Politics: Where we struggle to kneel in the muck.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Wonkette is still low-profile enough that I'd imagine most politicos don't recognize her.

Given this, she may be able to step into Ali G's shoes once Government officials see the cameras, recognize his glasses and skullcap, and run for the hills.

As one example, here's Wonkette with Zell at the Reagan Awards Gala. Zell is unfamiliar enough with Wonkette to pose for this photo, and she almost got him to say the words "ass-fucking."

Unfortunately, based on her facial expression, I think she needs to learn to sell it better.

I wonder if she dyed the carpet to match the drapes...

[Say_hello_for_me]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
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Quoting from articles on sites that require registration is not wrong.

Bottom line:

Supreme Court is taking the case for appropriation of private land for "redevelopment" purposes.

Someone mentioned it here two weeks ago or so.

Hello

[The Larry Davis Experience]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
BUt hybrids are out today. You would do fine with one. They are smaller cars, but MUCH cheaper to operate. I know some areas let you drive in HOV lanes if you have one. I was bullshitting saying Bush has driven the move, but it certainly has happened while he was President. And in the end its not Bush deciding that hybrids are good that will result in their being on the roads. In the end it you and me deciding to buy one that will do it.

At the same time as Bush put forward his freedom car initiative, he phased out the tax deduction for buying a hybrid and increased the deduction for small business owners buying an SUV.

While I understand that you and I may have an honest disagreement on how cynical it is to pump money to domestic automakers who are are performing this research at the same time those automakers are spending a great deal of money to lobby for looser emissions requirements, I think saying that this admin has anything to do with hybrid cars, besides discouraging them, is kind of laughable. It's like saying Clinton had something to do with the boom economy of the 90s....oh wait....

[Say_hello_for_me]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I'm going to start calling that black chick on the corner Aunt Tom.

Than it certainly won't be fear of the black man that prevents your suburb from shouldering its share of section 8, when that time comes.

Hello

[The Larry Davis Experience]

Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
No surprise this. White people avoid this conversation like the plague.

Usually Republicans do too. We are lucky to have your clear and discerning eye among us.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Gattigap
As one example, here's Wonkette with Zell at the Reagan Awards Gala. Zell is unfamiliar enough with Wonkette to pose for this photo, and she almost got him to say the words "ass-fucking."

But the dude looks gooooooood in his Not Trendy tux (I am serious -- I only hope I look half that good when I am north of 70). DebtSlave -- sniff, sniff -- would approve. (Sigh. I miss her.)

And slave, if you are talking about wrinkles, it's pretty clear that sweet Ana is raising her eyebrows in mock shock that Zell would deign to be seen in public with her. Don't be such a hatah.

[dtb]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I wonder if she dyed the carpet to match the drapes...

Actually, it looks as though she could use some Rogaine -- unless it was the dye that burned her hair off.


(Damn, that was mean...)

[Gattigap]

In Bush's next speech on his sincere desire to foster the shining light of democracy around the world (sorta, when we can) but especially in the Middle East, perhaps he can explain the administration's recent plan to funnel money to fund the campaigns of the Iraqi candidates it favored.

The plan apparently got submarined by Congress, which was appalled at the thought that an occupying country who professes to encourage the populace to select their own leaders might influence the election by funding the campaigns of its preferred candidates.

Naturally, these leaders, if elected, would not be deemed "puppets."

[SlaveNoMore]

Gattigap
...influence the election by funding the campaigns of its preferred candidates.

There is a precedent to getting around this, but it usually involves fundraisers at Buddhist temples and the like.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
There is a precedent to getting around this, but it usually involves fundraisers at Buddhist temples and the like.

Don't forget that the Democratic Party is also the party of rum, Romanism, and rebellion.

But if you want illegal campaign contributions, a Yankee fan like you should know all about them. I don't think that Mister Steinbrenner needed to have his civil rights restored because he gave $$ illegally to Muskie or McGovern. (And if you want foreign involvement, let's talk about ITT. And how they actually bought something with their $$.)

[Gattigap]

Ok, who said this?

The United States today, even with its travails in Iraq, remains much more than the world's dominant power. As former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright once asserted, America is still the world's "indispensable power." It can create avoidable crises by plunging into poorly planned wars of choice, as in Iraq; or it can intervene as a coalition head to create relatively benign outcomes, as in the first Gulf war. But it would be hard to resolve a major world crisis without the active help of the United States. In other words, America continues to occupy the world's leadership position. But it's a board chairman's job, requiring persuasion, the creation of consensus and discreet flexing of power, as well as popular acceptance. Its tasks cannot be performed by a lone maverick. If the United States wants to reassert itself as a widely accepted, and respected, leader of the democratic world, it will have to carry the world with it. Its efforts will fail if it continues to believe it can wield unilateral power indefinitely in a unipolar world.

AEI.

Everybody OK with us characterizing this election as a referendum on the Chairman's leadership skills?

[SlaveNoMore]

Gattigap
Ok, who said this?



AEI.

Everybody OK with us characterizing this election as a referendum on the Chairman's leadership skills?

Until a worthy heir-apparent surfaces, the Chairman almost always maintains his seat.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Until a worthy heir-apparent surfaces, the Chairman almost always maintains his seat.

Including in '92 and '96, eh?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Gattigap
In Bush's next speech on his sincere desire to foster the shining light of democracy around the world (sorta, when we can) but especially in the Middle East, perhaps he can explain the administration's recent plan to funnel money to fund the campaigns of the Iraqi candidates it favored.

The plan apparently got submarined by Congress, which was appalled at the thought that an occupying country who professes to encourage the populace to select their own leaders might influence the election by funding the campaigns of its preferred candidates.

Naturally, these leaders, if elected, would not be deemed "puppets."

I thought you said one of Bush and Congress were the puppet of the other. Hmmm. Maybe they should do what Dan Rather does to remain impartial- show up at fund raisers.

[SlaveNoMore]

Gattigap
Including in '92 and '96, eh?

Occassionally the Chairman, like John Rigas and Martha Stewart, is also a crook.