CAUTION — Cheney going hunting this weekend.
The Poughkeepsie Journal in New York reports that “Vice President Dick Cheney is coming to Dutchess County again to go hunting.” On Monday, Cheney is “expected to leave Poughkeepsie and head to the Clove Valley Rod & Gun Club.” No word on whether the Vice President will be drinking beforehand this time.
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He has been so riled up lately about Iran, glad to see he is getting his war mongering ya-yas out on defenseless foul.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:11 pmGood. Maybe Hillary will accidentally get in his way after a few beers. OR maybe some of you hateful bloggers who wish him dead will be around???
Comment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate — October 25, 2007 @ 2:09 pm
You just wished Hillary would get shot by the criminal cheney and you are claiming we are “hateful bloggers”??? ROFL!!! Reich-wingers really are the lowest common denominator.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:11 pm“It’s hard werk bein’ veep…PULL!!!”
Oh! Lookee a troll! PULL!!!
elspeth
October 25th, 2007 at 2:11 pmWill he stay awake?
October 25th, 2007 at 2:12 pmMaybe VPres. Cheney can take the REST of the lying Republican leadership with him, and have an “accident”.
Of course, then the lying Republicans will apologize for getting in the way of the bullets.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:12 pmDick Cheney is a strong Vice President who has brought a lot of strength to White House. People like him are the reason why the US is able to maintain long term supremacy in the world. Poking fun at the hunting accident, while appropriate, go a bit too far once in a while.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:13 pmHunting animals is the closet thing reich-wingers get to being a “soldier”.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:14 pm#1 - LAFWH, why are you so filled with hate?
Could it be that you are upset that the majority of Americans are moving away from the ultra-rabid right-whiners and voting for change with Democrat tickets?
Or are you just not paying attention to the destruction of the US Constitution by the Bush Administration and their egregious behavior to which the “conservatives” turn a blind eye?
October 25th, 2007 at 2:15 pmI think the Clove Valley Rod and Gun Club may be hitting the Dutchess County pet stores to stock up on tame quail for Darth’s visit.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:15 pm“On Monday morning, he is expected to leave Poughkeepsie and head to the Clove Valley Rod & Gun Club in LaGrangeville.
Motorists can expect road closures and considerable associated delays on Interstate 84 and Route 9 Sunday night, and on Route 55 and again on Interstate 84 on Monday. Depending on what time he travels Monday morning, his trip could disrupt school bus service in affected areas.”
Resident pheasants of Clove Valley today breathed a collective sigh of relief, knowing that the incoming hunter usually shoots his fellow hunters.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:15 pmMaybe he’ll just hang with the hookers and leave the wildlife alone.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:15 pmBe vewwwwwy qwiet. I’m hunting tewwowists.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:16 pmLooks like the “hate” doesn’t fall far from the troll, eh?
October 25th, 2007 at 2:17 pmI heard Dick is bringing along some tiny Ahmadinejad masks for the caretaker to place on the caged birds heads. He’s also had copies of the Constitution decoupaged onto some clay skeet discs just for kicks.
I see the trolls are working hard at trying to push what they imagine to be our buttons.
Don’t you guys work for a living? Or is trolling your job?
October 25th, 2007 at 2:18 pmDUCK! No! DUCK! Over there!!! The kind with wings!
AHHH! NO!!! DUCK!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! HE’S GOT A GUN!!!
AHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhh…….
October 25th, 2007 at 2:20 pmGreat. Just what we need. Another drunk with a gun.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:20 pm7: Agreed, if by “strong” you mean the stentch emanating from the White House.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:22 pmLay off, Cheney won’t shoot anyone, again. But I wouldn’t bet against him sparking a brush fire.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:22 pmHmmmmm… And Jon Stewart is still on vacation…
RUN, JON, RUN!!!!!
October 25th, 2007 at 2:23 pmPoking fun at the hunting accident, while appropriate, go a bit too far once in a while.
Comment by hits
LMAO…Get a clue. Cheney shoots a man in the face, hides the details for hours, gets a friend to explain it to the press, then the guy who got shot APOLOGIZES to cheney for getting in the way of the shot. Are you insane? Geez, the koolaid is must be getting passed out for free now.
How does it feel to support a criminal enterprise run by losers hellbent on taking away every shred of decency this country ever had? You really must get our more. Turn off limbaugh and beck and take a walk. The fresh air might do you some good. Better yet, don’t breath while you walk. That will help all of us.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:23 pmPeople like him are the reason why the US is able to maintain long term supremacy in the world. Comment by hits — October 25, 2007 @ 2:13 pm
“ssupremacy” of what…..failure?
October 25th, 2007 at 2:23 pmStratRat,
Cheney’s reaction in the light of the incident was perfectly rational and has been well documented. It is interesting that you anchor yourself quite well to myths
Hits
October 25th, 2007 at 2:27 pmDr. Matt,
Supremacy as a way of life - of intelligence
Hits
October 25th, 2007 at 2:27 pmYes hits, it was well documented. Go over to smokinggun.com and you can see the police report. It also notes that the main reason the guy wasn’t hit with more buckshot is because he was on the farside of a hill. That tells me Cheney was shooting towards the ground at the time. Not very sporting of him. It’s also documented that there was alcohol present. A violation of firearm regs and the advice of his doctor due to the meds Cheney was on.
What myth are you talking about hits? Maybe the “long supremacy” thing?
October 25th, 2007 at 2:30 pmYeah, right. That’s why so many Republicans lost their seats in 2006.
Alllllllllll that supreme intelligence.
*eyeroll*
October 25th, 2007 at 2:30 pmAs a way of life. If we don’t stop being an absorber of all things crap made in China and start focusing on our own industrial abilities we won’t have much of a way of life. We will be sucked dry.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:31 pmMeditation finished.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:33 pmhe’s huntin’ al Qailda.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:34 pmAnybody noticed that trolls pick up threads in order to not bump into each other?
October 25th, 2007 at 2:35 pmHey TP, I think you guys have an error in your photo caption.
I believe the correct spelling of what Cheney was hunting is ‘peasant’
October 25th, 2007 at 2:35 pmBadmoodman; Nah, 5-deferment Dickhead won’t start any fires. Pay attention to the news, only America haters, Al Qaeda, liberals, and environmentalists are firebugs. snark
October 25th, 2007 at 2:35 pmhits = Jake
October 25th, 2007 at 2:36 pmIt is interesting that you anchor yourself quite well to myths
Irony is dead.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:37 pmAnybody noticed that trolls pick up threads in order to not bump into each other?
Comment by Juan C. — October 25, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
That’s not by accident; Troll Central hands out specific assignments. Something about not getting trolls working at cross-purposes, I think.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:38 pmAnybody noticed that trolls pick up threads in order to not bump into each other?
You can’t have 2 trolls under the same bridge.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:39 pmGet that Jack Daniels and a few hundred of those tame penned quail ready for the murdering bastard. Sportsman my butt.
