Truth is Unpatriotic!

So went the self-confessed "non-partisan" letters to Chicago Tribune complaining about a page one UNRETOUCHED photo of the fearless leader acting like an asshole in the company of Kofi Anan. Embracing his few dozen "patriots", the columnist still made a shocking admission:
"it amounted to a Page 1
editorial in which George W. Bush was being labeled an idiot and a clown,
unsuited to the presidency.

There may be a place for that in the newspaper, but it's not Page 1.

Threats? What threats? No One Threatened Me!" - Irony is Alive and Well

Daschle told reporters that the "very shrill edge" taken on by many radio and television talks show hosts has turned
politics into entertainment and can spark an emotional response in people.

"What happens when (radio talk show host) Rush Limbaugh attacks those of us in public life is that people aren't
satisfied just to listen," the South Dakota Democrat explained. "They want to act because they get emotionally
invested. And so, you know, the threats to those of us in public life go up dramatically, on our families and on us, in
a way that's very disconcerting."

Daschle, whose office was a target in last year's anthrax mail attacks, declined to go into detail about the nature of
the threats. But he said that when he was accused by Republicans of being an obstructionists the number of threats
against him and his family rose.



Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott when asked about Daschle's remarks said he did not agree that political
discussion had taken on a shrill edge for entertainment purposes and was not aware of any increase in the number
of threats.

The Illusion of Democracy is Getting really Thin

Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman of
> Alabama conceded the contested
> Alabama race to his GOP opponent, giving up on
> what would have been a
> protracted legal battle. Why? We'll never
> really know. What we DO know is
> that Siegelman won on election night, some 4000
> of his votes vanished by next
> morning (just enough to put the Republican in
> the lead), and a recount was
> not allowed. Familiar?
>
. Never
> forget Alabama. Never get over Florida.

Oh, No! Not Faux News! Who says that Irony is Dead?


In an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bob
Steele, director of the journalism ethics program at the Poynter
Institute in St. Petersburg, FL, said: "Journalists should not
be in the business of advising presidents. ... If Roger Ailes is
sending messages to the president, it raises legitimate
questions about his journalistic leadership. ... How can he
guide the Fox News coverage in a professional and fair way when
he has brought his personal voice and view into the story in a
significant way?"

Dear DNC


They had "an enormously popular pResident" campaigning for them?!?!!!! I

am very unconvinced of this fact. However, if that were the truth, IT
WAS YOUR JOB TO MAKE THE NAZI MORON ENORMOUSLY UNPOPULAR. Way to fire
up your bases! How about the "computer glitches in the vote counts? How

about DNC's inability to connect with the grassroots - the pick of a
candidate in Florida, the failure to use the Question Mark campaign?
Keep this loser mentality up - it was the wrong thing to do after we won

in 2000 and it's the wrong thing to do now. I donated, I worked for you
spreading some messages (although I spread mostly my own - less watered
down), I defended you against the grassroots who are fed up with you,
but your pandering to the fascist junta is wearing me down too. Are you
ever going to become the opposition?

"They had the Advantage of an Enormously Popular President Campaigning for Them"

Is this an RNC tract? No. Is this a mediawhores regurgitation of GOP talking points? Wrong again. This is actually an election analysis that DNC - right - DNC sends to theis faithful. I suppose that this "We're not worthy" loser scream us ultimately paud by me (well, the campaigning of the "Enormously..." was also paid by me, but not willingly). So, this is how the DNC fires their bases. Gee, I don't remember EVER Clinton being called that. And he was actually elected. Twice.

Dear Garrison Keilor (Salon Article: Minnesota Shame)

Dear Garrison Keilor

started writing you to thank you for the moving tribute to Paul Wellstone.
My first thought was: how befitting it is that such a man like him has
someone of your caliber and eloquence to do him justice.
Unfortunately, I arrived to this paragraph buried in your otherwise
wonderful article:
"

> Paul Wellstone identified passionately with people at the bottom, people in trouble, people in the
> rough. He was an old-fashioned Democrat who felt more at home with the rank and file than with
> the rich and famous. (Bill Clinton, examine your conscience.)
>

Now, I am one of those people at the bottom, in trouble, in the rough who
hobnobbed with Bill Clinton. So was Paul Welstone's cancer riddled friend
who got Bill Clinton's undivided attention at the end of a long day (at
Paul's request). Some Harlem residents would beg to differ with you.
For you to say that Bill Clinton doesn't care about people is to pander to
your attackers. For you to ask Bill Clinton to examine his conscience is to
say to your detractors: "Please, allow me to eulogize the dead guy, I'll
deliver you the live one instead"
So, Maybe after all, Paul Wellstone deserves better. He deserves to be
eulogized by nobodies like me or the ones at his memorial who will not sell
out Wellstone's party for the rights to a soap box.
Sincerely,

The Daily News published my Trifecta Letter of 11/8/02 on 11/14/02!

No one called or anything, someone who read it just told me. Here's the letter again:

Now that Mr. Bush got his trifecta - all branches of government in his hands - I
trust that
everything will be right with the world.
Without the Democratic gridlock the economy will pick up and the budget will be
balanced
again.
Now that Clinton is no longer corrupting the business world with his personal
example, I trust
that ethics will reign, the corporate malfeance (sic) will be history and Ken Lay
and his friends
will be brought to justice.
Now that the unpatriotic Democrats can no longer sabotage Homeland Security I
trust Osama
Bin Ladin and the anthrax mailer will be finally caught.
Now that the 90's binges are over the market will go up and all the candidates
who promised
they won't privatize Social Security will keep their word.
And you, the liberal media will report each and every one of these miracles.

