ThinkFast: November 26, 2008
ThinkFast: November 26, 2008
Editor’s Note: There will be lighter posting than usual on ThinkProgress today because much of the team is traveling home for Thanksgiving.
The number of Americans on food stamps may exceed 30 million for the first time this month, putting a spotlight on hunger during a period of increasing unemployment and rising food prices. “Economists say an increase in food stamp benefits would help the economy overall by concentrating relief on those most likely to spend the money quickly.”
Later today, President-elect Barack Obama is excepted to name former Fed chairman Paul Volcker to lead a new White House panel aimed at reviving growth. Austan Goolsbee, a University of Chicago economist, will be the top staff official on the Economic Recovery Advisory Board and will be a member of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers.
Politico’s Ben Smith reports that labor leaders are dispirited by the fact that Obama’s secretary of labor was not introduced as part of his economic team. “I wish that [the secretary of labor] would have been among them,” former Michigan congressman David Bonior. “I hope they take that job seriously.”
Obama is calling on banking executives to forgo their bonuses this year. “I think that if you are already worth tens of millions of dollars, and you are having to lay off workers, the least you can do is say, ‘I’m willing to make some sacrifice as well,” Obama said in an interview with ABC News that will air this evening.
Yesterday, the New York Post reported that right-wing pundit Ann Coulter reportedly “broke her jaw,” and her mouth “has been wired shut.”
As the Bush administration readies its ruling on whether the government should regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, it has sent an email to mayors around the country with a link to a U.S. Chamber of Commerce blog post that falsely warns that “a federal cap on greenhouse gases ‘will operate as a de facto moratorium on major construction and infrastructure projects.’”
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) stated yesterday that Obama’s cabinet picks have been “just about perfect.” “Everything that President-elect Obama has done since election night has been just about perfect, both in terms of a tone and also in terms of the strength of the names that have either been announced or are being discussed to fill his administration,” he said.
And finally: Blackberry-addict Barack Obama refuses to let go. Contradicting recent reports that suggested Obama would have to surrender his Blackberry upon entering office, the President-elect told Barbara Walters in an interview that he’s trying to figure out a way to keep his lifeline to the outside world. “I’m negotiating to figure out how can I get information from outside of the 10 or 12 people who surround my office in the White House,” Obama said.
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Yesterday, the New York Post reported that right-wing pundit Ann Coulter reportedly “broke her jaw,” and her mouth “has been wired shut.”
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Those who live by the jaw, often die by the jaw…
November 26th, 2008 at 9:04 amYesterday, the New York Post reported that right-wing pundit Ann Coulter reportedly “broke her jaw,” and her mouth “has been wired shut.”
Ahhh, yes. Finally some good news just in time for inclusion in tomorrow’s Thanksgiving “things to be thankful for” grace at the dinner table.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:04 amI doubt Obama will get anywhere with stopping employees at banks getting bonuses.
Gordon Brown tried that over here in the UK but found that without nationalising a bank the government simply cannot exert that level of control. Even if the government buys shares in a company, they cannot dictate everything that happens (much as they might like to).
http://www.lettersfromatory.com
November 26th, 2008 at 9:11 amThe ultimate jawbone of an ass finally gave way. Makes me want to revisit my disbelief in psychokenisis.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:11 amAnn Coulter reportedly “broke her jaw,” and her mouth “has been wired shut.
Obviously her surgeon was a liberal.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:12 amPolitico’s Ben Smith reports that labor leaders are dispirited by the fact that Obama’s secretary of labor was not introduced as part of his economic team. “I wish that [the secretary of labor] would have been among them,” former Michigan congressman David Bonior. “I hope they take that job seriously.”
I believe John Edwards should have been the labor dept. nominee standing among the others at that press conference.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:14 amThe number of Americans on food stamps may exceed 30 million for the first time this month, putting a spotlight on hunger during a period of increasing unemployment and rising food prices. “Economists say an increase in food stamp benefits would help the economy overall by concentrating relief on those most likely to spend the money quickly.”
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Egad — 30 million is approximately 10% of our population. And the sad thing is that food stamps, originally intended to supplement a family’s food budget, nowadays is far more likely to be the family’s entire food budget, since the cost of everything else has gotten so high. But it’s a lot better than nothing.