Buck Fush
October 25th, 2007 at 2:40 pmOh good — I don’t live in New York State. I’m safe…
October 25th, 2007 at 2:40 pmCheney’s reaction in the light of the incident was perfectly rational and has been well documented. It is interesting that you anchor yourself quite well to myths
Hits
Comment by hits
And that tips your hand as to how delusional the right side has to be to defend and dismiss this incident. The reaction was “documented”? What the heck does that mean, anyway? It was documented that he had alcohol in him. Maybe he had to wait to have the alcohol levels diminish. Maybe he is a coward who cannot speak for himself. Maybe he is a nutjob who believes himself above the laws of the land. Your self respect must be at all time lows for you to hang your star onto Cheneys fortunes.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:50 pmMaybe Ted Nugent should go along, he can write another bogus hunting song.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:52 pmBilly Hill cooked up a fresh batch of meth again today! Watch out folks, he might have a gun! He certainly doesn’t have the brains to know how to use it though!
October 25th, 2007 at 2:54 pmBilly Hill
As a Democrat I am scared of almost everything.
Actually, it sounds like you’re just afraid of Cheney, which really isn’t all that bad of a thing. Just stay with in 10 feet of a microwave or other electronic device. That keeps him at bay just like day time does for vampires.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:54 pmTell ya what, Billy - why don’t you put on your quail costume and head on over to Clove Valley…?
I’m sure the Big Dick would love to meet you!
October 25th, 2007 at 2:54 pmI am so scared right now I must go crawl under my bed and hug my puppy.
Comment by Billy Hill — October 25, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
Funny, but that does sound like you, and your GOP buddies, every time you whine on about terrorism that’s going to come to your rube j*ck*ss part of the world! Grow a pair Billy, and learn what to do with them, other than shoving them under the stall!
October 25th, 2007 at 2:55 pmRun for the hills!!! Will he be asleep at the trigger too? Oh, wait a minute, he has been for the past six years…
October 25th, 2007 at 2:55 pmI must go crawl under my bed and hug my puppy.
Comment by Billy Hill
It’s not so messy if you do it in the shower…
October 25th, 2007 at 2:55 pmOh, I forgot, that’s where you go to smoke your salmon.
nevar mind…
StratRat,
Cheney’s reaction in the light of the incident was perfectly rational and has been well documented. It is interesting that you anchor yourself quite well to myths
Hits
Comment by hits — October 25, 2007 @ 2:27 pm
You mean where he took the time to sober up, before taking the breath test? Yeah, after all of those years of attacking Kennedy, the irony of you defending Cheney for this behavior is HYSTERICAL!
October 25th, 2007 at 2:57 pmBilly Hill, exactly how many trailers have you gone through with your meth labs?
Judging by the intelligence you display here at TP, you must blow up a trailer a week.
At least.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:58 pmSupremacy as a way of life - of intelligence
Comment by hits — October 25, 2007 @ 2:27 pm
“Supremacy of intelligence”? You mean like the false intelligence pertaining to WMD?
October 25th, 2007 at 3:02 pmBilly Hill must not realize that fear is a tool of the Right Wing uses to keep their trolls askeared. Progressives deal in facts, a concept that truly seems to confuse Conservs. No thanks Billy, I am a Patriot who fears nothing but fear itself…and perhaps the far rights uncconstitutional agenda.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:03 pmCheney’s got a gun
Cheney’s got a gun
His whole world’s come undone
From lookin’ straight at the sun
What did them liberals do?
What did they put you through?
They said he won’t be arrested
when he shot his friend in the face
But man, he had it comin’ Now that Cheney’s got a gun again
we are worried for the whole human race.
My apologies to Aerosmith….
October 25th, 2007 at 3:03 pmHe’s killed the Rethuglican Party for good…
October 25th, 2007 at 3:04 pmI’d rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than driving with
October 25th, 2007 at 3:04 pmTed Kennedy…
Sweet. Another controlled hunting trip for quails that have had their wings clipped so they cannot fly, all enclosed in a fenced in field.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:04 pmJust add massive amounts of alcohol, and later claim you only had “one” beer hours before the so-called “hunt”, or should I say “face-shoot”?
I just hope he does not shoot a hole in the bottom of my boat.
Comment by Billy Hill
Yesterday you said you used chest waders to shoot salmon…
October 25th, 2007 at 3:07 pmYou must be lying to us again, and it’s really Dick’s boat…
As a republican, I don’t mind taking my twelve-gauge for a walk every now-and-then to kill an innocent flightless bird–someone has to bring home the bacon. I don’t mind going over to Iraq to fight an illegal war–it just means I’m a true patriot. I don’t mind that the President didn’t do anything when Hurricane Katrina obliterated the city of New Orleans–it was God’s will anyway. I don’t mind that Cheney doesn’t have a fire-arms permit–I support the Second Amendment. I don’t mind not caring about children’s safety–sometimes you gotta learn the hard way.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:11 pmI’d rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than driving with
Ted Kennedy…
Comment by Leni
Wow. That was funny. NOT! What a clever person you must be. Going back into history about 30+ years for your comedy material. Take a look at the criminal enterprise squatting in our WH. That should give you enough material for eons. Please keep up. We are in the year 2007 now. Its ok to let go of somethings.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:11 pmJust one last hunt before he kicks off Armageddon…..
October 25th, 2007 at 3:15 pmIs this the same place they went last time, where they have the birds caged, then they release them in front of you so you can shoot them?
October 25th, 2007 at 3:18 pmHide the booze
October 25th, 2007 at 3:21 pmSorry, TCDumb, he meant Sen. Steven’s Bridge to Nowhere.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:21 pmLet’s hope Harry the Body and San Fran Nan might be in the area at the time! No loss!
October 25th, 2007 at 3:28 pmAt least Cheney didn’t leave the scene like Kennedy did in Chappaquiddick where he left the girl to drown.
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
Nah, he just let a guy be shot in the face, and avoided police involvement until he sobered up! Good thing none of those bullet pieces went into more dangerous places, otherwise the old man’s widow would have been apologizing to Cheney for her husband getting in the way of the bullet!
Sen. Chuck Graham-D arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated (Missouri)
Columbia Missourian ^ | 10/21/07. Following in Kennedy’s footsteps. At least he didn’t kill anyone — this time.
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 3:26 pm
You referring to Cheney not killing anyone? The person that waited hours to sober up before dealing with the police?
October 25th, 2007 at 3:44 pmYou mean the bridge to Chappaquiddick?
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 3:19 pm
Is that where Cheney was hiding out from the police? Or is that where you were giving him the BJ while waiting for them?
October 25th, 2007 at 3:45 pmAt least Cheney didn’t leave the scene like Kennedy did in Chappaquiddick where he left the girl to drown.
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
Actually, he did leave the scene and hid like a little girl behind his body guards. But, don’t let the facts stand in the way of your rant.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:46 pmSen. Chuck Graham-D arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated (Missouri)
Columbia Missourian ^ | 10/21/07. Following in Kennedy’s footsteps. At least he didn’t kill anyone — this time.
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 3:26 pm
As opposed to a NATIONAL SENATOR (R) getting arrested for soliciting bathroom sex?
As opposed to the VP (R) shooting a man in the face while drunk?
As opposed to a NATIONAL SENATOR (R) dressing up in a diaper and having sex with prostitutes?
Sorry, but if this is the best you can do, this explains your 24% loyalty in the voting electorate!
October 25th, 2007 at 3:47 pmAt least Cheney didn’t leave the scene like Kennedy did in Chappaquiddick where he left the girl to drown.
