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Shrillary's Big Gaffe
January 1, 2008 - 14:10 ET by NoMoreClintonsHeard about Shrillary's major gaffe regarding the Pakistan elections? Didn't think so . . . since the msm has been covering it up. Ben Smith has the scoop at Politico . . .
http://www.politico....
How can this be? I thought
January 1, 2008 - 14:35 ET by Gary P JacksonHow can this be? I thought Senator Clinton was a genius, the smartest woman in the world. As the saying goes, it's better to be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt!
Clinton's big gaffe gets even bigger...
January 1, 2008 - 15:04 ET by HermanoHere is an even bigger gaffe - special thanks to Jack Bauer for finding this. Cross reference Wikipedia to find that Bhutto had THREE children, not the two that Hillary mentions in this link.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/12/27/politics/fromtheroad/entry3650192.shtml
Hermano -- I heard another
January 1, 2008 - 15:15 ET by Jack BauerHermano -- I heard another Clinton Pakistan gaffe that was highlighted on Fox.
She said something about Benazir Bhutto's father ALSO being assassinated.
He wasn't. He was executed for corruption and other crimes.
Holy Cow
January 1, 2008 - 18:20 ET by HermanoI had not heard that. I would guarrantee that 90% of the posters here knew that he was executed. I just do not know what her appeal is. She is by no means the smartest woman on Earth. I would put Condi leaps and bounds ahead of her just in common sense, let alone pure smarts.
She may have known, but
January 1, 2008 - 21:02 ET by motherbeltShe may have known, but figured saying he was assassinated would create more sympathy than the fact that he was executed for fraud. The Clintons are famous for twisting things, and hoping that no one will catch on, or bother to check up on what they said. This was kind of an obvious gaffe, though, so you have to wonder....
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January 1, 2008 - 15:34 ET by dahliatraversOopsie ...
But in two confident television appearances, on CNN and ABC, Clinton made an elementary error about Pakistani politics: She described President Pervez Musharraf as a "candidate" who would be "on the ballot."
In fact, Musharraf was reelected to the presidency in October. The upcoming elections are for parliament, and while Musharraf's party will be facing off against opposition parties, the president himself is not a candidate.
The Politico article has
January 1, 2008 - 18:10 ET by motherbeltThe Politico article has these quotes from HRC:
"If President Musharraf wishes to stand for election, then he should
abide by the same rules that every other candidate will have to
follow," she told CNN's Wolf Blitzer (.pdf) Dec. 28.
"He could be the only person on the ballot. I don't think that's a real election," she told ABC's George Stephanopolous December 30.
Then Howard Wolfson jumps up and says she was talking about Musharaf's party, not Musharaf himself.
Nice try, Howie, but she specifically used HIS NAME and said HE both times.
Fox throws Paul under bus - Paulbots throw fit
January 1, 2008 - 15:11 ET by Jack BauerIt's true.. Ron Paul's been disinvited and his wide-eyed frenzied fans are discombobulated!
But it's only the bus -- if he does okay in Iowa he gets in debate!
Happy New Year! The Rocky
January 1, 2008 - 15:40 ET by wiwfHappy New Year!
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
In so many ways, Hillary is
January 1, 2008 - 16:00 ET by iveseenitallIn so many ways, Hillary is a hoax. Just as with Bill, her "intelligence" is a canard as are so many other things about her. Nonetheless, she may be elected in 2008. Please do all you can to stop this fiasco.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Recycling the reply
January 1, 2008 - 16:13 ET by sarcasmoFor context -- otherwise NOBODY would mention what the state GOP says & tell the whole truth...Does anyone else find it just a teensy-bit ironic that NB is mindlessly siding with the news media over the explicitly-expressed wishes of the local Republican party? "Fairly inbalanced," I'd say...But outside NB, at least one conservative noticed.
JMR
Rally online with fans of Dr. Ron Paul. (All purpose anti-slander-link, sadly-needed these days...)