Again with Osama?


WASHINGTON--Now that Osama bin Laden is thought to be alive and threatening
more attacks, the Senate's top Democrat said Thursday the administration's
inability to catch the al-Qaida leader raises questions about ''whether or not we
are winning the war on terror.''

''We can't find bin Laden. We haven't made real progress'' in finding key
elements of al-Qaida, said Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.). ''They
continue to be as great a threat today as they were 1-1/2 years ago. So by what
measure can we claim to be successful so far?''

Asked about it at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ducked the
question of whether the United States was winning the war. He also refused to
speculate on whether bin Laden was dead or alive in light of the release this
week of a threatening audiotape thought to have come from the al-Qaida
leader.

''The answer is yes, he is alive or dead,'' Rumsfeld said.

The questions irked White House aides, too, as spokesman Scott McClellan
refused to say whether President Bush and his team were frustrated by the
failure to find bin Laden.

Gay Translators Promptly Fired


To which Paul Begala said on Crossfire, "If we spread the word that Osama bin Laden is gay,
they would have him in a minute!"

Censored from Gore's inrerview with Barbara Walters


WALTERS: I'm not sure that people realize that while
you were in the
residence of the Vice President there were crowds of
people outside
screaming at you. What was that all about?

AL GORE: Well, this was the Republican response to
what was happening
during that 36-day period, and they organized
busloads of people that
came and stood outside the house all day and all
night screaming at the
top of their lungs.

WALTERS: What, "Get out!"?

TIPPER GORE: Things like that, yes, and, and
sometimes … things that
we don't want to say on your program, and, some
people saw that they
were buses from "churches," but it was organized

A Democratic Hero was Defeated by a Chickenhawk


''(Bush) supported a man, for example, in Georgia who was,
well, the best way to put it,
was a draft dodger who attacked Senator (Max) Cleland on his
patriotism,'' Leahy said.
''And the president joined in that.''

Osama Bin Laden Status Today: Alive

Just in time for the Homeland Security union busting police state thingy. Aren't you glad that our fearless leader after saying: "I will not rest until I'll bring him to justice" took a month off to Crawford, than 2 more campaigning and replaced Bun Laden with Saddam? Wasn't it a clever ruse to make Bin Laden pop up again? I am so proud!

18.181 This is the Magic Number in Comal County. Tx

3 Different GOP candidates had this very number of votes. More oddities: 2000+ Democrats voted for a Dem candidate for Lt Governor but NOT for Governor or Senate.

Thug Humor

"Will we get oil drilling in Alaska? Would Vermont's Mount Snow be a good spot for the
national depository of nuclear waste? Could that controversial bombing range in Puerto
Rico be moved to Lake Champlain? Will Mr. Jeffords still have an office when he returns
to Washington?"
Trent Lott on a radio show

Dems lost 5 seats (House+Senate), 2 plane-wreck related:"


This past Tuesday, the Dems lost five seats in Congress, House and
Senate combined. And two of those losses were plane wreck-related; Mondale lost a
five-day campaign, and Jean Carnahan—her late husband’s replacement—almost
won despite the fact that she was running her first campaign. Has such an election
ever been described as a “rout” or “debacle?”
A little needed perspective from the Daily Howler

Democrats outdrew Republicans in the Senate vote

Out of the 41.5 million votes cast, 52.6% were Democratic and 47.4 were Republican. So, about that Bush* mandate...nevermind.

My trifecta letter (to Daily News):

Now that Mr. Bush got his trifecta - all branches of government in his hands - I trust that
everything will be right with the world.
Without the Democratic gridlock the economy will pick up and the budget will be balanced
again.
Now that Clinton is no longer corrupting the business world with his personal example, I trust
that ethics will reign, the corporate malfeance (sic) will be history and Ken Lay and his friends
will be brought to justice.
Now that the unpatriotic Democrats can no longer sabotage Homeland Security I trust Osama
Bin Ladin and the anthrax mailer will be finally caught.
Now that the 90's binges are over the market will go up and all the candidates who promised
they won't privatize Social Security will keep their word.
And you, the liberal media will report each and every one of these miracles.

Bush*'s Reign Day One: Bubonic Plague

Really. The Dark Ages are here, symbolism and all.

America stood at the crossroads


Joined hands with the devil, and walked down the road to oblivion.
Bartizen wisdom

It Is Always the Darkest...Before It gets Completely Black

Whatever determined these elections results, the Middle Ages are upon us. War, fanaticism, fleecing of the peasants. let's just hope we'll make it to Renaissance.

White House Lowers Expectations

Says Moonie Times and makes an extraordinary acknowledgement (best kept secret):
"Should Democrats defy predictions and pick up seats in the House,
that would be the
first time in history that any party has gained seats four elections in
a row.

Of Course, if They Lose, This will Not Be Mentioned Again


"The unifying theme in tomorrow's elections is the omnipresent president. Hopping
about the country in his government jet, George W. Bush has turned disparate local
races into a me-me referendum. His eagerness is amazing, or at least it should be
... on domestic policy he started off rocky and remains so."

Sebastian Mallaby
Washington Post

Mondale vs Coleman

This is the debate I wanted to hear between Gore vs Bush. Coleman said ALL THE W lines - a little better than W - but Mondale refuted them mercilessly. "You are not listening, Norman"

Minnesota, The Straight Story
By Marc Ash
t r u t h o u t | Perspective

Friday, 1 November, 2002

"We Will Win"
- Sheila Wellstone in a hand written message to her husband days before their
death.

