Friday, January 30, 2004
"Bush says he wants facts on Iraq WMD" - CNN Headline
...but, then again, Bush says a lot of things.
Gore in 2004?
Josh Marshall wrote this on Wednesday:
"I just saw the AP story reporting the stunning news that Howard Dean has fired Joe Trippi as his campaign manager and replaced him with long
-long-long-time Gore insider Roy Neel.
This has to be one of the most bizarre turns of events I've seen in Dem politics in a very long time. ... Something very weird happened here.
All I can figure is that this all happened with no warning whatsoever. Gore is now in the mix. And in need of someone immediately they went to Neel. "
Maybe ...
But what if Neel is a precursor to a Gore run? The Dean campaign is pretty much is toast, that much is obvious. Still, there is organizational strength there and the greatest knock against the angry one is that he can't beat Bush. Replace Dean with Gore and you've suddenly got an electable name atop a potentially winning platform of being opposed to the war, in favor of health care reform, opposed to the Bush tax cuts and in favor of people from the South. Hasn't Dean seemed like an over-achieving veep candidate from the start?
Everyone's been hinting at Hillary being the darkhorse candidate come convention time. But what about Gore? He's beaten Bush in election, and, by keeping a low profile over the past four years, he's managed to outlive the dumb lies (Internet, Love Story, etc.) he got caught in.
Yeah, yeah, it's a stretch, but maybe ...
p.s. The real fun will come when Gore takes over for Dean and then picks Edwards as his running mate. Gore-Edwards in 2004? It's a Dem dream team ...
"I just saw the AP story reporting the stunning news that Howard Dean has fired Joe Trippi as his campaign manager and replaced him with long
-long-long-time Gore insider Roy Neel.
This has to be one of the most bizarre turns of events I've seen in Dem politics in a very long time. ... Something very weird happened here.
All I can figure is that this all happened with no warning whatsoever. Gore is now in the mix. And in need of someone immediately they went to Neel. "
Maybe ...
But what if Neel is a precursor to a Gore run? The Dean campaign is pretty much is toast, that much is obvious. Still, there is organizational strength there and the greatest knock against the angry one is that he can't beat Bush. Replace Dean with Gore and you've suddenly got an electable name atop a potentially winning platform of being opposed to the war, in favor of health care reform, opposed to the Bush tax cuts and in favor of people from the South. Hasn't Dean seemed like an over-achieving veep candidate from the start?
Everyone's been hinting at Hillary being the darkhorse candidate come convention time. But what about Gore? He's beaten Bush in election, and, by keeping a low profile over the past four years, he's managed to outlive the dumb lies (Internet, Love Story, etc.) he got caught in.
Yeah, yeah, it's a stretch, but maybe ...
p.s. The real fun will come when Gore takes over for Dean and then picks Edwards as his running mate. Gore-Edwards in 2004? It's a Dem dream team ...
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
O'Reilly Didn't Apologize
It's clear WMD didn't exist in Iraq, as the Bush administration has insisted. Bill O'Reilly, you remember, said that if no WMD were found he would apologize to the American people and never believe another word this administration says. Not only is he not apologizing, he's buying into the White House's new lie- that the CIA misled our dear president.
Framing David Kay's conclusions by saying, "This should put an end to all this 'lie' business," as O'Reilly did on his show last night is laughable, it's clear that from the beginning of his term this president had a goal to invade Iraq and the
administration sent the CIA on a mission to create a reason. They came through for the president, we invaded, everybody wins, right? Well... not so fast. Obviously the CIA is now realizing that lying for the president will only leave you hung out to dry.
How can a self-proclaimed "independent thinker" like O'Reilly be so easily mislead? Why is the president beyond question?
Obviously O'Reilly is a right-wing shill, working for Karl Rove to hit all the administration's talking points while simultaneously claiming full independence and balanced reporting. O'Reilly was wrong about Iraq, but he'll never admit it.
That won't stop Overspun from hounding him anyway. This Iraq situation will be around longer than O'Reilly will, no matter who gets elected next November. This will be remembered as a dark time for our country, a time when tens of thousands of people died for absolutely no reason. A time when our president mislead us, then blamed others for his deception. A time when the national media showed how corrupt and ineffective it had become.
Finally, a prediction for the tin foil hat community- Weapons will be found if enough heat is thrown the CIA's way. If the president were taking all the heat the CIA would have no motivation to put themselves on the line. Now that the blame is being shifted there's a whole new set of (clandestine) options.
Framing David Kay's conclusions by saying, "This should put an end to all this 'lie' business," as O'Reilly did on his show last night is laughable, it's clear that from the beginning of his term this president had a goal to invade Iraq and the
administration sent the CIA on a mission to create a reason. They came through for the president, we invaded, everybody wins, right? Well... not so fast. Obviously the CIA is now realizing that lying for the president will only leave you hung out to dry.How can a self-proclaimed "independent thinker" like O'Reilly be so easily mislead? Why is the president beyond question?
Obviously O'Reilly is a right-wing shill, working for Karl Rove to hit all the administration's talking points while simultaneously claiming full independence and balanced reporting. O'Reilly was wrong about Iraq, but he'll never admit it.
That won't stop Overspun from hounding him anyway. This Iraq situation will be around longer than O'Reilly will, no matter who gets elected next November. This will be remembered as a dark time for our country, a time when tens of thousands of people died for absolutely no reason. A time when our president mislead us, then blamed others for his deception. A time when the national media showed how corrupt and ineffective it had become.
