Hysterical Diatribes

John McCain and George Bush know as much about “hysterical diatribes” as they do about WMDs and “elevating the tone of debates.”
10:30 — find one thing in there that is hysterical or diatribe-like.
“George Bush and John McCain have a lot to answer for.” Damn straight.

Anyone who would talk to Hamas

Is unfit to defend America …
Exclusive Video: McCain Was For Talking To Hamas Before He Was Against It… - Politics on The Huffington Post
McCAIN: “They’re the government; sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them, one way or another, and I understand why this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy […]

Thank God I am not a Brazilian, nor a Mexican, nor a Kiwi

Pharyngula: Michael Medved says something dumb
You have got to read Michael Medved’s latest foray into pseudoscience: he has declared American superiority to be genetic, encoded in our good old American DNA. Because our ancestors were immigrants, who were risk-takers, who were selected for their energy and aggressiveness. Oh, except for those who are descended from […]

Century John and Czechoslovakia

First Read - MSNBC.com

McCain just said the United States should set up a missile defense system in Czechoslovakia. Should we assume he meant the Czech Republic?
Czechoslovakia hasn’t existed for 15 years. Perhaps McSame wants to look into basing them in the Free City of Danzig, too.

War Crimes

ABC News: Sources: Top Bush Advisors Approved ‘Enhanced Interrogation’
In dozens of top-secret talks and meetings in the White House, the most senior Bush administration officials discussed and approved specific details of how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency, sources tell ABC News.
The so-called Principals who participated in the meetings […]

Road rage … over a vodka ad?

Michelle Malkin » Absolut arrogance and the advertising agency behind the reconquista ad
You know what has been heartening the past two days as reaction to the Absolut Reconquista ad continues to pour in? The fact that so many of you still take our sovereignty seriously and are willing to give voice to your concerns without […]

On that Yoo Memo

Rick Moran says it all. Right Wing Nut House » AMERICA’S SHAME
I do not wish terrorists to be tortured. I wish them dead. But if they must surrender themselves to our custody or if we find it to our tactical advantage to hold them, then we have no alternative but to treat them as […]

Meet the Dovish Doctrinaire Idealists

Meet the Obama Doctrine by Dean Barnett at the Weekly Sub-Standard:
The problem with having idealists form your foreign policy is that idealists tend not to care for the grotty details that upset their world view. [Samantha] Power is (or rather was) just one of the high-minded Doctrinaires whose résumé evidences a certain fondness for dovish […]

Ignorance is Strength

McCain misspeaks on Iraq
Mr. McCain said several times in his visit to Jordan — in a news conference and in a radio interview — that he was concerned that Iran was training Al Qaeda in Iraq. The United States believes that Iran, a Shiite country, has been training and financing Shiite extremists in Iraq, but […]

Department of Rejection and Denunciation

Ever heard of Louis Farrakhan? How about Jeremiah Wright, pastor of Obama’s Black Church? If so, you’ve probably also heard of demands that Obama distance himself from them, most recently Tim Russert’s lengthy Farrakhan farrago at the last debate, culminating in Obama’s formulation, “I reject and denounce” Farrakhan.
You might also have read that McCain […]

Stupid as a … Tennessee Republican?

This phrase may soon join “dumb as a box of rocks,” in cliches for stupidity.
From John Cole, it seems that Josh Marshall made a joke:
Can we ignore Sen. Obama’s silence about Muammar Kaddafi?
Bill Hobbs.com - Blogging about politics and media from Nashville. reacts:

Wow! I would think that basic English comprehension skills, to […]

Don’t “Hussein” that Lib

Rove: Don’t “Hussein” Obama
No less an authority figure than Karl Rove has warned Republican operatives from demagoguing Barack Obama’s middle name.
At a closed door meeting of GOP state executive directors in late January, Rove said the safest way to refer to Obama would be to use his honorific, “Sen. Obama.”
“The context was, you’re not going […]

Waiting for Confederate Yankee to Apologize

The Reality-Based Community: Army CoS has “no reason to doubt” Obama’s soldier story
The Army Chief of Staff says that he has “no reason to doubt” Barack Obama’s account of an Army captain’s complaint about being sent to Afghanistan with his unit undermanned and underequipped. Remember, this was the story all the wingnuts landed on as […]

The Bloggers Bail

Rob Port: CNN Questions Obama’s Patriotism - Say Anything
A poll question from CNN’s website: “Is Obama patriotic enough to be president?”
I detest Obama as a candidate, and even I think that’s a dumb question.
Even so, my father tonight (himself a Vietnam veteran decorated with a silver star - pinned on by Patton’s son - four […]

Bush is a secret Buddhist

And here’s teh proof:

He intends to turn the country (Russia, too!) over to a secret cabal of Buddhists. Him and his old friends from the Texas Rangers: The Bush Baseball Buddy Buddhist Bunch.
No wait, this photo was actually taken in Vietnam. OMG! He’s a commie too. He’s going to turn the country over to those […]