Joe Wilson Rips Obama, Ignites Debate Over Candidates' Experience

December 21, 2007 04:19 PM

"Intuition may be a laudable quality among psychics and palm readers," the Ambassador writes, "but for a professional American diplomat like myself, who have spent a career toiling in the vineyards of national security, it has no relevance to serious discussion of foreign policy.
In fact, Obama's supposed "intuitive sense" is no different from George W. Bush's 'instincts' and 'gut feeling' describing his own foreign policy decision-making. We have been down this road before."

(in case this was missed)

My favorite Ambassador has some strong feelings about experience after the INEPT and INCOMPETENT group of THUGS he was SCREWED by recently. I don't blame him one bit.

Heed Rev. Harpo´s words ye heathens!

AND I got my Xmas present EARLY!!!

Over the last week, my Daughter and her Work Friend found a HOUSE with a FENCED YARD to rent AND they've been approved and already moved MOST of their stuff.

NO MORE DOGGY DUTY!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME!!! heeheehee! (oh and she gave me her 2yr old computer) wooHOO! of course then my mouse died but that is now replaced and I'm ready to roll.

Too bad no TROLL MONITORS!!!

GO HILLARY!!!!
GO AMERICA!!!!
GO AWAY RETHUGS!!
GO AWAY NAZIS AND NEOTARDS!!!

WE'VE TAKEN BACK OUR COUNTRY!!

Larry C. Johnson

Posted December 23, 2007 | 02:57 PM (EST)
~snip~

Am I a Hillary Cheerleader?

Several have asked who I am backing to be the next president. I have not decided on a final choice because, to be candid, I have little say in the matter. I live and vote in Maryland. By the time primary season rolls around in my neck of the woods and bay inlets, the die will be cast.

Of the current field of democratic candidates I like three in particular -- Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards. If I were participating in an Iowa caucus or voting in New Hampshire, I'd go for Joe. But he is not getting any traction. So that leaves me with Hillary and Edwards.

I favor giving Hillary more coverage at No Quarter for a very simple reason -- no other candidate for president in my memory has been subjected to as many vile, baseless attacks as this good woman. You don't have to be a rightwing nut to know or believe some of this garbage. According to these critics Hillary is a murderer, a practicing lesbian who is getting it on with her Saudi chief of staff, a swindler, a cheat, and a cover-up artist. Oh yeah, her and Bill employ, so we are told, their own hit squad who run around silencing critics.

What I find amazing is how inept that Clinton "hit" squad is? If they were worth a damn (or REAL) then critics like this bozo in Texas, Robert Morrow, would be a worm buffet by now (I will not link to anything written by Morrow). Ain't it amazing that Bill and Hill are known to kill their opponents and yet so many opponents and critics are still walking around unscathed?

Clinton pledges support to veterans

~snip~

By AMY LORENTZEN, Associated Press Writer Sun Dec 23, 8:21 PM ET

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday renewed her pledge to ensure the United States fulfills its obligations to veterans.

At the Iowa Veterans Home in central Iowa, Clinton said she was glad to be there during the holidays — a time when "we all think about what we're grateful for and where we give to one another.

"Well, no one has given more to our country than our country's veterans," she said. "I believe that when you sign up to serve our country, our country must serve you with the health care, the compensation and the support that you so richly deserve."

Clinton was introduced by Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, who has endorsed her. Outside, the streets were covered with snow and ice after a major winter storm hit the Plains states.

Anti-endorsement: New Hampshire paper says 'Anyone but Mitt'

ROFLMAO!!

Republican candidate warns of 'soft fascism' taking hold

SPEAKING of Paul - I saw one of those huge ass HUMMERS yesterday with about 10 RON PAUL stickers across the rear window. TALK ABOUT AN OXYMORON-MORON!! lmao!

Posted by Ladydawn on December 24, 2007 at 09:33 AM
Good morning Dawnie, we are doubly blessed with several excellent candidates. I'm supporting John Edwards through the primaries, however, if Hillary gets the nomination, I will give her my enthusiastic support in the general election.....John Boy....

WE'VE TAKEN BACK OUR COUNTRY!

Posted by Ladydawn on December 24, 2007 at 09:22 AM

Oh Really?

Kentucky:Toll of neglect
Half of residents without dental insurance. 1 in 10 missing all their teeth.

AND THEN of course this makes perfect sense that this TROLL comes from KY. OMG he's soooo oooogly.

Posted by Ladydawn on December 24, 2007 at 09:16 AM

Merry Christmas Dawn! I was wondering where you were keeping yourself! :)

Dec 24, 9:28 AM EST
2 die, 6 wounded in Baghdad bombing

By PATRICK QUINN
Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD (AP) -- A bomb hidden inside a minivan exploded near the Baghdad governor's office on Monday, killing two people and wounding six others in the latest violence to mar a relatively calm holiday season in the capital.

NOT such a merry holiday in Bagdad :-(

Posted by goodfoe on December 24, 2007 at 09:46 AM

what state do you vote in again?

I am afraid poor Eddie has no support beyond the first couple primaries so for your sake I hope he does well there. Good Luck!

Good Morning Lady Dawn,
I haven't seen you here for a couple of days. I work weekends and don't always have time to check the blogs in the am.
I work with the Doctor that took care of the first KIA in Iraq. I hadn't seen him in a while and he worked the ER last night.
He has a special story because he's was an avid republican, that is until he went to Iraq and saw how Bush II invaded Iraq. He expected that this war would be like daddy bush's war. Bush I put 500,000 soldiers on the ground. The war was over rather quickly. This Doctor was so pist at the way Dumsfield and Scrub Bush handled the Iraq war he got out of the service and is now in private practice. He told me he knows the Bush"s personally and had dinner at the ranch.
He told me that the Bush's are filthy rich and are so totally out of touch with the common man it not even funny. Well, we knew it, but its nice to hear it from personal friends of the Bush's. Well, to make a long story short he's no longer a republican and I'm trying very hard to get him on our side. He's listening.
He just got sick watching all our young man die for Bush's mistakes and mismanagement of the war.
He also went on to say that this troop surge will not work long term because they need way more than 160,000 on the ground.
Incidently, he told me for sure that Bush went for the oil, not to spread Democracy across the earth.
I been reading all the mcburd blogs last night, but I guess he thinks we do not know where snopes.com is. That website tells exactly what those low lifes did the hillary on the very first day of Bill presidency.
Go hillary!!!!