On Tuesday night one week before election day, at University of Minnesota's
Williams Arena, the memorial service held for Senator Paul Wellstone and those
who died with him became a political rally -- and what a beauty it was.

There has been a lot of talk about whether it was "appropriate" to turn the service
into a political rally; many said they were angry about that. Don't buy it. It wasn't
anger - it was fear.

The C-SPAN cameras showed frequent images of prominent political figures in the
crowd, faces we all know. But it's not those faces that the industry lobbyists and
their political cronies have to worry about. It's the faces you didn't recognize.
Those are the ones that sent a jolt of fear through all who now raise their voices in
protest.

Faces of young Minnesotans with tears streaming down their faces over the loss of
one man -- Paul Wellstone -- who they knew in their hearts fought for them. Faces
of the backbone of the heartland clearly etched in anguish over the loss of one
man -- Paul Wellstone -- who gave his life to change things for the better. Faces
filled with rage and resolve over the loss of one man -- Paul Wellstone -- who said
'No, This Senate Seat is Not For Sale!'

When Paul's sons David and Mark, and his friend Rick Kahn, exhorted that crowd
to carry on his work, it was not a premeditated act by shrewd politicians. This was
three young men, their eyes filled with tears over the loss of a Father, a role
model, a mentor who said, 'No we will not let what Paul Wellstone fought for die
with him.'

Yes, it became a political rally. But it was much, much more than that. It became
what a political rally is supposed to be: A grassroots groundswell for fundamental
political change in this country. It became an agenda for reclaiming government
for the people. It became a rallying cry for American unity.

When these young men spoke with voices raw and unpolished, 20 thousand
citizens leapt to their feet and said; 'Unite -- join hands across the nation -- take
back our government!'

These are the words of Rick Kahn, Mark Wellstone and Tom Harkin that shook the
state of Minnesota:

We're gonna' organize, We're gonna' organize, We're gonna' organize!

We will win, We will win, We will win!

For Paul, For Paul, For Paul!
http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/11.02A.ma.minn.htm

The World is His Oyster


"I need to be able to move the right people to the right place at the right time to
protect you, and I'm not going to accept a lousy bill out of the United Nations Senate."
—South Bend, Ind., Oct. 31, 2002

Byrd on What's At Stake


“The people should elect a Democratic Senate and House of
Representatives in order
to keep the brakes on a jingoistic, saber-rattling,
power-hungry administration headed
by multimillionaires from corporate boardrooms,”

Pataki - No Show at the Debate; Golisano to make Important Announcement

It seemed today that Golisano will indeed drop from the race and endorse McCall. If I read them well during today's debate that is.

The Ghouls from the Right are Joined by the Ghouls from the Left

Even though Halloween is gone, the full scale attack in the media on Wellstone's funeral continues (we'll laugh about it some day, I'm sure). Peggy Noonan goes so far as to channel Wellstone himself in order to admonish his family and friends that they have "no class". The etiquette arbiters have decided that only Hillary Clinton can be booed with impunity at a memorial (9.11) while doing same to Trent Lott amounts to a "debacle" Jesse Ventura felt so "used" that he wants to appoint a garbage man to Wellstone's seat as an act revenge against the mourners ("we Navy Seals don't get mad, we get even"). And the Green candidate for senate - the guy who pulled buggers from his nose during the debate? He's also appalled about the political tone of the memorial.

GOP, Coleman, media run now against...the Wellstone Memorial

All day long the PR media got their knickers in a bunch over the Wellstone Memorial being "over the top" "too partisan". Jesse Ventura said something about Dems having to be ashames and this stupid quote was on the screens non-stop. As someone said, not having Wellstone to campaign against, they attack his memorial. Pathetic.

No One Wore the Senator Title Better or Used it Less

Said Harkin of Wellstone at last night's memorial which gathered the best and brightest. One could almost see his spirit soaring above us all and then the eagle story confirmed it: David Wellstone spoke of an eagle being spotted when Wellstone visited an Indian reservation and how it was said that it was a good omen. An eagle was present at the crash site - maybe we all needed his fighting spirit - he'll be our battle cry now.

Bush won't go to Wellstone funeral, Chenney is disinvited.Newt's lies revealed

Ari was citing history to legitimize Bush's absence from Wellstone's memorial (guess no one told that to Clinton so he went to Chaffe's).Bush* does plan to go to Minnesota a few days after, to campaign.
And, disgusted with the GOP attacks on Mondale before he even announced he'd run, the family asked Chenney to not bother to show up.

Poor GOP, they Hafta Smear

Not even waiting until Wellstone was burried or Mondale actually announced his candidacy,
Newtie was on the talk show circuit, spreading lies about him being for "privatizing Social
Security". Howard Kurtz from Washington Post defends this:
"Can Republicans be expected to say nothing while the Democrats try to ride
Wellstone's memory to victory?"

Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wellstone:

While he may have stood alone sometimes on the Senate Floor, we all respected his convictions. On October 15th, at the close of his last debate, Senator Wellstone said, "I don't represent the pharmaceutical companies, I don't represent the big oil companies, I don't represent the big health insurance industry, I don't represent the big financial institutions. But you know what, I represent the people of Minnesota."
That may be his most fitting tribute--the way he represented the people from the state he so deeply loved. He did it so well, according to his principles, and he will be sorely missed.

Bush: "My condoleances for the loss of the Senate"

Paging Dr Freud.
The way the White House transcripts are cleaning this one up is...by pretending that the Chinese guy said it:
"
PRESIDENT JIANG: Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen. I just
learned that one plane crashed. I would like to express my deep
condolences for the loss of the Senate. And also I would like to
express my condolences to the bereaved family.

