That's a good commentary actually. But, they still made some choices that could have made some things different.

 

NSS, I agree with your comment about the law as written is still suspect, but I don't have an issue with the idea behind the law as long as it really benefits who it's supposed to.

 

These are messages left on an internet message board. If anyone thinks that speaks for mainstream conservatives, they are blindly partisan. Hell it doesn't speak for most of the wingnuts. You have to go pretty far out there to believe those comments, or be trying to make conservatives look bad.

These are messages left on an internet message board. If anyone thinks that speaks for mainstream conservatives, they are blindly partisan. Hell it doesn't speak for most of the wingnuts. You have to go pretty far out there to believe those comments, or be trying to make conservatives look bad.

And so what happens when we find out that the communications director for Senator McConnell, the Senate Minority leader, was also pushing the matter with reporters?

ThinkProgress has obtained an email that congressional sources tell us was sent to reporters by Sen. McConnell’s communications director Don Stewart.

 

On Monday morning, Don Stewart reportedly sent an email with the following text to reporters:

 

"Seen the latest blogswarm? Apparently, there’s more to the story on the kid (Graeme Frost) that did the Dems’ radio response on SCHIP. Bloggers have done a little digging and turned up that the Dad owns his own business (and the building it’s in), seems to have some commercial rental income and Graeme and a sister go to a private school that, according to its website, costs about $20k a year ‹for each kid‹ despite the news profiles reporting a family income of only $45k for the Frosts. Could the Dems really have done that bad of a job vetting this family?"

 

Gotta love that Ann Coulter chick. I think she really likes Christians.

Gotta love that Ann Coulter chick. I think she really likes Christians.

You know, with each successive book, I think a few more people start to get that the real issue is not what she says, it's that there are people like that host who are dumb enough to let her onto their show, and the fact that they made the decision to bring her on to let her have the microphone is as big of an issue as what she says with it.

Ann Coulter is boring.

Ann Coulter is to conservatives what Britney Spears is to musicians.

 

Ann Coulter is to conservatives what Britney Spears is to musicians.

 

Nice - I love that quote.

Ann Coulter is to conservatives what Britney Spears is to musicians.

Ann Coulter is to conservatives what Britney Spears is to musicians.

 

I wouldn't go that far. Seriously, why you want to insult Britney like that?

I am an Op-Ed columnist (And So Can You!)

I am an Op-Ed columnist (And So Can You!)

 

 

I am an Op-Ed columnist (And So Can You!)

 

 

Dirty Cosmotinijito

 

I tried to look that up in my recipe book, but I couldn't find it.

 

Pfft. New Yorkers are such trend setters.

The Democratic Senate appears ready to completely cave on Mr. Bush's warrantless wiretapping program, legalizing everything he's done and could ever want to do and simultaneously giving amnesty to all of the telecom companies who violated the law in the past 6 years (starting, according to the CEO of Quest, in Feb. 2001).

 

There is at least a faint hope that one of the Dem. Senators (the Blogosphere is hoping for Sen. Dodd) will step up and put a hold on this bill, stopping it at least temporarily in its tracks.

 

And so, clearly the point of the 2006 election was that the President should be given every single thing he wants. And people wonder why the Congress has had its approval ratings tank since they started caving on the Iraq war.

The House of Representatives failed to overturn Mr. Bush's veto of the SCHIP program bill. The vote was 273-156, 13 votes short of what was needed for the override.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c63d8768-7ce3-11...?nclick_check=1

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c63d8768-7ce3-11...?nclick_check=1

Good. That bill was either idiotically or diabolically timed - either way, it was entirely unhelpful to everyone, including the Dems in Congress.

 

Here are the sweet, proposed, new cook county taxes. I thought you Dems would be happy to hear about it.

 

• Hiking the sales tax 267 percent

 

• Increasing the gasoline tax 100 percent

 

• Driving up parking taxes 100 percent

 

Edited October 18, 200718 yr by mr_genius

The Democratic Senate appears ready to completely cave on Mr. Bush's warrantless wiretapping program, legalizing everything he's done and could ever want to do and simultaneously giving amnesty to all of the telecom companies who violated the law in the past 6 years (starting, according to the CEO of Quest, in Feb. 2001).

 

There is at least a faint hope that one of the Dem. Senators (the Blogosphere is hoping for Sen. Dodd) will step up and put a hold on this bill, stopping it at least temporarily in its tracks.

 

And so, clearly the point of the 2006 election was that the President should be given every single thing he wants. And people wonder why the Congress has had its approval ratings tank since they started caving on the Iraq war.

And Chris Dodd comes through by putting a hold on said bill.

 

If Stephen's not on the ballot, Dodd now officially has a decent shot at my vote out here.

And Chris Dodd comes through by putting a hold on said bill.

 

If Stephen's not on the ballot, Dodd now officially has a decent shot at my vote out here.

 

Good for Dodd! As I said earlier, I'll be looking at the guy.

Here are the sweet, proposed, new cook county taxes. I thought you Dems would be happy to hear about it.

 

• Hiking the sales tax 267 percent

 

• Increasing the gasoline tax 100 percent

 

• Driving up parking taxes 100 percent

 

 

To summarize, Blago tried to add $8 billion in new taxes, Stroger is trying to add $888 million in new taxes, Daley is trying to add $293 million in new taxes, while the CTA is pushing for another $150 million in funding from a 0.25% sales tax hike.

To summarize, Blago tried to add $8 billion in new taxes, Stroger is trying to add $888 million in new taxes, Daley is trying to add $293 million in new taxes, while the CTA is pushing for another $150 million in funding from a 0.25% sales tax hike.

It's ok - it's all for the children - we need to redistribute wealth from the rich folk and make sure there's no incentive to be successful. That way, we're all puppets and can have everything ran for us.

 

They need to cut taxes, the resulting growth will provide more taxes.

To summarize, Blago tried to add $8 billion in new taxes, Stroger is trying to add $888 million in new taxes, Daley is trying to add $293 million in new taxes, while the CTA is pushing for another $150 million in funding from a 0.25% sales tax hike.

Perhaps all that oil in Iraq will help us pay for everything. It's paying for the war, right?

Money well spent:

 

WASHINGTON - President Bush asked Congress on Monday for another $46 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and finance other national security needs. "We must provide our troops with the help and support they need to get the job done," Bush said.

 

The figure brings to $196.4 billion the total requested by the administration for operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere for the budget year that started Oct. 1. It includes $189.3 billion for the Defense Department, $6.9 billion for the State Department and $200 million for other agencies.

 

To date, Congress has already provided more than $455 billion for the Iraq war, with stepped-up military operations running about $10 billion a month. The war has claimed the lives of more than 3,830 members of the U.S. military and more than 73,000 Iraqi civilians.

Edited October 22, 200718 yr by BigSqwert