Good Morning Kristen and Goodfoe!

Yes, if I could I would be here most days. But my mouse died and I kept trying to fix it........ it was an on and off event for a few days then I just said ENOUGH!!

20 bux that won't be spent on pie or something else later......... GOT TO GET MY ON LINE FIX! lol ;-)

I hope you BOTH are well?

Posted by Ladydawn on December 24, 2007 at 09:56 AM
Dawnie, you are right, it may be all over by the time I get to vote here in Texas. I know that, but I am going to stick with Edwards as far as he choses to carry it.

Posted by Ladydawn on December 24, 2007 at 10:00 AM
Merry Christmas to both you and Kristen.

Hi Connie!

Well Larry Johnson makes a pretty good case for the misrepresentations of Hillary throughout the past decade.

There is also plenty of time for the unaware public to get to know here once she wins the primary (if she does). Every time I read something else or watch her I like her more.

The MORE DEMOCRATS especially diss her the MORE I want to vote for her. IT's a knee jerk reaction to those that are stubborn and/or unaware and can't seem to HELP THEMSELVES from dissing her and making up conspiracy stories to link her with the DOUCHES. SHAME ON THEIR LIES!

act I hate it.

If I had a BOYFRIEND (I could have a few)

and IF I were GETTING IT ON with someone (and I may already be)

I SURELY would NOT be here bragging about it or telling YOU TROLL ASSWIPES who, where and how good it was!

I may be many things but I am NO FOOL!!!
NOR do I talk out of school about my personal life!

ESAD TRolls (as my pal JE would say) LMAO!

Posted by Ladydawn on December 24, 2007 at 10:08 AM
Don't pay any attention to them, Dawnie, their just jealous.

typos sorry

goodfoe

jealousy is the least of their problems! they have pantie issues! the PERVERTS that they are!

lol but thanks ;-)

shoot Nana wants to go eat some brunch

I'm kinda hungry and it's time for my heart pill anyway so I guess I'll LEAVE MY COMPUTER for a bit.

hahahaha! Hey I read something about DOobie taking a trip to meet everyone? huh? You all should come to the Mountains! WE even have a spare bedroom now!! (think GUESTS) ;-)

Well I'll read more about it when I return!

HUGS / Peace
bbl

Posted by Ladydawn on December 24, 2007 at 10:16 AM
I know they have a lot of other issues, but I'm not going there. I'm trying to become kinder. Even to the trolls. It's the season, you know!....bbl

One more piece of information about my Doctor friend. He told about a time he was trying to get home from Iraq. He jumped on a transport plane loaded with weapons. The plane stopped in Telaviv first and dropped of half of the weapons and the next stop was in Cairo where they dropped off the rest of the weapons. What in the heck are we doing arming both sides so as to help them fight each other. I thought that this was just amazing. Looks like the capitalists would sell to anyone regardless of the consequences to America.
I also don't believe the media is giving Obama as hard a time as they give hillary. Oh well, she can handle it. Did you hear the last speech that Bill gave in Iowa before holidays. It's fantastic. It's on the net somewhere. Of coarse the Obama supporters voice some of the nastiest comments after every story.

Hey Jacque ! REPENT?? I should not address the lies that these trolls post about me? I should let them say that a comment like "Joe boy" means I really mean Jew boy? That I am a Jew hater? Bullshit ! That I revealed who he was, when it was his own Narcissism that faxed his info to someone else and did it to himself? I should let the lies about me roll off my back and let them lie here? That their posting of MY personal information should just go by ? Just remember WHO started all of this by coming in to an opposing blog for no other reason than the hatred in their hearts ! I did not start it, but I will not let them lie about me.

Posted by PamB on December 24, 2007 at 10:57 AM

lmao @ repent who the hell told you that?????

BS - you need not apologize to anyone for the way YOU CHOOSE to chastise the nasty heinous trolls.

Some don't spend as much time here as you do so they don't realize the SHIT they spew (nor do they care) some just love to pontificate BS and legends.

jmo but you GO GIRL! Get EVEN YOUR way!!!

oh I'm bak and brunch was lover-ly! heehee!

Posted by goodfoe on December 24, 2007 at 10:22 AM

that's always something to aim for especially if they are NOT picking on you. If they are??? Well it's YOUR call! no one else's.

Posted by connfloyd on December 24, 2007 at 10:34 AM

you know the gwdouche administration is open to the highest bidder right? greedy bas&*rdos!

From the Book Club at Talking Points Memo last week....a group effort.

TPM Cafe Book Club....books about the legacy of the Dean campaign.

Merry Xmas all.

A slow news cycle right now. KOS weights in on one situation:

Murder by spreadsheet
by kos
Mon Dec 24, 2007 at 07:42:25 AM PST

Every presidential candidate whose health plan rewards the health insurance companies by giving them more business via mandates needs to rethink that approach.

The lawyer for California teen Nataline Sarkisyan charged today that the only reason Cigna Health Care officials changed their minds and approved a liver transplant for the desperate girl was they knew it was too late and they wouldn't have to pay for it.

Sarkisyan, 17, died Thursday just hours after Cigna reversed its decision and approved the procedure it had previously described as "too experimental…and unproven." Now the Sarkisyan family hopes manslaughter or murder charges will be pressed.

Their lawyer, Mark Geragos, says he will refer the case to prosecutors for possible criminal charges against the insurer, Cigna HealthCare.

"All of the doctors there unanimously agreed that she needed and should have that liver transplant. And the only entity, if you will, who said no to that in the middle of that medical decision, was some piece of garbage who decided that making a couple of dollars, or saving them a couple of dollars, was worth more than the 65% chance over six months that she would survive," said Geragos.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/12/24/104225/34/508/425633

Posted by Ladydawn on December 24, 2007 at 12:07 PM
No, they are not picking on me. They're too busy picking on Pam. All, in all, I have been nastier to the trolls than they have been to me. It's almost Christmas Eve and I'm trying to "give the ball a rest" I grew up in poverty, we never had much for Christmas, so Christmas has always brought back bitter memories for me and I have not enjoyed Christmas, actually hated it for awhile. But this year for the first time, I am enjoying it, so I'm going to be happy this year. Must be having the grandkids around and appreciating them more this year. More than you wanted to know, I'm sure. Merry Christmas Dawnie.

Posted by goodfoe on December 24, 2007 at 12:43 PM

it's all GOOD! foe! lol!