A minority view
January 2, 2008 - 13:21 ET by DyneYou're not alone in noticing that, sarc.
"Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." -Matthew 7:20
Happy New Year to my NB
January 1, 2008 - 16:21 ET by Roger the ShrubberHappy New Year to my NB brethren!
Big day for famous American birthdays...
1735 - Paul Revere
1745 - Mad Anthony Wayne
1750 - Frederick Muhlenberg
1752 - Betsy Ross
1864 - George Washington Carver
1895 - J. Edgar Hoover
1909 - Barry Goldwater
1911 - Hank Greenberg
1922 - Rocky Graziano
1927 - Doak Walker
1962 - Navy SEALS
Two Possibiities
January 1, 2008 - 17:09 ET by w0tm#1 Hillary implodes by late February and Algore jumps tall buildings with a single bound to save us all and then we are REALLY screwed!
#2 As has been planned since 1993, Perot all over again happens either with McCain/Lieberman or Ron Paul with a third party sucking away way more than enough Republican votes to give Hillary an easy win. The McCain third (or fourth) party has been planned for years with a promise to him of Secretary of Defense in the Clinton Debacle - err, Administration. Ron Paul came out of nowhere but it is just icing on the cake for Hillary. Three parties against one is too much luck even for the Bill/Hillary duo. God help us all - eight more years. The Mayan calendar ends December 21, 2012. Many worry about that. Don't! We'll all be gone well before then! 237 years - it was great while it lasted!
Watch out for Bloomberg
January 1, 2008 - 18:24 ET by HermanoThe wires are getting hot with rumors of Michael Bloomberg entering the race as a third party. I am not sure which party this would hurt most at this time, but it is not likely to be good if it happens.
Bloomberg running 3rd party
January 1, 2008 - 18:28 ET by Free StinkerBloomberg running 3rd party would hurt the Demoncrats.
That puts California & New York in play for the GOP, since he would get plenty of Urban votes.
Newsbusters. Log on and find out What the heck is so yummy over here!
I don't know which party
January 1, 2008 - 18:47 ET by motherbeltI don't know which party would be hurt more by a Bloomberg third-party run. He says
We're here not to represent parties. We're here to represent the people. The problem is that Bloomberg thinks HE is the one who knows what's best for "the people." He, like former MN Governor Jesse Ventura in the 90's, claims that separating from the two major parties makes him more able to craft a consesus. But like Ventura, Bloomberg is not so much interested in a consensus, as envisioning a situation with not having to compromise with either side: in other words, a benevolent dictatorship.
After what Bloomberg crafted in NYC, is there any doubt that he hopes
to take his "I'll tell you what's good for you" attitude national?
After what Bloomberg crafted in NYC
January 1, 2008 - 20:12 ET by Free StinkerAfter what Bloomberg crafted in NYC
I kind of expect that from him just from having built up Bloomberg Inc. from the ground up, but regardless of cause, your point about "benevolant dictatorship" is correct.
Newsbusters. Log on and find out What the heck is so yummy over here!
I meant what he did as
January 1, 2008 - 20:34 ET by motherbeltI meant what he did as Mayor, not his company. No smoking, the transfats thing, etc...
I see now. That gives your
January 1, 2008 - 20:40 ET by Free StinkerI see now. That gives your point a whole different (and more frightening) meaning . . .
I keep forgetting about the stuff he's doing to NYC restaurants . . .
Newsbusters. Log on and find out What the heck is so yummy over here!
Democracy -- more than Mankind can handle long-term
January 12, 2008 - 17:06 ET by w0tmI can't believe I'm writing this but I do believe Western Civilization has surpassed the tipping point where Democracy as commonly defined is now dangerous. I don't think I'm overstating things writing that generations from now the recent "ten seconds of fake tears" changed history and began our slide into a thousand years of the next Dark Ages. Not enough of Mankind is capable of governing themselves. Most people are not "yearning to be free" as is inscribed at the foot of Statue of Liberty but, instead, "yearning to be obient sheep". Emotion beats truth and common sense almost every time it's tried. Sad but true.
