Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

They don’t have outfits that big. nor codpieces that small.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

The media handbook says “controversial” is the most negative description that can be used for a Republican.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

This fight is for everything.

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

A fool as well as an oath-breaker.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Republicans don’t lie to be believed, they lie to be repeated.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

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A Perfect Match

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Maybe the corrupt scumbags at MCI deserve Danny Glover as their spokesman:

MCI, the former WorldCom, agreed today to settle accusations of fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission by paying a $500 million penalty that will ultimately be given to investors.

The penalty was the largest ever sought by the commission, and the agreement resolves the biggest fraud case ever filed by the agency. If it is approved by a federal judge in Manhattan, it will also remove one of the last significant obstacles to MCI’s emerging from the largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy ever filed.

I am glad they are paying a fine, but this is not enough. I agree with SBC Communications:

But some of MCI’s industry rivals said that the settlement was too small and ineffective. “This is a pittance compared to the significant financial harm they’ve caused investors, pension funds, the marketplace and even their own customers,” SBC Communications said in a statement this afternoon. “We’re disappointed a company that can instigate this much trouble gets away with a slap on the wrist as a cost of doing illegal business.”

And lawyers representing investors led by the New York State employees’ pension fund who have filed a class-action lawsuit said that the $500 million would not satisfy claims of shareholders who say they have lost “tens of billions of dollars” from MCI’s misleading accounting.

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This pisses me off.

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Why Didn’t I think Of That?

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“More cooperation with Pakistan.”

Four words. After spending ten minutes haranguing the Bush administration tonight on Hardball for ‘dropping the ball on Al Qaeda’ and ‘not finishing them off,’ that was John Kerry’s response when Matthews asked him what he would do differently in the war on terror.

Possible 2004 Kerry Campaign slogans:

“My ideas fit on bumper stickers.”

-or-

“If you thought Bush was dumb and liked it, why not try really dumb?”

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This Is Beautiful

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Via Common Dreams I see this shocking headline that appeared in the UK Guardian:

You Let Al-Qaida Off Hook, Bush Told

Who told Bush this? The CIA? Nope.

Military Intelligence? Nope.

The Homeland Security Department? Nope.

The FBI? Nope.

Mossad? Nope.

Interpol? Nope.

The source for these drastic revelations are none other than, you guessed it- the Democrat candidates for President in 2004.

Congressman Richard Gephardt said: “We are vulnerable to future attacks because this administration has not done its job.”

Governor Howard Dean accused the White House of “strangling cities and towns” by refusing them money for protection.

Perhaps most significantly, the bombings offered a new impetus to the presidential campaign of Senator Bob Graham of Florida, the oldest, probably least-known and maybe the weirdest of the nine Democratic candidates challenging Mr Bush.

Mr Graham was reported to have stolen the show in Iowa with a powerful attack on the administration’s decision to invade Iraq as a distraction. “They have conducted an ideological war in Iraq … and at the same time they have stopped the war against terror,” he said. “We have let al-Qaida off the hook.”

This, my friends, is OBJECTIVE journalism. A point of note is that this piece of bile was written by first rate hack Matt Engel, of Olive Garden, and Mississippi fame. Why does this idiot have a job?

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As noted by the Instapundit and the Calpundit (in the comments), the most offensive thing about this piece is the headline, with which Engel may have had little or nothing to do. However, I also hate the absolutely uncritical tone of the piece, which simply accepts as gospel truth what the candidates have to say- you see, they sit in on intelligence briefings, so it must be true. If President Bush had stated “Democrats hat any kind of tax cut,” it would be perfectly fair (and the writer’s responsibility, IMHO), to point out that the Democrats have recently proposed a number of tax cuts. Why should a writer not point out all of the recent arrests and successes in the War on terror when someone is claiming that Bush has ‘stopped the war on terror?’

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This Makes Sense

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I am speechless (which I guess is the intent of the McCain Feingold CFR bill):

A federal court Monday temporarily restored limits on political donations and advertising that it had struck down as unconstitutional, making 2004 candidates operate under the law passed by Congress last year until the Supreme Court settles the matter.

In other words, “it’s unconstitutional, and we said so, but what the hell, let’s give it a whirl.” As Attorney James Bopp Jr. puts it:

“The court agrees these provisions strip us of our rights, but they’re going to allow them to be enforced anyway,” Bopp said. “That’s just astonishing.”

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Ministry of Silly Walks?

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I don’t even know how to begin to deal with this story:

WASHINGTON (AP) – Watch your step! The Pentagon is developing a radar-based device that can identify people by the way they walk, for use in a new antiterrorist surveillance system.

Operating on the theory that an individual’s walk is as unique as a signature, the Pentagon has financed a research project at the Georgia Institute of Technology that has been 80 to 95 percent successful in identifying people.

Paging John Cleese, paging John Cleese!

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