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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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once they learn about this and Delay:
“The wackos get their information through the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees,” Scanlon wrote in the memo, which was read into the public record at a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. “Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them.”
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Even in Washington, the rise and fall of Jack Abramoff is breathtaking. At his peak he commanded $750-an-hour lobbying fees and maintained impeccable ties to the leaders of the conservative movement, where he was known as the “godfather” of Tom DeLay’s lobbying network. DeLay himself once called Abramoff “one of my closest and dearest friends.”
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“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
▼ ▼ ▼ MY DIARY
Wouldn’t it be nice to have the networks replay all three debates from last year? They get what they voted for…
I’m glad his numbers are in the toilet, but what does that mean for the country over the next three years? I know things will change somewhat if we manage to make significant gains in the Congressional elections, but what further terror will the Bush War Council unleash between now and 2008? It petrifies me to ponder the thought.
I’m going to bed now, wake me up when the nightmare is over.
“What does this mean fr the country over the next 3 years?”
I’ve been wondering the same thing. I’m glad Bush has neutered himself with his blunders, but now the majority of peope EVERYWHERE know what a pile of s–t loser he is. How can the US function in the world like that long term? Better than having BushCo at the top of their game, but we’re facing tough times with an angry petulant child at the helm.
Of course, this diffuses Bush’s power…but I don’t think he really gives a shit if he’s popular, he can’t be re-elected, after all.
The neo-cons only care about getting what they want…will polls stop them from getting what they want?
It seems like Bush’s actions are determined by whoever has their hand inside the puppet head that day…Neocons one day, wingers the next..
“I’m glad his numbers are in the toilet, but what does that mean for the country over the next three years?”
A comment in a diary at dKos led me to this piece in the New Yorker.
Sobering thought, innit?
Good. Waking up is a start. Will the American people now decide to do anything other than bitch? Vote in 2006? Work for candidates? Register voters? Call or write Congress? Let’s up waking up is only the beginning.
Exactly, how are the Democrats going to use this to get votes.
Yesterday Oliphant wrote an op-ed in the Boston Globe about Harry Reid on the Senate floor and he referred to it as a stunt.. so I wrote to him. The media plays such a huge role in the Democrat’s actions.
Try impeaching a President for lying about a blowjob, then using that to claim that the Republicans will bring “morality and honor” back to the White House. Well, we know what “morality and honor” they believe in…their only “morality” is to “honor” their corporate cronies, and let the millions of ordinary Americans suffer…
Okay, deep breath……
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More aid needed, says Musharraf
General and Dictator Musharraf of Pakistan was disappointed by response for monetary aid to last month’s earthquake and the emergency relief needed for thousands of its victims.
RELATED DIARIES —- Why I Didn’t Blog Last Night
- EARTHQUAKE 7.6 NE Pakistan Disaster 42,000 Dead – Chinooks Arrive
- PS I’ve got an UNESCO date tonight!
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
▼ ▼ ▼ MY DIARY
More than half — 52 percent — say the war with Iraq has not contributed to the long-term security of the United States.
People really are waking up. Welcome even if it is long overdue.
“…just 11 percent of Democrats rate him [Bush]positively.”
Eleven percent – WTF?!?!?
I had no idea Joementum had such a following!
My favorite part is the 1% which answered “undecided” to the question “Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bush is handling his job as president?”.
Really… at what point can you not make up your mind? I love Americans so much…
Pax
We now know:
1% of the US population overindulges in absinthe! ;-D
media did on “undecideds” prior to the 2000 election. And they did some of it prior to the 2004 election – as if these people really mattered the most in the election! What really matters in elections is the 70% of eligible voters who say “what diff does it make?” They are the ones who really make the sad difference in our country.
disapproval.
I rent a parking space to drive to work. The car next to mine always had a B/C 04 sticker in the back window and it drove me nuts. I kept hoping that the person would see the light and take that sucker off.
Well, what do you know? I get in this AM and the sticker on the car next to me is gone. I probably shouldn’t read too much into it, but what the hay… it made me feel good this morning.
I cannot even begin to tell you folks how much I want to tell my sister I told ya so or what do you think of your guy Bush now? Damn I hate when I make promises not to talk politics. This one is really hard to keep.
About the only thing this will do is give the Dems some clout. Now let’s see if they continue to use it as Reid and Pelosi did the other day.
I wish the American people would wake up to the extremism of Judge Alito. Think Progress has the real poop on how other judges view Alito’s extremism. Here’s a chunk:
During his tenure on 3rd Circuit many of Samuel Alito’s opinions have been roundly criticized by other judges. This is particularly true in civil rights cases. In such cases Alito has been repeatedly criticized, not for being conservative, but for being unfaithful to the law. Here’s a sample:
“What [Judge Alito] proposes to do in [his] holding is effectively have courts take a back seat to bureaucratic agencies in protecting constitutional liberties. This . . . is a radical and unwise redefinition of the relationship between federal courts and federal agencies . . . .” (Grant v. Shalala, 1993) (Judge Leon Higginbotham)
“We suggest that to read [as Judge Alito does] the `no reasonable adjudicator’ standard in a way that does away with the need for `substantial evidence’ not only guts the statutory standard, but ignores our precedent.” (Dia v. Ashcroft, 2003) (Judge Marjorie Rendell)
“I disagree with [Judge Alito’s] holding that a union has `actual authority’ to waive its members’ Fourth Amendment rights bound only by the fair representation doctrine. . . . This sweeping assertion divests all public sector employees of their Fourth Amendment rights and strains to make legitimate that which clearly is not.” (Bolden v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transp. Authority, 1991) (Judge Richard Nygaard)
Please go read the whole thing, bookmark it, spread it around. Alito is extremist poison meant to taint the Supreme Court for the forseeable future. Any attempt to state otherwise is a baldfaced lie.