The McLaughlin Group: Best and Worst for 2007
By: Nicole Belle on Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 at 7:02 PM - PST

The McLaughlin Group did the expected Year In Review episode. Panelists Pat Buchanan, Eleanor Clift, Monica Crowley and Clarence Page give their nominees for the Biggest Winner, Biggest Loser, Best Politician and Worst Politician. Question: who do you see as the biggest partisan political hack in the bunch?

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/12/23/the-mclaughlin-group-best-and-worst-for-2007/
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Watching this bunch the past two Sundays, one thought crossed my mind. I actually would rather see Tony Blankley (a disgusting right wing nut) than this idiot Monica Crowley. Gawd she is obnoxious.

All in all, the "awards" were pretty silly. But, it's the silly season.

So,

Merry Xmas again

Later ...

Posted by rjsnj on December 24, 2007 at 12:37 PM
RJ, thanks for that post. In June of 1999, I had advanced surgery for bladder, prostate and lymph gland cancer. I was on the table, with the spreaders in place for 8 hours. After the surgery, my right lung collapsed.I almost died then. Finally, I was put in ICU, stayed there three days after which I was then in normal care for one day. At the end of the first day the HMO doctor came in and said I had to go home. He said the insurance company would not pay for me to stay in the hospital any longer. Cheryl fought it. The insurance company "gave in" and said I had to go to a mid care facility, they would only pay for 5 days. Then I went home and almost died alone twice. I was saved on both occasions by a home nurse who just happened to stop by at the right time. Cheryl and I wrote about this in our book "Journey Through Cancer Land" where we described people in these insurance companies who get paid bonus' for kicking people out of hospitals too soon and for stopping coverage that is plainly covered in their policies. Cheryl and I sent out over 80 copies of our book to members of Congress, pushing for health care reform. Oh, the insurance company back then? It was Cigna Health Care.

Posted by rjsnj on December 24, 2007 at 12:53 PM

I totally agree about Blankley and HE's LOST weight and is looking pretty sharp. Sounding like a moderate. So they got rid of him of course. OR did he just leave? Can't stand CreepyCrawley! Another Bleached Bottle Head for Bush

omg as long as it's not ORIN Hatch

Iowa: State Senator Jack Hatch Endorses Hillary Clinton
Updated at 6:39 AM

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=489...

12/24/2007
State Senator Jack Hatch Endorses Hillary Clinton

As Momentum Grows in Iowa, Senator Hatch becomes the 21st Iowa Legislator to Endorse Hillary

DES MOINES, IA – As the Clinton campaign’s momentum continues to build in Iowa, State Senator Jack Hatch of central Des Moines, Senate District 33, endorsed Hillary today, citing the superiority of her health care plan. Senator Hatch is the 21st Iowa legislator to endorse Hillary. The endorsement comes on the heels of endorsements from prominent newspapers, including the Des Moines Register, Quad City Times and Burlington Hawk Eye, as well as Secretary of State Michael Mauro, over 100 Iowa women elected officials, and Iowa labor leaders.

“This is a historic election that will have an enormous impact on the direction of our country,” Senator Jack Hatch said. “Hillary Clinton is an agent of change who will enact universal health care and open up great opportunities for women, like my 18-year-old daughter, by making the dream of being president one day a real possibility. I trust Hillary to change our country because she has the strength and experience to enact real solutions to our big challenges. ”

Senator Hatch is serving his second term in the Iowa Senate after winning reelection in November 2006. Before that, Hatch served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993. Senator Hatch is a committed advocate for affordable, quality health care for vulnerable Iowans. Senator Hatch is the co-chair of the legislature’s Commission on Affordable Health Care for Small Businesses and Families.

Posted by **__D____Cactus__* on December 24, 2007 at 08:39 AM

Hey DoPeyD, you screwed the pooch with that post. You forgot to switch back to your Doo_Bee ID and dropped an anvil on your foot.

Posted by This_place_reeks_of_asshats_says_Harpo on December 24, 2007 at 09:12 AM

I think that was PamB in his/her best attempt to be clever.

lmao! (I think he's talking about our trolls)
Bill Mahers Top A holes of 2007

number 7 of 13

The Solid Quarter

That twenty-five percent of America who would not desert George Bush if he ran over Dakota Fanning with his pickup truck on the White House lawn. Is it a coincidence that twenty-five percent is also the number of people who, in an AP poll of predictions for 2007, said they expect Jesus Christ to return this year!? I don't think it is.

Merry Christmas, everyone! This was from the front page of the L. A. Times this morning:

THE CANCER DRUG

Cancer Opens One's Eyes to the Many Facets of Marijuana.

Ahh, cancer. One learns so much from being diagnosed with a
death-sentence disease. Of course, 95% of it is stuff you would
rather not know, but that other 5% is downright interesting. For
example, "America's Next Top Model" is much more fun to watch when
you've lost 15 pounds without trying. During chemotherapy, vanilla
smells good, but vanilla wafers taste disgusting. And eyelashes
really do have a purpose; without them, my eyes are a dust magnet.

But the most compelling fact I learned was about my friends. Not just
what you would expect: how they cooked for my family and picked up my
kids and took me to doctors and pretended not to notice how bad I
looked and, most important, that I could not -- cannot -- survive without them.

No, what really shocked me was how many of my old, dear, married,
parenting, job-holding friends smoke pot. I am not kidding. People I
never expected dropped by to deliver joints and buds and private
stash. The DEA could have set a security cam over my front door and
made some serious dents in the marijuana trade. The poets and
musicians were not a surprise, but lawyers? CEOs? Republicans? Across
the ideological spectrum, a lot of my buddies are stoners. Who knew?

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/

Who knew?

Merry Christmas Gro4me!

Ok I'm off for a while

Peace and enjoy your holiday!

Good afternoon, all.

War strain in Iraq may speed troop cuts

By Gordon Lubold Mon Dec 24, 3:00 AM ET

Washington - The strain of the war in Iraq is increasingly forcing senior Pentagon leaders to be blunter about the military's inability to sustain war operations indefinitely, a shift in tone that may mean more troops come home sooner...

Why not bring them home for Christmas? With a
truce holding between the warring factions in this civil war, conditions in Iraq will never be this good again.

It would not only be a blessing for the families of our troops who have re-deployed time and again, but it would also be a message to the world that we have learned our lession. We will never again support the forces among us that advocate pre-emptive attacks and torture.