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
I have to say it really feels good to know that the right side has absolutely nothing to work with except ancient history. Why not bring up something which happened in the 1800’s, or maybe 1921? How about the 1940’s? Did a Dem do something back then too? Maybe you could check it out and enlighten us. Or better yet, how about sticking with this decade. you know, the decade which saw your idiot king ruin this once proud country. The decade which brought us to the invasion of a soverign nation. the decade where the 9/11 attacks happened on bush’s watch.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:48 pmAt least Cheney didn’t leave the scene like Kennedy did in Chappaquiddick where he left the girl to drown.
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
At least Kennedy didn’t Finance Hitler, like George’s Grandpa!
How’s that for dragging out OLD CRAP?
October 25th, 2007 at 3:48 pmAt least Cheney didn’t leave the scene like Kennedy did in Chappaquiddick where he left the girl to drown.
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
At least Kennedy didn’t run a red light, and RAM and MURDER someone the way Laura did to her EX boyfriend! Kennedy’s actions show someone in shock, what do Cheney and Laura’s behavior show? Someone with no values, that the only SHOCK is people like you defend them!
October 25th, 2007 at 3:50 pmThe best the reich-wingers got is talking about an event that happened nearly 40 years ago! CONGRATS!! R O F L You are officially insignificant.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:50 pmWhat’s with TDCon’s sudden obsession with an incident from 40 years ago?
Kinda weird. Ah, well, when you’ve got nothin’ else, I guess you go with what you got.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:58 pmYeah, you know, TDCon, I just have to ask.
The incident with Senator Kennedy happened in 1969. Neither I, nor my wife were a gleam in our father’s eyes back then. Only 13 days before this incident, Apollo 11’s Moon Lander touched down at Tranquility Base. This was the era of Nixon, a chapter that in many of our lives was either before our time or when we were children. To have been alive when this happened, you had to be 38 years old. To remember it, you had to be at least 43, and more realistically, 48+. To have formed an opinion when it happened, you’d have to been in your 60s! Two whole generations of people have come and gone since this event. So I ask you…
What must Ted Kennedy do to absolve him of this guilt. When does the statute of limitations run out? How long is too long to hold a grudge?
You guys got what you wanted. 1972, he didn’t run for President, like he wanted to. You’ve gotten your revenge and killed a dynasty, which is a good thing.
So, pray tell, WHY do you bring up something that happened before I was born?
On second thoughts, don’t answer that. I’d like to retain my respect for humanity as a whole.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:17 pmOne of my sons and his family live within rifle range of this release and shoot game massacre area. There are also three schools within range. This has all of the earmarks of creating a disaster worse than Columbine.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:21 pmIn addition, the security zone around this guy is so large that W has to schedule his leavings and comings around Dick’s.
NEW YORK!
“DUCK” AND COVER!
October 25th, 2007 at 4:23 pmOR IS IT DICK AND COVER???
For the sake of his companions, I hope he stays awake.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:31 pmKennedy is still a Senator and still hasn’t paid for his crime. Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 4:30 pm
Not true. He was in fact tried in the court of law. If you want to know who hasn’t paid for their Crimes, look at Cheney (shot a man while drunk and when hunting without a license), Laura (killed an exboyfriend and paid no price) or George (invaded a country based on fixed intelligence).
Instead, due to his political connections, he merely got 2 months suspended sentence and 1 year of probation for leaving the scene of the accident. Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 4:30 pm
See, you contradict yourself. He DID pay a price, just one you didn’t like! That’s like George, who was caught doing insider trading at Harken, what price did he pay? The SEC let him off with a warning, but they put Martha in Jail for less!
“Though there was a working telephone at this location, the group waited 10 hours before they contacted the police.†http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jo_Kopechne.
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 4:30 pm
Sounds like Cheney - yet you defend him!
Sorry, but in this day of cell phones, you wingnuts have no excuses for your hypocrisy! It just more of the same GOP “Do as I say, not as I do”, that America is SICK OF!
October 25th, 2007 at 4:38 pmTCDon, Ted Kennedy will forever be tarnished by his actions. So will Bush and Cheney. And Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz and Perle and Libby and Rove and……….
October 25th, 2007 at 4:45 pmI read the wiki, TCDon, that’s the only way I knew about the thing. OK, I could give you that if he did this a year ago. Maybe even 5. But THIRTY EIGHT YEARS AGO? After it has been exposed to death? You’re still going on about this?
Oh, I get it. You’re bitter that Kennedy got a slap on the wrist. Maybe this wouldn’t have been such a big deal if Nixon hadn’t been drummed out of the political scene for his comparatively lesser crime of breaking and entering. You must be bitter that Kennedy at least still has his Senatorial position while Nixon is long since drummed out of political service. I mean, where does this Kennedy fellow get off drowning a girl in his car and still being a public figure when all Nixon did was go poking around in the Democrat’s private files.
There’s only one problem with this image. Both politicians gave up something for their crimes, and both retained shadows of their former political lives and ambitions. Nixon received a full Presidential Pardon, ending any possibility of legal consequences of the actions of his associates at Watergate. He eventually built up a reputation as a statesman and consultant, tapped by both Republicans and Democrats after him. Kennedy served his probation, has kept his nose clean since then, and is still respected by the people of his state. He’s got a snowball’s chance in hell of ever winning the Presidency, however.
Nixon and Kennedy both are long since water under the bridge. We could be gnashing our teeth over Ford’s pardon, but frankly? Nixon’s DEAD. So is his VP, Ford. Both men are no longer concerned with what they did in life, and honestly, neither am I. There isn’t even a need anymore to hold Nixon up as an example of the perils of unchecked Presidents. You guys have given me much more…recent material.
But whatever floats your boat, dude. Keep insisting Kennedy ‘pay for his crime’, whatever you think it may have been (obviously murder…couldn’t have been involuntary manslaughter or reckless driving or even DUI, let alone ‘leaving the scene of an accident’), 40 years after he’s done his time for the crime which he was accused of and found guilty of.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:46 pmTCDon, you realize the republican companion list will now be posted. Your list has people from the 70’s. Are you so onesided as to ignore the current republican abuses?
October 25th, 2007 at 4:48 pmThat’s an awful large amount of copy and pasting you’re doing there, TCDon. I don’t have the time nor the inclination to put together the comparable list of Federal, State, and Local politicians who are affiliated with the Republican Party and list hard convictions, let alone the accusations. I garantee you, my list would be several times longer than yours……….
.
.
…not necessarily because your party is nothing but a bunch of crooks, but also because there’s just more of you than there are of the D’s.
At least you’re moving away from 40 year old incidents to …
….incidents that are 27 years old…
In 1980 I was a 7 year old boy. My only concerns back then was school, becoming a meteorologist, and digesting every bit of science I could get my young mind around.
With THIS list in mind, I could likely generate something four, five, six, or even MORE times as long. But let’s limit ourselves to those outstanding investigations today into allagations of wrongdoing, caught in our legal system waiting for appeals to run out, shall we? :)
October 25th, 2007 at 4:53 pmJeez! A troll goes back nearly 40 years to make his list of corruption. We have never claimed that the Democratic party has been free from its share of losers - it is the Republican party that denies the facts.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:56 pmActually, the list of Republicans only in the last 8 years that have been charged with sexual crimes is nearly as long as his entire list of Dems.
If we were to include all the corruption by Republicans over the same period of time as our troll, we may not have enough bandwidth.
His was a foolish effort to make a point.
I get this from my dad too, but at least he was old enough to remember this incident.