I sense the economists are right. People on food stamps are far more likely to spend what they have instead of socking it away in a Swiss bank account. Increasing their benefits will ensure this 10% will not only eat better, but spending will increase, which will be a positive step to help get the economic flywheel moving again.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:21 amToo bad Ann won’t be able to say a word about her new book.
That’s just a gosh darn shame.
I usually do not laugh at the suffering of others, but OMG, that was funny as hell.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:23 amWho knew you could break your jaw whining?
November 26th, 2008 at 9:24 amThanksgiving came a day early. Thank you, Ceiling Cat, for poetic justice. Amen.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:29 amYesterday, the New York Post reported that right-wing pundit Ann Coulter reportedly “broke her jaw,” and her mouth “has been wired shut.”
For this, we should all give Thanks…
November 26th, 2008 at 9:30 amObama is calling on banking executives to forgo their bonuses this year.
This should have been part of the bailouts the banks get. There should be a clause saying there can be no bonuses and also setting executive salaries at no more than X times an average employee salary. It is ludicrous to think that these guys would give themselves a bonus after driving their company into the dirt.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:35 amYesterday, the New York Post reported that right-wing pundit Ann Coulter reportedly “broke her jaw,” and her mouth “has been wired shut.”
I would really like to know how her jaw got broken. Did she finally piss someone off enough where they socked her in the jaw?
November 26th, 2008 at 9:35 amYesterday, the New York Post reported that right-wing pundit Ann Coulter reportedly “broke her jaw,” and her mouth “has been wired shut.”
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See? SEE? What have I been telling you people?! There IS a Santa Claus!!
November 26th, 2008 at 9:36 amAs the Bush administration readies its ruling on whether the government should regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act…
ENOUGH ALREADY! Bush has to know that Obama will undo all this harm he is causing, so why is he still doing it? If I hear one more pundit talk about how much Bush is cooperating with Obama I think I’ll barf. If he truly wanted to help Obama and this country he would sit back in the white house and enjoy the little time he has left as King George, without his continued pissing in the well.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:37 amBillbo Hussein Baggins Says:
Obama is calling on banking executives to forgo their bonuses this year.
This should have been part of the bailouts the banks get. There should be a clause saying there can be no bonuses and also setting executive salaries at no more than X times an average employee salary.
This definitely should be a clause included in ALL the bailouts we’ve doled out to FAILING companies. I also agree with you on setting a limit on executive pay, but I believe it is something that the lunatics on the Right would make a complete stink…These execs are really disgusting with their greed though.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:38 amSen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) stated yesterday….
More of his kissing up. It is getting very old. TP, please ignore Joe LIEberman. It is the only thing we have left to make him irrelevant.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:39 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
Yesterday, the New York Post reported that right-wing pundit Ann Coulter reportedly “broke her jaw,” and her mouth “has been wired shut.”
I would really like to know how her jaw got broken. Did she finally piss someone off enough where they socked her in the jaw?
Or did she trip over her tongue?
November 26th, 2008 at 9:40 amAs the Bush administration readies its ruling on whether the government should regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, it has sent an email to mayors around the country with a link to a U.S. Chamber of Commerce blog post that falsely warns that “a federal cap on greenhouse gases ‘will operate as a de facto moratorium on major construction and infrastructure projects.’”
The Bush administration seems dedicated to destroying the earth. Are they in league with Satan or something?
November 26th, 2008 at 9:40 amAnd finally: Blackberry-addict Barack Obama refuses to let go.
Does anyone know what the issue is with his Blackberry? I don’t see how having a communication device is a conflict with any presidential laws or rules.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:41 amCoulter’s brain broke long ago, now the jaw, its an old, old political hack story.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:41 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
Yesterday, the New York Post reported that right-wing pundit Ann Coulter reportedly “broke her jaw,” and her mouth “has been wired shut.”
I would really like to know how her jaw got broken. Did she finally piss someone off enough where they socked her in the jaw?
It wouldn’t be outside the realm of possibility, but I have a sinking suspicion that white wine was involved in this.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:42 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) stated yesterday….