There is no place for either within a free society. It is a tenet of Christianity and all the other great religions of the world. It should be America's present to the world this holiday season much as Jesus was the gift of peace that God bestowed on us 2,000 years ago.

Bring our troops home now..not in another year when Bush decides he needs it to make his legacy look good. Start bringing all of them home now, when it will actually mean something.

Bringing home just one more in a coffin is not right.

Doesn't this just beat all?

What is Bush going to do? Take his waterboarding act on a world tour to show other countries how it's not torture?

Bush Seeks to Restore Tattered U.S. Image With Heavy '08 Travel Edwin Chen Mon Dec 24

Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush's diplomatic passport will acquire a slew of new country stamps during his final year in office as he tries to rebuild the U.S.'s international standing and create a foreign-policy legacy beyond Iraq.

The president plans trips to the Middle East, Africa, Asia and South America, which would make 2008 his busiest year abroad. While his major domestic initiatives may get stalled by a Democratic majority in Congress and the gridlock caused by election-year politics, he still has an opportunity to exert his influence overseas...

news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20071224/pl_bloomberg/atro6sh1dtri

This frickin' idiot just doesn't want to face the effects that the sub-prime meltdown and outsourcing has done to his own people? So he's going to run away from reality and enjoy a year-long world vacation on taxpayer money?

Bon voyage, Spunky, and good riddance.

It will be money well spent just so we don't have to look at him for another year and be reminded of what he's done to our Constitution, military strength, and American Dream.

The link for my post at 2:16PM is:

news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20071224/ts_csm/acandor

Merry Christmas Eve, Dems!

(What were those trolls ranting about again? Oh well, these are the same fools who think everybody is named "Robbie" for some reason.)

Time for the annual notice courtesy of the "QT" column in the Chicago Sun-Times:

Call if coal found in stocking

QT Holiday News You Can Use:

A reminder to those who are out of work while the merriment happens all around:

The outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas will offer free job search and career advice to anyone who calls on Dec. 26 and 27.

The number is (312) 332-5790. The hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Get through Christmas. Who knows what the new year brings?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(This is one of the biggest headhunter and placement firms in the USA.)

Just stopping by for awhile ....

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Can't stand CreepyCrawley! Another Bleached Bottle Head for Bush

Posted by Ladydawn on December 24, 2007 at 01:12 PM
===================================================

Dawn, that Crowley gal gives me the creeps too. I seen Blankley on another show of late. I don't think he's gone or at least I didn't hear anything to that effect.

Why not bring them home for Christmas? With a
truce holding between the warring factions in this civil war, conditions in Iraq will never be this good again.
=================================================

It's a good time for GOP dopes to declar victory, success, whatever they want to call this disaster and just bring the troops home. Stop spending 12 billion per month of our tax dollars on keeping the troops stuck over there.

you know the gwdouche administration is open to the highest bidder right? greedy bas&*rdos!

Posted by Ladydawn on December 24, 2007 at 12:08 PM

And the liberals are drooling. They will pay absolutely any price to get the power.

What is Bush going to do? Take his waterboarding act on a world tour to show other countries how it's not torture?
===================================================
LOL Sandy. Georgie's Waterboarding and Brush Cutting show.

What a Chimp! He might as well take his Chimp Show on the road as no one wants to hear him here. Maybe that will keep Chimpy boy out of trouble for awhile.

Warnings Unheeded on Guards in Iraq
By Steve Fainaru
The Washington Post

Monday 24 December 2007

Despite shootings, security companies expanded presence.

The U.S. government disregarded numerous warnings over the past two years about the risks of using Blackwater Worldwide and other private security firms in Iraq, expanding their presence even after a series of shooting incidents showed that the firms were operating with little regulation or oversight, according to government officials, private security firms and documents.

The warnings were conveyed in letters and memorandums from defense and legal experts and in high-level discussions between U.S. and Iraqi officials. They reflected growing concern about the lack of control over the tens of thousands of private guards in Iraq, the largest private security force ever employed by the United States in wartime.

Neither the Pentagon nor the State Department took substantive action to regulate private security companies until Blackwater guards opened fire Sept. 16 at a Baghdad traffic circle, killing 17 Iraqi civilians and provoking protests over the role of security contractors in Iraq.

"Why is it they couldn't see this coming?" said Christopher Beese, chief administrative officer for ArmorGroup International, a British security firm with extensive operations in Iraq. "That amazes me. Somebody - it could have been military officers, it could have been State - anybody could have waved a flag and said, 'Stop, this is not good news for us.' "

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122407D.shtml

Jose Rodriguez may seek immunity over torture tape testimony Hotlist
by smintheus
Mon Dec 24, 2007 at 11:52:00 AM PST

The Sunday Times (London) reports that the CIA official blamed for the destruction of the torture tapes, who was subpoena'd on Thursday by the House Intelligence Committee, is looking for immunity from prosecution in exchange for testimony that probably would implicate White House officials.

Jose Rodriguez, former head of the CIA’s clandestine service, is determined not to become the fall guy in the controversy over the CIA’s use of torture, according to intelligence sources.

It has emerged that at least four White House staff were approached for advice about the tapes, including David Addington, a senior aide to Dick Cheney, the vice-president, but none has admitted to recommending their destruction.

Vincent Cannistraro, former head of counterterrorism at the CIA, said it was impossible for Rodriguez to have acted on his own: “If everybody was against the decision, why in the world would Jose Rodriguez – one of the most cautious men I have ever met – have gone ahead and destroyed them?”

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/12/24/144221/44/1006/426152

Later ...

Merry Xmas everbody, including hate-filled
"Christians."