I asked him the same question. He gave the same BS answer. I then asked him what the statute of limitations is on this crime. He said until the guy was punished. I asked him how long should it be if he was a Republican. He finally got my point. Then I asked him if he was wrong in teaching me that two wrongs don’t make a right. He saw the light. Too bad Rush Limbaugh will pull the wool over his eyes again.
I don’t care what Kennedy did or did not do some night back in 1969. I’m not all that concerned about what Ford did for Nixon before I could say ‘Nixon’. There’s too much bullshit going on TODAY in the Democratic and ESPECIALLY the Republican party to worry about what some fool did in 1969 or 1974 or 1980 or whenever.
TCDon, if you abhor law-breakers, then why aren’t you clamoring just as hard for Cheney to do time for assault with a deadly weapon? Why aren’t you asking for his hunting licenses to be revoked? Oh, I get it. Because Kennedy belongs to this other group that is not part of your group, the laws should apply to him, and not to Cheney, who is part of your group.
They call this a double standard. Not that you really care.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:05 pmJeremy, that was only a small sampling of Democratic corruption. I could put together a list 10 times longer, at least
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 4:59 pm
“…I’d just go back to 1835. You ready for me to bring it?”
TDConMan, just give it up. You’re making yourself and your side look really stupid.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:07 pmAre you from Traverse City, Don?
October 25th, 2007 at 5:12 pmTCDon, you won’t get any arguments that Hillary is not an upstanding member of society. Personally, I think she’s a little too much ‘in bed’ with the Republican Party, has her pockets too full of corporate money, and is too interested in telling me and mine how to live our lives (no violence in video games, anyone?) She’s not my candidate, trust me on this. And if I could vote in the Democratic Primary, I’d vote against her, probably for Kucinich, the only D who has had any appeal to me so far. However, that little letter next to my name on my voter registration card says ‘I’, so no primary vote for me. Trust me, though, you won’t get me to vote for any of your guys. The Democrats could put up a mangy stinky brown mutt that licks its butt, and I’d still vote for that over anything you’ve got. ;) Right now, it’s the lesser of two evils, and you guys are not the lesser of two evils…and that finding has nothing to do with the fact that it’s been proven unsafe for Cheney’s friend to go hunting with him.
But keep hunting for 20 year old+ dirt on the D’s. At least that’ll make you feel better.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:13 pmHow long would your list be if it were limited to, say, the last decade?
October 25th, 2007 at 5:17 pmGood. Maybe Hillary will accidentally get in his way after a few beers. OR maybe some of you hateful bloggers who wish him dead will be around???
Comment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate — October 25, 2007 @ 2:09 pm
OR maybe Hillary will beat him to it, and have a MICROWAVE aimed at “shooter”’s pacemaker that will cause him a FATAL HEART ATTACK.
Go HILLARY!!!
October 25th, 2007 at 5:18 pm“Progressives†hate facts, eh ralph?
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 5:09 pm
How did you get that out of what I said?
oh, that’s right — you’re delusional.
Okay, I’ll explain it to you in terms that you should be able to understand: you’re making yourself look stupid because your extensive list of “Democrat corruption” includes a claim of “soon to be investigated/charged” (THAT’s evidence of corruption? Better refresh your understanding of “evidence”) and then jumps very quickly to 1969 and pretty much stays in the sixties and seventies for most of your little wank. You do foray into the nineties for a few items, but then you list several officials with no dates at all, and none of them is an active politican.
In short, if that’s the best you got, you got nothin’.
And everyone here can see that, plain as day.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:19 pmCould it be that you are upset that the majority of Americans are moving away from the ultra-rabid right-whiners and voting for change with Democrat tickets?
Or are you just not paying attention to the destruction of the US Constitution by the Bush Administration and their egregious behavior to which the “conservatives†turn a blind eye?
Comment by Democrat Soldier — October 25, 2007 @ 2:15 pm
How about the Neocon group equating TP and MoveOn.org as HATE-filled sites?
I guess the Nazis equate the TRUTH to hate.
So, LIES to them is “LOVE”!
And to these subhumans, Jesus tells us that the HATE will set you free, and God is LIES???
Unbelievable!!
October 25th, 2007 at 5:22 pmRepublican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.
Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.
Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.
Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
*Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
*Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.
Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.
Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.
Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.
Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.
Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger allegedly had sex with a 16 year old girl when he was 28.
*Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.
Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.
Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
*Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.
Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.
*Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.
Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.
Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.
Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.
Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.
*Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.
Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).
Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.
*Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.
Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.
Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.
Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.
*Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.
Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.
Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.
Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.
*Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.
Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.
Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:22 pmTrent Lott: Republican Senator from Mississippi forced to relinquish his position as Senate Majority Leader after he stated that the United States would have been better off if segregationist candidate Strom Thurmond had won the presidency in 1948. Speaking at a 100th birthday party and retirement celebration for Republican Senator Thurmond, Lott said, “I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all these years, either.” On July 17, 1948, delegates from 13 southern states gathered in Birmingham to nominate Thurmond and adopt a platform that said, “We stand for the segregation of the races and the racial integrity of each race.”
Tom Delay: Participated in a conspiracy to funnel corporate donations to state political candidates through the Republican National Committee. Forced in shame to step down as House Republican leader after he was indicted by a Texas grand jury on charges of conspiracy. He is the first House leader to be indicted while in office in more than a century.On 3/31/06, DeLay’s former chief of staff, Tony Rudy, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and promised to help with a federal investigation of bribery and lobbying fraud relating to Abramoff. Rudy admitted conspiring with Abramoff — both while Rudy worked for the Texas congressman and after he left the lawmaker’s staff to become a lobbyist himself. He is the second former DeLay staffer to plead guilty to federal charges in connection with the lobbying probe. Read More
John Negroponte: Recently appointed by the Bush administration as Director of National Intelligence for the United States, and since fired. Ambassador to Honduras from 1981-1985 during which time he supported and carried out an extreme US-sponsored policy of severe violations to human rights and international law. Supervised the creation of the El Aguacate air base, where the US trained the far-right murderous Nicaraguan Contras during the 1980’s. The base was used as a secret detention and torture center, and in August 2001, excavations at the base discovered the first of the corpses of the 185 people, including two Americans, who are thought to have been killed and buried at this base. During his ambassadorship, human rights violations in Honduras became systematic. The infamous Battalion 316, trained by the CIA and Argentine military, kidnaped, tortured and killed hundreds of people. Negroponte knew about these human rights violations and yet continued to collaborate with them, while lying to Congress. He should spend the rest of his life in a federal prison to pay for his crimes.
George W. Bush: Lied to the world about reasons for going to war in Iraq. Increased the national debt to over $8 Trillion with tax cuts for the rich and two wars. Directly responsible for the near-collapse of the US economy with millions of US citizens having lost their jobs. Created a poisonous atmosphere of anti-Americanism around the globe. Supports irresponsible foreign, economic, social and environmental policies. Obscene ties to big business and the Religious Right. He has spent more than 40% of his time in office either on vacation, going to or returning from vacation. He’s spent the remainder of his time trying to form meaningful sentences and to clear his mind of the perpetual fog that seems to linger there. The voters in the US booted out many republicans from Congress, turning over control to the democrats, to voice their contempt of this president and his support by republican representatives.