More of his kissing up. It is getting very old. TP, please ignore Joe LIEberman. It is the only thing we have left to make him irrelevant.
Agreed. LIEberman hasn’t done anything newsworthy and should be marginalized as much as possible.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:44 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
ENOUGH ALREADY! Bush has to know that Obama will undo all this harm he is causing, so why is he still doing it?
The more he trashes, the more Obama has to spend time away from important things to clean his mess up. Its what we get when half the country was stupid enough to vote for a vandalizing, drunken, coke addled frat boy who used to stick firecrackers up frog butts…. TWICE, for Jebus’ sake.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:46 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
Does anyone know what the issue is with his Blackberry? I don’t see how having a communication device is a conflict with any presidential laws or rules.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:41 am
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It conflicts with the Presidential Records Act, if nothing else, and creates a whole plethora of legal questions. It creates an environment in which the President or the President’s close advisors can use a non-White House email account to discuss things like, say, firing U.S. attorneys who aren’t being “loyal Bushies” and then arguing that these emails aren’t subject to subpoena because they’re personal, not official.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:54 amThe focus needs to be at the bottom of the economy. As I have said many times: trickle down does not work! Trickle up will work! Increase food stamps. Speed up the glacial processing of VA benefits for our war wounded and disabled! Create infrastructure- and services-related job corps like those of the CCC. Invest in becoming the world leader in green economy.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:55 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
And finally: Blackberry-addict Barack Obama refuses to let go.
Does anyone know what the issue is with his Blackberry? I don’t see how having a communication device is a conflict with any presidential laws or rules.
Presidential Records Act, you know the law that Bush and Cheney have ignored for the last 8 years.
Every email and communication from the President and Vice President has to be gathered for the Historical archives by law.
I think he should keep the blackberry though so he can keep reading news and blogs to keep himself informed on what is going on, rather than being insulated by staff and have it routed though the white house email server. He should demand to keep unfettered access to his access to information from the internet though. It will be nice to have a president that keeps himself informed on the latest news and information that is available on the web.
And informed President…. imagine what that will be like…..
November 26th, 2008 at 10:01 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says
November 26th, 2008 at 9:35 am
I would really like to know how her jaw got broken. Did she finally piss someone off enough where they socked her in the jaw?
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That was my first thought. I tried to find out, but all I could find was that the jaw was broken as a result of a “fall” — no details on where, but the “when” was about a month ago, so this may be the result of her injuries being worse than originally thought.
Ann didn’t even mention it on her own website. Probably even she can see the karma in this.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:02 amThe Obama team is sending subtle to not so subtle messages to corporate America. His economic appointments are cheerer on CNBC as center right of the whole political spectrum. One of Rahm Emanuel’s first meetings was with CEO’s at a WSJ sponsored event.
Federal intervention to save our financial system is now $5-7 trillion and we can’t spot $25 billion to bridge big auto to that future lower pay structure?
America’s race to the lowest global common denominator on pay and wages now has a blue tint.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:02 amTweedster Says:
It wouldn’t be outside the realm of possibility, but I have a sinking suspicion that white wine was involved in this.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:42 am
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I wonder if it was Chardonnay… Now THAT would be ironic, eh?
November 26th, 2008 at 10:02 amhussein toasterhead Says:
It (Obama’s Blackberry) conflicts with the Presidential Records Act
Does using outside email accounts and mass-deleting emails conflict with the Presidential Records Act? You know, like the Bush administration did?
November 26th, 2008 at 10:03 am“Yesterday, the New York Post reported that right-wing pundit Ann Coulter reportedly “broke her jaw,” and her mouth “has been wired shut.””
There is a God!
p.s. AC must have big feet.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:03 amCoulter’s jaw is wired — karma can be a bit-ch.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:05 amI believe the issue involves confidential communications as well. Wireless devices can be picked up and packets can be intercepted in hard wired route (recall AT&T’s black box.
Obama may get us to buy him a White House internal system that allows him to use one for work.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:07 amGeorge Bush is behaving like a furious defaulter whose home is about to be repossessed. Smashing the porcelain, ripping the doors off their hinges, he is determined that there will be nothing worth owning by the time the bastards kick him out. His midnight regulations, opening America’s wilderness to logging and mining, trashing pollution controls, tearing up conservation laws, will do almost as much damage in the last 60 days of his presidency as he achieved in the foregoing 3000(1).
