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Senate Republicans are Obstructionists.

Senate sitting on 290 bills already passed by House; tension mounts - TheHill.com.

Gee, wonder why Obama hasn't accomplished more than he has so far?

Obama ain't Congress.

Congress is Congress.

The House has passed a butt-load of legislation.

DEMS have a clear majority in the House.

Not so much in the Senate.

Where is the legislation stalled?

In the Senate.

Do ya see any connection to the "obstructionist" Republicans in the Senate?

Pretty fundamental. Like blocking and tackling.

Schwarzenegger & Powell call Bullshit on GOP Republicans.

Schwarzenegger Calls Out GOP On Stimulus Hypocrisy, Praises Recovery Act For Creating Jobs In California

Powell Dismisses Cheney’s Claim That Obama Made U.S. Less Safe: ‘I Don’t Think That’s Borne Out By The Facts’

The New Republican Party Endorses Domestic Terror

Senate GOP: "A Complete Waste of Time"

Apparently, according to Newsweek's preview of Hank Paulson's upcoming book, old Hank doesn't think that Conservative Republicans are the brightest bulbs in the box. And this from a dude that was a Treasury Secretary during the Bush nightmare:

http://mydd.com/2010/2/18/hank-paulsons

Repukes do seem to be turning on themselves these days.

A Twit Mocks Twitter

Guess who? Click on the picture to see ...

 

Twit

Why Republicans Hate Gays? Or, Why is Virginia for Fewer Lovers?

That's an easy one ... coz they're closet cases.

I think there might be one in this picture:

Obama should hire 3 more Van Jones's every time right-wing hypocrites whine.

Is anyone else sick and tired of the hypocrisy of the right-wing-nuts?

How about a little fatigue from watching our country being destroyed by the Corporatocracy?

Anyone else sick & tired of watching the shadow gubbermint dictate to WE-THE-PEOPLE?

How do you feel about Fox News and Wal-Mart running the country?

Obama 'Green Jobs' Adviser Quits Amid Controversy

There was no controversy, the dude just told it like it is and his boss and the Dems failed to back him up. Wimps.

I don't like Republicans. I don't even like anyone who likes a Republican.

You gotta problem with that?

But, right about now I'm not all that enamored with Democrats either. I think the time for a legitimate 3rd party is overdue.

GOP = Get Old People

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Iowa's Senator Chuck Grassley is an owned puppet of the insurance industry.

Hey Iowa, how about "pulling the plug" on your Insurance Industry lobbyist!

"Grassley Endorses "Death Panel" Rumor"

The guy's a lying sack of crap.

CPAC, GOP spokesman Rove and Republican Delights

Hey, how can ya go wrong holding a Ho' Down with keynote speakers like Joe the Plumber, Karl Rove, John Bolton, Sarah Palin, Lush Bimbaugh, Ann "the man" Coulter, and Newt Gingrich? I mean really, how ya gonna top that guest list, huh? It's a regular GOP Dream Team! WTF are Gee-Oh-Pee'ers thinkin? ;-)

Here ya go ... a few posts about this past week's CPAC gathering:

http://agitprop.typepad.com/agitprop/2009/02/a-gathering-of-sociopaths.html

Another goodie: http://www.atlargely.com/2009/02/cpac-where-psychotics-can-roam-without-medication.html

"Traitors" even: http://blondesense.blogspot.com/2009/03/traitors.html

This is the Nuke Chicago crowd: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/2/28/155810/965/727/703039

Muther Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/02/john-bolton-cpac-benefits-nuking-chicago 

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/02/cpac-conservatives-blame-others-not-their-own-ideas

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/2009/02/conservative-political-action-conference-2009.php?img=1

http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2009020926/cpac-prediction-another-ann-coulter-tantrum

 http://bottleofblog.typepad.com/bottleofblog/2009/02/your-job-is-harder-because-you-suck-at-doing-it.html

Technorati Tags: CPAC,Lush Bimbaugh,GOP,Rupublicants,Republicans,Gindal,Coulter,Joe the Plumber,Rove,Conservatives,Politics,John Bolton

How Dumb are Republicans? Dumb Enough to Commit Political Suicide!

The Republican Party gave us the current recession, just like the Republican Party gave us The Great Depression. Despite the fact that Republican economic policies have historically proven to be WRONG-headed, over-and-over again, these dumb-asses want to dictate to the majority how we should proceed to repair the damage that Republicans have caused. WTF is that about!?

On last night’s news I saw Repuke after Repuke march up to the podium and stick his fat jowls into the microphone and whine and cry about tax cuts versus spending. Amazing.

Do these shit-for-brains Republican’ts really think that our memories are THAT short? I mean hell, when they were in charge of every branch of government they cut their executive pal’s and the upper 1% of the populations’ tax liability to damn near zero in order to prove to us that when the rich have more monies they will start more businesses and hire more of us great unwashed masses, and that will take us to the promised land. They have been preaching that stupid-fucking-lie to us for decades!

Ok ass-holes, how’d that work out for ya? It was a 100% FAILURE. It didn't work. It was a train wreck. It doesn’t work, and Republican economic policies are dead-fucking WRONG. Period. Look around people. This is a Republican economy we are stuck in right now.

Now who are you going to follow on economic policies? The same Morons who brought us to this point? Or are you finally fed-up enough to try a little change, hmmm?

Obama went directly to the Republicans. He went unarmed (so-to-speak). Obama went ALONE into their midst. Obama dropped some very positive and sensible elements of the stimulus package from his proposal in an effort to appease and cooperate. But, at this stage, it isn’t about the details of the stimulus package proposal for the Republicans anymore. Republicans are willing to play politics with the economic health of our nation. The economic health that they themselves are responsible for mis-managing. Now they want to delay the repair of their own damage and play politics while the majority of us are at risk and/or suffering as a result of their own misdeeds.

Obama is America’s President so he has to be diplomatic and as bipartisan as he can be. As citizens we have no such constraint. Let’s take back our country. Call and tell every Republican Senator where YOU stand. Tell them you are willing to donate MORE monies and more time and more effort to their political opponents in the next election cycle, and Blog about their misguided opposition to this economic stimulus plan and that you will not forget their opposition to it over time, and that you will not allow this issue to fade with time and that you will not rest until a political price has been extracted from those who are obstructing WE-THE-PEOPLE this time around. It ain’t enough to vote and then sit back and watch people. This is government for and BY THE PEOPLE. Get in the game. You can can be a game-changer. Yes We Can!

Bipartisanship? DeMint Predicts Zero Senate GOP Votes For Obama’s Recovery Package.»

Call the United States Congress at 1-202-224-3121

Call ALL the Republican Senators

Here is the Senate Org chart for ya:

http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/e_one_section_no_teasers/org_chart.htm

Keep an eye on their voting record:

http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/a_three_sections_with_teasers/votes.htm

Let’s git ‘er done.

Hey, have you received YOUR bail-out check yet? No? Me neither.

Technorati Tags: Republican Obstructionists,Obama,Economy,Stimulus Package,Senate,Senators,Vote,Elections

Republican Party = Obstructionist Party. House Republicans Prove to be Sheep & Lemmings. Repukes Bail-Out on the USA.