11:55 PM 12/23/07

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/world/middleeast/24mideast.html

I was upset with the Israelis when I read the headline for this artcle because it appeared that they were running roughshod over the Palestinians, but after reading the whole article I don't believe that is the case at all; rather, they are attempting, correctly, to negotiate seriously from a position of strength. Rejecting Hamas is only common sense. Nothing Hamas says can be trusted and they have proved over and over that all they are really interested in is killing as many Jews as possible. Fatah is a different story. Fatah truly wants to end the bloodshed and a build livable country, but Israel knows that Jews and Palestinians must learn to live elbow to elbow as neighbors if peace is to last whichever side nominally administers a given area. I don't know if you can call 911 for emergency services in Jerusalem, but if you call, you won't care whether it's Israelis or Palestinians who respond, you want whoever is closest. Muslims have to give up Qtube's insane, Nazi dream of destroying Israel and its Jews. Until they do, the Palestinans will continue to fester in misery. The mythology is that the Jews drove the Palestinians into exile, but the truth is that most of them fled of their own accord at the behest of their virulently anti-semetic clergy and rulers, who promised them Israel's destruction and failed miserably to deliver it, and then abandoned them to their fate as refugees for half a century and more. How many Palestinians who have lived in Jordan for fifty years are Jordanian citizens? The Arabs could have ended Palestinian suffering long ago, but they did not and will not. Why Should Israel bear the burden for the suffering the Arabs caused and allowed to continue? I hope the Peace talks with Fatah continue and are successful, but I don't see how the Israelis can be blamed if they fail.

By the way, I am not Jewish.

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Have a peaceful, wonderful Christmas and a Happy , Healthy New Year.

The real work will begin next week, so get rested and geared up. Iowa caucus is 12 days. We should have a better idea then who is headed for the top tier. I am excited.

Blog ya probably tomorrow or the next day.

SING ALONG, ELVES AND ELVETTES!

Here's a REAL Statesman, as opposed to that alcoholic blow monkey we are saddled with for the next 13 months.

John Kerry fights for Patriots.

God Bless America you commie crackhead, drunk, and liar, DopeyD. I hope your Welfare will be cut off in the new year and you will have to go out and find a job or a woman to work and support your lazy commie butt!

Oh,
and Dopey, prove me wrong, asshat!

Hope you choke on a turkey bone, Danny. Gee, it must REALLY hurt you to have your posts fact checked. Oh well. Deal with it. You lie, I fact check.

If you are too stupid to figure out that Letters to the Editor are NOT "news stories" then you're just too stupid for your own good. Your willful ignorance is what has always done you in, and you're too gullible to learn from your own stupidity.

You are the failure that you are simply because you WANT to be a failure. You are too bone headed to learn, so suffer alone.

It's too bad that you and the other Crisco Crowd Cretins have NOBODY who loves them or cares about you or your ilk. YOU brought that on yourselves. No friends, no family who can stand you, no life, no love.

How pathetic it must be, to be you.

I hope your New Years Resolution is to have a long life. We all know that your being such a chronic failure as you have always been means that your Resolution will be broken

With any luck, around January 2.

What FACT CHECK you stupid asshat.

You claimed I wrote a post, that lied.

You never posted any proof or tried to, dopey, you are a liar!

NOW post proof that you are not a LIAR!

Is this going to be a long wait, while you try to twist your words, Dopey.

Gee, Mr. Illogical. How can one prove something that no longer exists? Tell me, PROVE that there were WMD in Iraq so Chimpy's Jim Beam, hormone and crack fueled fantasy could proceed.

You can't. On the same track, since your LIE fest is always scrubbed (and you know that) you think you can get away with posting endless B.S. stories in the middle of the night.

Wrong. I fact check and prove what a LIAR you are. Just a small little man making things up.

YOU LIE.

I call you on it.

You cry.

Boo friggin' Hoo.

Lame dopey, damn lame excuse even for you.

Face it, you have been outed as a liar!

Awww, Humpo just proposed to Danny.

...two lost souls who find each other ...

How schweet!

Merry Christmas to you as well, Harpo.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=doobee

1. doobee

A joint of marajuana

Guy 1 - Hey, You wanna go out for a doobee

Guy 2 - Fo shizzle my nizzle homie

2. doobee

Originaly from the Commerical for budwiser, were a penguin said "doo bee, doo bee, doo, beware of the penguin."
also slang for weed

doo bee, doo bee, doo, beware of the penguin!
I just smoked a big doobee!
Want some doobee?

=====================================

I guess I should have called dopey a pothead instead of a crackhead.

Posted by PamB on December 24, 2007 at 03:23 PM

you furrrrrrgot Kristen, Jen, dlesterpoet, jersey, hybrid, sunny, Michael Link, Streak

and many more long since gone from here but might return before 11/08

ahhhhhhhhh dinner was GRAND! Merry Eve to all!

ahhhhhhhhh dinner was GRAND! Merry Eve to all!

Posted by Ladydawn on December 24, 2007 at 05:55 PM

============================================

Well, you did say, you were going to rid of the dog.

Posted by Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on December 24, 2007 at 05:04 PM

LOL

Nixon/Reagan Era’s New Republic.

Corporate merged Bush Blackwater Army
Militias taking over Armed Forces
Work - immunity of impunity
Lacking any Congressional oversight
Rough Rider Cowboys - pillaging “At Will.”

Business Constitution’s takeover
Condensing power as President CEO,
Enron political religious might.
Post Office Microsoft filtered email,
White House warrantless Telecom data.

Patriot Act President with Executive
Privilege of “At Will” redefinitions
Legislating Attorney Generals
Destroying information - “At Will” right.
But protected - scales of checks and balances.

Full Thing

"We the people" are patriots that unite over division, those that use hate to separate US allows one element to control the masses by intimidation. We cannot be intimidated but like Eisenhower said "We the people" must fight for the core of this nation as Liberals, and Conservatives united in our Constitution and its checks and balances. We have no Russian Czar here.

Merry Christmas and let US bless our children with bright futures, they are our heritage born from founding father's faith in this blessed country. I wish the trolls the very best of the Holidays, and that your families find the wealth of this country in their hearts from your hugs.

Merry Christmas lester.

Posted by Cpl_McBurd on December 24, 2007 at 03:03 PM

aka Marine

Harpo,

I was checking out democratsunderground blog this morning, and laughing at the commies on there, anyway there was one called TRB, that posted just like dopey(a know it all), they chased his ass off quick, even the real wacko's have standards.

Posted by Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on December 24, 2007 at 05:27 PM

that thought may make me vomit

and after such a splendid meal with the FAM

ok back to decking the halls

lol
Peace dPD

Mormon Fact

April 6, ... is a particularly significant date because it commemorates not only the anniversary of the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in this dispensation, but also the anniversary of the birth of the Savior, our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ.

LINK

Since Romney may think Jesus was born on April 6, what does he have to say about Christmas? What year was Jesus born in? I know religion does not matter but if Romney is using Christmas in his campaign does not the people have the right to know his private views on it. If he is a Christian then is there more than one day Jesus was born on?

you would think on christmas eve the trolls would leave us alone and maybe have families or something to spend their time with...but you would figure wrong....this is their main mission in life...sad.

