Bush’s campaign Slogan: "Steady Leadership in a Time of Change" Rearranging the letters of gives us (among many others): Megadeath and hyperfine socialites.Sleepyhead or significant meathead.Speedily, nation’s magic featherhead.I’m a hypertense, death-dealing fiasco.I am a disheartened pig-face. Honestly!I am a healthy, depressing defecation.I am a tone-deaf, highly-paid erectness.I am a deathless deafening hypocrite.He is the friendly scapegoat idea man.Death penalty … Read More
Helen in the Pool
I thought she retired, but I guess not. You gotta love it when Helen (Thomas) is in the (White House) press pool. Feisty ol’ broad. Catch this exchange between her and White House press secretary Scott McClellan, from this morning. Q: Did the President ever have to take time off from Guard duty to do community service? Scott McClellan: To … Read More
On The Lighter Side . . .
"Barbie and Ken splitting after 43 years; Mattel reports that dolls will remain friends" reports MSNBC After 43 years as one of the world’s prettiest pairs, the perfect plastic couple is breaking up. The couple’s “business manager,” Russell Arons, vice president of marketing at Mattel, said that Barbie and Ken “feel it’s time to spend some quality time — apart.” … Read More
GAO: DOD Paying Billions to Tax Cheats
WASHINGTON – The Department of Defense paid billions of dollars in 2002 to more than 27,000 contractors that owed $3 billion in unpaid taxes, according to a draft copy of a General Accounting Office investigation obtained by NBC News. Full story here. I know I’m just, you know, a relative nobody, but . . . isn’t the solution obvious??? Either … Read More
What Are We Talking About Here?
This is the proposed amendment banning gay marriages: Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any State, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups. Personally, … Read More
Release of Bush’s Records
Do they not GET it? The White House just released some Bush/National Guard records. As far as I can tell from the news reports, the documents are: (1) Point summaries — which show that was given credit for certain training periods. These are not new documents. Heck, I’VE even seen them. They only show that he was given credit . … Read More
Bush Busted In (Yet) Another Lie
During his interview with "Meet the Press"’s Tim Russert, Bush said: If you look at the appropriations bills that were passed under my watch, in the last year of President Clinton, discretionary spending was up 15 percent, and ours have steadily declined. There are a couple of lies here. First of all, in the last year of President Clinton, discretionary … Read More
Bush “War Record”
I’m a little pressed for time today, so I won’t indulge in much analysis and background. I’m sure many are familiar with the story anyway. So instead, I’ll just link to an article, and pose a couple of questions: (1) Has Bush’s military record been adequately and fully explained? and the biggie . . . (2) Is it relevant, and … Read More
A Bad Catch Phrase By Any Other Name . . .
The Lieberman campaign has been rightfully mocked at its attempt to make "Joe-mentum" a political catch phrase. But that hasn’t stopped them from implementing Plan B: Behold the "Mo-Joe"! Sigh. Some people just try too hard.
Bush Priorities
Analyses of the Bush budget are starting to appear all over cyberspace, and it is sobering. If you want to get a bead on some of the President’s priorities, consider the following: Job training: Federal vocational and adult education cut 35% (from 2.1 billion to 1.4 billion); Assistance to workers displaced by NAFTA cut to zero — the unions are … Read More
You Won’t Have Dean to Kick Around Anymore
Daily Kos is reporting the latest Zogby poll numbers. Since Zogby was the poll that predicted a Kerry win in Iowa, these numbers may be worth looking at. Since Dean is running a distant third or fourth in Arizona, Missouri, Oklahoma and South Carolina, and given his financial problems, I predict he will be yesterday’s news on . . . … Read More
Goodbye, Dick?
Okay. She’s a gossip columnist, and not a very good/reliable one. Yet, the "buzz" is out. A well-placed source says that the president will “most likely” drop Dick Cheney from his re-election ticket and his first choice for a replacement is former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. Read about it here. There’s also talk of Bush-McCain ticket. This could … Read More
A Split Decision
The following is a partial transcript of Joe Lieberman’s congratulatory telephone call to Carolina Panthers head coach John Fox. LIEBERMAN: Coach Fox? Joe Lieberman here – was that a great game or what? You bet it was! COACH FOX: Uh, thanks Joe, but I really don’t think… LIEBERMAN: Well Coach, based on what I saw tonight, I’d say you just … Read More
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