In yesterday’s vote on the stimulus bill in the House, Republicans all joined forces and followed their misguided leader, Ohio’s John A. Boehner (who should consider changing his name to Bone-US) like the obedient sheep their party has become. Willing to follow Boehner right over an economic and political cliff the way their party has already done to this nation, over and over again, ever since Ronnie Raygun. Boner told them how to vote and just like Stepford wives, they all obeyed. But, thank goodness and Democrats for this:

House Passes Stimulus Plan Despite G.O.P. Opposition

Democrats proved to be slightly more free-thinking as a handful of their own broke ranks to vote with the dark-side (Republicrats). But, far from enough to matter, so fuck ‘em. We’ll just have to keep an eye on those “rebels” ‘til next election cycle! ;-)

Here’s a link to see how they ALL voted:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 46

(Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined)

So ask yourself this question … why should we give a damn what Republicans think about the stimulus package when it is Republicans whose misguided, dumb-ass economic policies brought us this mess in the first place, hmmm? I know I don’t (give a damn what Republicans think anymore)!

Oh sure, it’s very appropriate for our President and our party leadership to talk about and promote bipartisanship (ya see how much that effort gained for the country so far). And obtainable bipartisanship is a noble cause; it’s a good thing to strive for … but as citizens, it is our job to call ‘em the way we see ‘em.

The way I see it, Republicans fail to learn from their mistakes and want to blindly forge ahead with the same bullshit ideas that got us in this mess in the first place. Republicans continue to favor the Corporatocracy over We-The-People. Republicans only want to bail-out their rich executive pals and help them to buy some more executive jets with taxpayer bailout dollars. As long as they continue to be stupid, and want to bail-out Wall Street before Main Street, we should continue all-out efforts to reduce their ranks. Fewer Republicans = a healthier nation. There is this citizen’s stimulus plan.

Hey, have you received YOUR bail-out check yet? No? Me neither.

Technorati Tags: Stimulus Plan,House of Representatives,Vote,Passes,Republicans,Sheep,Lemmings,President Obama,Economy,Bail Out,Bail-out,Bailout,We-The-People

Boehner is a Bonehead.

Boehner’s Alternate Reality: Gitmo Detainees Get ‘More Comforts Than A Lot Of Americans Get’»

Sounds sorta like Barbara Bush telling us how well-off the poor folks of New Orleans were to be in the Houston Astrodome. Did I mention that I don’t like Republicans, or that I don’t even like anyone who likes a Republican? Damn, they are some dumb muthers.

Technorati Tags: Republicans,Boehner,Bonehead,Gitmo,Detainees,Bush,New Oreleans,Astrodome,Dumb-ass

GOP = Greedy Old Perverts. GOP = Get Old People. GOP is too stupid to learn from their mistakes.

RNC Chair Candidate Distributes ‘Barack The Magic Negro’ As His Christmas Greeting»

Who names their kid “Chip”, anyway?

No Republicans Have Condemned the "Magic Negro" CD: What Can We Learn?

The Republican Party is now confined to being the party of the south, and no matter how many Dixie Cups you save the south will not rise again.

Technorati Tags: GOP,Republican Party,Racists,RNC,Lush Bimbaugh,Paul Shanklin,Chip Saltsman,Ass-hole,South

Corker’s GOP Republicans Plan is Same-Old, Same-Old, Screw Labor and Retirees ala Reagan and the Air Traffic Controllers

According to this bullshit appearing on MSNBC:

A new Senate star emerges from the auto row

Tennessee Republican Bob Corker is pivotal deal-maker in Thursday talks

The short of Corker’s so-called plan is a 3 pronged plan to

1) Screw Labor

2) Screw Labor, and

3) Screw Labor.

If this jack-hole named 'Corker' is the GOP's idea of a 'Star' the Republican Party is truly screwed.

The fact is that Senate Republicans are holding the so-called bail-out plan hostage and the hostage is American, living wage jobs.

I have said that I currently oppose any bail-out for any Corporatocracy. And, I still do. Let them go bankrupt and work their way out of it. Let’s force their hand rather than be threatened and frightened by anymore of their lying rhetoric.

Let’s NOT allow Senate Republicans to force Labor to make any MORE sacrifices while dumb-ass corporate executives get a taxpayer hand-out so they can continue to advertise $84,000 Cadillac Escalades during Sunday night football, as they did this past week!

Republicans will never be satisfied until they can permanently create an American under-class that is desperate enough to work for pennies like Chinese workers. THAT is their ultimate goal.

That is the GOP Republican end-game. It always has been. The suffering created by dumb-ass, out-of-touch auto industry executives and Republican failed economic policies must be shared by all, and not just the American worker.

I have purchased (never leased) literally dozens of American cars in my life time. I have only ever owned ONE Japanese car for a brief period.

But, if dumb-ass Harry Reid allows the GOP Republican MINORITY to dictate the terms of any bail-out which ultimately puts the weight of the changes on the backs of the American auto workers … from where the sun now stands, I have spent my last red cent on American iron. Period.

Secondarily, deep-south Republicans continue to ply their old-school scare tactics:

“It’s quite unlikely that an auto rescue package will cause riots. But if they did occur, a likely proximate cause of public outrage at that point would be the loss of three million jobs that will have resulted because the bailout was not passed.” [SOURCE]

Here is the TRANSLATION of what that ass-hat is really trying to convey:

My rich executive handlers are about to take it in the shorts, and so all you peon laborers had better bend over and spread ‘em for whatever bail-out concessions we demand of labor, or we might just take our show on the road to China, which we are already planning to do anyway, then you’ll be out of a job altogether, which you ultimately will be anyway.

Do you get it folks? This is a no-win deal already. It’s over. Go find a new job out of the auto-industry because that industry was murdered by failed Republican Economic policies, long ago. The only measure of satisfaction you have available to you is to take some richie-rich executives down with you. That’s it. That is the best you can hope for until there is a massive, paradigm shift in thinking and legislation which favors American manufacturing AND the labor that makes it all possible. Labor trumps capital and until that fact is accepted, we’re all screwed. And that acceptance cannot be advanced until there is a complete and total breakdown of the old, old system that is now faltering. Let it go.

Do you wonder why Ford is less at risk than GM & Chrysler? Because Ford has been selling little, high mileage puddle-jumpers to European consumers all along because gas has been $10/gallon in Europe. Meanwhile they have continued to bone the American consumer by denying us access to those kinds of rigs. NOW, you’ll start to see those types of vehicles brought into the U.S. market while GM & Chrysler play catch-up. The point is they have had the rigs available, just not to the American consumer who they have chosen to screw for decades! And now they want the very people they have been screwing all along to lend them a helping hand. Screw ‘em, and the horse they rode in on.

Technorati Tags: Automakers,Cars,Labor,Unions,Bailout,Politics,Detroit,Republican'ts,Economics,Economy,Senate,Congress,We-The-People,American Workers

What’s that old saying … ‘Don’t Mess with Texas’? Texas Indicts Cheney and Gonzo, YEE-HAA! Let’s git ‘er done!

Redemption for Texas? This could cause me to stop saying stuff like, “When they give the country an enema they’re gonna stick the nozzle in Texas”!

Vice President Cheney and former Attorney General Gonzales indicted in Texas.»

HAPPY FREAKIN’ HUMP DAY!!! Get those lousy sons-of-bitches! ‘Get a Rope’.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/18/cheney-gonzo-indicted/

Technorati Tags: DICK Cheney,Alberto Gonzales,Indicted,Don't Mess with Texas,Vice Presidential Asshole

Hypocrite Joe Lieberman Hates Our Military Veterans? Why Is Harry Reid Still Working with LIEberman?

Joe Lieberman is a self-centered, egomaniac, and an embarrassment to the Democratic Party. Lieberman is a hypocrite and a traitor to the Democratic Party. LIEberman is not a Democrat but a registered Independent who backed the Republican candidate for President instead of the Democratic candidate. LIEberman is a Republicrat and a weasel.

So, why is Harry Reid still working with that clown?

If LIEberman is threatening to turn Repubican’t, LET HIM GO. We didn’t get 60, but we got enough to do some good, so let this clown go. Show LIEberman the door. Kick his ass to the curb. Do it NOW.