There's nothing wrong with the world that an extra 20 points of average IQ wouldn't fix. But we're clearly headed the wrong way.
Mass idiocy is loudly knocking on our door and will soon dominate our world. Perhaps it's God's way to keep us in check. Throw us back to endemic lunacy every 2,000 years, or so, as history has recorded occurring from time immemorial Our current 2,000 year period is about up. Time for our civilization to crumble so that it might crumble again in 4,000 A.D.
Newest Devil Dog
January 1, 2008 - 18:01 ET by ricklailBrody Patrick Green came into this world yesterday morning (31st) at Naval Hospital Pensacola weighing in at 7 LBS and 3 OZ. Mom and son are doing fine. ( a tax deduction is better than the a New Year's babby) I know he will grow up to be a Devil Dog because he has a pair of lungs. This makes my 4th grandson.
It is cold here in northwest Florida. Global warming BS. The low for tonight is forecast to be in the low 20s.
"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.” General George S. Patton.
congats Rick
January 1, 2008 - 18:07 ET by botgour prayers are with mom and son
btw i'm dying here it's only 72 today in SoCal
"Man created god(s) Anything believed was created by man"-Syrius
72...boo frekin' hoo hoo hoo.... :)
January 1, 2008 - 18:35 ET by kch50428I'm under a wind chill advisory, temps in the very low single digits above zero...and on caucus night, we have temps in the 20s with blustery conditions and cold wind chills to look forward to....and a chance of rain this weekend.
Yea but
January 1, 2008 - 19:51 ET by ricklailThis is Florida, the Sunshine State. It is warmer back home in Eastern NC than here. I was watching the news on a station out of Moblie, AL. They are calling for record lows Thursday morning in the mid-teens.
"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.” General George S. Patton.
Global Warming, You Say?
January 1, 2008 - 20:10 ET by Del DolemonteThis story was from yesterday-since it was moved on the wires, we have received another 6 inches of Al Gore's frozen dandruff. And it will keep coming down for another 8 hours.
Snow sets NH record
Associated Press - December 31, 2007 2:15 PM ET
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Today's snowstorm made this month the snowiest December in New Hampshire in more than a century.
The National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, said Concord, where New Hampshire records are kept, beat the previous record of 43 inches of snow in December by an inch and a half. That record was set in 1876.
Overall, the storm left 10.1 inches in Concord, and more in other parts of the state.
Blonde, good thing UF had that 2 TD boost...
January 1, 2008 - 18:07 ET by AJSHOPEotherwise Michigan would have blown out Florida.
Sugar Bowl
January 1, 2008 - 20:16 ET by Del DolemonteCan Hawaii complete an undefeated season?
del
January 1, 2008 - 20:37 ET by botgthey can, but will they or will uga bite em?
"Man created god(s) Anything believed was created by man"-Syrius
Keep Colt Off the Field
January 1, 2008 - 21:29 ET by Del DolemonteI have to give the edge to Hawaii's marching band!
Is it just me, or is it a
January 1, 2008 - 20:32 ET by motherbeltIs it just me, or is it a bit sick of Drudge to have, as his headline pic, a shot of Mike Huckabee having his eyebrows shaved?
What the heck is the point of that? Would he post a shot of HRC having her upper lip waxed?
In fairness, Drudge did
January 1, 2008 - 20:42 ET by Free StinkerIn fairness, Drudge did have that pic of Hillary that made her look 85 years old.
Newsbusters. Log on and find out What the heck is so yummy over here!
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January 1, 2008 - 20:49 ET by dahliatraversWas that a real picture or was it photoshopped?
It was real. This wasn't
January 1, 2008 - 21:04 ET by Free StinkerIt was real. This wasn't Reuters . . . ;-)
<update> Here is the link to someone else's copy of it.
Newsbusters. Log on and find out What the heck is so yummy over here!