His backers – among them the nastiest pollutocrats in America – are calling in their favours. But this last binge of vandalism is also the Bush presidency reduced to its essentials. Destruction is not an accidental product of its ideology. Destruction is the ideology. Neoconservatism is power expressed by showing that you can reduce any part of the world to rubble.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/11/25-1
November 26th, 2008 at 10:07 amWayne Says:
I think he should keep the blackberry though so he can keep reading news and blogs to keep himself informed on what is going on, rather than being insulated by staff and have it routed though the white house email server. He should demand to keep unfettered access to his access to information from the internet though. It will be nice to have a president that keeps himself informed on the latest news and information that is available on the web.
And informed President…. imagine what that will be like…..
November 26th, 2008 at 10:01 am
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There’s also no reason he can’t get a government-issued EOP Blackberry for official business – plenty of government agencies issue them, with encryption strong enough for sensitive but unclassified information. He couldn’t use it for sharing any classified information, but then no government email system is allowed to do that.
And he could theoretically keep his own Blackberry for personal use outside of work for talking about the White Sox and Spider-Man, but since Presidenting isn’t exactly a 9-5 job, there’s a bit of grey area in terms of what “outside of work” means.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:08 amKudos to Obama for stating the obvious — the LEAST executives could do is to forgo their bonuses.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:08 amIf I had my way, they’d not only lose their bonuses, but also their incomes for 2009, and be given an invoice to repay the past years’ bonuses as well.
Happy Thanksgiving all!
“…liberals are always against America. They are either traitors or idiots, and on the matter of America’s self-preservation, the difference is irrelevant.”
Ann Coulter
Ah, karma! I hope that this story and the visual imagery of the Coultergeist all wired up puts a smile on the faces of the wives who lost loved ones on 9/11. I hope it hurts reeaaaaalllll bad too!
November 26th, 2008 at 10:08 amYes, Wayne and all, imagine that we have a president who knows the White House is like a bubble, and he does not want to lose touch with the public!
November 26th, 2008 at 10:10 ammary Says:
Does using outside email accounts and mass-deleting emails conflict with the Presidential Records Act? You know, like the Bush administration did?
November 26th, 2008 at 10:03 am
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It could. It all depends on having a Justice Department willing to prosecute.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:11 amI heard Ann Coulter was injured in a recent fall.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:11 amDo you suppose that at her age, stiletto heels and tight mini-skirts may have caused her to teeter a litte too much?
These are the friends and supporters of the Bush administration.
The System Implodes: The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008
http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/mm2008/112008/weissman.html
November 26th, 2008 at 10:12 amImpeach Cheney, you’ll hate Obama’s new NSA Chief, General James L. Jones. He’s on the board of directors of Chevron, among other companies. Also, he leads a U.S. Chamber of Commerce initiative on energy.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:18 amYesterday, the New York Post reported that right-wing pundit Ann Coulter reportedly “broke her jaw,” and her mouth “has been wired shut.”
Early Xmas present for the entire universe!!
November 26th, 2008 at 10:21 amSen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) stated yesterday that Obama’s cabinet picks have been “just about perfect.” “
Senator Suckup is showing us all how it is done…Bravo Joe (I-Israel and don’t you forget it for a moment).
November 26th, 2008 at 10:22 amMarie, didn’t Lee Iacocca work for $1 a year until Chrysler turned around and made a profit?
November 26th, 2008 at 10:24 amI’d expect all banking and wall St execs to do the same until every penny of bailout money is paid back with interest.
“how can I get information from outside of the 10 or 12 people who surround my office”
Gotta love the guy!
November 26th, 2008 at 10:29 amstateofthedivision Says:
Impeach Cheney, you’ll hate Obama’s new NSA Chief, General James L. Jones. He’s on the board of directors of Chevron, among other companies. Also, he leads a U.S. Chamber of Commerce initiative on energy.