Pretending to work with LIEberman does not net any points toward bringing us all together.

LIEBERMAN SNUBS NOSE AT VETS

http://www.americablog.com/2008/11/lieberman-snubs-nose-at-vets.html

I still think that both the House and the Senate need new majority leaders … ones with spines.

WTF is Harry Reid talking about when he says this crap:

Reid on Lieberman: ‘I didn’t like what he did…but he is one of the most progressive people’ from CT.»

Lieberman MUST have pictures of Reid with barn-yard animals! Or, everyone living in Connecticut must be a decedent of Adolph Hitler if LIEberman is a progressive.

I have to agree with this commenter over at Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/09/reid-on-lieberman/#comment-5333298

Technorati Tags: Lieberman,Military,Veterans,Reid,Senate,Committee Chairmanships,Politcs

A Little Unfinished Business: Joe Lieberman

Nothing worse than a traitor. I hope that in a couple of weeks time LIEberman will have ZERO committee assignments.

Deciding Lieberman's fate

Per Daily KOS these are decisions that are made by the Democrat's Steering Committee, which includes the following members:

Stabenow
Kerry
Harkin
Baucus
Inouye
Conrad
Byrd
Levin
Kennedy
Kohl
Wyden
Boxer
Bingaman
Leahy
Clinton

Call ‘em and tell ‘em your own preference. It’s soon to be YOUR government again.

Lieberman Meets With Reid, Tries To Cling To Senate Chairmanship

Technorati Tags: LIEberman,Benedict Arnold,Traitor,Republicrat,Harry Reid,Senate Majority Leader,Politics

Cheney’s hometown newspaper endorses Obama, rips Bush legacy.»

Wyoming. One of the least populous states in the Union and solidly Red, but in Cheney’s hometown they GET-IT:

Cheney’s hometown newspaper endorses Obama, rips Bush legacy.»

Technorati Tags: Cheney,Bush,McNut,McSame,Legacy,Politics,Election,McCain,GOP Republicans,Ballots,Vote

Is the Election About to Be Stolen in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Elsewhere?

http://www.truthout.org/110308R

Technorati Tags: Election,Vote,Ballots,Stolen,Fraud,Ohio,Pennsylvania,Electronic Voting Machines,McCain,Bush,2000,2004

Hey if you don't think that McCain is really McSame, watch this!

We just suffered through 8 years of Elmer Fudd speak, we don't need anymore!!!

THE MORMONS ARE COMING!

There is a fine line between organized religion and organized crime. It's a stretch to categorize the Mormon Church as a religion ... seems more cult-like. Isn't Oregon's Senator Gordon Smith a member?

If churches want to play politics and donate millions of dollars to political campaigns I support removing their tax-exempt status. http://www.americablog.com/2008/11/mormons-are-coming.html

Do You REALLY want Palin answering that 3 A.M. call to the White House?

News Organizations Investigate Possible Fatal McCain '64 Car Crash

“Vanity Fair magazine and the National Security News Service claim to have knowledge "developed from first-hand sources" of a car crash that involved then-Lt. McCain at the main gate of a Virginia naval base in 1964, according to legal filings. The incident has been largely, if not entirely, kept from the public. And in documents suing the Navy to release pertinent information, lawyers for the NS News Service allege that a cover-up may be at play.” [SOURCE]

McSame just like McBush.

Technorati Tags: McCain,McBush,Politics,Car Wreck,Car Crash,Homcide,Murder,Car Accident,GOP Republicans,Maverick,Election,Vote,Ballot,Drunk,Cover Up

ALASKA GOES OBAMA: Anchorage Daily News endorses Obama

Anchorage Daily News endorses Obama: Palin "one 72-year-old heartbeat from the leadership of the free world is just too risky at this time"

Technorati Tags: Alaska Newspaper Endorses Obama,McCain McSame McBush,Politics,Election,Campaign '08,Sarah Palin,AMERICABlog.com

Staunchly Republican Newspaper Endorses Obama for President! Former Bush Speech Writer Waves the White Flag for the GOP.

Here is the closing sentence of the editorial in today’s Farmington, New Mexico’s “The Daily Times – The Four Corners Information Leader”:

"This year, all of our previous endorsements have supported the Republican ticket.

We, however, must break ranks and endorse Barack Obama for president."

[SOURCE]

Here’s a link to the words of David Frum, speechwriter for George Bush and now working at the right wing American Enterprise Institute:

Bush speechwriter/Leading Neocon: It's over for McCain. He's lost and the rest of the Republicans are in big trouble.

But, be careful DEMS, it ain’t over ‘til it’s over. Never forget 2000, and 2004!

Technorati Tags: McCain,McSame,Palin,GOP Republicans,Newspaper Endorses Obama,David Frum,WaPo,New Mexico,Politics,Campaign '08,Election,Obama,The Daily Times – The Four Corners Information Leader

The Corporatocracy Doesn’t Like WE-THE-PEOPLE Out Spending Them on Campaign Contributions. Credit & Debit Cards the New Pitch Fork and Plowshare.

Watch out folks! The Shadow Government, bank-rolled by the Corporatocracy, is pissed that the great unwashed masses rose up and out spent them this campaign season!

They are in shock that the Internet … the great equalizer and latest battlefield, allowed $150 million–plus to be collected in average contributions of only $86/each, in a single month.

Man, does that ever piss them off. It pisses them off because they are accustomed to buying elections by being the big bidder in the great auction that is America. WE-THE-PEOPLE even out spent the tax exempt Religious Right.

So of course, they are now trotting out a load of crap about credit card fraud, the same way that they have been spinning a load of crap about the size and scope of voter fraud in order to purge legitimate voters. New spin, different issue, same cause. The cause is power and influence. It’s about control.

It is about grabbing power, and the Corporatocracy hates to be out spent.

Ya done good, WE-THE-PEOPLE. Ya done REAL good. The conservative John Adams referred to WE-THE-PEOPLE as the ‘rabble’.  Apparently, the ‘rabble’  got roused.

But watch out! They want to take this away from you too. It adds insult-to-injury that WE-THE-PEOPLE used credit and debit cards as your weapon of choice too. The very chains designed to shackle and enslave you, and supplied by the Corporatocracy. You turned those against your handlers and keepers of the Corporatocracy the way the founders turned pitch forks and plowshares against the redcoats. Now they’re looking for ways to take back control and limit your ability to participate in a process they fight every day to own.

Don’t let them win. Keep on keeping on … through the tape at the finish line. No let up. ‘Down’ isn’t good enough … only ‘down, and OUT’ will do. Remember, it ain’t over ‘til the fat lady sings, and she has only just begun to clear her throat.

Here is a red-flag warning for ya; be careful to consider the sources, and the slants presented in this WaPo story. Take nothing at face value anymore:

Campaign Finance Gets New Scrutiny

COMMENT OF THE DAY from the WaPo story above:

lindakinne wrote:

How does it feel, Republicans, to get a dose of your own medicine? Do you think the Dems are stealing the election? Are you afraid your votes won't get counted? Are you angry as hell?

Now you know how the Dems have felt for the past two presidential elections. You guys stole the 2000 election and mastered the art of voter fraud. We raged at the wind, to no avail. Now it's your turn.

Key difference, though, is the Dems aren't doing anything wrong. There may be some flaws in Obama's Internet fundraising, but every effort is being made to address them. And even the Supreme Court rejected the Ohio suit charging voter fraud.

You're just jealous that your party didn't think of Internet fundraising first. And you're frustrated that your own voter fraud efforts are being thwarted.