It’s time for impeachment
Dick Cheney: Directly responsible while CEO of Halliburton for corporate tax evasion, illegal arms sales, bribing of foreign officials, and price gouging the US government. Responsible for the granting of no-bid contracts while holding the position of VP to Halliburton. Lied to the US public about Iraq’s nuclear activities. Blasted his hunting partner in the face and chest with a shotgun while illegally hunting in Texas in February 2006.
Sued in federal court on July 13, 2006, along with presidential advisor Karl Rove by CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband, Joseph Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career.
John Boehner: Elevated to the position of republican house leader to replace disgraced former leader Tom Delay. Boehner himself is a prime example of congressional corruption. His political action committee collected nearly $300,000 from private student lending companies and for-profit academic institutions from 2003-2004. He has taken more than $157,000 in free trips, placing him in 7th place for such questionable activity. More than 20 of his staff members have taken jobs in the private sector as lobbyists or corporate public affairs specialists. He handed out checks to his colleagues from tobacco company political action committees on the floor of Congress in 1995.
In September 2006, shortly after the five-year anniversary of the World Trade Center destruction, he stated to the disbelief of everyone that Democrats “are more interested in protecting the terrorists than protecting the American people.” Just another corrupt Republican extremist.
Karl Rove: White House political adviser who has appeared five times before a federal grand jury investigating the leak of the name of a CIA operative. Close ties to corrupt Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Forced to give up his role as senior policy coordinator at the White House in April 2006. Rove originally failed to disclose to prosecutors that he had talked to Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper about the outed CIA operative, Valerie Plame, back in 2003. Months before Rove acknowledged speaking to Cooper about the CIA status of Plame, reporter Robert Novak told Rove’s lawyer the Rove might have disclosed Plame’s CIA work to Cooper.
Sued in federal court on July 13, 2006, along with vice-president Dick Cheney by CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband, Joseph Wilson, a former US ambassador accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career.
Announced his resignation from the White House on August 13, 2007. Good riddance.
John Ashcroft: Former US Attorney General who helped draft the presidential order creating secret military tribunals which bypasses the US court system and contains significant due process violations and allows for the imposition of the death penalty. Appointed individuals who have poor civil rights/liberties records to high-level DOJ positions. Eliminated a pilot program that provided federal money to pay for DNA testing to exonerate innocent inmates. Has blurred the line between church and state by conducting daily sessions of prayer and Bible study at the DOJ. Rounded up and imprisoned over 1200 men of Middle Eastern descent based largely on pretextual immigration violations and refused to disclose their identity and location and the reason for their detention. Read More
Katherine Harris: Florida Secretary of State who purposefully committed multiple felonies to throw the 2004 Presidential election. Her crimes are carefully documented. Read more Read more
Jeb Bush: Governor of Florida who abused his position and conspired with his brother George Bush, the Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, and the Bush-Cheney Campaign to illegally compromise the integrity of the 2004 Presidential election in Florida and skew the national election in favor of George Bush. Read more
Phyllis Schlafly: Ultra-right-wing troublemaker. Through the years she has never failed to spew forth unimaginably hateful rhetoric. A sad individual, really, with little to no credibility.
Ronald Reagan: Placed on a pedestal by most republicans, this former president was actually one of the worst presidents in US history, committing multiple crimes against humanity during his time as president. These included the deaths of tens of thousands of gay men in the United States as the direct result of his refusal to take action to combat the AIDS crisis, as well as his ongoing conspiracy to promote right-wing dictatorships, contras, and death squads in Central America.
Pat Buchanan: Hypocrite, anti-Semite, pro-fascist, racist, hires staff members with ties to white Supremacy and militia groups, closely tied to Nixon’s Watergate crimes
Robert Novak: Damaged US security by irresponsibly and illegally reporting the CIA cover of Ambassador Robert Wilson’s wife (who is an operative), as part of a retaliation for his report that concluded there was no attempt by Iraq to purchase yellowcake uranium ore from Niger.
Jerry Falwell: Born-again Christian bigot who stated that the attacks on September 11, 2001, were the result of God removing a protective barrier from the United States as punishment for the nation’s acceptance of homosexuals and feminists.
Falwell’s “protective barrier” was removed on May 15, 2007 and he died then.
Rick Santorum: Former junior senator from Pennsylvania. An anti-gay bigot who dishonors family values by spreading false and inflammatory rhetoric against gays and lesbians. Named as one of the 13 most corrupt members of Congress.
Booted from office by the people of Pennsylvania in November 2006. History will look back on him with contempt.
Lee Raymond: Former ExxonMobil CEO. Until recently, the leader of one of the largest US oil companies. Personally responsible for price gouging consumers in the US while raking in huge profits for his company and his own pocketbook. Received a retirement package worth $400 million. ExxonMobil on 7/27/2006 reported that it earned $10.36 billion in the second quarter, the second largest quarterly profit ever recorded by a publicly traded U.S. company.
David O’Reilly: ChevronTexaco CEO. The leader of one of the largest US oil companies. Personally responsible for price gouging consumers in the US while raking in record profits for his company and his own pocketbook.
Rob Routs: Shell Oil US CEO. The leader of one of the largest US oil companies. Personally responsible for price gouging consumers in the US while raking in huge profits for his company and his own pocketbook.
James Mulva: ConocoPhillips CEO. The leader of one of the largest US oil companies. Personally responsible for price gouging consumers in the US while raking in huge profits for his company and his own pocketbook.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:24 pmWhat Ralph said.
There’s useful dirt out there that needs to be exposed on Hillary, Obama, and Edwards, to try to get Democratic voters to see who and what they’re supporting. You should be hoping they put their best candidate up, because if your candidate is defeated by their candidate, having a crook in office is bad for the country whether or not the crook has a little D or R after their name.
All you accomplish by digging up stuff from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and even 90’s is to turn Democrats and Independents off your message. Why should I, a voting Independent, listen to you if you keep bringing up incidents that happened when I was a kid or not even born?
Also, keep on target. Is Jefferson running for President? NO. So telling me that William “Frozen Assets” Jefferson is a crook is a) telling me something I already know, and b) not telling me why I shouldn’t vote for Hillary “No Violence in Video Games” Clinton.
Could you at least TRY to stay on target?
October 25th, 2007 at 5:25 pmTime to go get a nice Conservative haircut and go home to my Family.
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 5:23 pm
That fact that there is a “kkkonservative haircut” is more proof that reich-wingers are a cult.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:25 pmAh. He runs off. Again. Master of the moving target…
October 25th, 2007 at 5:26 pmCorruption count
Since January 1, 2000. Federal level, Governor level, elected and appointed officials, aides etc.
Please let me know of any errors.
Convicted/Pled Guilty
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Republican Governor George Ryan - 4/17/2006 racketeering and bribery - (76 people convicted)
Republican Governor Bob Taft - 8/18/2005. 5 counts failure to report gifts from Lobbyists
Republican Governor John Rowland - 12/24/2004 Bribery
Republican Governor Sonny Perdue - Campaign ethics violations
NH GOP Chair Chuck McGee - conspiricy to make harrasing phone calls to block people from voting.
