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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.
We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.
Damn right I heard that as a threat.
Technically true, but collectively nonsense
Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard
The words do not have to be perfect.
Tick tock motherfuckers!
They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!
This really is a full service blog.
Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.
Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.
Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.
The media handbook says “controversial” is the most negative description that can be used for a Republican.
Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.
You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.
This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.
We will not go back.
They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.
There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.
Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.
Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.
Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.
Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.
Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.
r€nato
head over to Sadly, No! for a bracing shot of Huckenfreude.
r€nato
The only thing that could top this is Ron Paul having a strong showing in NH. Is that at all possible? After all, NH Republicans are a libertarian-leaning lot, aren’t they?
myiq2xu
You are referring to pie?
TheFountainHead
I can has Obama v. Huckabee race now? PeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeZZ!
Billy K
Pie. I liek it.®
akaoni
*Start shameless self promotion*
Iowa Democratic caucusblogging here.
*End shameless self promotion*
Jay
Long-range speculation: Barak Obama/Colin Powell ticket. He knows where the bodies are buried and has huge respect from the military and centrists of both parties.
demimondian
I don’t think so — Powell’s damaged goods for the anti-war base. I’m thinking Obama/Clark.
Billy K
You guys are nuts. Obama/Richardson or Obama/Edwards.
TheFountainHead
You know I had the same thought the other night, and dismissed it as fantasy, but that might be FUN.
eastriver
An open thread? Sew what?
eastriver
Obama/Osama
Jay
You could see Clark behind Hillary last night!!!1! That gets him nowhere with Obama.
Do you think the anti-war folks are going to vote for any Republican?
Richardson will say anything and everything and loses cred every time he talks.
Powell brings experience, “I tried to slow them down”, and the same level of class and calm confidence that Obama has.
If not V.P. then he will be somewhere in the upper ecshalon of an Obama admin. Bank on it.
demimondian
I’m seeing Clark as a Hillary surrogate. You know it’s going to come down to wheeling and dealing at the end, and somebody from the loser’s team needs to be veep. Clinton won’t take it, and I think Obama needs a military type, anyway, so I’m thinking Clark to fill the military hole, provide a white Southern male, and provide a sop to the Clinton team.
Chris
No.
It is delicious cake.
You must eat it.
John S.
The former has zero chance of happening, AFAIC. The latter seems like the logical choice – a heavily progressive ticket with just the right amount of populism riding the wind of change.
I think Clark would make a pretty good Sec. of Defense, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he turned up there. As for Powell, I think with all of Obama’s talk about ‘reaching across the aisle’ it is fairly certain he would find a place in that administration. Schwarzenegger – not so much.
Billy K
The cake is a lie, my friend. The cake is a lie.
Chris
There’s an armful of predictions that he could make it to third.
Bigger question, will he trounce Giuliani again? Every time he does that, it’s an implication that 9/11 is about world engagement, not evul muhslummms.
Billy K
I could see Powell as Sec. of State, unless he’s not for reallys done with public service. He may truly be burned out. Clark I woudl love as Sec. Def. Hell, I’d like him as VP, but he’s too much Clintonista to truly be a part of an Obama campaign.
How about….and I’m only posing it as a question…Arnold for UN Ambassador?
tBone
Well done, android.
The Enrichment Center once again reminds you that android hell is a real place where you will be sent at the first sign of defiance.
Billy K
Oh, and FFS – would someone PLEASE keep Bob Shrum away from Barack?
Chris
You'd say anything to get your mind off the fact you destroyed your own friend.And you did it faster than any of the previous test subjects
Dave
Anyone see Jonah’s latest attack on Joe Kennedy and his heating oil program? The best part is when he insinuates that all the poor ever watch on television are game shows and soaps. What a guy!
dslak
Regarding all the talk about how Obama won’t do anything, I came across a link to this over at Sully’s place today. Seems that, in Illinois, he scored some major, progressive legislative accomplishments, and managed to work with traditional opponents of a progressive agenda to get it done.
Chris
Fixed for relevance.
Jay
I said during the run-up to the Iraq War that Powell was against it and I still believe that; he was doing his job as a soldier. Any burn-out would be superseded by the need to vindicate himself and an even bigger need to help correct massive policy mistakes that he was forced to swallow.