Obama is one smart cookie. He has invented a way to put elections in the hands of the people. He has anticipated every ploy the Republicans typically use to win ~ right down to all the slanderous negative ads.

So excuse us if we gloat a bit. We DO know how you feel. We just don't have a lot of sympathy.

Technorati Tags: Campaign Finance,The Corporatocracy,Politics,Elections,Vote,Campaign '08,Internet,Fraud,Jealousy,Power and Influence

McCain campaign denying they pushed hoax mutilation story to media, even though they did

McCain Campaign Linked to Race Baiting Hoax???

McCain Campaign Drags American Flag on the ground!!!

Yeah typical of Republican'ts to talk a lot of smack about how much more patriotic they are, yadda, yadda, yadda, but the truth is they are dumber than rocks. Click the link below to see how they treat our flag when they think no one is watching ...

Check out the whole story on AmericaBlog including a video of how McCain's campaign treats the American flag: http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/huge-american-flag-dumped-on-ground.html

Did I mention that I don't like Republicans? Heck, I don't even like anyone who likes a Republican.

McCain Asking Russians for Campaign Funds???

Is this for real?

I mean, McCain whines about the source of Obama campaign monies and then asks Russia for money for his campaign? WTF? If true, doesn't that reveal who one of the members of our shadow government might be?

Or, at least which one the GOP candidate intends to bring into his administration and give preferance to if he can manage to steal the election using their investment in his campaign!

Hell, the FIX is probably already in ... that's why Bush has suspended Posse Comitatus and has the Army's First Brigade at the ready!

Lemme suggest to you who the truly UN-American one is:

McCain camp solicits Russian envoy for donation

Born Rich Republican Robin Hayes and Draft Dodger Vice President Cheney Hypocritically Accuse Liberals of Hating Working Americans!

Here is how stupid some Republicans are … some of them in North Carolina voted some richie-rich textile magnet into the U.S. Congress while he insults the majority of the very electorate who were dumb enough to vote for his lard ass.

Here are some facts about Representative Hayes:

Hayes owns a hosiery mill in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina. His parents were Robert Griffith Hayes, Jr. (October 21, 1907 - November 12, 1998) and Mariam Winslow Cannon (January 22, 1916 - August 4, 2007), daughter of textile magnate Charles Albert Cannon.

Charles Albert Cannon was the son of James William Cannon and president of the Cannon Mills Company from the 1920’s to the 1960’s.

Cannon Mills manufacturing plants were located mainly in Kannapolis, North Carolina (from the Greek for city of looms) and Concord, North Carolina.

There were multiple plants employing thousands of people during this time, running three shifts and producing sheets and towels.

So Hayes himself was born Richie-rich and was campaigning along side of cowardly DICK Cheney who used something like 5 deferments to avoid serving in the military during Vietnam. What the hell do either of these two clowns know about real, working, Americans?

Those two blow-hards want everyone to believe that they are somehow expert critics on the subject of working hard!

That is not the saddest part. The saddest part is that enough cracker-asses in North Carolina are fooled by the rhetoric of these two haters to actually vote against their own, personal, best interests and cast their lot with these right-wing-nut-jobs like Hayes. No wonder the Confederacy lost the Civil War! There must be something in the air and water down there that predisposes folks to being ignorant.

These fat, old, pasty-white politicos are total hypocrites. Racists. God, Guns and Gays are divisive issues meant to incite you into a frenzy which might divert your attention away from the FACT that they are GOP Republicans and the GOP Republican platform is all about the rich and damn the poor. Everything about the Republican Party Platform is about trickle down economics. Take a friggin’ look around people … the GOP Republican Party platform brought you The Great Depression and now they have done it again …. why in the hell would you be stupid enough to allow them to divert your attention to goofy, emotional issues which are by and large meaningless??? HELLO!!!??? Sheez, aren’t you tired of this type of bullshit politics yet people? It only works if YOU and I LET it work. Grow a brain people; stop the nonsense.

Rep. Hayes: ‘Liberals Hate Real Americans That Work And Achieve And Believe In God’»

Later the lying sack tries to deny he said what he said:

Rep. Hayes Lies: I Never Said ‘Liberals Hate Real Americans’»

Oh yeah, he did say that. He said exactly that. Click the link above and listen to the recordng for yourself. Typical Republican.

Here's a link provided by one of the commenters on Think Progress that includes a picture that captures the essence of what's really going on: http://arisfreedomswitch.blogspot.com/2008/10/calling-for-real-americans-to-stand-up.html

Technorati Tags: McCain,Palin,Robin Hayes,Dick Cheney,North Carolina,Politics,Election,Vote,Campaign '08

Right-wing-nut U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN) lying her ass off like any good Republican!

Bachmann Lies, Denies She Ever Called Barack Obama’s Views ‘Anti-American’»

I’ll tell ya who is anti-American … these lying, hypocritical, Nazi, right-wing, bitches and bastards of the GOP, that’s who! They lie, and then they lie about lying! Just click the link above and watch the video, and you decide for her what her real policies might be because, like any good Republican, she seems confused about her own policies! Confused my ass, she’s lying through her teeth.

Let's do this ... every single time one of these GOP Republican Bush Bum-lickers gets caught lying their ass-off, GIVE a few dollars to their opponent regardless of where they are, here is the link to donate to

Elwyn Tinklenberg's campaign: http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/18660

 

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McCain more out of touch than previously imagined! Can you hear me now? Verizon & AT&T suck up to McCains.

No cell coverage where you live? No problem, just ask your friendly Secret Service agent to dial up Verizon and / or AT&T and ask them to build a new 6-figure cell tower in your back yard, problem solved.

Sheez. You may have already seen this story in the Washington Post:

Verizon and AT&T Provided Cell Towers for McCain Ranch

The company I work for supplies me with a Verizon cell phone for business. And, I carry an AT&T phone of my own for personal use. I don’t even turn the Verizon on any more. It stays in my laptop bag because it gets zero bars in my office, and zero bars in my home office, too. It’s a useless piece of crap. A paper weight, really. The AT&T gets full bars in both those places but, apparently the owners of our company, who live in a different city altogether, prefer Verizon for whatever reasons [mine is not to question why, mine is but to do or die].

But, perhaps I should forward them this story about how the McCain’s work around this issue. Just build me a couple of new cell towers. One near the office, and one in my yard and call it good!

Listen, for those of you who read the WaPo report and think that this lack of cell coverage is somehow a security issue and that must be why the Secret Service is calling the telecom giants on behalf of the McCains … forget about it. You can be certain that the U.S. Secret Service has access to satellite phones that work independent of any / all cell tower issues.

This was just a couple of Richie-riches using the U.S. Secret Service to do their private bidding, and for nothing more than their, and their guests’ own personal convenience. And, if you read the WaPo piece you’ll be able to connect the dots between the McSame campaign, and the giant telecom LOBBYISTS of the Corporatocracy, scratching each others’ backs.

Bush lives on a semi-remote Texas ranch, so of course, McSame lives on a semi-remote Arizona ranch. How about we amend the Constitution to disallow anymore ranchers from running for Prez.? All in favor, say *I*! The “I”s have it.

 

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Freddie Mac secretly paid a Republican consulting firm $2 million to kill legislation!

GOP Republicans are some crooked bastards, and McCain campaign hired the crooks ... making McCain one of them!

Mortgage firm arranged stealth campaign

 McCain Consultant Received $2-Million From Freddie Mac                 

 

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Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill tells it like it is …

Obama now leads McSame in one of THE previously reddest states in the union! This is significant because Missouri has traditionally been staunchly Republican’t.

