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Bush winning will be just fine. But, for these kinds of reasons, you guys had damn well better get some legislators in the win column. I can't believe the ads haven't started yet - "Okay, Kerry's toast, but HERE'S why you still need to get out and vote . . . "

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If I remember correctly, all Clinton nominees who made it out of committee got a vote.

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Roger Simon seems to think that Kerry is quickly generating an equally large ABK base

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• By finally adopting the reactionary "Dean Line" (well, not finally, there's no such thing with him) on Iraq, Kerry has placed himself in the position of having to root against the forces of democracy in that country, at least until the November election. He must hope for continued slaughter, beheadings and the like from the rag-tag collection of homicidal sociopaths and paleo-misogynists - Baathist and Islamist - that constitute the "insurgents" in order to defeat Bush, so is acting accordingly. Barely was Allawi's speech out of the interim PM's mouth when Kerry informed us, in the opinion of one of the two major presidential candidates in the most powerful country on Earth, there would be no January election in Iraq. (From your lips to Zarqawi's burning ears, Senator.)
  
  Leaving aside whatever moral evaluation we could make of those remarks - that is, after all, a personal matter - what if Kerry wins using this rhetoric? What will he do when confronted with decisions to make on Iraq? Will he help them hold an election? If not, will he withdraw our troops? Will he defend the majority of Iraqis who favor democracy? He hasn't told the public - ours or theirs. I doubt he knows himself. But it could be worse, far worse, than what happened in Vietnam after we left.
  
  No, I take it back. I will make a moral evaluation. It's inescapable. One word: shameful.

If Kerry keeps making comments like this, this President could be the first since Reagan to win a majority vote.

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I earlier posted that a certain confluence of events showed deep Dem involvement with Rather's Rewrites.

Since then, a blogger says he misunderstood another. The timing was off. There is no such controversy.

But, it would have been fun. It could have been another week talking about everything but Kerry's positions.

Ah, well.

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Earlier, I had Kerry at a 75% chance.

You objected.

You were right.

"I agree, I'm not the expert on how the Iraqi people think, because I live in America where it's nice and safe and secure."

-- George W. Bush, September 23

Yes, this all during a press conference where the media idiots were asking the President what the people of Iraq think - and Bush embarrassed all of them by pointing at Allawi and telling them to ask him, seeing he lives there and he's their PM.

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"Shhhh. Now, now. Don't fret. Kerry isn't going to get a chance to get us all killed. We've got this election in the bag"

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"I love you too, Ms. Reno,"

Iraq= flypaper for terrorist. Those of us living in the US are safer because we invaded Iraq. No doubt about it.

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And the really funny part is how few of them know they really can't.

I'm beginning to think that its making Israelis safer with respect to Palestinians too. There were several reports this week of Palestinian-origin terrorists being killed in Iraq. Before anyone points this out though, I'll note that at least one was a Jordanian of Palestinian origin.

That wall separating Israel from the terrorist breeding grounds is helping, too.

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You know, if you'd just ditch the sarong, grow your hair out a bit and start hanging out at Dead tribute band shows, you'd be a damn fine spinning hippie chick.

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Why is no one mentioning the fact that the dude got on the plane?!? Sure, they sent him to Maine instead of DC, but it doesn't inspire a lot of confidence that they get hip to his presence while the plane is over the Atlantic.

I'm not saying I think Yusef/Cat is a terrorist (in fact, I think that's laughable), but that someone on the "watch list", or whatever they call it, could merrily board the plane without incident is not overly comforting.


ETA: Cite please, for the statement that YS/CS verbally supported the fatwah against Salman Rushdie. As far as I can tell, that is horse poo. (I think the guy's a kook, but sue me, I liked his songs when he was Cat Stevens. I do not own any Cat Stevens records because of his "activities" -- but I will cop to owning tapes made from a friend's pre-conversion record -- yes, vinyl -- collection.)

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He stated that Rushdie had committed blasphemy and that under Islamic law for that he should die. He later explained that he was merely stating the legal principle, not advocating it. But the initial quote certainly didn't sound like a dispassionate analysis (it was replayed on ABC News last night--maybe their website has it)

Google yusuf islam rushdie for various accounts.

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Joe Scarborough had an op-ed in the WSJ yesterday, laying out how disappointed he is with what the Republican Revolution has become. I agree. This is ridiculous. Bring back Newt..

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Pledge affirmation, flag-burning bans... can there be any greater pile of rubbish for those jakasses in DC to jerk each other off about? I've recited the pledge about 1000 times and I have a huge flag waving from my house. If you refused to recite the pledge or wiped your ass with the flag, I wouldn't bad a fucking eyelash. Adherence to protocols of pomp and circumstance and reverence for symbols is a topic for idiots to debate.

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We diverted a 747 to Maine because of Cat Stevens. I repeat... nah, on second thought, once is enough.

"Cheney, Cheney what have we done? What happened to the post war dream?"

Governance by jackasses for jackasses.

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If you've watched Scarborough Country lately, you'll note he's moved far to the left from his Rep days. Too many celebrity interviews and too much hanging with Reagan's prodgial son.

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"That's a hell of a chub you've got. I'm going to work that thing raw. Room 443 - seven sharp. Whisper 'Crawford Steamer' to the man in sunglasses at the door."

"Thank you, Mr. President. I'm glad you like my junk."