Posted by gregg on December 24, 2007 at 06:20 PM

Your a God hating bigot, its just another day to you, why would you care??

HEADING LEFT
Get Ready for a Democratic Era

By John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira
Sunday, December 23, 2007; Page B01

Karl Rove's grandest aspiration was to create a Republican majority that would dominate American politics for a generation or more. But as the effects of his distinctive brand of fear-mongering fade, it's the Democrats who are poised to become the country's majority party -- and perhaps for a long time to come.

Many conservatives have insisted that the Democrats' wins in the 2006 midterm elections, as well as their recent pickups in some 2007 races, were mere blips. They wish. Political, ideological, demographic and economic trends are all leading toward durable Democratic majorities in Congress, control of most statehouses and, very possibly, the end of the decades-old GOP hammerlock on the electoral college...

kkkarl who?

pUSs, you have no idea what my religious beliefs are or aren't. all i have made clear is that i do not follow the creationist/fundamentalist line. there are actually quite a few other ways of seeing things. so let me ask you why you bring hostility, venom and anger here on the night of your savior's birthday? seems a bit out of synch with your professed beliefs as a christian.

Posted by gregg on December 24, 2007 at 06:26 PM

You need to read some other democrat blogs, there greggy, it don't look good for a lot of democrats that got elected on promises they did not keep.

Posted by **___D____Cactus*___ on December 24, 2007 at 06:24 PM
May God bless this non-Christian that has the veins of hate on this Christmas Eve.

but as a devote christian pUSs how do you explain your christmas eve behavior? i think you owe us and your god an answer...

as for the elections....i can't wait!

Posted by gregg on December 24, 2007 at 06:30 PM

I know you seem to wish the best for the terrorist, I never see you post anything about musilum extremist, just against Christians and Jews.

but as a devote christian pUSs

Posted by gregg on December 24, 2007 at 06:37 PM

It does not say I give up good judgment, or take any crap off you Goatman.

i have a funny feeling pUSs that jesus would not be happy with your performance here tonight or any night. and you know i am right.

pUSs, you know you offend your lord and savior when you hurl hate at us. this is one of the basic teachings of your faith. do you now deny your faith....on christmas eve of all times?

May God bless this non-Christian that has the veins of hate on this Christmas Eve.

Posted by dlesterpoet on December 24, 2007 at 06:36 PM

I was always told, you ride with horse thieves, you hang with horse thieves. You need to read the blog you are posting on lester, your on the (commie) wrong side to be posting that.DoPeyD probably already found a short rope and tall closet bar and took care of himself.

Posted by gregg on December 24, 2007 at 07:17 PM

Hurl Hate ??

No, goatman Lmao.

now pUSs is advocating suicide. my, my, does it not feel the flames of hell licking at his feet? i suggest pUSs get itself to a church and get down on it's knees and pray for forgiveness on this birthday of the savior he claims to believe in...

May the Lord God Jehovah bless all of you on this Christmas Eve, the night before the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus....Merry Christmas to all!

now you deny being hateful? and so the sin of lying is added on this most holy of holy nights....

Posted by gregg on December 24, 2007 at 07:26 PM

Well goatman, if I find someone that believes in

commie fairy dust, I'll point out your post to them.

and to you goodfoe.

Posted by gregg on December 24, 2007 at 07:43 PM
Thank you Gregg, it has been my pleasure to talk with you this year......John Boy....

yes john and i believe this coming year is gonna be a whole lot more fun!

BBL

Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noël
Peace to all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzBvQ9EeF3k
**************************************************

Dear Michael,

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I'm so grateful to have your friendship and support during this time of year when we all strive to focus on those things that matter most: our family, our friends, and the desire for peace and goodwill.

As 2007 draws to a close, I am hopeful about what we can accomplish for America together. There is so much good we can do with a positive vision for change and the will to see it done.

My wish for the holidays is that I have the opportunity to make a difference for those Americans who have been invisible for too long. It means so much to know that we share that wish and are working together to change our country.

I know you share my gratitude to the members of our armed forces who are serving overseas, separated from their loved ones during the holidays. They and their families continue to make an enormous sacrifice for us all, and I wish them a safe and happy holiday.

I hope that you and your family have a joyous holiday season, full of love and good cheer. Thank you so much for all you do for our campaign.

Sincerely,

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Words of founding fathers uniting US
Equality’s “We the people” diversity
Three branch equal Trilogy of protection,
Checks and balances over dishonesty
Corrupting the core with absolute rule.

This Christmas Democracy redefined
Says we must have these Corporate masters
Who merge government jobs with contractors,
Who serve “At Will” to Executive Privilege -
Fortress that is a buttress to Congress.

Federal Courts are denied due process
Laws legislated from Attorney Generals
“At Will” habeas corpus military courts,
One branch rule of this right wing dictator -
Segregating Congress and Supreme Court.

Patriot Act of Totalitarian power
Presidential sentencing human beings,
Denied trials ‘n rights in White House prisons
Using torture redefined human right
Treatments - worldwide water boarding people.

Geneva Convention “At Will” destroyed,
White House evasive recess appointments,
Attack of Constitution’s principles,
Destruction of “We the people” Freedom,
Democracy slaughtered “At Will” tyrant.

We cannot have a Free nation when Congress and the Judicial Branch is denied entry into the Bush White House to investigate the destruction of Data "At Will" of Executive Privilege having been required to be saved by the Federal courts of the Judicial Branch of government without the knowledge of Congress, who is required by the Constitution to protect its citizens from Executive abuse.

A bloggers comment from
NY Times' Dowd echoed Healy's misleading account of Clinton interview

(it seems there are MANY more like me)
--------------------------------

Know what's wrong with the Clinton partnership? The media's obsession with it. Period.

If Bill campaigns for Hillary, he's stealing her thunder. If he doesn't, it must mean that he's jealous and doesn't want her to win. The Clintons are either running from the 90s or trying to remind us of them. Or both, simultaneously.

Every new "story" about the Clintons brings me closer to voting for Hillary over Edwards, my current favorite, just to annoy the hell out of the Clinton-haters in the media.
* - jjamele2880 / Sunday December 23, 2007 03:38:29 PM EST

hey dka!! Happy Holidays! I forgot to add you name to the list of Pams. oops.

