Constitution to the Cabal is like catching dracula in the daylight, and flashing a cross at him.
September 18th, 2007 at 3:28 amDoes anyone think that Bush wants Mukasey for any other reason than he'll block all efforts to investigate Bush's illegal surveillance programs?
September 18th, 2007 at 5:00 amBush has got his propaganda machine to the point where the right wing only needs 6 den mothers to shepard the entire wacky flock of fools around on crazy mountain.
September 18th, 2007 at 5:47 amMukasey is, with his son, MEMBERS OF GUILIANI’S NEO-CON 20-Member STAR CHAMBER, along with arch-Bushovics Ted Olson, Michael Estrada, Calabresi (co-founder of Federalist Society), Larry Thompson (worked for Gonzales), Carol Dinkins (worked with Gonzales in Texas), Maureen Mahoney (â€the female John Robertsâ€), Doug Cox (litigator in Bush v. Gore), and others.
TWO out of twenty hardcore Bushovics are members of Ted Olson's Neocon Cabal are named MUKASEY.
We ALREADY HAD A GONZALES.
We need an Attorney General, not someone who sits five paces from Ted Olson and nods his head.
September 18th, 2007 at 6:21 amNo matter what, if the White House and Dubya are happy to nominate this man then it can't be good. They either have something on him or they know him well enough that they know he won't do anything.
September 18th, 2007 at 7:22 amI M P O R T A N T:
UF STUDENT TASERED BY POLICE FOR DARING TO ASK KERRY VALID QUESTIONS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqAVvlyVbag
SEND THIS AROUND THE GLOBE.
September 18th, 2007 at 7:52 amRepublicans scream "elitist Liberals" all the time, yet gush about someone's "Republican Pedigree".
I agree with you dlet, I'm not sure I trust this guy. People point to his ruling on the Padilla case, but that seems a mixed bag to me. He ruled that Padilla could have a lawyer, but did not succeed in restoring Padilla's Constitutional Habeas rightsm nor prevent his torture in detention
I think they need to make sure that whoever is appointed rejects the concept of executive-infallibility and will honor subpoenas from Congress.
September 18th, 2007 at 8:03 amWa, wa, wa... those whiney, crybaby right wingers. Too bad, too sad. They need to grow up and act like adults, and stop their complaining. I'll send them boxes of tissues to wipe away their phony tears.
September 18th, 2007 at 8:10 amThe White House should not get anyone passed in any position until they fully comply with handing over ALL documents requested by ALL the committees in Congress. Not one single nomination goes forward.
September 18th, 2007 at 9:04 am"Conservative thinkers" is an oxymoron.
I know it's already been said, but it's worth repeating.
September 18th, 2007 at 9:12 amReading michael's "debates" on this forum is like watching a drunk try to pull on his coat while leaving the bar . . . he just **can't** get that arm through the sleeve, everyone is laughing at him, but he still thinks the bartender who served him winked at him that one time.
September 18th, 2007 at 9:20 amyes, it is a problem if schumer suggested him to dubby.
even the nyt op ed hates him.
apparently the guy thought it is perfeckly ok to hold padilla and also thinks it is perfeckly ok to have a separate court system for peeps the gummint decides are terrists.
my goodness, what the heck is he from the court system of mary jo white.
this guy is even worse than gonzo.
bye bye
September 18th, 2007 at 10:11 amwhy , its not the conservatives who will approve his apptment
September 18th, 2007 at 11:53 am