Jones is a marine and Vietnam veteran, with a long distinguished service. He declined appointment to the Commander of U.S. Central Command, under Bush and stepped down as SACEUR on December 4, 2006 and retired from the U.S. Marine Corps on February 1, 2007.
You may want to learn more about someone before you start smearing them like a neocon Republican.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:30 amRE: Executive Bonuses
Saw a news item in the last few days about a Japanese Exec who has foregone his bonuses and eats in the employee cafeteria.
Well – we hold up the Japanese as a way to run a business (and look what Toyota has done to GM not to mention the Korean and soon Chinese upstarts).
What do you say we imitate this move ?
November 26th, 2008 at 10:31 amThe Carlyle Group raised nearly $14 billion for its latest buyout fund. Their target is $15 billion. Maybe Hank Paulson will top it off with TARP funds?
Day 6-No report on $153 million in taxpayer money to BPFH, a Carlyle Group affiliate that targets the “high net worth marketplace”.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:32 amlink to above story re: Carlyle’s $14 billion:
http://www.reuters.com/article/privateEquity/idUSN2530959820081125
November 26th, 2008 at 10:32 amThe President does not have to live in a bubble. People who email or text him should be made aware that their messages are subject to being archived. Messages from his children can be presumed personal and handled as such. Messages from his wife and others can be flagged as to whether they are personal, subject to lawyer confidentiality, public record, etc. Many business deal with these same issues when they craft email retention policies.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:36 amWayne, I didn’t smear anybody. I noted his corporate connections. That’s all.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:36 amstateofthedivision Says:
Wayne, I didn’t smear anybody. I noted his corporate connections. That’s all.
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Impeach Cheney, you’ll hate Obama’s new NSA Chief, General James L. Jones. He’s on the board of directors of Chevron, among other companies. Also, he leads a U.S. Chamber of Commerce initiative on energy.
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Yeah, right…..
November 26th, 2008 at 10:42 amWayne, did you read the article ImpeachCheney posted? It cited Chevron as a corporate bad actor in the world. That’s the context for my comment “you’ll hate Obama’s new NSA Chief”.
Did you know Chevron has a third interest in a gas field in Myanmar that provides the ruling junta millions $ per year? Bush won’t touch it with his “economic sanctions”.
You’re free to ignore my comment as it wasn’t addressed to you. You’re also free to love General Jones.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:53 amstateofthedivision Says:
You’re free to ignore my comment as it wasn’t addressed to you. You’re also free to love General Jones.
Senator Clinton once served on the board of WalMart.
Obama was also smeared by the Republicans by serving on a board, with Ayers, a board crated by a former Republican ambassador.
Just because someone serves on a corporate board for a short time, he retired from the Marines in Feb of 2007, does not make that person guilty of any crimes that corporation may have committed before he was even asked to serve on that board.
You are still trying to pull a smear job, by association, a weak one at that, all in an attempt to smear Obama by association, just as you do every day. If you have real evidence of someone doing something wrong, by all means post it, as I railed against Gates yesterday, but unlike on redstate, facts do matter here, not innuendo and guilt by some stretch of association.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:00 amYesterday, the New York Post reported that right-wing pundit Ann Coulter reportedly “broke her jaw,” and her mouth “has been wired shut.”
is it possible to die of a schadenfreude overdose ?
November 26th, 2008 at 11:04 amWayne, smear job by association. For once you’re on target.
America’s problems are rooted in sorry leadership. Leadership guru Dr. Deming said “Quality starts in the boardroom.” It also starts in Congress and the White House.
How does one get on four corporate boards and head up the Chamber of Commerce’s energy initiative? It’s not by thinking differently than the club.
What have our leaders given us? Executive incentive compensation, endless profit growth, outsourcing, cutting pay and benefits, substituting cheaper ingredients, buying political influence, twisting America’s foreign policy for business interests, are but a few.
You don’t get invited to the table, unless you think like the big money boys. You don’t stay unless you go along.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:28 amWayne, most of what I post every day are links to other news articles or what a CNBC talking head just said. You’re responsible for your interpretation.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:30 amThe Iraqi’s may have a referendum on our troops staying as part of their SOFA extension.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/26/AR2008112600292.html?hpid=moreheadlines
November 26th, 2008 at 11:33 amAlong with your personal injection of inuindo that Obama is just like bush……it gets old…….