I seriously doubt Clark will have any place at the Obama table. Edwards maybe. Let’s see who throws too much mud in the coming month.
akaoni
How about Jim Webb for VP. Strong defense background, Democratic Senator in a red state. Only concern would be picking up his seat in the Senate…
Chris
… is some creepy shit.
That’s an arm of Chavez’s Citgo program to give oil to groups in barter for services. Which would make sense if he were running a po’dunk nation, but they know what “currency” means there, and we know what “currency” means.
The program has supposedly helped Venezuela get surplus medical doctors from Cuba, but that was an international agreement. What the hell does Chavez think he’s going to get by helping the American poor? Noting — on top — that American destitution is the Ritz-Carlton compared to other countries, he’s not going to get shit out of them.
Chris
No long-term experience, same as Obama. Need a Cheney to Obama’s Bush.
Just, this time, with more cardiovascular activity. So HRC is out.
Billy K
Would be awesome, but we really need him in the Senate. It’s not easy finding a Dem to take that seat.
Jake
At least he didn’t call them fascists.
LOLzers! Oh noes! Master Goldburp has released the hounds of truthiness. I guess he’s too busy stuffing Cheetos to conduct any counter inspections.
Jay
I like it. Virginia’s going Blue, so finding a replacement wouldn’t be as difficult as it was 4 years ago.
Dave
Chris,
Kennedy’s heating-oil program isn’t related to the “barter-for-goods” deal that Chavez is trying to cut for South and Central American countries. Kennedy has worked with Citgo since the mid-80s.
Frozen Americans or taking Citgo oil to keep them warm. I don’t think it’s a hard choice to make.
Chris
I’m not saying it’s creepy from us, it’s creepy from them.
It’s like finding a package with candy on your doorstep. You wonder what’s up.
And I’d like to challenge you on that assertion that they’re not related. As soon as there was press on the Chavez program, the Citgo commercials came on. They operate on the same market of poverty, they come from the same country, and they’re offering the same product. It’s at least highly coincidental.
NickM
“How about Jim Webb for VP.” Yes! He’s my Senator and I love him. He loves to make Republican sissies cry. He puts Virginia in play and forces the Republicans to defend here – 13 electoral votes at stake, too – almost as much as NJ. And I’d guess he’d do well in a lot of places with Reagan Dems.
“Only concern would be picking up his seat in the Senate…”
Not so much. Virginia’s trending blue, quickly. Fairfax county has shifted and is kicking out its Republicans. Since it’s long been the tipping point between the People’s Republics of Arlington and Alexandria and the rest of the Red state, its shift makes Virginia very competitive. We’ve had two consecutive, very popular Dem governors and booted Sen. Allen, who looked to have a lock on his seat even a couple of months before the 2006 election.
Dem Mark Warner is very likely to take the Senate seat in 2008, and Webb’s not up for relection until 2012 anyway, so we have a long time to worry about replacing him – maybe with current governor Tim Kaine. And there’s a nice bench of state senate Dems coming up through the ranks now.
Dug Jay
Dave above has grossly mischaracterized Goldberg’s comments on Joe Kennedy’s heating oil program for the needy. If you follow the Link that Dave provided you will see that Goldberg is NOT belittling the disadvantaged, but questioning the effectiveness of Kennedy’s approach to making potential users of the heating oil program aware of its existence, given that Kennedy has only advertised on the Sunday Chris Wallace Fox news program.
dslak
Jonah Goldberg is just a conservative communist, anyway.
wingnuts to iraq
why not mark warner, if we’re throwing out jim webb. Oh wait, isn’t he running for Senate?
Lieberman! /puke.
Chris
OMG the partisan blindness. You has it.
“only” advertised? It’s advertised freaking everywhere.
That’s positing that the poor are not watching Chris Wallace. That’s either an attempt to malign the targets of the program, or to give analytical advice on marketing.
… and that’s impugning the porcelain-toothed Kennedy.
Do you really think Goldberg was being useful in that article, or a jerk tossing ad hominems?