Statement about Paul Wellstone

Paul Wellstone was one a kind. He was a man of principle and conviction, in a
world that has too little of either. He was dedicated to helping the little guy, in a
business dominated by the big guys. We who had the privilege of working with him
hope that he will be remembered as he lived everday as a champion for people.

His family was the center of his life and it breaks our hearts that his wife of 39
years and his daughter Marcia were with him. Our prayers are with Mark and David
and the grandchildren he and Sheila cherished so much.

http://www.wellstone.org/

Senator Wellstone Killed

The one true liberal voice in the senate is silenced. I don't know if I am more saddened than scared.

Bush Sr says Bush* is Facing the Greatest Problems since Lincoln

due to the shadowy nature of the terrorism. He even implies FDR had it easy in comparison. Now, there's nothing new about terrorism and there's no terrorist today that Poppy didn't prop up yesterday. It's nice to see that the grandiosity runs in the family. So, I guess, somehow the Churchill/ FDR metaphors didn't stick. Oh, well, a civil war was one thing I did not expect...

Rush Limbaugh Misses the Days of Fixing Zogby Polls

In his show and on his website, a hurt Rush is accusing Zogby of "shucking and jiving his polls for the Democrats" (he doesn't seem to like the latest numbers). That is inexcusable since in the past Rush waxes nostalgic about, he got to ask some of the questions in those polls. Must have been the time Zogby was busted by the village Voice for blatant GOP bias. That's OK, Rush. I don't believe those numbers either.

White House hid the North Korean Nuke Info from Senate

Tom Daschle found out from the newspapers and not even Trent Lott was deemed reliable enough to be told. The chickenhawks in charge assure us that no matter what Korea already has, we go after what Iraq might develop. And in the meanwhile Bush* is fundraising at taxpayers expense.

Rightwingers giddy with the thought of raping and pillaging US (before they get to do it to Iraq)


With the elections 16 days away, Michael G. Franc, the Heritage Foundation's vice
president of government relations, said the mood among business lobbyists and
economic conservatives is "guarded optimism, bordering on giddiness." He said they
are laying plans to take swift advantage if Republicans complete the triple crown of
the White House, the House and the Senate. "It's the domestic equivalent of
planning for postwar Iraq," Franc said.

We Attack Iraq because They might get Nukes. Korea has Them, Because...


BBC News:
"President George W Bush waived the Framework's requirement
that North Korea
allow inspectors to ensure it has not hidden away any
weapons-grade plutonium from
the original reactors.

It has systematically refused to allow International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA)
inspectors into its nuclear facility at the Yongbyon
research base north of the capital."

Dick Cheney: End the War with Iraq (1991)



Defense Secretary Dick Cheney defends the decision to end the war. "If you're going
to go in and try to topple Saddam Hussein," Cheney said, "you have to go to
Baghdad. Once you've got Baghdad, it's not clear what you do with it. It's not clear
what kind of government you would put in place of the one that's currently there now.
Is it going to be a Shia regime, a Sunni regime or a Kurdish regime? Or one that tilts
toward the Baathists, or one that tilts toward the Islamic fundamentalists? How much
credibility is that government going to have if it's set up by the United States military
when it's there? How long does the United States military have to stay to protect the
people that sign on for that government, and what happens to it once we leave?"

Backing Down from UN "Use of Force" Demands? Maybe Not

Earlier in the day, AP got this startling piece of news:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
    UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 17 —   Amid a continuing and often contentious U.N.
debate on Iraq on Thursday, the United States appeared to back down from its
demands for a U.N. resolution authorizing military force against Iraq. Diplomats told
the Associated Press that the U.S. is now floating a compromise that would
drop the
tough wording explicitly threatening Iraq. They said France is studying the new offer.
The French had opposed the threat of force in the original U.S. draft proposal."

By now, FAUX News says that US diplomats are strongly denying any backing down. Considering the source, more reliable sources are needed. But it's gettin interesting.  

Noelle Gets 10 Days in Jail

Just as Uncle W is in Florida to rescue Jeb's failing campaign, Noelle got her slap on the wrist in the presence of her aunt. Her family values parents did not attend - I guess they met their quota for the month of felons to be photographed with. An entry on the Free Republic board: "When will these people realize that crime and drugs do not pay? Sorry, freepers, I thought this was a thread about Clinton's brother."
Of course, while Noelle was cuffed in court, the Bush brothers were campaigning being photographed with cute little children in an elementary school. Other people's children.

War is Peace

" Either of the two
Bushes would have
been more deserving
of the Nobel award
than Carter"
So writes Michael Kelly viciously showing the propaganda media's bias. According to him, the war on Iraq and the one on Afghanistan entitles his favorite dynasty to peace prizes.(because, the effects of war outlast those of peace )

Bush on Economy: 'Saddam must be overthrown'

WASHINGTON, DC—Amid growing concerns about the faltering stock market and
deepening recession, President Bush vowed to tackle the nation's economic woes
head-on Tuesday, assuring the American people that he "will not rest" until Saddam
Hussein is removed from power."

OK, it's the Onion, but once again, they got it.

Let the Drunks Drive, Forgive Iraqui Torturers, NRA Rules!

Such is the stuff of Doug Forrester's old editorials in New York Times. This is too easy!
"Guns do
nothing. Drunk driving
do nothing, Terrorism do nothing. He's do-nothing Doug."

(Lautemberg campaign comment)

More Devious Plans that were Supposed to Stay Secret

WASHINGTON -- A
White House intern
"mistakenly"
forwarded to dozens
of Hispanic leaders an
e-mail that described
the Senate's senior
Democrat as
"doddering old Bob
Byrd, the senile
senator from West
Virginia," an
administration
spokeswoman has
told The Denver Post.