November 26th, 2008 at 11:36 amHere’s the other piece of the puzzle. Bush gutted much of the capacity of our federal government to deliver services by contracting to the private sector.
Thus any rapid stimulus program has to go through private companies, hence the kajillions of lobbyists in D.C. wanting a piece of the $5 trillion financial rescue and the $500-700 billion stimulus program.
Obama needs to throw most of the corporate money changers out of the hallowed halls, but he can’t. First, they donated to his campaign through PAC’s and bundlers. Second, he needs to funnel money through them to stimulate the economy.
Bringing a contracted function back in house is a big job and takes time. Time is something Obama doesn’t have on the stimulus package.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:40 amI never said Obama is just like Bush. However, Barack makes his job harder every day as the only good cop in all those “good cop=bad cop” relationships.
Lieberman loves the “near perfect” cabinet. Now we just need Superman to keep them in line, i.e. working on behalf of the American people and reigning in corporate power.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:48 amstateofthedivision Says:
Obama bans lobbyists from transition
November 26th, 2008 at 11:48 amNot my point Wayne. But yours is made. Feel free to post information you feel important without my name.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:50 amYour slip is showing….
November 26th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I hope Annie Coulter enjoys sipping her karma through a straw. ;o)
November 26th, 2008 at 12:02 pm>I tried to find out, but all I could
>find was that the jaw was broken as
> a result of a “fall”
Hahahahaah. Isnt “falling down the stairs” always
November 26th, 2008 at 12:08 pman excuse when someone’s abusive husband or boyfriend
gives them a black eye? Is coulter married? Think of the type of person she is…she espouses angry, violent viewpoints…now what type of men do you think she going to attract in her personal life? Angry, violent types of course…I’n not a forensic anatomy specialist but it doesnt seem like “breaking your jaw” is an injury commonly caused by falling…likely she got beaten up by someone she was in a relationship with and is afraid to blame it on some violent liberal, lest the truth come out..
While I think Ann Coulter is a partisan hack with no respect for anything that isn’t Republican, I do not believe that we should bask in news of her injury. We don’t want to smear like the right-wingers joyfully do on a daily basis.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:11 pmThey attack with baseless accusations and lies. This is based on documented truth about the lies this woman has told.
Can’t see the difference?
November 26th, 2008 at 12:14 pmstateofthedivision Says:
Wayne, smear job by association. For once you’re on target.
Glad you finally admit to it. Thanks
November 26th, 2008 at 12:19 pmNo slip Fred. Obama stated my point. Time will prove his mettle or how much kryptonite Corporate America has.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/washington/25lobby.html?ref=us
November 26th, 2008 at 12:24 pmWayne, as usual you read into things what you will. America has a readership, as well as leadership problem.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:26 pmbut you don’t seem to be willing to give him even one day in office before you start trying to tear down his efforts…….seems like an agenda to me.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:36 pmBut readership would include positives as well as negatives. A skill you seem not to have acquired as yet….You know for objective judgement to take place.
pre-emptive negatives without balance appear to be attacks, not enlightenment.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:44 pmstateofthedivision Says:
No slip Fred. Obama stated my point. Time will prove his mettle or how much kryptonite Corporate America has.
Time will prove whether or not Obama can come through on what he wants to do for this country. Unfortunately people like you and Kay are not willing to give him the time to prove himself. Instead to smear him daily by his associations and what you project he might or might not do. You have entered into the realm of a troll and I for one am getting damn sick and tired of your incessant carping on Obama for sins you project he may make. From this day on, I am flagging you as a serial spammer. You add nothing to the discourse.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:55 pmIt sounds as if Coulter can still type. Shouldn’t we be sending her Crazy Glue for her hands?
November 26th, 2008 at 1:47 pmBilbo, and a Happy Thanksgiving to you as well. Flag away. I’ll be looking for your links to international news sources.
Of course, they’ll support the Think Centrism line. Meanwhile, I’m searching for a progressive website, where a variety of opinions are sought and valued.
November 29th, 2008 at 12:56 pmSomebody at the Times has a sense of humor.
December 4th, 2008 at 1:00 am