Republican Aide Allen Raymond
Republican James Tobin (NE Regional Dir., Bush campaign) - 12/15/05 conspiracy to commit telephone harassment, aiding and abetting of telephone harassment
Republican Charles McGee (Executive Director of the NH Republican State Committee )
Republican Shaun Hansen. GOP Marketing aide - conspiracy to commit telephone harassment and aiding and abetting telephone harassment
Republican Aide Scott Falwell - racketeering, mail fraud and obstruction of justice
Republican Aide Alexandra Prokos - Perjury
Republican Aide Jim Ellis - 13 counts of unlawful acceptance of a corporate political contribution, money laundering
Republican Aide John Colyandro - money laundering
Republican Brian Hicks - bribery
Republican Chief of Staff Peter Ellef - Bribery
Republican Roger G. Stillwell - Interior Department official - bribed by Abramoff
Republican Lobbyist Jack Abramoff - defrauding of American Indian tribes and corruption of public officials
Republican Tony Rudy (lobbyist and aide to Tom Delay) - conspiricy
Republican Representative Bob Ney - Conspiricy to defraud the United States and making false statements
Republican Neil Volz (lobbyist and aide to Bob Ney) - bribery and corruption
Republican William Heaton(Bob Ney’s chief of staff) - Conspiricy
Republican Representative Randy “Duke” Cunningham - conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion
Republican David Hossein Safavian. Lying, obstruction of Justice
Democratic Senator Traficant - bribery and forcing his aides to perform chores
Republican Chief of Staff Lewis “Scooter” Libby - two counts of perjury, one of obstruction of justice, and one of making false statements to federal investigators
Republican Tom Noe - Laundered money for the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign, theft, corruption, party chairman and Bush Pioneer fundraiser
Republican Gov Ernie Fletcher - 13 aides indicted
Republican Micheal Scanlon (lobbyist and aide to Tom DeLay) - bribery
Deputy Secretary Steven Griles - bribery, perjury, obstrcting a congressional investigation.
Republican Congressional aide Mark Zachares - bribery
Confessed under grant of Immunity
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Monica Goodling, White House liaison for Alberto Gonzales - Hired federal prosecuters based upon party affiliation.
Indicted/Charged
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Republican Tom Delay - conspiring to violate Texas state election law, money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Reprimanded by House Ethics Committee
Republican Lawrence Novak
Republican Nathan Taylor
Kyle “Dusty” Foggo (George W Bush’s CIA Executive Director) - 30 wide-ranging counts of fraud, conspiracy,
money laundering, leaking classified information.
Republican Lurita Alexis Doan, Administrator of the General Services Administration - violations of the Hatch act.
Democratic Senator William Jefferson - 16 counts of racketeering, soliciting bribes and money-laundering
Under investigation
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Republican Senator Ben Stevens - bribery, corruption
Republican Karl Rove - Abramoff, interfering in federal investigations, obstruction of justice
Republican President George W. Bush - Abramoff, interfering in federal investigations, obstruction of justice
Republican Vice President Dick Cheney - Abramoff, interfering in federal investigations, obstruction of justice
Republican Governor and RNC Chairman Haley Barbour - Laundered money from foreign governments into presidential elections. Used non-profit organizations for illegal purposes. Perjury.
Republican Representive Mark Foley - Pediphilia
Republican Representive Mark Reynolds - Covered up for Mark Foley
Republican Representive Dennis Hastert - Covered up for Mark Foley
Republican Governor Mitt Romney - Made false statements to bondholders
Republican Governor/Ex Representative Jim Gibbons - Bribery
Republican Attorney General Gonzales - Fired US Attorneys for prosecuting Republicans, interfering in federal investigations, obstruction of justice, lying to Congress, perjury, witness tampering.
Republican Paul J. McNulty - Deputy Attorney General. Interfering in federal investigations, obstruction of justice, lying to Congress, perjury
Republican Senator Pete Domenici - Used influence to get a US Attorney fired
Republican Representative Heather Wilson - Used influence to get a US Attorney fired
Republican Representative Tom Feeney - bribery
Republican Representative Richard George Renzi - bribery, conflict on interest.
Republican Representative Jerry Lewis - Accepted gifts from Lobbyists, bribery, honest services fraud, dispensation of special favors
Republican Representative John Doolittle - Accepted money from Jack Abramoff in exchange for favors.
Democratic Representative Alan Mollohan -May have funnelled money to his own home-state foundations
Republican Representative Rick Renzi - bribery, sponsored legislation that dealt hundreds of millions of dollars to his father’s business
Republican Representative Tim Murphy - Ethics violations regarding use of Congressional staff for campaign purposes.
Republican Representative Gary Miller - Illegal land deals, tax fraud
Republican Representative Ken Calvert - Steered federal money to projects near his private real estate developments.
Republican Representative Don Young - bribery
Implicated - May be under investigation
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Richard Shelby (REPUBLICAN SENATOR - AL)
Robert Riley (REPUBLICAN GOVENOR- AL)
J. D. Hayworth (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - AZ)
Dana Rohrabacher (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - CA)
Doug Ose (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - CA)
Richard Pombo (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - CA)
John Doolittle (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - CA)
Ed Royce (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - CA)
Scott McInnis (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - CO)
Rob Simmons (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - CT)
Tom Feeney (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - FL)
Ric Keller (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - FL)
John Isakson (REPUBLICAN SENATOR - GA)
Saxby Chambliss (REPUBLICAN SENATOR - CA)
Jack Kingston (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - GA)
Michael Simpson (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - ID)
Butch Otter (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - ID)
Jerry Walker (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - IL)
Dan Burton (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - IN)
Charles Grassley (REPUBLICAN SENATOR - IA)
BOB EHRLICH (REPUBLICAN GOVENOR- MD)
Dave Camp (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - MI)
Gil Gutknecht (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - MN)
Christopher Bind (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- MO)
Jim Talent (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- MO)
Charles Pickering (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - MS)
Roger Wicker (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - MS)
Thad Cochran (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- MS)
Dennis Rehberg (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- MT)
Jon Christensen (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - NE)
John Ensign (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - NV)
Roger Wicker (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - MS)
Jim Saxton (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - NJ)
Frank LoBiondo (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - NJ)
Mike Ferguson (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - NJ)
Heather Wilson (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - NM)
Charles Taylor (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - NC)
Walter Jones (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - NC)
Jean Schmidt (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - OH)
Ralph Regula (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - OH)
Ernest Istook (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - OK)
James Inhofe (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- OK)
Tom Coburn (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - OK)
Gordon Smith (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- OR)
Arlen Specter (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- PA)
Curt Weldon (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - PA)
Joe Pitts (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - PA)
John Thune (REPUBLICAN SENATOR - SD)
Bill Janklow (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - SD)
Van Hilleary (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - TN)
Chris Cannon (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- UT)
Eric Canter (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - VA)
Randy Forbes (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - VA)
George Allen (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- VA)
Tom Davis (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - VA)
George Nethercutt (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - WA)
Doc Hastings (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - WA)
Dave Reichert (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - WA)
Mark Green (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - WI)
Paul Ryan (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - WI)
Shelly Moore Capito (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - WV)
Mike Enzi (REPUBLICAN SENATOR- WY)
Barbara Cubin (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - WY)
Robert Riley (REPUBLICAN GOVENOR - AL)
Marilyn Musgrave (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE- CO)
Jim Nussle (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - IA)
Matt Blunt (REPUBLICAN GOVENTOR- MO)
Roy Blunt (REPUBLICAN MAJORITY LEADER - MO)
Jon Christensen (FORMER REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE- NE)
Jeb Bradley (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - NH)
John E Sununu (REPUBLICAN SENATOR - NH)
Jean Schmidt (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - OH)
Joe Wilson(REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - SC)
Gresham Barrett (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - SC)
Henry Brown (REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE - SC)
Convicted: 102 Republicans. 1 Democrat
October 25th, 2007 at 5:27 pmIndicted: 5 Republicans. 1 Democrats
Confessed under grant of Immunity: 1 Republican. 0 Democrats.