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I personally don't get offended by the symbolism, except in the following circumstance:

Someone publicly burns a flag in front of a veteran who cares (if I knew this for certain), I'm going to do one of two things:

1.) stand by and laugh as the veteran and anyone else who cares kicks his ass; or

2.) if I see someone I personally know, and personally know to be a veteran, getting agitated by said flag burning, I'll join in the ass-kicking.

Aside from San Francisco, I'm not sure any police officer in the country would care to intervene.

Note: what you do in the privacy of your backyard or whatever is none of my business.

Also note: cities that prohibit burning things outdoors (e.g., Chicago) should strictly and evenly enforce the prohibition on people who burn flags.

Like you are saying though, there is no need for Congress to get involved. This is a giant circle jerk in an election year.

Hello

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Agreed. Newt - call him what you will - was smarter than 90% of the imbeciles ruining the GOP at the moment. He paid lip service to the social conservatives, but obviously from the both his lifestyle and his post-public sector commentary, he's really only interested in fiscal issues. Unfortunately, he'd never rise to power in the present environment - he's too fucking intellectual and could be easily pegged a Rockefeller Republican (or "moral relativist"). That's a scary scenario - Newt Gingrich is now too left for the GOP.

I can't wait for the backlash in the midterm elections.

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Correct. I don't think you'll find many "terrorists" who are shy about standing behind and advocating the "he should die" principle. Probably not the most politic thing for good 'ol Yusef to have said, but the true fanatics, uh, I mean "believers", would never disavow the principle that he should (and, what's more, each one of them would happily volunteer to make him) die.

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I had a massive flag in my place in college. It took up a whole wall. I'm a huge fan of Rick Rubin's work as a producer, so I own a lot of American Recordings discs. American Recordings' symbol has been an inverted flag for a long time. I thought it looked cool, so I inverted the flag on our wall. Some waterhead from the baseball team gave me a rash of shit once in the midst of the horrible mushroom trip (idiot ate close to a whole 1/4) about the sanctity of the flag. It was one of the most amazingly incohrenet arguments I ever heard. He was totally freaked out and grasping for any "simple value" which would help him keep his grasp. I advised him the only thing that could save him was a heavy does of whiskey, which advice he wisely took. Once he calmed down and got over the first wave, he was a pleasant fellow. I kind of feel he represents most people who have hard-ons for "symbols" and speak of certain values as "sacred." They want, er, need, to believe in something really badly, or have been trained like dobermans to believe in certain "sacred" things. But if you can punch through the layer of dogma that shields their brain like a malignant meniscus, they suddenly realize just how silly their adherence to these middle class values really are. The pillars fall and they suddenly think "Fuck, why the hell am I going nuts over some idiot burning a flag?"

I'm patriotic as hell. I'd volunteer to torture Queda folks and I still get misty passing the Trade Centers. But I'm also likely to wipe my ass with the flag in front of anyone who spins some horseshit about pledges and the sanctity of any symbol. Folks of that mindset need a swift jolt to the side of the head, just like folks who actually burn flags deserve to be laughed at for being equally stupid.

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If we could only get everyone to do shrooms and whiskey in Sebby's dorm room, the world would be a better place. Especially for Hello, who could conveniently execute all of them on the way out.

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Was on a plane yesterday. Fully packed. I think the airlines are trying to save money by not turning on the air until after takeoff. In any event it was hot and stuffy and wouldn't you know, I get stuck next to a fatty, which made the situation that much more intolerable. I'm still fuming this morning.

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But if everyone was doing it, it would be legal wouldn't it?

1) Legalize or
2) Shoot everybody involved.

No difference to me, just don't tax me and use it to unfairly imprison our poor minorities.

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Everyone drives about 90 mph on I-10 between Houston and San Antonio. Doesn't make it legal.

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If (if) Cat Stevens is a terrorist and should be excluded from the country for opining that Salman Rushdie should be killed for blaspheming, what does that mean that Oklahoma Senate candidate Dr. Tom Cobourn, who opines that doctors who perform (legal) abortions should be killed?

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Politicians respond to votes more than to pious sentiments. If you want them to cut it out, you have to vote against them.

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I've got to wonder how the folks in Maine feel about this. "Hey, this guy could blow something up. Let's send him to Bangor."

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He should be sent to Maine.

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But it does make one hell of a political statement, doesn't it? Kind of like the teenagers who picketed a suburban Detroit Chuck-E-Cheese b/c they couldn't get in to play videogames without an adult.

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I'm trying not to follow the Cat Stevens story because he generally depresses me -- fucking waste of talent. But I thought he was put on a watchlist because of his donations to certain Islamic "charities", not what he said about the fatwa against Rushdie No?

If Tom Cobourn gave money that was funneled to people who bomb abortion clinics, deporting him would be fine with me. Hell, he and Cat probably take a lot of the same positions.

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Read this month's National Review article in which Ethan Nadelman absolutely filets some jackass brueaucrat in charge of drug policy. Its a real work of art. Its also worth reading NR's article in favor of pot legalization a few months back. Very well reasoned.

Why is it in 2004 we're still refusing to acknowledge what both Nixon and Carter's people admitted - harmless drugs (rread, not coke and heroin) should be legal. The Nixon drug report recommending decriminalization is still being deep sixed by the GOP, as though it never existed.

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Because marijuana is not harmless. It's a gateway drug, and it leads to massive overeating that can really screw up your diet program, which is the last thing this obese nation needs.

(Screw Atkins, gimme the chips! I got munchies!!!)

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You should have been beaten to a pulp.

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