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There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

I’m more christian than these people and i’m an atheist.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

The way to stop violence is to stop manufacturing the hatred that fuels it.

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

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

This chaos was totally avoidable.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

White supremacy is terrorism.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

The National Guard is not Batman.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

Everybody saw this coming.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

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More Evidence to Mute the ‘Bush Lied’ Crowd

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This should give pause to some in the ‘Bush Lied- People Died!’ crowd, but it probably will be ignored just like everything else is ignored in the jihad against Bush:

Former US president Bill Clinton said in October during a visit to Portugal that he was convinced Iraq had weapons of mass destruction up until the fall of Saddam Hussein, Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso said.

“When Clinton was here recently he told me he was absolutely convinced, given his years in the White House and the access to privileged information which he had, that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction until the end of the Saddam regime,” he said in an interview with Portuguese cable news channel SIC Noticias.

This isn’t that shocking, and not really a revelation, because everyone thought Hussein had WMD. But wait, there is more:

An influential Washington think-tank said the Bush administration “systematically” inflated the threat from Iraq’s weapons programs in a bid to strengthen its push for military action against Iraq last year.

In its report, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace also said it was unlikely that Iraq could have destroyed, hidden or moved out of the country hundreds of weapons of mass destruction without Washington detecting some sign of activity.

In other words- Bush lied- or maybe he didn’t. Wonder which part of this report the Bush/Hitler crowd will latch onto? At any rate, if they insist on claiming that Bush lied- you should casually point out that their heroes- Clinton, the UN, Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, and the rest of the International Community aqlso lied about Saddam possessing WMD.

Of course- we know it is ok for Clinton to lie. Just depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.

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The Mad How Kool-Aid

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Read here for a run-down of Howard Dean’s gaffes:

Mad Howard’s frantic, peptic rise to top dog in the Democratic pack exhibits similar symptoms, from his “unsteady” (retracted) crack about rebel flags to his hideous conspiratorial “hint” that President Bush knew in advance of 9-11, to his demand we deal with the Soviet Union (it’s Russia now, Howard), to his huff that America is no safer with Saddam Hussein incarcerated, followed by his startling revelation that Job is his favorite book in the New Testament.

Imagine the monthlong jihad Maureen Dowd and other smirky national press pooh-bahs would have waged had Bush done a similar job on Job.

Read here, where Oliver Willis fails to note that they were actually gaffe’s, and sees a conspiracy:

People like myself, especially after the poll-tested fiasco of the 2002 election find it reassuring that a Democrat will say what needs to be said about Team Bush. On the other hand, the media, GOP and establishment Dems are salivating at painting Dean into a “gaffe” box and his straight-talker style doesn’t help.

Here is Dean’s latest:

Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, trying to limit the fallout from negative comments he made four years ago, said Friday he “really didn’t understand the Iowa caucuses” when he said they were dominated by extremist special interests.

“I wouldn’t be where I am without the Iowa caucuses,” said Dean, who leads in polls but is facing a strong challenge by rival Dick Gephardt.

Dean has not addressed his 2000 comments, made on a Canadian program, but said if elected he would press for Iowa to be the first contest of the 2008 campaign.

There appear to be a lot of things Dean doesn’t know anything about.

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Thieving Bastiches!

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This latest ‘scandal’ is a real hoot:

Robert Novak, nationally known political commentator, has drawn criticism from all corners of South Dakota for racially charged remarks he made Tuesday on CNN’s nationally broadcast program, “Crossfire.”

“In 2002, (Republican candidate John) Thune would have been elected to the state’s other Senate seat, but the election was stolen by stuffing ballot boxes on Indian reservations. Now, Tom Daschle may have to pay for that theft,” Novak said in an exchange with Democratic operative James Carville.

Carville called the statement “really out there” and said American Indians are “very patriotic Americans.”

“Has Thune said that the Native Americans are election thieves?” Carville asked.

Novak replied, “No, I said it.”

On Thursday, three people demanded Novak apologize. They are state Democratic Party chairwoman Judy Olson Duhamel of Rapid City, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Chairman Mike Jandreau and Frank LaMere, treasurer of a political action committee.

Maybe he shoujld have just called them gas station attendants– then no one would care. Whoops. Wrong Indians. More importantly, though- is Novak is a Republican and a white male.

Speaking of Hillary and her gas attendant flap- did you see her apology. Reminded me what I hated about the Clintons:

“It was a lame attempt at humor and I am very sorry that it might have been interpreted in a way that causes stress to anyone.”

She’s not sorry she said something patently racist. She’s just sorry that you are so blockheaded that you didn’t see it as a joke. How dare you interpret it that way!

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One of These Days, To the Moon, Alice, To The Moon!

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Color me unimpressed:

President Bush will announce plans next week to send Americans to Mars and establish a permanent human presence on the moon, senior administration officials said Thursday night.

Let’s see- bloated deficits, expanded entitlement programs, bloated education spending, amnesty for millions of illegal aliens, the hideously expensive presxcription drug give-away- I guess we were due for something like this. What, with NASA broadcasting pictures from Mars, I guess a trip to the moon is the first evidence of the conservatism in ‘Compassionate Conservatism.’

Is this really the direction the space program should be taking?

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Yeah- Bush is the Dumb One

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I hope to hell they nominate this guy:

With a wary eye on Gen. Wesley K. Clark’s rise in national and New Hampshire polls, Howard Dean’s campaign has begun to limit his availability to the press, and the candidate himself is watching his words after several recent statements unleashed a storm of criticism from opponents.

Dr. Dean, who has spent two years campaigning as the candidate willing to say what he thinks, initially told reporters that he would be “happy” to discuss his tax policy. Then, as aides glared at him, he immediately said a senior adviser had “veto power” over what he would say.

“I’m not allowed to say I’m happy to do anything anymore,” he added.

Later in the day, the campaign released a statement saying Dr. Dean had long intended to propose “additional tax reforms.”

His new reticence came as a CNN/USA Today poll published Wednesday showed a slide in Dr. Dean’s support among Democrats nationally, with his lead over General Clark shrinking to four points

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