Under investigation: 21 Republicans. 1 Democrat.
implicated: 75 Republicans. 0 Democrats
Total: 204 Republicans. 3 Democrats.
Don’t forget:
WHY did Bush and Cheney REFUSE TO TESTIFY UNDER OATH TO THE 9/11 Commission, which they resisted forming for over a YEAR?
That is, REFUSE to SWEAR TO GOD TO TELL THE TRUTH to the commission and the American people about their involvement with the
Bin Ladens and the Saudi FINANCIERS of Al Queda??
Because they are TRAITORS to the USA???
Yup…
October 25th, 2007 at 5:27 pmDr. Matt, you ought to put that up on a website and save the link, so every time we get another of these silly troll baits, you can just post that. He’s gone. He had to go get a ‘conservative’ haircut (what’s a ‘liberal’ haircut anyway) and go see his ‘family’ (hmm…he’s not meaning that like Ted Haggard going to see his family, is he? :) )
October 25th, 2007 at 5:29 pmAnd then we get our liberal troll.
Arn? Bold words are used to emphasize a single word in your post, just like italic words.
Bolding your entire post just gets you ignored.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:30 pmYou know I have been hunting for 40 years and have never came close to shooting anyone, how does this happen ?
October 25th, 2007 at 5:37 pmAnd then we get our liberal troll.
Arn? Bold words are used to emphasize a single word in your post, just like italic words.
Bolding your entire post just gets you ignored.
Comment by Jeremy in Denver — October 25, 2007 @ 5:30 pm
No troll. I just tell the TRUTH. So, here it is again in non-bold for YOU:
Don’t forget:
WHY did Bush and Cheney REFUSE TO TESTIFY UNDER OATH TO THE 9/11 Commission, which they resisted forming for over a YEAR?
That is, REFUSE to SWEAR TO GOD TO TELL THE TRUTH to the commission and the American people about their involvement with the
Bin Ladens and the Saudi FINANCIERS of Al Queda??
Because they are TRAITORS to the USA???
Yup…
Now, YOU tell us WHY they wouldn’t testify UNDER OATH…
October 25th, 2007 at 5:37 pmHow long would your list be if it were limited to, say, the last decade?
Comment by Jeremy in Denver — October 25, 2007 @ 5:17 pm
Good question, Jeremey. As the owl said in the Tootsie Pop commercial, “Let’s find out”
William Jefferson - Democrat - $90,000 in bribe money found in freezer by F.B.I. CASE PENDING
William Jefferson Clinton- Impeached by the House of Representatives over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice, but acquitted by the Senate.
Sandy Berger - Democrat - National Security Advisor during the Clinton Administration. Berger became the focus of a criminal investigation after removing COPIES OF highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes from the National Archives during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings. Pled guilty to misdemenaor; was fined
Robert Torricelli - Democrat - Withdrew from the 2002 Senate race with less than 30 days before the election because of controversy over personal gifts he took from a major campaign donor and questions about campaign donations from 1996.
James McGreevey - Democrat - New Jersey Governor . Admitted to having a gay affair. Resigned after allegations of sexual harassment, rumors of being blackmailed on top of fundraising investigations and indictments, all unproven.
Jesse Jackson - Democrat - Democratic candidate for President. Admitted to having an extramarital affair and fathering a illegitimate child.
Gary Condit - Democrat - US Democratic Congressman from California. Condit had an affair with an intern. Condit, covered up the affair and lied to police after she went missing. No charges were ever filed against Condit. Her remains were discovered in a Washington DC park..
Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde - Democrat - the son of newly elected U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, was booked on charges of criminal damage to property for allegedly slashing tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party for use in Election Day voter turnout efforts.
Don Siegelman - Democrat Governor Alabama - indicted in a bid-rigging scheme involving a maternity-care program. The charges accused Siegelman and his former chief of staff of helping Tuscaloosa physician Phillip Bobo rig bids. Siegelman was accused of moving $550,000 from the state education budget to the State Fire College in Tuscaloosa so Bobo could use the money to pay off a competitor for a state contract for maternity care. US Attorney prosecution of this case is now being investigated for improper political influence.
Gary Siplin - Democrat state senator Florida- found guilty of third-degree grand theft of $5,000 or more, a felony, and using services of employees for his candidacy.
James A. Traficant Jr. - Member of House of Representatives from Ohio. Expelled from Congress after being convicted of corruption charges. Sentenced today to eight years in prison for accepting bribes and kickbacks.
Mark B. Jimenez - Democrat fundraiser (FUNDRAISER?)- sentenced to 27 months in prison on charges of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit election financing offenses.
Bolley â€Bo†Johnson - Democrat - Former Florida House Speaker - received a two-year term for tax evasion.
Gloria Davis - Democrat - Bronx assemblywoman. Pleaded guilty to second-degree bribe-taking.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:40 pmYup, because they are TRAITORS to the USA who deserve to be TORTURED in Gitmo until they DROP DEAD,
and join their MASTER Satan for FUN AND GAMES for ETERNITY.
See, Jeremy WON’T answer the question of WHY they wouldn’t testify.
Busted, TROLL Jeremy!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
October 25th, 2007 at 5:42 pmDemocRAT Soldier,
I am sorry, the last time I checked the Democrat Congress was at 11% approval. Comment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate — October 25, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
Actually the DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS have a much higher rating, the COMPLETE CONGRESS WITH BOTH PARTIES has that low of a rating in ONE POLL. But the REPUBLICANS are the ones BLAMED for this rating in the SAME POLL!
AND even with an unpopular war and President, Democrat candidates still don’t break 50% when matched against GOP candidates. Comment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate — October 25, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
Not true. In many polls they break 50% against most matchups.
Also, I noticed that the cowardly Dems won’t cut off funding, won’t push impeachment and just confirmed Judge Southwick to the fifth Circuit. So please, tell me again, where Dems have the advantage? Comment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate — October 25, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
Won’t cut off funding? What, you believe they should let the soldiers starve in Iraq - that’s COURAGEOUS to you? You’re a lunatic!
Also, why did Dems lose the governorship in LA? Why did Niki Tsongas barely win her house seat in an overwhelmingly Democrat district? Comment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate — October 25, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
Because half of the Democrats in the state were shipped out?
Be careful Dem lovers - your slip is showing. Your cowardly party will finally pay for their crimes.
Comment by Liberals Are Filled With Hate — October 25, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
BAHAHAHA, a REPUBLICAN LECTURING ON CRIMES - TOO F****ING FUNNY!!! As for YOUR SLIP, how MISOGYNISTIC OF YOU! What a little f***ing p**Sy!!!
October 25th, 2007 at 5:43 pmWow. That list of yours took quite a hit when we subtracted anything older than a decade, didn’t it, TCD? I was actually sorry to remove the guy listed as a “Delegate to the Democratic National Convention”. I mean, including that guy alone is enough to discredit your whole enterprise.
