Politics: Where we struggle to kneel in the muck.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by sgtclub
Regardless, that is not the point. The point is that Kerry's/Lockhart's choice of words was, and this is an understatement, extremely undiplomatic.

Did you not get the memo? Diplomacy makes Jesus cry.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Sebby
It deserves air, and to argue that it puts soldiers in harm's way, even though it clearly does not, is pretty damn shitty and low.

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
3) To argue the truth is shitty and low? As you may say, so fucking what?

Hidden lesson: Transactional lawyers have no appreciation for the danger to a frequent litigant of setting bad precedent. Like an insurance company getting a really really really bad coverage decision.

That said, it's hilarious that between Kerry and Bush, in Slave's mind Kerry is the one putting soldiers in harm's way. If he just showed up for another 10% of Senate votes, he could control the weather, too.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Environmental corporate externalities, e.g. pollution, are bourne by society as a whole.

Outed! Coltrane's Canadian. Hooda thunk?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
You know how the car relates to this? It allowed people to move farther away from *Democrats and still make it into work by 9:00 AM each day.

Motherfuck. How is it we keep getting stuck being responsible for Republican initiatives we vociferously and unsuccessfully oppose?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
An off-the-cuff comment to Matt Lauer on a train in specific context is hardly comparable to 6 months' worth of Kerry speeches.

In litigation, we argue that unguarded moments are guileless ones. It's the basis for the hearsay exceptions you're most likely to remember, like Dying Declaration, Present State of Mind, and Folksy Moment with NBC Morning Show Host.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by sgtclub
If you keep misunderstanding him, there is nothing more I can do for you.

Your own . . . personal . . . Jesus.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
The world is a far different place than 1991. Why in god's name would we WANT troops from Syria, Saudi Arabia or Egypt?

Handing over Iraq to the Iraqis is insanity. Some o' them fuckers is shooting us.

ETA: Damn you, Gatti!

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by bilmore
Thanks, Ty. The Spanish commentary has been sorely absent for some time. I feel positively refreshed catching up. What color white do they really favor for flags, anyway?

Psst. Your man Slave puts a lot of credence in individual Spaniards, and he's been covering for your ungrateful ass while you've attended to other priorities. Don't shit where you eat.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by bilmore
You are a naive little asshole. It is a war. It is WWIV. Pay attention, or slowly concede your life. Those people at Pearl Harbor could have been polite, too, but what woud it have gained for them?

Allies?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by bilmore
Do you not understand that other people can have intellectual processes too? That "Islamicist" can have an exact meaning?

How exact? Can all the GOP members who voted to deprive our independent judiciary of the ability to hear pledge cases be called "Baptistists?"

[Atticus Grinch]

Viewers of Jon Stewart's show are more likely to have completed four years of college than people who watch "The O'Reilly Factor," according to Nielsen Media Research.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by sgtclub
I have said many times that I think this will be a close race (absent a complete drubbing this Thursday). But I do think that Bush will win, and I'm happy about this for many reasons, one of which is that we won't have to hear from the frenchman again for a while (or at least until 2006, if he pulls an Al Gore).

I'm sure, however, that the left will have innumerable excuses for the lost (e.g., the swiftvets, Florida, Kerry didn't go negative enough, etc.). So I'd like you people to go on the record with your excusses now, so that we won't have backfill later. If Kerry should lose, what are the excuses?

efs

There are no excuses. He's the worst candidate of all time.

The anemic left's current campaign of "Its not Kerry's fault that he's thoughtful and complex (see: longwinded and scatterbrained) - the problem is with the stupid American voters and their 30 sec attention spans" is probably the worst band-aid that could be applied. "So, how should we address the fact that John can't shorten his message to a good soundbite? Hmmm... lets call the audience stupid. Then they'll listen." Carville must be downing bourbons buy the half-dozen. He'll be lucky to have a job handicapping city council races on local cable after the damage being connected with this lead zeppelin of a campaign does to his name...*

* Hindenberg is my preferred analogy, but Kerry's never been airborn.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Bush & Allawi:



You may fire when ready, Gridley.

"Yeah, well Rove said if I start holding hands with world leaders surveys are showing we'll pick up some momentum in a place called Marin County. He said if we can get California tight to within a few points, there's a more agressive phase 2 we'll have to consider to get votes out of a place called Che or Fidel, no wait Castro!"

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Unlike Kerry, you guys seem to think that Bush is a strong candidate, and he certainly has all the advantages of incumbency. So if he loses, it's pretty much a referendum on his policies, right?

specifically on Iraq.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
All those Left Behind as children in the Red States.

If I move to a Red state, will it help my kid start on the basketball team?