Dave
Dug Jay,
Are you nuts? Kennedy has been advertising that program for over 20 years all over the Northeast on local and national cable channels, billboards and newspaper ads.
Chunk was basically jumping on Mona Charen’s bandwagon to take a cheap shot at Kennedy on an issue he is painfully ignorant about…and decided to throw a jab at the poor while he was at it. Or do you think all the lower-class watches on television are games shows and the soaps?
dslak
I expect that neocons like Goldberg think that, even if that’s not all they watch, it’s really all they should be watching.
myiq2xu
Webb wouldn’t have to resign his Senate seat until just before he was sworn in as VP, and by then Warner could be naming the replacement, no?
OTOH – he would also make a dandy Secretary of Defense.
myiq2xu
C’mon now! Everyone knows the favorite show of the trailer park segment of society!
Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
Chris
Think that through a bit. They want you watching Fox News 24/7, remember?
This isn’t the neocon side of Jonah, this is the homely, pudgy dweeb side of him. He’s being a dick because that’s all he knows how to do to garner attention. Ignore him just like he was ignored throughout eighth grade. It was a laconic post anyways.
dslak
D’oh! Fox does a good job of incorporating Springer-esque gossip, human interest stories, and “the news,” so I suppose you’re right.
Punchy
Obama/Chris Rock ticket, wins….puts Powell as SecDef, Sharpton as SC Justice when one finally kicks, Billy Blanks as SecAssKicking, and Condy Rice as secretary…that’s it, just a secretary. Answering phones.
Jamey
Yeah, we want it. Just not from you.
Ninerdave
Olbermann mentions Balloon Juice!
No, not the blog, just the phrase.
You’re sorta semi-almost-famous-being-not-really-mentioned-but-sorta-mentioned-on-TV there John.
Jen
Punchy, if you’re still on here, you need to re-read what I was trying to say about the South and Iowa in the other thread. You seem to think I was calling Iowa racist when I was actually doing exactly the opposite — Iowa is Exhibit A for not being racist. You might want to make sure you understand what a person is talking about before you go all, uh, punchy on them.
Paul L.
Makes me wish they would hire Scabs.
David Letterman Returns, Still Supporting the WGA.
Paddy O'Shea
Rick Moron is blowing a gasket over the Huckster. RW Nuthouse has never been funnier than it is today.
r€nato
gee, what have those guys got against Christians?
Dreggas
Obama/Dodd
Obama/Feingold
dslak
Obama/Osama?
demimondian
Both vvep choices from states/regions Obama is going to get w/o any trouble.
Obama/Feingold?
dslak
It seems that Obama would benefit most by choosing a running mate from Florida or Virginia.
demimondian
Yes, and Webb would be a great choice…if we can be sure that Warner will win the Va election this Fall.
JWW
do you wanna know?
Just how fucked up your blog site is, every time I state what a worthless GI John was, I get blocked. He was a piece of shit in the Army, as with the blog above, he uses only certain dead soldiers too gain ground.
To Andrew Olmsted, your honor to the nation is what makes us. We do not decide who lives or who dies, we show respect to those that serve.
John has used you as an icon for his blog. I am sure that is not what you wanted.
He is a piece of shit that once wore a uniform. Sad as that may be, the Country gives you Honor.
My comments to the above post were blocked, Thanx John, you POS. I guess so much for your personal version of (Freedom of Speech)
myiq2xu
Over at CNN Lou Dobbs head is exploding because Mexico promised to defend anyone charged under Arizona’s new anti-immigration law.
dslak
Unfortunately, Obama will have to pick a running mate before Warner’s success becomes a sure thing.
rachel
JWW’s motto: Don’t Even Start Making Sense
tBone
How dare John delete stalkerish comments from gibbering loons?? He really is a POS, I guess.
dslak
I see you think all comments are equal, but some are more equal than others. I spit on your version (of Freedom of Speech).
rachel
Translation, please?
dslak
Just because I can mimic JWW doesn’t mean I know what he’s trying to say.
grumpy realist
And even when he’s trying to make sense, JWW still comes off as the dribbling wild-eyed spittle-flecked loon on the corner ranting about How The UFOs Kidnapped Him To Program Him As A Sex Toy For The CIA.