And I also liked the “Democratic Assemblyman” from Brooklyn. Here is what TCDon thinks of as massive Democratic corruption:
Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for accepting travel reimbursement for trips he did not pay for and was sentenced to fines and probation.
Ooooooo! He must be a baaaaaad man.
thanks for the laughs, TCD.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:45 pmTTFN. Enjoy. Time to go get a nice Conservative haircut and go home to my Family.
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 5:23 pm
Was that before or after that stop in the mens room to COLLABORATE with your fellow GOP Representatives about how they don’t understand that in AMERICA you can’t try someone twice for the SAME CRIME, no matter how much Kennedy Derangement Syndrome and (Abramoff Man Love Syndrome) you GOP Wingnuts Have!
October 25th, 2007 at 5:46 pmTime to go get a nice Conservative haircut and go home to my Family.
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 5:23 pm
A nice …skinhead, perhaps…?
I’m sure that look suits you PERFECTLY.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:59 pmComment by Leftside Annie — October 25, 2007 @ 5:59 pm
Naw, he’s just going off to get his nut shaved. The cock hair is below the cuffs of his pants.
October 25th, 2007 at 6:15 pmUh-oh. I live in Dutchess County, NY, about 35 minutes away from PK. I am truly scared.
October 25th, 2007 at 7:30 pmArn, I was on the way home from work when you asked your question.
No question, Bush is a crook. My point was that when you use all-bold, that makes you a troll….troll.
Just goes to show that both sides of the political spectrum have bad apples.
And good job, Ralph. too bad TCDon left in a huff to get his ‘conservative haircut’ and be with his ‘family’. :)
October 25th, 2007 at 7:54 pmArn is not a troll, and Jeremy does not appear to be a troll either.
October 25th, 2007 at 8:01 pmThey just need relax, put their feet up, give each other a big cyber-hug and start fresh in the evening.
There is no lower form of life on this earth than the knuckle dragging, bootlicking, asskissing, troglodytes of the 24% club…dumb as dirt.
October 25th, 2007 at 8:36 pmWalt - nut, singular?
Oh dear. That poor man! Maybe he could get Ann Coulter to loan him one of hers.
October 25th, 2007 at 8:56 pmDick Cheney is a strong Vice President who has brought a lot of strength to White House. People like him are the reason why the US is able to maintain long term supremacy in the world. Poking fun at the hunting accident, while appropriate, go a bit too far once in a while.
Comment by hits — October 25, 2007 @ 2:13 pm
I’m sorry, Have we met? I’m from the planet Earth. Which planet are you from?
October 25th, 2007 at 9:28 pmTry looking at the commonality of these people we do or dont like:
Bush Jr, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheyney, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Richard Nixon. Despite different parties they have a few main similarities.
1. Criminals, each and every one of them.
2. They are Rich out of touch with the working americans world.
3. They support laws that sugguest “Americans are complete morons who cannot be trusted to make their own decisions.”
4. They believe their own lies.
CRIMES - Thats was tossed around alot as how far back do we go, and this is not as important. Thats smokes and mirrors. Truth is that nobody who has committed any felony can retain political office.
Forget the “trials” and “on record” as these are people who have enough influence to re-write the records. Most have already done so. Long term Politicians are for the most part the best criminals in history. But lets briefly look at the mix of Republicans/Democrats I listed. Are they 100% evil, probably not. Do I want these people in political power - definitely not. All them have forgotten their oath of office to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America.
BUSH Jr. for violation of Human Rights & Freedom of Americans alone shoud be in jail. Legal Torture. Wiretaps with no warrants,
Jail with no Attorney or Charges, Illegal Deportation of US Citizens, Lied under oath.
BILL CLINTON - Convicted of Purgery in Arkansas and D.C., Obsctucting Justice, Illegal funds, Whitewater.
DICK CHENEY - Ties to illegal funds, conflict of interest in “Private Security” firms being used in IRAQ, Human Rights and Freedom violations. Lets not forget Driking and Shooting a friend no less.
TED KENNEDY - Convicted of illegaly leaving the scene of an accident, lying under oath, Drunken Driving. Legally after his accident he could not hold office! So who paid who to keep him in?
HILLARY CLINTON - Whitewater, lied under oath as to a ledger that never existed (found later in her studywith her prints on and inside)
RICHARD NIXON - Watergate, illegal wire taps, lied under oath, etc..
WMD/BIN LADEN - THE BIG LIEs & TRUTHs?
George Jr said WMD in Iraq with terroists so lets go get them.
We went, and no WMD found? Can’t find Bin Laden so the search for terroists must continue. So how hard is he trying to find him?
Bill Clinton - Made Bin Laden famous, and pissed him off by trying to shove at least 2 trident missles up his backside. Our former Ally.
Ronald Regan - Bin Laden was trained by CIA in terrorist tactics and funded by USA to fight against those commies in Afghanistan. WMD sold/given in the form of Chemical warheads to IRAQ.
So - WMD do exists in IRAQ BECAUSE WE GAVE THEM TO THEM!
So - Bin Laden was trained by CIA to be A TERRORIST and was practically made a martyr when Bill Clinton tried to off him, thus our “Leaders” making him famous and able to gather followers.
If we back though history, well none of our presidents were saints.
But the majority of power/money/corruption/supressing human rights is mostly starting with Mr. Nixon.
I’m from Paul Wellstones home state, but Paul was not the hero many would say. Paul told me because Mr. Clinton was so well liked he deserved to stay in office despite his felony (but the law says he cant legall hold office). ?? My comment to Paul was that hopefully Americans will elect better leaders OR hold them accountable and prove that only a few times in history does “power” or “wealth” buy you freedom despite your acts.
We need to look for the dirt, and if its there, look elsewhere. I am hoping that we vote for the best person with the best ideas and values. I hope that person is not very well linked politicaly as they will need to cross party lines to fix this country and the mess both sides put us in! Years ago I said I would never join the ACLU as they were such a radical group. I joined a few years ago after the last election because we had both parties jail/illegally detain/fire on unarmed citizens because they we saying something negative about that party member. They established “free speech Zones” and once outside those zones you were arrested if your message wasnt in favor of that party. To add to the mess, we now have a religious group our government doesn’t like so it tracks their members in our country, they lock some up because they gave funds 30 years ago to a group that is now anti=american, they have defined camps outside our country for “detainment”, they have defined what is “not torture”, they have limited human freedoms with the “Patriot Act” in the interest of security, they have list of people who have spoken by phone with people whos religion and homeland is not happy with the US.
They have duplicated Nazi Germany, right down to the invasion of foreign lands for security. Which right now puts us 1 step from WW3 and Death Camps (oops we have one in Guantamo).
Its time we stop the insanity and elect them OUT.
Who do we elect in? Good question as I don’t see/hear the right signals from those running. Perhaps we need to tell them we want our boys home, we want our freedoms restored, we want NOT to be an Empire but a free “Country”, we want to take care of our sick and homeless, and perhaps if we stop overthowing / threatening / invading other goverments their people wont hate America. Thus no terrroists.
So, hope for a good person to show up before we vote.
October 25th, 2007 at 10:39 pmVote the 3rd party if you have to. Vote FOR the Person. Worst case we end up with a Jesse Ventura like we did in MN…. and find out he joins the political system and slowly de-evolves from a logical man into a non sensical politician. Good luck & dont trust anyone who isn’t fighting for “your” freedoms.