It is also significant to note that part of the reason that Bush’s tenure has been such a cluster is because Bush stole elections, lost the popular vote, and never got that all-important ‘mandate’ from WE-THE-PEOPLE.

Bush-Cheney-Rove stole the election(s) but, could not steal that intangible ‘mandate’ from WE-THE-PEOPLE.

Meanwhile, it is obvious that WE-THE-PEOPLE have endorsed Obama, and he only needs to win the election despite GOP dirty tricks, vote stealing, and manipulation of Main Stream Media and he’ll have that missing mandate, no-problem.

Yesterday Obama drew a HUGE crowd in St. Louis, Missouri.

ST. LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) – Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill chastised Governor Sarah Palin for recent comments that she likes to visit “pro-American” parts of the United States.

“We have reached a new low in American politics when someone dares to say that one part of America is more pro-American than another part of America,” McCaskill said at an afternoon Barack Obama rally. [SOURCE]

Claire McCaskill blasts the McCain/Palin campaign: “stumbling, erratic, all over the map”

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/18/mccaskill-mccain-campaign-erratic-and-all-over-the-map/

Obama draws record crowd in St. Louis

100,000 people

Huge Obama crowd in Missouri

Obama Says Meet Me in St. Louis - and a Record 100,000 Turn Up

Obama's record-breaking MO visits

Obama Rally Draws record breakin’ 100,000 in Missouri

 

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Colin Powell Endorses Obama

There ya go folks. This is significant. Not unexpected, but significant.

A Republican.

The former Secretary of State in the Bush Administration.

Retired General - U.S. Army.

Former National Security Advisor (1987–1989)

Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993) during the Gulf War.

Vietnam Combat Veteran – Officer. Wounded.

Powell obtained an MBA from George Washington University in 1971 and then served a White House fellowship under President Richard Nixon.

Powell was reportedly being considered as a potential Vice Presidential running mate by John McCain, who is on the record as highly regarding Colin Powell.

Here is an excerpt from Huffington Post:

[snip]

McCain's high opinion of Powell as one of the "most credible, most respected" men in America is not merely an election-year spasm, either. When asked in 2001 if he would have chosen Powell for a Cabinet position had he succeeded in his first presidential run, McCain said "oh, yes." During two December 2000 appearances on NBC Nightly News, McCain described himself as "exuberant" over Powell's selection as secretary of state, which he predicted would secure "a beneficial effect on the conduct of American foreign policy." McCain added in another TV appearance that President Bush was "blessed" to have Powell working for him. In 2003, when Powell faced criticism from Newt Gingrich over his plan to travel to Syria, it was McCain who rose to the secretary's defense on MSNBC's Hardball, when he said: "I think it's appropriate that Colin Powell is going there."

Even at the end of Powell's somewhat frustrating tenure in George W. Bush's inner circle of policy advisers, McCain praised his overall performance, saying: "When he took the helm at the State Department nearly four years ago, I was confident that Secretary Powell would lead with honor and distinction ... I have not been disappointed." And in a CBS interview during this year's primary race, McCain suggested that one of President Bush's chief failures "was not to listen more to our military leadership, including people like General Colin Powell."

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Looks Like McCain will have to march to the beat of his own drummer for real …

Bon Jovi objects to McCain-Palin campaign using his songs.»

… and Bon Jovi ain’t the only one that doesn’t want to be associated with McSame:

For The Fifth Time, McCain Campaign Illegally Uses Artists’ Copyrighted Music»

 

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Republican Economy

Credit card defaults up 54% and growing:

http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/credit-card-defaults-up-54-and-growing.html

GOP Dirty Tricks 2.0

Check it out:

GOP Dirty Tricks 2.0

Political spin artist Palin gets called out on her outright LYING by her hometown newspaper

This woman has a screw loose:

Anchorage Daily News: Palin’s response to Troopergate report is ‘downright Orwellian.’»

Anchorage Daily News on Palin: "In plain English, she did something 'unlawful.' She broke the state ethics law."

Media Rip Palin For Lying About Troopergate Report, But Campaign Keeps Lying»

 

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McCain Wants to TAX Our Health Care Benefits as Income, wholly crap!

As if it weren’t bad enough that health care costs have reached astronomical levels, and that 47 million Americans don’t have access, or can’t afford ANY, dumb-ass McCain wants to TAX any health care benefits we get from our employers as part of our income now!

Wholly shit if this ass-hole becomes President the only Americans that aren’t gonna be getting screwed are the Paris Hiltons - Richie-riches!

That’s right, McCain is the typical George Bush Republican whose failed economic policies have bankrupted our nation, but who is too damn stupid to have learned anything from their mistakes! McCain doesn’t GET that when you’re in a hole, it’s time to stop digging!

His new ad only tells half the story of what his health proposal could mean for U.S. workers.

McCain Health Plan Could Mean Higher Tax

(yeah, as usual, on the little guy, not on those who could afford it; not on his rich pals).

Drawbacks in Mr. McCain's Health Plan

Senator McCain's New Tax on Health Insurance

McCain's Health Care Tax Increase

AP: McCain to tax your health benefits

McCain’s Plan To Tax Health Insurance»

McCain's Tax Increase on Health Care

McCain’s Health Tax, Part II: 20 million lose coverage

WE-THE-PEOPLE SCREWED SOME MORE IF McCAIN Wins.

Vote OBAMA ‘08!!!

 

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McCain’s top adviser Mark Salter directly insults McCain’s own supporters. Refers to them as ‘Nuts’!

Here is what Salter said:

“I think there have been quite a few reporters recently,” said Mr. McCain’s closest adviser, Mark Salter, “who have sort of implied, or made more than implications, that somehow we’re responsible for the occasional nut who shows up and yells something about Barack Obama.”

The “occasional nut”?? (SEE: http://www.bloggerradio.com/2008/10/here-is-the-rea.html)

Hell, ‘NUTS’ are the ONLY people showing up at McCain events. Two of the biggest ones, McCain and Palin themselves are center stage … right under the big top. And, then some little old lady takes the microphone and insults EVERYONE by showing her ignorance in saying that Obama is Arab! That one was so NUTS that even the #1 nut was finally shamed into correcting her!

At this stage of the game, anyone supporting the McCain-Palin ticket is NUTS.

Now on to the subject of responsibility that McCain’s aide Salter raises; it has become part of the GOP Republican Party platform to never take any responsibility for any of the train wrecks (reads: economy, invasions, occupations, privacy, etc) that have occurred on their watch. Of course, no one would expect them to take any responsibility for inciting these small crowds of crazies by their use of political and personal attacks on Obama. Losers.

Top McCain adviser insults supporters: We’re not responsible for the ‘occasional nut.’»

Bush critic Krugman wins 2008 Nobel for economics

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Republicans starting to distance themselves from the McCain-Palin campaign

Here are links to some recent reports:   

McCain bashing is becoming pervasive in the GOP. Florida Republicans join the blame game against McCain.

Concern in G.O.P. After Rough Week for McCain

Florida Republicans cast blame as McCain trails in polls

Republicans are dumping McCain -- and dumping on him

Old McCain Aides Regret New McCain

Like rats going over the side of a sinking ship.

The GOP base is demoralized.  They sense defeat.  They're afraid.  They're on the ropes.  What should we do?  HIT THEM HARDER.

 

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Veterans’ Group Contradicts McCain Claims of Support for Troops and Veterans.

If you think that McCain supports our troops and Veterans, think again. You want the truth? If you’re a McCain supporter, you can’t handle the truth! Here ya go, complete with voting records, dates, times, places,quotes, references, even links to videos, etc; read 'em and weep, coz it's undeniable  ...