Finally, a prediction for the tin foil hat community- Weapons will be found if enough heat is thrown the CIA's way. If the president were taking all the heat the CIA would have no motivation to put themselves on the line. Now that the blame is being shifted there's a whole new set of (clandestine) options.
Monday, January 26, 2004
Dennis Miller's New Show On CNBC
I just watched Dennis Miller's first show on CNBC, wow did that suck.
The first part of the show Dennis decided that instead of coming up with new comments/jokes he would just repeat everything we'd already heard about the show.
Most of his opening comments were previously seen damn near word-for-word here, specifically:
"Nine-11 changed me, I'm shocked that it didn't change the whole country, frankly."
and
"If two gay guys want to get married, I couldn't care less. It's their business. If some foreigner wants to blow their wedding up, I want my government to eliminate him."
After the most boring interview I've ever witnessed with an international superstar/Governor of California, Dennis went back to what made him famous, Weekend Update- this time rebranded "Daily Rorschach"
This was pure death. At least with a studio audience you get nervous twitters when a joke bombs, here we have an overzealous producer leading the crew in the most forced laughter since reel three of Tim Burton's Batman. "C'mon boys, laugh as if your jobs depend on it, because they do!"
So, at the end of the Weekend Update segment, Dennis says "Guess what folks? That's the news and I am out of here..." Unfortunately for Dennis (and us) this was only at the 31 minute mark.
After the commercial Dennis gave a monologue about Fox News owing him money. Commercial. Next was a segment called "The Varsity" basically three right-wingers against a lefty. Basic point of the Right wingers? The CIA misled our fearless president about WMD. Lefty response: eye-roll
Commercial.
Closing arguments, good night. stage goes dark... "And another thing" rant about killing the space program. Good night again.
This show is going to be on every week night? How is that possible when you're already recycling jokes from last week?
CNBC better start looking for a replacement.
The first part of the show Dennis decided that instead of coming up with new comments/jokes he would just repeat everything we'd already heard about the show.
Most of his opening comments were previously seen damn near word-for-word here, specifically:
"Nine-11 changed me, I'm shocked that it didn't change the whole country, frankly."
and
"If two gay guys want to get married, I couldn't care less. It's their business. If some foreigner wants to blow their wedding up, I want my government to eliminate him."
After the most boring interview I've ever witnessed with an international superstar/Governor of California, Dennis went back to what made him famous, Weekend Update- this time rebranded "Daily Rorschach"
This was pure death. At least with a studio audience you get nervous twitters when a joke bombs, here we have an overzealous producer leading the crew in the most forced laughter since reel three of Tim Burton's Batman. "C'mon boys, laugh as if your jobs depend on it, because they do!"
So, at the end of the Weekend Update segment, Dennis says "Guess what folks? That's the news and I am out of here..." Unfortunately for Dennis (and us) this was only at the 31 minute mark.
After the commercial Dennis gave a monologue about Fox News owing him money. Commercial. Next was a segment called "The Varsity" basically three right-wingers against a lefty. Basic point of the Right wingers? The CIA misled our fearless president about WMD. Lefty response: eye-roll
Commercial.
Closing arguments, good night. stage goes dark... "And another thing" rant about killing the space program. Good night again.
This show is going to be on every week night? How is that possible when you're already recycling jokes from last week?
CNBC better start looking for a replacement.
Divided party?
Latest tracking polls show:
Clark is leading in Oklahoma.
Kerry leads in Arizona.
Edwards lives in South Carolina.
Dean is getting wacked by everyone, including Sharpton in S.C.
What happens if Edwards takes the South, Kerry takes Gore's states from 2000 and Clark picks up the rest of Bush country? Two's a ticket, three's ore than a crowd ... it's a bloody mess.
Link
Clark is leading in Oklahoma.
Kerry leads in Arizona.
Edwards lives in South Carolina.
Dean is getting wacked by everyone, including Sharpton in S.C.
What happens if Edwards takes the South, Kerry takes Gore's states from 2000 and Clark picks up the rest of Bush country? Two's a ticket, three's ore than a crowd ... it's a bloody mess.
Link
New Hampshire prediction
1. Kerry
2. Dean
3. Edwards
4. Clark
5. Lieberman drops out.
2. Dean
3. Edwards
4. Clark
5. Lieberman drops out.
CNN Minor Mess-Up Of The Day
Typos suck.
Part of USA Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional
In a ruling handed down late Friday and made available Monday, U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins said the ban on providing "expert advice or assistance" is impermissibly vague, in violation of the First and Fifth Amendments.
Sunday, January 25, 2004
Drudge's Job Is To Write Headlines; Can't Even Do That Right...
Al who?
Oh. Matt, you're an idiot.
Someone Owes Blix An Apology- Let's Start With This Guy
This cartoon was drawn by Charles Stouff. You can see more inept cartoons right here. I encourage you to read them- they're funny, though I'm sure not in the way Charles intended them to be.
The gist of this panel is that Hans Blix was working with Saddam Hussein to help hide all those nasty weapons of mass destruction from our fearless leader, President Bush.
President Bush forced the UN inspectors out after realizing they were covering up for Saddam (bastards!) only to find that the inspections were working and that Saddam not only didn't have any WMD, he didn't have the ability, supplies, or knowledge to make them! He did, however, have a "hankerin'" as Mr. Bush put it in so many words.
Charles, lost in all this war business are the lies and the slander that Hans Blix had to endure for months from right-wing wackos like yourself, how about an apology?
