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“Rich People – God Bless(ed?) Us!”

by Michael D.|  May 2, 20089:40 am| 92 Comments

This post is in: Election 2008, Assholes

Hillary Clinton – Liar.

On today’s “state of the race” conference call, a reporter asked about an exchange between Hillary Clinton and Bill O’Reilly on yesterday’s show in which Clinton uttered the words, “Rich people—God bless us.”

Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson denied that’s what she said: “She said ‘God blessed us.’ B-L-E-S-S-E-D.”

Go ahead and watch the video for yourself.

She will say anything to get elected – anything. And for the record, I didn’t think the quote, in context, was any big deal. In fact, I think she could have defended it. But she’s sending our her surrogates with bald-faced lies. It’s a wonder that anyone wants to work on such an embarrassment of a campaign.

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W.P.E.

by Michael D.|  May 2, 20088:51 am| 36 Comments

This post is in: Republican Crime Syndicate - aka the Bush Admin.

Ponies for everyone!

“No president has ever had a higher disapproval rating in any CNN or Gallup poll; in fact, this is the first time that any president’s disapproval rating has cracked the 70 percent mark,” said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

Have at it!

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Trollop Update

by John Cole|  May 1, 20087:26 pm| 57 Comments

This post is in: Election 2008

Quoted for posterity:

45 minutes into the event, McCain called on a man who asked a question that included a four-letter word. Here is the audio (mp3 runs 35 seconds) . Here is the transcript:

“Yes sir. Yes sir,” McCain said, gesturing to the man he had called upon.

“This question goes to mental health and mental health care,” the man began. “Previously I’ve been married to a woman that was very verbally abusive to me. Is it true that you called your wife a xxxxxxx?”

Via Tbogg.

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Open Thread

by John Cole|  May 1, 20085:17 pm| 77 Comments

This post is in: Previous Site Maintenance

Piggybacking on Michael’s post about the DC Madam- she was only 52.

I remember when 52 was really fucking old, and now it is just a few years older than me.

That sucks.

John +3

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RIP: DC Madam

by Michael D.|  May 1, 20084:49 pm| 25 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads

Deborah Jean Palfrey has apparently hanged herself.

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The Greatest Blog Post Ever

by John Cole|  May 1, 20083:37 pm| 20 Comments

This post is in: Excellent Links, Media, Outrage

This really is the most devastating blog post ever.

And all it is is a link. Well played.

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New Gallup

by John Cole|  May 1, 20081:56 pm| 165 Comments

This post is in: Election 2008

Has Hillary at 49, Obama at 45. If you look at Gallup and the Rasmussen poll and the narrowing of the race in NC and it sure looks to me that Wright has been a disaster for Obama.

And it once again proves that I am an absolutely horrid judge of public opinion.

New GallupPost + Comments (165)

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