From VoteVets.org:

In recent presidential debates, Senator John McCain has said things like, "I know the veterans.  I know them well.  And, I know that they know that I'll take care of them."  It was stunning, because nothing could be further from the truth.  It's something that our friend Charlie Fink even made an issue of in his new video at Lunatics and Liars.

A lot of you have asked VoteVets.org to explain why Senator McCain gets consistently low ratings from veterans groups.   Below is a full list of votes, statements, and positions of Senator McCain's, which shows that Senator McCain has consistently bailed on troops and veterans.

It's a very long, but comprehensive list.  I encourage you to take a look and pass it around.  An even more robust list, complete with video, can be found at VetVoice.com, as well.

Sincerely,    
Brandon Friedman      
Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran      
Vice Chairman, VoteVets.org

Senator John McCain’s Record on Troop and Veterans’ Issues

Voting Against Veterans

· Veterans Groups Give McCain Failing Grades.  In its most recent legislative ratings, the non-partisan Disabled American Veterans gave Sen. McCain a 20 percent rating for his voting record on veterans’ issues.  Similarly, the non-partisan Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America gave McCain a "D" grade for his poor voting record on veterans’ issues, including McCain’s votes against additional body armor for troops in combat and additional funding for PTSD and TBI screening and treatment.

· McCain Voted Against Increased Funding for Veterans’ Health Care.  Although McCain told voters at a campaign rally that improving veterans’ health care was his top domestic priority, he voted against increasing funding for veterans’ health care in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. (Greenville News, 12/12/2007; S.Amdt. 2745 to S.C.R. 95, Vote 40, 3/10/04; Senate S.C.R. 18, Vote 55, 3/16/05; S.Amdt. 3007 to S.C.R. 83, Vote 41, 3/14/06; H.R. 1591, Vote 126, 3/29/07)

· McCain Voted At Least 28 Times Against Veterans’ Benefits, Including Healthcare.   Since arriving in the U.S. Senate in 1987, McCain has voted at least 28 times against ensuring important benefits for America’s veterans, including providing adequate healthcare. (2006 Senate Vote #7, 41, 63, 67, 98, 222; 2005 Senate Votes #55, 89, 90, 251, 343; 2004 Senate Votes #40, 48, 145; 2003 Senate Votes #74, 81, 83; 1999 Senate Vote #328; 1998 Senate Vote #175; 1997 Senate Vote #168; 1996 Senate Votes #115, 275; 1995 Senate Votes #76, 226, 466; 1994 Senate Vote #306; 1992 Senate Vote #194; 1991 Senate Vote #259)

· McCain Voted Against Providing Automatic Cost-of-Living Adjustments to Veterans.  McCain voted against providing automatic annual cost-of-living adjustments for certain veterans’ benefits. (S. 869, Vote 259, 11/20/91)

· McCain Voted to Underfund Department of Veterans Affairs.  McCain voted for an appropriations bill that underfunded the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development by $8.9 billion. (H.R. 2099, Vote 470, 9/27/95)

· McCain Voted Against a $13 Billion Increase in Funding for Veterans Programs.  McCain voted against an amendment to increase spending on veterans programs by $13 billion. (S.C.R. 57, Vote 115, 5/16/96)

· McCain Voted Against $44.3 Billion for Veterans Programs.  McCain was one of five senators to vote against a bill providing $44.3 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs, plus funding for other federal agencies. (H.R. 2684, Vote 328, 10/15/99)

· McCain Voted Against $47 Billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs.  McCain was one of eight senators to vote against a bill that provided $47 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs. (H.R. 4635, Vote 272, 10/12/00)

· McCain Voted Against $51 Billion in Veterans Funding.  McCain was one of five senators to vote against the bill and seven to vote against the conference report that provided $51.1 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as funding for the federal housing, environmental and emergency management agencies and NASA. (H.R. 2620, Vote 334, 11/8/01; Vote 269, 8/2/01)

· McCain Voted Against $122.7 Billion for Department of Veterans Affairs.  McCain voted against an appropriations bill that included $122.7 billion in fiscal 2004 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development and other related agencies. (H.R. 2861, Vote 449, 11/12/03)

· McCain Opposed $500 Million for Counseling Services for Veterans with Mental Disorders.  McCain voted against an amendment to appropriate $500 million annually from 2006-2010 for counseling, mental health and rehabilitation services for veterans diagnosed with mental illness, posttraumatic stress disorder or substance abuse. (S. 2020, S.Amdt. 2634, Vote 343, 11/17/05)

· McCain opposed an Assured Funding Stream for Veterans’ Health Care.  McCain opposed providing an assured funding stream for veterans’ health care, taking into account annual changes in veterans’ population and inflation. (S.Amdt. 3141 to S.C.R. 83, Vote 63, 3/16/06)

· McCain Voted Against Adding More Than $400 Million for Veterans’ Care.  McCain was one of 13 Republicans to vote against providing an additional $430 million to the Department of Veterans Affairs for outpatient care and treatment for veterans. (S.Amdt. 3642 to H.R. 4939, Vote 98, 4/26/06)

· McCain Supported Outsourcing VA Jobs.  McCain opposed an amendment that would have prevented the Department of Veterans Affairs from outsourcing jobs, many held by blue-collar veterans, without first giving the workers a chance to compete. (S.Amdt. 2673 to H.R. 2642, Vote 315, 9/6/07)

· McCain Opposed the 21st Century GI Bill Because It Was Too Generous.  McCain did not vote on the GI Bill that will provide better educational opportunities to veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, paying full tuition at in-state schools and living expenses for those who have served at least three years since the 9/11 attacks. McCain said he opposes the bill because he thinks the generous benefits would "encourage more people to leave the military." (S.Amdt. 4803 to H.R. 2642, Vote 137, 5/22/08; Chattanooga Times Free Press, 6/2/08; Boston Globe, 5/23/08; ABCNews.com, 5/26/08)

· Disabled American Veterans Legislative Director Said That McCain’s Proposal Would Increase Costs For Veterans Because His Plan Relies On Private Hospitals Which Are More Expensive and Which Could Also Lead To Further Rationing Of Care.  "To help veterans who live far from VA hospitals or need specialized care the VA can’t provide, McCain proposed giving low-income veterans and those who incurred injury during their service a card they could use at private hospitals. The proposal is not an attempt to privatize the VA, as critics have alleged, but rather, an effort to improve care and access to it, he said. Joe Violanti, legislative director of the Disabled American Veterans, a nonpartisan organization, said the proposal would increase costs because private hospitals are more expensive. The increased cost could lead to further rationing of care, he said." (Las Vegas Sun, 8/10/08)

Lack of Support for the Troops

· McCain co-sponsored the Use of Force Authorization.  McCain supported the bill that gave President George W. Bush the green light--and a blank check--for going to war with Iraq. (SJ Res 46, 10/3/02)

· McCain Opposed Increasing Spending on TRICARE and Giving Greater Access to National Guard and Reservists.  Although his campaign website devotes a large section to veterans issues, including expanding benefits for reservists and members of the National Guard, McCain voted against increasing spending on the TRICARE program by $20.3 billion over 10 years to give members of the National Guard and Reserves and their families greater access to the health care program. The increase would be offset by a reduction in tax cuts for the wealthy. (S.Amdt. 324 to S.C.R. 23, Vote 81, 3/25/03)

· McCain voted against holding Bush accountable for his actions in the war.  McCain opposed the creation of an independent commission to investigate the development and use of intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq. (S.Amdt. 1275 to H.R. 2658, Vote 284, 7/16/03)

· McCain voted Against Establishing a $1 Billion Trust Fund for Military Health Facilities.  McCain voted against establishing a $1 billion trust fund to improve military health facilities by refusing to repeal tax cuts for those making more than $1 million a year. (S.Amdt. 2735 to S.Amdt. 2707 to H.R. 4297, Vote 7, 2/2/06)