Senator Byrd's Concluding Remarks

this country of ours - who have urged me to keep up the fight.  I am only one
Senator from a small state, yet in the past week I have received nearly
20,000 telephone calls and nearly 50,000 e-mails supporting my position.

I want all of those people across America who took the time to contact me to
know how their words have heartened me and sustained me in my efforts to turn
the tide of opinion in the Senate. They are my heroes, and I will never
forget the remarkable courage and patriotism that reverberated in the fervor
of their messages.


I say to the people of America, to those who have encouraged me and others to
uphold the principles of the Constitution, keep up the fight.  Keep fighting
for what is right.  Let your voices be heard.  I will always listen to you,
and I hope that the President will begin to listen to you.  May God bless you
in your endeavors.>>

From Rep Pete Stark address in Congress:


"You know, three years ago in December, Molly Ivins, an observer of Texas politics, wrote: 'For an upper-class white
boy, Bush comes on way too hard. At a guess, to make up for being an upper-class white boy.'

"'Somebody,' she said, 'should be worrying about how all this could affect his handling of future encounters with some
Saddam Hussein.' How prophetic, Ms. Ivins.

"Let us not forget that our president -- our commander in chief -- has no experience with, or knowledge of, war. In fact, he
admits that he was at best ambivalent about the Vietnam War. He skirted his own military service and then failed to serve
out his time in the National Guard. And, he reported years later that at the height of that conflict in 1968 he didn't notice
'any heavy stuff going on.'"

Gore Would Have Voted "No" on the Iraq Resolution

Al Gore, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2000, would not have supported
the use-of-force resolution passed by the House or Senate, said spokesman Jano
Cabrera. Several members of Congress considering a run for president voted for
the resolution giving President Bush the authority to use force if necessary
to disarm Iraq.

"While (Gore) respects those who do support the resolution, he feels the
strategy chosen by the president is a serious mistake," Cabrera said. "The
president's strategy confuses the threat posed by Iraq, which is serious
indeed, and the threat posed by Osama, which is both serious and imminent."

Elections News:

Mike Taylor: "I'm going home, Dems made me look gay" Simon"I am sorry I was caught lying about Davis, but it's not my fault and I won't apologize" Jeb: "My devious plans were supposed to be secret" Ganske: "How dare they find out what a jerk I am?" Forrester: "I want to run against the invisible opponent"

Congress Gives Bush* the Right to Conquer the World.

Robert Byrd:

How have we gotten to this low point in the history of Congress? Are
we too feeble to resist the demands of a president who is determined
to bend the collective will of Congress to his will — a president
who is changing the conventional understanding of the term
"self-defense"? And why are we allowing the executive to rush our
decision-making right before an election?

Harken used Enron-like Fraudulent Tactics - Bush* Personally Approved Them

When asked last summer if he approved the phony schemes to cover Harken's debt, Bush dismissed the reporters with a "You'll have to check the minutes for that". To everyone's surprise, some students did just that and found Bush*s personal role in the fraud as well as a very strange use of the Harvard's alumni money by bailing out a certain failing Harken CEO who now preaches corporate responsibility..Of course, the family friendly SEC still doesn't disclose their investigation that has been put on ice.

Memo to McBride Campaign: Pay Attention!!!!

> * Also during the meeting, Bush said he wants to give the Legislature the
> power to set teachers' salaries, bypassing locally elected school boards. He
> acknowledged the move was a ``philosophical reversal'' away from the
> Republican mantra for local control, and that he didn't wish to discuss the
> change publicly until after the election

SCOTUS Alowws NJ to Have an Election; It's the Economy Stupid!

The Supreme Court decided that it will not impose a one party election on New Jersey.
A NYT/CBS poll reveals that people care about the economy not war (as election issue) and, moreover they don't want war (as yesterday's protests indicated. Bush*'s speech on war tonight won't be on any network - guess they need to take the bloopers out first.

Jebbie also Revealed Devious Plan of Pitting Children against Seniors

At the same meeting, Jebbie boasted his "devious plan" of defeating a popular class reduction amendment by saying that to pay for it, he'd have to cut nursing home funds.
His only defense: "I thought the meeting was private" In other words, this was supposed to be a SECRET devious plan!

Jebbie Caught Laughing at the Missing Child Family

Thinking no one was watching, Jeb Bush let his hair down with the panhandle wingnuts and told them "the juicy details" about Rylia Willson's caretakers. It amused him greately that they were 2 women, therefore they had to be lesbians (in reality, sisters). Rylia Willson would be 6 this Sunday and Jeb's Child services lost her...
This family has always found the idea of responsibility hillarious...

Voter's Rights vs. Predictability

That was the debate in the New Jersey Supreme Court yesterday, with the GOP being consistent in their attack on voting rights by trying to ensure their out of touch candidate an race free pf opposition - the one party "elections". All 7 Judges went for voting rights. Interestingly, the Greens and the Libertarians joined the "Predictability" war on voters. So now, it's on to SCOTUS. Will Scalia engineer the take-over yet again. or will Souter stop this before it becomes Coup Part Deux?

Helen Thomas: Why is a Family Grudge Part of the US Policy?


Q Why is a family grudge included in the official paper that states our position on war
and peace?

MR. FLEISCHER: Helen, if you're referring to an attempt to assassinate a former
United States President, which Iraq tried to do when former President Bush went to
Kuwait --

Q Does that justify killing thousands of people in Iraq?

