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Oct 10 2007

The punchline that is McCain

Published by J.D. Ryan under election 2008, mccain, republicans

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Matt Taibbi’s latest about the pathetic excuse of a candidate known as John McCain is a must read. It’s interesting how foar McCain has fallen, because if you asked me a few years ago who the GOP frontrunner was, I would have thought it was him. But I guess having your public persona being that of a constant dweller of Bush’s nether-cavities has probably taken quite a bit of sheen off of that rose. You can only milk that Nam thng so much before many start waking up to the fact that there’s something really wrong with you if you lived through something like that and are continuously promoting something similar, or worse. Leap below the jump to witness the atrocities…

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Oct 08 2007

More on the wingnut angst…

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Continuing my theme this week of the impending slide of the religious right to the margins of irrelevancy where they belong (and that’s being kind), there was a NYT article yesterday that reiterated some of the points I’ve been touching on. Let’s hear it for the scholars:

Scholars who study the role of religion in politics now say it is possible that the Bush years were an anomaly and that evangelicals, of whom religious conservatives are only a subset, could find themselves back where they were before - divided among themselves and just one of many interest groups vying for attention.

One can certainly hope, eh? And a dimly lit light goes on in one of the brain cavities of one of the faithful:

“Beyond their cowardice, there’s an arrogance on the part of these candidates,” said Janet L. Folger, the president of Faith2Action, who helped organize the debate. “The arrogance is this: ‘We are just taking your votes for granted. You have nowhere else to go.’ “

The sad part is that it’s been this way from day one, even with St. Reagan, and these people are just too stupid to figure that part out. And the fact that they have nowhere else to go just makes me giddy, to be honest. And it closes with some words from radical cleric Rick Scarborough:

“It’s not about winning elections. It’s about honoring Christ.”

Good. If it’s really about honoring Christ, shut the hell up and stay home on election day. I can’t think of a better way, considering how so many of you have perverted the message of love into one of intolerance.

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Oct 05 2007

Wow, Fred Thompson really is like Reagan!

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I’m really having a laugh watching Grandpa Fred Thompson’s pathetic excuse of a campaign. Apparently there is much truth to this “southern-fried Reagan” meme that’s floating out there - he is indeed a  second-rate actor who really is a doddering, old, clueless dolt, just like Reagan. The latest: according to Grandpa Fred, the Soviet Union still exists, comrade! From The Right’s Field:

Radio Iowa’s Kay Henderson interviewed former Sen. Fred Thompson today, and she posted a partial transcript to her blog.

She asked him about Iran, and his answer included the statement, “I’m afraid that the Soviet Union & China are not ever going to do anything that’s going to hurt them that badly but we need to ratchet those up if at all possible.”

In several public speeches,Reagan cited an act of heroism in which a U.S. Navy pilot won the Congressional Medal of Honor. The incident he referred to was part of a movie, but Reagan remembered it as real life. Grandpa Fred also remembers things that never happened!  Also from the Right’s Field, this one’s from an interview about helping Chief Justice John Roberts get through his confirmation hearings::

The president called me up and asked me to help shepherd judge John Roberts’ nomination through the Senate confirmation process. I was honored that I got that call. I was honored that he thought I had enough friends on the Democratic side that they wouldn’t run me out of town!

We fought hard against each other, but I always thought that we had mutual respect. And that’s what it takes. Even though the other party controlled the Judiciary committee, we got some votes there. For a good, sound, what I would call conservative justice. [emphasis added]

Problem is, the GOP was in control of the Judiciary Committee at the time.. it was two years ago. Last I checked, the Dems have only been in control since January of this year.

I suspect that this guy is going to provide us with lot of laughs before it’s all over. And it’s all the more funny considering how many cons love this guy. Idiots, I tells ya’. Idiots.

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Oct 03 2007

Obama: More Audacity of Hype

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I’m pretty sour on the Obama campaign at this point of the juncture. I’m baffled about the hype. Liberal white guilt? Some so beaten by 7 years of Bush that they latch on to anyone selling “hope”? People that buy into the “American Dream” b.s. rhetoric? And Obama supporters are undoubtedly the most uncritical supporters of any candidate on this side of the aisle The guy can do no wrong in their eyes. It’s ridiculous, like he was Jim Jones or something. I tend not to like candidates that have that cult of personality thing going on, because if he wins, and pushes through bad legislation or ideas, his most ardent supporters are going to go along for the ride, unquestioning. We already have that with Bush. I don’t want it with Obama.

He’s positioned himself as the ‘change’ candidate, yet just about everything he talks about is middle-of-the-road, and play-it-safe. I really don’t think the word “bold” is in his eloquent vocabulary. And that’s what irks me so much… at this point in the game, we need a fighter, not someone who tries to be everything to everybody. There’s a war going on here, and I’m not talking about Iraq. So the only thing he’s got going for him in my eyes is that he’s not Hillary Clinton. Hardly a ringing endorsement.

I’ve been trying to avoid writing about the Presidential election, at least in terms of the Dems, because although the roster is certainly a bit stronger than it was in recent elections past, I still think they’re all a bunch of corporatist hacks to varying degrees. I suppose that they’d be an improvement over what we have now, but I’m not expecting any substantial move forward from any of them. Just look at Hillary’s new healthcare plan… it still includes the insurance companies as a major player. That’s like having guys who still beat their wives working on a task force to stop domestic violence.

Anyways, back to the hype. What prompted this little tirade is something in the WaPo this morning, about Obama going out and touting his antiwar speech from 2002. Now, Obama seems to forget that he’s also a Senator, and is in a position to raise a lot of hell, should he find those balls of his that are seemingly absent. He also fails to realize that by doing something bold in the Senate now, whether it be forcefully introducing some antiwar legislation or filibustering the living shit out of some toothless proposal, he will force the other candidates to step up their antiwar positioning as well. This ‘don’t have the votes’ crap is getting old. Although it may be true, there is no reason to give up the fight, because the more attention brought to it, the more the GOP owns the war, and therefore, the bloodier the bloodbath in November. This is incredibly significant, because there are two other candidates, Dodd and Clinton, who are active members of the Senate. It’d be so nice to see them trying to outmaneuver each other in the Senate to be the most antiwar candidate. Obama talks a good game about how he’ll end the war, if elected. Why do we have to wait? He has the power to throw a major wrench in the works and change the dialog, right now. But that requires courage, something that doesn’t seem to be in Obama’s character at this particular time. He’s too busy enthralling his uncritical supporters and trying not to offend anyone. Audacity of hype, indeed.

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