The linked page says "Sorry
January 1, 2008 - 21:08 ET by motherbeltThe linked page says "Sorry the page you requested was not found"
I just tried it again, and
January 1, 2008 - 22:19 ET by Free StinkerI just tried it again, and it works fine for me.
Try this one instead.
Newsbusters. Log on and find out What the heck is so yummy over here!
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January 1, 2008 - 21:11 ET by dahliatraversReally. Thanks, Free. That question has been bugging me since I first saw that picture.
Yeah, you're right he did.
January 1, 2008 - 21:07 ET by motherbeltYeah, you're right he did. I had forgotten that. I think the standout thing with the Huckabee photo is the fact that he's having his eyebrow(s) shaved. LOL That's a "this is something you expect from the Breck Girl, not a manly Republican!" jab.
"Eyebrows...there should be two!" -Michael Caine in "Miss Congeniality"
mother -- I was just
January 1, 2008 - 21:33 ET by Jack Bauermother -- I was just watching Fox do a piece on the enduring DB Cooper mystery from the 1970s
I'm tellin' ya, the FBI artist's impression of the plane parachuting bandit looks juts like a young Mike Huckabee
Jack
January 1, 2008 - 21:36 ET by motherbeltLOL!
DB Cooper = Mike Huckabee?
January 1, 2008 - 21:45 ET by Jack Bauermother --seriously... check out the FBI at
http://www.fbi.gov/
and tell me what you think of the right-hand picture
I'm no fan of Huckabee, motherbelt, but
January 1, 2008 - 22:10 ET by RJthat's probably a barber giving Huckabee a shave...not some foppy hair salon type. Many barbers also trim/shave men's eyebrows.
"Huckabee is a compassionate conservative only in the sense that calling him a conservative is being compassionate. -Ann Coulter
More triumphs of single payer Euro socialist medicine
January 1, 2008 - 21:24 ET by Jack BauerFor all those who think socialist medicine is just peachy...
The British Prime Minister is going to push through government legislation that will refuse lifesaving medical treatment to those who smoke, drink alcohol, or are overweight.
From The Daily Telegraph (General Petraeous: Man of the Year)
Just think of the logic of this... the more you need treatment the less you'll be able to "earn" it.
Coming soon to a health-care
January 1, 2008 - 21:44 ET by motherbeltnew "responsibilities" to establish their entitlement to care as part of a formal NHS constitution. (emphasis mine)
Wait a minute!! I thought health care was a right!!
Coming soon to a healt-care system near you....the Universal Health Care Constitiution of the Rights and Responsibilities of the Citizen.....
Insanity! Of course the
January 1, 2008 - 21:48 ET by Gary P JacksonInsanity!
Of course the usefull idiots that are clamoring for socialized medicine in America have no idea what it will lead to. Those idiots just THINK Bush shredded the Constitution!
"A new superpower is born"
January 1, 2008 - 22:20 ET by RJ"A new superpower is born."
Madeline Albright and the Clintons will be very happy at this news. Albright said, as Secretary of State for the Clintons, "The United States should not be the world's only superpower."
A Younger Ron Paul? 1972..? heh.
January 2, 2008 - 00:03 ET by JoggerNotHistory Shows Again, and again how nature points out the follies of man..boc
A fearless prediction
January 2, 2008 - 11:05 ET by UnsaneDO NOT FORGET that the Olympics take place in Beijing this year.
That being said, watch out for some of the most sappy, sugary reporting on this topic come August. Remember, nothing bad EVER happens on the Left.
Beijing has notoriously horrific smog. The smog there is so bad that it makes Denver or Los Angeles pleasant. The Communist authorities know this, so watch them shut down industries around Beijing in August. Then, watch the media in the United States GUSH about how clean, environmentally conscious, and green China is, and how we should endeavor to be like them.
China may be turning capitalistic over time, but it is STILL communist as we all know. The media in the United States will find all sorts of reasons and ways to gush endlessly about how wonderful China is as a result.
I said it here first.
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.