I found another one and now I'm gonzo

Hillary's Holiday Wish to the Troops

Very nice! And she mentions bringing them HOME in 08!

I 2nd her sentiments to all of those stuck serving overseas during this Holiday season! I know it sucks!! Stay Safe! Peace - Joy - Love!

Ho, ho, ho!

Yummers. The lasagna was great as was the rest. Now it's time for the adults to move to the living room and open ONE present, and give thanks to God that we aren't Republicans, and therefore not STUPID

to wit...

I give you THUMBASS!!:

yeah, it may indeed be the essence of the bud that n=makes him even more so of a slow lad with a bad water pump but he can still be called a crack head and the skull of his must have some severe fissures running through it, a deep one straight through control central.

Posted by This_place_reeks_of_asshats_says_Harpo on December 24, 2007 at 06:04 PM

Is that even in English?? I realize that Thumbass basically does the ol' C & P crapola or else he just plagiarizes crap from the so-called "Philosopher Stone" (pics available) and wrongly assumes that Dems are as stupid as Pugs.

Wrong on both accounts, Chubby Cheeto.

Time to move to the Christrmas room.

Bite me, trolls. Hope you die.

SOON.

and while sally tells us that global warming is a fad that will soon pass his holiness in rome ( of the church i was born into ) tells us differently on this christmas eve:

Pope Makes Appeal on the Environment

ROME — Pope Benedict XVI reinforced the Vatican’s growing concern with protecting the environment in the traditional midnight Christmas Mass on Tuesday, bemoaning an “ill-treated world” in a homily given to thousands of pilgrims here in the seat of the world’s billion Roman Catholics.

On the day Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ some 2,000 years ago, Benedict referred to one early father of the church, Gregory of Nyssa, a bishop in what is now Turkey. “What would he say if he could see the state of the world today, through the abuse of energy and its selfish and reckless exploitation?” the pope asked, according to the Vatican’s English translation.

He expanded on the theme briefly by saying that an 11th-century theologian, Anselm of Canterbury, had spoken “in an almost prophetic way” as he “described a vision of what we witness today as a polluted world whose future is at risk.”...

even the pope...

time to put the cookies and milk on the mantel and get to bed before santa shows up...see you in the morning.

Run Corporate Raiders from Washington,
Kick out Republican carpetbaggers,
Give religion back to “We the people”
Whose compassion runs this divine nation -
America - Made in USA –citizens.

Posted by dlesterpoet on December 25, 2007 at 12:00 AM Merry Christmas Poet......John Boy....

And Good night to all....

High court asked to review Congress raid

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to toss out a lower court ruling that says the FBI was wrong to raid Democratic Rep. William Jefferson's office, a decision the Bush administration argues will hinder corruption investigations of Congress.

Link

If the Supreme Court allows the White House to raid Congress "At Will" without warning and/or warrants then Congress and the Supreme Court has the same rights under the Trilogy of the Constitutions checks and balances. To not balance the scales of justice in favor of the Executive Branch, allows it to use unfair intimidation to due process of procedural protections.

The three branches must coordinate together and limit the scope otherwise The FBI would be a tool for the White House to silence critics of its policy. The White House is not an "At Will" Totalitarian Regime who "At Will" can send its people to bully Congress nor the Supreme Court. If that was the case the White Court could order its troops to seal of the Supreme Court just as Pakistan did "At Will" of Executive Privilege of Totalitarian Constitutional power.

The fact is the FBI must be under the capital police in Congress, who must assure the public's interest is protected. Congress might be protecting Watergate type data and the FBI is sent in to secure it where we already know they can destroy data "At Will" of Executive Privilege. The Attorney General could go in and secure whistle blowers data and then terminate those White House individuals.

The White House seeks to right to do anything "At Will" without regards to the Federal Court System and if it is allowed to intimidate the other branches then Nixon would have never been impeached.

With this power Congressional Investigative Committees could be monitored by the FBI where all data would be sent to the White House and thereby force Congress into silence.

Bush/Nixon Totalitarianism is the total destruction of Freedom and Democracy as we know it. Republican Corporate friends could ask a President to intervene to quash the Legislative and/or Judicial Arm by using the FBI to do a Corporate President dirty work to collect data used by the White House to silence critics.

Are we a Pakistan, are we a Russia, are we a Red China, or are we a Constitutional Democracy with scales that balance the abuse of totalitarians like Hitler's, Caesars, Stalin's, and other despots who follow the path of Nixon and Bush.

I can see Congress using the Capital Police and raid the White House. Somehow cooler heads must prevail were a grand jury like setting, takes all three branches and unites them on a Constitutional solution.

How many Presidents wanted to sent the FBI, CIA, IRS, White House Attorney General, White House lawyers into using the Executive Privilege of "At Will" political force. Some may have wanted to invade Congress using its White House Blackwater security plumbers unit and/or its Delta force like Czars has done.

What does the White House think it has the Patriot Act right to work against Congress and/or the Supreme Court to monitor their emails, tape them without warrants, check their cell phone use, and GPS them "At Will?" Does the White House use its Microsoft filters, its Google data, and its Telecoms to silence the Constitution right to defend itself from Executive abuse? Is the White House legislating from the Presidents “At Will” personal wishes? Can we trust any, one human being, to run our country as our savior. Or has history taught US that Freedom and Democracy needs its checks and balances in its Constitution, where it has scales of Justice and in this case a Trilogy that must divide equally working for “We the people” who own this Constitution, not any Corporate or Power Brokered interests.

Posted by Cpl_McBurd on December 24, 2007 at 03:03 PM

aka Marine

Posted by Ladydawn on December 24, 2007 at 06:11 PM

dawnie, your as ignorant as you look, and your is wide. You have now insulted me. I am not Marine. I was not a Marine. I am not jar-headed, and never will be. Greggy has the lop-sided head. A marine will salute a lightpost when in doubt. I served 3 wonderful years in The U.S.Army during the Cold War, defending Western Civilisation from the evil Communist threat. And now you commie wench, I have one, and one question only; how does your mouse buzz now?!!?

dawnie, your as ignorant as you look, and your ass is wide.

Bite me, trolls. Hope you die.

SOON.

Posted by Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on December 24, 2007 at 10:19 PM

Wow, DoPeyD was really digging for those insults. How about this: hey DopeyD du alte Batschaken sau! I hope you get a "Flotten Otto" from your Ecoli tainted Spinach.

Well goatman, if I find someone that believes in

commie fairy dust, I'll point out your post to them.