MR. FLEISCHER: Helen, I think it's also why former President Clinton responded to
that assassination attempt with four days of Cruise missile strikes against Iraq,
because an attempt to assassinate a former United States President --

Q So this is a repetition to try again, for that reason?

MR. FLEISCHER: I think the President cited multiple reasons why Saddam Hussein is
a menace and a threat.

Q But you people are acting like this is a conversion to democracy by the sword. How
can you -- I mean, are you going to kill all these people, to get democracy?

Jeb protests too much

The Florida's newspaper is calling us conspiracy nuts as advancing a curious explanation about Jeb having the faces on a screen with the names queued.
"

McBride spokesman Alan Stonecipher, who called
Putney after getting a phone
call from a viewer about the Fran-Sylvia
connection, said his candidate did not
recall seeing the queued-up names and faces,
but he accepts the explanation."

Oh, so Jebbie had his own very special monitor - now I am convinced!

Jebbie cheated on the debate too?

Bartcoppers think so, and the story has legs. Here's how Conason puts it:

"Either Jeb Bush has extraordinary psychic powers, or he learned something he
shouldn't have known before last Friday's Florida Network gubernatorial debate. The
McBride campaign is wondering why the governor knew the name of a citizen
questioner before her turn came -- because under the rules of the debate at WJXT, the
Jacksonville TV station, neither candidate was supposed to be told anything in
advance."

Taking "Yes" for an answer is hard for GOP

As Joe Conason comments in his Salon diary:
Just four days ago, Republican senatorial candidate Douglas Forrester demanded
that Bob Torricelli step down. "Mr. Torricelli has disgraced himself and New Jersey,"
he said. "The people of New Jersey deserve better. I reiterate my call for Mr.
Torricelli to resign his office and apologize to the people of New Jersey." But before
Torricelli decided to follow his rival's advice, Forrester's friends began whining."

That sounds familiar. Kinda like when Bush asked UN to make Saddam allow inspections. Then when Saddam did just that....

Bush Adviser: I Wish Clinton Were Still President

Even loyalists are increasingly restless. A
well-placed Bush political adviser ticked off
the triple-digit losses in his personal stock
portfolio yesterday and couldn't help blurting
out...

"As an investor, I wish Bill Clinton was still
President," he moaned.

"The Guy Who Tried to Kill My Dad"

Bush* referred to Saddam this way in a speech 2 days ago. Add to that Bush Sr's "I have nothing but hatred for Saddam" and one doesn't have to look any further for a casus belli. The dynasty hath spoken.

Bush: Terrorists support Unions


Bush: Terrorists Want Rules, Regulations
President Critical Of Union Protections

HOUSTON -- President Bush says terrorists want "a lot of rules and regulations" at the
Homeland Security Department . . .
At a fund-raiser in Texas tonight, he claimed the sort of union protections the
Democrat-controlled Senate wants to preserve for federal employees are already
hampering homeland security efforts.

Interestingly enough the text of the statement, article was subsequently scrubbed by replacing terrorists with...Democrats.

What a Difference Two years Make



President Clinton announces another record surplus- Sept 27,2000
http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/27/clinton.surplus/

President Clinton announces another record budget surplus
From CNN White House Correspondent Kelly Wallace

September 27, 2000
Web posted at: 4:51 p.m. EDT (2051 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Clinton announced Wednesday that the federal
budget surplus for fiscal year 2000 amounted to at least $230 billion, making it
the largest in U.S. history and topping last year's record surplus of $122.7 billion.

"Eight years ago, our future was at risk," Clinton said Wednesday morning.
"Economic growth was low, unemployment was high, interest rates were high, the
federal debt had quadrupled in the previous 12 years. When Vice President Gore
and I took office, the budget deficit was $290 billion, and it was projected this year
the budget deficit would be $455 billion."

NYT: "Borders on Un-American"

The Bush administration has to recognize the
legitimate concerns of lawmakers who do not want to give the president a blank check to wage
war wherever he wants in the region and without any initial steps being taken to try to avoid a
conflict. Casting slurs on the patriotism of anyone who raises a question is unfair and borders
on un-American.

Daschle:"Appologize to the Democrats, Mr pResident!"

"Now, even the president. The
president
is quoted in ``The Washington Post'' this morning as saying that
Democratic--the
Democratic-controlled Senate is not interested in the security of the
American
people. Not interested in the security of the American people? You tell
Senator
Inoue he is not interested in the security of the American people. You
tell those
who fought in Vietnam and in World War II they are not interested in the
security
of the American people. That is outrageous--outrageous.

The president ought to apologize to Senator Inoue and every veteran who
fought in
every war who is a Democrat in the United States Senate. He ought to
apologize to
the American people. That is wrong. We ought not politicize this war. We
ought
not to politicize the rhetoric about war in life and death.

Gore on Civil Rights


Far more damaging, however, is the Administration’s attack on fundamental constitutional
rights. The idea that an American citizen can be imprisoned without recourse to judicial process
or remedies, and that this can be done on the say-so of the President or those acting in his
name, is beyond the pale, it's Un-American!

Gore on Bush*'s Bait and Switch:


"I don’t think that we should allow anything to diminish our focus on avenging the 3,000
Americans who were murdered and dismantling the network of terrorists who we know to be
responsible for it. The fact that we don’t know where they are should not cause us to focus
instead on some other enemy whose location may be easier to identify."
also:
"Great nations
persevere and then prevail. They do not jump from one unfinished task to another

Plenty of Support

"The Bush administration said today there is a lot of support for us to
attack Iraq. Exxon, Mobil, Texaco, Chevron, they're all lining up."
—Jay Leno

Happy Birthday, Ava!