· Senator McCain opposed efforts to end the overextension of the military--a policy that is having a devastating impact on our troops.  McCain voted against requiring mandatory minimum downtime between tours of duty for troops serving in Iraq. (S.Amdt.. 2909 to S.Amdt. 2011 to HR 1585, Vote 341, 9/19/07; S.Amdt. 2012 to S.Amdt. 2011 to HR 1585, Vote 241, 7/11/07)

· McCain announced his willingness to keep U.S. troops in Iraq for decades--a statement sure to inflame Iraqis and endanger American troops.  McCain: "Make it a hundred" years in Iraq and "that would be fine with me." (Derry, New Hampshire Town Hall meeting, 1/3/08)

· McCain voted against a ban on water boarding--a form of torture--in a move that could eventually endanger American troops.  According to ThinkProgress, "the Senate brought the Intelligence Authorization Bill to the floor, which contained a provision from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) establishing one interrogation standard across the government. The bill requires the intelligence community to abide by the same standards as articulated in the Army Field Manual and bans water boarding."  McCain voted against the bill.  (H.R. 2082, Vote 22, 2/13/08)

· McCain Also Supported Outsourcing at Walter Reed.  McCain opposed an amendment to prevent the outsourcing of 350 federal employee jobs at Walter Reed Army Medical Center--outsourcing that contributed to the scandalous treatment of veterans at Walter Reed that McCain called a "disgrace." (S.Amdt. 4895 to H.R. 5631, Vote 234, 9/6/06; Speech to VFW in Kansas City, Mo., 4/4/08)

· Senator McCain has consistently opposed any plan to withdraw troops from Iraq--a policy that has directly weakened American efforts in Afghanistan.  Senator McCain repeatedly voted against a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. (S.Amdt. 3876 to S.Amdt. 3874 to H.R. 2764, Vote #438, 12/18/07; S.Amdt. 3875 to S.Amdt. 3874 to H.R. 2764, Vote #437, 12/18/07; S.Amdt.3164 to H.R. 3222, Vote #362, 10/3/07; S.Amdt. 2898 to S. Amdt. 2011 to H.R. 1585, Vote #346, 9/21/07; S. Amdt. 2924 to S.Amdt. 2011 to H.R.1585, Vote #345, 9/21/07; S.Amdt.2 087 to S.Amdt. 2011 to H.R. 1585, Vote #252, 7/18/07; S.Amdt. 643 to H.R. 1591, Vote #116, 3/27/07; S.Amdt. 4320 to S. 2766, Vote #182, 6/22/06; S.Amdt. 4442 to S. 2766, Vote #181, 6/22/06; S.Amdt. 2519 to S.1042, Vote #322, 11/15/05)

· McCain said it’s "not too important" when U.S. troops leave Iraq.  This exchange occurred on NBC’s Today Show with Matt Lauer:

LAUER: If it's working, senator, do you now have a better estimate of when American forces can come home from Iraq?      
McCAIN: No, but that's not too important.

(NBC, Today Show, 6/11/08)

Cheerleading for War with Iraq--While Afghanistan was Unfinished

· McCain suggested that the war in Iraq could be won with a "smaller" force.  "But the fact is I think we could go in with much smaller numbers than we had to do in the past. But I don't believe it's going to be nearly the size and scope that it was in 1991." (CBS News, Face the Nation, 9/15/02)

· McCain said winning the war would be "easy."  "I know that as successful as I believe we will be, and I believe that the success will be fairly easy, we will still lose some American young men or women." (CNN, 9/24/02)

· McCain also said the actual fighting in Iraq would be easy. "We’re not going to get into house-to-house fighting in Baghdad.  We may have to take out buildings, but we’re not going to have a bloodletting of trading American bodies for Iraqi bodies." (CNN, 9/29/02)

· Continuing his pattern, McCain also said on MSNBC that we would win the war in Iraq "easily." "But the point is that, one, we will win this conflict. We will win it easily." (MSNBC, 1/22/03)

· McCain argued Saddam was "a threat of the first order."  Senator McCain said that a policy of containing Iraq to blunt its weapons of mass destruction program is "unsustainable, ineffective, unworkable and dangerous." McCain: "I believe Iraq is a threat of the first order, and only a change of regime will make Iraq a state that does not threaten us and others, and where liberated people assume the rights and responsibilities of freedom." (Speech to the Center for Strategic & International Studies, 2/13/03)

· McCain echoed Bush and Cheney’s rationale for going to war.  McCain: "We're going to win this victory. Tragically, we will lose American lives. But it will be brief.  We’re going to find massive evidence of weapons of mass destruction . . . It’s going to send the message throughout the Middle East that democracy can take hold in the Middle East." (Fox News, Hannity & Colmes, 2/21/03)

· "But I believe, Katie, that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators." (NBC, 3/20/03)

· March 2003: "I believe that this conflict is still going to be relatively short." (NBC, Meet the Press, 3/30/03)

· McCain echoed Bush and Cheney’s talking points that the U.S. would only be in Iraq for a short time.  McCain: "It’s clear that the end is very much in sight . . . It won’t be long . . . it’ll be a fairly short period of time." (ABC, 4/9/03)

Staunch Defense of the Iraq Invasion

· McCain maintained that the war was a good idea and that George W. Bush deserved "admiration."  At the 2004 Republican National Convention, McCain, focusing on the war in Iraq, said that while weapons of mass destruction were not found, Saddam once had them and "he would have acquired them again." McCain said the mission in Iraq "gave hope to people long oppressed" and it was "necessary, achievable and noble." McCain: "For his determination to undertake it, and for his unflagging resolve to see it through to a just end, President Bush deserves not only our support, but our admiration." (Speech, Republican National Convention, 8/31/04)

· Senator McCain: "The war, the invasion was not a mistake. (Meet the Press, 1/6/08)

· McCain said the war in Iraq was "worth" it.  Asked if the war was a good idea worth the price in blood and treasure, McCain: "It was worth getting rid of Saddam Hussein. He had used weapons of mass destruction, and it's clear that he was hell-bent on acquiring them." (Republican Debate, 1/24/08)

Dangerous Lack of Foreign Policy Knowledge

· When questioned about Osama bin Laden after the 1998 U.S. missile strikes in Afghanistan, McCain surmised that the terrorist leader wasn’t as "bad" as "depicted."  "You could say, Look, is this guy, Laden, really the bad guy that's depicted?  Most of us have never heard of him before." (Interview with Mother Jones magazine, 11/1998)

· McCain was unaware of previous Sunni-Shia violence before the Iraq War.  "There’s not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shias. So I think they can probably get along." (MSNBC, Hardball, 4/23/03)

· McCain said our military could just "muddle through" in Afghanistan. While giving a speech, McCain was asked about Afghanistan and replied, "I am concerned about it, but I’m not as concerned as I am about Iraq today, obviously, or I’d be talking about Afghanistan.  But I believe that if Karzai can make the progress that he is making, that in the long term, we may muddle through in Afghanistan." (Speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, 11/5/03)

· McCain stated that Sunni al Qaeda was "supported" by the Shia Iranians. (2/2008)

· McCain again confused Sunni Muslim al Qaeda operatives with Shi’a Muslim insurgents.  The Washington Post reported of McCain: "He said several times that Iran, a predominately Shiite country, was supplying the mostly Sunni militant group, al-Qaeda. In fact, officials have said they believe Iran is helping Shiite extremists in Iraq.