Posted by **___D____Cactus*___ on December 24, 2007 at 07:32 PM

Correction Mr. Cactus, It is now Geissgieger or Geissbub. Bub is pronouced "boob".

jealousy is the least of their problems! they have pantie issues! the PERVERTS that they are!

lol but thanks ;-)

Posted by Ladydawn on December 24, 2007 at 10:16 AM

Gee whiz Dawnelle, Pantie issues??? A typical male trait is that of a nicely built female butt, scantly clad in sexy panties, thong, or something scant or skimpy. And in your opinion thats perverted??? It may be perverted to the "schwuchtl" crowd, but the average, normal,hetero man gets his thrills from it.
Now if those panties are threatening to explode; typical example would be from being stretched to the limit by an oversized fat Godzilla ass, then its a perverted pantie issue. Do you understand now?

Gee, Mr. Illogical. How can one prove something that no longer exists? Tell me, PROVE that there were WMD in Iraq Posted by Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on December 24, 2007 at 05:04 PM

Hey DoPeyD, YOU PROVE that there were NO WMD in Iraq. You need to widen your horizon a little bit. Do you even realize just how big Iraq is??? And how easy it would be to hide a few containers of nerve gas or something of that nature, in such a wide expanse of desert? Hellllllllooooooooo????

Merry Christmas everyone (except communist asshats and you know who you are PamB, DopeyD and greggy come to mind and those of you who are too dumb to Know better, Pamb and DoPeyD come to mind again and of course Dawney)

And on this Christmas Day and reflecting on PamB's racist comments of a day or so again in referring to Joe Lieberman as Joe Boy which was an obvious reference to the racial slur of Jew Boy, I think it is a good time to remind Democrats of the consistent racism of the Democrat Party going back to Thomas Jefferson.

You can read all the "great" quotes here but here are a few from the modern era:

"Anyone who has traveled to the Far East knows that the mingling of Asiatic blood with European or American blood produces, in nine cases out of ten, the most unfortunate results. . . . The argument works both ways. I know a great many cultivated, highly educated and delightful Japanese. They have all told me that they would feel the same repugnance and objection to have thousands of Americans settle in Japan and intermarry with the Japanese as I would feel in having large numbers of Japanese coming over here and intermarry with the American population. In this question, then, of Japanese exclusion from the United States it is necessary only to advance the true reason--the undesirability of mixing the blood of the two peoples. . . . The Japanese people and the American people are both opposed to intermarriage of the two races--there can be no quarrel there."

--Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1925
President, 1933-45

"This passport which you have given me is a symbol to me of the passport which you have given me before. I do not feel that it would be out of place to state to you here on this occasion that I know that without the support of the members of this organization I would not have been called, even by my enemies, the 'Junior Senator from Alabama.' "

--Hugo Black, accepting a life membership in the Ku Klux Klan upon his election to the U.S. Senate as a Democrat from Alabama, 1926
Appointed to the Supreme Court by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937

"Mr. President, the crime of lynching . . . is not of sufficient importance to justify this legislation."

--Sen. Claude Pepper (D., Fla.), 1938
Spoken while engaged in a six-hour speech against the antilynching bill

"I am a former Kleagle [recruiter] of the Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh County. . . . The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia. It is necessary that the order be promoted immediately and in every state in the union."

--Robert C. Byrd, 1946
Democratic Senator from West Virginia, 1959-present
Senate Majority Leader, 1977-80 and 1987-88
Senate President Pro Tempore, 1989-95, 2001-03, 2007-present
His portrait stands in the U.S. Capitol.

President Truman's civil rights program "is a farce and a sham--an effort to set up a police state in the guise of liberty. I am opposed to that program. I have voted against the so-called poll tax repeal bill. . .. I have voted against the so-called anti-lynching bill."

--Rep. Lyndon B. Johnson (D., Texas), 1948
U.S. Senator, 1949-61
Senate Majority Leader, 1955-61
President, 1963-69

"There is no warrant for the curious notion that Christianity favors the involuntary commingling of the races in social institutions. Although He knew both Jews and Samaritans and the relations existing between them, Christ did not advocate that courts or legislative bodies should compel them to mix socially against their will."

--Sen. Sam Ervin (D., N.C.), 1955
Chairman, Committee on Government Operations, 1971-75

"The decline and fall of the Roman empire came after years of intermarriage with other races. Spain was toppled as a world power as a result of the amalgamation of the races. . . . Certainly history shows that nations composed of a mongrel race lose their strength and become weak, lazy and indifferent."

--Herman E. Talmadge, 1955
Democratic Senator from Georgia, 1957-81
Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, 1971-81

"These Negroes, they're getting pretty uppity these days and that's a problem for us since they've got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we've got to do something about this, we've got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference. For if we don't move at all, then their allies will line up against us and there'll be no way of stopping them, we'll lose the filibuster and there'll be no way of putting a brake on all sorts of wild legislation. It'll be Reconstruction all over again."

--Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D., Texas), 1957

"I have never seen very many white people who felt they were being imposed upon or being subjected to any second-class citizenship if they were directed to a waiting room or to any other public facility to wait or to eat with other white people. Only the Negroes, of all the races which are in this land, publicly proclaim they are being mistreated, imposed upon, and declared second-class citizens because they must go to public facilities with members of their own race."

--Sen. Richard B. Russell Jr. (D., Ga.), 1961
The Russell Senate Office Building is named for him.

"I did not lie awake at night worrying about the problems of Negroes."

--Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, 1961
Kennedy later authorized wiretapping the phones and bugging the hotel rooms of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"I'm not going to use the federal government's authority deliberately to circumvent the natural inclination of people to live in ethnically homogeneous neighborhoods. . . . I have nothing against a community that's made up of people who are Polish or Czechoslovakian or French-Canadian or blacks who are trying to maintain the ethnic purity of their neighborhoods."

--Jimmy Carter, 1976
President, 1977-81
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, 2002

"The Confederate Memorial has had a special place in my life for many years. . . . There were many, many times that I found myself drawn to this deeply inspiring memorial, to contemplate the sacrifices of others, several of whom were my ancestors, whose enormous suffering and collective gallantry are to this day still misunderstood by most Americans."

--James Webb, 1990
Now a Democratic Senator from Virginia

"Everybody likes to go to Geneva. I used to do it for the Law of the Sea conferences and you'd find these potentates from down in Africa, you know,