"We've Connected all the Dots"

Funny that Rumsfield should use this rhetoric in Congress today speaking of Iraq ("no smoking gun, but...") just as the congressional investigation on 9.11 concludes that there was enough evidence of an attack. So, let's see, they obstruct the 9.11 investigation of how they fail to connect the dots there, but we are supposed to trust them this time? I don't think so, Homey don't play that!

"That extremely convenient cop-out was most absurdly expressed by Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld, who has declared that "absence of evidence" of weapons of mass
destruction in Iraq should not be considered "evidence of absence." as Robert Scheer comments

8,600 Dem Votes Thrown Away this Elections in Only 2 Counties!

"Over the last week, about 7,500 votes in Miami-Dade
County and about 1,100 in Broward County were found to
have been uncounted in the hours after the polls
closed. "
This was the afterthought last paragraph in an article about Reno conceding.

IRAQ AGREES TO WEAPONS INSPECTIONS; CHENEY BEGS
THEM TO RECONSIDER

Don’t Make Any Hasty Decisions, Vice President Urges
Saddam

Just minutes after the government of Iraq agreed to the unconditional
return of U.N. weapons inspectors, Vice President Dick Cheney urged the
Iraqis to reconsider their decision.

“Let’s not be too hasty about this,” Mr. Cheney urged the Iraqi
government. “You could be making a huge mistake here, guys.”

Mr. Cheney added that accepting weapons inspectors back into their
country was a “big decision” and encouraged the Iraqis to “sleep on it.”

But hours after Mr. Cheney begged the Iraqis to reconsider, Iraqi
strongman Saddam Hussein released an official statement of his own,
leaving little doubt that he intended to stick with his decision.

“Not only am I sure that I want the weapons inspectors to come back to
Iraq,” Saddam’s statement read, “but I am totally stoked about it.”
More at borowitzreport.com

Did We Say Weapons Inspections? Oops!What We Meant Was..."

After the huddle, Bush*&comp responded:"
This is not a matter of inspections. It is about disarmament of Iraq's weapons of mass
destruction and the Iraqi regime's compliance with all other Security Council resolutions."
See there, we didn't say "regime change" no more, but inspections - we really didn't mean inspections. What we really meant was, uh...disarmament! Yeah, that's the ticket!

Saddam Hussein Allows UNCONDITIONAL UN Inspections

According to AP "
There was no immediate response from the White House. Top Bush aides huddled after
Annan's announcement,
preparing a response"
Why the hudle? If indeed our national security is at stake, shouldn't we send inspectors right away? Shouldn't Bush* boast his victory now? Nah, too little, too far from the elections...Operation "Enduring Poll Numbers" needs rethinking...

911 Revealed the Beauty in Us that makes Democracy Possible

From Bill Moyers commentary on NOW


They win only if we let them; only if we become like them: vengeful,
imperious, intolerant, paranoid, invoking a God of wrath. Having lost faith
in themselves, they have nothing left but a holy cause. They win, if we
become holy warriors, too; if in trying to save democracy, we destroy it; if
we strike first, murdering innocent people as they did; if we show contempt
for how others see us; exploit patriotism to increase privilege; confuse
power for the law, secrecy for security; and if we permit our leaders to use
our fear of terrorism to make us afraid of the truth.

What, then, can I say to my colleague, to myself, to all of us who survivors,
tempted to keep sitting there, in the chair by the window. Just this: we are
vulnerable - not only to the fear of them but to our own shaken faith. And
this, remember not only the terror but the beauty revealed that day — when
through the smoke and fire we glimpsed the humankindness - the heroism,
sacrifice, and compassion - of ordinary people who did the best of things in
the worst of times. I say — this beauty in us is real. It makes democracy
possible, and no terrorist can take it from us. Remembering this, one year
later, we can praise the mutilated world and get on with our work.

Democracy is our work, and there is much to do - if we are to keep it.

Cheney on War: "The Sooner, the Better"

Appearing on the extremist Rush Limbaugh Show, the former Halliburton CEO told the host that in mere weeks we'd be invading. I guess he must have left some personal belongings in his Halliburton office in Bagdad that need retrieving (also supoenas and elections are a-coming).
After that, they proceeded to trash the Democrats questioning anything about the war as "unpatriotic", conveniently leaving out the growing number of high profile Republicans who are against the war as well

Flori-duh

Yesterday, a manhunt-cum Jeb Bush press conference took place, spurred by a tasteless joke of some students threatening to blow up Miami.
In other news, the primaries led to recounts that found such dismal fraud as 80 counties reporting only under 2000 votes for 31,000 registered Democrats. Some of them went all the way, registering absolutely NO vote. I thought after the electoral reform, Jeb said all problems are over.
More Flori-duh news, Katherine "I applied the law" Harris was "forgiven" for "not knowing the law" in her own case and she is now the GOP nominee for the district carved especially for her.
Also, Noelle Bush's crack-cocaine hearings have been postponed.

Dear Loved One of Victim(s) of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack
on the World Trade Center: by Barry Crimmins

Please don't make any plans for the first anniversary of the massacre
of your dearly departed because we have an exciting day scheduled just
for you! Wear comfortable shoes!

Here's what we're going to do:

Bring you back to the pit that now marks the scene of the crime!

Give you a ringside seat as we lengthen the Valley of the Shadow of
Death and turn it into a made-for TV carnival, starring YOU!!

Make you sit through an endless ceremony! (The kids/orphans will love
it!)

Retraumatize you by making sure there is a heavily armed, militaristic
vibe at all times!