"Speaking to reporters in Amman, the Jordanian capital, McCain said he and two Senate colleagues traveling with him continue to be concerned about Iranian operatives ‘taking al-Qaeda into Iran, training them and sending them back.’

"Pressed to elaborate, McCain said it was ‘common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran, that's well known. And it's unfortunate.’" (Press conference, Amman, Jordan, 3/18/2008)

· Yet again, McCain demonstrated that he didn’t know whether al Qaeda was a Sunni or Shiite organization.  While questioning General David Petraeus during a Senate hearing, the following exchange occurred:

MCCAIN: Do you still view al Qaeda in Iraq as a major threat?      
PETRAEUS: It is still a major threat, though it is certainly not as major a threat as it was say 15 months ago.      
MCCAIN: Certainly not an obscure sect of the Shi'ites overall?      
PETREAUS: No.      
MCCAIN: Or Sunnis or anybody else.

(Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing, 4/8/08)

· McCain incorrectly thought General David Petraeus was in charge of Afghanistan.  The Army Times reported: "Speaking Monday at the annual meeting of the Associated Press, McCain was asked whether he, if elected, would shift combat troops from Iraq to Afghanistan to intensify the search for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

‘I would not do that unless Gen. (David) Petraeus said that he felt that the situation called for that,’ McCain said, referring to the top U.S. commander in Iraq.

"Petraeus, however, made clear last week that he has nothing to do with the decision. Testifying last week before four congressional committees, including the Senate Armed Services Committee on which McCain is the ranking Republican, Petraeus said the decision about whether troops could be shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan was not his responsibility because his portfolio is limited to the multi-national force in Iraq." (Annual meeting of the Associated Press, 4/14/08)

· McCain credited the "surge" for the "Anbar Awakening"--even though the Anbar Awakening preceded the surge by nearly a year. (7/22/08)

· John McCain has also recently demonstrated either serious knowledge gaps in terms of foreign policy, or mounting confusion, when discussing an array of other countries:

Spain: McCain refused to commit to meeting with the president of Spain, a NATO ally, after becoming confused about America’s relationship with Spain, its leader, and, possibly, exactly where Spain is located. (9/17/08)

Czech Republic and Slovakia: McCain referred to the two countries using the name "Czechoslovakia" several times--despite the fact that Czechoslakia split apart and hasn't existed since 1993. (7/15/08; (7/14/08))

Venezuela: McCain said that Venezuela was a Middle Eastern country. (9/30/08)

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Palin Tied To Extreme Right-Wing-Nut Fringe Elements

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“AIP advocates secession from the United States

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… has links to both neo-Confederate parties in the South and the theocratic Constitutional Party -- serves as "a haven for anti-government extremists, anti-government militia members, and conspiratorial figures”

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"Sarah Palin is far more intimately associated with the extreme right-wing fringe of Alaska than the media has acknowledged or than she is willing to acknowledge."

Blumenthal said that Palin used former AIP chairman Mark Chryson and a local John Birch Society activist known as "Black Helicopter" Steve Stoll "to advance her political career on a local and state level -- and she sought to reward them with plum political appointments."

Read the rest here: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Blumenthal_breaks_Palinsecessionist_connection_wide_open_1010.html

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And people thought that the worst moonshine could do was make you blind...

Here is video proof that Republicans are a lower life form. Watch carefully. Observe the Mutants. The Racists. The Haters. The Ignorant at the start of this video:

   

HELP STAMP OUT IGNORANCE -

VOTE FOR OBAMA-BIDEN in ‘08!!!

Or maybe we should just join the fray, aye? David Gergen:  McCain/palin rallies "whipping around anger that could really lead to some violence" Here's the link: http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/david-gergen-mccainpalin-rallies.html

 

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Bankrupt Wachovia lends Republicans $8 million – WTF!??? WE-THE-PEOPLE, Screwed AGAIN!

Now ain’t this special. Hell, if THIS doesn’t get ya riled, nothing will. Credit is tight so getting a car or home loan is tough for WE-THE-PEOPLE but, BANKRUPT Wachovia loans Republicans $8 MILLION dollars for a losing political campaign! More bad loans! No lessons learned. Never again! Take back the bailout now!

Bankrupt Wachovia lends Republicans $8 million

NRCC Secures $8 Million Loan for Final Election Push

NRCC Somehow Gets Credit From Wachovia

Do you need anymore proof-positive that it is FAILED REPUBLICAN ECONOMIC POLICIES that landed us in this mess?!

Really? Ok, then how about this shit where AIG gets exposed pissing away more taxpayer dollars and then decides better of it:

AIG cancels post-bailout party in California, says it will have no more.»

Do ya need anymore proof that insurance companies are a lower life form?

 

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Cindy McCain Denigrates Vietnam Veterans Who Were Drafted – Has She Been Stealing Pills Again?

Cindy McCain is an ugly old hag. I’m not talking about her lack of looks, I mean that Cindy McCain is not very well equipped to be a human being.

Cindy McCain is an elitist rich-bitch who thinks that her shit smells like crushed fruit.

Cindy McCain reminds me of another ugly, old, elitist, out-of-touch, rich-bitch: Barbara Bush, who infamously said this shit:

Barbara Bush Calls Evacuees Better Off

By THE NEW YORK TIMES    
Published: September 7, 2005

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 - As President Bush battled criticism over the response to Hurricane Katrina, his mother declared it a success for evacuees who "were underprivileged anyway," saying on Monday that many of the poor people she had seen while touring a Houston relocation site were faring better than before the storm hit.

"What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas," Barbara Bush said in an interview on Monday with the radio program "Marketplace." "Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality."

"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway," she said, "so this is working very well for them."

This is more evidence that not only is John McCain the equivalent of McBush, but that even Cindy McCain is like McBush! Listen, I’m convinced that being arrogant, elitist, and stupid is all part of the Republican DNA. They all suffer from it.

Cindy McCain: Vietnam vets with PTSD were 18-year-olds who didn’t know what they were doing.»

Here’s an excerpt:

Q: You met your husband after his POW days. To what extent is that still with you - or is it a part of history?

McCAIN: My husband will be the first one to tell you that that’s in the past. Certainly it’s a part of who he is, but he doesn’t dwell on it. It’s not part of a daily experience that we experience or anything like that. But it has shaped him. It has made him the leader that he is.

Q: But no cold sweats in the middle of the night?

McCAIN: Oh, no, no, no, no, no. My husband, he’d be the first one to tell you that he was trained to do what he was doing. The guys who had the trouble were the 18-year-olds who were drafted. He was trained, he went to the Naval Academy, he was a trained United States naval officer, and so he knew what he was doing.

What a crock of crap. Sure, they knew what they were doing … they knew they were fighting and dying for those like DICK Cheney who had EXCUSES not to shoulder that burden, and those risks alongside them. Doing the rich’s bidding, again. Fighting the battles that the rich start.

Cindy conveniently left out the part about the fact that John McCain finished 884 out of 889 in his class at the Naval Academy. John McCain destroyed something like five U.S. Navy aircraft that he was allowed to pilot … the enemy didn’t destroy those aircraft, John McCain destroyed those aircraft. Yeah, he was a real star pupil alright. Gimmie a break. His ass would never have been admitted to the Naval Academy if his old man hadn’t been an Admiral!

And, John McCain did not do his fighting on the ground in Vietnam. He flew jets overhead and dropped bombs.

Cindy is a thief and a drug addict, beer distributor, so of course, we all cling to her every word.

Wow, Republicans are pathetic pukes who CLAIM that they support our troops, but apparently just the ones with officer training, not the ones that actually do the heavy lifting. Sheez.

Here is a link to some Vietnam Vets who don't share Cindy's view:

http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/cin_declassified_landing.htm

 

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