PLEASE NOTE: After the ceremony, you'll be expected to mill around for
several more hours as you wait to have your picture taken with the
trained chimp whose negligence and stupidity were essential elements in
the success of the crime committed against your loved one! Please
depart promptly after your photo is taken because we have to have the
area cleared by 9PM so that NBC's "Fear Factor" can shoot a very
special Ground Zero edition.

Please accept our gratitude for complying with this assault on your
privacy and dignity.

With warmest regards,

America, the Carnivorous

PS- Thank goodness you are still in shock or you would be much more
difficult to exploit!

CAN'T FIX DADDY'S BOO-BOOS, JR"

This was the sign I carried to the UN protest today as Bush* was trying to sell his war with Iraq there.

Osama Bin Ladin watch

Today's status: dead (courtesy of Murdoch's Times)

"I think you may still be the President" said Letterman to Clinton

after getting the first cogent explanation on foreign affairs in a long time. Clinton also mentioned that talking badly about people in the ME helps the extremists and hinders our supporters and personal threats to Saddam give him reason to use his arsenal. "A good president would not unilaterally go to war" We need one.

"What is it with Democrats having a hard time voting? I don't know."

Jeb Bush's commentary to the fact that Janet Reno was unable to vote since the polls weren't open at the appointed time. Maybe it's something we ate, Jeb.

9.11 Random Acts of Kindness?

Sorry guys, I am too angry for kindness today. Angry at what these criminals allowed to happen
to my city. Angry that after all the running and hiding they hail themselves as heroes. Angry
that a peaceful vigil last night was dispersed by police. Angry that I don't know where to go in my
city today so as not to bump into swaggering republicans beating their chest. Angry that I don't
know where or how to grieve in the deafening opportunistic noise.

Voting polls not ready at 7:AM :Reno, Others Couldn't Vote

People trying to vote before going to work in the democratic primaries in Florida, found the polls not open. Apparently, besides praying for his daughter's recovery, Jeb is pulling a fast one again. Janet Reno asks for an extra hour in the evening for the polls to be open. Jeb's brother raised the color code alert to orange (as in Florida oranges)

Noelle Bush Caught with Crack-Cocaine Again

For the the third time in a few months, Jeb is asking the press to respect his family's privacy - I bet he'll get it too. Any other candidate not named Bush would have quit the race by now. But the royal family is getting away with it and I bet they'll slap Noelle's wrist very, very, very hard this time! Character counts, indeed! (votes, unfortunately, don't)

Even the Taliban Warned US of the 9.11 Attacs - but Encountered "Warning Fatigue"

The Independent reported that a Taliban leader notified the US Consulate that Bin Laden's Al Quaeda was planning an attack on US soil. The response?

"We were hearing a lot of that kind of
stuff," the newspaper quoted one diplomatic
source as saying. "When people keep saying
the sky's going to fall in and it doesn't,
a kind of warning fatigue sets in."

Do I Look Fat?



Republican gubernatorial candidate Mitt Romney, speaking before business leaders
yesterday, recalling the Olympic opening ceremony last winter:


''The television audience was estimated at 3.5 billion, more than half the population of
the planet. And I'm standing next to the president of the United States, and what I
thought to myself is, when we go out there, what does he think? You know what, the
president of the United States, as he goes out to an audience like that, with three and
a half billion people looking at him, he turned to me and he said, `Do I look fat?'''

World Worst Leaders Unite!



"There's no doubt in my mind that we should allow the world worst
leaders to hold America hostage, to threaten our peace, to threaten our
friends and allies with the world's worst weapons."‚ GWB speech in South Bend, Ind.,
Sept. 5, 2002

Maya's First Day of School

"Imagination is more important than knowledge"
Einstein
"Even if you know a lot of things, you can make up things and that's nice"
Maya

Today's Bushism:

"If you don't have any ambitions, the minimum-wage job isn't going to get you to where you want to get, for
example. In other words, what is your ambitions? And oh, by the way, if that is your ambition, here's what it's
going to take to achieve it."—Speech to students in Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 29, 2002

"We Love Things, They Hate Things"


"See, we love—we love freedom. That's what they didn't understand. They hate
things; we love things. They act out of hatred; we don't seek revenge, we seek
justice out of love."—Oklahoma City, Okla, Aug. 29, 2002

In other news, diplomatic circles in Europe are abuzz with another Bush* quote on the subject of the opposition to a war with Iraq:
"I don't give a shit what Europeans think"

Jeb Bush's political strategy :

"Most of those [political scientists] are idiots
who have never worked in a campaign. I'd
like to put them all in a room and shoot
them''

- Jeb Bush Spokesman Todd Harris, reacting
to director of FSU Institute of Government
Lance deHaven-Smith's observation that
Democrat Bill McBride could defeat Jeb Bush.

"I Will Not Rest Until the Evildoers are Brought to Justice"


Washington Post writes: "Bush has spent a whopping total of 250 days of his presidency at Camp David (123
days), Kennebunkport (12) and his Texas ranch (115). That means Bush has spent
42 percent of his term so far at one of his three leisure destinations."

Fat Smoker's Woes

Crossfire e-mail to Begala: "Paul, I am a fat smoker. Can you find a way of blaming it on Bush* and Cheney?" Begala's response: "So, you're fat, you smoke and you like Bush* and Cheney. Believe me, your weight and your smoking habit are the least of your problems"

White House actually Avoids Excess - Distances Itself from Cheney

In a stunning development, according to Newsweek, Bush*'s handlers realized that Cheney's "We no need no stinking UN inspectors in Iraq"offended too many people at the wrong time. So, they made clear they are not behind it. I wonder whose thinking they care about?